The Sapodilla Cayes, where the Caribbean meets the Gulf of Honduras, are a cluster of tiny islands that hold outsized importance. They’re fourteen specks of sand and palm trees, surrounded by turquoise waters and coral gardens teeming with life. Sea turtles nest there, manatees glide
Guatemala wants a seat at the table in Belize’s case against Honduras over the Sapodilla Cayes, arguing the islands overlap with its own claim. It’s a new chapter in a decades-old territorial dispute that has seen tensions flare despite promises of peace. But what does
Head of the police department’s Special Patrol Unit Aaron Gamboa remains grounded at home in Belize, trying to figure out why the United States flagged his visa and stopped him from boarding a US-bound aircraft. Gamboa arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport with his
Tonight, heartbreak grips a Belize City family after twenty-two-year-old Daniel Tillett was gunned down early Saturday morning. Just minutes from his home on Antelope Street, Daniel was ambushed by several gunmen who opened fire, leaving him fatally wounded. His death comes only two years after
Last week, a night of fun ended in terror after twenty-five-year-old Kelly Stephens and her boyfriend, forty-one-year-old Ashton Martin, were shot at an establishment on George Price Street in Punta Gorda. Following the incident, police have officially charged twenty-year-old Derry Bennett with two counts of
A night out in Dangriga turned violent on Wednesday when an eighteen-year-old was stabbed at a popular bar. Police say Gavin Armstrong was socializing at Island Breeze Bar and Grill when an unknown man attacked him just after 10:30 p.m. Armstrong was rushed to the
On the eve of the Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a shocking case of domestic brutality has shaken a Belize City neighborhood, and the accused is a member of the Belize Coast Guard. Police say a violent argument inside a Gibnut Street home
Police are still investigating the burglary that unfolded at the Dangriga Treasury Building last week. According to police, the thieves made off with a safe which fortunately, only contained a modest sum of cash. The crime was discovered around seven forty-five a.m. on Friday by
Police are investigating a brazen armed robbery along the Hummingbird Highway that left a Country Foods delivery driver fighting for his life. The violent attack unfolded around eight twenty p.m. on Friday, near St. Margaret’s Village, when masked gunmen ambushed the truck as it slowed
Over the weekend, the Belize Coast Guard successfully rescued four people after their vessel, The Wet Spot, was reported in distress by the Honduran Navy. The coordinated operation saved three U.S. nationals and one Mexican who had departed Placencia on November twenty-first, bound for Roatán
