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The allegation of text messages between Jacob Kingston and John Saldivar as court exhibits prompted reaction from Belmopan. The PM did not give interview, but instead issued a four-paragraph statement this afternoon to cool down temperatures. In the statement, the PM concludes that there is still no evidence of wrongdoing and as such, the texts […]
Written on January 23, 2020 | Posted in
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A statement from John Saldivar was short and curt. It states that nothing has changed from his position outlined in a statement on January fifteenth, 2019. Saldivar also echoes what the PM has said; that the information being circulated regarding expected testimony in the U.S. proceedings contains no allegations of any wrongdoing against him.
Written on January 23, 2020 | Posted in
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The text message referencing Minister Saldivar was also the focus of a statement by Opposition Leader John Briceño. He is calling on the Prime Minister to fire Saldivar from his cabinet. Speaking on the scandal that is rocking the U.D.P. government, Briceño asserted that the text messages must contain important content for the prosecution to […]
Written on January 23, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Briceño, if the Prime Minister wanted to act, he could have already done so. Today, Briceño advised the PM to check with the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to obtain the documents and have the Financial Intelligence Unit contact the Justice Department in Utah for further information. In response to Briceño’s statement, the Prime Minister […]
Written on January 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Briceño Gives Barrow Advice in Figuring Out which Minister Took $25K
As we said, the Lev Dermen scandal has been unraveling for days. Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow called a press conference on the recent allegations. At the time he said that he was being hamstrung on immediate action against whomsoever in his cabinet is named until proven to be culpable for having accepted bribes […]
Written on January 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Revisiting PM Barrow’s Threat of Termination
As the scandal rocks the U.D.P., the likelihood of the upcoming U.D.P. convention being affected by the pending trial in Utah was a question that was placed squarely to the prime minister. At the time, PM Barrow said that if necessary, he will remain in office until general elections are called. Reporter “Sir, do […]
Written on January 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Around midnight, villagers in the area of Crooked Tree Village, Belize District, say they heard a plane circling above. Hours later at around six o’clock this morning, police and B.D.F. descended in the village. A suspected drug plane, an HS 125 Hawker jet, was found intact close to the nearby village of Lemonal in rural […]
Written on January 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Opposition Leader John Briceño spoke to News Five today about the drug plane. He says he is not surprised that yet another drug plane landed in Belize. Briceño says that the circumstances of the landings are yet again suspicious and as such, maintains his position that government officials are allegedly involved. John Briceño, Leader […]
Written on January 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize’s Consul General in New York Herman Longsworth has been fired after an audit report into the finances of the National Sports Council revealed serious cash irregularities. Longsworth, who was the then Minister of State with responsibility for Sports and the U.D.P. Albert Division Area Representative, was awarded the post after he stepped aside to […]
Written on January 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Firing Herman Longsworth is Not Enough, Says Opposition Leader
A press release from the Government says that Longsworth termination will become effective February twenty first, 2020, to allow him time to wrap up the affairs at the Consulate and hand over. As far as we know, another family member is employed at the Consulate in New York which is housed away from the Belize […]
Written on January 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The Belize Coast Guard says that the chance of finding Alison Mackenzie alive is nil. They wrapped up their search mission on Tuesday evening, after they widened the search area. As the Coast Guard ended its search for the missing woman, the Belize Police Department received an offer of help from the F.B.I. As we […]
Written on January 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Convicted murderer William ‘Danny’ Mason and four other men who carried out the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas, as well as the alleged abduction of David Dodd, await sentencing for that capital offense at the Belize Central Prison. Their sentencing is expected to take place sometime in March. This morning, the men appeared before Justice […]
Written on January 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A staggering six-figure debt owed to Pedro’s Inn by the Belize Police Department remains unpaid and Commissioner of Police Chester Williams is turning to tourism stakeholders in San Pedro to help defray the hotel bill. An increase in crime on the island town resulted in more officers being deployed to San Pedro, without adequate housing […]
Written on January 22, 2020 | Posted in
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There is a report tonight that the Consul General in New York, Herman Longsworth is heading back home abruptly and has been fired. Longsworth, as you know was named in the Auditor General Report for deposits from Petrocaribe funding for sports that ended up in his Albert Constituency Office as well as his private account […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Where is Alison MacKenzie? The forty-three-year-old tourist from the United States remains missing tonight after she vanished during an overnight tour on Rendezvous Caye. What should have been a short, fun trip, has turned into heartache for her Arizona family. Search efforts today for MacKenzie have all proved futile. At news time, what we do […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Illegal dredging activities are threatening the coral reefs of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve which lies between San Pedro and Caye Caulker. News Five has received a number of documents that the illegal activities have continued unimpeded and that in a number of instances, the go ahead has not been approved by the relevant authority, […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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In another illegal activity, the Belize Fisheries Department and Police carried out a joint operation in Dangriga that led to a bust of over four hundred pounds of out-of-season Nassau Grouper. The illegal products were found in ice boxes on a property in that southern municipality, but no one was found in the area. The […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Fisheries Make 400-Pound Nassau Grouper Bust
In the past, as recent as last year, we’ve reported on the Nassau Grouper and why Belize has taken steps to protect this species. The fish is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the Nassau Grouper as a critically endangered species in the region. […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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It was not unusual for sixty-seven-year-old Keith Swift to call in and participate in the Wake Up Belize Morning Vibes on Krem Radio. On Monday morning, the Mosul Street resident did just that and was in the middle of a phone discussion about the two unnamed government ministers who reportedly accepted bribes from Lev Dermen […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Twenty-five-year-old Darell Duran was targeted by a lone gunman on Monday night as he walked along Arlington Drive in Belize City. Sometime before eight o’clock, police were called to the K.H.M.H. where they saw Duran suffering from a gunshot wound to the left upper hand. It is not clear what led to the armed assault; […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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There is another jump in the prices of fuel. At midnight, the price per gallon of premium fuel will sell at ten dollars and ninety-nine cents, just under the eleven dollar mark going up by as much as twenty-seven cents. . The price for regular remains at ten dollars twenty-eight cents, diesel at ten dollars […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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An American woman is missing in Belize and her family is desperately trying to find her. Tourist Alison MacKenzie has been in Belize since December and on Friday she and her boyfriend headed out to Rendezvous Caye – a small island some forty minutes away from Belize City. MacKenzie was onboard an overnight tour with […]
Written on January 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte says he met the infamous fraudster, Lev Dermen, through former P.U.P. Minister Ralph Fonseca. Dermen’s name has appeared in all major headlines last week, causing the Barrow administration a searing migraine. A criminal case in the U.S. is threatening to rock the U.D.P. government, as a former business partner of Dermen […]
Written on January 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Michael Peyrefitte Met Lev Dermen; Denies Taking Bribes
So who was the cabinet minister who received twenty-five thousand dollars monthly? Fingers are being pointed to one specific senior U.D.P. minister and according to the Prime Minister his ministers have denied taking the bribe including the two who are set to contest the upcoming leadership convention. Both John Saldivar and Patrick Faber have denied […]
Written on January 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on AG Eager to Know Which Cabinet Minister Took Bribes from Lev Dermen
Sparks flew inside the National Assembly today, forcing President Darrell Bradley to bring order in the Senate. The debate got heated as senators spoke on the ten million U.S. dollar loan motion for Phase Two of the upgrading of the Caracol Road. The multimillion-dollar loan has attracted both support and condemnation. One of the concerns that […]
Written on January 20, 2020 | Posted in
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