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Belize’s exports decline for 4th consecutive year
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 28, 2015--Information released by the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) indicates that Belize’s exports have declined in value for the...
Let the sugar season begin
ORANGE WALK, Mon. Jan. 26, 2015--After a long-drawn-out impasse that almost dealt a devastating blow to the local sugar industry recently, the quiescent mills...
PM says sugar dispute should be resolved “before the year is out”
BELIZE CITY--The mills at the Tower Hill sugar factory remain dormant today since the disagreement between the local cane farmers’ association and the Belize...
Inflation drops with price ease at the pumps
BELIZE CITY--A plunge in pump prices due to falling world market prices for crude, as well as an ease in food costs, have led...
Cañeros to BSCFA: “Roll the Fairtrade money!”
ORANGE WALK--Although there might have been a breakthrough resolution in an effort to get the sugar industry back on its feet during a crucial...
Belize economy expanded 4.8% in 3rd quarter, inflation 0.7%
BELIZE CITY--The Statistical Institute of Belize released the latest economic statistics today, Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at a press conference held at the training...
Belize’s economic outlook upgraded from stable to positive
NEW YORK CITY--The international ratings agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) announced on Friday, November 7, 2014 that it had revised Belize’s economic outlook from...
Inflation and imports up; exports down
BELIZE CITY--Latest information released by the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) indicates that inflation for the first nine months of the year, January to...
No ease for Belizean drivers despite 20% plunge in crude prices
BELIZE CITY--Amidst reports that US consumers are paying pump prices as low as they did back in 2011, Amandala has received queries from the...
Historic $2.85 mil bond launched by SCA for multi-purpose building
BELIZE CITY--St. Catherine Academy this morning launched a historic educational bond, valued at BZ$2.85 million, to finally realize a long-held dream of constructing a...
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BCCI not happy about sale of Scotia Bank Belize
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. July 2, 2020-- The financial sector of Belize became the focus of much public debate and angst following Monday’s announcement that...
Shooting death in Burrell Boom
BURRELL BOOM, Belize District, Thurs. July 2, 2020-- A shooting that occurred at about 2:00 this morning in Burrell Boom as a result of...
PM Barrow loses again… and we the people will pay!
No other prime minister in the history of Belize has ever had the opportunity to govern our little Belize longer than PM Dean Barrow....