This year marks the fifteenth celebration of the Flowers Bank Village Festival, an annual event honoring the legendary Flowers Bank Fourteen who defended the settlement of British Honduras alongside the British against the Spaniards at Saint George's Caye. The festival features locally made Belizean cuisine
A Belizean man, previously deported from the U.S., is returning to prison after a federal jury in Del Rio found him guilty of illegally re-entering the country. Francis Kerr, also known as Francis Deon Flowers, 51, was apprehended by border patrol near Eagle Pass on
June 1st marks the official beginning of the 2024 hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin, which includes the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. This season runs from June 1st to November 30th each year, though tropical cyclones can occasionally form outside
Wildfires continue to burn across Toledo and Cayo districts. With no rains forecasted in these areas, at least for the next few days, residents will continue to remain on high alert. Prime Minister John Briceño says his administration is doing everything it possibly can to
And the losses have only increased since our visit to Toledo last week. According to Andre Perez, the minister responsible for the National Emergency Management Organization, an estimated eight million dollars in losses have been recorded due to forest fires. A total of two hundred
Leader of the Opposition, Moses “Shyne” Barrow is criticizing the government for its response to this natural disaster. Barrow says that the government has not responded adequately. Here is what he had to say during today’s House meeting as he recounted his recent trip to
Also in Belmopan earlier today, the National Emergency Management Organization received a donation of equipment from the United States Embassy to be used in fighting wildfires across the country. On hand to receive the items was NEMO Coordinator, Daniel Mendez. [caption id="attachment_12679" align="alignright" width="300"]
Belize continues to face an energy crisis, despite B.E.L. being able to bring online the gas turbine at its Mile Eight facility. Earlier today, the senior management of Belize Electricity Limited. met with reporters and provided an update on the challenges that the utility company
Compounding the energy crunch are technical difficulties being experienced by BELCOGEN which uses biomass to provide electricity. Also, in the days ahead, BAPCOL, another energy supplier to the national grid, will be doing systematic repairs to its machines. As we’ve said, this means more load
According to Sampson-Nunez, customers also have an important role to play in conserve energy. The General Manager for Employee and Corporate Services says that energy conservation will reduce the likelihood of load shedding. Dawn Sampson-Nunez, General Manager, B.E.L. “The more greater the effort is to conserve energy
