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It’s official, Shyne Barrow and Tracy Panton will face each other for leadership of the United Democratic Party on March twenty-seventh. Both candidates have submitted letters to the Chairman of the United Democratic Party expressing their desire to run for the office of party leader. The Leader of the Opposition is presently out of the […]
Written on February 11, 2022 | Posted in
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The appointment of Shyne Barrow as Leader of the Opposition was met with criticism in some corners of the United Democratic Party, particularly among those who argued that the U.D.P. constitution should have been invoked during the selection process. That was the position taken by Albert Area Representative Tracy Panton, a sentiment echoed by Patrick […]
Written on February 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Since returning to U.S. soil in an official capacity as Leader of the Opposition, Shyne Barrow has been capitalizing on all the publicity he is being afforded by the American media. Aside from his individual pursuits, hobnobbing with music celebrities, and meeting with high-level members of the U.S. Congress has given Belize the kind of […]
Written on February 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Since she retired from office late last year, the Briceño administration has not been able to find a replacement for the Auditor General. Dorothy Bradley was the first female to hold the post when she was appointed back in September of 2011 and carried out damning audits under the U.D.P. administration. With no one behind […]
Written on February 10, 2022 | Posted in
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During Wednesday’s Senate Meeting, Senator for N.G.O.s, Osmany Salas, took at different approach in his contributions to the debate on the supplementary appropriation bill. Instead of debating the new allocations, which will pass regardless of a vote in the Senate, Senator Salas called for the allocation of greater funds to the Joint Public Accounts Committee. […]
Written on February 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Senator Eamon Courtenay, Senator for Government Business responded to the concerns raised about the Joint Public Accounts Committee, by pointing fingers at the Opposition. According to Senator Courtenay, it is the Opposition who wields the power to set the committee in motion. Eamon Courtenay, Government Business Senator “There is a Joint Publics Account Committee. […]
Written on February 10, 2022 | Posted in
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As we told you last night, Senator Osmany Salas, the Senator for N.G.O.s, has tendered his resignation from the Senate to take up a position at the World Wild Life Fund as the Country Lead for Project Finance for Permanence. Senator Salas has served in the Senate for the last five years. As he made […]
Written on February 10, 2022 | Posted in
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In Cabinet news, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eamon Courtenay, reported on the reopening of the land borders and seaports to the fully vaccinated. He indicated that since February seventh five thousand people have arrived or departed Belize through these border points. The Minister of Public Utilities, Michel Chebat, gave an update on the settlement reached […]
Written on February 10, 2022 | Posted in
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The Senate also debated an over seventy million dollar supplementary budget brought to the National Assembly by Prime Minister John Briceño at the last sitting of the House. It is the third supplementary budget brought before the upper chamber since October of 2021. Eamon Courtenay, Senator for Government Business, took the lead in the debate. […]
Written on February 9, 2022 | Posted in
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Lead Senator for the Opposition, Michael Peyrefitte, criticized the Briceño Administration for presenting a third supplementary budget in less than five months. Peyrefitte accused G.O.B. of lacking the creativity and ideas needed to rebuild the economy. He also alleged this supplementary budget is “one last hustle before the next budget is read.” Michael Peyrefitte, […]
Written on February 9, 2022 | Posted in
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Senator Peyrefitte went on to question the purpose of the fifteen million dollars being allocated to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Additionally, he lambasted the Briceño Administration for asking the National Assembly to approve some two hundred thousand dollars for upgrades to the Prime Minister’s office, in a period of national economic constraints. […]
Written on February 9, 2022 | Posted in
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As the United Democratic Party struggles to bring stability to its leadership, Senator Darrell Bradley appeared on Open Your Eyes to discuss the type of reform he believes Belizean politics needs. He says there will always be divisiveness because differing views is what politics is all about, and that no one leader can ever achieve […]
Written on February 9, 2022 | Posted in
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When asked for his views on the narrow vote taken by the U.D.P. party national council over Patrick Faber’s resignation, and if it is surprising that there was only a one vote difference, Darrell Bradley says again, principle-based discussion is needed. He says there is no place for domestic violence, and people in the political […]
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow is once again in the United States on official travel, but while Stateside he’s also making his media rounds. Earlier today, the Mesop Area Rep appeared on Wendy. The Queen of Media was absent from today’s episode but sitting in for her was fellow New York rapper Fat Joe, along with […]
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Is the tenure of the present United Democratic Party executive redundant? It’s a charge that Patrick Faber made on Friday in a letter written to Chairman Mike Peyrefitte. Faber suggested that the seats being occupied by the existing committee have since expired. When we asked Peyrefitte about a national convention to elect a new executive, […]
Written on February 7, 2022 | Posted in
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The National Party Council met virtually on Saturday in a marathon session to discuss the way forward for the U.D.P., amid what appeared to be a leadership crisis. On Friday, the chairman of the United Democratic Party received a letter from Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber in which several concerns were raised regarding the direction […]
Written on February 7, 2022 | Posted in
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With Faber’s departure, he is succeeded on an interim basis by former deputy prime minister and Corozal North Area Representative Hugo Patt. A leadership convention has been scheduled for March twenty-seventh at which time at least two candidates, including Tracy Panton and Shyne Barrow will be contesting the seat that has been vacated by the […]
Written on February 7, 2022 | Posted in
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What about Mike Peyrefitte? Did the chairman also have his eyes on the provisional leadership of the U.D.P.? Here’s how he answered that question. Mike Peyrefitte, Chairman, U.D.P. “I don’t aspire to be interim anything, I don’t expect to be interim anything. I am a senator, why would I be interim when I could […]
Written on February 7, 2022 | Posted in
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The Opposition, led by its newly reappointed Leader, Shyne Barrow, fully supported the Motion on Domestic Violence. Barrow, who himself was accused in October of 2020 of domestic abuse, recommended that the House goes further than just supporting the Act, but also deals with members who may be accused. The U.D.P.’s candidate now challenging Barrow […]
Written on February 4, 2022 | Posted in
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Former Opposition Leader Patrick Faber was a no-show at today’s house meeting, the first parliamentary session since the beginning of the New Year. His absence was somewhat expected given the extreme turn of events in the past three weeks that resulted in his scheduled departure as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the United […]
Written on February 4, 2022 | Posted in
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In Cabinet news, the Prime Minister and his advisors approved the opening of the land borders and seaports effective February seventh from six a.m. to ten for fully vaccinated persons only. Cabinet gave its recommendation for the Minister of Finance to introduce a loan motion for eight million U.S. dollars from the Inter-American Development Bank […]
Written on February 3, 2022 | Posted in
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In the latest U.D.P. leadership struggles, an ultimatum has been given to Collet Area Representative, Patrick Faber, to formally tender a letter of resignation from the post of leader of the United Democratic Party. This follows a meeting of the U.D.P.’s central executive on Tuesday evening, during which it was decided that an extension would […]
Written on February 3, 2022 | Posted in
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Following his swearing-in as Leader of the Opposition on Tuesday, Area Representative in the Mesopotamia division, Shyne Barrow, came out swinging at his fellow Albert Area Representative Tracy Taegar-Panton for comments she made about due process not being followed in making him Leader of the Opposition. Barrow suggested that when she had the opportunity to […]
Written on February 2, 2022 | Posted in
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Taegar-Panton says that her party is in such dire straits and in her opinion she is really the only choice for the delegates to vote for at the next U.D.P. Leadership Convention on March twenty-seventh. She says the party needs to appeal not just to its faithful, but also the undecided voters. Tracy Taegar-Panton, […]
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The mess that the U.D.P. finds itself in since Patrick Faber’s downfall two weeks ago and the internal scuffle for the leadership position have dominated the news almost every day since. At an event for the Ministry of Housing today, News Five asked Minister Julius Espat for his views on the challenges the Opposition is […]
Written on February 2, 2022 | Posted in
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