government of Belize

PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed an appeal filed by six people against the Supervisor of Elections and the Belize government after they said they were unable to recoup their investments in the CLICO (Bahamas) Limited following the collapse of its ...

The new managers of the Belize Civic Center, Apex Events Services Limited, and its parent company Apex Events Services LLC of Florida, have apparently agreed with Government on a guarantee of around eight hundred and fifty thousand to a million dollars annually to maintain the facility and ration out ...

BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Mar. 22, 2018– The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) met at its Port of Spain, Trinidad headquarters yesterday, Wednesday, and via a teleconference hearing between its headquarters and Belize, it handed down a ruling in a government of Belize application for the $90 million ...

The “Genetic Improvement in Sheep and Goat Project” is a US$1,624,475.00 initiative of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), which has signed an agreement with the government of Belize to grant this funding to help Belize build and develop a National Sheep and Goat Breeding Center at ...

Is the Government running a game with the share price of Belize Telemedia Limited and what the company is really worth? That's the thinking in some sectors since G.O.B. is considering selling more shares of B.T.L. to the Social Security Board. In 2017, S.S.B. bought seven million shares at five dollars a ...

Belize is set to establish one of the biggest biological corridors in Central America, connecting two nature reserves that are home to jaguars and pumas, among other wildlife. The Belize northeastern biological corridor, approved by the government on Feb. 13, will span some 110 square kilometers (42 ...

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Mar. 14, 2018– In a new twist in the complicated saga that a government loan guarantee has spawned in respect to the Universal Health Services (UHS), the Belize Bank Limited has succeeded in obtaining an enforcement order from a United States federal court for payment of $35 ...

The Government has committed to bondholders to tighten the fiscal stance by 3 percentage points in Fiscal Year 2017/18 and to maintain a primary surplus of 2 percent of GDP for the subsequent 3 years. In addition, Belize would be required to submit a Report to the National Assembly if it fails to meet the ...

The order by U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta authorizes Belize Bank to seize property owned by the government of Belize "in the jurisdictions where such attachment or execution is appropriate," according to the order. It's a win for Belize Bank, which has fought since the underlying arbitral award was ...

The Government's total spending comes up to slightly more than one point two billion dollars. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dean Barrow readily pointed out that with fiscal consolidation the watchword in Belmopan, don't expect “pyrotechnics.” Belize is expected to miss its own projections for fiscal ...

By BBN Staff: The government of Belize, through the Ministry of Works, announced today that it has signed two contracts for rehabilitation works on the George Price highway between the city of Belmopan and Blackman Eddy village. The rehabilitation is funded through a loan from the Inter-American ...

Government representatives from the United States and Belize are teaming up to help protect cultural heritage artifacts from Belize. According to a press release, Acting Charge d'Affaires Deborah Lingwood at the United States Embassy in Belize and Greg Vernon, the Acting President of Belize's National ...

Ambassador Luis Alfonso De Alba, the Mexican Vice Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean, was in Belize today for several events in both Belize City and Belmopan. We start first with the ceremonies at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. You'll remember that years ago, the Mexican Government ...

And while all of that is true, how can government justify providing incentives to potential (non-Belizean) investors and not see that a similar package of incentives, geared specifically to the returning Belizeans, can also go a long way to develop Belize? I remember when the Consortium for Belizean ...

At least that is the perception when the Guatemalan military is allowed to exercise sovereignty over the entire Sarstoon River and there has been no urgency on the part of the Belize Government to lead protest in the international community, to alert the “Friends of Belize” to what has been happening on our ...

A ceremony will also be held for the unveiling plaques of the Olmec Head replica donated by the Government of Mexico to the Government of Belize. De Alba has served as Permanent Representative of Mexico to the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. (2016-2017) and is a career ...

The Government of the United States also repatriated Belizean cultural property recovered by Special agents from the U.S. National Park Service. The Government of Belize was represented by Greg Vernon, Acting President of NICH, while the Government of the United States was represented by Acting ...

BELIZE CITY, Mon. Feb. 26, 2018– The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has set dates for submissions in an appeal brought by Titan International Securities against the Government of Belize. Belize Solicitor General Nigel Hawke told reporters last Thursday, February 22, that the dates had been set by the ...

The policy makers and economic participants in Belize all know this very well. However, Belize government chooses to take around $70 million in taxes and levies, approximately 35% of the $200 million that Belize imports in fuel. In addition, it has a very expensive three-player oligopoly that increases the ...

By BBN Staff: The Government of Belize today announced that the upcoming United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) country visit to Belize by the ... The postponement is as a result of one of the governmental experts from Tuvalu being unable to acquire the necessary travel documents and ...

By BBN Staff: Today, the Government of the United States and the Government of Belize signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological Material of Belize. The Agreement solidifies the collaboration between the United States and ...

An Official Ceremony to inaugurate Ranchito Government Primary School new building will be held on the school's compound in Ranchito Village, Corozal District at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 22, 2018. This is as a result of the Government of Belize recognising the critical role of primary education ...

By BBN Staff: The Belize Progressive Party (BPP), via a release yesterday, accused the government of Belize of coercing residents in Mayan communities to support GOB's attempts to take the Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The BPP joined with the Maya Leaders Alliance (MLA) ...

By BBN Staff: According to reports, the government of Belize has hired the services of another high-end attorney to represent GOB on the Universal Health Services (UHS ) case. Ben Juratowich, a Queen's Counsel from British law firm, Freshfield Brauckhaus Deringer will be representing GOB in the ...

At an infrastructural value of thirty three million dollars, the Civic in Belize City was completed at the end of last year, after Medina's Construction Limited began building the multi-purpose complex in 2015. Twelve months into the project and considering the scale of the project, the Government of Belize and ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday ruled in favour of the Belize Government in its application to reduce the interest rate contained in a certificate issued by the court. The certificate was made following an arbitral award made against the ...

In the memo, Waight is telling senior public officers to stop checking their accounts, because the Government of Belize doesn't have any money. The leaked document comes at a time where the local media are reporting an imminent shortage of gas, because GOB, cannot make the payment for the resupply ...

Social development goals aren't just being seen as a marketing ploy in Belize, as the government ministries, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and civil society have all showcased a will towards meeting related targets. There has been a mass mobilization for the cause, with those ...

Belize has not yet set a date for its referendum, however the Government of Belize has said that it should be ready by late 2018 to early 2019. Both side must, by simple majority, vote YES if the case is to be taken to the ICJ. All indications are that Belize will vote NO….simply because Belize has nothing to ...