A turning point
When you enter Mexico, it does not take you very long before you become conscious that you are in a territory which belongs to...
Only the people can save the people
“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, when thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when thou shalt be old,...
Violence, passports, and real estate
The incidence of gun violence on the Southside of Belize City, which remains the population center of the nation of Belize, has been established...
Young, black males
Gyration in a simulation of the sex act is not dance, which is a highly disciplined art form. Such gyration in public cannot be...
Brands and bull …
“The recent fundamentalist Christian Church – especially in the American South – has identified sinning largely with sins of the flesh – especially sexual...
The Empire in Central America
“Whenever you lift up your glad hearts to sing,
Oh, mingle the Baymen with God save the King.”
- from Sons of Honduras, by Roderick...
Who pays the piper …
At the end of their lecture presentations on Wednesday morning at the Bliss glorifying the British Baymen and the Battle of St. George’s Caye,...
Greg steps down
“Although Allen Dulles and his friends at United Fruit had managed to turn Arbenz into a demon for most Americans, they had a harder...
Beat down
From time to time, we “talk big” at this newspaper and put up a brave front, but more often than not these days we...
The ebbing tide of integrity
“Liberation theology held the view that Jesus’ teachings imbue followers with a duty to fight for social and economic justice.”
- from an article...
Governments and gays
The admission by the United States Embassy in Belize that they have been financing Caleb Orozco and the UNIBAM gay agenda clarifies a couple...
The real Belizean deal
It is this newspaper’s belief that it is the Belizean Diaspora which will ultimately decide whether Belize becomes a real nation-state or is dismembered...
Southside savagery
The stunning news which broke around noon on Saturday that two-time Crosscountry champion and longtime Santino’s employee, Ernest “Jawmaine” Meighan, had been shot in...
Mayor Bradley’s comeuppance
In legal, financial and political circles here, the Belize Waste Control (BWC) and Belize Maintenance Limited (BML) contracts are considered masterpieces of the neoliberal...
