KTV-The Remix is back! Season Five of the popular entertainment show on Channel Five begins tonight with highlights from the auditions. The judges believe that this year’s hopefuls are the best set of singers to date and we can hardly wait to introduce them to you. So following the newscast tonight, stay tuned to this […]
An employee of Blancaneaux Lodge lost her life in a massive fire that engulfed a sports utility vehicle on Sunday night in the Cayo District. Irene Gonzalez was driving alone along the San Antonio Road when the SUV went up in flames. It is unclear whether the thirty-year-old set the vehicle on fire or the […]
Unknown Belize, a video-recorded film shot over a period of a year, featuring nature at its finest in Belize, is a documentary presented in four parts of an hour each. The production uncovers the Belize’s wonders, while exploring our political, economic and environmental challenges. Sponsored by a non-government organization called the European Nature Trust, Unknown […]
Last week, we brought you highlights of the Belize District Primary School Festival of Arts. Today, we returned to the Bliss where the week of Golden Showcase is underway. The Primary School Golden Showcase for Orange Walk and Cayo Districts put off explosive performances in dance, song and poetry. This is our Kolcha Tuesday feature […]
The Belize District Festival of Arts commenced on Monday in San Pedro and Caye Caulker and today, made its way to the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts in Belize City. During this week, approximately one hundred performances from primary and secondary school students will be presented on stafe in dance, music and drama. While […]
The Divine Mercy Church is hosting an art and culture fundraiser on Saturday night inside the church compound in Belize City. The event is called, “Art Under the Stars, Encountering God Through Beauty”. The funds raised will be used to support the Mother of Mercy Montessori, a private educational institution led by the church here […]
With the advent of gadgets and electronic devices, most people play video games, but for those who revel in the thrill of the actual contact sport, there are always karate classes that one can attend. This past weekend, thirteen students who have taken up karate classes put aside their gadgets to take on children like […]
Founded by Rosita Baltazar and a troupe of dancers in 1990, the Belize Dance Company is a cultural preservation organization that showcases Belize’s many ethnicities in classical, contemporary and traditional folk dancing. The initial group of sixteen dancers eventually grew to as many as eighty, traveling across the world to far-flung places including Malaysia and […]
Earlier today, the work of artists and their talents received tangible support from the Belize Society of Composers, Artists and Producers, BSCAP. The agency introduced a documentary entitled “Song Creation: A Musical Idea from Inception to Completion”. It details the creative process from a first-person point of view and the importance of respecting and protecting […]
On Wednesday, we reported that with the Boledo frenzy temporarily suspended, the Scratch and Win game is an alternative that some people may decide to try. Last night, Scratch and Win produced a resident from Pomona Village who displayed a ticket with claims to twenty thousand dollars. Tonight, there’s another huge winner who hails from […]
The Boledo frenzy has waned with the temporary suspension of the nightly draw and the Sunday Lottery, but an alternative game – Scratch and Win allows players to find out whether they’ve won on their investment immediately, that’s as fast as you can scratch the ticket to find out. Scratch and Win’s latest winner, Pedro, […]
And while overnight tourist arrivals are looking optimistic, the official slow season for the industry is setting in. One of the Belize Tourism Board’s efforts to boost tourism in the slow season is the Belize International Music and Food Festival. The first event of its kind was held in San Pedro in 2022. The event […]
While the festival provides a platform for Belizean artist to network with international performers, it is also is a tool to attract international tourists to the country, in a hope to boost arrivals in the slow season. Anthony Mahler, Minister of Tourism “The initial one was just to highlight that we have talent here […]
Jankunu Productions is back with another one of its Belizean dramas. Belitopia is all about Belize in 2050. The futuristic play captures life in Belize now compared to life in Belize thirty years from today. Written by playwright Julie-Ann Ellis Bradley, Belitopia comes to life on Friday and Saturday nights inside the Bliss Centre for […]
Acclaimed gospel singer, Sinach, famous for her hit songs, Way Maker, I Know Who I Am, and There’s An Overflow is in Belize. The Nigerian-born singer arrived in Belize this afternoon for a free concert in Belize City. On Wednesday night, Sinach and her gospel band will light up Digi Park on Newtown Barracks and […]
From the world stage of beauty pageants to creating a card game like no other, Miss Earth 2021, Destiny Wagner is back in the spotlight. Back in November 2022, Destiny Wagner did a soft launch of a card game she developed called “Weh Yuh Di Seh”. It is a four player or more game, rated […]
In tonight’s episode of Kolcha Tuesday, we look at the Yurumein Project. Yurumein is the Garifuna word for Saint Vincent, the birthplace of Garifuna people and culture, and the project seeks to keep the intangible cultural heritage alive by promoting the language and music across Garifuna communities in Central America and the Caribbean regions. Today, […]
They won a recording contract back in 2020 with Republic Records after winning America’s Most Musical Family, and tonight, the Melisizwe Brothers – Zacary, Seth and Marc – are in Belize performing in a series of concerts. Their participation is two-fold – to highlight the work of the Yurumein Project to preserve the intangible cultural […]
The free concert goes south on Thursday and students from schools in that part of the country will converge at Ecumenical High School for the presentation. On Saturday, April first, there will be the Minister’s Ball, hosted by Minister of Youth and Sports Rodwell Ferguson and the Yurumein Project. Funds generated will be used for […]
The March Madness comedy show is set to take place on Saturday night inside the Bliss Centre for Performing Arts. The event will feature performances from a host of local comedians, as well as two international acts, Eva Evans and Trixx. The headliner touched down in Belize today. We spoke with both comedians briefly about […]
The last time the original Punta Rebels Band performed as a collective it was about twenty-five years ago, but the promoter of a Punta Rebels concert scheduled for this Saturday feels that the event will be so hype that it will draw even those people to the Bird Isle. Mark Usher is the Productions Promoter […]
A resident of Guinea Grass Village is twenty-five thousand dollars richer after spending three dollars on a Scratch and Win ticket. The winner, however, declined the request to be interviewed, so Alex Gamero, the Director of Scratch and Win, spoke with us instead. Gamero also told us about his company’s new ten dollar ticket that […]
In tonight’s episode of Kolcha Tuesday, we focus on a young Belizean music producer who has been making waves across the Caribbean for his skills inside the studio. We visited the newly inaugurated Reef Recording Studio where we sat down with DJ Perf to discuss the impact of Belizean music on culture and how the […]
An elderly resident of San Ignacio is the latest winner of twenty-five thousand dollars in Scratch and Win. The ticket was purchased on Friday evening but was not redeemed until this morning when the winner and his sibling traveled to Belize City and visited the Scratch and Win office. The money will be used to […]
Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday. I am Paul Lopez. Belize has produced a number of outstanding athletes that have travelled abroad to play for teams in the U.S and around the world. Within the last ten years, we have been hearing about more and more young athletes across various disciplines travelling […]
