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Jun 1, 2021 Never to be Forgotten: “The Flowers Bank Fourteen” Today, there was a wreath laying ceremony in Flowers Bank to mark the anniversary of the historic 1797 Public Meeting and the Flowers Bank Fourteen.  According to the Institute for Social and Cultural Research, the annual festival to celebrate the event could not be held this year. Instead, the wreath celebrates a pivotal moment in Belize’s history where the decision was made to stay and defend Belize.  After word was received that Spanish forces would be coming from the Yucatan, the settlers in Belize voted on at...

Capital Cities Of Central America The 7 countries of Central America with their capital cities shown on the map. Belmopan, the capital of Belize, has the smallest population of all the Central American capitals, but is also the newest capital in the region. Guatemala City is the largest city in Central America. Panama City, the capital of Panama, is home to the Panama Canal. Central America is a region in the Americas consiting of seven countries. These are Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. The region of Central America stretches from the North Amer...

Residents of the Belize River Valley are complaining that over the past few weeks, a number of illegal logging operations have been taking place in the area without proper supervision from the forestry department. A caller on Wave Radio’s ‘Fus Ting Dah Mawning’ pointed out to the hosts that a number of trucks have been hauling lumber out of the area. The caller stated that the operations are being conducted by Mennonites who are often moving into private lands and extracting lumber which is often undersized. She noted that the logs being taken out are not marked by the Forestry Departme...

The family and friends of 33-year-old Herwin Godoy now have closure after his body was retrieved from the Belize River in its course near Grace Bank. The employee of Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital lost his life after going under and never resurfacing on Sunday, April 18. He and other persons went to the river bank for some recreational time and according to his brother, Andre Godoy, he saw when Herwn finally entered the water. Unfortunately, Herwin had some difficulties making his way across the river and decided to turn around and head back to the river bank. It is during this time that the ...

Apr 19, 2021 Herwin Godoy Sr. An employee of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital lost his life on Sunday afternoon while swimming in the Belize River in Grace Bank. Despite frantic efforts to save him, he was pulled away by the undercurrent. Today the search continued for his body. News Five’s Duane Moody reports.   Duane Moody, Reporting From as early as five a.m. today, family, friends and residents from the community lined the banks of the Belize River, others joined personnel from the Belize Coast Guard as searches occur to recover the body of thirty-three-year-old Herwin Godoy...