As organisers consider changes to the long-standing route of the La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge, questions are growing over whose interests are being served. Elvin Penner, vice president of the Belize Canoe Association, says the association plays no role in planning the Ruta Maya. “We
More than 130,000 people are listed as missing in Mexico. A new report warns that disappearances have risen by 213% over the past decade and are distorting the country’s true levels of lethal violence. The study, Violencia en México 2015–2025, by México Evalúa, records an increase
Days of chanting outside BTL’s headquarters have finally led to a breakthrough. After a hard‑fought court victory and a week of intense protest, former telecom workers say they’re walking away from a key meeting today feeling something they haven’t felt in a long time, relief.
Tonight, Belize’s public transportation system is getting a long‑overdue overhaul. After years of crowded buses, aging fleets, and constant commuter frustration, the Government of Belize is rolling out the National Bus Company, its boldest move yet to modernize how Belizeans travel. The plan brings private
Belize’s plan to overhaul its aging public transportation system accelerates with the launch of the National Bus Company, a unified network designed to replace decades of fragmented service and commuter frustration. As the new system takes shape, the Ministry of Transport strengthens its foundation by
Tonight, we revisit a case that has haunted a family, and a community, for more than a decade. It’s been twelve years since twenty four year old Kayla Burgess was found dead inside her vehicle in Bullet Tree Falls, a brutal killing that left loved
Belize is back on the world’s corruption watchlist, and this time, officials say that’s actually a good thing. After more than a decade off the map, the country has returned to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, putting Belize once again under the global microscope. Instead
In every school, there’s always that one place where students learn more than what’s in the textbooks, where they figure out who they are and who they want to be. At Independence High School, that place is the Drum Corps. More than ten years strong,
And while those young performers march toward competition season, organizers of the upcoming La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge are charting potential route changes and calling on paddlers to register early, signaling another major community tradition gearing up for a dynamic year. The La Ruta
A wrongful‑death lawsuit filed in the United States is now casting a global spotlight on a tragedy that unfolded in San Pedro last year, where three young women from Massachusetts lost their lives inside a suite at the Royal Kahal Beach Resort. What began with
