Over the past several weeks, residents across the country have been experiencing power outages that span from a few minutes to several hours. On Wednesday, residents of San Pedro underwent an exceptionally long outage which clocked in at around fourteen hours. These outages are the
B.E.L. has commenced routine load shedding, which limits power in various areas of the country. Today, several parts of Belize City will experience the scheduled outages as the company attempts to manage the capacity. B.E.L. General Manager Jose Moreno explained what we can expect of
Over the last few days, we have been reporting an increase in cartel activities in neighboring Chetumal. Two hundred military personnel were deployed to Chetumal earlier in the week following the daylight murder of a businessman and an active-duty police officer on busy streets in
While the Mexican Government seeks to put a lid on the escalating violence in Quintana Roo, it is also moving ahead with the installation of train tracks to facilitate a much faster means of travel between Belize and that part of Mexico. Belize’s Ambassador to
Earlier this week in the High Court, two men were acquitted of a charge of murder due to a lack of evidence. Their release has raised questions regarding evidence gathering and the use of supporting proof to successfully prosecute suspects. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams
Late this evening, three men were arraigned on charges of being members of a gang. Twenty-three-year-old Kenyon Flores, twenty-four-year-old Julian Woodye, and Allen Anderson Junior appeared in the lower courts where they were each read a single charge of being a member of a gang.
Belize's tasty Garifuna dish, the Hudut, has become part of this country's cultural tourism. The Martinez family of Hopkins Village has craftily woven the making of Hudut into a cultural experience that they offer to tourists in that village. Today, News Five's Marion Ali and
Recently, the Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations, Anthony Mahler and a team of Belizean business representatives travelled to São Paulo, Brazil to participate in the World Travel Market Latin America 2024. With twenty-seven thousand professionals and six hundred and twenty exhibitors from across the
The Joint Unions Negotiating Team met with government officials on Wednesday, following a hiatus from discussions with the Briceno Administration related to a number of issues including anti-corruption. PSU President Dean Flowers discussed the issue with reporters following the meeting at the House of Culture. Paul
The Joint Union Negotiation Team is also advocating for significant tax reforms. According to Nadia Caliz, the Belize National Teachers Union President, some businessmen are evading taxes by declaring items as zero-rated. She contended that middle- and low-income families are bearing the brunt of taxes
