It appears that putting in extra hours after work, does not always bode well for employees. The Elections and Boundaries Department has been investigating the late opening hours of its Corozal branch on the night before the U.D.P. Corozal Bay convention on January eighth. According to Chief Elections Officer, Dorothy Bradley, an employee had asked […]
In political news, the red and blue machines revved up over the weekend as both the U.D.P. and P.U.P. held conventions for standard bearers for the next general elections. Supporters of the ruling United Democratic Party descended upon the Cumberbatch Field in Port Loyola on Sunday evening in throngs as area representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez […]
Both major political parties, the U.D.P. and the P.U.P. agree that Cruise Tourism is an industry that needs more than just souvenirs, taxis and hair braiders to stay afloat. While there are no shortages of visitors, when Carnival sneezes, the entire industry catches a cold. The dispute has been over the cost to ferry tourists […]
The Opposition People’s United Party held a contested convention over the past weekend up north. Close to one thousand four hundred voters cast their ballot in the three-man race in the Corozal Southwest convention to replace the outgoing standard bearer, Doctor Gregorio Garcia. A veteran in the area, Garcia won as area representative in 1993 […]
So far the news has been about the uproar over uncontested conventions in the People’s United Party. But on Sunday in Corozal Bay, the field was crowded by four aspirants to that constituency. It didn’t quite add up to the numbers of the U.D.P. convention, but still over one thousand seven hundred voters cast their […]
Mark King, the former Belize City Councilor who got into trouble with his own party, may be in the U.D.P.’s bad books once again. King was out of the spotlight and could not participate in the last Belize City Council elections because he was sanctioned for talking boldly about the problems of mismanagement and corruption […]
You might remember Mark King as a former City Councilor or more specifically as the Councilor who first blew the whistle on Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers when he made allegations of mismanagement. Since then, we also heard from King when he and former Deputy Mayor, Anthony Michael gave shelter to George Betson, who was forcefully […]
The U.D.P. pulled a fast one on Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers. We reported last week that the party would meet to decide whether or not the mayor’s expulsion would be rescinded. Well, that meeting did take place on Saturday and Moya Flowers is still out in the cold. That’s because it was agreed that the […]
The machineries of the both major political parties were in full gear over the past weekend. The opposition People’s United Party held two conventions; both were uncontested. In the Belize Rural North, after complaints by aspirant Jerome Wade that he was boxed out of the convention, Attorney Arthur Saldivar was endorsed as the candidate to […]
The other P.U.P. convention over the weekend was held in Red Bank. Like Saldivar, Rodwell Ferguson was endorsed as the Party’s candidate to run for Stann Creek West. Ferguson won the 2003 general elections but lost in 2008 to Minister Melvin Hulse and is now attempting a comeback. In his speech, Ferguson said he wants […]
The National Executive of the People’s United Party met in what they refer to as an emergency session on Wednesday. But during that meeting, two P.U.P. execs said they were resigning; that’s Deputy Leader Dan Silva and Executive Member Hugh O’Brien. Both say that they cannot support conventions that are merely endorsements and that the […]
Still on party politics, the national executive of the U.D.P. will meet over the weekend to consider whether or not Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers will be re-admitted back in the fold. Moya has made known her intention to run for the U.D.P. in the Albert constituency even though she was expelled last May by the […]
The People’s United Party today weighed in on two issues, including the sky-rocketing prices of fuel. In a release, the PUP calls on Prime Minister Dean Barrow to lower taxes on fuel since the prices have soared past ten dollars. The release sites several occasions when the PM publically promised to revisit a dollar tax […]
We told you on Monday of allegations made that the Elections and Boundaries Corozal office was kept open past its usual hours on the night before the UDP convention in Corozal Bay. The charge was that last minute registrations were facilitated to sway the vote in favor of the incumbent Pablo Marin. Tonight we can […]
The UDP Corozal Bay Convention was held on Sunday and from the looks of it, it appeared like a race for national elections. Money was flowing and the placards and billboards were visible throughout the constituency. Ministers were at every turn and by and large, they were supporting the incumbent. Three contested the convention including […]
While the race was easily won by Marin and Campos is looking at his options in the party; his campaign manager, Chairman of the Corozal Free Zone Chairman, David Akierman, said that the incumbent had the edge because of last minute registration of voters by the Elections and Boundaries Department on the eve of the […]
While the mercury level at the UDP Corozal Bay convention was running high, in the west, the temperature was much cooler. PUP treasurer Julius Espat was nominated and endorsed as the standard bearer for Cayo South at a convention attended by a respectable crowd of the party’s hierarchy and supporters. Earlier in the week, there […]
On Monday, we reported that Oscar Rosado, had already submitted his name to contest the Port Loyola constituency in Port Loyola when he made the surprise announcement that he was not running and that he was not about to support the PUP. Rosado’s reason was that he was getting death threats. Today, the PUP had […]
So far, the United Democratic Party has held two very hotly contested conventions which all lead to the national elections. Well, one PUP aspirant, Oscar Rosado, has bowed out and he won’t be contesting conventions in the Port Loyola constituency where he ran last election, but was defeated. Rosado is also a front line campaigner […]
The sparring was not limited to Said Musa and Anthony “Boots” Martinez; there was also an exchange between the two leaders, Dean Barrow and John Briceño. It came during the presentations on the Bill to amend the Income and Business Tax Act. The bill offers a small tax relief to working persons earning up to […]
We don’t report on rumors but it spread like wildfire today that Minister Patrick Faber has resigned from his post as party chairman. According to the grapevine, the fictional resignation of Faber was caused by the weekend convention in the Orange Walk East constituency. Faber and the deputy prime minister, Gaspar Vega, had conflict over […]
The UDP held a divisional convention in the Orange Walk East on Sunday. Two businessmen went up against the incumbent and sitting area representative, Marcel Cardona. The UDP machinery was well oiled and in full force, but not for the incumbent, in fact it was in support of Orlando Burns. You will recall his name […]
Conventional wisdom has it that the incumbent is hard to beat. And so it was on Sunday when Carlos Perdomo, the Minister that was challenged by a relatively new comer in the UDP’s Caribbean Shores convention, won hands down for a second term in a relatively short campaign. Perdomo, who was moved as minister of […]
It’s down to the wire in the Caribbean Shores constituency, where a mix of both the affluent and poor reside. It’s the constituency where the former and sitting prime ministers live, which was once represented by a former prime minister, but which also includes a large number of low income families. This Sunday its current […]
The two politicians have been going toe to toe and they have also looked for support from heavyweights within the party. News Five caught up with Minister of Works, Anthony “Boots” Martinez who says he is publicly supporting Perdomo, who has worked with him since their election in 2008. Anthony “Boots” Martinez, Minister of Works […]
