Jul 2, 2021
Belizean Students in Taiwan Participate in Virtual Research Conference
Belizean students studying in the Republic of China (Taiwan) are preparing to participate in a virtual academic conference this Saturday. Each participant will get an opportunity to present the research they conducted during their tertiary level studies there. The event is being hosted by the Belize Ambassador to Taiwan, Doctor Candice Pitts, and will be streamed live on Channel Five. Ambassador Pitts told us more.
Dr. Candice Pitts, Belizean Ambassador to Taiwan
“The Belize Taiwan Academic Conference is an initiative that was inspired by the Belizean students here in Taiwan. During my first meeting with them as the new Ambassador, they had expressed to me that they were concerned about the status of their research and their studies. They expressed that they had investment much into their research and studies, and had worked tirelessly, and wanted to do something else with their
Feb 2, 2021
PM Briceño Announces Ambassador Designates
Prime Minister John Briceño today announced his picks for diplomatic posting. Ambassador-designate Lynn Young will be posted in the United States of America and serve as Belize’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States. Belize City Councilor Oscar Arnold has been chosen as ambassador-designate to the United Mexican States. The former C.E.O. in the Ministry of Agriculture Jose Alpuche is the country’s Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of Guatemala, while Therese Rath is High Commissioner Designate to the United Kingdom. Doctor Candice Pitts is Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Cherie Nisbet is Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of El Salvador. Lou-Anne Burns Martinez is Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of Cuba. Carlos Fuller will be Belize’s Permanent Representative Designate to the United Nations and Alexis Rosado is now the Ambassador-Designate t
Jan 28, 2021
From Councilor to Ambassador Candice Pitts?
Arnold is among four councilors, including Michael Noralez, Ryan Elijio and Doctor Candice Pitts, who will not be seeking reelection at the municipal level. Pitts took to Facebook over the weekend to inform the residents of the city that she will not be seeking re-election, “due to my other national assignment and commitment.” While Pitts didn’t disclose what that assignment will be, best information to News Five suggests that Pitts is likely to get a diplomatic posting.
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Jan 26, 2021
John Briceño
The Briceño administration has yet to finalize its list of diplomatic postings. In fact, for weeks, we have been receiving reports that individuals sent on diplomatic missions at Belizean embassy overseas were refusing to return home, delaying the government’s plan in appointing new ambassadors and other diplomats. Today, PM John Briceño says that the announcement of new ambassadors will be made shortly.
Prime Minister John Briceño
“When it comes to foreign postings, everybody knows the ambassadors work during the term of their government and when the time comes that they need to come home, I am told, I don’t know that a few of them did not want to come back home. And finally the Ministry had to tell them you know, you have to come back home, you are no longer employed by the government of Belize.”