All posts tagged "regional news"

  • President of Taiwan visits Guatemala; Belize next

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Tuesday, Match 15, 2016. The president of the Republic of china, Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou, has arrived in Guatemala City, Guatemala on the first leg of his farewell visit to Central America. President Ma will...

    • Posted March 15, 2016
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  • Guatemala provokes incident at the Sarstoon

    Punta Gorda town, TOLEEDO. Monday, March 14, 2016. Tensions were at fever pitch on Saturday evening on the Sarstoon. The Guatemalan military provoked the entire incident by behaving in what the government of Belize calls, “an extremely...

    • Posted March 14, 2016
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  • Belize is represented at FAO meeting in Mexico City

    Belmopan, CAYO. Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Belize was represented at the the thirty fourth United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean. The forum was held in Mexico City, Mexico from...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • CARICOM Secretary General gets job extension

    Belmopan, CAYO. Saturday, February 20, 2016.  The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM Irwin LaRocque has been given a job extension. At the end of the CARICOM Heads of Government Inter-Sessional Meeting on Wednesday, February 17,...

    • Posted February 20, 2016
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  • CARICOM Heads of Government meet in Placencia

    Placencia, STANN CREEK. Monday, February 15, 2016. The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM have gathered in the coastal village of Placencia in the Stann Creek district for their 27th Inter-Sessional Meeting. The two-day Conference of...

    • Posted February 15, 2016
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  • Belize prepares action plan against threat of Zika virus

    Belmopan, CAYO. Wednesday, February 3, 2016. TNC: Belize is in the process of finalizing a national preparedness and response plan to combat the Zika virus. That is according to the Ministry of Health. Health officials, including Minister...

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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  • Jimmy Morales takes over as President of Guatemala

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Thursday, January 14, 2016. TNC: Prime Minister Dean Barrow had a front row seat today at the inauguration of the new President of Guatemala James Ernesto Morales Cabrera, commonly known as Jimmy Morales. The...

    • Posted January 14, 2016
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  • Alex becomes a Hurricane in the eastern Atlantic Ocean

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Thursday, January 14, 2016. TNC: The rare January subtropical storm named Alex continues to make history in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Alex has been upgraded to a hurricane, the first to form in the...

    • Posted January 14, 2016
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  • Subtropical Storm Alex forms in the Eastern Atlantic

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Wednesday, January 13, 2016. TNC: The Hurricane Season usually starts in June, but today the first named storm for 2016 formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. According to the National Hurricane Season, Subtropical Storm...

    • Posted January 13, 2016
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  • Prime Minister Barrow is chairman of CARICOM

    Belize City, BELIZE. Thursday, January 7, 2016. TNC: Prime Minister Dean Barrow has taken over the rotating chairmanship of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM. Effective January 1, Mr. Barrow assumed the CARICOM chairmanship from his colleague, the Prime...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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