The Governor General of Belize Sir Colville Young donated cricket gears today to Nazarene High School as well as Gwen Lizaraga High School. Other high schools countrywide will soon be getting their own cricket gear to bring back the sport which used to be the second most popular in Belize.
To celebrate the University of the West Indies fiftieth anniversary and create awareness of their outreach and other programs, the Chancellor is hosting a series of lectures. This Wednesday Dr. Peggy Antrobus, Head of the Women and Development unit in Barbados will speak about women’s impact on U.W.I. Dr. Peggy Antrobus, U.W.I. Guest Lecturer “But […]
If you are sixteen years old and know how to swim, then you may just be the person the YWCA is looking for. This weekend, the Young Women’s Christian Association will be holding a lifeguard training course to equip swimmers with the necessary skills needed to save someone’s life. Jane Hannon, a volunteer with the […]
A course on forensic investigative techniques is underway at the Police Training School in Belmopan. The two-week training is being sponsored by the United States Justice Department through its International Criminal Investigative Assistance Program. It will cover crime scene processing, investigative foundation, forensic techniques and the investigator and criminal evidence. Facilitators are from the F.B.I. […]
The managers of denominational schools met with their new Minister, Permanent Secretary and Chief Education Officer today during a workshop in Belize City. Among the primary concerns of those present were the need for some continuity with the policies and plans of the past administration but with a fresh approach, and the necessity of teacher […]
In a nation where so many people value education as a means to improving their lives, it is shocking to realize that four thousand children miss school at least three days a week. It may seem like a huge problem to combat, but the Truancy Program begun by the Ministry of Education in September aims […]
When we think of U.C.B. most people picture a campus full of serious students hurrying to and from their classes. But this week, the students have come out from behind their books and computers, and dragged the faculty away from their own pursuits to have a bit of fun and get to know each other […]
On last week’s newscast we ran the sad story of a school feeding program almost destroyed by the acts of thieves… and then followed with the heartening news of a thousand-dollar donation by a Belize City businessman. Today the cash actually changed hands as News Five’s Jacqueline Woods, who reported the original story, made the […]
Two Belizean students have captured top honors in competitions sponsored by the Mexican government. According to a press release from the Mexican Embassy, Otoniel Che from Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Mexico was awarded the “Mexico-Central America” prize for being the student with the highest grade average while Aniki Lopez of Sacred Heart School in Dangriga gets […]
After months without a leader, Belize Technical College today has a new principal. At a meeting last Thursday, Minister of Education Cordel Hyde introduced the concept of faculty governance whereby he asked the staff to discuss the situation among themselves and recommend who they wanted as successor to Dr. Cecil Reneau who was elevated to […]
The subject of jobs is one that is dear to the hearts of all of us. Politicians want to provide them, most people who don’t have one, want one, and those who are fortunate enough to have one, usually want a better one. But what does it take to get a job…and hold on ot […]
The Belize Technical College could soon find itself once again playing a crucial role in the development of the country. That’s according to minister of education Cordel Hyde. Accompanied by the Permanent Secretary and the Chief Education Officer, the minister dropped in on the staff this morning for a brief visit. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick […]
Saturday marked the beginning of the second annual Deaf Awareness Week and today the Belize School for the Deaf held an open day. The exhibition, the second for the Belize School For the Deaf, highlights the students’ work done during the past year. Anna Sambula, Teacher, Belize School For the Deaf “We are showing what […]
We may not realize it but much of our time is spent in negotiation: not just formal business dealings across a conference table, but at home with our family, buying something at a store, or arranging anything from the chopping of a yard to the building of a house. Today I found out that the […]
A familiar name has won the prestigious Belize Open Scholarship for 1998. Vonetta Hyde, a recent graduate of S.J.C. Junior College, received the highest ranking of any Belizean student on the University of Cambridge advanced level exam taken in June. As such she has been awarded by the government a full university scholarship covering all […]
Talking about ten thousand houses and fifteen thousand jobs is a lot easier than actually doing something to transform these campaign promises into reality. Today, at ceremonies marking the opening of classes at the Center for Employment Training in Belize City, officials made it clear that it’s their intention to form solid linkages between the […]
A Belizean student from Toledo has won a four year undergraduate scholarship at Queen’s University in Canada. Celestino Oh, from San Pedro Columbia, was the fourth person from the Caribbean this year to receive the Scotiabank Merit Scholarship. A release from the bank says Oh was given the scholarship for his outstanding academic achievement, including […]
The recently sworn in ministers of government may have been busy this week moving into their Belmopan offices… but they were not the only ones getting used to new desks. This morning Patrick Jones counted himself among the thousands of Belizean students starting a new term at school. It’s a prayer that both teachers and […]
While some students are heading back to the classrooms this week, eight youths are leaving classes after a year of studies. The Conscious Youth Development Programme is holding graduation ceremonies at the Bliss Institute this evening, for students successful in this year’s Literacy Program. The program, which started in 1995, is offered as a part […]
The Belize National Teachers’ Union has sent off a stern letter to Elodio Aragon, Minister of Education, and Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel, stating their concern with regard to a number of issues the union says are being acted upon without any kind of consultation with the B.N.T.U. The first has to do with a draft […]
It hasn’t received a lot of publicity but a program organized by the Catholic Church is quietly making a difference for the nation and a small but dedicated group of volunteers. This morning I paid them a visit. The program, which got underway almost three years ago, recruits young men and women to serve as […]
Thousands of primary school children countrywide are grudgingly watching the calendar as the count down to the proverbial burning of the free paper quickly approaches. But while the boys and girls are enjoying their last days of freedom, teachers in Belize City have been hard at work, brushing up on their skills. An intensive two-week […]
The start of the new school year is still a couple of weeks away but those who run the country’s education system are putting the final touches to their plans for the next ten months. That includes the Special Education Unit which today officially opened its new headquarters building in Belize City. Situated opposite the […]
On Sunday morning the gym at Landivar will be the venue for an historic event, as sixty-three Belizeans, whose names are now running on your screen, will see their hard work rewarded with the bestowing of Master’s Degrees in Education from the University of North Florida. The special program between the U.S. university and U.C.B. […]
It has been trumpeted from the U.D.P. rostrum for several weeks now, but today a B.I.S. press release officially announced government’s new policy for assisting needy primary school students with textbooks. The program, which is being made possible by the United Kingdom’s initiative to cancel the debt repayments owed by Commonwealth nations and use the […]
