A man from Mullins River Village was found dead at sea earlier this weekend. He has been identified as sixty-one-year-old Gilbert Flowers. His body was retrieved near Deadman Caye near Turneffe Atoll. His nephew, Alberto Magdeleno of Ladyville Highlights said, " He was one of the original
Police in Belize City are investigating an apparent murder. The body of a man was found with multiple gunshot wounds near the Port of Belize in Belize City yesterday. The unidentified man is believed to have been fishing in the area when he was murdered. Investigators
The nation’s latest murder victim is an Asian businessman from Santa Elena Town. Sheng Wen Wu, the proprietor of Allan’s Restaurant, was gunned down a stone’s throw away from his place of business. Wu arrived home at three a.m. on Thursday, inside his grey Toyota
Two men are free tonight after the prosecution’s murder case against them collapsed in court. Camryn Lozano and Albert Gill, both of Ladyville, were given the benefit of the doubt after the court could find no other piece of evidence to support the victim’s dying
It’s been several weeks of continuous heat and widespread flames ripping through the country. Thousands of acres of land have been affected, as well as hundreds of families. With a dry season so uncharacteristically long, environmentalists are calling this one of the most severe heatwaves
Across the country, wildfires have been wreaking havoc across thousands of acres of farmland and forests, leading to a loss of millions of dollars in agriculture. Another significant loss is in the loss to the carbon credit market. Carbon credits are a mechanism used to reduce
The damage caused by the many fires across the country has been detrimental to the livelihood and wellbeing of hundreds of families. These fires are due, in part, to the prolonged dry season that came with record-high temperatures. However, according to environmentalists, several of these
In the south, wildfires have also devastated huge tracts of land in a protected area managed by the Ya’axche Conservation Trust. The organization has been busy over the past few weeks fighting these fires that have destroyed crops and displaced wildlife in the Golden Stream
According to Estevan Asi, the increased temperatures and changes in climate, are the worst he has ever seen in all his years in agriculture. Asi also works with the Ya’axche Conservation Trust. [caption id="attachment_13264" align="alignright" width="300"]
The fire crisis relief efforts have been a partnership between government agencies, private companies and N.G.O.s. According to environmentalists, without the effort of these teams, containing these fires would have been impossible. Today, an update was provided on the situation and details were shared on
