As previously explained by Daniel Mendez, the National Emergency Management Organization and its partners are taking precautions and preparing to offer aid to Belizeans who may be at risk as Hurricane Beryl approaches the Yucatan Peninsula. However, on Wednesday, Prime Minister John Briceño advised the
This afternoon, Hurricane Beryl weakened from a category three to a category two storm; however, as Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon explained earlier in our newscast, the National Met Service is keeping an eye on the storm’s movements as it shows signs of strengthening. Flood warnings
This morning in Belize City, cabinet also met with Chief Met Officer Ronald Gordon and National Emergency Coordinator Daniel Mendez for a full briefing on Hurricane Beryl. P.M. Briceño has declared a Tropical Storm Watch from Belize City to Corozal, including Ambergris Caye and Caye
NEMO's Corozal District Office Coordinator Ronnie Hernandez says the District Emergency Operation Center will remain activated throughout the course of the night. Hernandez tells News Five that residents in Corozal Town should remain vigilant and only listen to information from credible sources. He urges them
Following NEMO's latest press conference and the Chief Meteorologist's most recent update, Hernandez is of the view that Corozal District is in a much better position tonight. He says that based on the assessments conducted on the shelters, residents should be adequately prepared to face
San Pedranos and Caye Caulker residents have a good sense of when to evacuate, and even though Beryl’s course shifted northwards away from Belize, over four thousand residents of both islands still took no chance and sought shelter on the mainland. However, many remain in
On Wednesday, we spoke with a Belizean student in Jamaica just before Hurricane Beryl impacted the island with category four strength winds. We heard from Brianney Smith earlier today, following the passage of the storm. She is doing well but says that many of the
On Tuesday, an elderly man was ambushed, tied up and robbed at his home in Burrell Boom Village. He is seventy-eight-year-old Alan Slusher, former governor of the Central Bank. Reports are that Slusher arrived at his residence around six p.m. and upon existing his vehicle,
Thirty-six-year-old Solomon Coleman was killed in Belmopan on May twenty-eighth and there has not been an arrest yet. Police were having difficulties establishing a motive for the killing, but the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams says that he has since met with Coleman’s mother and
A woman police officer assigned to the Dangriga police formation has been charged with theft. This follows an allegation by a citizen who gave P.C. Kia Jones a lift and claimed that the officer stole fifty dollars from inside her vehicle. And in a separate
