February 8, 2025

500 persons to benefit from formal remission of fines related to marijuana possession

$227,000 in fines are owed for cannabis-related convictions by first-time offenders, but it would cost $2.3 million to keep them locked up for time served.
February 6, 2025

Pounds of weed, coke, crack and hashish go up in flames in San Pedro

The Commissioner of Police granted approval for the destruction. In total, 69 parcels of found property and 157 parcels of court-concluded exhibits were destroyed, amounting to [...]
January 29, 2025

International News: Dozens dead in crowd crush at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela Festival

The incident occurred when a barrier near the river broke, sending people scrambling toward the riverbanks.
January 29, 2025

International News: Trump crackdown pushes migrants to seek refuge in Mexico

Arianne Dominguez, a 24-year-old Cuban, had hoped for asylum in the US but was shocked when Trump’s administration halted a key app for processing claims. Left [...]
January 28, 2025

International News: El Salvador must limit State of Emergency and end Arbitrary detention, UN review urges

This state of emergency, which was renewed for the 34th time just before El Salvador’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), has facilitated the arbitrary detention of thousands, [...]
January 28, 2025

International News: Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest almost 1,000 people on 6th day of Trump administration

The arrests were part of ongoing mass deportation operations, which have been taking place daily since President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
November 28, 2024

Son makes bail; mother and sister remanded on cannabis charge

Jointly charged with Lodge are 51-year-old Juliet Richards; 31-year-old Shanice Brown, who is deaf-mute; and Eldy Jane Taylor of Krooman Road who was visiting at the [...]
September 24, 2024

Belize listed as major drug transit country by U.S. President Joe Biden

In the region, Belize joins The Bahamas, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and [...]