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On Friday, 3rd June 2022, the House of Representatives convened in the Chamber of the National Assembly, in Belmopan shortly after 10:00 A.M. There were a number of items on the Orders of the Day as follows: Paper No. HR112A/1/13 – Hol Chan Marine Reserve Annual Budget for financial year April 1, 2022, to March[...]

Parliamentarians attend the Advance Parliamentary Development Residency Programme in Australia Hon. Luis Alexander Balona and Senator, the Hon. Isabel Bennett, comprise the Belize parliamentary delegation attending the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Advanced Parliamentary Development Residency Programme from 21st – 27th May, 2022, which is being held in the Parliament of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Download[...]

Speaker Valerie Woods, House of Representatives, is attending the XXVI Extraordinary Meeting of the Forum of Speakers and Presidents of the Parliaments of Central America, the Caribbean Basin and Mexico (FOPREL) in the city of Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco from 19th to 221st May, 2022. Download Full Press Release

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Today, Friday, May 13, 2022, the House of Representatives convened in the Chambers of the National Assembly for a Special Sitting. Today marks a day of history in the making as The Honourable Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, Minister of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, presented the Motion to seek to move the Belize Advisory Council[...]

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.[...]