Belize Is Reinventing the Dive Festival With Legendary Reefs, Marine Conservation, and a Sustainability Mission

You’re drifting just above a coral wall, sunlight cutting down into the blue, parrotfish flashing past in quick bursts of color. Ahead, a sea turtle rises with deliberate grace. It’s a familiar dive in Belize, but this September there’s something...

Belize confirms its first human case of new world screwworm

BELMOPAN, CMC – Belize has recorded its first confirmed human case of New World Screwworm (NWS) since its re-emergence there in December 2024. NWS is a species of parasitic flies that can cause myiasis and feed on live tissue. It is found in the...

Belize records first human case of New World Screwworm

The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) in Belize has confirmed the first human case of New World Screwworm (NWS) in the country since the parasite’s re-emergence in December 2024. The patient, a 21-year-old male from Benque Viejo del Carmen...

Belize, Mexico and Guatemala Sign Landmark Maya Forest Protection Pact

As we have been reporting last week, there was a major diplomatic gathering, Prime Minister John Briceño met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo in Calakmul, Mexico. Friday’s high-level trilateral...

Belize Is the Last to Report a Human Screwworm Case

And if you are wondering how the screwworm larvae are removed from the wound, Kim Bautista confirmed that they are extracted manually. We also heard from Deputy Director of Animal Health at the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, Doctor...

Belize Confirms First Human Case of New World Screwworm

Belize has just confirmed its first human case of New World Screwworm, a twenty-one-year-old man from Benque is now the first known person in the country to be infected. This parasite was first detected in livestock in the Toledo District back in...

Belize Could Be Next Stop in Mexico’s $30B Tren Maya Rail Expansion

Could Belize be the next stop for Mexico’s ambitious Tren Maya project? It’s a bold idea, and Church Senator Louis Wade says it’s not just possible, it’s worth pursuing. His support comes hot on the heels of a high-level meeting between Prime...

Frustration Mounting Over Containers Held At Port Of Belize

Tonight there is increasing frustration with the Port of Belize - because scores - maybe hundreds of containers from one shipping agent have piled up and they aren't being released until the shipper pays their bill. The importer is CMA-CGM - which...

In Europe, longshoremen organize to keep weapons parts from shipping to Israel

Located just 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Marseille in southern France, Marseille-Fos is one of the busiest ports in France, handling over 70 million tons of goods a year. In June, dock workers there were busy rummaging frantically through...

MoHW Confirms First Human Case of New World Screwworm in Belize

Press Release, Belmopan, August 18, 2025. The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) informs the public that the first confirmed human case of New World Screwworm (NWS) since its re-emergence in Belize in December 2024 has been detected. The...

Belizean cane farmers fight Fusarium virus and mealybugs

Minister of Agriculture – Hon Jose Mai By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Wed. Aug. 13, 2025 Sugarcane farmers in the north of the country must find ways to access funds to buy the fungicides which have proven effective against...

Belize’s call centers are “very strong”

RCC BPO, Newtown Barracks, Belize City (established 2005) Belize BPO leaders unfazed by the Keep Call Centers in America Act BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 14, 2025 While many have expressed concern about potential impacts of the bipartisan Keep Call...

Measles Cases Increase 34-Fold in the Americas

(Vax-Before-Travel News)The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recently urged countries in the Americas to strengthen immunization activities as measles cases continue to rise in the region. As of August 8, 2025, a total of 10,139 confirmed...

60+ Belizean students awarded scholarships to Taiwan

Taiwan Scholarship ceromony By Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Wed. Aug. 13, 2025 More than 60 Belizean students were granted scholarships through the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Belize to further their education in the Republic of...

Belize and Mexico To Form Joint Energy Working Group to Boost Power Trade

Energy is another crucial area that was discussed earlier today in Calakmul, Mexico. Love News understands that Mexico and Belize reaffirmed a commitment to existing energy agreements and explored avenues for expansion. A key outcome of these...

Belize and Mexico Will Talk A Shared Energy Future

Belize Launches “Carnival Gold” Magazine and Official Songs to Mark 50 Years of Carnival

The National Celebrations Commission (NCC), in collaboration with the Belize Carnival Association (BCA), today unveiled the Carnival@50 “Carnival Gold” Magazine and official songs celebrating the golden jubilee of Belize’s Carnival. The launch...

Inside notorious Sydney gangster's resort empire attempt in Belize

"We're gunna [sic] probably make tens of millions of dollars." That is how crime lord Bassam Hamzy described ambitious plans for a resort in Belize on a secretly recorded call from his Goulburn Supermax cell. The only problem is, according to...

Belize to Discuss National Issues with Mexico and Guatemala

Diplomacy takes center stage this Friday as Prime Minister John Briceño heads to Campeche, Mexico for a high-level sit-down with two regional leaders. He’ll be meeting with Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and Guatemala’s President Bernardo...

Agriculture Minister Urges Calm in Ongoing Sugar Industry Disputes

As the government yet to discuss the ASR Concessions, the Minister of Agriculture, Abelardo Mai says he would like to see calmer heads prevail in the sugar industry. He says the time has come to work through the disputes and contentions that are...