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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...
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...
Belizean Artisans Called on to Join CARIFESTA 2025 in Barbados
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 29, 2025
Junior Youth Artist Ambassador Musa Shaeed is calling on Belizean artisans to represent the country at CARIFESTA XV in Barbados this August. The Caribbean Festival of Arts, CARIFESTA, is the region’s largest celebration of culture and arts,...
Belize Zoo Mourns Death of Belize’s Jaguar Lindo
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 29, 2025
The Belize Zoo has announced the passing of Lindo, one of its most well-known jaguars. He was humanely euthanised after battling chronic kidney disease and the effects of old age. The Belize Zoo shared that Lindo arrived at the zoo in 2008 from...
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...
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...
Belize Coast Guard Recovers Suspected Narco Vessel off Ambergris Caye
Love FM
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June 28, 2025
The Belize Coast Guard has recovered a 55-foot suspected narco-trafficking vessel off the coast of northern Ambergris Caye. The discovery raises further concerns over continuous drug transit activity in the region. The vessel, described as a...
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)...
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...
Belize City Council Worker Granted Bail in Attempted Murder Case
Love FM
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June 28, 2025
Crime June 27, 2025 No Comment 25 Forty-five-year-old Travis Flowers, a Belize City Council employee accused of attempted murder, was granted bail in the High Court yesterday. This follows two previous denials. Justice Derick Sylvester granted...
Belizeans Losing Faith in Economy, Says SIB Report
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 27, 2025
Belize’s Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) declined marginally in May 2025, according to the Statistical Institute of Belize. SIB reported that it fell by 0.5 percentage points from 47.7 in April to 47.5. The dip marks a continuation of the gradual...
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...
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...
Cruise Ships In, Groceries Up: Belize’s Mixed Bag
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 28, 2025
Belize’s economy is showing some serious staying power. Despite big hits to agriculture and manufacturing, the country still managed to grow by two percent in the first quarter of 2025. That’s right, while sugarcane and citrus took a dive, tourism...
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...
Disturbance in Belize and Yucatan could strengthen this weekend
WFTV - Florida
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June 27, 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. — We’re keeping an eye on a disturbance over Belize and the Yucatan, which could develop as it moves back over the Bay of Campeche in the southwest Gulf this weekend. For central Florida, a weak storm system remains nearby, and so...
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)....