The Association of Protected Areas Management is calling on the relevant authorities to hold irresponsible individuals accountable for starting fires that eventually grow out of control. We spoke with Jose Perez, the Executive Director at APAMO, who says that while some of these fires began
She was married to Belize’s National Hero, Philip Goldson and studied law so she could defend him when the government prosecuted him for standing up. On Wednesday, that woman, Hadie Goldson was laid to rest here in Belize City. Today, News Five’s Marion Ali spoke
Friday May thirty-first is recognized globally as World No Tobacco Day. The day is observed annually to inform the public on the dangers of tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies and what the relevant authorities are doing to combat tobacco use. This year the
The Belize Social Security Board will turn forty-three years old on Saturday and to celebrate the occasion, S.S.B. offices around the country held open-day activities with members of the public today. It was June first, 1980, that the first Social Security Office opened its doors.
Argentina, here they come! The Belize National Under- Eighteen Basketball Team left for Argentina just before sunrise today. They are headed to compete in the FIBA Under-Eighteen Americup after securing a bronze medal in the FIBA Under-Seventeen Centrobasket Championships 2023, hosted here in Belize. Our
Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, the Minister of Human Development, introduced a historic bill in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The Disabilities Bill has been in the works for the past thirteen years. Once it passes through the lower and upper houses, persons living with disabilities will
Recently, the C.E.O. of the Ministry of Home Affairs requested that police officers be included in the gun license audit interviews for the Firearm and Ammunition Control Board. These audits are carried out to investigate the past authority and the procedures involved in the processing
This year marks the fifteenth celebration of the Flowers Bank Village Festival, an annual event honoring the legendary Flowers Bank Fourteen who defended the settlement of British Honduras alongside the British against the Spaniards at Saint George's Caye. The festival features locally made Belizean cuisine
A Belizean man, previously deported from the U.S., is returning to prison after a federal jury in Del Rio found him guilty of illegally re-entering the country. Francis Kerr, also known as Francis Deon Flowers, 51, was apprehended by border patrol near Eagle Pass on
June 1st marks the official beginning of the 2024 hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin, which includes the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. This season runs from June 1st to November 30th each year, though tropical cyclones can occasionally form outside
