Cruise Ships In, Groceries Up: Belize’s Mixed Bag

Belize’s economy is showing some serious staying power. Despite big hits to agriculture and manufacturing, the country still managed to grow by two percent in the first quarter of 2025. That’s right, while sugarcane and citrus took a dive, tourism and …

Belize City Council Worker Granted Bail in Attempted Murder Case

Crime June 27, 2025 No Comment 25 Forty-five-year-old Travis Flowers, a Belize City Council employee accused of attempted murder, was granted bail in the High Court yesterday. This follows two previous denials. Justice Derick Sylvester granted Flowers bail …

Belize Billiards Players Make Historic Pan Am Run, Fall Short of Medal

Despite a remarkable run at the Pan American Billiards Championship, Belize’s players did not get the Cinderella story ending they hoped for. Representing the Belize Billiards Sporting League (BBSL), Nian Rosado and Luis Valdez were among the 120-plus …

Disturbance in Belize and Yucatan could strengthen this weekend

ORLANDO, Fla. — We’re keeping an eye on a disturbance over Belize and the Yucatan, which could develop as it moves back over the Bay of Campeche in the southwest Gulf this weekend. For central Florida, a weak storm system remains nearby, and so does higher …

Disturbance near Belize could become Atlantic’s next named tropical storm

ORLANDO, Fla. — Channel 9 meteorologists are monitoring an area of disturbance that has a small chance of becoming the next named Atlantic storm. A collection of showers and storms is currently forming off the coast of Belize. This weather system is …

Disturbance near Belize could become Atlantic’s next named tropical storm

Fire is both destruction and rebirth for Maya communities of Belize

Wildfires in 2024 heavily impacted the Maya communities of southern Belize, burning 43,987 hectares (108,695 acres), a staggering 10.2% of the region’s forest and farmland. Fire has always been a sacred element to the Maya people, central in ancestral …

Storm tracker: Atlantic system could bring heavy rains to Mexico, Belize 

The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning, June 27, it is monitoring a system in the northern Atlantic Ocean that could produce heavy rains over portions of Central America. Hurricane center forecasters said an area of "disorganized showers …

The Belize Fund Doing Work At Laughing Bird Caye

Since its inception in March of 2022 The Belize Fund for a Sustainable Future - which comes out of the Blue Bond initiative - continues to provide open calls for funding for advancing marine research, coral restoration, enforcement, and biodiversity …

Belize's Workforce Becoming Less Productive Over Past 20 Years

And while there is still modest GDP growth, economic historian Victor Bulmer Thomas looks at another metric: GDP per employed person. In his paper presented at the University of Belize earlier this week he found that the Belizean workforce is becoming less …