Thirty-three-year-old Lincoln Bejerano has been convicted of murder. The High Court found that Bejerano murdered taxi driver Isidro Suar in January of 2016. He had been on the run for two years after he escaped from police custody in Belmopan in October 2016. He was
Recently, a video depicting a man being physically assaulted by two men went viral. In the video, a young man with dreadlocks was depicted beating up another before another man joined in to assist in holding down the assailant. The victim of the assault has
Twenty-five-year-old Jose Fuentes was arraigned today for allegedly choking his mother during a fight on Saturday at their residence near mile twenty on the George Price Highway. Fuentes initially pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault. He told the court that he wasn’t
On Saturday, seven opposition leaders from the Caribbean region convened in Saint Lucia to inaugurate the 'Leader of the Opposition Political Parties Forum'. The gathering included Allen Chastanet from Saint Lucia, Doctor Keith Mitchell from Grenada, Doctor Godwin Friday from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
On Monday, the Statistical Institute of Belize released the preliminary results of the 2022 census. In that report, it was revealed that Belize’s population has increased by twenty-three percent since 2010, with just over seventy-five thousand more people. This number was lower than what was
The Belize from your childhood is here to stay. It is common knowledge that food always been a major aspect of Belizean culture with various dishes becoming a staple in the average household. This included the wide variety of sweets and pastries many grew up
Belize and Taiwan have shared diplomatic relations since 1989, and since then, our ties have only grown stronger. And while there are additional areas of cooperation that are currently under discussion between our two countries, just this week, Belize signed a new agreement as part
India is on its way to becoming one of the world’s top economies. While the country, like every other, has issues with poverty and pollution, it has made significant strides over time to also reduce the prevalence of these problems. And now, India wants to
In January, instructors at the Belize City IT-VET complained that they were not receiving their salaries on time and that the faulty system that the Ministry of Education was using had the school meeting their salaries instead. One of the instructors told us that the
Belize has been experiencing some extremely hot days over the last few weeks. In fact, two all-time heat records were broken only last week. The National Meteorological Service of Belize warns that above seasonal temperatures are expected to continue across the county over the next
