Belize has made history by being the first Caribbean nation to officially ratify the groundbreaking ocean biodiversity agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement). The
Release - The Belize Poultry Health Regulations, Statutory Instrument No. 121 of 2022, published in the Gazette on 25th August 2022, came into effect on 30th November 2022. These regulations will enable the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA), in collaboration with poultry farmers, to effectively
The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is hosting a two-day International Music and Food Festival this July 30-31, 2022, at the Saca Chispas Field in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The first of its kind, the Belize International Music and Food Festival aims to showcase local and international
A number of Caribbean Islands are easing up on their COVID-19 restrictions, just in time for the summer season. Online travel site Travel + Leisure has reported that Belize, Saint Lucia, and Grenada are making it easier for tourists to book their flights and enjoy their
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit a number of islands in the Caribbean next month in a bid to "shore up support for the monarchy." In an article published by the Daily Mail, William, 39, and Kate, 40, are said to tour the Bahamas,
Alaska Airlines began nonstop service to Belize City, Belize from Seattle and Los Angeles on Friday. The inaugural service to Belize happens to coincide with Garifuna Settlement Day, one of the nation's most important holidays which celebrates the arrival of the Garifuna people in 1802. Alaska's service to Belize operates four times a
Belize and Trinidad & Tobago have respectively received 33,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility. PAHO’s Revolving Fund, which is responsible for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines for the countries of the Americas under the COVAX Mechanism, sent the doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine,
Artifacts found in Belize, Cuba In a study recently published by research journal site, Nature, the original settlers of the Caribbean can be traced to two distinct groups to which were thousands of years apart. This suggests that the highly mobile people settled in the group
Belizeans are heading to the polls today to elect a new government amid damages caused by ETA and rising COVID-19 cases. In the latest statistics, Belize has 1,901 active cases, 185 of which were identified yesterday. Thirty-one seats in the House of Representatives are up for
PAHO Press Release - The United Nations through the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund handed over 30,000 sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), 150 test kits, and various essential health commodities to the Ministry of Health (MOH) to support the Government of Belize
