There is a new minister of Home Affairs; that’s Kareem Musa from Caribbean Shores. So what does this mean for Commissioner Chester Williams? The ComPol told News Five today that he worked his way up to the ranks and does not have any political affiliation. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “There is indeed a […]
ComPol Chester Williams also gave an update on the status of the investigation against disgraced former minister John Saldivar as it relates to the Lev Dermen scandal. Texts by Saldivar discussing tranches of cash surfaced and Saldivar later confirmed that he had received money for his campaign. According to Williams, the police is still in […]
There is another investigation that has been moving at a snail’s pace. It involves questionable cash transactions in respect of former Minister of Sports, Herman Longsworth and others at the National Sports Council. As you know, an audit into the finances of the council was conducted by the Auditor General. She found that public funds […]
There are many angles to follow in respect of Wednesday’s elections. The win was massive for the P.U.P., which took twenty-six seats. The margin of victory in the Lake Independence constituency was a whopping, where Cordel Hyde trashed Dianne Finnegan by a margin of three thousand one hundred. And in Cayo South, Julius Espat beat […]
John Briceño was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of Belize in Belmopan. He is also the first PM that is not from Belize City, but hails from the Orange Walk Central division. It has been long in coming; today, Briceño was calm and resolute, having achieved one of the greatest political victories with […]
The new prime minister will now have to decide on a new cabinet. The constitution allows PM John Briceño to appoint two-thirds of his winning slate, which means that some of his area representatives will have to be on the back bencher. Briceño says that by Friday, his cabinet will be announced. Prime Minister […]
As one of his first acts as Prime Minister, John Briceño ordered the shutdown of the Lands Department in Belmopan today. The offices will re-open on Monday and that’s after an incident this morning. Attorney Llewellyn Usher, the legal counsel for the Ministry of Natural Resources was removed from the premises by law enforcement officers. […]
After losing three elections to the U.D.P., the People’s United Party bounced back big time with vengeance on Wednesday night to win as many as twenty-six of thirty one seats. Signs that the famous blue wave was sweeping across were first manifested in Belize City when the early results in Freetown showed that area representative […]
In the Orange Walk District, the United Democratic Party has been vanished. The People’s United Party, led by sixty-year-old John Briceño, won all four constituencies by huge margins. Never having lost an election, the veteran politician, Briceño won handily in the Central. Jose Abelardo Mai crushed his opponent by over a thousand votes in the […]
After being sworn in as Prime Minister, John Briceño sent subtle warning to all U.D.P. political appointees. When there is a change of government, these political appointees in high positions would resign as a matter of political tradition, but Briceño wants them to be quick about it. Prime Minister John Briceño “If you were […]
Briceño gave his first interview on the grounds of the Government House in Belmopan soon after he was sworn in as PM. And under the P.U.P. there will be many investigations into several of the ministries were corruption has been reported. Prime Minister Briceño says that besides an investigation into questionable transactions at the Lands […]
In the mix of counting on Wednesday night, police responded to a murder on the Bullet Tree Road in the Cayo District. A sixteen-year-old minor had been murdered and his body discovered on the pavement. Around eight p.m., Special Constable Jaime Pinelo was travelling from Bullet Tree Falls Village to San Ignacio Town when he […]
There is also a sudden death to report tonight. On Tuesday afternoon, the body of a man was discovered floating in the sea, about five miles northeast of Hunting Caye. Belizean fisherman, Walter Garbutt made the discovery and quickly notified the Belize Coast Guard whose personnel recovered the body, which was later identified as that […]
The Corozal District has four seats, in the previous election it went three to one but with a blue wave sweeping across the country, the People’s United Party was able to make huge inroads. In the Bay, the incumbent strong man, Pablo Marin is hanging up his political hat. The former area rep for three […]
There was a complete flip in the Corozal District where the United Democratic Party held on to only one seat in Corozal North, where the U.D.P.’s Hugo Patt reigns supreme. So in addition to the Bay, the P.U.P. also captured Corozal South West where Ramiro Ramirez returns as elected representative. In Corozal South East, Florencio […]
The victory was sweet in Cayo. The famous red hills there were toppled as a blue tsunami swept across the west. For the first time, the P.U.P. won every seat, six in all, from Belmopan to Cayo West and everything in between. Those who once appeared unbeatable were crushed under the weight of the well-oiled […]
The People’s United Party flipped the three seats in the Belize Rural constituencies. In Belize Rural Central, four candidates contested the elections; incumbent Beverly Williams of the U.D.P.; the P.U.P.’s Dolores Balderamos-Garcia; Lion Bennett of the B.P.P. and Luz Hunter of the B.P.F. At the end of the night, Balderamos-Garcia emerged victorious with three thousand […]
In Belize Rural South, voters were intent on sending their message from very early, with first reports of long lines at all three of the polling stations from well before the polls even opened at seven. The former Minister of Tourism, Manuel Heredia was sent packing and into retirement by Andre Perez who broke the […]
There were big losers on Wednesday night as the P.U.P. demolished the U.D.P. Heavyweights such as Manuel Heredia Junior, Edmond Castro, Rene Montero, Erwin Contreras were trounced early in the night. The north is solid blue except for Corozal North; the Belize District has new and fresh area representatives and there are no more red […]
The CARICOM Election Observation Mission held a brief press conference with the media today to give an update on their observations of the 2020 General Elections in Belize. Prior to the elections on Wednesday, the six member team of electoral officials from a number of CARICOM Member States held meetings with stakeholders to discuss concerns […]
Prime Minister John Briceño promised that if the People’s United Party won the election, livestock producers will be able to export their cattle to Guatemala almost immediately. Jose Mai of Orange Walk South, who has been fighting in support of the livestock industry, says that it is important to return to the exportation of cattle […]
The map down south is solid blue. With the P.U.P.’s winning streak capturing the two seats in the Stann Creek District. In his first attempt at electoral politics, Doctor Louis Zabaneh toppled Frank “Papa” Mena and Rodwell Ferguson retained his seat with a huge margin. In the last election, Ferguson won by less than ten […]
In the deep south, Oscar Requeña and Mike Espat proved to be unbeatable. The tag team will return to parliament having won decisively; Requeña was a slam dunk, winning by a margin of one thousand four hundred and seventy-five votes while Espat by a margin of one thousand one hundred and fourteen. Here is a […]
And to close the news we leave you with one of the first acts by John Briceño, just before he was sworn in as Prime Minister in Belmopan today, he stopped by the resting place of former Prime Minister Right Honorable George Price at the Lord Ridge Cemetery to pay respects. Briceño laid a wreath […]
It is elections eve and political parties are tightening up screws in their machinery for THE DAY. News Five will be broadcasting for Decision 2020 starting at six o’clock on Wednesday morning, providing up to the minute and accurate information until it is known who will be the next prime minister of Belize. We will […]
