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Graduation highlights

Sadie Vernon Tech graduates 41 BELIZE CITY, Mon....

28th annual Bowen and Bowen Spelling Bee Nationals

Top 3 winners (l-r) Sanders Chavez, San...

Sociologist launches book at the University of Belize in Belmopan

Dr. Adam Baird (center) receives a gift...

Over $200,000 fraud in Toledo

Office of the Toledo Teachers Credit Union Toledo’s credit union sacks entire Bella Vista Branch staff over fraud TOLEDO, Mon. June 9, 2025 The Toledo Teachers Credit Union (TTCU) is the smallest credit union in Belize, but it is the only credit union in the Toledo District,...

Siblings die in single-vehicle accident

David and Sidney Montenegro, deceased by Charles Gladden BELMOPAN, Mon. June 9, 2025 Two siblings of Bella Vista Village, Toledo District, lost their lives in a single-vehicle accident on Sunday, June 8, in the vicinity of...

Former Minister of Finance, Hon. Ralph Fonseca passes

by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 9, 2025 The Government of Belize, the People’s United Party and the wider nation are mourning the passing of one of its most powerful movers and shakers, Hon. Ralph Fonseca, who...

Sadie Vernon Tech graduates 41

Tyler Young, valedictorian BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 9 2025 “From Sadie to the World, our journey begins” was the theme for 41 young women and men who received their diplomas in business and technical vocational studies, when Sadie Vernon Technical High School...

Editorial

After the revolution

A letter writer poses some serious questions in this current issue of Amandala, and a brief editorial comment would not suffice, so we will employ this whole editorial to...

The elephants in our yard edging closer to a showdown

The relationship between public employees and the leaders of government has been fractious since the employees’ demands for increased salaries and the restoration of a couple outstanding increments have...

A PUDP problem

There are certainly major differences in style and character between the two major political parties, the only two that have held the reins of government in Belize; and while...

GoB ensuring courts can’t stop COMPOL’s use of favored tool: SOEs

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...

Editorial En Espanol

28th annual Bowen and Bowen Spelling Bee Nationals

Top 3 winners (l-r) Sanders Chavez, San Jose Succotz RC; Jamira Hines, St. Peter Clever and Jace Williams, All Saints Anglican by Charles Gladden ORANGE WALK TOWN, Mon. June 9, 2025 Bowen and Bowen held its 28th annual National Spelling Bee competition in Orange Walk Town on Friday, June 6, at the Muffles College Auditorium. “Today is a celebration of words; but more than that, it’s a celebration of curiosity, discipline, and the incredible power of young minds. To the finalists, you have already proven yourselves through hard work, late-night study sessions, and unwavering focus. No matter the outcome, you have inspired us all, which is something to buzz about,” said Nolan Michael,...

Sociologist launches book at the University of Belize in Belmopan

Dr. Adam Baird (center) receives a gift from Abbie Guillen (left) of Human Rights Research Project at UB along with Dr. Joyanne De Four-Babb (right) head of the Research Office at the Belmopan Central Campus, UB. by Orlando Pulido (Freelance Writer) SANTA ELENA TOWN, Cayo District, Sat. June 7, 2025 A sociologist from the United Kingdom, Dr. Adam Baird, launched a book on gangs in Belize at the University of Belize’s Central Campus in Belmopan, on Thursday, June 5. The book is entitled, “From South Central to Southside”. A note from UB congratulated Dr. Adam Baird on the launch of From South Central to Southside—a compelling work that examines gang transnationalism, gender, and...

GENERAL NEWS

Union leaders reject Government’s 2nd counterproposal

Union leaders sing union song after interview following JUNT...

One of three police officers charged for videoing sexual act walks free

(l-r) Anthony Villamil, walked after the crown withdraw the...

Elmer Nah denied bail; trial adjourned

BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 9, 2025 There has been another...

SOE over!

by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 9, 2025 After certain...

From the Publisher

Personally, I believe the significance of the recently elected Pope's choice of “Leo XIV” as his papal name lies in the fact that the last papal Leo, Leo XIII, was the one responsible for the famous and critical encyclical entitled De Rerum Novarum, which was published around 1893 or so. The suggestion, then, is that the new Pope has a concern for the working poor, as Leo XIII did. Rerum Novarum was the Roman Catholic Church's attempt to hold on to its working class faithful. In Europe, workers were becoming converted to an atheistic philosophy called Marxism, or communism. Rerum Novarum proposed a kind of socialist philosophy which would enable workers to fight against laissez-faire capitalism without...

From the Publisher

Personally, I believe the significance of the recently elected...

From the Publisher

(NOTE: The following paragraphs are taken from pages 161-163...

From the Publisher En Espanol

FEATURES

RF initiated move to put public salaries on par with private ones

by Colin Hyde If public employees don’t know that Ralph...

Fortress!

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM In the end,...

Former senior diplomat goes to court

Alexis Rosado by Charles Gladden BELMOPAN, Tues. Jun. 3, 2025 One of Belize’s former senior diplomats, former Ambassador to the European Union, Alexis Rosado, appeared at the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, June 3, as a...

SPORTS

Tut Bay FC wins BDFA 1st Division championship

Tut Bay FC – BDFA First Division 2024-2025 Closing...

Panama eliminates Belize Jaguars 2-0 in FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers

by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 9,...

Belize United leads BTB U-10 football

Blazing Strikers’ Zion Jones scores 1st goal vs Ebony...

Berger United, Belize United & Yabra FC lead BTB U-13 football

Yabra FC’s Tyrone Guy, Jr. scores their 4th goal...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Activism in Belize

Thursday, June 5, 2025 Dear Editor, Activism is overrated. It’s only...

CEMJC graduation ceremonies

Saturday, May 31, 2025 Dear Editor, Saturday, May 24, 2025 was...

The new Joe Taylor Creek Bridge

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Dear Amandala Editor,  It appears the new...

General Election 2025

Mon. Feb. 24, 2025 Dear Editor, The supporters of the UDP...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

US trade embargo against Cuba causes collateral damage for Central American government officials

USA Secretary of State Marco Rubio by William Ysaguirre (Freelance...

Kamla Persad-Bissessarre-elected T&T Prime Minister

TnT Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissesar by William Ysaguirre (Freelance...

Over 100 killed in Dominican Republic when nightclub roof collapses

Site of the collapsed Jet Set nightclub in Santo...

It’s forced labor, says the US

Donlad Trump, 47th US President by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Thurs....

POLITICS

Opposition; GoB violating CARICOM treaty; Minister says they are uninformed

Photo: Shyne Barrow, Opposition Leader BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 13,...

Haylock wins, Shane loses

Photo: Godwin Haylock BELIZE CITY, Sun. Apr. 2, 2023 The United...

Sista B absent

Photo: Denise “Sista B” Barrow BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 27,...

Shyne kicked out of House

During Friday’s House meeting, the Speaker of the House,...
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SPORTS, SIN & SUBVERSION

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