Jeremy Enriquez has taken the Elections and Boundaries Commission to court. He filed his claim in the High court on Thursday. Enriquez is accusing the commission of stonewalling the public on the state of redistricting. He argues that the EBC is a public authority and therefore
Three shootings, three victims and just three hours between them. Nineteen-year-old Anthony Perry was reportedly trying to leave trouble behind, but violence found him just steps from home. Perry had only set out to visit a relative when a burst of gunfire brought that routine
The violence began shortly after six o’clock on Terrylee Crawford Street in Belize City, where gunfire claimed the first life of the night. Before the evening ended, two more men would be dead in separate shootings. News Five’s Shane Williams has our coverage of the
A night out at a village event ended in tragedy for forty-one-year-old Deovan Hall. He was riding home through San Antonio Village when someone opened fire, leaving him mortally wounded along a dark stretch of road on the outskirts of the community. Residents reported hearing
Big promises and even bigger price tags. Prime Minister John Briceño is laying out an ambitious vision for Belize, from a quarter-billion-dollar MCC Compact and a redeveloped Port of Belize to tax relief and more locally generated electricity. But beyond the announcements are pressing questions:
In February 2027, Belize’s borders and territorial waters will take center stage before the world’s highest court, not once, but twice. The International Court of Justice has scheduled oral hearings in Belize’s decades-old territorial dispute with Guatemala earlier than local officials expected. Just days later,
Belize is taking its protest over the latest Sarstoon confrontation directly to Guatemala and the international community. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Guatemalan ambassador and formally objected to what it calls an increased Guatemalan presence in Belizean waters. That presence reportedly includes
The Michael Finnegan Market is more than a place to buy fresh produce or pick up the catch of the day. It is a lively community where vendors know their regular customers by name, prices are often open to negotiation and every sale counts. For
For generations, Belizeans have carried coins bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth the Second. Starting tomorrow, that familiar sight begins to change. The Central Bank of Belize is rolling out a new series of national coins that replaces the colonial-era portrait with images reflecting Belize’s
The government has finally answered organized labor, but the National Trade Union Congress of Belize says that response falls far short of what workers demanded. The NTUCB says the Prime Minister delivered his response eighteen days after the union’s August twenty-eighth deadline. But according to
