Belizeans got further proof that General Elections were not far away when last Friday, hundreds of new Belizeans were handed citizenship and given the right to vote. Speculations have been running rampant for some time now, that the General Elections slated for 2013 could be held as much as a ...

If every promise of every speech delivered by our Prime Minister was to be fulfilled, Belize would be nothing short of paradise. Instead, we are living in a hell hole where babies are gunned down in their sleep and one out of every two persons live below the poverty line. ...

As I watched Minister of Housing Michael Finnegan explaining last week how he was feeding a multitude for Christmas, the old Chinese proverb came to mind: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. This ...

Leading up to the 1998 General Elections, I considered myself politically neutral; in fact, I was actually closer to the UDP than the PUP. Sista B., Dean Barrow’s sister and campaign manager, had recruited me to give basic Math and English lessons to a group of high school drop-outs ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the government prepares to take its Ninth Amendment Bill for its second and third reading, yet another major stakeholder has come forward to present objection. The Belize National Teacher’s Association met last Saturday and in near unanimous fashion, voted a resounding “no” to this latest attempt by government ...

Johnny Briceño dropped a bomb on Belize when he announced last Friday that he was stepping down as leader of the People’s United Party. To say that it was unexpected would be a gross understatement. Given the circumstances however, and taking all things into consideration, it was probably ...

Belize’s murder count continues to mount and as I write, the number is fast approaching the century mark and on pace to surpass even last year’s alarming record of 132. Given Belize’s small size and population, this is truly alarming. A recently released report placed Belize among the top ten ...