April 17, 2025

Tropic Air flight hijacking ends safely at PGIA

In response, emergency protocols were activated, and a full-scale emergency was declared as all relevant agencies mobilized to address the situation. Witnesses reported that the aircraft [...]
April 3, 2025

DEA assists in investigation of suspected drug plane landing potentially involving police officers

The operation began when the Joint Intelligence and Operations Centre (JIOC) detected an illicit aircraft entering Belizean airspace. Security forces were swiftly deployed, leading to the [...]
March 31, 2025

Hand grenade discovered on Ambergris Caye to be destroyed

In a routine search operation early this morning, a police team discovered a hand grenade in an abandoned building north of San Pedro. The operation took [...]
March 28, 2025

Mystery aircraft crash near Belize-Guatemala border sparks investigation

It is widely suspected that this is the second landing of a suspected drug plane in Belizean territory this month, following a previous crash landing on [...]
January 29, 2025

Barrow on Lee Mark Chang: “No concern, he’s never done anything for Mesopotamia”

Chang, who launched his campaign last week with much fanfare, is running under Tracy Panton’s slate. However, Barrow brushed off the announcement, suggesting that Chang has [...]
January 29, 2025

Nearly 900 Belizeans could face deportation under Trump’s immigration crackdown

While the authenticity of the document remains unconfirmed, it reportedly originates from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is dated November 2024. It lists the [...]
January 25, 2025

Pair of teens including Belize Defence Force recruit soldier held for Punta Gorda robbery

Witnesses stated that the two masked men entered the store, with one brandishing what appeared to be a chrome .38 revolver. The armed assailant struck the [...]
January 21, 2025

Police charge Lance Corporal Alfredo Robinson with murder of fellow soldier

Robinson is accused of firing on Baizar with his service weapon, a .223 rifle, after an argument and some physicality while socializing at the BDF outpost [...]