Less than two days after Hurricane Dean put the hurt on northern Belize, rebuilding has begun and authorities are assessing the damage in advance of more structured relief efforts. This afternoon our crews ranged as far as the Hondo River and we’ll begin our coverage right there at the Commercial Free Zone. It’s a place […]
Also in the Free Zone today assessing damage was Belize Telemedia chief Dean Boyce. Boyce says that telecommunication services in all hurricane affected areas of Belize should be restored by weekend. Dean Boyce, Board Member, B.T.L. “We have some damage, usually to the drop lines, so this is the last couple of hundred metres to […]
From the border Marion travelled to another centre of economic activity, this time in the agricultural sector. And while the Free Zone merchants will soon be back in business, their cousins in the papaya fields will wait far longer. The papaya processing facility, belonging to Belize Fruit Packers, just outside Corozal Town, may have taken […]
While all eyes—quite rightly—are looking north, we’ll turn our attention for a minute on a place that was hardly touched by the storm … but may be in big trouble the next time around. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the story from Belize City. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Rows of bottled water, boxes of bleach, milk […]
It seems that the Belize City house shown on our newscast last night was not the only one in the old capital to fall during Hurricane Dean. Today our cameras were called to St. Jude Street on the Southside where they recorded another collapse. The building fell so neatly that you have to look closely […]
Viewers may be wondering why I am handling the anchoring duties this week, as well as working as a News Five reporter. The reason is that I am trying hard to fill the shoes of my long time friend and colleague, Jacqueline Woods Godwin. Jackie is out this week because of the sudden death of […]
At the epicentre of relief efforts is Corozal’s district capital. Today I returned to the beleaguered town to find—not surprisingly—that the longer it takes to restore basic services and provide supplies, the more impatient residents become. Anne-Marie Williams, Reporting Corozalenos who were devastated by Hurricane Dean are slowly putting the pieces of their lives back […]
