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The Indian Fishers Trafficked Into Illegal Operations in Oman
On April 24, 2024, at the crowded Muscat International Airport, 39-year-old Selvakumar (whose name has been changed to protect his identity) stood alone. It was his longest stay on land since he left India in a fishing vessel called Rosy in...
Owner: New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy
These Are the Culinary Teams Coming to Barbados for Taste of the Caribbean
The Caribbean’s top chefs and mixologists are preparing to take center stage in Barbados this November. The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association has announced the participating culinary teams for the 2025 edition of Taste of the Caribbean, set...
Owner: Alexander Britell
CARICOM CONCERNED OVER US REGIONAL MILITARY BUILD-UP
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Caymanian Times
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By Staff Writer Rising tensions between the United States and Venezuela are triggering splits with Caricom, the regional political bloc, over the military build-up in the Caribbean. The Trump administration has been ramping up pressure on the...
Owner: Ralph Lewis
Cayo District named among World’s top 100 stories at Green destinations 2025
Views: 19 Views: 19 Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2025. 3:12 pm CST. By Zoila Palma: Our lush Cayo District has earned global recognition once again, ranking among the World’s Top 100 Good Practice Stories at the Green Destinations Global...
Owner: Larry Waight
CMM Black-Tie Gala to support medical missions to Caribbean, Africa
From left, Dr. Natasha Telesford, VP of CMM; Brenda Brown, volunteer; Daidrey DaSilva, Jamaica Cancer Society; and Dr. Donna Hutton-Cassie, CMM president, present a check at the Jamaica Cancer Society office in St. Ann, Jamaica. Photo by Brenda...
Owner: Victoria & Joshua Schneps
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Bears Down on Jamaica: Airline Waivers and Cruise Ship Changes
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Travel Market Report - New York
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Hurricane Melissa, the latest and maybe most powerful storm in the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season, is hovering in the Caribbean on Monday morning as a Category 5 hurricane, and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is sounding its loudest alarm for...
Owner: A.J. Rick Mazza
Ladyville man sentenced to 4 months after riding off on BDF soldier’s bicycle; blames loneliness because son in jail, drug addiction
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2025. 1:13 pm CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff: A 58-year-old Ladyville man who admitted to stealing a Belize Defense Force soldier’s bicycle has been sentenced to four months in prison—and will...
Owner: Larry Waight
Editorial | Former leaders right
Their intervention is unlikely to alter Donald Trump’s increasingly militaristic posture in the area. However, last week’s insistence by 10 former CARICOM leaders that the Caribbean be respected as a zone of peace is a critical assertion of the...
Owner: RJRGLEANER Communications Group
3 Red Flags You Should Look For Before Booking On That Budget Airline
Standing in Cancún’s terminal with my boarding pass for a 90-minute flight to Belize, I had no idea I was about to regret choosing the cheapest option. Instead of a quick hop, the trip turned into a 14-hour slog through two additional countries...
Owner: Jonah Peretti
J. William Middendorf II, 101, Dies; Navy Secretary and Musical Diplomat
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The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Neither a political strategist nor a White House insider, Middendorf, an investment banker, raised millions for presidential races and was duly rewarded. He was Richard Nixon’s ambassador to the Netherlands from 1969 to 1973; Ronald Reagan’s...
Owner: John W. Henry
Christopher Bradley was convicted of killing beloved tamales lady in 2018; stabbed in the chest and stuffed in his latrine, he fed his mother her tamales and gave his girlfriend her chain now he wants his conviction and sentenced overturned
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 11:02 pm CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff: Christopher Bradley, 28, who is serving a life sentence for the brutal 2018 murder of beloved tamales vendor Martha Gonzales, appeared before the...
Owner: Larry Waight
Life Sentence Challenged in Tamales Vendor’s Murder Case
It’s a case that shocked Belize back in 2018, a hardworking tamales vendor brutally murdered while trying to make an honest living. Sixty-eight-year-old Martha Gonzales traveled every day from Orange Walk to Pomona Valley in Stann Creek to sell...
Owner: Lord Michael Ashcroft
These major cruise lines changed itineraries due…
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USA Today
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Cruise lines are changing itineraries to avoid Hurricane Melissa. The storm strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane as it closed in on Jamaica. “Catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides are likely today through...
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Francesca Albanese to deliver 'symbolic' UN speech from South Africa after Trump sanctions
The United Nations special rapporteur on Palestine is set to deliver a speech before the UN General Assembly from Cape Town instead of New York due to the US sanctions imposed against her earlier this year. Francesca Albanese will officially...
Owner: Jamal Awn Jamal Bessasso
Mother and Son Killed, Daughter Badly Burned in San Felipe Village Fire
A woman and her six-year-old son perished while her daughter received first degree burns to 80 % of her face and body in an early morning fire in San Felipe Village in the Orange Walk District. LOVE NEWS Rafael Roberts travelled to San Felipe...
Owner: Rene Villanueva
National Bus Company to start operations in 2026
Transport Minister Hon Louis Zabaneh PhD introduces new Digital bus fare payment card By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Wed. Oct. 15, 2025 Minister of Constitutional, Religious Affairs and Transportation, Hon. Louis Zabaneh,...
Owner: Evan X Hyde
Tropical wave moving through Caribbean shows signs of organization; development possible this week
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2025. 9:30 pm CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami is monitoring a tropical wave located just west of the Windward Islands over the eastern Caribbean...
Owner: Larry Waight
New Flights Launching From The U.S. To This Tiny But Gorgeous Caribbean Country
Bounded by Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, Guatemala, and the Caribbean Sea, Belize is a tiny nation that's been historically overlooked by vacationers to the region—despite having the same turquoise seas, fascinating ancient ruins, and a culture...
Owner: Kashlee Kucheran & Trevor Kucheran
International News: U.S. Embassy issues security warning in Trinidad and Tobago as tensions rise with Venezuela
Views: 68 Views: 70 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 9:14 am CST. By Zoila Palma: The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago has issued a rare security alert, urging American citizens to avoid visiting U.S. government facilities on the islands...
Owner: Larry Waight
Mother appeals for financial support to help daughter with upcoming surgery
Views: 57 Views: 57 Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2025. 7:08 am CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): A Belizean mother is seeking the public’s assistance to help cover medical expenses for her young daughter, Anasophia, who continues to battle...
Owner: Larry Waight