All posts tagged "regional news"

  • 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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  • COPA Airlines to begin direct flights between Panama City and Belize

    Belize City, Belize. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. COPA Airlines will begin offering two weekly direct flights between Belize and Panama starting on December 8. The announcement was made this morning during a press conference in Belize City....

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • Minister of Foreign Affairs gets Mexico’s Order of the Aztec Eagle award

    Belize City, Belize. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington had been conferred with the Order of the Aztec Eagle. The honor was conferred on Elrington during his working visit to Mexico yesterday by...

    • Posted July 21, 2015
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  • Belize blacklisted by European Union as a tax haven

    Belmopan, Belize. Thursday, June 18, 2015. Belize has been blacklisted by the European Union as a tax haven for multinational companies that the EU says is using to avoid paying taxes. Belize is among a group of...

    • Posted June 18, 2015
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  • Belize and Guatemala amend Special Agreement

    San Ignacio town, Cayo. Monday, May 25, 2015. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington and his Guatemalan counterpart Carlos Morales today signed an amendment to the Compromis or Special Agreement signed in 2008...

    • Posted May 25, 2015
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  • Belizean student wins regional video competition

    San Ignacio Town, Cayo. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Belizean student 17 year old Tysha Roni Roches who attends St. Catherine Academy had won the 2015 Regional World Telecommunication and Information Society Day Video Competition. Roches’ winning entry...

    • Posted May 21, 2015
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  • OAS Electoral Observation Mission deployment to Guyana continues

    Georgetown, Guyana. Wednesday, May 6, 2015. The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States to the general and regional elections in Guyana on May 11 begins its final deployment in Georgetown today. The delegation, headed by...

    • Posted May 6, 2015
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  • CELAC Foreign Ministers discuss Agenda 2020

    Belmopan. Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Foreign Affairs ministers from Latin American and Caribbean States met this week in Quito, Ecuador. The seventh meeting of the regional grouping discussed proposals for the region to develop a cooperation Agenda...

    • Posted May 6, 2015
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  • Earthquake kills thousands in Nepal

    A massive earthquake on Saturday in Nepal has killed over three thousand people and left over six thousand injured.   International news reports say that in some cases as many as 80% of homes in rural parts...

    • Posted April 26, 2015
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  • OAS chooses Belizean to head Electoral Observer Mission to Guyana

    Belize City, Belize. Wednesday, April 8, 2015. The Organization of American States will send an Electoral Observation Mission to Guyana for the upcoming General Elections next month. Heading the mission will be Belizean Senator Lisa Shoman. A...

    • Posted April 8, 2015
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