August 1st Belize will be celebrating African Emancipation Day. Over the past decades, many Belizeans were pressing the government to declare this day a national holiday and finally it has happened. The reason for this holiday is to observe when slavery was abolished in Belize on August 1st 1838. To honor this day, there will…
Another landmark has been established here in Punta Gorda Town for the late great musical icon, Queen of Bruk Down, Leela Vernon at #6 Front Street. The Leela Vernon Memorial Museum and Kriol Kulcha House and Botanical Garden is now open for viewing. As part of paying respects to one of her signature lines, “PG…
The efforts by the Ministry of Health Toledo continue with ongoing mobile rapid testing and vaccination. As reported previously, the village of Santa Elena was the recent hot spot for COVID-19 cases and ongoing measures are in place to try and contain the spread. According to the recent COVID-19 info graph for July 27 and…
COVID-19 cases continue to rise around the world and Belize is no exception. To address in the countrywide increase of cases, the government had amended the curfew restrictions to now being 10pm to 4am each day of the week for the next two weeks. Here in Toledo the hot spot for COVID-19 cases is the…
