While thousands of standard six boys and girls make little dots on examination papers with a pencil to be seen by only a few people, other students are being given the opportunity to show their creativity to the world. Over the next thirty days, the Bliss Institute in Belize City will be transformed into one […]
His story made national headlines earlier this year when his release from prison on pardon from the Belize Advisory Council appeared to have placed Burrell Boom resident Carlos Seguro at the mercy of the world. Frailed and barely able to help himself, prison authorities said Seguro had AIDS, and that their decision to seek his […]
Regional leaders appear pleased at the results of the two day Summit of the Americas, which concluded on Sunday in Santiago, Chile. While the way has now been opened to begin formal negotiations on a hemisphere-wide free trade area of the Americas, the concerns of the small states of the Caribbean were addressed and mechanisms […]
“Save The Earth Through Music,” is the theme of a one week summer music camp now being planned for children between the ages of seven and thirteen. To prepare for the session, hosted by the Belize Arts Council, teachers have been invited to learn how music can be integrated into their curriculum. According to the […]
Earlier this week we brought viewers a preview of Saturday’s Cross Country Cycling Classic. Today we’re going to focus on a well known cyclist who will not be riding. Patrick Jones reports. On Holy Saturday 1995, he narrowly sprinted his way into the history books. Orlando Chavarria was on top of the world… and loving […]
They are two artists not particularly well known to most Belizeans, but the proprietors of the Image Factory believe that their work has something to say. Patrick Jones reports. That cliché, penned years ago by Lucio Alcoser, sadly, continues to be a current practice in Belize. But the people at the Image Factory want to […]
Former British High Commissioner Gordon Baker should by now have settled into his new home in Barbados… and we are told today that his replacement will soon be arriving in Belize. Tim David, along with his wife Rosie, will report for duty here on April fifteenth. The fifty year old diplomat most recently served as […]
She was among the first of a new generation of Belizean artists following in the footsteps of old masters like Belisle and Nicholas… but before we really got to know her… she was gone across the sea. Now that she’s back for a visit we’ll get a chance to see how the work of Rachael […]
The government body that oversees the tourism industry has announced some internal changes. Valerie Woods, formerly the Board’s assistant marketing director and chief spokesperson, was, effective today, promoted to the newly created post of Deputy Director of Tourism. Woods, who has been with the Board for over a year, previously worked at the Radisson Fort […]
There is no shortage of people who will tell you that drama in Belize is dead. This may be true but the corpses I saw on the stage this morning proved to be very much alive. If you happened to pass Pallotti High School today and heard the roar of laughter and clapping of hands, […]
The soon-to-be inaugurated president of Costa Rica arrived in Belize today for a brief visit. Dr. Miguel Angel Rodriguez made the half day stopover as part of a get acquainted tour of Central America, having already made the rounds of Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. President-elect Rodriguez met with Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel and […]
She’s been around a good while now and Patrick Jones took a trip to the Image factory to see her take on Belize. Her name is Pamela Braun…. and these images are the outward expression of her innermost thoughts – in short, life through the eyes of “The Painter”. Pamela “The Painter” Braun “A lot […]
While agriculture officials are keeping an anxious eye on imports of Central American fruit, tomorrow we will be hosting a visitor from the South who should receive a friendlier welcome. Costa Rican President elect, Dr. Miguel Angel Rodriguez, will be visiting Belize for a one day courtesy call prior to his inauguration. He will hold […]
It has been the dream of the Belize Arts Council and many other people for a long time now, that is, the formation of a National Youth Band. After much lobbying and a generous donation of instruments from Governor General, Sir. Colville Young, that dream will now become a reality. The Arts Council will be […]
For many years now, the practice of Belizeans traveling by road through Mexico from the United States has been a common exercise. And during the roughly twenty years, that this has been going on, the relationship between Belize and Mexico has remained friendly and cordial. But even among good friends, when certain privileges are violated […]
Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel will travel to Saint George’s, Grenada on Saturday to attend the ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government. The March first to the third meeting will examine progress made so far regarding the establishment of a single market and economy. The leaders will also take time out […]
While a group of enterprising men and women will challenge themselves along the Belize River next week, a visiting Mexican artist will for the next fourteen days soothe the minds of visitors to the Institute of Culture Mexico-Belize on Newtown Barracks. “Caribbean Sand, Texture and Color in Belize” is the title of the two week […]
It?s official: a war of words between Belmopan and Washington over the issue of de-certification has been averted. The White House today announced that Belize has been certified by the United States as fully cooperating in the fight against illicit drugs and related criminal activity. While it is welcome news, Foreign Minister Dean Barrow, in […]
News has been received of the death of thirty nine year old Denroy McCord. McCord, who was the chief engineer for the Water and Sewerage Authority, is reported to have gone snorkeling Sunday morning with a number of friends off southern Long Caye about thirty miles southeast of Belize City. It is reported that McCord, […]
In other news from the Caribbean attorneys general for the region have moved a big step closer to establishing a Caribbean Supreme Court to replace the Privy Council. Meeting in Jamaica earlier this week, four countries: Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana have targeted July first as the date for establishing the high court. […]
It had all the characteristics of a pre-emptive strike not seen since the Six Day War. In a personal letter sent to news editors at Belizean media houses, Foreign Minster Dean Barrow has raised the possibility that once again Belize will be decertified by the United States as a cooperative partner in the war on […]
Even if he goes on to produce the works of a Michelangelo there is one image that will always be associated with artist Gilvano Swasey: That of Bob Marley. This year the two artists, along with a few others are back for their annual show at the Image Factory. When Bob Marley succumbed to cancer […]
There’s hardly a week that goes by without our receiving at least one missing person report, either from the police, a distraught family or both. Usually the missing person turns out to be a rebellious teenager or a wayward spouse…who is soon reunited–or at least located–by relieved relatives. But the story we bring you tonight […]
A new president of the Belize Court of Appeal has been appointed. Kenneth Montague George replaces Professor Telford Georges who retired at the end of last year. Justice George was sworn in Monday by the Governor General. A native of Guyana, who was that country’s Chief Justice from 1981 to 1988 and President of its […]
While Belizean citrus growers have finally agreed on a price formula, growers of sugar cane in Barbados are still wrestling with problems in that island’s centuries old industry. The C.B.C.’s Tracy Knight reports. Hands that have toiled for over forty years, helping to build this country’s sugar industry. He’s one of a dying group of […]
