Belizeans are still wondering how the two leaders of Belize’s largest political organizations could have such radically disparate view of the same nation as expressed in the speeches by Leader of the Opposition John Briceno and Prime Minister Dean Barrow. For the Prime Minister Belize is a nation that’s measured by ...

The Social Security Board (SSB) empowers the Investment Committee (IC) to direct the Social Security Board “to give general or specific directions from time to time on the investment of moneys in the Fund which are surplus to ...

As we go to Press, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) is on full alert, schools have been told to suspend classes and the weekend will be spent in final preparations for  Matthew, which is currently a tropical ...

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 ...