On Tuesday, the first public hearings of the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation made for hours of must see tv … but tonight critics in Belmopan are trying to pull the plug on the whole affair … or at least its chairman. A press release issued by the People’s United Party secretariat […]
With the People’s United Party well on the road to mass suicide the opposition U.D.P. needs to do little more than occasionally stir the pitcher of Kool-Aid. And that’s what it did today at a briefing called to criticise the government’s miscues already so amply chronicled by the media. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle […]
With the P.U.P. engaging in fraternal warfare and the U.D.P. content to wait for what appears to be a victory by default in 2008, it would be surprising if some bright spark didn’t get the idea for a third party. Since the V.I.P., pulled a respectable number of votes in March’s Belmopan election another group […]
When we last visited the dispute over who should run the Corozal Free Zone–not to mention the People’s United Party and nation of Belize–P.U.P. Leader Emeritus George Price had put a lashing on outspoken Minister Mark Espat. Today, Espat’s brother-in-law and fellow minister offered his thoughts on the conflict. Cordel Hyde, Minister of Youth and […]
On Monday Minister of National Development Mark Espat blitzed the airwaves with a thorough reaming of his political enemies, namely fellow Minister Ralph Fonseca and Fonseca’s alleged attack dogs, Luke Espat and Winston Smiling. Today the favour was returned in kind, by none other than the father of the nation and Leader Emeritus of the […]
Viewers of this broadcast are no strangers to the controversy swirling around recent elections for the board of the Corozal Free Zone. Ostensibly a fight over the rules governing proxy voting, the battle is in fact part of the growing war for the heart and soul of the People’s United Party. Today Minister Mark Espat […]
In news from the world of politics, the suspense continues over who will be the P.U.P. standard bearer for Belize Rural Central. Incumbent area representative Ralph Fonseca is out of the country but his camp is maintaining that no decision has been made by the veteran politician as to whether he will seek a fourth […]
Conventions to elect or endorse P.U.P. standard bearers continued over the weekend in four constituencies across the country. On Sunday in Belize City, incumbent area representative Jose Coye was endorsed by Caribbean Shores voters, while Queen Square residents nominated Anthony Sylvestre Junior to represent them in the next general elections. Up north, more than thirteen […]
Minister of Defence, Youth and Sports, Cordel Hyde, was an enthusiastic guest at today’s ceremony … but he is less certain when it comes to his government’s future direction. According to Hyde, his party needs to put its differences aside and focus on the important things in life. Cordel Hyde, Minister of Defence, Youths and […]
Six more standard bearers for the next general election have been selected by the People’s United Party. In Cayo Northeast former San Ignacio Mayor Orlando Habet defeated Luis Lisbey by a vote count of four hundred eighty-one to one hundred seventeen. In Corozal Southwest 2003 standard bearer Dr. Greg Garcia beat back a challenge from […]
There has been a shake-up in standard bearers following conventions by the People’s United Party over the weekend. A press release from the P.U.P. secretariat indicates that on Sunday, almost twelve hundred people gathered at the National Agricultural Show Grounds to either re-elect incumbent Joaquin Cawich or give newcomer Charles Galvez a chance. When the […]
Standard bearers have been selected by the Peoples United Party in three constituencies. The closest contest was in Toledo West where incumbent representative Marcial Mes barely fought off a challenge by Oscar Requena. Mes received one thousand one hundred and twenty-one votes to one thousand thirty-seven for Requena. In Dangriga former Mayor Cassian Nunez held […]
He claims it’s not a third party, but instead a prime party. Semantics aside, Belizeans will soon be officially informed of the formation of a new political entity. According to organiser Cornelius Dueck of Spanish Lookout, the National Reform Party will run candidates in all thirty-one constituencies. Dueck, who says he will identify some of […]
Coming off its March first landslide victory in municipal elections, Sunday’s U.D.P. national convention in Cayo did not have much to prove beyond its ability to feed, transport and entertain thousands of supporters from across the nation. And that it did, while at the same time electing a handful of new faces to its executive. […]
This weekend, activity in San Ignacio will be dominated by the supporters of the United Democratic Party as the party gathers to participate in its first national convention since 2001. This afternoon Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow admitted the forum is overdue but maintains the hype of the event will be a major momentum […]
He may have been only ten years old when the Belize flag was first unfurled at midnight, but since that time Albert Division Representative and Minister of National Development Mark Espat has been nothing if not a man on a mission. We’re not exactly sure what that mission is but if his May fourth address […]
Speaking on matters closer to home, this morning Courtenay also commented on Thursday’s Reform and Governance speech by Minister of National Development Mark Espat. Eamon Courtenay ?To be quite honest with you I haven?t seen the speech. In fact I just spoke to Mark on my way over here, and he said that he had […]
Any politician will tell you that making promises is easy; it’s keeping them that causes problems. In office less than two months, the new Belize City Council is discovering that the job requires tough decisions, which often involve choosing the lesser of two evils. Dale Trujeque, Advisor, Belize City Council ?We realize that some of […]
There have been some minor rearrangements to the cabinet shuffle announced last week, all involving ministers of state. In a government press release issued today, it was announced that Marcial Mes, who was appointed last week as Minister of State in the Ministry of Natural Resources, is now Minister of State in the Ministry of […]
The long anticipated changes in Cabinet were announced today, but it is difficult to discern any particular direction in the Prime Minister’s appointments. The biggest move involves the return engagement of Ambassador Eamon Courtenay, who will be made a Senator before taking over as Minister Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Courtenay, who previously served as […]
Five weeks after his party suffered a blistering defeat at the municipal polls, today Prime Minister Said Musa confirmed rumours out of Belmopan of an impending Cabinet shuffle. This afternoon Musa told the press that he will make changes in the executive, because with a shift in policies must come a change in administrative methods. […]
Sticking to politics, today the P.M. also vented his feelings on what he called the systematic laying off party supporters in just about every municipality. P.M. Musa says he had feared jobs would be cut, but denies that municipal payrolls were used as a dumping ground for party hacks. Said Musa, Prime Minister ?It?s very […]
Embattled former Belize City Mayor David Fonseca is in the headlines again tonight following reports that he has resigned from his post as Secretary General of the People’s United Party. P.U.P. officials confirmed to News Five today that Fonseca made the announcement privately in a party meeting, but has yet to officially submit his intentions […]
When we last spoke to the new Mayor of Orange Walk, Ravei Gonzalez, he and his council had just entered office … and while they had found a few things out of order, nothing serious had popped up. Today however, the new council is singing a different tune, alleging that thousands of taxpayers? dollars have […]
They are still on something of a honeymoon following the March first election, but this week the reality of handling their duties was brought home to Belize’s new municipal leaders at a seminar in the nation’s capital. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the last two days mayors, deputy mayors, city administrators and other officials participated in […]
