Home » Education Featured Miscellaneous People & Places Politics
You are currently browsing entries filed in: Education Featured Miscellaneous People & Places Politics
Before the decision was handed down, Leader of the People’s United Party, John Briceño wrote to Prime Minister Dean Barrow asking him to reconsider the Government’s position on deducting from salaries of teachers. According to Briceño, the letter is a result of last week’s meeting with the Union’s executives, held before they filed for an […]
The Belize National Teachers Union is proceeding to court on the matter of the deduction in salaries of teachers who went strike for eleven days in October when the union demanded good governance by G.O.B. Government has threatened that the deductions will be reflected at the end of this month which is just weeks away […]
On Tuesday, Leader of the People’s United Party John Briceño lashed out at fellow parliamentarian and Minister of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation, Anthony “Boots” Martinez, over allegations that he and his daughter, newly-minted attorney Stacey Martinez, transacted with the Women’s Department, a division of Martinez’s own Ministry, to rent office space. The […]
A political career started in the 1990s has reached its endpoint. According to Minister of Human Development and four-term area representative for Port Loyola, Anthony “Boots” Martinez, he is stepping down from political office at the end of his current term. Martinez has enjoyed successively smaller margins of victory at the polls as latest rival […]
For as long as Belizeans can remember, the exchange rate peg has been at two Belize dollars to one U.S. dollar. The Government has tried mightily to keep it that way, but a number of local financial experts are starting to utter one of those dreaded “D” words – devaluation. So could a Belize dollar […]
The People’s United Party has gone on record as describing the nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited and subsequent settlement with former owners as, in one statement, “the greatest con of the century.” That’s because the company’s value is about one hundred million dollars versus the final settlement figure of more than five times that amount. […]
Written on November 16, 2016 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Politics |
No comment
Prime Minister Dean Barrow; Financial Secretary Joseph Waight, and Economic Ambassador Mark Espat returned from New York City over the weekend having laid the groundwork for the possible negotiations for restructuring the multi-billion dollar debt package, following two previous restructurings in a decade. The three-man team met with Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated and Cleary Gottlieb […]
Batting away reminders that his party, when in Government, packaged seventeen original loans to form the Superbond and that much of that debt has still not been paid, P.U.P. leader John Briceño laid the blame on the current administration for squandering multiple opportunities to fix the state of affairs through sustained economic growth, citing the […]
The People’s United Party met earlier today with the executive of the Belize National Teacher’s Union. Many of the Union’s members who went on an eleven-day strike that led to concessions from Government on key national issues as well as interest on their delayed salary adjustment, now face deductions in salary ordered by the Ministry […]
The Northern Caucus of the People’s United Party has called for the resignation of Gaspar Vega. The Orange Walk North area representative and former Deputy Prime Minister resigned from cabinet after the news of a million-dollar compensation for land at the Haulover Creek was paid to his son, Andre, and attorney Sharon Pitts. Vega told […]
Written on November 15, 2016 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Politics |
1 comment
Last week, Minister of Human Development Anthony “Boots” Martinez denied conflict of interest in the decision by the Department of Social Services, which used to be on Regent Street, to relocate to a well-known bright yellow building near the hand roundabout at the entrance to the George Price Highway which he claims is owned by […]
Written on November 15, 2016 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Politics |
Comments
Donald Trump is set to take office in January as the forty-fifth President of the United States of America. He surprised the world with an unexpectedly comprehensive victory over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, one week ago tonight. The billionaire businessman from New York City won with an appeal to white and lower-to-middle class voters seeking […]
As we said earlier, Prime Minister Barrow was in New York last week when elections were held for the forty-fifth president of the U.S. As you know, Donald Trump’s victory is a historic upset that has left many American cities in uproar. While the prime minister has congratulated President-elect Trump, he did acknowledge that Democratic […]
Weeks ago, the Prime Minister gave in to numerous demands due to overwhelming public pressure; one being to reactivate the Integrity Commission which has a secretary and office space in Belmopan, but no members. In October, the Chamber of Commerce was to provide a possible list of appointees drawn from the Institute of Chartered Accountants. […]
The third meeting of the Senate Special Select Committee on a three volume Immigration Report, and the first to be held in public, proceeded for an abbreviated one-hour session this morning at the National Assembly in Belmopan. It featured the appearance of Auditor General Dorothy Bradley, whose office has been under siege from the Government […]
Two weeks ago, Speaker of the House of Representatives Michael Peyrefitte brought suit against Auditor General Dorothy Bradley and Attorney General Vanessa Retreage. He complained that his name was wrongly published in the Auditor General’s Special Audit on Passports at the Immigration and Nationality Department. Peyrefitte maintains that he did nothing wrong when as a […]
Outside the National Assembly, the Auditor General gave her first public comments since the scandal broke. She stated that in keeping with her organization, the purpose of the report is not to determine the guilt or innocence of any individual named. The Audit is simply a set of findings in response to alleged contraventions of […]
Inside the National Assembly chamber, the Auditor General discussed her interactions with the Immigration Department in compiling and filing the report. Put simply, it was no picnic trying to obtain information from the Department or the Ministry. Dorothy Bradley, Auditor General “Generally, I would want to start by saying that I think the team […]
They called it a sham. They said it could not possibly, as constituted along party political lines, carry out the all-encompassing independent investigation of the Immigration Department that they wanted. They voted against the motion that brought it into being after introducing a few minor amendments. And they boycotted the first two meetings. But all […]
The world got up this morning to a new reality that Donald Trump has been voted in as the forty-fifth president of the United States defying all polls and predictions in the long U.S. election campaign. Hillary Clinton did not get to break the toughest glass ceiling though projections had placed her ahead of Trump. […]
While at court today, Port Loyola representatives of both political parties appeared for a hearing on the current voters list of the constituency. According to Political Officer Gilroy Usher Junior, the P.U.P. is trying to clean up the voters list because a number of persons registered in the division don’t live nor have lived in […]
Minister Anthony “Boots” Martinez took jabs at his political opponent, saying that Usher Junior is using the tactic of failed politicians. He says that the P.U.P. lacks the on-the-ground intelligence of what’s happening in Port Loyola. Boots won that division in the last election by less than eighty votes. Anthony “Boots” Martinez, Area Rep., […]
Earlier this week, former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega went on record to say that he will not be stepping down as area representative for Orange Walk North, after resigning from Cabinet last month. The former Minister of Agriculture gave up his post amid land scandals involving his son, Andre Vega, and U.D.P. insider, Sharon […]
Written on November 9, 2016 | Posted in
Miscellaneous,
People & Places,
Politics |
1 comment
For now, Cervantes is simply exploring the possibilities of legal action against his political nemesis. In a court of law, any charges brought against Vega would have to be substantiated with hard evidence. We’ve seen in previous matters that obtaining the necessary paperwork to prove any allegation made against a government official is quite often […]
Still on the issue of land scams….one of the most scandalous has to be compensation paid to Ron J Limited for a parcel of Placencia land. He acquired that property at six thousand plus dollars and the government agreed to pay him a million dollars for the same property. This deal also occurred when the […]
