By anthony sylvestre Reasonable chastisement of children by parents or others is lawful at common law. It seems almost incomprehensible then, that this boiling debate about corporal punishment has come to this; with the Minister of Education condescendingly calling the teachers names, amongst other things, being “ignorant”. Anyone ...

With only two days remaining, it is no surprise that up until my noisy grandfather clock makes it rendezvous with tonight’s eleven o’clock hour, there has not even been the pretense of an effort to give meaningful pause for Black History Month in Belize. But while the inconvenient issue of ...

Team Caribbean Pride wins Haulover to Boom canoe race Burrell Boom Village, February 20, 2010 Team Caribbean Pride: Chris Guydis, Jermaine Sanchez and Justin Sanchez clocked 1:59:55 as they paddled from the Haulover Bridge against the current ...

Belize City, Thursday, February 25, 2010 In yet another example of the dys-functionality of this Dean Barrow administration there was no BEL 3 draw Monday and no ...

Belizean teachers will March on Belmopan on Friday in an effort to insist that the Barrow Administration pay attention to the issues of important to them. After months of trying to reach agreement over the Education and Training Bill (2009), ...

Orange Walk Town, Tuesday, February 16, 2010 An enthusiastic crowd of several hundred people packed the La Immaculada School’s auditorium and courtyard here in Orange Walk to hear and participate in the first national consultations with the Belizean people by ...

Friday Independence Hill will once again be the scene of protest.  It will not be the first protest against the Barrow Administration, but it will be the biggest so far. The largest group of protesters will be the teachers, who believe more time is needed to study the amendments to ...

Dear Sir, A crazy law which will bring Belize into disrepute with visitors As if we don’t have enough to contend with, what with the visitor drop-off resulting from the world financial crisis, resort owners having their hands full with very high air fares into Belize, rising hotel running costs, very expensive ...

Deputy Philloughby Obviously Phillip Willoughby did not take our advice from last week, as a result of that he had to sit and listen and watch as Channel 7 made fun of his election as Deputy Mayor.  Here is a ...

This week we had no choice but to feature not one but two hypocrites with similar names, Dean Barrow and Lois Young-Barrow. You see after using the ...