Features
PWLB officially launched
by Charles Gladden
BELMOPAN, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
The Football Federation of Belize (FFB) officially launched...
Albert Vaughan, new City Administrator
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
On Monday, April 15, 2024, the Belize City Council...
Belize launches Garifuna Language in Schools Program
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
On April 12, Belize marked the 227th...
NATS Committee announces Farmers of the Year 2024
Photo: (left) Senior Farmer of the Year, Nandy Esban Aldana; (right) Female Farmer of...
But nobody is calling out the UDP
by Colin Hyde
All respect to Ms. Sandra Coye - educator, historian, nationalist, sage - for insisting that the government join South Africa in this...
The people’s choice!
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
This week, in a special election in the 3rd district in New York, democrats reclaimed a congressional seat held by the...
Words of Remembrance for Audrey Margaret Hyde nee Scott
by Mark Anthony Espat
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
To her loved ones, Audrey was a queen. A queen of faith,...
Another pastor makes a stand against Israel’s atrocities
by Colin Hyde
Belizeans and our brothers and sisters in the Caribbean should never support or ignore apartheid, genocide, and the enslavement of people anywhere,...
Life is life!
Sunday, February 11, 2024
There was this song in the 80s by the band Opus, a European group, called Life is life. I’ve always loved...
Proud of Reverend Benguche and BCoC
by Colin Hyde
The present Pope is controversial among the Catholics because of his embracing Muslim leaders and not condemning to hell and eternal damnation...
Monuments!
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
We admire all the great works of art that have been in existence for at least the last 4,000 years; we...
Contextualizing Marcus Garvey’s influence on the 21st century
by Emerson Guild
To: Horace Campbell
CC: Self-Help News
Sun. Feb. 4, 2024
Greetings, Brother Horace Campbell!
I pray that you and all your relations are well.
Many years ago,...
What Biden must do to have a chance at the polls in November
by Colin Hyde
I don’t know what percentage of Belizeans-who-turned-Americans prefer the Democrats to the Republicans over there, but my sense is that overwhelmingly our...
Black history month!
Friday, February 2, 2024
I will never understand the significance of designing a month to celebrate black history. What does that even mean? Maybe I’m...
Making sense of power!
Sunday, February 4, 2024
I was watching a meeting of parliament last week, and the cold reality of how the mighty have fallen was so...
Dolores since the tears
by Colin Hyde
It must have been truly painful to Dolores, LLB, niece of Father of the Nation, to get a thrashing at the polls...
I don’t think the Pope had the 23% in mind
by Colin Hyde
Many Christians, some of them Catholics, are disappointed in Pope Francis for his embrace of Gays. There isn’t overwhelming approval for the...
Unreflecting love!
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Maybe it’s just me, but as I grow older I find myself being repetitious, watching the same movies or series, over...
