Buckle up or get a ticket!
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 11, 2024
With this issue of Amandala, motorists – if they weren’t aware – are being informed that they will get a traffic ticket from traffic officers for not wearing a seat belt while driving a vehicle at all...
Coast Guard officer killed eena Martin’s
Photo: Charles James, deceased
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 11, 2024
A member of the Belize Coast Guard, identified as 26-year-old Charles James of Belize City, was slain last night, Wednesday, April 10, at...
Beloved Mama Lovell passes away at 95
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 11, 2024
Lorna Marigold Lovell nee Griffith, affectionately known throughout her community as Mama Lovell, passed away on April 1, 2024, just weeks shy of her 96th birthday.
Born...
Husband charged for American national’s death in San Pedro
Photo: Maynor Rene Ancona, charged
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 11, 2024
In Tuesday’s edition of the Amandala, it was reported that an American national, 46-year-old Jennifer Lynn Griffith, had died a day after sustaining injuries...
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Pleads guilty to save court’s time; receives a fine only
Photo: Emerson Garnett
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Apr. 9, 2024
A video footage that went viral on Facebook - with a dreadlocks man beating up another man, then another man joined in and held the man...
Bladen 12’s pre-trial winds down
Photo: Richard “Dickie” Bradley, defense attorney
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 10, 2024
This week, the third witness in the latest session of the Bladen 12 trial’s voir dire (the trial within the trial)...
To – David
“THE CANDLE MAY GO OUT,BUT THE MEMORY OF ITS LIGHT REMAINS”
by Thérèse Belisle-Nweke
Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 4:27 p.m.
How does one process the immediate and definitive disappearance of a loved, respected kinsman, and intellectual comrade-in-arms? As the light which radiated from David Gibson, the second son of my favourite uncle, has finally disappeared to reappear into another realm, all that is left us is the shining, variegated memory we need to keep, to serve as the reflection of the light that he was.
How was I to know when I sent him, the very day he made his exit from us, an argument I had just read on neo-liberalism, that...
Editorial
Reasons for slow economic progress; none for non-delivery of critical reforms
There are a number of explanations for the 3-year-old PUP government’s blowout victory in last month’s municipal elections. One is that the people overwhelmingly “swear for” the way the...
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Court rejects alleged utterance of Richard Bennett, charged with double murder
by Roy Davis (freelance writer)
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 10, 2024
In a ruling she gave...
Young sailors stand on the shoulder of a Master and Commander: Charles Bartlett Hyde
Photo: (right) Charles Bartlett Hyde
Contributed: Harbour Regatta Committee
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 3, 2024
Today we bid farewell to a man who gave so much to the sport of sailing in Belize with his time and talents. The members of the Belize Habour Regatta Committee were able to enlist...
Over $70k stolen from Westrac in OW
by Charles Gladden
ORANGE WALK TOWN, Thurs. Apr. 11, 2024
On Wednesday night, April 10, the Westrac store in Orange Walk Town was targeted by a group of robbers, who stole over $70,000 in cash...
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Suffering from sleep disorders as I do, it took an extra effort last week Wednesday night to stay up...
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I dedicate this column to my dear cousin, Gwelda...
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After carefully reading most of Professor Christine A. Kray’s...
Mexico severs diplomatic ties with Ecuador
Photo: Former Ecuadorian Vice President, Jorge Glas, arrested by...
7.4 earthquake hits Taiwan, home to hundreds of Belizeans
Photo: Building in Hualien, Taiwan collapsing due to earthquake....
Re: C. B. Hyde
The Editor, AMANDALA
Wed. Mar. 27, 2024
Dear Editor,
Please allow me...
UEF Protest Letter to Government of Belize
“Nothing About Us Without Us”(“Is a slogan used to...
Features
Why outside of the atrocity category
My memory tells me that we have 3 live...
Official remembrance of the late Ambassador Emeritus David Allan Kirkwood Gibson
“A highly accomplished statesman, diplomat, and academic”
April 2024
Introduction
A pleasant...
The colonization of Ambergris Caye!
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 12:46 p.m.
A few weeks...
Quiet desperation!
Photo: Trump and Netanyahu
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 12:20...
Sports
William Dawson Peace Cup enters playoffs on Sunday
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 10, 2024
Eight (8)...
Defenders end back-to-back losses, beat Trojans by 36
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 8, 2024
The Belize...
Bredda Thurton is back in time for PLB playoffs
Photo: Gilroy “Bredda” Thurton
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 8, 2024
The...
Ahmadiyya Basketball League Week 5 results
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 8, 2024
The Ahmadiyya...