Defending Taiwan’s rice donation was Minister Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez. The Minister says that anyone would prefer cash donation but in this case, the ten thousand bags of rice was donated due to the surplus of the grain in Taiwan. It’s part of the “Taiwan Rice Donation for Humanitarian Relief” project which according to Martinez, the […]
The Municipal Fair is back on the list of events for the September Celebrations Calendar following a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber and Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner. On August fourteenth, CitCo announced that due to a cut of twenty percent in the subvention for the activities, the council was unable to organize […]
There’s a perception that the United Democratic Party focuses on the tenth, while the People’s United Party concentrates on independence. So was that political divide at play between the Belize City Council and central government over the bram? Patrick Faber, Chair, September Celebrations Committee “It is unfortunate that there might have been some indication […]
The Belize Solid Waste Management Authority made its annual donation to about twenty-two recyclers. In the small token of appreciation, each recycler received one school-bag with supplies. While gifting a single school bag may not seem like much; to the recyclers, it is a big help for a child in school and takes some strain […]
Summer is winding down and parents have begun making all preparations to fully equip their children for the new school year. For some parents, this is a challenge given their financial constraints and this is why Central TV and Internet Belize and Eastern Division, Region One partnered up to distributed five hundred school bags to […]
Today, the Mexican Embassy in Belize signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Belize Tourism Industry Association to cooperate on training local hospitality workers to offer better services in the tourism industry. The programme will see all levels of service providers from the B.T.I.A. membership and wider public get opportunities to learn from our Mexican […]
If you’re expecting or a new mom, you may have noticed that breastfeeding – specifically exclusive breastfeeding – is being promoted all over. Celebrities, health officials, all the baby sites you subscribe to, even the public hospitals and a few clinics here in Belize are highlighting the benefits of breastfeeding. But six months of being […]
There is grave news tonight that affects the sporting associations. That is that the National Anti-Doping Organization in Belize has been suspended in the wake of the recent case against Brandon Cattouse. Doctor Michael Pitts sits on the Regional Anti-Doping Board, but he has failed to attend meetings for the past three years. For that […]
The Arthur Saldivar/P.U.P. saga continued today with a meeting between the political aspirant and the party’s national executive. Saldivar, who is desperately fighting to contest the P.U.P. Belmopan’s convention this Sunday, was invited to present himself before the national executive. The meeting was to hear a presentation from him on why he should be allowed […]
The meeting took place at the party’s headquarters on Queen Street where we found Saldivar waiting for the decision of the national executive. He says he is standing up for his right to contest the P.U.P.’s Belmopan Convention. Saldivar asserted that the P.U.P.’s Vetting Committee did not follow due process. Arthur Saldivar, Political Aspirant […]
The People’s United Party’s National Executive today also took a decision on whether it will support taking the territorial claim to the International Court of Justice. Recently, the P.U.P.’s Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat and the party’s southern caucus have both said ‘NO’ to the I.C.J. This is in contradiction to the P.U.P. Leader’s […]
NICH President Sapna Budhrani remains in the hot seat after being called out in the media by Music Ambassador Shyne Barrow who threw her under the bus for her appointment as president while still retaining the post of administrator. This morning, a meeting was held to discuss the allegations made, the result of that discussion […]
The Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts was bursting at the seams on Tuesday night for the grand finale of KTV, the Remix, even as social media lit up and viewers at home tuned in for the reveal of who would take home the ten-K grand prize. Five worthy finalists took to the stage to […]
A young football athlete from the south is the first Belizean to be accepted in a prestigious and renowned football academy. Sixteen-year-old Jardehl Muschamp plays a forward position on the field and in early August, he was one of three persons chosen from a group of sixty-eight footballers from twenty-seven different states in the U.S. […]
On Tuesday morning, the Muschamps received the great news that Jardehl was also selected for a partial scholarship to attend the football academy in Arizona. That financial assistance is to the tune of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. That is just over one-third of the total money he needs. So the family has since launched […]
For the fourth consecutive year, Programme for Belize has awarded scholarships to high school students. Six students were selected based on their needs, determination to complete a secondary education and are from communities which buffer the Rio Bravo Conservation Area. Programme for Belize’s mission is to protect the Rio Bravo’s biodiversity. The goal is to […]
Marine debris can be found in any ocean of the world, along coastlines, beaches, rivers and other waterways. It is a growing problem for both humans and marine life, around the world and right here in Belize. Scientists have estimated that there are over five trillion pieces of plastic marine debris alone. Just a little over […]
The Open Government Ecosystem in Belize is a system that encourages direct and constant communication between governments and citizens so as to promote transparency and democracy. In essence, the approach should help to define public policies and management practices based on openness, accountability, and easy access to public information. For several months, the project is […]
Trinidadian Gospel Artist Blessed Messenger is in Belize for a free concert in Roaring Creek Village on Thursday night. The concert which is being put on by the Hearts of Christ Children’s Ministry and the Bay Area Community Church will feature a stellar line up of local gospel artists, including messNJAH. The concert kicks off […]
The Burn Victim Mercy Fund has stepped in once again to assist a minor who received severe burns to the body last week. Before midday today, four-year-old Unique Ramclam was transported by BERT ambulance from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital to the Phillip Goldson International Airport where she will be taken for further medical assistance […]
Belize produces rice, but today, a donation of ten thousand bags of rice was made to the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation through the Taiwan Rice Donation for Humanitarian Relief project. Five shipping containers filled with twenty-two pound bags of grain were presented to Minister Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez at the Port […]
Is Sapna Budhrani qualified to be the President of NICH? That’s what most people were asking when she was swiftly elevated to president of the National Institute of Culture and History, while retaining the rank of administrator. Back in June, Minister of Culture, Patrick Faber, defended the appointment, but ever since her presidency was announced […]
And according to Shyne Barrow, Budhrani has not been cooperative with him. Barrow says he is disappointed that the president has dragged her feet on securing funds for the Garifuna Collective to attend WOMEX, the World Music Expo. She has failed to correspond with him about the cultural group’s trip abroad and to date she […]
P.U.P.’s Cayo South Area Representative, Julius Espat, has taken a firm ‘NO’ to the I.C.J. Espat announced his position on the matter on Saturday via his Facebook page. Having considered both sides, Espat wrote, “I have looked at the two sides of the issue when it pertains to Belize and the I.C.J., and I am […]
Ten thousand, one hundred and forty-one registration applications were received by the Election and Boundaries Department between August twelfth and eighteen. This is a slight increase when compared to the week prior. So far, a total of one hundred and one thousand, and fourteen applications have been received through the registration centres spread across the […]
