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On 3 April 2024, Prime Minister Briceño, after the massive victory of his party in the March municipal elections, re-instated a minister to Cabinet and also gifted three more People’s United Party (PUP) representatives in the House with the status of ministers of state. The Press Release was tellingly honest in justifying the new appointments: “These adjustments and assignments come on the heels of an overwhelming mandate at the polls.” The result was that all 26 PUP representatives in th...

By Dylan Vernon, Real Story #8, April 15, 2024.In my Fifteen Proposals for a People’s Constitution, I argue that replacing the British monarch as our Head of State must be more than symbolic. Changing nothing else will simply mean that we move from being a parliamentary monarchy to a parliamentary republic with a Belizean figurehead. When the time does come, how can we make it more substantive than just changing figureheads? My proposal for a directly elected national leader (often called a pr...

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the entire nation of Belize for supporting and indulging in the thrill of yet another successful year of La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge. It is indeed a privilege and honor to be at the forefront of such a magnificent event in representation of the legendary Harrison brothers namely, Orlando Harrison & Richard Harrison, who are responsible for pioneering this nationally renowned event; undeniably and unequivocally etched in Belize's Hi...

On Monday evening, 55 teenage football players gathered at the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) facilities in Belmopan for a three-day International Talent Identification Camp, organized by the Verdes FC, the FFB, and Italian Club Digiesse Praia Tortora.

If you are looking for a unique and delicious breakfast experience, you might want to try an ostrich egg at The Volstruis Restaurant at Ranch Craft's Eco Park in Georgeville, Cayo District.

Port Layola are hunting for their first Premier League of Belize championship but the Belize City side are playing handicapped without their leading goalscorer Gilroy ‘Bredda’ Thurton who is out for the next six to eight months, probably more, with a fractured right ankle.

Peter Tosh, the famed Rasta man and roots reggae singer, once chimed that “there will be no peace, until we have equal rights and justice” – Education Justice!  Today our politicians give lip-service to social justice, and the environmental lobby, to climate justice.  I am joining the ranks of those progressive educators in Belize and elsewhere, who are, in many different voices, calling for Education Justice.

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) has gained significant notoriety and momentum in recent years (Drozd, 2020).  STEM literacy highlights the vital connection between an educated STEM workforce and national prosperity and educational and political leadership.  As J. Alexander Bennett would assert, STEM education and job placement goals have been a priority in Belize over the past 70 years from the 1950s when the Belize Technical College was created by the then Colonial Go...

If you’ve been to the store lately and have not been able to get your usual supply of sugar, you can blame the increased illegal export to Guatemala and Mexico this year. Or rather, you can blame the ‘contrabandistas’ of Belize’s sugar. 

I uncharacteristically felt a huge wave of relief when Belize decisively won the second set 25-14 in its match against Nicaragua last night, ensuring that it would win the bronze medal.