Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

Congratulations, Danny!  He's the new Belizen ambassador to CARICOM.  Great call on that one.

"As the CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors meets in Georgetown, Guyana, Wednesday to engage on the Community Reform Process, CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque accepted the Letters of Credence from H.E. Daniel Gutierrez, new Ambassador of Belize."

The Basketball Marathon for CARICOM Week, was held at the SHC auditorium, and had a great turnout.  Congratulations to the Golden Boyz, who won the competition.  Thanks, Caricom Youth Ambassador Program, for making this happen.

"Kudos to the Caricom Youth Ambassadors, Tarun Frances and Kadeem Bennett for a well orchestrated and exciting 'I am CARICOM' basketball marathon.  Great to see 8 teams of male youths from across Belize play in a friendly but challenging game.  Learned about Caricom and the CSME through their trivia questions.  Big up to the Golden Boyz on their win.

If you are between the years of 15 and 25, you can apply for the Discovering Young Leaders Programme from the CARICOM Youth Ambassador Program.  The DYLP starts on the 5th of August, and goes for 7 weeks.  The application deadline is the 30th of June.  The Commonwealth Youth Programme is celebrating 40 years of youth development this year.  Email dylp@cyponline.org for more information, or go to the following link: 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GFQT5H7

"Don't miss the chance!!!  Inviting applications from Caribbean youth for this on-line Discovering Young Leaders Programme (DYLP).  Please see the flyer and follow application details."

The University of Belize is launching the Institutional Partnership Component of the CARICOM Education for Employment Project this Thursday at 9:30am at the Central Farm campus.  It's a huge 3 year project that supports agricultural development all over Belize, and Cayo especially.  Thanks, Caricom!

"The three-year $1.63M/BZ project, funded by the Canadian government through the Canadian International Development Agency ($0.88M), a consortium of Canadian Community Colleges ($0.47M) and the University of Belize ($0.28M), is part of a Canadian initiative to support regional education and agricultural development.  Its primary goal is the promotion of regional economic growth through training a competitive labour force that can respond to growth opportunities in various sectors.  The project is designed to strengthen the program at the University’s Central Farm Campus through the establishment of a competency based curriculum that is responsive to the needs of local industry.  The UBCF program also seeks to encourage students to pursue opportunities to for self-employment."

The CARICOM Marathon in Belmopan went well, and the proceeds raised went to BAY.  Happy CARICOM Week!

Marathon pictures here.

"We'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who supported the CARICOM Week Marathon on Sunday, June 28th to kick off the week of festivities.  The proceeds from the event were donated to the Belmopan Active Youths.  Thank you to the Directorate of Foreign Trade for their kind consideration and donation to our organization.  Let's continue to promote 'Endless Opportunities for Belize!' and of course, for our youths."

Happy Caricom Week!  This Sunday, starting at 12:30pm, there will be a basketball marathon at Falcon Field.  Call 604-4452 for more information.  They are having a 5K and 10K marathon in Belmopan to celebrate Caricom Week too.

The deadline to enter a song for the Caricom song competition has been extended until the 28th of June.  The song should celebrate the history, culture, and traditions of the Caribbean.  The winner will take home $10,000.  For more information, call 227-2110.  Good luck!

Don't forget about the Caricom song competition.  Songs must be submitted by May 30th.  The song should celebrate the history, culture, and traditions of the Caribbean.  The winner will take home $10,000.  Good luck.

It's time to show the Caribbean how amazing Belizean music can sound.  How many future 'Andy Palacios' are there in Belize?  Many!  Caricom is having a 40th anniversary song competition, with huge cash prizes for the winners.  $20,000bz for 1st place.  NICH has a press release out detailing the rules.  Best of luck!

"Good morning Everyone.  We need your help in letting all musicians know about the CARICOM 40th Anniversary song Competition.  The song will be launched at the 34th regular meeting of the conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community to be held in July 2013 in Trinidad and Tobago.  First place receives a cash prize of US$10,000 dollars, second US$5000 and third US$2,500.  Where are our Cayo Musicians?  For more information please contact us at 824-0783 or email us at sisehoc@nichbelize.org"