The conventional wisdom about this year’s election campaign is that it’s the nastiest in history, totally devoted to character assassination and devoid of any content even remotely dealing with how we should be governed. That may be the general attitude of the public, but today, with the unveiling of its five year manifesto, the People’s […]
Tonight’s segment of “Elections ’98” takes a look at a constituency that more often than not features a hard fought battle for the hearts and minds of the voters: Dangriga. Russell Garcia, U.D.P., Dangriga “I have said all the while, the central issue is unemployment and we, the United Democratic Party and myself are about […]
And in a follow-up to our story yesterday on the electoral challenges in the Fort George division, we are able to announce that U.D.P. candidate Derek Aikman has finally succeeded in his efforts to remove some voters from the Fort George list. We are reliably informed that out of one hundred and five original objections […]
Last year I paid a visit to an idyllic village in the Belize district to view the start of a unique conservation project. This morning I returned to find that life on the river is getting better. Located just three miles in from Hattieville Village on the Western Highway, the small village of Freetown Sibun […]
