In Belize there are a total of 178,054 registered voters for the General Elections who are expected to vote for 74 candidates in 31 constituencies at 315 polling stations. For the Municipal Elections there are a total of 97,979 registered voters, a total 170 candidates and 168 polling stations. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez ‘Has Cancer Surgery In Cuba’
President Hugo Chavez
(BBC NEWS) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in “good physical shape” after undergoing planned cancer surgery in Cuba, Venezuela’s vice-president says.
A lesion in Mr Chavez’s pelvic region was completely removed, vice-president Elias Jaua said.
Mr Chavez, 57, had two operations to remove a cancerous tumour from the same area last year. Continue reading
US Advising Guyana How To Spend “Oil” Money
(KAIETEUR NEWS) -Major focus is being placed on the country’s natural resources and should there be a discovery of oil in the near future, Guyana would be faced with an abundance of revenue which would need to be properly managed for future investments.
In light of this, the US Embassy has launched a three-day workshop at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Quamina Street, where participants will benefit from training in issues such as Offshore Oil and Gas Discovery, Reservoir Management and Unitization from the USA’s model. Continue reading
List of Candidates for 2012 Belize General Election
A total of 74 nominations were accepted today by the various returning officers for Belize’s 31 constituencies to contest the 2012 general elections called for March 7, 2012.
In Belize there are a total of 178,054 registered voters for the General Elections who are expected to vote for 74 candidates in 31 constituencies at 315 polling stations. For the Municipal Elections there are a total of 97,979 registered voters, a total 170 candidates and 168 polling stations. Continue reading
Belize Officials ‘ready’ for March 7 Double Elections
BELMOPAN, Belize– Electoral Officials in Belize say they are ready to conduct the double elections to be held here on March 7.
The ruling United Democratic Party (UDP) of Prime Minister Dean Barrow is facing a challenge from the main opposition People’s United Party (PUP) in the general and municipal elections. Continue reading
OAS to Observe Belize 2012 Elections
The Organization of American States has signed an agreement with Belize to monitor the country’s elections March 7, according to OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza.
The OAS signed the pact with Belize today that establishes the conditions for the Electoral Observation Mission that will accompany Belize’s general and municipal elections. Continue reading
Belizean Elections Set for March 7
PM Dean Barrow
BELMOPAN, Belize – Belizeans are to go to the polls on March 7 to elect a new government.
In making the announcement Prime Minister Dean Barrow said the National Assembly will be dissolved on Friday and Nomination Day will be on February 17. Continue reading
Supporters Mobilising Behind PM In No Confidence Motion
PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar
(TRINIDAD NEWSDAY) – While the no confidence motion against Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is being debated in Parliament on Friday, hundreds of her supporters are expected to converge outside the Hyatt hotel in Port-of-Spain to offer moral support.
Supporters gathered at the private residence of the Prime Minister yesterday in Phillipine, San Fernando to discuss mobilisation plans regarding a no confidence motion against the Prime Minister. Continue reading
Julian Hunte To Visit Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller
(JAMAICA GLEANER)-In a reported bid to diffuse tensions between the Jamaican Government and the West Indies Cricket Board, (WICB) board president Julian Hunte is to pay a visit to Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to ‘make amends’ following heated exchanges between the board and the prime minister over the last week, sources tell The Gleaner. Continue reading
‘Another CLICO Probe?’: Forensic Auditors Suggest Second Investigation
(BRIDGETOWN, CMC) – The Barbados Sunday Sun newspaper has reported that forensic auditors are seeking a second investigation into the failed CLICO insurance giant’s Eastern Caribbean operations in a bid to find millions of dollars in missing funds.
The paper said it had obtained a 37-page audit report, dated December 5, at the end of an eight-month-long probe which has also found unexplained dead-ends in the company’s money trail. Continue reading
It’s March 26 – Jamaica PM Gives Date for Local Government Polls
Portia Simpson Miller
(JAMAICA OBSERVER) – Jamaicans will vote in Local Government Elections on March 26, three months after the December 29 Parliamentary poll in which the People’s National Party (PNP) swept to power in a landslide victory of 42 seats to the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP’s) 21.
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who announced the date yesterday at a special press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston, said Nomination Day will be Monday, March 5. Continue reading
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Set for New Cuba Surgery
President Hugo Chavez
(BBC NEWS) -Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will go to Cuba on Friday for an operation on a lesion in an area where he had a cancerous tumour removed last year.
Venezuela’s parliament gave him permission to leave the country for more than five days.
Mr Chavez, 57, says the lesion is probably malignant but that he is determined to survive. Continue reading
Caribbean Court of Justice Goes Against Suriname in Flour Dispute
(PORT OF SPAIN, CMC) – The Caribbean Court of Justice on Thursday ruled against Suriname for failing to impose a tax on non-CARICOM flour in order to protect a Trinidadian firm, in Paramaribo’s first case before the court in its jurisdiction over Caribbean Community trade disputes. Continue reading
OAS Recommends Uniformed Procedures to Avoid Voting Delays
(JAMAICA OBSERVER) -The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organisation of American States (OAS) has recommended that Jamaica adopt a “uniform process” at polling stations to prevent voting delays during elections. Continue reading
Caricom Crisis Confirmed
(TRINIDAD EXPRESS, RICKEY SINGH) -The Caribbean Community is in “crisis”. And the discouraging news is official.
Confirmation on the nature of the ‘crisis’ is outlined in a comprehensive report, based on a mandated assessment that’s now in the possession of Heads of Government of the 15-member Community. Continue reading