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26Th March 2015, in the National Assembly Chamber, !Belmopan, at 10:18 AM
!1 BELIZE ! No. HR26/1/11 ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES! th Thursday, 26 ! March, 2015 10:18! A.M ------! Pursuant to the Direction of Mr. Speaker on the 15th March 2015, the House met on Thursday, 26th March 2015, in the National Assembly Chamber, !Belmopan, at 10:18 AM. ! ! Members Present: The Hon. Michael Peyrefitte, Speaker The Hon. Dean O. Barrow (Queen’s Square), Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Economic Development The Hon. Gaspar Vega (Orange Walk North), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Natural Resources and Agriculture The Hon. Erwin R. Contreras (Cayo West), Minister of Trade, Investment Promotion, Private Sector Development and Consumer Protection The Hon. Patrick J. Faber (Collet), Minister of Education, Youth and Sports The Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr. (Belize Rural South), Minister of Tourism and Culture The Hon. Anthony Martinez (Port Loyola), Minister of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation The Hon. John Saldivar (Belmopan), Minister of National Security The Hon. Wilfred P. Elrington (Pickstock), Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs The Hon. Rene Montero (Cayo Central), Minister of Works and Transport The Hon. Pablo S. Marin (Corozal Bay), Minister of Health The Hon. Santino Castillo (Caribbean Shores), Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development The Hon. Hugo Patt (Corozal North), Minister of State in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture The Hon. Herman Longsworth (Albert), Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports The Hon. Mark King (Lake Independence), Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation The Hon. -
BELIZE No. HR 26/1/11 HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
BELIZE No. HR 26/1/11 ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, 26th March 2015 ! 10:18 AM. ---*---! Pursuant to the Order of the House on the 13th March 2015, the House met on Thursday, 26th March 2015, in the National Assembly Chamber, Belmopan, at 10:18 AM. ------! ! Members Present: The Hon. Michael Peyrefitte, Speaker The Hon. Dean O. Barrow (Queen’s Square), Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Economic Development The Hon. Gaspar Vega (Orange Walk North), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Natural Resources and Agriculture The Hon. Erwin R. Contreras (Cayo West), Minister of Trade, Investment Promotion, Private Sector Development and Consumer Protection The Hon. Patrick J. Faber (Collet), Minister of Education, Youth and Sports The Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr. (Belize Rural South), Minister of Tourism and Culture The Hon. Anthony Martinez (Port Loyola), Minister of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation The Hon. John Saldivar (Belmopan), Minister of National Security The Hon. Wilfred P. Elrington (Pickstock), Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs The Hon. Pablo S. Marin (Corozal Bay), Minister of Health The Hon. Rene Montero (Cayo Central), Minister of Works and Transport The Hon. Edmond G. Castro (Belize Rural North), Minister of State in the Ministry of Works and Transport, Deputy Speaker The Hon. Santino Castillo (Caribbean Shores), Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development The Hon. Hugo Patt (Corozal North), Minister of State in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture The Hon. Herman Longsworth (Albert), Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports The Hon. Mark King (Lake Independence), Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation The Hon. -
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Sunday, December 23, 2012 - STAR - Tels: 626-8822 & 626-8841 & 804-4900 - Email:[email protected] Page 1 *STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR *STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR8*8TAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR* No.No. 151151340 Sunday, SUNDAY,SUNDAY, December MAYMAY 11,11, 23, 20082008 2012 PricePricePrice $1.00$1.00$1.00 Police Commissioner’s Son Busted With Western Weed SAN IGNACIO TOWN, Cayo, instructions the driver halted and dealer of #6095 Buttonwood Bay, Friday, December 14, 2012; exited the vehicle. Nothing incriminat- Belize City. He is the eldest of son of The eldest son of an Assistant ing was found inside the cab of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Commissioner of the Belize Police vehicle. The search then proceeded Noel Miguel Leal who is currently Department is currently on remand to the back of the vehicle where the serving as the Commander- Planning, behind bars on a drug trafficking police came upon two rimless tires Performance, Review and Inspection charge. which when searched were found to (PPRI) at police headquarters in The report coming out of Beque contain a dozen black plastic bags Belmopan. police informs that it was shortly tightly wrapped with transparent Leal, the vehicle and the suspected after 1 o’clock on the evening of plastic tape which when opened in the marijuana were transported to the Thursday, December 13, 2012, at presence of the driver was found to police station in Benque Viejo Town about 1:15 pm when the attention of contain suspected marijuana. -
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BCCS 2/18/09 10:31 AM Page 1 BCCS 2/18/09 10:31 AM Page 2 BCCS 2/18/09 10:31 AM Page 3 BCCS 2/18/09 10:31 AM Page 4 BELIZE COUNTRY COOPERATION STRATEGY 2008–2011 Photo courtesy Ministry of Health of Belize A Mennonite farmer receives rubella vaccine, 2004. BCCS 2/18/09 10:31 AM Page 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS GLOSSARY 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 11 FOREWORD 15 1. INTRODUCTION 16 2. COUNTRY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AND NATIONAL RESPONSE 18 2.1 General context 18 2.2 Health status of the population 19 2.3 Major health problems 20 2.4 Health determinants 26 2.5 Health sector policies and organization 31 2.6 The Millennium Development Goals 37 2.7 Key health priorities and challenges 37 2.8 Opportunities and strengths 38 3. DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS: TECHNICAL COOPERATION, AID EFFECTIVENESS, AND COORDINATION 39 3.1 Key international aid and partners in health 39 3.2 National ownership 42 3.3 Alignment and harmonization 42 3.4 Challenges 42 3.5 Opportunities 42 4. PAST AND CURRENT PAHO/WHO COOPERATION 43 4.1 Cooperation overview 43 4.2 Structure and ways of working 45 4.3 Resources 46 4.4 SWOT analysis of PAHO/WHO 48 5. STRATEGIC AGENDA FOR PAHO/WHO’S COOPERATION 49 5.1 Strategic priority 1: improving the health status of the population 50 5.2 Strategic priority 2: addressing key health determinants 54 5.3 Strategic priority 3: strengthening health sector policies and organization 56 5.4 Strategic priority 4: enhancing PAHO/WHO’s response 59 6. -
November 2020
BELIZE DIPLOMATIC & CONSULAR LIST November 2020 1 Contents MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS................................... 10 RESIDENT EMBASSIES, CONSULATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ACCREDITED TO BELIZE ........................................ 12 FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL ............................. 13 REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) ................................ 14 REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA .................................... 16 REPUBLIC OF CUBA .......................................... 17 REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR ................................... 18 DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION .......................... 19 REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA ..................................... 20 REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS ...................................... 22 JAPAN ..................................................... 23 REPUBLIC OF PANAMA ........................................ 24 UNITED MEXICAN STATES ..................................... 25 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ...... 27 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .................................. 29 BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA .......................... 32 INTERNATIONAL & REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ...................... 33 CARIBBEAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE . 34 TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING (CATIE) ................................................... 35 CARIBBEAN REGIONAL FISHERIES MECHANISM SECRETARIAT(CRFM) .. 36 CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE CENTER(CCCCC) .......... 37 CENTRAL AMERICAN COOPERATION FOR AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES(COCESNA) -
New Year- New Mandate
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Capital Weekly Page 1 No. 044 Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Online Publication NEW YEAR- NEW MANDATE Extraordinaryhankful, Truthful, and thatOpportunity we see our way clear - Extraordinary Results Realistic, Reassur- to another successful year.” ing and Optimistic Speaking candidly of – that is how we must the challenges, he informs Tsummarize and characterize that the reduction in PetroCa- Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s ribe flows is perhaps the most New Year’s Message for 2016. pronounced, and that this The Prime Minister combined with the dizzying starts out recounting the na- fall in oil prices, we expect to tion’s blessings in 2015, having get much less from these Ven- been spared from hurricanes ezuela loan funds than we did and social upheaval, and hav- in 2015. In fact, he noted, the ing as he puts it, “steered our 2015 intake was already only way through the complexi- half of 2014. “This, combined ties of the relationship with with the drying up of earn- Guatemala; and politically we ings from our own petroleum capped everything with the exports, will put a severe crimp peaceful and historic gen- in Government revenues,” the eral elections of November.” Prime Minister admits. It is be- Turning to economics, cause of this, the fact that pay- the Prime Minister notes that ments on the Superbond will despite the challenges pre- have to be stepped up, and the sented by disease and the long inevitability of the Compensa- drought, which played havoc tion Award for the acquisition with shrimp and grains, and an of vital public utilities, that earlier than expected decrease the Government has had to in the export price of sugar, the raise the duty on fuel imports, productive sector performed the Prime Minister explains. -
Standing Committee Members
APPENDIX A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - STANDING COMMITTEES I. FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT II. PUBLIC UTILITIES, TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS 1. HON. JOHN SALDIVAR, CHAIRMAN 1. HON. TRACY TAEGAR-PANTON, CHAIRPERSON 2. HON. HUGO PATT 2. HON. ERWIN CONTRERAS 3. HON. EDMOND CASTRO 3. HON. PABLO MARIN 4. HON. ELODIO ARAGON JR. 4. HON. ELODIO ARAGON JR. 5. HON. JULIUS ESPAT 5. HON. MICHAEL ESPAT 6. HON. KAREEM MUSA 6. HON. OSCAR REQUENA III. HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IV. EDUCATION, SPORTS & HOUSING 1. HON. DR. OMAR FIGUEROA, CHAIRMAN 1. HON. EDMOND CASTRO, CHAIRMAN 2. HON. PATRICK FABER 2. HON. RENE MONTERO 3. HON. EDMOND CASTRO 3. HON. WILFRED ELRINGTON 4. HON. TRACY TAEGAR-PANTON 4. HON. FRANK MENA 5. HON. FLORENCIO MARIN JR. 5. HON. CORDEL HYDE 6. HON. JOSE ABELARDO MAI 6. HON. OSCAR REQUENA V. CONSTITUTION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS VI. WORKS INCLUDING PRIVILEGES, STANDING ORDERS AND REGULATIONS 1. HON. PATRICK FABER, CHAIRMAN 1. HON. DR. ANGEL CAMPOS, CHAIRMAN 2. HON. JOHN SALDIVAR 2. HON. PABLO MARIN 3. HON. DR. ANGEL CAMPOS 3. HON. MANUEL HEREDIA JR. 4. HON. FRANK MENA 4. HON. HUGO PATT 5. HON. JOHN BRICEÑO 5. HON. MICHAEL ESPAT 6. HON. CORDEL HYDE 6. HON. OSCAR REQUENA VII. PUBLIC SERVICE, LABOUR, INDUSTRY & TRADE VIII. NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT 1. HON. BEVERLY WILLIAMS, CHAIRPERSON 1. HON. BEVERLY WILLIAMS, CHAIRPERSON 2. HON. MANUEL HEREDIA JR. 2. HON. DR. ANGEL CAMPOS 3. HON. RENE MONTERO 3. HON. TRACY TAEGAR-PANTON 4. HON. DR. OMAR FIGUEROA 4. HON. ANTHONY MARTINEZ 5. HON. RODWELL FERGUSON 5. HON. FLORENCIO MARIN JR. 6. HON. ORLANDO HABET 6. -
House of Reprsentative.Cdr
The National Assembly of Belize 2015 - 2020 House of Representatives Hon. Beverly Williams Hon. Gaspar Vega Hon. Jose Manuel Heredia Jr. Dr. Hon. Omar Figueroa Hon. Tracy Taegar-Panton Hon. Frank Mena Member for Belize Rural Central Member for Orange Walk North Member for Belize Rural South Member for Cayo North Member for Albert Member for Dangriga Hon. Laura Tucker-Longsworth Deputy Speaker Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Dr. Angel Campos Hon. Wilfred Elrington Hon. Elodio Aragon Jr. Hon. Anthony Martinez Hon. Michael Finnegan Hon. John Saldivar Hon. Patrick Faber Hon. Erwin Contreras Hon. Rene Montero Hon. Hugo Patt Hon. Pablo Marin Hon. Edmond Castro Member for Corozal South West Member for Pickstock Member for Orange Walk East Member for Port Loyola Member for Mesopotamia Member for Belmopan Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow Member for Collet Member for Cayo West Member for Cayo Central Member for Corozal North Member for Corozal Bay Member for Belize Rural North Member for Queen's Square Deputy Prime Minister Prime Minister Hon. Orlando Habet Hon. Oscar Requena Hon. Florencio Marin Jr. Hon. Michael Espat Hon. Kareem Musa Hon. Cordel Hyde Hon. Francis Fonseca Rt. Hon. Said Musa Hon. Rodwell Ferguson Sr. Hon. Jose Mai Hon. Julius Espat Member for Cayo North East Member for Toledo West Member for Corozal South East Member for Toledo East Member for Caribbean Shores Hon. John Briceño Member for Lake Independence Member for Freetown Member for Fort George Member for Stann Creek West Member for Orange Walk South Member for Cayo South Member for Orange Walk Central Leader of the Opposition Senate Senator Senator Senator Senator Dr. -
No. 408, Sunday, August 3Rd, 2014
Sunday, August 3, 2014 - STAR - Tels: 626-8822 & 804-4900 - Email:[email protected] Page 1 *STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR *STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR8*8TAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR* No. No. 151 408 Sunday, SUNDAY, August MAY3, 2014 11, 2008 Price Price $1.00 $1.00 Police Recovers Chris’ Canoe SAN IGNACIO TOWN, Cayo, Negro Man area, also in the when police came upon a black rusty Thursday, July 31, 2014: Cayo District, where on 16 gauge shotgun without serial Rojelio Hernandez, a 24 year old Tuesday, July 29, the police number along with 2 matching Belizean laborer is in double trouble found the canoe. The cartridges and a 20 gauge cartridge first with his alleged involvement in a person found in possession all found in the ceiling of the upper stolen boat report and secondly with of the canoe informed portion of the unpainted two story the discovery of a shotgun and the police of having wooden house. cartridges at his residence in the purchased it from Rogelio Police informed that when Barton Creek community. Hernandez. questioned, Hernandez told them The stolen boat report was Hernandez was that the gun and cartridges did not made on July 11 this year by subsequently arrested and belong to him and that he was merely Christopher Lowe. -
Belize Gets Upgraded on Human
THE REPORTER Sunday, July 7th, 2019 Page 1 Volume 52, No. 27 Sunday, July 7th, 2019 Price: $1.00 FELIX BROTHERS EXECUTED Police & City Brace for Retaliations Pg. 3 Thursday, July 4, 2019 By Marion Ali wo brothers, Maurice 34, and Emory Felix, T33, were riddled with bullets when their kill- ers – reportedly two persons - pounced on them while they were playing pool at Sky Deck on Bay- men Avenue in Belize City on Wednesday evening. The pair were on the second flat of the establish- ment sometime around 6:45pm, when they were targeted. Preliminary reports indicated that Mau- rice was shot first, and died on the ground beside the pool table. Emory managed to run, but he did not get very far. He was shot and collapsed on the street in front of the business. Emory Felix was reportedly shot at least seven times, and 13 expended shells were found on Bay- men Avenue near where he fell and died. Maurice Felix was shot, sources say, at least three times, and 17 expended shells were found in the area near his body. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ale Dangriga Man PUP Calls Out PM on BTL Scandal Killed and Dumped Thursday, July 4, 2019 he People’s United Pg. 3 TParty (PUP) has written to Prime Minister Dean Barrow requesting full public disclosure regarding documents that show that BTL po- tentially owes the GST Department upward of $50 million in outstand- ing taxes, penalties and interest. PUP leader John Briceño and the party’s Pg. 3 shadow minister Tangled Web at BTL Pg. -
23Rd March 2016
rd Wednesday, 23! March 2016 ! 9:00 AM. ---*---! ! Members Present: The Hon. Michael Peyrefitte, Speaker The Rt. Hon. Dean O. Barrow (Queen’s Square) Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities The Hon. Gaspar Vega (Orange Walk North), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment and Sustainable Development The Hon. Patrick J. Faber (Collet), Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports The Hon. John Saldivar (Belmopan), Minister of National Security The Hon. Michael Finnegan (Mesopotamia), Minister of Housing and Urban Development The Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr. (Belize Rural South), Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation The Hon. Anthony Martinez (Port Loyola), Minister of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation The Hon. Wilfred P. Elrington (Pickstock), Minister of Foreign Affairs The Hon. Pablo S. Marin (Corozal Bay), Minister of Health The Hon. Hugo Patt (Corozal North), Minister of Labour, Local Government and Rural Development The Hon. Edmond G. Castro (Belize Rural North), Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and NEMO; Deputy Speaker The Hon. Dr. Omar Figueroa (Cayo North), Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development The Hon. Frank Mena (Dangriga), Minister of State in the Ministry of Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities The Hon. Beverly Castillo (Belize Rural Central), Minister of State in the Ministry of Immigration The Hon. Tracy Taegar-Panton (Albert), Minister of State in the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Commerce The Hon. Elodio Aragon Jr. (Orange Walk East), Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports The Hon. -
Minutes – January 5 2018
BELIZE No. HR17/1/12 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES th Friday, 5 January 2018 10:15 A.M. ---*--- Pursuant to the directions of Madam Speaker on the 18th December 2017, the House met on Friday, 5th January, 2018, in the National Assembly Chamber, Belmopan, at 10:15 A.M. Members Present: The Hon. Laura Tucker-Longsworth, Speaker The Rt. Hon. Dean O. Barrow (Queen’s Square) Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Natural Resources The Hon. Patrick J. Faber (Collet), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports The Hon. Erwin R. Contreras (Cayo West), Minister of Economic Development, Petroleum, Investment, Trade and Commerce The Hon. John Saldivar (Belmopan), Minister of Defence The Hon. Michael Finnegan (Mesopotamia), Minister of Housing and Urban Development The Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr. (Belize Rural South), Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation The Hon. Anthony Martinez (Port Loyola), Minister of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation The Hon. Rene Montero (Cayo Central), Minister of Works The Hon. Wilfred Elrington (Pickstock), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs The Hon. Pablo S. Marin (Corozal Bay), Minister of Health The Hon. Hugo Patt (Corozal North), Minister of Local Government, Labour, Rural Development, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities The Hon. Edmond G. Castro (Belize Rural North), Minister of Transport and NEMO The Hon. Dr. Omar Figueroa (Cayo North), Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, the Environment and Sustainable Development and Immigration and Deputy Speaker The Hon. Frank Mena (Dangriga), Minister of State in the Ministry of Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities The Hon.