Today parliamentarians from constituencies countrywide gathered to debate the 2014 – 2015 Budget, presented by Prime Minister Dean Barrow two weeks ago. It’s titled Bettering People, Building Belize – A Budget for All. PM Barrow has referred to it as a good news budget, perhaps the best yet. As has become tradition, every member on […]
The third speaker for the day was former Prime Minister and political firebrand Said Musa. If there’s one thing that can be said for the wily veteran, it is that he gives as good as he gets. Today, he was in fighting trim, and set his sights squarely on Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Barrow once […]
According to Musa, the performance of the economy under the U.D.P. has been dismal at best, and that is borne out by poverty statistics. The government has boasted about the expanded Boost and food pantry programs, but far from being impressed, Musa says that the need to expand those programs is a reflection of the […]
Following former Prime Minister Said Musa was Collet Area Rep and Minister of Education, Patrick Faber. He’s usually good for two hours, but today he seemed somewhat subdued. Still, he was good for a potshot or two at his favorite whipping horse, the Belize National Teachers Union. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. Patrick Faber, Collet Area […]
Area Representative for Orange Walk Central, John Briceño, then took center stage. He was fired up, and combined past achievements and present statistics to lash out at the U.D.P. government. Briceño says that if the Prime Minister thinks he’s bad, he should go ahead and call elections. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. John Briceño, Orange Walk […]
There is another resignation from a senior government post to report tonight following on the heels of the departure of the Esquivel family from government. When Laura Esquivel-Frampton was forced to resign from the Belize Tourism Board, two-term Prime Minister, Sir Manuel Esquivel, resigned as advisor to the P.M.; his wife, Kathy, also resigned as […]
Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action….The organization says that they are providing the public with the final resort to have former Minister of State Elvin Penner, before a court to be questioned in respect to the immigration scandal that continues to stink to high heavens. On February twenty-seventh, COLA went to the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court […]
On Wednesday, News Five reported on the appointment of two new P.U.P. Senators. According to Party Leader Francis Fonseca, the official notification has been sent to Governor-General Sir Colville Young. The official announcement was made today at P.U.P. headquarters, and we’ll have that for you shortly. But first, we look at one potential future landmine […]
With that issue on the political backburner for the time being, the P.U.P. is concentrating on forging ahead in unity, or as much unity as possible in any political party. So today when P.U.P. leader Francis Fonseca made the official announcement of the new senators, it was with a happy heart and smiles all around. […]
The People’s United Party will be holding a press briefing on Thursday to announce the appointment of two new senators. From what we can gather unofficially, Attorney at law, Anthony Sylvestre Junior, the legal advisor to the People’s United Party, will be formally named senator. Sylvestre has filled in as Senator when the substantive senators […]
Last week Thursday, former two-time U.D.P. Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel and his wife Cathy Esquivel officially resigned from all government positions held. They did so in protest, in the wake of their daughter Laura Esquivel Frampton being forced to resign from her position as Director of the Belize Tourism Board after a well-orchestrated and high […]
As we reported last night, the U.D.P. is rocking from the resignation from the two time former prime minister and party leader of the United Democratic Party, Manuel Esquivel. His abrupt resignation last week on Thursday, as advisor, was followed by that of his wife Kathy as chair of the National Aids Commission. The Esquivels […]
The Esquivel family – Sir Manuel, his wife Kathy and their eldest daughter, Laura; prominent names in the hierarchy of the United Democratic Party – has resigned from key appointments under the Barrow Administration. It is a serious blow to the U.D.P. because the Esquivels are considered a powerful family within the echelons of the […]
There is much more discontent in the U.D.P. ranks to report tonight. He might not be at the level of former Prime Minister, Manuel Esquivel, but Delroy Cuthkelvin is certainly one of the U.D.P. faithful. While he remains faithful, Cuthkelvin is frustrated with what he calls a deliberate attempt by Party Chairman, Alberto August, to […]
City councilor Phillip Willoughby has tossed his Superman hat into the political ring, where he will be challenging area representative Herman Longsworth in the Albert Division. While Willoughby’s announcement came as somewhat of a surprise, he was initially met with opposition by Longsworth, particularly when he ventured into Conch Shell Bay last Wednesday with Belize […]
In political news, the U.D.P. is getting set to finish its round of constituency conventions, but not without party feathers being ruffled along the way. On Sunday, longtime U.D.P. operative Delroy Cutkelvin will go up against former U.D.P. Minister Melvin Hulse for caretaker rights in the Stann Creek West division. But there is trouble brewing. […]
Last week Thursday, U.D.P. Minister of State Herman Longsworth accused Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega of undermining him to benefit Belize City Councilor Phillip Willoughby – basically stealing his idea and giving it to Willoughby. See, Willoughby intends to run in the Albert Division, a seat recently claimed by Herman Longsworth. Willoughby allegedly enjoys the […]
A new chief executive officer has been appointed to replace outgoing C.E.O. Jose Alpuche at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture. Government has looked outside the public service and has contracted Sharon Ramclam to succeed Alpuche at the helm of the biggest ministries which also has responsibility for Lands and Survey, Hydrology, Mining, Policy […]
It seemed like a good move…providing a little upliftment to the lives of those living in poverty in the ill-names Conch Shell Bay. On Wednesday, aspiring politician Phillip Willoughby covered all bases… the requisite walk though dilapidated homes, the pressing of hands, back-patting and concerned features. He even appeared on camera holding a baby during […]
On Friday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow will present the 2014 – 2015 Budget in the House of Representatives. Barrow has stated that it will be, in his words, a good news budget, the best ever. We know so far that the teachers will be getting a five percent increase, but the specific figures for the […]
The B.N.T.U. will also be getting some support from another source at its rally on Friday in Belmopan. Today, P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca confirmed that the party will be on Independence Hill showing their solidarity with teachers and public officers. Francis Fonseca, P.U.P. Leader “Well obviously all the leaders of the P.U.P. will be […]
As we told you earlier in our newscast, the P.U.P. women will not be at the twenty-thousand strong rally set for Thursday. The party has stated that it does not support what it calls a largely meaningless event when there are so many real women’s issues left untended every day. Today many P.U.P. women from […]
The pressure to have the man who apparently masterminded the Won Hong Kim passport fraud criminally investigated and charged refuses to go away, despite government’s best efforts. And it is building rapidly. Wherever former Minister of State Elvin Penner was today, his ears must have been ringing. The P.U.P. requested and received permission this week […]
On Sunday, the United Democratic Party will hold one of its final constituency conventions in Belize Rural Central, and it promises to be hotly contested. Michael Hutchinson has been in the area since 2008, when he defeated political powerhouse Ralph Fonseca. He was then defeated in 2012 by Dolores Balderamos Garcia, but has remained in […]
U.D.P. Cayo South standard bearer Ralph Huang, who was recently elected by voters in that constituency, has reportedly admitted to receiving financial contributions from a foreign business interest that has been red-flagged by the Central Bank of Belize. According to a release issued by Vision Inspired by the People, Huang’s campaign, leading up to a […]
