Do social service organizations support curfew?
Posted: March 27, 2016. 12:49 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: We have been reporting on the Police’s efforts to keep youths out of danger and off the streets by means of a check-up program which has been...
View ArticleEaster weekend violent in Belize City: two shootings, stabbing reported; one...
Posted: March 27, 2016. 12:59 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Two separate incidents of violence in the Old Capital have been reported up to this morning. There was a fatal shooting reported in Belize City...
View ArticleNational debt expected to reach $3 billion by 2017
Posted: March 28, 2016. 8:17 a.m. CST By BBN Staff: Belize’s national debt at the end of 2014 was in the range between $2.2 and $2.3 billion; now Belize’s debt is estimated to be over $2.35 billion and...
View ArticleTraffic accident claims one life on Bullet Tree Road
Posted: March 28, 2016. 12:25 p.m. CST. By Victor Castillo Sr.: San Ignacio police are currently investigating a traffic accident that has claimed the life of 43-year-old Juan Alvarado, a Belizean...
View ArticleWarm and dry conditions to prevail
Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2016. 10:39 a.m. CST By BBN Staff: The National Meteorological Service of Belize is predicting mostly sunny skies today and partly cloudy skies tonight, with little or no...
View ArticleBelizeans busted in US gang sweep
Posted: March 29, 2016. 4:10 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: U.S. immigration agents have arrested more than 1,000 suspects, including several Belizeans, on charges including attempted murder and witness...
View ArticlePolice brutality claim by accused in Scotland Halfmoon robbery
Posted: March 29, 2016. 4:25 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Police last week announced the arrests of 22 year old Trevor McFoy, a evening division student of SJC Junior College, and a 17 year old high...
View ArticleHE Sir Colville Young attends conference in Antigua and Barbuda
Posted: March 29, 2016. 4:35 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Governor General, HE Sir Colville Young and Lady Norma Young are in Antigua and Barbuda attending the Fifteenth Conference of Presidents and...
View Article“Soup” Williams in Old Belize assault
Posted: March 29, 2016. 4:40 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Police have arrested and charged “street figure” Jason Williams, who goes by the alias “Soup”, for aggravated assault in connection with a...
View ArticlePACT awards over $1M in grants this week
Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2016. 4:56 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: The Protected Areas Conservation Trust will be awarding over one million dollars in grants to seven organizations on Thursday this week....
View ArticleMan hospitalized after Sunday morning stabbing
Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2016. 5:28 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Investigation are ongoing into a pre-dawn stabbing incident that happened on Water Lane in Belize City and left Ezikel McKoy lying...
View ArticleMinistry of Foreign Affairs Statement on the March 26th, 2016 Incident
Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2016. 7:07 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: A short while ago the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a formal statement on the incident that played out on Holy Saturday where a BDF...
View ArticleTeenager critical after being badly beaten
Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2016. 7:26 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Police officers responding to reports of a fight in Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk District on Sunday night, saw the badly beaten and...
View ArticleCity man murdered on Saturday night
Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2016. 7:33 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Belize City Police are investigating a Saturday night shooting that claimed the life of 24-year-old Alwayne Cherington who was at a friend’s...
View ArticleImports, exports down to start 2016
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2016. 11:12 a.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Belize is both importing and exporting less goods to start the year. For the first time in statistical history, all major export...
View ArticleThe National Evangelical Association of Belize defends Pastor Scott Stirm
Posted: March 30, 2016. 5:15 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The National Evangelical Association of Belize (NEAB) has come out in defense of Pastor Scott Stirm, who recently came under fire over the last week...
View ArticleSpecial constables’ office at Commercial Center burglarized; guns stolen
Posted: March 30, 2016. 7:06 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: There was a breach at one of the City Council’s Office in Belize City sometime between the closure of the work day yesterday and opening this...
View ArticleBelize has positive economic finish in 2015, slow start in 2016
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2016. 7:15 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Belize finished 2015 in a steady if not promising pace economically, according to statistics published today by the Statistical...
View ArticleIt’s Faber for deputy, says Darrell
Posted: March 30, 2016. 7:15 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: “Superdelegates” of the United Democratic Party – its many area representatives, Ministers, Senators, Mayors, Councilors and other big people –...
View ArticleSIB reports inflation up in back to back months for first time in a year
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2016. 7:26 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the formal name for the measure of inflation, or increase in prices paid by Belizeans. It is measured...
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