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Espat told us that with respect to the past absences, he has made it clear to his fellow parliamentarians that he will tolerate no excuses for future absences from meetings. The issue is important enough that a united bi-partisan front is critical to solving the myriad issues with the government and public service. And while […]
Dion Leslie or Bernard Wagner for next Mayor of the City? Elections are due until next March, but the campaign machines are in gear already. The two rival mayoral candidates for the Belize City Council have already hit the campaign trail, trying to gain the confidence of the electorate in hopes of winning the top […]
Bradley maintains that some matters could have been dealt with differently during the past five and a half years he sat in the mayor’s seat. But he says the City Council and sister municipalities across the country have been ensuring that they are accountable for all projects undertaken during their tenure. Bradley adds that he […]
But is this the last we’ll see of Mayor Darrell Bradley as it relates to his political career? For now, he is winding down at City Hall, but Bradley says his eye is on the House of Representatives. While he was unsuccessful in his bid at the last General Elections when he ran in Caribbean […]
Written on November 9, 2017 | Posted in
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The City Council, under the tenure of Darrell Bradley, has concreted one hundred and sixty streets across the city. The council invested twenty million dollars on the massive undertaking. That figure keeps popping up because Government is spending as much as eight million dollars for approximately a mile of work on Faber’s Road. Now, no […]
The People’s United Party on Saturday evening presented its team of eleven aspirants for the Belize City Council, which it has not controlled since 2006. The team consists of first time mayoral aspirant Bernard Wagner and councilor aspirants, Ayesha Gentle, Doctor Candice Pitts, Delthrude Hylton, Ryan Elijio, Micah Goodin, Oscar Arnold, Allan Pollard, Javier Castellanos, […]
Written on November 6, 2017 | Posted in
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The settlement of the acquisition of Belize Telemedia Limited and related concerns twice over by the Government of Belize between 2009 and 2011 remains a burr in the saddle of the People’s United Party. The P.U.P. contends that the issue should have been settled long ago, and that the reason it was not was as […]
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Thirty-two million dollars later – though in many quarters that figure is far more – the Belize Civic Center on Central American Boulevard is scheduled to be opened early in 2018. According to Belize Infrastructure Limited, while physical works are close to completion, the search has begun for a private management company to take over […]
Written on November 6, 2017 | Posted in
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The minister responded to a letter from PAC Chairman and P.U.P. Deputy Leader, Julius Espat, saying that cabinet ministers did not boycott a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee last Wednesday. Two of the four ministers on the committee contracted conjunctivitis and a third the flu, ruling them out of the meeting in which Auditor […]
This afternoon, the People’s United Party released a statement of its views on the judgment, which it calls an “absolute disaster” for Belize. It points out that the timing of the judgment comes in the run-up to the Christmas season, when demands on foreign reserves are highest, and warns that the Government must ensure that […]
In an extraordinary move, the Opposition People’s United Party today announced plans to table a motion for debate at the next sitting of the Senate to amend the Maritime Areas Act. It is the first time in recorded memory that the Opposition is taking the lead on introducing an amendment, and doing so in the […]
Senator Courtenay is also a former Foreign Minister. He says that despite having been advised in the past on amending the piece of legislation that is now being challenged, government has failed to act on the matter. Since the Opposition has taken up that mantle, it has garnered the support of all social partners in […]
So what will be the reaction from Guatemala once Belize moves to claim all its twelve miles of territorial waters under international law? It’s a thought that is furthest from Courtenay’s mind, since Belize’s course of action does not hinge upon Guatemala’s foreign policy. Courtenay says the additional nine miles of unclaimed sea was not […]
Twenty-five years after the passage of the controversial law, the Senate is going to be asked to consider the amendment at its next sitting. But the Government side appears to be caught off guard by the announcement. Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington spoke to us in Belmopan today about the now-Opposition efforts to get the […]
The Foreign Minister went on to state that as he understands that the purpose of introducing or repealing legislation is to serve the greater purpose of the Belizean people. Despite the fact that Belize is no longer negotiating with Guatemala and therefore has the right to reclaim its maritime territory, Elrington confesses to being baffled […]
The Auditor General is on the case of a senior officer of the Belize Defence Force who is being questioned on whether his private company benefited from an inside connection in the training of a troop of German soldiers in 2015 and 2016. C.E.O. in the Ministry of Defence Felix Enriquez has confirmed to News […]
During the Senate’s extensive debate of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill last Wednesday, Churches Senator Ashley Rocke recorded the formal opposition of the organizations he represents – the Belize Association of Evangelical Churches and Belize Council of Churches, joined in rare unanimity by the National Evangelical Association of Belize. But the rest of the […]
On Friday, Belize Infrastructure Limited issued a press statement firing back on the public characterization of its efforts on the failed Lake Independence Boulevard construction. While acknowledging that the lack of stone-based fill directly led to parts of the road sinking despite the hot mix placed on it, the special-purpose company blames its low budget […]
It’s now official: there are no challengers to People’s United Party leader John Briceño or indeed any others on the unity slate for the National Executive. Today, at four p.m., was the deadline for nominations for all available positions on the National Executive with the exception of the Secretary General, Chairpersons of the Regional Caucuses, […]
Written on October 27, 2017 | Posted in
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Did members of the Government boycott the Public Accounts Committee meeting set for Thursday? The Belize National Teachers’ Union believes they did. The meeting was the first opportunity to question Auditor General Dorothy Bradley on the 2012-2013 Audit Report, but it turned out that two of the sitting ministers came down with ‘pink eye’ or […]
In Friday’s House meeting, Prime Minister Dean Barrow said that the amount being asked for was four million dollars and that the Board had yet to consider it. Meanwhile, Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia told reporters days before that winning contractor Imer Hernandez has already been advanced funds; though he did not say from where. In […]
Since the confirmation of the incumbent United Democratic Party’s slate in August, the announcement for the unveiling of the People’s United Party slate in Belize City has been hotly anticipated. The press was able to tease details from Briceño during this afternoon’s press conference, such as the name of the mayoral candidate, who he confirmed […]
While Social Security dominated this afternoon’s press conference, the first issue raised by P.U.P. Leader John Briceño was crime, which has dominated this week’s news as it has many weeks. And the solution could be on his way back very soon. Former Southside Commander Chester Williams, according to Briceño, is slated for a return. But […]
A session of the Public Accounts Committee during which Auditor General Dorothy Bradley was scheduled to appear, was called off earlier today when four U.D.P. ministers who sit on the working group failed to show up for the meeting. The scheduled sitting would have seen the auditor general responding to questions about irregularities described in […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has had to suspend elective surgeries because ten days ago, it reported that there has been a shortage of available blood due to a limited blood supply and restrictions imposed by the Blood Bank of the Ministry of Health. Tonight, we can tell you that the Ministry is being accused […]
Written on October 26, 2017 | Posted in
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