This one came from Belmopan late this afternoon like a bolt out of the blue and without any explanation other than a very terse press release. We’ll sell it just how we bought it. That is Cabinet today decided to “end the arrangement” under which Belize’s Companies Registry is run by a privately owned corporation […]
It will not go down in history as one of the U.D.P.’s most dramatic press conferences… but as the atmosphere heats up in advance of the March first nationwide municipal elections, the rules of engagement read no holds barred. Today’s affair at the Radisson featured the defection of Punta Gorda’s deputy mayor, Darlene Parham, from […]
Today in the House of Representatives, the Opposition officially protested the way the Speaker ended the last meeting, but what resulted was an extended period of objections to the way the members of the House, on both sides, were conducting today’s meeting. Janelle Chanona, Reporting The hot topic of today’s sitting of the House of […]
Prime Minister Said Musa is no stranger to book launchings and art openings at the Image Factory–hey, his son owns the joint–but today the P.M. was the guest of honour as Belize’s latest published author. Janelle Chanona, Reporting The book, “Belize: A Caribbean Nation in Central America; Selected Speeches of Said Musa” was officially launched […]
Moya for Mayor…that’s the battle cry that went out this afternoon in Belize City as union activist Zenaida Moya officially pitched her hat into the political ring as a contender for the U.D.P. Mayoral nomination. Moya started off her press conference this afternoon with official endorsements from businessman Michael Singh, B.N.T.U. Belize City branch president […]
Her candidacy had been floated weeks ago, but on Wednesday afternoon Zenaida Moya will officially announce her intention to be the United Democratic Party’s candidate for Mayor of Belize City. Moya, the union activist who has recently resigned from her post in the Ministry of National Development, will launch her campaign at Battlefield Park at […]
following his address, Prime Minister Musa pressed the flesh with a long line of well-wishers ranging from diplomats to campaign workers… after which he found time to engage in some give and take with the press. The P.M. was first asked whether he really thought that the bulk of his problems were behind him. Prime […]
This evening the National Trade Union Congress of Belize held a press conference to speak out on a number of issues, and the ten million dollar Sunshine loan was at the top of the list. Contrary to the Prime Minister’s hopes, the union representing the B.T.L. workers continues to treat Sunshine like a case of […]
Belize has a new Chief Elections Officer. He is Stuart Leslie. Leslie has previously served as our Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, but was abruptly fired from that post on May tenth. He was sworn in this morning at the Elections and Boundaries Department in Belize City and officially begins work on […]
Two more standard bearers have been chosen by the United Democratic Party in weekend conventions. In Belize City’s Albert Division a sparsely attended gathering saw Thomas Morrison squeak by Joseph Bradley, two hundred and twenty-seven votes to two hundred and two. In Toledo, nearly two thousand voters showed up to give Juan Coy the nod […]
Officially throwing his hat into the municipal political ring this afternoon was Belize City businessman, Rudolph Anderson, better known as Sir Andie. Sir Andie is one of four early hopefuls seeking the U.D.P. mayoral nomination. Today, the happy homebuilder explained how he plans to renovate Belize City. Rudolph “Sir Andie” Anderson, Seeks U.D.P. Mayoral Nomination […]
The United Democratic Party held two more nominating conventions over the weekend. In Stann Creek West, former area rep and Minister of Works Melvin Hulse came out of political retirement to regain his party’s nomination in impressive fashion. Hulse left no doubt about his popularity, garnering one thousand, one hundred and nineteen votes. His nearest […]
The United Democratic Party continues its nationwide effort to select candidates for the next general election, firm in its belief that the poll will take place well before the expected date of March 2008. This weekend, two more standard bearers were chosen at conventions in the Belize Rural North and Toledo East constituencies. In Belize […]
While it was apparent from the Prime Minister’s opening statement in the House that his mind was fifteen miles west in Spanish Lookout, it was just as clear that Opposition Leader Dean Barrow was focussed on a snob his party suffered at the last session… and he rose early to make his point. Dean Barrow, […]
And that “B.T.L. matter” was a piece of legislation that government passed in one sitting that will give the Public Utilities Commission the power to intervene in the dispute over the telecommunications company… and presumably pave the way for the sale of G.O.B.’s shares. For Barrow the action was a nice idea but bad law. […]
It was a battle royal in Caribbean shores on Sunday and when the dust settled that key Belize City constituency had a new U.D.P. standard-bearer. He is Carlos Perdomo. Perdomo waged an insurgent’s campaign against incumbent aspirant and Deputy Party Leader Oscar Ayuso and in the end came out on top five hundred and thirty-three […]
While Mayor Anthony Chanona was helping to salute U.B. and Belmopan today, he also confirmed to News Five that he will not run for mayor of Belmopan again. But has he decided to quit politics entirely? Doubtful. Anthony Chanona, Belmopan Mayor ?I have decided not to contest a third term in municipal office… public life […]
A Cabinet shuffle has been widely anticipated for a number of weeks, and while today’s new alignment–announced first in the Belize Times–was not as radical as expected, there are a few interesting changes. Let’s begin with the losers. Servulo Baeza has been stripped of the little he had–housing–but remains in Cabinet as a minister without […]
And on recently published speculation that, as part of a Cabinet reshuffle, he might be tapped for the post of Deputy Prime Minister, Smith was as smooth as Teflon. Godfrey Smith ?The statement that I have been lobbying ever since the convention for the post of Deputy Prime Minister is completely untrue. I have not […]
They first came to Belize back in 1958… And now almost fifty years later, the first Mennonite Belizean has been nominated by a major political party to run for a seat in the House of Representatives. In a convention on Sunday, Elvin Penner, a businessman from Spanish Lookout, won the U.D.P. nomination in the Cayo […]
These are not good times for Said Musa and his People’s United Party government. Out of money and out of credit, facing major lawsuits at home and abroad, under political assault not only from the Opposition, but from two exceptionally irate back benchers… the last thing the party needed was a knife in the back. […]
One of those Belize City meetings would be with Opposition Leader Dean Barrow, whose party decided not to boycott today’s sitting of the National Assembly out of respect for the Mexican President. But while Barrow put on a good face for Vicente Fox, he told News 5 that peace talks held on Monday with the […]
It’s not often that we find newsworthy material on the pages of the Belize Times, but a story in today’s edition could not be ignored. Entitled ?Eureka!? the five-paragraph report breathlessly describes how on Tuesday the company drilling for petroleum at Spanish Lookout had finally struck oil. It depicted a ?gusher,? from which ?huge quantities […]
The Opposition United Democratic Party has written to the Speaker of the House of Representatives protesting her actions at Friday’s sitting. The letter, signed by Party Leader Dean Barrow, accuses Speaker Elizabeth Zabaneh of being overtly biased in favour of the ruling People’s United Party and called upon her to give an undertaking that she […]
It may have occurred on Friday, but the reverberations from the bizarre conclusion of the House meeting are still being felt. That legislative session ended in chaos, featuring loud verbal protests and a plastic cup of water being flung to the floor by the Leader of the Opposition. The problems began when representative for Mesopotamia, […]
