About two weeks ago, Karim Berges commissioned an independent poll on the elections. An analysis of the numbers shows that there is a slight difference in support for the U.D.P. and P.U.P. this close to the elections date. While the polls registered a high percentage of undecided voters, the figures also showed that the electorate […]
Tonight’s question is: Is the Prime Minister calling early general elections because the economy will get worse? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
In its last National Party Council meeting on Saturday, the People’s United Party approved a resolution to reduce the term of government to four years and set a fixed date for general elections, if it were to take office. We put the question to our viewers on Tuesday, asking if they would support such legislative […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you support a proposal to reduce the term of government to four years and a fixed date for general elections? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
On the other highly controversial topic, we asked viewers last week if they agree with the mass registration and naturalization of immigrants before elections. The participants in our e-poll were overwhelmingly against the practice, with eighty-two percent voting no and eighteen percent voting yes. The question also provoked strong responses on our blog, including one […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you agree with the mass registration and naturalization of immigrants before elections? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
With elections around the corner, we asked viewers if they thought that the U.D.P. government had kept its manifesto promise to reduce the cost of living. The results are as follows: seventy-seven percent said no while the remaining twenty-three percent said yes. One viewer went further to say that; “No they have not. As a […]
Tonight’s question is: Has the government kept its promise to reduce the cost of living? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
Tonight’s question is: Are you better off this Christmas, than in previous years? Yes or No? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
You’ve heard the Prime Minister say that you can expect general elections by the end of 2012. But on Tuesday we asked our viewers if they would vote for the current government if the election was held before its term expired in 2013. The results show that fifty-six percent of participants in our online poll […]
In our previous poll, sixty-two percent of viewers thought that the Prime Minister will be calling early elections. Many reasons are advanced as to why the PM will call early elections. Some say he will have to implement IMF recommendations to increase the dreaded GST, others think he is getting pressure over corruption and the […]
Speculation has been rampant that the government is considering early elections. Back in 1993, the P.U.P. administration called an early poll before their term of office had expired; that move backfired and the then government was kicked out of office. We put the question of early elections to viewers. Most people thought that the government […]
Before turning to tonight’s question, our viewers were pretty close on our previous poll in respect of who would better represent Caribbean shores. When we checked today just before posting the new question, the poll gave Ann Marie one hundred sixty-six votes, Chandra received three hundred and sixty-five and Santi got eight hundred and ninety […]
The U.D.P. convention in the Caribbean Shores takes place this Sunday. The three contenders are on the last leg of their campaign throughout the constituency drumming up support from voters. It’s a hotly contested race; the second in that constituency for the next elections since the current area rep, Carlos Perdomo stepped down, giving way […]
Tonight’s question is: Who do you think can better represent Caribbean Shores from the U.D.P. camp? Santi Castillo, Ann Marie Williams or Chandra Nisbet Cansino? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to […]
Tonight’s question is: Would you support legislation to enable same sex marriage? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
On Tuesday we asked our viewers for their thoughts on the ongoing exploitation of national parks. The question was on why government acts powerless in the plunder of our national parks. One; lack of resources? Two; no political will? Three; Involvement of highly connected figures? The viewers responded in this way: forty three percent polled […]
In our last question to viewers we asked if the D.E.A. should be allowed to operate freely in Belize. The response is as follows: fifty-eight percent of those who polled were ih favor of the D.E.A. unrestricted activities while forty-two percent were against it. Now turning to tonight’s question. It is: “Why do you think […]
Tonight’s question is: Should the DEA freely operate in Belize? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
Tonight’s question is: Do you believe the government should call early elections? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
Earlier this month, it was discovered that forty-two weapons, including M-16s and M-4 Carbines were stolen from under the noses of the B.D.F. Up to today, no one has been held accountable. So we asked on Tuesday who viewers thought should be held responsible. The answer is as follows: twenty-two percent thought the officers should […]
Weeks after the B.D.F. armory was broken into and an arsenal of weapons stolen, no one has been held accountable. So tonight’s question is: Who do you think should be held responsible for the forty-two stolen weapons from the B.D.F. headquarters; the minister, commandant or officers? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones […]
In light of the recent burglary at the Belize Defence Force weapon’s store as well as previous incidents where firearms went missing from the B.D.F., we asked viewers if they have confidence in our armed forces to protect our borders. Seventy-five percent of persons who participated in the online poll said no, while twenty-five percent […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you have confidence in the B.D.F. to protect our borders? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
Still on the ninth amendment, we asked our viewers this week whether the government should be spending its time and resources on the controversial bill or on curbing crime. The result of the online poll, by a wide margin, was against the ninth. Eighty-six percent of the viewers agreed that the crime problem should be […]
