The newly completed Corozal Free Zone Access Road was officially inaugurated today. The project was under construction just under one year before it was completed. “The project broke ground in January 2024, and construction was completed in less than a year,” the Ministry of Economic
The man who was the main witness in the Oscar Selgado trial was shot and killed earlier this afternoon in Belize City. Giovanni Ramirez was in a parked SUV on Amandala Drive in Belize City when an armed man on a motorcycle drove up to
Police have formally arrested and charged Steven Flores, 37, with the murder of George Brown. Flores is accused of fatally stabbing Brown in the early hours of January 8 over a jacket, which made Brown the second murder victim of 2025. Witness Luke Castillo said that
The third murder has been recorded in the Old Capital. Details are still forthcoming, but we are told that a man was fatally shot on Amandala Drive. According to a witness, a late-model Ford SUV came under heavy gunfire. Twelve bullet holes visible on the driver's
George Brown was fatally stabbed by his 37-year-old brother-in-law in Hopkins Village following a dispute over a jacket. The family reported that the incident unfolded just before 8 o'clock in the morning. They also said that Brown was only days away from celebrating his nineteenth
A fast-moving fire that erupted in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday night has raved through iconic Los Angeles landmarks as firefighters battled three other major blazes that have killed five, displaced 130,000 people, and devastated communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena. Belizeans in the area
Joaquin Antonio Cruz, a 31-year-old teacher from San Felipe Village, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a student multiple times. Cruz was employed at the Belize High School of Agriculture as the sports director, integrated science teacher, and physical education instructor. News 5 has
Farmers in San Carlos Village, Orange Walk, are in distress as they struggle to sell their bumper crop of carrots. German Tillett, UDP standard bearer for Orange Walk South, told News 5 that many farmers are unable to find buyers, leaving their produce unsold and
The Belize Diabetes Association (BDA) is inviting the public to participate in its "One Million Steps Challenge" to support healthier lifestyles in 2025. This initiative is designed to inspire weight loss, improve health, and reduce the risk of diabetes. It kicked off on January 2
It's not the kind of tragedy we hear about often, but this morning in Hopkins Village, a man fatally stabbed his young brother-in-law over a jacket. The incident happened sometime before eight. An eyewitness who was walking with the victim shared what he saw, while
