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The United Democratic Party has scheduled its national convention for this Sunday, August thirteenth. Several months ago the U.D.P.’s National Party Council voted to endorse its current executive in an [...]
Written on August 8, 2023 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow submitted a No-confidence Motion against Prime Minister John Briceño to the Clerk of the House of Representatives. The move is intended to establish that [...]
Written on August 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Replacing the controversial Definitive Agreement that was symbolically rubbished in the House of Representatives is a proposed legislation which seeks to address significant investments that include tourism development. According to [...]
Written on August 4, 2023 | Posted in
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The Senate’s Special Select Committee that will investigate the government and Portico’s Definitive Agreement will hold its first meeting on August fifteenth. At the last Sitting of the Senate on [...]
Written on August 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Deputy Mayor Allan Pollard is running for municipal office as the next mayor of Belize City. His bid for the highest seat at City Hall was made official earlier today [...]
Written on August 3, 2023 | Posted in
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We also asked Minister Musa for his take on the Leader of the Opposition’s No Confidence Motion filed against Prime Minister John Briceño. The parliamentary motion is intended to demonstrate [...]
Written on August 2, 2023 | Posted in
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Area Representative Gilroy Usher Senior is the subject of a concerted effort led by former area representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez to oust him from the House of Representatives. Martinez says [...]
Written on July 12, 2023 | Posted in
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Another issue that was brought up during today’s House Sitting is the prolonged absence of Queen’s Square Area Representative Denise “Sista B” Barrow. Barrow, who has been a fixture in [...]
Written on June 30, 2023 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party is preparing for the upcoming municipal elections, but as it stands only has two of sixty-seven seats in local government. Those seats are held by Mayor [...]
Written on June 28, 2023 | Posted in
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The redistricting exercise is a long-overdue process that is finally underway, but not without controversy. The redrawing of the electoral map across several of the thirty-one constituencies is causing a [...]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Last week, we told you that the U.D.P.’s National Party Council has decided to reinstate Patrick Faber s standard bearer in the Collet constituency at the next general elections. Ian [...]
Written on June 5, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner has gone on record to say that he would like a third term in office at the municipal level to complete various projects that began [...]
Written on May 30, 2023 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party installed its Collet Area Representative, Patrick Faber as the standard bearer for that division in the next general elections. It has been a whirlwind experience for [...]
Written on May 30, 2023 | Posted in
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Five-time Area Representative Patrick Faber has been endorsed by the United Democratic Party as standard bearer for the Collet constituency. On Saturday, the National Party Council met and, in a [...]
Written on May 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Wagner, who had at one time expressed interest in entering the political arena at the national level, and who had been eyeballing the Albert constituency, seems to have a change [...]
Written on May 18, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s been one week since the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Transport has been working under a new Chief Executive Officer and Minister Rodwell Ferguson says that everything is better. [...]
Written on May 16, 2023 | Posted in
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After announcing its plans to drop the British Monarch eight months ago, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda is on the brink of becoming a republic. According to Loop Caribbean [...]
Written on May 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier in the news we heard from the Leader of the Opposition, Moses ‘Shyne’ Barrow share his views on the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police in [...]
Written on April 28, 2023 | Posted in
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For the first time since 1984, the United Democratic Party has a standard bearer in the Queen’s Square Division who does not bear the last name “Barrow”. On Sunday, attorney [...]
Written on April 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, Party Leader Shyne Barrow congratulated the new U.D.P. standard bearer for Queen Square, following a resounding victory on Sunday during a constituency convention. Godwin Haylock and Shane Williams [...]
Written on April 3, 2023 | Posted in
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The National Party Council of the U.D.P. met on Saturday to discuss a number of issues related to the political organization moving forward. During the meeting, a vote was also [...]
Written on April 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Last week, word broke that Ian Jones was going to step aside as the U.D.P. Standard Bearer for Collet, citing that it would be the best thing for the party, [...]
Written on April 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Despite Faber’s wishes, the U.D.P’s National Party Council still went ahead and voted overwhelmingly to support Barrow’s proposal to keep the status quo within their party. The proposal, as it [...]
Written on April 3, 2023 | Posted in
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U.D.P. Standard Bearer Ian Jones stepped down as the party’s candidate of choice for Collet on Wednesday. His choice to withdraw as the nominee for that constituency was shared in [...]
Written on March 31, 2023 | Posted in
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There’s a National Party Council meeting scheduled for this Saturday where executives of the United Democratic Party, as well as the broader membership of the organization, are expected to discuss [...]
Written on March 29, 2023 | Posted in
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