They went there on Wednesday October 9th - one week after our first visit - but, the bad news is they didn't find much. The report, which was sent to us by the CEO in the Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development - shows that by the time the team reached the river had cleared up.

The report includes pictures, which show that they visited five different locations along the Sibun River from Frank's Eddie Area up to Freetown Sibun area. Nowhere along the river did they find any visible signs of sedimentation.

The team also visited "Fien (Fine) Catch Limited", the tilapia farm formerly known as Fresh Catch where they didn't find any activities quote, "that may have the potential to create sedimentation of the Sibun River."

But at one of the sites, the abandoned mining operation called Bonanza, they did see a sedimentation plume along the banks of the river. The report notes, quote, "Runoff waters with heavy sediment loads were seen entering the river at this point." End quote. The mining operations at Bonanza stopped some months ago, we are told.

And while that would seem to be the culprit since villagers say the sediment came form upstream, the team also inspected the quarry at National Aggregates, formerly Belize Aggregates in the Gracie Rock Area. The quarry is approximately one mile from the river. The report notes that "thick sediment runoff was observed in the road drainage near this area, however (it) dissipated a short distance away." End quote. The report notes, quote, "This does not exclude the possibility that such sediment plume could have reached the Sibun River during a strong rain episode as we have experienced these past days."