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Via a debt-for-nature swap strategy, the Government of Belize may finally be on the brink of bringing the more than a decade long billion-dollar “SuperBond” saga to a close. The government, via press release, announced that, subject to the agreement of all relevant parties, it intends to “purchase, redeem and cancel all of the outstanding Bonds,” a process that the authorities say will be financed with funding provided under The Nature Conservancy (TNC)’s Blue Bonds for Ocean

The most recent data provided by the Belize Tax Service Department which indicates that tax collections for three major tax categories are up by nearly 23% percent has public servants and teachers hopeful that they are closer to getting back their 10% salary cut that was instituted in June of this year. President of the Public Service Union (PSU) Dean Flowers, upon hearing the latest figures, told the Reporter on Wednesday, “Any news that tax collections are up or increasing