By Dr. Philip Castillo To secure his electoral victory, Donald Trump made several promises but gave little indication how those will be achieved. While there is always a gap between election promises and actual achievements, there is a broad consensus …
By Dr. Philip Castillo With the heightened interest in the upcoming elections in the USA, attention is on the many polls being conducted to predict its likely outcome. Basically, a poll is a small scale representative subset of the voting …
By Dr. Philip Castillo International observers perennially certify Belize’s national elections as free and fair – and indeed they mostly are. But as the ongoing court saga in Cayo North demonstrates, the chicanery that does occur in Belize takes place …
Hon. Florencio Marin Jr., Minister of National Defence and Border Security, along with Hon. Oscar Mira, Minister of State; Colonel Anthony Velasquez, Deputy Commander of the Belize Defence Force; and Lieutenant Commandant Alma Pinelo, Acting Vice Commandant of the Belize …
By Dr. Philip Castillo For the purposes of presidential elections, of the fifty states and the District of Columbia, that comprise the United States of America, only a handful – about seven or so – are regarded as truly competitive. …