It is known that there are many in the leadership of the People’s United Party, excluding its leader John Briceño, who are opposed to taking Guatemala’s territorial claim to the International Court of Justice. Because of the divergence of internal views, Briceño’s position has been for a conscious vote. Well earlier today, the Belize Progressive […]
The decision for members of the country’s oldest political organization to join forces with the B.P.P. is unconventional. It’s a move that Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat says people have been clamoring for. Other members of the southern and western caucuses whose position is NO, including Stann Creek West Area Representative Rodwell Williams and […]
The People’s United Party does not have consensus on the I.C.J. matter so was the attendance of several of its elected members and standard bearers sanctioned by its leadership? It is a question that was put to Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat following the meeting, in the context of Party Leader John Briceño’s personal […]
Area Representative Orlando Habet represents Cayo Northeast, which is one of the areas close to the western border with Guatemala. Habet also weighed in on the I.C.J. discussion, speaking on Belize’s independence and territorial integrity, as well as his constituents who are uninformed of the need to vote. Orlando Habet, Area Representative, Cayo Northeast […]
Two minors, ages fourteen and fifteen, remain in police custody in San Ignacio tonight. They are held in connection with the strange murder of nineteen-year-old Bobby Garcia, whose body was found inside a temple at the Cahal Pech Archaeological Site on Sunday morning. Garcia was reportedly lured to the area via a conversation with a […]
Unity Presbyterian School in Belize City has been targeted by burglars more than once. Last month, the school was burglarized twice and standard-three teacher; Stephanie Wade says she has had enough. According to Wade, the thieves made away with schools supplies she intended to use to teach some thirty plus students. Both incidents have been […]
Classes at Claver College Extension in Punta Gorda resumed at seven o’clock on Monday night, following a meeting of its board of directors. Earlier that evening, students gathered peacefully at the school compound in the presence of six police officers who were reportedly requested by the chairperson Lisel Alamilla. A total of seven board members […]
Charged for the murder of thirty-nine-year-old Fareed Ahmad, police constable twenty-four-year-old Michelle Brown was committed to stand trial by Chief Magistrate, Sharon Fraser. Brown’s trial has been scheduled to take place in the January session of the Supreme Court in 2019. The Chief Magistrate committed Brown after the prosecution submitted several statements and reports that […]
Former U.D.P. Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya has her eyes set on central government. Moya initially had the support of Mesopotamia Area Rep Michael Finnegan, but all that changed when Shyne Barrow, Finnegan’s nephew and son of Prime Minister Dean Barrow, threw his hat in the ring. Shyne, who is also the Music Ambassador, is […]
Breast and cervical cancers are the two prevalent forms of the disease that affect women; prostate cancer is common among men. This morning at the Biltmore Plaza, tribute was paid to women who are cancer survivors and others who are fighting the deadly disease. As part of the activities for breast cancer month, a photo […]
There are pageants such as Miss Universe, Miss Costa Maya, Miss World, Miss Earth and now there is Miss Scuba International at which Belize will compete for the first time. A student from Corozal, eighteen-year-old Joswanie Hall has been selected to represent the jewel in a pageant that seeks to promote the marine ecosystem. The […]
Pageants are often times fraught with controversy. Just last year, Zenaida Moya, who was the then national coordinator of the Queen of the Bay pageant, was fired on national television during the coronation of the seventy-second queen. There were two young ladies simultaneously crowned at the tenth of September 2017 ceremony. So today, when we […]
There is bad news for coral reefs all over the world. Earlier this week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a stern warning for governments and businesses across the world in respect of reducing the risks and impacts of climate change. At the Conference of Parts in Paris, one goal was to […]
In the face of incursions into the Columbia Forest Reserve and the village of San Benito Poite by poachers from neighboring Guatemala, concerns have been raised about the ongoing encroachment on Belize’s territory. Toledo West Area Representative Oscar Requeña speaks on recent activities in those locations, despite his staunch position of not going to the […]
Poaching is a similar issue that is being faced in the Chiquibul Forest where gold panners and illegal farmers enter into the expanse of wilderness. According to Julius Espat whose Cayo South constituency includes the Chiquibul Forest, enough is not being done to preserve and safeguard the national treasure. Julius Espat, Area Representative, Cayo […]
On Monday night we reported on the Belize Audubon Society’s work with the Managed Access Programme. That programme was first piloted in one site and after seeing some positive results, there was a national roll out. It is considered a model to be followed in the region, but there are still some areas that need […]
The first regional meeting of the fisheries and aquaculture communicators network of OSPECA commenced today in Belize City. OPESCA is a regional body attached to SICA and is in charge of strengthening technical coordination between member countries through the establishment of tools that allow sustainable fishing and aquaculture activities in the region. On Monday delegates […]
An exhibition showcasing the creative and plastic free work of Bullet Tree children is open at the House of Culture in San Ignacio. Over the summer, the children participated in the no plastic, no styrofoam kids summer camp. In line with G.O.B.’s bold effort to phase out single-use plastic and styrofoam food containers, the camp […]
