The Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize, FECTAB, is at odds once again with the Belize Tourism Board; this time over a proposal to remove tour operators from the terminal one area of the Fort Street Tourism Village to the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. The plan, which was to be announced on Thursday at […]
FECTAB President, Yhony Rosado broke down how the move has personally affected him and other tour operators, saying that the small tour operators predicted that their fate would be hanging in the balance with the introduction of a foreign tour company and the redirection of Norwegian Cruise Line’s ships to Harvest Caye in the south. […]
As we said, Thursday’s press conference was postponed at the request of the City Council because of the outcry by the tour operators. Today, Deputy Mayor Oscar Arnold attended the FECTAB press conference and said that the City Council has made the decision to shelf the proposal until further consultations are done. Oscar Arnold, […]
FECTAB says that the B.T.B. is appeasing Carnival Cruise Lines at the detriment of the small tour operators and tour guides posted outside of FSTV. According to the umbrella organization, there are forty tour operators or roughly about six hundred persons working at the tourist village and collectively they say they are willing to say […]
A weather system is looming near Honduras and it is expected that it will become a tropical depression as it passes near Belize over the weekend. The City Emergency Management Organization, CEMO, headed by Councilor Michael Noralez, met this afternoon with officials from the National Emergency Management Organization. Out of that meeting which followed an […]
According to Al Westby, Central Regional Coordinator for NEMO, district coordinators have been asked to identify flood prone areas within their respective communities. River monitors have also been called in to keep watch in the Belize River Valley. In Belize City, Councilor Chips Noralez identified several of the low-lying areas that are prone to flooding. […]
Will cooler heads prevail between waterfront workers and the management of Port of Belize Limited, as the twenty-one day notice for industrial action inches closer? Both parties are yet to find common ground on the legality of the existing hours of work where gangs are toiling a single continuous shift that may exceed twenty-four hours […]
This week, we showed you the story of Graham Creek Government School, where the commitment of two dedicated teachers to the teaching profession has inspired many across the country. The hardships the teachers face and the rough journey of a seven mile hike into the village is only a fraction of the dire conditions experienced […]
The arduous journey that teachers of Graham Creek Government School embark upon in order to carry out their responsibility of teaching children in one of Belize’s most southern villages continues to take center stage. The trek highlights the hardships that some teachers have to go through at a time when the Belize National Teachers Union […]
Some sixty-five students at Saint Peter Claver College Extension in Punta Gorda are demanding that the nine teachers who were terminated by the school’s board be reinstated. The students staged a peaceful protest earlier in the week and it seems that they will not change their position until the teachers are brought back to the […]
Thirteen inmates of the Belize Central prison today proudly received their certificate of recognition for successfully sitting the Primary School Examinations. Another fifty-six inmates also received recognition for completing training in andragogy or adult education. The ceremony served as a reminder by the Kolbe Foundation to the inmates that there is life outside of prison […]
A fire in vicinity of Faber’s Road on Thursday night completely destroyed a small wooden structure reportedly occupied by an elderly couple. The blaze happened on Jimmy Dyer Street sometime around eight-thirty p.m. where sixty-eight-year-old Delvino Vasquez reported that he was asleep with a lit candle inside the residence. He was awoken by the smell […]
Twenty-eight-year-old Orange Walk resident Juan “Canikas” Quintero is wanted by police. Quintero is a known affiliate of the Back-A-Town Crips gang and from what we understand, he is on the run. The wanted person poster that we have seen states that Quintero is wanted for the crime of murder and attempted murder. He is accused […]
The state of emergency on two south side neighbourhoods has expired and as you heard on Thursday night, several persons caught in the dragnet complained of being unlawfully detained. But today, the folks over at FECTAB claimed that the declaration hurt them in the tourism industry also because tourists were afraid to purchase tours and […]
This week, we bring you another story about the Global Climate Action Summit held two weeks ago. At that summit, a number of cities, businesses and organizations made commitments in an aim to reach their climate change targets. One of the attendees at the event was the Costa Rican Minister of Environment and Energy, Carlos […]
Situated in San Ignacio Town, Ajaw Chocolate and Crafts attracts thousands of visitors every year, but the family owned and operated company is struggling to get its name out there. As part of this year’s B.T.B. familiarization trip, the media was taken to Ajaw and shown the Mayan art of transforming cacao beans into chocolate […]
The Help Age Belize District Branch held its annual Tea Party for over one hundred and fifty seniors today in Belize City. This week the organization is observing older persons week and culminated with the tea party. The elderly ladies and gentlemen were fitted in their Sunday best and sipping tea when we stopped by. […]
