MoH dumps Digi for SMART
Ministry of Health latest to contract SMART telecom services
BELMOPAN, Thurs. May 16, 2024
If you go by the social media following (Facebook and Instagram) for our national telecommunication providers, Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) under the Digi brand and SMART Belize (Speednet Communications Limited), BTL is...
Sugar shortage again!
Photo: Plantation white sugar produced by BSI
ORANGE WALK, Wed. May 16, 2024
Just four months after our last sugar shortage which saw Belize Sugar Industries (BSI) approved to import 250 metric tonnes of white...
Amazing Alyssa Fisher
Visually impaired student to graduate as Wesley College’s valedictorian
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. May 16, 2024
Sixteen-year-old Alyssa Fisher, a visually impaired student from Belize City, has been named Wesley College’s valedictorian for the...
Double murder on Southside
Photo: (l-r) Marvin Pook and Anthony Young, deceased
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Wed. May 15, 2024
Two Belize City men were slain on Belize City’s Southside on Tuesday night, May 14, with one of the victims instantly...
Raging wildfire in San Pedro Colombia Village, Toledo
Photo: Daniel Mendez, National Emergency Coordinator, NEMO
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. May 16, 2024
For some days now, there has been an increase in wildfires that have been occurring in various locations of the...
Belize reaffirms commitment at COP 3 of the Escazú Agreement
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Tues. May 14, 2024
Belize emerged as a key participant in the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information,...
Da when rain wahn come?
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Tues. May 14, 2024
For the past several days, Belizeans have been hoping for rain as they try to endure an intense heatwave in the country—with temperatures reaching the high 90s or even 100s.
The period of escalating heat, which started as early as the final days of April, but extended into, and intensified in the first two weeks of May, is projected to continue for approximately another week, as we enter the Atlantic hurricane season, set to commence on June 1.
“We are in a heatwave … the primary reason is that we are under a ridge of high pressure at the mid-levels of the atmosphere, which...
Editorial
Electricity troubles, water concerns
In the last century, rolling blackouts were a regular feature in our cities and towns, and Belizeans in villages knew the state of no electricity permanently—the electric lines passing...
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Independent expert finds BSI cited port costs to be justified
Photo: BSI/ASR terminal at Port of Big Creek
BIG CREEK, Stann Creek District, Mon. May...
Being better prepared for flooding in the Belize River Basin
Photo: The five participants of the 91 hours of training in Taiwan along with Hon. Orlando Habet, Her Excellency Ambassador Lily Li-Wen Hsu, and Dr. Kenrick Williams
by Orlando Pulido
SANTA ELENA, Cayo District, Tues. May 14, 2024
The Flood Warning Capacity Improvement Project (FWCIP) that covers the Belize River...
Case of criminally charged Police Inspector adjourned to May 23
Photo: Inspector Christopher Martinez, charged
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. May 16, 2024
A member of the Belize Police Department is facing criminal charges after he reportedly physically harmed a man in the Ladyville Police...
From the Publisher
As a follow-up to last Friday’s column, let it be emphasized that while the PUP’s Ralph Fonseca, who had...
From The Publisher
As the eldest child (three sons, one daughter) of...
From the Publisher
When I started to get on my feet financially...
AstraZeneca acknowledges vaccine side effects
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. May 9, 2024
The Oxford-AstraZeneca...
US State Department issues 2023 Country Report on Human Rights
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 24, 2024
The Country...
Letter from Guyana: fears “subjugation … to Latin America”
Tues. May 7, 2024
The Editor, Amandala newspaper
Dear Sir,
Please publish...
Teacher discusses traditional and alternative/authentic assessments
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Dear Editor,
Assessment is an ongoing process...
Features
Someone has to take care of the family
by Colin Hyde
The most celebrated feature of the system...
Victims of circumstance!
Photo: Palestinians sit by their belongings after visiting buildings...
Between a rock and a hard place: Belize’s foreign policy conundrum
Thérèse Belisle-Nweke writes from Lagos, Nigeria
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
The...
Sista Hadie Goldson memories
by YaYa Marin Coleman
BELIZE CITY, Wed. May 15, 2024
Aaah!...
Sports
Premier Women’s League Week 5 results
Photo: Napoles, Roshanny Narvaez
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. May...
Verdes, 1-0, over Port Layola in Game 1 of PLB Finals; Game 2 on Sunday in Cayo
Photo: Port - Shawn Young attacks vs Verdes No.8...
BAA sends U18/U20 athletes to CADICA Games in Costa Rica
BELIZE CITY, Wed. May 15, 2024
The Belizean U20/U18 national...
Cayo beat Hurricanes
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2024
The Cayo...