September 16, 2022 The Inter-American Development Bank approved a $15 million loan and up to $800,000 in grant funding for the Sustainable and Inclusive Belize project, which seeks to bolster revenue from…
Category: BELIZE
Naledo Belize coming back on 400% sales rebound!
By: Staff Writer September 9, 2022 A Belizean agro-processor wants to “impact CARICOM in a stronger way,” says sales have strongly rebounded since the COVID-19 economic shutdown had them sputtering…
Turmeric Trend Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
September 6, 2022 Turmeric has been in the top echelon of the ‘trending foods’ chart for the past five years and is still one of the most sought-after ingredients by…
Ground Broken to Mark Construction Phase of USD59.9M UK/CDB Road Upgrade Project in Belize
May 13, 2022 Representatives of the Government of Belize, the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) broke ground to officially mark the construction phase…
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2022 Article IV Consultation with Belize
May 10, 2022 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Belize and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time basis. [2]…
Belize: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2022 Article IV Mission
February 25, 2022 An International Monetary Fund team led by Jaime Guajardo conducted discussions for the 2022 Article IV consultation with Belize between February 10 and 22. The team met…
CDB, EU increase trade support to Belize with new programme
February 15, 2022 “CDB, as the second largest contributor to the Government of Belize’s current suite of development-related projects, has clearly signalled our intent to sustain and increasingly collaborate with…
Caribbean Development Bank President’s Inaugural Visit to Belize
February 8, 2022 Strengthening trade, innovative financing, advancing agriculture and building economic and climate resilience will be among the issues on the agenda when Dr Gene Leon, President of the…
CariCRIS upgrades the credit ratings of the Belize Bank Limited by 2 notches
December 17, 2021 Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has upgraded the Issuer/ Corporate Credit ratings assigned to the Belize Bank Limited (BBL or the Bank) to CariBB…
Belize exports receives a boost as 11th EDF SPS Measures Project upgrades Animal Health Legislation
December 17, 2021 On 6th December at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise, Belmopan, Belize, stakeholders came together to launch the strengthening Agricultural Health and Food Safety (AHFS)…
Policymakers are missing the potential of the multi-billion dollar Seaplant industry in Caribbean.
By: Staff Writer December 7, 2021 An entrepreneur said that there is an opportunity to diversify from tourism into the multi-billion dollar mariculture but policymakers need to take advantage of…
Belizean-based turmeric producer Naledo signs European distribution deal
December 7, 2021 Fresh turmeric paste from Belize will soon be available on shop shelves in Europe after Caribbean company Naledo signed a deal with Swiss-based distributor Sparkling Revolutions SA.…