In Corozal Bay, Pablo Marin retained his seat in a hotly contested battle. Marin, who served as minister of health, has been battered by a number of scandals in that ministry. But on Wednesday, he fought hard to overcome. Duane Moody looks at the results in the Bay. Duane Moody, Reporting Corozal Bay was […]
Hugo Patt retained his seat in Corozal North by a margin of four hundred and ninety-three votes ahead of first time runner, David Castillo. On Election Day, the machineries were cranking in the sprawling division which consists of eleven villages. But Patt who served as minister of state easily won the division for the second […]
When the final official results were released at around eleven Wednesday night, The P.U.P. held on to two seats in Orange Walk – Central and South. The U.D.P. wrested away control of Orange Walk East and held on to the North. While elections in this northern district are generally tempestuous episodes, the 2015 version was […]
Corozal South West and South East divisions were the last to bring in their results. P.U.P.’s Ramiro Ramirez, lost the division to Doctor Angel Campos of the U.D.P. by two hundred and nineteen votes; Doctor Campos received two thousand five hundred and eleven votes. Meanwhile the B.P.P.’s candidate, canero Lucilo Teck got forty votes. But […]
All eyes were on the Cayo District where in 2012, the P.U.P. came within sixty votes of winning two divisions and general elections. On Wednesday night, Julius Espat easily beat Ralph Huang and as they say, three is a charm because Landy Habet won his first election in Cayo North East. Jose Sanchez has a […]
An O.A.S. Electoral Observer Mission is wrapping up a visit to Belize. And this afternoon at the Biltmore Plaza, it issued a preliminary report in respect of Wednesday’s elections. According to the Chief of Mission, Jacinth Henry-Martin, an allegation was made to at least one of the observers that there was some irregularity in reference […]
Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez help on to Port Loyola, and that area has been a U.D.P. stronghold. But the margin shows that Martinez has lost considerable ground. When the final ballot was counted, the P.U.P.’s Gilroy Usher was down by only seventy-six votes. In 2012 Martinez won that seat by over eight hundred votes, so that’s […]
The Prime Minister has said that in all the results countrywide, he was most surprised by the results in Caribbean Shores, where Darrell Bradley was defeated by Kareem Musa. It’s certainly a heartbreaker for Bradley who was at the press briefing this morning. He told us that while he never contemplated losing, any contemplation he […]
Confidential documents show that the aggression by the Guatemalan army and navy started years ago, but intensified dangerously and persistently so since 2010, to the point where the Guatemalans were exercising sovereignty over the Sarstoon. A memo from the Belize Defense Force to the C.E.O. in the Ministry of National Security, dated as recent as […]
British Army commander, Lieutenant General James Everard made an official visit to Belize last Wednesday where he met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow on the status of the British Army Training Support Unit Belize. BATSUB, as it is otherwise known, will be seeing a resurgence of British Army troops who will be conducting military training […]
According to Courtenay, the matter is being treated as a political strategy by the United Democratic Party, a blatant attempt to gain mileage from the timely announcement. Courtenay reiterates that had the UK intended to take up the issue and join forces with Belize, an official announcement would have been made in parliament by a […]
At least three newspapers including Diario Respuesta from neighbouring Quintana Roo published articles on Sunday, October thirty-first, which make very serious allegations against the U.D.P. candidate for Orange Walk South, Guadalupe Magaña-Dyck. In one article entitled – Candidate Linked to Narco-Trafficking, reference is made to an investigation being carried out by Belize Police targeting Magana’s husband, […]
At news time, a strike has been called off at the Port of Belize and an agreement has been reached between the Port and stevedores. The update is that stevedores have signed off on a retirement plan as well as increases in salaries and overtime. The strike started on Friday night when the stevedores refused […]
Both mass political parties are wrapping up an intensive round of rallies across the country as they head to the polls on November fourth. On Sunday, the P.U.P. held its last in Belize City, featuring Standard Bearers from the city and from the Belize District. For the P.U.P., fighting to get back to Belmopan after […]
On the eve of elections, the Elections and Boundaries Department is reminding employers that by law every voter should be provided with a reasonable time to cast their ballot during the period for voting, and that no employer shall make any deduction from their pay or other remuneration. The Department says there is a fine […]
A two-day workshop on the enforcement of intellectual property rights for the judiciary and law enforcement officials is underway in Belize City. The seminar, organized by the Belize Intellectual Property Office, features guest speaker Louise van Greunen, an Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa. Justice Louis Harms of the Supreme Court of Appeal […]
How did San Pedro developers Grand Belizean Estates get a hold of land conservatively worth at least four million dollars for only three hundred and fifty thousand dollars? And where does Minister Manuel Heredia Junior fit into the mix? The story goes back to 2011 when directors of San Pedro Junior College approached Heredia Junior […]
Heredia Junior insists that his participation was only minimal – just facilitation. He also maintains that Grand Belizean Estates paid far more than what was paid for similar fifty-acre parcels. Still News Five has managed to get hold of a reference to a Lands’ assessment which claims that at the time the land was transferred […]
On Thursday, News Five sat down for an extended interview with Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai. She’s been under intense scrutiny in the days leading up to general elections set for next Wednesday. The pressure is mounting, as the Opposition People’s United Party has issued Tamai with an ultimatum – full access to the proxy […]
Actually, Tamai says that all her officers are under undue pressure leading up to elections. She claims that it’s unfair, because they are all just doing a job and they see no color when on the job. Unfortunately, that’s not the perception in all quarters. There is, in fact, a healthy distrust of the Elections […]
Polls close at six pm on Election Day, and usually results would start coming out hours after – from around ten for the smallest constituency until the early hours of the morning. But things are going to be different this time, because the Elections and Boundaries Office has implemented a new system of simultaneous counting. […]
Depending on which side you ask, there would likely be a prediction of a clean sweep either way. But political observers in the know believe that of the thirty-one seats up for grabs, quite a few will be hard fought. That brings up the question of recounts for those margins that are exceptionally close. Tamai […]
Earlier this week, the Maya community of Jalacte staged a peaceful protest against the inauguration of an Agriculture Learning Center in the village. The building was constructed by the Ministry of Agriculture and was set to open its doors on Wednesday. While the grand opening has been called off, residents are incensed that government would […]
Mis goes on to make a comparison between the recent situation in Jalacte and the existing issue in Santa Cruz where Rupert Myles and residents of that village are presently before the courts for wrongful imprisonment due to unlawful occupation of communal lands. He gave an update on the Uxbenka situation. Pablo Mis, Program […]
The Museum of Belize was closed for business today, and it isn’t a public and bank holiday. We’re told at least twelve members of staff just did not show up for work, and credible reports are that they are angry at Director of the Museum Sherilyn Jones. Those reports indicate that frustration with Jones has […]
