The Belize government formally welcomed forty-five new Belizeans, presenting nationality certificates to mark the country's forty-fifth year of independence. Minister of Immigration, Governance, and Labour Kareem Musa delivered remarks at the ceremony. He said the number of certificates presented was chosen deliberately to reflect the significance
Senior Counsel Hubert Elrington's law licence stays suspended. On Friday, the Court of Appeal shut down his bid to overturn a six-month ban from practising law. The Court unanimously upheld the General Legal Council's finding that he committed "grave professional misconduct." The suspension was imposed on Elrington
Minister of Health and Wellness Kevin Bernard is defending the government's recent decision to restrict finance officers' access to the SmartStream financial system to their own ministries only. He calls the move a sound internal control measure rather than an attempt to shield ongoing investigations. The
Two families are awaiting answers after a young couple was found dead inside the home they shared near Hillview Park in Santa Elena. The discovery has left investigators with several questions, including how long the couple had been there and what caused their deaths. Their
A quiet night at home turned deadly for an Orange Walk family when a gunman reportedly arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire. Forty-year-old Jose Sosa Sr., better known as “Bones,” was standing on the second-floor veranda of his Baeza Alley residence shortly after one
Police say a long-running rivalry in the T Street area has now claimed the life of twenty-one-year-old Jaheim Sanchez. A gunman opened fire last Wednesday while Sanchez sat on a vehicle, killing him and grazing another man. Investigators believe the deadly attack marked the latest
First came gunfire, and then there was a devastating blaze. Tragedy has returned to T Street, where a family lost its home and most of its belongings in a fire Thursday night. The flames erupted shortly before ten, leaving the family with little more than
A sixteen-year prison sentence has brought some measure of justice for the killing of Nestor Vasquez, but his family says it does not erase the failure that placed him in danger. Collin Francis received the sentence for manslaughter, along with ten years for attempting to
Is the government protecting sensitive financial information, or making it harder to follow the public’s money? That debate is intensifying after the government restricted Smart Stream access for financial officers across the public service. The Public Service Union says the decision weakens oversight and creates
Just weeks into the new school year, the daily trip to the classroom has become uncertain for many students across southern and western Belize. Several school bus operators say the Ministry of Education has not paid them for three weeks, leaving them without enough money
