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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

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“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...

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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

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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...

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