What started in Dangriga has grown into a global initiative aimed at empowering young girls and women. Teresa Hernandez, a youth empowerment coach and entrepreneur from Dangriga, is calling on companies and organisations to join her efforts to expand the youth empowerment camps across Belize
A combined $300,000 in grant funding is set to boost honey production in Belize. On December 23, 2024, the Green Creek Farmer’s Cooperative from Toledo and the Orange Walk Beekeepers Cooperative Society from Yo Creek signed Matching Grant Fund Agreements with the Government of Belize
Ladyville police have identified and taken into custody a suspect in the weekend arson of three vehicles belonging to businessman Bob Hotchandani and his son, Sunjay Hotchandani. The suspect, Manuel Morales, was caught on surveillance footage, barefaced, pouring fuel on one of the vehicles and
With just a few days to Christmas, the Belize Police Department is busy investigating the weekend landing of another drug plane. On Sunday morning, the charred remains of an aircraft were discovered in a remote part of the Toledo District. Police and BDF personnel found
On Sunday, a fatal stabbing occurred in Corozal involving a man allegedly in a relationship with a teenage minor. Reports say Anthony Lewis visited the girl's home and got into a heated altercation with her family members. During the scuffle, he was fatally wounded. No
Tonight, a man who went to collect a student's report card ended up causing quite a scene. Shane Anthony John Bradley, a twenty-four-year-old former call center agent and fisherman from Belize City, got so angry that he threw a chair at the child's teacher and
On Saturday, thousands of Belizeans held their breath as the winners of the Government’s ‘One and a Million Anniversary Jackpot’ were announced. Fourteen lucky people had the winning numbers, 3-4-4-6, and each walked away with seventy-one thousand, four hundred and twenty-eight dollars after splitting the
If you missed out on the second GST-free weekend shopping spree before the Christmas holidays, you missed some serious savings. Shoppers flocked to stores across the country to take advantage of the twelve-point five percent discount. Earlier today, News Five spoke with the Deputy Director
While the GST-free shopping weekends have been praised as a success, Deputy Director General Vilma Broaster believes there's still room for improvement. She also mentioned that the initiative has helped shoppers better understand the difference between zero-rated and standard-rate items. Vilma Broaster, Deputy Director General, B.T.S. “I’d
Tonight, teachers are still demanding their overdue allowances and increments from the Government of Belize. Despite years of promises from the Ministry of Education, the issue remains unresolved. On December twentieth, it seemed like a resolution was finally in sight as the government issued the
