Belize City, May 11, 2011 The BELIZE TIMES has been quietly watching and patiently waiting, apparently in vain, to see what would happen after the disgusting, “distasteful and unacceptable” actions of the punkish UDP and their abusive editor. In homage to all the recently honored mothers of this country and as a ...

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Hector Cunningham, a resident of Belize City, woke up on Mother’s Day and went to his mother’s grave (plot 44) at the Lord Ridge Cemetery to deliver a fresh coat of paint to her tomb.  To his ...

With the unemployment rate in Belize currently around 23 percent, government should do everything in its power to put Belizeans back to work.  Reducing unemployment must become an imperative for the Government of Belize not only to ensure economic growth but also to address the social issues generated by the ...

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 When he took over office of Police Commissioner at the end of April, 2009, Police Commissioner, Crispin Jeffries was thought to be the best man for the post.  He came in on a platform of strictness, sometimes ...

93. Don’t tell us you gave the Ministry of Health $108 million yet babies are still dying and still born bodies found in a dumpster. Where are the services for cash tendered? Where is the money for training and institutional strengthening of the Health Service across the land? That’s why ...

Foreign investments in Belize have dwindled from over $300 million in 2008 to $19 million this year. This has contributed to the ever increasing unemployment rate. Just before February 2008, according to the Statistical Institute of Belize, the national unemployment level was about 12 percent of the labour force. This was ...

By Maud Faber The residents of Freetown and Caribbean Shores Division, whose streets are in the most deplorable condition with huge pot holes, blocked drains and dust, were shocked on Monday May 16th to see that heavy equipment used to pave ...

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Two sectors of our society, the legal profession and the cycling world, are reeling from the loss of a young, vibrant Belizean who was tragically  killed in a traffic accident last Saturday night. Ariel Rosado, 28, son of ...

By Darrellitas “Dar Dar” Bradley In summing up his Budget presentation for fiscal year 2011/2012, the Hon. Francis Fonseca in his address to the House stated “we are here not to assassinate the truth and eviscerate principle but rather to expose empty, cruel rhetoric and give voice to the harsh reality ...

Dear Editor, Kindly print my letter in this week’s issue of your newspaper. It seems more and more Belizeans are reading my letters, so here goes. Before the 2008 election, Dean Barrow came up with a bogus gimmick: imagine the possibilities. What the hell is that?  It sounds like something he watched on ...