Tonight in his Last Word, G. Michael Reid looks at the issue of racism making the comparison between Belize and the United States. “A few months ago, I remember reading in our local newspapers, a dialectic overview of racism in Belize. Was it alive, was it dead, did it ever exist? In my opinion, I […]
G. Michael Reid always seems to find plenty to talk about when it comes to the topic of sports. Tonight he looks back at the loss of international track and field star Florence Griffith Joyner and forward to the growing potentialof Belize’s own track and field star Marion Jones and basketball player Milton Palacio. “First […]
We end our last newscast of 1998 with the Last Word from G. Michael Reid. Tonight, like the rest of us, he looks back on a year that was filled with changes and tries to make some sense of it all. “Well, the stage is set, the welcome mat is laid and we stand ready […]
Tonight G. Michael Reid reflects on the origins of Christmas and the ways in which we continue to celebrate this special time with a blend of various traditions. “‘Tis December again and the chill in the air reminds us that soon it will be Christmas. There was a time of course, when Christmas meant a […]
Tonight, in the midst of the holiday season G. Michael Reid looks back not on Christmas past, but basketball days and the semi-pro season for 1999. “Holy Redeemer Parish Hall was before my time but I distinctly remember attending basketball games at the St. Ignatius schoolyard. Sonny Meighan and Frankie Flowers were back then pumping […]
For many drivers in Belize City the last few months have been something of a shock, as due to the closing of the Swing Bridge they have been forced to endure, for the first time, that phenomenon known as the “traffic jam”. In tonight’s Last Word News Five commentator G. Michael Reid explains why, even […]
News Five commentator G. Michael Reid has spent a good part of his life away from home, and it turns out that an appreciation of the nineteenth of November was something which had eluded him… until yesterday that is… “In 1941 and after years of dogged effort, the man whose bust sits custodial at the […]
There have been many words written, many pictures taken and many reports issued… but the only way to get a true picture of life at Hattieville Prison is to visit there yourself. News Five commentator G. Michael Reid did… and while he had the freedom to depart at will, his thoughts tonight turn to those […]
It’s the topic of the week: Belize’s miraculous escape. Tonight G. Michael Reid has his own spin on how Belizeans handled the one hundred and eighty mile an hour crisis, the frantic movements and decisions we all made and how the country will finally stand still and reflect this Sunday. “It is often suggested that […]
In tonight’s edition of the Last Word G. Michael Reid comments on the inevitable changing of the guard after elections and the sometimes unpleasant side effects of wearing your political heart on your sleeve. “The 1993 General Elections was the first in which I was privileged to cast a vote. The four previous elections caught […]
His commentary several weeks ago on the B.C.B. firmly established G. Michael Reid as the journalistic patron saint of lost causes. Tonight he turns his thoughts to a subject that, although once believed to fall in that category, is now viewed in a different light. “According to Greek mythology, the first woman on earth was […]
The magic number is down to twenty nine… that’s the number of days left before the closing down of Belize’s oldest broadcasting institution. According to Minister of Broadcasting Mark Espat October thirty-first is slated to be the last day that the financially strapped Broadcasting Corporation of Belize will be on air. But as the date […]
Most of them have already returned to the mean but prosperous streets of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, but News Five commentator G. Michael Reid says the Belize Americans are a valuable asset who should not be forgotten. “In recent years, the number of people returning to Belize for the September Celebrations had been […]
We know them by their stylishly baggy shorts, new tennis and strange accents. News Five commentator G. Michael Reid, himself a former Belize-American, demonstrates that it takes one to know one. “This year’s celebration has seen by far, the largest return of ex-patriots to the homeland in a long time and for some, it is […]
One week after the United Democratic Party was unceremoniously swept out of office and back into civilian life, the massacre at the polls last Thursday continues to weigh heavily on the minds of most people. Not least among them is News Five’s commentator, G. Michael Reid. “It is said that power corrupts and that absolute […]
The scent of politics is so strong in Belize that if it storms this weekend the raindrops just might be colored red or blue. But if skies are clear News Five commentator G. Michael Reid suggests that there are plenty of diversions to keep your mind off of elections. “Football has it’s World Cup and […]
The commentaries on the Last Word have traditionally managed to avoid the subject of partisan politics, and while he does not intend to deviate from that practice, with less than two weeks to go before elections, G. Michael Reid has a bit of eleventh hour advice for the electorate. “Many have pointed to December 31st […]
The weekly commentaries of G. Michael Reid have usually combined an artist’s touch for language with a streetwise philosopher’s understanding of the human condition. Tonight he turns those abilities in a more personal direction, toward a subject that has obviously been on his mind for quite some time. “I did my first Last Word almost […]
With political wars raging all around us, News Five commentator G. Michael Reid has tonight chosen to elaborate on a battle fought not with words, TV commercials and blue notes but with real weapons like muskets, cannon and — you guessed it — pok-n-o-boy sticks. “Though I aspire to never belabor a point, my last […]
The next two big events on many people’s calendars are the general elections on August twenty seventh and the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of St. George’s Caye exactly two weeks later. In tonight’s commentary, News Five’s G. Michael Reid manages to look at both. “Politics, as it has for the past half century […]
If by this time in the newscast you’re confused by all the different political messages we’ve managed to stuff into the last thirty-five minutes or so, take heart. G. Michael Reid has some welcome advice. “Well the suspense is over, the date is set and from now until August 27th if you’re allergic to politics, […]
He’s traveled the length and breadth of Belize in pursuit of his craft but this week News Five commentator G. Michael Reid reports from a place where he does not wish to linger. “This past Wednesday July 8th, I paid a visit to her majesty’s prison. No, it wasn’t the Family Court again thank God, […]
The victory of Team Belize in the recent CARICOM Basketball Championships must rank as one of the greatest sporting triumphs in the nation’s history, right along side the victory of the 1974 softball Golden Girls and the 1979 boxing title won by Fitzroy Guiseppi. But the implications of the big “W” go well beyond sports. […]
Belize may be in the middle of a heated general election campaign, but for the last week and a half, this popular pastime has taken a back seat to basketball. And while the CARICOM Tournament ends tonight, the stellar performance of the Belize male team will no doubt be a hot topic of conversation for […]
He is a man of many parts and in tonight’s commentary News Five’s G. Michael Reid holds forth on several of his favorite topics including taxes, family court and the basketball court. “In last week’s commentary I erroneously credited the ignoble “only the poor pay taxes” quote to Imelda Marcos. As it was pointed out […]
