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UB Hosts National Effort to Document Belize’s Diverse Food Culture
Love FM
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July 3, 2025
Belize’s vibrant culinary identity is taking center stage this week as cultural experts, researchers, and community leaders come together in Belmopan for a special gathering focused on food heritage. Hosted at the University of Belize, the...
Simone Biles shares valuable message amid brief luxury vacation in Belize
Sportskeeda
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July 3, 2025
Simone Biles shared a valuable message with her social media followers amid her brief luxury vacation in Belize. The Olympic champion holds Belizean citizenship through her adoptive mother, Nellie Biles, and considers the country her second home....
Restore Belize Receives Chromebooks to Support Students in Scholarship Program
Love FM
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July 3, 2025
More than 60 high school students are benefiting from a donation of computers given to Restore Belize by the Office of the Special Envoy for the Development of Families and Children. Yesterday, the Special Envoy’s office delivered sixteen...
Belize Makes Waves in Ocean Protection, But Is It Enough?
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 2, 2025
There’s a ripple of excitement in the conservation world, and Belize is right at the center of it. We are making serious strides toward protecting our planet’s oceans. Back in 2019, the country joined a bold global mission to safeguard thirty...
Isabella Zabaneh is Miss Universe Belize 2025
Amandala
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July 2, 2025
by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 30, 2025 21-year-old Isabella Zabaneh of Independence Village, Stann Creek District, was officially crowned on Saturday, June 28, at the Belize City Civic Center as this year’s Miss Universe Belize 2025....
Chester Making Belize's Biggest Bus Terminal Into A Less Savage Space
Channel 7 Belize
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Adequate and reasonably comfortable seating, that may seem elementary at any public transport hub like a bus terminal. But in the savage landscape of Belizean public transport, a seat usually means a rough wooden bench - and you're lucky if you...
From Jungle to Sea, These 2 Belize Resorts Deliver Eco-Friendly Adventure
Matador Network
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With a graceful pivot, he flicks his tail fin and glides off — a parting gesture and welcome to the tropical wonderland of Belize. I’m here with a small group, three days into a too-short jungle-and-sea adventure in this former British colony,...
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...
BNN Chair Says Western Hard Woods Logging Inconsistent With Sustainable Development Plan
Channel 7 Belize
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Dr Elma Kay agrees with Juan. She's the Managing Director of the Belize Maya Forest Trust, and well as a Scientific advisor to CITES. But, most importantly when she was at the University of Belize Environmental Research Institute, she worked with...
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)...
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...
Fire is both destruction and rebirth for Maya communities of Belize
Mongabay
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June 27, 2025
Wildfires in 2024 heavily impacted the Maya communities of southern Belize, burning 43,987 hectares (108,695 acres), a staggering 10.2% of the region’s forest and farmland. Fire has always been a sacred element to the Maya people, central in...
Ocean Crisis Demands a New Kind of Science
The Good Men Project - California
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June 27, 2025
[SciDev.Net] The ocean is a source of life and resilience — for people and cultures, for livelihoods, for climate stability. But it’s under growing stress from overfishing, warming, pollution, acidification, deoxygenation, extreme climate events —...
The Belize Fund Doing Work At Laughing Bird Caye
Channel 7 Belize
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Since its inception in March of 2022 The Belize Fund for a Sustainable Future - which comes out of the Blue Bond initiative - continues to provide open calls for funding for advancing marine research, coral restoration, enforcement, and...
Deepening trade relations with Belize
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 26, 2025
Business Newsday 19 Hrs Ago TRIPARTITE TRADE & BUSINESS ALLIANCE: TT Chamber president Sonji Pierre-Chase, centre, with her Belizean counterparts – the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Coalition of Service Providers –...
Cacao agroforestry in Belize hits the sweet spot for people and nature
Mongabay
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June 26, 2025
In Belize’s Maya Golden Landscape, small farmers have partnered with conservation groups to establish the country’s first forest reserve agroforestry concession, growing shade-tolerant cacao while protecting forest cover and biodiversity. The...
Belize hosts Regional Electric Vehicle Training
Amandala
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June 22, 2025
Russel Sookoo, Campus Manager at NESC Technical Institute in Trinidad & Tobago by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Tues. June 17, 2025 Training to provide skills in the operation and repair of electric vehicles is taking place at the Institute for...
Economic Historian Says Belize Economy Stagnant For Last 20 Years
Channel 7 Belize
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If you watched Uncut last week live from the UB Jaguar Auditorium, you would have seen leading economist Victor Bulmer Thomas. He's written many books including the Economic History of Belize from the 17th century to present. And yesterday he was...
New Study Shows Belize’s Economy Hasn’t Progressed in 20 Years
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 25, 2025
This morning, the University of Belize turned the spotlight on the nation’s economy—past, present, and future. At a special policy research seminar, renowned economics professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas unveiled a thought-provoking paper titled ‘The...
Belmopan Pushes Riviera Site for Archaeological Reserve Status
Love FM
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June 19, 2025
Belmopan is poised to expand its cultural footprint with strong support for the designation of the Riviera Archaeological Site as an official archaeological reserve. This significant development follows a high-profile tour of the ongoing...