What Matters in the South?

By Dr Philip Castillo Taking all things into consideration, do you approve of the job that Dangriga Area Representative Dr Louis Zabaneh is doing? (%) That is the question a recent “Castillo Poll” asked the good folks of Dangriga. The …

Faith, Power, and Hypocrisy

I will not bother to define a church, because a church could be a gathering of believers or a family home such as the one in Belmopan where recently, a woman was abused and held hostage. Whatever the definition though, …

Trump’s Victory: Implications for Belize

By Dr. Philip Castillo To secure his electoral victory, Donald Trump made several promises but gave little indication how those will be achieved. While there is always a gap between election promises and actual achievements, there is a broad consensus …

Why Polls Matter

By Dr. Philip Castillo With the heightened interest in the upcoming elections in the USA, attention is on the many polls being conducted to predict its likely outcome. Basically, a poll is a small scale representative subset of the voting …

Voter Transfers And The Impact On Belize’s Electoral System

By Dr. Philip Castillo International observers perennially certify Belize’s national elections as free and fair – and indeed they mostly are. But as the ongoing court saga in Cayo North demonstrates, the chicanery that does occur in Belize takes place …