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11 Best Places to Travel in September
AFAR
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June 30, 2025
Labor Day may mark the end of summer, and summer vacations, but that can make it an excellent month for less-crowded vacations. The weather is also more appealing in September in sweltering spots like Egypt, and you can eke out the last few weeks...
Coalition Demands Action, Accountability Over Threats to Hol Chan Marine Reserve
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 23, 2025
A broad coalition of community, environmental, and tourism groups from Ambergris Caye has issued a united call for urgent government action amid growing frustration over what they describe as the mismanagement of Belize’s marine reserves,...
Expanding fiscal space for priority investments
The Brookings Institution
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II. Measuring fiscal space Fiscal space is sometimes measured simply as discretionary fiscal spending—the amount of revenue and borrowing capacity that is left over when non-discretionary spending has been subtracted out. Non-discretionary...
CARICOM urged to Recommit to Core Goals of Prosperity, Security, and Well-being for all Member States
Win Media SKN
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July 8, 2025
“Together, we have nurtured a strong Caribbean identity that transcends borders, that is admired globally, and to which others aspire. As we begin our deliberations for this Forty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference, I encourage of us to retain our...
Archaeologists Just Found A "Lost City" That Even The Government Didn't Know About
The Travel
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June 30, 2025
For much of human history, contacting previously unknown people groups and discovering ancient ruins involved a painstaking process of exploring unfamiliar lands and digging through layers of fauna and dirt. Christopher Columbus, for example, had...
Fort Worth musician raises over $337,000 for Texas flood survivors
KERA - Texas
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July 8, 2025
Fort Worth musician Josh Weathers and his band raised more than $337,000 in four hours for families affected by the flooding in Central Texas. Weathers, who had been scheduled to perform in New Braunfels and Orange Grove over the weekend, hosted a...
El Salvador’s Rising Wages Keep Nation in Upper-Middle-Income Status.
El Salvador in English
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July 8, 2025
El Salvador continues to rank as an upper-middle-income country, according to the latest World Bank statistics, placing it in a solid position within Central America. The classification, based on annual per capita income, includes countries where...
Puerto Vallarta rain forecast shows continued showers despite low cyclone risk
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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July 8, 2025
Puerto Vallarta rain forecast predicts showers through Wednesday, July 9, as monsoon and tropical waves drive storms while cyclone risk off Mexico’s Pacific coast stays low. Meteorologist Víctor Manuel Cornejo López reports that the chance of a...
Justice Winston Anderson sworn in as fourth CCJ President
Guyana Chronicle
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July 8, 2025
THE Honourable Mr Justice Winston Anderson was formally sworn in as the fourth President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) during a ceremonial event Sunday held in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The swearing in was conducted by His Excellency, the...
What would Sedi say about the 13th Amendment?
Amandala
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June 29, 2025
by Colin Hyde Brother Sedi Elrington isn’t the only Belizean who sings about the virtues of Singapore, but he is one of a few who understands the steep price we must pay if we want to be like Mike, like that jewel in Asia near Malaysia. Please to...
ICMA unveils new guidance for nature-themed bonds
Eco-Business
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June 27, 2025
The new guidance by the standard setter details how issuers can tap on the global US$6 trillion labelled bond market – the largest source of market-based sustainable financing – to close the US$700 billion annual funding shortfall to meet the...
Things to Do: See the Kelly McGuire Band at Cedar Oaks Inn
Houston Press - Texas
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June 30, 2025
click to enlarge Kelly McGuire Photo by Tom Zinser Singer/Songwriter Kelly McGuire has a lot of personal interests, and most of them seem to begin with a certain letter of the alphabet: Boats. Beaches. Bands. Belize. Buffett (as in Jimmy, not...
The world’s most beautiful over-water villas and bungalows (that aren’t in the Maldives)
The Independent
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June 27, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | June 30 to July 6, 2025
The Indian Express
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July 7, 2025
Every Monday, we bring you UPSC Current Affairs Pointers—a concise, exam-focused guide to help you stay ahead in your Prelims and Mains preparation. Polity — The Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched the RailOne App as a one stop...
Cabinet Green lights Industrial, Health, and Education Policy Reforms
Love FM
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June 28, 2025
The last meeting of Cabinet saw the Briceno administration being apprised of several government initiatives while giving recommendations and approval for Bills and policies. The latest Cabinet briefing shows that the administration gave...
Offset Your Carbon Footprint (and Make a Profit)
CleanTechnica
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July 7, 2025
Disseminated on behalf of World Tree. What if your next investment could heal the planet and grow your wealth? World Tree’s 2025 Eco-Tree Programme makes it possible. As the leading cultivator of Empress trees in North America, World Tree plants...
Cruise operators are steering troubled waters with their own private islands
The Independent
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June 30, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
New CCJ president: Make court final appellate body
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 7, 2025
News Melissa Doughty 3 Hrs Ago Caribbean Court of Justice president Justice Winston Anderson - Courtesy CCJ The Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) fourth president Justice Winston Anderson hopes more countries make it its final appellate court...
BEL to Seek Mid-Period Rate Adjustment and Introduce Dynamic Pricing
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 21, 2025
Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) has welcomed the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) Final Decision on its Annual Tariff Period (ATP) 2025–2026 application, submitted on April 4, 2025. BEL says the decision opens the door for future tariff...
Haiti in Crisis as Gang Violence Paralyzes the Capital
International Policy Digest
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July 8, 2025
Haiti is unraveling. Gang violence has surged to unprecedented levels, effectively paralyzing the capital, Port-au-Prince, and displacing over 1.3 million people—more than a tenth of the country’s population. According to the United Nations...