Barrow’s April Fools Bukut

When you read this article on Wednesday, March 31, you will be only hours away from feeling the first crushing blows of the new taxation regime imposed by Mr. Barrow. Those taxes, calculated to bring in somewhere around $110M in new revenue for GOB's coffers, will take effect on April 1 – April Fool's Day. The day of its implementation is fitting, because the Prime Minister is indeed taking Belizeans for fools when he blithely refers to the worst budget Belizeans have even seen as 'Recovery Today…Prosperity Tomorrow!' Under this Barrow administration, there is little hope for recovery and the only prosperity being enjoyed is by Mr. Barrow and the UDP.

As Belizeans head out to celebrate the first day of the

Scotiabank Jacked – Security Guard Murdered

When 32 year old Stephen Lopez received instructions this morning to report to the Spanish Lookout branch of Scotiabank, he had already sensed that something bad was going to happen.  Lopez had worked all night at Belize Natural Energy, where he is normally stationed, but after a foiled robbery attempt last week at a business in the community, the firm assigned him to the location to cover for another officer who did not show up.

So at around 8:30 when five masked armed men entered the bank and ordered everyone on the floor the moment that he had dreaded had

Back to the Drawing Board…

A few weeks ago the Prime Minister alerted the nation to get ready for the "worst year of the UDP government." This week he presented his budget and Belizeans found out that it was no joke

When the new financial year commences on April 1st Belizeans will start to shell out more at the store, at the doctor, at the bus station, at the drugstore, at the market. From light bills to phone bills, the Belizean consumer will see a 25 percent increase in the taxes they have to shell out

The Prime Minister is saying that we have to do this in part because our economy contracted by $30 million.  Despite last year's fuel tax that sucked over $ 30 million from our pockets, he still had a budget deficit of $81.6 million, 33 percent higher than he projected. Direct foreign investments into Belize were reduced by over 50 percent. In short, under the

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Source: The Belize Times