Over the weekend a group of students returning from a class trip began making much of their time with each other through singing. They all broke out intensely with this song “Grenade” despite the frowns and challenges by their teachers. Basically in this song, the person is telling the lover ...

During the time period that I was attending Muffles Junior College, not too long ago, I can recall a time I was asked to do a presentation for my Critical Thinking and Writing class. My presentation was based on an essay entitled The Singer Solution to World Poverty written by ...

Many years ago, the act of infidelity was associated with mostly men.  Today, tables have turned and women too are engaging in acts of unfaithfulness in all levels of relationships.  Being in many circles I hear a lot of Belizean women being bashed for their secret lovers and affairs and ...

By G. Mike Reid About a week ago, I was driving my old jalopy from Belmopan where I had left it for a few months.  I knew that the license and insurance had expired and had all plans of renewing as soon as the time and finance would allow.  I needed ...

By Carolyn Trench-Sandiford – Deputy Leader - People’s United Party - Belize “Constitution, Constitution…what does that have to do with me…I need a job…I have no money to send my children to school…” These words, while spoken in creole at the time, still echo in my mind. They were uttered by ...

By Rayford Young “The BELIZE TIMES understands that Minister Patrick Faber drove to a gas station on Friday night May 9, 2011 and stepped outside of his $60,000 taxpayer-paid Mitsubishi Montero to full up.  Either unaware of the color-coded fuel stands, too illiterate to read the bold-letter markers, or too excited ...

By Carla Bradley Last week in the House of Representatives where important decisions involving our nation and our people are discussed, Prime Minister Hon. Dean Barrow disrespected us Belizeans when he introduced for approval, preventative detention and trial by judge and not by jury. My main focus will be to discuss ...

By glenntillett@yahoo.com “In the Far East all Commonwealth countries - all countries that belong to the Commonwealth of Nations as we do. India - done away by jury trials. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Singapore, Malaysia. In Africa; Botswana, Kenya, Kiri Batwi, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, ...

By: The Critic The findings of the 2010 Population & Housing Census were recently released and as with many other things in Belize today, a lot of us appeared to have been alarmed initially only to carry on with “business as usual”. This is, indeed, a most sad state of affairs ...

Belize City, May 11, 2011 It would’ve been difficult, if not near impossible, for anyone to have passed by the YWCA basketball court on Saturday, May 7, 2011 between the  hours of 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and not be consumed ...