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Cañeros to sign “with a heavy heart”

ORANGE WALK--Certain observers of the current sugar industry conflict between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and the Belize Sugar Industries (BSI), which...

Court grants leave to hear Teck’s request for writ of mandamus

BELIZE CITY--The Supreme Court of Madam Justice Shona Griffith became the latest staging ground for the standoff between cane farmers and BSI/ASR, which have...

PM says sugar dispute should be resolved “before the year is out”

BELIZE CITY--The mills at the Tower Hill sugar factory remain dormant today since the disagreement between the local cane farmers’ association and the Belize...

Cañeros to BSCFA: “Roll the Fairtrade money!”

ORANGE WALK--Although there might have been a breakthrough resolution in an effort to get the sugar industry back on its feet during a crucial...

BSCFA yields; tentative sugar agreement reached

BELIZE CITY--Cañeros are scheduled to meet this Sunday, December 14, and, if all goes well, they will accept a 7-year commercial sugar agreement that...

“Déjà vu” in sugar industry

BELIZE CITY--Instead of overseeing the delivery of freshly harvested stalks of sugar cane to the Tower Hill milling factory in Orange Walk Town today,...

BSCFA employs remedial measures to tackle child labor violations

ORANGE WALK--This past July, FLO-CERT, the inspection and certification body that oversees compliance with Fair-Trade standards in more than 70 countries, placed the Belize...

BSCFA, BSI discuss upcoming sugar season

ORANGE WALK--While there may still be no finalized commercial agreement between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and the Belize Sugar Industries (BSI)/American...

New sugar deal “in the works”

ORANGE WALK--At this time, the two main partners in Belize’s sugar industry, namely the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and the Belize Sugar...

BSCFA and BSI meet to hammer out new commercial agreement

ORANGE WALK--Officials from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and Belize Sugar Industries (BSI) convened at BSI Staff Club yesterday in an effort...

Good news for cañeros – for now

ORANGE WALK--After receiving the disappointing news that sugar conglomerate Tate & Lyle Industries will probably only be buying a minimum of 10,000 tons of...

Bagasse negotiations on hold

ORANGE WALK—In spite of major hurdles at the start of the year, the 2013/2014 sugar crop harvest turned out to be one of the...

Cañeros “outraged” at BSI’s 51-cent bagasse proposal

The farmers do not believe the sugar company, BSI, is acting in good faith In a unified show of defiance today, local cañeros gave an...

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