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As copies of the controversial Carnival contract continue to circulate throughout the country, tourism investors, average businessmen and the woman on the street are all voicing their opinions of the signed document. While one industry insider calls the agreement “frightening”, at least one Member of Parliament says based on what he’s read, he is proceeding […]
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Tonight, Cayo police are on a manhunt for five bandits who robbed a store and its customers in Bullet Tree Village. According to the authorities, just after seven on Tuesday night, thirty-six year old Guo Lian Wu was behind his counter at Max’s Store when suddenly, five men armed with handguns burst into the building […]
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Police investigations also continue into Tuesday morning’s shooting and while police have found the van used in the incident, no arrests have been made. Additional details revealed to the media today indicate that just after ten that morning, a taxi van picked up three men on Orange Street and believing he was on a normal […]
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Increases in agricultural development and the expansion of settlements are just two factors that have impacted the country’s forest reserves, yet experts maintain that Belize continues to be a shining example to the region for having much of its natural resources still intact. In 1998, Belize became signatory to the United Nations Convention to Combat […]
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In related news, this week the Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) is hosting an expert on park management to develop business plans for protected areas in Belize. According to PACT, Scott Edwards from the Centre for Parks Management, a non-governmental organization based in Washington DC, will use this trip as the first step in coming […]
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By all accounts, it has taken a lot of work and a number of consultations with a wide range of educators, but work on the National and Regional Standards of Secondary Education is finally complete. Today, the document was presented to Minister of Education Francis Fonseca during brief ceremonies this morning. The project focussed on […]
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