She rose to fame leading into the 2006 municipal elections when Belize City residents endorsed her as the favourite to run the old capital and then voted for her overwhelmingly at the polls.  But since Zenaida Moya Flowers got into office, ...

The ugly battle over a liquor license granted to former UDP national campaign for use at #48 Baymen Avenue shows no signs of abating, and in fact may escalate in the wake of a public hearing on the issue ...

While the nation begs the government to cancel permits granted for offshore oil exploration in Belize, the Barrow administration seems to have turned a deaf ear to the cries.  People's concerns grew immensely over the issue since the fuel crisis ...

Another significant ruling took place today in the Court of Appeal.  Justices Dennis Morrison, Manuel Sosa and Brian Alleyne lifted an injunction which Supreme Court Justice Samuel Lungole Awich had previously granted the Government of Belize against seven individuals.  The ruling is subsequent to government's introduction of new legislation that allows it to ...

The rainy season is here and so far there have been a few rainy days and already the rains have started to take their toll on the nation’s infrastructure. One of the recently constructed culverts which drains water from the east side of the Western Highway to the west side ...

25 May, 2010 The Editor The Belize Times Belize City Dear Editor, Allow me a space in this week’s issue of the Belize Times to discuss some of the results of the Village Council Elections held during the past weekend. This weekend was one when the villagers up North decided that they would come out ...

Biting Insects… There I was, poking a little fun at mi bally Joe and mi bally Fonso last week, and I didn’t realize that this thing is no laughing matter. ...

Our Party Chairman, Ms. Carolyn Trench Sandiford, wrote a very pertinent article in last week’s Belize Times titled: “Practicing what we Preach.” In her article she makes a compelling argument about “living the constitution”. Our Chairman argues that when we stray from our guiding principles, we abandon those basic tenets which ...

Expelled for disrespect… I have a serious problem with the recent expulsion of Mayor of Belize City Zenaida Moya from the United Democratic Party. Actually, I don’t have a problem with the expulsion, per se, because I think that the ...

In the first quarter of 2010 Government, in response to the clamor for reduction of interest rates in the banking sector, sought to intervene in the market by making amendments to several pieces of legislation, namely the Treasury Bill Act, Central Bank of Belize Act and the Bank and Financial ...