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Parliament Represented at Leadership and Good Governance Workshop in Barbados The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Valerie Woods, and the President of the Senate, Hon. Carolyn Trench-Sandiford, along with Hon. Elvia Vega-Samos comprise the Belize parliamentary delegation attending the Commonwealth Secretariat’s workshop this week on Leadership for Good Governance and Social Transformation in[...]

Human Rights Handbook for Parliamentarians The Honourable Valerie Woods, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Ms. Birgit Gerstenberg, United Nations Resident Coordinator, met earlier this week on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 in the Office of the Speaker, National Assembly Building, Belmopan. The purpose of the meeting was to receive from the UN Resident Coordinator[...]

Presiding Officers of parliament meet with Executive Secretary of FOPREL The Honourable Valerie Woods, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Honourable Carolyn Trench-Sandiford, President of the Senate, had a courtesy visit from Dr. Santiago Rivas Leclair, Executive Secretary of the Forum of Presiding Officers of Parliaments/Congresses of Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico.[...]

Today, 30th March 2022, the Senate convened in the Chamber of the National Assembly for a Special Sitting. The day began with the Belizean Prayer by Senator, the Honourable Carolyn Trench-Sandiford, President of the Senate. The Senator, Honourable Michael Peyrefitte was absent from today’s sitting, therefore there was the oath of allegiance of temporary Senator[...]

On the 24th and 25th March 2022, the House of Representatives met in the Chambers of the National Assembly Building, in Belmopan, primarily to debate the General Revenue Appropriation (2022/2023) Bill, 2022, that was introduced on Tuesday, 18th March 2021. The debate was the highlight of the days as each Member gave their speech on[...]

The Senate met today, Friday, 18th March 2022, in the Chambers of the National Assembly Building in Belmopan for a Special Sitting. The meeting began shortly after 10:00 A.M with the Belizean Prayer by Senator Erica Jang.  Following the prayer, the Honourable Madam President requested a moment of silence for the late Honourable Elito Omar[...]