Highlights
BPD awards 3 officers with Women Police of the Year
Photo: (l-r) Myrna Pena, Carmella Cacho, and Shanice Bevans; BPD Female Police of the...
Suicide on the rise!
Photo: Iveth Quintanilla, Mental Health Coordinator
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Wed. Mar. 20, 2024
Since entering the...
NCA launches 8-year Strategic Plan
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 18, 2024
Belize’s aging population, which comprised 6% of...
Belize places Top 40 at Miss World 2023
Photo: Elise-Gayonne Vernon, Belizean contestant
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 12, 2024
22-year-old Elise-Gayonne Vernon...
Court concludes hearing evidence in Prof. Bain case
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Jan. 26, 2015--The Supreme Court hearing into the constitutional claim filed by Jamaican professor, Brendan Bain, 67—the man who had filed...
Dr. Carla Barnett to challenge Francis Fonseca in Freetown
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 21, 2015--Prime Minister Dean Barrow, leader of the United Democratic Party, taunted Opposition Leader Francis Fonseca in the House of...
LPG down to low of 92 bucks
BELIZE CITY--Falling prices on the world market for fossil-based fuels have finally been trickling down to Belizean consumers with pump prices now ranging from...
Attorney says the “Anti-social Behavior Order” issued against George McKenzie, Jr., is unconstitutional
BELIZE CITY--A court-issued “Anti-social Behavior Order” was served on George McKenzie, Jr., 20, a resident of Majestic Alley, who is the son of the...
Court grants leave to hear Teck’s request for writ of mandamus
BELIZE CITY--The Supreme Court of Madam Justice Shona Griffith became the latest staging ground for the standoff between cane farmers and BSI/ASR, which have...
Belizean drivers now need Mexican 3rd party insurance in Mexico
BELIZE/MEXICO BORDER--Belizeans are known to frequent various areas in Mexico, such as Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Cancun, and Merida for recreation, shopping, medical treatment, among...
Was fire at BSCFA CEO’s house a case of arson?
ORANGE WALK--Things have been “hot” in the current sugar dispute for some while now, and an early morning fire that happened today at a...
Finally, Janae getting paid!
BELIZE CITY--Financial Secretary Joseph Waight told Amandala today that the Government of Belize via the Ministry of Finance is making an initial payment towards...
Police crime stats say rapes up a whopping 62%. Murders up 22%, but burglaries down 7.8%
BELIZE CITY--Belize was reportedly the only country in Central America which experienced a decline in murders in 2013, but the preliminary statistical report released...
What’s in those 13 agreements Belize signed with Guatemala?
BELIZE CITY--On Friday, the Government of Belize released signed electronic copies of the 13 bilateral agreements penned in Placencia by Belize and Guatemala on...
Burglary on the rise during Christmas season
BELIZE CITY--Over $90,000 in cash and properties have been stolen by thieves from property owners since the beginning of the police response to the...
GOB nationalization of BEL and BTL – CCJ decision in January
BELIZE CITY--The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) expects to hand down a landmark decision in January 2015 in the 6-suit challenge which stems from...
Caye Chapel sold to Mexican developers
BELIZE CITY--Mexican developers, Abraham Roffe and Abraham Saade, the owners of El Secreto, a resort which opened its doors in San Pedro in 2012,...
60,000 pounds of onions, mostly from Holland, imported weekly
BELIZE CITY--Due to climatic conditions and the lack of proper storage facilities, Belizean producers supply the local market with onions for only part of...