Posted by greatBelize on February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Rebels For Real: A Look Back At Mark And Cordel
Filed under Government, News, Politics, Social Issues · Tagged with Ashcroft, Belize, belizeans, BTL, Cordel Hyde, Economy, government, Jules Vasquez, Lord Ashcroft, Mark Espat, People's United Party, PUP, social justice, UDP
Posted by greatBelize on February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
There are only 30 days to go before the double elections in March, but tonight The PUP is recovering from another wounding body blow. Albert Incumbent and three-time PUP representative Mark Espat this morning announced that he will not offer himself as a candidate in the March 7th General Elections.
Filed under Government, News, Politics, Social Issues · Tagged with Belize, belizeans, Cordel Hyde, Francis Fonseca, government, Mark Espat, People's United Party, PUP, social justice
Posted by greatBelize on February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Three-time Lake I Area Representative Cordel Hyde has stepped down; he will not offer himself to run in the 2012 General Election. It’s the kind of thing that could have been expected – but still, it arrived as a genuine stunner.
Filed under Government, News, Politics, Social Issues · Tagged with Amandala, Cordel Hyde, Francis Fonseca, Jules Vasquez, Kremandala, leader of the opposition, Mark Espat, PUP, social justice
Posted by greatBelize on November 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Well, the final figure is in for Telemedia. It comes from a recognized firm of international consultants – and their figure is almost exactly a tenth of what the Alliance’s agents had said it would be. Those local agents have been warning of a compensation package of six hundred million Belize dollars.
Filed under Economy, Government, News, Politics · Tagged with Aschroft, Ashcroft Alliance, Belize, Belize Bank, BTL, Dean Barrow, Dean O. Barrow, fortis, Telemedia
Posted by greatBelize on November 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment
As we’ve been reporting over the past two weeks, the Ashcroft Alliance won a major victory when the Privy Council ruled that the loan note for the Universal debt was valid and enforceable. The man who signed the loan note, Said Musa said it vindicated him, but it also put taxpayers back on the hook for at least 33.5 million dollars.
Filed under Politics · Tagged with Ashcroft, Ashcroft Alliance, BEL, Belize Bank, Dean Barrow, london court of international arbitration, prime minister, PUP, Said Musa, United Kingdom, USA
Posted by greatBelize on October 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Ninth Amendment went back to the House Of Representatives this morning to be passed by the lower House. It should have been automatic, but no piece of legislation has generated as much controversy as the ninth – and with that, the possibility arose that the government side might not get the requisite two thirds majority to pass it into law.
Posted by greatBelize on October 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Source: 7News, Published: Sept 6th 2011 If you follow international news at all, you’ll probably know what the WIKILEAKS files are. They’re a bunch of about a quarter million diplomatic cables sent to and from US embassies all over the world – copied en masse by a whistleblower and released on the internet – much [...]
Posted by greatBelize on August 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The competence, or lack thereof, of courts to review Constitutional amendments in countries with written constitutions that are supreme, derives from the text, language and provisions of the said constitutions. Where the Constitution does not expressly grant such a power to the courts, judicial review of the merits of Constitutional amendments is not possible. Of course, the courts can always examine, and pronounce on, Constitutional amendments on the ground of failure to comply with the procedure for amendment to the Constitution.
Filed under Government, News, Politics, Statutory Instruments · Tagged with 19th amendment, Ashcroft, Ashcroft Alliance, barrow, BEL, Belize, belize constitution, belizean, belizean people, Canada, Caribbean, Chief Justice, Constitution, constitutional amendment, constitutional amendments, Cordel Hyde, Dean Barrow, government, government press office, hyde, Ireland, irish constitution, judgment, Mark Espat, national assembly, nationalization, ninth amendment, prime minister, public utilities, Supreme Court, supreme court case, Telemedia, United States
Posted by greatBelize on July 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A Conservative has attempted to highlight Ed Miliband’s appointment of a former News International journalist as his director of strategy, claiming that Tom Baldwin had hired private investigators to hack into his bank account.
Michael Ashcroft, a former deputy Conservative chairman and generous donor to the party, posted allegations on the website that he owns, Conservative Home.
Filed under News, Politics · Tagged with Aschroft, Ashcroft, Bank, BEL, Belize, conservative party, david cameron, government, international journalist, Lord Ashcroft, Michael Ashcroft, News, patrick wintour, royal bank of scotland, UK
Posted by greatBelize on July 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A bank with close links to Lord Ashcroft will be accused in a British courtroom of keeping $10m destined for social housing in a poor central American country, in a legal battle that could embarrass David Cameron’s government.
The Conservative party donor and newly appointed government defence adviser has been described as the guiding hand behind Belize Bank, which has fought a four-year legal battle with the Belize government to claim money allegedly earmarked for homeless people.
Filed under Government, News, Politics · Tagged with accommodation agreement, Alliance, Aschroft, Ashcroft Alliance, barrow, BCB Holdings, Belize Bank, Constitution, constitutional amendment, Cordel Hyde, david cameron, Lois Young, Lord Ashcroft, Mark Espat, national assembly, nationalization, prime minister, Prime Minister Said Musa, PUP, Telemedia, UK
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