Last week Government launched a new operation geared at addressing what the Prime Minister now considers to be a crisis in crime. As fate would have it, the week of Operation Jaguar coincided was one of the rainiest weeks of 2010.  Whether it was weather or Operation Jaguar, Belize City ...

The stench that is once again coming out of City Hall has nothing to do with the garbage problem that has plagued city residents as a result of this Zenaida Moya run council.   This stench, which started in 2006 when she first took office, is coming from yet another financial ...

In the Southern United States those involved in the fishing industry are seriously concerned about how the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will affect their livelihoods.  In fact many believe that this spill will probably have the effect of a massive hurricane moving through the area and ...

With three Sundays of village council elections now behind us Belizeans are starting to recognize a pattern in the way the political parties are dealing with these elections and a clear contrast is emerging.  UDP area representatives are using these elections to show off to their Prime Minister, while the ...

Two weeks into Village Council elections and already we see the signs of political gamesmanship rearing its head. When the PUP changed the Village Council Act in 2000 the idea was to give more autonomy to the local communities, encourage greater participation and bring the people of them together so that ...

On Wednesday the Chairman of the Election and Boundaries Commission and well known UDP fanatic Alberto August was on the Love FM morning show talking about the Village Council Elections.  It is not a common practice that the Chairman of the Election and Boundaries Commission appear on morning talk shows ...

So the budget was passed last Friday and when Belizeans return from the Easter weekend holiday, the new taxes will go into effect. What everyone needs to understand is that even with the new taxes, Belmopan is dealing with an estimated budget shortfall of about $80 million and it could ...

In the early hours after the Prime Minister’s presentation of his Government’s budget the defining moment of the day’s events was the rage-filled insults hurled across the floor at members of the Opposition. The images that were seen on television during the evening news were of a legislative process reduced ...

Since the global recession, governments big and small have been trying to find ways to plug budget holes. In some countries they are taxing things like cigarettes, alcohol, chocolates, perfume and other luxury commodities.  In one country they are even taxing horses that are used for pleasure rides. The new ...

When the Prime Minister shamelessly told the Nation that we were in a recession, long after everyone knew this, he delivered the first blow. When he said that this year would be even tougher he delivered his second blow.  On Monday when he presents his budget to the nation it ...