October 29, 2020

Maya Leaders Alliance and Toledo Alcaldes Association accuse Government of perpetrating “land grabs” in Toledo

The organizations in a joint statement say surveyors have been opening lines through cornfields, cacao fields, and residential areas in and around the villages of Golden [...]
July 5, 2020

Jacinto Ville villagers want “illegal land survey” to stop

Village Chairman Egbert Jacobs Jr. explained that he first learned about the survey being done on the 150-acre plot which is being preserved for agricultural purposes, [...]
June 10, 2020

BPP stands with Nigel Petillo in land advocacy movement

In a statement this week the party said that it endorses Petillo's "No land, No vote" slogan for his campaign which calls for equitable land distribution [...]
May 24, 2020

Nigel Petillo forms LANDS movement; website promoting lands advocacy to be launched this week 

Its first project is the creation of a website this week where first-time potential land owners can register, indicating what kind of land they need and [...]
May 17, 2020

United Garifuna Association supports land advocacy for Belizeans

The UGA stressed that Belize's Garinagu population and many Belizeans on a whole are having great difficulty acquiring land, due to various inefficiencies at the Lands [...]
October 3, 2018

Jungle habitat for jaguars in Belize under threat of deforestation 

By BBN Staff: The Wildlife Conservation Charity World Land Trust (WLT) has launched an urgent campaign to save jungle habitat in Belize threatened by deforestation.   
September 28, 2018

Dispute between neighbors lead to shooting incident 

By BBN Staff: No one was injured but there was a shooting on Belize City's south side on Wednesday night.    According to Assistant Superintendent of Police, Alejandro Cowo, [...]
September 6, 2017

Police tear gas protestors at Toll Bridge in Orange Walk

By BBN Staff: Just after noon today, protestors in Orange Walk were taking their protest to the Toll Bridge and had just arrived when they were [...]