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Belize Elementary girls and Holy Redeemer boys are Belize District Primary School Volleyball Champions 2019; Nationals on Friday
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Nov. 11, 2019-- The Belize District Primary School Volleyball Finals were held today, Monday, at the Stars Gym in Belize City,...
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Alrick Carcamo, 29, murdered on Raccoon Street Extension
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Nov.11, 2019-- Alrick Carcamo, 29, a construction worker of Caesar Ridge Road, was murdered at about 8:30 Thursday night on Raccoon...
Drinking turned deadly: Lee Lopez, 41, fatally stabbed in chest with broken bottle
LADYVILLE, Belize District, Mon. Nov. 11, 2019-- Lee Lopez, 41, a handyman of Heron Street, Ladyville, was drinking with three men who are known...
Michael Williams, 21, stabbed by boy, 15
SAN IGNACIO, Cayo District, Mon. Nov. 11, 2019-- Michael Williams, 21, a laborer of Santa Elena, was at a food stand buying food at...
Ports Commissioner confirms that charges will be laid for deadly boat explosion
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Nov. 11, 2019-- On Sunday, May 8, 2019, there was a horrific explosion onboard a water taxi that was starting its...
City Council caucus votes unanimously to appeal Candice Miller case
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 7, 2019-- On Friday, October 4, Supreme Court Justice Courtenay Abel handed down a decision in a case brought against...
PUP wants government to write off 100 UB students’ tuition, instead of putting them out of classes
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Nov. 7, 2019-- In a press release issued today, Thursday, the Opposition People’s United Party called on Prime Minister Dean Barrow...
Sports
PLB regular season ends; 4th playoff spot decided in injury time
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Nov. 11, 2019-- It went “down to the wire” indeed, as the final playoff spot in the Premier League of Belize...
FFB announces National “A” Team final list for upcoming CONCACAF Nations League games
BELMOPAN, Fri. Nov. 8, 2019-- The Football Federation of Belize (FFB) is calling the following National “A” Team male players to camp on Monday,...
National Women’s League football Week 5 results, standings
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Nov. 11, 2019-- The Football Federation of Belize’s (FFB) National Amateur Women’s League (NAWL) 2019-2020 Opening Season has completed its fifth...
Features
Belizeans now need to demand lots and land distribution with a titled expedited process
Belize is a country with a population of about 400,000 people. It is underpopulated and there is enough land in the 8,867 square miles...
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Editorial
No saving the youth if the state’s justice system doesn’t work
On Monday, 9 September 2019, the first of five country workshops under the theme “Rethinking Masculinity, Understanding Gender Equality as a Means of Ending...
Commissioner Williams says crime not as bad as last year
The Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, was upbeat two weeks ago when he reported to the media about the number of violent crimes this...
US didn’t have to tell Belize to stay with Taiwan
If the USA wasn’t such a powerful and sometimes dangerous country, we could have been amused about one aspect of the visit in late...
GoB must assist the CGA and all small farmers
The Government of Belize cannot allow the CGA (Citrus Growers Association) to fail. The body is indebted to the gills, and if the government...
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From The Publisher
As I understand it, my great grandfather on my mother’s side, George Lindo, who had migrated to British Honduras from Jamaica as a young...
From The Publisher
I’ve given my sons this joke, if you want to call it that, a few times over the decades. I remembered it yesterday because...
From The Publisher
I was unemployed from then until June (1981) when I got a message from WPJ General Secretary Trevor Munroe that the People’s Revolutionary Government...
Letter to the Editor
Anthony J. Chanona, J.P., offers his “two cents” on the citrus industry
Dear Editor,
Please allow me to express “my 2 cents” opinion on your Editorial of Friday, November 1, 2019, titled, “GoB must assist the CGA...
The results were predictable – madness!
Dear Editor,
I was born in a time when elitist education was the order of the day (1970s). Currently, both globally and locally, there is...
Belize City water supply: a public issue demanding urgency
Dear Editor,
The high level of iron in the water supply system of Belize City, announced and explained by the CEO of our water company...
It is truly amazing how art follows life
Dear Editor:
“Beauty itself doth of itself persuade
The eyes of men…”
William Shakespeare: The Rape of Lucretia (1594)
Your historical editorial (Amandala, 10/12/19), recounted the brutality of...
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International
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Nov. 11, 2019 (The Guardian)-- Evo Morales has announced he will resign as president of Bolivia after the military called for...
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Según tengo entendido, mi bisabuelo por parte de mi madre, George Lindo, que había emigrado a Honduras Británica desde Jamaica cuando era joven, solía...
From The Publisher en Español
Le he dado este chiste a mis hijos, si quieren llamarlo así, varias veces a lo largo de las décadas. Lo recordé ayer porque...
From the Publisher en Español
Estaba desempleado desde entonces hasta junio (1981) cuando recibí un mensaje del Secretario General de WPJ, Trevor Munroe, de que el Gobierno Revolucionario del...
From The Publisher en Español
En la mayoría de los domingos por la mañana durante los últimos años, Radio y Televisión KREM han transmitido un programa llamado Sunday Review,...
Editorial in Spanish
El comisionado Williams dice que el crimen no es tan malo como el año pasado
El comisionado de policía, Chester Williams, se mostró optimista hace dos semanas cuando informó a los medios sobre la cantidad de crímenes violentos este...
Estados Unidos no tenía que decirle a Belize que se quedara con Taiwán
Si EE.UU. no fuera un país tan poderoso y a veces peligroso, podríamos habernos divertido con un aspecto de la visita a fines de...
GoB debe ayudar a la CGA y a todos los pequeños agricultores
El Gobierno de Belize no puede permitir que la CGA (Asociación de Productores de Cítricos, Citrus Growers Association) falle. El cuerpo está en deuda...
Los implacables cubanos de Florida aumentan la presión sobre Cuba
Una historia de Reuters que se publicó en The New York Times en su sitio web dice que las nuevas restricciones recientes impuestas a...
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Alrick Carcamo, 29, murdered on Raccoon Street Extension
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Nov.11, 2019-- Alrick Carcamo, 29, a construction worker of Caesar Ridge Road, was murdered at about 8:30 Thursday night on Raccoon...
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Drinking turned deadly: Lee Lopez, 41, fatally stabbed in chest with broken bottle
LADYVILLE, Belize District, Mon. Nov. 11, 2019-- Lee Lopez, 41, a handyman of Heron Street, Ladyville, was drinking with three men who are known...
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Michael Williams, 21, stabbed by boy, 15
SAN IGNACIO, Cayo District, Mon. Nov. 11, 2019-- Michael Williams, 21, a laborer of Santa Elena, was at a food stand buying food at...