49-year-old Ervin Middleton from Belize City has been found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2020. The verdict was delivered today in the High Court by Justice Nigel Pilgrim. Middleton, a security guard, was remanded to the Belize Central Prison pending his sentencing on May
A man, a woman, and a minor were injured in a Sunday afternoon shooting in Belize City. The three individuals were "sitting in a yard on Iguana Street when a motorcycle came to the area, and a person came off the motorcycle and fired several shots
Police continue investigating a shooting incident that occurred over the weekend in the Cohune Walk area of Belmopan City. The shooting incident occurred in front of the T&J store on Saturday around midday. Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero confirmed that 23-year-old Jamal Hyde sustained gunshot
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Global Campus Guild of Students has taken steps in response to mounting student concerns over the proctoring of upcoming quizzes in select undergraduate programmes. Last week, the UWI Global Campus announced that it will administer proctored quizzes using Respondus
Belize’s protected areas are set to benefit from a new partnership between the Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) and the Belize Fund for a Sustainable Future. Both organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen financing for Belize’s National Protected Areas System (NPAS). According
Why would Belize's Ministry of Education (MOE) issue a warning notice against a promising 20,000-acre university? While it has been over 2 months since the notice was issued, the school has been in the works for years. For over a decade, The Ultimate Business University (UBU)
The BBC reports that US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick defended the country’s decision to impose tariffs on the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands, home to only penguins and seals. The tariffs, aimed at closing "ridiculous loopholes," would prevent other nations from shipping goods through the
Vendors at the Belmopan Market Plaza are facing mounting pressure from the Belmopan City Council to obtain individual trade licences or risk being forced to cease operations by April 15th. At the centre of the dispute is a 30-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in 2021
The Ministry of Economic Transformation (MET) says it has completed a joint mission with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), marking a key milestone for the “Program for Sustainable and Inclusive Belize”. Held from March 31 to April 4,
A Texas grandmother originally from Belize is facing possible deportation after she was accused of assaulting a postal worker with a weed eater during a confrontation in Spring, Texas. According to The Independent, Margarita Avila, a landscaper who has lived in the United States since
