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World Down Syndrome Day

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BPD awards 3 officers with Women Police of the Year

Photo: (l-r) Myrna Pena, Carmella Cacho, and...

Suicide on the rise!

Photo: Iveth Quintanilla, Mental Health Coordinator by Charles...

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BPD awards 3 officers with Women Police of the Year

Photo: (l-r) Myrna Pena, Carmella Cacho, and Shanice Bevans; BPD Female Police of the...

Suicide on the rise!

Photo: Iveth Quintanilla, Mental Health Coordinator by Charles Gladden BELMOPAN, Wed. Mar. 20, 2024 Since entering the...

NCA launches 8-year Strategic Plan

by Kristen Ku BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 18, 2024 Belize’s aging population, which comprised 6% of...

Belize places Top 40 at Miss World 2023

Photo: Elise-Gayonne Vernon, Belizean contestant by Kristen Ku BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar. 12, 2024 22-year-old Elise-Gayonne Vernon...

Silent slaughter, small people and big powers

Monday, January 29, 2024 The world will never be the same; the common people of the world having been exposed to happenings that were well-kept...

Government’s million $ question – pump money in, or step away

During the recent standoff between the largest cane farmer association, BSCFA, and BSI, which is majority-owned by the giant American company, American Sugar Refining,...

The unbiased media

Mon. Jan. 22, 2024 The commercial media arena in little Belize is relatively large, with newspapers, television stations, and recently a host of social news...

Too eager to shoot, too much speeding

In a list of least desired locations anywhere on the globe, Belize City was ranked fourth, behind Guatemala City (Guatemala), Caracas (Venezuela) and Basseterre...

Poor food on our tables

Everyone knows that what we eat is important to the health of our bodies. If we eat sufficient healthy food and, of course, get...

“Atrocities” and “Abominations”

Sunday, January 7, 2024 There is a saying that sometimes “out of evil comes good”. It is also said that “hurt people hurt people”, meaning...

Tense times again at the beginning of the zafra

The Director of Finance of ASR/BSI, Shawn Chavarria, has expressed “fatigue” over another shaky start to the zafra, the sugar cane milling season, while...

The state of our major agro-industries on the eve of 2024

The tourism industry has far surpassed our main agro-industries – banana, citrus, farmed shrimp, and sugarcane—as an employer and as an earner of vital...

Belizeans know how to celebrate Krismos

It’s Krismos (Christmas) time, and wherever Jesus is accepted as Lord and Savior it is a special time, for it is the celebration of...

Christmas for the children

“He’s the little boy, that Santa Claus forgot; and goodness knows, he didn’t want a lot …” - Nat King Cole Monday, December 18, 2023 It’s...

High price for PBL, but we like the fresh air

Since the GoB announced that it had bought back PBL (Port of Belize Ltd.) from the owners/receivers, the price we paid for the asset,...

Peace on Earth, or a Crucifixion for Christmas

Monday, December 11, 2023 As the nightmare continues to unfold for our human family members in Gaza while the whole world is watching, some of...

GoB urges BSCFA to yield one last time to ASR/BSI

Once again, it’s not smooth sailing in the sugarcane industry in the north. Three of the four sugarcane farmers associations—Progressive Sugar Cane Growers Association,...

Back to “Old School”

Mon. Dec. 4, 2023 Father of the Nation, Hon. George Cadle Price had a saying, when fielding criticisms about something new his government was pursuing,...
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