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Are Belizeans better off in 2016?
Posted: March 7, 2016. 12:00 p.m. CST. PM Dean Barrow By BBN Staff: Are you better off in 2016 than you were last year or the year before? Are you confident that things will get better as the year...
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Popular San Pedro bartender dies, police brutality suspected
Posted: Monday, March 7, 2016. 2:23 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: A popular San Pedro bartender, Edwin Ixpatac, died early this morning as a result of injuries sustained last Thursday and four San Pedro...
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10 facts about Baron Bliss
Posted: Monday, March 7, 2016. 2:37 p.m. CST By Dalila Ical: Today, March 7, is being observed as National Heroes and Benefactors Day, in lieu of the public and bank holiday Wednesday, March 9. It is,...
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House meeting Tuesday; budget, finance bills to be read
Posted: Monday, March 7, 2016. 5:14 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: The House of Representatives meets on March 8 in Belmopan, and Prime Minister Right Honorable Dean Barrow is expected to read the General...
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Koop Sheet Metal team wins River Challenge
Posted: Monday, March 7, 2016. 5:27 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: After one hundred and eighty gruelling miles of paddling by canoe down the Belize Old River, Koop Sheet Metal are the overall winners of the...
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Belmopan Cops find over 6 pounds of weed
Posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2016. 1:00 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Just after midnight yesterday, a search conducted by police on Agriculture Street in the Las Flores area of Belmopan, resulted in the...
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Guatemalans busted with firearms and weed plantation in Chiquibul
Posted: March 8, 2016. 12:59 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: During a patrol about 600 meters away from the Belize-Guatemala border on Thursday of last week, members of the Belize Defense Force (BDF) along...
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Police seize over 200 pounds of weed, find guns and ammunition
Posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2016. 1:40 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: On Friday morning around 10:25 in the Wagierale area of Dangriga, police searched an abandoned house and found three Aguila brand, 12 gauge...
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Orange Walk man reported missing since last month
Posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2016. 2:33 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: A 77-year-old mother of Orange Walk Town, Aurora Rejon, reported to police that on February 24, her son, Miguel Rejon, 39, left home and has...
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PM presents 2016/2017 budget
Posted: March 8, 2016. 3:39 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Prime Minister Dean Barrow, at this morning’s National Assembly House Sitting, presented government’s budget for the 2016/2017 fiscal year. This...
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Three San Pedro Police officers are arraigned for murder in death of San...
Posted: March 8, 2016. 7:19 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Tonight three San Pedro police officers are on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned late this evening for the offense of...
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Ex-cop and partner acquitted of attempted corruption of an officer
Posted: March 8, 2016. 7:29 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Back in 2012, GSU police had raided the home of John McAfee in Orange Walk. Police alleged that a number of persons tried to corrupt public...
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23 year old was driving without a license, insurance when he crashed into...
Posted: March 8, 2016. 7:33 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: 23 year old Darrell Gough escaped serious penalties for a series of traffic offenses occurring on Monday’s public and bank holiday. He was...
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Man charged and sentenced for drugs
Posted: March 8, 2016. 7:33 p.m. CST. By Dalila Ical: An Orange Walk Town man has been charged and sentenced to prison for three years for drug trafficking. His charge and sentence follows his arrest...
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Belize Progressive Party calls on GOB to defend Belize
Posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2016. 7:58 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: The Belize Progressive Party (BPP) joined today’s protest on Independence Hill along with the Belize Territorial Volunteers (BTV) and a...
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Male minor reported missing since early January
Posted: March 9, 2016. 1:39 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: A 15-year-old Ladyville Village resident, Kirk Dennison, was reported missing by his mother, 43-year-old Sharon Conner, who told police that she...
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Belize Bank Bulldogs paddle into winners’ row
Posted: March 9, 2016. 1:59 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: This year’s La Ruta Maya challenge was fiercely competitive, with over 61 teams coming from all over the country to take part in the longest canoe...
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Police quickly detain suspects in Altun Ha tourist robbery
Posted: March 9, 2016. 6:09 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: A group of tourists from a cruise ship are leaving Belize with unpleasant memories after they were held up this afternoon at the Altun Ha Maya site...
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OAS electoral mission commends Belize, wants re-registration
Posted: March 9, 2016. 6:19 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Four months after the United Democratic Party’s (UDP) 19 seat to 12 victory at general elections held on November 4, 2015, the Organization of...
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Man guilty of stealing construction material
Posted: March 9, 2016. 6:29 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Thirty-eight year old Denbigh Neal, one of three men charged with handling stolen goods for a portion of $20,700 worth of construction material,...
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