The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has announced its initial decision on the Annual Review Proceedings (ARP) for the electricity sector. According to details supplied...
As I write this letter, I am consciously thinking of the hundreds of students graduating from high school and university here in Toledo and have to go out-district to seek employment. This, in my perspective, is totally discouraging, given the wealth of talent, resources and potential our district offers.
Some years ago, a documentary was released about the native people who live on an island in the Pacific. The islanders’ main source of revenue, as we remember it, was diving for oysters, in which pearls are found, in the island’s waters.
The world-renowned founder of McAfee Antivirus software, John McAfee, 66, a US multimillionaire, said to have been worth US$100 million at his peak but...
We know the drill. The Battle of St. George’s Caye, 1798. The British, one colonial power, fought the Spaniards, another colonial power, over the territory of Belize in the Bay of Honduras. The results, too, are well known. It was the last time that Spain attempted to invade Belize. Slaves who fought “shoulder to shoulder” continued in slavery, with many escaping to neighboring Mexico and Guatemala.
One of the things that Odinga Lumumba, may he rest in peace, taught me was always to look for the British. It’s not as easy as you may think, because the British are so diplomatic in their approach and almost always understated in their execution. By contrast, the Americans, who are the other major players in Belize, tend to be showy, even flamboyant.
Approximately 36 employees of the recently nationalized power company, Belize Electricity Limited (BEL), who are members of the Belize Energy Workers’ Union (BEWU), spent...
