While the P.U.P. leader and others in the opposition have had their say on the Melvin Hulse recordings, the Party also issued a statement today. The PUP says the Hulse recordings confirm what the PUP has known for the past seven months, that being, that the UDP government has been corruptly using Petrocaribe funds to […]
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The debate on the use of Petrocaribe monies continues to rage on in the political arena. For the UDP, which has composed songs to that entity, it is a good thing…a god-maker…probably the best thing ever. The PUP has no access to the bounty, and is fighting an uphill battle against an incumbent fuelled by […]
In January, the UDP registered a blow-out victory in bye-elections held in the Cayo North constituency. In that political event, the PUP was almost a no-show in terms of presence and power – believed to be the result of a serious lack of finances. The financial picture, at least on the face, of it, doesn’t […]
Last week Belize was blacklisted by the European Union, along with thirty other countries. The European Union claims that Belize is a tax haven for companies which are seeking to avoid paying taxes. It’s just another in a series of hits from the international community against the offshore sector, and Prime Minister Dean Barrow says […]
On Monday we showed you the nomination day event, both theatrics and procedure, for both political mass parties. But there was another candidate who was refused. At around midday Monday, a coalition of the VIP and the PNP brought in Stanislaus Martinez, who they say is a Dangriga born, successful businessman. The few supporters who […]
A politically sensational tape recording dropped like a bomb shell early this morning. It came from the U.D.P. and it is about the U.D.P. Melvin Hulse, the standard bearer for the party in the Stann Creek West constituency, who is also a former U.D.P. Minister, has held back nothing in lambasting his PM, Dean Barrow. […]
Hulse then goes on to speak about the extravagant spending in the bye-election, claiming that millions will be spent unnecessarily, even though the seat of government will remain in the hands of the U.D.P. Voice of: Melvin Hulse, U.D.P. Standard Bearer, Stann Creek West “I do not support Dean and what he is doing. […]
It is not known with whom the conversation was, or where it took place, but from what Hulse says, it took place last week. Voice of: Melvin Hulse, U.D.P. Standard Bearer, Stann Creek West “You don’t need more, having forty people in the national assembly doesn’t make you more government. It’s just to say […]
The U.D.P. standard bearer is clearly unhappy with his party leader and the methods being employed to secure victory in the elections. Hulse says the PM desperately wants to make history to become the first three-time leader of government. Voice of: Melvin Hulse, U.D.P. Standard Bearer, Stann Creek West “The only thing important to […]
That recording, and those very unflattering comments by senior U.D.P. standard bearer, has incited the immediate fury of Prime Minister Dean Barrow. He sent out a release this morning stating that he would sue Hulse, and also wanted an apology from him. According to the statement, “What is worse, he – from what has been […]
Of course, the P.U.P. isn’t at all concerned about legal repercussions at this point. The recording of Hulse has fallen like political manna from the sky, and to them it is confirmation of what the Party has been saying all along. Both P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca and Dangriga candidate Anthony Sabal believe that for the […]
But will he really? Today we got a chance to ask former Dangriga Area Representative Ivan Ramos that question. And, of course, we had to ask about those allegations made by U.D.P. insider Melvin Hulse…the same allegations which his own Party…or we should say former Party…has said about him. Ivan Ramos, Former Area Rep., […]
While the recording of Melvin Hulse has taken center stage, today was also politically significant because it was Nomination Day in Dangriga. For a period of time P.U.P. participation in the bye-election was uncertain, but the party has decided to put up a political fight for the culture capital. This morning, both mass parties put […]
In political news…The People’s United Party decided over the weekend to contest the bye-election set for July eighth in Dangriga. Last week, the party met and coming out of that meeting, multiple sources revealed that the P.U.P. was considering the unprecedented – sitting out the election. That revelation raised a storm of protest from the […]
Today, Fonseca was on the ground in Dangriga, and we are told that the call has gone out to all Standard-Bearers to rally the troops and report for duty. Passion and determination aside, the P.U.P. is strapped for cash, and Fonseca told us that he intends to make no apologies for focusing on the upcoming […]
The date for the Dangriga bye-election has been set for Wednesday, July eighth. Nomination day will held on Monday, June twenty-second for persons interested in contesting the election. Those wishing to offer themselves for candidacy can register their names at the Dangriga Town Hall. Nomination forms can be picked up at the Elections and Boundaries […]
The grand old party, that once supremely powerful political entity, is on the verge of a decision to not contest the Dangriga bye-election set for July eighth, following the resignation of Ivan Ramos as area representative. Now that would be a first in Belize for any of the mass parties and today, the topic was […]
So it is very likely that the P.U.P. will bow out of the bye-election set for one month from today. That means the party would give up, voluntarily, another seat, which it won in the 2012 general elections. It would also send the message that the P.U.P. is as weak as the incumbent U.D.P. consistently […]
Today, one of Ramos’ closer colleagues, Toledo West Area Representative Oscar Requeña, reiterated the Party’s position that in the end the choice to step down was made by Ramos. And while he didn’t go as far as to entertain the talk of a payoff for a resignation, Requeña openly suggests that Ramos wasn’t getting the […]
The resignation of Ivan Ramos, the area representative of Dangriga, has spawned a number of allegations and left the P.U.P. scrambling. Well, at the centre of all the controversy and allegations is, you guessed it, Petrocaribe. Ramos accepted monies under the “Father’s Day Cheer,” a decision that went against the position of the P.U.P. But […]
As we told you on Monday, Ramos said he believes he was dropped for a more “viable” candidate that the P.U.P. seems to think will be a better match for Dangriga powerhouse, Frank “Pawpa” Mena. But we had to ask Ramos if he thought he stood a chance against Mena. He said that undoubtedly he […]
There is a lot of political news tonight and we can confirm that a bye election will take place in July for the Dangriga Constituency following the resignation of area representative Ivan Ramos. We are coming to all that but we start with a story about the Petrocaribe funds; an issue that has been in […]
A late evening press release from the government has confirmed that a bi-election for the Dangriga Constituency will be held exactly one month from today, on Wednesday, July eighth. So how could this happen…two People’s United Party candidates resigning from the House…two bi-elections in just a few months? The stepping down of Dangriga Area Representative […]
In mid-May the P.U.P. announced via conference that Ivan Ramos would not be running again, and would make way for Anthony Sabal. At that conference Ramos seemed openly bitter, suggesting that his leaving was other than voluntary. So did he decide to leave or was he pushed out of the P.U.P.? According to P.U.P. Leader, […]
