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Belize Chamber of Commerce unveils Business Policy Roadmap for 2025

Belize Chamber of Commerce unveils Business Policy Roadmap for 2025

Views: 13Posted: Thursday, March 6, 2025. 7:06 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: In a significant move towards enhancing the economic landscape of Belize, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) hosted an open roundtable discussion with media on...

Belize expands its biological control of pests

Hon. Abelardo Mai unveiled a plaque at the National Agriculture Showgrounds in Belmopan on February 27th by Orlando Pulido (freelance writer) SANTA ELENA TOWN, Cayo District, Sat. Mar. 1, 2025 The International Regional Organization for Health in...

Belize Tourism Board and Angelus Press Ltd. present $4,000 donation to ECOMAR for Reef Conservation Project

Belize Tourism Board and Angelus Press Ltd. present $4,000 donation to ECOMAR for Reef Conservation Project

Views: 5Posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2025. 4:15 pm CST. By Zoila Palma: Today, the Belize Tourism Board (BTB), in collaboration with Angelus Press Ltd., proudly presented a joint donation of $4,000 to ECOMAR in support of their impactful project,...

Haitians Embracing Belizean Kulcha

Haitian nationals often make headlines in Belize due to migration issues, which sometimes cast them in a negative light. However, many Haitians have lived in Belize for decades, making this country their home. They fled their impoverished homeland...

American man hijacks plane headed to popular Belize tourist town

American man hijacks plane headed to popular Belize tourist town

Video from Flightradar24 shows the circuitous route taken by a plane in Belize after it was hijacked by an American man. An American man hijacked a small plane heading to a popular Belize tourist town Thursday, stabbing two passengers and a pilot...

Sunny and serene: Good Friday brings fair skies across Belize

Sunny and serene: Good Friday brings fair skies across Belize

Views: 8Posted: Friday, April 18, 2025. 6:16 am CST. By Horace Palacio: Belizeans can expect another warm and mostly dry day across the country as fair weather continues to dominate. According to the National Meteorological Service, sunny skies...

The Fourth Turning and Belize: How historical cycles may shape the nation’s future

The Fourth Turning and Belize: How historical cycles may shape the nation’s future

Views: 86Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2025. 5:55 pm CST. By Horace Palacio: In their book The Fourth Turning, William Strauss and Neil Howe explore the cyclical nature of history, offering a provocative theory that societal change follows...

Knife-wielding US citizen shot dead after hijacking small plane in Belize

Knife-wielding US citizen shot dead after hijacking small plane in Belize

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...

CARICOM leaders call for unity to combat gang violence and strengthen security

CARICOM leaders call for unity to combat gang violence and strengthen security

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne delivers a national statement during the high level segment on day three of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference at Baku Stadium on Nov. 13, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo by Sean...

Belize Tourism Board and Development Finance Corporation sign Memorandum of Understanding to boost tourism sector

Belize Tourism Board and Development Finance Corporation sign Memorandum of Understanding to boost tourism sector

Views: 66Posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2025. 4:11 pm CST. By Zoila Palma: The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) and the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance financial support for Belize’s tourism...

Hop, Skip, and Splash! Top 5 Easter Vacation Destinations in Belize

Hop, Skip, and Splash! Top 5 Easter Vacation Destinations in Belize

Belizeans take Easter seriously. It’s that glorious time of year when the sun is blazing, the water is inviting, and families nationwide pack up their coolers, hammocks, and good vibes to head to the hottest (and coolest) spots for a much-needed...

American Hijacks Plane In Belize, Demanded Fuel & New Flight Path Out Of Country

An American citizen identified as Akinyela Sawa Taylor hijacked a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan with 14 souls on board in Belize on Thursday. Taylor held the pilot at knifepoint and demanded a new flight path out of the country. He also demanded more...

Belize City Council supports Belmopan’s GIS Development

Belize City Council supports Belmopan’s GIS Development

Views: 115Posted: Monday, March 3, 2025. 4:56 pm CST. Belmopan City Council GIS Officer Shamir Jacobs, left and Belize City Council’s GIS Specialist, Vasni Pech, center – Photo Credit: Belize City Council By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Belize City...

Dr Ana Touza appointed FAO Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize

Dr Ana Touza appointed FAO Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize

Dr Ana Touza is the new Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize. The FAO says the rural sociologist and gender specialist brings more than two decades of experience in...

Dry skies dominate, but southern Belize could see isolated showers

Dry skies dominate, but southern Belize could see isolated showers

Views: 50Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2025. 6:19 am CST. By Horace Palacio: Belizeans can look forward to another day of mostly fair and sunny weather, as the country enjoys a stable atmosphere under an easterly to northeasterly breeze. While...

Oregon Tech students learn wildlife rehabilitation skills in new biology course

Oregon Tech students learn wildlife rehabilitation skills in new biology course

April 17, 2025, KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon Tech students recently completed BIO 226 – Introduction to Wildlife Rehabilitation, a course designed to introduce them to wildlife welfare and how to care for injured and orphaned wild animals. The...

Belize Unveils Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development of Ambergris Caye

Belize Unveils Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development of Ambergris Caye

The Government of Belize, with assistance from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), has completed a new strategic plan aimed at ensuring the sustainable development of Ambergris Caye, one of the country’s top tourist destinations. The plan...

British High Commissioner Visits OAS Office in Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone

British High Commissioner Visits OAS Office in Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone

Yesterday, British High Commissioner to Belize, Christine Rowlands, went on a working visit to the OAS Office in the Adjacency Zone between Belize and Guatemala. Rowlands visited the OAS offices along with the High Commission’s Climate Change,...

Belize shines at ITB Berlin 2025

Belize shines at ITB Berlin 2025

Views: 17Posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2025. 4:12 pm CST. By Zoila Palma: As one of the world’s premier travel trade shows, ITB Berlin draws over 100,000 attendees and 5,600 exhibitors from 190 countries. This prestigious global platform provides...

Climate Risk Index 2025 and Pakistan

Climate Risk Index 2025 and Pakistan

The latest Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2025 by Germanwatch, released in February 2025, highlights the escalating impacts of climate change and the urgent need for enhanced resilience measures. The report assesses data spanning from 1993 to 2022 based...

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