John on Crime

It was interesting to see the look on the Prime Minister's face during his press conference on Tuesday.  His usual swagger was gone, his bravado was turned into a look of hopelessness and on the whole he looked defeated.  With his leadership in question, the Prime Minister was less then reassuring; instead his was the look of a man who has run out of ideas.

During the Press Conference the Prime Minister offered Belizeans the same solutions that were rejected earlier, to change the constitution to allow for preventative detention, which effectively would threaten the civil liberties of Belizeans.  Indeed there are some who will say yes; whatever is necessary must be done.  Others will say, "Just stop the violence … by any means necessary".  The problem with this is that there is no proof that Preventative Detention will make any difference whatsoever in stemming the violence and the rising crime rate.

In October 2008, during a meeting of the House of Representative, I stood up in a spirit of bipartisanship and offered to work with the Government

Barrow gives Cola, et al. 3-month deadline for referendum

Belize City, February 9th, 2011

Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced today that he is giving the organisations calling for a referendum on the offshore oil exploration issue, a 3-month deadline to get the number of signatures required to legitimise the process.

Barrow was speaking at his first quarterly press conference of 2011, in which he reiterated that he was not prepared to go against the oil companies conducting oil exploration in offshore areas.

The Prime Minister said, in response to a question about the call for a referendum, that he puts the onus on the organisations. "If they get the signatures, naturally, they will get

Barrow gives Cola, et al. 3-month deadline for referendum

Belize City, February 9th, 2011

Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced today that he is giving the organisations calling for a referendum on the offshore oil exploration issue, a 3-month deadline to get the number of signatures required to legitimise the process.

Barrow was speaking at his first quarterly press conference of 2011, in which he reiterated that he was not prepared to go against the oil companies conducting oil exploration in offshore areas.

The Prime Minister said, in response to a question about the call for a referendum, that he puts the onus on the organisations. "If they get the signatures, naturally, they will get

Barrow gives Cola, et al. 3-month deadline for referendum

Belize City, February 9th, 2011

Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced today that he is giving the organisations calling for a referendum on the offshore oil exploration issue, a 3-month deadline to get the number of signatures required to legitimise the process.

Barrow was speaking at his first quarterly press conference of 2011, in which he reiterated that he was not prepared to go against the oil companies conducting oil exploration in offshore areas.

The Prime Minister said, in response to a question about the call for a referendum, that he puts the onus on the organisations. "If they get the signatures, naturally, they will get

Barrow gives Cola, et al. 3-month deadline for referendum

Belize City, February 9th, 2011

Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced today that he is giving the organisations calling for a referendum on the offshore oil exploration issue, a 3-month deadline to get the number of signatures required to legitimise the process.

Barrow was speaking at his first quarterly press conference of 2011, in which he reiterated that he was not prepared to go against the oil companies conducting oil exploration in offshore areas.

The Prime Minister said, in response to a question about the call for a referendum, that he puts the onus on the organisations. "If they get the signatures, naturally, they will get

Barrow gives Cola, et al. 3-month deadline for referendum

Belize City, February 9th, 2011

Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced today that he is giving the organisations calling for a referendum on the offshore oil exploration issue, a 3-month deadline to get the number of signatures required to legitimise the process.

Barrow was speaking at his first quarterly press conference of 2011, in which he reiterated that he was not prepared to go against the oil companies conducting oil exploration in offshore areas.

The Prime Minister said, in response to a question about the call for a referendum, that he puts the onus on the organisations. "If they get the signatures, naturally, they will get

San Pedro and CCC advance to football nationals

Belize City, January 29, 2011

The San Pedro High School girls and the Corozal Community College boys will represent the Northern Division at the upcoming national football tournament to be hosted by the National Secondary Schools Sports Association (NSSSA) at the Marshalleck Stadium in Benque Viejo del Carmen on Friday and Saturday, February 11-12.

The teams qualified to the nationals by winning the northern regionals hosted by Orange Walk Technical High School at the People's Stadium in Orange Walk Town on Saturday, January 29.

In Game 1, the San Pedro High School girls advanced to the finals by a 1-0 win over the girls of