Reports reaching News 5 are that a suspected drug plane landed sometime late last night and early this morning in the Cayo District. The plane landed near Franks Eddy. The plane's seats had been ripped out to make space for the illegal cargo. This is a
Big changes are coming to the way food is labelled in Belize. The Belize Bureau of Standards has proposed new, mandatory regulations for prepackaged foods, aiming to make labels clearer and more informative for consumers. The Bureau said in its statement that the draft standard, Belize
The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) has been officially designated as the Principal Recipient of the Global Fund Cycle 7 grant, securing over $3 million to tackle HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. This funding will support national health initiatives from 2025 to 2027. According to a
Women and girls in southern Belize opened a new chapter in Belize’s agricultural industry with the successful completion of a specialised vanilla cultivation training program and the inauguration of the first school-based vanilla nursery. The nursery, now planted with 100 cuttings from mother plants native to
A tragic road accident in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan on Thursday afternoon claimed the life of Carlos Romero. The incident occurred around 3:00 PM at the intersection of St. Jude and St. Peter's Street, involving a 1998 Ford 10-wheeler truck and a motorcycle. Witnesses
As of 9:00 AM today, Tropical Storm Sara continues its slow approach toward Belize, prompting a tropical storm warning from Belize City southward to the Guatemala border, including offshore cayes. The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has declared Phase 3 - Red Two of the
The Department of Border Management and Immigration Services has refused entry to 15 individuals, who are now under guard at the Global Village Hotel pending repatriation. The group comprises 11 Jamaican nationals, including six adults and five minors, who arrived between November 4 and 11,
A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect from Belize City southward to Placencia as Tropical Storm Sara moves closer to the country. At 6:00 a.m. local time, Sara was located near latitude 16.1N, longitude 85.5W, about 205 miles east-southeast of Belize City. The storm is
This afternoon, Tropical Storm Sara formed off the coast of Honduras and Nicaragua. According to the National Emergency Management Organization’s three p.m. advisory, Sara was located three hundred and thirty miles east-southeast of Belize City, moving west at ten miles per hour. The storm is
Once again, the projected path has shifted further south. NEMO now predicts that Sara will strengthen, with maximum sustained winds of around 50 miles per hour when it makes landfall in Belize. The worst-case scenario, according to Gordon, is that Sara could become a category
