Dear Hon. Dean Barrow: This letter is in regard to the present oil sharing agreemnt between the Government of Belize and the Belize Natural Energy (BNE), which is presently responsible for extracting oil in the Spanish Lookout Area. Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action  (COLA) is very much concerned about the ...

September 7, 2010 The Editor The Belize Times Queen Street Belize City Dear Editor, It may seem futile to write about the most important issue facing our nation today.  Everyday I listen to callers on the radio and people on the streets about how Belizeans are loosing faith and how they feel a sense of hopelessness ...

10th August, 2010 The Editor The Belize Times Newspaper 3 Queen Street Belize City Dear Sir, At the recent Citrus Growers Association (CGA) General meeting, the auditor painted a terrible picture of CGA finances that seemed rife with mismanagement and misuse of funds. One classic example is the revolving fund that that has been made available to ...

Dear Editor, The health issue in this country is in crisis, and it seems, the Government is unable to cope with this problem as it has been unable to do with Crime. Are they going to wait until the health problems reach unmanageable proportions as the Crime has? Today, the Ministry of ...

Dear Editor, When I hear the plight of the Belize City Council with respect to the spaces at the Lord Ridge Cemetery it amuses me although it is no laughing matter. As someone mentioned…now the Cemetery! Again my fellow Belizeans, this comes as no surprise. The UDP City Council has failed Belizean residents ...

Dear Editor, Allow me some space in your newspaper to voice my frustration on the issue of education costs in this country. It annoys me to hear our Minister of Education always boasting on the radio about how much he is doing for education and how better off the system is ...

Dear Editor, It is amazing to see how far this government has come with the issue of the indigenous people of the Toledo District.  Isn’t this the same Lois Young Barrow who defended the Mayans only some years ago? Isn’t she the same person who spoke on their behalf and their ...

June 23rd, 2010 The Editor The Belize Times Belize City Dear Editor As a resident of the Corozal District, one whose livelihood depends on the sugar industry, I am compelled to write and sensitize Belizeans about the plight of the cane farmers. During this entire “safra” we have been having endless problems with ...

Dear Editor, Please give me space in your newspaper to bring to the attention of your readers a matter which is important to all Belizeans.  In last weekend's edition of your newspaper, some brave and proud UB students 'spilled the beans' on the destruction occurring in the Mountain Pine Ridge caused ...

10 June 2010 Dear Editor, As students about to graduate and enter the professional world of natural resources management (NRM), we are troubled by the devastation we have recently seen in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve (MPRFR). ...