Australia to help Caribbean deal with climate change issues

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Australia will use its expertise in guiding the Caribbean adapt to climate change and manage its coral reefs. Coral reefs provide benefits to the Caribbean valued at over four billion annually. The reefs of the Caribbean are of great importance in providing shoreline p...
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IMF predicting continued economic growth for Belize

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The International Monetary Fund says Belize is expected to see economic growth in 2013 after the country experienced economic activity last year as a result of a strong rebound in agriculture and services. Gerardo Peraza, who headed an IMF mission to the Caribbean Commu...
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Germany to fund Climate adaptation programme in four countries

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC - The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the German Financial Cooperation (KfW) have signed a programme geared towards reducing the risks of climate change on the Caribbean’s coastal population. The approximately six year Ecosystem-Based Approaches for...
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Belize bondholder group accepts debt exchange

KINGSTON, Jamaica - A group representing Belize bondholders said all of its members have agreed to a debt exchange offer that will give the Government nine more years to pay off some of its debt. The Coordinating Committee of Belize Bondholders announced this week that all of its members have agreed...
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Regional leader support moves to end Guatemala’s claim to Belize

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Caribbean Community(CARICOM) leaders are expressing their “full support” for the referendum that could lead to an end to the border dispute between Guatemala and Belize. The regional leaders who ended their 24th Inter-Sessional summit here on Tuesday ni...
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BELIZE-ECONOMY-Parliament gives nod to restructured super-bond

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Parliament has given the nod to the terms of a restructured one billion dollar (One Belize dollar = US$0.49 cents) super-bond even as opposition legislators complained of the “arrogant and reckless” position of the government and being kept in the dark over ...
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BELIZE-CRIME-Junior minister charged with assault

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Police Wednesday charged junior minister Mark King with aggravated assault, use of threatening words and disorderly conduct, following a pre-dawn brawl at a casino in northern Belize over the weekend. King, 38, the junior minister of Human Development and Social Transfo...
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