Home » Archaeology Art & Culture People & Places
You are currently browsing entries filed in: Archaeology Art & Culture People & Places
A book of maps by geographer Doctor Odile Hoffman was launched today at the Leo Bradley Library in Belize City. Five hundred copies of the publication, British Honduras: The Invention of a Colonial Territory – Mapping and Spatial Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century were donated courtesy of the publisher, Cubola Productions, to high schools and […]
Written on January 15, 2015 | Posted in
Archaeology,
Art & Culture,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Geographer Launches New Book
The ancient practice of meditation has long been extolled as a life changing practice capable of improving one’s health both mentally and physically. There have been several studies that show that people do report feeling better when they begin to practice meditation. In 2011, Harvard released their findings of a study on meditation that proved […]
Written on January 15, 2015 | Posted in
Health,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
1 comment
The protracted standoff between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and ASR/B.S.I. has been in the news headlines for weeks, but is the crisis finally coming to a resolution? That’s what we asked B.S.C.F.A. chairman, Ezequiel Cansino, today when we sat with him exclusively. Despite factions of the association proclaiming that they are signing the […]
Written on January 14, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured,
People & Places |
Comments
Still yet, the petition to gather as many signatures approving the endorsement of the agreement has been described as B.S.C.F.A. yielding to pressure being brought by government, as branch directors have gone on record to voice their discontent for not getting the best deal. But farmers are cash strapped and after Thursday’s press conference by […]
Written on January 14, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Crop Season Should Start Soon
Regarding the use of Fairtrade funds being paid out to farmers, Cansino says that the suggestion to replace the spent monies with PetroCaribe dollars is a singular idea coming out of a splinter group of the B.S.C.F.A. While agreeing that the disbursal will lead to decertification, Cansino says that the ball is already in play […]
Written on January 14, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Disbursement of Fairtrade Monies Continues
Government has gone on a PR push to counter an abundance of flak for their role in the recent sugar debacle. While it is true that farmers have decided to sign on with ASR/B.S.I., effectively ending the impasse, many are doing so under protest. The prevailing sentiment is that G.O.B. turned its back on the […]
There has been some confusion as regards a court case in 2010, when other associations took legal action to fight for the right to deliver cane to the factory. That matter played out to an uncertain end – with both parties making concessions through a consent order. Government undertook to make amendments to the Act, […]
Written on January 14, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Elrington Says Splinter Groups Can Deliver Cane
One of the three biggest stumbling blocks which stood in the way of resolution was the issue of ownership of the cane. The factory has maintained that farmers must relinquish ownership of the cane once it is delivered and weighed. Farmers are of the view that they share ownership with the factory, since they don’t […]
Written on January 14, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Minister Hulse on Ownership of Cane
Acting first on behalf of cane-farmer Lucilo Teck, and latterly on behalf of the B.S.C.F.A., attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd sought an order of Mandamus from the Court. That order would effectively instruct the Sugar Industry Control Board to declare a start date of the crop, and force the factory to mill. The hearing is, or was, […]
Written on January 14, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Elrington Says Farmers Were Wrong To Take Legal Action
While it has not to our knowledge become an official inquiry, there is increasing discussion in the B.S.C.F.A. asking government to roll Petrocaribe monies into the Association. According to officials, thanks to the forced disbursement of Fairtrade monies recently, there will be almost immediate layoffs and the shutting down of projects. They figure that since […]
Written on January 14, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on No Petrocaribe Rollout to Replace Fairtrade Monies
This morning at the Saint John’s Anglican Primary School in Belize City, education stakeholders turned out in numbers. The occasion was two-fold: the construction of a new building gifted to the school as well as the signing of a tripartite agreement between the Ministry of Education, the University of Belize as well as the Bridgewater […]
Written on January 14, 2015 | Posted in
Education,
People & Places,
Regional / International |
Comments Off on Education Stakeholders Sign Tripartite Agreement
It is safe to say tonight, that the sugar industry has plunged into further chaos. According to stakeholders, there is still abundant uncertainty as to when the mill at Tower Hill will crank up to give way to the start of the crop. Five hundred thousand tons of cane is required by ASR/B.S.I. but that […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured,
People & Places |
Comments
According to Ortega, the P.M.’s press conference last Thursday was unfairly weighted as it appeared that he was in support of ASR/B.S.I. While P.M. Barrow openly said that he expected the application for an order of mandamus to fall flat, the Supreme Court has set a date for the fourth week in February to hear […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Did G.O.B.’s Attorneys Exploit Opportunity to Delay Mandamus Hearing?
Ortega further explains the reason why farmers believe that they have been cornered into signing the agreement. Alfredo Ortega, Former Vice-Chairman, B.S.C.F.A. “That has caused a situation among the farmers because they have said, “Well, we’ve listened to our prime minister on which he said that he is not in favor of the farmers […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured,
People & Places |
1 comment
Last week on ABC, Belize was named as one of the top destinations to visit in 2015. Well, today the Belize Tourism Board announced that 2014 was an excellent year for the industry. Confirming that the number of visitors had surpassed the projected target of a million visitors, the B.T.B. says that overnight arrivals were […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Featured,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Regional / International |
Comments Off on Tourism Numbers Continue Upward Trend in 2014
But there is some good news delivered on Monday. This coming Friday, January sixteenth, attorneys and judges will meet for their annual Law Conference which is a major event in the Bar’s calendar. The theme is “Reforms, Rights and Remedies.” The conference will be marked by the historic visit of Justice Dennis Byron, the President […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Featured,
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on CCJ President to Attend Law Conference in Belize
The January session of the Supreme opened on Monday with the usual fanfare. But beyond all the pomp and ceremony, there are serious issues facing the judiciary. The president of the Bar, Eamon Courtenay, pointed to a delay in the speed of dispensation of judgements, as well as to the inactivity of the General Legal […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Bar Association Calls Out Court of Appeal for Underperformance
In responding to the concerns of the Bar Association, particularly the dormancy of the Court of Appeal, Attorney General Wilfred Elrington admitted that the matter was above his salary. That comment yielded more than a few chuckles from the congregation, as Elrington went on to promise that it would be brought to the attention of […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
1 comment
A Belizean student of the national university is receiving royal honours tonight as one of the Queen of England’s Young Leaders. Denielle Neal is one of sixty young persons from across the Commonwealth, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine, that are being recognized as exceptional leaders in their community. The Queen’s Young Leaders programme […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Regional / International |
Comments Off on Denielle Neal Bestowed Prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award
The Vice Minister of Public Security, Maria Elizondo, and two other senior officials from Costa Rica are in Belize. The two-day visit to the jewel is to get a first-hand feedback on the success of the community policing initiative, the Gang Resistance Education And Training program. The program which is sponsored by the U.S. Government’s […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Costa Rican Officials Visit Belize City Primary Schools for GREAT Program
The police department is not commenting as to why a complaint, subsequently followed by an order of the court, against George McKenzie Junior for anti social behavior, has been made. On Monday afternoon, the twenty-year old resident of Majestic Alley was detained and handed the order, which was issued from December fifteen 2014 and would […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments
Belize has been getting its share of attention on the international media. We already know of the kudos from ABC in respect of the country as a Life-Affirming Destination. In the popular program Sabado Gigante, aired by Univision, a Belizean woman, originally from El Salvador, was featured. After thirty years of not seeing her nephew, […]
Written on January 13, 2015 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places |
Comments Off on Belizean Reunites with Long Last Nephew on Sabado Gigante
There is some movement, though little happiness, in the sugar industry tonight which has been in crisis for months now resulting in a delay of the 2014 sugar crop. News Five has confirmed that over the weekend, B.S.C.F.A. directors were tasked with going to their individual branches and taking a vote on whether to sign […]
Written on January 12, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured,
People & Places |
Comments
As Cansino mentioned, there are branches who have decided to disassociate themselves completely from the B.S.C.F.A. Now can they legally do that? Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that they can, but other parties and attorneys have said that they can’t. But legally or illegally, some of them intend to branch off. And even if it […]
Written on January 12, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured,
People & Places |
Comments Off on …And Branching Off from the B.S.C.F.A.
And that brings us to the Fairtrade disbursement of four million dollars. Up to Friday, we understood that following warnings from that certifying body, Finance Committee Chairman, Javier Keme, had refused to sign checks. But he did, and today three branches – Guinea Grass, Patchakan and San Estevan have already received their checks. This means […]
Written on January 12, 2015 | Posted in
Agriculture,
Featured,
People & Places |
1 comment
