New Leadership On The Home Front

Belize’s Ministry of Home Affairs and Enterprise has entered a new phase, with changes in leadership at both the ministerial and executive levels and an early focus on strengthening crime prevention, enforcement, and institutional coordination. These developments are highlighted in …

Constituency Convention in the Culture Capital – An Analysis

Dr. Philip Castillo Castillo Poll: August 2025 Actual Results:October 2025   Candidate  (%) (%) Earth Lopez 36 42.3 Richard Webster  28 29.8 Aaron Anderson  5 22.9 Simeon Lorenzo 7 3.7 None of the above/Undecided 24 1.3 (Spoilt Ballots) TOTAL  100 100 …

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s NOT the fairest of them all?

Dr. Philip Castillo Corruption , or at least the talk of corruption, has been in the news in Belize recently. In the State of the Nation and Independence Day speeches by the Prime Minister and responses by the Opposition Leader, …

Constituency Caretaker Convention in the Culture Capital

By Dr Philip Castillo For the first time in its history and due to its internal divisions, the Opposition UDP did not field a candidate in the 2025 General Elections in Dangriga. Those internal divisions subsided sufficiently enough for the …

Belize Scrambles to Safeguard Exports Amid Trump Tariffs

By Dr. Philip Castillo. Belize will seek bilateral talks with U.S. officials and coordinate with CARICOM following President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement that could threaten duty-free access under the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and …