Nadia Martin Caliz, National President, BNTU
BNTU meetings continue despite MOE’s denial of non-school day
Members of the union are being asked how they want to express their dissatisfaction on multiple issues following a 15% increase in CEOs’ salaries.
BELMOPAN, Wed. Apr. 30, 2025
The three public sector...
Jeremy Enriquez - Redistricting Claimant
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Apr. 25, 2025
If you search Belize’s news archives for the JLSC, that is, the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, you will only find a few links...
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Apr. 29, 2025
Several Customs officers have been accused of being involved in a possible marijuana smuggling ring, into which an investigation is currently being conducted.
Reports are indicating that...
Anthony Andrewin, deceased
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 28, 2025
A boar (male pig) which escaped from its pen was shot and killed after it charged at a Gales Point Manatee villager and killed him over...
May 1 is celebrated in most countries as Labor Day, and it is set aside to honor the contributions of paid workers and their labor movements. The modern Belize...
In Luke 18:1-8, Jesus told a story about a persistent widow and an unjust judge, in which the unjust judge, who didn’t “fear God or care what people think”,...
Cayo Rosario, a mangrove island on the west side of Ambergris Cay, is in the news again after the island’s owner/s stepped up activity on a project that would...
Since Wednesday, April 2, when the US government announced tariff increases on merchandise from the majority of countries in the world, including Belize, our top financial minds in government...
Government ministers visit hot spot areas along Belize's western and southern borders
Immigration Minister says we must not overreact with measures following plane hijacking
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 28, 2025
When AMANDALA asked Minister Francis Fonseca, who is responsible for the Immigration portfolio, today about ramped up security measures expected after the Holy Thursday hijacking of a Tropic Air Cessna Caravan, he told us their priority has been to get a comprehensive report from all stakeholders involved. Apart from immigration personnel, those also include the police, Civil Aviation, the Airport Authority and others. A meeting of the National Security Council (chaired by the Prime Minister) was expected to take place this afternoon...
Top 3 Elites, (l to r) 2nd John Delong; 1st Derrick Chavarria; 3rd Shawn Codd
by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer)
BURRELL BOOM VILLAGE, Belize District, Mon. Apr. 21, 2025
Derrick “Baby Chav” Chavarria of the G-Flow team won the 3rd annual Easter Monday cycling race organized by the Inner-City Cycling Connection and the Chavarria Cycling Development Club. The race travelled from Belize City via the Philip Goldson Highway and the Boom bypass to the Hattieville roundabout and back to the finish line at the Castleton racetrack in Burrell Boom on Monday morning, April 21.
Below are the top finishers in the different race categories, their teams, times, and cash prizes received.
Elite Males: 1st Place - Derrick Chavarria (Team G-Flow,...
I thought a few paragraphs from a paper I found amongst my old documents this week may be interesting to readers. The statistics presented are from almost thirty years ago, but they appear totally relevant today.
The reproduced paragraphs are in italics.
BACKGROUND:
Belize is a nation of 215,000 people, consisting of several ethnic groups of which the African Belizean is the second largest.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The UBAD Educational Foundation (UEF) was founded on March 10, 1996 as a non-profit organization by a group of concerned young and adult Belizeans to provide an educational opportunity for the impoverished African-Belizean youth. Acknowledging the supremacy of God, the UEF is nevertheless non-denominational in its religious affiliation,...
Well-known Belmopan businessman, Skyler Williams, dies in motorcycle accident.
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Mon. Apr. 28, 2025
Belmopan police are investigating a fatal road traffic accident that claimed the life of a well-known businessman on Saturday,...
