Elroy Wade, the former chairman of Hope Creek Village, died early Sunday morning while receiving emergency treatment in Guatemala City. He had suffered burns to 60% of his body after a gas tank explosion at his workplace in Silk Grass Village. The accident happened last Thursday
Family and loved ones of Naser Reyes are left processing his death at Belize's Western Border after he was reportedly denied entry. His sister wrote online, “My brother just wanted to make it home." She added, “My emotions are too much to bear; I’m so loss.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hold talks with Caribbean leaders on Wednesday focused on regional security, migration, and drug trafficking, according to the U.S. State Department. The talks are being held in Saint Kitts and Nevis alongside the Fiftieth Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of
More than 1,500 Venezuelans jailed for political reasons have applied for release under a new amnesty law, National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez announced Thursday. He said “hundreds” have already been freed, including the opposition leader, Juan Pablo Guanipa. Guanipa was released on February 8 but recaptured
Placards reading “Our silence is over” and “These lands feed our children” were raised in San Marcos Village, Toledo, on Saturday. Maya residents marched to the edge of land they say forms part of their communal territory and is being cleared without their consent. Men, women
The Caye Caulker Village Council (CCVC) has rejected the proposal to exchange sand from the island for white marl to support street works in the Bahia Puesta del Sol area. In a press release, the council confirmed that Area Representative Andre Perez discussed transporting white marl
Police are investigating the latest double murder in Belize, involving victims 23-year-old Jerrington Ingram and Miguela Vanegas. Officers were alerted of gunfire near a river in Unitedville Village where the two were found with fatal gunshot injuries on Saturday evening. A relative of Vanegas took to social
If you were planning to cut firewood or harvest trees from national land, you may want to catch up with this reminder. The Belize Forest Department has had an active five-year moratorium since November 2025 on logging permits to give the country’s forests a chance
Five men were detained on Saturday morning in the Los Tambos area, Cayo District, for illegally hunting deer during the closed season. Photographs released by the Belize Forest Department to News 5 show three adult white-tailed deer laid out on a blue tarp, including one female
Belize has entered its annual fire season with warnings that preventable burns remain the leading threat to forests and rural communities. The season runs from February 15 to June 15. Forest Officer Victoria Chi says most outbreaks begin with routine, uncontrolled farming fires and backyard garbage
