More Than Just Food and Shelter Today’s episode of Open Your Eyes explored the importance of proper pet care at home with Kevon Smith, owner of Belmopan Pet Corner. Kevon shared practical insight into grooming, hygiene, nutrition, and the everyday care routines that can help pets
High Court Justice Candace Nanton has released a 29-page judgement explaining why she found Juan Carlos Novelo not guilty of murdering his common-law wife, Leslie Margarita Verde, in Caye Caulker in 2023. Justice Nanton found that Verde was unlawfully killed but said the Crown failed to
Experts from the United States and China are proposing safeguards to prevent artificial intelligence from triggering a military incident between the two countries. The recommendations include keeping AI out of nuclear decision-making, ensuring humans remain in control of major cyber operations, and creating a direct hotline
The family of 24-year-old police officer Kenyon Barrow is asking for the public’s help in locating him after he stopped communicating with them and became unreachable. Barrow’s mother, Therese Robinson, says her son has been dealing with personal issues “off and on” and that she has
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,
