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By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño says representatives of the National Garifuna Council did not demand an apology during their recent meeting over his controversial remarks about the size of Belize’s Garifuna population.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño has confirmed that Cabinet has not yet held substantive discussions on additional measures to ease the rising cost of living, despite mounting pressure on the government to provide further relief…

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño says his government has not yet decided whether it will challenge a landmark Court of Appeal ruling that declared two states of emergency imposed in Belize City in 2020 unconstitutional.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño says the announcement of direct air service between Germany and Belize represents a major breakthrough after successive governments spent years attempting to attract a European airline.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño has defended his government’s decision to commit approximately US$2 million in financial guarantees to secure direct air service between Europe and Belize, arguing that the country had little choi…

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño has defended his government’s decision to retain Ambassador Alexis Rosado as part of Belize’s legal team before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), despite the serious criminal charges again…

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño has not ruled out the possibility of American military personnel conducting joint security operations in Belize, saying his government is prepared to consider proposals that serve the country’s na…

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Public Service Union (PSU) President Dean Flowers has accused the Briceño administration of perpetuating a culture of political patronage in which vulnerable Belizeans are forced to depend on elected representatives for basic

By Breaking Belize News Staff: A 56-year-old Belize City man who spent more than three months behind bars after being unable to post bail for possession of just 0.4 grams of crack cocaine has been sent back to prison for another four months because of out…

By Breaking Belize News Staff: An interdicted police officer accused of murdering his former mother-in-law and her twin brother in Hattieville Village in September 2025 has been committed to stand trial in the High Court.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: A 37-year-old fisherman accused of shooting and injuring a police corporal before allegedly opening fire on other officers during a pursuit has been indicted on five counts of attempted murder in the High Court.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: A 37-year-old Belize City fisherman has been charged with possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply after police allegedly discovered 222.9 grams of suspected crack cocaine, equivalent to nearly half a pound, insi…

By Breaking Belize News Staff: An 18-year-old Belize City man accused of burglarizing his former workplace and damaging a $250 surveillance camera has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after failing to meet bail.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Two men accused of the sensational double murder of a Burrell Boom couple in January 2025 were formally indicted in the High Court on Tuesday, October 20, with both pleading not guilty to the killings.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: “We have already wiped out the gangs in El Salvador, and we can wipe you out too.”

By Zoila Palma: The Belize Police Department has issued a wanted poster for Kenrick Devon Menjivar of Santa Elena Town, Cayo District.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and New Growth Industries (MAFSNGI) has convened the annual National Vegetable Stakeholders Meeting with vegetable farmers and other relevant stakeholders to mark the close of the 2025/2026 vegetable season and t…

By Zoila Palma: Today, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the United States of threatening United Nations member states with sanctions if they vote in favor of a resolution calling for an end to the US trade embargo on Cuba.

By Zoila Palma: Today, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced that his government had launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran members of an international, United Nations-backed security force who are reportedly being held hostage by

By Zoila Palma: Mexican authorities have arrested five men allegedly linked to the kidnapping and murder of 10 workers employed by Canadian mining company Vizsla Silver in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.

By Zoila Palma: Today, the Cristo Rey Village Council in Cayo made a public appeal against the disposal of garbage in the area known as “The tierra blanca”.

By Zoila Palma: The Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD), under the Ministry of Finance, is hosting the third Compliance Risk Management (CRM) Community of Practice Workshop, bringing together tax administration representatives from six Caribbean countries

By Zoila Palma: Today, the Ministry of the Public Service, Disaster Risk Management and Enterprise issued a statement confirming a road traffic incident involving a government vehicle assigned to the Minister.

By Zoila Palma: The Ministry of E-Governance continued its efforts to strengthen digital skills across the public service with its Digital Confidence and Foundational Workplace Skills Training program on October 20, 2026.

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By Zoila Palma: Today, the Orange Walk Town Council issued a statement expressing concern over the continued bullying, verbal abuse, intimidation, and physical violence directed at Traffic Wardens by some motorists and members of the public.

By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Imagine starting your workday without leaving the house, and getting paid every Friday.

By Zoila Palma: Belize is highlighting its progress in innovative financing for marine conservation and sustainable economic development at a regional workshop in Grenada.

By Zoila Palma: Today, former Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow says that this day, 2 years ago, the UDP was stolen.

By Zoila Palma: Italy is preparing to deploy 500 military personnel to Milan following a weekend of violent protests that saw demonstrators clash with police, damage property and attempt to occupy public spaces.

By Zoila Palma: Belizean artist, curator and exhibition designer Ilona N.

By Zoila Palma: Mopan Technical High School will host “Raíces: A Cultural Evening” on Friday, October 30, 2026, at the Cancha Marshalleck, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

By Zoila Palma: Cayo Centre for Employment Training (Cayo CET) will host its annual Halloween Fair, themed “The Cult,” on Friday, October 30, 2026, at the Cayo CET campus.

By Zoila Palma: Today, a migrant caravan of more than 600 Central American migrants set off from Tapachula, Mexico, heading toward the United States in search of better opportunities.

By Zoila Palma: The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and New Growth Industries (MAFSNGI) has completed intensive coconut farmer training workshops in the Stann Creek and Toledo Districts, reaching more than 60 farmers.

By Zoila Palma: Global energy markets could remain unstable beyond 2027 as escalating tensions in the Middle East continue to threaten oil supplies, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, has warned.

By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Fall is one of the best kept secrets in Belizean travel, and Las Terrazas Resort on Ambergris Caye is giving travellers even more reasons to come now.

By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Prime Minister John Briceño says his decision to seek a third term came at the request of his own Cabinet colleagues.

By Zoila Palma: Guatemala has deployed a new contingent of military police to Haiti to support the international Gang Suppression Force (GSF) as authorities continue searching for four Salvadoran military personnel who went missing following an attack on…

By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Landing Belize’s first European air service comes with a price tag.

By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): A Belmopan park named for one of Belize’s great defenders of history is now in the care of the institution he helped shape.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: A 45-year-old father in Guyana has reportedly confessed to killing his six-year-old son by throwing him into the water, knowing he could not swim, after allegedly being told by a spiritual advisor that the child was not biol…

By Breaking Belize News Staff: The long-awaited triple murder trial of Christian Espat, 31, and Michael Brown, 25, has been postponed until January 2027 after the prosecution sought to introduce additional cellphone evidence just days before the proceedin…

By Breaking Belize News Staff: A 19-year-old Ladyville resident has been charged with aggravated burglary following a violent home invasion in Burrell Boom Village during which four armed intruders allegedly tied up a businessman and escaped with nearly $…

By Zoila Palma: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend monthly assistance to approximately 500,000 people in Gaza because of a funding shortfall, the agency announced on Monday.

By Zoila Palma: The family and friends of Belize City student, Cheryl Castro,14, is seeking the public’s assistance in locating her.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño says he personally raised Belize’s long-delayed solar energy financing arrangement with Saudi Arabia’s finance minister during meetings in Bangkok, Thailand.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño has again criticized bureaucratic delays at the World Bank, claiming that a dispute involving an alleged iguana sanctuary in San Pedro held up a major electricity storage project for approximately…

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño says Belize is requesting an extension of a World Bank-funded agricultural development project, warning that complicated administrative requirements have delayed its implementation.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño says Belize is pursuing millions of dollars in international financing to address the worsening sargassum crisis affecting the country’s coastline.