For the past two days, youths have been engaged in a mock Conference of Parties. The young leaders assumed roles as party delegates attached to negotiating blocks; each of them representing different countries. They carried out climate change negotiations and were able to experience the scale and intensity of the COP. While the goal was […]
There was a daring rescue earlier today along the Coastal Road where a vehicle driver whose delivery truck was inundated by floodwater had to be saved from the raging current. It was a successful effort at saving the life of one individual. But tonight, other parts of the country remain submerged as flood waters are […]
Many vendors and business owners had to pack up their appliances and products and relocate to higher ground in an effort to minimize the damages associated with the flood. In this report from News Five’s Duane Moody, within a short period of doing interviews in downtown San Ignacio with business owners, the flood water entered […]
Flood waters from Mopan and Macal Rivers in the west will find their way down to the Belize District. And so, communities along the Belize River should be preparing for that eventuality. Over the weekend, water levels in Roaring Creek had already been rising. Again, it is not as devastating as 2020, but residents are […]
Residents living along the Belize River in the Belize District are being advised to seek higher grounds as flood waters from Cayo District are rapidly moving east. According to Lieutenant Colonel Shelton Defour, the Belize River Valley Area can expect a significant flooding event. Here is what he told reporters this evening via zoom, during […]
Tonight, Monkey River Village in southern Belize is only accessible by sea. Flood waters have completely cut off the village by land. And, while that is the situation those residents are faced with today, Monday brought its own set of challenges. High tides and rough sea conditions dealt a severe blow to residents living along […]
On Sunday evening in Belize City, a vortex in Lake-I destroyed several homes, as it made its way across part of the community. The neighborhood most impacted was the area near McKay Boulevard, where the whirlwind pulled apart roofs, knocked down fence and threatened to topple power lines. It came and went quickly and left […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has already sent out personnel to assess the agricultural damages associated with this weekend’s flooding. According to Minister Orlando Habet, flood waters will have to recede before the Government of Belize can calculate the value of the damages. But, what he did inform us is that losses are significant. Orlando […]
Late this evening, we heard from Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon on the overall impact of Tropical Storm Julia to Belize. He explained the severe weather that came with those outer bands throughout the weekend. Here is what he had to say via Zoom. Ronald Gordon, Chief Meteorologist “As we had expected, the outer bands […]
Brace yourself for the effects of Tropical Storm Julia. The weather system is expected to make landfall in Nicaragua on Sunday morning, as a category one hurricane. TS 13 is barrelling along a westward trajectory at sustained winds of forty miles per hour and moving at a speed of eighteen miles per hour. Rapid weakening […]
Direct landfall from Tropical Storm Julia is not expected in Belize. And while tropical storm or hurricane conditions are unlikely to affect the country, the system will produce heavy rainfall which could lead to massive flooding across the country, especially in the south. Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon says that residents in flood prone areas should […]
Current weather conditions are already affecting the country with a total of one to two inches of rainfall today. There will be an additional one to two inches of rainfall on Saturday and then three to five inches of rain on Sunday and Monday. Belize City, which is already below sea level, is known to […]
October twelfth was recognised as Columbus Day in celebration of the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas in 1492. But the Briceño administration did away with that and replaced it with Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance Day. The public and bank holiday will be observed on Monday, October tenth, in lieu of the twelfth. Minister […]
There was a brazen attack on a food vendor at her home on Park Street in the Lake Independence area on Thursday night. It happened just after seven p.m., and the assailants were so bold that at first, the victim did not think it was a home invasion being carried out – that is until […]
The Ministry of Agriculture is launching an initiative in terms of starting a coconut industry in northern Belize. Minister Jose Abelardo Mai says that the goal is to diversify the agriculture industry in the north and that the coconut seeds have already been acquired. Jose Abelardo Mai, Ministry of Agriculture “We are trying to […]
The National Meteorological Service of Belize and the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) is monitoring a potential tropical cyclone located just north of Venezuela. Referred to as P.T.C 13, the system is moving westward at fifteen miles per hour and is likely to make landfall in Nicaragua and Honduras by Sunday morning. NEMO’s latest advisory […]
In mid-September, we told you about a strain of avian influenza that was detected in the poultry industry in the north. In the wake of its detection, eight farms – seven in Blue Creek and one in Shipyard – had to be quarantined. In the case of two of the farms, the chickens were destroyed, […]
Millions of dollars in losses have been recorded for the poultry industry in the north, but Minister of Agriculture, Jose Abelardo Mai, says that the country will not experience any shortage in poultry products since the Spanish Lookout producers will pick up the slack. While the country had battled a similar case of bird flu […]
The impasse between the sugar cane farmers association and the millers continues. All efforts to come to an agreement ahead of the 2022 sugar crop season have been futile and as we found out today, the Briceño administration is setting down its foot. According to Minister of Agriculture, Jose Abelardo Mai one last attempt will […]
Residents of Guinea Grass are up in arms over the deplorable road conditions in the village and clamoring for repairs. For years, the main road through the community has needed serious refurbishment. Today, Orange Walk South Area Representative Jose Abelardo Mai told the media that the cries of the villagers have been heard and G.O.B. […]
A lot of effort has been put into developing resilient farms and ensuring that local produce is at top quality for consumers and the local markets. But our local farmers have been facing challenges with market access, so the Ministry of Economic Development, through its Resilient Rural Belize Program, today signed a memorandum of understanding […]
Today, at the Belize Agricultural Health Authority Office in Belmopan, the U.S. Government handed over approximately half a million dollars towards the Fruit Fly Eradication Program. It is part of an agreement that started seven years ago and focused on financial and technical support to BAHA aimed at keeping out the very invasive and destructive […]
Birders across the country are invited to come out this weekend to participate in Urban Bird Watch 2022. The Belize Audubon Society has organized an event for October eighth at the Market Plaza in Orange Walk, October sixteenth at the BAS headquarters here in Belize City and the Market Square in Belmopan, and at the […]
The National Meteorological Service is keeping a close eye on a low pressure system that has developed just off the coast of South America, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. While it poses no immediate threat to Belize, there is a likelihood that its path through Nicaragua and Honduras, should it gain strength in the days […]
According to the Chief Met Officer, while they are better able to predict the movement of the system, meteorologists have not been able to calculate the intensity of the weather system. At the moment, the system near South America remains somewhat unpredictable. Ronald Gordon, Chief Meteorological Officer “All indications are that it should be […]
