PUP Press Release – Infanticide

May 16th, 2013

May 1, 2013 The People’s United Party expresses its shock and deep concern at the unspeakable tragedy that unfolded last weekend in which a mother took the lives of three of her four children and attempted to take her own.  The Party believes that this unprecedented incident brings into sharp focus the extreme challenges that

Press Release – Office of the Chairman Public Accounts Committee

April 30th, 2013

OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE Hon Julius Espat April 30, 2013  PUP Press Release  The People’s United Party’s (PUP) members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) are concerned with the recent pattern of intimidation and possible victimization tactics by the United Democratic Party and the present Government to cease public discussion

Press Release on Important Supreme Court Decisions Against GoB

April 24th, 2013

April 22, 2013 Press Release on Important Supreme Court Decisions Against GoB The People’s United Party (PUP) notes with interest two very important Supreme Court decisions made last week against the Government of Belize, namely, the Oceana Decision and the Bar Association Constitutional Challenge. In the Oceana case the Court ruled that various Offshore Contracts

PUP STATEMENT ON GUATEMALA’S PROPOSALS

April 9th, 2013

PUP STATEMENT ON GUATEMALA’S PROPOSALS   On Sunday March 17, 2013 Guatemala put forward certain proposals that make clear its intention to breach its agreement with Belize to hold simultaneous referenda on October 6, 2013. The People’s United Party (PUP) rejects any proposal which violates the spirit and letter of the Special Agreement signed by

Statement on Passing of President Hugo Chavez

March 6th, 2013

6 March 2013 PRESS RELEASE PUP STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ   The Leader of the People’s United Party the Hon. Francis Fonseca sends a message of deep sympathy and condolence to the Government and people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the passing of President Hugo Chavez. “President Chavez was

PUP Views on Threat of Media Personnel

March 6th, 2013

February 13, 2013 PRESS RELEASE The People’s United Party views the threat of legal action levied against Plus TV and Mr. Patrick Andrews, a private citizen, by the Minister of National Security, John Saldivar, as a threat against democracy and an attempt to stifle public discourse on an issue that is concerning to all Belizeans,