A U.S. thirty thousand dollar agreement was signed today in Belmopan to provide support training to the Belize Disaster and Rescue Response, BDARRT. A team of volunteers will benefit from the training to strengthen their capacity to provide efficient services in times of disasters. The agreement was signed between the United States Agency for International […]
A Placencia electrician is tonight fighting for his life at the Belize Medical Associates. Dwayne Flowers, who is unquestionably a well liked resident in the peninsula, was seriously injured in a gas explosion as he worked on a leaking tank. His wife of three months told News Five’s Jose Sanchez that Flowers needs to get […]
A recently released international report says that the number of road traffic deaths went down in Belize between 2001 and 2010; in 2010 only forty-one casualties were recorded. But earlier today, the death toll went up for this year following a horrible traffic accident on the George Price Highway by the bridge near the Bus […]
New Horizons is a project first brought to Belize by the US Southern Command in 2001 and again in 2007 and now in 2013. It involves soldiers from SouthCom and the Belize Defense Force coordinating in a joint exercise which combines training with infrastructure projects and education, health and humanitarian works carried out in different […]
On Monday we showed you the villagers farthest south of the country that have been affected by the deposit left in the wake of Tropical Depression Two. Flood waters that washed over Jordan Village and for the first few days, people were asking where was the National Emergency Management Organization. While residents say that finding […]
Tropical Depression Two and the rainfall left in its wake, has affected communities deep in the south. The small community of Jordan in the Toledo district was inundated with water when the Moho River, locally known as River Jordan, overflowed its banks after the heavy rains. The floodwaters started rising on Thursday and by Friday […]
In the wake of Tropical Depression Two, there have been reports of flooding in various parts of the country, particularly the low-lying areas within the Stann Creek and Toledo districts. While flood waters are receding in other parts, the village of Jordan, a relatively small community of fifty families in Toledo, is currently inundated. Access […]
Earlier in the news we told you about the flood waters in Jordan Village. Tropical Depression Two made landfall in southern Belize near Monkey River on Monday evening and with it came a torrent that threatened to wash away crops and livestock in the area. For residents who sought refuge at the designated shelters, life […]
Dangriga Town, as well as Hope Creek and Sarawee, experienced some effects of TD2. The waters have receded, allowing the Emergency Operations Center to conduct an evaluation of the damage caused. Today News Five spoke to retired Major Gilbert Swaso, Mayor of Dangriga Town and Chairman of NEMO Dangriga. He told us that a preliminary […]
The National Emergency Management Organization in an advisory on Wednesday indicated that the water levels along the banks of the Macal and Mopan rivers were up to two feet above normal and rising. The Belize River had risen by six feet. The advisory continued by saying that in the village of Lemonal by the Governor […]
Tropical Depression number two which made landfall on Belize on Monday afternoon has resulted in significant rainfall all across the country. But today all eyes were on the flood prone areas of Dangriga and surrounding communities. Because the path of TD2 was south of the country, the coastal and low lying areas that are already […]
Though the projected path was over Monkey River, the sheer width of the cloud cover reached the former capital, Belize City. The City is also experiencing flooding in the aftermath of Tropical Depression Two. The major problem associated with the downpour is the lack of drainage. Overnight, streets that have been recently cemented with proceeds […]
Life for residents of southern Belize, who sought refuge at various shelters during the overnight passage of Tropical Depression Two, resumes normalcy, as the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) reports that most of those people are back at home. At two o’clock this afternoon, TD2 was heading west-north-west away from Belize at approximately ten miles […]
NEMO keeps close contact with the Meteorology Department that is stationed at the Philip Goldson International Airport. An hour after the NEMO advisory, the MET Office indicated that at three p.m., tropical depression number two was located near latitude eighteen point three-eight north and longitude ninety-one point nine west; that is essentially at the Bay […]
There are five more months to go before the end of Hurricane Season. And though we have barely begun the first month in the season, Tropical Depression Two won’t be forgotten in a hurry. Across the country, the stories and images have been plenty. Our photographers composed a montage of what they saw on the […]
Forecasters predict an active hurricane season with eighteen storms of which nine are expected to develop into major hurricanes. And so it is that two weeks into June, the first tropical depression for this season to affect Belize has been causing heavy rains in the south and the rest of the country. While it first […]
The depression has affected schools in the southern, central and western districts while in Cayo District, students were sent home at three p.m. The northern districts, however, have been sparred and classes continued as scheduled. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a report on the schools. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The downpour of Tropical Depression Two […]
The path of tropical depression two takes it squarely over the Toledo District. The advisory from NEMO stated that the Boom Creek Road in Toledo was under four feet of water. The maximum sustained winds were up to be thirty-five miles per hour. And though warnings were issued from NEMO, the south, according to PGTV’s […]
A popular restaurant in Hopkins Village in the south is no more following an early morning fire that gutted the establishment. Taste of India, a quaint restaurant along the coast in the village, went up in flames just after midnight on Tuesday. It’s a loss of approximately seventy-five thousand dollars says restaurant owner and chef, […]
The annual hurricane season which commenced on Saturday has seen the National Emergency Management Organization working diligently to tie up loose ends in the event of a natural disaster. Last Thursday, NEMO held a press conference during which Minister Godwin Hulse, National Emergency Coordinator Noreen Fairweather and Chief Met Officer Dennis Gonguez outlined a conventional […]
The start of the 2013 hurricane season is less than two days away and while experts predict that weather activity will be above average this year, the National Emergency Management Organization has wasted no time in putting together an effective plan of action should there be an imminent threat of natural disaster. The next six […]
Chief Met Officer Dennis Gonguez broke down the numbers of storms expected, as well as their respective strengths per category. Dennis Gonguez, Chief Meteorological Officer “This Saturday marks the start of the 2013 hurricane season and the forecast, as predicted by the more reputable forecast centers, predict an above average season. If you look […]
Belize is nearing the end of its dry season…in fact, we should already have been experiencing some pretty significant rainfall, but it is nowhere in existence and for some residents it can’t come soon enough. That’s because while there is no hint of rain, there is plenty of smoke. In fact, the entire west of […]
Residents of the twin towns of Santa Elena and San Ignacio, and even as far as Belmopan, have been complaining for weeks now about the smoke which seems to permeate everything. But for one school in Georgeville in the Cayo District, the situation is a lot more serious. The school is built on a hill […]
John McAfee – now there’s a name you probably never wanted to hear again…but you will, because early this afternoon two large wooden houses on his gated compound in Carmelita in the Orange Walk district went up in flames. Reports are that the blaze was fast and furious, and by the time the Fire Department […]
