MarAlliance’s shark research is a team effort involving several partner agencies like the Belize Audubon Society. We spoke with Marty Alvarez, the Marine Protected Area Manager at the Belize Audubon [...]
Minister Habet says that while both the ministries of Agriculture and Sustainable Development have to conduct separate inspections, in the interest of facilitating someone, both parties could have simply worked [...]
Belize ranks eighth among countries that are most vulnerable to climate change, so, our efforts to be as ready as we can are important, if we are to minimize the [...]
The Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation says it is prepared to work with the residents of Placencia Village in their efforts to reclaim South Silk Caye. Today, we [...]
Minister Perez went on to speak about the potential hazard the use of the bags by villagers in their reclamation exercise poses. He says the ministry will be meeting with [...]
MAR Fund is subsidizing a survey to determine the abundance of the Antillean Manatee species across the region. The survey is done by air and it commenced in Belize on [...]
The data gathered will be sent to a research institution in Florida that is equipped to determine the population estimate of the Antillean Manatees in Belize. We also spoke with [...]
For Developing States like Belize, the collection of hydrographic data is important to support sustainable economic growth, protection of the environment and mitigating the impacts of climate change. On April [...]
Situated within the conservation zone of the Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve, South Silk Caye is rapidly deteriorating due to erosion. Last night, we told you about one [...]
The Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation in a late afternoon release confirmed that the organizers of the South Silk Caye reclamation exercise did not have the proper license [...]
Residents of Placencia Village are reclaiming Silk Caye. The island has been quickly deteriorating and what is left today is only a small portion of its former self. Silk Caye [...]
This weekend’s Silk Caye reclamation project off the coast of Placencia was not without controversy. Coast Guard officers sought to stop the works on the island, reportedly following instructions from [...]
Fisher-folks are advised that the season to fish sharks will close over the weekend. The Belize Fisheries Department has announced that the closure runs from May first to October thirty-first [...]
While answering questions from reporters in Orange Walk on Saturday, Minister of Sustainable Development, Orlando Habet was asked whether he had issued a salvage logging license to his campaign manager [...]
Former Minister of Works, Rene Montero is still wanted by police, who have sought the intervention of Interpol to apprehend and arrest the erstwhile Cayo Central area representative to face [...]
A Belizean/American visitor who was headed back to Los Angeles on Friday was busted at the Philip Goldson International Airport with a substantial quantity of illegal fisheries products in his [...]
While the media spoke with the prime minister, he clarified a report that he had placed pressure on forestry officers at the northern border to desist from enforcing international CITES [...]
Across the world, today is being celebrated as World Earth Day; and in Belize City, the Ministry of Blue Economy staged a replanting exercise with its partners in Buttonwood Bay, [...]
Pathlight Belize, in collaboration with Belize Audubon Society, the Belmopan City Council, the Scouts Belmopan Chapter and the Department of Environment, implemented this year’s World Earth Day Initiative. Working together, [...]
The Prime Minister has issued an Earth Day Message. The printed text, circulated by the Press Office, says that as the world celebrated Earth Day under the theme “Invest in [...]
Last Thursday, we reported on a vessel that was leaking soot into the Caribbean Sea near Placencia. It was the second time in as many months that the vessel had [...]
The owner/operator of the vessel will be given an opportunity to settle the matter out of court if they so choose. But when we contacted the owner, Albert Loewen this [...]
So tonight the Belize Coast Guard is keeping watch over the vessel to ensure it is not moved again as Lieutenant Kenrick Thomas informed us. Lt. Kenrick Thomas, Operations [...]
In response to videos circulating on Wednesday by concerned citizens, the Port Authority has investigated a reported oil leak that occurred in the sea near Placencia. News Five spoke with [...]
Major Swazo indicated that the vessel will be prohibited from operating for as long as it takes to make the necessary repairs to become seaworthy again. Major Gilbert Swaso, [...]
