Belize News

One of America's most wanted - a convicted child molester who fled the United States after failing to register as a sex offender - has been caught in Belize where he was working as a chess instructor in schools for...

Good health is an asset. But at times unhealthy lifestyles can deteriorate its quality. Smoking is one such example. A common perception is that smoking causes lung cancer. But this is not all. It actually is also a cause of...

The district attorney�s office says 20-year-old Damon Thompson will be arraigned Tuesday...Thomas is accused of attacking a female student he was standing next to during the lab at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prosecutors say the attack on Thursday...

A Los Angeles police officer has been indicted for attempting to illegally export guns to his security firm in Belize. Johnny Augustus Baltazar surrendered to authorities Monday and was scheduled to appear in federal court. Prosecutors say Baltazar attempted to...

Lord Ashcroft promotion threatens to create rift with Belize Tories warned by former colony's prime minister not to give deputy chairman a government post David Cameron was warned yesterday that Britain's relations with a key Central American ally would be...

In particular, he says Lord Ashcroft controlled both of the country's telecoms firms, and brokered deals that, in effect, left Belize's taxpayers subsidising his company's profits. And according to the Belize's foreign minister and mission staff, one of Lord Ashcroft's...

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dean Barrow on Thursday confirmed that the Belizean economy is in recession, although he ruled out turning to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance.   Barrow told a nationally broadcast press conference that...