Laura Tucker-Longsworth
“In Belize we believe in treating others the way we would want to be treated,” “Discrimination isn’t a Belizean value”, and “Respect and fairness matter to Belizean families” are just some of the messages the “Live and Let Live” campaign hopes to spread in our country. The campaign for respect has been launched with national TV and radio spots and seeks to explore the values of respect while not condoning discrimination, in any of its forms. It is a movement for the everyday Belizean, and will include a series of public service announcements (PSAs) featuring very real and very personal stories. The main intention of the campaign is to get this message across: regardless of our differences, we each deserve respect and, as such, should offer respect to everyone. While that is a message most if not all Belizeans have learnt from a young age, and one which most people practice, there are instances where that is not the case. It is possibly most
Dec 21, 2020
Zee Edgell
Preeminent Belizean author, Zee Edgell has passed away at age eighty, following a battle with cancer. Edgell penned four novels, including Beka Lamb and In Times Like These, as well as five short stories set in Belize. Zee Edgell received an honorary doctorate in literature from the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados in 2009. In 2007, she received an MBE from Queen Elizabeth II, for her contribution to literature and the community. She was also the founder of The Reporter Newspaper in 1967. Zee Edgell is the elder sibling of former House Speaker Laura Tucker-Longsworth and mother of journalist Holly Edgell.
Speakers, parliamentarians, and clerks of parliaments from the Caribbean Legislative Assemblies were gathered in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago for the 44th Annual Conference of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic (CAA) Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). The conference, which lasted from July 12 to July 19, 2019, was held under the theme “Globalization and Nationalism: Quo Vadis – Impacts on Commonwealth Parliaments”.
Representing Belize were the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honorable Laura Tucker Longsworth; the Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, Clarita Pech; and CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Kris Miller.
During the 12th Regional Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP), held from July 12 to July 13, 2019, there were discussions on the issues of gender-based budgeting and gender-based harassment.