After last week's report on rising consumer confidence drew public backlash, News Five sat down with Jacqueline Sabal, manager of the Economic Statistics Department at the Statistical Institute of Belize, to better understand how the index is actually calculated and what the numbers really mean. Sabal
Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) says the country experienced its second major power outage in a week last night. The company said it was tied to a temporary loss of supply from Mexico's Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) at a moment when local generation was already
Belize City resident Fitzroy Myvette left the door unlocked Monday night. His daughter, twenty-year-old Brianna, left home for volleyball practice, and like most nights, she'd come home after buying something to eat and settle in. He told his wife not to bother locking up. He'd
September Celebrations is officially underway. The Annual Flag Raising Ceremony was held across different municipalities, including Corozal, Ambergris Caye, Belize City, and Dangriga. It marks the start of a month of nationwide activities celebrating Belize’s heritage, culture and 45 years of independence. This year's theme, "Look
The ballots may have carried the candidates’ names, but Sunday’s PUP convention tested much more than their popularity. It became a closely watched battle over leadership, succession and political influence in Belize City. After weeks of campaigning and competing endorsements, delegates had to choose between
The votes have been counted and the convention is over, but for Allan Pollard, the political fallout may just be beginning. Less than twenty-four hours after falling short in the race for the PUP’s Belize City mayoral candidacy, Pollard broke his silence with a candid
After defeating Allan Pollard for the PUP’s mayoral candidacy, Eluide Miller is extending an olive branch to his former rival and urging him to help keep Belize City under PUP control in March 2027. Miller insists the campaign was strictly political, never personal, and says
The mayoral showdown may have commanded the spotlight, but Sunday’s convention also produced a new team of councilor candidates. Ten contenders secured their place on the PUP ticket, including four newcomers. Kristian “El Toxico” Alpuche emerged as the convention’s top vote-getter with five hundred and
The ballots may have settled who won Sunday’s PUP convention, but they did not answer another major question: how much did victory cost? Both Eluide Miller and Allan Pollard joked that the bruising campaign left them broke, yet the highly organized machinery surrounding both camps
The price tag attached to Sunday’s PUP convention has reignited a much bigger debate: who is funding Belizean politics, and what influence does that money buy? Former Belize City Mayor and attorney Darrell Bradley says the reported hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on the
