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Galen hosts National Disaster Risk Management Research Forum

Zain Dueheney, Coordinator for Galen’s postgraduate program by...

ISCR-NICH holds National Food Heritage Workshop

Rolando Cocom, Director of ISCR-NICH by Charles Gladden BELMOPAN,...

Belize attends the OAS 55th General Assembly

Hon. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs by...

“Crime against humanity”

Evadnie and Luke Jones Street code violated; mother and disabled son killed by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Mon. July 7, 2025 A mother and her disabled son were savagely murdered in Belize City sometime on Friday night, July 4, and their motionless bodies were not found until after...

Palestine names 1st Ambassador to CARICOM

Ambassador Linda Sobeh Ali by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Mon. July 7, 2025 The Caribbean Community has accredited Palestine’s first Ambassador to CARICOM, with CARICOM Secretary-General Carla Barnett, PhD, receiving the Letter of Credence from H.E. Linda Sobeh Ali, PhD,...

BPM’s latest redistricting case struck out

(l-r) Hubert Elrington, S.C. along with BPM Claimants Paul Morgan, Robert Lopez and Antonio de la Fuente BELIZE CITY, Mon. July 7, 2025 In a ruling handed down on July 3, High Court Justice Tawanda...

San Pedro shooting leaves one man dead

Alfredo Trapp, deceased by Charles Gladden SAN PEDRO, Ambergris Caye, Fri. July 4, 2025 A San Pedro resident was killed and another injured in a shooting that occurred in the San Mateo area of San Pedro Town on...

Editorial

Belize’s march of peace to the ICJ

Just over three decades ago, when the PUP government in Belize was exhorting the population, including the Opposition UDP, to join in the campaign to support the passage of...

Bus owners don’t think the Transport Ministry has done the math

The safe, affordable movement of people from where they reside to where they work or go to school is an essential function of any government; thus, huge investments are...

Tell us more, GoB!

Sunday, June 29, 2025 This past weekend was an eventful and critical one in the relationship between a number of labor unions and the Government of Belize under the PUP...

Last bastion for small farmer heroes faces death blow from Fusarium

With our prized forest having been depleted by the mid-20th century, our economy was steered to The Green Revolution for its salvation. The PUP, under the leadership of George...

Editorial En Espanol

ISCR-NICH holds National Food Heritage Workshop

Rolando Cocom, Director of ISCR-NICH by Charles Gladden BELMOPAN, Thurs. July 3, 2025 The Institute for Social and Cultural Research (ISCR), a division of the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH), began a three-day workshop, entitled ‘National Food Heritage’, which focuses on Belize’s unique culinary dishes, on Wednesday, July 2, at the University of Belize’s Conference Room in Belmopan. The workshop was facilitated through an initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that falls under the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. “It is born out of the response or the requests from communities themselves, who over the years have said to us that we should...

Belize attends the OAS 55th General Assembly

Hon. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Wed. July 2, 2025 Belize attended the 55th Regular Session of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, which was held last week in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. The OAS is a multilateral regional body, comprising 34 member-states, focusing on human rights, electoral oversight, social and economic development, and security in the Western Hemisphere. “These shared objectives are under increasing strain across the hemisphere and world, making the role of the OAS, as the guardian of our shared democratic space, even more vital,” said Hon. Francis Fonseca, Belize’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in his address. “The organization must continue to...

GENERAL NEWS

Man, 30, gets 3 life sentences for murder of Excelsior vice principal and two others

Kyle Aswan Zetina, sentenced BELIZE CITY, Fri. July 4, 2025 Kyle...

OJ to stand trial in High Court on rape accusations

by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Wed. July 2, 2025 One of...

Belize Economy grows 2.0% in 1st Quarter, 2025

by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Thurs. July 3,...

Rainfall covers villages in OW

Between Wednesday and Saturday, over 12 inches of rain...

From the Publisher

I would say that less than a month ago, Hon. Michael Finnegan did two television interviews a few days apart. One was with Nuri Muhammad at XTV/KREM Radio on a Friday morning, and the other was the following Wednesday night with Jules Vasquez on Channel 7. I think it was in the Nuri Muhammad interview that Finnegan revealed that Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow, following the landslide defeat in March of 2003 of the United Democratic Party (UDP) he was leading, attempted to resign the leadership he had inherited from Dr. Manuel Esquivel following the UDP's massive defeat in the August 1998 general election. The leaders of the UDP unanimously rejected...

From the Publisher

I would say that less than a month ago,...

From the Publisher

(NOTE: Leafing through old copies of this newspaper, I...

From the Publisher En Espanol

FEATURES

So, they sacked Pio

by Colin Hyde I am not very interested in finding...

Introspection!

Friday, July 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM The Native Americans,...

Teen killed in altercation with police

by Charles Gladden CAYE CAULKER, Mon. June 30, 2025 A teenager from Caye Caulker Village lost his life during what was reportedly a brawl with off-duty police officers in front of a local street vendor...

SPORTS

Berger United wins BTB U-13 Mundialito championship

Berger United – 2025 BTB U-13 Mundialito Champions by William...

Blazing Strikers win BTB U-10 Mundialito championship

Blazing Strikers – BTB 2025 Mundialito U-10 Champions by William...

Championship Finals this Sunday at Berger Field

(U-13) Bze United’s Jefferson Martinez attacks vs Ldv Rising...

Caesar Ridge FC & Tut Bay FC lead William Dawson Peace Cup football

Leaders of Tomorrow drew, 2-2, vs Rookies FC by William...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

“Last bastion for caneros…”

Orange Walk Town, Tuesday, July 1, 2025 The Editor, Amandala, I read...

Return our tractor now!

Saturday, June 21, 2025 Dear Editor: I am a resident of...

Activism in Belize

Thursday, June 5, 2025 Dear Editor, Activism is overrated. It’s only...

CEMJC graduation ceremonies

Saturday, May 31, 2025 Dear Editor, Saturday, May 24, 2025 was...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Domestic work is care work: Settling the historical debt to millions of women domestic workers

Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes OpEd by Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes (Regional...

US trade embargo against Cuba causes collateral damage for Central American government officials

USA Secretary of State Marco Rubio by William Ysaguirre (Freelance...

Kamla Persad-Bissessarre-elected T&T Prime Minister

TnT Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissesar by William Ysaguirre (Freelance...

Over 100 killed in Dominican Republic when nightclub roof collapses

Site of the collapsed Jet Set nightclub in Santo...

POLITICS

Opposition; GoB violating CARICOM treaty; Minister says they are uninformed

Photo: Shyne Barrow, Opposition Leader BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 13,...

Haylock wins, Shane loses

Photo: Godwin Haylock BELIZE CITY, Sun. Apr. 2, 2023 The United...

Sista B absent

Photo: Denise “Sista B” Barrow BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 27,...

Shyne kicked out of House

During Friday’s House meeting, the Speaker of the House,...
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SPORTS, SIN & SUBVERSION

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