Pharmacy Express withdraws SSB loan application
Controlled drugs were removed from two of the four drugstores located at the Fort Street Tourism Village (and owned by Pharmacy Express), which were searched by police and Ministry of Health officials. Their attorney, who called the search illegal, said that a closure order...
Waterloo resubmits EIA to DOE
by Khaila Gentle
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 11, 2022
In December 2021, the proposal for the expansion of the Port of Belize Limited and construction of a cruise terminal and cruise tourism village by Waterloo...
Ladyville woman, 66, and family of 10 displaced by arson
The home of Marie Lamothe, 66, was burned to the ground on her birthday by her ex- lover, who reportedly set the family home on fire after an argument.
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 11,...
Dr. Zabaneh: Belize firmly supports Taiwan
by Khaila Gentle
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 11, 2022 Longstanding tension between Taiwan (formally known as the Republic of China, Taiwan) and China (the People’s Republic of China (ROC)) has escalated in the past few weeks...
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“RTA” victim in OW likely beaten to death
by Charles Gladden
ORANGE WALK, Mon. Aug. 8, 2022 When the body of an Orange Walk man—47-year-old Israel Chable—was found on the side of the road in San Jose Village in the early hours...
BMP councilors oppose appointment of deputy mayor without vote
BELMOPAN, Thurs. Aug. 11, 2022 There seems to be some tension between the leadership and the councilors of the Belmopan City Council. Two opposing press releases were issued on the same day by...
BDF soldiers get land titles
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 11, 2022 On Thursday and Friday of last week, the Ministry of Natural Resources, which has been hosting mobile clinics at various locations in the country, to provide Lands Department services to members of the community who might find it difficult to travel to Belmopan to access such services, took its mobile operation to Price Barracks in Ladyville—the headquarters of the Belize Defence Force (BDF). At the end of the clinic on Friday, over 200 soldiers and civilian staff of the BDF, as well as 150 police officers and members of the Belize Coast Guard, had received the assistance needed to purchase their...
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Population growth and race/ethnicity concerns
The Ministry of Immigration announced recently that a surprisingly low number of persons who are illegally in Belize had applied to have their status regularized through a special...
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Cop caught on camera trafficking Corona
The police officer can be seen on a Tik Tok video carrying crates of...
CITCO Youth Innovation summer camp ends
150 kids from various parts of the city were given certificates for completing CITCO’s Youth Innovation Incubator Summer Camp.
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 11, 2022 To conclude the Belize City Council’s Youth Innovation Incubator Summer Program, which was organized by the Belize CITCO, along with its...
Troy Banner remanded to prison for harming newborn
by Khaila Gentle
BELMOPAN, Tues. Aug. 9, 2022In this Tuesday’s issue of AMANDALA, we reported that Camalote resident Troy Banner had been detained and charged for causing injuries to his 15-day-old baby, and we...
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The late Dr. Leroy Taegar's opinion was that the reason that poor people (East Indians, Creoles, Garinagu, etc.)...
Magnitude 4.9 quake on Honduras coast felt in Belize
by Khaila Gentle
LA CEIBA, Honduras, Tues. Aug. 2,...
Samuel Haynes: “Only white folks can make Negroes hate them…”
Dear Editor:
I read with interest “103 Years since 1919—The...
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Features
All stakeholders should get a place on the PCC—an opportunity Belizeans didn’t get in ’81
by Wellington C. Ramos, Adjunct Professor of History and...
Sports
Veterans rule; waiting for another “golden generation”
by Chilor
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 11, 2022 I watched...
Verdes advances to Concacaf League Round of 16, hosts Alianza on August 17
BELIZE CITY, Sun. Aug. 7, 2022
A Concacaf release on...