Editorial
Lift-trailers to aid “Solutions to plastic pollution”
Photo: Herman Bueckert, from FB Trailers, demonstrating the lifting mechanism
Belize’s DOE joins global efforts...
Belize to participate in the 2nd Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
Photo: YaYa Marin Coleman, activist and chairperson of the UBAD Educational Foundation
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE...
CB & Elinor: Love is a color that never fades
I originally wrote this piece back in 2019 shortly after leaving Mr. Charlie’s house...
CEMO hosts Hurricane Preparedness Symposium
Photo: Stakeholders attending the CEMO symposium
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. June 1, 2023
As Belize...
Big fish in shallow waters
Monday, June 5, 2023
The release from Portico Enterprises that appeared on News5 last Thursday evening, when all the local newspapers had already gone to...
Portico’s stock surges; Waterloo’s stock plummets
Some Belizeans took exception when the editorial page described the present Briceño government as possibly the hardest working one we’ve ever had; certainly, there...
About treaties, exploitation and litigation
Monday, May 29, 2023
When Belize got its Independence on September 21, 1981, we may not have fully grasped the pressure under which our first...
Belize must revisit laws that harm the country
Laws are essential — necessary to create a space where human beings can function as civilized beings. Laws are not intrinsically good. There was...
Orchestrated ignorance? (Part II)
“Teach the children the truth.” (Bob Marley)
From Amandala editorial of Tuesday, May 16, 2023
“… a people who have supposedly shaken off the yoke of...
Audacious and selfish
The Amandala headline story declared it a perfect example of the need for a new Constitution: the case of businesswoman Ms. Olivia Villanueva (hereafter...
Orchestrated ignorance?
“Teach the children the truth.” (Bob Marley)
Mon. May 15, 2023
An old-time English saying advises, “Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” It...
Roots Belizeans’ response to changes in Belize was slow
Much has changed on the Belizean landscape since Independence in 1981, some for the better. Looking at some positives in the post-independence Belize, there...
The dungeon in the city
Mon. May 8, 2023
As wars and conflicts lead to social disruptions, aggravated by extreme climate trends due to global warming, more and more it...
Tell Guatemala to leave Belize alone
The matter between Belize and Guatemala is at the International Court of Justice (ICJ); we were forced to go there after Guatemala kept insisting...
Demand better from police — withoutthe bashing
As if our Police Department didn’t have enough negative issues to deal with, they now have to address the disturbing incident this week that...
Silent trauma; a mother’s love
Mon. Apr. 24, 2023
A crazy, mad murder scenario which nobody saw coming, has left a whole community to ponder the circumstances that could have...
Ashcroft Alliance goes international with favoritism charge
The Ashcroft Alliance is taking us to court, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, over the Department of the Environment’s (DOE) decision...
A people’s pain
Mon. Apr. 17, 2023
When we hear the news about the crime and violence raging in the streets of Haiti, and the poverty and starvation...