In November 2023, the U.S. Department of State-Bureau of Consular Affairs issued a warning to travellers regarding high rates of violent crime in Belize, including sexual assault, armed robbery, and murder, particularly in tourist areas. Despite these warnings, recent data from the Belize Police Department, in
A delegation from Belize, led by Minister of National Defence Florencio Marin Jr., participated in the XVI Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas in Mendoza, Argentina, from October 13-16. The team, which included Minister of State Oscar Mira and senior military officials, met with representatives
Moses “Shyne” Barrow says that he remains the leader of the United Democratic Party. This is after the Tracy Panton-led Alliance for Democracy held what it described as a ‘unity convention’ on Sunday during which U.D.P. delegates voted for Panton to be the U.D.P. leader.
According to Barrow, the party’s constitution does not allow the appointment of an interim chairman. He said that a party convention cannot proceed without a duly elected party chairman. Barrow says that the U.D.P. will not reduce itself to what he described as a “farce”. Moses
And as we saw on Sunday, there were quite a few U.D.P. standard-bearers who are now supporting Tracy Panton and the Alliance for Democracy. The possibility of those individuals, including Queen Square Stand Bearer Godwin Haylock, being kicked out of the party is quite real.
We asked Taegar-Panton how the ongoing rift between the two factions would be addressed, especially with conflicting press releases from both sides using the same letterhead but sharing opposing information. While she assured that the issue would be resolved, she didn’t provide specific details on
Barrow and the executive that has been in place refuse to step down or hand over to Taegar-Panton and her executive. Today we asked Barrow if there was a possibility for both sides to mend fences and reunite, in light of speculation among political pundits
A Belize Defence Force soldier lost his life in a traffic crash on Monday night on the Thomas Vincent Ramos Highway. Twenty-six-year-old Genario Che was on his motorcycle heading home when he collided with a truck. He died on the scene. News Five's Britney Gordon
Police have formally arrested and charged twenty-five-year-old Loren Timoteo Vanegas, a Belizean salesman from Dangriga, for the murder of Manuel Fernandez Junior. The arrest follows the discovery of Fernandez’s dismembered body inside a barrel near a resort in Dangriga. Fernandez was killed after a violent
Hugo Patt has distanced himself from the Alliance for Democracy, making it clear in a statement that he has nothing to do with the Alliance’s convention on Sunday. In a statement, Patt stressed his position as the duly elected first Deputy Party Leader and a
