www.amandala.com.bz Belize News! AMANDALA has been the nation's most read newspaper for Belize news since Belize's Independence in 1981. The AMANDALA is the nation's leading newspaper - a 33 year old voice of the people of Belize www.amandala.com.bz/?id=9169 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:29:08 -0500 For 4 years, diabetes, the silent killer, remains the leading cause of death... Another Belizean succumbed last week after battling 29 years with the silent killer, diabetes (locally dubbed “sugar”), complicated almost two years ago by the loss of her kidneys, which a close relative told Amandala had gotten infected after the patient underwent a hysterectomy, having suffered fibroids on her womb.