Yesterday, May 29th, the James Arthur Albert Foundation made another historic move by inaugurating a state-of-the-art, three-story tourism building at Toledo Community College. The building is fully equipped to facilitate training for students interested in pursuing careers in the tourism industry. This tourism building represents another achievement of the Foundation’s mission and vision to provide…
Punta Gorda born and bred son of the soil Daril Avila was awarded a scholarship to study in the country of Canada. His scholarship came about because of his skills in Volleyball. While in Canada Daril will be studying at Concordia University of Edmonton where he will be pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science….
Barranco is the last village on the southern coast of Belize. Maps will show that Barranco village stretches from the Moho to the Sarstoon River, so most of the natural resources on the coast falls within Barranco. As the dry season draws near, loggers have their eyes on that precious timber resource standing in the…
Every year the official launch of the September celebrations take place in a different town. This year Punta Gorda Town is the venue. Earlier today a rehearsal session was held in preparation for the National Launch of the September Celebration to be held this Saturday August 31st. This session was conducted at the Victor Sanchez…
Earlier this week we told you about teachers from California doing teacher training in the villages of Conejo and Crique Sarco yesterday the teachers brought the training to Punta Gorda town where they did some training with school kids and also handed out thousands of books to teachers from around the district.
Last week Thursday, Punta Gorda Town was buzzing with rumors that two councilors from the newly elected Town Council under the leadership of Mayor Ashton Mckenzie had resigned. Everyone was curious to find out which two had resigned and by early Friday it was revealed that Deputy Mayor Franklin “Kranka” Polonio and Councilor Kevin Chuc had…
The University of Belize Toledo campus, held its annual opportunity wellness open day fair, last Friday, March 22nd at the UB Toledo Campus. Presentations and displays were done by various faculties, government departments, NGO’s and private sectors.
PG is sad tonight for the loss of a favorite mother of the town, Mrs. Melonie Parham who passed away earlier this week. She was known by many for her tasty tamales, Dahl Roti, Meat pies and Cohune Cabbage among other East Indian foods. To many she was a kind generous and humble woman. She…
Last week a street was fixed that not because of the traffic it attracted but because it belonged to UDP business man Dwayne Wagner. This week many citizens called our newsroom complaining about a stairway that was built on the sidewalk of a major street, people are complaining that if it was an ordinary citizen…
On the 30th of April 1859 was when the border treaty was signed between Britain and Spain that established Belize’s Border.