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UDP sweeps Village council elections
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UDP sweeps Village council elections

The United Democratic Party swept the complete slate in 26 of the 44 village councils which held elections on Sunday, May 12, and won a majority in five more for a total of 31 villages which now have newly elected UDP village councils. The party won 202 of the 302 [...]

Grijalva: ‘Noh me’ destroy Noh Mul
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Grijalva: ‘Noh me’ destroy Noh Mul

Disrespectful, irresponsible, unforgivable, callous: are just a few of the words that several organizations have used to describe the destruction of the Noh Mul archeological site. However, Denny Grijalva, the owner of the company responsible for the excavation, has stated that the incident was not his fault. He issued a [...]

Monumental Ignorance, Irreplaceable loss!
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Monumental Ignorance, Irreplaceable loss!

Road contractors have  destroyed the main ceremonial plaza of the Noh Mul archeological site, a structure representing more than 2,000 years of Mayan history. 

Battlefield Park gets $394,000 facelift
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Battlefield Park gets $394,000 facelift

When Belize City Council relocated the street vendors from ‘ground zero’ parking lot that was once the Paslow Building to Battlefield Park, Mayor Darrel Bradley had warned the vendors not to get too comfy since the Council had a major renovation of the park scheduled in 90 days.

Genocide trial that implicates Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina suspended
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Genocide trial that implicates Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina suspended

The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator, Efrain Rios Montt, which also implicates Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina, has been suspended. Judge Carol Patricia Flores suspended the trial of the 86-year-old former US-backed military general on Thursday, April 18. 

Belize mourns ‘Chocolate’ Heredia
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Belize mourns ‘Chocolate’ Heredia

The Belize environmental community is mourning the passing of a pioneer Belizean marine conservationist, Lionel “Chocolate” Heredia, who contributed immensely to the protection of Belize’s marine resources, and manatees in particular.

Teacher and students charged for illegal hunting
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Teacher and students charged for illegal hunting

A Teacher and four students, two of them minors, who allegedly captured and brutalized a howler monkey, were charged  for gruesome and senseless act in Orange Walk Magistrate’s Court last Thursday. According to reports, the students used a sling shots to shoot the animal down from a tree; and at [...]

BTL Park undergoes serious makeover
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BTL Park undergoes serious makeover

A major project to reclaim land, construct a sea wall, and give a face lift to the BTL Park on Newtown Barracks, costing roughly $1 million, is expected to be completed by the end of June, just in time for the summer holidays. 

Corozal Community College Dominates Love FM’s  Bandfest 2013
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Corozal Community College Dominates Love FM’s Bandfest 2013

Corozal Community College Marching Band, the 2010 Bandfest winners, repeated as champions of the wind category at the  Love FM  Eighth Annual Bandfest at the FIFA Goal Project Stadium in Belmopan last Saturday, March 24. CCC took home the $6,000 first prize and band leader. Omar Charley received the Winners’ [...]

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NTUCB says Kolby firings unfair, Kolbe says the law was followed

The National Trade Union Congress of Belize has condemned the Kolbe Foundation for alleged unfair termination of employees from the Belize Central Prison. However, the Kolbe Foundation says that the terminations were lawful.