Newly repaired and freshly painted safety rails on the Philip Goldson Highway have already been damaged again, and the bill, once more, falls on taxpayers. In an online statement this morning, the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing (MIDH) shared images of damaged pedestrian safety rails
Iran takes the field against New Zealand tonight in Southern California, just one day after the United States and Iran reached a framework for a peace deal to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. NBC News described the lead-up to Iran's campaign as
The family and friends of Eric Nelson are mourning his death after the Belize City resident was fatally shot on Saturday night near the intersection of Lakeview and Banak Streets. Nelson was not known to be involved in criminal activity. His death came less than twenty-four
The United States and Iran have agreed to end more than 100 days of war, with a formal signing ceremony scheduled in Switzerland on Friday. Whether the deal holds, however, depends largely on Israel, which shows no intention of withdrawing from Lebanese territory. Iran's Supreme National
Sending threatening messages, sharing intimate images without consent, or using social media to humiliate a partner could soon be treated the same as physical domestic violence. The Domestic Violence (Prohibition) Bill 2026, tabled in March, would formally recognise technology-facilitated abuse as a form of domestic violence
Only five Caribbean countries have ever reached the FIFA World Cup. Cuba was the first in 1938, followed by Haiti in 1974, Jamaica in 1998, and Trinidad and Tobago in 2006. This year, two Caribbean flags will fly on football’s biggest stage. Haiti returns, becoming the
Drug cartels and criminal networks that have long used Belize's jungles, rivers, and coastlines as trafficking corridors are now facing a more united front after Belize and Mexico reaffirmed their cooperation at a high‑level military conference in Belize City on Thursday. At the 21st Belize-Mexico Border
Oscar Flota, known locally as Fox, was killed Saturday night on the north side of Caye Caulker. Eyewitnesses report he was struck several times with a shovel by a person known to him. Information received by News 5 alleges that the attacker is a squatter
Israel carried out airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Saturday after ordering residents to evacuate roughly 20 locations, even as diplomats reported that a peace deal between the United States and Iran could be signed within hours. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose country has been mediating
Belize City resident Kiffer McKenzie was shot on Albert Street around 10:00 this morning. Reports say gunfire broke out near the corner of Orange Street, after which McKenzie’s vehicle continued a short distance before crashing into a parked car in front of the Belize Bank Business
