#CatchItFirstOnLove **Poverty in Belize City** Last night we told you about the erosion in the Yarborough Area of Belize City. Today a team headed to the area to speak with residents and we spoke to a couple who lives along the coastline in the Caesar Ridge Area. But erosion is not their only problem. Lorna Nixon and her common-law husband Ivan Swazo are poor. They’ve been poor for quite a long time and now, their lives have become increasingly challenging. The couple lives in a tiny plywood str

[SIB Highlights poverty in Belize] During the first quarter of 2020, the Statistical Institute of Belize, with the assistance of Statistics Canada, undertook a Poverty Study using information collected from the 2018/19 Household Budget Survey. The findings showed that there were approximately 106,202 households in Belize in 2018, with an estimated population of 389,235 persons. Of the total population, about 52 percent or 201,616 persons were living in poverty, compared to 41 percent or 136,640

PM says Poverty in Belize is reducing, but inflation is out of Government’s hands] Today the Prime Minister appeared on Plustv’s morning talk show, Rise and Shine to discuss a variety of issues currently on the forefront of the national discourse. One of the issues discussed this morning is poverty, and how inflation is playing a role in that matter. In the midst of the pandemic, according to a report from UNICEF, the poverty rate in Belize was reported at 52%. Today on Rise and Shine, the Prime