Monthly Archives: August 2020

“Hon. Laura Tucker Longsworth, Speaker of the House of Representatives, chaired a virtual FOPREL’s Inter-parliamentary Committee on Education and Health today, 27 August 2020. FOPREL is the Forum of Speakers/Presidents of National Parliaments/Legislative Assemblies/Congresses of Central America and the Caribbean Basin. The meeting was held under the theme “The impacts of COVID-19 on children and[...]

On Wednesday, 19th August 2020, a Special Sitting of the Senate was held in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building. The meeting began with a moment of silence requested by the President for all the people that lost their life due to COVID-19 not only in Belize but worldwide, and then a word of[...]

Today, Friday, 14th August 2020, the House of Representatives met in the Chambers of the National Assembly Building in Belmopan. The meeting began at 10:30 A.M.  The Orders of the Day comprised of four (4) Bills brought from the House of Representatives. Those were: General Revenue Supplementary Appropriation (2020/2021) (No.3) Bill, 2020; Crime Control and[...]

The Senate met today, 5th August 2020, for a Special Sitting of the Senate in the Chambers of the National Assembly Building in Belmopan with all Members being present. The meeting began with a word of prayer by Senator Rev. Ashley Rocke. On today’s agenda there were 4 Bills that were brought from the House[...]

There was a Special Sitting of the House of Representatives today, held in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building in Belmopan. The meeting began with a word of Prayer by Mr. Eufemio Cruz, then shortly after the Hon. Pablo Marin made a statement on the issue of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures that should[...]