The tragic deaths of 35-year-old Angelita Magaña and her six-year-old son, Tishan Godoy, in a house fire that police believe was deliberately set by her ex-partner have reignited calls to end gender-based violence. The Ministry of Human Development, the Office of the Special Envoy for the
Belize has secured BZ$10 million from the Adaptation Fund to help rural villages get better access to clean water and prepare for climate change. The new project, called SEAM (Securing Water Resources through Solar Energy and Innovative Adaptive Management), will bring solar-powered water systems to Boom
Tropical Storm Melissa has formed over the central Caribbean Sea and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by the weekend with a high formation chance, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Satellite and radar data show that the system developed a well-defined centre while
Tonight, heartbreak grips Orange Walk as a family mourns and an entire community reels from a tragedy that unfolded in the early hours of Monday morning. A mother and her young son lost their lives in a horrific house fire, one that authorities believe was
It was just after three on Sunday morning, October twelfth, when police on patrol in Santa Elena stumbled upon a man lying in the street with severe head injuries. That man was later identified as forty-two-year-old Shawn Hertular. He was rushed to the San Ignacio
It’s a case that shocked Belize back in 2018, a hardworking tamales vendor brutally murdered while trying to make an honest living. Sixty-eight-year-old Martha Gonzales traveled every day from Orange Walk to Pomona Valley in Stann Creek to sell tamales, cheese, and clothes. But one
Over the weekend, a bold robbery attempt in Corozal was stopped in its tracks. On Sunday evening, just after seven, twenty-nine-year-old Ryan Delgado walked into Mo’s Supermarket armed with a pistol, ready to pull off an armed heist. But before he could get away with
The debate over the Briceño administration’s two-hundred-and-fifty-six-million-dollar purchase of Fortis Belize Limited and its BEL shares heated up again today in the Senate. Leading the charge was Opposition Senator Patrick Faber. He argued that while buying Fortis might have been acceptable, Belizeans should strongly reject
Civil society senators had their say in today’s debate as well. Union Senator Glenfield Dennison wanted answers about why Fortis decided to pull out of Belize in the first place. Church Senator Louis Wade raised a question many Belizeans are asking, will this big acquisition
Lead Government Senator Eamon Courtenay closed out today’s fiery debate on the Fortis acquisition, and he came out swinging. Courtenay started in an unexpected way, calling out the opposition for their ‘Who Thief Budna’ t-shirts worn on Friday. He went further, saying that only those
