U.D.P. Belize City mayoral candidate Dion Leslie suffered a stunning defeat on Wednesday. The People’s United Party slate, led by political newcomer Bernard Wagner, dealt the ruling party a staggering blow, trouncing them by eleven seats to none at City Hall. Today, we caught up with the beaten politician who magnanimously conceded the loss to […]
Leslie was personally endorsed by both former Mayor Darrell Bradley and many of the upper echelons of his party. His victory at the ITVET grounds seven months ago over Philip Willoughby seemed pre-ordained. But it makes Wednesday’s loss sting all the more, and so Prime Minister Dean Barrow singled out Leslie among the losing candidates […]
Steady efforts by area representatives Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington and Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez in the Pickstock and Port Loyola constituencies, did not prevent the United Democratic Party from losing considerable grounds in both electoral divisions. While Martinez has declared that he will not offer himself for candidacy in the next general elections, Elrington is optimistic that […]
Minister and Port Loyola area representative Anthony “Boots” Martinez remains under a cloud of accusations concerning his relationship with former caretaker and alleged contractor Kirk Lamb, who says he used Lamb’s credit union account to funnel payments for alleged contracts with the Ministry of Works. Martinez has denied these charges. He is also accused, a […]
Discussions continue at news time in San Pedro, where on Wednesday night the People’s United Party felt they had claimed yet another scalp from the ruling United Democratic Party. But as the night progressed, it was the U.D.P. seven led by incumbent Mayor Daniel Guerrero who narrowly reported as victorious. This afternoon there was an […]
As of news time, a legal challenge to the results is pending. The Elections and Boundaries Department made note in a press release this evening that the result given this morning is not the official result. To be made official, the official forms must be handed in by the Returning Officer and the figures checked […]
But if it were Prime Minister Dean Barrow making the decision on a potential recount, the answer would be no. The United Democratic Party leader made a two-pronged attack on the idea of any alteration to the results at the start of today’s press conference. One is that, as already noted by Elections and Boundaries, […]
In Orange Walk Town, the home of the P.U.P. Leader, John Briceño, victory was predictable. But the popularity of Mayor Kevin Bernard would give the party a further boost and secure a third term for him. The numbers in favour of the P.U.P. slate would swell in the range of two to one and in […]
Aside from winning the boxes in Orange Walk North for the first time, the P.U.P. would also win in the Orange Walk East constituency, which was won handsomely in the last general elections by Elodio Aragon Junior. The Prime Minister acknowledged the P.U.P. strength up north. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “P.U.P. won a handsome […]
We go to Corozal, where after long years of a drought, victory was sweet for the People’s United Party. The team led by Rigo Vellos would go on to reverse a U.D.P. stronghold. As early as nine o’clock on Wednesday night, the unofficial results were indicating that the Opposition Party had made serious in roads […]
The nation’s capital Belmopan provided less political drama than other municipalities and therefore an expected result. The United Democratic Party and incumbent Khalid Belisle earned a comfortable victory over their People’s United Party rivals and the Belize Progressive Party. News Five’s Aaron Humes has the highlights. Aaron Humes, Reporting In Belmopan, it was all […]
The red hills of Cayo also remained red on Election Day. Both San Ignacio/Santa Elena and Benque Viejo del Carmen returned a full slate of United Democratic Party members as mayors and councilors. Earl Trapp got another term as mayor of the Twin Towns; he defeated former mayor Marconi Matus. And in Benque, Gerardo Marconi […]
A split council in Dangriga, where the U.D.P. has a majority hold, but the P.U.P. made a small mark with one councilor candidate. Both main political parties faced off in the culture capital, but there were two other candidates on the ballot. Mayoral candidate Chris Lewis and Winston Francisco offered themselves for office under a […]
The U.D.P. also retained their hold on the Punta Gorda Town Council. In the southernmost municipality, three political parties contested the elections. The U.D.P. led by mayoral candidate Ashton McKenzie; the P.U.P. led by the Carlos Galvez and the B.P.P. led by Francilia Williamson. The U.D.P. emerged victorious in its bid for the municipal seats […]
The People’s United Party now claims three of nine municipalities, including Belize City. With a United Democratic Party central government, how will they fare off for the next two years? That’s what we asked Prime Minister Barrow at his press conference earlier today. While he admits that Belize City, Orange Walk and Corozal will continue […]
The Barrow administration has been fairly quiet on the relentless issue of crime and violence that has been plaguing Belize City. The Belize Police Department has rolled out its two-year national crime fighting strategy; however, government had been noticeably silent on the matter even while four children were injured and killed going into the municipal […]
A near-fatal stabbing incident on Tuesday night has left one person hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. and friends with whom he was socializing, in earnest fear of their lives. Raheem Ellington was called out of an apartment where he was visiting at the corners of Tibruce Street and Marigold Lane, brutally attacked and left for dead […]
Meanwhile, a Belize City resident remains in custody tonight pending further investigation into an attempt on the lives of a couple on the eve of municipal elections. Police say car dealer, twenty-seven-year-old Kadeem Myers and teacher Jerilin Flowers were injured in a shooting just after eight o’clock on Tuesday night on Rhaburn’s Alley in north […]
A young boy, a student of the Port Loyola Pre-school, did not live to see his fifth birthday. Before eight o’clock on Monday night he became the latest victim of the relentless gun violence in the City in which mothers have been left to grapple with the pain of innocent lives lost. Young Treshawn Goff […]
It has been a deadly child Stimulation Month so far in which two children lost their young lives in violent and despicable circumstances. Before that, two others perished in gun violence. Today, at a City pre-school, teachers had to explain to young children why one of their own would no longer be at school. At […]
While freshly outraged by the death of Treshawn Goff, Belizeans are still thinking and talking about the tragedy of Allyssa Nunez of Maskall Village. She was sexually assaulted and sustained severe injuries which led to her death on Sunday morning. As of news time tonight, police say no additional charges have been filed against twenty-one […]
Voters go to the polls in a matter of hours, but the national consciousness of the people is also focusing on the violent deaths of children. Around midday today, the Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño gave a press conference on the alarming situation of gun violence. In the city, in the past two days; […]
Briceño’s youngest son is fourteen; he says he fully understands the pain of the families who have lost their children and others to violence. And despite the doubling of boots on the ground, Briceño believes that the root causes of crime are the poor economy, unemployment and corruption in the highest levels of government. The […]
In addition to the recent revelations of massive land compensation to connected government supporters revealed in the past few days, there are ordinary Belizeans still complaining about the shady dealings in the Ministry of Natural Resources. A case of out-and-out alleged thievery was reported to us by Cayman Islands resident Derick Garcia, who believes inside […]
Andre Vega, the son of former Lands Minister Gaspar Vega and Sharon Pitts were taken to court for the return of over four hundred thousand dollars given to them as compensation for privately owned land near the Haulover Bridge in 2016. While Pitts is currently in mediation to see the funds given back to G.O.B., […]
