A glittering night for Belize’s newest Miss Universe titleholder quickly turned into a public relations headache for pageant organizers. Caleigh-Rose West was crowned in San Pedro over the weekend, but her victory has been overshadowed by confusion, criticism, and questions about how the event was
A veteran police officer lost his life on Saturday while doing what he had done for more than two decades: reporting for duty. Police Constable Armando Toledano was traveling from Orange Walk to Belize City for work at the Raccoon Street Police Station when his
Police have detained a twenty-six-year-old man as they investigate a fatal road traffic accident in Billy White Village that claimed the life of thirty-seven-year-old Marcello Moh of Santa Familia Village. Moh was riding a bicycle when he was struck in a collision involving a Ford
A fishing trip to Ranguana Caye has now become a murder case. Police have formally charged thirty-three-year-old Belize City fisherman Mauri Julian Gomez in connection with last week’s deadly stabbing on the island. Gomez is accused of killing fellow fisherman Jose Luis Arteaga and injuring
Police are now giving their side of the story in the shooting incident involving cattle farmer and former B.D.F. soldier Richard Cal. The August sixth confrontation happened on Cal’s farm in Pomona Village, where plain-clothes officers were reportedly conducting surveillance. According to Assistant Superintendent Stacy
There will be no national protest tomorrow, but don’t mistake that for retreat. The National Trade Union Congress of Belize has called off its planned demonstration and is now taking its message indoors, with a ten a.m. press conference at the B.N.T.U. office in Belize
There was a political shakeup in Punta Gorda Town over the weekend, where voters inside the People’s United Party chose fresh leadership over incumbency. Twenty-eight-year-old Maclovio Ack, a resident of PG, defeated two-time Mayor Carlos ‘Obeah’ Galvez in Sunday’s mayoral convention, securing the majority of
For many Belizean families, the GST-free weekend offered some much-needed relief ahead of the new school year. Across the country, shoppers turned out to take advantage of tax-free back-to-school items, and according to Belize Tax Services, the initiative went smoothly for the most part. Deputy
A police patrol in San Ignacio on Saturday ended with a drug arrest after officers say a man’s suspicious behavior caught their attention. Police were on Bullett Tree Road when they stopped and searched Alexander Gomez. According to investigators, that search turned up suspected crack
Investigators probing last week’s massive fish kill in the Belize River Valley are now looking closely at a rice field near Labouring Creek. Environmental officials say floodwaters from the area may have affected water quality before flowing into the Belize River. Chief Environmental Officer Anthony
