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Belize Launches National Roadmap to Boost Creative and Cultural Sectors
Love FM
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July 11, 2025
The National Institute of Culture and History (NICH), through its Institute of Creative Arts (ICA), has officially launched the National Strategy and Roadmap for the Cultural and Creative Sector – Belize (NSAR-CCS). This initiative, funded by...
“We Are Not Safe”: BAPDA Speaks Out on Killing of Disabled Belizeans
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 10, 2025
Following the murder of 38-year-old Luke Jones, who lived with a disability, and his mother, 64-year-old Evadnie Jones, disability advocates in Belize say the recent wave of killings targeting persons with disabilities reflects a bigger failure of...
First Ladies collaborate on global challenges, sustainability
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 10, 2025
The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has joined her counterparts from across the world to deliberate on how First Ladies can wield influence to create lasting and meaningful change, especially in the lives of women, children, and the vulnerable....
CRFM appoints two Caribbean leads for regional fisheries sustainability program
Dominica News Online
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July 9, 2025
(L-r) Sherrón Barker, Daintyann Barrett-Smith,The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is actively progressing with the execution of the STAR-Fish Project, a venture funded by Canada aimed at fostering sustainable technologies to enhance...
Belize Hosts Workshop to Boost Public-Private Partnerships
Love FM
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July 9, 2025
A 2-day workshop was launched yesterday focusing on public private partnerships (PPP) and how Belize’s various sectors can utilize this platform for economic development. The Government of Belize collaborated with the Inter-American Development...
Culture and spirit belong at the center of wildlife conservation (commentary)
Mongabay
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July 9, 2025
If we want conservation to succeed, we must place cultural and spiritual connections at its core, the authors of a recently published paper argue. Drawing on examples from Tajikistan, Belize, South Africa, India, Indonesia, China and the...
Restoration, protection aim to save Belize’s coral reef from extreme heat and disease
Mongabay
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July 9, 2025
Charles Darwin described the Belize Barrier Reef, a complex system of coral reefs, atolls and cayes spanning 300 kilometers (186 miles) and cradling the nation’s coast, as “the most remarkable reef in the West Indies.” Today, unprecedented coral...
New River Bioreactor Pilot Project Aims to Tackle Pollution in the North
Love FM
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July 9, 2025
A 6-month pilot study of the Belize New River in the Orange Walk District is being launched through the Belize Social Investment Fund (BSIF). One of the main components of the study would be the testing of a new piece of technology called a...
PM Pushes Public-Private Partnerships to Cut Costs, Boost Infrastructure
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 11, 2025
At today’s signing of a major energy deal between Belize Electricity Limited and the Blair Athol Power Company, Prime Minister John Briceño took the opportunity to spotlight a bigger picture, the growing need for collaboration between government...
Recognizing and supporting the transformative role of women in Latin America and the Caribbean in facing the climate crisis
Latinoamerica21
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July 8, 2025
In recent years, the effects of weather and climate phenomena in Latin America and the Caribbean have rippled across the region—from the Andes to Patagonia, from cities to coastal towns—causing deep socio-economic and environmental disruptions....
Caracol’s First King: A Tomb Reveals Ancient Maya Power and Trade
The Rio Times
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July 11, 2025
Archaeologists from the University of Houston, working under Belize’s Institute of Archaeology, have uncovered the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the founding ruler of Caracol, Belize’s largest ancient Maya city. This marks the first time in over forty...
TikTok Taunt Turns Deadly: Mother and Son Gunned Down in Belize City
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 8, 2025
It’s a tragedy that’s shaken the nation to its core. A Belize City mother and her paralyzed son, Evadnie and Luke Jones, were brutally gunned down in cold blood on Friday night, right in their own yard on Cedar Street. The double murder has left...
Police Add More Boots to the Ground After Double Murder Shakes Belize City
Love FM
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July 8, 2025
Today, during a press conference held in Belize City, senior members of the police department and other branches of law enforcement were seen actively patrolling key areas, including the very neighborhood shaken by the recent double murder. Their...
Belize attends the OAS 55th General Assembly
Amandala
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July 6, 2025
Hon. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Wed. July 2, 2025 Belize attended the 55th Regular Session of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, which was held last week in St. John’s,...
Belize Economy grows 2.0% in 1st Quarter, 2025
Amandala
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July 6, 2025
by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Thurs. July 3, 2025 Belize produced a $1.486 Billion value of goods and services in the first 4 months of 2025, which was $29.5 million more or a 2.0 percent growth in Gross Domestic Product...
Amanda Bergeron and Izabelle Rollins earn Harris Center Environmental Leadership Awards
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript - New Hampshire
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July 7, 2025
The Harris Center for Conservation Education has announced the 2025 recipients of its Environmental Leadership Scholarship Award. The $2,500 scholarships are awarded annually to two graduating seniors who have shown a commitment to environmental...
Five Caribbean countries to participate in CCRIF’s new microinsurance initiative
The Gleaner
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July 11, 2025
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, CCRIF SPC, says it has entered into partnership with CelsiusPro and its subsidiary, Global Parametrics, to launch two initiatives for the administration of microinsurance products. The CCRIF...
Belize Eyes End to Cane Field Burning
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 5, 2025
Burning cane fields has long been part of Belize’s sugar industry, but is it time to put out the flames for good? Agriculture Minister Jose Abelardo Mai says yes, and he’s pointing to a future where burning is replaced by machines. While...
GOB Announces DFC’s Accreditation by the Green Climate Fund
The San Pedro Sun
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July 6, 2025
Press Release, Belmopan. July 7, 2025. The Government of Belize announces that the Green Climate Fund Board has approved the Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC) bid as an accredited entity on July 1, 2025, during the 42nd board meeting held in...
Editorial | Breaking CARICOM’s logjam
The Gleaner
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July 11, 2025
Three years ago when, at their intersessional summit in Belize, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) endorsed a proposal allowing members to move ahead with initiatives on which the community is broadly agreed, this newspaper suggested that this could be...