The Belize City Council met in caucus on Thursday, the first session since Mayor Bernard Wagner returned from a working visit to Barbados. On adjournment, a motion was tabled by [...]
Prior to his departure for Barbados on May fourteenth, Mayor Wagner informed the council that in the wake of the shooting incident involving Deputy Mayor Goodin, he would retain oversight [...]
We caught up with Prime Minister John Briceño just before news time in Belmopan. We asked him to weigh in on the internal leadership crisis at City Hall and his [...]
So how does Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner find his way amid the constant personality clashes within his administration? Here’s how he responded. Bernard Wagner, Mayor, Belize City Council [...]
The entire country was thrust into an unplanned power outage around five this evening and the electricity supplier, B.E.L. issued notices on its Facebook page. The utility company blamed the [...]
Canadian national Jasmine Hartin has lost the custody battle for the five-year-old twins she shares with Andrew Ashcroft. News Five has confirmed that on Wednesday, Director of the Belize Family [...]
Tomorrow marks one year since the shooting death of senior cop Henry Jemmott, which occurred in San Pedro on May twenty-eighth, 2021. His family continues to mourn his death, as [...]
The Opposition has written to the Government of Belize under the Freedom of Information Act, requesting full disclosure on how much the government is paying Courtney Coye LLP in legal [...]
Prime Minster John Briceño confirmed that the Government of Belize is contracting former Deputy Prime Minister Florencio Marin Sr. as an advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture. PM Briceño justified [...]
Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise, Jose Mai played a critical role in brokering an intervention between sugar cane farmers and A.S.R./B.S.I. back in December of 2021. So, if [...]
As we reported on Thursday, Belize has been classified as a “high” risk category destination for travelers by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The classification for [...]
Castaneda says that despite the “high risk” classification that Belize has received, it has not and hopefully will not negatively impact our tourism arrivals. Abil Castaneda, Director of Cruise, [...]
There has been some controversy at City Hall regarding the purported awarding of a contract to Cattouse Trucking for the expansion of the Eternal Garden Cemetery at mile thirteen on [...]
Mayor Wagner returned from a recent trip to Barbados earlier this week. While he met with other Commonwealth officials during his visit, Mayor Wagner also took the opportunity to experience [...]
Earlier this weekend, the Cabinet announced its decision to defer any fee associated with the Trade License Bill for local entertainers while consultations continue. Cabinet says that in the interim [...]
Brads Gaming Company Limited is challenging the Government of Belize over a recent amendment to the Lotteries Control Regulations which legislates a twelve point five percent tax on boledo, lottery, [...]
Charges have still not been filed against anyone at Saint Francis Xavier Credit Union, following an alleged assault on two of the credit union’s supervisory committee members. Chairperson of the [...]
In less than twenty-four hours, the Ministry of Health and Wellness will be receiving one hundred and twenty-four thousand, eight hundred doses of Pfizer vaccine approved for children ages five [...]
The National Agriculture and Trade Show is back. The weekend event kicked off this evening with an official ceremony in Belmopan. Her Excellency Froyla Tzalam, the Governor General of Belize, [...]
Baseline Sports out of the U.S. annually hosts a basketball event where young athletes from across the world would converge for an opportunity to be scouted by basketball clubs and [...]
The CONCAFAC Games are about a month away and the National Team is in camp training for the event. Today, Football Federation of Belize National Team Director, Ian Jones told [...]
F.F.B.’s National Team Director, Ian Jones says that what they are doing at the F.F.B. is preparing youths for bigger and better chances at shining at the prime time level [...]
Clyde’s is a Broadway play about a truck stop sandwich shop that offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a chance at redemption. The play features, among a host of incredible [...]
It’s the last weeks of school. Another school year engulfed in the chaos of COVID. Students will wind down in the few weeks granted to enjoy what is an altered [...]
