Although a good education was the focus of all involved in Friday’s dispute at Sadie Vernon High, the teachers and the administration clearly have not found a suitable middle ground in working towards that goal. Over three hundred students were sent home while the teachers complained of several injustices including the firing of two teachers. […]
Stephen Okeke is well-known as a painter, sculptor, author and fulltime entrepreneur. Okeke has donned another hat that many people aren’t aware of. For the past two years, Okeke has been a part of an organization intended to help fathers to deal with challenges of raising and protecting the family. It is called the Father’s […]
Exactly two weeks after he was shot by two men at his home, a money changer has died of the injuries. Thirty-four year old Jaime Headman who lived in San Joaquin Village, Corozal, was met by gunfire when he opened his door on the night of February seventh. He was shot to the upper chest […]
Sightseeing in the old capital is a favourite activity for visitors to the Jewel. The visitors learn about Belize’s colonial past as well as its modern history from tour guides, who take them through the city mainly on horse and carriage rides. To boost their knowledge of our history, the Belize Tourism Board facilitated a […]
Prejudice and victimization are strong words coming from the teachers of Sadie Vernon High school in describing the current relationship with the school’s administration. By ten thirty this morning, the administration sent home the entire student body of over three hundred students while the teachers complained of two hard working co-workers who were fired, in […]
The Sadie Vernon High School drama is far from over. According to the teachers, next week they will hold a formal press conference in which they will detail many instances of questionable decisions made by the administration. And in the interest of education, they will also discuss how to re-establish the integrity of the school […]
To be of sound mind you must also be of sound body. Mental health is improved and balanced with physical activity. And one of the most physical sports in Belize is improving the outlook of its younger members while promoting sportsmanship in a competition that is attracting local and foreign talent. The Shotokan House of […]
Fans and members of Youth Voices are experiencing the power of the spoken word at this very moment and there’s still time for you join them at the Tropicana Lounge in the Tourism Village. Youth Voices is hosting its first open mic night; bringing talented poets and rappers to the stage to share lyrics on […]
The continued stability of the sugar industry has been the center of debate in political circles as well as on the hallowed and fertile ground that the caneros of Orange Walk and Corozal have tilled for generations. But the speculation on how the owners of Belize Sugar Industry will obtain the millions of dollars needed […]
The need for new financiers is not the only issue that B.S.I. is tackling. The disrepair of turbines at the BELCOGEN Plant has shut down production in what is expected to be a very successful year for cane farmers. Carballo said that the repairs are going on schedule. Via Phone: Belizario Carballo, Finance Director, B.S.I. […]
San Pedro is an ideal location for skydiving and the activity has taken root on the island for the past few years. So when we saw Tsunami Skydivers hovering above the island today it was no strange sighting. But we learned that the skydivers from the US are not only in Belize for a bird’s […]
Recently the British government announced that it is downsizing its troop numbers at BATSUB Headquarters in Price Barracks at Ladyville. Over a hundred of the one hundred and sixty local employees will lose employment over the year. But while locals who work at BATSUB are about to receive their final pay slips, the civilian employees […]
A fifteen year old girl in the Corozal District was reported missing by her twenty year old sister on February twelfth. The minor returned home two days later, but with news that upset her family. Police have found out that the teen left home on last Friday with another minor and they both went to […]
Residents of San Pedro have gone public to express their concerns over the steep fees they have to pay each time they need to cross the Boca del Rio Bridge that connects the north and south sides of the island. The fees are nothing new; they have been in place since the bridge was constructed […]
For the second time in one month, a tourist has lost her life while on a water expedition in Belize. This time the deceased is an eighty-three year old who died after she fell out of a canoe into ten-foot deep waters during a caving expedition in the Cayo District. The accident occurred around twelve-thirty […]
The sugar industry is still at a standstill tonight as Belize Sugar Industries is inoperable because of malfunctioning turbines at the BELCOGEN plant. Loans with I.N.G. and First Caribbean International Banks are still outstanding and B.S.I. was hoping that it would attract a new financier in the form of Banco Atlantida from Honduras. After representatives […]
After hearing about the Banco Atlantida proposal, the Leader of the Opposition John Briceño contacted B.S.I. Briceño says that no one at B.S.I. is aware of the offer and instead of entertaining offers for a buyout, the government’s effort should be concentrated on assisting with finding a financier for the multi- million dollar debt. John […]
High School students normally impress the public with open-days on school compounds. But the Tubal and Trade Vocational Institute students take their handicraft to the public. A week ago, students of the Ladyville based trade school, handed over the keys to a new home that they built for a Hattieville victim of Hurricane Richard. But […]
“Be Prepared” is the motto that is constant on the minds of the youths who become scouts. The Local Association of Boy Scouts of British Honduras was established in 1911. One hundred years later, as the Scout Association of Belize, the organization’s numbers have significantly grown to two thousand members. This week, the association is […]
Countrywide the majority of employees of the Social Security Board called in sick on Monday. The sickout was to get the S.S.B.’s attention over what they feel is their employer’s effort to derail negotiations for a salary increase. The action came on one of the institution’s busiest days of the month, the fourteenth, when employee […]
But while the S.S.B. employees feel as if their rights to a raise have been ignored, viewers may be wondering how much of an increase the employees are asking for? And was Monday’s sickout considered a success? Gonzalez gave us the figures. Antonio Gonzalez “We have about a hundred and eighty members approximately and we […]
The country felt Hurricane Richard’s wrath over three months ago, and the relief efforts have now dwindled. Sadly, the effects have not been forgotten by many residents who are still struggling to recover from the destructive winds. The Red Cross continues to reach out to those persons, despite recuperating from damages it suffered to its […]
At most Social Security offices countrywide today, members of the Christian Workers Union did not turn up for work in fact they called in sick. The action caused disruptions in the delivery of services because untrained cashiers took up the slack in receiving payment from contributors. The sickout is the first action that can potentially […]
Port Loyola is one of the known hot spots in the City that is fraught with crime. The community has experienced numerous murders and other forms of violence over the years including the homicide of eight year old Marques Mahler. A project to break that cycle was officially inaugurated this morning and is intended to […]
In January two pilots took off with a Mexican plane that was grounded for months at the Philip Goldson International Airport. The story raised eyebrows because the pilots did not have clearance to take the plane out of Belizean airspace. According to Civil Aviation, the plane was to have carried out a flight test in […]
