The Supreme Court this afternoon granted the application put forth on Monday by Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck on behalf of Lord Michael Ashcroft. Ashcroft will now be included as an interested party in the redistricting case of the Belize Peace Movement against the Elections and Boundaries Department. Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin ruled that Lord Ashcroft […]
Minister Peyrefitte also spoke about the Supreme Court decision to grant Lord Michael Ashcroft’s application to join the Belize Peace Movement in its legal challenge to have the Government of Belize conduct a redistricting exercise prior to the November 2020 General Elections. Should there be a ruling compelling government to proceed with redistricting, Peyrefitte says […]
A planned event for this Thursday in the Belmopan constituency has been postponed. Saldivar is no longer in cabinet and neither is he the newly elected leader of the United Democratic Party, so what is his status within the U.D.P.? After all, a majority of the area representatives, standard bearers and their delegates voted for […]
In John Saldivar’s attempt at explaining why he chose to lie about receiving the monies from Dermen, he stopped short of divulging the details of that Cabinet meeting on January fourteenth. When Saldivar was put through the wringer and asked what he meant by saying that his Cabinet colleagues would have been, “demoralized and exposed,” […]
Reeling from the Saldivar scandal, PM Barrow has unleashed on the leader of the Opposition in a lengthy and stinging letter, calling John Briceño and the P.U.P. the most outrageous hypocrites and frauds ever known in modern politics and the governance of our country. At the core of Barrow’s anger is Briceño’s letter on the […]
Two demonstrations are take place in the next few days against the government. The People’s United Party will take to the City streets on Sunday but before that the unions announced today, they will also stage a demonstration. The National Trade Union Congress of Belize will flex its muscles on Thursday with a protest through […]
The N.T.U.C.B. is making urgent six demands on the government to address before any elections are called. The Congress wants campaign financing laws to be implemented and is also clamouring for the Senate Select Committee Immigration report as well as for the UNCAC Steering Committee to reconvene and move the UNCAC process forward. President Marvin […]
The last time the unions collectively took to the streets was in 2005 when the P.U.P. was in government. The Saldivar scandal has stirred widespread anti-corruption calls and prompted the unions to activate. An investigation into the allegations of bribery and corruption dealings involving the disgraced former minister is among the list of demands of […]
As we said, the theme of Thursday’s demonstration by the N.T.U.C.B. is “Only the People Can Save the People” and as such union leaders, today made a call for members of the public to join the march. Senator Elena Smith says that the demonstration is not solely focused on the Saldivar Scandal but on governance […]
On February fourteenth, John Saldivar finally admitted that he received monies from fraudster Lev Dermen, just as Jacob Kingston had testified in the U.S. District Court of Utah. Days earlier, Saldivar went on to become victorious in the U.D.P. Leadership convention, defeating Education Minister Patrick Faber who later resigned as Deputy Prime Minister. After intense […]
A seventeen-year-old girl was murdered on Sunday night as she played cards along with friends at a house on Glenn Street in Belize City. Kyla Young is the second person to be killed violently among her family members. It is not known if she was the intended target, but investigators say it was a gang-related […]
The embattled John Saldivar has just released a three page release on those text messages that have left him exposed. He has not taken questions from the media since Sunday and is now attempting at damage control. With mounting calls for an investigation and with the U.S. watching, Saldivar now says that the messages presented […]
In four short days, the internal chaos in the Barrow administration and the United Democratic Party has brought embarrassment and humiliation. With the resignation of John Saldivar from Cabinet on Thursday and his removal as leader elect of the U.D.P., there is a leadership void to be filled in the U.D.P.’s succession plan. A majority […]
While his stock went up on Sunday, Patt had a very bad day on Wednesday with the press. Today, he admits that the situation that befell former Cabinet colleague John Saldivar was avoidable had he chosen to come clean about the money he was getting from Lev Dermen. When asked if he has second thoughts […]
So with Patt not willing to offer himself for party leader, is he prepared to lend his support to Patrick Faber or any other interested candidate? Here’s what Patt had to say about that prospect. Isani Cayetano “Since you are not opting or considering at this point to offer yourself for candidacy for the […]
With the post of leadership now wide open, Former Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber who was defeated by John Saldivar on Sunday, is considering whether tossing his hat in the ring for a second time is in fact an option he wants to pursue in the weeks ahead. While he admits that time is running, […]
Tonight we revisit those text exchanges between John Saldivar and Jacob Kingston that were presented as exhibits in a Utah court on Tuesday. The texts that went viral and have become the butt of all jokes and memes establish a relationship between Saldivar and Jacob Kingston and Lev Dermen, the accused fraudster from whom Saldivar […]
The national president of the powerful Belize National Teachers Union Senator Elena Smith says that it is time to take action against corruption. The B.N.T.U. is the latest body to speak out against the Saldivar scandal. In a matter of four days, Saldivar was stripped as leader elect of the U.D.P. and after a brief […]
We have heard about the text messages between John Saldivar and Jacob Kingston; well tonight we will share them with you. The string of texts were presented in the Utah court on Tuesday; there are thirty-three in all and was the evidence that led to the fall of John Saldivar as U.D.P. party leader-elect as […]
John Saldivar was elected as the next leader of the U.D.P. on Sunday at a convention with all the bells and whistles and he portrayed himself as the future of the party. But all that soon came crashing down. Within three days, he had lost the top U.D.P. post and suspended for an indefinite period […]
The People’s United Party today called a press conference to discuss the state of the nation and called out the Prime Minister to deliver his promise that he would fire any of his cabinet ministers who received monies from accused fraudster Lev Dermen. The text messages reveal that John Saldivar who served as the U.D.P.’s […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow and his cabinet in 2008 were elected on the platform that they would eradicate corruption. PM Barrow himself had gone on record to say that he would use his two-sided machete to chop the head of corruption but as the public has seen, corruption is thriving within government. The Prime Minister […]
The People’s United Party is mobilizing to hold a national demonstration against corruption in government and others ills. Leader John Briceño sounded the clarion this morning as the fallout from the John Saldivar saga continues to unravel. Briceño invited the social partners, the private sector and all Belizeans to join and march in Belize City. […]
Along with a national demonstration, the People’s United Party also unveiled its strategic plan to effectively deal with corruption in government. Leader John Briceño says that policies will be implemented along with the amendments of legislation that aim to cease criminal and improper activities in government. Briceño says that under a P.U.P. administration, UNCAC will […]
There is news from Corozal, that the body of a man has been found inside a van on a property located on the Santa Elena Road. According to the reports, the body is in an advanced state of decomposition and the identity of the person is not known.
