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News Five team traveled south to the Big Creek Port where American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industry officially launched its improved raw sugar and molasses logistics at the port. It comes by way of a multimillion-dollar investment that reduces the export loading rate for these products. It is part of the miller’s transformational investments for a […]
Written on June 8, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Belize Defence Force officially inaugurated its newly refurbished kitchen at Camp Belizario in the Cayo District. It was once in a deplorable condition. With filth building up, the kitchen where soldiers generally had their meals was quite unsanitary. The new facility will now provide a space for soldiers to gather and for meetings […]
Written on June 7, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association will soon see its headquarters, located adjacent to the Marion Jones Sporting Complex on Princess Margaret Drive, completed. The building, named the Olympic House, will serve as the administration office for the association and will also provide a space for national associations to host meetings. In breaking down […]
Written on June 6, 2022 | Posted in
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Belizean archaeologist Dr. Jaime Awe has been recognized by a regional archaeology association for his contributions to the field. A release from the National Institute for Culture and History says Dr. Awe was given the 2022 Society for American Archaeology award for Excellence in Latin American and Caribbean Archaeology during the eighty-seventh S.A.A. Annual Meeting […]
Written on April 1, 2022 | Posted in
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The World Monuments Fund has announced that the Lamanai Archaeological Reserve and its wider Cultural Landscape has been named to the 2022 World Monuments Watch. This is a selection of twenty-five heritage sites of worldwide significance whose preservation is urgent and vital to the surrounding communities. According to Heritage Education Network Belize, the Watch sites […]
Written on March 8, 2022 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the New River Farmers’ Society Limited of San Carlos Village, Orange Walk for a matching grants initiative under the Resilient Rural Belize Program. Through the program, farmers of the village and surrounding communities will be able to not only grow their vegetables to sell […]
Written on December 2, 2021 | Posted in
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Also at day two of the Investment Summit today, General Manager of the Cayo Grain and Agro Supply Limited, Gilbert Canton Junior shared with the potential investors that the investment needs in that industry are wide-ranging. Gilbert Canton, Jr., Gen. Mgr., Cayo Grain & Agro Supply Ltd. “We need to take our corn, we […]
Written on November 11, 2021 | Posted in
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At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the National Institute of Culture and History took a severe financial hit when tourism came to a screeching halt. As a statutory body, NICH is partly funded by the government. It is also funded in large from revenue collected from the many archaeological sites it manages […]
Written on August 11, 2021 | Posted in
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NICH is bringing archaeology into the national museum and district houses of culture. The history of the Maya people, coupled with the benefits of forest gardening from a climate change standpoint, will be featured at the museum. That was the official message sent today during a brief ceremony held at the Government House in Belize […]
Written on June 8, 2021 | Posted in
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Statutory Instrument seventy-two was amended to also allow archeological sites to open in an effort to encourage domestic tourism. This will permit Belizeans to travel across the country to undertake touristic activity while giving tour operators the opportunity to return to work. Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte says that S.O.E. regulations must be adhered to in […]
Written on May 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH), through the Institute for Social and Cultural Research, in partnership with cultural stakeholders released the Belize Living Heritage Website. The online portal is dedicated to promoting the cultural skills, traditions, and knowledge that are transmitted, continuously practiced and safeguarded in communities across Belize. Here is Duane […]
Written on February 11, 2020 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, disturbing photographs surfaced on social media showing a tourist exposing himself at an archaeological site in Belize. It is against park rules for visitors to be imbibing on the grounds, but to have the tourist urinating in open court near a monument is seen as a clear disrespect to the cultural heritage […]
Written on August 5, 2019 | Posted in
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Just last year, there was a murder committed at the Cahal Pech Archaeological Site in San Ignacio. Unknown to rangers, the site was accessed via paths at nights by residents who converge to drink and socialize. According to Communications Officer Neil Hall, NICH is looking at the protocols in place to ensure that incidents like […]
Written on August 5, 2019 | Posted in
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The El Pilar Itinerant Photo Exhibit is on display at the Leo Bradley Library in Belize City. The exhibition features photos, literature, and ethnobotany celebrating the El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna and the Maya Forest Gardeners. Unique panoramic photographs by international photographer Macduff Everton are featured in the exhibit which connects […]
Written on May 15, 2019 | Posted in
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Belize and Cuba want to find out more about their historical connections. And to do this, they signed a Memorandum of Understanding today that will see intensive research, cross cultural exchange and other collaborations of similar interests through workshops and projects over a four-year period. NICH and the Cuban Embassy in Belize held a short […]
Written on April 8, 2019 | Posted in
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In 2015, there was huge controversy when a section of a mound at the Uxbenka Archaeological Site was cleared by Rupert Myles, a resident of Santa Cruz Village. Because the site is sacred to the Mayas, Myles was asked to remove the house he had built on the mound. He didn’t, so the Maya tied […]
Written on October 16, 2018 | Posted in
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NICH President, Sapna Budhrani, has come under fire for her performance, or lack of it, at the job she took over in April. Earlier today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture Patrick Faber held a press conference to discuss the future of the Municipal Fair on September Tenth. We’ll share that with you later […]
Written on August 23, 2018 | Posted in
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The University of Belize and the National Institute of Culture and History signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on matters of education, history and culture. The agreement has been in the pipeline for some time, but with the University on the verge of implementing new programmes, the formalizing of the collaboration is right […]
Written on August 15, 2018 | Posted in
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On Wednesday Senators debated several loan motions, including the ninety million dollar government-backed loan for Belize Telemedia Limited to upgrade its fiber optic network to provide high-speed internet to homes and businesses. Another such motion is the OFID forty-million U.S. dollar loan for the construction of the Caracol Road, passed in the House previously. But […]
Written on March 15, 2018 | Posted in
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An agreement was reached today between the governments of Belize and the United States on Cultural Property. The Memorandum of Understanding commits both governments to work together to fight the looting and trafficking of cultural material found primarily at archaeological sites. As part of the ceremony, the U.S. also returned a number of archaeological pieces […]
Written on February 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Friday’s final meeting of the House of Representatives for 2017 passed by with not excessive fanfare and fuss, as the parliamentarians got through a relatively light schedule around the stroke of noon. As usual on the adjournment, various issues of regional and occasional national importance were raised. For residents of Santa Cruz village in the […]
On the heels of damages done to a Mayan mound in San Pedro, tonight there is another disturbing report from the Institute of Archaeology that another Maya monument, this time up north, is under threat. The Institute says it is monitoring the situation in Louisville, Corozal, where a site which is also named Louisville is […]
Written on June 8, 2017 | Posted in
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Maya mounds dot the island of San Pedro Ambergris Caye. In recent days, the destruction of one has stirred outcry among the folks in the island. The proud mound stood at the southern area of the island. Though it was not registered among the nineteen others, its existence was well-known. The area somehow fell in […]
Written on May 26, 2017 | Posted in
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The Museum of Belize under the National Institute of Culture and History culminated a two-day workshop entitled, Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Collections. Its objective is to empower collectors, custodians, and museum operators to be strategically prepared in the face of disaster, and to recover as quickly as possible, with minimal damage to collections. It […]
Written on May 24, 2017 | Posted in
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Primary School students are learning about Archaeology in the classroom through a project between the US Embassy and NICH. The programme, which started some three years ago, has seen the participation of students across Belize. This year students in Belize City, San Antonio, Benque Viejo and Dangriga will be immersed in the theory and practice […]
Written on February 7, 2017 | Posted in
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