San Pedranos and Caye Caulker residents have a good sense of when to evacuate, and even though Beryl’s course shifted northwards away from Belize, over four thousand residents of both islands still took no chance and sought shelter on the mainland. However, many remain in
On Wednesday, we spoke with a Belizean student in Jamaica just before Hurricane Beryl impacted the island with category four strength winds. We heard from Brianney Smith earlier today, following the passage of the storm. She is doing well but says that many of the
On Tuesday, an elderly man was ambushed, tied up and robbed at his home in Burrell Boom Village. He is seventy-eight-year-old Alan Slusher, former governor of the Central Bank. Reports are that Slusher arrived at his residence around six p.m. and upon existing his vehicle,
Thirty-six-year-old Solomon Coleman was killed in Belmopan on May twenty-eighth and there has not been an arrest yet. Police were having difficulties establishing a motive for the killing, but the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams says that he has since met with Coleman’s mother and
A woman police officer assigned to the Dangriga police formation has been charged with theft. This follows an allegation by a citizen who gave P.C. Kia Jones a lift and claimed that the officer stole fifty dollars from inside her vehicle. And in a separate
The various service stations across Belize City made their own individual hurricane preparedness plans when Beryl took aim at this region. Some of those gas stations revised their plans, but most of them decided to go with early closure to give their employees a few
In just a few hours, Hurricane Beryl is anticipated to make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula. The category two hurricane is expected to affect the northern districts of Belize with rain, winds, and flooding. Considering this, the public has raised concerns about a possible disruption
On Wednesday, a group of tourists was involved in an accident on the Hummingbird Highway after the driver, Juan Esquivel, a forty-seven-year-old tour guide, lost control of the vehicle and ran off the road. The van was transporting a group of tourists, consisting of several
It’s mango season in Belize and, unless you have your own tree to enjoy the succulent fruit at your heart's content, you would have to purchase them from vendors. But there is one family on the George Price Highway that shares mangoes for free to
Hurricane Beryl, a powerful Category 2 storm, is on course towards Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula after impacting the Cayman Islands. It recently devastated Jamaica as a Category 4 storm, resulting in fatalities and significant damage. The storm brought strong winds, dangerous storm surge, and power outages
