On Thursday, August 29, 2024, the Human Trafficking Institute (HTI), in collaboration with the Anti-Trafficking in Persons (ATIPs) Council of the Government of Belize, hosted the Trafficking in Persons Leadership Summit. This event is part of a CARSI grant project titled “A TIPPING POINT 2.0,”
Margaritaville Beach Resort in Belize recently participated in the inaugural Jimmy Buffett Day of Service, an annual event launched by Margaritaville International to honour the legacy of its founder, Jimmy Buffett. On August 30th, the Belize property joined other Margaritaville locations worldwide in giving back
Ramon Vasquez, Chairman and CEO of Belize Broadcasting Network (BBN), withdrew as the United Democratic Party (UDP) standard bearer for Belize Rural South in the upcoming General Elections to preserve the station's neutrality. However, Vasquez was recently seen supporting the People's United Party (PUP) at
San Ignacio police are investigating a shooting murder that occurred early yesterday morning in Cotton Tree Village, Cayo District. The victim has been identified as Guatemalan national Otoniel Perez Mateo. According to reports, police responded to reports of gunfire around 1:50 a.m. and found Perez
It’s been less than a month since Santa Elena welcomed a new police substation. Tonight, however, police are investigating the death of one of a resident whose body was found in the wee small hours of the morning. He is twenty-one-year-old Korrie Cruz, who was
Kenrick Longsworth, the Belize City resident convicted of the death of his three-year-old stepson, has been sentenced to fifteen years behind bars for manslaughter. He was also given an additional three years for wounding. As we have reported, on January tenth, 2020, Mark Teul’s mother
Earlier today, a man was sentenced to thirty years in prison for the 2022 execution of Owen Tucker. He is forty-year-old Jerome Crawford who was charged for shooting his employer, on November twenty-second, 2022, in front of his coworkers. Owen Tucker was a Belizean American
The Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize held a press conference today to address the public over concerns it has about the current state of the tourism industry. Earlier this week, the Government of Belize announced that it is compulsorily acquiring twenty-three acres of
Rosado added that Belize is in desperate need of a mainland cruise port. He says that Harvest Caye was proposed as a solution to the industry, but it still does not put cruise passengers on the mainland without booking a tour. He spoke on the
FECTAB’s President, David Almendarez, also spoke at today’s press conference. He chided the Briceño administration over the Belmopan hospital land acquisition. He questioned why the Government of Belize did not compulsorily acquire those two parcels as they did with Stake Bank Island. David Almendarez, President, FECTAB “We
