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Six Wagiya SC Foreign Players Deported Amidst Immigration Woes
The Premier League of Belize and the Football Federation are investigating claims from foreign players who say a club manager withheld their passports. The athletes allege their visas expired while waiting for promised work permits, and despite...

CIB’s President Luigi Wewege discusses why Europeans are showing interest in Belize
In a recent article published in the Times of Malta, Belize is described as a small English-speaking nation on the Caribbean coast of Central America, popular not only for tourism but also for migration and offshore banking. Luigi Wewege,...

Now Accepting Reservations: An Immersive Journey Through Vibrant Culture, Adventure and Luxury at Four Seasons Resort and Residences Puerto Rico
With its opening just weeks away, Four Seasons Resort and Residences Puerto Rico is now accepting reservations for arrivals beginning November 20, 2025 - just in time for sun-kissed getaways for the holiday season and beyond. A secluded tropical...

Greenpeace activists scale 100-meter monument to protest destruction of Maya Rainforest
Greenpeace activists climbed Mexico City’s Estela de Luz monument on Tuesday morning to bring attention to the destruction of the Maya Rainforest. A group of protesters unfurled a 27-meter-long, 6-meter-wide banner calling on Mexico’s Environment...

Sahrawi Republic Participates in the 44th Anniversary Celebrations of Belize’s Independence
Belmopan, September 21, 2025 – Representing the Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Ambassador Mohamed Zrug is participating in the official celebrations marking the 44th anniversary of Belize’s independence, responding to...

Senator Patrick Faber, former Education Minister, returns to the classroom at Anglican Cathedral College with outpouring of public support
Views: 2,004 Views: 2,000 Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2025. 10:52 am CST. By Aaron Humes: Leader of the Opposition Tracy Taegar-Panton saluted Lead Opposition Senator Patrick Faber as he made a homecoming to Anglican Cathedral College (ACC),...

US Marshals bring from Belize a Newtown woman facing animal cruelty charges in Bucks
PHILADELPHIA — Members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force transported from Belize a woman wanted on charges of animal cruelty in Bucks County and turned her over to the Newtown Township Police Department...

Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines prepare for enhanced free movement
Views: 3,569 Views: 1,712 Posted: Sunday, September 21, 2025. 5:20 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: According to a statement from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday, representatives from Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the...
Adjacency Zone facilitating rape of Belize’s forests?
Ya’axché sounds alarm: 450 acres cleared illegally in Colombia River Forest Reserve TOLEDO DISTRICT, Tues. Sept. 16, 2025 While Belizeans prepare to celebrate 44 years of independence, Ya’axché Conservation Trust is sounding the alarm about a...

CARICOM commemorates Belize’s 44th Independence Anniversary
Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has extended heartfelt congratulations to Belize on the occasion of its 44th Independence Anniversary, observed on 21 September 2025. In her message to Prime Minister John...

Consumed by convenience: The culture of disposability
When Saabira Chaudhuri began covering consumer-goods companies for The Wall Street Journal, she thought she was writing about marketing campaigns, product launches, and quarterly results. What she found instead was a tale of industrial ingenuity...

OVER 70% OF TRAVELERS ARE EMBRACING THE “JOY OF MISSING OUT” AS THE NEW WAY TO VACATION
After years of “revenge travel” and jam-packed holidays, a new mindset is taking hold and reshaping how people think about vacation: the Joy of Missing Out (JOMO). Unlike tightly packed trips driven by the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO), where...

BREAKING: Independence Day Uniform Parade cancelled by Ministry of Education
Views: 583 Views: 12 Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2025. 3:02 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has announced that the traditional Independence Day Uniform Parade in Belize City has been cancelled, due to...

Albert & Regent Streets to close for September 21st Belize City Bash
Views: 111 Views: 2 Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2025. 12:27 pm CST. By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The Belize City Council has announced the temporary closure of two major downtown streets—Albert Street and Regent Street—on Sunday, September 21,...

Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent finalize systems for full free movement
Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have finalized the administrative systems needed to roll out full Free Movement among their countries on 1 October 2025, following a CARICOM Heads of Government decision taken in July....
Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to roll out administrative systems for full Free Movement
“The four [countries] have agreed to grant their nationals the right to enter, leave and re-enter, move freely, reside, work and remain indefinitely in the receiving Member State without the need for a work or residency permit.” Representatives...

Matchmaking and marriage services: Do Indians in the diaspora need them?
ACCORDING TO Rao Prakasa (1982), the traditional arranged Indian marriage matchmaker is called anag-waa, or nayan. The matchmaker is normally a family friend or distant relative, or maulvi, imam or pandit who serves as a neutral go-between when...

Cunard’s Dazzling Queen Elizabeth Arrives to Miami for the First Time
This week, the recently refreshed Queen Elizabeth arrived at PortMiami for the first time to begin a season of highly anticipated Caribbean voyages. For 185 years, Cunard’s Queens have embodied the pinnacle of British luxury travel, and now Queen...

Simone Biles seemingly confirms boob job with cheeky social media post
An extra little lift? Simone Biles seemingly confirmed she got breast implants by sharing a cheeky post on her Instagram Stories. On Wednesday, the Olympic gymnast shared a video of herself jumping on her in-ground trampoline at her and husband...