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Last Thursday, P.U.P. leader John Briceño took the oath to lead this country as Prime Minister. Today, his ministers and ministers of state headed to the Biltmore to be sworn in to begin the work of government. Seventeen ministers, the attorney general and seven ministers of state arrived at the appointed time; the event was […]
Written on November 16, 2020 | Posted in
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The south is fully represented in Cabinet. All four southern area representatives for the P.U.P. were elected and have ministerial positions. Doctor Louis Zabaneh is the Minister of State in Education, while Rodwell Ferguson has been assigned the Ministry of Public Utilities and Logistics, formerly known as the Ministry of Transport. Oscar Requeña is now […]
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Caribbean Shores Area Representative, Kareem Musa, is now the Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries. As Home Affairs Minister, the Belize Police Department falls under his responsibility and so does the Gang Suppression Unit. The G.S.U. has a negative image as a dreaded unit. The officers are known to be excessively abusive and […]
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Some thirty loads of cattle from farms in Orange Walk have been transported to the western border with Guatemala for exportation. The informal cattle trade was halted under the Dean Barrow administration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise, Jose Mai gave the go-ahead to continue with the informal trade after John […]
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The former Minister of Health was an electrician by trade and his name is Pablo Marin of Corozal. In Briceño’s new cabinet, the Minister of Health and Wellness is attorney Michel Chebat. Chebat says that his lawyer skills will be put to good use and when it comes to decisions of a medical nature, he […]
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We also spoke to Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde. He is responsible for the Ministry of Natural Resources, Petroleum and Mining. Hyde has been tasked in cleaning up the mess at the Department of Lands, labeled as a hotbed of corruption by former Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Hyde speaks of changing the culture of corruption […]
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The Ministry of Works was also known as a hotbed of corruption under former U.D.P. minister Rene Montero. Like the Lands Department in Belmopan, the Ministry of Works office in San Ignacio has been closed down until the new government has had a chance to carefully peruse each and every document and piece of equipment. […]
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Tonight, there is water everywhere in rural Belize District and the Crooked Tree causeway is impassable. Residents leave or enter the village with the assistance of the Belize Coast Guard as the village is experiencing one of the worst floods. And to compound the issue, it will take months for the situation to improve. The […]
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Just before news time, a release was issued on what Prime Minister John Briceño’s Cabinet would look like. The PM spent all day at Charter House carrying out the arduous task of assigning cabinet portfolios. He said on Thursday, that not all elected area representatives who won Wednesday’s election can be given ministerial rank because […]
Written on November 13, 2020 | Posted in
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In the north, Jose Abelardo Mai has been given the portfolio of Agriculture, Food Security, and enterprise while his colleague in the Orange Walk division Kevin Bernard will be the minister of Youth, Sports, and E-Governance. Orange Walk North Area Representative Ramon Cervantes will serve as Minister of State under Eamon Courtney in the Ministry […]
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In the Cayo district, Julius Espat will be the Minister of Infrastructure Development and Housing. Cayo Northeast Area Representative Orlando Habet is being given the portfolio of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management. His colleague from Cayo North Michel Chebat is now the Minister of Health and Wellness. And the man who defeated […]
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On Thursday, the new Prime Minister was sworn in and the cabinet members are expected to take the oath on Monday. But this afternoon, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Patrick Faber was sworn as Leader of the Opposition. He took the oath of office before three other United Democratic Party area representatives […]
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As we said, “Sista B” was conspicuously absent from this afternoon’s swearing-in ceremony as the newly-elected area representative for Queen’s Square. She succeeds her elder brother and former Prime Minister Dean Barrow who has retired from electoral politics. While it has been rumored that “Sista B” will not be serving the five-year term as opposition […]
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As we said earlier in the newscast, Dangriga Area Representative Doctor Louis Zabaneh will be the minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology under Francis Fonseca. Rodwell Ferguson will serve as the Minister of Public Utilities and Logistics. His colleague from Toledo West Oscar Requeña will serve as Minister of Rural Transformation, Community […]
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The only woman minister in the P.U.P.’s cabinet is Belize Rural Central Dolores Balderamos will be the Minister of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. Her minister of state will be Port Loyola Area, Representative Gilroy Usher. Balderamos Garcia says she plans to give the Belizean people new hope. Dolores Balderamos Garcia, Area […]
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On Thursday, the legal counsel for the Ministry of Natural Resources was arrested by police for suspicious activities at the Lands Department in Belmopan and all branches countrywide were shut down until Monday. Land documents were being retrieved from the premises and when the police responded, they came in contact with Llewellyn Usher. It ended […]
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On Thursday, Prime Minister John Briceño said that an investigation will be launched at the Ministry of Works since there have been allegations of massive corruption and abuse within the department. Following that statement, a number of heavy duty equipments were recovered by police from a property belonging to former Works Minister Rene Montero in […]
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John Briceño was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of Belize in Belmopan. He is also the first PM that is not from Belize City, but hails from the Orange Walk Central division. It has been long in coming; today, Briceño was calm and resolute, having achieved one of the greatest political victories with […]
Written on November 12, 2020 | Posted in
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The new prime minister will now have to decide on a new cabinet. The constitution allows PM John Briceño to appoint two-thirds of his winning slate, which means that some of his area representatives will have to be on the back bencher. Briceño says that by Friday, his cabinet will be announced. Prime Minister […]
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As one of his first acts as Prime Minister, John Briceño ordered the shutdown of the Lands Department in Belmopan today. The offices will re-open on Monday and that’s after an incident this morning. Attorney Llewellyn Usher, the legal counsel for the Ministry of Natural Resources was removed from the premises by law enforcement officers. […]
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After losing three elections to the U.D.P., the People’s United Party bounced back big time with vengeance on Wednesday night to win as many as twenty-six of thirty one seats. Signs that the famous blue wave was sweeping across were first manifested in Belize City when the early results in Freetown showed that area representative […]
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In the Orange Walk District, the United Democratic Party has been vanished. The People’s United Party, led by sixty-year-old John Briceño, won all four constituencies by huge margins. Never having lost an election, the veteran politician, Briceño won handily in the Central. Jose Abelardo Mai crushed his opponent by over a thousand votes in the […]
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After being sworn in as Prime Minister, John Briceño sent subtle warning to all U.D.P. political appointees. When there is a change of government, these political appointees in high positions would resign as a matter of political tradition, but Briceño wants them to be quick about it. Prime Minister John Briceño “If you were […]
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Briceño gave his first interview on the grounds of the Government House in Belmopan soon after he was sworn in as PM. And under the P.U.P. there will be many investigations into several of the ministries were corruption has been reported. Prime Minister Briceño says that besides an investigation into questionable transactions at the Lands […]
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In the mix of counting on Wednesday night, police responded to a murder on the Bullet Tree Road in the Cayo District. A sixteen-year-old minor had been murdered and his body discovered on the pavement. Around eight p.m., Special Constable Jaime Pinelo was travelling from Bullet Tree Falls Village to San Ignacio Town when he […]
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