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Francine Burns loses Senate seat
Posted August 6th 2016, 8:18 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Earlier this week, the Ministry of National Security was split between Senator Godwin Hulse, now solely in charge of the Police Department, and...
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Latest on Hurricane Earl relief efforts
Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016. 10:30 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) says it is now focusing on providing immediate relief to victims of Hurricane Earl...
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BEL continues restoration of power
Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016. 10:35 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Most of the Belize River Valley and communities along the Philip Goldson Highway and Old Northern Highway can expect to receive...
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Dead elderly man found in Belize City
Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016. 10:40 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Police have confirmed that an elderly man’s body was found in a state of decomposition on Dolphin Street, behind Belize Dry Cleaners,...
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Blacakdore Caye developers move forward with consultations
Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016. 10:45 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: According to the San Pedro Sun, After hosting their first public consultation in January of this year, followed by a media tour, the...
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Cross International to help hurricane relief
Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016. 10:50 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: In the wake of Hurricane Earl, Mark Mosely, Senior Director of Cross International and his team are headed to Belize today, Sunday, to...
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Illegal hunting warning in Belize River Valley
Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016. 10:55 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: The Forest Department has issued a warning to the public and restauranteurs not to buy or consume game meat at this time, following...
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Commonwealth SecGen pledges hurricane support
Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016. 11:00 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Baroness Patricia Scotland, has expressed concern for the welfare of all affected by...
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UB opens new school year on Monday
Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016. 11:13 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: The University of Belize announces that it will resume operations on Monday August 8th, 2016. All employees are expected to return to...
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Belize: How Our Public Policies Save Lives
Posted: Monday, August 08, 2016. 8:53 a.m. CST. By Richard Harrison: Thankfully, no lives have been reported lost in Belize, the country that took the brunt of Hurricane Earl’s 80 mph winds. Today, it...
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WestJet now flying to Belize
Posted: Monday, August 08, 2016. 11:31 a.m.. CST. By BBN Staff: WestJet, one of Canada’s largest airlines, has announced a new direct route to Belize starting October 29. WestJet made the announcement...
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Orange Walk and Belize City men charged for drug trafficking
Posted: Monday, August 08, 2016. 2:53 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Police report that they have arrested 41-year-old Julian Chuc, a taxi driver of Orange Walk Town and 24-year-old Kadeem Courtney of Belize...
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Defense Ministers to meet in Trinidad
Posted: Monday, August 08, 2016. 4:53 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The 12th Conference of Defence Ministers will be held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago fromOctober 10-12 and Belize will be one of the...
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Wooden bridge in San Ignacio Town receives damages during flood
Posted: Monday, August 08, 2016. 5:36 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The wooden bridge that connects Santa Elena with San Ignacio Town received extensive damages to the middle section during the flood that...
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Melissa Ferguson surrenders to police with attorney
Posted Monday August 8th, 2016, 6:44 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: A brown-haired 48-year-old Melissa Ferguson, accompanied by attorney Richard “Dickie” Bradley, this morning handed herself in to Belmopan...
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Guatemala and Belize agree on enforcement of criminal sentences
Posted Monday August 0th 2016, 6:58 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Guatemala today published the agreement between Belize and that country on the enforcement of criminal...
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Shots ring out at Belizean Cultural Festival in Chicago
Posted Monday August 8th, 2016, 7:22 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: The yearly Belize Cultural Festival at the Hawthorne Race Course was interrupted by gunfire about 8:30 on Sunday night on Laramie Ave. in...
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Belize Progressive Party proposes hurricane relief strategy
Posted on Monday August 8th 2016, 8:40 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: The Belize Progressive Party (BPP) has issued a proposed strategy to provide aid to those affected by the recent Hurricane Earl. Their...
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Carla Barnett sworn in as Minister of State
Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016. 11:42 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Senator Carla Barnett was sworn in this morning as Minister of State by the Governor General H.E. Sir Colville Young during a brief...
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Belizean chosen for President Obama’s Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016. 2:43 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: A young Belizean entrepreneur from Orange Walk, Hernan Urbina, has been chosen to participate in this year’s Young Leaders of the Americas...
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