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CANADA: Air Canada's New Routes to South America, Ottawa Tourism's Accessibility Fund, Parkside Hotel Launches 'Drift' Wellness Experience, and More
BizBash
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July 10, 2025
NATIONAL: Air Canada announced it is further expanding its winter 2025-26 network by resuming nonstop service to Lima, Peru, with twice weekly flights from both Montreal and Toronto. The airline is also adding three new routes to Central America...
Ancient Ruler's Tomb Uncovered After Nearly 1,700 Years
Newsweek
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July 10, 2025
Archaeologists from the University of Houston have uncovered the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, the first known ruler of Caracol, an ancient Maya city in present-day Belize. The discovery comes after over four decades of excavation by married...
Government, Unions Meet to Tackle Public Sector Reforms
Love FM
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July 10, 2025
The Government’s Union Consultation Team, led by Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde, met today with the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU), the Public Service Union (PSU), and the Association of Public Service Senior Managers (APSSM) to discuss...
Caribbean Fisheries Ministers set new policy directions at 19th CRFM Council Meeting
I News Cayman
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July 8, 2025
Belize City, Belize, 8 July 2025 (CRFM)—Fish trade, fisheries-related crimes, and a new environmental and social safeguard policy were among key matters on the agenda of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM),...
Doctor Love: Financially Irresponsible
The San Pedro Sun
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July 6, 2025
Dear Doctor Love, My boyfriend says he’s “saving money,” but every weekend he’s at the bar throwing back Belikins like he owns the place. Meanwhile, I’m budgeting like crazy and still can’t afford a decent grocery run. With how expensive living on...
Guam and CNMI among Pacific islands eyeing blue carbon solutions to…
Pacific News Service
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Facing long-term climate threats like rising seas and coastal erosion, communities in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are looking to their coastlines for solutions. Not with concrete walls, but with mangrove roots and seagrass beds. A recent...
New report warns of strains on coffee industry that could drive prices up: 'This has been happening more and more'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 6, 2025
Your morning cup of coffee or favorite chocolatey treat may be increasing in price due to rising global temperatures. Call it another marker of how human-caused environmental pressures are reshaping the planet — and our lives. What's happening?...
NTUCB to Hold Long-Awaited Rally This Weekend
Love FM
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July 10, 2025
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) will proceed with its rally this weekend. The event was slated to take place two weeks ago, but due to inclement weather, it was postponed. Union President Ella Waight told Love News that the...
IDB expands disaster risk coverage by $2bn, introduces new instruments
Reinsurance News
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July 3, 2025
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has expanded disaster risk coverage by an additional $2 billion and introduced new instruments for both sovereign and private clients. The $2 billion expansion includes $1 billion for its Contingent Credit...
Air Canada expands winter network with new Latin America routes and return to Lima
Aviation24.be
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July 9, 2025
Air Canada is expanding its footprint across Latin America and the Caribbean this winter, announcing a return to Lima, Peru, and launching three new routes to Belize and lesser-known destinations on Mexico’s Pacific coast. Starting in the 2025–26...
Five Caribbean countries to initially benefit from new CCRIF initiative
Jamaica Observer
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July 9, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) — The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) on Tuesday said it had entered into a partnership with CelsiusPro and its subsidiary, Global Parametrics, to launch two initiatives allowing for the...
USA celebrates its Independence Day
Amandala
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July 6, 2025
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. July 3, 2025 Many Belizeans are also American citizens resident in the USA, and many more of us share a close bond with the Stars and Stripes, with all their faults sometimes. We cried with them on 9/11, and we have shared...
Air Canada Expands Winter 2025-26 Network with New Latin America and Mexico Routes
Rus Tourism News
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July 9, 2025
Air Canada is ramping up its winter 2025-26 offerings with an ambitious expansion across Latin America and Mexico, unveiling new non-stop services to Lima, Belize, Puerto Escondido, and Tepic. The move underscores the airline’s strategy to tap...
Massive Coastal Highway Farming Project Gets Green Light with Conditions
Love FM
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July 9, 2025
The National Environmental Appraisal Committee (NEAC) has approved the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Spanish Lookout Community Corporation Limited’s proposed farming development. As we recently reported, the 6,719-acre...
Caricom Summit promotes integration and South-South cooperation
MercoPress
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Wednesday, July 9th 2025 - 09:07 UTC The summit addressed critical regional issues, including climate change, security, agricultural transformation, and intra-Caribbean trade The 49th Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of...
Five Caribbean countries to benefit from new CCRIF initiative
Jamaica Observer
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July 8, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) on Tuesday said it had entered into a partnership with CelsiusPro and its subsidiary, Global Parametrics, to launch two initiatives allowing for the...
UBFSU Calls GOB to Table Over Salary Increase Demand
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 9, 2025
The University of Belize Faculty and Staff Union is making it clear that they’re doing their part, but they’re not here to balance the university’s books. UBFSU President Juliane Pasos says while the union has been actively advocating for an...
BSIF Water Project Reaches Halfway Mark
Love FM
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July 9, 2025
The Belize Social Investment Fund (BSIF) is at the halfway mark of a 4-year water and sanitation project that would see improved drinking water for residents in remote areas. It is a program that followed a national tour of remote areas where...
Cabinet Brief for June 26, 2025
The San Pedro Sun
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June 28, 2025
The Cabinet met on June 24, 2025. • Cabinet discussed the letter from the Belize National Teachers Union and the Association of Public Service Senior Managers Union, where the unions rejected the Government’s proposal for a phased approach to the...
Greensboro native recounts harrowing plane crash that left him and a friend stranded in the Atlantic Ocean
WFMY News 2 - North Carolina
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July 8, 2025
Ed Regensburg was flying back from the island of St. Croix when his plane experienced engine failure. GREENSBORO, N.C. — Flying has been in Ed Regensburg's blood for most of his life. Regensburg says he attended the Guilford Technical Community...