As US and Iranian officials met in Geneva to map out a possible nuclear deal, Washington quietly expanded its military footprint across the Middle East. Washington has surged aircraft, air defence systems and naval power into the Middle East in recent weeks, according to CNN. More
Prime Minister John Briceño has appointed Dr Harold Young as Belize’s new ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, placing him at the centre of international discussions abroad. Dr Young steps into the role with years of experience in teaching and public policy, both
Tonight, a wave of fear that’s been building in Belmopan has ended in heartbreak. After a bold daylight murder of a delivery driver and a string of armed robberies, residents were already on edge. But on the eve of Valentine’s Day, that tension erupted into
Tonight, we hear from the families fighting to clear their loved ones’ names. News Five travelled to La Democracia, where Calvert Websters’ sister firmly rejected suggestions that he, or his cousin Zamar, were mixed up in criminal activity. She told us Calvert had just passed
Police say the case is finally cracking open. Tonight, investigators have two more men in custody for the murder of Elroy Bainton, widening what officers describe as a fast‑moving probe into a deadly chain of events in Ladyville. Detectives linked Izaiah Nigel Beeks and Camryn
Meanwhile, police on Caye Caulker say quick response made all the difference after gunfire shattered the quiet in the Bahia area on Thursday night. Officers rushed toward the sound of shots around nine o’clock, only to find a golf cart racing to the clinic with
In other crime news, two teens, one sixteen, the other eighteen-year-old Kriston Fernandez, are now behind bars for the brazen shooting of security guard Justo Pineda outside JL’s Quick Loan. Pineda, forty-nine, survived and is recovering, while police hit the pair with attempted‑murder charges. Fernandez,
Over the weekend, the People’s United Party packed Belmopan Comprehensive School with roughly fifteen hundred delegates for its National Party Council Meeting, an event the party says was all about unity, momentum, and charting the course ahead. Framed by its seventy‑fifth anniversary celebrations, the P.U.P.
We also heard from Belmopan Area Representative Oscar Mira, who says Saturday’s turnout sent a strong signal: supporters are paying attention, and they expect the party to keep delivering. But instead of focusing on election talk, still more than three years away, Mira says the
One of the biggest takeaways from Saturday’s P.U.P. National Party Council meeting is news that many Belmopan residents have been waiting on for months, the rollout of National Health Insurance in the capital is finally about to begin. Area Representative Oscar Mira says the delays
