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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eamon Courtenay met today with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, Lisandro Rosales Banegas during his official visit to Belize. They held a bilateral meeting aimed at promoting and strengthening cooperation in areas of agriculture and food security, the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, tourism, migration, and […]
Written on October 14, 2021 | Posted in
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Taiwan has thanked the Belize Government for publicly supporting it as tensions grow with Mainland China. In a brief message to News Five today, the Taiwanese Embassy wrote, “The embassy would like to thank the Government of Belize for its staunch support to Taiwan. As a trustworthy and faithful ally, Taiwan will continue to work with […]
Written on October 8, 2021 | Posted in
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The Minister of National Defence and Border Security, Florencio Marin Junior was invited by Admiral Jose Rafael Ojeda, Secretary of the Navy of Mexico, to attend the two hundredth Anniversary of the Mexican Navy in Veracruz. During the October fourth event, Minister Marin met with the heads of Mexico’s four primary security agencies. He was […]
Written on October 8, 2021 | Posted in
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The Head of Cooperation of the European Union for Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas, Aniceto Rodriguez, today handed over to Joseph Waight, Financial Secretary, new information technology equipment for the Ministry of Finance. The IT equipment comes under the Public Finance Management Programme under the 11th European Development Fund. It includes one hundred IT devices, […]
Written on October 6, 2021 | Posted in
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The Prime Minister was ebullient this weekend after what he describes as a very productive five days of meetings in Mexico, as guest of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Among the mutually beneficial projects he says they discussed were bringing the Tren Maya close to the Belize border and hooking up San Pedro directly to […]
Written on October 4, 2021 | Posted in
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There is a large delegation of Belizean officials in Mexico City this week, headed by Prime Minister John Briceño. The visit comes on the heels of the celebration of Mexico’s independence, which was attended by PM Briceño at the request of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Today, News Five spoke with Ambassador Oscar Arnold about […]
Written on September 28, 2021 | Posted in
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During their time in Mexico, trade and agriculture ministers will be meeting with their counterparts and various Mexican agencies to further advance bilateral relations between both countries. Here’s Ambassador Oscar Arnold with a breakdown of some of the working sessions being held today and over the course of the next few days. Oscar Arnold, […]
Written on September 28, 2021 | Posted in
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS), like Belize, are often considered ineligible for international concessional financing. In his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Prime Minister John Briceño pointed out that small developing states are faced with structural vulnerabilities, and that size, geographic location, market size, and exposure to natural disasters all make […]
Written on September 27, 2021 | Posted in
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Speaking on equity and fairness in global responses, Belize’s Prime Minister spoke out against global acts of vaccine hoarding and predatory purchasing. As PM Briceño noted, of the more than eight billion doses of vaccines that have been administered, seventy-three percent have been given in ten countries alone. He called on the multilateral system to […]
Written on September 27, 2021 | Posted in
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Siding with the nation of Cuba, during his UN address, Prime Minister Briceño referred to the US embargo against Cuba as illegal, cruel, and inhumane. He says the embargo has been widened under the Biden administration, causing millions of innocent people to suffer. Prime Minister John Briceño “The persistent call of the General Assembly […]
Written on September 27, 2021 | Posted in
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At the start of news tonight, Prime Minister John Briceño addressed the Seventy-Sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The annual, high-level meeting of the heads of government across all member countries is taking place in New York City, where PM Briceño and a delegation of government officials arrived on Wednesday. Ahead of Belize’s […]
Written on September 24, 2021 | Posted in
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The ongoing Seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly was opened on September fourteenth and is chaired by Abdulla Shahid, President of the General Assembly. Earlier today, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei addressed the gathering of heads of state in New York City. During his presentation, President Giammattei touched briefly on the resolution of the […]
Written on September 22, 2021 | Posted in
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This morning, Prime Minister John Briceño joined other Caribbean Heads of State in speaking at the first virtual African-CARICOM Summit. PM Briceño spoke on matters of partnership with Africa and the Caribbean, particularly through technical and educational cooperation. Prime Minister John Briceño “Our historic meeting comes at a unique and necessary time in history. […]
Written on September 7, 2021 | Posted in
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The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belize and Guatemala met on Wednesday with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, in Washington DC. Minister Eamon Courtenay and Minister Pedro Brolo Vila gave an overview of the work taking place at the O.A.S. office in the Adjacency Zone. According to press release […]
Written on September 1, 2021 | Posted in
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Today at San Ignacio Resort Hotel, a ceremony of achievements and presentation of a third disbursement for the Belize Urban Resilience and Disaster Prevention Project was held. It is a collaboration between Belize and the Taiwanese Government that sought to make the Cayo District, which has been recently affected by flooding, more resilient to the […]
Written on August 16, 2021 | Posted in
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A meeting of the Administrative Commission under the Partial Scope Agreement between the Government of Belize and the Government of the Republic of Guatemala ended today. The two-day sessions at the Leigh Richardson Building in Belmopan covered a wide range of issues, including food and plant safety, customs and trade facilitation matters, review of existing […]
Written on August 13, 2021 | Posted in
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The U.S. Embassy has a new Chargé d’Affaires. Leyla Moses-Ones arrived in Belize on Friday and will serve at the embassy in Belmopan for three years. Chargé Moses-Ones most recently served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Albania from 2018 to 2021. Prior to this, she served in various capacities in Washington, D.C. as well […]
Written on August 9, 2021 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) as part of an initiative called “Strengthening of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Central American Countries.” Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Immigration, Eamon Courtenay received the funding from David Kuan-Chou Chien, […]
Written on August 9, 2021 | Posted in
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Five new ambassadors to Belize presented their credentials to Governor General Froyla T’zalam during a virtual ceremony today. All non-resident ambassadors, they are Lina Eugenia Ajoy Rojas of Costa Rica; Mehmet Erkan Aytun of the Republic of Turkey; Doctor Maureen Piribonemi Tamuno of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Paisan Rupanichkij of the Kingdom of Thailand; […]
Written on August 5, 2021 | Posted in
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It’s been months since the Biden Administration took office in the United States, but an ambassador has still not been named to Belize. In fact, Belize has not had a U.S. ambassador since President Obama demitted office back in 2016. Most recently Chargé d’affaires Keith Gilges has been standing in. In July, his mission ended […]
Written on August 5, 2021 | Posted in
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Four days after two standoffs between a joint team of B.D.F., forestry personnel, Friends for Conservation and Development rangers and Guatemalan soldiers and civilians occurred in the Chiquibul Reserve, and after many requests made to the B.D.F. and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for information, the ministry has issued a press release. The incident occurred last […]
Written on July 28, 2021 | Posted in
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The Prime Minister has met with the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, at UN Headquarters in New York. According to a release from the Government of Belize Press Office, among the issues raised by PM Briceño is the need for concessionary financing for Small Island Developing States for post COVID-19 pandemic recovery and Belize’s […]
Written on July 9, 2021 | Posted in
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Although the northern border is still closed to the average Belizean, a special delegation, led by the Minister of Agriculture Jose Abelardo Mai, went across to Mexico on Thursday. Their purpose was to meet with Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture, Victor Manuel Villalobos Arambula and discuss areas of partnership and cooperation. Those talks focused on agriculture, […]
Written on July 9, 2021 | Posted in
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Also present for the meeting was Mexican Ambassador to Belize, Martha Zamarripa Rivas. Policy Analyst with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise, Milagro Matus told the Press Office that this is the first time Belize’s Minister of Agriculture is leading a delegation in Mexico, and that it speaks to a greater interest by the […]
Written on July 9, 2021 | Posted in
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This morning, the Government of Belize condemned in the strongest terms the assassination of the President of Haiti Jovenel Moïse. A release from G.O.B. says “such a heinous act of political violence has no place in democratic societies or in the Caribbean Community, which is firmly committed to the rule of law and democratic principles. […]
Written on July 7, 2021 | Posted in
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