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Belize sugar crop falls victim to a devastating fungus
Loop News
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CMC – Prime Minister John Briceño says this year’s sugar crop will be one of the worst in recent years after the Fusarium Wilt disease ravaged cane fields here. The Belize Sugar Industries (BSI) in confirming the situation, described this year’s...
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...
CCCCC breaks ground for new headquarters at University of Belize
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) officially broke ground for the construction of its new headquarters at the University of Belize (UB) Belmopan Campus last Wednesday. The ceremony marked the 20th...
Belize: Devastating fungus affects sugar crop
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 29, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Prime Minister John Briceño says this year’s sugar crop will be one of the worst in recent years after the Fusarium Wilt disease ravaged cane fields here. The Belize Sugar Industries (BSI), in confirming the situation,...
Belize, Guatemala and ICJ 2025
Amandala
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June 29, 2025
by Marie-Therese Belisle Nweke Thursday, June 26, 2025 There are a number of YouTube pro-Guatemala and anti-Belize videos, which for some time have been made regularly available to regional and global audiences by an active Guatemalan propaganda...
Isabella Zabaneh crowned Miss Universe Belize 2025
Loop News
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June 29, 2025
Isabella Zabaneh has been crowned Miss Universe Belize 2025 following Saturday night’s competition that showcased the country’s top beauty pageant contestants. Zabaneh emerged victorious from a field of finalists that included Monisha Hyde, Imani...
What?! Aschroft suing Government AGAIN?!
Amandala
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June 29, 2025
Speednet (SMART) suing GoB over contracts awarded to BTL (DIGI) BELIZE CITY, Wed. June 25, 2025 Speednet Communications Ltd., doing business under the brand name SMART, has been granted permission to challenge the decision of the Government of...
Why is Belize neglecting its diaspora?
Amandala
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June 29, 2025
by Nuri Muhammad Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 5:12 p.m. I am just completing a three-week visit to the United States, where I had the opportunity to spend time with a number of Belizeans in the so-called diaspora. That brief experience reinforced in...
Miss Universe Belize 2025 is Isabella Zabaneh
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 29, 2025
The new Miss Universe Belize is Isabella Zabaneh. Zabaneh is officially crowned as the country’s beauty ambassador for 2025 to represent Belize on the international Miss Universe stage in Thailand. She now takes the crown from Halima Hoy, Miss...
Public Officers Accept GOB’s 4.5% Deal—But with Caution
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 1, 2025
Belize’s public servants have spoken—but what are they really saying? In a recent vote, more than seventy-five percent of members of the Public Service Union agreed to accept the Government’s latest salary and increment proposal. On the surface,...
Belize Billiards Players Make Historic Pan Am Run, Fall Short of Medal
Love FM
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June 28, 2025
Despite a remarkable run at the Pan American Billiards Championship, Belize’s players did not get the Cinderella story ending they hoped for. Representing the Belize Billiards Sporting League (BBSL), Nian Rosado and Luis Valdez were among the...
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre breaks ground for new headquarters in Belize
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 29, 2025
In a landmark moment for climate resilience across the region, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) officially broke ground this week on its new state-of-the-art headquarters, to be constructed at the University of Belize’s (UB)...
20 International Cities That Are Perfect for American Retirees
24/7 Wall St.
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June 28, 2025
Personal Finance Maridav / Shutterstock.com Regardless of the reason, many Americans are relocating to international cities. On the plus side, there is a good chance they are doing so because not just of a changing view, but an opportunity to save...
Belize's Workforce Becoming Less Productive Over Past 20 Years
Channel 7 Belize
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And while there is still modest GDP growth, economic historian Victor Bulmer Thomas looks at another metric: GDP per employed person. In his paper presented at the University of Belize earlier this week he found that the Belizean workforce is...
Fungus Threatens Sugarcane, Farmers’ Futures
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 1, 2025
It’s more than just numbers on a balance sheet; it’s the daily bread of hundreds of hardworking farmers. The sugarcane industry is staring down over fifty million dollars in losses, but for the men and women in the fields, the crisis is deeply...
Belize City Mom’s Lawsuit Over Son’s SOE Detention Moves Forward in High Court
Love FM
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June 27, 2025
Crime June 26, 2025 No Comment 97 The case of Rhea Thomas, the Belize City mother who is suing the Belize Police Department continued in the High Court today. Thomas filed a suit in July of 2024, that police violated the rights of her son, who is...
Sugarcane Farmers Trapped in Costly Credit Cycle
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 1, 2025
Imagine running a business where every year, you must take out a loan—at a whopping fourteen percent interest—just to keep things going. That’s the reality for many sugarcane farmers in Belize, according to Agriculture Minister Jose Mai. It’s a...
Belize City Woman Charged Following Major Drug Bust
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 26, 2025
Police have arrested and charged a Belize City woman following the discovery of over 70 pounds of cannabis during a raid at her home. On Thursday, June 26, 2025, 24-year-old Rebecca Marlene Daniels, an unemployed resident of #4 4th Street in the...
Belizean Billiards Players Represent in 9-Ball at Pan American Championship
Love FM
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June 26, 2025
Belize’s billiards players had a stellar day yesterday in the Pan American Billiards Championship. Nian Rosado and Luis Valdez are in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, this week, representing the country through the Belize Billiards Sporting League (BBSL)....
Minister Waiting For Outcome Of Channel 7's FOIA Request
Channel 7 Belize
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In other news, as we've reported, the Belize Airports Authority has managed to get out of its contracts with ISecurity and Four Diamond Security. We would have wished to ask the Minister of Civil Aviation, John Briceno about it - but he dipped out...