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Pro-Organic Belize (POB), founded in 2016, recently held its annual general meeting via Zoom. Elected to the board of directors to serve for two years were Karin Wesdyk, Josie Flowers, and Keon Clare. They join Mary Loan, Dottie Feucht, Robin Clarke, Dr. Sophia Clarke, and John Briggs who serve until 2022.
Discussed at the meeting were highlights of the previous year, including monthly speakers which started as a Tuesday afternoon event and ended with a change to Saturdays at 3:00 to accommodate a wider audience. Speakers in 2020 included Dr. Rosita Arvigo who spoke on Medicinal Herbs, Dr. Ed Boles on Watersheds, Helen Choco on CATIE Projects in Belize, Fay Garnet on Agroforestry Systems and Aurelio Sho on Our Forests are our Future. Other speakers for 2020 included Kim Ringland who spoke on Landscaping with Native Herbs, Gary Ramirez on Improving Agriculture, and Henry Peller on Seed Saving.
Mar 4, 2021
Griga & P.G. Gone BLUE!
With the assistance of our Dangriga and Punta Gorda correspondents Harry Arzu and Aurelio Sho, reporter Andrea Polanco put together a report on the municipal elections in the two southern towns. Here’s the story.
Andrea Polanco, Reporting
The People’s United Party defeated the U.D.P. for local elections in the south – with Dangriga and Punta Gorda going full blue. We start in Dangriga where the P.U.P.’s mayoral candidate Robert Mariano defeated the U.D.P.’s incumbent Francis Humphries. Mariano, a retired deputy commissioner of police received one thousand three hundred and thirty-two votes to win the mayoral seat.
Duane Moody, Reporting
….for one couple from Belize City, they will be getting married on Valentine’s Day after being together for almost two decades. Meanwhile, others will be going on a romantic getaway trip away from home with their special someone. But with the realities of COVID, what are your options? The Marketing Manager at the San Cas Group says they’ve created packages for every budget and even created special packages for men.
Aisha Trapp, Marketing Manager, San Cas Group
“We do want to add a little something special and we want to make it affordable for you so we have many options here. Whether you want to cook something nice for your children, for your spouse, for your family; you can come on down here. Discounts on our chocolates, on our wines, on our macaroni and cheese, biscuits, snacks and this I what we are doing as Bottom Dolla to give back to our community.”