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Belize to consider membership in Caribbean Challenge Initiative
Minister Alamilla attends BVI summit
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development Lisel Alamilla returned to Belize this morning, after attending the Caribbean Challenge Initiative’s...
Belize foreign direct investment doubled in 2012 – but repatriation rates remain high: ECLAC
A newly released report published by The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), titled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin...
$10,000 fine possible for Noh Mul Archaeological Site destruction
The destruction of the Noh Mul Archaeological Site in Orange Walk, a monument dating back more than two millennia—as many as 2,363 years—continues to...
Former Belizean teachers to open learning center
“We understand what is happening in Belize and we want to give back” — this is the stated motivation of Dr. Lorna Bennett and...
High school student shatters the jaw of female student on school compound
An honor student of Excelsior High School has been arrested and will face charges of grievous harm for punching a female student in the...
Gill net fishers now need permit
All gill nets must be registered
The Belize Fisheries Department has announced that all persons engaging in gill net fishing must now register their gill...
High school student, 15, in coma at KHMH
Joshua Chan, 15, of Patchakan village, a student of Cornerstone Presbyterian High School in Corozal, is presently in a coma at the Karl Heusner...
Allegation: former official stole over 100 grand from SATIIM
Over $100,000 has been reported stolen from the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM), a community-based indigenous environmental organization working in the far...
Belize and Guatemala resume meetings to discuss ICJ referendum
“…the existence of the dispute represented an unsustainable cost for Belize…”
Belize Minister of Foreign Affairs and Attorney General Wilfred Elrington, led a delegation to...
Mark Faber, 31, sentenced to 7 years for burglary and 6 months for handling stolen goods
Faber stole $13 worth of biscuits and chips from a shop on the Philip Goldson Highway
Today, Mark Faber, 31, a resident of Biscayne Village,...
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Belize celebrates 39 years of Independence
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Sept. 21, 2020-- Belize celebrated its 39th year of independence on Monday, September 21, 2020. The celebrations started off with the...
Police charge owner of farm where drug plane landed, for prohibited ammunition
ORANGE WALK TOWN, Wed. Sept. 23, 2020-- Noel Codd, a farm owner and businessman of Orange Walk Town, on whose farm a suspected drug...
COVID-19 update: 52 new cases; 1,758 total confirmed cases
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 24, 2020-- Data released tonight reveal that 52 new cases were identified today, and the number of recoveries is 1,072,...