As early as one o’clock this afternoon, exactly two hours after a live joint press conference from the National Emergency Management Organization and the National Meteorological Service, a hurricane watch [...]
Rainfall is expected to begin on Wednesday evening and continues into Thursday. With certain areas already saturated from the recent flooding, coastal flooding is inevitable. While the exact location where [...]
NEMO’s National Disaster Coordinator Shelton Defour says that they had been monitoring the system from last Wednesday and since the weekend; the island town of San Pedro and Caye Caulker [...]
In Belize City, a disaster preparedness plan has also been put in place by the City Emergency Management Organization to ensure the safety of residents during the passage of Tropical [...]
Various routes have been identified for residents of the city, as well as persons seeking refuge from the islands, to find shelter elsewhere. While there are essentially two entrances to [...]
All indications are that Tropical Storm Lisa will intensify to become a category one hurricane by landfall. Modules just before news time are suggesting a possible landfall north of Gales [...]
Often times, during natural disasters like these, we have recorded cases of price gouging. This common, unscrupulous business practice occurs during or after a natural disaster or national emergency. Earlier [...]
It was a normal school day across the country today; however, classes for all schools will be suspended starting Tuesday, November first until further notice. That was an announcement made [...]
We also spoke with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams about the department’s preparations ahead of TS Lisa making landfall. Here is what he told us earlier today at an event [...]
The threat of Hurricane Lisa on Belize puts the coastal communities of San Pedro and Caulker in the projected path that the hurricane is supposed to cross. The islands remain [...]
Today the vast majority of teachers at Holy Cross Anglican Primary School in San Pedro walked out of their classrooms on grounds that the school’s management has owed them two [...]
Earlier today, Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow donated tens of thousands of dollars in medical supplies to the K.H.M.H. Workers Union. The items which include bandages, surgical masks, gauze, preparation kits [...]
There is a new Belize Film Commissioner. He is Carlo Habet, a co-founder of Ignite Limited, an advertising agency and video production company in Belize. Habet was appointed to the [...]
Today, the Belize Police Department added one hundred body cameras to its inventory. The Gang Intelligence, Investigation and Interdiction Unit, or G.I.3., has been incorporating body cameras in its daily [...]
New details have emerged about additional payments being made to government C.E.O.’s. Last week, we told you about a circular signed by Cabinet Secretary Stuart Leslie approving an increase of [...]
We also asked Flowers about the emergence of several memos dating back to June 2021, all the way up to October fourteenth, 2022. One memo reveals that C.E.O. in the [...]
P.P.F. Capital Belize Limited was hired as consultants by the Government of Belize back in June to create a plan for the gradual implementation of the five dollar minimum wage. [...]
And employers aren’t the only ones being consulted. Employees are also being asked for their input on the framework that is being developed. According to Ramirez, P.P.F.’s final submission will [...]
There is a Development Policy and Strategy and Implementation Plan for 2022 to 2027 for the Ministry of the Blue Economy. The priority areas for the policy and goals of [...]
Welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. The Inter-Office Basketball League is down to its final matches. On Friday night, basketball fans made their way over [...]
Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber broke his silence today, taking aim squarely at the leadership of the United Democratic Party. The salvo comes hard on the heels of an announcement [...]
During his press conference which was held at his constituency office on Antelope Street Extension, Faber criticized the composition of the Nominations Committee, the trio that vetted and subsequently rejected [...]
During his press conference which was held at his constituency office on Antelope Street Extension, Faber criticized the composition of the Nominations Committee, the trio that vetted and subsequently rejected [...]
The United Democratic Party held a press conference today to discuss a variety of issues, save for the elephant in the room which is the failed recall attempt of Shyne [...]
Beyond the internal wrangling of the United Democratic Party, conversations this week have been centered around the dire situation that nurses and hospital staff are faced with at the K.H.M.H. [...]
