th, 2017]
“I feel good because, you know, from the brothers and myself hold wahn lee commitment and seh well we wahn hold it down and we wahn try maintain wah lee peace and mend back earth, you know. I sih wahn lotta lee changes. I could go certain places, you know. Even though I still noh drop my guard and thing I feel safe because I meet some ah di brethren round and thing weh I mi have problem with and, you know, I noh feel no way. I noh di think no negative way and I sih pan di other side dehn noh di think no negative way also. So you know, I feel good and I wahn thank di bredda dehn too fi hold dehn lee commitment and seh well da peace wih di deal with and mek wi deal with di peace, you know, because at di end ah di day we wahn better off we. We wahn deal with fu we kids. We wahn be able fu sih fu we children have children.”
Jul 23, 2021
Bottlenose Dolphin Killed in Corozal
The Ministry of Blue Economy is condemning the killing of a bottlenose dolphin sometime last week in northern Belize. A press release from the Department of Fisheries laments the death of this species, which is protected in Belize. It says, “Bottlenose dolphins are highly intelligent and social marine mammals. We denounce the senseless killing of the animal and lament the loss of this valuable animal as its species is a contributor to Belize’s biodiversity and has high ecological importance.” A resident found the dead dolphin floating in the Progresso-Little Belize Lagoon. The Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and Development says that the scene suggests the dolphin was killed sometime around the seventeenth of this month. Today, we spoke with Leomir Santoya about what they’ve discovered about the dead dolphin.
Kescha Miller
“That’s the thing – nine kids I have living here and I feared for my baby life that is why I stayed away until I am done dealing with the case.”
Andrea Polanco
Kescha Miller
“I really do because I need back my house and I can’t deh where I deh forever. I have nine kids so any way they can help me I would appreciate it.”
If you would like to help Miller, you can reach her at 638-8807 and 634-4459.
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On the Phone: Michelle Augustine
“Yes, occasionally you can get rain with thunderstorms, moderate to heavy rainfall with a thunderstorm. But that is not always the case, sometimes the thunderstorm just occurs and there is no rainfall associated with it especially if the thunderstorm occurs farthest away from where the actual rainfall is occurring then you would have just thunder and lightning if barely rainfall is in the area.”
Andrea Polanco
“So, when you put out advisories to say there is expected thunderstorms in such and such area, what do you advise residents to do?”
On the Phone: Michelle Augustine
Valentino Shal
“No, that’s the interesting thing because I was practicing the protocols – I have been avoiding social gatherings; sanitizing my hands and wearing mask and everything. So, where exactly I picked up the virus I am not able to tell. And I think this is the experience of a lot of people. And this is why you have to be extremely careful because you don’t know where you are going to pick it up from.
I am very encouraged by the reports coming from the health teams across the country. I see people lining up for vaccinations and that is very encouraging. I continue to encourage people to do it because the vaccine doesn’t necessarily make you immune, so you may contract the virus and if you do, your experience will not be a difficult one and you will be easily able to recover from the infection. And I think that is the point of the vaccine. In addition to that, what I found out afterwards, is that the vaccine also suppresses transmission. When you are vaccina