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June 5, 2023

Flowers Bank Festival 2023 marks definitive moment in Belize’s history

The festival was held in collaboration with the National Kriol Council (NKC) and the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH).
May 25, 2023

Tensions simmer in South as communal land rights issue returns to center stage

This week, Minister for Indigenous People’s Affairs Dolores Balderamos-Garcia reiterated that a “modus vivendi” must be reached between the rights of the Maya and those of [...]
May 24, 2023

Belizean centenarian celebrates milestone occasion with family gala in New York

Her birthday is on April 25, however, the gala was held on April 29, 2023 in Queens, New York. Her family from Belize, Chicago and Los [...]
May 21, 2023

First Songwriter Festival brings art of country music to fans outside Nashville

The inaugural Belize Songwriter Festival began in a beachside setting at the Inn at Jaguar Reef Lodge resort south of Hopkins, Stann Creek District.
May 20, 2023

Chocolate Festival of Belize continues today Saturday at Santa Cruz, Toledo with the Cacao & Culture event

The organizers say the Cacao and Culture is “a truly remarkable village event offering tour experiences with attractive prices, access to Rio Blanco waterfalls, Uxbenka archaeological [...]
May 18, 2023

The ‘one and only’ Crooked Tree Cashew Festival: insular village celebrates pride and cash cow

Official ceremonies featured CEO in the Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations Nicole Solano, standing in for Minister Anthony Mahler and former Governor-General Sir Colville Young [...]
May 18, 2023

Hopkins goes “country” with first Belize Songwriter Festival

But that’s because Hopkins is hosting 11 top country songwriters for the inaugural Belize Songwriter Festival at the Lodge at Jaguar Reef Resort and its associate [...]
May 12, 2023

“Proud a mi kulcha:” Gloria Arnold, alias Bella Carib, dies at 68

Though she is perhaps best known in Belize for a string of musical hits including “Baldhead Man,” “Proud a Mi Kulcha,” “Coming Home Belize” and “Rice [...]