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Belize City, December 19, 2024 —  Economist Dr. Philip Castillo has called for urgent research into Belize’s declining labour force,...

By Dr. Philip Castillo To secure his electoral victory, Donald Trump made several promises but gave little indication how those will be...

Minister of the Blue Economy and stakeholder in the bakery industry, Hon. Andre Perez, addresses the nationwide bread price increase,...

Minister of Agriculture Hon. Jose Mai, during a Special Sitting of the House of Representatives on May 30th, 2024, called for a measured,...

Belize Sugar Industries (BSI) says that increased energy production at its BELCOGEN power plant can help offset Belize’s current energy...

Belize City, Belize — To remedy the sugar shortage caused by persons or businesses taking advantage of the price differential between...

BELIZE CITY, May 2024 – In response to ongoing load shedding issues in Belize, E. Andrew Marshalleck, Chairman of Belize Electricity...

The effect of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) on the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector has already started to be felt in Belize,...

Santander Sugar Limited has told the Reporter Newspaper that they could have offered Belizeans a better price for refined sugar instead...

Albert Area Rep., Local Economist, and BCCI President speak on whether it’s time to revisit ‘price control’ policy for sugar The time may...

The Supplies Control Unit (SCU), given its recently expanded price-control mandate, has recorded, in one month, almost three times the...

In recent years, the cost of living has been steadily increasing, placing a significant strain on people’s wallets. Rising expenses,...

By William Ysaguirre Local demand for Plantation White Sugar (PWS) has increased by 21 percent increase in sales compared to last year,...

Belize’s headline inflation rate has been cut in half, having fallen from 6.6% in January to 3.3% as of June, but that does not mean that...

Grain prices—which include wheat and rice—could increase between 10 to 15%, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist explained...

By Michelle Sutherland As the debate rages on about whether the new price control policy will assist in combating inflation, Economic...

By Michelle Sutherland ''Stop keeping us in the dark,'' is Vice President of Industry at the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

By Michelle Sutherland The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise is bracing for a potential increase in the price of...

The U.S Energy Information Agency (EIA) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) both forecast oil prices to hit just about US$80 per...

The Excise Tax on Diesel fuel is now at $3.78 per (Imperial) gallon, Statutory Instrument No. 73 or 2023 informed recently. As of June...