Itz’at STEAM Academy inaugurated
Photo: Minister of Education, Hon. Francis Fonesca and Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. John Briceño unveil Itz’at STEAM Academy plaque
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Fri. May 10, 2024
An inauguration ceremony was held on Friday, May, 10, for the Itz’at STEAM Academy, located on the grounds...
Alleged Celebrity Restaurant scammer charged
Photo: Jemine Patrice Thurton, arraigned
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2024
A woman who ordered and received from Celebrity Restaurant thousands of dollars’ worth of food and drinks, including cocktails and beers, but did not...
Mexico and Central America grappling with extreme heat and power outages
Photo: Heat wave in Mexico (photo credit: Reuters)
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2024
A searing heatwave continues to affect Mexico and its neighboring countries, pushing power grids to the brink and triggering...
Man crushed by car
by Charles Gladden
PLACENCIA, Stann Creek District, Mon. May 13, 2024
A man from Maya Beach Village, Stann Creek District, met his untimely death on Friday, May 10, while working on his car in his yard.
According to...
He pushed her!
Photo: Surveillance footage of the incident
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2024
In footage captured by surveillance cameras installed within the western border Immigration Office a senior Immigration officer can be seen forcefully...
Power outage shuts down most of Belize for over 5 hours
Photo: BEL working to restore power
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Fri. May 10, 2024
On Thursday, Belize experienced an unannounced five-and-a-half-hour power outage. Despite our earlier check-ins with Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) on the plans...
Belize hosts ACCP Conference
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2024
The Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP) is holding its 38th Annual General Meeting and Conference from today, Monday, May 13, to Friday, May 17, in Belize City.
The ACCP was formed in 1987 in Castries, St. Lucia, to serve as the main organization within the Caribbean to endorse and facilitate collaboration and cooperation for the development and implementation of policing strategies within the region.
Its objectives then were regional cooperation in the suppression of criminal activities in such areas as narcotics, terrorism, and organized crime; the exchange of information in criminal investigations; the sharing of common services which may include training, forensic...
Editorial
Solidarity! Towards our destiny
Sunday, May 12, 2024
As the days and weeks and months pass by, it is becoming nearer and nearer to that time when we Belizeans will be sitting on edge,...
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“Why? Why? Why??” No waata fi Belize City!
Photo: BWS repairing leak on main line
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2024
Between...
Hadie Goldson dies at 90
She was Belize’s first female attorney and wife of national hero, Philip Goldson
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2024
Hadie Goldson, the first female Belizean to be recognized as an attorney and the wife of the late national hero Philip Goldson, passed away last Wednesday at the...
Giovanni Ramirez, key witness in Selgado case, jailed for gang membership
Photo: Giovanni Henry Ramirez, charged
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2024
On Thursday, May 9, police officially arrested and charged Giovanni Henry Ramirez, a 30-year-old Belizean laborer of Seine Bight Village, for being...
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...
Teacher discusses traditional and alternative/authentic assessments
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Dear Editor,
Assessment is an ongoing process...
Dictators v. Tribunes
by Hart Tillett
Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
Dear Editor
I’m enclosing this...
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Ugly US roast
by Colin Hyde
Ever since a US presidential hopeful named...
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Indifference!
Monday, May 13, 2024
“All the buoys which have marked...
Sports
Cayo beat Hurricanes
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2024
The Cayo...
Ahmadiyya Basketball League Week 10 results
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. May 13, 2024
The Ahmadiyya...
Biscayne Gov’t girls and San Narciso RC boys are national primary school softball champions
Photo: Biscayne Government School – National Girls Primary School...
Verdes comes to town!
Photo: Verdes striker Matias Veron vs Port Layola defender...