2022

The National September Celebrations kicked off on the first week of the month around the country. Many citizens are out and enjoying this September celebrations. On Friday leading up to September 10th, the Punta Gorda Town Council has some activities that will take place. The activities include a fire engine parade starting at 7 p.m.,…

The Punta Gorda Town Welcome Center was built with a loan from Inter-American Development Bank via a Sustainable Tourism Project. It has been in existence for less than two years now but already it has a name change. Last Thursday in a rare public appearance by the Area Rep Hon Mike Espat, the center was…

Earlier Monday morning a group of citizens decided that enough is enough. They decided to protest the bad street conditions in Punta Gorda Town. Everyone would agree that PG has the worse streets in the country and on top of that, the Minister of Infrastructure said that he had allocated funds to repair Punta Gorda…

Since the pandemic, many people have turned to farming and one such group is the Trio Cacao Growers. Trio is a village about 40 miles north of Punta Gorda Town and over the past few years Ya’axche Conservation Group have worked closely with them to organize and get their farming practices underway. Last Saturday they…

Last week in the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve a joint operation between Fisheries and Belize Coast Guard resulted in the seizure of two Honduranian vessels and five Honduranians. They were brought to Punta Gorda Town where they faced charges for illegal fishing and illegal entry and operating a boat without a license in Belizean waters.

Plenty International has successfully concluded its summer camp on Friday at the Jungle View Lodge. It was the first of its kind summer camp where twelve participants were given hands-on experience working with solar panels. In the end, these youths were presented with a certificate. Thanks to Miriam Choc, the Chairlady for Belize Power Connect…

A few months ago, we told you about the hundreds of thousands of dollars the government spent in upgrading the Barranco road.  Well, it’s been only a few months but the road is now back to what it used to be before the hundreds of thousands were spent.  The problem is that the money was…

On Monday, Painting with a purpose summer camp that was organized by Peini Treasure Troves Learning Center in collaboration with the National Committee for Family and Children NCFC, kicked off in Big Falls Village.  The summer camp continues on Tuesday at the Toledo Community College Auditorium where fifty-five children from ages 5-18 were engaged in…

Some of you will remember the uproar a couple months or so ago when Eworth Garbutt operating out of Placencia, organized a citizens group to save the Silk cayes. Well, this caused a stir as it makes the government look like they were not doing anything to save one of the most important marine reserves…