By: Mike Rudon Jr. On Monday at the presentation of the budget for fiscal year 2010/11, the Prime Minister of Belize Dean Oliver Barrow made a spectacle of himself when he referred to a member of the Opposition bench as ...

By: Joe Coye I am extremely disappointed in the dismissal of the malicious prosecution case against Alfred Shackron and I have been strongly advised by my lawyer to appeal. But this case must not be taken in isolation. It must be placed in the proper context of what I strongly believe ...

The killing of 18-year old Elmore Neal on Central American Boulevard near its intersection with Matura Street by an off duty police officer on the afternoon of Saturday March 6th highlights the growing public perception that various officers of the Belize ...

Criminals seem to have gotten the better of the extended Baron Bliss weekend as the murders and shootings reigned.  Since last Friday, there has been a killing every single day ...

Today the prosecution in the criminal case against Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya Flowers, presented the first set of evidence to the court.  But they still needed more time to gather the remainder and Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie allowed ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Here’s a question – when’s the last time you heard about a really big drug bust in Belize? Not the discovery of a couple pounds of marijuana during a house search and seizure or the confiscation of a ‘roach’ off a ‘youth man’ hanging on the block. ...

Contributed by Dr. Roxanna Alvarez V.M. On this cold Sunday morning, we buried my nephew.  He did not have to die. His mother, my best friend, is a hard working woman who was excitedly awaiting the birth of her second son.  She was surprised by his unexpected arrival on the 22nd December ...

Last week was the last for the Director of Tourism, Mrs. Tracy Panton.    So who is the new Director of Tourism?  After all, this is the industry which as the Prime Minister of Belize has stated is significant as it accounts ...

In 2009, Belizeans became convinced that Prime Minister Honorable Dean Barrow is not a man of his word and that he simply cannot do right by the people.  In the run up to the 2008 General Elections, ...

The 2009/2010 sugar cane crop finally started on Wednesday, December 16th, the latest it has done so in history.  Nonetheless, the start of the harvest was surely a welcome relief to the more than 6,000 cane farmers and ...