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June 5, 2023

Ahead of The Nature Conservancy meeting in Belize, Prime Minister hosts representatives in Belmopan

He added, "The Nature Conservancy Team headed by the CEO Jennifer Morris and country representative Julie Robinson, my CEO Narda Garcia and Head of our Blue [...]
June 3, 2023

Development Finance Corporation (DFC) wins regional award for top finance facility

On Thursday, the EBL program was awarded the Latin American Association of Development Finance Institutions (ALIDE) Award 2023 at its annual general assembly in San Pedro [...]
May 31, 2023
Major Gilbert Swaso

Port of Belize CEO makes formal request to Ombudsman to investigate Portico ‘Definitive Agreement’

The Agreement, leaked last week, purports to authorize by legislation the operation of a cruise port near the Sibun River under terms considered overly generous and [...]
May 24, 2023

Further amendments to financial regulation structure passed

The Credit Unions (Amendment) Bill, 2023; The Central Bank of Belize (Amendment) Bill, 2023; The Domestic Banks and Financial Institutions (Amendment) Bill, 2023; The International Banking [...]
May 18, 2023

House of Representatives meets Friday: a raft of legislation in support of financial action tops agenda

The listed bills for second reading will include The Credit Unions (Amendment) Bill, 2023; The Central Bank of Belize (Amendment) Bill, 2023; The Domestic Banks and [...]
May 11, 2023
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Back to earth? After post-pandemic boom, International Monetary Fund projects economy to slow and calls for more safeguards against risk

According to Reuters, the IMF’s final report on its annual Article IV consultation with Belmopan projected economic growth of 2.4 percent in the current fiscal year [...]
May 8, 2023

Thieves removed village’s Heritage Bank ATM machine overnight

Assistant Commissioner of Police and officer commanding Eastern Division Hilberto Romero offered these details: “We are reviewing footage and the investigation into this matter continues…[The burglars] [...]
May 7, 2023
national bank of belize

National Bank plans ‘Belize Housing Project’ to develop ten thousand middle-income homes in the next five years

The Bank has officially told Amandala Press that it cannot share as yet any official details as the planning continues, but once that is complete the [...]