Earlier this year, we told you about the downtown rejuvenation project that is being undertaken by the Belize City Council and the National Institute of Culture and History with support from Taiwan ICDF and the Ministry of Tourism. The plan is to improve the awareness and appreciation of Belize City’s colonial past through the sustainable […]
It has been a while since we’ve heard from the Friends of Conservation and Development, but just this week, Executive Director Raphael Manzanero was in London on official FCD business. On Tuesday, he was at Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy. It is a project designed to create a network of forest conservation initiatives […]
After four years, Belize’s first cruise ship port, Harvest Caye in southern Belize, was formally opened for business today. It is not known why the press was not invited to cover the event of this huge investment in the tourism industry. We can say however that at the onset of the project there was huge […]
And while NCL opened its port down south and will no longer be calling at the Fort Street Tourist Village here in the City, tour operators here are getting ready for European cruise visitors. For the first time German-based cruise line TUI made a call to Belize. This new market means that big tour operators […]
A fisherman remains lost at sea tonight after a vessel he was traveling in capsized near Tobacco Caye. The Dangriga resident has been identified only as Mister Locario. According to Senior Superintendent Ralph Moody several others, including a woman and a toddler, were rescued at sea. Despite a search effort conducted by members of the […]
Hissing and making lewd remarks to women is considered a form of violence and in some cases these actions escalate to attacks. Well today, a group of students—particularly females from the University of Belize, Belize City Campus—along with their Counselor Renee Wentz organized an anti-street harassment initiative. Just before midday, they paraded from the Social […]
According to Wentz, the initiative is to empower women, who are victims of street harassment. She says that the students are learning how to respond—keeping themselves safe while getting men to recognize that the harassment is a form of violence. Renee Wentz, Counselor, University of Belize “It’s not funny; it is a form a […]
From November twentieth to the twenty-sixth, residents of Eastern Division will be CHARMed by the division’s Police contingent. In this case, it’s not just hearts and flowers, but Changing Hearts and Renewing Minds, the full acronym for CHARM Week. It’s the brainchild of the People’s Coalition Committee, which serves as liaison with the Police Department, […]
The documentaries will be produced by a local production company and run for twenty to thirty minutes in primetime. Assistant Commissioner Deziree Phillips of Eastern Division North explains some of the other chosen topics as well as other plans for CHARM Week. ACP Deziree Phillips, Regional Commander, Eastern Division North “We will also be […]
British newspaper The Telegraph, among other international media sources, has shown renderings of the plans for actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s planned eco-tourism report on Blacakdore Caye, west of San Pedro. With the Environmental Impact Assessment approved and Environmental Compliance Plan under review, plans to finish the project by 2018 are closer to being a reality. The […]
The Ministry of Agriculture just got some brand new tech to help them gather data and do other work that is critical to the ministry. Drones have been used primarily in the creative sector, photographers, videographers and the media in Belize. But it is also used by logistic companies like DHL for deliveries, by Police […]
Festivities in commemoration of Garifuna Settlement Day have begun across the country. In Belize City, there is a full itinerary of events leading up to the Nineteenth of November. The rolling and booming bass of Garifuna drums can be heard along Mahogany Street, as well as in other neighborhoods in Belize City. The party culminates […]
Every year, the Mexican Embassy through its Institute of Culture celebrates Garifuna Settlement Day along with the local Garifuna communities in Belize. In 2016, an exhibition by Pen Cayetano, entitled Cultural Heritage, was hosted at the Institute on Newtown Barracks in Belize City. This year, however, the Mexican Embassy, under the direction of its new […]
If you’ve been putting off getting into an exercise routine; then maybe the next segment of Healthy Living will give you the added push. Exercise – we all know by now- is good for our bodies but it can also significantly improve how we feel. Professional Counselor, Aimee Jex, outlines the top three ways that […]
The Belize National Teachers Union is proceeding to court on the matter of the deduction in salaries of teachers who went strike for eleven days in October when the union demanded good governance by G.O.B. Government has threatened that the deductions will be reflected at the end of this month which is just weeks away […]
On Tuesday, Leader of the People’s United Party John Briceño lashed out at fellow parliamentarian and Minister of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation, Anthony “Boots” Martinez, over allegations that he and his daughter, newly-minted attorney Stacey Martinez, transacted with the Women’s Department, a division of Martinez’s own Ministry, to rent office space. The […]
A political career started in the 1990s has reached its endpoint. According to Minister of Human Development and four-term area representative for Port Loyola, Anthony “Boots” Martinez, he is stepping down from political office at the end of his current term. Martinez has enjoyed successively smaller margins of victory at the polls as latest rival […]
Eastern Division police were back on the streets of south side Belize City this afternoon where they conducted their weekly Meet and Greet initiative. North Creek is of particular interest this time around because not only does the neighborhood fall within the Eastern Division South jurisdiction; it has also seen a spike in gun violence […]
A recent increase in firearm offenses committed by culprits on motorcycles has forced the Belize Police Department to crackdown on motorists in the Old Capital. A spike in drive-by shootings and related traffic violations will see an enforcement of regulations under the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, as well as other anti-crime operations. These […]
With weekend Garifuna Settlement Day festivities commencing in Belize City on Thursday, additional boots on the ground are being deployed onto the streets in various hotspots. ACP Williams says it’s all part of a concerted effort to keep the country safe during the Nineteenth celebrations. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “I […]
For as long as Belizeans can remember, the exchange rate peg has been at two Belize dollars to one U.S. dollar. The Government has tried mightily to keep it that way, but a number of local financial experts are starting to utter one of those dreaded “D” words – devaluation. So could a Belize dollar […]
The People’s United Party has gone on record as describing the nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited and subsequent settlement with former owners as, in one statement, “the greatest con of the century.” That’s because the company’s value is about one hundred million dollars versus the final settlement figure of more than five times that amount. […]
The Police Department’s regular recognition and award ceremonies in Eastern Division have become as much a staple of the news as the crime they try to stop and solve. It is part of an image makeover for one of the hardest professions in Belize, and often the least appreciated. Today the press was invited over […]
There is an arrest in the double murder of seven-year-old Tyler Savery and twenty-one-year old Porshan Pipersburgh. Police have charged a Curassow street resident for the double murder. When Jayear Flores was arraigned today, Tyler’s mother was in court. Shakera Young looked at the alleged shooter and showed no anger or bitterness with the person […]
The murder of seven-year-old Tyler Savery and his twenty-one-year-old cousin, Porshan Pipersburgh, has broken many Belizean hearts. A simple outing to get a milkshake at a neighbourhood establishment on Friday evening ended in senseless death by drive-by. On Monday, you saw the plea made by Tyler’s mother. Today, she was joined by the Leader of […]
