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The House of Representative met today, Friday, September 28, 2018, at 10:15 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan. The proceedings of the Sitting were as follow:    PAPERS PRESENTED No. HR158/1/12    –    Supplementary Appropriation Schedule for Fiscal Year 2018/2019. No. HR158A/1/12    – Social Security Board Annual Reports 2017 – Actuarial Review of the Social Security Scheme[...]

The House of Representative met on today, Friday, August 31, 2018, at 10:15 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan. The proceedings of the Sitting are as follow:   PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES No. HR146/1/12    –    Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended March   31, 2017. No.[...]

August 21, 2018 On Friday, August 17, 2018, the National Assembly met in its Chamber of the National Assembly Building for a Joint Sitting with Members of the House of Representatives and Members of the Senate. The purpose of the Joint Sitting was on the occasion of the Visit of Her Excellency Tsai Ing- Wen, President[...]

July 18, 2018 A seventeen (17) member Taiwanese Advanced Team in connection with the upcoming visit of the President of Taiwan visited the National Assembly Building on Wednesday 18th July 2018. The team was led by  Director General Liang and their Director of Protocol Chao. As well, the team included members of the President’s Protocol, Press and Security Team. They arrived shortly after  2:00[...]

July 16, 2018 The National Assembly welcomed to its Chamber Dr. Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Minister of Foreign Affairs – Taiwan, for a special tour of the building. The tour was done by Mr. Eddie Webster, Clerk of the National Assembly and Mrs. Clarita Pech, Deputy Clerk. The tour entailed a detailed description of the National Assembly and its[...]

Today, Thursday, July 5, 2018, the Senate convened in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building , Belmopan for a Special Sitting. The purpose of the Special Sitting was for the Senate to adopt 4 Motions. Those were: Motions  Appointment of Members of the Elections and Boundaries Commission Motion, 2018. Appointment of Ms. Deshawn Arzu Torres as Chairperson of the[...]

June 28, 2018 The Clerk of the National Assembly of Belize, today held a short ceremony/luncheon to show his appreciation to 4 Government Officers of the Legislature for their long service. Those Officers were: Mrs. Clarita Pech, Deputy Clerk and Mrs. Valentina Sho, Finance Officer, from the National Assembly; Mrs. Delvorine Budna, Former Office Assistant at the Contractor[...]

24th May 2018 The National Assembly has welcomed numerous schools from across the country for this month of May. On Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, we had three schools visiting which were: Louisville R. C. School from Corozal, San Narciso R. C. School from Corozal, and Quality School International from Belmopan, and on Thursday, May 24th,  2018, we had the Richard Quin R.[...]

On Tuesday, 22nd May 2018, the National Assembly welcomed a group for an educational visit from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. The group was a small one consisting of 24 university students and 4 professors. Mr. Jonathan Rothermel has been bringing students from abroad for educational visits to the National Assembly for the past 5 years.   The group arrived at around[...]

May 18, 2018   The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honourable Laura Tucker-Longsworth, is in El Salvador attending the Fifth Meeting of the Interparliamentary  Committee on Education & Health of FOPREL which is being held today, Friday, 18th May 2018 at SICA’s Headquarters in EL Salvador. The Honourable Madam Speaker is being accompanied at this event in El Salvador[...]