Spawning Aggregations in Belize: Signs of Life in the Seas that Need Protection (Part 2 of 3)
A view of spawning aggregation. Photo Credit: Southern Environmental Association (SEA) For Part 1 of this story, see here. By Aaron Humes: Why should we care about the continuity of SPAGs? According to marine biologist and former Fisheries Department official George Myvett, fishing during SPAG has, over time, had a counterproductive effect on the stocks […]
Spawning Aggregations in Belize: Signs of Life in the Seas that Need Protection (Part 1 of 3)
A Nassau grouper during spawning aggregation. Photo Credit: Virginia Burns Perez/Wildlife Conservation Society By Aaron Humes: As a country that depends on fishing for multiple national and personal income sources, Belize is paying increasing attention to the fish stocks in its waters. This is so especially as attention has been drawn to the long-term depletion […]
International News: Trump’s crackdown drives Migrants to seek refuge in Mexico
By Zoila Palma: As President Trump’s crackdown on immigration limits U.S. asylum access, many migrants are now turning to Mexico for refuge, AFP reports. Arianne Dominguez, a 24-year-old Cuban, was among those left with no choice after Trump took office and halted the CBP One app, which had helped process U.S. asylum claims. Instead, she […]
International News: Trump plans to detain 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo Bay
By Zoila Palma: U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to detain 30,000 “criminal illegal aliens” at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, known for holding terrorism suspects AFP reports. Trump signed a bill allowing the pre-trial detention of undocumented migrants charged with violent crimes and theft, and issued an executive order directing the […]
International News: Mexico’s President to address Google over Gulf of America name change
By Zoila Palma: Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Wednesday that the country will send a letter to Google questioning the tech giant’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, the Hill reports. Sheinbaum stated that such a change should be made by international organizations, not individual countries, in response to Google’s plan to […]
International News: American Airlines plane collides with military helicopter near Washington, D.C., killing 28
By Zoila Palma: An American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, causing both aircraft to plunge into the Potomac River. The crash occurred shortly before 9 p.m. as the commercial flight, traveling from Wichita, Kansas, was preparing to land […]
Local man acquitted of gang membership charges after three years
By Aaron Humes: Randy Nelson Green, a 32-year-old resident of Taylor’s Alley, has been acquitted of gang membership charges that have loomed over him for more than three years. On Tuesday morning, Green appeared without legal representation before a Senior Magistrate, where the allegations of being part of the Taylor’s Alley Bloods Gang were struck […]
Honduran national living in Belize convicted of touching child, 8, on buttocks and private area
By Aaron Humes: A Honduran national whose status in Belize is unknown was convicted Tuesday morning in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court on two counts of sexual offences of sexual assault upon a child aged 8 years old. 48-year-old Jose Luis Ramos, living in Belize City, pleaded guilty before a Senior Magistrate for the incident […]