A family is in mourning tonight after what should have been a routine shift turned tragically deadly for a Belizean security officer. Thirty-five-year-old Darwin Valerio was on duty early this morning at the Belize Water Services warehouse in Lord’s Bank Village. He was working alongside
Twenty‑year‑old Dorian Denver Anthony has now beaten two murder charges. Today, he walked out of court a free man after being acquitted of the 2023 shooting death of Trenton Webster, while still awaiting trial for another murder in Belmopan. Webster was gunned down outside his
Also named in the lawsuit filed against the Government of Belize is none other than Commissioner of Police, Dr. Richard Rosado. The seventy-four‑page claim, submitted back in September by attorneys Arthur Saldivar, Michelle Trapp, and Emmertice Anderson, was filed on behalf of social media commentator
The Belize Police Department released its first set of crime statistics for 2025 on Thursday, figures pulled from the department’s CompStat report. Normally, these numbers are presented in Belmopan, followed by a Q&A where the media can press the Minister of Home Affairs and the
Belize’s National Assembly is in the middle of a major shake‑up and tonight, several senators are warning that the proposed changes could erode democratic accountability. Earlier today, the senate met virtually to debate the National Assembly Powers, Privileges and Immunities Bill 2025, and the reaction
The government’s proposed National Assembly Powers, Privileges and Immunities Bill is facing strong pushback from all four independent senators. Their biggest objection centers on Section 16(2), which would require public officers to get consent before handing over documents or giving evidence on state affairs to
Today in the Senate, lawmakers tackled two supplementary appropriation bills totaling a massive two hundred million dollars. Lead Government Senator Eamon Courtenay explained that some of the spending being approved is retroactive, while other portions look ahead to upcoming needs. These bills actually passed through
Belizean businesses are losing thousands of dollars to a wave of credit card fraud. And what’s even more troubling? Many say they’re powerless to stop it. A News Five investigation has found major loopholes in Belize’s laws, gaps that scammers are taking full advantage of,
Business Senator Kevin Herrera ended today’s virtual Senate meeting with a sharp warning about the proposed BTL–Speednet merger. He says Belizeans fought for years to escape a telecom monopoly, and this deal could drag them right back into one, despite BTL selling it as “efficiency.”
After almost three months of waiting, social activist Jerry Enriquez finally got a response from the Office of the Prime Minister to his Freedom of Information request on constituency development funds, but it wasn’t what he asked for. Instead of a detailed breakdown, he received
