On Thursday the PUP issued a statement calling on government to place a complete ban on offshore oil exploration and drilling.   For the Party’s leadership this was important, not only because it signals that as a Party we are listening to the complaints and concerns of people, including those in ...

With the discovery of oil in commercial quantities in Belize and the potential economic benefits that could be derived from a booming petroleum industry, many Belizeans were in support of further exploration for oil, including offshore exploration. Today, as a result of the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and ...

From all appearances, the Ministry of Lands has been turned into a giant party bag from which Gapi Vega can dish out favours to close friends and family ...

When the swine flu epidemic hit the region, Pablo Marin and his team in the Ministry of Health were on television making statements and calling off public events. Today many Belizeans have been diagnosed with dengue fever and we now ...

Listening to the new Minister of Police talk about pot-bellied Police Officers with their guts hanging out and the need for them to start exercising seems like a ridiculous issue to pick up on when you consider all that is happening within the Police Department. There are serious problems in the ...

Drunk and disorderly… The long anticipated Caye Caulker Lobster Fest was held this past weekend and by all reports it was quite a bash. This columnist got tied up in other nefarious pursuits so couldn’t make it but I thought, ...

Last week Government through the Statistical Institute of Belize released Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data for 1st quarter of 2010.  At mid-point in the year the public is only now being provided with this data, which seem rather coincidental in light of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recent Article IV ...

Doug Singh’s queer behavior… By queer in this piece I am referring to strange, though many will choose to take it the other way. I am absolutely amazed by the fact that Doug Singh’s first decisive moves since his appointment as ...

The Social Security Board (SSB) of Directors is comprised of 2 members of the business community, namely the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Business Bureau and two members nominated by the National Trade Union Congress of ...

Like addicts who need their next high, Belizeans are desperately looking for something that will give them a patriotic fix. With crime at an all time high, the economy in reverse, the judiciary under attack, our infrastructure ...