Highlights
Judge allows into evidence dying declaration of murder victim Egbert Baldwin
Egbert Baldwin, deceased (L); Camryn Lozano (Top right) and Albert Gill, on trial
by Roy...
Police welcome record-breaking number of new recruits
Photo: Squad 97 male graduates marching
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
Last Friday,...
The Museum of Belizean Art opens doors
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 18, 2024
The Museum of Belizean Art’s (MOBA) grand...
PWLB officially launched
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
The Football Federation of Belize (FFB) officially launched...
Supreme Court rules that GOB breached environmental law for NCL’s Harvest Caye
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 13, 2016--The Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) won an important claim in court today, when Supreme Court Justice Courtenay Abel...
Contrabandistas blamed for carrot crisis
SAN CARLOS, Orange Walk, Mon. Jan. 11, 2016--Orange Walk carrot producers stand to lose tens of thousands of dollars because their locally grown produce...
Amandala’s Year in Review, 2015
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Jan. 7, 2016--There were many important stories that captured the headlines in 2015, but the year’s biggest story is the one...
More CARICOM countries should join the CCJ, says Belize PM, as he assumes chair of CARICOM
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Dec. 31, 2015--Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow assumes chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the start of the New Year,...
Rice importer Jack Charles seeks writ of mandamus against BAHA
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Dec. 24, 2015--Today, Christmas Eve, attorneys representing the parties in the rice stand-off between importer Jack Charles and the Belize Agriculture...
Three illegal dwellings recently reported inside Chiquibul
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Dec. 17, 2015--Belize Defence Force Commander David Jones confirmed to Amandala today that an illegal dwelling set up by a Guatemalan...
Police detained minor for 5 days before taking her to court
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Dec. 14, 2015--A minor was detained by Ladyville police on Thursday, December 10, and it appears that she was denied her...
6.6 M Chiapas quake shakes Belize
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Dec. 17, 2015--Early afternoon tremors were felt across Belize today, when a 6.6 magnitude earthquake shook an area near Tres Picos,...
New Public Accounts Committee constituted
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Dec. 14, 2015--Official information received by the Amandala newspaper indicates that three new members have been named to the Public Accounts...
GOB breaks ground for FOB on Sarstoon River
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Dec. 9, 2015--A small flotilla of Belize military boats, some armed with .50 caliber machine guns, along with a BDF Air...
BPP calls on GOB to sign UN convention on corruption
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Dec. 9, 2015--Today is the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day, a day which is recognized in the 178 countries which are...
Senate should investigate David Schnitzer’s “fraud!”
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Dec. 3, 2015--An international fugitive, David Nanes Schnitzer, who is wanted in Mexico for his role in a multimillion-dollar offshore banking...
Philip Brackett, 53, passes amid valiant battle with diabetes
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Nov. 30, 2015--Former Transport Commissioner and politician, Philip Brackett, passed away over the weekend in Los Angeles, CA, USA, at the...
Zika virus right next door
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Nov. 25, 2015--Earlier this month Caribbean health authorities announced that the first confirmed cases of the Zika Virus had been found...
