Sargassum is no longer just an eyesore on Belize’s beaches. It is becoming a costly threat to the coastal experience that attracts roughly seventy percent of the country’s visitors. In Placencia today, thick mats of seaweed covered sections of the shoreline, once again forcing residents
Belize’s first National Sports Summit is already opening doors beyond the conference room. PanAm Sports Secretary General Jimena Saldaña, one of the world’s leading sports executives, spent two days meeting with government officials, sporting federations and the Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. Saldaña says
Two families are mourning the loss of a couple killed in a motorcycle crash on the Philip Goldson Highway near Mile Five on Wednesday morning. Joseph Williams, 32, and Sherlene Rodriguez, 42, collided with a BMW driven by 22-year-old Pedro Espat. Williams was pronounced dead on
The Belize Fisheries Department says two men are facing charges after officers, assisted by the Belize Police Department, intercepted a pickup truck along the Hattieville-Boom Road following a brief pursuit during an early morning enforcement operation today. According to the Department, a search of the vehicle
Bus operators will continue receiving a $2-per-gallon fuel subsidy through March 2027, which is beyond the three-month period the Belize Bus Association (BBA) originally requested. It was approved on Wednesday. According to Transport Minister Doctor Louis Zabaneh, Cabinet did not need to renegotiate terms, since most
Belize plans to build high-performance sporting complexes in three more districts, Orange Walk, Cayo and one southern district, as part of a broader push to professionalise the country's sports development system, according to Minister of Sports Anthony Mahler. The other three facilities will be built on
The Ministry of Education has completed its audit into thousands of dollars reportedly missing from Louisiana Government School's accounts in Orange Walk Town and is now working to determine whether anyone should be held responsible. The audit follows a June report by News Five that first
More Tomorrow Village didn't expect a crisis this early in the school year. But just two days in, More Tomorrow Primary School is running on a staff of two, teaching more than thirty children, and parents are worried it won't hold. At the centre of the
The world has entered what UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls a "danger zone of extreme weather," as a rapidly intensifying El Niño threatens to become the strongest event of its kind in more than seven decades. According to new data from the World Meteorological Organization, the
Bringing Mandarin to Belize Learning Mandarin is becoming more accessible to Belizeans through an ongoing program at the University of Belize (UB). Joining Open Your Eyes was Angelina Dong, Mandarin Instructor at UB, who highlighted the course and the opportunities that can come from learning the language. Dong explained that while Belizeans
