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The People’s United Party is meeting on Friday to determine a position ahead of a collective vote on the proposed amendment to the Maritime Areas Act. The House of Representatives will convene a special session on Monday to table specific changes to that piece of legislation. Earlier today, we caught up with Cayo South Area […]
It made headlines back in August 2016 when opposition parliamentarian Julius Espat was physically removed from the House of Representatives on the instruction of former House Speaker Michael Peyrefitte. The incident was unprecedented as the Cayo South Area Representative was manhandled and ejected out of the building by several police officers after raising the damning […]
This afternoon, we spoke with Espat who explained that there is merit to the claim that his constitutional rights were indeed violated when he was forcefully kicked out of the House meeting that Friday. Julius Espat, Area Representative, Cayo South “From the day it happened, we have been confident that it was not handled […]
According to Espat, he is seeking redress in the form of compensation for the length of time that he was suspended from the House without pay. Primarily, he wants it placed on record that the decision to oust him from parliament was unconstitutional. Isani Cayetano “What remedies are you seeking or would you be […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is nearing the end of his term as leader of the United Democratic Party. The U.D.P.’s leadership convention is expected to be held sometime before February 2020. Two hopefuls, Deputy Party Leader Patrick Faber and Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar have made it quite clear that they will contest the leadership […]
Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte lost his bid to represent Port Loyola for the U.D.P. in the upcoming general elections. Peyrefitte was defeated by former Belize City councilor Philip Willoughby. Prime Minister Dean Barrow expressed disappointment in Peyrefitte’s loss, saying that Peyrefitte’s elevation to the House would have been an appropriate promotion given his performance in […]
We also asked the U.D.P.’s Deputy Leader Patrick Faber about the three-way race in the Caribbean Shores constituency. As we reported, Santiago Castillo Junior, who once represented the division, is returning to politics and wants his seat back. But it will not be without a fight as Senate President Lee Mark Chang and former Belize […]
During the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday, it was expected that politics would have been at the centre of the discussions. That presumption came on the heels of several social media posts made by Belmopan area rep John Saldivar, calling for a leadership convention and former Minister of State Santiago “Santi” Castillo re-entering the race […]
Written on May 15, 2019 | Posted in
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As we’ve reported, three candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to represent the United Democratic Party in the upcoming general elections. Leila Peyrefitte, Lee Mark Chang and Santiago Castillo Junior all want to face off against incumbent Kareem Musa of the P.U.P. Minister Tracy Panton resides within that division, but who will get […]
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If you’ll recall last year, the race for the leadership of the U.D.P. was in full swing with hopefuls John Saldivar and Patrick Faber actively campaigning within the party. They were doing country-wide visits to garner support from the delegates, but all of that came to a screeching halt when Party Leader Dean Barrow announced […]
Businessman and cyclist, Santino Castillo, is returning to the political arena. Castillo has announced he wants to run again in the Caribbean Shores Constituency for the U.D.P. After serving as Minister of State, in 2015, Castillo stepped down to allow former Belize City Darrell Bradley to go against the P.U.P.’s Kareem Musa who emerged as […]
Senate President Lee Mark Chang and former U.D.P. Belize City Councilor Leila Peyrefitte are the two names who have reportedly expressed interest in representing Caribbean Shores. While Castillo won in the Caribbean Shores in 2012, Lee Mark Chang was most unsuccessful in the Freetown when he was bested by area representative Francis Fonseca. Chang made […]
With the referendum results showing a strong YES in favour of the U.D.P. position, it’s silly season in the party. Now, Prime Minister Barrow will also be making his exit as leader. First to jump out on Friday night was U.D.P. Belmopan area rep John Saldivar, who took to Facebook to remind his party that […]
Belize City comprises ten constituencies with the south side being a traditional stronghold for the U.D.P. and north side normally polling in for the P.U.P. at General Elections. The battle here was fought long and hard, but on Wednesday, the U. D. P. machinery cranked up and out-maneuvered the P.U.P. and the NO vote. At […]
Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño released a pre-recorded statement today, following the outcome of Wednesday’s referendum. In a separate press release, Briceño first thanked Belizeans for being part of the referendum process and lauded the peaceful exercise of democracy. The Party Leader says that it will be the responsibility of the people to hold […]
This afternoon, the Guatemalan Government issued a recorded statement by President Jimmy Morales alongside his Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel. Morales celebrated Belize’s decision to take the territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice and expressed hope that the issue be resolved soon. Here is an excerpt from the two and a half minute statement. […]
The Commonwealth Observer Group is winding down its visit to Belize. The group was formed by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland following an invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to observe the referendum, which was originally scheduled for April tenth. The Observer Group is led by Hubert A. Ingraham, former Prime Minister of The […]
There were several issues raised with the Observer Group as matters of concern. Some potential voters were reportedly being denied the franchise as a result of the inability to produce their required voter re-registration documents from the Office of Vital Statistics. The concerns also included the adequacy and sufficiency of voter education and the lack […]
Back to the referendum….In the Orange Walk District, two of the four constituencies voted in favour to submit the claim to the I.C.J. Orange Walk South and East voted YES while Orange Walk Central and North voted NO. Hipolito Novelo takes a closer look at the figures. Hipolito Novelo, Reporting Similarly to polling areas […]
Further up north in Corozal, the results were similar to those in Orange Walk. The south east constituency went NO where the P.U.P. has been strong for years. The difference was in the bay where at the national level, U.D.P.’s Pablo Marin has been representing the constituency, which went blue in the recent municipal elections. […]
Our reporters and correspondents were deployed across the country, including La Isla Bonita. The message in the Belize Rural South constituency was YES to the I.C.J. Admittedly, both the Area Representative Minister Manuel Heredia Junior and his political opponent, Andre Perez from the P.U.P., are on the same page of the referendum. Here is Dalila […]
From north to south….Toledo voters said NO to the I.C.J., but residents in Dangriga, including Sarawee and Hope Creek, voted a resounding YES. The voter turnout in southern Belize surpassed the fifty percent of the total number of newly registered voters. In Toledo east, fifty-seven percent of the voting population cast their votes. Of these, […]
Looking at Dangriga, which includes Sarawee and Hope Creek, there are four thousand four hundred newly registered voters; sixty-one percent cast their votes. Unlike Toledo, fifty-nine percent of the voters went YES. Correspondent Jolie Pollard followed the process in the division. Reporter “Did you fell prepared to make this decision today?” Sylvia Kuylen, […]
There were surprises in the Cayo District. Cayo South constituency, which is represented by the P.U.P.’s Julius Espat who is a staunch NO supporter, voted YES. If that was unexpected, it was also so for the border community in Benque Viejo del Carmen, a U.D.P. stronghold. There, in Cayo West, there was a resounding NO […]
The message from the Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, had a different ring. Briceño took aim at the ruling party for failing to properly educate the masses of voters via a public awareness campaign headed by the Referendum Unit. He also points to government’s lackluster record in litigation at home and abroad as a […]
Written on May 7, 2019 | Posted in
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