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Photo: Michael Feinstein
NTUCB calls for reversal of GoB’s decision on Stake Bank land
BELIZE CITY, Thursday, September 26, 2024
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) is convinced that the Government’s move to acquire the 24-acre extension of Stake Bank Island (currently in Michael Feinstein’s...
Triple Threat: Inflation, Export Decline, and Consumers Pessimistic
by Marco Lopez
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 26, 2024
Yesterday, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) released its second-quarter data on the consumer price index, external trade, consumer confidence index (CPI), and Gross Domestic Product...
Elmer Nah indicted on six counts
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 26, 2024
Earlier today, former police officer, Elmer Nah, 40, appeared before Justice Pilgrim in the High Court, where his arraignment was finally able to take place.
Nah was represented in...
“Bladen 12” case continues
Photo: Leeroy Banner, attonery
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 26, 2024
The case of the “Bladen 12”, accused of being involved in a drug plane landing in the Bladen Forest Reserve in 2021, continued this week...
Cayo villager dies in motorcycle crash
by Charles Gladden
SAN ANTONIO VILLAGE, Cayo District, Thurs. Sept. 26, 2024
A single motorcycle collision claimed the life of Manuel De Jesus Tzalam, 25, of San Antonio Village, Cayo District, in the early hours...
SOE is lifted! Detainee’s attorney suing GoB for false imprisonment
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Sept. 24, 2024
As mentioned in Tuesday’s edition of Amandala, the State of Emergency (SOE) was scheduled to end this week, Tuesday, September 24, if it wasn’t extended.
The latest...
Belize volleyball girls hammer Guatemala, 3-1, at 1st AFECAVOL Central American U-17 championship
Photo: Belize U-17 girls celebrate 3-1 win over Guatemala
by William Ysaguirre
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Wed. Sept. 25, 2024
Belize’s national female Under-17 volleyball team overwhelmed the Guatemala team, 3-1, in their second match at the first-ever AFECAVOL Central American Female U-17 Volleyball Championships at the National Sports Institute (IND) volleyball gymnasium in Managua on Wednesday afternoon, September 25.
Central American U-21 gold medalist Akili Jones, 16 yrs, was on fire, hammering 20 kills and one kill block, while also serving up 6 aces to score 27pts! Last year’s primary schools MVP, 14-year-old Imaun Marin hammered 14 hits, 4 kill blocks and served an ace, as Belize swept the first 2 sets: 25-17, 25-21.
Melissa...
Editorial
Teachers want their increments, but does GoB have the money?
Brother Albert Vaughan, a high-up in the PUP hierarchy who is presently the City Administrator of the Belize City Council, in a recent guest appearance on The Whip Talk...
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Man kills brother in Toledo
Photo: Matyas Bo, charged
by Charles Gladden
BELLA VISTA, Toledo District, Wed. Sept. 25, 2024
A man...
BHS robotics students compete at First Global Challenge
Photo: (l-r) Louis Silva (teacher), Melissa Lizarraga (parent/chaperone), Lia Hunt, Liam Lizarraga, Leandro Avila, Amy Huang, Aurayanna Shepherd, Godfrey Sosa (teacher), Leo Matura (parent/chaperone)
by William Ysaguirre
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Sept. 23, 2024
Belize High School robotics students have once again taken Belizean technological know-how to the world stage to...
Costa Rican con artist found dead in prison cell
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Sept. 23, 2024
Well-known international con artist, 40-year-old Costa Rican national, Christopher D’Angelo Alvarado was found dead in his holding cell at the Belize Central Prison early Friday morning,...
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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)
by...
Pomp and Circumstance!
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Dear Editor,
In a Letter to the...
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Features
I robbed Hugo of his measure of redemption
by Colin Hyde
Yes, I apologize to Brother Hugo Patt...
Those left behind!
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 3:38 PM
If you listen...
Belize and the two Chinas
by Marie-Therese Belisle Nweke
Sunday, September 22, 2024
In recent exchanges...
Negative talk, cynicism, and sleeping with your own eye
by Colin Hyde
Because one should let sleeping dogs lie,...
Sports
Belizean basketball talent, Douglas Langford, Jr. secures full scholarship to Harvard University
by William Ysaguirre
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Sept. 24, 2024
Belizean basketball player Douglas...
Verdes bombs Progresso, 3-0, to lead PLB football
Photo: Port Layola’s #80 Orlando Velasquez rises above everyone...
Roque Matus wins 1st Barbara Robateau Memorial Non-Elite Cycling Race
Photo: Roque Matus (l) wins finishing sprint over “Smokes”...
Belizean athlete wins Jamaica high school sports scholarship; BAA leadership issues
Photo: Delille - Norman Sutherland wins Jr 200m
by William...
