May 14, 2024

Minister of Border Security reiterate importance of Sarstoon Protocol

Minister Marin emphasized the significance of establishing a Sarstoon protocol to better coordinate and maintain security in the Sarstoon.
April 26, 2024

BDF opens Sarstoon Forward Operating Base; Guatemalan Armed Forces play spoiler on tour of Sarstoon Island

A formal statement from the Force indicated that as the official group of visitors to the base, including the Police, Customs, Immigration, Yaxche, and TIDE as [...]
April 18, 2024

Stolen Toyota Hilux from Western Regional Hospital detected in Guatemala

According to police, two males, an adult and a minor, were seen leaving in the Hilux from the Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan around midnight this [...]
March 22, 2024

Date for ICJ oral argument on three-way territory dispute to be set in coming months, announces Foreign Affairs Minister as he salutes Belize’s “well-regarded” diplomatic profile

“All parties have complied with the requirement for written submissions to be delivered, and we are now awaiting the International Court of Justice to set a [...]
February 23, 2024

Memorial service held today for former cleric, diplomat and Government official Ambassador James Murphy

Murphy died on February 17, according to an official death announcement from the Government of Belize.
February 4, 2024

Belize Territorial Volunteers “aggressed” again by Guatemalan military near BDF Forward Operating Base

Maheia reports the encounter happened this morning around 11:15, not far from the Belize Defence Force (BDF) forward operating base (FOB) overlooking the Sarstoon.
January 14, 2024

International News: Organization of American States (OAS) backs President-elect Arévalo amidst inauguration delays and rising tensions in Guatemala City

On Sunday, supporters of Arévalo breached barricades, threatening to invade the Congress building following the postponement of the ceremony meant to swear in new Congressional lawmakers. [...]
December 19, 2023

Major Cabinet change as Eamon Courtenay leaves Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration

Reports say Courtenay had only agreed to serve for three years from the start of the John Briceno administration. He managed the overhaul of the passport [...]