The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992, by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. It aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect…
Over the last couple of months, the state of organized basketball here in Punta Gorda Town has been nonexistent to say the least. There was nothing in place to help propel the sport forward and any attempts to rectify that issue was only met with adversity. In fact, the last basketball events outside of the…
For weeks now we have been telling you about the ministry of Foreign Affairs and the referendum committee going around having education campaign about the ICJ. Many people commented that the discussions were one sided, so the University of Belize and the social sector senators teamed up to do an education campaign as well. This…
PGTV received many calls from disgruntled residents complaining about their garbage not being picked for some time now. We went around town to investigate and saw many bins overflowing with garbage. We understand both the $65,000:00 garbage trucks are down at the moment. We will keep following this story.
The Republic of China (Taiwan) (VO) is one of Belize’s staunch allies that continues to contribute to Belize’s development. In this regard, His Excellency Remus Li-Kuo Chen, Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan), presented a bilateral cooperation grant of eight million dollars to the Prime Minister of Belize, Dean Barrow for the purpose to…
CAFA Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization, based in Houston, TX providing opportunities for secondary and tertiary education to the youth of Punta Gorda, Belize. CAFA Foundation was founded in 2002 by the Arzu siblings as a way of honoring their parents Charles and Frances Arzu who were advocates of higher education. The Foundation’s name is…
Friday, August 31st, 2018 marked the last day of employment for Toledo’s NEMO coördinator Kenton Parham who is one of the candidates running for Standard Bearer of Toledo East in the upcoming UDP Convention. His political aspirations have led to his resignation from his government job. But why? Well to put it simply, it’s the law. The…
Name: Robert Jacobs Age: 16 Height: 5’8″ He was last seen on Friday at 10 am wearing a black T-Shirt and Long Trousers with tennis shoes
The torrential rains brought raising water and every low lying area in the Toledo District was subjected to flooding. From around 11:00 PM on ( Saturday, August 26th) the water had already risen to knee height in certain areas of Punta Gorda Town and the homes of many residents had an uninvited guest. This Morning…
Since 1993 every BDF soldier who has served at the Cadenas Observation Post, located along the southern border of Belize has dealt with the grueling ordeal of going up and down the mountain where the observation post sits Yesterday, the Minister of National Security, the Hon. John Saldivar along with UDP standard bear candidate and…
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