The Belize Network of NGOs has congratulated the government of Belize on the Blue Bonds Initiative the nation’s marine resources. However, they are also asking GOB to guarantee it will [...]
Beginning October fourth, Belizean taxpayers will have access to a new online service for paying business taxes, GST, personal income tax, and a host of other taxes. The Integrated Tax [...]
On Friday, the Government of Belize announced that it had successfully negotiated with the majority of bondholders. Despite the achievement of the Briceño administration, the opposition still maintains this follows [...]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has issued a statement lauding the Government of Belize for having obtained the buy-in of approximately eighty-four percent of the holders of the [...]
Belize has successfully negotiated the Super Bond and the Briceño administration announced late this evening that, “the Government of Belize is delighted that the vast majority of holders of the [...]
For a second time since the advent of COVID-19, Independence Day celebrations have been subdued, largely in part to an increase in cases across the country. On Tuesday, government officials, [...]
The restructuring of Belize’s external debt has been much talked about since it was first announced on September third by Prime Minister John Briceño. Since then, additional details of an [...]
Some Belizean businesses will be receiving funding through BELTRAIDE and DFC to expand their operations. With five hundred thousand dollars US in financing from the Caribbean Development Fund, thirty-five businesses [...]
While we were with the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Blue Economy, Kennedy Carrillo, we asked her about the proposal by the government to pay off the super bond, one [...]
Earlier this month, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in light of recent news that a number of government offices have switched from B.T.L. to Smart, wrote to Prime [...]
Today, the government announced that Belize has officially commenced an offer to buy back the super bond, and the solicitation of consents from bondholders. Through the arrangement, Belize is proposing [...]
The Ministry of Finance has announced that on Tuesday the pump price of two fuel products will change. The prices of regular gasoline will increase by twenty-six cents to eleven [...]
Reports have been coming into News Five about residential garbage not being picked up for over a week. In some cases, Belize City residents have taken to social media to [...]
When we spoke to the mayor last week, we were told that the outstanding payments were over a million dollars and counting, since the council has been unable to pay [...]
The Senate met today in Belmopan where the super bond, as well as the agreement between the Government of Belize and The Nature Conservancy, took center stage. Parliamentarians on both [...]
In response to Peyrefitte’s demand for an apology, Senator Eamon Courtenay referred to the People’s United Party’s strong track record on environmental conservation. He further stated that in negotiating the [...]
According to Minister of State Chris Coye, the initial agreement that was struck in October 2020 waived the stamp duty and land taxes; however, they have managed to agree on [...]
A second project that TNC has a part to play in is the Belize Maya Forest Trust. TNC purchased over two hundred thousand acres of land and placed it in [...]
The proposed agreement between the government and the Creditors’ Committee for the holders of the super bond developed during eight months of negotiations. When he appeared on Open Your Eyes [...]
The albatross that is Belize’s massive external debt is a collective burden, some of which may be lifted off our shoulders in the weeks ahead, thanks to a new agreement [...]
In terms of the conservation aspects of the agreement, the government has to make specific commitments, it is still negotiating. One of these has to do with biodiversity zones. [...]
And, if you thought the word “blue” in the term Blue Bond is referring to People’s United Party’s Blu manifesto or its party color, The Nature Conservancy says its organization [...]
Coye went on to explain what the formal offer will be that the government will launch on the Super Bond on Thursday. Included in it is an incentive for bondholders [...]
Prime Minister John Briceño shared in the House of Representatives on Friday that Belize and the Bond Holders’ Committee of the super bond had reached an agreement, in principle, on [...]
Tonight, we take a closer look at The Nature Conservancy’s work in Belize, differentiating between the organization’s involvement in protecting over two hundred thousand acres of forest land in the [...]
