The Novelo brothers have been known in the country for expanding their family business which was pioneered by their father back in the 50s as Belize's first commercial transportation system.  But since the duo of David and Tony received a loan from the Development Finance Corporation a few years ago and their ...

The Police evidence room has had a reputation of turning into an open house from time to time, particularly when there are lots of cash or valuables in storage for pending cases. It has happened again and, as you may have guessed, it was money – lots of it that “disappeared” ...

The first three days of a tourism zoning system at the Fort Street Tourism Village ended up erupting into an embarrassment for them and hard times for many of the Belizeans who rely on cruise tourism coming out of ...

He was for many years one of many Belizeans battling renal failure, an acute condition of the kidneys where they stop performing their functions and require the patient to undergo frequent hemo-dialysis to detoxify the body.  Jose Cruz’s fight ...

We’ve heard about all kinds of murders in Belize this year, but perhaps the accused killer in the latest case wanted to outdo the rest.  Peter King, a popular chef and owner of King’s Cuisine not far from ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I remember when Senator Juliet Thimbriel was a champion of the poor. A dashing, charming and quick-tongued (ouch, this invites comment) Robin Hood ...

There are many things going on in our country today that are cause for great concern. However, my greatest concern is that there are just too many of our Belizean brothers and sisters who are out of work. According to the Statistical institute of Belize, the country’s unemployment rate is ...

Somebody help… When the prime minister of Belize made his first public statement on the sugar-cane crisis in the House of Representatives, he prefaced his comments by reminding the cane-farmers that he had ‘no obligation’ to them, but that his ...

Anti-crime devices… The pseudo-mayor of Belize City is hard at work planning a high-level launch very early in the New Year. Nope…it’s not another penis-shaped roundabout, though she does seem a little fixated on those, doesn’t she? Anyway, the faux ...

Last week two longstanding members of our Party were laid to rest – Mrs. Asteria Villar, who we know fondly as Miss Cuttie from Orange Walk Town and Mr. Joe Eralez from Belize City.  They were two of the best of the PUP, stalwarts and warriors to the end. In Orange ...