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Racially Motivated Violence Sparks Fear in Belizean Immigrants
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 13, 2025
Tonight, fear is gripping immigrant communities in Ireland, including Belizeans, after a disturbing outbreak of racially motivated violence. What began as a peaceful vigil in support of a young assault victim quickly spiraled into chaos over the...
Meteorology in the Caribbean - A Personal Record from Belize Perspective
World Meteorological Organization
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June 13, 2025
In early September 1931, a hurricane was observed by ships moving westward through the Caribbean Sea. The ships tried to avoid the system for their own safety and, as weather observations were sparse at the time, they transmitted the information...
Sociologist launches book at the University of Belize in Belmopan
Amandala
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June 11, 2025
Dr. Adam Baird (center) receives a gift from Abbie Guillen (left) of Human Rights Research Project at UB along with Dr. Joyanne De Four-Babb (right) head of the Research Office at the Belmopan Central Campus, UB. by Orlando Pulido (Freelance...
Yasser Musa Launches New E-Book Blending Art, Ideas, and Belizean Musa Identity
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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June 12, 2025
Today in Belize City, celebrated author and publisher Yasser Musa unveiled his latest creation, IMAGINEaStories, at the Imagination Factri. The digital publication is a curated collection of Musa’s Facebook posts spanning seventeen years, where he...
Sadie Vernon Tech graduates 41
Amandala
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June 11, 2025
Tyler Young, valedictorian BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 9 2025 “From Sadie to the World, our journey begins” was the theme for 41 young women and men who received their diplomas in business and technical vocational studies, when Sadie Vernon Technical...
Industria azucarera en crisis: Fusarium arrasa con los campos en el norte
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 4, 2025
La industria azucarera de Belize enfrenta una crisis sin precedentes, provocada por la propagación acelerada del hongo Fusarium, que ya ha devastado campos en los distritos de Corozal y Orange Walk. Las pérdidas estimadas alcanzan los 50 millones...
Everything You Need To Know About Traveling To San Pedro, Belize
Travel Noire
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June 11, 2025
When I started traveling, my first destinations abroad (aside from the annual road trips to Canada) were Vietnam and China for school, followed by an intense backpacking experience through Europe. I am a late bloomer when it comes to exploring...
Can Science and Community Leadership Transform Fisheries?
St. Vincent Times
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June 10, 2025
In the coastal communities of Belize, before dawn breaks, the fishers are already preparing their boats. But these days, alongside their nets and hooks, some carry something new: measuring tools, identification guides, and data collection forms....
S’pore researchers to go on deep sea expedition with non-profit OceanX in October: Vivian
The Straits Times
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June 10, 2025
NICE, France – Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) are planning to embark on a deep sea biodiversity expedition to the high seas in the eastern Indian Ocean in October, said Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan...
Small island states should lead, not just participate, in ocean-related scientific research: Vivian
The Straits Times
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June 10, 2025
NICE, France – Small island developing states have been the subjects of ocean research for too long, and should start to lead – not just participate in – scientific research that would help them better understand the marine environments they...
Scott Hutson: 2025-26 University Research Professor Q&A
UKNow - Kentucky
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June 10, 2025
UKNow is highlighting the University of Kentucky’s 2025-26 University Research Professors. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1976, the professorship program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research at UK and is sponsored by...
Taiwan launches global call on health tech with trade partners
Healthcare Asia
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June 9, 2025
The Go Healthy with Taiwan campaign also aims to attract health and sports proposals. Taiwan kicked off its 2025 "Go Healthy with Taiwan" global call for proposals on 3 June which aims to attract global health and sports tech pitches to partner...
Guam and CNMI among Pacific islands eyeing blue carbon solutions to tackle climate crisis
The Pacific Island Times
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July 4, 2025
Facing long-term climate threats like rising seas and coastal erosion, communities in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are looking to their coastlines for solutions. Not with concrete walls, but with mangrove roots and seagrass beds. A recent...
Goals and Highlights Belize 0-2 Panama in 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
VAVEL
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June 8, 2025
EVENT ENDED We had a great match today at home against Belize, where at times they had some chances to score but were unable to convert. Panama was far superior and took the score and thus qualified for the next round. 2:55 AMan hour ago The match...
TT Chamber CEO: Celebrating Caribbean innovation
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 3, 2025
Business Newsday 14 Hrs Ago TT Chamber CEO Vashti Guyadeen addresses Belizean stakeholders during TT's trade mission to Belize - VASHTI GUYADEEN In this week's column, the TT Chamber is pleased to share the feature address delivered by chamber CEO...
New Book By British Violence Expert Examines Gang Phenomenon In Belize
Channel 7 Belize
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Dr Adam Baird, an expert in armed violence prevention, gangs, and organized crime launched his new book today in Belize. It's called "From South Central to Southside, Gang Transnationalism, Masculinity and Disorganised Violence in Belize City."...
Thousand Foot Falls Co-Manager Says Western Hard Woods Essential To MPR Watersheds
Channel 7 Belize
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And while that proposal is likely to generate a reaction in conservation and tourism circles, since last night - national park co-managers and other conservationists have been reaching out to us about the plan to grant a logging license for the...
$31 million drop in earnings for cañeros as season closes with lowest output in years
Amandala
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July 2, 2025
Cane impacted by Fusarium PM Briceño: “This may be the last crop for some of our cane farmers.” BELMOPAN, Fri. June 27, 2025 “Thank God the season completes one more crop,” was the message from Sugar Industry Control Board (SICB) chairman Marcos...
Fusarium Fallout: Sugar Industry on the Brink
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 3, 2025
Fifty million dollars in losses, and that’s just the beginning. Belize’s sugar industry is facing a serious threat, and it’s coming from a fast-spreading plant fungus called fusarium. It crossed over from the north in 2024 and wasted no time,...
Cave discovery of ancient avocados could rescue a global crop
Earth.com
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The world’s appetite for avocados rests almost entirely on a single variety: the creamy Hass. That genetic sameness has streamlined production into a multibillion-dollar industry. But it also invites disaster, as uniform orchards can collapse...