Over the past couple of days garbage and sea weed have washed up on the shores of Punta Gorda Town. Since this happened the town council has done nothing to clean up the seashore, so the NGOs decided to do the job for the town council. This past Saturday January 24, 2018 OCEANA along with…
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…
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…
Ya’Axché’s Community Liaison Manager, Julio Chub received the 2019 Conservation Hero Award. He is one of only 18 awarded recipients of the 2019 Disney Conservation Hero Award who has committed the past 2 decades of his life to conservation and community empowerment in the Maya Golden Landscape in southern Belize. His incredible work of bridging…
Yesterday, many bar owners within the Punta Gorda region attended a Copalli Rum Forum held at Copal Tree Lodge and Distillery. The forum informed local bar owners about Copalli’s story as well as its characteristics as a rum. Bar owners who attended the Copalli Rum Forum received first preference in introducing Copalli rum to the…
It has been seven weeks now, since the Mayor of Punta Gorda Town announce in a public meeting that work at the Ex-servicemen Bridge will commence. PGTV has been making checks on the bridge; however up to date, no work has been happening. The bridge is in dire need of repair and is a danger…
Last week the Belize Territorial Volunteers BTV, was on patrol between the Port Honduras Marine Reserve and the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve when they came upon a gillnet that was set illegally. The BTV members, wasted no time in pulling up the gillnet which had a bunch of prohibited species in it. Those included Coral…
Sunday was a day of rest for most people but the villagers of Cattle Landing led by their young and older village councilors turned out to give their community center a face lift in time for the Christmas holidays. This is one of the most active village councils in the district and the result is…
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…
For several weeks now there have been numerous cases where our babies have been abused. During these past weeks each district has been uniting to protest for a change. Community members of all backgrounds, especially the youth, have been expressing concern, which is evident on the various social media platforms. On Thursday March 15th, 2018,…