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UBNI Welcomes Jorge David Awe

By On March 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

United Belizeans of Northern Illinois welcomes Jorge David Awe to Illinois. Meet him at our annual Bar-B-Q scholarship fund-raiser during our Holy Saturday celebration April 7, 2012.

 

Native Belizean finds beauty in his country of origin despite its third world problems

DOLLARD-DES-ORMEAUX, Quebec –

The new short story collection Essence & Folly [...]

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Rt. Honorable George Price

Message from the Vice-President of United Belizeans of Northern Illinois, Carlos Bobadilla.

By On September 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

 

Dear Fellow Belizeans:

This is a sad time for the country of Belize, for the former and first Prime Minister and founding father of our country has passed away.  It is with our deepest condolences that we all grieve with his family.  May  God have mercy on his soul and may he [...]

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“Honoring our History, Celebrating our Culture, Uniting for Peace.”

By On September 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Happy 30th Anniversary of Independence Belize. United Belizeans of Northern Illlinois joins in the Fiestas Patrias celebrations in Waukegan, Illinois.

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Belizeans in Illinois

By On June 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Belizeans established a pattern of “chain migration” as individuals, once established in Chicago, attracted and then assisted family members, relatives, and friends. Because so many were employed in domestic service in Evanston, Kenilworth, and Glencoe, a large concentration of Belizeans settled in [...]

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