Nurses launch nationwide protest
BELIZE, Mon. Aug. 29, 2022
Nurses from regional hospitals nationwide today staged protests to highlight the ongoing difficulties facing those in the profession—the most recent being the shortfall in overtime payments and other forms of compensation that are due to them. The demonstrations started on...
Conservation NGOs: GOB should pause all Environmental Impact Assessments
Twelve NGOs, including OCEANA, Fragments of Hope, and the Belize Audubon Society, have signed a letter requesting that all EIAs be put on pause until environmental laws are properly amended and enacted.
by Khaila...
BISL settlement final
The terms of a deed of settlement and the supplementary appropriation bill to clear the sum owed to BISL were passed in the Senate.
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 29, 2022
Most of a Senate meeting...
Senate divided on re-appointment of retired Auditor General
by Khaila Gentle
BELMOPAN, Mon. Aug. 29, 2022
The motion to reappoint Dorothy Bradley as Auditor General was tabled during the Sitting of the Senate today and received support from some members, and opposition from others.
The motion...
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1st disbursement of BISP funds issued to BDF
BELIZE CITY, Sat. Aug. 27, 2022
The Belize Defence Force will acquire 10 new troop-lifting vehicles as well as new computer systems to create an intranet operation through a BZD $3,005,328.16 disbursement allocated to...
Man fights with 3 police officers near BTL Park
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 29, 2022
An amateur cell phone video that has been circulated among the public shows an apparent fight which took place on Saturday night between an unidentified civilian...
Gift of Life’s cardiology clinic for kids ends – until next year
by Khaila Gentle
BELIZE CITY, Sun. Aug. 28, 2022
For more than ten years now, the organization Gift of Life, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Belize, has provided cardiac care to children across the country. Through the initiative, Gift of Life Belize and the Rotary Club have hosted a number of U.S cardiologists who have visited the country twice a year to diagnose and assist congenital heart disease patients. This was done in partnership with Gift of Life Florida and the Rotary Club of Omaha in the months of February and August.
Approximately 1 out of every 115 children born is affected by congenital heart disease or heart defects. The...
Editorial
“Only the people…”
Mon. Aug. 29, 2022
The power of “big money” is never more evident than around election time. As one famous American quote puts it: the three most important things in...
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Sister of murdered US national seeks answers
by Charles Gladden
COROZAL, Mon. Aug. 29, 2022
Carla McLean, the sister of 66-year-old US retiree,...
Four tropical disturbances in the Atlantic
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 29, 2022
A tropical disturbance located in the Central Atlantic has a 50% chance of further development over the next two days, as it moves slowly west of the northern Leeward Islands at 5 to 10 mph. The National Hurricane Center says that while...
UDP in-fighting continues
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 29, 2022
Despite an agreement among United Democratic Party members who attended a recent National Party Council meeting that they would desist from engaging in constant internal fighting and from...
From The Publisher
There was a very bad mistake in my Tuesday column last week, the Tuesday newspaper being printed only...
China experiencing “worst heatwave in climatic history”
As a result of the heatwave and drought, industries...
Climate change forces indigenous islanders in Panama to relocate
Some 2,000 islanders in Guna Yala will become one...
Samuel Haynes: “Only white folks can make Negroes hate them…”
Dear Editor:
I read with interest “103 Years since 1919—The...
Features
Biden’s mouth is writing checks US army can’t cash—Part 2
Permit me, our dear readers of this column, to...
Vulcan Mining Still Failing to Win the Hearts and Minds of Gales Point
by André Habet
At 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 20,...
Sports
XXX National Women’s Softball Championship results
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 29, 2022
The XXX National Women’s...
National U13 Boys Elite Championship Week 4 results
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 29, 2022
The final regular season...