On Tuesday night, in Pachakan Corozal, the Northern Caucus held a special meeting where 23 representatives from different constituencies stood up to recommend that we hold a National Convention celebrating the Peoples’ United Party 60th Anniversary as a unity event. As I listened to all these speakers, I couldn’t help but ...

Last week Friday 35-year-old Shelmadene Sanchez was gunned down on her way home. Shelmadene did not belong to a gang, she sold no drugs nor was she known to be involved in any illegal activity. It is believed that Shelmadene was killed because she witnessed a murder last year. Sadly Shelmadene ...

There has been a peaceful revolution taking place in the sugar industry.  For the first time in history there is an open revolt against the directors of Belize Cane Farmers Association. At the 25 July 2011 general meeting the cane farmers passed a resolution that: a) Expressed no confidence in their directors b) ...

It is quite a revelation to go through the Annual Report of the Auditor General for the year April 2008 to March 2009. As you read this report, the first thing that hits you is that Belize is operating a Government service\bureaucracy for the 1950s in the 21st century. The thousands ...

Over the past few weeks, I have been getting a number of requests from different local PUP executives inviting me to attend meetings where many have been strengthening their executive committees. It seems that of late a number of our Party’s operatives are working on either the encouraging of greater participation ...

Last Monday I was invited by Ms. Maureen Leslie, the Chairman of the Belmopan PUP executive to join them as they invited new members to strengthen their local executive. Every member of that executive will tell you that the task of rebuilding and strengthening the PUP in Belmopan is a challenging ...

Listening to the new Minister of Police talk about pot-bellied Police Officers with their guts hanging out and the need for them to start exercising seems like a ridiculous issue to pick up on when you consider all that is happening within the Police Department. There are serious problems in the ...

Over the past few weeks, a sports frenzy has taken over the country. First it was the NBA finals and now it is the king of all sporting events, football’s World Cup. In the midst of all this hype, however, a sporting controversy is brewing over Belizean basketball and that is ...

Many Belizeans were of the impression that the problem with crime and violence was not so much a Belize City problem as a south side issue confined to the south side. While it is unfortunate that a well know athlete and educator Aubrey Lopez was murdered and Rodwell Williams, a prominent ...

During my tenure as Minister of Natural Resources and the environment, my work was not only demanding, but enjoyable, especially working with the environmental community in Belize. Working with the NGO Community to design and implement the National Protected Areas System Plan was one of my biggest achievements as Environment Minister. For ...