Our next story is about the Belize Food Heritage Project, an initiative to document and safeguard Belize's diverse culinary traditions against globalization, urbanization, and climate change.
Today at the Government House, participants learned about traditional Belizean cultural dishes, their origins, and the importance of preserving the recipes. Jaleeza Roberts was there and took a taste of what this project is all about:
The next workshop will be in San Ignacio.
More SmartStream Leaks Point To The Same Pattern At Another Company With Mira Link
At the top of the news we told you about the latest Smart Stream leaks from the Ministry of Defence for a company named Tropicana - which is not owned by any family member of the Mira clan.
But, just before news time - we got another set of data leaks for a firm to the Mira family. Area Rep Oscar's brother, Keith, is listed as an engineer at the firm.
It's called FAST Construction & Road Development Ltd.. a sister company of FT Williams which specializes in construction and road development.
The company has qualified for a number of high value projects with large contracts.
The 10 screenshots and 120 invoice entries we have seen mostly follow the same pattern: over 100 payments were under the $10,000 threshold and only 12 invoices were above $10,000. So, basically, 90% of all payouts to this vendor were kept under the $10,000.00 approval limit.
And again, in the data we have seen, the Ministry of Defence processed almost all of the payments.
We'll have a closer look in tomorrow's news.
Cops Celebrate Kids Who Did The Right Thing
And, finally tonight, 33 students from all across Belize were recognized under the Belize Police Department's "Du di Raiit Ting" program. They were nominated by their teachers for maintaining their grades and inspiring others by their example. Jomarie Lanza has this report.
