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Tonight, Belize City is choking on its own garbage-that's because Belize Waste Control has been on something like a go-slow since last week Thursday.
Today was garbage day on the Southside-but it wasn't picked up, and on every corner and at every turn, you could see the garbage piling up.
The same is true for garbage in some areas on the Northside-which has been accumulating since last Thursday.
We understand that the city is behind on its weekly garbage payments, an overdue balance that routinely accumulates around this time of year.
But they felt that those arrears hadn't gotten into the red zone quite yet since they were only a few weeks behind.
But it seems that with fuel prices being what they are, Waste Control was quick to pull the reins.
Well, the news tonight is that-for the time being at least-the garbage crisis has been averted. The City Council today made a payment of reportedly over two hundred thousand dollars to cover their arrears.
With that, garbage collection as usual should resume tomorrow.
We spoke to Kaya Cattouse-the councillor in charge of Sanitation & Maintenance-an hour ago:
Kaya Cattouse, City Councillor, Sanitation and Maintenance "So there has been some inconsistency in the picking up of garbage, uh, over the last, uh, couple garbage days, uh, in Belize City due to some issues, uh, of payment between the Belize City Council and Belize Waste Control."
Reporter "So where do we stand now in terms of, um, when people can expect that their garbage will be picked up?"
Kaya Cattouse "So they should revert to normal scheduling, uh, tomorrow as all payments have been cleared up, uh, earlier today actually."
"We're trying to meet the requirements, uh, the contractual requirements, um, between the Belize City Council and Belize Waste Control is a very tough one. Um, paying that weekly fee, uh, that we have to pay every week is really tough, especially during the peak of slow season for the council which we are in right now."
"Um, it tends to set us back at this very point in the year every year."
Reporter "And in terms of, you know, this situation, like you said, that, that's a reoccurring issue. Has the council discussed further about a garbage fee?"
Kaya Cattouse "Um, we have tried to bring a garbage fee, uh, at multiple occasions. However, due to whatever reasons, um, it, it has not come."
"Belize City is the only municipality in the entire country that does not pay a garbage fee, and that is something worth looking into. Um, we have been expanding the city. We have more streets. We have more residents. Um, garbage is something that, uh, we have to deal with on a daily basis."
"Um, as to the contractual requirements between the Belize City Council and the Belize Waste Control, and I might get into a little trouble for saying this, but it is not necessarily under the best terms, and I think the council sees, um, or has great difficulty in meeting the payments on a weekly basis."
"And it is something that we want to sit and discuss. However, it is very hard to get out of such a contract."
The city is contracted to pay Waste Control over $60,000 weekly for it to collect residential garbage across the city.
Tonight, two men are detained after a foiled burglary at the Post Office in Belize City.
It happened early this morning when a crew of burglars smashed the window and made their way inside.
But what they didn't know was that the Post Office was secured with an alarm system and cameras.
Courtney Menzies spoke via phone with the Postmaster General today and has this story:
This morning before 3:00 a.m., a well-prepared and seasoned crew of as many as five masked burglars ripped out these electricity meters connected to the Post Office. They did this to disable the alarm.
They then snapped the locks off the iron shutters, swept it up, smashed the glass window leading to the office, and stepped right into an area where two safes lay sitting.
They hauled both of them through the window, through the smashed glass, and onto the sidewalk, where they broke into one of them, emptying its contents, looking for cash.
Fortunately, police were able to respond and found the burglary in progress.
They found the 37-year-old getaway driver inside a minivan-and saw a 20-year-old coming out of a nearby alley with a firearm. He carried a pistol, realized he was outnumbered, and surrendered to police.
Postmaster General Marsha Price said the quick response-despite a blackout-was due to their strong security system:
Marsha Price, Postmaster General "What happened was that our security received the alarm alert from the building and immediately notified the police station, and that was when the police went to the location and found the, um, people at the building, inside the building, conducting a burglary."
"But what we have in place is we have our camera system that looks at all angles of the post office, and then we also have an, um, alarm system that alerts us whenever there's some sort of persons around the building or trying to get in the building, so we have those in place."
Reporter "I know that, um, they broke the window right where the safe was kept. Do you believe that they had inside information into this?"
Marsha Price, Postmaster General "I cannot speak about that because I'm not sure what ... if there is some sort of inside information, so we just need to know how we move forward and what more measures can be put in place to ensure that it doesn't occur in the future."
Price says they didn't get anything of great value, and office operations resumed as normal:
Reporter "Did you all, um, go about operations normally, and if so, when were services restored?"
Marsha Price, Postmaster General "Um, we ... It did, it did not impact our service because we had to revert to the manual processes. So the, um, armed robbers, they, um, actually disconnected our meters."
"So three meters was disconnected, and when the ... We had to reach out to, um, BEL, and they came to have that inserted just after 8:00 AM this morning."
Reporter "Are you able to say how they managed to take out the, like, meters?"
Marsha Price, Postmaster General "They actually just pulled it out. So what I understand was, is that some, um, other businesses around the area, that was the same way they went in and burglarized those areas, is by removing the meters."
"So they just pulled it out, so, um, I'm not sure how that was done."
Tonight, the two men found on the scene remain detained while police look for their accomplices.
And while this burglary failed, exactly six years ago on November 13th, 2020, there was a successful burglary at the post office where thieves made off with a safe containing $33,000.
Tonight, police still don't have Shiloh Coleman's killers-but they have recovered the 19-year-old murder victim's car.
A 2017 burgundy Chevrolet Trax has been recovered; it was reportedly found off the Boulevard in the area of Freedom Street between Fabers Road Extension and Trinity Street.
Four men were targeted in Taylor's Alley on Halloween night; one of them, 31-year-old Charles Nolberto, died on the spot, and now, another has died. It happened last night shortly after 29-year-old Charles Middleton was rushed to the KHMH in critical condition.
Reports are that the gunshot victim had checked himself out of the hospital, but fell gravely ill last night-and was rushed to the hospital, but succumbed shortly after.
We note that in the recent spate of murders, seven victims were clients of the suspended LIU program:Dodrick Madrill, Robert Gladden, Lloyd Leslie, Dayton Palacio, David Usher, Charles Nolberto, and Charles Middleton.
And last night, another former LIU client was targeted-also in Taylor's Alley. Kaleif Caceres's home in Taylor's Alley was shot up in the early morning hours while reports say two young children were sleeping inside.Fortunately, no one was injured.
A home on nearby West Street was also shot up early this morning.
Goldburn Adolphus, better known as "Easy Glen," must stand trial in the January 2027 session of the High Court for the murder of 42-year-old school warden Shaniele Faber, whose mutilated body was discovered stuffed inside a garbage drum in Belize City last year.
Adolphus appeared before the Chief Magistrate today for his Preliminary Inquiry. After reviewing the prosecution's evidence, the court committed him to stand trial for murder.
But as the proceedings ended, Adolphus expressed frustration over appearing in court without legal representation. He told the Chief Magistrate that his aunt had paid an attorney to represent him during the preliminary inquiry and that he felt deceived when he found himself standing alone.
However, a letter from his former attorney, Norman Rodriguez, was presented to the court indicating that he no longer represented Adolphus because his client had said he would seek alternative representation.
Adolphus says he intends to seek new legal representation and is considering criminal attorney Richard "Dickie" Bradley.
Faber, a mother of four, was reported missing before her partially decomposed and dismembered body was discovered on October 4, 2025, inside a garbage drum.
A 52-year-old Belize City taxi operator, Herbert Garreth Taylor, is facing another sexual assault allegation after an 18-year-old woman accused him of touching and kissing her without her consent. Taylor was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate's Court today, where he pleaded not guilty.
The alleged incident occurred on November 5, 2026, when Taylor reportedly touched the young woman and kissed her when she was getting out of his cab. There was no objection to bail, although the prosecution raised concerns about a previous sexual assault charge against Taylor. However, that earlier case, stemming from a September 2025 allegation that he inappropriately touched a woman's leg, was dismissed and could not be considered against him.
Taylor was granted bail of $3,000 with surety and ordered not to contact the complainant, her family, or prosecution witnesses. He must also remain at least 100 yards away from the complainant. He is due back in court on December 30, 2026.
Tonight, a heartbroken mother is demanding answers from the KHMH following the tragic loss of her newborn baby.
In an emotional Facebook Live video broadcast last night, she shared her grief and pointed directly to hospital care as the cause. Here is an excerpt of her lament:
In response to those allegations, the KHMH issued a statement extending its sympathies to the family while firmly denying any admission of liability. The authority acknowledged a delay in sending the mother a formal written response-which it says it regrets-but emphasized that the lapse should not be interpreted as an acceptance of wrongdoing. The hospital states the case has now been turned over to its legal counsel for guidance and is asking the public to refrain from drawing conclusions before all facts are properly reviewed.
For one week now, we've been covering the pop-up protests led by Senator Glenfield Dennison.
Today, he popped up in front of the Belize Tax Services Department, but this time joined by members of the PSU. Jaleeza Roberts was there:
This was Senator Dennison's shouted plea in front of the Belize Tax Service at noon today.
Today, his message was different:
Glenfield Dennison, Union Senator "Today is the 10th. Payday is the 15th, but everybody done broke. We done broke long time. The cost of living is too high, and this has been the most popular sign since I came out this morning. The people love this sign because they can relate. Everybody broke and they wait for the 15th. People asked me this morning, 'If you say payday, where is payday?' People want to beat up payday. People are looking for payday, to rob payday, because they can't find payday right now. So, I am at the tax office because they didn't collect the revenue and they want to privatize, statutorize the tax office. That only cost the Belizean people more money to collect the same amount of money. And we won't benefit, no Belizean, for statutorizing the tax office. What we benefit... that the private interest, who will make money from the contracts, which SARA will give out, if they take God out of their thoughts and formulate SARA, I tell you that that will happen-the special interest, who will make money, after the money the government collects, we need all that money to pay."
But he was not alone; he was joined by a handful of members of the Belize City PSU who walked out of their offices and vented their frustration with the upcoming SARA:
Anissa Perdomo, First Vice-President, PSU "We need the public to understand that as it relates to SARA, of course the PSU has been very clear on its stance when it comes to workers that would be either transitioning to the SARA or transferring out to the Public Service. That we still, the same point, we have not gotten any response as it relates to the position of the SARA. As you know, they would have said that it would have transitioned first of October-that has not happened. At the same time, we have not heard anything from the Government of Belize, and in particular I really want to point out, as it relates to the project steering committee of the SARA, they have only met one time and the bill has been introduced in the House, so those are some big red flags."
And while it was nowhere near a universal show of support from BTS staffers, PSU members in Dangriga also joined in the lunchtime protest.
Jaleeza Roberts, 7News.
The PSU and Dennison will support the "Enough Is Enough" protest in Belmopan on Friday.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness today conducted an early market engagement session to refine its procurement processes ahead of upcoming tender invitations. This initiative precedes the competitive bidding phase for the retrofitting of four healthcare facilities nationwide.
This morning, Director of Hospital Services Lizett Bell explained how today's session equips prospective vendors and contractors to bid on the upcoming projects. Here's what she shared with us:
Lizett Bell, Deputy Director, Hospital Services "So today we have an early market procurement event, and this procurement event is for persons who are in the construction industry. We are appealing to them because the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in collaboration with the IDB, we have a project to improve quality, access, and efficiency in the health services. And through this project, we are doing some expansion and retrofitting of works in four of our health facilities. So the event today is for us to create that awareness, and so that persons who may be interested in submitting a bid for the infrastructure improvement would be aware that it is something that is coming this month, and also they are able to receive some guidance today as to important components to ensure that their bids are responsive and competitive for the process. So the four facilities that we are focusing on through the project includes the Southern Regional Hospital, Northern Regional Hospital, Matron Roberts Polyclinic, and Palm View Center."
"In this month also, we plan to publish the actual notice that we have these tenders that will be available, so that would happen in November. We also will have a pre-bid meeting, so after we advertise and if you are interested, you are able to pick up a package, we will arrange a pre-bid meeting which will provide even further details with regards to the scope for each of the construction works and what other documents and criteria you need to submit as part of your bid. So after that pre-bid meeting, then we will have the actual bid submission. We expect to have that bid submission sometime in January, the end of January, to give firms enough time to be able to prepare these bids so that they can be responsive."
The Yabra Football Club received a donation this afternoon, facilitated through the Police Commissioner's Office, the National Youth Program Coordinator, Crime Stoppers, and Rotary.
The children received a wide range of sports gear today, including jerseys, socks, footballs, and cleats. We spoke with Hyde and the team's coach during this afternoon's handover, just as the kids were excitedly trying on their new equipment:
Douglas Hyde, National Youth Program Coordinator "Yarbrough Football Club itself has no less than, I would say, 80 to 100 young boys within its club. They play different levels of sports here, so while the football club is here, we also have the basketball that some of these kids play and some of these stuff. So they decided that the club itself... decided how they would work with the under-15, under-13, and under-17. And one of the most pressing needs is the jerseys, so they reached out to me for that-footballs of course, and then of course the net, jerseys, pants, socks, which all football players must have football socks and football boots itself. So what we did was to look at the numbers when I spoke to Crime Stoppers. It is what we could have provided, and what was pressing was the jerseys, and we pushed on that in terms of the team of 22 players per team. And so we got the 22 jerseys for them, 15 footballs, and in terms of the boots, we tried to work as best as we can because the boots are costly,and we didn't want to get to cheap boots. We wanted them to look really nice out there, knowing that the guys come from this community."
Rudolph McKoy, Coach, Manager of Yabra Football Club "We have... Mr. Dougie mentioned 80, but we have like 150 kids out here. And apart from football, we do mentorship, we do feeding program, we provide basic mentoring for them, and so any donation we receive is extremely important. Apart from Crime Stoppers and Mr. Dougie, I think we have another person that helps us, and that is the Belize Airport Authority, so I take this time to mention Mr. Jorge Espat, and then our grassroots people in the community."
"And they are not just footballers-I see progress in them. You see the difference in their lifestyle. This community is no longer a community like it was in the '70s where it was just crime. It's not like that anymore-these guys are achieving."
"It's much more than sports, it's much more than that."
Today in Georgetown, Guyana, Belizean attorney Godfrey Smith announced to the press that as chairman of the International Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Barina, he had offered his resignation to President Dr. Irfaan Ali. Dr. Ali refused, but yesterday Smith told us why he had offered to resign from all publicly held posts after the US cancelled his visa:
Godfrey Smith, US Visa Cancelled "I did what the professional thing to do was, which was immediately I became aware and confirmed the revocation, informed the President of Guyana, and I offered him my resignation and he rejected my resignation. I was in touch with the Minister of Education of Belize and Foreign Minister because of my position at the University of Belize, and offered him my resignation, which I think is the professional thing to do."
"Not because I am guilty of any, of any wrongdoing of any kind, but because it may bring a taint, people will speculate, and the proper and professional thing to do is to offer your resignation right away. And I did that. And the Minister was not prepared to accept it at this time. I have done the same-I tried to reach the CARICOM Secretary-General who is traveling. This time I wasn't able to reach her because she's traveling, but I have similarly sent to her a message offering to CARICOM, through the Secretary-General, my resignation as CARICOM High-Level Representative for Law and Criminal Justice. But I have received no response from her as yet."
So with the US State Department having yanked Smith's visa, is it a message to local officials that touching mainland China will get you cut off by the US? We asked Smith about that:
Jules Vasquez: "Is this a signal to other government officials that: don't touch that third rail of diplomacy, so to speak?"
Godfrey Smith, US Visa Cancelled "Well, I... I began by... opened by saying the Trump administration has made it absolutely clear that they do not wish for China to expand its influence or footprint, as I put it in this region, in their neck of the woods, as they see it."
"And I think they're prepared to... and I think it could be perceived as a signal that they will react however they wish to, to those who they consider or find are engaged in such activity."
And while some elected officials might now be well advised to keep a safe distance from mainland China, Senator Glenfield Dennison has no such apprehension. Smith arranged to send Dennison to China on an educational tour. The Senator happily claims the trip and says he is fine without a US visa:
Glenfield Dennison, Union Senator "I think in March, I got an opportunity to visit the AIBO, and there was a training program on the Belt and Road Initiative that China is doing. And I always take every opportunity to learn, and I had a wonderful time. It was a very educational trip, and I applied for my holiday and I gone."
Jaleeza Roberts: "After seeing what happened to Godfrey Smith with his visa, do you fear that your visa will also be taken away?"
Glenfield Dennison: "Well, first, I don't have a B1/B2 visa. I only have a visa in my diplomatic passport. But the truth is, nobody is entitled to a visa. The countries that give visas are perfectly in order to revoke any visa anytime they want, for whatever reason, and they have no obligation to give any reason. Nobody is entitled to a visa, not even me. So, if the United States of America sees it fit to revoke any visa, they can. And I support their exercise of their sovereignty to do that. So, that's how it is. Okay. Que será, será, right?"
And while Dennison is not worrying about losing his visa, Smith-who is a former foreign minister-says he will continue to lobby for Belize to switch allegiances from Taiwan to mainland China:
Jules Vasquez: "Do you intend to continue this evangelization, so to speak, on behalf of China in Belize?"
Godfrey Smith: "Yes, I do."
Jules Vasquez: "And you are doing this because, as former Foreign Minister, former Attorney General, you believe that Belize should switch its diplomatic loyalty from Taiwan to China?"
Godfrey Smith: "100%. And may I just at this point, too-because I know what social media is like-I do not get paid by the Chinese government to do this. So this is strictly out of belief, policy belief, philosophical belief, ideological belief that this is the way to go, and people should come... Belizeans should be aware of what China means and represents."
"Why have diplomatic relations with a little district or a province of a giant superpower poised to overtake the United States as the economic and military giant in the future, if not already?"
Coming on the heels of mounting speculation and community pushback regarding rumored plans for a new airport in North Ambergris Caye, the Department of Civil Aviation has launched a technical study aimed at squeezing more capacity out of Belize's existing airstrips rather than breaking ground on major new facilities.
On Tuesday, the Belize Department of Civil Aviation announced the kick-off of a six-month study to develop a comprehensive Concept of Operations for the nation's air traffic system. Carried out in partnership with international consulting firm Tetra Tech and The Aviation Group, the project prioritizes route efficiency and airspace management to get the most out of current runways before the country commits to significant infrastructure spending.
The announcement comes against a backdrop of local concern on Ambergris Caye, where talk of a potential airport development on the island's northern tip has met resistance from residents and local leaders worried about environmental damage, town disruption, and overdevelopment.
Rather than proposing new island airstrips, the BDCA's new plan focuses heavily on streamlining existing travel corridors, with particular emphasis on the heavily traveled route between Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport (PGIA) and San Pedro Town.
The study will also encompass municipal and regional airfields across Caye Caulker, Placencia, Dangriga,Corozal, and Belize City, working alongside regional partner COCESNA and local airlines. Aviation officials confirmed that the ongoing technical evaluation will cause no disruptions to current domestic flight schedules or traveler operations.
Last week, we told you about the completion of a critical connection within the Maya Forest Corridor. This last stretch of forest links more than two million acres of Belize's National Protected Areas System. This also helps to maintain ecological connectivity within the wider Maya Forest, a transboundary landscape shared by Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Some of the stakeholders responsible for this major milestone in conservation explained more about the Belize Maya Forest Corridor Trust in a specially produced video:
Celso Poot, Managing Director, TBZ "The Maya Forest Corridor is the last hope. It is the last piece of forested area in Central Belize where animals are moving safely."
"The Maya Forest Corridor is a mixed landscape. We have agriculture, we have protected forests, we have savannah, we have resources, we have roads, we have communities. What we know and what we see is that animals avoid people, avoid disturbances in space and in time."
Dr. Elma Kay, Chairman, MFCT Board "What we started seeing at the time, I would say about 2012, 2010, was that there was a lot of clearing that was happening, a lot of transformation of the area, and so this triggered more and more research in the area to try and understand whether the connection was still intact."
"Many of the animals of the corridor are part of Belize's iconic biodiversity, but they are also symbols of our natural heritage, and they are part of what feeds our tourism industry because people come to see those animals."
John Briceno, Prime Minister "We came up with the National Protected Areas Policy and System Plan, and from that plan we realized there has to be some kind of corridor that connects the north to the west and to the south to be able to have this connectivity within our protected areas."
Cordel Hyde, Deputy Prime Minister "They say every generation has a responsibility to make life better for the generation that comes after, and so this initiative excites me. The benefits of this is that we get an opportunity to leave something intact, preserve something for future generations-for our children and their children and their children."
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Tonight, Belize City is choking on its own garbage-that's because Belize Waste Control has been on something like a go-slow since last week Thursday.
Kaya Cattouse, City Councillor, Sanitation and Maintenance
Tonight, two men are detained after a foiled burglary at the Post Office in Belize City.
Marsha Price, Postmaster General
Tonight, police still don't have Shiloh Coleman's killers-but they have recovered the 19-year-old murder victim's car.
Four men were targeted in Taylor's Alley on Halloween night; one of them, 31-year-old Charles Nolberto, died on the spot, and now, another has died. It happened last night shortly after 29-year-old Charles Middleton was rushed to the KHMH in critical condition.
Goldburn Adolphus, better known as "Easy Glen," must stand trial in the January 2027 session of the High Court for the murder of 42-year-old school warden Shaniele Faber, whose mutilated body was discovered stuffed inside a garbage drum in Belize City last year.
A 52-year-old Belize City taxi operator, Herbert Garreth Taylor, is facing another sexual assault allegation after an 18-year-old woman accused him of touching and kissing her without her consent. Taylor was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate's Court today, where he pleaded not guilty.
For one week now, we've been covering the pop-up protests led by Senator Glenfield Dennison.
"Today is the 10th. Payday is the 15th, but everybody done broke. We done broke long time. The cost of living is too high, and this has been the most popular sign since I came out this morning. The people love this sign because they can relate. Everybody broke and they wait for the 15th. People asked me this morning, 'If you say payday, where is payday?' People want to beat up payday. People are looking for payday, to rob payday, because they can't find payday right now. So, I am at the tax office because they didn't collect the revenue and they want to privatize, statutorize the tax office. That only cost the Belizean people more money to collect the same amount of money. And we won't benefit, no Belizean, for statutorizing the tax office. What we benefit... that the private interest, who will make money from the contracts, which SARA will give out, if they take God out of their thoughts and formulate SARA, I tell you that that will happen-the special interest, who will make money, after the money the government collects, we need all that money to pay."
"We need the public to understand that as it relates to SARA, of course the PSU has been very clear on its stance when it comes to workers that would be either transitioning to the SARA or transferring out to the Public Service. That we still, the same point, we have not gotten any response as it relates to the position of the SARA. As you know, they would have said that it would have transitioned first of October-that has not happened. At the same time, we have not heard anything from the Government of Belize, and in particular I really want to point out, as it relates to the project steering committee of the SARA, they have only met one time and the bill has been introduced in the House, so those are some big red flags."
The Ministry of Health and Wellness today conducted an early market engagement session to refine its procurement processes ahead of upcoming tender invitations. This initiative precedes the competitive bidding phase for the retrofitting of four healthcare facilities nationwide.
Lizett Bell, Deputy Director, Hospital Services
The Yabra Football Club received a donation this afternoon, facilitated through the Police Commissioner's Office, the National Youth Program Coordinator, Crime Stoppers, and Rotary.
that-footballs of course, and then of course the net, jerseys, pants, socks, which all football players must have football socks and football boots itself. So what we did was to look at the numbers when I spoke to Crime Stoppers. It is what we could have provided, and what was pressing was the jerseys, and we pushed on that in terms of the team of 22 players per team. And so we got the 22 jerseys for them, 15 footballs, and in terms of the boots, we tried to work as best as we can because the boots are costly,and we didn't want to get to cheap boots. We wanted them to look really nice out there, knowing that the guys come from this community."
"We have... Mr. Dougie mentioned 80, but we have like 150 kids out here. And apart from football, we do mentorship, we do feeding program, we provide basic mentoring for them, and so any donation we receive is extremely important. Apart from Crime Stoppers and Mr. Dougie, I think we have another person that helps us, and that is the Belize Airport Authority, so I take this time to mention Mr. Jorge Espat, and then our grassroots people in the community."
"I did what the professional thing to do was, which was immediately I became aware and confirmed the revocation, informed the President of Guyana, and I offered him my resignation and he rejected my resignation. I was in touch with the Minister of Education of Belize and Foreign Minister because of my position at the University of Belize, and offered him my resignation, which I think is the professional thing to do."
And while some elected officials might now be well advised to keep a safe distance from mainland China, Senator Glenfield Dennison has no such apprehension. Smith arranged to send Dennison to China on an educational tour. The Senator happily claims the trip and says he is fine without a US visa:
Coming on the heels of mounting speculation and community pushback regarding rumored plans for a new airport in North Ambergris Caye, the Department of Civil Aviation has launched a technical study aimed at squeezing more capacity out of Belize's existing airstrips rather than breaking ground on major new facilities.
Last week, we told you about the completion of a critical connection within the Maya Forest Corridor. This last stretch of forest links more than two million acres of Belize's National Protected Areas System. This also helps to maintain ecological connectivity within the wider Maya Forest, a transboundary landscape shared by Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Celso Poot, Managing Director, TBZ
Dr. Elma Kay, Chairman, MFCT Board
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"They say every generation has a responsibility to make life better for the generation that comes after, and so this initiative excites me. The benefits of this is that we get an opportunity to leave something intact, preserve something for future generations-for our children and their children and their children."
