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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...
What?! PUP teefing another UDP project?
by Colin Hyde
You had to feel for Patrick Faber, that is, if you have any compassion in your heart, when on his return to...
What dreams may come!
Saturday, June 3, 2023
“I dwell in a house of 1000 dreams.” Bruce Springsteen wrote those beautiful words, and the above title is from Shakespeare’s...
A Neo-Liberal’s Manifesto (Part 2)
Permit me, our dear readers of this column, to present to you Part 2 of the following essay which is of much interest, dated...
CB & Elinor: Love is a color that never fades
I originally wrote this piece back in 2019 shortly after leaving Mr. Charlie’s house with my mom. It came to mind recently when we...
A violation and a tragedy that could have been averted
by Colin Hyde
I do not doubt the young woman who accused the doctor, but when it comes to a person’s character I will give...
Man’s inhumanity to man!
BELIZE CITY, Wed. May 31, 2023
The 13th century has to be considered one of the worst centuries of all time, in my opinion. I...
Minister Dolores’ call for respect, unity and ethnic cooperation — only possible through respect, honesty, trust, love, fairness, and real reforms
by Wellington C. Ramos, Adjunct Professor in Political Science and History
Continued from issue #3650, Friday, May 26, 2023.
I came to this conclusion after monitoring...
Was Tina Turner a “bad” gyal?
by Colin Hyde
Don’t look at me as if I am too last-century to wonder if Tina Turner was wayward. Her man used to beat...
Monkey River — A Climate Boulder
by Jasmine Anderson
Monkey River, Thurs. May 25, 2023
In an old notebook with the cover torn off and the pages permanently rolled into the shape...
The adolescent Belize!
Sunday, May 28, 2023
It has been over 40 years since Belize was weaned off its parent’s teats, 40 years since it found its own...
A Neo-Liberal’s Manifesto (Part 1)
Permit me, our dear readers of this column, to present to you Part 1 of the following essay which is of much interest, dated...
She walked home; she caught a taxi
by Colin Hyde
The murder of young Imarie Galvez dominated the minds and hearts of Belizeans last week — a terrible tragedy in a land...
Media suppression!
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
One of the most important cornerstones of any democracy, apart from free elections, freedom of speech, and freedom of movement, is...
Russian investors eyeing Cuba
On May 21, 2023, news medium RT reported that Russian investors are looking to Cuba. The trend could boost the Latin American island nation’s...