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Since the People’s United Party opened up the opportunity for interested supporters to enter the race to select a slate for municipal elections, it has been a mad rush. There were twenty-three applications that were accepted to fill just nine positions. Two of those seats were already endorsed, Bernard Wagner as mayoral candidate and Allan […]
Written on November 6, 2023 | Posted in
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As we reported earlier, the P.U.P. rented the ground spaces at the Belize Elementary School compound on Princess Margaret Drive to hold its councilor candidate convention on Sunday. But part of that agreement also included utilizing the schools’ IT capabilities in the way it conducted the voting. Unlike voting during the actual municipal or general […]
Written on November 6, 2023 | Posted in
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While he has been endorsed as a councilor candidate, Allan Pollard, who is actually the deputy mayor, had applied to the P.U.P. to run against Mayor Bernard Wagner. But the party decided to endorse Wagner, thereby nullifying all the applications that were submitted to run against Wagner. Pollard had said publicly that the party would […]
Written on November 6, 2023 | Posted in
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We’re witnessing it in the present administration and we’ve also seen it in the last administration – that elected parliamentarian refuse to attend House meetings and represent the people who put them there. The Area Representative for Queen’s Square, Denise ‘Sista B’ Barrow, remains absent from House meetings for almost every session since she was […]
Written on November 1, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s been about a month since the P.U.P. endorsed Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner to run for that position in next year’s municipal elections. And while the murmurs leading up to and immediately following that endorsement were critical of the party, which had accepted applications from other candidates, no one has officially asked Deputy Mayor […]
Written on October 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Allan Pollard, “Why Cry Over Spilt Milk?
Disgraced parliamentarian Andre Perez has broken his silence, following a sex scandal that forced him to take a leave of absence from Cabinet a few months ago. Perez, who held the portfolio of Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, has flown below the radar in the wake of public humiliation. But today, he spoke […]
Written on October 24, 2023 | Posted in
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While the Attorney General had been tasked with conducting an investigation into the allegations made by Perez’s accuser, there has been no public statements made by the Briceño administration in respect of the outcome of that probe. When we spoke with Perez this morning and asked if Prime Minister Briceño has reached out to him […]
Written on October 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Andre Perez, “My Story has not changed, it remains the same.”
Is Commissioner of Police Chester Williams headed to pre-retirement leave at the beginning of December? It’s a question that was buzzing this morning, following a meeting with the senior command of the Belize Police Department on Monday. When we caught up with him this morning, we were sure to follow up on that lead and, […]
Written on October 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Two People’s United Party municipal conventions were held over the weekend. Last night, we told you about the Pablo Cawich victory over Tariq Cano for mayoral candidate in Belmopan. In Punta Gorda, Carlos Galvez was elected to serve as the P.U.P.’s mayoral candidate. He defeated three other contenders. There are suggestions that neither of those […]
Written on October 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Two PUP Municipal Conventions Held, More to Come
Pablo Cawich is the People’s United Party’s new mayoral candidate in Belmopan. Pablo and his slate of five councilor candidates topped the polls at the PUP’s municipal convention on Sunday in the Capital City. The only councilor from the current council to secure a victory at Sunday’s convention was Sanie Cal. As we reported, Mayor […]
Written on October 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber has also made amends with his party after issuing a letter last week in which he basically drew distance from Shyne Barrow’s comments towards the Speaker of the House. In a text message to the executive of the United Democratic Party, Faber says, “In the vein of the party leader’s […]
Written on October 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Patrick Faber Apologizes to U.D.P. Executive
Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has issued a formal, written apology to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two months after an email was sent to her that raised the ire of parliamentarians in both houses of the National Assembly. On Friday, the leader of the United Democratic Party was given until October thirty-first to […]
Written on October 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Opposition Leader Barrow Apologizes to House Speaker Woods
Earlier today, a throng of U.D.P. protestors gathered in front of the National Assembly for the sitting of the House of Representatives. They attempted to storm past the police blockade outside the House while it was in session. The protestors, led by Leader of the Opposition, Shyne Barrow, said they were there to express their […]
Written on October 13, 2023 | Posted in
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It appears that the Opposition Leader has had a change of heart regarding one matter, which is having a bye-election to replace his representative for Collet. Patrick Faber rubbed Barrow the wrong way when he wrote that letter to the committee distancing himself from the comments made to the speaker. Earlier this week, Barrow announced […]
Written on October 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Shyne Leaves Faber’s Fate to Party’s Internal Mechanism
Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber arrived in Belize earlier today and will likely attend the sitting of the House of Representatives in Belmopan on Friday. As we reported on Wednesday, Faber did not attend a house committee meeting that was convened to discuss the email sent by Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow to House Speaker Valerie […]
Written on October 12, 2023 | Posted in
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A house committee meeting was held earlier today at the Assembly Building in Belmopan where an issue involving Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow was raised in respect of a terse email that was written to Speaker Valerie Woods, ahead of the August eleventh sitting of the House of Representatives. Viewers would recall that Barrow had filed […]
Written on October 11, 2023 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party will be protesting in front of the National Assembly Building on Friday. Leader of the Opposition, Moses “Shyne” Barrow made the announcement last week. According to Barrow, the party will be protesting the manner in which the Social Security Board is managing S.S.B. funds. We asked ComPol Williams about security preparations […]
Written on October 11, 2023 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party is chiding the Briceño administration for entering into a loan agreement with the Social Security Board for the construction of a pair of administration buildings to be erected on Lake Independence Boulevard. On September twenty-second, S.S.B. unveiled an investment project for the development of a Public Administration Campus adjacent to the […]
Written on October 6, 2023 | Posted in
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According to Second Deputy Party Leader Beverly Williams, the framework for a special purpose vehicle is already in existence. It is the same structure that was established for the Belize Infrastructure Limited under the Barrow administration to oversee the construction of the Belize City Civic Center, as well as the Eleanor Hall Building. Beverly […]
Written on October 6, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Why an SPV for a Private Company to Build Public Admin Campus?
The United Democratic Party also says that over the life of the loan agreement with S.S.B., the private entity responsible for the initial thirty million dollar loan to build the campus, would have realized one hundred and forty-four million dollars. Here’s how Vice Chairman Alberto August explains it. Alberto August, Vice Chairman, U.D.P. “BIL […]
Written on October 6, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on $144M in Thirty Years, While G.O.B. Still Pays Rent
Municipal elections are slated for March sixth of next year; that’s five months away and the People’s United Party is well underway in finalising slates for the election. Over the weekend, a meeting of the National Party Council was held and News Five has been informed that several slates will be getting endorsed within the […]
Written on October 5, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on P.U.P. Ready for Municipal Elections: Endorsements Coming
Deputy Party Leader Cordel Hyde finds himself in a peculiar situation where candidates for the mayoral seat in Belize City are concerned. Incumbent Mayor Bernard Wagner is his brother-in-law and Deputy Mayor Alan Pollard is basically his nephew. Pollard has openly expressed an interest in challenging Wagner at a P.U.P. convention to determine who will […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party is celebrating a milestone today as it turns fifty. The political organization was founded on September twenty-seventh, 1973, as an amalgamation of the National Independence Party and the People’s Development Movement. The establishment of the U.D.P. was a response to an otherwise weak political opposition in those days, against the People’s […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The next municipal elections are slated for March 2024 and both major political organizations are putting together their respective lists of candidates who will be taking part in the upcoming vote. While the United Democratic Party has already identified aspirants across all nine cities and towns, it has not formally shared those names with the […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on U.D.P. Says It’s Ready for March 2024 Municipals
The leadership of the People’s United Party met at Independence Hall this morning where the national executive discussed a number of issues as it relates to the municipal elections slated for March 2024. According to the chairman of the ruling party, as many as one hundred and twenty-five applications were turned in, indicating a growing […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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