GoB $6.9M hospital-land controversy escalates
Photo: Documents from RECONDEV showing 2018 sale of land to Kenny Zheng and Annie Zhu
Protest against GoB $6.9 million land purchase; NTUCB threatens court action
BELMOPAN, Thurs. Aug. 22, 2024
Even before the revelation that the former owners of land bought by GoB for the construction...
Red Bank village council chairman charged with rape
Photo: Kenroy Cal, charged with rape
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 22, 2024
The chairman of the village council of Red Bank in the Stann Creek District, 24-year-old Kenroy Cal, has been charged with...
Decoding the Past: Reading Archival Records on Enslavement and Emancipation in Belize
Photo: Dr. Vincent Palacio, President of UB
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Thurs. Aug. 22, 2024
The University of Belize (UB) History Program, along with the Institute for Social and Cultural Research (ISCR) and the Belize Archives...
Monkeypox, a global concern
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Aug. 21, 2024
A few days ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the mpox virus – formerly known as monkeypox – a public health emergency of international concern after there...
Three UDP sacrificial lambs
Photo: Dr. Nelma Jones-Morits
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 22, 2024
The 2025 General Election will be taking place in, at most, a little over a year.
On Wednesday, August 21, the UDP announced that...
Missing teen found in San Ignacio
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Thurs. Aug. 22, 2024
It was reported in Amandala’s Tuesday digital issue that an autistic 16-year-old boy, Emeri Nisani Abraham Ramos, left his Belmopan home without notifying anyone on Friday, August...
Differing views widen rift in Indian Creek
Villagers are torn and confused about the leadership of the Maya community
by Marco Lopez
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 22, 2024
A legal limbo is widening rifts in the Maya community of Indian Creek, located on the Southern Highway in Toledo District, Belize. The community of approximately 1,500 residents is faced with the challenge of finding a middle ground between the traditional system of governance – enforced by the 2015 Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling – and the contemporary village council system, governed by the Village Council Act.
On Tuesday, August 20, members of the village council and a handful of villagers called a press conference to reiterate their decision to remove the...
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After the SOE
It has been relatively peaceful in Belize since the government, in desperation, pulled out the big stick SOE (State of Emergency) in Belize City and parts of the Cayo...
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40k worth of items stolen from Tubal
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 22, 2024
In the early hours of Wednesday, August...
Gastroenteritis on the rise
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Aug. 21, 2024
While mpox (monkeypox) has been declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO), here in Belize we are facing a local health issue, as cases of gastroenteritis are on the rise.
Gastroenteritis or infectious diarrhea, an inflammation of...
Bladen 12 case continues
Photo: Alifa Elrington, Prosecutor
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 22, 2024
The Bladen 12 case resumed earlier this week at the Charles Bartlett Hyde Building in Belize City after a number of previous adjournments.
The...
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I sense a certain unease in the Belizean people with respect to the future judgment of the International Court...
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One of the great regrets of my life is...
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Ivan Duran’s and Bilal Morris’ “Belize Music Project” has brought...
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
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The Vatican needs to right centuries of wrongs
Saturday, July 27, 2024
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The Vatican needs to right...
Coastal Highway drains still being ignored
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
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Dear Editor,
Despite the rains...
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Proud of Peter Wallace’s people
by Colin Hyde
Ehm, we come from good stock, not...
Baby boomer generation!
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Nowadays, everything and everyone is labeled,...
More than 4 decades ago. Was the Iron Lady, right?
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Thursday, August 22, 2024
It...
A new stable for a hospital
by Colin Hyde
So, the government acquired 15 acres on...
Sports
Hattieville Cubs win BSF National Men’s Softball Championship at Sandhill Stadium
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Futsal Association hosts International Futsal Invitational in Orange Walk
Photo: OWFA chairman Rafael Avila presents Most Goals award...
Port Layola falls, 1-0, to Independiente in Panama
Photo: Port Layola FC
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 22, 2024
Yesterday...
Progresso FC leads PLB football
Photo: Progresso FC
by William Ysaguirre
DANGRIGA, Stann Creek District, Sun....
