On Friday, 20th April 2018, an inaugural meeting was held to launch the Youth Empowerment Toledo (YET) committee. The group was organized by the Councillor responsible for Youth, Elderly, Public Utilities and the Environment Portfolio: Mr. Kevin Choc as well as Mayor Ashton Mckenzie. Committee members include the Department of Youth Services, UB Student Government, the…
Marie Montenegro Farag is a kind and generous woman that is doing everything in her power to give back to her community. Some of you may even remember her from our last news segment “Children’s first Belize.” Mrs Farag will be graduating on May 19 with a master’s degree in public health. She plans on pursuing her Doctorate degree in…
Almost everyone knows the old town building as Rice Mill because more than twenty years ago, that building was used to store rice before it was shipped out by boat to Belize City. This came to an end when road access became more convenient. For many years after, the building was used by the Toledo Cacao growers association but over the…
Spelling Bee is a Nationwide Competition; where participants are asked to spell and recognize various words. The National Spelling Bee competition was held on April 19, 2018 at the Father Ring Parish hall, where several schools from the Toledo District competed. PGTV would like to congratulate Toledo Christian Academy for taking away first and second place and Jalacte RC School for…
On Sunday April 22, 2018, Abib Palma along with several missionaries left Punta Gorda Town to go up the Sarstoon River and make a right to Graham Creek. Mr Palma along with his team went to build a well for the villagers who have suffered from a lack of water over the years. They were stopped by the Guatemalan…
On Saturday April 14th participants from various institutions, organizations and some residents from Punta Gorda Town gathered at the PG Central Park for the Special Olympics Fun Run which kicked off a little after 6AM. The objective of the fun run was to fund-raise and bring awareness to the public about children with disabilities. Check PGTV Vimeo out for more details.
Yesterday Belizean’s from all over the world were glued to their Face Book pages and other social media outlets monitoring the referendum in Guatemala which asked the Guatemalans if they would like to take Guatemala’s unfounded claim to Belize to the International Court of Justice for a final settlement. The turnout at the polls in Guatemala…
During the dry season PGTV office is usually flooded with calls pertaining to illegal logging taking place in the Toledo District. Yesterday we received several calls of illegal logging taking place in the Boom Creek area; PGTV went to the scene and saw several loggers going in and out of the area. PGTV is trying…
PGTV office received many calls from residents voicing their outrage at the firing of ten people from the Punta Gorda Town Council. Callers are saying once again the PG people have been fooled. Less than a month after the swearing in of the UDP council, the jobs of ten employees, who have work at the…
For over two decades, Dos Amigos Dental and Medical Missions have traveled to the remote areas of Belize to offer compassionate care and vital medicines. Dental and medical care is often not continually available in the villages. They are volunteers committed to providing treatment, medications and encouragement to the wonderful people of Belize. The mission…
