This morning when the Hyde Shipping vessel NV Caribe pulled into the Port of Belize it carried a most unexpected cargo: two Jamaican Fishermen who had been lost at sea for 31 days. They are Anthony Hibbert and Jason Noble – two Jamaican commercial Fishermen who went missing on March 25 after they set out from the south end of Jamaica in a fishing vessel called "Gentle Breeze" which lost its engine. It was originally a party of five fishermen and the other three did not make it – they died at sea during the long period of being adrift.

The Caribe found them in Mexican territorial waters – 50 miles northeast of Belize - yesterday at around noon as the cargo ship was making its way into Belizean waters. They had been adrift for over a month and how Noble and Hibbert survived is sure to be an incredible story. But they are not quite in condition to tell it yet. They are currently receiving medical attention with an emphasis on re-hydration. Reports are that they are conscious and speaking.

After being brought in on the cargo vessel, the Coast Guard took them to the Price Barracks and this evening, they were transferred to the KHMH. They are now in the hands of the Immigration Department and Director Gareth Murillo confirmed that they are treating it as a humanitarian matter and his department is now trying to assist the men to get back home. He says the Department has duly notified the Jamaican consular representative in Belize.

A representative from the Jamaican Coast Guard confirmed to us this evening that the news that two survived and three perished has already been broadcast on radio stations there. They also confirmed that the Jamaica Coast Guard gave up the search on April second.

We note that the Jamaican coast guard says they went missing on the 25th, March while Belizean authorities have information which says they went missing on the 21st. If the Belizean figure is correct, they would have been at sea for 36, not 31 days. We'll have more on the story in tomorrow's newscast.