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Minimizing our COVID-19 exposure: We must do better!
There are medical experts who believe that most of us will at some time get exposed to or infected with the virus, COVID-19. Many...
Every mouth must be fed, and our economic system needs to serve all
Our planet is incredible, fantastic, staggeringly beautiful, but it is a dangerous place, with numerous contagious diseases, some of which are more debilitating or...
Tourism will recover, but Belize still has to refocus
On Sunday, Belize was the only country in the Americas that hadn’t reported one person being infected with COVID-19 (since then, one Belizean who...
Maintaining the status quo will not save us
It is not impossible that COVID-19 (new coronavirus) could lose some of its sting in the very near future. Most experts are saying it...
UDP fights NTUCB’s reform agenda, but keeps public jobs secure
When the UDP (United Democratic Party) came to power the first time, in the year 1984, the party liked being the majority in the...
A survival budget with even less crumbs for the poor
The United Democratic Party (UDP) has controlled government for over 12 years, and on Thursday, March 5, the Prime Minister, Hon. Dean Barrow, who...
Los trabajadores deben obtener acciones/propiedad de PBL
En una semana en que Belize todavía se está recuperando de la pérdida de cuatro soldados en circunstancias que aún no están claras, una...
Workers should get shares/ownership of PBL
In a week when Belize is still reeling from the loss of four soldiers in circumstances that are not yet clear, a week of...
The price Belize pays in this war on drugs —getting steeper
The news on Friday that four top soldiers of the Belize Defence Force (BDF) (Belize’s Air Force, essentially) had been found dead in a...
GoB bloats contracts for projects and invests little in the people
Belizeans appreciate that a new bridge over the Haulover Creek and improvement of the Coastal Road are worthy projects, and they would praise the...
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Shooting death in Burrell Boom
BURRELL BOOM, Belize District, Thurs. July 2, 2020-- A shooting that occurred at about 2:00 this morning in Burrell Boom as a result of...
PM Barrow loses again… and we the people will pay!
No other prime minister in the history of Belize has ever had the opportunity to govern our little Belize longer than PM Dean Barrow....