A routine work break turned into a lucky payday for one man in Belmopan. With just a one-dollar Scratch-and-Win ticket purchased at Triple A Supermarket, he walked away with five thousand dollars. The lucky winner told News Five that the surprise win has brightened his
El sargazo ya no es un problema exclusivo de las islas. La macroalga ha comenzado a acumularse a lo largo de la costa de la Ciudad de Belize, donde residentes y propietarios de negocios aseguran que los malos olores y el impacto visual ya están
About thirty residents of the Fresh Pond community in Burrell Boom have lived without running water for nearly a decade. To this day, those residents say the have relied on rain, donated water, and expensive deliveries to meet their daily needs. According to some residents, they
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is warning that artificial intelligence is advancing faster than governments can regulate it. He is calling for global rules to protect children and prevent the technology from causing widespread harm. Speaking Monday at the first-ever U.N. Global Dialogue on AI Governance
A man has received a $5,000 payday after landing a lucky scratch-and-win ticket in Belmopan. The winner told News 5 that he had asked one of his workers to buy the ticket while the crew was on a break. He said, "It was around 3:00 yesterday. Our
A Belize Supreme Court judge has convicted two Toledo District brothers of attempting to murder a Silver Creek Village man who was chopped in the head, elbow, wrist and ear in a late-night attack at his home nearly five years ago. Justice Natalie Creary-Dixon delivered the
A High Court judge has thrown out most of a businessman's lawsuit accusing police of unlawful detention, assault, and years of extortion, ruling that the bulk of his claims were filed too late and that others were pleaded too vaguely to proceed. Justice Rajiv Goonetilleke delivered
"I do not defend corruption under any circumstances." That is the message former Miss Universe Belize Isabella Zabaneh is now putting out following days of criticism over her call to raise the government's $10,000 procurement threshold. In a lengthy public statement released on Monday, Zabaneh said
A Belize City man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the attempted murder of a neighbour he chased down and stabbed multiple times in 2024, after entering a guilty plea under the court's sentence indication process. Justice Nigel Pilgrim handed down the sentence
Belize, it's Tuesday. You know what that means. KTV The Remix returns for Season 8 tonight at the Bliss Institute in Belize City, and tonight's premiere is bringing something exciting. Producer Viannie Reyes says the majority of tonight's 12 performers are debuting songs they wrote themselves. "We've
