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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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Today, we caught up with a number of ministers after they took the oath of office. Orange Walk East Area Representative Kevin Bernard is the new Minister of Youth, Sports and E-Governance. He is responsible for putting the youth of Belize first and to guarantee their growth and development. He is also tasked with developing […]
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Marconi Leal is the P.U.P. area representative for Belize Rural North. He defeated three-time U.D.P. representative Edmond Castro by more than six hundred votes. It is quite a feat for the unassuming Leal and the P.U.P. since Belize Rural North was considered a stronghold for the U.D.P. Leal, however was not given a ministerial portfolio […]
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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 […]
Written on November 13, 2020 | Posted in
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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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Former Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar is reportedly hospitalized after exhibiting symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19. While his health status is yet to be confirmed, we understand that Saldivar was missing in action from Wednesday’s elections, prompting many to question the reason behind his absence. We are also made to understand that a councilor […]
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The General Elections went without a hitch from a policing standpoint. Voters were well-behaved and, for the most part, adhering to COVID-19 protocols; they went to cast that important ballot at polling stations where sanitization measures were carried out smoothly and headed home. Commissioner Chester Williams says that while officers had to intervene in a […]
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There is a new minister of Home Affairs; that’s Kareem Musa from Caribbean Shores. So what does this mean for Commissioner Chester Williams? The ComPol told News Five today that he worked his way up to the ranks and does not have any political affiliation. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “There is indeed a […]
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ComPol Chester Williams also gave an update on the status of the investigation against disgraced former minister John Saldivar as it relates to the Lev Dermen scandal. Texts by Saldivar discussing tranches of cash surfaced and Saldivar later confirmed that he had received money for his campaign. According to Williams, the police is still in […]
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There is another investigation that has been moving at a snail’s pace. It involves questionable cash transactions in respect of former Minister of Sports, Herman Longsworth and others at the National Sports Council. As you know, an audit into the finances of the council was conducted by the Auditor General. She found that public funds […]
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There are many angles to follow in respect of Wednesday’s elections. The win was massive for the P.U.P., which took twenty-six seats. The margin of victory in the Lake Independence constituency was a whopping, where Cordel Hyde trashed Dianne Finnegan by a margin of three thousand one hundred. And in Cayo South, Julius Espat beat […]
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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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The Corozal District has four seats, in the previous election it went three to one but with a blue wave sweeping across the country, the People’s United Party was able to make huge inroads. In the Bay, the incumbent strong man, Pablo Marin is hanging up his political hat. The former area rep for three […]
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