The United Nations Security Council has voiced its concern regarding the escalating tensions between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region. This area, spanning approximately 160,000 square kilometres of densely forested land, constitutes two-thirds of Guyana's territory and is inhabited by around 125,000 of its
The FAO's One Country, One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative has kicked off its inception workshop, marking the beginning of a comprehensive project aimed at bolstering Belize's coconut value chain. This global endeavor will facilitate the formulation of a thorough value chain analysis and a three-year
Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD) is reporting that three Guatemalan men were detained on April 11 in the Chiquibul Forest in Belizean territory. They are Rigoberto Caal (51 years old), Hector Canan Hernandez (48 years old), and Isaias Caal Coc (32 years old). Each
Thirty-three-year-old Michael Usher was fatally shot on Monday night in Belize City. It happened a few minutes before eight o'clock on Flamboyant Street. Investigators say that Usher was walking when he was approached by an unknown man who fired several shots in his direction. Usher
Prime Minister John Briceño was asked this morning about the investigation into allegations made by attorney Wendy Auxillou against Belize Rural South Area Representative Andre Perez. In August 2023, News Five broke the story of a sitting minister of government being accused of sexual harassment by
Tonight, a businessman from Dangriga is dead after gun violence visited him at his home on Saturday night. And while police say he was party to a few court matters over business transactions, and have detained several persons, they are still looking for the suspect
In another act of gun violence in southern Belize, a Placencia resident was murdered this weekend while sitting inside his vehicle. Reports are that on Sunday, thirty-two-year-old Roy Burgess was giving a ride to an acquaintance, twenty-six-year-old Maya James, when the two were approached by
Joseph Anthony Camp who, late last week, claimed that the police had shot his brother-in-law and then denied him medical attention pleaded guilty to Spreading False News today after the police department alleges that Camps’s claim was totally untrue. The thirty-nine-year-old American national was fined
A fatal road traffic accident claimed the lives of two persons in southern Belize on Sunday. The deadly collision happened in Toledo District near the Jacintoville junction where two vehicles including a pickup truck crashed head-on along the Southern Highway. The massive impact of the
Also this past weekend, an accident involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle, took place near mile forty, along the George Price Highway. It claimed the life of Joel Teck who was riding the motorcycle. According to police, the driver of the vehicle lost control
