The Honourable Laura Tucker Longsworth, Speaker of the House of Representatives, met with Vice President of the Republic of Colombia, Mrs. Martha Lucia Ramirez, and her official delegation, on Wednesday, 29th January 2020, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Laing Building, in Belize City. The Vice President of the Republic of Colombia who is on[...]
On Monday, January 20, 2020, the Senate convened in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building , Belmopan for a Special Sitting. The day’s agenda consisted of 4 Bills that were brought from the House of Representative, 1 Paper and 4 Motions. Bills brought from House of Representatives 1. Social Security (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Bill for[...]
The House of Representatives met on Friday, January 17, at 10:00 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan. The Honourable Laura Tucker Longsworth, Speaker of the House of Representatives was not able to attend the Sitting, therefore the Honourable Dr. Omar Figueroa, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives sat in and[...]
The Senate convened today, 23rd December, 2019, at 10:04 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan for a Special Sitting. Today’s meeting marked the last Senate Meeting for the Year 2019. The Honourable Darrell Bradley was absent at today’s meeting, therefore Vice President, Dr. Senator Carla Barnett sat in as Madam Chair.[...]
The Senate met today, 6 December, 2019, at 10:10 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan for a Special Sitting. The meeting began with a word of prayer by Senator Isabel Bennett followed by the swearing in of the two temporary Senators, Herbert Panton and Lee Mark Chang. Senator Herbert Panton was[...]
The House of Representatives met today Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at 10:15 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan. The Special Sitting was scheduled in order for the below business to be transacted. PAPER Sessional Paper No. HR223/1/12 – Land Tax (Partial Remission of Arrears) (Extension of Duration) Order, 2019, was ordered[...]
The Senate met today, October 25, 2019, at 9:13 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan for a Special Sitting. The meeting was called in order for the Resolution Authorizing the Ratification by Belize of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern[...]
October 18, 2019 At the World Food Day 2019 Ceremony held today at the Ladyville Technical Highschool, The Belize Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition Committee (BPAHM) unveiled their BPAHM Logo. The BPAHM Committee expressed their congratulations to the winner of the BHAPM Logo Competition. Mr. Brian Tzib from Eden Seventh Day Adventist High School[...]
The Senate met today, October 9, 2019, at 10:15 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan for a Special Sitting. At today’s Special Sitting, there was the swearing in of temporary Senator Marvin Mora, who sat in for Senator Elena Smith, the Senator representing the Unions. The below are the proceedings that were on the Orders[...]
The House of Representatives met today Friday, October 4, 2019, at 10:20 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan. At today’s meeting, students from the St. Martin’s Government School (Belmopan) and the Holy Ghost Primary School (Dangriga), as well as some students from the University of Belize were present to get a first hand view of the meeting. They[...]