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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
December 4 10:12 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Sixty students of the St Elizabeth-based Thornton Primary School were on Thursday feted during a fun day hosted by the Mancheste...
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
December 4 09:40 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—The Rough Treasure Football Showcase, scheduled to take place at Treasure Beach and Munro College in St Elizabeth from December ...
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
December 4 09:07 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
December 4 08:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
December 4 08:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Reggae Boyz captain Rudolph Austin has been promoted to head coach of the Jamaican national Under-20 men’s team, the Jamaica ...
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
December 4 07:41 PM
Observer Online presents the fourth story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 07:32 PM
Despite losing acres of crops to Hurricane Melissa, farmers in St Elizabeth say they are pushing ahead on their own, replanting their fields even as t...
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
December 4 07:24 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US milit...
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Belize elects first woman to head major political party
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Belize elects first woman to head major political party
December 2, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — Tracy Taegar-Panton has been sworn in as the first-ever woman to lead Belize's main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) ...
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Belize gets WTO funds for fisheries project
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Belize gets WTO funds for fisheries project
November 27, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) – The Belize government Thursday said it has received a US$300,000 grant from the World Trade Organization (WTO) Fish Fund to h...
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Belize debates controversial ‘safe third country’ agreement with US
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Belize debates controversial ‘safe third country’ agreement with US
November 12, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — Belizean lawmakers are debating a motion which, if successful, means the country will start taking in asylum seekers from Cen...
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Four Jamaicans to compete in 2025 Caribbean Elite Road Cycling Championships in Belize
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Four Jamaicans to compete in 2025 Caribbean Elite Road Cycling Championships in Belize
September 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Four national cyclists will depart the island next week for Belize to participate in the 2025 Caribbean Elite Road Cycling Champio...
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Commonwealth condemns illegal entry into Belize by Guatemala soldiers
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Commonwealth condemns illegal entry into Belize by Guatemala soldiers
September 17, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (CMC)-Commonwealth Secretary General, Shirley Botchway on Wednesday said she is “deeply disturbed” at the recent incursion by m...
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Belize rejects Guatemala’s account of illegal entry into Belize by soldiers
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Belize rejects Guatemala’s account of illegal entry into Belize by soldiers
September 17, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) – The Belize government has 'forthrightly' rejected a statement issued by Guatemala in which it sought to present 'alterntive f...
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Caricom calls on Guatemala to desist from illegally entering Belizean territory
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Caricom calls on Guatemala to desist from illegally entering Belizean territory
September 16, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping on Tuesday called on Guatemala to ensure that its military forces “desist from i...
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IMF welcomes strong economic recovery in Belize
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IMF welcomes strong economic recovery in Belize
September 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it welcomes the “strong recovery” in Belize follow...
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Belize police commissioner sent on leave after abduction of Belizean man
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Belize police commissioner sent on leave after abduction of Belizean man
September 9, 2025
BELOMPAN, Belize (CMC) — Belize Prime Minister John Briceño says he has instructed the country's Police Commissioner, Dr Richard Rosado, to proceed on...
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Belize hosts first national climate finance forum
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Belize hosts first national climate finance forum
September 2, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — The Belize government has held the country’s first National Climate Finance Forum, identifying financing gaps and charting pa...
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New initiatives to deal with sargassum in Belize
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New initiatives to deal with sargassum in Belize
August 29, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — The Belize Fund for a Sustainable Future is providing a grant of BDZ$250,000 to the Belize Hotel Association (BHA) and the Be...
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CCCCC names new assistant executive director
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CCCCC names new assistant executive director
August 27, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — The Executive Director of the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Colin Young, says the appointme...
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Belize confirms first human case of New World Screwworm
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Belize confirms first human case of New World Screwworm
August 19, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — Belize has recorded its first confirmed human case of New World Screwworm (NWS) since its re-emergence in the country in Dece...
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U15 Boyz blank Belize 2-0 to open Concacaf Championships
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U15 Boyz blank Belize 2-0 to open Concacaf Championships
August 4, 2025
Jamaica made a winning start to the Concacaf U15 Boys Championships on Monday, beating Belize 2-0 in their opening Group D game at Stadion CD Guillerm...
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Belize introduces rotavirus vaccine to prevent diarrheal illnesses in children
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Belize introduces rotavirus vaccine to prevent diarrheal illnesses in children
July 23, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — Belizean health authorities have introduced the rotavirus vaccine into the country’s national vaccination schedule, describin...
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Belize gov’t announces containment of measles outbreak
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Belize gov’t announces containment of measles outbreak
July 22, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — The Belize government says there has been an “effective containment” of the measles outbreak with the country recording no ne...
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Belize worried about cases of chronic kidney disease
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Belize worried about cases of chronic kidney disease
July 18, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) -Belizean authorities are monitoring the presence of non-traditional chronic kidney disease (CKD) that is due to long hours in ...
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Belize to allocate funding to deal with sargassum
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Belize to allocate funding to deal with sargassum
July 18, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize, (CMC) – The Belize government says it will allocate funding and offer incentives to facilitate the collection and transportation of ...
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Belize launches committee to develop national electricity energy mix plan
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Belize launches committee to develop national electricity energy mix plan
July 17, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize, (CMC) –  The Belize government says it launched the Special Electricity Committee (SEC) to spearhead the development of a National E...
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Belize sugar crop falls victim to devastating fungus
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Belize sugar crop falls victim to devastating fungus
June 29, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) – Belize Prime Minister John Briceño says this year’s sugar crop will be one of the worst in recent years after the Fusarium Wi...
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Ground broken for construction of climate change centre at University of Belize
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Ground broken for construction of climate change centre at University of Belize
June 28, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) officially broke ground this week to construct its new state-of-the-art...
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IFC and Belize sign MOU to scale up public-private partnerships
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IFC and Belize sign MOU to scale up public-private partnerships
June 22, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize, (CMC) – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the Government of Belize on Saturday sign...
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Sixty students of the St Elizabeth-based Thornton Primary School were on Thursday feted during a fun day hosted by the Mancheste...
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—The Rough Treasure Football Showcase, scheduled to take place at Treasure Beach and Munro College in St Elizabeth from December ...
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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