Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. We begin tonight’s coverage with some Saturday night softball action in Sand Hill Village. This is the Belize Rural Softball Fast Pitch Tournament. Double Head Cabbage’s male team took on Biscayne’s male
The record-breaking Beryl The first major hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Beryl, was historic. Hurricane Beryl has affected numerous countries and territories, including Barbados, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), and Trinidad and Tobago.
Murder in Cotton Tree A murder occurred on Saturday night in Cotton Tree Village, Cayo. [caption id="attachment_15829" align="aligncenter" width="738"] Murder Victim Clint Castillo[/caption] Clint Castillo was identified as the murder victim, and Andrew Muns was injured in the shooting incident. Both men were shot multiple times. The incident
With extreme fires, devastating hurricanes, and heartbreaking floods, who wouldn’t? Belize has been increasingly exposed to natural disasters, and many people do not understand why. There is a dire need for human intervention in terms of climate change adaptations. However, are the present and future
The National Meteorological Service issued a small craft warning in the wake of the passage of Hurricane Beryl across the Yucatan Peninsula. Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon also spoke about a tropical cyclone that will likely produce rainfall over the country this weekend. [caption id="attachment_15800" align="alignright"
With an all clear issued, Daniel Mendez, the National Emergency Coordinator, says the organization will resume normal operations as it continues to prepare for what lies ahead. This hurricane season is forecasted to be extremely active. Mendez says Hurricane Beryl presented an opportunity for NEMO
Hurricane Beryl showed the inaccuracies of the intensification models used by meteorologists to determine the strength of tropical systems. Hurricane Beryl rapidly intensified and it maintained its strength as a major hurricane for days leading up to its landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula, contrary to
This morning, the National Emergency Management Organization declared an all-clear for areas in the country that were under a tropical storm watch. Hurricane Beryl made landfall early Friday morning north of Tulum, along the Yucatan Peninsula. A tropical storm watch was still in effect for
We also heard from Corozal Mayor, Rigo Vellos. He and his team at the town council spent the night monitoring the movement of Hurricane Beryl. Mayor Vellos says that he is pleased with the level of caution taken by residents in the town. He says
Up to very early this morning, Mayor Wally Nunez and the San Pedro Town Council were out assisting residents to reach the Sage Brush Hurricane Shelter in time, just in case Hurricane Beryl jogged south and tore through Belize. The category three hurricane was packing
