GAF remove Belize flags from Sarstoon Island
by Marco Lopez
PUNTA GORDA, Toledo District, Wed. Sept. 21, 2022
On Sunday, September 18, the Belize Territorial Volunteers’ (BTV) annual trip to Sarstoon Island to commemorate Belize’s independence was met with military aggression from the Guatemalan Armed Forces(GAF). A contingent of five Guatemalan army vessels,...
Belize City man fatally stabbed in Cayo
by Khaila Gentle
SAN IGNACIO TOWN, Cayo District, Wed. Sept. 21, 2022
Wednesday’s Independence Day celebration in Cayo was marred by a fatal stabbing that left one man lying dead in the Savannah Street area...
5 tropical systems in Atlantic; 1 on projected path to Belize
The National Hurricane Center reported a 90% chance of development of this system over the next 5 days.
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 22, 2022
As the fourth month of the Atlantic Hurricane Season nears a...
Neals Pen road man chopped to death in Orange Walk
by Charles Gladden
ORANGE WALK, Thurs. Sept. 22, 2022
Bernard Timmons, a resident of Neal Pen Road in Belize City, was killed during the Independence Day festivities in Orange Walk Town yesterday.
According to initial police reports, sometime...
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PBL’s blockage of stevedores’ payment stretched to Nov.
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Sept. 14, 2022
The Christian Workers Union has issued a release informing its members and the public that the claim filed by the Port of Belize Limited (PBL)against the union and...
Body of Phillip Palma found in shallow grave on island
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Sept. 20, 2022
The body of Phillip Palma, 55, a Belizean caretaker of Mile 5 on the George Price Highway, who was reported missing last Wednesday, was found at...
Owen Morrison, former principal of BelizeTechnical College, passes
by Khaila Gentle
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 21, 2022
Many will remember Mr. Owen Morrison as being a humble and patient man. He was one of the longest serving educators at the Belize Technical College (BTC), and the former head of the BTC Business Department, Mrs. Jennifer Hyde, remembers him as an influential man who was “good in every way.”
Mrs. Hyde spoke with us over the phone and recounted her memories of Morrison, who she says left a lasting impression on countless persons, students and teachers alike.
More than just an educator, he was also an advocate—for the poor, for his students, and for his fellow teachers. And the school at which...
Editorial
The road to better buses
The ideal for the transportation industry would be for top-of-the-line buses to be on the road serving commuters from Punta Gorda to Consejo and Sarteneja, from Belize City to...
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BCCI president requests a waiver of holiday pay rate
Businesses will have to pay employees at the rate of time and a half...
Lawrence Vernon pens Philip S.W. Goldson biography
by Khaila Gentle
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 22, 2022
The Time to Save Your Country: Philip S.W Goldson, Biography of a National Hero was penned by writer Lawrence Vernon and launched this Thursday, September 22. Vernon, who was commissioned by the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH) to...
Local dancer drowns in PG
by Charles Gladden
CATTLE LANDING, Toledo District, Thurs. Sept. 22, 2022
What was to have been an enjoyable fishing trip off the coast of Cattle Landing Village in the Toledo District, became tragic when the...
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In 2007, the University of Nebraska Press published a book by an American lady professor named Anne S. Macpherson,...
UN says 50 million people worldwide stuck in ‘modern slavery’
The pandemic, armed conflicts, and climate change have exacerbated...
It Is Not Only About Racial Profiling!
The Editor,AMANDALA,Belize City,Belize
Dear Sir,
I would be grateful if you...
Belizean speaks on racial encounter at airport customs
Mrs. Estella Bailey-LeslieComptroller of CustomsBelize Customs and Excise DepartmentBelize...
Features
WHY BELIZE NEEDS A PEOPLE’S CONSTITUTION
Written by Assad Shoman
(Extracted from a Facebook post published...
Sports
Vindication for Greg; BAA application accepted today
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Sept. 20, 2022
In an act of...
Belize hosts 2022 Central American Veteran Table Tennis Championships
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 22, 2022
The following report is...
Playoff race tight at Week 8 of PLB Opening Season
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 22, 2022
The second round has...
Altitude loses; Verdes wins, retakes lead at Week 7 of PLB Opening Season
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 15, 2022
The first round of...