The Belize Wildlife and Referral Clinic is reporting that a second tapir was knocked down and killed in three days. In a Facebook post, the clinic said that the incident occurred on the Hummingbird Highway on Sunday morning. On Friday, June 14, News Five reported that
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in North Korea to meet with its leader, Kim Jong Un, signaling the deepening alignment between the two countries. This visit marks Putin's first to North Korea since 2000 and is notable as he has made few overseas trips
A Belizean man finds himself on the wrong side of the law in the U.S. After serving about half of his thirty-year sentence in prison for a home invasion in Lake County, Illinois, forty-five-year-old Alejandro Requena Junior was released earlier this year. However, that was not
Governor-General Froyla Tzalam has officially issued a Writ of Election for a By-election in the Toledo East Electoral Division, as announced by the Elections and Boundaries Department. The writ sets the nomination day for candidates for Tuesday, July 2, 2024, with the polls scheduled to
At 700 AM CDT (1200 UTC), the disturbance was about 355 miles (575 km) east-southeast of La Pesca, Mexico. The system is moving toward the north near 6 mph (9 km/h). A gradual turn toward the west-northwest and west is expected is expected tonight and
The rains are here and less than a year after it was officially opened, sections of the Coastal Plain Highway’s surface have been compromised by flood waters. Seventy-eight million U.S. dollars was invested into the construction of the highway. The Government of Belize boasted six
Images that surfaced on social media following the destruction of a portion of the Coastal Plain Highway showed pieces of broken pavement and exposed gravel. This led many to question the integrity of highway pavement. Those concerns were also put to the M.I.D.H’s Chief Engineer,
We also heard from Jason Altshaft, the chairman of Gales Point Village. The entrance to the community also experienced a significant amount of flooding, following the weekend rainfalls. It is an area prone to flooding. Thankfully, flood waters did not damage the newly constructed road
But the rains are not over yet. In fact, we are only at the start of the rainy season. And, with an increase in deforestation and land developments along the Coastal Plain Highway, incidents of flooding could quite likely become even more severe. According to
Several portions of the August Pine Ridge community in the Orange Walk District were also under water over the weekend. According to the National Hydrological Service, the village received at least six inches of rain. We spoke with Hydrologist Carmelita Blanco. [caption id="attachment_14066" align="alignright" width="300"]
