Families live there. Restaurants serve food there. Fishers work nearby, and preschool children pass through the area. Now, what appears to be wastewater flowing through San Pedro’s Embarcaderos area is raising serious concerns about public health and environmental safety. Over the weekend, residents and business
The clock is ticking for special-licensed stone crab and shark fishers. By October twenty-second, they must install and activate Vessel Monitoring Systems on their boats or risk losing their licenses. But with the deadline just days away, some fishers say they still have unanswered questions.
For fishers, the debate over vessel monitoring is not simply about installing another piece of equipment on their boats. It is about having a voice in decisions that could reshape how they work and earn a living. Jorge Aldana, President of the San Pedro Fisherfolk
China’s formal notice of sanctions against Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca arrived today, and it points directly to the Taiwanese foreign minister’s recent visit to Belize. In an interview today, Fonseca told News 5 that the official note came from China’s embassy in Jamaica to Belize’s protocol
Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Transport Chester Williams says the operator transporting a house involved in Saturday night’s fatal traffic accident on the George Price Highway may have violated permit requirements. The Department of Transport (DoT) is also acknowledging challenges with highway enforcement as
Climate forecasters are warning that the current El Niño phenomenon could reach record-breaking levels and increase the risk of extreme weather in several parts of the world. The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has raised the probability that the event will become the
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Dr Lin Chia-lung says projects in health care, agriculture, aquaculture and tourism are the areas of cooperation with Belize that he is most optimistic about, as Beijing sanctions Belize’s Foreign Minister over ties to Taiwan. Lin gave the comments exclusively to News 5
Social media creator Benjamin Garcia and businessman Sergio Martinez were taken to court this morning after remaining in police custody over the weekend. Both men were charged with discharging a firearm in public after police pursued and intercepted their pickup truck following reports of gunshots near
Police are reviewing video footage as they investigate the collision that killed Police Sergeant Jovanni Ponce on the George Price Highway on Saturday night. ACP Hilberto Romero said the crash happened between Miles 42 and 43. “Upon the arrival, they saw a truck that had a
Police are searching for one suspect in the murder of 27-year-old Jory Bowden, who was shot several times while sitting in the yard of a house on Central American Boulevard in Belize City on Friday night. Bowden became the third murder victim in the city within
