This update from Reuters confirms that at least five are dead following the 7.1 earthquake this morning.

Early reports from Belize indicate that the damage in most areas in limited. In this Belize News Post exclusive see images of the damage from the southern Belize village of Placencia.

An earthquake hit Belize. Does anyone have stories to share about the experience?
The AP is reporting:
The magnitude-7.1 quake struck at 3:24 a.m. (0824 GMT) at the relatively shallow depth of 6 miles …

The price of butane which is controlled by the GOB is set to see a decrease. See the details in this press release from the Government of Belize.

The IMF has just completed their assessment of the Belizean economy. Their conclusions could be described as cautiously optimistic.

The Belize/ Guatemala border dispute has taken another twist this week. Recent reports from the frontier are that because of retaliatory actions on both sides of the border Belizean tour guides can no longer take …

A recent World Bank Report on the HIV/AIDS pandemic focusing on the the spread of infection in Central America has once again shown that Belizeans suffer the highest rate of infection in all Central America. …

Swine Flu fear is hitting the streets of Belize this week,and thought the threat of infection is high reports from American media outlets claim the infection is not even as deadly at the “normal” or …

PM Dean Barrow address to the Summit of the Americas described many of the financial ails of the region. As he described the Caribbean Community as being largely victims in the world’s financial system’s …

Belize’s decades long territorial dispute with Guatemala rears it’s ugly head again, with a twist.