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Belize City Mayor To Appeal Expulsion from United Democratic Party

The mayor of  Belize Zenaida Moya will reportedly appeal her expulsion from the ruling Democratic Party according to media reports monitored here.

Minister of Housing Hon. Michael Finnegan who is a close ally or Ms. Moya told reporters:

“I saw an interview, I think it was Wednesday, between you and the Prime Minister and it was a crafty and good interview by the Prime Minister. He did a beautiful thing, he left the doors open. The ballgame is now in the Mayor’s court. Mr. Barrow says if you are not serious then something can happen, but let show us that you are serious. On the other hand I believe that you must temper justice with mercy. I believe that the decision was cruel and tough. In my view it was not necessary. In my view she has publicly regretted what she said and in life all of us say things that we wish we never said. As I have said listening to the interview on Channel 7 the Party Leader was magnanimous. He left the door open. “

More on the Mayor Moya Appeal

Commentary: Oh Belize

While the news in Belize on any given day is normally drab and depressing, this past Monday’s newscast by any measure was downright petrifying.  Two persons beheaded in Cayo, a mother gunned down with young infant strapped on her back, a Police Officer walks into a prison cell and executes a detained man and heavily armed gunmen open fire upon a permanent Police Checkpoint.  My GOD, is this really the Belize that we grew up in?

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Guest Editorial: Belize City Council Shenanigans

The latest scandal emanating from the Belize City Council has left city residents wondering just what else can go wrong with this council.  Since assuming office in 2006, Mayor Moya’s UDP council has been fraught with scandals and accusations of wrongdoing.  Who can forget an emotional Mark King in August of 2008, tearfully pleading with Zenaida Moya to desist from her corrupt practices?  King had called a press conference to present concrete evidence of Moya’s mismanagement of city funds.  Mark King pulled no punches, accusing the mayor of being a “liar and a thief” and had documented proof to support his charges.  Many believed it was the end of Moya’s political career, and indeed anywhere else in the world, it would have been.  Moya received overwhelming support from the media however and in particular Kremandala, who spared no ink or words in exalting her to the skies.

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Commentary: Village Council Elections in Belize

The climate of terror besetting our jewel shows no sign of letting up as day after day we hear increasingly alarming news of young men being killed, homes being burglarized and business places being robbed.  What is even more alarming is that these incidents are now happening in broad daylight and in the full view of many witnesses.  There was a time when there was safety in numbers and when folks could feel secure at least in the confines of their homes; but not anymore.  These brazen criminals invade even the sanctuary of the best fortified residences and as the Prime Minister of Belize recently related, it is a “problem that so far is defeating us.”

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Belize Commentary: Mr. Speaker, I rise….

Mr. Speaker, I rise to make my contribution to the Belize General Appropriation Bill for Fiscal Year 2010/2011. I speak Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the regular citizen on the street, the ones who apparently have no voice in this honorable house. The intention is also mine, Mr. Speaker, to set myself to the task of attempting to ensure that throughout this presentation we do not lose sight of the central message.  Before I turn to the formal stuff therefore Mr. Speaker, I wish to set out in straightforward terms what I see as the main pillar of this so-called
“recovery effort”.

Allow me first Mr. Speaker, to address this misnomer of “recover” for make no mistake, those on the government side of this House, have no need for recovery. Look at them Mr. Speaker, they have grown fat and opulent on the backs of those
very “les miserables” that they purport to represent and now relegate to even
harsher living conditions.

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