And while Belize and Cuba celebrated their cultural ties, one speech from the exhibitions opening - ceremony highlighted the Cuban influence on humanitarian development in Belize.
As an artists who has exhibited in Cuba many times, Yasser Musa put the 25 years in historical and cultural context:
Yasser Musa, Solidarity Movement "Tonight I am in a reflective mood. I am thinking about that powerful statement Che Guevara made in defence of Belize's right to self-determination, he spoke about this in 1961 years before we were even a self-governing society. I am thinking about Fidel, the great Cuban Commandant, who was honoured in a bi-partisan moment in our parliament, and who stood up for when we needed Cuba most at the hour of our birth in the late 1970s."
"But perhaps the most important thing is to know that all this comes at a great sacrifice to the Cuban people for they have lived a spirit of distance and resilience while the most powerful empire the planet has ever seen in the history of history has tried for six decades to crush and beat down up to this very minute of my words. I am just a school teacher but I want the youth to know that no other nation has offered so much to our humanitarian development, as Cuba."
The Cuban government has, throughout the years aided Belize with medical scholarships as well as medical brigades that have offered health services to the most remote parts of our country.
New Contractor General Sworn In
The important office of Contractor General has been long vacant and the post long empty, but, finally, today the new Contractor General was sworn in by the Governor General. He is Engineer Omar Mitchell whose appointment was supported by both sides of the parliament.
Regular Fuel Price Goes Down
If you're buying regular fuel or kerosene wait until after midnight. That's because prices are going down quite a bit.
Regular gasoline will decrease by 55 cents from $ 10.28 to $ 9.73 per gallon;
Kerosene will decrease by 41 cents from $7.77 to $7.36 per gallon.
The prices for premium gasoline and diesel will remain unchanged at $10.99 and $10.29 per gallon.
Launch of Second Road Safety Project
This afternoon the Ministers of Transport and Economic Development along with their respective C.E.O's received six fully equipped highway patrol vehicles from Belize Diesel and Equipment Co. Ltd.
The vehicles were purchased as a part of the Second Road Safety Project and upon receiving them, Minister Castro, who recently had the first-hand experience with a road traffic accident, said that he, unlike the driver in front of him, never took his eyes off the road.
Since 2013, Belize's Road Safety cooperation with the Caribbean Development Bank made Belize the first in the Caribbean to launch a road safety project.
Tropic's New Aircraft For Regional Routes
Tropic Air has stepped up the airline game, big time. On Friday, it received its first Beech 1900D aircraft. The, twin engine, 19 passenger, will be a regional airliner with a pressurized, spacious stand-up cabin. The aircraft can fly from Belize City to Cancun in as little as 50 minutes and has a crew of two. A similar flight in a Cessna Caravan takes an hour longer.
A Jaguar In The Not So Wild
And we leave you tonight with this jaguar that was spotted in the wild - or not so wild - on the edges of Bacab Eco Park in the Belize District. It was just sauntering around and seemed of no danger to anyone.
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Yasser Musa, Solidarity Movement 
The important office of Contractor General has been long vacant and the post long empty, but, finally, today the new Contractor General was sworn in by the Governor General. He is Engineer Omar Mitchell whose appointment was supported by both sides of the parliament.
Tropic Air has stepped up the airline game, big time. On Friday, it received its first Beech 1900D aircraft. The, twin engine, 19 passenger, will be a regional airliner with a pressurized, spacious stand-up cabin. The aircraft can fly from Belize City to Cancun in as little as 50 minutes and has a crew of two. A similar flight in a Cessna Caravan takes an hour longer.
And we leave you tonight with this jaguar that was spotted in the wild - or not so wild - on the edges of Bacab Eco Park in the Belize District. It was just sauntering around and seemed of no danger to anyone.