January 29, 2025

International News: Dozens dead in crowd crush at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela Festival

The incident occurred when a barrier near the river broke, sending people scrambling toward the riverbanks.
January 29, 2025

International News: Trump crackdown pushes migrants to seek refuge in Mexico

Arianne Dominguez, a 24-year-old Cuban, had hoped for asylum in the US but was shocked when Trump’s administration halted a key app for processing claims. Left [...]
January 28, 2025

International News: El Salvador must limit State of Emergency and end Arbitrary detention, UN review urges

This state of emergency, which was renewed for the 34th time just before El Salvador’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), has facilitated the arbitrary detention of thousands, [...]
January 28, 2025

International News: Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest almost 1,000 people on 6th day of Trump administration

The arrests were part of ongoing mass deportation operations, which have been taking place daily since President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
August 31, 2024

Belize Territorial Volunteers make annual Sarstoon Island visit, bumped by Guatemalan Armed Forces

That visit proceeded without initial incident as the boat circled the island, but as the group departed the area, they ran into a Guatemalan Armed Forces [...]
January 8, 2024

BREAKING: Deadlock broken – BSCFA and BSI/ASR sign new 2-year commercial agreement after face-to-face meeting

For the first time in some time, negotiations which concluded late tonight at the Yo Creek Agricultural Station featured representatives of both BSCFA and BSI/ASR face [...]
January 8, 2024

BSCFA membership blocking Philip Goldson Highway as leaders ask for more time

Members of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) are still awaiting, impatiently, word of the final obstacles removed for the signing of an interim commercial [...]
January 8, 2024

BSCFA farmers back on picket line over additions to interim commercial agreement

Again the holdup according to the BSCFA is changed language offered by Belize Sugar Industries Limited/American Sugar Refining (BSI/ASR) seeking to narrow the role of Hugh [...]