GDP IS GROWING — BUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY TURNING THE WHEELS?
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Belize City: Thursday 1st October 2026: Before we celebrate economic growth—or condemn the economy as failing—we need to understand something much more fundamental.
Consumer
CONTROL THE IMPORT, OR CONTROL THE IMPORTER?
The argument is farmer protection. The unanswered question is why Belizeans must pay this price for it.
WHEN THE MARKETING BOARD BECOMES THE MARKET — PART II
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE BELIZE | INVESTIGATIVE FEATURE
Belize City: Wednesday 30th September 2026: There is no serious argument against Belize protecting its farmers.
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WHEN THE MARKETING BOARD BECOMES THE MARKET
How did an institution built around developing and marketing Belizean agricultural production evolve into a state-controlled importer and distributor of foreign agricultural produce?
It began by helping Belizean farmers market what Belize produced. Today it imports foreign produce into a market where Government controls who can import. How did we get here — and what is the Belizean family paying for it?
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
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FOLLOW THE GALLON: GUATEMALA HAS MOVED, WHAT OPTIONS BELIZE HAVE?
THE GOVERNMENT LEVER
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
Belize City: Wednesday 23rd September 2026: A gallon of fuel does not arrive at the pump with its final price already written by the international petroleum market.
- There is the landed cost.
- There are commercial margins.
- And there is government taxation.
Belize's own Ministry of Finance fuel-price worksheets establish that distinction.
WHOSE MONEY, WHOSE RISK? The HRCU–BEL Financial Exposure Belizeans Deserve Explained
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
A must Read
Belize City: Monday 7th September 2026: This story is no longer simply about a BZ$40 million loan.
BEL HAS EXPLAINED ENOUGH — NOW STEP ASIDE FOR AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT
WHEN THE COMPANY BEING QUESTIONED INVESTIGATES ITSELF, PUBLIC CONFIDENCE CANNOT BE THE RESULT
Special Energy Accountability Feature
Belize City: Tuesday 25th August 2026: There comes a point in every public controversy when explanations stop answering questions and begin creating new ones.
Belize may have reached that point with Belize Electricity Limited.
THE QUESTION BEL STILL HAS NOT FULLY ANSWERED: THE COST OF POWER IS ONE ISSUE. WHAT THE METER SAYS YOU CONSUMED IS ANOTHER.
Follow up to my Facebook Post earlier: BEFORE WE BLAME MEXICO FOR YOUR LIGHT BILL — THE PUC'S OWN NUMBERS DESERVE A CLOSER
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THE DOCTRINE BELIZE NEVER WROTE Why Energy Sovereignty Requires More Than Nationalization, Loans, Investments and Political Promises
By: Omar Silva – Editor/Publisher
National Perspective Belize Special Investigation
Belize City: Thursday 16th July 2026: For more than two decades, Belizeans have been hearing the same assurances.
Every electricity challenge has come with an explanation, demand has increased, and that Mexico has generation problems.
BELIZE'S ENERGY PARADOX The More We Own, The More We Pay
Belize City: Wednesday 17th June 2026: Fifteen Years of National Ownership, Hydro Acquisitions, Infrastructure Loans and Now Another $73 Million for BEL Shares—Yet Belizeans Are Still Waiting for Their Dividend
There is a question that every Belizean household should be asking today.
Not whether the proposed seventy-three-million-dollar purchase of Belize Electricity Limited shares is a bailout.
BRICEÑO TAXING THE ENGINE OF THE ECONOMY. Why Belize Must Reduce Fuel and Fertilizer Taxes Before the Economy Stalls Completely
Belize City: Monday, 25 May 2026:
Belize’s Economy Is Being Squeezed by an Outdated Tax System
Belize is slowly suffocating under a taxation structure that was never designed to create a modern productive economy.
It was designed to maintain revenue collection for a small state operating under the old mentality of colonial dependency — an economy dependent on imports, consumption taxes, duties, licenses, permits, fees, and indirect extraction from an already financially exhausted population.