The House of Representatives met in Belmopan today. One of the significant actions involved the controversial forty- thousand dollars loan motion granted to Joshua Perdomo. Perdomo, the son of Cabinet Secretary Carlos Perdomo, was approved twenty-seven months study leave to pursue a master’s degree in Forensic Genetics at the University of North Texas and was […]
A six-point-eight U.S. million dollars loan motion was presented during the Sitting of the House of Representatives. The loan was offered by the Caribbean Development Bank and the monies have been earmarked to assist Belize Electricity Limited to reduce B.G.B. emissions and improve the reliability of the supply of electricity to Caye Caulker, with increased […]
One of the string of bills passed into law by the House, is to cause the removal of Belize from the European Union’s blacklist. In March of this year, Belize was one of many jurisdictions blacklisted as tax havens by the E.U. According to the E.U., Belize, like the other countries, has shortfalls when it […]
A portion of the Philip Goldson Highway within the city’s limit is being rehabilitated. If you are entering Belize City through the north you might have some complaints about the conditions of the highway in the last couple of months. Works between miles three and eight on the highway continue but residents along the highway […]
The U.D.P. Leadership convention is four months away and is to be held in February 2020 at the Civic Center. Deputy Prime Patrick Faber and Minister John Saldivar are the two contenders for leadership; no one else is expected to contest. Both have been campaigning across the country and say they are confident that they […]
The problem of phantom voters and voter padding continues despite a recent countrywide re-registration, but Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that it is not something that will likely go away. Eight million dollars was spent for the mass re-registration exercise with the main purpose to clean up the voters’ list. Leaked documents show that in […]
According to PM Barrow, padding of the voters’ list, which he described as ‘voter shenanigans,’ will always be with us. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “This is how far things go and life is real and I think we must be honest. People who are determined register at an address in which they don’t live […]
He is serving for three terms as Prime Minister and Dean Barrow is now winding down his last term. Today, Barrow told the media that he will not remain as U.D.P. leader and Prime Minister up until the day of elections, which are due in 2020. Barrow intends to step down before the general elections, […]
When Prime Minister Dean Barrow steps down, the new leader of the United Democratic Party will ascend to the Prime Ministerial position. The U.D.P. has set February ninth 2020 for its National Leadership Convention which will take place at the Belize Civic Center. The race is between Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber and Belmopan Area […]
Between 2016 and 2017 the Senate Special Select Committee met for more than forty sessions over the course of thirteen months to carry out its investigation into the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report of the Immigration and Nationality Department 2011-2013. Over the lengthy inquiry, key witnesses including ministers, C.E.O. and other government officials were drilled, […]
Julius Espat is also the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, PAC. The PAC is tasked at looking at government spending and holding public officers and politicians responsible According to Espat, despite many efforts, the PAC remains non-functional. Espat says that the committee which is made up of a majority of government ministers has no political […]
The Cotton Tree Village Council took the Government of Belize to court almost four years ago. The case revolves around two hundred and fifty-four parcels of lots that had been secured by U.D.P. Minister Anthony Martinez and given to Port Loyola constituents. The Village Council took the matter to court on the bases that the villagers […]
In Belize City, residents in the Port Loyola Constituency will be allowed to have their land woes addressed. U.D.P. Standard Bearer for Port Loyola, Phillip Willoughby has arranged for a land consultation sessions for the seventeenth and eighteenth October at the Y.M.C.A. compound in Belize City. Willoughby says the consultation will allow the constituents to speak with […]
While police investigate this most recent jet landing, the Opposition Leader John Briceño says government is not taking the matter of taking these suspected drug planes as seriously as it should be. Here is what he told the media in a press briefing today. John Briceño, Leader of Opposition “There is a radar that […]
The People’s United Party is challenging the registration of a long list of voters. Last week, leaked lists of several divisions showed the addresses of some houses with mass registration of electors. One of these residences is number fifty-six Regent Street which is the home registered by some fifty persons. The address though is known to […]
The new voter’s lists also show several persons living at fifty-three Kelly Street/ Freetown Road. The address is the home of Belize City P.U.P. councilor Deltrude Hilton. The documents show that the address is also home to thirty-one registered voters. Then there is the case in Caribbean Shores involving close associate of Area Representative Kareem […]
The trove of documents showing apparent voter padding raises the question if the countrywide re-registration exercise fulfilled its purpose which was to clean the voters list. The problem, evidently, still exists. Today, a release from the Elections and Boundaries issued a statement placing responsibility on politicians. It states that the Representation of the People’s Act […]
The Elections and Boundaries Department says that registering officers shall conduct investigations into the facts set out in each application. If the registering officer is not satisfied then the elector is disallowed. On the other hand, in cases where the registering officer is satisfied that the applicant meets the qualifications, that elector’s name is included […]
On Saturday the People’s United Party’s National Party Council gathered at Memorial Park in Belize City. The party celebrated its sixty-ninth anniversary during its National Party Council and passed several resolutions. Party supporters from across the country discussed issues affecting the nation and the lives of its three hundred thousand plus citizens. How to deal […]
One the resolutions passed on Saturday was the re-appointment of Julius Espat as the Deputy Party Leader for the west. Espat resigned from the post in July 2018. He was first appointed to the post in 2012, but demitted saying he considered it purely ceremonial. Espat has also bucked heads with several leaders of the […]
Files showing the stacking of a single residence with phantom voters are in circulation. It is an issue that keeps popping up in constituencies all over. The key purpose of the recent re-registration exercise was to clean up the voter’s list, but leaked documents show that the trend of phantom voters continues. One of the […]
Acting Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of the U.D.P., Patrick Faber says that the Opposition’s move to point out these things is hypocritical. Faber says that he does not see anything one with voters having two addresses. Patrick Faber, Acting Prime Minister “There is a certain level of hypocrisy to point out these things […]
The rumoured return of Gaspar Vega in the political arena keeps churning. Vega, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources resigned in 2016 following a land scandal which involved his son, Andre. He remains the area representative for Orange Walk North and had no intentions to seek political office once more. This […]
Deputy Commissioner of Police Edward Broaster told News Five on Wednesday that he has been residing at number one Kelly Street in Belize City. The location is the address of Chon Saan Palace Restaurant which is owned by former Senate President and U.D.P. Caribbean Shores standard bearer Lee Mark Chang. It is also shared by […]
Musa says that Broaster or the property owner would need to appear in court to prove that that is Broaster’s address. While the case is scheduled for Monday morning, Musa today told News Five that he believes that it will be dismissed. Kareem Musa, Area Representative, Caribbean Shores “People can have multiple residences. If […]
