For perhaps the first time ever, the decision on who would be knighted this issue’s Hypocrite of the Week was unanimous. It can be no other than Saint Sedi Elrington, Belize’s bumbling Minister of Foreign Affairs whose famous episodes ...

Award my A@#... Hey, no disrespect to the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies intended, but if you’re gonna make a big hullabaloo about giving out a supposedly prestigious award, the least you guys could do is give ...

Isabel Vasquez Once again, residents of the Placencia Peninsula are up in arms against the government – and this time, their anger is being vented directly towards PM Dean Barrow following an interview aired on Love FM revealing that international cruise ships will soon be docking in Placencia village. PM Barrow ...

Belize as one of the founding members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been actively engaged in the process of fostering greater regionalism with the Community.  The Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas of 2001 established the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), with the intent of creating a single economic space ...

“We are held totally at ransom without dividends from CPBL; we had no dividends last year when the company made $5.2 million. We are getting no dividends this year when they lost $10 million but still there is some ...

Isabel Vasquez For several weeks local farmers, retailers and wholesalers of fresh produce have been grumbling about a saturated market for certain commodities, making it almost impossible for hundreds of vendors to reap the profits they so desperately ...

On the 18th of January 2010, the People’s United Party under the leadership of Hon John Briceno released a powerful statement in support of the Sugar Cane Farmers in the northern districts of Orange walk and Corozal. The release called on government ...

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 20, 2010 Mark Usher Jr. 18, a student of Gwen Lizarraga High School who allegedly stabbed Jiovanni Abraham, 20, was charged with dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm when he appeared ...

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 20, 2010 American national William Russell Jewett, 33, whose boat Lattitude Adjustment was seized along with $120,000 U.S. currency, was charged with money laundering and two Customs and Excise Department offences when he appeared ...

MS ELIA ADELA CANSINO Elizabeth Pridgeon Ms Elia Cansino (nee Godoy) has spent decades striving towards helping people in her local community of Orange Walk.  She has actively involved in ministerial activities of the church, community activism on behalf of women’s ...