In other news from Belmopan, CARICOM leaders will meet in Belize for two days this week. Topics for the twentieth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government will include the global economic crisis, the European Partnership Agreement, Single Market and Economy, a trade and development agreement with Canada, among others. Preparations for the […]
The art world in Belize has been dominated traditionally by men, but trends over the past few years are showing that is changing. Women have often preserved tradition and culture and the objects that they create are becoming today’s fine art. An exhibit that is opening at the Institute of Mexico is celebrating both the […]
The story of the Cubans that were found off the coastof Belize is unraveling and more details have been uncovered. A reliable source has informed us that there were two bodies that were found on the reef, not one. The bodies were found about fourteen miles north of Middle Caye by the North Light House. […]
Belize enjoys a rich cultural diversity and in classrooms around the country, appreciating ethnicity has become part of the curriculum. At Holy Redeemer Primary School in Belize City, a cultural day was organized and spearheaded by teachers and parents. There was plenty on display to show the varied cultures: Creole, East Indian, Garifuna, Maya, Mennonite […]
A new exhibit called “Tierra Anegada” has been installed at the Institute of Mexico. It highlights twenty-six works of the deceased Jesus Urbieta, a native of Oaxaca, Mexico. Urbieta won several international awards including the Grand Golden Palette Award at the twenty-sixth International Painting Festival of the Grimaldi Museum in Cagnes, France. News Five’s Jose […]
And while most of focus has been on the P.U.P. and the U.D.P. as we reported yesterday, there are some independents and less known political groups that are also contesting the March poll. In Belmopan, the Vision Inspired by the People is promoting itself as the alternative to the P.U.P. and the U.D.P. Their candidates […]
The Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions is a support group for credit unions throughout the region. Representatives from member states are here in Belize attending a conference at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. In this era of global financial crisis, the president of the confederation, Michael Alleyene, feels it is necessary for Belizean credit unions […]
In their quest to cure diseases and explain the inexplicable, scientists around the world continue to push the boundaries of their knowledge through research and experiments. One such man is Keith Campbell, a microbiologist who along with a team of scientists shocked the world by successfully cloning a sheep. That famous lamb named Dolly was […]
It’s a thriving industry that continues to grow and is making an impact on the local art scene. This past Monday, two pioneers in the bamboo industry put off an exhibit of their most recent work in bamboo crafting that they combine with natural elements. The exhibition, held at the House of Culture, features the […]
Also in Punta Gorda, there is a development to a story that we aired in our newscast last night, in respect of a Statutory Instrument recently signed off by the Attorney General which would have displaced the alcaldes elected by the Maya leaders and community in favour of government appointed alcaldes. According to the Toledo […]
It is hard to find a person in Belize that has not heard of him for the impact he had had in the life and political movement in Belize. He was born the third child of William Price and Irene Escalante and on January fifteenth, George Cadle Price turned ninety. He is referred to as […]
Earlier this week, we heard the Attorney General’s bold statements on the state of affairs in the judiciary and today we found him addressing a meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee of CARICOM being held in Belize for the first time. At a brief opening ceremony this morning, Attorney General Wilfred Elrington discussed the committee’s […]
It is a historic event and it will have bearing on Belize. Estimates are that almost two million people braved temperatures in the twenties in Washington, D.C. this morning to attend the historic inaugural ceremony of the first black U.S. President… But many more millions around the world were glued to their T.V. screens as […]
Belize’s Speaker of the House, Emil Arguelles, has been recognised by the Guatemalan Parliament. The accolade was bestowed on January thirteenth by Guatemalan President Alvaro Colon. Arguelles was among representatives from other Parliaments of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. The Honor al Merito medal is given in recognition of the sovereign entities of Belize […]
Today marks the one year anniversary of the death of Belizean musical icon Andy Palacio. At forty-seven years old, Andy was at the peak of his career when he suddenly became ill and died of a massive stroke. In his twenty years on the music scene, Palacio released three full length albums, seven E.P. cassettes… […]
There’s a show this Saturday night that you can’t miss at the Bliss. It’s a production by the Trinity Assembly of God and church members who will be showing up their versatility in the two-hour show entitled, Mary’s Story: A New Perspective. In collaboration with NICH; the church will present a musical show that captures […]
Earlier in the newscast we heard from Stanley Marshall, the C.E.O. of Fortis, who did not mince words on the ongoing battles with the P.U.C. and G.O.B. According to Marshall, its subsidiary B.E.L. is facing tough financial times, with millions of dollars in losses, no plans for expansion and that it is pursuing litigation. And […]
A Belize City resident is believed to have drowned on Monday in waters between Belize and Guatemala. On January twelfth, twenty-three year old Darwin Grey left his home on Flamboyant Street in Belize City without informing anyone of where he was going. The following day two of the four young men with whom he left, […]
And on the cultural scene, the Landings Project is an expressive, but complex repertoire of art work that defines the identity of fifteen countries from the Caribbean, Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula. There have been eight previous Landings going back to 2004, and today, the long awaited ninth edition of the ten series collection […]
On Monday’s newscast we brought you the story of twenty-one year old Christopher Bowman who needs funding for a surgery to remove a tumour from his chest. Bowman is currently in the United States seeking treatment, but his eight year plight to get the tumour removed caught the attention of a CBS Dallas reporter, Jay […]
In regional news, as of Thursday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow assumed the Chairmanship of the Caribbean Community. It comes at a most difficult time when the global recession is hurting the economies of the region that are mostly dependent on tourism. In a New Year’s address to be aired locally and on Caribbean media through […]
Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh is the newest member of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. Conteh took the oath of office on December eleventh at the island. We are not sure how the appointment will work, but it does beg the question, what if any effects will the post have on his role as Belize’s […]
The post-mortem has been conducted on the body of U.K. national Victoria Harner. Today’s police report quotes pathologist Dr. Mario Estradabran as saying that Harner died from head trauma and ruptured heart chest trauma as a result of a C.P.R. procedure. We are not sure whether that means that the C.P.R. she was administered contributed […]
She was crowned Miss Belize in the living room of Pageants Belize owner, Margaret Johnson, but that is not stopping twenty-one year old Charmain Chinapen from making an impression in South Africa. The neurosurgery graduate student is preparing for the Miss World competition to be held on Saturday. We found a video of Chinapen on […]
And in news on the diplomatic front, on Monday, Caribbean heads of states will converge in Santiago de Cuba for the third Cuba-CARICOM Summit. The meeting is held every three years to mark the 1972 decision by Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago to establish diplomatic relations with Cuba opposing the US economic embargo […]
