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The San Pedro Sun
Annual HIV/AIDS Fundraising Fair a resounding success!
The San Pedro AIDS Commission together with the National AIDS Commission/Island Committee (NAC) collaborated once more to host the annual World AIDS Day awareness fair at the Central Park on Sunday, December 4th. Activities such as free HIV rapid testing, information and counseling, condom distribution, pastry and food sales were the main highlights commemorating the day. International aids day is observed every 1st of December around the world, and is an opportunity for people to unite in the fight against HIV.
The activities got underway shortly after 9AM, with a good turnout of visitors stopping by the different booths. Serenading the event was none other than San Pedro’s very own Rompe Raja! While the two groups worked together, they split responsibilities in order to enhance the success of the event. The AIDS Commission sold rice and beans, delicious pastries, and drinks for the fundraising, while the NAC offered free HIV testing, education and counseling.
The San Pedro Dance Academy brings a ‘Tropical Christmas’ to the island
The San Pedro dance Academy once again ushered in the Christmas spirit with their annual end-of-year Christmas show. Titled “Tropical Christmas”, the event took place on Sunday, December 4th at 7PM at the San Pedro Lions den. The annual performance serves as a fundraiser to support the Dance Academy, which has been in existence for 16 years. Attendees were delighted by the variety of creative dance routines, each one demonstrating the talent and skills of the group members. Participants included beginners, intermediate beginners-advanced and seniors. Elaborate theme costumes shone onstage during each dance, the well-executed choreography showcasing a variety of rhythms, from modern contemporary to classic ballet and traditional folklore.
Ambergris Today
Flamboyant Park Gets Facelift by Projects Abroad
Belize Wins at 1st Reina Garifuna del Caribe Pageant Guatemala!
On December 3, 2016, the first annual Reina Garifuna del Caribe (the Miss Garifuna Caribbean) pageant was held at the Malecon Cultural Park in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. The Reina Garifuna del Caribe Pageant was planned by Asociacion Amigos para el Desarrollo de Izabal in conjunction with the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala. The event was part of an effort to bring unity among the Garinagu within the Caribbean diaspora and assist with the preservation of Garifuna culture.
The pageant featured contestants from Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. The National Garifuna Council of Belize is happy to announce that Ms. Sabrina Solano of Hopkins Village is the Reina Garifuna del Caribe for 2016-2017, while Ms. Kaylin Mejia of Dangriga was the first runner up in the pageant
UB Engineering Students Win Structures Competition in Mexico
Students of the Engineering Department, from the Faculty of Science of Technology (FST) of the University of Belize are the 2016 champions of the “XVIII Concurso De Diseño Y Construccion De Modelos Estructurales, V Fase Internacional”, hosted by the Instituto Tecnologico De Chetumal (ITCH) in Quintana Roo Mexico from November 23-25th, 2016.
The competition is hosted every year and UB has officially participated for the past 5 years. Preparations for this competition included students participating in the UB Engineering Department’s 8th Annual Macaroni Competition held on 13th and 14th of October at the University’s Freetown Road campus in Belize City. The top two teams represent UB in Chetumal. These students are second year engineering students and they competed with 3rd and 4th year students at the ITCH.
Misc Belizean Sources
Love FM Christmas Parade
Saturday, December 10 at 1 PM - 6 PM,
Downtown Belize City.
GARIFUNA DANCING QUEENS IN CENTRAL AMERICA!
These spectacular Garifuna dancers from Honduras thrilled Belizean audiences some years ago at the Central American Black Organization (CABO) conference at the Bliss Institute of Performing Arts of Belize's National Institute of Culture & History (NICH) in Belize City.
We here at Belizean Legends recognized deeply the Pan Garifuna Community of Central America of which Belize is a part of. They represent a taste of Africa in Central America.
These Garifuna communities are calling out for help today from assimilation, cultural destruction, and the elimination of their ancestral lands today in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica.
Watina (Calling out)!
BELIZE CITY'S FORMER MAYOR ZENAIDA MOYA DISCUSSES THE ISSUES ON HER OWN TALK SHOW IN BELIZE CITY!
Belizean Legends want to send a big shout out to Belize City's former mayor, Zenaida Moya, who has developed her own talk show on Belizean television in Belize where she will be discussing the social, political, and economical issues confronting the nation state of Belize today.
We champion "Z"'s very ambitious move to step forward as a former mayor of Belize City, and to present her spin on these very crucial events confronting the nation of Belize today.
Mayor Zenaida Moya made an incredible impact in the Los Angeles Belizean Community in 2005 where she was the invited guest of the California State University, Domiguez Hills, History Department, and later as guest of the Consortium for Belizean Development and BREDAA who hosted the former mayor.
World Heritage Site Forum Tuesday December 6th
In December 1996, the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (BBRRS) was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The BBRRS being the largest barrier reef complex in the Northern and Western Hemisphere, also represents the second largest barrier reef system in the world. It provides habitat to a number of endemic and migratory birds and threatened marine species such as the West Indian manatee, the American crocodile and marine turtles. Belizeans in the Tourism and Fisheries Sectors have relied greatly on the reef for their livelihood.
The BBRRS comprises of seven marine protected areas which makes up 12% of the entire reef complex of Belize. The seven sites include: Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve, Blue Hole Natural Monument, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, South Water Caye Marine Reserve, Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve, Laughing Bird Caye National Park and the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve.
In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, you are cordially invited to a World Heritage Site Forum held on December 6, 2016 (Tuesday) in Belize City at the Belize Institute of Performing Arts from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., which will also be broadcast live on Love F.M.
Chilean Government donates $50,000 USD for Hurricane Recovery
SUGAR SEASON OPENS
The 2016-2017 sugar cane crop season gets underway today. About 1.3 million tonnes of sugar cane are expected to be milled into sugar and molasses for international sale in the UK and USA.
BSI's Vice President of International Relations Mac Maclachlan admitted that even with maximum preparation by the factory and farmers, some luck with weather and avoiding pests in the field is needed.
Guest Speaker Minister of Agriculture Godwin Hulse said he was thankful that crop started on time without quarrels. He added that Belize should work toward having sugar growing in all six districts - currently there are four, from Corozal to Cayo.
Corozal Car Show
Photos of the Corozal Car Show sponsored by the North Ryders Car Club held yesterday at Caribbean Village (entrance to Corozal).
Project in Review & Award Ceremony
Wednesday, December 14 at 9:30 AM - 11 AM,
Bliss Center for Performing Arts
Southern Foreshore, Belize City. After two years, partners in the Primary & Secondary Art Skills Training Project (PSAST) invite the public to attend an event that reviews progress and celebrates its particpants on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts.
Writing Tour of Belize City
Friday, December 16 at 4 PM - 5:30 PM,
Bliss Center for Performing Arts, Belize City. On December 16, we will do a tour of Belize City as a generative writing exercise. In this walk, facilitated by André Habet, we will discuss the historical significance of several buildings and locations between Baron Bliss Lighthouse and the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts where You Are The Jewel’s 2-day writing workshop will take place.
During our walk, we will take several pauses to write short responses to writing prompts relevant to the places we’re experiencing. The goal of these prompts will be to help us recognize the rich details located within our city, and the ways we can employ those details in our writing to create a Belize distinct from the paradise it’s often characterized as.
Meeting was held with the Management Committee of the Friends of the Vaca Forest Reserve
The Forest Department, FCD and GEF SGP’s aim is to build the capacity of this Committee for improved utilization of the forest.
Splashers
Join us this week at Crazy Canucks Beach Bar to paint "Moorish Idol"
Poets Corner: Disability Registry
By Abdulmajeed K Nunez.
We need a report from the Special Envoy
For all the trips and perks she has enjoyed
Under the guise of fighting the diversely-abled ploy
This the people of Belize a cannot be denied
Since neither for us and nothing without is the diversely-abled cry
This decadence hurts the I
Belize became 148 signatory
On 9th May 2011 fortunately
To the Convention on the Rights of Person with Disability
Promising protection of those with vulnerability
Yet we have no disability registry
BCVI, BAPDA, and NARCIE
Claim they have theirs individually
Inspiration Center has a personal registry
What will it take to have national registry?
This enables us to serve this community
Persons who are most vulnerable in society
It was Mrs Barrow who attended the signing ceremony
Prior to her Judith’s visit to Hawaii
Workshop with the students of ITVET in Belize City
Belize and Mexico are always finding ways to help each other in common grounds. According to Mexican Ambassador to Belize, Carlos Quesnel, Chef Jose Figueroa from Tijuana, Mexico, will be holding a workshop with the students of ITVET in Belize City this Wednesday Decemember 7th on how to prepare Mexican food, as a part of the Mexican Culinary Week "Ven a Comer". Belize and Mexico sharing common culinary expressions!
2017 Belikin Calendar Cayo Launch
The 2017 Belikin Calendar Launch Party for Cayo will be Saturday, December 10th, at Jalapeno's restaurant. The fun starts at 7:00pm.
Stuck for an original Christmas Gift?
Zack and Kiki's First Big Adventure is now on sale at Reimers stores throughout Belize. Yours for just 9lbs of sunflower seeds ($32). A fabulous gift and a fabulous way to help feed the hungry birds at Belize Bird Rescue!
Living outside of Belize? Order online at all Amazon websites. All profits go to Belize Bird Rescue.
Gender Based Violence (GBV) luncheon/round table in Punta Gorda
Ambassador Carlos Moreno hosted a Gender Based Violence (GBV) luncheon/round table in Punta Gorda as part of the Embassy's 16 Days of Activism Campaign against GBV. The event was a great opportunity to hear about GBV issues in the southern region of Belize and learn what the local government and civil society are doing to address these issues. The Ambassador also highlighted the work that the Embassy is doing to address GBV, such as the CARSI grant, Gender Working Group, 16 Days of Activism Campaign, and other initiatives.
Channel 7
Mentally Challenged Man Viciously Beaten To Death
A mentally challenged 19-year-old man was viciously beaten to death in Teakettle. On Saturday morning, Abner Vasquez was found bludgeoned in the back yard of a house. Everything seemed normal on Friday as villagers said they saw him collecting pint bottles to sell as he usually does. But later that Friday night, while everyone else was at a football tournament in the Arizona area of the village, Vasquez's attackers probably took that opportunity and killed him with uncommon savagery. Courtney Weatherburne has the story:
Courtney Weatherburne reporting:
Abner Vasquez had to have a chilled coca cola with every meal, and his aunt always had it ready for him.
His aunt was expecting him on Thursday evening but Vasquez never showed up, instead he slept at a friend's house.
She didn't find out the terrible news until 7:15 on Saturday morning from her 16 year old daughter.
Sunday Slaying In The City: Skyers Shot
We turn now to Belize City where there were two murders over the weekend: two men were killed in the street. We begin with Sunday afternoon's murder. It happened at around 1:30 when 26 year old Emerson Skyers was at the corner of West Street and Cemetery Road - which isn't far from the notorious Taylor's ally base. A white car pulled up, someone rolled down the window and let off a burst of gunfire. Skyers died on the spot even though - as this video posted on facebook shows - a desperate attempt was made to try and rush him to the hospital. Still, he was announced dead on arrival. Police told us more:
ASP. Alejandro Cowo, OC, CIB:
"Emerson Skyers was walking on Cemetery Road almost at the corner of Cemetery Road and West Street when a vehicle coming from the direction of Cemetery Road towards Albert Street passed him and a person from the vehicle fired several shots at him causing the fatal injuries. Up to now we do not have a motive in regards to the death of Mr. Skyers."
Father of 8, Poet and Tour Guide Killed For No Known Reason
The city's other murder happened early on Saturday morning - on Hyde's Lane - one block away from the city's biggest police station on Queen Street. At about 3:45 AM, Dale Anthony Tillett Sr., known as "Blinds" was coming from buying some street food after a night out with friends. He was walking with two other men: one of them a relative, and the other a friend. That's when death came looking for them on a motorbike. Police told us more, as did his mother Geraldine Tillett:..
ASP. Alejandro Cowo, OC, CIB:
"CIB personnel visited the corner of Hyde's Lane and New Road just 40 to 50 feet from the corner where the motionless body of Dale Anthony Tillet was seen lying face up with apparent gunshot wound to the back of his head. What the police gathered so far was that Dale Anthony Tillet was waking down on Hyde's Lane, corners North Front Street along with two other male persons when two persons on motorcycle came from Hyde's Lane corners North Front Street and as they approached them almost by the corner, one of the male persons on the motorcycle fires several shots at the persons that were walking along with Dale Tillet. As a result, Dale Tillet received the fatal injuries and the other person David Garcia received apparent gunshot wound to the left side of his shoulder."
Throat Slit As He Slept On A Bus Stop Bench
And the weekend's fourth murder happened in the Stann Creek District on Saturday at around midnight. That's when inebriated Santa Rosa resident Gabino Chuc fell asleep on the bench at the San Roman bus stop. That's when a man - likely also drunk attacked his drinking buddy with a machete. Chuc's friend managed to escape with a cut to the eye and elbow. But the drunken machete man, then turned his blade on the sleeping Chuc and slashed his throat. He bled out and died right there at the bus stop. Police are looking for the attacker who is known to them.
"La Zafra" Begins With Optimism, Realism
This morning, the 2016-2017 Sugar Cane Season, known in the north as "La Zafra" opened, and ASR/BSI accepted the first cane deliveries for the new grinding season. As they do every year, the factory owners, the farmers, and the Government made a ceremony of it to mark its importance for the Sugar Industry.
Today's start is on time once again, and that's important because preliminary estimates that there are currently just under 1.4 million tonnes of cane in the fields - which is considered a large crop. Our news team went to Orange Walk to witness the opening of the season, and Daniel Ortiz reports:
Outside of the Tower Hill Factory, all the stakeholders gathered for the annual opening of the Sugar Season. Those within the cane farming community, the millers, the Government, and the regulators were all ready to get started, hoping to make the most of the season as they possibly could.
Sugar Cane, Fair Trade Sanctions, And Hon. Castro
Today's "La Zafra" opening gave us a opportunity to speak with Dr. Carlos Itza. He's the new Chairman of the Sugar Cane Production Committee, which regulates who can deliver how much cane to the factory. On last week Friday's newscast, we showed you our telephone interview with Cabinet Minister Edmond Castro, in which he discussed the allegation that his family's sugar cane dealings may have gotten the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association suspended from Fair Trade.
The BSCFA's members are at risk of losing over a million dollars of financial aid from the UK based organization.
In a recent Fair Trade audit, former BSCFA member Eloy Escalante was flagged for what is referred to as "phantom farming" or "ghost farming". He no longer produces cane, and according to reports, in an interview with Fair Trade Auditors, he admitted that he hasn't been doing so for 3 years. Instead, he entered into a business arrangement with Edmond Castro's son, who is in the sugar cane business. Under the arrangement, Castro's family became the administrators of Escalante's estate, which we are told is a work-around for not being a registered farmer who can deliver cane to the BSI factories.
Finding Phantom Farmers
So, while the Minister believes that Edmond Castro should be given an equal opportunity to deliver his cane, he does agree that there are other "phantom farmers" who need to weeded out of the list of persons allowed to deliver cane to the BSI factory.
In his main address at the today's Ceremony, Hulse told the gathering that there should be a legally mandated census of cane farmers to ensure that those who say they are farmers, actually own cane fields.:
Hon. Godwin Hulse:
"I am looking forward to the census. We have a good agreement in our last meeting that the census will move forward and it will move forward with the participation of everybody. We need to know what cane we have. We need to know who is growing cane. We need to know where its being grown and we need to know who the serious farmers are. There is no ifs, buts and maybe's about that. There is no place. I am not on a bash at all to say there is no place for shopkeepers who posed as cane farmers and who buy quotas and that sort of thing. We need to be serious. We need to know who grown cane, where they grow it, how it is, so we can inspect fields, we can improve yields and that sort of thing. That is the business."
Accounting For Cane Deliveries With Precision
And to help keep the cane farmers honest, the Sugar Cane Production Committee and the Factory Owners have collaborated to set up an accounting system called, SIMIS, or Sugar Industry Management Information System. Apart from accountability, it has a direct benefit to farmers, because they are able to accurately take stock of how much cane they actually have in their fields.
It's a system that the regulators and the Sugar Industry Research and Development Institute worked on in a pilot project last year, and this year, they are rolling it out all the sugar cane farmers. They are hoping that they will willingly participate to allow for accurate data illustrating how much cane was actually under production.
Here's what the coordinator of the SIMIS told us about the program, what it does:
PM In NYC To Talk Superbond
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is in New York on superbond business. He left on Saturday and returns on Wednesday. He is accompanied by Financial Secretary Joe Waight, and Economic Ambassador Mark Espat.
As we've reported, the Government has announced to bondholders that due to what it calls "serious economic and financial challenges currently facing the country," they need to restructure the Superbond again - this is after it was restructured in 2013.
A government press release does not say what the Prime Minister hopes to accomplish with this meeting, but government hopes to re-schedule payments before the next payment becomes due in February, 2017.
Talking Real Development, Human Development
Each year, the UNDP publishes a Human Development Report, which highlights the changes countries see in many different areas such as agriculture, tourism, education and health. The annual reports are meant to emphasize growth and decline trends and guide government officials in policymaking. The 2016 report was launched today, and we spoke with UNDP's Latin American and Caribbean Regional Advisor, Kenroy Roach about the report's importance to the development of the country.
As Roach mentioned, Belize's economy has not done so well this last year, but there is hope. Roach says that the growth in the tourism industry is a good sign, and he also highlights other sectors that need to be focused on in order for Belize to rebound from recession.
Found Guilty Of Firing Gun In BTL Park
In September 2014, Belize City resident Michael McDougal was arrested and charged for keeping a firearm without a gun license, discharging a firearm in public, belonging to a criminal gang and causing public terror. The incident occurred on at BTL park, where police say McDougal fired shots in the air and then threw the .38 pistol underneath a red SUV when they arrived.
McDougal appeared in the Magistrate's Court today where the charge of belonging to a criminal gang was withdrawn, and he was found not guilty of causing public terror. McDougal was however, found guilty of keeping a firearm without a license and discharging the firearm in public. This was after McDougal's attorney, Christelle Wilson, argued that there was no forensic evidence linking her client to the case, and that no attention was brought to the allegation that police beat McDougal during his arrest.
Altreed Williams's Strange, Sudden Death
Altreed Williams was found dead in a drain on Lawrence Avenue in Belize City on Saturday afternoon. He was found outside his car, and half his body was in the drain. Police say it is a sudden death and foul play is not suspected. But, there is some suggestion that his death could have been preceded by a police beating some weeks earlier. Police denied that possibility:
ASP Alejandro Cowo, Officer Commanding CIB:
"On Saturday, sometime after 3pm in the evening, the police found a body by Lawrence Avenue, which was identified as Altreed Williams. The body was viewed and there were no signs of injuries or anything on the body. As far as we know there is no report or anyone made any report to police stating that he was beaten 3 weeks ago by any police, not even a complaint to the PSB office, nor to the uniform section. We understand from the family members that he had been suffering from some kind of seizures and that he had suffered two seizures on that Saturday, one in the morning and one in the evening where they found his body."
"Two Pound A weed Eena Bus Back"
And finally in police news tonight, on Saturday the Dangriga Quick Response Team made a big weed bust at a vehicular checkpoint at the entrance of Dangriga. Between 7:30 and 9:00 that night, police searched a James bus travelling from Belize City to Punta Gorda. The found a black backpack in the back of the bus, hidden in a spare wheel. The backpack contained two pounds of weed. No one in the bus admitted to owning the bag and it was deposited as found property.
Naia Resort And Spa, the Peninsula's Answer to Cruise Tourism?
As we've shown you, the Harvest Caye Cruise Tourism Port is in full effect, which means mass cruise tourism has laid it's very large footprint on the Placencia Peninsula and all of southern Belize. There were those overnight tourism interests on the Peninsula who had mightily resisted it, fearing the effect it would have on their delicate boutique resorts and their carefully cultivated product. But, there's a saying: fight culture with culture, and one of the biggest cruise tourism opponents, is now the boss at one of the newest and most exquisite resorts on the Peninsula. Stewart Krohn, the former Channel 5 founder and owner, has gone from TV reporting to resort running - and this weekend our news team visited his new place, called "Naia" to find out what he's created:...
Courtney Weatherburne reporting:
A bottle shaped speaker blasting Marley's Zion Train by the glistening sea.
And a couple of coconut cutters, this might seem like the perfect Caribbean getaway in, let's say, the Bahamas.
The Northern Quarantine Spot
The Ministry of Agriculture and BAHA are cracking down on their quarantine regulations. In order to ensure that all produce being exported from Belize to Mexico is disease and bug free, the Ministry unveiled a new quarantine treatment facility at Santa Elena, Corozal. Minister of Agriculture, Godwin Hulse spoke about the importance of the facility, and had some choice words for those who try to avoid the proper quarantine procedures...
A similar counterpart facility was built in Mexico to make sure Belize is kept just as safe.
It's The End Of The world As We Know It (And They Feel Fine!)
200 runners traveled to the Placencia Peninsula this weekend for the 5th Annual End of the World Marathon. There are 2 categories: the full marathon which is 26.2 miles and the half which is 13 miles. And like most events such as these, it's not only about getting in your high impact workout nor is it only about winning, it is also about giving back to the Placencia school kids through scholarships. We were in Placencia this weekend and found out more from the Marathon Director, Chip Lovett. We also spoke to the 1st place winners about their journey along the scenic Peninsula.
Chip Lovett, Marathon Director:
"The idea was to come up with a fundraiser for the peninsula and I am a marathoner , I have run marathons for years ,and when I first came down here 6 years ago ,I looked at the course from the air and I said this is the perfect course for a marathon and a half marathon , 15 mile peninsula, completely flat , beautiful scenery and it also seemed like an event that would bring all of the communities of the peninsula together."
Channel 5
4 Murders on the Weekend; Dale Tillett Ambushed Near Downtown
A Belize City man was murdered in the wee hours of Friday morning, giving way to the start of a bloody weekend in which police tonight have four murders to [...]
Another Youth Apprentice Killed
The murder count continues to climb. In the City, Tillett’s execution was followed with the broad daylight murder of twenty-six year old Emmerson Skyers of Taylors Alley. Skyers was shot [...]
What Happened to Altreed Williams?
There was a third death in the Old Capital. On Saturday afternoon, Eastern Division South Police were called out to Lawrence Avenue where the body of a Belize City man [...]
Why Was Abner Vasquez Killed in Teakettle?
The family of a nineteen-year-old is preparing to bury him this Wednesday in Teakettle Village, in the west. Abner Vasquez, who is a known handyman around his village, was killed [...]
Murder at the Bus Stop in San Roman, Stann Creek
The fourth murder in the span of forty-eight hours occurred in San Roman Village in the south. Thirty-year-old Gabino Choc was with a friend at a bus stop in the [...]
B.D.F. Commander Jones’ Price Barracks Home Ransacked for $30,000
Mum’s the word in Ladyville where a burglary at the residence of B.D.F. Commander David Jones has allegedly netted thieves a whopping thirty thousand dollars in cash. It hasn’t been [...]
Death by Traffic Accident in San Ignacio
San Ignacio Police were called out to the scene of an accident between miles fifty-six and fifty-seven on the George Price Highway on Sunday night. One man was killed after [...]
Eamon Asks Godwin to Reverse Net Vasquez Integrity Commission Appointment
Arguing that the Senate was misled into approving the appointment and “a legal nullity”, lead Senator for the People’s United Party, Eamon Courtenay, has written Leader of Government Business in [...]
Sugar Crop Begins; Industry Stakeholders on Same Page
Today, the 2016-2017 sugar crop in Corozal and Orange Walk began. More than one point three million tonnes of sugar cane are expected to be delivered for processing to the [...]
Why Castro-Escalante Deal Will Be Tough to Reverse According to SCPC
The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association continues to reel from news received last week that it would be suspended for the third time by Fairtrade managers FLOCERT. Publicly, the Association [...]
Godwin Wants Fellow Minister Castro to “Raise Cane”
Minister Edmond Castro claims to have as much as two thousand acres of sugar cane under production in and around his native Maskall. But the Sugar Act mandates for now [...]
Can Government Persuade Bondholders for Superbond 3.0?
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is tonight in New York City where discussions are taking place on the restructuring of what is known as the Belize Superbond 3.0, by all accounts [...]
Caribbean Human Development Report Launched
The BOOST Program through which needy families receive a conditional cash transfer from government has been cited as a success in the region. This is according to the Caribbean Human [...]
Action on Special Agreement Not “Appeasing” Guatemala, Says Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington has been soundly criticized by many, including the Opposition, for the handling of the Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute. A recent motion by the Government of Belize to [...]
Caleb Orozco Scoops Activist Award After Section 53 Victory
Gay rights activist Caleb Orozco is the 2016 winner of the David Kato Vision and Voice Award. The achievement acknowledges the continued efforts of the UNIBAM founder in highlighting the [...]
Sports Monday Has Weekend Sporting Highlights
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. {Feature on the weekend sporting highlights…}
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