It is three in the morning on Saturday and most people are supposed to be sleeping, and yet thousands of carnival lovers were already on the streets of Belize City, covered in paint, splashed with mud and dancing to soca. That is J’ouvert. There's something almost unbelievable
Soca Moca claimed the senior title at the 2026 Carnival Road March for the sixth time, while four bands were disqualified across both categories. This year’s Carnival Road March began at Memorial Park in Belize City, with bands making their way along the Barrack Road and
Belize City is just hours away from reaching its biggest moment with the highly awaited Carnival Road March 2026. Music, colors, costumes, and soca energy will be taking over the streets of the old capital and viewers who cannot be along the route will still
Rolling blackouts have exposed just how vulnerable Belize’s power supply has become, and the government is now treating the situation as an emergency. Cabinet approved BEL’s request for an emergency declaration on Wednesday after the company warned of a significant energy shortfall over the next
A dramatic seafood bust has ended with more than ninety-four thousand dollars in fines and penalties for one of two men detained in the operation. Fisheries officers and police intercepted a pickup truck along the Hattieville-Boom Road early Thursday morning after a brief pursuit. Inside,
More than a month after eighteen-year-old Ewart Josiah Hernandez Jr. was shot and killed, tensions are rising between police and a Belize City family caught up in the investigation. Officers returned to a home at the corner of Oleander and Mahogany streets on Thursday evening,
A family preparing to bury twenty-three-year-old Kareem Garcia is now accusing police of disturbing their final preparations. Tensions erupted Thursday at the Unitedville Cemetery when relatives questioned why officers were present as they worked on Garcia’s tomb. Video shared online captures a heated exchange that
The proposed Belize Revenue Authority is facing mounting resistance, with the Public Service Union warning that modernization could come at a high cost for government workers. The PSU says the bill fails to guarantee job security, pensions and union rights, leaving tax officers uncertain whether
Up to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars reportedly vanished from the Immigration Department’s Belize City office, and the search for answers has now reached the Treasury. The Ministry of Immigration called in the Office of the Auditor General in late June to determine how
For years, parents at Louisiana Government School say they have paid school fees and supported fundraising activities, even as their children continued learning in facilities badly in need of repair. Now, they want to know where that money went. Following News Five’s report on alleged
