As we end the newscast tonight, we leave you with the latest update on Tropical Storm Nana. We note that rains have started in the city and down south. Now, this update reflects the latest information as of six p.m., this evening. The storm, which is expected to become a category one hurricane later tonight, […]
The Belize Zoo has over two hundred resident animals – and they each require special care and that includes a balanced diet. Some of the animals are big meat eaters, while others require a heavy plant-based diet – whatever it is that they eat – to feed all two hundred is a costly undertaking for […]
Two protests were held in Guinea Grass Village last week. The northern community is under lockdown until the first week of September but villagers complain that they have been suffering without food and access to their money. There are over three thousand residents in that village – and today Chairman Benito Uck wrote a letter […]
And while the Guinea Grass Village Council and NAVO champion the lifting of the lockdown of the village – D.H.S. Marvin Manzanero says that the spread of the virus in the Orange Walk District now appears similar to what has transpired on San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. With an increase in numbers across several other communities, […]
The National Meteorological Service is monitoring Tropical Depression fourteen. As of six this evening, TD-fourteen was about one hundred miles east of Cabo Gracias A Dios on the Nicaragua/Honduras border and four hundred and seventy-five miles East Southeast of Belize City. Earlier this afternoon, just after one we spoke with Deputy Chief Met Ronald Gordon […]
On Friday, we will have an update for you on Tropical Depression Fourteen, but as you heard from the National Met Service, if TD-fourteen remains on track, it will make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula. That means it will bring some rains and northern communities may experience flooding. Today, Principal Public Health Inspector John Bodden […]
The sugar industry was impacted by drought conditions which led to a late start of the sugar crop this year. It put cane farmers out of pocket, but tonight there is relief in sight. That is because a million dollar investment has been approved through the Green Climate Fund to create a funding proposal which, […]
How are organizations working on environmental protection handling the COVID-19 situation? Well, across the world, conservation N.G.O.s are feeling the pressures. And it’s no different here in Belize. These N.G.O.s are reporting loss of over a million dollars in revenues because of the collapse of the tourism industry. To find out how far and wide […]
On Monday night we showed you fifteen participants, majority fisherfolk from the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve, who became certified in an introduction to seaweed farming. Those fisherfolk want to supplement their income base and managers of the marine resources want to reduce the pressures on the fish stocks. So, they believe that seaweed has the […]
Is seaweed farming the next big thing for fisherfolk in Belize? Well, the Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the Belize Fisheries Department, wrapped up a three-day seaweed cultivation training on Calabash Caye over the weekend. The training, supported by the U.N.D.P. and Australian Aid was carried out under a […]
Since the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, we’ve been reporting on its impact. The tourism industry collapsed and many other industries and sectors continue to experience shockwaves as a result. One area that’s not talked about a lot is the impact on the environmental sector, particularly on the N.G.O. community that acts as managers […]
The Belize Audubon Society’s “Greening Across Belize” is underway with the organization giving away three hundred mahogany plants. It’s an initiative that usually coincides with Earth Day in April but because of the pandemic’s State of Emergency measures, it was pushed back to July. Today, Dareece Chuc of the Belize Audubon Society explained the initiative […]
Santa Cruz Village Council continues to fight to maintain control of the village’s land expansion project. Issues for the council arose back in January 2019 when they received word that the U.D.P. Stann Creek West Standard Bearer, Ivan William, was attempting to take control of the project. According to Chairman, Vincent Scott, that is still […]
According to Scott, he has attempted to clarify the matter with Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, Wilbert Vallejos. Scott says that Vallejos has not responded to any of his queries. That, he says, is raising an alarm. Vincent Scott, Chairman, Santa Cruz Village Council “To come in and take the last piece of land […]
San Felipe and Blue Creek Villages are under quarantine and will remain in that state for no less than a month since Statutory Instrument one hundred came into effect on May tenth. Citizens trapped inside that area have to adhere to strict curfew regulations, no one goes in and no one comes out. Blue Creek […]
In the west, locusts ravaging farmlands in Peten, Guatemala are near the border. They are about seventy miles away and making their way across Central America. In Guatemala, Prensa Libre is reporting that since Friday ‘large amounts of locusts have invaded cultivated fields, mainly corn and grasslands, putting the production of basic grains and livestock […]
Organization for Plant and Animal Health has issued an alert to all member countries including Belize saying that the plague of the Central American locust has caused serious economic damage due to its invasions for centuries. OIRSA says that experts are predicting that due to environmental conditions and biological cycles of this species, high risks locust […]
On Monday, Manatee Conservationist Jamal Galves and a team of volunteers rescued an orphan manatee calf. A concerned citizen spotted the calf in distress off the George Price Highway around mile six late Sunday evening. Galves and some volunteers went out early on Monday morning to assess the situation. There he found the calf alone […]
There is currently work being conducted on the canal in the Yarborough area of Belize City. A number of piles are in the process of being laid as the Ministry of Works in collaboration with the Belize City Council is working overtime to further assist with flood mitigation efforts as well as proper drainage on […]
COVID-19’s impact on food and agriculture has been felt across the country – putting lives and livelihoods at risk from this pandemic. While the spread of virus is contained in Belize, it continues to surge in other parts of the world but the uncertainty is when it will eventually retreat. And locally we have seen […]
A resident of mile five on the George Price Highway came to our studios today with an environmental concern. Dredging near his house, he says, has turned the once clear waters to a brownish colour and waste has accumulated more than two feet high. There is also concern that marine life is being affected. News […]
Since early this morning, a plume of the Saharan dust spread across the country. The intense dust storm started in the Saharan Desert in West Africa and began travelling across the Atlantic Ocean since last week and is making its way to the U.S. Forecasters say it is worst large scale dust storm to be […]
Waters have now receded and traffic is flowing on both the George Price and Hummingbird Highways. Incessant rains and the force of flood waters damaged the highways, rendering them impassable to traffic. In the south, the highway was restored hours after the water gushed across the thoroughfare. At Mile thirty-eight, the culverts collapsed disconnecting the […]
In the south, a stop order has brought to a screeching halt the construction of a service station at the entrance of Punta Gorda Town that is the subject of public concern. The private sale of prime real estate from one Asian businessman to another raised eyebrows among residents who, for many years, believed that […]
So, as you heard so far there is flooding along the George Price, Hummingbird and Southern Highways. But moving north, there has been flooding for over two weeks. Several villages are still under water and although it is receding, NEMO District Coordinator, Elodio Aragon Senior says that they expect more flooding in the coming days […]
