We constantly hear the saying, ‘we have to move/change with the times’ because of the way things are constantly evolving.  But while we have progressed in technology, medicinal treatments, etc. – have we progressed in capturing the essence of our beings?  What our parents and grandparents once looked for in ...

By Carolyn Trench-Sandiford – Deputy Leader - People’s United Party - Belize A conversation last week Friday with two staff members of the BELIZE TIMES imprinted my mind and prompted me to write this article, perhaps because it is Holy Week, and a time when Christians celebrate the crucifixion, death and ...

By: Carla Bradley “Belly knack like empty barrel” as children search innocently and hopelessly looking for food and hustling on the streets as they try to help their families. Some families have no choice but going to bed without a crumb in their stomach and waking up not knowing if they ...

By glenntillett@yahoo.com “The problem with the Tinting regThis week I am spending time in the courtroom of Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich listening to attorneys spar over the interpretation of certain “Acts” or laws while Senior Counsel Lois Young tries to avoid looking at me. My mind wanders at ...

Belize City, April 18, 2011 Despite the half an hour delay and last minute changes to the debate rules, the semi-finals and finals of the Belize National Library Service and Information System (BNLSIS) secondary schools debate got under way. The debates follow the theme for Women’s Month 2011 which is: “Valuing ...

Excerpts of 2011 Budget Presentation by Senator Lisa M. Shoman, March 29, 2011 On July 14, 2008, Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented his government’s first budget. The Prime Minister said that the people of Belize will look at it as a ...

[caption id="attachment_7656" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Centro Escolar Mexico girls team"][/caption] San Andres, Corozal, April 17, 2011 The Centro Escolar Mexico female and male teams won the Association of Tertiary Level Institutions of Belize (ATLIB) northern regional championship hosted by the Corozal Junior College ...

Orange Walk, April 16, 2011 The Kruzzars of Belize City won the Belize Telemedia Under-17 national basketball championship at the Orange Walk multipurpose complex in Orange Walk Town over the weekend. In Game 4, the championship final on Saturday afternoon, the Kruzzars ...

Suriname, April 13, 2011 Team Belize won the bronze medal after they finished 3rd in the International Cricket Confederation Americas Division 2 tournament in Suriname last week. Belize had the same record of 3 wins and 2 losses as Panama, who ...

[caption id="attachment_7646" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Linsbert Godoy & Herbert Matute"][/caption] BELIZE CITY, Tues. April 19, 2011 By Roy Davis Two Customs Officers, Linsbert Godoy, 35 and Herbert Matute, 32 were charged with extortion yesterday in the #1 Magistrate’s Court. Godoy was charged with 2 counts of ...