All across Belize City, office buildings and storefronts remained shuttered throughout the business day.  Albert Street, the commercial thoroughfare of Indian owned businesses, looked more like Sunday morning than a usually bustling Thursday.  With the exception of Romacs ...

It will go down in the annals of Belizean history as one of the bloodiest Sunday’s ever.  After a weekend of parades and jump up, Sunday, 12th September 2010 was a day when six people lost their lives, four ...

Belize City, Saturday, September 11, 2010 While it continues to charge vendors ridiculous fees to sell their fruits and vegetables on the side of East Collet Canal, the Belize City Council is no closer to solving the problems these people face.  Instead, when Councillor Roger Espejo, who has nothing to do ...

As Belizeans prepare to celebrate the 29th Anniversary of Belize’s Independence, a great wave of fear and trepidation looms over the nation.   Equally, our hearts are heavy with the sad death of an innocent child murdered while she lay in the one place she should be safe, at home in ...

I write this having just returned from the funeral of little Eyannie Nunez, the innocent eight year old child who was shot and killed while sleeping in her bed. Little Eyannie represented the best in us and the best of Belize; from her mom we learnt she was an obedient, loving ...

The People’s United Party calls for urgent and decisive action by the Government of Belize in respect of the most recent wave of crime and violence sweeping our nation.   We   condemn the Government’s lack of a coherent and effective response to the escalating violent crime in our communities. . The latest ...

Shell-shocked…! Either he was still recovering from jumping up in the Carnival or exhausted from carrying that gigantic costume on his back – whatever it was, the little Police minister looked positively shell-shocked at yet another press conference held yesterday. He ...

6 weekend murders… Apparently the criminals celebrated the 10th of September with much more passion that could be found in the crowd following Dean Barrow in the parade. It was a bloody, brutal vicious weekend with six murders reported, four ...

In the past, when business people spoke about the cost of doing business in Belize they were usually referring to wages, utilities, production and marketing costs, etc. However, today these discussions are very different in light of the crime situation in our country. Many business people now include the cost ...

Late last week the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) released data on economic performance for 2nd quarter of 2010.  While Government officials may think that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 2.4% is a laudable achievement under the current economic environment, the proof of the economy’s performance is best measured ...