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While some doors have opened, there is still a long way to go for women to ease into the top of businesses. A conference taking place today has brought women from all over the country to focus on ways to uncover their potential through networking and by asserting themselves in the business world. A very […]
Written on November 8, 2017 | Posted in
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The World Youth Conference 2017 is being held under the theme, “Globally Running to 2030, Becoming Sustainably Strong.” The three-day meeting of youth leaders from across the world commenced today at the Ramada Belize City Princess. At the end of the conference, the Mahogany Declaration will be signed by all participants, which will lay out […]
Written on November 7, 2017 | Posted in
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Belize’s LGBT community is seeking to get to the bottom of a reported act of discrimination against guests it is welcoming for an event next week. The Executive Director of the United Belize Advocacy Movement, Caleb Orozco, wrote to C.E.O. in the Ministry of Immigration, Edmund Zuniga, alleging that several visitors from Haiti were denied […]
Written on November 3, 2017 | Posted in
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The National Aids Commission in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program engaged the youth population in dialog and program development given the HIV/Aids statistics in the country. Today at the Biltmore Plaza, thirty youth leaders from different organizations and schools participated in the forum, which is expected to foster awareness within communities among members […]
Written on November 3, 2017 | Posted in
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Acting president of the National Youth Council of Belize, Dominique Noralez, also participated in the forum. Despite the fact that Noralez sits as the youth rep on the Commission, in her presentation today, she says that it is one of the Sustainable Development Goals that will be addressed at the upcoming World Youth Conference. The […]
Written on November 3, 2017 | Posted in
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Excelsior High School launched its annual drug awareness week today in Belize City. As a part of the activities, students are participating in a number of competitions, which school officials hope will drive home the message to stay away from drugs. Celebrated under the theme, “Standing as one, together we can make this a drug […]
Written on November 2, 2017 | Posted in
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But despite years of drug awareness activities, Excelsior High School still struggles to reach some of its students. The school reports that there are students who attend classes while under the influence of drugs –and as a result, has recorded several dropouts. We asked Counselor Jenkins if the news of the decriminalization of small quantities […]
Criminal activities linked to gangs continue to be one the challenges for local cops. Since 2008, the Belize Police Department has been tackling the growing issue through the Gang Resistance and Education Training, better known as the GREAT Program. Today, Ladyville Police certified another one hundred and twenty plus students of the program. The students […]
Written on November 1, 2017 | Posted in
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On November first, Governor General Colville Young is expected to sign into law the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill. The legislation will make it legal to possess in a private home ten grams or less of cannabis, while specifically criminalizing possession on school property. It will clear humps for the industrial hemp industry and provide […]
During the Senate’s extensive debate of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill last Wednesday, Churches Senator Ashley Rocke recorded the formal opposition of the organizations he represents – the Belize Association of Evangelical Churches and Belize Council of Churches, joined in rare unanimity by the National Evangelical Association of Belize. But the rest of the […]
Written on October 31, 2017 | Posted in
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In less than two weeks over two hundred youths from around the world will gather in Belize for the World Youth Conference. The conference will convene national, regional and international youth leaders under the theme: “Globally running to 2030, Becoming Sustainably Strong” from November sixth to the ninth at the Princess Hotel in Belize City. […]
Is intervention the key to addressing criminal activities and gangs in Belize? The response differs depending on who you are talking to. But can youths and gangsters caught up in the criminal justice system turn away from that lifestyle? The U.S. Embassy in Belize, in partnership with the Bureau of International Information Programs, is embarking […]
Homebody Industries is a nonprofit organization that assists gang members and convicted felons to change their lives to become contributing members of the community through education, healing, tattoo removal and job placement. Also invited to speak at the event today was Dianne Finnegan, Coordinator of the Youth Apprenticeship Program, who says both organizations provide similar […]
Written on October 23, 2017 | Posted in
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Over fourteen million U.S. dollars will be invested in underprivileged communities in Belize. It was officially announced today at a launch of two projects that are set to improve the lives of the poor. The Government of Belize, through the Social Investment Fund, and the Caribbean Development Bank launched the Basic Needs Trust Fund and […]
Written on October 23, 2017 | Posted in
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On Thursday morning at ten, weeks of frustration surrounding the ever-increasing cost of gas will blow up in what is intended to be a peaceful protest march from Constitution to Battlefield Park. The Belize Leaders for Social Justice, an umbrella group of activist organizations, is hoping for a successful turnout to send a message to […]
Written on October 4, 2017 | Posted in
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It’s more than twenty-four hours since seventeen-year-old Kelvin Usher emerged from the bushes near Lucky Strike where he went missing and returned to his family in the city. While Belizeans are expressing relief at the safe return, the narrative of his friends and family desperately searching for him after he went missing during a Gang […]
To the cynical, the events of Thursday and indeed this entire week seem to have played out like the most sugary movie script this side of the Hallmark Channel or maybe Lifetime. And the old adage still holds true that something too good to be true usually is. But for others, to hold that view […]
Written on September 29, 2017 | Posted in
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At this time, a vigil is taking place at Battlefield Park where family, friends and peers of Kelvin Usher have gathered to give thanks for his safe return. Usher surfaced this morning on the Old Northern Highway just as his father, Cameron Usher Senior, was driving by. While Usher only sustained minor injuries, he is […]
Written on September 28, 2017 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, students from SJC JC took the streets in an impromptu protest seeking answers on the disappearance of a student of the premier institution. It was a most significant event because it is generally perceived that there is apathy and indifference among students. Well, that protest was followed up this morning with a walkout […]
Written on September 28, 2017 | Posted in
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On the streets of the Old Capital, temperatures are rising among the younger population, which is demanding answers and action on the mysterious disappearance of one of their own. At midday today, a group of students took to the streets in protest of the way the authorities have been handling the incident. News Five’s Isani […]
Written on September 27, 2017 | Posted in
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Ten youths from the Mayflower area in Belize City received their certificates in food preparation and hospitality training today after concluding a summer program with the ITVET through the Department of Youth Services Mayflower Youth Center. As we found out from Jamie Rocke, the program was requested by the residents of the Mayflower area. […]
Written on August 30, 2017 | Posted in
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Over seventy children at the YWCA were treated to a book fair today. The children received free books through the ‘Alina Gives Back’ foundation. It is a small non-profit started by a teenager who started out in an orphanage. She was adopted and moved away, but for the last few years she has been coming […]
Written on August 3, 2017 | Posted in
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Next Thursday, August tenth, marks a full year since Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin struck down Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal Code outlawing sexual acts other than consensual heterosexual intercourse, between man and woman. The matter is being appealed by several church bodies and partially by the Government of Belize. But the United Belize Advocacy Movement […]
Back in 2015, villages surrounding Belmopan had a spiraling in crime committed by youths. After assessing the issue, the Belmopan Police decided to do a program to engage young people to offer them an alternative to crime. Youth Engaged in Agriculture was piloted last summer as an initiative where youths from Belmopan and surrounding communities […]
Written on August 2, 2017 | Posted in
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In international news, the South American country of Venezuela has been a noted supporter of Belize in the area of trading for petroleum and social missions established under the presidency of the late Hugo Chavez. But Venezuela is currently going through political upheaval. There have been mass protests in the wake of an economic and […]
Written on August 1, 2017 | Posted in
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