Friends for Conservation and Development Newsletter
We are pleased to share the most recent FCD Newsletter with you. FCD-Newsletter-Issue-26
Notice from Immigration and Nationality Department
Dear Belizeans, It is with deep regret that we must inform you of a disruption to the system of printing of Belizean passports. The Immigration and Nationality Department is in the process of upgrading the passport issuance system but is experiencing technical difficulties is temporarily unable to produce any new passports. As such, the Immigration [...]
OAS Scholarship Opportunity
The OAS Department of Human Development, Education and Employment and the Instituto de Ecología-INECOL-in Mexico herein offer the online course: “DIPLOMADO INTERNACIONAL EN LÍNEA SOBRE RESTAURACIÓN DE ECOSISTEMAS Y SERVICIOS AMBIENTALES”. The deadline for receiving the hardcopy of your online application at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NEMO Building, Belmopan has been established at February [...]
Government of Belize Responds to Guatemalan Fisheries Regulations
PRESS RELEASE Government of Belize Responds to Guatemalan Fisheries Regulations Belmopan. December 22, 2016. The Government of Belize wishes to remind the general public that the maritime spaces of Belize are established by the Maritime Areas Act of Belize which is wholly in accordance with international law. Recent reports in the media have referred to [...]
FCD-Selvana Signing/Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy
On November 15th, 2016, Executive Director Rafael Manzanero of Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD) – with the endorsement of GOB and supported by the Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development –signed an agreement with Dr. Chris Minty of SELVANA Ltd., a UK-based company, to set out the delivery of activity on the Maya [...]
Annual Commonwealth Fair 2016
On November 12th, 2016, the Belize High Commission participated in the annual Commonwealth Fair that contributes the monies raised by participating member states to the Commonwealth Countries League Education Fund (CCLEF). The Fund, from which several Belizean young women have and continue to benefit, exists to sponsor girls of ability through secondary school where, without [...]
Belizean Wins Commonwealth Youth Leader Award
The 2016 Commonwealth Youth Worker of the Year for the Caribbean and Americas is Belizean, Ms. Manuela Lue, director of the Energy for Life programme in Belize, which mentors and tutors under-privileged Belizean youth in handicraft production, connecting them with their culture and enabling them to earn a living. Ms Lue said: “Youth workers do an [...]
Annual UK-Belize Research Association Meeting 2016
The Belize High Commission participated in the annual UK-Belize Research Association Conference, this year held in Edinburgh on 1st October 2016. Minister Counsellor, Mrs. Frampton, used the opportunity to apprise attendees of the latest developments in Belize with regard to, Belize-Guatemala issues, Environment/Conservation efforts, Tourism, Trade and Hurricane Earl Relief Efforts and Re-construction.
Hurricane Earl Relief Fundraising
The Belize High Commission is pleased to report that as a result of its post-hurricane relief appeal to the Belizean Diaspora in the UK and in the Middle East – with the annual Independence Day Celebrations event giving specific focus to donations – the High Commission was able to raise £13,495.05 (approximately BZD $35,246.00) for [...]
Annual Independence Day Celebrations 2016
Since her arrival in 2012, HC Perdomo has and continues to reach out to the Belizean Diaspora here in the UK. The annual Independence Day Picnic held at the High Commissioner’s Residence, is one such event that the BHC puts on for the Diaspora and which Belizeans look forward to each year, which is proven [...]