This morning, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported several tropical waves with low chances of development. A tropical wave moving west at 20 mph is generating "disorganised showers and thunderstorms" near southeastern Cuba and Jamaica, with only a 30 percent chance of formation over
The pine bark beetle, a tiny but relentless invader, is wreaking havoc on forests and threatening global food security. As this insidious pest spreads its destruction across continents, urgent action is needed to halt its advance and protect vital ecosystems. West Virginia State University (WVSU) has
Police have detained a fifty-five-year-old Lebanese man who brandished a firearm this morning outside the Department of Lands. Reports are that the individual, identified as a foreign national, visited the department and sought to join the express service line. He was reportedly informed that he
Earlier in the newscast, we told you about an altercation at the Lands Department in Belmopan that led to a Lebanese businessman brandishing a firearm. We contacted that individual who was detained by police and later released. Here is what he told us over the
The United Democratic Party appeared before the Belize City Magistrates Court today to challenge just over sixty voter transfers in the Cayo North constituency. We spoke with U.D.P. Chairman, Michael Peyrefitte who contends that in one case, fifteen persons were registered in a single bedroom
On Monday night, we told you that the Alliance for Democracy, a faction of the United Democratic Party led by Tracy Panton, is seeking to mend fences with party leader, Moses “Shyne” Barrow. The party recently took a decision to deem four of the alliance’s
And, while the U.D.P.’s central executive committee says Panton, Faber, Beverly Williams and John Saldivar constructively resigned, those four view the move as an expulsion from the party. In fact, requests for applications for standard bearers in these constituencies are already out. But what does
This afternoon, a little girl was knocked down and seriously injured as she rode on the back of a motorcycle with an adult. The incident happened on New Road shortly after two p.m. The minor, in her school uniform, was not wearing a helmet when
A mother of a student attending Anglican Cathedral College has lashed out at the school for sending home her daughter on the first day of classes. The teenager was informed that she is not to return until her hair is cut shorter than the length
A policeman has been charged with four counts of rape of a child. The charges against thirty-four-year-old Anival Carillo were filed after the child, a fourteen-year-old girl from Corozal, accompanied by her mother, made a police report in August. The girl alleges that between 2022
