2010 Village and Community Council elections conclude Posted: 11/06/2010 - 11:11 AM Amandala statistics: UDP win 115 councils to 48 for the PUP and 16 go to independents; 10 disputed... The two-month long exercise of electing village and community councils in 190 villages concluded on Sunday with elections in six villages in three districts. EBC says no new elections in Palmar Posted: 11/06/2010 - 10:58 AM Four villages in Cayo, Stann Creek still to be decided.. The Election and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has delivered its final decision on the petitions from San Jose Palmar village in the Orange Walk District, where an election of a bipartisan slate of seven, led by Orlando Balam, on April 18 was marred by allegations of undue influence and voter fraud, most notably by Orange Walk East area representative Hon. Marcel Cardona. Three senior CitCo officials tender resignations Posted: 04/06/2010 - 11:14 AM The Belize City Council’s woes continue, as Amandala learned on Tuesday that three senior employees of City Hall have joined a long list of individuals who have resigned under the tenure of Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers. Will the new Police Minister, Doug Singh, be tough on crime? Posted: 04/06/2010 - 10:12 AM “The police is really at a zero level or below zero level with respect to public confidence at this point in time — whether it is deserved or undeserved. That has to be worked on.” The newly appointed Police Minister Doug Singh, Leader of Government Business in the Senate, chairman of the United Democratic Party and owner of an offshore business,International Corporate Services, made his debut at a Government Press Conference on Wednesday, at the unveiling of the Government’s latest crime plan, RESTORE Belize, immediately taking the hot seat as the media probed to find out if he can really make a difference in the fight against crime. Do DOE and Geology and Petroleum have the muscle to police offshore drilling? Posted: 27/05/2010 - 10:30 PM Chief Environmental Officer, Martin Alegria, and Director of Geology and Petroleum, Andre Cho, address concerns over offshore drilling.. Chief Environmental Officer Martin Alegria and Director of the Department of Geology and Petroleum Andre Cho say that while they understand concerns over offshore drilling in light of the recent Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion, Belize does have a responsibility to balance environmental concerns with its push to develop and utilize its natural resources. “I don’t agree:” Prime Barrow tells Briceño, APAMO, COLA, Oceana, BELPO Posted: 27/05/2010 - 10:22 PM Barrow admits cons to offshore drilling, but says oil benefits can be “enormous”.. DOE shuts down Never Delay.. Oil was being extracted before ECP and EIA were approved, says Prime Minister Barrow UDP takes Georgeville Posted: 11/05/2010 - 12:13 AM Cayo Central area representative and Minister of Agriculture Hon. Rene Montero shouted the news as he walked toward his constituents and supporters, setting off a mixture of joy and relief in the camp of the ruling United Democratic Party (UDP), as several weeks of campaigning had resulted in a close, tense victory at about 5:35 p.m. on Sunday. Ashcroft’s Belize Bank loses at Appeals Court Posted: 26/03/2010 - 11:07 AM GOB not responsible for repaying 33.5 million loan... The Belize Bank has lost its case at the Belize Court of Appeals on Friday, March 19. The bank had appealed a ruling won by the Association of Concerned Belizeans, Godwin Hulse, the Medical and Dental Union and the National Trade Union Congress, who had challenged the secret signing by former Prime Minister Said Musa of a loan note with the Belize Bank in 2007 for $33.5 million, to be used to service Universal Health Service’s debt. Zenaida and the UDP “making up?” Posted: 24/11/2009 - 10:07 AM A hearing involving Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers and the United Democratic Party, (UDP) had been scheduled to take place in the Supreme Court of Justice Minet Hafez on Thursday, November 12, but none of the parties showed up and the matter was adjourned until Thursday, December 10, 2009. Johnny and Said “shake hands” – one PUP again Posted: 27/10/2009 - 10:07 AM In a press release issued this afternoon, the PUP’s party leader and Leader of the Opposition, Hon. John Briceno, took a hard line on the position of the party’s key communication and organizational assets, namely the Belize Times newspaper, Independence Hall on Queen Street and Vibes Radio station (previously Positive Vibes) on Coney Drive.