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Senate Inquiry highlights need for corruption reforms
Business community Senator Kevin Herrera said this week that the testimony of Portico developer David Gegg has highlighted the need for...
May 24, 2024
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Former Security Guard Faces 10-Year Sentence for Child Abuse
Devain Flores, 33, a former security guard, pleaded guilty to updated charges of child cruelty after a viral video showed him assaulting...
May 24, 2024
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No vehicle over 22,000lbs on Haulover Bridge: Ministry of Insfrastructure
As of next Monday, January 9th, 2023, no vehicle with a gross weight of 22,000 pounds or more shall be allowed to use the Haulover...
Jan 3, 2023
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Tracking the first Tropical Wave of 2022
By Javan Flowers June 1st marks the Atlantic Hurricane season's official start, but officials are already tracking the first tropical...
May 11, 2022
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COMPOL: GBV survivors need to do more to hold their abusers accountable
Victims of gender-based violence need to do more to hold their abusers accountable, or they too will end up being just another statistic,...
Apr 27, 2022
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Miss Earth launches program to help school children
The reigning Ms. Earth 2021-22, Destiny Wagner has started "Operation Kingdom," a non-profit organization designed to assist and provide...
Apr 23, 2022
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Microplastics found in Human Blood
By Javan Flowers Microplastics have been detected in human blood for the first time, with scientists finding multiple types of plastics...
Apr 7, 2022
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Cuellar resigns from KHMH Board after 47 days
Well-known internist Dr. Fernando Cuellar has resigned from the KHMH Board, after having served only 47 days in the position. Dr. Cuellar...
Nov 12, 2021
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Stricter Public Health Measures Implemented
Prime Minister John Briceño, via a pre-recorded statement, informed the public that stricter public health measures are to be instituted...
Sep 17, 2021
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CDC warns against travelling to Belize
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US State Department have raised their travel alert levels for Belize to Level...
Sep 13, 2021
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Major Taxes’ collection up by 23%
After having fallen by almost 30 percent from April to July last year, collections for three major tax categories are up by roughly 23...
Sep 2, 2021
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New COVID rules take effect
The new COVID-19 regulations (SI No. 92 of 2021) came into effective today and has brought about notable changes to the operation of...
Aug 23, 2021
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Delta Variant pushes up ‘herd immunity’ threshold closer to 90%, medical experts say
The Delta Coronavirus Variant, a mutated form of the COVID-19 virus that is two times more transmissible, has raised the ‘herd immunity’
Aug 8, 2021
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Unvaccinated persons fill up KHMH COVID wards
There are twenty patients that lie in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH)’s COVID wards, and of that number none of them has...
Jul 21, 2021
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