Caribbean on high alert as Tropical Storm Melissa strengthens into dangerous hurricane

Views: 154 Views: 148 Posted: Saturday, October 25, 2025. 5:51 am CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Tropical Storm Melissa is rapidly intensifying in the Caribbean and is expected to become a major hurricane by Sunday, posing a severe...

Opposition Slams Government Over Secretive Safe Third Country Agreement with U.S.

On Monday Belize officially signed the Safe Third Country co-operation agreement with the United States of America. The framework agreement was signed by Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca and Charge D’Affaires Katharine Beamer. Today, during the...

Toledo Teen Crowned Miss Garifuna Punta Gorda 2025

15-year-old Sherdanny Garbutt, a third form science student at the Toledo Community College, has been crowned Miss Garifuna Punta Gorda. Sherdanny won the competition from among three other participants on Saturday at the Toledo Sports Complex....

Feinstein’s British Legal Team Seeks Stay in High-Stakes Stake Bank Case

The stakes are high in the embattled Stake Bank case and this morning in the High Court the Finestein fraud case was supposed to begin before Justice Goonetilleke but Feinstein’s team of British attorneys headed by Richard Salter KC, widely...

Fish Farming and Food Safety

Although aquaculture has grown to include shrimp farming and ornamental aquatic flora and fauna species, tilapia is the main food fish produced in Jamaica both for local consumption as well as for export.www.fisheries.gov.jm/aquaculture/ As global...

Warm day ahead with isolated showers, Tropical Storm Melissa monitored

Views: 4 Views: 3 Posted: Friday, October 24, 2025. 7:28 am CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Belizeans can expect mostly sunny and warm weather today, according to the National Meteorological Service, as a slightly moist northeasterly...

Cruise chaos as Hurricane Melissa carves through Caribbean

Cruise lines have been forced to change itineraries throughout the Caribbean this week to avoid the destructive Hurricane Melissa. The category 5 hurricane began churning though the southern part of the Bahamas on Wednesday evening after carving a...

Triple Murder Trial Takes New Turn as Elmer Nah Returns to Crime Scene

It’s been nearly three years since the shocking New Year’s Eve triple murder in Belmopan, and today, a new chapter unfolded in the ongoing trial. Former Police Corporal Elmer Nah, the man accused of carrying out the grisly killings, was escorted...

A Library Is Not Just For Books

And, yesterday, the Belize National Library Service and Information System held its Annual Health Fair at the Leo Bradley Library Compound under the theme "Be Well Belize: Uniting Health, Knowledge and Community." The idea was to raise awareness...

Doctor Love: Not a Local Market

Dear Doctor Love, I’ve lived and worked on this island all my life, and lately, I can’t help but notice that more and more foreign real estate agents are popping up everywhere. They’re selling properties left and right, posting fancy listings...

Canada warns travelers of rising dengue cases in Philippines

October 30, 2025 | 11:47am MANILA, Philippines — The Government of Canada has advised its citizens traveling to the Philippines to exercise a “high degree of caution” following rising cases of dengue fever. In a health notice issued on October 27,...

The Power of Belonging

Why true leadership begins with the people By Ismael Pérez SAN IGNACIO TOWN, Cayo District, Sun. Oct. 26, 2025 That evening, as I listened to Minister Cordel Hyde’s words, I felt a chill run through me. I wasn’t at the Civic Center; I was at home....

Man charged for throwing up ’30s’ Crip gang sign on Facebook but Court threw $5,000 fine his way

Views: 135 Views: 138 Posted: Friday, October 24, 2025. 7:20 pm CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff: A simple gang hand gesture on social media has cost a Belize City man $5,000 after he pleaded guilty to promoting gang activity in court today. Ken...

Toney White denied bail for threatening to kill wife, kids, mother-in-law as court takes zero-tolerance stance on rising domestic violence

Views: 118 Views: 122 Posted: Friday, October 24, 2025. 8:11 pm CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff: The Belize City Magistrate’s Court has taken a firm stance against domestic violence offenders, denying bail to a Ladyville man accused of...

New One-Stop Shelter for Domestic Violence Victims in the Pipeline

Across Belize, there’s a troubling reality that’s hard to ignore; domestic violence continues to affect families every single day. As of September, police have logged more than seventeen hundred cases. But that number doesn’t tell the full story....

Hurricane Melissa moves offshore Eastern Cuba, heads toward the Bahamas

Views: 108 Views: 103 Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2025. 10:21 am CST. By Zoila Palma: Hurricane Melissa is now churning in the southwestern Atlantic, just offshore of eastern Cuba, bringing damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and dangerous storm...

A Renewal For ITVET

Yesterday, the Ministry of Education, along with the IDB, broke ground on the ITVET Belize City Rehabilitation Project. The project, which is part of the Skills for the Future Program, will transform the campus into a modern, innovation-driven...

Woman Brutally Murdered, Daughter Left Injured

Right on the heels of a monstrous murder that took the lives of a woman and her two children comes a brutal attack on another mother and another teenage girl. 35 year old Delecia Flowers and her 14 year old daughter were sleeping inside their home...

Seine Bight Celebrates Opening of New Synthetic Football Field

The community of Seine Bight scored a goal yesterday with the inauguration of a new state-of-the-art synthetic football field. Stann Creek correspondent Harry Arzu has the story. Harry Arzu, Love News: The synthetic turf field came to reality...

Ladyville man Freddy Vasquez charged for pre-dawn break-in

Views: 313 Views: 319 Posted: Friday, October 24, 2025. 8:06 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: A would-be burglar didn’t get far with his loot after Police got on his trail in Ladyville, Belize District, this week. Police have formally arrested and charged...