Belize’s new Miss Earth is taking more than beauty and confidence to the international stage. Twenty-five-year-old Vashti Thompson, a trained biologist and community officer with the National Biodiversity Office, captured the Miss Earth Belize crown on Saturday night. In November, she will represent Belize at
Good evening, I am Paul Lopez here with this week’s installment of Sports Monday proudly brought to you by the National Sports Council of Belize. We open tonight’s edition on the softball pitch in Sandhill Village. It was a race to the National Women’s Softball Championship
The Belize Companies and Corporate Affairs Registry (BCCAR) restored the Online Business Registry System (OBRS) today, following a cybersecurity incident identified last week. Access to the platform was temporarily disabled while officials implemented additional security measures and completed system testing. BCCAR confirmed that documents that have been
Forensic pathology has confirmed missing fisherman Samuel Chi died of asphyxia due to drowning. According to ASP Stacy Smith, the report did not indicate signs of violence or trauma on Chi’s body. “We are guided by the report of the forensic pathologist, which gave the conclusion that
Police have arrested and charged two men in separate drug cases after operations in Santa Elena and Punta Gorda led to the seizure of suspected cocaine and crack cocaine. Twenty-four-year-old Christopher Bolon of Santa Elena has been charged with possession of controlled drugs with intent to
Delphina Brooks says she will never forget the moment she saw her grandson Theodore “Smiley” Swazo lying on a hospital bed after Sunday morning’s deadly motorcycle crash. Brooks said she was awakened shortly after midnight by a knock on her window. A young man told her
The UDP locked in its mayoral candidates to carry the United Democratic Party’s banner into the 2027 municipal elections in Dangriga and Benque Viejo del Carmen over the weekend. Dwayne Sampson secured the UDP's mayoral nomination in Dangriga and defeated Christalyn Castillo in Sunday's convention by
Twenty-five-year-old Vashti Thompson walked away with the Miss Earth Belize crown on Saturday night. She is now the beacon to carry Belize’s environmental message to the international stage at the Miss Earth 2026 in the Philippines on November 14. Thompson holds a bachelor's degree in biology
The smell of popcorn hit first. Then the cold rush of the air conditioning. Then the sound, rising all around, of eighteen children finding their seats. At the Ramada Princess Theatre in Belize City last Thursday, that was how the movie began, long before the screen
The family of Allan Arnold is demanding answers after he became one of three people killed in a deadly motorcycle crash on Mahogany Street in Belize City early Sunday morning. Arnold’s older brother, whose name is also Allan Arnold Jr., says the family is struggling to
