21 SEPTEMBER 1981 — 21 SEPTEMBER 2026
INDEPENDENCE SPECIAL
Belize City: Sunday 20th September 2026: Forty-five years ago, Belize became politically independent. That achievement should never be diminished.
Jeremy Enriquez Takes the EBC to Court — and Opens a Much Bigger Question About Who Guards Belize’s Electoral Democracy
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION | CHAPTER I
THE PUMA GATEWAY — INVESTIGATION I
BELIZE CITY: Sundday 20th September 2026: Belizeans know what they pay for fuel.
What they generally do not know is the journey that gallon took before reaching their vehicle—or precisely who was paid along the way.
YOU CANNOT TARIFF A FACTORY INTO EXISTENCE
GLOBAL ECONOMIC & GEOPOLITICAL FEATURE
Belize City: Monday 14th September 2026: Something important is happening beneath the tariff war between the United States and China.
It is no longer simply about who sells more products to whom.
As Guterres tells BRICS that the world of 2026 can no longer be governed by the power arrangements of 1945, small states face an uncomfortable choice: understand the emerging multipolar order — or discover it after others have already written its rules.
SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FEATURE
Belize City: Sunday 13th September 2026:
1798 was an event. 1898 helped construct its national memory. But neither created the sovereign country called Belize.
CHAPTER ONE
SPECIAL HISTORICAL SERIES
Belize City: Sunday 13th September 2026: There comes a point in the life of every mature nation when patriotism must become strong enough to withstand history.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 — AS BELIZE CELEBRATES 45 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, ANOTHER CLOCK IS TICKING AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SPECIAL REPORT
Belize City : Saturday 12th September 2026:
On September 21, 1981, the Union Jack came down and the Belizean flag rose over a new independent nation.
Forty-five years later, on September 21, 2026, Belize will again raise that flag.
IRAN SPLITS THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL — AND PUTS THE POST-WAR ORDER UNDER STRAIN
SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS
Belize City: Friday 11th September 2026:
NEW YORK — The argument inside the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, September 10, 2026, was ostensibly about Iran. But listen carefully to what the five permanent members were actually arguing about and a much larger confrontation emerges.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
ANU DID NOT CREATE BELIZE'S REGULATORY PROBLEM — ITS COLLAPSE EXPOSED IT
Belize City: Friday 11th September 2026
And then there are failures that can steal something money cannot replace:
YEARS OF A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE.
1798, September 10 and the unfinished journey from colonial memory to Belizean consciousness
10th SEPTEMBER SPECIAL FEATURE
Belize City: Thursday 10th September 2026: There are moments when a country must do something more difficult than celebrate its history.
It must examine it:.
