The government announced the public and bank holidays for 2025. There will be fourteen holidays next year. You'll enjoy seven long holiday weekends, with the first being on March tenth, or National Heroes and Benefactor Day. And of course, you'll have the long Easter weekend,
Police in Dangriga are investigating a gruesome murder after a dismembered body was discovered inside a barrel near a popular resort. The victim has been identified as Manuel Fernandez, who was allegedly killed following a violent altercation with Loren Vanegas at a local meat shop.
The body of a middle-aged man was found on the banks of the Mopan River near the Belize western border over the weekend. The man has been identified as fifty-three-year-old Nery Cardona. Cardona left home on October 16th wearing clothing that matched the description of
Over the weekend, a thirty-nine-year-old construction worker was hospitalised following a shooting in Ladyville. Lenny Bengeuche sustained two gunshot wounds and was rushed to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for treatment. Bengeuche was reportedly attacked by two men dressed in dark clothing. The men opened fire
Police made a huge drug bust on Saturday. Twenty-three pounds of cocaine were seized after police in Hattieville village intercepted a Chevy Impala travelling from the Cayo District. The driver, identified as Dominique Young, a car dealer of Vista del Mar, has been arrested for
On Friday, the Belize Police Association defended the late Police Constable Santiago Ciau Junior. As we have been reporting, Ciau Junior, who retired in March 2023 due to avascular necrosis from a workplace injury, struggled to secure invalidity benefits and faced repeated denials by the
This morning, a police mobile unit was involved in an accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway. According to A.C.P. Hilberto Romero, the driver lost control of the vehicle. Romero says the officer sustained minor injuries and is currently receiving treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial
Twenty-six-year-old Kadrian Travis Wade, a farmer from Lucky Strike Village, has been charged with the murder of forty-six-year-old Glenford Davis. Davis, a farmer from Rockstone Pond Village, was reported missing in mid-March, 2024, after being last seen in late December 2023. Police discovered his skeletal
Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday. I am Paul Lopez. We begin tonight's coverage with a look at the Inter-Office Basketball League’s semi-finals that took place on Friday night inside the Belize City Civic Center. The first match saw team Police face
A three-year-old Palestinian boy tragically lost his life in Khan Younis on Saturday when an aid package, dropped from an aircraft, struck the displacement area where his family had sought refuge. His grandfather, Sami Ayyad, recounted the incident, explaining that as the family ate breakfast,
