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PCC embarks on nationwide consultation and education campaign

Photo: Carla Bradley, communications officer for the...

Lift-trailers to aid “Solutions to plastic pollution”

Photo: Herman Bueckert, from FB Trailers, demonstrating...

Belize to participate in the 2nd Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

Photo: YaYa Marin Coleman, activist and chairperson...

“Harry P” hospitalized in Guate

Harry Pilgrim hospitalized in Guatemala City following traffic accident GUATEMALA CITY, Mon. June 5, 2023 Harry Pilgrim, the General Secretary of the Belize Athletics Association (BAA) is currently hospitalized in Guatemala City after being involved in a traffic accident on his way to the Central America...

Was Libertad man targeted or hit in crossfire?

by Charles Gladden LIBERTAD, Corozal, Mon. June 5, 2023 A Libertad man was slain at his home in the presence of his common-law-wife and toddler son on Saturday, June 3. The deceased was identified as...

Girl, 4, drowns in Orange Walk

by Charles Gladden BLUE CREEK, Orange Walk. Mon. June 5, 2023 A four-year-old girl, Lindsie Jimenez of Guinea Grass Village, Orange Walk District, reportedly drowned on Sunday, June 4, while swimming with her family in...

World Environment Day 2023: Finding Solutions to Plastic Pollution

by Marco Lopez BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 5, 2023 According to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), by 2050 there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean. “Solution to Plastic Pollution” is the theme for this year’s...
Belize
70,782
Total confirmed cases
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USA
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“Southy” gunned down in Caye Caulker

by Charles Gladden CAYE CAULKER, Belize Cistrict, Mon. June 5, 2023 Floyd Wellington Samuels, also known as “Southy”, 45, a construction worker of Avenida Mangle, Caye Caulker, was gunned down inside his home on Saturday,...

Belizean barber dies in RTA in U.S.

by Charles Gladden WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, USA, Fri. June 2, 2023 A popular local barber from the Santa Elena/San Ignacio community of western Belize died as a result of severe injuries he received in a road...

Lift-trailers to aid “Solutions to plastic pollution”

Photo: Herman Bueckert, from FB Trailers, demonstrating the lifting mechanism Belize’s DOE joins global efforts to beat plastic pollution on World Environment Day 2023 BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 5, 2023 Belize has participated in a noteworthy activity to mark World Environment Day 2023, which is celebrated annually on June 5. The theme for this year is “Solutions to plastic pollution”, and the event is hosted by Côte d’Ivoire in partnership with the Netherlands. To mark the occasion, three solar-powered trailers from FB Trailers were delivered to village chairpersons on Monday at the football field in Santa Familia Village, Cayo. Son of FB Trailer manufacturer Herman Buekert told us that these trailers were “made...

Editorial

Big fish in shallow waters

Monday, June 5, 2023 The release from Portico Enterprises that appeared on News5 last Thursday evening, when all the local newspapers had already gone to press, is very interesting, intriguing...

Sandhill man resorts to violence after infidelity discovery

by Kristen Ku SANDHILL, Belize District, Mon. June 5, 2023 A man identified as Danny Maskall...

Belize to participate in the 2nd Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

Photo: YaYa Marin Coleman, activist and chairperson of the UBAD Educational Foundation by Kristen Ku BELIZE CITY, Thurs. June 1, 2023 The 2nd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, scheduled for June 2, 2023, is set to build on the groundwork of the introductory session,...
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Was Kareem Martinez a good cop or rogue cop?

Photo: Kareem Martinez The Justice for Laddie Foundation takes offense to COMPOL Williams defending former police corporal, Kareem Martinez, for saying that he’s an “outstanding police officer”. by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Thurs. June 1, 2023 Last...

From the Publisher

I guess this would have happened in 1992 thereabouts, because the late Gerald Garbutt was general manager of KREM Radio...

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(NOTE: I wrote the following short essay in 1975....

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They say that in the American music and entertainment...

The Popocatépetl volcano stirring in Mexico

Photo: View from Puebla, state of Puebla, Mexico, of...

Ecuador signs largest debt-for-nature deal

The South American country will save over $1 billion...

The return of the Boledo Lottery

BELIZE CITY, Thurs. June 1, 2023 Dear Editor, I’ll assume that...

On Belize becoming a republic

Tues. May 9, 2023 The Editor, AMANDALA Dear Sir, I did three...
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Features

What?! PUP teefing another UDP project?

by Colin Hyde You had to feel for Patrick Faber,...

What dreams may come!

Saturday, June 3, 2023 “I dwell in a house of...

A Neo-Liberal’s Manifesto (Part 2)

Permit me, our dear readers of this column, to...

CB & Elinor: Love is a color that never fades

I originally wrote this piece back in 2019 shortly...

Sports

Hurricanes win, Rebels eliminated

BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 5, 2023 The Belize Elite Basketball...

Stann Creek wins FFB U20 National Male Elite Football Championship 2023

Photo: Champions of the U20 Male Elite League Stann...

Games getting hotter!

by Peter Young BELIZE CITY, Thurs. June 1, 2023 A big...

BTB U-13 Mundialito 2023 Week 6 scores and standings

Photo: Kyrone Martinez of Tutbay Yabra BELIZE CITY, Wed. May...
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