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
President Donald Trump announced on Friday a new 10% global tariff after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his 2025 tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The 6-3 decision found that U.S. President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by using the 1977 IEEPA
Police are investigating a shooting at a basketball court in the Lake Independence area of Belize City on Friday night. Officers were alerted of shots fired at around 7:30 p.m. on La Croix Boulevard. Initial reports are that several people were injured. Reports indicate that the
A family in southern Belize is grieving tonight after a split second crash on Big Creek Road took the life of 38 year old Brandon Alex Coleman. Police say he was riding home when an SUV turned into his path, leaving him critically injured. He
