EARLY ELECTIONS “Beware the Ides of March” These words were said to the pompous and arrogant Julius Caesar as he paraded himself in front of the citizens of Rome. What the words meant was a warning that the middle of March held danger for Caesar. Days after the middle of the month of March, ...

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 ...

BIGGEST WHORE HOUSE BUN DOWN Belize’s biggest brothel burned to the ground. Thirty-five ladies of the night are temporarily out of a place to do their waitress work. The term waitress is the used as a cover. Rose Garden is the official name of the brothel and entertainment spot, on the Northern ...

RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON “The richest man in Babylon” is a small book that can be read in three hours or so. It has a lot of financial wisdom. The person who wrote it put it in a kind of style, like it was parables coming from wealthy and successful persons in ...

BIN LADEN SHOT IN COLD BLOOD The alleged mastermind behind the daring attack that embarrassed the United States of America on 9.11.2001 has finally had his day of reckoning.  Osama Bin Laden was ambushed at his house in Pakistan and was shot dead in cold blood in front of his wife ...

By: Bobby Cadle Jr. A child begging in the streets is an indicator of social decay within our communities, the communities in which our children must live the realities of their daily lives. This phenomenon can be caused by various factors, but in today’s economic climate, the primary factor is an ...

ISRAEL IS A FOOLISH NATION On Friday 28 May the United Nations passed a resolution establishing a conference in 2012 to reach agreement that the Middle East be a Nuclear Free Zone. The Resolution also calls on Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and open its facilities to international inspection. Israel ...

The sensational revelation that a rogue police officer was allegedly the mastermind of a criminal ring that was responsible for a string of armed robberies countrywide, ...

IN THE CITY OF SORROWS In the City of Sorrows, capital of the Land of Sad Tomorrows, there descended a curse from the House of Harrows. Sufferation was widespread across the land. The people, burdened by mismanagement and malice being stricken in deepening poverty were told of a beast called Recession whose half-crazy ...

CONGRATULATIONS DPP Amidst the cool winds that come from the North this time of year and the expectations that early Christmas music is stirring among the populace, comes the news that Belize’s newest Director of Public Prosecutions was at the altar. That altar, dear readers is where we say I do. ...