SJC valedictorian - Arling Josue Enamorado
by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer)
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. May 29, 2025
St. John’s College University, established in 2023 as the only Jesuit University outside the United States, celebrated its first class of 36 Bachelor’s degree graduates at the Belize City Civic Center...
Hon. Tracy Panton, Leader of the Opposition
PM says March 12 results show that “Belize is way better under a PUP government”
BELMOPAN, Wed. May 28, 2025
It was a historic day inside the House of...
Andrew Baird, President of KHMHAWU
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. May 28, 2025
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority Workers Union (KHMHAWU) has given the government and the management of the KHMH a notice of...
(l-r) Nadia Martin-Caliz - National President, BNTU; Hon. John Briceño - Prime Minister of Belize and Hon. Oscar Requena - Minister of Education
BELMOPAN, Thurs. May 29, 2025
Hundreds of teachers staged unannounced – though previously rumoured...
On April 30, 2025, Dr. Richard Rosado took over as Commissioner of the Police Department; and on May 6, 2025, just a week after he took the reins of...
The appearance of retired former UDP Mesopotamia area representative, Michael Finnegan on the Krem Radio/ XTV’s WUB morning show on Friday, May 23, was of immense public interest because...
Overall, the present administration has managed our economy well. That’s what Belizeans said, overwhelmingly, when they went to the polls on March 12. But fresh off a massive victory...
Marilyn Ordonez, Chairperson of HelpAge Belize City
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Tues. May 27, 2025
HelpAge Belize City hosted an arts and crafts exhibition at its Wilson Street branch on Tuesday, May 27. The exhibition was organized by elderly community members who regularly visit the institution every Tuesday.
“We have a little exhibition of what our members are, and where members are all senior ladies, and we have a few males. They come here and do arts and crafts, so this display is from arts and crafts sessions we have on Tuesdays,” said Marilyn Ordonez, Chairperson of HelpAge Belize City.
“It keeps their brains functioning, and it helps them to age without just...
S.H.A.K.E. the salt habit campaign – MoHW Community Health Workers at training seminar
by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer)
OLB BELIZE MUSEUM, Belize City, Fri. May 23, 2025
The excessive consumption of salt can cause hypertension and heart disease, the leading cause of death in Belize, which is why the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) is encouraging all Belizeans to kick the salt habit, to eat less salty foods, to consume as little salt as possible. The Health ministry launched its “SHAKE the Salt habit” campaign with an educational video at a training seminar for community health workers at the Old Belize Pavilion at Cucumber Beach last Friday morning, May 23. The program...
I listened carefully to Friday morning's Nuri Muhammad interview with Hon. Michael Finnegan on XTV/KREM Radio. Insofar as the founding of the United Democratic Party in 1973 was concerned, Mr. Finnegan was saying the same thing that Rufus X has always said to me, which is, that a group of people decided to seek to unite the various splinter groups which had been opposed to the ruling People's United Party (PUP), which had won five consecutive national elections, from 1954 to 1969.
Rufus X had been a UBAD officer in early 1973 when the Unity Congress, precursor to the UDP, was being organized. The Unity Congress was responsible for the...
by Charles Gladden
LADYVILLE, Mon. May 26, 2025
A motorcycle collision on the Philip Goldson Highway on Sunday, May 25, claimed the life of a Ladyville woman and injured two men in the process.
The unfortunate...
