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January 10, 2025

San Pedro icon and culinary pioneer Elvia Staines passes away at 92

Born in San Pedro on January 31, 1932, Staines dedicated her life to her family and her restaurant. She and her husband, Enrique Staines Sr., had [...]
September 2, 2024

Belizean football legend Charles ‘Chuck’ Gutierrez passes away

Rise to National Fame
June 29, 2024

Love it! Love it! Love it! – Loving Jenny Lovell

By Giselle O’Brien: “To know Jenny is to know compassion.  Jenny loved.  She loved freely, passionately and maybe a bit too much.”
April 25, 2024

Prime Minister shares ‘shock’ at Mike Espat passing and party condolences; ‘too early’ for discussion on succession

Within a week, despite not appearing unhealthy to his boss, he died of a heart attack at the age of 75 on Monday. He had been [...]
April 20, 2024

Cuellar family announces death of Dr Fernando Cuellar; remains to be returned to Belize for ‘celebration of life’

Dr Cuellar died at 7:09 p.m. Pacific time, an hour behind Belize time, at the MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna Hills, Orange County, California (south [...]
February 25, 2024

Peter Morgan, leader of Morgan Heritage band, dies at 47

By Aaron Humes: The official Instagram account of the Jamaican-American band Morgan Heritage this afternoon confirmed the death of star and band leader Peter Anthony Morgan, [...]
January 9, 2024

International News: Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Basdeo Panday laid to rest; CARICOM pays tribute

Panday, the first Trinidadian of Indian descent to serve as Prime Minister, was a towering figure in Trinidad politics, leading a major trade union and practicing [...]
January 2, 2024

Belize Council of Churches mourns late Catholic Bishop Lawrence Nicasio

The Council extended its condolences to his family and the wider Catholic family in Belize, calling him “an integral part of the work of the Council, [...]