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Enforcement Efforts Intensify on Illegal Dumping

San Pedro is stepping up its fight against illegal dumping and littering, sending a clear message across the island: keeping La Isla Bonita clean is everyone’s responsibility. With rapid development, a growing population, and increasing tourism placing added strain on infrastructure, garbage management has become one of the island’s most

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Will Coconut Drive Become a One Way Street?

For weeks now, mysterious covered signs along Coconut Drive have San Pedro Town residents speculating what said signs will indicate. At a couple intersections residents have gone as far as creating tares in the

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Nassau Grouper Is Now Critically Endangered

The Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) is now a critically-endangered species. That’s according to a new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN. This means that populations, including spawning aggregations, have declined

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Prime Minister Barrow to Remain in Office Until 2020

Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, discussed the United Democratic Party’s (UDP) current trajectory heading towards the 2020 general elections. Ministers expressed great satisfaction at the evidence of support for the

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Belize Struggling With Battle Against Gillnet Fishing

Nine months after announcement, Gillnet Task Force is dead in the water – Fishers and fisher associations, private sector groups and NGOs warn political intransigence is compromising thousands of Belizean jobs, a 100-million-dollar industry

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