One week after the brutal killing of Canadian businesswoman Marty Ann Thorne, police have made an arrest. On Monday, November 17, investigators formally charged 25-year-old Gian Eldred Waight, a construction worker from Cayo, with Thorne’s murder. Waight was located in Guatemala, where he was detained and
Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes against humanity for a violent crackdown on student protests in 2024. The United Nations estimated that up to 1,400 people were killed during the unrest. Most victims died from
The Indian Creek Village Council is calling for an urgent meeting with Maya leaders amid ‘rising tensions’ with the village’s Alcalde. In letters sent to the Maya Leaders Alliance, the President of the Toledo Alcalde Association (TAA), and the President of DAVCO, Village Council Chairman Domingo
Leader of the Opposition Tracy Panton is calling for national attention and urgent action over what she describes as growing corruption, criminal influence, and fear inside the Corozal Free Zone. Panton warns that the situation should “alarm ALL Belizeans, most especially those living in our northern
The newly appointed Minister of Home Affairs, Oscar Mira, says he will keep his hands off the Joseph Budna investigation and leave all decisions to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). "I will not go there and put my 5 cents or 2 cents or 1
Police arrested Woodrow Reyes Friday night after gunfire was reported near Social Lounge on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Reyes, reportedly drunk, is facing charges for possession of a firearm while under the influence. Shell casings recovered at the scene will be sent to the forensic
Belize’s political scene was shaken today. Minister of Agriculture, Jose Abelardo Mai, has resigned after weeks of mounting controversy and international pressure. News Five confirmed that Mai stepped down this afternoon after tendering a letter to Prime Minister John Briceño, amid reports of pressure from
Talk about a political curveball. Minister Henry Charles Usher has turned down Prime Minister John Briceño’s offer to head the Ministry of Home Affairs and Enterprise, a post known for being one of the toughest and most controversial in Cabinet. That kind of refusal? Pretty
The race for leadership is heating up inside the United Democratic Party. With the big convention set for November thirtieth, the clock is ticking, and tensions are still simmering after a major split earlier this year between Party Leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow and Opposition Leader
It was a deadly end to the week on Castle Street in Belize City, where police are now investigating the murder of Byron James, an accused killer who became a victim himself. James was gunned down outside his home on Friday night. He had been
