As I sat on my dusty verandah, watching the traffic selfishly zip by, my attention  was high jacked by a neighborhood delinquent who boisterously parked his taxi  mid street. Before he could get to the worn jail bars on the Chinese vendor’s shop, he looked back at his two young ...

By Carolyn Trench-Sandiford – Deputy Leader - People’s United Party - Belize A question which should probably be asked to the Prime Minister of Belize in the House of Representatives is exactly “Where are you leading the nation to?” or “What is the course of this UDP government?” or better yet, ...

There is an old Kriol proverb which the now Minister of Works was famous for quoting leading up to his election to office; “Don’t pay mind to the noise in the market, just check your change.”  Lately, there has been a lot of noise in the market.  We are in ...

By glenntillett@yahoo.com “Barbados unveils $583 million plan to boost employment and efficiency BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Barbados government has unveiled a $583 million (US$291.5 million) five-year strategic plan aimed at boosting employment levels, increasing efficiency in the workforce and ultimately alleviating poverty. The Nation newspaper reported that the Ministry of Education and the ...

[caption id="attachment_7210" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Elis Salazar - Committed suicide "][/caption] Benque Viejo del Carmen, March 2, 2011 There has been a stark increase in the number of attempted suicide cases, and since the start of 2011, there have been at least six suicides ...

Monday, March 14, 2011 In the wee hours of Sunday, March 6, 2011 someone started a fire at the fish farm and feed storage compound belonging to Belize Rural North Area Representative, Edmund “Clear The Land”, an act that is discouraged ...

Money Laundering in the Free Zone, the DPP and FIU Belize City, March 16th, 2011 There is still much more to the findings of the 2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), issued by the U.S. State Department earlier this month.  As the BELIZE TIMES exposed in its breaking story last week, ...

Barnett’s “horizons 2030” – sham or scam? March 15, 2011 Questions are beginning to pop up, like Jack in the box, about the credibility of Dr. Carla Barnett’s high priced proposed development strategy for Belize. Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s UDP government has bought and paid for this Plan, hook, line and sinker.  ...

Belize City, March 15th 2011 22 year old Gilroy Garnett Jr. who was shot in the face by an unknown gunman last week, is still fighting to hang on to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Garnett and a young lady were approaching Vernon Street when they were approached by an ...

[caption id="attachment_7197" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Ervin Franklin & Lyndon Young"][/caption] BELIZE CITY, Wed. March 16, 2011 Two men, Lyndon Young, 31 and Ervin Franklin, 21, both residents of Ladyville, were charged with burglary and handling stolen goods in an incident in which over $100,000 ...