The nation waits with bated breath for the economy to recover from the current recession. We know that the pace of our recovery is hinged on the action or lack of positive intervention undertaken by government in order to spur growth.  Government therefore cannot get away with excuses anymore and ...

Sowing the seeds of anarchy… Jaded is what we have become; we are no longer appalled at the nightly news, we have become accustomed to being held hostage in our homes afraid of going even to the store; boarded up and living virtually in lockdown trying to feel safe in our ...

The Ambergris Caye Tour Guide Association is petitioning that the Fisheries Department address the issue of controversy with a new piece of legislation that will affect all and every Belizean. The issue stems from a Statutory Instrument, SI number 115 of 2009 of the sports fishing regulation. This new SI ...

by glenntillett@yahoo.com “But back to Eco-Green, the new company promoted by the Minister of Agriculture that is registered in Santa Elena, Cayo, the Minister’s constituency. When we checked on its status, we found out that there are three subscribers, two registered at the same address in Guatemala, they are Mario ...

By anthony sylvestre Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles in the 2002 movie “City of God” depicts the growth of organized crime in the Rio de Janiero slum  of Cidade de Deus (Portuguese for City of God) between the end of the 1960s  and the beginning of the 1980s. It is said to ...

“One of these days when u hear a voice say come who you gonna run to. You gonna run to the rock for rescue but there will be no rock…” from UB40: Johnny Too Bad. Music and lyrics by Bexford/Baily/Winston/Crooks. I still have the text lodged in my phone. This syndicated ...

By: J.A. Rebel For months now I have been hearing the islanders of San Pedro and Caye Caulker asking about the whereabouts of their area representative Manuel “Junior” Heredia. Some are even asking whether Junior attends House of Representatives meetings or not. The truth of ...

Be it the work of the Devil, that upon the maiden launch of the Women’s month calendar which took its centerfold spread in all the major newspapers, the most puerile and malicious display of vindictiveness posed for the evening news.  Degrading, yes, but there has to be more we can ...

Yes, it’s me again. I’m back - for how long who knows, but at the behest of my favorite Editor-in-Chief. I started out this week’s column with thoughts to impart to our Prime Minister Hon. Dean O. Borrow wishes of a belated happy birthday.  My attention was quickly diverted to ...

The PM in his most recent State of the Nation address reiterated that inflation was at an all time low at -1.1% for 2009 when compared to 6.4% in 2008.  Likewise the Statistical Institute of ...