Belize

To save the properties near the water from coastal erosion, the government has partnered with the UN Development Programme to install new massive synthetic sandbags that create physical barriers that slow shoreline disintegration

Using two decades of NASA satellite data, scientists will assess the vulnerability of the country’s coral reefs to bleaching and collapse; the findings could help authorities protect the reefs from human impacts such as overfishing and pollution

The Ministry of Education is working on several initiatives to bring internet access to every school in the country, mainly building upon and expanding older programmes to ensure that education is technology-centered

The government is currently discussing with Panama the possibility of Belize joining the Central American electricity grid, as the country is seeking a new, cost-efficient alternative source of energy

During the country’s celebration of Women’s Month, the government announced that it will officially eliminate the General Sales Tax on all women’s sanitary products, now being classified as part of the basic supplies of a household

As the country has tight bilateral relations with Cuba, Prime Minister John Briceno has formally requested the US to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsored terrorists, and condemned its unjustified designation as a state promoting terrorism

In response to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration initiative, the country has formally committed to the restoration of over 380.000 hectares of its degraded land, implementing new reforestation practices that will ultimately bring it back to life

A large supply of PVC pipes and fittings, which will be used to expand water supplies within the East and West Areas of the country to provide residents with access to water, has been handed by the government to the Ministry of Rural Transformation

The country has currently reached an unemployment rate of 5%, which is the lowest it has ever been in almost 20 years

The country’s soybean production is projected to break its yield record this year, with an additional 31% of soybean yield that will contribute to the country’s exports

The country is currently working on a project to deliver 10.000 homes to low-income families, and this week it has started handing out the first dozen of them