Is it a case of a fox and the sour grapes? According to Joe Coye who lost terribly to Anthony Mahler last Sunday in the Caribbean Shores, it is rather a case of “grapes of rational wrath.” So ends a statement Coye issued today following his defeat as standard bearer in the Caribbean Shores […]
His slogan going into the P.U.P. Caribbean Shores Convention was “A new day for the Shores,” and when the votes were counted around six on Sunday evening at the Trinity Methodist School, Anthony Mahler handily defeated Joe Coye who had been the P.U.P.’s standard bearer for over twenty years and is a former minister of […]
Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers’ expulsion from the United Democratic Party was reduced to a suspension at the start of the year. The Mayor remained steadfast to her party and maintains that her heart is with the U.D.P. In today’s edition of the government’s newspaper, there was a curious publication of a public apology […]
Earlier we told you what’s in store for the Mayor, so what else is new in the U.D.P.? Not much, at least for Orange Walk East Representative, Marcel Cardona, who the U.D.P. Chairman Patrick Faber wrote only last week to inform that his actions dating back to the past six months had constituted a quote […]
Earlier today we caught up with Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, the Minister of Foreign Affairs at a CARIFORUM ministerial meeting. The subject of Marcel Cardona’s “constructive resignation” from the U.D.P. was raised with the Minister. The U.D.P. told Cardona on Monday following his outburst at the House last Friday that it will accept his resignation, but […]
On Wednesday, Marcel Cardona’s resignation from his own party was accepted, even thought he had not offered one. The Orange Walk East Representative was told that by his actions he had “constructively” resigned from the U.D.P. Signed by the party chairman, Patrick Faber, the letter came after his legendary remarks in the House last Friday […]
In an interview with News Five late Wednesday evening, Minister Faber said that the U.D.P. did not wish for Cardona to sit on the government side. But neither can he sit on the side of the opposition since he has not crossed the floor. So, how does the opposition People’s United Party weigh in on […]
Marcel Cardona went ballistic against his own government last Friday in the House during the budget debate. While he did not support the budget, he abstained in the vote. His passionate presentation was remarkable for many reasons; he took direct shots at the two most powerful people in his government and party, that being Prime […]
In a letter sent to him and signed by the Minister Patrick Faber, the party chairman, the fate of Cardona’s party politics was sealed. While he has not tendered any resignation, he was told that by his actions, he has resigned. The letter also says that put he failed to attend Parliamentary caucuses and National […]
But Shyne’s father, the prime minister, was in the House of Representatives on Thursday and Friday for the 2011-2012 budget debate. Much of what was debated was not the expenses and projects for the upcoming financial year. Instead, the super majority on the government side spoke at length about ten years of the past P.U.P. […]
The debate on the 2011-2012 budget began on Thursday with a rousing presentation by the Leader of the Opposition; in fact it was inarguably one of his finest moments in the House of Representatives. But as they say, that was yesterday’s news. Today the U.D.P. area representative from Orange Walk East, Marcel Cardona, stole the […]
Marcel’s meltdown during the 2011-2012 budget debate is surely one that political pundits will ponder for a while. Cardona, it seems will be a one hit wonder in the United Democratic Party. He called the Prime Minister a puppet master and the deputy prime minister greedy and many are forecasting that his days in the […]
On the government’s side, most of the two day debate was spent arguing over ten years of past P.U.P. budgets. There was also a protest, ejection of party supporters from the gallery, and a no show by two P.U.P. representatives. And then of course there was Cardona, who ended his speech like the Visa advertisement […]
The Leader of the Opposition John Briceño along with Florencio Marin and Francis Fonseca left the chamber after the Marcel meltdown. After giving his speech, the Orange Walk East Representative rushed outside got into his vehicle and drove off denying media interviews. Briceño was also ready to leave when he was asked whether or not […]
While Marcel Cardona clearly stole the show at the House Meeting today, there were others who spoke either for or against the budget or some who didn’t speak about the budget at all. Education Minister Patrick Faber used his time to speak about the former education Minister Cordel Hyde and his father, the publisher of […]
The debate on the budget 2011-2012 got underway today in Belmopan. The leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, was first to deliver his presentation; it was a punchy speech with good sound bytes that drew holes in the Prime Minister’s budget of eight hundred and forty-three million dollars in revenue and grants and eight hundred […]
The cost of fuel, which is directly linked to the spiraling world market prices, was also discussed by the Opposition Party. John Briceño reminded the Prime Minister about his no new taxes promise, but pointed out that there is a large increase in the price of fuel at the pump, particularly Premium gas which has […]
While the P.U.P. protest continued below the stairs of the parliament in the sweltering heat, the leader of the opposition continued his assault on the administration’s budget. With over twenty murders since the beginning of the year and countless shootings, the Opposition believes that government hasn’t provided a viable solution to crime. John Briceño, Leader […]
When the United Democratic Party won in 2008, the twenty-one pledges in the party’s manifesto played an important role in the landslide victory. Briceño punched many holes in that manifesto since he sees most of the pledges as nothing but empty promises three years later. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “Sadly this budget will […]
The opposition held its Port Loyola convention on Sunday afternoon. A little less than eight hundred persons lined up to vote for one of the four aspiring politicians. Additional to the convention goers, was a group led by Anthony “Boots” Martinez, the Minister of Housing and Area Representative. A voter dropped by our studios today […]
We have been reporting on the recent slew of attacks on the leadership of Peoples United Party’s John Briceño. Last week, it was Leonard Chavarria who vociferously railed against Briceño that was followed by a stinging indictment by former Cabinet colleague Godfrey Smith, and it was topped by the resignation of Don Hector Silva from […]
Last week, supporters of Leonard Chavarria came to Belize City to protest the leadership of John Briceño because Chavarria claimed he was disqualified from running against deputy party leader Mike Espat for Toledo East constituency for the People’s United Party. A member of the Order of Distinguished Service, Hector Silva, has now resigned from the […]
The political thermometer is heating up on both sides of the political divide and if you were downtown today you’d have thought that the People’s United Party was staging a rally at the Battlefield Park. It wasn’t, but one of its own was protesting against the party leader. Leonard Chavarria Jr. has been on the […]
Earlier we told you about Leonard Chavarria’s woes with the P.U.P.; on the other side of the political fence, Mark King was home safe. You will remember him as the whistle blower against Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya, and more recently, he took a swipe against the UDP for rejecting his application to run as […]
Two individuals who are in a fighting spirit are from the People’s National Party. The P.N.P. is a Toledo based political party that is gaining ground in the south. Today happens to be the anniversary of the organization and its founder and candidate for Toledo East came by News Five to introduce the new addition […]
