NO Clue… In terms of this crime thing, can we realistically expect 2011 to be any different from 2010? Can we expect a decrease in murders, in home invasions, in assaults, in robberies and shootings and thefts? The government ...

Belizeans shafted again… Our tourism gurus in authority would have us believe that there has been this dramatic facelift in the Belize Tourism Board; a new vision; a new agenda of development; new purpose and new life. It seemed like a ...

Nation in receivership… It is just like the leader of the Opposition said in the House of Representatives last week…if Belize was a business and the prime minister was the CEO, it would be in receivership right now. Our ...

Somebody help… When the prime minister of Belize made his first public statement on the sugar-cane crisis in the House of Representatives, he prefaced his comments by reminding the cane-farmers that he had ‘no obligation’ to them, but that his ...

Tin-pot dictator… This latest move by Mr. Barrow to censor the media and limit the freedom of the press is unexpected but certainly not surprising. In fact, trying to control what is disseminated in the media is trademark dictatorship. For ...

Still no money… As we go to press tonight, sugar-cane farmers and the Belize Sugar Industries have still not received the money which was promised to them by Prime Minister Dean Oliver Barrow. After almost a month of no intervention in ...

Little boy blue… Dean Oliver does make some pretty music on his horn, doesn’t he? But that’s not surprising, since that fellow does generate an inordinate amount of hot air. Right about now, true to form, our beloved (not) ...

So said so done… It comes as no surprise to anyone that Doug Singh is patting himself on the back for events in the south over this past weekend. Hell, he has nothing else to crow about. But the fact is ...

Imperiling a nation… The Ministry of Foreign Affairs went to great lengths to cast aspersions on their chief diplomat in the United Kingdom, HE Kamela Palma. They even released a letter which she wrote to CEO Alexis Rosado which GOB claims ...

WTF… I was looking through a news-story when a little item caught my eye about this cruise tourism thing down South that the BTB and the Ministry of Tourism are pushing hard. Residents of Placencia and surrounding areas and stakeholders have ...