Punta Gorda is still reeling after a tragic discovery early Friday morning. Twenty-nine-year-old Aymon Flores, a laborer from the area, was found dead, shot in the chest and back. Police say the investigation is in its early stages, and so far, no suspects have been
A Belize City man is tonight, still recovering after an attempt was made on his life on Thursday night. According to reports, twenty-eight-year-old Esau Louima was on the veranda of his home when an unknown male entered his yard and opened fire on his direction.
Police are on the lookout tonight for two men who opened fire on a vehicle in Corozal Town Friday night. According to investigators, Jose Vela and Eduardo Gutierrez were driving when two men on a motorcycle pulled up and started shooting. In a daring move,
Young businessman Andrew Munnings, owner of Munnings Funeral Services, has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison. A picture of him in handcuffs boarding the prison van is making its round on social media. Reports indicate the arrest stems from outstanding tax payments owed to the Belize
Over the weekend, the Belize Territorial Volunteers made waves when they set out from Punta Gorda and journeyed all the way to the Sarstoon River. Their mission was to proudly plant the Belizean flag on Sarstoon Island. This wasn’t any other trip, though. It came
The community of Benque Viejo del Carmen is mourning the loss of seventy-four-year-old Miriam Requena, who was killed in a hit-and-run over the weekend. Reports say she was on her way home from church when a vehicle struck her and sped off, leaving her critically
Last week, we told you about the heartbreaking case of baby Kaleel Nah and the questions surrounding his death while enroute from San Pedro. At that time, the Ministry of Health had only promised an investigation, and the family was still waiting for answers. Tonight,
Belize is paying big money for a bigger voice. The government is buying more shares in the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, CABEI, four thousand of them, at a cost of forty million U.S. dollars. Ten million will be paid over four years, but
The debate over Belize’s bigger buy-in at the Central American Bank for Economic Integration isn’t cooling down. Critics call the thirty million in “callable” funds a hidden debt, but government senators insist there’s nothing secret about it. P.U.P. Senator Hector Guerra says this callable capital is more
When it comes to anti-drug trafficking operations, Belize’s law enforcement agencies are stepping up their game to better counteract instances of it in Belize. For decades, drug trafficking and drug-related offenses have continued to threaten the safety of Belizean citizens and compromise the integrity of
