Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Elton Bennett, confirmed to News Five that Guatemalan fishers fired what they believe were gunshots. While the shots weren't aimed directly at them, they were certainly threatening. Yesterday, the Coast Guard conducted an operation in Belize’s southern
Today, attorney Bryan Neal threw his support behind the Chief Justice's groundbreaking move to introduce Belize's first-ever Sentencing Guidelines. This landmark achievement was officially published in the Gazette on Thursday, January second. According to a press release from the Government’s Press Office, these guidelines are
The recent rains might be a relief for some, but they've been causing a chain reaction of problems for the sugarcane industry in northern Belize. The Corozal Sugar Cane Producers’ Association issued a press release today, highlighting how the delay in road repairs has led
Art has always been a powerful form of self-expression, allowing people to connect, share their stories, and comment on society. This is the passion of Belizean artist Alex Sanker, who is renowned for his political pieces often displayed on the streets of Belize City. In
The family of Mason Patnett is in a race against time after he went missing on Sunday afternoon. The last anyone heard from the thirty-eight-year-old Vista del Mar resident was when he updated his social media profiles that day. Then, radio silence. When his girlfriend
The Belize Livestock Producers’ Association (BLPA) just got a major boost with a hundred thousand USD donation from the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO). After Tropical Storm Sara wreaked havoc, farmers in the Belize River Valley and Cotton Tree areas suffered huge losses in feed,
The New Year has just kicked off, but the frustration for rural drivers in Belize is already in full swing. For years, they've been dealing with the tedious process of licensing their vehicles and renewing their driver's licenses, only to face even more challenges due
Over 600 feet of gillnets were recently removed from Belize's southern waters during an operation conducted by the Belize Coast Guard and Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE) rangers. "Our rangers encountered a Belize Coast Guard vessel that was actually doing patrols in the area
The Supplies Control Unit (SCU) has issued violation tickets to several establishments for breaching the newly implemented Supplies Control (Prices) Regulations. Businesses listed with names in bold received multiple tickets. The list can be found here: REVISED RELEASE SCU25 Since the launch of the compliance initiative,
Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Elton Bennett, confirmed to News 5 that Guatemalan fishers "fired what we believe were gunshots. Not in our direction, not in a direct confrontational manner, but in a threatening manner indeed." Yesterday, members of the Coast Guard conducted
