Labour Amendment Bill – a date rape or a poisoned chalice? The recent labour dispute between the Social Security Board and the Christian Workers Union is a clear indication of the hard-headedness of the government-appointed Social Security Board. By extension it also puts on display the hypocrisy of the government in ...

The struggle for freedom and self-determination in Belize began as a movement of people who were quickened to action by the oppressive conditions prevailing in the colonial system.  Soon a peoples’ committee was formed to guide and channel the energy of this movement of liberation.  The members of this peoples’ ...

Cops Gunning Down The Youths The notorious Anti-Gang Unit has dragged the embattled Police Department into the mud. If you were to go by what the youths are saying this unit is the most hated section of the police. What are they doing? They are shocking poor people with electric devices known ...

Belize City, February 15, 2011 Canadian national Daniel Brisebois has for the past several years operated a members club at the corner of Queen and Handyside Streets called Club Planet. In 2009 Mr. Brisebois obtained his license under the Intoxicating Liquor License ...

By Darren Caesar On Sunday the 13th an endorsement convention in Port Loyola was supposed to be the Mother of all conventions as Hon. Boots Martinez, the Prime Minister new side-kick (who replaced Finnegan) promises nothing short of a UDP spectacular to set the tone in the old capital.  The event ...

Tuesday, February 16, 2011 Yet another on the growing list of disasters has occurred during this government’s pathetic term in office when this Monday a majority of Social Security Board (SSB) employees did not show up to work. As was foretold in the BELIZE TIMES newspaper last week, as much as 75% ...

Belize City, February 14th, 2011 Just two working days after adding its support for a national Referendum exercise that would allow Belizeans to decide on the matter of offshore oil exploration, the Blue Machine showed that it can outshine and outdo ...

Belize City, February 13, 2011 Team Santino’s Guatemalan import Lisandro Ajcu won the annual Digicell Valentine Day Cycling Classic on Sunday, clocking a record-breaking 3:28:36 to break a record set by Belize’s Jawmeighan. The 83-mile ride was from the San Ignacio Hotel ...

Benque Viejo del Carmen, February 12, 2011 The Corozal Community College boys won the National Secondary Schools football championship which was held at the Marshalleck Stadium in Benque Viejo. The Corozal boys clinched the national title 4-2 in a penalty shootout with ...

Belize City, February 12, 2011 Defending Ruta Maya champs, Zip Rider team of Jerry Rhaburn, Efrain and Rudy Cruz, sponsored by Cruise Solutions, won the Male category and 1st place overall in the 2nd annual Burrell Boom to Riverside Tavern “Guinness ...