Across the political fence, we have reported that all roads lead to Cahal Pech, Cayo this coming Saturday, where a fiery and perhaps historic meeting of the National Executive of the P.U.P. is being convened. Fiery because there is plenty anger in the ranks and historic because the P.U.P. finds itself at a juncture where […]
It is not election time, but politics is heating up inside the political parties. The U.D.P. has had a very public fallout between the first female mayor and the prime minister. And now between the old and new P.U.P., war is breaking out. On Tuesday the Leader of the People’s United Party, John Briceño, received […]
Politics is a nasty business where few women venture in an arena traditionally dominated by men. As it stands there are no female members in Cabinet and the first female mayor is being hit by a tsunami of allegations. So how do you encourage women to the electoral process? Through Girl Power… that’s the message […]
It’s open season on Belize City’s first female Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers. First, the government has charged her with twenty-two counts of Uttering a False Document. Then the United Democratic Party expelled her from its National Party Council on October third. And the next move afoot is to have her removed entirely from the U.D.P. […]
If you think that’s the only political stench, the PUP is also in turmoil. In August, it appeared that the old and new guards of the People’s United Party were closing ranks; the former and current party leaders were seen chummy at party events. That was just before the courts decided on the case of […]
It has been nonstop for Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers, who is still on maternity leave and returns to work early in November. This past Monday, the Mayor was a guest on Open Your Eyes, during which she touched on her battles at City Hall and with her party. Moya Flowers maintained she is not “meek […]
When she appeared on Open Your Eyes on Monday morning, it seems the mayor did not start her morning right and what she said struck a chord because today a statement purportedly written by her ally, Financial Director Dwain Davis, was being circulated to media houses. Davis, along with the mayor, has been charged with […]
In political news, she had a meteoric rise, but today Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya Flowers, appears a falling star. On October first Moya-Flowers was charged with uttering false documents and failure to comply with City Council regulations and within days she was removed from her party’s National Party Council after she had choice words […]
The Venezuelan Housing fund made the headlines for over a year, not because of the good it would have done for Belizeans, but because the U.D.P. administration took former Prime Minister Said Musa to court for theft of ten million U.S. dollars. The Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ruled that the charge be withdrawn against Musa […]
Almost a year ago, the sixth amendment act was passed by the House of Representatives and then by the senate. That’s a year ago, but it was never signed into law and since then has been gathering dust because the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in cases brought by businessman Barry Bowen and the Land […]
Also passed by the senate today was the bill to amend the Evidence Act and the Indictable Procedure Act to make way for the use of depositions in both Magistrate and Supreme Courts. The amendment allows for statements to be entered as evidence in the courts in an attempt to protect witnesses who are fearful […]
The House of Representatives resumed regular sessions in Belmopan today. One issue that was well ventilated involved the judiciary, which has not had a good year doesn’t seem to be getting better. At the opening of the Supreme Court, the Attorney General questioned the competence of the Judiciary. This was followed by a move by […]
Also in the House, legislation was debated to provide for statements to admitted into evidence from witnesses who are fearful of testifying in court. There was general agreement that something has to be done to curb crime, but is the amendment the answer? News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports from Belmopan. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The Evidence […]
Zenaida Moya Flowers, Belize City’s mayor has been under the radar since she faced twenty two counts of Uttering a False Document and two counts of Failure to Comply with City Council Regulations. The spin she pulled on the story was that she was being targeted by Prime Minister Barrow, through his “Minion” Patrick Tillett, […]
Tensions have cooled off between City Hall and the Belize Maintenance Limited, but Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers is still in the hot seat facing criminal charges. News Five spoke today on this issue with Attorney General Elrington and Minister of National Security, Carlos Perdomo, who had different perspectives on the issue. Elrington says the financial […]
Mark King, the former U.D.P. city councillor, made it to the media spotlight on Monday because he joined the picket line in front of City Hall. He was protesting the council’s non-payment and mounting debt to Belize Maintenance Limited. Well, it seems that he is planning a political resurrection, but by going against his former […]
And from crime to politics, Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers was charged with criminal offences last Thursday, she retaliated in kind at the man she believes is behind her fall, Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Hemorrhaging from the very public rift, the United Democratic Party went in full gear. Last Saturday, the National Party Council met at […]
The focus has shifted within the U.D.P. from the allegations of unaccounted funds of two hundred and seventy five thousand dollars, to the conduct of the Mayor and what she said about the Prime Minister. But not so for the People’s United Party, the opposition is calling on the Mayor to take an immediate leave […]
The public fight between Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers and Prime Minister Dean Barrow will go before the U.D.P. Party Council this Saturday morning. Early reports are that the PM is seething and is prepared to watch her burn over the remarks directed to at him following her court appearance on Thursday. So what happens next […]
Meanwhile, the garbage collection problem continues to exacerbate because the city council is unable to pay the two point seven million dollars to Belize Maintenance Limited. Earlier in the week the councillor responsible for garbage collection, Phillip Willoughby, indicated that the council should consider selling City Hall and the Commercial Center. It was no joke […]
What started as a threat by the Prime Minister in July of arrests for financial improprieties at City Hall, culminated this Thursday with the historic arraignment of the city’s mayor for two criminal offences. It’s the first time in modern history that any sitting politician has been charged by her own, and in this case […]
It had been brewing for some time and today it became blatantly public, the open war between the duly elected City Mayor and the Prime Minister in what is the first internal political crisis to hit the government and the U.D.P. Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers was hauled this morning before the courts and if you […]
In court this morning, the mayor was read a single criminal charge; twenty-two counts of Uttering a False Document. The charge relates to checks for fuel Paid to Esso Service Center between the months of March and July, which add up to a meager seventy dollars. The City Council’s Financial Director, Dwain Davis, and City […]
Just after the arraignment, defense lawyers began challenging the merits of the charges. Lead attorney, Michael Peyrefitte was quick to point out that they hold no water since the charges do not exist in law and there is no official legislation or regulation which states that payments of more than fifty dollars have to be […]
As we said earlier, this is the worst internal crisis within the U.D.P. and the government; one in which the most powerful elected woman is saying she is hunted by the most powerful man in her own party. A wounded tiger, the Mayor, had her say this morning and she was ferocious about the Prime […]
