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The Fashion at Wedding Spectacular Featuring Rebecca Stirm

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From iriediva.com - February 22, 2013 1:02 PM

Best of luck to Rebecca Stirm and Chantae Guy, who are representing Belize in Jamaica at the Wyndham Wedding Spectacular this weekend.

 

"So I noticed that Rebecca Stirm will be one of the designers showing at Wedding Spectacular this weekend and I remember that name causing quite a buzz from the last season of Mission Catwalk, so I decided to click on over to her facebook page to get familiar.  I immediately liked what I saw! ... She seems very talented at draping, a skill that’s hard to get right.  I love this burgundy dress and the styling with the teal and I love the braiding on the green dress!  Couldn’t you see yourself in that for something formal?  How about your bridesmaids?"

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UB Opportunities Fair Pictures

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From www.facebook.com - February 21, 2013 6:40 PM

The University of Belize had a great turnout for their Opportunities Fair.

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Bol's Museum Cave

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From www.facebook.com - February 21, 2013 12:14 PM

Here's a new video showing off Bol's Museum Cave, which is on Mountain Pine Ridge road.  Fidencio Bol leads tours himself, and after a nature hike, he takes you into the cave, and explains the various exhibits of pottery, jewelry, tools and even some bones and skulls left by the Mayans of old.  It's not a massive cave, but smaller, with emphsis on the artifacts, and Mr. Bol takes great care of it.

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Jazz and More at the GPC

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From myemail.constantcontact.com - February 20, 2013 6:38 PM

The George Price Centre is launching their Jazz and More exhibit tomorrow.  Entrance is free.  It'll be on display until March 8th.  This exhibition, which includes 23 works of art, facilitates communication and mutual understanding between Belizean and Mexican artists, especially those who live and work in the South of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. 

 

"The Embassy of Mexico in Belize presents  'Jazz and More...'  An exhibition by Enrique Hernandez    Jazz and More  Opening Night: Thursday, FEBRUARY 21 at 7.00 p.m.  Exhibition on display at the Centre until March 8"

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UB Opportunities Fair

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From www.facebook.com - February 20, 2013 11:29 AM

The University of Belize is having their Opportunities Fair today at the Belmopan Campus.  They'll have representatives from businesses all over Belize there giving presentations.  Some of the embassies will be there also.  If you're interested in studying abroad, or looking for a job, go check it out.

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Belize and El Salvador Trade Negotiations

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From www.facebook.com - February 19, 2013 5:58 PM

The San Ignacio Resort Hotel is the setting for Beltraide's first round of trade negotiations between Belize and El Slavador.  Looks like it's going to be productive.

 

"First Round of Trade Negotiations - Belize & El Salvador, San Ignacio Hotel, Cayo Belize. 18-21 Feb., 2013"

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8 Most Incredible Caves in Belize

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From www.chaacreek.com - February 15, 2013 2:35 PM

Sure, they are all in Cayo, but this is where the best caves are.  Actun Tunichil Muknal, Barton Creek, Caves Branch, Chechem Ha, and many more.  Chaa Creek got a great picture of the Rio Frio Cave.

 

"Millions of years ago, the majority of the landmass of Belize was covered by an extensive and shallow tropical sea. Limestone, a rock formed of calcium carbonate was one of the major rock types deposited in the sea. This limestone can be origin either from biological materials like dead corals and mollusks, or in some cases the limestone can be precipitated directly from the seawater...


As the rainwater fell through the atmosphere, it would react with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. After the rain fell into the soil on the crest of the Maya Mountain, the water would absorb additional carbon dioxide from decaying plant material. The rainwater turns into a weak acid, which then reacts with the limestone rock eroding away creating caves."



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BHS Valentine's Fundraiser

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From www.facebook.com - February 19, 2013 12:50 PM

The Belmopan Humane Society had their annual Valentine's fundraiser.

 

"A fun way to raise much need funds for the fur babies."

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Mr. and Ms. Succotz Festival 2013

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From www.facebook.com - February 18, 2013 5:40 PM

The Succotz Festival Drum Corp had their Mr. & Ms. Succotz Festival pageant Saturday.  Congratulations to all participants!

 

"OFFICIAL PAGEANT RESULTS:

MR & MS Succotz Festival: Alex Orellana And Daniellie Guiterrez
MR AND MS CONGENIALITY: Farid Guillen And Daniellie Guiterrez
MR AND MS DEPORTE: Farid Guillen And Betty Chaman
MR AND MS PHOTOGENIC: Farid Guillen And Rianne Gutierrez

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CONTESTANTS!
FINALIST AND WINNERS!"

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Red Carpet Affair Fun

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From www.facebook.com - February 18, 2013 3:36 PM

Some early pictures from Rotaract's Red Carpet Affair on Saturday.

 

"Joint fundraiser between Rotaract San Ignacio & Rotaract Belmopan.

Our sponsors included Meluchi's, The Dollhouse l Emmanuelle's Skincare & Beauty, Hode's Place, Vanessa Awe Makeup Artistry, Mr. Greedy's Pizzeria, Nine Belize Ecocultural Tours, Rolson Cocina, DigiCell, Print Belize Limited, Costless Mart Wine House, Recino's Imports Ltd, Benque Resort & Spa.


Proceeds will be used by Rotaract San Ignacio for the provision of gift baskets to deserving families & a river clean-up campaign. Rotaract Belmopan will utilize the funds towards their initiative called 'Project Cure' (rehabilitation of a ward at the Western Regional Hospital)."

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A Spotted History of Belize

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From www.independent.co.uk - February 18, 2013 1:41 AM

Great article about looking for jaguars in the MPR area with Roni Martinez.  

 

"Roni Martinez is conservation officer at Blancaneaux Lodge, a gracious bit of tourism infrastructure in a particularly peculiar part of Belize.  Take those pines, for example.  Much of this country is clad in broad-leaf rainforest, damp and exotic, full of orchids and bromeliads, strangler figs, vines and creepers.  Huge palms stretch upwards.  Ferns shoot sail-like fronds up to the canopy.  Below all the dripping vegetation lies soft limestone, riddled with caves and cenotes, once thought by the ancient Mayans to be the gateways to the underworld.  However, the area around Blancaneaux, known as Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, is a geological oddity.  It's a huge granite massif, which means acid soil: no good for rainforests, but perfect for the Honduras pine, with its long, elegant needles.  There's still plenty of moisture around, but the hard bedrock sees the rains flow straight off the land into rivers: the Macal, Rio Frio, Rio On and Privassion Creek, which flows past Blancaneaux in cascades of swirling brown."

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Night of Expressive Talents

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From www.facebook.com - February 17, 2013 11:07 PM

It was a spectacular turn out for the night of music, poetry, and artistic expression at the Soul Project Friday night.  Lyric Nation, from Belmopan, recited some deep poetry.  There were many singers and guitarists throughout the night on the stage.  Emmanuel Mangar, Catherine Garnett, Peter Enriquez, the Blue Grass Dudes, and many more.  Thank you, Soul Project, for doing it right, and bringing culture, art, and great music to Cayo.

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Expressive Talent Pictures

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From www.facebook.com - February 16, 2013 7:43 PM

It was an amazing night of music, poetry, and artistic expression at the Soul Project last night.  Lyric Nation, from Belmopan, recited some deep poetry.  There were many singers and guitarists throughout the night on the stage.  Emmanuel Mangar, Catherine Garnett, Peter Enriquez, the Blue Grass Dudes, and many more.  The Soul Project is really doing it right, bringing culture, art, and great music to Cayo.

 

Currently, the exhibit on display is the Soul Revolution exhibit, but the Soul Project will be closed until Tuesday to edit all the great video that was captured last night.

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Strings of Love in Benque

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From www.facebook.com - February 21, 2013 10:49 PM

Tomorrow night, the Benque House of Culture is having their Strings of Love concert, where Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy will be playing violin.  The Cayo Music School will be there as well.  Guaranteed to be a great night of music.

 

"Learn about the Artists
Trina Basu is a violinist, teacher and music therapist based in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Miami, Fl and trained in western classical music, Trina began to pursue improvisational styles of music in college, with Indian classical sitarist, Nalini Vinayak & jazz trumpeter, Longineu Parsons. Trina was awarded an Artist Fellowship from the Indo-Shastri Canadian Institute to study Carnatic Classical music with esteemed violinists.

Arun Ramamurthy is an exciting violinist who is making his mark in Indian Classical and World music. Disciple of Dr. Mysore Manjunath & Sri Mysore Nagaraj, he has become one of the most sought after violinists in the US. Arun has been accompanying major artists touring from India, as well as performing solo concerts, for the past 17 years."

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Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy at MCHS

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From www.facebook.com - February 21, 2013 1:41 PM

The Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy violin duo are in Belize.  They had an educational performance for the students of Mount Carmel High School.  Check out the superb video with one of the songs they performed.  Well done!

 

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10151257170307303

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Job Vacancy in Belize

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From www.facebook.com - February 20, 2013 11:02 PM

There is a good reference to find out about job vacancies around Cayo and Belize.  Can't vouch for their website, but the page, other than being on fb, looks legitimate, and seems to be on the up and up, and even though you can't post yourself, you can send them an email with the digital flier, and they'll post it.  info@freelancebelize.com

 

"...dedicated to helping people in Belize find the latest available jobs in the country.  Feel free to send us a message with available jobs or send us your resume so we can help secure one for you!"

 

https://www.facebook.com/VacancyBelize

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Belize Audubon Society's 2013 Conservation Award

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From www.facebook.com - February 20, 2013 5:04 PM

The Belize Audubon Society presented the 2013 James A. Waight Conservation Award to Wildtracks.  Congratulations, Wildtracks!  The BAS has 4 managed protected areas in Cayo, ATM, Tapir Mountain Reserve, Guanacaste National Park, and the Blue Hole National Park.  Wildtracks, which is fundamental in Belize's wildlife conservation and rehabilitation efforts had this to say:


"We are feeling very honoured, and also humbled, by the outpouring of congratulations yesterday evening for Wildtracks, which has been awarded the James Waight Award for Conservation for 2013 - the most prestigious conservation award in Belize.  Whilst lost for words when accepting the prize, I feel I missed the opportunity to acknowledge all those who make what we do possible - all those community-based conservation organizations we work with, manned by people who inspire us in the words they say and things they do.  All those volunteers, both Belizean and international, who give up their time and provide their enthusiasm to keep Wildtracks activities, the NGO partners we've watched grow from strength to strength.  Those who help us when help is needed - whether it is transporting bananas, manatees or monkeys, providing veterinarian assistance or fixing broken water pumps.  Those children who have touched our hearts and shown that there is hope in the future generation.  Those people in Government, particularly the Forest and Fisheries Departments, who, despite the national economic problems affecting their work, bend over backwards to provide assistance when needed.  And to Belize, as a nation, for accepting us and providing an environment in which we can use the skills we have developed to work with others, in collaboration and partnership, towards the balance the country needs between conservation and development."

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Expressive Talent Night Pictures

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From www.facebook.com - February 19, 2013 8:33 PM

One more batch of pictures from the Night of Expressive Talents at the Soul Project.  There are lots of pictures from the lyricism part, and Lyric Nation too.  Can't wait for the next event at Cayo's Soul Project.

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Rebecca Stirm Heading to Jamaica

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From www.facebook.com - February 19, 2013 4:29 PM

Rebecca Stirm and Chantae Guy are representing Belize in Jamaica this weekend.  If it was judged, they'd surely win.  Show 'em what you've got!

 

"Thanks to Belize Bank, Rebecca Stirm will be heading to Kingston Jamaica, along with Belizean headline model Chantae Guy [Miss Belize World 2012], to show her "Pfuma Ye Nyika" collection on the runway this weekend at the Wyndham Wedding Spectacular!"

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SHC's Auditorium in a Box

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From www.facebook.com - February 19, 2013 2:07 PM

Sacred Heart College's auditorium arrived...in boxes, big boxes.  It's going to be huge, and they needed some huge machinery to deliver it.  More pictures coming soon.

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Police Minister Awards Cayo District

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From www.facebook.com - February 18, 2013 11:25 PM

Great news for Cayo, with the crime rate down over 40%.

 

"Police Minister Awards Cayo District Zone and San Ignacio Formation For Best Performance in Crime Reduction in January of 2013.  On February 13, 2013, Minister of National Security Hon. John Saldivar presented awards to officers commanding the Cayo District Zone and the San Ignacio Formation for their performance during the month of January in reducing crime within their jurisdiction.  Crime Statistics for the month of January, 2013, show an overall reduction in crimes committed countrywide, the largest reduction being in the Cayo District Zone where crimes went down by 41.51 percent.  Within that zone, the San Ignacio Formation recorded the largest reduction during that month."

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Galen Wins ATLIB Basketball Championship

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From www.facebook.com - February 18, 2013 4:44 PM

Congratulations to the Galen Eagles for winning the 2013 ATLIB Basketball Championship that was held in San Pedro over the weekend.

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Jesse the K-9 Helps Customs

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From edition.channel5belize.com - February 18, 2013 10:38 AM

The Belize K-9 team are really making an impact around the country, and in Cayo.  'Jesse' works with Customs, and found some ammunition in Benque.    Great work, Jesse!  

 

"Law enforcement officers along with the Customs Department participated in a four-month intense training program last June to strengthen anti-drug efforts.  The program included the training of dogs for the K-9 unit of the Ministry of National Security.  Over the weekend, “Jesse”, a black Labrador attached to the Customs Department, showed just how much that training paid off."

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Rotary Finishes Bathrooms at Eden and St. Andrews

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From www.facebook.com - February 18, 2013 12:03 AM

Feelgood news of the day.  Thanks, Rotary, for doing so much for the Cayo community!

"On the last two weekends members of the Rotary Club of San Ignacio as well as teachers, parents and other volonteers painted the two brand new bathroom facilities at Eden SDA Primary School and St. Andrews Anglican School that are about to be finished very soon.  These modern toilet blocks will serve approximately 900 students and were built with the generous funding of Canadian Rotarians, the Rotary Foundation and with local contributions.  The projects have a total volume of almost 110.000 BZ$ and are managed by the Rotary Club of San Ignacio.  The two structures are numbers 6 and 7 in a row of bathrooms that were built for Cayo schools during the last years."

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Destination Belize Magazine 2013

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From 7newsbelize.com - February 16, 2013 4:36 AM

The BTIA launched the 17th edition of their Destination Belize Magazine.  It's online too.  Cayo starts on page 104.  http://www.destinationbelize.com/issue_2013/

 

 

"The Belize Tourism Industry Association today launched the 2013 edition of the Destination Belize Magazine.  As the official visitor magazine for the past 16 years, Destination Belize Magazine is a big deal in tourism circles because it's a major part of how potential visitors find out about Belize."

 

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