Most Belizeans were shocked by the summary firing of Central Bank Governor Gustavo Manuel Vasquez by Prime Minster Johnny Briceño on 13 August 2021. The Governor had only been on the job since April of 2021. Both his character and …
The Tower Hill Sugar Factory has milled 1.22 Million tonnes of sugar cane in the 2020/21 zaffra, and the American Sugar Refiners/ Belize Sugar Industry Ltd expects to produce at least 120,000 tonnes of sugar, of which almost half will …
The Tourism Recovery Plan that the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) officially introduced last month has received overall endorsement from the newly-installed President of the Belize Hotel Association (BHA). In newspaper op-ed this week, Saldivar said that “It is reassuring to …
The leader of the opposition United Democratic Party Patrick Faber survived Belize’s first-ever recall petition held Sunday at Birds Isle in Belize city. Faber emerged still holding unto leadership but with less than half of his party’s delegates supporting him …
Belize has its first cement plant capable of supplying local demand and the CARICOM export market. The Cementos Rocafuerte plant is an investment from Guatemala-based Cementos Progreso that for years now has been exporting bagged cement to Belize, along with …