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Belize Volleyball Association hosts AFECAVOL General Assembly

by William Ysaguirre BELIZE CITY, Mon. Jan. 27,...

SIB update: Higher food & drink prices driving 2.0% inflation last November

by William Ysaguirre BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Jan. 23,...

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SIB update: Higher food & drink prices driving 2.0% inflation last November

by William Ysaguirre BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Jan. 23, 2025 Food prices went up 2.9 percent, and non-alcoholic beverages by...

Toward A People’s Archive

“I am proud to be a descendant of Ignacia and Cornelius Patrick. This donation...

Dr. Osmond Martinez becomes Chair of CARIFORUM

(l-r) Alexis Downes-Amsterdam, Director General of CARIFORUM and Hon. Dr. Osmond Martinez, Minister of...

Belizean students shine in Robotics Competition in Barbados

Photo: Bridget Pineda, a third-form student at Nazarene High School Nazarene High School in Belize...

Health Ministry braces for “a lean and mean year”

BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Feb. 25, 2016--The national budget is due to be presented in Parliament in the coming weeks. There will be much debate...

Drug crisis affecting thousands of mental health patients

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 8, 2015--The Cayo Consumer Association has successfully lobbied for urgent intervention by the Ministry of Health to address the scarcity...

KHMH opens new Breast Cancer Diagnostic Unit

BELIZE CITY, Tues. Jan. 27, 2015--A brand new Breast Cancer Diagnostic Unit, which was made possible through a donation by international partners of the...

Cotton swab left inside woman after childbirth almost kills her

BELIZE CITY--Lucia Martinez, 18, the mother of a 1-month-old baby, is lucky to be alive after a cotton swab was left in her body...

Barrow asserts that GOB will pay Janae’s $2 mil award

BELIZE CITY--Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dean Barrow confirmed via the media today that the Government of Belize will make good on the...

Did wrong diagnosis cause death of 19-year-old?

BELIZE CITY--A 19-year-old 4th form student of Gwen Lizarraga High School, Flory Palacio, died in September, allegedly after her medical condition was misdiagnosed as...

Dr. Errol Elrington’s license suspended by Michigan authorities

BELIZE CITY--The allegation that Dr. Errol G. Elrington—US “fugitive at large” who is the brother of Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington and former...

5.1 million persons died from diabetes in 2013

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Nov. 26, 2014--Diabetes is a chronic disease which occurs when the body cannot produce enough insulin or cannot use insulin effectively....

New Caribbean Regional Framework for HIV/AIDS adopted

BELIZE CITY--Caribbean leaders have committed to a new agenda for battling HIV/AIDS in the post-2015 era. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, head of the Epidemiology Unit...

Dengue burdens productive population on Southside Belize City

BELIZE CITY--Latest data received today from the Belize Ministry of Health indicate that up to October 2014, roughly 350 cases of dengue have been...

Chik-V test of possible index patient in Belize sent to CDC in Atlanta

BELIZE CITY--Belize has still not been able to confirm via lab tests whether Maria Alvadaro, a Salvadoran woman visiting Las Flores, Belmopan, Belize, who...

Lab results for possible index case of Chikungunya in Belize still pending

LAS FLORES, BELMOPAN--Two family members in Las Flores, Belmopan, can breathe a sigh of relief after official tests conducted by the Ministry of Health...

Cruise lines threaten to pull plug on Belize over new Ebola screening measures

BELIZE CITY--North Korea has announced a travel ban on foreign tourists, and while Belize is not considering such a blanket ban on tourists, it...

Belize bans travelers from West African nations affected by Ebola outbreak

BELIZE CITY--Today, Belize joined two other Caribbean island nations, Jamaica and St. Lucia, which have issued travel restrictions for travelers from countries in West...
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