Forty-three-year-old Honduran national Dennis Gurvara was in the Fabers Road area of Belize City on Wednesday evening buying scrap gold and other jewellery when he was shot and killed. Residents say Gurvara was not from the neighbourhood but had been going door to door asking if
A child in a Belizean classroom may know about Belize's coral reefs. They may have heard of the colourful fish swimming through them, seen photos of the country’s clear blue waters, maybe even learned Belize is home to one of the world's most important marine
Nineteen-year-old Anthony Perry was shot and killed Wednesday evening a couple hundred feet from his home in Port Loyola, Belize City, while walking to visit a relative. Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero says, "Information is that Perry was walking in the area when he was
Forty-one-year-old Deovan Hall was found dead near a cane field in San Antonio Village, Corozal, after he was shot multiple times. ACP Hilberto Romero says police responded to reports of a shooting in the area. “Information is that Hall was heading home on a bicycle after
A Celebration on the Water Today’s episode of Open Your Eyes highlighted the YWCA’s 3rd Annual Red, White & Bram Party Cruise, happening this Sunday, September 21st, as part of Belize’s Independence celebrations. Diane Haylock, General Secretary of the YWCA, joined the show to preview the annual fundraising event, which
The Trump administration has removed Venezuela from its list of countries that have failed to demonstrably combat illegal drug trafficking, the first time the country has been off that list in more than two decades, President Donald Trump said in a statement submitted to Congress
Sargassum continues to pile up along Belize’s coastline, with residents and businesses in coastal communities struggling to keep up as large volumes wash ashore day after day. On Ambergris Caye, resident Rebecca Coutant says 2026 has been by far the worst year she has experienced for
Ed Sheeran's international tour is in turmoil after rapper Macklemore was dropped from the remaining US dates over his onstage support for Palestine. This prompted all of Sheeran's other opening acts to quit in protest. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who owns Gillette Stadium in
Nothing about Dominic Beaino’s path to the cage in Colombia suggested an easy night. In fact, he was not even supposed to be fighting in that division. But when the opportunity came, the 18-year-old Belizean did not hesitate one bit and simply took it, and
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has formally scheduled oral hearings for both of Belize's ongoing territorial cases at The Hague, with hearings on Guatemala's territorial claim set for February 2027 and hearings on sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes set for March 2027. According to a
