Regional
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...
Cuban migrants in crisis: Costa Rica closes doors and withdraws from SICA’s political bodies
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Dec. 21, 2015--Costa Rica’s Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed via a statement issued online on Friday night, December 18, 2015, that it...
Dominica becomes 4th country to join CCJ next month
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 28, 2015--Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced this week that his country plans to make the Caribbean Court of Justice...
Belize has “signal honor” of hosting CCJ president, Sir Dennis Byron
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Jan. 16, 2015--Sir Dennis Byron, president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) – the regional court where disputes arising from...
Has Minister Elrington signed a new agreement with Guatemala?
Amandala was informed today of a news item appearing online, captioned “World Court To Settle Guatemala, Belize 200-year-old Boundary Dispute,” and dated July 2,...
Crime scene technicians to undergo skills training
Those who fail the course risk being booted from the unit
All the country’s crime scene technicians are currently participating in what is slated to...
Belize to assume SICA presidency
Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow left Belize today, Monday, en route to the Dominican Republic where that country’s president will hand over the 6-month...
Belize attends 44th OAS General Assembly meeting
The 44th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) was held from June 3rd to the 5th, and...
Economic performance projected to improve in Belize and the Caribbean: CDB
Caribbean economies are expected to grow, on average, by around 2.3% in 2014, and Belize’s economy by 2.5% in 2014 and 2015, according to...
D. Lopez in defence of Professor Bain
Dear Editor:
i. We do not want scientific research to be suppressed for political reasons.
ii. We do not want medical experts and researchers to be...
Belize asks United Nations for help
The Foreign Minister complained about damaging Guatemala incursions into Belizean territory
Belize Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Attorney General Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, today...
Guat gold panning endangering Belize water source: FCD
Rafael Manzanero, Executive Director of Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD), told Amandala Monday evening that illegal gold mining activities being undertaken by Guatemalans...
Sarstoon-Temash National Park in “ancestral lands” — Maya leaders
The Maya Leaders Alliance (MLA) today responded to a statement made by Prime Minister Dean Barrow in the City of Belmopan on Monday, contending...
Media tours US Capital’s drill site in Sarstoon Temash National Park
“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” – quoted by Greg Ch’oc, Executive Director of SATIIM from southern Belize who relentlessly fights for the...
Belize economy shrinks in first quarter
Citrus production plummets to 18-year low: SIB
“The sugar industry experienced its best first quarter performance since 2004”
Sharp downtowns in citrus, crude petroleum and electricity...