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Another murder was recorded in Belize City on Thursday night, the second since the start of the New Year. A welder who resides on Antelope Street Extension was shot and [...]
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On Thursday, the B.T.B. announced a new travel insurance requirement for visitors. Some confusion erupted on social media, but to clarify, the mandate applies only to visitors coming into Belize [...]
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The Belize Hotel Association has expressed concerns which it says its members have over the mandatory insurance coverage implemented by the Belize Tourism Board for visitors to Belize. The B.T.B. [...]
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On Thursday, News Five’s COVID Chronicles looked at pediatric COVID cases and the impact of the virus on families. Tonight, Duane Moody digs even deeper, looking at the painful reality [...]
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness received a pair of Gene Xpert machines and six hundred and thirty-one COVID testing kits earlier today from the United Nations Development Programme. This [...]
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness has a new Chief Executive Officer. He is Doctor Julio Sabido. His name had come up before for the vacant post, but the confirmation [...]
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The National Institute of Culture and History is planning two main activities at the House of Culture, formerly the Government House, in connection with the birthday of Belize’s first Prime [...]
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He is called the Father of the Nation for taking Belize from a British colony to an independent country. Since his death in 2011, the People’s United Party has been [...]
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On Thursday, the Government of Cuba awarded medical scholarships to thirteen Belizean students. According to the Ministry of Education, ten will be majoring in medicine, two in nursing and one [...]
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The forty-eighth Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers convened virtually today, under the chairmanship of Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay. Key issues discussed were the Plan of [...]
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U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Task Force Bravo today concluded a six-day medical outreach program in the Toledo District in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The joint medical [...]
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This morning, ground was broken for the start of rehabilitation works for the Libertad and Concepcion rural water system in the Corozal District. According to the Ministry of Rural Development, [...]
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E.C.I. Development is investing fifty-two million dollars in a Marriott-branded hotel on the island of San Pedro. The hotel will boast over two hundred rooms. Some forty percent of those [...]
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In an update to the ongoing saga of the struggle for control over the Corozal Cane Farmers Association, one farmer says they are now taking the matter to the Attorney [...]
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On Wednesday, you heard Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner speaking about a delay in a proposed parking meter project, which has been met with resistance by area reps in the [...]
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There were big winners this week with Courts and Tropigas. The tickets of customers who participated in raffles between October and December of 2021 were shuffled. Earlier this week, Jose [...]
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