It was not as strong as the seven point one earthquake on May twenty-eighth, but another tremor shook parts of Belize early this morning. It measured five point seven on the Richter scale. While it was not damaging, it was felt in Belmopan, Dangriga and very mildly in Belize City. This quake, like the previous […]
On Monday night, fires ignited in two different locations: in an open lot in Ladyville and at mile two and a half on the Western Highway. Fire fighters were alerted shortly after seven of the infernos and immediately dispatched teams to the areas. It was not until five hours after that both fires were extinguished. […]
The H1N1 scare had business at a stand still at the Corozal Free Zone and a fire on Sunday evening will put another dent in its commercial activity. It took about four hours to contain the raging inferno that destroyed one of the older plazas. The blaze erupted shortly before seven and by the time […]
It’s the first of June and that means the start of the hurricane season. The silver lining is that the weatherman predicts an average year with projections for twelve named storms, six of which can potentially develop into hurricanes. And of those six, only two are likely to reach category three or higher. A plus […]
The massive seven point one earthquake which shook the country early Thursday morning left damaged streets, homes and businesses, and wrecked water reservoirs in Placencia, Independence and Monkey River. Classes had to be called off in two of the southern villages because of the lack of running water. One day after the country felt the […]
And while the Placencia water board continues to look for leaks, the neighboring community of Independence has sorted its water problem. And though faucets in the area are pouring, Independence’s Chairman, George Murray, says the village will still need a new water tank. George Murray, Chairman, Independence Village (Via Phone) “We made a bypass where […]
The early morning earthquake lasted just over a minute and by today the National Emergency Management Organisation says it has responded to the needs of those affected. NEMO C.E.O., Colonel George Lovell, told News Five today that the water supply had been restored to hardest hit village, Monkey River and purified drinking water had been […]
We reported earlier about the impact of the quake in southern Belize caused by the strong seven point one quake. But for a better understanding of what causes the actual tremors, News Five contacted the Director of Geology and Petroleum, Andre Cho. Andre Cho, Director, Geology and Petroleum Dept. “Earthquakes occur near plate boundaries and […]
A fire that broke on George Street near downtown Belize City this afternoon threatened to spread to other wooden houses in the area. But a quick call to the fire department saved the day. Firefighters say they received the call at eleven fifty two and three minutes later, they arrived on the scene at the […]
Two major events dominate the news tonight: a strong earthquake that jolted from the southern to the central region of the country and the state visit of the President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou. But first, the last time Belizeans experienced any tectonic shifts significant enough to register in memory was on Sunday, August twenty-third, 1998. […]
In our continued coverage of the tremor, News Five Jose Sanchez, travelled to the peninsula where he found the community on edge. Jose Sanchez, Reporting In southern Belize on the Placencia peninsula, residents were shaken out of their beds early this morning by the tremors of the earthquake. German Eiley, Placencia Resident “I just feel […]
From Placencia, the News Five crew headed to Independence. And like other parts of the country impacted by the early morning tremor, the residents were still in shock. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Independence Village rests on higher ground than Placencia and also experienced less damage. But Independence residents shared the same trauma of all earthquake victims. […]
And in Honduras, the earthquake had the worst effect. It is confirmed so far that at least four persons were killed and among the damage to infrastructure, is a ten million dollar bridge that collapsed. The Honduran Ambassador, Manuel Sandoval, describes the situation in the aftermath of this morning’s tremor. Manuel Sandoval, Honduran Ambassador to […]
May twenty-eighth, 2009 will be remembered as the day the earth shook Belize. In earlier reports, we showed the impact of the quake in the southern districts. There might have not been any visible signs of damage in the old capital but many Belize City residents rolled and in some cases ran out of their […]
The effects of the earthquake was also felt on the islands. The news coming from Ambergris Caye is not about a building collapsing but of the formation of a natural phenomenon. The San Pedro Sun newspaper reports that on the north end of Ambergris Caye, a sinkhole appeared this morning. The thirty foot wide sinkhole […]
The Fire Department and NEMO are battling round two of a fire at the Belize City Dumpsite. The fire was extinguished weeks ago, but flared up again in the past few days, causing a suffocating stench. The smoke has been spreading into the city to the discomfort of residents and drivers on the Western Highway […]
June first will mark one year since Tropical Storm Arthur dumped torrential rains over Belize’s Maya Mountains. And after days of the downpour, riverbanks overflowed and the waters rushed onto flat plains. The result was devastating. Marion Ali went back south today and has an update from two of the areas affected by Arthur. Marion […]
The 2009 Atlantic Hurricane season is just around the corner beginning June first through November thirtieth. And while that is never soothing news on this side of the globe, meteorological experts project that it won’t be as merciless as Hurricane Iris in 2001 when twenty one persons perished or last year’s devastating Tropical Storm Arthur […]
Also on the Northern Highway, a fire at around two this morning in the Ladyville area has left a family of four homeless. The incident occurred at mile thirteen and totally gutted a one flat wooden structure measuring forty by fifty feet. One of the occupants, Romero Vasquez, says he was awakened by the intense […]
If you are travelling south, you will need to change your plans because since five this evening the causeway at the Kendal crossing on the Southern Highway has been under a foot of water. The National Emergency Management Organization advises that the river is rising up to nine inches every hour and shortly the entire […]
A fire in the wee hours of this morning left a minor with first and second degree burns. Around three-thirty a.m., twenty-eight year old Kimberly Trapp and her eight year old son, Kareem Fisher, along with their thirteen year old neighbour, Robert Lord, was asleep in their wooden home located on Elston Kerr Street when […]
There have been a number of fires in recent days and the latest was this afternoon shortly after the lunch hour when a blaze gutted the home of a Belize City food vendor. It started shortly after two p.m. at the home of Regina Rodriguez on Landivar Street in the King’s Park Area. In the […]
And in an update to a fire on Monday at La Isla Bonita, six month old Tiarra Shantia Lara who received third degree burns to her head and hands is said to be in stable condition and still undergoing treatment at the K.H.M.H. The fire broke around three-thirty Monday afternoon in San Pedrito Area of […]
A six month old baby was flown to the Belize City Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital early this afternoon from La Isla Bonita following a fire on the island. The baby sustained various burns to the head and hands and is in a stable condition. Shortly after three this afternoon, two wooden houses belonging to Gonzalo […]
If you live in Belize City, you will know of the famous Li Chee Restaurant located on Freetown Road. At around eleven this morning, a malfunction in one of the ventilation systems at the restaurant ignited starting a blaze in the kitchen area. The employees fled the restaurant and fire fighters were quick to contain […]
