Monthly Archives: May 2017

Today Friday, 26th May 2017, the National Assembly welcomed the Holy Ghost Primary School to its Chamber for a tour. The group consisting of 32 standard two students, 2 teachers and 8 parents arrived at 8:30 A.M. They were escorted up and seated in the gallery where the presentation took place. The presentation was conducted by Ms. Mary August, Parliamentary[...]

26th May 2017 Yesterday, May 25, 2017, the National Assembly welcomed two schools for an educational tour of the building and an informative presentation of the functions of the National Assembly. The first school arrived at 11:00 A.M, San Pedro Columbia Primary School from the Toledo District, and later in the afternoon the Sittee River Primary School arrived. On both[...]

May 24, 2017 The Honourable Lee Mark Chang, President of the Senate is in Buenos Aires, Argentina participating in the 9th Gathering of the Group of Women Parliamentarians of ParlAmericas. The theme for this year’s gathering is “Women’s Empowerment: Social and Political Responses”, while there will be a training session for men that will discuss[...]

 Today, May 19, 2017, the Senate convened in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building , Belmopan for a Special Sitting. The agenda for today was quite short, it merely consisted of five Motions that were adopted. Those motions are: Caribbean Development Bank – Eighth Consolidated Line of Credit to the Development Finance Corporation – Loan and Guarantee Motion, 2017. Caribbean Development[...]

Today, May 17th, 2017, at 8:00 A.M sharp,  the National Assembly of Belize got a visit from the Kids First Primary School from Dangriga Town. Approximately 31  students, 3teachers and 5 parents were present at the visit. The group was greeted by Ms. Eudice Gibson and Ms. Mary August in the lobby of the National Assembly. They then[...]

May 17, 2017 Today, the Senate Special Select Committee met in the Chamber of the  National Assembly of Belize in Belmopan, to continue with their investigation into the Auditor General’s Special Visa and other findings Report on the Immigration and Nationality Department for period 2011-2013. Present at today’s meeting was Mr. Elvin Penner, former Minister of State in the Ministry of Immigration[...]

May 12, 2017 The Senate Special Select Committee Public Hearing held in the Chamber of the  National Assembly of Belize in Belmopan, reconvened this week on Wednesday, 10th May 2017, with their investigation into the Auditor General’s Special Visa and other findings Report on the Immigration and Nationality Department for the period 2011-2013. The hearing commenced at 10:00 A.M, with Mr. Elvin Penner, Former[...]

The House of Representative convened today, May 12, 2017, at 10:21 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan. The purpose of the Special Sitting was to introduce the following Bills and also introduce and adopt the below mentioned Motions.  2 Motion were introduced and adopted. They are: MOTIONS Caribbean Development Bank – Eighth Consolidated Line od[...]

May 11, 2017 On the 5th May 2017, Belize hosted the X Meeting of FOPREL’s Interparliamentary Committee. The Meeting was held at the Belize Biltmore Plaza Board Room. Present at the Meeting were Hon. Jose Rodrigo Valladares, Member of Parliamnet from Guatemala; Hon. Ivan Rosales, Chief of International Affairs, Parliament of El Salvador; Hon. Dina Yamileth Argueta,[...]

May 3, 2017 The Senate Special Select Committee convened once again in the Chamber of the  National Assembly of Belize in Belmopan, to continue with their investigation into the Auditor General’s Special Visa and other findings Report on the Immigration and Nationality Department for the period 2011-2013. The hearing commenced at 10:15 A.M, with Mr. Rodolfo Bol Jr., Information Technology Manager at[...]