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Photo: (l-r) Yasser Musa, publisher; YaYa Marin Coleman, chairperson for UBAD Educational Foundation and Aondofe Joe Iyo, author
Imagination Factri launches first-ever Oral History Sourcebook
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Mar. 13, 2024
The UBAD Conversations: An Oral History Sourcebook was launched today, March 13, 2024, at...
Buttonwood Bay hosts the 95th Baron Bliss Harbour Regatta
Photo: Harbour Regatta sailboat races
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Mar. 14, 2024
Over 30 sailboats lined up to compete in the 95th Annual Baron Bliss Harbor Regatta near the Buttonwood Bay shore in Belize...
Keyren Tzib found guilty of attempted murder
by Roy Davis (freelance writer)
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Mar. 13, 2024
In a lengthy judgement she read in court today, Justice Candace Nanton stated that Keyren Tzib, 33, was guilty of the attempted murder of...
Belize City Administrator killed by husband in murder/suicide
Photo: Stephanie Lindo-Garbutt and Oswald “Wally” Garbutt
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 12, 2024
Yet another time, families and friends have been left mourning in women’s month, the untimely death of a spouse at the hand of her...
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Belize City man dies in RTA collision
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Mar. 14, 2024
A well-known Belize City man died late Wednesday evening, March 13, after the motorbike he was riding crashed into the rear of a parked van on...
Selgado found guilty of abetment of murder
by Roy Davis (freelance writer)
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Mar. 8, 2024
Attorney Oscar William Selgado, 54, took the verdict “like a man” today when Justice Nigel Pilgrim, after reading a judgement 40 pages long, told...
PM presents 2024/2025 Budget
Photo: Prime Minister, Hon. John Briceño
The national budget proposals for this fiscal year project BZD$1.51 billion in Total Revenue and Grants, and BZD$1.604 Billion in expenditure
by Marco Lopez
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Mar. 13, 2024
Education and Healthcare are two key features of the national budget for this coming fiscal year. An expansion of the free schooling program to 12 institutions to target an additional 6,000 secondary school students, and an injection of funds into the National Health Insurance of 35 million dollars in this new budget were highlighted in Prime Minister Briceño’s presentation last week Friday.
The PM, in his podiumed presentation, said that the recent International Monetary Fund Article IV Consultation...
Editorial
2012 PUP manifesto made the right call for fixed election date
It was expected, after the PUP blew out the UDP in the March 6 Municipal elections, winning 8 of the 9 municipalities, most of them by massive margins, that...
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Market Plaza double-murder in Garden City
Photo: Robert Joseph, charged
A woman and a female minor were killed in a broad...
Women in Art
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Mar. 14, 2024
In celebration of Women’s Month – which is recognized annually in March – the Institute of Creative Arts (ICA) will launch its annual women’s art exhibit titled, “Women in Art 2024, StrongHER: Mentoring, Elevating & Ascending Together”.
“This is something that...
Breakthrough with stevedores; CWU negotiations continue
Photo: CWU president, Leonora Flowers
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Mar. 13, 2024
In last Friday’s edition of the Amandala, dated March 8, we reported on the Christian Workers Union’s (CWU) decision to terminate all...
From The Publisher
After carefully reading most of Professor Christine A. Kray’s 2023 book - Maya-British Conflict At The Edge Of The Yucatecan...
From The Publisher
To a great extent, the world is ruled by...
From The Publisher
The early UBAD, idealistic as it was after it...
State of Emergency declared in Haiti as gangs demand PM’s resignation
Photo: Protest against acting prime minister Ariel Henry on...
Kahtal Resorts wins insurance claim for damaged vessel
by Kristen Ku
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, Mon. Mar. 4, 2024
The...
UEF calls for new bridge replacing Haulover to be named The Eboe Akan Bridge
Minister Julius EspatMinistry of Infrastructure Development and HousingCity of...
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Features
Unholy alliance!
Saturday, March 9, 2024
I was watching an interview with...
The 9th March sailing regatta and Baron Bliss
by Colin Hyde
Today the 9th March holiday is called...
These are not serious people!
Thursday, March 7, 2024
I am borrowing a line from...
To be a pilgrim!
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Everyone who knows me knows that...
Sports
Hurricanes beat Defenders by 47
Photo: Benny’s Belize Hurricanes team
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs....
Ahmadiyya Basketball League Week 2 results
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Mar. 14, 2024
The Ahmadiyya...
Future Football Club kicks off U10 and U13 competitions at the MCC on Saturday
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 12, 2024
Beginning this Saturday, March...
Ahmadiyyah Basketball League tips off Season #9
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 4, 2024
The Ahmadiyyah...