The country is moving to end child marriage by proposing amendments to its Marriage Act to raise the legal age for marriage from 16 to 18, also eliminating provisions allowing minors to marry with parental consent

Residential customers with electricity bills of $200 or less will have GST removed from the applicable electricity consumption; the cabinet decision provides direct relief to household budgets by reducing tax burdens

Development of an Electronic Single Window for Trade has been launched, aiming to modernize trade administration by streamlining import and export procedures through a single digital platform

Belize signed with Guatemala a joint declaration requesting the Organization of American States to support conflict prevention and resolution, as well as the verification of incidents in the Adjacency Zone

BEL’s initial tariff submission has been approved by Belize's PUC, keeping base electricity rates unchanged while introducing a Cost of Power Adjustment mechanism to reflect fluctuations in power purchase costs on consumer bills