August 23, 2021

John Saldivar: “Root causes of poverty are systemic” and produced unintended by “our economic and political system”

Poverty will always exist, Saldivar argued partly because it is hard to eradicate. However, rather than trying to eliminate poverty from society as a whole, he [...]
August 16, 2021

Point and Counter-Point: The PSE gone – The end of a colonial legacy of pain

Ву Dоrіаn А. Ваrrоw, Рh.D., Flоrіdа Ѕtаtе Unіvеrѕіtу: For me, the Hon. Francis Fonseca, last week did the boldest thing any education minister has ever done [...]
August 3, 2021

Point and Counter-Point: Picasso Blue – The orange economy in Belize

By Dorian A. Barrow, Ph.D., Florida State University: We have heard of the Green Economy and recently even the Blue Economy. Economists use colour metaphors to [...]
July 26, 2021

Point and Counter-Point: Unionism in Belize – “Essential” and “Frontline” workers

By Dorian A. Barrow, Ph.D., Florida State University: Unions are free to form and operate in Belize and employers have been penalized for violating union rights [...]
July 13, 2021

Point and Counter-point: Tax payers money, high schools and the credit hour crisis

By Dorian A. Barrow, Ph.D., Florida State University:  “A student’s cumulative GPA for the school year is NOT used to determine if a student passes or [...]
July 8, 2021

“I vehemently oppose the proposed Eleventh Amendment to the Belize Constitution,” says Senator Darrell Bradley

By Darrell Bradley: I vehemently oppose the proposed Eleventh Amendment to the Belize Constitution. The Eleventh Amendment seeks to introduce an entirely new and discriminatory disqualification [...]
July 6, 2021
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Point and Counter-Point: How free is “FREE EDUCATION” in Belize?

By Dorian A. Barrow, Ph.D., Florida State University: We, the citizens of Belize, have been promised “Free Secondary Education” since 1993, when the then Minister of [...]
June 28, 2021

Point and Counterpoint-Dr. Zab’s jab at education reform: More quality learning time

By Dorian A. Barrow, Ph.D., Florida State University: Dr. Louis Zabaneh is an economist par excellence, a graduate of Clemson University, known to some as the [...]