Belize and Guatemala may be as close as they’ve ever been to settling the nearly century and a half old claim to Belizean territory…but you’d never know it by the silence displayed by the politicians and media. That silence was broken today by NABR, the National Alliance for Belizean Rights in a press release issued […]
In news from Belmopan, the joint co-operation commission between Belize and Cuba has finished its two days of meetings. An agreement was signed that will continue the close working relationship between the two countries in trade, tourism, culture, housing and health, with a memorandum of understanding concluded on sending low income patients to Cuba for […]
In crime news, police are seeking three suspects in the shooting of a man in Ladyville. Twenty-seven year old Norman Bernard of Belize City told police that while working in Ladyville on Sunday he was threatened, kidnapped and finally shot in the leg before being tossed from the back of a pickup truck. Bernard has […]
In connection with the upcoming National Agriculture and Trade Show, the Ministry of Agriculture has named its farmers of the year. This year’s Junior Farmer of the Year is sixteen year old Efrain Cano of Caledonia Village in the Corozal District. He has been doing his own farming for three years, having previously worked with […]
For people who are in the process of making plans for the upcoming three-day holiday weekend, we’d like to remind you that the calendar you are using may be in error. Although the official date of Commonwealth Day is Friday, May twenty-fourth and that date appears in red on many local calendars, the holiday will […]
“Choose Today” is the theme of a men’s rally organised by the group Belizean Brothers in Christ. Its goal is to bring Belizean men closer to their families and communities. Founder of the Brothers, Tony Young, says this first time event is scheduled for Saturday at the People’s Stadium in Orange Walk Town. Tony Young, […]
When Philadelphia schoolteacher Anna M. Jarvis had the first Mother’s Day named in her honour over a century ago, who would have thought that the celebration would have caught on in such a big way? However, it’s easy to see why. Everyone has a mother and today the senior moms of Helpage Belize had their […]
Viewers who follow our weekly karaoke competition may have noticed that he is a regular member of the Tuesday night audience at Club Calypso. But Gilbert Wellington Ramsey, better known as just Ramsey, has a musical history that predates karaoke by at least a generation. Immortalised in song by Wilfred Peters, Ramsey was the last […]
