Joseph Budna isn’t backing down. During a meeting with Belize’s embassy rep in Guatemala, he doubled down on his claim that Belizean police officers were involved in his abduction from Orange Walk. It’s a serious allegation; one he’s been making since news of his kidnapping
It’s a story that started back in February 2023. Twenty-eight-year-old Sebastian Pop was snatched from his home in Dolores Village by a Guatemalan mob that crossed into Belize illegally. They dragged him across the border and handed him over to Guatemalan police. Pop’s family reported
Sebastian Pop’s family is blasting the government for how his case has been handled. They say for two years, no one told them a thing about his condition or even where he was being held. But the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is defending its position,
[caption id="attachment_61380" align="alignright" width="300"] Christy Guzman[/caption] The charge against twenty-one-year-old Christy Guzman has stirred up a storm of debate across Belize, and it’s getting louder by the day. Guzman is facing a manslaughter charge in connection with the shooting death of Belmopan businessman Wilson Hernandez. But
Gunshots shattered the calm on Coney Drive just before eleven o’clock this morning, right near Buttonwood Bay Nazarene Primary School, causing panic in the neighborhood. The target was Jahreem Staine, a name that’s no stranger to police. He had just walked out of the Magistrate’s Court when someone
Two Belize City men accused of a brutal attack on a High Court clerk are walking free tonight. Burton Claire, thirty-one, and Kareem Allen, twenty-two, were charged last August for allegedly stabbing and robbing Deannie Requena near Mile Fourteen on the George Price Highway, then
Governor-General Dame Froyla Tzalam has officially signed off on a Writ of Referendum, giving the green light for voters in Caye Caulker Village to have their say on a hot-button issue. Should Belize create a responsible, regulated, and taxable legal cannabis industry on the island,
The Cabinet had cannabis on the agenda this week. When they met on Tuesday, the big topic was the upcoming referendum. Foreign Affairs Minister Francis Fonseca says residents of Caye Caulker will soon get their chance to weigh in. But Cabinet isn’t taking a stance
It’s officially September, and you know what that means, Belize is in celebration mode. The full lineup of national events is out, and it’s all happening under the powerful theme: ‘Belize at Forty-four, Stronger Together, Rising Forever.’ Now sure, we all love the music, the
In a world where many fold under pressure, some rise above it, and Francisco Gonzalez is one of those people. He’s not running a big business with fancy signs or storefronts. Instead, for the past sixteen years, he’s been working the streets of Belize City,
