The cabinet has approved the nationwide rollout of the National Identification System, along with a strategy to onboard citizens efficiently as part of Belize’s digital transformation. It also endorsed an emergency response plan to address the current sargassum invasion, which includes funding for cleanup, transport, and
News 5 has learnt that plans are underway to transition the Belize Tax Services Department (BTSD) into a Semi-Autonomous Revenue Authority (SARA) by December 2025. Members of the Public Service Union (PSU) say this move could leave over a hundred employees without jobs. Reports of this transition
The Belize Police Department is investigating an attack on one of their own. Twenty-nine-year-old Oliver Giron was released from the hospital after being stabbed in Belmopan in the wee hours of this morning. Witnesses say Giron was attacked by four men. He was stabbed once in
Police are investigating the assault of a 17-year-old girl who says she was attacked at her home on Neal’s Penn Road in Belize City on Thursday night by a man she has known for two years. According to police, the incident began around 8:30 p.m. while
Israel has issued an apology and pledged an investigation after a deadly military strike hit Gaza’s only Catholic church on Thursday, killing three people and injuring several more. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem confirmed that the Holy Family Church, which has served as a refuge for
Five men were shot while socialising on Aloe Vera Street in Belize City on Thursday night. According to police, the group came under fire around 10:15 p.m. when two men rode up on a bicycle and one opened fire. Police say the gunmen approached from the
What happens when home is no longer a safe place? In Spanish Lookout, a young woman’s life was cut short in the very place she should have felt most secure. Twenty-year-old Claritza Granillo Rodriguez was stabbed to death, allegedly by her brother-in-law, after what police
A bold, broad-daylight robbery in Belize City has left many stunned, not just for how it happened, but where. Just a stone’s throw from a police checkpoint on Vernon Street, two men on a motorcycle pulled off a daring heist at a busy intersection. As
It’s been just over a month since twenty-two-year-old Cassian Billary was found guilty of murder, but his sentencing is still on hold. Billary was convicted back in June for the 2020 killing of nineteen-year-old Micah Baltazar. But today, when he appeared before Justice Candace Nanton,
It’s one of the most talked-about pieces of legislation in recent memory and it’s stirring up strong opinions across the country. The Thirteenth Amendment Bill, introduced by the Briceño administration, promises tougher crime-fighting tools, including warrantless searches in so-called 'special zones,' a dedicated gun and
