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Budna Says Abductors Called "Kareem"; Musa Says Not Him
Channel 7 Belize
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Budna Says Abductors Called "Kareem"; Musa Says Not Him posted (September 5, 2025) And in his first two recordings which we got last week, Budna also made specific allegations saying that his abductors called someone named Kareem. They allegedly...
21-Year-Old Gunned Down in Ambush on Rosalind Bradley Street
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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August 29, 2025
Tonight, a Belize City family is mourning the loss of twenty-one-year-old Rasheed Parham, gunned down in what appears to be a calculated ambush. It happened on Rosalind Bradley Street in the Lake Independence area, a neighborhood long plagued by...
PM Briceno Denies Government Role in Joseph Budna Kidnapping
Love FM
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September 5, 2025
Prime Minister John Briceno has categorically denied his government’s involvement in the kidnapping of Joseph Budna. With the recent leakage of video footage that incriminates two police officers, speculations are that they may have been carrying...
Guatemala closes oil field, increases security in Maya Biosphere Reserve
Mongabay
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September 5, 2025
Guatemala is converting the Xan oil field inside Laguna del Tigre National Park into a base for military and law enforcement operations, with special focus on protecting the rainforest from illegal activity. The oil field, operated by Anglo-French...
G Adventures' FY25: A Year of Big Steps, Bold Moves & Incredible Impact
Adventure Travel News
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September 5, 2025
As we step into our 35th year of changing lives through travel, we're doing so with a community that’s stronger, and more united, than ever. FY25 didn’t just grow the business, it made history. We smashed our sales targets repeatedly, with 20%...
Wow: ICE Has Reportedly Told Kilmar Abrego Garcia His New Destination - and It's Not Uganda
Red State
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September 5, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. The Trump administration may have finally outmatched the legal team representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia, if what's being reported...
12 Tax-Free Countries Where American Retirees Live Like Royalty
Travelbinger
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September 4, 2025
Have you ever wondered if you can live a high lifestyle on a lower budget than your neighborhood? Most retirees will head down to Florida for the sunshine or even Arizona. These places offer warm weather, good healthcare and lower costs, but if I...
Central Bank Clarifies Proposed Amendments to Moneylenders Act
The Reporter Belize
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August 27, 2025
The Central Bank of Belize has issued a statement to clarify misinformation circulating on social media regarding proposed amendments to the Moneylenders Act and Regulations. According to the Central Bank, a recent post by a media house...
Teachers Union Says Students Should Wear Hair As They Care To
Channel 7 Belize
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The Belize National Teachers' Union has taken a stand in support of natural hair in the classroom. Following up on a call from the UBAD Educational Foundation to end the discriminatory treatment of students based on their hairstyles, particularly...
Hispanic Heritage Month events planned in Pittsburg
Newstalk KZRG - Missouri
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September 4, 2025
PITTSBURG, Kan. – Pittsburg will come alive this fall with a variety of events celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, open to the Pittsburg State University campus and the wider community. Many events are being organized by Hispanics of Today (HOT),...
Livestream Leads to Budna’s Kidnapping
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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August 26, 2025
It started with a livestream and ended with a mystery that crossed borders. Joseph Budna, known for his outspoken presence on social media, went live from Orange Walk on Friday night. But just minutes after signing off, he vanished. What followed...
UDP Raises Alarm Over Alleged Abduction of Joseph Budna
Love FM
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August 26, 2025
In related news, the United Democratic Party (UDP) has voiced grave concern over the alleged “extra-judicial abduction” of Belizean citizen Joseph Budna, who was recently returned to Guatemalan custody after escaping a prison there in 2019. In a...
Bay Area scientists helping restore coral reefs damaged by climate change
CBS News Bay Area - California
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Inside Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, visitors can feast their eyes on the deepest display of living coral in the world. But worldwide, the situation is quite another story. Many of...
20 CELAC Countries Reject Foreign Military Presence in Latin America
teleSUR
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A CELAC meeting. X/ @CubanWindow September 5, 2025 Hour: 11:12 am On Thursday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that most members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) expressed opposition to the U.S. military...
Carnival Kings and Queens Dazzle at 34th Annual Competition
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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August 27, 2025
The 2025 Carnival celebrations are in full swing. On Saturday night, the Belize Carnival Association hosted one of its main events for the season, the annual king and queen competition. This is the thirty-fourth running of the event and there was...
Noh shame fu tell the judge that …
Amandala
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September 3, 2025
By Colin Hyde … dehn bloody teef. In no competition, contest, is it more essential, necessary, to tell the judges about their shortcomings, their bias, than the one where beauty, gud looks, is to be decided on. Beauty resides in the eyes of the...
PM Briceno Pushes For Increased Awareness Amid Tax Department Transition to SARA
Love FM
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August 27, 2025
Prime Minister John Briceno says that, instead of scaling back efforts to transition the Belize Tax Service Department into a Semi-Autonomous Revenue Authority (SARA), greater emphasis is being placed on awareness. Sources within the Public...
Here are the Carnival Kings and Queens 2025
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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August 26, 2025
The 34th Annual Carnival King and Queen Competition amped up the season’s colours, music, and creativity at the Belize City Civic Centre on Saturday night. Seven bands, four senior and three junior, showcased fourteen elaborate costumes that told...
Central Bank Denounces Fake Moneylenders Bill Circulating Online
Love FM
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August 27, 2025
The Central Bank of Belize has released a statement to correct a “gross misinterpretation” circulating on social media regarding proposed amendments to the Moneylenders Act. The Central Bank confirms that there has been no official change to the...
Why the world's wealthiest moving to the UAE should matter to all its residents
The National News
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If you could live anywhere, where would you go? For a record number of entrepreneurs, investors and builders, the answer is increasingly the UAE. Recent estimates point to a striking global shift: this year, about 142,000 millionaires are expected...