It’s been nine months now since the bust of Garifuna hero and national icon, Thomas Vincent Ramos, was acquired by Dangriga. It was unveiled in that municipality on the nineteenth of November of 2014, but the sculpture has still not been paid for. Bought by credit, reportedly by former Dangriga area rep, Ivan Ramos, sculptor […]
The Department of Youth Services this week organized a three day National Executive Youth Leadership Workshop. It brought together youth leaders from different organizations across the country with one purpose – to establish one body in which all youths can speak with one united and powerful voice. Mike Rudon was there for the last day […]
Just how much do you know about technology in Belize? It impacts way more than just our daily lives and way more than meets the eye. If you are interested in learning more, there is a brand new docu-series out and it is called the Belize Technology Series: Greatest Places on Earth. The show will […]
Since the beginning the week, the Organization of American States along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has organized a number of activities to draw attention to work of the O.A.S. in keeping peace along the Adjacency Zone. The flurry of diplomatic activity concluded with a forum at which visiting diplomats were all invited. You […]
But Guatemala is claiming fifty percent of the country, and border incidents such as the one involving the Forward Operating Base in the Sarstoon often inflame emotions on this side. At the forum, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington, said that there is need for the International Court of Justice to demarcate the borders […]
The comments made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs inside the Bliss prompted a protest outside. The forum, which aimed to promote peace, did not end quite peacefully for a group of protesters who were removed from the auditorium. At the heart of the discontent were two main issues, the role of the O.A.S. and […]
And from politics to Faber’s official position as Minister of Education. News Five has confirmed that following on the heels of a protest by K.H.M.H. employees just over a week ago, UB faculty and staff have sent in a request for an adjustment of salaries. The K.H.M.H. demand is still under discussion with a view […]
There’s another brewing story coming out of the University of Belize, where we understand students have been informed that they must now obtain mandatory insurance. If they don’t apply and pay the fee by the end of next month their registration would not have been completed, which means that they can’t be enrolled. Faber told […]
The Ministry of Education continues to be embroiled in a testy relationship with Deacon Cal Cathers, who owns the BRC publishing and printing company. BRC provides some textbooks to the Ministry for distribution countrywide, but much less than he used to because the Ministry has chosen to use textbooks from other publishers as well. Cathers […]
The Ariel Rosado Memorial Education Foundation held its fourth annual scholarship award ceremony at the Lion’s Den in Belize City. Proudly, it announced that the number of scholarships granted to students from across the country has been growing year by year. 2015 then looks like a bumper year. Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting […]
So while the Santa Cruz Thirteen face new charges, Rupert Myles is yet to be charged. On Friday, Director of Archaeology, Doctor John Morris, confirmed that charges will be brought against Myles for the destruction of a sacred mound at the entrance of Uxbenka. Following a recent damage assessment conducted by personnel from the Institute […]
While the village, according to Mis, did not plan on taking legal action against Myles, residents are now placing their faith in the justice system. Still yet, there is also no relationship between Myles and the villagers of Santa Cruz. Pablo Mis, Program Coordinator, MLA “The village never intended to pursue legal action against […]
Belize has been downgraded to Tier Three on the Human Trafficking watch-list, based on a stinging assessment by the U.S. The report states that, “The Government of Belize does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so. Authorities did not initiate any […]
While the Committee absolutely disagreed with the downgrade, it is what it is. As far as Alpuche is concerned, they can only do what they’ve been doing because in the end it is about human rights, not about a classification by the U.S. On the Phone: Judith Alpuche, Chair, Belize Anti-Trafficking Committee “There is work […]
In 2014, the Public Utilities Commission launched its Young Innovators Programme by giving students the tools to create mobile apps, and this year it’s all about the raspberry pi. It sounds like a dessert, but it’s actually a credit-card sized computer platform created by Cambridge professors in 2008. The PUC intends to hand over five […]
On Monday night, we told you about an initiative organized by Regional South Commander for the Eastern Division of the Police Department in the Mayflower Street area. That area, which includes Ebony Street, Lakeview, Mayflower Street and Banak, has quickly become a problem area in the south side of Belize City due to internal gang […]
Did you know that a significant percentage of the population is diabetic? And that another significant number of persons do not even know they have the disease? Well, the Belize Diabetes Association is having its fifth annual Camp for Diabetic Children at the ITVET Compound this week. The camp will conclude on Saturday and, for […]
The fourth person to lose his life this weekend is a teenager from Belize City. Fourteen year old Eric Cruz was out on an evangelical retreat near mile twenty-five on the George Price Highway. The occasion, which should have had a happy ending turned tragic for Cruz who drowned on Friday evening when he went […]
It was confirmed today that after twenty-four years of service, the Inmaculada credit Union was severing ties with Yolanda Gomez, it former general manager. The Board of Directors had placed her on administrative leave at the end of April 2015 but last week, following investigations by the Central Bank of Belize and the Financial External […]
The construction of a forward operating base on the mainland, at the mouth of the Sarstoon River, has been the latest issue on the discussion table between Belize and Guatemala. It follows a memo from Guatemala that it was not comfortable with the Belize government proposal to build the military base on an area, which […]
In the days leading up to the Dangriga bye-election earlier this month, the People’s United Party held a National Party Council meeting in that municipality. Coming out of the sit down were two motions, including a position on the unfounded Guatemalan claim. The opposition has expressed a vote of no confidence in the Barrow administration’s […]
For the past two weeks, dozens of children, including a handful of teenagers, have been participating in a sports summer camp in Lord’s Bank. The initiative, organized by the village council, is designed for participants to learn the fundamentals of a range of sports, but most importantly to forge lasting friendships. That objective has been […]
The Belize Energy Workers Union remains gingerly upbeat tonight following a meeting with Labor Minister, Godwin Hulse, in an effort to break the deadlock in negotiations with the principals of B.E.L. The meeting today comes on the tail end of a series of a peaceful three-day demonstration staged by the membership of the union earlier […]
Following today’s meeting with Minister Hulse, another sit down has been scheduled with the management of the company before a decision can be met. When asked if the intercession of the Labor Minister and the outcome of their presentation indicate a break in the impasse, Mora says not so fast. The union is awaiting an […]
Firebrand activist Geovanni Brackett, President of Citizens Organized for Liberty Through Action, COLA, is taking aim once again at Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington, this time for comments made about the halted FOB project in the vicinity of the Sarstoon River. COLA is also taking umbrage to the notion that Belize would be proceeding to […]
