America Belize The country has currently reached an unemployment rate of 5%, which is the lowest it has ever been in almost 20 years
America Belize 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
America Belize 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
America Belize As an initiative to promote sustainability and cut back on its debt, the country has sealed a deal with the World Bank so that it can pay part of its credit by demonstrating the progression of the conservation of its coral reefs
America Belize Around a year ago the government decided to buy back a US$572 million “Super Bond”; this week the government has named it the “deal of the year”, as it has thus far reduced the nation’s debt by approximately US$250 million
America Belize The country has formally issued a statement claiming territory from Guatemala, to which the Guatemalan government has responded by openly rejecting the claims; tensions between the two neighbouring countries have surged
America Belize Hundreds of national farmers have all come together to volunteer to go to Belize City in order to clean up and aid the people affected by Hurricane Lisa
America Belize The country has entered a state of emergency as Hurricane Lisa has caused severe flooding, making the state order its citizens to stay in their houses indefinitely as a safety measure
America Belize The government has launched the Vanilla Cultivation Training Project, which consists of training women in rural areas to cultivate vanilla and generate their own, independent income
America Belize The Ministry of Labour has just inaugurated a Labour Complaints Tribunal, being the first-ever government organ specifically for handling work disputes and labour concerns
America Belize The government has implemented a new programme to improve medical waste disposal by installing machines that sterilise waste at high temperatures to kill pathogens before final disposal, making the majority of its medical facilities now waste compliant
America Belize Researchers have recently discovered that the country’s Mayan cities contain a high level of mercury contamination, suggesting a new discovery that Mayans were using mercury for centuries, such as in paintings and ceramics
America Belize A private American firm bought hectares of land near the coast to exploit them for mining purposes, but the government has reportedly stopped all attempts to proceed as it deems more important to protect nature rather than profiting from it