Following a decisive victory at the polls last week Wednesday, leader of the United Democratic Party Dean Barrow was sworn in as Prime Minister by the Governor General in a private ceremony on Thursday. It is his third consecutive term and likely will form the basis of his legacy. Over the weekend, the Prime Minister […]
Prime Minister Barrow also named the new Senators of the United Democratic Party, starting with his candidate who unsuccessfully attempted to regain the Freetown seat from P.U.P. leader Francis Fonseca. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I have broken what was a longstanding informal rule of mine that no candidate who ran in the election and […]
Along with the designation of Cabinet Ministers to their respective portfolios, a total of nineteen Chief Executive Officers have also been appointed. A majority of those C.E.O.s are returning, albeit to different ministries this time around. While Doctor Peter Allen served under Minister of Health Pablo Marin, he is now assigned to the Ministry of […]
Of all the shuffles and tweaking which accompanied the appointment of the new Cabinet, on the face of it the title of biggest loser would have to go to Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega. He presided over the Ministry of Natural Resources for two terms, but that giant portfolio has been stripped from him, replaced […]
As the U.D.P.’s mover and shaker in the north, Gaspar Vega actually gained ground, holding on to four seats held by the party and adding one more. But in his own division, he lost significant ground to the P.U.P.’s Ramon Cervantes Junior. While Vega is the second most powerful man in the U.D.P., today he […]
In the midst of the election results euphoria in Belmopan, there was a very serious incident. One of John Saldivar’s supporters allegedly discharged a firearm into the air. He was immediately detained by Police, since discharging a firearm in such a crowded venue is not only extremely foolish and dangerous but also illegal. Another of […]
Two portfolios which received perhaps the most unflattering scrutiny, run by two Ministers who came under sustained attack pre-elections, were returned to those Ministers. One of those ministers is Corozal Bay Area Representative Pablo Marin. Marin retained his seat by almost the same margin as 2012 despite an onslaught of negative publicity fuelled by the […]
Where controversial Wilfred Elrington is concerned, the Prime Minister had nothing but praise for his intellect and performance as Foreign Minister. He did concede, though, that there is disquiet in certain sectors of society, likely because Elrington speaks the truth rather than the politically palatable. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “Some of the criticisms of […]
Orange Walk East was expected to be a battleground in that district – two dynamic young candidates going head to head. But when the last ballot was counted, the U.D.P.’s Elodio Aragon Junior had won by a considerable margin over the P.U.P.’s Josue Carballo – almost six hundred votes. For that victory, Aragon Junior has […]
Frank ‘Papa’ Mena, the U.D.P.’s Area Representative for Dangriga, has weathered two storms in quick succession – a bi-election followed by the general election last week. For his success on the ground Mena has been appointed Minister of State to the Prime Minister. Aside from that political success, Mena has come under scrutiny for comments […]
Forty-seven-year-old David Nanes Schnitzer, a Mexican/American businessman wanted for defrauding thousands of investors while serving as president of Stanford Group Mexico, pleaded guilty to uttering upon a forged document in magistrate’s court this morning. Nanes was busted in San Pedro last Tuesday when he was found in possession of a fraudulent driver’s license. He was […]
A police officer assigned to the Orange Walk formation is tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being charged for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Thirty-one-year-old Police Constable Hector Esquivel appeared in court this afternoon before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer, where he was read a single count. It is alleged that on […]
Wilfred Ramirez was the youth who police caught with a sawed-off shotgun during the funeral of street personality, Julian Willoughby back in May 2014. Today, Ramirez changed his not guilty plea to guilty for the offenses of Kept Prohibited Firearm and Ammunition and was sentenced to four years behind bars in the courtroom of Chief […]
It’s almost a year since the bust of Garifuna hero and national icon, Thomas Vincent Ramos, was acquired by Dangriga. It was officially unveiled in that municipality on the celebration of Garifuna Settlement Day, on nineteenth of November of 2014. But the sculpture has still not been paid for and in July of this year, […]
You may recognize him as the lead singer of the local male singing group, Acafellas, when they made their debut on Season Two of Channel Five’s Entertainment Show, Superstar. Well tonight, Lincoln Jones, who also goes by the name El-Jay; is officially launching a music video for one of his new singles, Week Love. The […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The PLB tournament an into another road block in a football season that can only be described as tumultuous and again Verdes FC finds itself in the eye of the hurricane. It’s a Saturday night inside the F.F.B. Stadium and both teams are dressed […]
