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BRICEÑO TAXING THE ENGINE OF THE ECONOMY. Why Belize Must Reduce Fuel and Fertilizer Taxes Before the Economy Stalls Completely

4 days ago By osilva

Belize City: Monday, 25 May 2026:

Belize’s Economy Is Being Squeezed by an Outdated Tax System

Belize is slowly suffocating under a taxation structure that was never designed to create a modern productive economy.

It was designed to maintain revenue collection for a small state operating under the old mentality of colonial dependency — an economy dependent on imports, consumption taxes, duties, licenses, permits, fees, and indirect extraction from an already financially exhausted population.

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Floralia, the pace -setter … Modernizing an era of Antiquated Public Transport

4 years ago By editor

For over 50 years Belizean have withstood an out-dated public transportation scheme by a handful of bus operators whose mantra has been to offer unexceptional basic services to commuters forced to travel aboard old-fashioned Blue Bird busses that have been retired decades elsewhere.

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TROPIC AIR IS CONNECTING YOU TO EL SALVADOR

4 years ago By editor

Starting this Friday, 11th February, Belize’s leading carrier “Tropic Air” will inaugurating its new virgin non-stop flights between Belize Phillip Goldson International and San Salvador’s Oscar Arnulfo Romero (Comalapa) International Airport.

Initially, flights service is schedule for Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays with an estimate time of arrival in San Salvador of approximately one hour.

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OUTRAGEOUS GASOLINE PRICES RISE ABOVE MEANS

4 years ago By editor

Belize City: 3rd February 2022

Word of the increase scattered like wildfire on the social media as government announced yesterday that effective this morning, motorists will have to dive deeper into their pockets to foot the cost per gallon of gasoline at the pump.

These changes hit the spot precisely because the rise in prices affected both Premium and Regular Gasoline at the same time.

Premium gasoline saw an increase by 43 cents, from what is considered an already high $12.30 to a whopping $12.73 per gallon.

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