“Big fish”, guns and drugs caught on offshore island
Photo: Edwin Edward Flowers, remanded
Prominent gang leader and active member of the Leadership Intervention Unit (LIU), Edwin “Drive” Flowers, was found on one of the islands with the illicit items and was charged along with two other members of the PIV gang.
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE...
Belize Peace Movement pushes for urgent redistricting
Photo: BPM press conference
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 17, 2024
The Belize Peace Movement (BPM) held a press conference today in Belize City, at which it called for the immediate start of the...
PG police officer charged for unnatural crime
Photo: Marcos Che, charged
by Kristen Ku
PUNTA GORDA TOWN, Toledo District, Wed. Apr. 17, 2024
Police have formally arrested and charged 29-year-old Marcos Che, a police officer, with a single count of an unnatural crime.
Che,...
Maya Mountain Reserve undergoing threat; Minister possibly involved
Photo: Bobby Lopez, CEO, Hummingbird Group Limited
by Kristen Ku
BELMOPAN, Thurs. Apr. 18, 2024
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bobby Lopez of the Hummingbird Group Limited, a Belmopan based furniture manufacturer, claims that his company is facing...
Anke Doehm sentenced to 5 years for cruelty to a child
by Roy Davis (freelance writer)
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 17, 2024
American national Anke Doehm, 63, who was found guilty of cruelty to a child on March 4, 2024, was sentenced to 5 years in...
Not self-defense, says sister of man shot by alleged robbery victim
Photo: Ronald Gibson, deceased
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Tues. Apr. 16, 2024
Earlier this month, it was reported that a terrified 47-year-old Gilda Abadi, a resident of Belmopan, shot 49-year-old Ronald Gibson, who was allegedly attempting...
PWLB officially launched
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
The Football Federation of Belize (FFB) officially launched the inaugural season for its Premier Women’s League of Belize (PWLB) on Saturday, April 13, in Belmopan.
“It’s a very exciting day, not only for us at the Football Federation of Belize, but the entire country, because it marks the celebration and the launch of the professionalization that movement for women’s football,” said Yashmin Juan, Communications Director for the FFB.
The league will feature six teams in its inaugural season – Jewel Fury FC, Sagitun Girlz, Valencia Rising Phoenix, Napoles FC, Old Capital Turf Warriors, and Caribbean Tires FC – who each played a match after...
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The state’s obligation and what we must do to arrest this culture of violence
The people we elect to government are sworn to uphold all the laws in the Constitution, and as it pertains to individuals, no law is more important than the...
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Boots says Elections and Boundaries has committed a “gross error”
Photo: Anthony “Boots” Martinez, former Port Loyola area rep
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr....
Albert Vaughan, new City Administrator
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
On Monday, April 15, 2024, the Belize City Council announced the appointment of Albert Vaughan as the new City Administrator. This decision, as communicated in an official press release, followed the recommendations of an interview committee, which included Mayor Bernard Wagner as...
Elmer Nah triple-murder case goes to Supreme Court; PI concludes
Photo: Elmer Nah, accused
by Kristen Ku
BELMOPAN, Tues. Apr. 16, 2024
The case against Elmer Nah, accused of being the gunman responsible for the New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2022, triple murder of David, Jon...
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Guatemalan prez outs Environmental Minister
Photo: Guatemalan president, Bernardo Arévalo
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Tues....
Mexico severs diplomatic ties with Ecuador
Photo: Former Ecuadorian Vice President, Jorge Glas, arrested by...
Dictators v. Tribunes
by Hart Tillett
Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
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Features
Cheering OJ shouldn’t have happened in Belize
by Colin Hyde
I don’t know if the great American...
Redefining slavery!
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Whenever one thinks about slavery, one...
CARICOM 10-Point Plan for Reparatory Justice &Denis O’Brien Repair Campaign
by Sista YaYa Marin Coleman, Chairperson of UEF
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Jamming on the reef for good health
by Colin Hyde
Those of us who think God only...
Sports
BEBL presents its Rude Boy All-Star Classic
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 17, 2024
The Belize...
From All-Saturday Week 13, to All-Sunday Week 14 to end PLB regular season
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 17, 2024
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Hurricanes beat Cayo Ballaz
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Apr. 12, 2024
The Belize...
Amir Rudon remains undefeated in Isla Bonita
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
Belizean boxing...