On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, police arrested and charged Alrick Lamb, 28, with two counts of Contempt of Judicial Order. One count was for failing to sign in every Friday at the Raccoon Street Police Station, and the other count was for committing an offense while under bail
On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, police arrested and charged Allen Albert Anderson, also known as "Grace," a 24-year-old Belizean construction worker from Ladyville Village, Belize District, for the offense of belonging to a gang. On the same day, Julian Emilio Woodye, a 24-year-old unemployed Belizean from
Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) has announced scheduled power interruptions across various service areas in response to temporary in-country generation shortages and a reduction in supply from Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) in Mexico. Over the past few weeks, daily electricity demand has fluctuated between 85 MW and 125
The selection of Fritz Bélizaire as Haiti's new prime minister has caused a rift within the transitional council entrusted with appointing new leaders for the country. Four out of the seven voting council members announced their choice of Bélizaire on Tuesday, surprising many Haitians and
Disunity is stirring within the Benque Viejo del Carmen Town Council as Deputy Mayor Jenny Martinez publicly announced her resignation via social media on Tuesday night. Martinez, appointed to the position following the recent municipal elections, attributed her decision to a perceived preference for a
One person lost his life following a vehicular crash on Tuesday afternoon. The victim has been identified as twenty-nine-year-old Marcelino Pop, a delivery man from Belmopan. According to police, at around 12:30 p.m., officers responded to a traffic accident on St. Mathews Street in the Maya Mopan Area
We begin our newscast tonight with an escalation in deadly cartel violence just north of the Belize border with Mexico, in Chetumal, Quintana Roo. The popular Belizean destination has become a warzone for feuding drug gangs that operate in that southern Mexican state. Violent encounters
On the home front, Belizean authorities met earlier today to discuss citizen and national security in the face of mounting cartel aggression in southern Mexico. With concerns being raised among business owners in the Corozal Free Zone, as well as travelers, and residents near the
Are the Mexican cartels and their operatives establishing themselves inside the Corozal Free Zone? It’s a question that was put to the Commissioner of Police following dubious reports that individuals believed to have been members of the warring drug gangs are taking hold of the
What about Belize’s ability to match firepower with the Mexican cartels should there be an armed conflict? According to the top cop, compared to what has been put forward elsewhere on social media, the Belize Defense Force, as well as its local counterparts, is more
