In the weeks leading up to and during the preliminaries of the pageant in Manila, Philippines; Belizeans thrust their full support behind Rath. Thousands participated in online voting on various platforms and apps, posting rave reviews about the beauty ambassador as she represented the Jewel after a ten-year hiatus at the Miss Universe Pageant. But […]
Chair of the Executive Committee of Belize Telemedia Limited and company C.E.O. Anwar Barrow has begun his final week in that capacity, as he leaves office on February tenth, 2017. In a statement released today, the state-owned company says that it continues to recruit a new C.E.O. and has appointed chief financial officer Ivan Tesecum […]
The Public Service Union is to meet with representatives of its membership in the Immigration Department on Tuesday in Belize City. It comes amid reports that up to twenty clerks of the Department were planning to stage a “go-slow” today, protesting plans to promote a female employee. This is despite the officers’ belief that they […]
The Government has once again extended its offer to bondholders for a renegotiated 2038 Superbond. On Friday, it announced that the offer remains open until this coming Friday at five p.m., New York time. When it was opened in January, the original Consent Solicitation Offer included a reduction in the interest rate to four percent […]
Three weeks ago the controversial Puerto Azul project for a massive luxury resort and hotel complex in the Lighthouse Reef Atoll unravelled. Seven persons were arrested including chief developer Domenico Giannini, while nearly thirty-nine million Belize dollars in property and financial assets were seized. Belizean government officials have been scrambling to reassure the public that […]
Pistolesi contacted us to tell the previously unknown story of investors in the failed project who were “sold a dream” by Giannini and his cohorts, and offer his help in rehabilitating Belize’s international image as a result of association with this scandal. Pistolesi says that the images generated by Giannini of the Blue Hole were […]
Today, the Belize Audubon Society hosted twenty-one tour guides, who successfully completed a first ever advanced level bird watching training program. Bird watching is a growing attraction of the tourism industry and over four hundred thousand visitors to the Jewel in 2016 were birders. The training was funded under the project of Strengthening Bird-based Tourism […]
According to Lizama, Belize is prime and ready to cater to the birding tourism market. The pilot training will see the Belize Tourism Board partner with the Audubon to continue programs for the tour guides. There were a total of twenty-one participants of which two are women. But according to tour guide Vladimir Rodriguez, the […]
It’s the month of love and for those brides to be, an event by Confetti on Saturday turned out to have all the ingredients for the perfect wedding. It started with an expo in the morning where couples were connected to companies representing all goods and services for that special day. In the night, a […]
Developments have been happening fast and furious in terms of another arbitral award being contested between the Government of Belize and the former B.C.B. Holdings and the Belize Bank Limited. On Thursday, the Caribbean Court of Justice declined via order to hear an inter-party application for an anti-enforcement injunction. It was brought by Attorney General […]
Bring on the loud pipes! The guttural rumble of a Harley Davidson motorcycle is often an acquired taste. For enthusiasts, the sound of a hundred bikes roaring through the streets of Belize City is all about the enjoyment that comes with the annual rally. Today, that distinct hum was heard up and down Cemetery Road […]
Fifteen years ago, the Museum of Belize was established from the remains of Her Majesty’s Prison, one of Belize’s longest standing colonial buildings. As former president of the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH), Yasser Musa, related in a note for the official program; “It was a circus of the mind to think that […]
Strange as it may sound, the Museum of Belize is not a national museum – most of its collections detail life in the Old Capital from its days as a colonial outpost to its modern depiction. With space limited at its location, the Museum regularly shifts around its exhibits. But future expansion, says Director Alexis […]
A five million dollar investment from Taiwan in the local aquaculture industry is coming to a successful end. In 2012, Taiwan invested and established a tilapia hatchery in the Cayo District which has generated a hundred and fifty tons of fresh tilapia. The project has assisted more than a hundred tilapia producers and created jobs […]
The Rotaract Club of Belize’s four branches—located in San Ignacio, Dangriga, Belmopan and Orange Walk—are collaborating in a national project assisting multiple schools with needed donations for various amenities. Automotive and agricultural vehicle parts supplier Westrac Limited today made a donation of seventeen thousand, seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty-three cents to the Club, […]
Thinking about getting married soon, or perhaps you’re just looking for something to do with your lover this weekend? You may want to visit the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel for the Wedding Expo hosted by Confetti. A variety of businesses tied to nuptials will be displayed and you may get some ideas for your special […]
This weekend sees the fifteenth annual tribute to reggae legend Bob Marley, born February sixth, 1945, in Jamaica. Joel “Dara” Robinson combines this celebration of his personal icon with his continued philanthropy established in the well-known Dara’s Feeding Program based at his Dunn Street home. Forty children enjoy nutritious lunches and in some cases get […]
On Monday, a new publication of the British style magazine, LOVE, will be released to its over one hundred thousand followers. Interestingly, the biannual magazine is featuring Belizean beauty blogger Joyjah Estrada as the cover model for the publication. The southern freckled bell earned her spot in the magazine via a social media competition; her […]
Mere days after the Central Bank of Belize (International Immunities) Act and the Crown Proceedings (Amendment) Act were rushed through their stages at the National Assembly; they are under challenge from one of the two companies it is believed are targeted by their implementation. Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited (C.I.H.L.), previously known as B.C.B. Holdings, issued […]
Gun violence in the area of Conch Shell Bay in the Old Capital has seen a sharp spike since the start of the year. Murders and shootings connected to feuding gang factions in a drug war have placed the community under the microscope so much so that police plan to beef up their presence in […]
As we said, on Monday night, twenty-one-year-old Jaheel Goodger was shot during a brazen attempt on his life as he rode through Conch Shell Bay. His assailant has since been identified as a sixteen-year-old minor and has been charged in connection with the incident. But what was Goodger, a resident of Slaughterhouse Road, across town, […]
The Opposition People’s United Party was first off the mark in condemning a proposal by the Elections and Boundaries Commission to postpone the timing of re-registration of voters to after the 2018 municipal elections, but to conduct a re-districting exercise before then. One argument by the United Democratic Party is the cost, but today, P.U.P. […]
Miss Belize Universe Rebecca Rath…does she deserve to be gifted a brand new late model vehicle, despite not placing in the recently held Miss Universe Pageant? It’s an initiative that is being met with mixed reactions. The brainchild of well-known automotive salesman Emil Torres is for fans of the beauty ambassador to raise funds to […]
It is not clear how many of Belize’s cayes and islands are privately owned, although quite a few have come up in the news recently as sites of tourist developments. These include Blackadore Caye, Harvest Caye, Caye Chapel and the Northern Two and Sandbore Cayes, as home to the failed Puerto Azul project come immediately […]
The Auditor General’s Report states that despite economic citizenship being ended in 2002, “replacement nationality certificates were fraudulently backdated and fraudulent nationality was given under the guise of registration and the Belize Economic Citizenship Investment Programmes.” But how was it done? The solution, according to the man then in charge of nationality, Gordon Wade, lies […]
