At the closing ceremony of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in Nassau, Bahamas, Belize officially assumed the Chairmanship of the Bank's Board of Governors. It is the first time Belize has held the position since
Two Belizean government officials are on the other side of the world, sitting at a table with ministers and environmental leaders from across the globe in Uzbekistan, and what happens in those rooms could end up affecting everything from farming in southern Belize to fishing
A 66-year-old woman was forced into her own home in Cristo Rey Village, Cayo District, at gunpoint by two armed men who ransacked her residence on Thursday morning before police arrived and apprehended one of them. San Ignacio police received a call around 9:30 AM alerting
News 5 has been tracking the growing anger over electricity bills that have nearly doubled for some customers in recent summer months. Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) says the spike is simply down to higher usage and is asking customers to cut back on consumption. But a
"I would have convinced my brother to drop the case or leave it alone, because nothing is worth a life. There is nothing that can replace the big void that has been left in our family." Those were the words of Angel Bonilla, older brother of
From a Simple Idea to a Growing Brand Foodie Friday on Open Your Eyes featured local entrepreneur Chicken Dread, one of the few Belizean-owned fried chicken businesses making a name for itself in the fast-food scene. Known for his slogan, “So Clucking Good,” Chicken Dread shared
Belize generated more than nine-tenths of its electricity from renewable sources in January, placing it among the top performers in a region-wide energy report. Latin America and the Caribbean produced 171 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in January 2026, a 9.6 percent increase over the previous month,
The Belize Tourism Industry Association's president has been unanimously re-elected to lead one of Central America's most prominent tourism bodies. Efrén Pérez has been ratified by the Board of Directors of the Federation of Tourism Chambers of Central America and the Dominican Republic (FEDECATUR) for a
Tonight, we begin with a major breakthrough in the investigation into the killing of Belmopan doctor Naun Bonilla. Police have now arrested and charged two people in connection with his murder. Authorities say twenty-six-year-old Hannah Rebekah Foreman, a laboratory scientist, and thirty-seven-year-old Edwin Albert Bethran
A quiet evening in Pomona Village turned chaotic in a matter of seconds and now, a family is holding on to hope as one young man fights to recover. Gunmen on motorcycles pulled up outside a local business just after six-thirty on Tuesday and opened
