The Belize Coast Guard has rescued two American women who were attempting to reach the US on a sailboat. The foreign-flagged sailboat named Sencilla had left Livingston, Guatemala en route to Florida on Wednesday, but soon after departure it encountered unfavorable weather conditions and its engine failed. Then its sails got damaged and the boat […]
Thomas warns seafarers who want to venture out on long marine voyages to pay keen attention to the weather advisories to avoid getting caught in thunderstorms and rough sea conditions that can potentially put their lives at risk. Lt. Kenrick Thomas, Operations Officer, Belize Coast Guard “We at the Coast Guard would like to […]
Another shipment of Pfizer vaccines arrived from the US today. This second shipment of one hundred and seventeen vaccines is in addition to one of roughly the same amount in August. According to a release from the US Embassy Belmopan, today’s donation brings Belize closer to a return to face-to-face learning, resuming to normal business […]
Today officials from the Ministry of Immigration gathered to mark the midway point in the development of a new e-passport system which will transition Belize towards passports that contain a chip with the holder’s bio-data. Electronic passports are already widely used across the globe and Government is looking forward to our citizens being able to […]
Currently, thirty-six rural communities across Belize are without electricity. Out of that number, twenty-eight do want it in their villages because they are cut off from the level of communication the rest of the country enjoy. Access to proper education and health care are also hindered without power and the use of kerosene lamps and […]
Access to electricity paves the way for access to devices like cell phones and radios, critical items in times of emergency as well as information sharing. DIGI representatives are touring these rural communities alongside the Ministry to identify solutions for greater access to communication. Rodwell Ferguson, Minister of Public Utilities, Energy and Logistics “It […]
Public transportation systems across the world are often accused of being huge carbon emitters for their heavy reliance on fossil fuel, as well as the pollution they create. But, as climate change remains a pressing global crisis, technologies are being developed to replace traditional automobiles with environmentally friendly alternatives. One such alternative is electric vehicles. […]
It is not one of the most contentious issues being discussed at the Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, Scotland, but today, a key discussion on the agenda was renewable energy and energy efficiency. Belize is planning to transition to greener energy and to ween ourselves off from our dependency on Mexico. That plan, if […]
The Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management arrived in Glasgow on Wednesday and hit the ground running. Today News Five’s Duane Moody found him at a high level side event, hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat. The Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub seeks to strengthen the climate finance loop for effective NDC […]
Simultaneously, over at the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change pavilion, a discussion on NDC development, implementation and how these efforts can speak to other potential nature-based solutions was held. It featured a ministerial panel of countries who have included coastal wetland – mangrove, sea grass and salt marsh – protections in their updated […]
The arrival of East Indians to Belize dates back to the eighteen hundreds. From these early origins and waves of more recent immigration, many Indian Belizeans have taken the lead in trade, education, medicine, governance and law. In spite of the distance between Belize and their motherland, in both time and space, many enjoy one […]
Tonight on COVID Chronicles, we look at the role of the churches in abiding by the existing COVID-19 regulations, as well as the impact of the pandemic on the religious community and the ability of the churches to serve the less fortunate. We also get a multi-denominational perspective from the Catholic, Methodist and Evangelical churches […]
