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According to the ASR reps, since October of 2012 they have been trying to understand the issues and challenges particular to Belize, and have been meeting with all stakeholders to further that end. Coming out of those sessions, and as a good faith gesture, ASR will be making an investment of one million dollars to […]
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For the first time in history, B.S.I. has been receiving cane from three separate entities, which made for some logistics chaos at the start of crop. That all seems to have been worked out! MacLachlan says that where the Strategic Development Plan and crop are concerned, things are going as well as can be expected. […]
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In October 2013, the Public Utilities Commission requested proposals for electricity generation in order to secure additional energy generation and supply capacity to meet all reasonable demands in Belize for the short to medium term. A number of proposals were submitted for evaluation, including energy and dispatch simulations over a sixteen-year period. This would determine […]
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Avery would proceed to explain the methodology used in formulating the PUC’s recommendations. John Avery, Chairman, Public Utilities Commission “Now, the way we need to look at these things is like for example, if you look at the orange line around the middle of the graft there, basically the orange line is during the […]
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Over at the Saint Catherine’s Academy in Belize City, budding scientists nervously awaited a panel of judges who would determine the most innovative science project. Defending champions from Bishop Martin’s High School from Orange Walk focus this year on how the consumption of the locally grown breadfruit is good for your health. Duane Moody dropped […]
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The People’s United Party suffered a most humiliating defeat in Wednesday’s municipal elections with the United Democratic Party capturing all municipalities, except the Orange Walk Town Council. Support for the P.U.P. eroded significantly and of the three town councils, it only retained one. Soon after counting began, it became clear that a red wave was […]
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The only bright spot for the P.U.P. was in Orange Walk Town where Kevin Bernard has been returned as Mayor for another three years. This Saturday, a victory rally is being planned to celebrate the win. The council is a split one and the results were the last to come in after two this morning. […]
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Orange Walk Mayoral candidate Kevin Bernard has earned the singular distinction of being the only P.U.P. Mayor in the country. He won by only a narrow margin, but along with four councillor candidates, managed to withstand a red tsunami. Today, with the dust cleared from Wednesday’s war, we got a comment from Bernard, who took […]
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As we said, it’s a terrible loss for the People’s United Party which lost every single municipality but one…and even there the grand ole party barely held on. In the wake of that demoralizing defeat, today Party Leader Francis Fonseca called a press conference. But he’s not preaching doom and gloom. He says the people […]
Fonseca says that the Party will now be calling in councillor candidates and Standard Bearers in the municipalities to carry out an analysis of the devastating loss with a view to moving forward. The P.U.P. blames its performance on Wednesday primarily on the political pilfering of Petrocaribe money, and also on the use of government […]
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The People’s United Party, previous to Wednesday, controlled the two town councils in the south: Punta Gorda and Dangriga. While early in the night, the U.D.P. claimed victory in Punta Gorda by a significant margin, the results from Dangriga would be officially known later in the night. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was on the ground […]
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In the nation’s capital where the elections were fought hard for months leading into Wednesday, the U.D.P. won by an impressive margin. Newcomer, Khalid Belisle and his team would dominate keeping the town council under the red banner. Even as there was a commanding margin, the results are the most interesting because five candidates would […]
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Official information was hard to come by as counting took place in the northernmost district. Still yet as tallying progressed, the incumbent U.D.P. slate maintained a steady but widening lead over the opposition. Before midnight, the results were announced by the Returning officer. Duane Moody was in Corozal and has the following report. Mario […]
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The twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena went red on Wednesday, like every single municipality with the exception of Orange Walk. It was an uneventful day in terms of the usual election histrionics. The municipality, with twelve thousand six hundred and seventy six registered voters, was split into three polling areas representing three […]
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As you know, the U.D.P. now controls eight municipalities and the P.U.P. retained only one. Earlier today, we looked at the previous single municipal election held in 2009 to compare results. In crunching the numbers, we found that the results of Wednesday’s election bear striking similarity to 2009; a year after the U.D.P. had won […]
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And one final thing on the elections…. Last week, former U.D.P. Minister Elvin Penner was stoned with eggs by an angry crowd of P.U.P. supporters as he exited the Supreme Court in Belize City. He had to depart the scene in a hurry with some help from the police. On that day in Belize City, […]
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Following the incident, there was some expectation that the government would host an immediate press conference to at least express top-level outrage. That hasn’t happened. In fact, the only thing that has happened is the issuance of a very tepid press release. We’ve tried getting a comment from Prime Minister Dean Barrow, and he has […]
According to Minister Elrington, there is an allegation that Belizeans went across the Guatemalan side, and there is an allegation that Guatemalans came over on our side – and there won’t be any action taken until they determine what the truth is. He says they will ask the Guatemalans to join with them in asking […]
Voters across the country, in all nine municipalities, will take to the polls in their respective cities and towns on Wednesday, to cast ballots for their party or candidates of choice. While a number of the sixty-seven available seats for local government will be hotly contested in some places, it is predicted that both major […]
Written on March 3, 2015 | Posted in
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Tamai also broke down the number of polling stations, as well as the deployment of public officers who will be working on Election Day. Counting, she says, will be done in one location at the close of polls, except for Belize City which has a total of ten counting stations. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections […]
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Last Wednesday, the People’s United Party issued a terse release criticizing the Elections and Boundaries Department for failing to consult with them on a number of issues, including the prompt settling by the department of those polling stations that were not yet agreed upon, the final location of all counting stations and the number of […]
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With the polls scheduled to open in less than twelve hours, the countdown begins as to who will take the sixty-seven seats in the nine municipalities. Today, News Five took to the streets of downtown Belize City to hear from residents if they have already made up their minds on their choice for mayor and […]
In less than twelve hours, the polls will open across the country for residents to choose their municipal leaders. In good tradition, Channel Five is teaming up with Love FM and Love TV to bring you live reports and all day commentary from media correspondents and seasoned political analysts. The all day broadcast, right up […]
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On Wednesday, Belizeans will go to the polls to elect representatives in sixty-seven seats up for grabs countrywide. In politics there’s no such thing as a sure thing, but political pundits have debated at length about municipalities which are guaranteed one way or the other, and others which will be battlegrounds. One area which is […]
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In the event that message was a little obscure, Prime Minister Barrow then threw out Petrocaribe for good measure. According to the PM, their political war chest, their golden treasure, is bulging with Petrocaribe monies, and all Orange Walk residents have to do to access it is to place their Xs for the U.D.P. […]
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