Every year since 2002, Belizean writer, Colin Hyde, has been churning out a book, rich with Belizean literary genius, and today, he presses on with his 7th piece: a full-length play of approximately 30,000 words titled, The Last DL of Caneenja, a romantic comedy fiction.
A young man with a solid and captivating singing voice is 18-year-old Wilson Grinage. This about to be high school graduate unexpectedly wows everyone with his vocals and very humble personality. He has a song that is played on E-Jay’s LOVE JAM SESSION on Krem Radio, that no one would have suspected it was he who was belting out the R&B tunes like that. The song is called “What We Once Had.”
We don’t do enough polling in Belize to make definitive statements about how we are thinking as a nation, but I believe it is no stretch to say that failure to control crime and violence were at the very top of the list of faults of the PUP going into General Elections 2008. Is there anyone out there who would honestly say that our situation has improved since the 2008 elections? The answer to that is, of course, an emphatic NO!
Character witness? – bah! ..... Every now and then, I have a strong feeling that a psychiatrist should examine the person, or persons, who write some of our laws. Not to mince words, some of our laws are asinine.
The PUP faithful keep saying that the “media” is letting the new government off the hook, that the “media” is fiddling while Rome is being raped. It’s possible that the UDP is not getting enough pressure. The same thing might have happened with the 1998 PUP. I will give my two cents on that at the end of this piece.
In living color, Lola depicts the vibrant life of the Placencia Peninsula... Earlier this month, I had the chance to view a breathtaking exhibit of oil on canvas paintings produced by Belize City-born artist, Lola Delgado. Lola’s paintings are dynamic and different. They emanate a sense of social and artistic consciousness that arrests you and elicits more than a cursory glance at her work but instead evokes deep inspection of the features embedded within.
As we go to press tonight, Monday, May 7, Belize City’s first female mayor is exchanging wedding vows with popular disc jockey, DJ Dalla, in ceremonies at the Princess Hotel and Casino in Belize City.
Have you ever touched a drum? Have you ever gently…lightly, tapped the top of a drum and feel the vibrations under the tips of your fingers? Have you ever felt the chill of real music flow through your entire being as if somehow engulfing your soul? P…U…N…T…A! A part of my heritage, the co-applicant on my road to slavery vindication… this music reflects who we are, what we stand for…Music …real music…hardcore music…music with a purpose…No Disrespect! Punta music is a cornerstone of our history, our culture, and our life as Belizeans, the very ground on which we stand.
Much respect to Mr. Jamil Matar of BSI (he describes himself as an employee of BSI (Belize Sugar Industries)) who wrote last week in the Government’s the el Guardian that the burning question for the BSCFA (Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association) is, HOW much of the $7.6 million they got through Fairtrade was actually spent on farm rehabilitation. That is a fair question, one that the BSCFA should answer promptly. While the BSCFA is conducting its research into that matter, and preparing their press release, I have a question that is burning up my chest, for Mr. Matar.
Morgan Heritage, with their strong lyrics, positive vibration, and a original style of reggae music is going to be at the Civic Center, on Thursday, April 30th, 2009, for a concert that promises to be one of the best to ever touch Belize’s stage.
A few weeks ago tourists were cautioned about holidaying in Mexico because the drug cartels were fighting for cocaine turf. Today the legal drug called Tamiflu is ten times hotter than their wares.
CLUB NEXT, Saturday, April 18th, 2009 – Like lights, camera, action this past weekend for The All White Threesome Affair at Club Next there was pure rhythm, smoke, vibes and a sensational tease of intense mixes by the Djs that night. The music pumped and the mixes intensified, the All White Affair became a "Wet T-shirt" atmosphere. The crowd present was literally drenched in sweat but that did not have any negative effect on the partying. The party crowd was hypnotized by the past and present hits. It was, for sure, a get loose event!
I hear the cries and the concerns of SATIIM. Some weeks ago, I had the opportunity to venture into a piece of forest that had recently been surveyed. What I noticed is that the bush was so thick that, were it not for the trail cut by the surveyors, I couldn’t have gone very far, or it would have taken a long and difficult time to cover the distances we did in walking the entire perimeter of the land.
There are many ideas about marriage. Some people don’t believe in it. Most people believe in it. Some people believe in marriage to more than one spouse. Most people believe in marriage to one spouse only.
