All posts tagged "Belize news"

  • BTB says tourist arrivals “show improvements”

    San Ignacio town, Belize. Friday, August 21, 2015. The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) today released the latest tourist arrivals statistics for the first seven months of the year. And they show that overnight arrivals with a 1.6%...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Belize joins Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

    San Ignacio town, Cayo. Friday, August 21, 2015. Belize has become only the second country in the Caribbean – Jamaica was first in 2013 – to join the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. According to...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • El Salvador offers scholarships to Belizean doctors

    Belmopan, Belize. Friday, August 21, 2015. Belizean doctors are being offered scholarships to pursue professional development training in various medical speciality areas. The offer comes from the government of El Salvador. Minister of Health Pablo Marin recently...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Teenager shot in the abdomen

    Belize City, Belize. Friday, August 21, 2015. A sixteen year old boy is in critical but stable condition following an overnight shooting incident. According to police, the shooting happened near the Fairweather Street Bridge around 8:45 pm...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Belize to take part in CARIFESTA XII

    San Ignacio town, Cayo. Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Belize will have representation at the twelfth edition of the Caribbean Festival of the Arts, CARIFESTA. The 10-day spectacular opens on Friday in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti under the theme “Our...

    • Posted August 18, 2015
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  • Gian Chand Ghandi passes away

    Belmopan, Belize. Monday, August 17, 2015. Career public servant Senior Counsel Gian Chand Ghandi, 82, has died. Ghandi who served in various capacities in the Belize Public Service, including most recently at the Legal Counsel in the...

    • Posted August 17, 2015
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  • Belize’s New Permanent Representative to the OAS presents credentials

    San Ignacio, Cayo. Friday, August 14, 2015. Retired banker Patrick Andrews today presented his credentials, accrediting him as Belize’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C. Ambassador Andrews replaces Ambassador Nestor Mendez...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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  • Senator Shoman is going to Sarstoon Island; GOB says its irresponsible

    Punta Gorda town, Belize. Friday, August 14, 2015. Preparations continue for the much-anticipated excursion to Sarstoon Island on Sunday by the Belize Territorial Volunteers. On Thursday, People’s United Party (PUP) Senator Lisa Shoman announced that she has...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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  • Belizeans killed in Lehigh Acres, Florida

    San Ignacio, Cayo. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Two Belizeans were among the victims of a triple homicide on Tuesday in Lehigh Acres, Florida. Thirty seven year old Dorla Hyde Pitts, her 17 year old daughter Starlette and...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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  • UDP elects standard bearer for Stann Creek West

    Independence village, Stann Creek. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. The United Democratic Party has chosen a standard bearer to contest the next General Election in the Stann Creek West Constituency. Three candidates vied for the seat in a...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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