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BDF soldiers get land titles
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 11, 2022 On Thursday and Friday of last...
CITCO Youth Innovation summer camp ends
150 kids from various parts of the city were given certificates for completing CITCO’s...
Who’s JR Smith?
Accomplice in a joint enterprise—or mastermind?
By Marco Lopez
The mass shooting in Hopkins village over...
No overnight solution to crime in Lake I—DPM Hyde
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 8, 2022 The Deputy Prime Minister, and area representative for...
The Belize the lawyers made
By Colin Hyde
I understand the disappointment of many when our GoBs have applied states of emergency when the police’s efforts can’t stay the...
John has big dreams— Part 9
John got into the van and told his driver to take him to a supermarket, since he wanted to buy certain things that he...
All stakeholders should get a place on the PCC—an opportunity Belizeans didn’t get in ’81
by Wellington C. Ramos, Adjunct Professor of History and Political Science
HISTORY OF THE BELIZE CONSTITUTION
In the general election of November 1979, the People’s United...
40 years ends statute of limitations on public secrets
By Colin Hyde
I saw the news about public road signs and essential temporary speed bumps being stolen, and I’m daam sure it’s not...
The “neocons” — Part 1
CLINTON CANUL LUNA
Permit me, our dear readers of this column, to present to you Part 1 of the following analysis which I find to...
Props for the churches, weed for the British
By Colin Hyde
Wanting to believe the best, I believe the church lobbyists have agreed to give the GoB space to improve the marijuana...
Amidst violence surge, Belize can’t return to business as usual
by Kahlil Enriquez
On Emancipation Day, as I listened to and reflected on the deeply powerful and somber “I have a dream” speech delivered by...
Looks Like Social Security Has Money to Burn!
By Rudolph A. Neal
The Belizean populace is irate! The country is furious—angry at their Social Security Board (SSB) for a slew of investments that...
John has big dreams — Part 8
CLINTON CANUL LUNA
On the drive back home, while John was occupied familiarizing himself with the portfolio of his assigned tasks, he did not...
Congrats, and two bahs for MOE
By Colin Hyde
The Ministry of Education has taken to the airwaves to announce a new approach to education in Belize, and big props...
John has big dreams — Part 7
CLINTON CANUL LUNA
After the meeting, John sat at home thinking to himself, "Several weeks have passed since I've tended my backyard." He was not...
Barrow, Finnegan, and son/nephew are catalysts for untimely full constitutional review
By Colin Hyde
This wholesale reform of Belize’s Constitution is an intellectual heist, a hijacking of the agenda the people voted for. Opportunity came...
Wake Up!
CLINTON CANUL LUNA
Nature was made to perfection. Whatever it is, it doesn't make any mistakes. Those who make mistakes are men, human beings. For...
Tradition!
In 1971, the movie Fiddler on the Roof was released with much fanfare, and some of the best show tunes ever written at that...
