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 […]
In the face of those damning text messages, the Belize Network of N.G.O.s is also calling on the Barrow Administration to take all necessary steps to immediately introduce campaign finance legislation. The B.N.N. says this will set out transparency and parameters on how funds are provided to political parties and candidates vying for public office. […]
N.G.O.’s, the private sector and unions are calling for an investigation of John Saldivar. The Christian Workers Union said today it supports the call by the Public Service for an immediate investigation of the former Minister of National Security, Belmopan Mayor Khalid Belisle and others involved in the Dermen scandal. The C.W.U. is also expressing […]
There is a renewed call for unity within the fractured United Democratic Party following a week of turmoil that has seen its elected party leader ousted from the post less than three days after being voted in overwhelmingly by the U.D.P. delegates. While Faber is still on the fence with his candidacy, he urges members […]
While we had Faber, we also asked him about this poor performance in the convention results. In reflecting on Sunday’s turnout, Faber acknowledges that throngs of supporters came out to vote for their leader of choice. Faber does, however, admit that there was a moving hand behind the results of the convention. On the […]
Jumoke Castro, son of U.D.P. Cabinet Minister Edmond Castro was in the hot seat after he made vile comments on social media against Plus TV’s Shasta Wade. Jumoke, who is a member of the Public Service Union, threatened Wade with gang rape, attracting widespread condemnation and disgust. He was placed on administrative leave from the Belize Tax Service […]
The Supreme Court has struck out the claim by the Public Service Union against Simplex Design Limited. The union had filed a lawsuit against the Belmopan City Council, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Simplex Design Limited over its Hilltop headquarters. The court ruled that Simplex Design is the legal owner of the property, but according […]
The body of an elderly man was discovered this morning on the beach in Placencia. Seventy-seven year old fisherman, Enrique Castellanos was reported missing on Thursday and less than twenty-four hours later, he was found dead. It is believed that the resident of Riverdale area in Stann Creek District drowned. Police say the body was […]
Forests across the world are disappearing at an alarming rate and because deforestation causes almost twenty percent of global emissions, the preservation of trees is important to slow down climate change. About two years ago, Belize was recorded as having fifty-nine percent of its forest cover, with a deforestation rate of zero point six percent […]
A group of proud parents received gifts today for ensuring that their newborns receive the necessary vaccines in the first years of their lives. Dubbed as supers, the mums and dads as well as the babies were honoured at a health centre on Central American Boulevard for ensuring that the babies grow healthy and are […]
The fifth annual Cocktails for the Manatees fundraiser, organized by Programme Coordinator Jamal Galvez of the Clear Water Marine Aquarium Research Institute, is ongoing at this time at Kukumba Beach on the Old Belize Compound. For years, the manatee population in Belize has been at risk due to collisions with boaters in the Belize Harbour. […]
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.
In the constituency of Belmopan, the P.U.P.’s Standard Bearer Oscar Mira says that the constituents have had enough of John Saldivar. The embattled U.D.P. Area Representative has resigned his ministerial portfolio after having been placed on indefinite suspension by Prime Minister Dean Barrow and stripped of the post of leader-elect. Saldivar maintains his innocence, saying […]
In his statement this morning, John Briceño spoke of the Chief Justice’s latest ruling against Dean Barrow and his government. In January C.J. Kenneth Benjamin ruled that over one billion dollars were spent illegally by the Barrow Government. He said that Barrow as the Minister of Finance was in breach of the constitution which demands that […]
Julian Cho Technical High School remains without a principal tonight. It has been months since the school has been thrown into disruption and word to News Five is that three applications have been received by the board. The former principal, the U.D.P.’s Standard Bearer for Toledo West reportedly left the school’s financial standing in a […]
As we told you John Saldivar has resigned from Cabinet as Minister of National Security which means that he now is without a ministry and only holds the title of Area Representative for Belmopan. But the Public Service Union has joined the chorus of those also calling for an investigation of Saldivar as well as […]
