COVID-19 Pandemic Plunges Belize Further into Poverty
Six out of every ten Belizeans are poor. That is the statistic that came out during a recent statement made by Prime Minister John Briceño at the United Nation General [...]
Six out of every ten Belizeans are poor. That is the statistic that came out during a recent statement made by Prime Minister John Briceño at the United Nation General [...]
Cabinet today issued a three page statement on the cruise sector and port developments. The statement speaks to the Port of Magical Belize project, and the Port of Belize’s proposed [...]
Regarding Stake Bank, the statement says the project is in construction phase and projected to be operational in 2022, having received the requisite approvals and permits. As it pertains to [...]
Entrepreneurship Week will be celebrated in November and those who inspire people from around the world through local, regional and international activities are exploring their potential as innovators. From November [...]
The three-day summit is all about networking and providing a platform that entrepreneurs can tap into. Among the speakers is Belize’s Mervin Budram. More than just a motivational speaker, the [...]
In August, Belize benefited from an allocation of Special Drawing Rights, commonly known as SDRs worth around thirty-six million U.S. dollars by the International Monetary Fund. SDRs, which the IMF created in [...]
We also asked about the five hundred thousand dollars the Government of Belize reportedly owes to the KHMH for renovations done to the COVID unit. Minister Chebat says the documents [...]
Belize and the wider Caribbean are holding a series of meetings with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to discuss special vulnerability and debt relief. Belize as a [...]
This week’s Cabinet brief also noted that for the first time villages will be able to charge for trade licenses. But, in a time of economic hardship when small and [...]
On the controversial topic of the proposed Stake Bank causeway, on Tuesday, Chief Environmental Officer Martin Alegria said publicly that permission was given for the project a few years ago [...]
Prime Minister Briceno said that the ten percent salary cut that was applied earlier this year to the salaries of teachers and public officers played a significant part in helping [...]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has not been exempted from the challenging economic times. As viewers may recall, there are hundreds of thousands of dollars in outstanding debts to the [...]
The Belize Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations just completed a four city tour in the United States, holding town hall and business meetings with Belizeans living in Houston, Chicago, [...]
We also spoke to CEO at the Port of Belize, Andrew Lane who told us that, among other things, included in the agreement are increases for staff in the years [...]
As we reported on Wednesday, the Government has secured a US eight-million-dollar loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to upgrade the technological features of the Ministry of Finance. It’s all [...]
Belize has secured a loan of US eight million dollars from the Inter-American Development Bank to be invested in digitalization, staff training and expanding a data center at the Ministry of Finance. It [...]
The sale of Belizean shrimp to Mexico is about to restart. Today the government announced Belize’s export license has been renewed. The license had expired in 2019, and due to [...]
Not everyone is happy about the vaccine and test mandate. Some sectors say they should have been consulted first. That’s the position the National Trade Union Congress. The NTUCB says [...]
Belize Telemedia Limited’s Annual General Meeting for its fiscal year 2020/2021 was held virtually this morning. The company is reporting a net income or profit of eight million dollars, which [...]
The company projects an increase in net income to thirty million dollars by the end of fiscal year 2025/2026. And while those are just projections, achieving those numbers would mean [...]
And, as the other take-a-way from today’s virtual AGM is that BTL is taking a new approach to its financial reporting model and looking more at Return of Equity or [...]
The Belize Network of NGOs congratulates the Briceno administration on its blue bonds initiative which has been successfully negotiated with eighty-four percent of the holders of the super bond supporting [...]
According to Salas, while the initiative is the hallmark of sustainable human development and relieves a significant portion of Belize’s crushing external debt obligations, there is still a long way [...]
The BNN is also expressing concern over the cruise ports and the concentration of facilities to be built in the Belize District. As many as five terminals would be in [...]
Although he is still in Mexico City as part of G.O.B.’s official delegation, this morning Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Christopher Coye joined Channel Five’s Open Your [...]
