As we reported earlier, Leader of the Opposition, Moses “Shyne” Barrow predicted a clean sweep for the United Democratic Party across all nine municipalities. Well, tonight Barrow is admitting that he erred in making such a prediction. But, he says the U.D.P.’s failure at the
But, what do the unfavorable results on March sixth for the U.D.P. say about the organization’s leader? He says his name was not on the ballot and that it was a team effort. According to Barrow, the U.D.P. has scheduled a postmortem and a National
Moving west to the twin towns of San Ignacio/ Santa Elena, the only municipality where the United Democratic Party gained some grounds. The U.D.P. secured six of the seven seats that were up for grabs. That is four more seats than what they claimed in
The People’s United Party secured another victory in the town of Benque Viejo Del Carmen but the victory did not come as easily as it did in other municipalities, as there was only an eighteen point six disparity between blue and red votes. A total
The People’s United Party was also victorious in Dangriga, where its Mayoral candidate, Robert Mariano led a team of six councillor candidates. The day’s events also went smoothly, for the most part, except for an instance when people wearing party colours were restricted from entering
The electorate also sent a resounding message in La Isla Bonita on Election Day, as the blue machine proved to be far more effective. Wally Nunez and his slate of six councilors were returned to serve on the town council for a second consecutive term
In Sugar City, returning Mayor Ladrick Sheppard and his team of six town councilors are back in office. Here’s correspondent Dalila Ical with that story from Orange Walk.
In Corozal, the People's United Party retained its hold with incumbent mayor Rigoberto Vellos securing a win for his entire slate. This win marks the launch of the third term in office for Vellos. Out of the seven thousand eight hundred and twenty-six registered electors,
Earlier in our newscast, we showed you the U.D.P.’s singular elections victory in San Ignacio/Santa Elena with a team of councilors led by returning mayor Earl Trapp. With a majority of the municipalities now controlled by the People’s United Party, will the Briceño administration be
Leader of the Opposition, Moses “Shyne” Barrow says he will step aside from his leadership role should the U.D.P. fail in the 2025 general elections. Barrow also says that other party members will have to face the fact that some of them stand a better
