As Belize gears up to celebrate forty-four years of independence, there’s another milestone lighting up the season, Carnival is turning fifty. That’s right, even before Belize became a nation, Carnival was already bringing rhythm, color, and energy to the streets. And this year, the Belize
Carnival in Belize has always been more than just feathers and music, it’s a celebration of culture, unity, and national pride. But here’s a question: when Carnival first hit the streets in 1975, was it really meant to boost the patriotic spirit of the Tenth
The Belize City Council’s e-buses now have a cashless payment system. Today, the council launched its public transport e-rider card powered by DigiWallet. This is another significant step in the e-bus pilot project funded by the European Union and the United Nations Development Program. Here
Three regional leaders will meet on Friday, August 15, to discuss cooperation across key sectors. Prime Minister John Briceño will join Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum and Guatemala’s Bernardo Arévalo to strengthen collaboration in energy, migration, security, infrastructure, environment, agriculture investment and air connectivity. "The unity among our
Mexico has declared sargassum a national fishing resource, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER). The update to the National Fisheries Charter allows harvesting on the high seas from 7 August 2025. The yellow-brown seaweed, native to the Atlantic, has plagued the Caribbean
For weeks, sargassum buildup has worsened along Belize’s coastline. Today, the Belize Coast Guard shared images of locals helping a large sea turtle trapped in thick seaweed at Bacalar Chico, a UNESCO World Heritage site on northern Ambergris Caye. While sargassum supports marine life in the
Sergio Andino, a 25-year-old Belizean construction worker from San Ignacio Town, was killed during a home invasion in Blackman Eddy Village at around 1:00 a.m. on Thursday morning. Police say he was found inside the house with chop wounds to his body. According to investigators, 70-year-old Patricia
A family in Bella Vista Village, Toledo, is mourning the loss of forty-year-old Franklin Arenivar De Alas, killed yesterday afternoon around two o’clock while riding his bicycle. Relatives say the fatal encounter followed an ongoing dispute over stolen work tools and other items belonging to
[caption id="attachment_58812" align="alignright" width="300"] Franklin Arenivar de Alas[/caption] The Commissioner of Police, Dr. Richard Rosado, has confirmed that officers responded to a fatal stabbing in Bella Vista Village on Tuesday afternoon. He says the incident arose from what he described as a misunderstanding over stolen items.
Police aren’t ruling out murder in Monday evening’s grim discovery of a badly decomposed body in Ladyville. The family of twenty-five-year-old Joshua Martell from Lord Bank believes it’s him; they recognized a necklace and the body’s size. But investigators are holding off on confirming anything
