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It’s no secret that several of Belize’s environmental regulations need to be updated. Potential investors have openly stated, time and again, that Belize’s standards fall short of international ideals. The [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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The same group of NGOs also wrote to Allan Herrera, in his capacity as Principal Consultant for the Port of Belize Cruise Tourism Facility and Cargo Expansion proposed by Waterloo [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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A great portion of this week’s news focused on Vulcan Materials Company and the proposed mining project about a mile away from Gales Point Manatee Village. Last weekend, Vulcan held [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño is out of the country. He left today. A release from the Government of Belize says he is on duty leave. In his absence, Cordel Hyde, [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Thirty-four-year-old Reese Fitzgibbon has been served with an eighty-two page disclosure for allegedly being a member of a gang. The Supal Street resident recently pleaded guilty to keeping a firearm [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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A trio of men, including twenty-three-year-old Shemaud Nunez, eighteen-year-old Azzane Kaylon Domingo and twenty-one-year-old Damion Saldano appeared before the magistrates court for the first time after they were arraigned individually [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, stakeholders within the tourism sector, as well as private sector businesses and N.G.O.s, gathered for the seventh Digital Marketing Summit organized by [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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A small shrimp farm in Ladyville has been awarded an International Aquaculture Stewardship Council Certification after meeting exacting industry standards. The certification comes on the heels of investments undertaken to [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize’s Resilient Rural Belize program is a forty million dollar, six-year project, geared towards enhancing small and medium enterprises in the agro-productive sector. The program began in [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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The Resilient Rural Belize program is scheduled for completion in 2024. We also heard from Victor Espat, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing. He noted that [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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The Rotary Club of Belize and the Gift of Life Program have been providing care to congenital heart disease patients in Belize for over a decade. Annually, the organizations host [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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This morning, the Port of Belize limited handed over a cheque to Port Loyola Area Representative Gilroy Usher Senior, as well as a donation of school bags to Inspirational Promotions. [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Last week, Sabreena Daly shared the behind the scenes of a seamstress’s high season when preparing for a new school year. This week, she went out to meet a teacher [...]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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