Residents and the business community of San Pedro have had numerous experiences with hurricanes threatening Belize over the past two decades. So, when the news emerged that Hurricane Beryl was heading in this general direction, the San Pedro Town Council wasted no time to mobilize
Preparations are underway in several parts of the country, but the Corozal District stands to be the most impacted in Belize. NEMO’s Corozal District Office was activated on Tuesday morning. More than a dozen shelters have also been identified. Over at the Corozal Town Council,
Hurricane Beryl is still over a thousand miles away from Belize, but already it is affecting business in the country. On Monday, the Belize Sugar Industries Limited stopped receiving burnt cane to prepare for the passage of the hurricane. The crop would have come to
Heavy rainfall has hit Belizeans in more ways than one. In Northen Belize, excessive rains have resulted in flooding not only in residential communities, but also in the agricultural sector. Several fields of crops have been destroyed or delayed production, resulting in scarcity and high
Fifty-year-old Martin Carcamo, a security guard employed at the bus terminal here in Belize City, is in trouble with the law for stealing an iPhone 12 from a woman police officer. The incident happened around 6:30 a.m. on Monday at the Michael Finnegan Market where
Clarita Pech, who has been employed with the National Assembly for the past twenty-five years, has been appointed Acting Clerk of the National Assembly. Her ascension from Deputy Clerk comes in the wake of the resignation of Eddie Webster who held the post of Clerk
Ahead of Hurricane Beryl making landfall later this week, the Belize High Courts have adjourned cases across the country as of tomorrow, Wednesday July third to Monday, July eighth, with the exception of bail which is scheduled to be heard on the morning of July
Kaylon Young has been appointed Acting Ports Commissioner following the abrupt departure of former Ports Commissioner Darlin Gaitan last week. Earlier today, the Belize Port Authority announced that the appointment of Young, a seasoned professional in the maritime sector with over a decade of experience
Earlier we heard San Pedro Mayor, Wally Nunez say that islanders have been taking early precautionary steps to prepare for Beryl in the event it dips in its track and comes closer our way. And as has been the case, when there’s an emergency, merchants
B.S.C.F.A. Committee of Management Vice Chair, Alfredo Ortega told us earlier that around seventeen hundred canefarmers in the north have suffered losses so far by the flood waters, which represents roughly twenty-five percent of all canefarmers from Orange Walk and Corozal. The B.S.F.C.A. official is
