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The II United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) was signed by Hon. Wilfred Elrington, Belize’s Attorney
General and Minister of Foreign Affairs and United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Belize, Mr. Roberto Valent, at a brief
ceremony in Belize City.
BELMOPAN - OAS Congratulates Belize on Peaceful Elections with Massive Turnout The Election Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) today presented a report to the Permanent Council on the national and municipal elections held on March 7, 2012 in Belize, highlighting the massive turnout on a day in which more than 73% of registered voters took part, as well as the peaceful environment in which it took place.
BELMOPAN - The Ministry of National Security wishes to inform the general Public of the details of their planned operations in Belize City.
BELIZE CITY - StrategemFX, the Belize-based provider of online foreign exchange services, this week went to the extraordinary lengths of documenting its compliance with the security and capacity standards imposed by the National Futures Association (NFA) on US-based forex providers.
BELIZE CITY - Last week Lucy Wallingford served her guests a breakfast of the invasive, reef-destroying lionfish. Her eco-resort off the coast of Belize, Slickrock Adventure's Adventure Island, has now joined a movement spreading throughout the Caribbean; to establish this invasive fish on restaurant menus to stimulate a commercial lionfish industry.
BELIZE CITY - The Caribbean Fisheries Forum, technical arm of the CRFM, concluded its tenth sitting in Nassau, Bahamas on 28 March 2012. The three day forum was held under the Chairmanship of Michael Braynen, Director, Department of Marine Resources, Bahamas. The Bahamas will chair both the Forum and Ministerial Council of the CRFM for the next year.
SAN IGNACIO, Cayo District - The government of Belize’s recent moratorium on the logging of rosewood, especially on Maya communal land is welcomed by environmental groups worldwide and is an important step in in safeguarding Belize’s rainforests, Belize eco resort Chaa Creek owner Mick Fleming said.
SAN IGNACIO, Cayo District - Preparations are underway for what is billed as Belize’s preeminent Maya celebration of the Winter Solstice of 2012 with the procurement of a large stone on which a commemorative monument will be inscribed to carry on an ancient Maya tradition, Chaa Creek owner Lucy Fleming said.
DES MOINES, IA, U.S.A. - AllEnergy Corporation, a growth-oriented international energy company, announced today that it struck oil on its first well on the Princess Concession in Belize.
BELMOPAN - Deep in the jungle of Belize, five U.S. Army Soldiers, accompanied by soldiers from the Belize Defense Force, moved through unfamiliar terrain with their casualty.