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A dozen immigration officers attached to the Philip Goldson International Airport are in quarantine tonight after they tested positive over the weekend. In a press release issued late this evening, [...]
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There are reports of a COVID-19 cluster and possible community spread in Midway Village in the Toledo District. Information is that so far more than twenty positive cases were confirmed [...]
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To get an official update, this evening Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat spoke with the press via zoom about that developing possible spread of COVID-19 in Midway Village [...]
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So, as you just heard, Minister Michel Chebat says that the cases were detected not just among family members but among other villagers. One of the concerns at this time [...]
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Former Senate President Darrell Bradley is returning to the Upper House as an opposition parliamentarian next Wednesday. The twice elected former Belize City mayor replaces Khalid Belisle, himself a former [...]
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With as many as two hundred and ninety signatures needed to trigger a recall convention, some members of the United Democratic Party believe that Patrick Faber should simply step down [...]
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Amid the leadership struggle facing the U.D.P., the names of two likely replacements are emerging, should Faber’s ouster at a pending recall convention be successful. They are Chairman Michael Peyrefitte [...]
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In response to Faber’s numerical breakdown, Bradley acknowledges the analysis but maintains that he will win on the strength of his own ideas. Darrell Bradley, Senior Member, U.D.P. “I [...]
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The Moran Avila family in Belmopan is tonight still grappling with the death of their loved one, who perished in a road traffic accident on Friday night on the Hummingbird [...]
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Early this morning, there was another fatal accident that occurred in the South; this time in Toledo District. A teacher was travelling on his motorcycle when he was struck head-on [...]
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The mother of a one-year-old child is tonight grateful that her child’s father is alive, and her baby is unharmed after a gunman targeted their family home on Victoria Street. [...]
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Police are yet to establish a motive for the shooting. Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood told us they are close to making an arrest. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize [...]
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In a separate shooting, a Belize City police officer came under fire after a gang of men ambushed him in the Belize Port Authority area. Police believe they were attempting [...]
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A stabbing victim was airlifted from Caye Caulker over the weekend and is hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial where he is being treated for his injury. The crime was [...]
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News Five has confirmed that Canadian Jasmine Hartin remains on remand at the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville. Last Friday, the thirty-two-year-old mother of two appeared before Justice Herbert Lord [...]
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A family from the Pomona Valley is asking for the public’s help to get treatment for their infant. Nine-month-old Jayden Nicholas Chacon has been diagnosed with a condition known as [...]
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The family and friends of Lucinda Montejo earlier today made an appeal for blood donation and the good news tonight is that the family has received more than the amount [...]
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The National Women’s Commission is working to establish a chapter in San Pedro to address the number of domestic violence and gender-based violence cases on Caye Caulker and Ambergris Caye. [...]
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Since 2017, the Embassy of Taiwan in Belize has been hosting a Mandarin language program in Belize. This year, they are taking the course to Benque Viejo del Carmen. It [...]
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