Belize’s First Cannabis Referendum: What to Expect Before You Vote

Tomorrow morning at seven, history will be made on Caye Caulker. For the first time ever, Belizeans will head to the polls to decide whether cannabis should be legalized for production and sale. This idea was shelved back in 2022, but now, three...

Belize City Mayor receive PUP@75 Commemorative coin

Tropical depression likely to form in Central Atlantic October 7, 2025 Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025. 9:02 am CST. By Zoila Palma: On October 6, 2025, Mayor of Belize City Bernard Wagner received a commemorative coin from PUP...

Belize City Council clarifies details on Belcan Bridge project

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025. 9:24 am CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff: The Belize City Council has issued a detailed statement to address what it describes as “recent public misstatements” concerning the design and...

Kuwait Fund seals KWD8 million road deals for Belize, Saint Lucia

Acting Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, Waleed Al-Bahar, signs a loan agreement with Saint Lucia. WASHINGTON, Oct 14: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed two loan agreements with Belize...

PM And MIDH Minister Disagree On Ownership of Belcan Bridge Drawings

When we spoke to the Prime Minister two days ago he expressed an interesting view on a raging controversy. He didn't seem to have much regard for what engineer rogue Matus says is his intellectual property - which are the designs and plans for the...

Belize Police Department Implements New Strategy to Combat Crime

Belize City has been grappling with a wave of violence and tonight, police say they’re changing the way they fight crime. The Belize Police Department is rolling out new strategies aimed at modernizing operations and upgrading technology. It’s all...

Death of 9-year-old Evadney Martinez, asthma victim, sparks investigation in Belize City

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2025. 8:05 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: On the evening of October 11, 9-year-old Evadney Martinez was pronounced dead after collapsing at his home on Police Street. Around 9:40 PM, emergency services were...

BELIZE-EXPLOSION-Welder killed by “training bomb”

Belize Athletic Association Hosts Workshop Promoting Leadership and Gender Equality in Sports

The United Nations reminds us that sport serves as a universal and celebratory platform to convey crucial messages and mobilize communities for leadership and gender equality. Yesterday, the Belize Athletic Association in collaboration with the...

Belize City Man Fined $6,670 After Pleading Guilty to Trafficking 2 Grams of Cocaine

A small amount of cocaine has resulted in a hefty fine for a Belize City man who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking today. 38-year-old Jamal Samuels admitted to trafficking 2 grams of cocaine, which police found parcelled off in six Ziplock bags....

Leo Bradley Library hosts annual Health Fair

By Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Mon. Oct. 27, 2025 The Belize National Library Service and Information System (BNLSIS) held is 14th annual Health Fair on Thursday, October 23, at the Leo Bradley Library compound on Princess Margaret Drive in...

Legal battle over Stake Bank shares set for trial in March 2026

Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay (l) and Senior Counsel Priscilla Banner representing OPSA (r) BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Oct. 23, 2025 While construction at the Stake Bank tourism development project, located roughly 2 miles off the coast of Belize City,...

Hurricane Melissa heads to Jamaica

By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Mon. Oct. 27, 2025 The safety of 70 Belizean students, who were unable to evacuate from Jamaica before the commercial airlines suspended all flights to the island, has drawn into sharp focus the...

Belize stumble 6–1 to El Salvador in final group match at UNCAF U16 FIFA Forward Tournament

Views: 83 Views: 78 Posted: Monday, October 6, 2025. 11:21 am CST. Marlon Meza Jr scored Belize’s only goal against El Salvador in the 39th minute on Monday, October 6, 225, at the 2025 UNCAF FIFA Forward U16 Boys Tournament at the Centro...

Belize take on El Salvador in final Group B clash at UNCAF U16 FIFA Forward Tournament

Views: 31 Views: 32 Posted: Monday, October 6, 2025. 9:11 am CST. U16 Belize Boys National Team – Photo Credit: FFB By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🇧🇿 The U16 Belize Boys National Team (BBNT) are back in action this morning, squaring off against El...

Belize fraudster sentenced to 8 years in US prison for real estate scam

Andris Pukke, also known by the aliases “Marc Romeo” and “Andy Storm,” was sentenced to eight years in prison last month by U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken for orchestrating a massive real estate fraud in Belize, defrauding hundreds of...

Woman and teen daughter bludgeoned in home

Delecia Flowers, deceased By Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Fri. Oct. 24, 2025 A woman was beaten to death inside her home in the early hours of Friday, October 24. Around 3:00 a.m. that Friday, a group of men entered the residence of 35-year-old...

GOB Suing Its Own Ombudsman To Block Release Of Payments Made To Top Law Firms

Tonight, the Briceno Administration is making dubious history - by suing its own Ombudsman - Herman Swazo, all because it refuses to disclose the legal fees paid to its big name attorneys in the legal challenge to the re-districting. As we...

Integrating DNA Sequencing and AI for AAV Genome Integrity

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16-year-old Belize City student, Albert Requena, reported missing

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Monday, October 13, 2025. 7:38 pm CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff: Crime Stoppers Belize is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Albert Requena, a 16-year-old student from Belize City who has been reported...