This weekend, Oceana in Belize will commemorate World Oceans Day with various activities in various municipalities across the country. World Oceans Day was originally proposed in 1992 at an Earth Summit and U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since then,
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in collaboration with the Canadian government, has launched a $14.6 million project titled Gender Responsive Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems in the Caribbean. Running until December 2028, this four-year initiative will focus on climate change, youth and gender constraints in
Nominations for the 35th Caribbean Media Awards were announced on Wednesday. Great Belize Productions, Channel 5, received twenty-five nominations—the most for a single outlet in the Caribbean Region. The Caribbean Broadcasting Union said, "2024 continues to break records with the CBU Secretariat receiving four hundred
Police are searching for four individuals involved in the theft of a Colombian vessel belonging to Stake Bank Limited. The investigation began after a report on Thursday, June 6, 2024, indicated that four men, one armed with a firearm, entered the Stake Bank compound on mile
Police in San Ignacio are investigating a robbery turned murder which occurred earlier this morning in Santa Elena Town. According to the investigation, the victim has been identified as Sheng Wen Wu. He is a businessman. Reports are that Wu had arrived at his residence on
A 59-year-old man in Mexico has died from a strain of bird flu known as H5N2, marking the first human case of this virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the man, who was hospitalized in Mexico City, succumbed to the virus on April 24
It is not often that we hear a shooting victim, who also witnessed the murder of her friend, speak out about their encounter, especially when that victim was also supposed to be dead. But tonight, Maia James, a Belizean American, is sharing her story, two
Kenrick Longsworth, the Belize City resident accused of murdering his three-year-old stepson, has been found guilty of manslaughter. As we have reported, on January tenth, 2020, Mark Teul’s mother found him dead inside their Lovely Lane home. He was allegedly beaten to death and sexually
Slash-and-burn farming is an age-old practice that has proven to be more environmentally harmful than it has served any real purpose in agriculture. The wildfires that are being experienced in Toledo District are said to be fires that were being used to clear land for
Today is internationally recognized as World Environment Day. A day that encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. In alignment with this occasion, the Department of the Environment, the University of Belize, and the United Nations Environment Program have jointly launched the
