Highlights
Albert Vaughan, new City Administrator
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
On Monday, April 15, 2024, the Belize City Council...
Belize launches Garifuna Language in Schools Program
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
On April 12, Belize marked the 227th...
NATS Committee announces Farmers of the Year 2024
Photo: (left) Senior Farmer of the Year, Nandy Esban Aldana; (right) Female Farmer of...
To – David
“THE CANDLE MAY GO OUT,BUT THE MEMORY OF ITS LIGHT REMAINS”
by Thérèse Belisle-Nweke
Saturday, April...
Independent expert’s report on proposed water rate hike open for public comment
The Belize Water Services (BWS) wants a 16.25% increase in water rates this month, but all indications are that although rates are due to...
SATIIM asks for injunction against GOB and US Capital
Greg Ch’oc, Executive Director of the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM), told Amandala today that they are awaiting the court’s decision on...
Belize City homicide rate high on global scale
According to the Global Study on Homicide 2013, a report published by the UN which provides a comparative analysis of the rate of homicides...
Suspected human remains found on Iguana Street
Some contract workers who were digging a trench on Iguana Street Extension in Belize City made a horrid discovery of what are suspected to...
Day of Healing in Gales Point, Manatee
The day aims to bring back the old-fashioned, Gales-Point-style Easter
The Day of Healing will travel out of the city to Gales Point, Manatee, to...
Ashcroft Alliance complains of long judicial delays in BTL nationalization challenge
The Court of Appeal was scheduled to hand down a ruling in the constitutional challenge to the Barrow administration’s nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited...
NCL hosts media tour of Norwegian Jewel
In an effort to sway negative public perception about the impact of their cruise tourism activities in Belize, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) engaged members...
CCJ upholds $2 million ruling for Janae
Janae Matute and her mother, Georgia Matute, were jubilant today over a decision handed down this morning by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ),...
NCL execs speak on Harvest Caye Project
“It is not about us coming in and twisting arms and pushing people around”: Colin Murphy
While providing members of the Belizean media with a...
Is GOB really serious about shutting down illegal rosewood logging?
Illegal loggers more aggressive for rosewood, despite moratorium
Not only do illegal loggers—mostly Central American migrants working in Belize—continue to ignore the moratorium imposed by...
Water rates set to increase this month – but by how much?
Lower electricity rates proposed
Water rates are currently undergoing an annual review, and Baker, Tilly and Hulse, the local accountancy firm of Mark C. Hulse,...
SIF assists San Jose Gov’t School
Over 400 students of San Jose Government School in the Orange Walk District stand to benefit from a donation made to their school’s computer...
1st leg of PSE held for primary school students
The first of a 2-part sitting of the biggest exam in the curriculum of Belizean primary school students – the Primary School Examinations (PSE)...
Energy workers and BEL break impasse
Marvin Mora, president of the Belize Energy Workers Union (BEWU), confirmed to Amandala this evening that the energy workers and the Belize Electricity Limited...
