OW teen killed by cops
Photo: Dyandre Chee, deceased
by Charles Gladden
ORANGE WALK, Mon. Mar. 27, 2023
An investigation is being conducted into the circumstances which led to the death of 19-year-old Dyandre Chee of Orange Walk Town who was allegedly killed by uniformed police officers on Saturday, March 25 on...
SFXCU vs. The Central Bank of Belize
Photo: Rafael Dominguez, former SFXCU general manager
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 27, 2023
Members of the Saint Francis Xavier Credit Union (SFXCU) continue to oppose the appointment by the Central Bank of an...
Faber calls PUP budget “masquerade”
Photo: Hon. Patrick Faber, UDP area representative for Collet
“Check the feeling on the street,” Hon. Patrick Faber told the Prime Minister, Hon. John Briceño
by Marco Lopez
BELMOPAN, Sat. Mar. 25, 2023
Putting the 2023/2024 budget...
Chicken gaan up!
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE, Mon. Mar. 27, 2023
The weight of inflation has been an ever-present and burdensome issue since the Covid-19 pandemic struck the nation, taking a toll on families countrywide, who have seen a significant...
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Drunk cop accused of stealing money
by Charles Gladden
ORANGE WALK, Mon. Mar. 27, 2023
A video surfaced on social media over the weekend of a police corporal who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol being accused of stealing an...
Ship on the reef
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 27, 2023
The Belize Port Authority issued a press release this evening regarding a marine incident involving a 98 meters long Panamanian-registered general cargo vessel “HERCA-1” which was...
Sista B absent
Photo: Denise “Sista B” Barrow
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 27, 2023
It was Friday, April 22, 2021, and twenty (20) meetings of the Belize House of Representatives since the Honorable Denise “Sista B” Barrow, member for the Queen’s Square constituency, appeared at the National Assembly building in Belmopan.
The official record shows that the last time she was present for a meeting of the House was almost two years ago on April 22, 2021, the first day of the annual two-day budget debate.
She was present long enough then to be marked present and then skedaddled, and not even her shadow has graced such hallowed precincts since.
She tendered her regrets in advance for...
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Our greatest national treasure: “Just a hundred pounds of clay …” (by Gene McDaniels)
Monday, March 27, 2023
If you would ask a hundred people from all across our country which is a greater scourge upon the lives of our citizens – poverty or...
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Body found in western Belize
Photo: Julian Villanueva, deceased
by Charles Gladden
SANTA ELENA, Cayo District, Fri. Mar. 24, 2023
The motionless...
Ship on the reef
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 27, 2023
The Belize Port Authority issued a press release this evening regarding a marine incident involving a 98 meters long Panamanian-registered general cargo vessel “HERCA-1” which was carrying containers and break-bulk cargo, and journeying through Belizean waters en route to Port...
22 illegal Brazilians busted up North
by Kristen Ku
COROZAL, Mon. Mar. 27, 2023
On Friday of last week, 22 Brazilians were discovered and detained by police officers at Mirador Hotel in Corozal Town.
Reports surfaced late Friday evening that these immigrants,...
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Photo: Lincoln Bain, Bahamian political party leader and activist
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Our religious leaders should call out Mr. Smotrich
by Colin Hyde
Like it’s hard, real hard to accept...
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Remembering Imam W Deen Mohammed — A personal reflection
by Nuri Muhammad
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 21, 2023
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Rugby Belize visits local schools
Photo: Rugby Belize visit Stella Maris School
by Charles Gladden
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