BDF/BCG give GPS direction to Guat gunboat in Belize waters
Photo: Guatemalan gunboat off the coast of Barranco on Saturday, September 7
Face-off between BDF and Guatemalan gunboat lasted for hours on Saturday, September 7
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Sept. 9, 2024
For hours on Saturday, September 7, there was a face-off between elements of the Guatemalan Armed...
UDP leadership squabble intensifies
Shyne wants Faber and Panton gone from House; Speaker says no
BELMOPAN, Wed. Sept. 11, 2024
As AMANDALA last reported, about an hour after the press conference held by the Alliance for Democracy (AFD) on...
Body of murdered Doublehead Cabbage man mistakenly cremated
Photo: Darnell Talbert, deceased
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 12, 2024
The family of 26-year-old Darnell Talbert, a fisherman of Doublehead Cabbage Village, Belize District, who was murdered over the weekend in Scotland Halfmoon...
LA hit by 4.7 magnitude earthquake
by Charles Gladden
LOS ANGELES, California, Thurs. Sept. 12, 2024
Los Angeles was rattled by a 4.7-magnitude earthquake early on Thursday morning, September 12.
According to media outlets in Los Angeles, the earthquake was centered in the Malibu...
1 dead, 4 injured in traffic accident on G.P. Highway
Photo: Scene of fatal accident near mile 37 on the George Price highway
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 12, 2024
One man was killed and four persons injured in a road traffic accident that...
Doctor written-up over negligence in case of Jenny Lovell
Photo: Jenny Lovell
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 12, 2024
Reports reaching KREM News/XTV are that at least one doctor attached to the Western Regional Hospital has been written-up regarding the handling of the case of...
UNDP appoints new DRR for Belize
Photo: Michael Lund, the new DRR for Belize
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Thurs. Sept. 12, 2024
On Monday, September 9, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) appointed a new Deputy Resident Representative (DRR) for Belize.
Michael Lund, the new DRR for Belize, brings with him over 20 years of experience in international development, specializing in policy, crisis prevention and recovery, governance, trade, and political affairs.
Lund served as president of the Global UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPs/UN Women Staff Association, where he managed and supported 107 local staff committees worldwide, safeguarding staff rights, interests, and well-being.
He held the position of Policy Specialist for the Crisis and Fragility, Policy and Engagement Team at the UNDP Crisis Bureau, where he...
Editorial
Our health system challenged
A line in the hymn/folk song “All My Trials”, says: “If religion was a thing that money could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die”. As...
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Two BDF soldiers go to Haiti
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Sept. 11, 2024
It was announced via a press release...
Belize senators attend Digital Economy workshop in Miami
by Charles Gladden
MIAMI, Florida, USA, Thurs. Sept. 12, 2024
Two of Belize’s senators – Carolyn Trench-Sandiford and Isabel Bennett-Moody – participated in a workshop in Miami, in the United States, entitled, “The Role of Parliaments in Transforming Digital Economies in the Caribbean”.
The two-day workshop was conducted by ParlAmericas...
Major drug bust in Corozal Town
by Charles Gladden
COROZAL TOWN, Wed. Sept. 4, 2024
During a major operation in the Corozal District on Tuesday, September 3, the Belize Police Department discovered several parcels of cocaine, which led to the arrest...
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Protests erupt over disputed election in Venezuela
Photo: Nicolas Maduro, re-elected Venezuelan president (Getty Images)
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Labour Party’s Keir Starmer is new UK prez after historic election sweep
Photo: Keir Starmer, new UK president (Photo: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)
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Pomp and Circumstance!
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Dear Editor,
In a Letter to the...
Sister of deceased icon, Jenny Lovell, demands “a full investigation”
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Whiff of arrogance, room for suspicion, verdictout on corruption
by Colin Hyde
In his piece on Friday, amidst some...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
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Stake Bank and Port Magical need to do business together
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I was very upset when the...
Sports
Belize Jaguars win 2 to lead CONCACAF Nations League C – Group B
Photo: Belize National Men’s “A” Team – the Jaguars....
Red Bank Scarlet Girls to face Corozal Elite FC in WNAIC football finals
Photo: Red Bank Scarlet Girls
by William Ysaguirre
INDEPENDENCE, Stann Creek...
Team Kinich Ajau to represent Belize at Mundo Maya U-17 Pok-ta-Pok championships
Photo: Kinich Ajau boys to represent at Mundo Maya...
Orange Walk corners FFB National U-17 Finals
Photo: San Estevan U-17 Soccer Team
ORANGE WALK TOWN, Sun....
