Belize
Op-Ed: Why the Economy Is the Biggest Issue in Belize’s Elections
March 1, 2012 | 12:32 pm | 0 Comment
By Kay Menzies Op-Ed Contributor The voters of Belize will go to the polls next week to decide which party will form the next Government of Belize. Without a doubt, most voters will make their decisions based on, among other priorities, a personal economic argument, i.e. "my life was or is better under…" Beyond that immediate and personal decision, however, more...
From St Lucia to Jamaica, OAS Launches Caribbean Small Business Project
February 24, 2012 | 10:32 pm | 0 Comment
Above: officials on hand in Washington at the announcement of the project (Photo: Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Five CARICOM member states, including Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Dominica and St Lucia will be the sites of a joint OAS-United States project to establish Small Business Development Centres in the region. The initiative's objective is more...
OAS to Observe Belize Elections
February 21, 2012 | 11:54 pm | 0 Comment
Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Manuel Insulza and Belizean Ambassador to the OAS Nestor Mendez (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States has signed an agreement with Belize to monitor the country's elections March 7, according to OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza. The OAS signed the pact with Belize today that more...
Belize Joins Regional Health Initiative
February 10, 2012 | 6:12 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Belize (Photo: IDB) By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize has joined the Salud Mesoamerica 2015 Initiative, a project that aims to reduce maternal and infant mortality among the poor. The programme could help more than 30,000 young women and children. Acting Belizean Prime Minister Gaspar Vega and Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto more...
Standard & Poor’s Lowers Credit Rating on Belize, Citing Politics
February 8, 2012 | 12:38 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Standard & Poor's has lowered its long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Belize to CCC+ from B-, with its outlook "stable." The ratings firm pointed to an announcement by Prime Minister Dean Barrow placing continued debt service of the country's $546.8 million bond (locally called the "superbond") as an more...
Prince Harry to Visit Jamaica, Bahamas and Belize in March
February 7, 2012 | 1:28 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Prince Harry in a visit to Mozambique (Photo: Office of Prince of Wales) By the Caribbean Journal staff Britain's Prince Harry will visit Jamaica in March as part of the international celebrations commemorating the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. Prince Harry, who is also a captain in the British Army, will participate in military more...
Belize Has Caribbean’s Fastest-Growing Population: UN Report
November 9, 2011 | 11:54 am | 0 Comment
Above: Ranguana Caye, Belize Belize is projected to have a 2 percent annual population growth rate for the first half of this decade, the fastest pace in CARICOM, according to the United Nations Development Programme. Belize, which has a population of 300,000, is followed by Haiti, at 1.3 percent, and St Kitts and Nevis, which, at 1.2 percent, is the third-fastest more...
Trinidad Leads Caribbean in Gender Equality: United Nations Report
November 4, 2011 | 12:07 am | 0 Comment
Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad has the highest rating the Caribbean for gender equality, according to data from the United Nations Development Programme's latest report. Trinidad has an index of 0.331, which is 53rd in the world, just after the Maldives, and just in front of the more...
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Barbados Has Caribbean’s Highest Human Development Index: UN
November 3, 2011 | 6:44 pm | 0 Comment
Barbados has the highest Human Development Index of any CARICOM country, according to the latest data from the United Nations Development Programme. Barbados has an index of 0.793, which is 47th in the world, just after Croatia and ahead of Uruguay. Coming in second in the region was the Bahamas, followed by the Bahamas, at 53rd, and Antigua, at 60th. See below more...
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Barbados Has Caribbean’s Highest Life Expectancy: United Nations Report
November 1, 2011 | 12:47 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Harrismith Beach in Barbados (Photo: Barbados Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados has the highest life expectancy in CARICOM, according to a report released by the United Nations Population Fund. The report, "State of World Population 2012," was sent out on the eve of the expected birth of the planet's 7 billionth inhabitant. Barbados had more...
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