Highlights
Belize’s Foreign Minister returns from Migration Summit in Guatemala
Photo: Foreign Ministers of signatory countries
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. May 9, 2024
Hon. Francis...
250 students graduate from BPD’s PEACE program
Photo: ACP Howell Gillett, Commander of National Community Policing
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. May...
Boots to take recall matter to the High Court
Photo: Anthony “Boots” Martinez, former Port Loyola Area Representative
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May...
UB holds 13th annual research conference in Belmopan
Photo: Dr. Dion Daniels, Assistant Professor from the Faculty of Science and Technology at...
Gang members sign agreement and hand over guns before being released
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Apr. 17, 2020-- About 132 gang members were released at about 6:00 yesterday evening from the Belize Central Prison, where they...
What is now at stake in Belize’s COVID-19 hospital response
Saturday, April 11, 2020-- Below is my SOMBER assessment, followed by some suggestions:
1. We feared that the indispensable role of the KHMH, the national...
Vibrations from earthquake off Honduras’ Caribbean coast felt in Belize early this morning
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 16, 2020-- Some Belizeans were shaken awake at about 2:00 this morning, April 16, 2020, by vibrations from a 6.0...
Tougher measures added to State of Emergency laws
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 15, 2020-- At midnight on April 1, Belize slipped into a national State of Emergency as government escalated its fight...
44,000 signed up for COVID-19 government unemployment benefits
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Apr. 7, 2020-- GOB’s unemployment relief program was rolled out on Friday via an online portal, which became so heavily congested...
Easter 2020 declared National Days of Prayer
BELIZE CITY, Sun. Apr. 5, 2020-- The Easter week has this year been declared National Days of Prayers in view of the ravaging effects...
Investigation into Hubert Pipersburgh’s COVID-19 death has begun
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 6, 2020-- The government of Belize has responded to a Facebook post by the wife of the late Mr. Hubert...
COVID-19 cancels Easter travel
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 6, 2020-- The Easter holidays are the time of the year when Belizeans become tourists in our own country. Customarily,...
Prison takes measures to protect from COVID-19
KOLBE FOUNDATION, Hattieville, Belize District, Tues. Apr. 7, 2020-- The Belize Central Prison in Hattieville, which has about 1,100 inmates in close proximity with...
Amandala wants you to be safe when handling our newspaper
In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amandala understands that some people may have concern about the safety process the primary handlers of our...
Dr. Ron Hyde posts on fb about COVID-19
“Being infected with COVID-19 is a misfortune but no SHAME. For goodness sakes, ANYONE can be unlucky. But CONTROL requires complete transparency and vigilance....
Government’s assistance to persons unemployed due to COVID-19 crisis begins this week
Government’s assistance will be $150 every two weeks.
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 31, 2020-- The COVID-19 pandemic has hit world tourism extremely hard, and...
Football flashback – Recalling some stars of the past, towards a Belize Football Hall of Fame
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 2, 2020-- The country is on lock-down with a State of Emergency, including night-time curfew, with all sporting competition and...
Prime Minister Dean Barrow announces countrywide State of Emergency
My Fellow Belizeans,
Last week, the Government announced additional measures to ramp up our fight against COVID-19. At Wednesday’s press conference I made clear that...
