National issues such as the Guatemala crisis may have eclipsed in the latter days of the campaign, but the electors in seven towns and the capital city were not to be deterred from doing their civic duty with a record turnout. And they voted overwhelmingly PUP, with 7 out of 8 municipalities going blue. Even […]
Today the Prime Minister met the press in Belmopan to talk about the town council sweep. He says national issues were a factor in the campaign and believes that the tensions with Guatemala did influence the turnout in the border areas like Benque and Toledo, but the voters seemed most concerned about municipal matters. He […]
The United Democratic Party says despite their loss in the Town Council Elections, to them the statistics show that there is a strong opposition. Michael Finnegan, the UDP Area Representative for the Mesopotamia Division says the electorate was considering several issues when they went to the polls. Michael Finnegan, UDP Area Representative, Mesopotamia Division “As […]
While the UDP certainly didn’t get the outcome they were hoping for, the man who was elected as the first mayor of Belmopan certainly did. This morning Anthony Chanona told News Five he interprets the large number of split votes, the counting of which went on until early in the morning, as a sign that […]
While the successful politicians and their supporters took a well-deserved rest after a long night of ballot counting, when they woke up today there was still a country to run. And the major problem confronting that country is the continued incarceration of three Belizean soldiers and a policeman by Guatemalan authorities. While the four were […]
Details are sketchy at this time but according to reports, a young girl on her way to Excelsior High School this morning was almost abducted. The girl was reportedly walking on “T” Street in the Port Loyola area when a red pickup truck pulled up. It is not clear what happened next but the girl […]
In related news, the mystery of the missing flag has been solved. A press release from the Scout Association says that following an emergency meeting on Tuesday, the Association took a decision to no longer raise the Guatemalan flag at the Belize City roundabout. The reasoning given was the fear that angry Belizeans might take […]
While the victim of the alleged abduction attempt today escaped with her life, there are others who were not so lucky. This week three organizations, which deal with children, announced that they view the murder of eight of Belize’s girls and the seemingly constant stream of rapes and sexual assaults against children as a declaration […]
They range from die-hard paddlers to weekend warriors to city slickers looking for a little action. Tonight, they’re all packing up and heading to San Ignacio for a last minute meeting before Friday morning’s start of La Ruta Maya River Challenge. The three-day canoe race begins at 6:30am at the Hawkesworth Bridge. The race ends […]
