Santos Guardiola

The Santos Guardiola municipality announced a temporary closure of Buenos Aires street in El Bight for grading and paving work, asking residents and drivers to use alternate routes.

The second phase of a road-paving project in Punta Caliente, Santos Guardiola municipality in the Bay Islands, has resumed work on the route to Pandy Town and Fiddlers Bight, part of local infrastructure improvements.

The Bay Islands reported 84 malaria cases in 2026, a 60% decline from last year, but about 90% are clustered in Santos Guardiola municipality, where local transmission persists despite prevention efforts including fumigation and community cleanup.