While passengers at the Philip Goldson International Airport expressed frustration and concern after a brief power outage disrupted their movement through the terminal on Sunday morning, the authorities claimed the minor inconvenience was part of the plan. BEL says the outage formed part of the
Belize’s 2026 Carnival Road March brought one of the largest crowds and most vibrant street celebrations seen in years. But behind the music, costumes and energy, questions are mounting about the competition itself. With several of Carnival’s biggest and most popular bands sitting out, one
Belize is taking the regional lead in protecting the vast stretches of ocean beyond national borders. As the first country in the region, and only the third worldwide, to join the United Nations High Seas Treaty, Belize is now bringing its national policies in line
Belize’s worsening sargassum crisis may soon become part of the country’s clean-energy solution. As thick mats of seaweed continue to overwhelm coastal communities and strain the tourism industry, the government says it is nearing an agreement to convert sargassum into energy. Beverly Wade, Chief Executive
Residents and tourism stakeholders in southern Belize are growing increasingly concerned as large amounts of sargassum continue to blanket the beaches of Placencia, Hopkins and other coastal communities, leaving some stretches of coastline virtually unusable. The issue has sparked urgent discussions among the Belize Tourism
A fence was supposed to settle it, but more than twenty years later, the boundary battle between the Port of Belize and Port Loyola resident Terryl Godoy is far from over. Godoy welcomed the fence when the port erected it several years ago, believing it
Good evening, I am Paul Lopez with this week’s installment of Sports Monday brought to you by the National Sports Council. We begin tonight’s coverage with the exemplary performance of our young Belizean athletes at the CODICADER Games in Honduras. Over the course of the last
A family in San Ignacio is demanding answers after 49-year-old Mauricio Solis was killed in a workplace accident in the Chiquibul area near the Guacamayo Bridge. The family says it was told Solis was reportedly travelling in a company truck near Guacamayo Bridge when machinery being
Police have recovered video footage that is helping investigators trace a vehicle of interest in the murder of 20-year-old Brianna Myvette, but no motive has yet been established. Assistant Superintendent Stacy Smith says investigators have so far been able to determine the make and model of
A 38-year-old woman from Ranchito Village, Corozal District, has been arrested and charged after Corozal police allegedly found more than 20 grams of suspected crack cocaine during a search of her residence. According to Assistant Superintendent Stacy Smith, police were executing a search warrant at Pineda’s
