As I am currently writing this today, the species known as Homo sapiens, or humans, has entered its worst and most destructive era yet. Everything about humans has now negatively distinguished us from any other known or unknown species, past, present or to come. From the relentless pursuit of power ...

On March 15, 2010 PM Barrow presented his 3rd budget which was so inaccurately entitled - “Recovery today, prosperity tomorrow.” It should have been more accurately entitled “Pay today, poorer tomorrow”.  The verbosity and wonton disregard, with ...

Seven dissident members of the Belize City Council called a press conference at the Belize City Center conference room yesterday morning. They claimed that it was so they could apologize ...

The shooting of a Police Officer by a brother officer on Wednesday night has left La Isla Bonita and the Police Department reeling from the shock. The officer ...

Since the global recession, governments big and small have been trying to find ways to plug budget holes. In some countries they are taxing things like cigarettes, alcohol, chocolates, perfume and other luxury commodities.  In one country they are even taxing horses that are used for pleasure rides. The new ...

March 16, 2010 The Editor The Belize Times Queen Street Belize City Dear Editor, I write to express my great disappointment with the indecorous behaviour of the Prime Minister and his colleagues at the House Meeting held on Monday last. I had the displeasure of being at home sick with the flu, confined to my bed ...

SSB Employees Afraid… Word reaching this columnist is that employees of SSB from all over the country are calling for increased security in the wake of the broad daylight robbery in Belize City. They are justified in doing so because the situation ...

In the streets of Belize City our young men are dying, killing each other in broad daylight. In our homes we live in fear that at any moment someone may storm in and hurt us. On the job we pray God that we won’t be the next one to be sent home. ...

A little understanding… Well, the Prime Minister has presented his budget called ‘recovery today, prosperity tomorrow.’ Wonder what clown came up with that one. Ask anybody on the street and they would tell you that it would be more aptly ...

This week, the honour of primo hypocrite bar none must go to no other than the leader of the nation, the man who has made lying and double-speak into art forms. Barrow’s saccharine tongue and oratorical genius were on ...