In Rio today, Belize’s own Renick James went up against Ovini Uera of Nauru; a tiny island nation northeast of Australia, in the men’s ninety kilograms Judo event. With Judo’s fast paced action and penalties against non-combativity, the match was over fairly quickly. James put up an admirable defence until a second near-takedown earned Uera […]
Amid the not so good news, there is some positive report in the tourism industry. Tourism numbers are holding their own with the Belize Tourism Board claiming an upward trend in 2016. Well, there is reason to believe that those arrival figures will go up even higher. WestJet announced today direct flights from Canada to […]
The weather channel has a storm tracker stationed in Belize providing regular updates on Hurricane Earl as it develops and travels through Belize. Josh Morgerman is currently on San Pedro. The clip is the last weather channel update as well as a report from the storm tracker since he landed in Belize. {Highlights from […]
Come next week, three young Belizean musicians will partake in a regional orchestra workshop in Trinidad and perform in two sold out concerts along with musical professionals in classic, pop and technical displays in that CARICOM state. It is a venture undertaken by the Belize Bank to develop a local orchestra in the next five […]
Recently, the Image Factory in collaboration with the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, BCVI, published a book about the adventures of Rowan Garel. But tonight, with assistance from Taiwanese Ambassador Benjamin Ho, “Walk Climb Dive; the Adventures of Rowan Garel” will be published and distributed within the school system in Taiwan. It will be […]
It has been announced that track and field athletes Katy Sealy and Brandon Jones will represent Belize at the Olympics 2016 in Rio. While the Sealy selection has stirred controversy because Kaina Martinez will not represent, tonight, we can report that twenty-eight year old judo instructor and athlete Renick James has been chosen as a […]
This morning at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium in the capital, we caught up with Police United Football Club as the players trained to take on a Honduran team in a home and away game in the CONCACAF’s Champions League on August sixteenth. It’s a big leap for the team that hopes to qualify for its […]
Just when you thought that the B.T.L. acquisition fiasco had been settled, the Ashcroft Group and the Government of Belize are headed back to the courts for an interpretation of the arbitration award. Both parties are to appear before the Caribbean Court of Justice in the days ahead to get a clarification on the dollar […]
Calypso Rose will be bestowed with the WOMEX 16 Artist Award in October of this year in Santiago De Compostela, Berlin. At age seventy-six, the legendary singer and composer from Trinidad and Tobago has recorded hit calypsos and has been dubbed the Grand Lady of Calypso. For half a century she has been at the […]
The Bahamian National Youth Choir annually partners with the Carnival Cruise Line for a tour of the region; from the Bahamas the group would board a ship and travel to the Cayman Island, Honduras and Cozumel. For the first time, the group included Belize in its tour and put off a one-hour musical showcase on […]
There have not been official details on the investigation into the death of Guatemalan minor Julio René Alvarado Ruano, which occurred on April twentieth, 2016 in the Chiquibul. Today the Mexican Embassy, in a press release, shed some light into the process but the tone of the release suggests that the investigation has not yet […]
The Chiquibul National Park and the preservation of the bountiful resources within its boundaries are once more in the forefront. The uphill struggle to monitor, manage and defend this huge protected area has long been the yoke of the Friends for Conservation and Development, FCD. But this time the FCD has been joined in the […]
Has the Government of Belize made the huge first payment in the approximately four-hundred-million-dollar bill outstanding in the Arbitration Award for the B.T.L. nationalization? Today was the deadline as set by the permanent court of arbitration, and at four-twenty-five this afternoon, via text, Prime Minister Dean Barrow replied only – YES to the first payment. […]
Sometime over the weekend, a group of seven Guatemalan civilians – actually the Guatemalan version of the Territorial Volunteers – claim to have circled Sarstoon Island well within Belizean waters. On their Facebook page entitled Belice Es De Guatemala, a video was released showing the Guatemalan vessel in the river with the island in the […]
The appearance of the militant civilians in the Sarstoon was also raised with C.E.O. in the Ministry of National Security Retired Colonel George Lovell. He explained that the B.D.F. stationed at the base were unable to determine the identity of the civilian vessel or the intentions of those aboard. Reporter “Do you know of […]
A delegation of high ranking Mexican naval officers met with the brass of the Belize National Coast Guard this morning to discuss the framework of a bilateral agreement between the two maritime forces. The accord will also allow for an exchange of officers to train in both countries. According to C.E.O. George Lovell, the case […]
The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is coming up in August and aficionados are eagerly anticipating the games. Today, Great Belize Productions/Channel Five struck an agreement with the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees, CANOC, to broadcast the upcoming games. The rights to air the games succeeds an agreement with the International […]
The overall impact of the programming, says Romany, will be felt across the region since its aim is to bring unity among athletes, fans and viewers at home. Larry Romany, C.E.O., CANOC Broadcasting Inc. “We see, I mean, a huge impact primarily because the Caribbean region to see their athletes in action. They will […]
Today at the Office of the National Institute of Culture and History on Rectory Lane, the Taiwanese Ambassador to Belize handed over a forty-thousand dollars cheque to the Co-Chair of the National Celebrations Commission, Diane Haylock. The donation will assist the celebrations commission with its programming for the annual September celebration activities, specifically the Carnival […]
The cultural exchanges and this donation is testament of the strong relations between the governments of Belize and Taiwan and extend beyond education and agricultural initiatives. Ambassador Benjamin Ho says that it is the eight such contribution to NICH for the September Celebrations. Benjamin Ho, Taiwanese Ambassador to Belize “This donation is all about […]
The annual CODICADER games concluded in Belize over the weekend, after several days of competition in various sporting disciplines. With several venues across the country hosting games simultaneously, local organizers were busy coordinating the events. When it was all said and done, the experience for Team Belize and the National Sports Council was invaluable. Notwithstanding […]
Going into the CODICADER games, there were serious concerns about Belize’s ability to successfully the host the respective Central American countries. Those expectations, says Sutherland, were all met. Deon Sutherland, Head of Mission, Belize “Well definitely the overall expectations were met, you know, in terms of the hosting; I mean we pulled it off. […]
Today, delegations from several Central American countries arrived in Belize to join their colleagues who will be participating in the CODICADER Primary School championships over the next week. It’s been a challenging time for the National Sports Council with financing a primary concern, but as we saw when we arrived at the Phillip Goldson International […]
CARICOM Heads of Government are currently in Georgetown, Guyana for the thirty-seventh Regular Meeting. In addition to regional matters up for discussion, Belize will also be handing over the chairmanship of the prestigious body to the Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit. Just as it was when CARICOM heads of government met in Placencia in […]
There is good news for the tourism industry tonight. For the second year in a row, Ambergris Caye has been named Mexico and Central America’s leading Destination at the 2016 World Travel Awards. The awards ceremony took place last Friday in Lima, Peru and once again Belize has won. Dubbed the Oscars of the tourism […]
