by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Jan. 16, 2025
Belize celebrated its second public and bank holiday of 2025 by honoring the birthday of the “Father of the Nation”, George Cadle Price, on Wednesday, January 15.
Born in 1919, Price was the first minister and premier under...
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Thurs. Jan. 16, 2025
With former Ambassador to Belize, Michelle Kwan leaving office this week, her successor, David Hodge was welcomed as the new Chargé d’affaires to Belize.
Hodge holds a wealth...
Photo: (L-R) Deputy Mayor Allan Pollard Jr., Mr. Ervin Perez, Mayor Bernard Wagner, Mr. Alex Nolberto and Councillor Eluide Miller
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Jan. 16, 2025
On January 14, 2025, the Belize City Council welcomed...
Photo: Hon. Shyne Barrow
He is also asking the court to prevent the AFD from saying anything that could undermine his leadership
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Jan. 16, 2025
Hon. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, et al., have filed an application...
A week before handing over the presidency of the United States of America to Donald Trump, outgoing president, Joe Biden announced that the US would be removing Cuba from...
In Belize, when the prices of imported goods and locally produced meat, eggs, and fish increase, they never come down. The only products in the marketplace that sometimes decrease...
2024 is history, and hopes are high for 2025, and our Prime Minister and his PUP administration are quite justified in patting themselves on the back, and feeling a...
At the beginning of July, Belizeans were breathing a sigh of relief at being spared from mean Hurricane Beryl, the first Category Four hurricane for this region in June. The major system devastated the Grenadines’ Carriacou Island, where it made landfall with life-threatening 150 mph winds. Thereafter, it briefly turned into a Category 5 hurricane, but steered clear of Belize and made its second landfall near Tulum, Quintana Roo.
In early July, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams reported that he had assembled a team of experienced investigators to revisit cold cases, and they met some successes. Notable among the cases was the 2021 Belmopan murder of Armando Coy Cacao, for...
Photo: (l-r) CFB president Glen Flowers, John Miguel, Rudy Miguel, Anthony Hutchinson, Kenrick Halliday, Kenneth Sutherland and Stansmore Bowman
by William Ysaguirre
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Jan. 6, 2025
Twenty-six Holy Saturday Cross Country cycling champions and 6-time Women Cross Country champion Camille Solis received accolades for their legendary achievements when sports talk-show host Oswald Bowman collaborated with the Cycling Federation of Belize (CFB) to host a “Nite of Cycling Legends” honors and awards gala at the Princess Hotel and Casino in Belize City on Saturday night, January 4.
The awardees included 1953 champion Clinton Castillo, who was only 16 years old when he became the youngest rider to ever win a Cross Country. He placed 2nd behind Kenneth “Powder” Sutherland, who won in 1966 and returned as champion in 1967. Sutherland went on to represent...
I’ve heard one or two people say that the ruling PUP is sure to win the next general election in Belize, scheduled for some time in 2025. Their reasoning is that the Opposition UDP is so massively divided that there is no real opposition to the blue.
I think I understand the logic of these thinkers, but need to remind them of two general elections in Belize where the ruling party appeared sure to win, these being the case of the ruling PUP in 1993 and the case of the ruling UDP in 2012. These election results suggest that there is not such a thing as a sure thing in...
Photo: George Brown, deceased
by Charles Gladden
HOPKINS, Stann Creek District, Wed. Jan. 8, 2025
Belize recorded its second murder of 2025, eight days into the new year, when 18-year-old George Brown, also known as “Guru”,...
