Belize Inaugurates First Cement Plant

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 …

Former Belize City Mayor Darrel Bradley Announces Bid For UDP Party Leader

Former Belize city mayor and President of the Senate attorney Darrell Bradley has said that he will run for Leader of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), if a recall petition currently underway to unseat Patrick Faber is successful. UDP …

Shyne Barrow Is Belize’s New Leader Of The Opposition

Moses Michael Levi Barrow, also known as Shyne, has been sworn in as new parliamentary Leader of Belize’s Opposition United Democratic Party. Mr. Barrow is a Belizean rapper and politician and son of immediate past three-term prime minister Rt. Hon. …

USA Gov’t Donates Ultra Low Temp Vaccine Storage To Belize

The U.S. Embassy facilitated the delivery of an energy efficient, ultralow temperature (ULT) freezer for the storage of COVID-19 vaccines, donated by the U.S. Government through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the Ministry Health and Wellness. …

Belize Gov’t Opens Up Commercial Fishing To Foreigners

The government of Belize has made commercial fishing open to foreigners that have residence in Belize. The move came about by Statutory Instrument #57 of 2021, signed by fisheries minister Abner Perez. Traditionally, commercial fishing in Belize has been reserved …