There may be voters who will sit down and actually read both major party manifestos, weigh the relative merits of the two documents, ascertain their commitment to implement the proposals … and then cast their ballots accordingly. But if such voters exist, we’ve yet to find them. These days political manifestos are more about the […]
And speaking of candidates, we are reliably informed that the total number of people nominated in the nation’s thirty-one electoral constituencies is ninety-three. The Peoples’ United Party and the United Democratic Party each fielded a full slate while the National Reform Party and Vision Inspired by the People put forward eleven each. The National Belizean […]
Messages of condolence continue to pour in from around the world following the death on Saturday of Andy Palacio. And while we in Belize watched with enthusiasm as Andy’s career took off internationally it is only now that we are beginning to realise how far he had taken his music and, along with it, the […]
Our own relationship with Andy began even before this station made its first broadcast, when Andy was hired to compose the theme music for News Five. Over the ensuing sixteen years he has been no stranger, as we produced his first music video as well as twelve episodes of a musical variety show called—what else—the […]
For thirty years, St. John’s College has been publishing the journal Belizean Studies. This morning at SJC’s Princess Margaret Drive campus, the editors released a special issue on Archaeology in Belize. The publication features seven articles, some of which were penned by two of the country’s premier archaeologists: Doctors Jaime Awe and John Morris. For […]
There are thirty-one constituencies that will elect representatives next month but by no means are they all identical. The areas vary greatly, both in population and physical size. So while some urban candidates can walk the length and breadth of their division in less than an hour, others in certain districts may take days … […]
