The Prime Minister also buffered both Ministers Patrick Faber and John Saldivar. Faber is considered a close ally while Saldivar got new muscle to add to the Ministry of the Public Service. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “The Minister of Education the honorable Patrick Faber, who I think it is common ground has done an outstanding […]
In last night’s newscast we told you that three high ranking employees of the Belize City Council have walked off the job. Tonight we can confirm that the three City administrator Kiran Vanjani , Financial Director Dane Castillo , and Traffic Manager Kevon Jenkins all tendered their resignation on Monday.
It has been only a week since we’ve reported on the latest scandal at City Hall which involved the removal of Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers from the United Democratic Party due to her woes with Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Well, there is another story developing at city hall, where apparently a few posts will be […]
One week ago, on Friday, the United Democratic Party’s Ethics and Integrity Committee took the decision to expel the city’s first female mayor. Zenaida Moya Flowers’ sin was an explosive interview she gave in which she use colorful language directed at Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Moya Flowers has not given any comments since her expulsion […]
Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya Flowers is offering no comments on her expulsion from her party. That decision was taken last Friday by the U.D.P. Ethics Committee for her explosive outburst after she was arraigned on criminal charges last October. This morning, however, Prime Minister Dean Barrow said the party acted because he was aggrieved […]
There has been talk of a cabinet reshuffle for some time, in fact the Prime Minister said weeks ago that it would take place after the village council elections. Well those elections are winding down now, so we broached the subject with him this morning. And which Minister will get the axe or who would […]
Karim Berges, the National Campaign Manager for the United Democratic Party attempted to establish a bar and conference room at number forty eight Baymen Avenue in Belize City. Baymen Avenue is set within a residential neighborhood and is also where ardent U.D.P. supporter Solie Arguelles and Area Representative Carlos Perdomo reside. Perdomo, Arguelles and other […]
There is a major political development to report tonight. News Five has been reliably informed by an impeccable source that Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers has been expelled from the United Democratic Party following a decision by the three member Ethics and Integrity Committee. The Mayor’s troubles with PM Dean Barrow are well known and were […]
The United Democratic Party Secretariat today issued a press release claiming victory in twenty-six of thirty-five villages which held elections this past Sunday. In Corozal North the U.D.P. say they won three of five villages while in Corozal South West they claimed they secured all three villages in that constituency. Down south the party is […]
Many are still glued to television sets as the drama continues to unfold in Britain, where general elections have resulted in a hung parliament following Thursday’s poll. Labor’s Gordon Brown remains as Prime Minister until a government is formed. After long years in obscurity, the Conservatives won the majority of seats, but did not attain […]
While the British High Commissioner speculates on the outcome of the election, another peer discussed the elections last night on the British Broadcast Corporation (BBC). Lord Michael Ashcroft is the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative or Tory Party that has won the biggest number of seats in the elections, three hundred and seven. As part […]
And in Britain, the results of the elections are trickling in. The Conservative Party led by David Cameron is projected to win the most seats in the election but the country might be leaning towards a political impasse according to the first exit poll when voting ended. The Conservatives are estimated to win three hundred […]
There is more stench coming from City Hall. This time it is the news the licensing of stolen vehicles that has hit the fan. According to the man who heads the Traffic Unit, Kevon Jenkins, the problem has been going on for years but there’s nothing he can do about it because one of the […]
Belize City has few parks, and by all accounts only one is frequented by families every weekend and that is the BTL Park on Princess Margaret Drive. To fulfill a campaign promise, Mayor Moya Flowers delegated one of her councilors, Dean Samuels, to find a way to pay for a beach to be placed along […]
The gloves are off in rural communities where residents are electing new Village Councils to serve them for the next three years. Over the weekend, thirty-nine villages held elections that were contested by the two major political parties or independent slates. Our news team travelled to the Orange Walk District to pick the sights and […]
A second round of village elections was held over the weekend. To put it in perspective, there were elections in thirty-seven villages but not all were contested by the two major political parties since some villages prefer to field independent slates. In the Belize Rural North elections were held in nine villages, three which reportedly […]
While the elections are going according to schedule, there have been a few bumps along the road. There have been physical confrontations in some area and reports of public drinking, which is prohibited on election days. The issue of accountability in the process was also raised when one candidate requested a recount of the ballots […]
Village Council Elections will be held in the Orange Walk, Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo districts on Sunday and the two political parties are gearing up for the poll. Results from last Sunday’s elections in Independence Village, are being challenged by the People’s United Party on the basis that five of the nine hundred and […]
Village Council Elections were held on Sunday in Independence in the south and while there wasn’t the all out brawl as in San Juan in the north following the results, there is now a dispute surrounding the counting of ballots. Those votes were to determine who would sit as the village chairperson. The elections results […]
Village Council Elections got underway in a number of villages around the country this past weekend. The elections were once not politicized but of late, the results are used as barometers to measure the political clout of the two major parties in rural communities. With General Elections three years away, there is already controversy and […]
As we have reported, government is amending the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, which deals with Contempt of Court. The Senate last Tuesday passed the bill and it is expected that in the next few days it will be signed into law by the Governor General. The act is raising eyebrows because it appears to […]
Among the contentious points are the exorbitant penalties. While the trial remains a summary procedure, where the case is expeditiously heard by a judge and without a jury, Shoman says the new fines and sentences are ridiculous. She also expressed dismay with the way the penalties will be imposed. Lisa Shoman, Senator “For an individual, […]
Rufus X, the outspoken critic who sports combat fatigue and with his trade mark shaggy head of hair and beard has not been heard of in quite a while until when on March twenty sixth, the Minister of Housing, called out his name in the House of Representatives. In the middle of the debate on […]
If you ask, many people, will tell you they don’t trust politicians, no matter what color they represent. The forces are polar and both parties are regarded as undoing whatever progress is made by previous governments once they get into office. But you’ve often heard that behind closed doors, members of the two major political […]
Well known U.D.P. and PUP attorneys say real solutions to crime needed The brazen daylight shootings in front of Holy Redeemer Primary School in Belize City and at the Scotia Bank in Spanish Lookout is signaling a nation under siege. Both incidents occurred near police stations, indicating that gun toting criminals no longer seek the […]
