The holiday Season is always a happy time in Belize.  The sight of the lights on people’s homes brightens our neighbourhoods, excites our children and lifts our spirits. Children fresh out of school for the Christmas ...

If a tourist walked out of the tourism village and asked you about Belizean Christmas, what exactly would you say? Perhaps you can tell them about the sights, sounds and smells of Christmas in Belize.  More specifically, if you were from the north of the country you could tell them ...

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your newspaper to express my views in the following article. At the last sitting of the House of Representative on Friday December 11th, P.M. Barrow went on a tirade to berate and humiliate former P.M. Musa for making secret deals with Lord Ashcroft. He then ...

Dear Editor, I write on behalf of the Village Council of Billy White village. It’s been more than a week since we have not had potable water in our community. There is a fleet of heavy duty machinery working near our village constructing a bridge that is close to the main ...

Basic English for dummies… You can call him an idiot, a moron, a dodo-bird or a complete nincompoop. You can even call him intellectually stunted, foolish, barely coherent, illiterate or plain dumb. What you should never call him is intelligent or competent. In deference to the first lady second wife, ...

Dean Barrow is the Prime Minister of Belize. The high rank of that office requires him to behave in a dignified and decent manner. The Prime Minister is also leader of the Government in the House of Representatives. That position also demands that its holder conducts ...

Victimization… For the past three weeks PUP soldier and co-host on Vibes Radio’s morning show Vaughan Gill has been targeted by the Belize Police Department. Sources from within tell us that their political bosses have issued strict instructions. ...

As we near the end of 2009 it would be remiss to not look back at the year that was - this is primarily because in the spirit of the Christmas season one becomes reflective and this columnist too will be availing herself of the opportunity to look back at ...

Last week was the last for the Director of Tourism, Mrs. Tracy Panton.    So who is the new Director of Tourism?  After all, this is the industry which as the Prime Minister of Belize has stated is significant as it accounts ...

In 2009, Belizeans became convinced that Prime Minister Honorable Dean Barrow is not a man of his word and that he simply cannot do right by the people.  In the run up to the 2008 General Elections, ...