After months of build‑up and louder‑than‑ever calls to invest in local sports, the National Elite Basketball League finally tips off its new season tonight, and the hype is real. Organizers say this year’s opener at the Belize Civic Center could be one of the biggest
Political tensions are rising in San Pedro as Area Representative Andre Perez comes to the defence of Mayor Wally Nuñez, who has publicly condemned what he calls a UDP smear campaign targeting him. This week, the Wave Radio and TV Facebook page, aligned with the UDP,
At a press conference this week, a member of the UDP Belize Rural South team accused Area Representative Andre Perez of neglecting Caye Caulker and failing to engage with residents. Today, Perez strongly rejected those claims, saying, “I want to shoot that down instantly and call
Real Madrid’s Champions League knockout play-off at Benfica was temporarily halted for 10 minutes after Vinicius Jr alleged he was racially abused by Benfica winger Gianluca Prestianni. The incident occurred shortly after Vinicius scored and celebrated in front of Benfica fans, for which he received a
Senior officials from the Ministry of Education, joined by Belize Rural South Area Representative Andre Perez, met this week with the Caye Caulker Village Council and the Ocean Academy Board of Governors to advance plans for a new pre-primary facility and government high school on
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is strengthening its ties with Belize through a high-level mission that spanned agriculture, education, biodiversity, and the blue economy. From February 9–13, FAO Representative Dr. Ana Touza, accompanied by Assistant FAO Representative Alicia Abrahams, met with
If you missed Open Your Eyes this morning, you missed something special. Darlon Usher — the young artist who captured Belize's heart as the Season Seven champion of KTV The Remix — stopped by the Open Your Eyes studio this morning to perform and talk about
A new United Nations report warns that widespread child trafficking by armed gangs in Haiti is placing the country’s future at serious risk. The report, released Friday by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Sixty-three years after Nora Parham became the first and only woman executed in Belize, her story is being retold on the international stage through music and theatre. Two Belizean students studying in the United States, Alysia Norales and Cameron Tillett, have spent the past five
Christopher Coye has been officially appointed as Belize’s Special Envoy for Finance and Investments, according to a notice published in the Belize Gazette. The appointment, signed by Governor-General Froyla Tzalam on February 9, 2026, took effect from January 1 and will run for four years. It
