The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise (MAFSE) and the Taiwan ICDF conducted a Sheep and Goat Parasite Management Workshop aimed at enhancing agricultural practices in Belize. The workshop was held from August 5th to 7th, 2024 at the University of Belize Central Farm
The Benque Fiesta 2024 incurred a staggering $58,192 in losses. In an official statement, the Council attributed the financial shortfall to Hurricane Beryl, adverse weather, and limited community support. However, criticisms over alleged mismanagement and a lack of transparency regarding the event continue. Carlos 'Calo' Iglesias,
We begin our newscast this evening with the murder of an Orange Walk man on Tuesday night in Orange Walk. Carlos Canelo was shot and killed soon after he arrived at his residence on Monkey River Street where he had been staying for the past
Fifty-four-year-old Mark Francisco was shot and killed on Monday morning in Belize City. It was a crime that left his family asking questions and the police looking for answers. Francisco was shot and killed as he was getting ready for a fishing trip that morning.
On Tuesday, just as employees prepared to leave work for lunch, a man was shot and killed near Cinderella Plaza. The deceased, Leroy Smith, was shot by the same gun he used to hold up a businessman whom he pushed inside the Casa Churro Bakery.
Thirty-six-year-old Mark Stevens, accused of the attempted murder of Juan Carlos Rios Pineda on June eighth, appeared in court today when he was escorted from the Belize Central Prison. His appearance this morning, before a magistrate, took an interesting turn when Stevens refused to have
The lifeless body of fifty-eighty-year-old Cecil Lewis was recovered at sea by a team of coast guard officers earlier today. Lewis was on a barge heading to Caye Chapel on Sunday when he went overboard. It wasn’t until other crew members arrived at their destination
On Tuesday, a fifteen-year-old girl who was diving with her family, lost a leg after sharks attacked her. The teen, Annabelle Carlson, had reportedly completed a dive with the Belize Dive Pro company between Hot Caye and Halfmoon Caye around eleven-thirty on Tuesday. The girl
Forty-six-year-old Harish Kishanchand, a businessman of a Church Street address, appeared before the lower court today where he was arraigned on a single charge of trafficking in persons. It is alleged that sometime between January twenty-first and November thirteenth, 2022, Kishanchand took advantage of a
Police are investigating the theft of a safe from the Treasury building in Dangriga. The safe was discovered stolen on Tuesday, making this the second such theft at that office in five months. Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams told reporters that the thieves had to
