A morning trip to the cane fields turned into a chilling discovery in San Lazaro Village. Police say sixty-eight-year-old Virginio Carillo was found dead near a feeder road with multiple chop wounds, leaving the quiet farming community shaken. Investigators are now trying to ascertain what
A dispute that had been brewing may have boiled over into gunfire in Orange Walk over the weekend. Police say Byron Diaz was inside a pickup truck with another man when two men on a motorcycle rode up alongside them and opened fire. Diaz was
A late-night drive home from the Princess Hotel and Casino turned into a terrifying ambush for fifty-one-year-old Doris Grant, who police believe may have been targeted once again. Just after one this morning, gunmen opened fire on a black Nissan Titan pickup near the BelChina
Belmopan saw an extraordinary amount of rain over the weekend, the kind of rainfall you would normally expect over an entire month, falling in just twelve hours. Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon says the National Met Service recorded more than ten inches of rain across the
Floodwaters that swamped the west over the weekend are now racing toward the Belize River Valley, and they’re moving faster than usual. Chief Hydrologist Tennielle Hendy says some communities in rural Belize District are already feeling the impact, just twenty-four hours after heavy flooding hit
NEMO moved into emergency mode on Saturday as heavy rains triggered historic flooding in Belmopan and surrounding areas. The organization activated its emergency operations center in the capital and has had teams on the ground since then, assessing damage and helping residents hit hardest by
Another constitutional showdown is brewing between social activist Jeremy Enriquez and the Government of Belize, this time over a key public office that sits vacant several months later. Enriquez was granted leave to take Government to court, arguing that the failure to appoint a new
With municipal elections less than eight months away, the fight for voters is already spilling into the streets. July and August are transfer months, giving eligible voters a chance to move their registration to a new constituency or municipality. But that process is also raising
The sargassum piling up near Sand Lighter’s Promenade is no longer just a smelly nuisance, it’s a cleanup challenge for Belize City. With the seaweed trapped along the shoreline and raising health concerns, the City Council has brought in harvesting equipment to remove it from
A viral video captured in Belize’s Mountain Pine Ridge is drawing sharp criticism from conservationists and animal lovers alike after a group of men was seen approaching, cornering, and touching a jaguar cub. While the encounter was shared online as a rare and exciting wildlife
