Tonight, it appears tropical depression number fifteen isn’t sure what it wants to do, so it’s sitting tight. Unfortunately, the buckets of rain accompanying the system is putting life and property at risk in Nicaragua and Honduras. The residents of the steep hillsides in Honduras are particularly vulnerable as widespread flooding is expected. But for […]
But before we begin to worry about what tropical depression number fifteen might or might not do, the front still stalled over the country is bringing problems of its own. Carlos Fuller, Chief Meteorologist “The system is producing a lot of rain throughout Central America. During the past twenty-four hours, we got over five inches […]
As Nicaragua and Honduras brace themselves for the inevitable destruction the rains of tropical depression fifteen will cause, the National Emergency Management Organisation, NEMO, has released the latest damage estimates of Hurricane Iris. In a release, NEMO says Iris has cost the country as much as four hundred and seventy-five million dollars as it significantly […]
Meanwhile, investigations into the tragic accident aboard the diveboat Wave Dancer, is expected to reach a climax this week as the boat is to be lifted out of the water. There are several theories as to why the boat overturned, including reports that the bow line was tied too tight and snapped under pressure from […]
A Belize City teenager has been arrested after he shot a woman with an airgun. According to police, the fourteen year old boy stood on his veranda on Mahogany Street and shot twenty-nine year old Melva Hyde in the abdomen with a Crossman airgun. Apparently, Hyde was in the middle of a heated argument with […]
A teenager found guilty of murder on Monday will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Eighteen year old Jason Jones was sentenced to life in prison by Judge Wilfred Elrington in the Supreme Court this morning. Jones was convicted of the murder of fifty year old Lincoln Weston, who died in April 2000 […]
Its political significance to the country is unquestionable, but for more than a few years, Battlefield Park in Belize City has been nothing more than the permanent address for a number of vagrants. But Belize’s version of Central Park is about to get a facelift. If you’ve driven down Regent Street this week, you would […]
Armed with their new truck and plenty of confidence, the officers of the National Fire Service were busy fighting a large fire today; but don’t worry it was only a drill. This afternoon, the Esso depot site in Port Loyola was the scene of the latest demonstration where fire-fighters were testing their skills in the […]
Playing the numbers has always been a scientific art…your winning combination might come to you in your dreams, from a candy wrapper or might even be relayed to you by your neighbourhood “Ms. Cleo”. But whatever method you use, tomorrow is the big day to find out if your numbers have what it takes to […]
