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Belize Gears Up for Reef Week 2025: “Building Resilience from Ridge to Reef!”
The San Pedro Sun
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March 15, 2025
Press Release, March 13th, 2025, Belize City, Belize – Local non-governmental organizations, tourism partners, and business allies are coming together to celebrate the 14th Annual Reef Week from Saturday, March 15th to Saturday, March 22nd, 2025....
Belize City Mayor highlights eMobility Pilot Project at Smart City Summit & Expo in Taiwan
Breaking Belize News
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March 22, 2025
Views: 56Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2025. 8:34 am CST. By Zoila Palma: Mayor of Belize City Bernard Wagner participated in his second panel discussion at the 2025 Smart City Summit & Expo in Taiwan, this time under the powerful theme “Innovating...
US Promises Support to Strengthen Belize’s Investment Climate for American Owned Businesses During Trump Administration
Love FM
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April 29, 2025
The United States Government under President Donald Trump has committed to assist in the strengthening of Belize’s investment climate for existing American-owned businesses. The commitment came via a phone call from the US Secretary of State,...
Mother, daughter win ‘Soul of Rurality’ award for tumeric paste business in Belize
Loop News
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April 29, 2025
Umeeda Switlo is a serial entrepreneur from Uganda who arrived in Canada as a refugee and later found her place in the world in Belize. There she converted turmeric, which was growing in the wild, into an important source of income for hundreds of...
Belize delegation visits Intelligent Transportation Center of Kaohsiung City
Breaking Belize News
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March 22, 2025
Views: 102Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2025. 9:50 am CST. By Zoila Palma: While in Taiwan for the 2025 Smart City Summit & Expo, Mayor Bernard Wagner and the Belize City Council delegation had the exciting opportunity to visit the Intelligent...
Rubio reaffirms U.S.-Belize ties in call with Prime Minister Briceño
Caribbean National Weekly
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April 29, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone call with Belizean Prime Minister John Briceño on Monday, reaffirming the strength of the U.S.-Belize partnership and congratulating Briceño on his March 12 re-election victory. According to a...
Another dry and warm day expected across Belize
Breaking Belize News
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April 29, 2025
Views: 51Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2025. 6:27 am CST. By Horace Palacio: Fair and mostly dry weather will once again dominate Belize’s skies today, with forecasters calling for abundant sunshine interrupted only by a few cloudy spells. The...
Belize Tourism Board celebrate Belizean women in tourism
Breaking Belize News
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March 21, 2025
Views: 111Posted: Friday, March 21, 2025. 1:46 pm CST. By Zoila Palma: The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is highlighting outstanding Belizean women in Tourism. Today, the BTB is highlighting Tiffany Jones-Ferguson, a trailblazer in Belize’s...
Belize Forest Department Acquires New Vehicle for Enhanced Mangrove Conservation Efforts
Love FM
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March 22, 2025
The Forest Department has received a new Toyota Hilux vehicle to enhance mangrove conservation and environmental monitoring. The truck, valued at over ninety thousand dollars, aims to strengthen the department’s Monitoring, Reporting, and...
Belize Nature Conservation Foundation awards BZ$100,000 to Protected Area Co-Managers
Breaking Belize News
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March 21, 2025
Views: 66Posted: Friday, March 21, 2025. 1:05 pm CST. By Zoila Palma: The Belize Nature Conservation Foundation (BNCF) has awarded BZ$100,000 in grants to two co-management organizations for Belize’s protected areas. Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary...
Mennonites Make Their Mark In Belize
Patheos
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April 29, 2025
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Belize welcomes the weekend with fair skies and warm sunshine
Breaking Belize News
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March 21, 2025
Views: 98Posted: Friday, March 21, 2025. 6:21 am CST. By Horace Palacio: Belize is closing out the workweek under beautiful skies, as fair weather continues to reign across the country. Today’s forecast promises sunshine and just a few cloudy...
Climate change has already hit livelihood of millions in Pakistan: finance minister
Dawn
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March 21, 2025
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday said that climate change had already impacted food production and the livelihood of millions in Pakistan. Pakistan was ranked as the most vulnerable country to climate change in 2022, followed by...
Belize police pull a dramatic U-turn in mysterious deaths of three American women in their hotel room
Daily Mail
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March 20, 2025
Police in Belize have pulled a dramatic U-turn in their investigation into the mysterious deaths of three American women at a luxury hotel last month. Kaoutar Naqqad, 23, Imane Mallah, 24, and Wafae El Arar, 26, were found dead inside their room...
Mostly sunny skies hold as Belize welcomes a warm Monday
Breaking Belize News
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April 28, 2025
Views: 80Posted: Monday, April 28, 2025. 6:32 am CST. By Horace Palacio: Belize can expect another warm and mostly dry day today, though slight moisture in the atmosphere could trigger a few isolated showers, particularly in the southern...
Belize City Council Enforces Signage Rules, OMG Café Cries Foul
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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March 20, 2025
The Belize City Council says it has begun enforcing its vendor advertising guidelines at City Hall, ordering the removal of banners on the building’s exterior as part of a broader effort to maintain aesthetics and order. However, at least one...
Belize Celebrates International Day of Forests with Educational and Community Activities
Love FM
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March 22, 2025
The Forest Department is joining the global community in celebrating International Day of Forests 2025, annually observed on March 21. Established by the United Nations in 2012, the day aims to raise awareness about the importance of forests and...
Belize opens 80 MW solar tender
pv-magazine
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March 20, 2025
The government of Belize has opened a tender for up to 80 MW of grid-connected solar. Interested developers can apply until April 14. March 20, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Oskar Kadaksoo, Unsplash The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and...
No more punishing hard work: It’s time to end income tax in Belize
Breaking Belize News
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April 27, 2025
Views: 2,859Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2025. 2:00 pm CST. By Horace Palacio: For Belize to unlock its true economic potential, bold reforms must be considered — and one of the boldest would be the elimination of personal income tax. Critics will...
Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture Project hosts training for data collectors
Breaking Belize News
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March 19, 2025
Views: 86Posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2025. 11:04 am CST. By Zoila Palma: The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise (MAFSE), through the Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture Project (CRESAP) – Project Implementation Unit...