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THINK ABOUT IT

Friday, December 2, 2011 20:40

GODFREY SMITH Can’t wait to get my hands on Godfrey Smith’s first book: “George Price, A Life Revealed.” There is a formal book launching this Thursday. I wish I could go but feel so out of place at social gatherings. I’ll be there in spirit. But thanks for the invitation. There is an ...

NOW is the Time

Friday, December 2, 2011 20:35

The time has come for us to roll up our collective sleeves and catapult Belize into the next revolution. The peaceful constructive Belizean revolution has fossilized. And while we must build on its legacy, 2011 is a new reality. It is a different reality. We cannot wait any longer. A ...

REID BETWEEN THE LINES

Friday, November 25, 2011 19:27

In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still, In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I do not dare to draw a line Between the two, where God has not. ~ Joaquin Miller The Council of Churches has embarked on an aggressive campaign to ...

Changing the Way We Operate….

Friday, November 25, 2011 19:26

As it happens sometimes with multi tasking, time caught up with me this week. So I decided to tweak a previous article I wrote, as I believe it is still relevant, particularly at this time. It is as Ms. C says, how we operate as a Party is how we will ...

REID BETWEEN THE LINES

Friday, November 18, 2011 15:43

There are many problems facing Belize at this time and unfortunately, few are being addressed in any practical or proficient manner. If we are to move forward as a nation, this will have to change. One major problem that has lingered for too long and continues to be ignored by ...

The Human Development Index

Friday, November 18, 2011 15:29

The data contained in the Country Poverty Assessment [CPA] Report 2010 was telling and sounded a warning bell to us. This was one year, eleven months and twenty two days of a Barrow UDP administration, and their single achievement was to make Belize the country with the highest poverty rate ...

REID BETWEEN THE LINES

Friday, November 11, 2011 14:11

With an impressive slate of candidates now in place to contest the Belize City Council Elections, the PUP seem ready to put the in-house fighting behind them and move forward as a revived and formidable political force. Municipalities across the nation already have teams in place and this readiness seems ...

The 5 Point Agenda

Friday, November 11, 2011 14:10

This week, I decided on a simple topic, the 5 Point Agenda. Why is this? Firstly, whenever you talk to our people, no matter from which walk of life, they all desire the same things for themselves, their families and their communities. These are that: 1.   Our communities are safe and well ...

The Special Convention of October 29th, 2011

Friday, November 4, 2011 14:26

GOOD MORNING Party Leader, Hon. Francis Fonseca, Former Party Leader, Hon. John Briceno, Former Party Leader and Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Said Musa, Colleagues, Members and Supporters of the greatest political party there is, the People’s United Party. TODAY we convene as a Special Convention to first pledge our support and ...

A New Leader of the PUP

Friday, October 28, 2011 14:21

By Carolyn Trench-Sandiford – Deputy Leader - People’s United Party - Belize Perhaps Martin Luther King says it best. ‘The measure of a man’s worth is not where he stands in times of comfort, but where he stands in time of challenges and controversy’. The Hon. Francis Fonseca has stepped up ...