Prime Minister John Briceño, in his New Year’s address, described 2024 as a year marked by significant victories for Belizeans, despite the personal challenges some may have faced. The PM celebrated achievements such as increased employment opportunities, the removal of GST on property transfers and
On Monday, reports surfaced that immigration officers at the Philip Goldson International Airport staged a sick-out. Tanya Santos, CEO of Immigration, explained that some officers are currently unavailable due to illness and maternity leave. Despite these absences, there are still enough officers to maintain operations. However,
A reef of at least 4,000 years old died in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, between November and December 2024. This is according to Edwin Alexis Hernández, a research affiliate at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, and senior research scientist at Sociedad Ambiente
As we close the year 2024, it's time to look back at the stories that captured the attention of our audience and sparked important conversations throughout the year. From viral reels to must-read reports, News 5 Live has been at the forefront of sharing the
Fifteen-year-old Annabelle Carlson from Colorado describes herself as “lucky” to be alive after surviving a traumatic shark attack during a diving trip in Belize when she spoke to NBC News. The attack, which occurred on August 6 at Lighthouse Reef Atoll, left her with severe
Did you know that while most of us are still in 2024, some parts of the world have already rung in 2025? This is all thanks to the quirky time zones and the International Date Line, which splits the world into different calendar days. The International
In 2022, Trayson Gibson was shot while living in the Mahogany Heights community. He was only fifteen when the bullet left him paralyzed from the waist down. He then moved in with his grandmother on Rivero Street in Belize City, where she took care of
The search for twenty-year-old Joshua Hall has ended in grief. His bullet-riddled body was discovered in the Dominguez Layout area of Corozal Town. On December twenty-third, Hall was reported missing by his family after he failed to return home from his routine sign-in at the
A tragic incident occurred in San Ignacio on Saturday when a local wanderer, identified as Carlos Lara, was brutally hacked to death in a remote part of town. His badly mutilated body was discovered by residents who quickly alerted the police. ACP Hilberto Romero provided
A suspect in the murder of Richard Aranda has been arrested and charged by Dangriga police. Twenty-four-year-old Jaheim Bradley, a fisherman from Dangriga, has been arraigned on a murder charge. As we've reported, Aranda was walking along Sabal Street on Christmas night when two men
