Dear Editor, In the November 20, 2011 edition of The Amandala newspaper, editor Russell Vellos penned an article that represents the ultimate low point in the public discourse of the UNIBAM challenge to Section 53 of the Law of Belize.  In his opinion column “This & That”, Vellos runs with the ...

[caption id="attachment_10953" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Dean Barrow has no answers to rescuing the economy"][/caption] S&P downgrades Belize’s ratings AGAIN Belize City, November 22, 2011 Magga season normally comes to Belizeans in January after the high spending gear that Christmas gets everyone into comes to an ...

Belize City, November 15, 2011 There is a very interesting situation in the Port Loyola Division.  It is the most neglected division in the entire city but it has the second largest number of voters.  This is interesting because one of ...

[caption id="attachment_10934" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Sylvia Hunter"][/caption] We have heard the many horror stories from inside the wicked UDP walls at City Hall under Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers, her legal advisor Darrel Bradley and the motley crew who have been getting away with big ...

Belize City, November 16, 2011 Annually, the United Nations conducts an analysis of countries efforts to make life better for its citizens. The study is called the Human Development Report, and it evaluates developments in health, education, and basic living standards that would improve conditions. Over the last ten years, Belize has ...

Belize City, November 16, 2011 What is undoubtedly the most painful and extensive period of UDP economic depression has been negatively impacting almost every sector of society. This is evidenced in the fact that even sports and community organisers are having difficulty raising funds for annual events. One such event is ...

San Ignacio, November 14, 2011 Police are seeking two men in connection to an investigation into an armed robbery that occurred in San Ignacio Town. Businesswoman Lilian Juarez reported to Police that on Saturday November 12th, she was at her business place when two male persons entered her business. One of the ...

The following matters were discussed in Cabinet this week -    A new committee was formed to look into the findings of the fourth committee that investigated the missing grader. The findings had a side note saying: Don’t hold your breath. -    The investigation into who signed the warrant to put Minister Saldivar ...

NATIONAL TREASURES STOLEN This is slackness, incompetence and negligence of the worst kind. It is bad that elements of the Police can beat and abuse citizens with utmost impunity. And that the mentally ill and homeless are abandoned like the stray dogs – hungry and neglected in Belize City. First, Coast Guard big ...