The price of butane which is controlled by the GOB is set to see a decrease. See the details in this press release from the Government of Belize.

President Ma Ying-Jeou is headed to Belize next week for his first official visit to the country. 

Caribbean Net News is reporting that Belize Citrus industry is fighting “the citrus greening disease”.

The IMF has just completed their assessment of the Belizean economy. Their conclusions could be described as cautiously optimistic.

Art for art’s sake is the Modernist rallying cry one artist group in Belize is changing that by making art for other’s sake. 

Most of the time it is a one way trip for criminals coming from the USA into Belize. And most of the time they are Belizean being exported from the slums of American cities. Not …

Who can we blame for this? Belize’s football team has been denied access in this year’s CONCACAF Champions League because there is not an adequate stadium in the country for home games. Sad but true.

The Supreme court says the $33.5 million dollar loan agreement with the Belize Bank is unlawful. The decision is the latest in this long running scandal. The loan made in 2007 under the last administration has been under fire for years.

Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM) met Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Deputy Prime Minister Gasper Vega after reporting a GOB move to allow seismic testing in a protected area.

A recent World Bank Report on the HIV/AIDS pandemic focusing on the the spread of infection in Central America has once again shown that Belizeans suffer the highest rate of infection in all Central America. …

Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation
Remarks by Hon. Peter Martinez – Minister of Human Development and Transformation – UNICEF AWP Signing Ceremony
Belmopan – 22 April, 2009

Victoria Peak is a national monument and part of the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Preserve. Last week someone cleared a 15ft square area near the summit, becoming the focus a “who dunnit” scandal.