[1] It quoted the editorial as stating that the majority of pieces in the Independent will be "opinion/editorial" type rather than hard news.
After a run of some 60+ issues, the Independent has ceased publication as of October 2007, confirmed by a Karla Vernon letter to the Amandala.
The media veteran has worked for the former Radio Belize, Channel 5, The Reporter and The San Pedro Sun.
Before it printed a single page, the Independent was criticized by The Belize Times, paper for the ruling People's United Party.
The Times claims the Independent, based on the record of Cutlack and Vernon, will be pro-UDP, but welcomed them nonetheless.