Students of Bethel Primary school today received a small scholarship from the Children First and Last Belize, a nongovernmental organization that focuses on providing support to children in education and health care. Secretary Patricia Lamb says that each year the NGO tries to do a project focusing on children. This year, they chose to lend a hand to the students …

The Embassy of Cuba and the Government of Belize today held a farewell ceremony for thirteen young Belizeans travelling to Cuba to pursue studies in medicine, dentistry and health technologies as part of the CUBA – CARICOM program through which Cuba provides scholarships to citizens of its sister nations in CARICOM.  The ceremony was hosted at the Embassy of Cuba …

Today, Belize Tourism Board (BTB) handed out four scholarships to deserving students.  Herbert Haylock, Director of Quality Assurance & Industry Standards at BTB said that despite the small number the scholarships given to the students today, the value of the initiative is worth Thirty-One Thousand dollars. Director of Quality Assurance & Industry Standards, Herbert Haylock: “Today we awarded four students …

Belize Telemedia Limited is making the dreams of 25 students come true. For the past twenty one years, BTL has been focusing on making sure students achieve their full potential by offering them scholarships. On Saturday, the telecommunication giant held their 2017 scholarship program where 25 recipients received scholarships. Those scholarships went to twenty three high school students and two …

Paul Mahung reporting… “The annual book scholarship program is a project of Toledo Institute for Development & Environment as explained by TIDE’s Operations Manager and coordinator of the Scholarship program, Stephanie Supaul.” Stephanie Supaul – TIDE’s Operations Manager and coordinator “The TIDE scholarship program began in 2001 with a total of ten high school students. From since then we have …

In this upcoming academic year, the Saint John’s College Sixth Form will be, for the first time, offering an Associate’s Degree in Music.  The Music Centre was officially inaugurated on June 2 on the school’s compound following collaboration with Loyola University in New Orleans; a fellow Jesuit institution.  This collaboration has brought about the development of a music curriculum and …

A representative of Taiwan’s Kun Shan University is in Belize offering scholarships to Belizean Students. The recipients will join 19 other Belizean students who were recently awarded full scholarships to Taiwan Universities through Taiwan’s International Cooperation and Development Fund. Belizeans make up one third of the Kun Shan University’s international students. This week the school’s representatives are in Belize to …

May 14, 2017 marked six years that the well-known cyclist, Ariel Rosado lost his life in a traffic incident on the Philip Goldson Highway.  In January 2012, his father, Dr Alvaro Rosado established the Ariel Rosado Foundation aimed at providing educational opportunities via a scholarship fund.  The foundation continues with its goal and is once again taking scholarship applications for …

An employee of the San Ignacio Resort Hotel is preparing to travel to the United Kingdom where she will be hosted via the Royal Household Hospitality Scholarship.  It is a 6-week scholarship programme that serves to give professionals from the Caribbean the chance to work at the Master of the Households’ Department leading up to the Royal Ascot Week in …

Five Belizean scholars are preparing to travel to Vancouver, Canada after being the successful applicants of the Queen Elizabeth the Second Diamond Jubilee scholarship awards.  The three young men and two young ladies will be working towards their Master’s Degree in programs centred on coastal resilience issues at the Vancouver Island University.  The scholarship awards were done via a project …