A man was shot dead after being given a ride on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Investigators suspect that twenty-seven-year-old Malcolm Reynolds was murdered by individuals who were giving him a ride home. Reynolds' body was on Thursday night near the Boom/Hattieville junction. Reynolds had been
One day after the Office of the Prime Minister announced the reinstatement of Belize Rural South Area Representative, Andre Perez as the Minister of the Blue Economy, the woman who had made a sexual misconduct allegation against him has come out swinging against him again.
The Israeli Defense Forces have completed an investigation into the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza – all innocent lives that were ended by Israeli drone strikes on Monday. The seven aid workers were on an aid convoy operated by World Central Kitchen. The
A team of Belize Defence Force soldiers and coast guard officers left Belize for Jamaica over the weekend for advanced military training. The training is part of CARICOM force preparation for the possibility of supporting the U.N. Security Mission in Haiti, which has been taken
Close to six hundred members of the Belize National Teachers’ Union turned out on Thursday in Belmopan to elect a new national president. This is only a small percentage of the entire membership. Notwithstanding the turnout, a new president was elected. She is career teacher,
Nadia Martin-Caliz was chosen, by a convincing margin on Thursday, by members of the Belize National Teachers’ Union as their new National President. Martin-Caliz said after her re-election that she wants to shift the direction from where the B.N.T.U was going. She campaigned for the
Taiwan suffered a seven-point-four earthquake on Wednesday morning. The tremor, which struck in Hualien County, was the most violent in the last twenty-five years to hit the island nation. Taiwan, which lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, is prone to frequent earthquakes. This most
While we sat with him today, we asked Minister Fonseca about reports that the Belize Mission in Taiwan is acutely short-staffed. The mission is headed by Ambassador Doctor Candice Pitts, and she also travels to Japan to provide embassy services there. Today, Fonseca said that
This morning, a routine search was conducted at a house in Siene Bight Village, Stann Creek. This search resulted in the arrest of seven individuals after police discovered an unlicensed firearm and ammunition inside the building. Police arrested and charged fifty-one-year-old Rita Lopez; fifty-three-year-old Neville
Today, the National Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Committee held its first meeting to develop the National Science, Technology, and Innovation Strategy. This inaugural session, the first of a series of consultations, represents a milestone for Belize. The primary focus of this meeting is to
