Recent content by PaxBelize

It's not misleading in the slightest. There is a sad and well documented history of North Americans committing crimes in Belize. Not that long ago a Canadian absconded after killing a young man on Ambergris Caye. Numerous child molesters have moved to Belize, often under the guise of being...

I'm not sure what you meant by this. When the USA was a young country, they were still lynching people and women were chattel. If you look into Belize's history, you'll see that we have amazing founders such as the Hon. George Price. It takes a long time for countries to find their feet. It was...

To be honest, it does remarkably well under the circumstances but it is ripe for exploitation and much of that comes from abroad - whether the women and children for sex trafficking, the poverty stricken young men for drug trafficking, the beautiful land for development and ponzi schemes, the...

Now we have to see if justice will truly be served. It's a horrible murder that has shaken the country.

We get a lot of North Americans coming to Belize and committing terrible crimes. This is just the most recent. http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=41030

That may be your understanding but the truth is that most people who move to Belize from abroad are considerably invested in making this a better place for everyone. If they just wanted fun in the sun (oh and Belize is not an island and Corozal is on the mainland) there are many cheaper places...

Locals know how to build schools. $10,000 wouldn't even come close to beginning the process of getting a school built here, much less laying a single stone. It's a great programme for those places where it works. The costs of building a school are not just concrete either. Ongoing costs are a...

This is very well meaning and I appreciate your intentions. Tourists pay more tax in Belize than in most countries. It's actually becoming a concern that it will hit our small tourism industry to be honest as the taxes go up. Many people work very hard in Belize to highlight issues, help educate...

Belize has one of the highest murder rates in the world. I think we rank fourth. I think the Prime Minister is well aware that violent crime is an issue. This is a very poor country. So poor, in fact, that it's unlikely it can ever pay its international debts. Over 50% of the work force is...

Murders are almost always unsolved. I think the murder conviction rate here is about 3%. The police have no means to solve these crimes. In some areas, if you call the police, you need to send a taxi to pick them up or have to go get them yourself as some stations do not have working vehicles...

They get paid about 100-200 usd a week to do a ******, dangerous and unappreciated job with no resources. Without forensics, murders are not solveable. We don't even have a national fingerprint database and most stations have no computers. The only murder convictions that happen here, and they...

They live in the same community. It is a small community. Everyone eats, drinks and parties at the same locations for the most part and there is little division between expats and Belizeans, especially in small places like Corozal. The fact that they both lived in Corozal establishes that type...

Belize is a small country and Corozal a very small community. Expats and Belizeans eat, drink and party together commonly and there are very few degrees of separation between anyone who lives here.

Another tragic outcome. These deaths are all too geographically close and there are so many other similarities. https://www.facebook.com/News5Live/posts/1312350752219126 A News Five team is in Corozal where around two o'clock this afternoon, the bodies of missing couple, Zeidy Orozco and...

Reports are surfacing that bodies have been found. No further info at this point.