Belize Infrastructure News Today

Attorney Anthony Sylvestre has been nominated to take over as Belize’s Attorney General.  A news release explained the

Feb 5, 2021 Julius Espat The House of Representatives met today in a regular session where several bills were tabled for a second reading. Before getting into those proposed pieces of legislation that include an amendment to the Finance and Audit (Reform) Act, there are new developments regarding Belize Infrastructure Limited. The special purpose vehicle established under the Barrow administration will wind down within the next six months, but that hasn’t stopped the Ministry of Infr...

Jan 28, 2021 Marion Jones – It’s More Than Meets the Eye Earlier this week, we reported on the pending handing over of the Belize City Center to the Ministry of Youth and Sports.  The building is the last structure to be surrendered from the control of Belize Infrastructure Limited to the respective ministries under the Government of Belize.  Today, we visited another facility, the Marion Jones Sporting Complex, which we found to be in a state of disrepair.  As it turns out, wha...

Jan 25, 2021 The White Elephant that is the Belize City Center The Belize City Center was inaugurated with much fanfare when it opened its doors on April thirtieth, 2018.  That was at least two years before COVID-19 became a reality.  In the time before the pandemic made its way to Belize, the building was hardly in use, despite the number of scheduled events necessary for its stakeholders to turn a profit.  Since March of last year, the giant sliding doors that protect the structur...