Statement on Shooting Incident in Hopkins
Belmopan, July 31, 2022. 4:30 p.m. The senseless violence that occurred last night at a nightclub in Hopkins Village was tragic and unconscionable.
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MoECST Launches the National Curriculum Framework
Belmopan, July 28, 2022. 6:10 p.m. Over the past eight months, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology (MoECST) has been collaborating with education stakeholders to develop the National Curriculum Framework that will guide our...
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Belize Participates in ECLAC High-Level Meeting
Belmopan, July 28, 2022. 5:40 p.m. The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean convened a high-level meeting to advance consideration of the ECLAC Caribbean...
Read moreRead moreGOB Receives First Disbursement of 2022 Bilateral Cooperation Grant from the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Belmopan, July 28, 2022. 5:25 p.m. On July 21, 2022, Prime Minister Hon. John Briceño, Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment, received a grant from H.E. David Kuan-Chou Chien, Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan), in...
Read moreRead moreCabinet Brief
Belmopan. 28th July 2022. 9:00 a.m. The Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Hon. John Briceño, met in regular session on 26th June 2022.
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Belize Receives Donation of AstraZeneca Vaccines from Government of India
Belmopan. July 27, 2022. 4:45 p.m. The Ministry of Health & Wellness and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are pleased to announce that AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines will now be available at vaccination sites countrywide thanks to a donation...
Read moreRead moreBelizean Foresters Remembered in Scotland
Belmopan. July 27, 2022. 3:45 p.m. During the Second World War, some 900 men from Belize (then British Honduras) sailed over 5,000 miles across the North Atlantic to fell timber in the forests of Scotland as part of the United Kingdom’s war...
Read moreRead moreImprovements in Shrimp Industry Mark Positive Outlook
Belmopan, July 27, 2022. 9:45 a.m. The Belize Aquaculture Limited and Vitali Alimentos, a Guatemalan animal feed company, have signed an agreement to grow quality shrimp post-larvae (PLs) stock to supply Belize’s shrimp industry.
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Signing of Targeted Investment to Improve Belize’s Marine Reserve Network
Belmopan. July 25, 2022. 2:50 p.m. On July 22, 2022, the Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation (MBECA), the Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) and the Fisheries Department held an investment program award ceremony at the Bacalar...
Read moreRead moreMoHW Statement on SSB Proposed Loan to Pharmaceutical Company
Belmopan. July 24, 2022. 5:30 p.m. The Ministry of Health & Wellness (MoHW) has been made aware, via a Public Notice of Investment from the Social Security Board (SSB), of a proposal to lend $7 million to Pharmacy Express Ltd.
Read moreRead moreRegistration Ceremony Held for Sayab Farmers Co-operative Society Limited
Belmopan, July 22, 2022. 6:00 p.m. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise announces that the Department of Co-operatives, responsible for the registration and regulation of co-operatives, today held a registration ceremony for...
Read moreRead moreDetection of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 2 in the United States and Implications for Belize
Belmopan, July 22, 2022. 6:30 p.m. On July 21, 2022, as a result of surveillance conducted in the United States of America, the New York State Department of Health reported the identification of a case of paralytic poliomyelitis in an...
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