WEATHER

Between nine last Sunday night and through mid-week, much of the Belize was trapped in a deluge of water. Rainfall gauges at the Hershey compound on the Hummingbird Highway this Monday, January 23, recorded 5.17 inches, while Belize City was flooded by some 3.8 inches. And where was all this tropical moisture coming from in the middle of January? More

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San Pedro resident Ramon Nunez, Sr., was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his unwavering commitment to service and tourism over the past 35 years. Presenting the award to Mr. Nunez during the National Belize Tourism Awards was the Honorable Godfrey Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Tourism. Mr. Nunez was a pioneer in the tourism industry in San Pedro and currently manages Ramons Village Island Resort. More

For long, many have complained of the rapid development occurring in Ambergris Caye. Many brace the idealized notion of a small sleepy village but change is inevitable. One of the biggest changes that for long has been fought and is now proving to be a lost cause is the issue with four storey buildings. This week, The San Pedro Sun received contradictory information of permits approved for the construction of four story structures. A reliable source commented that indeed two permits had been approved one on the Boca Ciega Area and the other six to seven miles on North Ambergris Caye. Chairperson for the Ambergris Caye Housing and Planning Committee (ACHPC), Mel Spain stated that only one permit had been approved in the Holiday Lands Area. More

A study released by NASA yesterday confirmed that 2005 was the warmest year on record, narrowly beating out 1998. That year a strong El Niño--a warm water event in the eastern Pacific Ocean--added significant warmth to global temperatures. The new record was set without the help of an El Niño. This suggests that a very sustantial warming trend is affecting the globe and more "warmest years ever" will continue to occur in this decade--particularly if they are El Niño years. Global warming since the middle 1970s is now about 0.6° C (1° F ). Total warming in the past century is about 0.8° C (1.4° F). The five warmest years over the last century have occurred in the last eight years. Reliable instrument records of global temperatures extend back to about 1880, but the consenus scientific view is that the current level of warmth has been unmatched for at least the past 125,000 years.

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