Belize strengthens copyright legislation following international treaty accession

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 9:51 am CST. By Aaron Humes: Cabinet has announced that, in a significant step towards enhancing its intellectual property framework, Belize has officially acceded to five major copyright-related...

Wanted suspect ID’d in shooting death of Bronx father from Belize

Cops have identified a suspect in the fatal August shooting of a Bronx father — and are asking the public’s help tracking the wanted man down. Evaristo Melendez, 47, is being sought in the shooting of Clay Monsanto Jr., 32, who was shot in the...

Belize urged to stay alert as tropical wave moves west

Views: 54 Views: 51 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 6:14 am CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): The National Meteorological Service is closely monitoring a tropical wave (AL98) located over the eastern Caribbean Sea, several hundred miles...

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Cabinet extends tax exemptions for Belize Sugar Industries and BELCOGEN

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 10:19 am CST. By Aaron Humes: The Cabinet has approved the extension of tax exemptions for Belize Sugar Industries Limited (BSI) and Belize Cogeneration Energy Limited (BELCOGEN). This renewal,...

Central American Games Volleyball – Belize sweep Panama 3-0 to reach semi-finals unbeaten

Views: 29 Views: 28 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 8:44 am CST. Belize -white- win 3-0 over Panama and and advance to Central American Games Volleyball Championship semifinals on Sunday, October 19, 2025, in Guatemala City. Photo Credit:...

Central American Games: Belize’s Men’s Volleyball Team break 28-year drought, reach semifinals

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 9:48 am CST. Belize defeated El Salvador 3-1 on Sunday, October 19, 2025, earning their first ticket to the Central American Games volleyball semifinals in 28 years. Photo Credit: @norceca_info...

Cabinet approves emergency measures to enhance Belize’s power generation capacity; Fortis deal approved, goes to Senate today

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 9:59 am CST. By Aaron Humes: The Cabinet of Belize has granted approval for the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to declare an emergency situation regarding the country’s electricity generation...

Belize’s Mangrove Secrets: How Invisible Maya Homes Are Rewriting Coastal History

Beneath the still, green surface of a Belizean lagoon lies a miracle of survival. The Classic Maya once built wooden homes, salt kitchens, and workshops here—structures so fragile they should have vanished centuries ago. Yet deep inside the...

Belize set to become a “Safe Third Country” under new US agreement

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2025. 8:52 am CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Belize is preparing to enter into an agreement with the United States to serve as a “Safe Third Country” for asylum seekers, a move that has...

Belize marks World Food Day with focus on sustainability and climate resilience

Views: 11 Views: 11 Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2025. 6:52 am CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Belize joined the global community in celebrating World Food Day 2025 under the theme “Hand in Hand for Better Foods & a Better Future.” The...

El Salvador launches rescue plan for stray animals, time for Belize to take action too?

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2025. 9:23 pm CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, famous for his iron-fist campaign against gangs, has unveiled a new, surprising mission: a national plan to...

Belize wins 2 Golds, 1 Silver in Caribbean Cycling championships

(l to r) 2nd – Jose Alberto Gonzalez (CUB); 1st Derrick Chavarria (BLZ); 3rd – Jadian Neaves (T&T) in U-23 Men’s Road Race. By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Tues. Oct. 14, 2025 Belizean cyclist Derrick Chavarria won 2 Gold...

Moist and Unstable Conditions to Prevail Across Belize

The National Meteorological Service (NMS) is forecasting relatively moist and unstable weather conditions to prevail across the country today, bringing the possibility of scattered showers and thunderstorms in some areas. According to the NMS’s...

Central American Games Volleyball: Costa Rica halt Belize’s momentum with 3–0 win

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2025. 10:46 am CST. Belize -white and blue- fell 3-0 to Costa Rica on Saturday. Photo Credit: Afecavol By Rubén Morales Iglesias: After a commanding start to their campaign, Belize’s Men’s National...

Tropical disturbance moves toward Caribbean, no threat to Belize yet

Views: 51 Views: 50 Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2025. 6:41 am CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): The National Meteorological Service of Belize continues to monitor a tropical wave currently positioned near the Windward Islands. This system...

Showers and thunderstorms continue across Belize as moist conditions linger

Views: 46 Views: 45 Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2025. 6:34 am CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Belize begins this Sunday under relatively moist and unstable atmospheric conditions, bringing a mix of sunshine and cloudy periods across the...

CARICOM free movement expands Belize’s economic potential

Not everyone in Belize is fully on board with our country implementing full free-movement of CARICOM nationals from Barbados, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines on October 1; and among those expressing some reservations is the main...

Belize Takes Over Chairmanship of World Bank’s Small States Forum

Belize has officially assumed the chairmanship of the World Bank’s Small States Forum (SSF) for the period January 2026 to December 2028, marking a major milestone in the country’s international leadership on development issues affecting small and...

The colonial legacy of retreat: From Palestine to Belize

How British promises of peace became legacies of conflict—from the Middle East to Central America By Ismael Perez SAN IGNACIO TOWN, Cayo District, Tues. Oct. 14, 2025 The tragedy unfolding in Gaza today echoes Belize’s own history of colonial...