The Belize Coalition for Sustainable Fisheries is demanding that the Ministry of Fisheries release the composition of the members of the Gillnet Task Force as well as the list of fishers who have been given permission to use gillnets. According to the Belize Federation of Fishers, Nigel Martinez, the Coalition has made moves to file […]
The Fisheries Department and its partners have been revising the Fisheries Bill, which they hope to see approve in the near future. The changes aim to make the existing act comprehensive and are expected to give it new teeth through additional regulations and a number of updates. This revised bill, once approved and enacted, will […]
Since Monday of this week, more than twenty Wildlife Conservation Society representatives, including programme officers and country directors from around the world, have been meeting in Belize. The organization, which has an office here in Belize City, hosts a global marine meeting every few years to bring together personnel to re-strategize for future conservation work. […]
The opportunities to conduct research in Belize have been growing and if you ask about marine research, you’ll find out that those opportunities are endless. From mangroves to fin-fish, turtle and coral research, Belize has been recognized as an ideal location for these kinds of scientific work. In southern Belize, about forty-five kilometers off the […]
Teenage girls are having babies at an early age; some as young as thirteen years have given birth. On the occasion of World Prematurity Day, there is focus on the risks of babies born before their full term who sometimes face a lifetime of health challenges. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Karl Heusner […]
The Belize Cancer Society officially launched a cancer app today at its offices in Belize City. Working in conjunction with Smart, the application is available for download, in the first instance, from the Google playstore for all android devices. For Apple products that carry iOS platforms, it is still being worked out. But the app, […]
Activities are ongoing to celebrate the arrival of the Garifuna to Belizean shores. Here in Belize City, Lerisi Garifunaduau will be the venue for a mega concert on November eighteen featuring cultural artists from Belize and Honduras. This will be followed by the reenactment of the arrival leading to a procession to the Saint Martin’s […]
The sensational story involving the questionable sale of choice land between the Belmopan City Council and Chinese businessman Xin Ni continues to unravel. Tonight, the plot thickened because the Vice President of the Corozal Branch of the Public Service Union has come forward to say that the mailing address used in the dubious transaction is […]
On Tuesday, Mayor Khalid Belisle hosted a press conference during which he refuted claims made by the Public Service Union. When asked who from Simplex Design brokered the deal with CitCo, Mayor Belisle remained circumspect. He told reporters that he was purposely refraining from any name calling. So, the fact that a bogus address belonging […]
The Forward Operating Base at the mouth of the Sarstoon River is placed at a strategic location at Belize’s southernmost border with Guatemala. The post is manned around the clock by military and coast guard personnel who launch from the F.O.B. to conduct patrols upriver. On Wednesday morning, shortly before nine o’clock, a Belize Defense […]
Senator Valerie Woods is away in Ukraine attending a meeting of Parliamentarians for Global Action, but when her name began circulating earlier today, in respect of a scam involving the Sittee River Wildlife Reserve, she found it necessary to come forward and clear her name. Woods, who was employed at the Belize Tourism Board in […]
Since Tuesday of this week, ITVET Orange Walk teachers have been on a sit-out. They have been showing up to school, but have not been teaching so the three hundred plus students have been sitting under a shed for the past two days. The sixteen teachers at the school say that they are not being […]
Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner announced today that the council has been able to collect significantly more income due to the council’s efficiency in revenue collection, hard stance against political ‘hand outs’ and the determination to meet all bills on time. The Belize City Council hosted the media this morning to present its first eight-month […]
The P.U.P. Belize City Council has also made plans to address the city’s manhole problem. Mayor Wagner says that the manholes will soon be covered while the council embarks on several infrastructure ventures over the course of the next few months. Wagner also stated that social infrastructure is a major factor in the council’s plan […]
In the north side of Belize City, there are the B.T.L. and Memorial Parks, two social recreation areas enjoyed by city residents mainly of the surrounding areas. The Belize City Council unveiled plans today to construct a Southside equivalent, the Ring Road Community Park. The park will be built in the Lake Independence Area near […]
The results of an international match this Friday at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium in Belmopan will determine whether the Jaguars will advance to qualify for Gold Cup in 2019. The Puerto Rican team is already here and the Jaguars will have to beat them to move up. If that happens, the national team will also […]
There was no lack of creativity and innovation at the annual Saint John’s College Junior College expo. Every year, the students get the opportunity to test and expose products and services. This year, there was a wide range of items, from sweets to jewellery and a product that opens up opportunities to put sargassum to […]
The People’s United Party has weighed in on the land dispute involving the Belmopan City Council and the Public Service Union. In a release issued earlier today, the opposition party castigated Mayor Khalid Belisle for selling the Hilltop property which has been occupied by the P.S.U. for the past twenty years. The sale of land […]
On Monday, P.S.U. President Doreth Cayetano-Obermayer told the media during a press conference that they have always been under the impression, aside from supporting documents, that the land in question was the property of the union. First Vice President Dean Flowers also said that the executives of the labor organization negotiated with the Belmopan City […]
Owner of City Shuttle, Philip Jones, is accusing the Department of Transport of unfair practices and discrimination of a political nature. Jones wants to provide transportation services to and from Belize City and Belama Phase three, four and five. Currently, Haylock Bus Service is the only company providing the exact same service to Belama Phase […]
According to Musa, the decision of the Department of Transport will be appealed and based on the minister’s decision, it will be decided whether the matter will be taken before the courts. Kareem Musa, Attorney “If he doesn’t make a decision within a reasonable time, our next step is to take this matter back […]
Aside from being an attorney, Kareem Musa is also an elected politician who represents the Caribbean Shores constituency for the People’s United Party. Musa has drafted a piece of legislation which, if passed in parliament, will allow Belizeans living outside of the country to register and vote in the upcoming I.C.J. referendum. Due to the […]
The media also asked Kareem Musa whether or not he believes that Guatemala’s claim over Belize should be taken to the International Court of Justice for resolution. Musa’s political leader, John Briceño is pro-I.C.J. and so is his father and former prime minister, Said Musa. But for Kareem, the decision isn’t easy to make especially […]
Today, McNab Visuals, in partnership with Maya Island Air, held an open house in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The purpose of the event was two-fold: it allowed for McNab to unveil its fourth instalment of Caribbean Culture and Lifestyle and the soft launch of the newly constructed terminal for Maya Island Air. Stakeholders from the […]
Hand in Hand Ministries today delivered house number three hundred and sixty-one to a Belize City family. The house, valued at seventeen thousand dollars, was built for Lisa Buller and her three children. Buller and her family had been living in an unsafe house which was also in a state of disrepair. The house was […]
