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On Monday and Tuesday, explosive details including text messages between Jacob Kingston and John Saldivar were revealed in a Utah court. Saldivar agreed to go to Miami to receive fifty thousand U.S. dollars in cash from associates of Kingston. This information, which had been foretold in Kingston’s depositions and therefore anticipated before Sunday’s convention, sent […]
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This afternoon, U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte responded to the events of the day by saying that Prime Minister Barrow was duty-bound to request Saldivar’s resignation, but that the beleaguered Belmopan Area Representative only tendered his walking papers because of the overwhelming impact of the scandal on the U.D.P. He says an urgent meeting, including the […]
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The Attorney General also responded to a question about the atmosphere of the subsequent session held with all thirty-one standard bearers of the ruling party this afternoon in Belmopan. He said it was a gathering of mixed emotions but it went smoothly, notwithstanding the worrisome Lev Dermen scandal. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party […]
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In carrying out a complete and thorough investigation, the question of invoking the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty was put to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte. He explains the mechanism behind requesting sensitive court documents in respect of John Saldivar’s involvement with Lev Dermen and Jacob Kingston. That information, he says, may not necessarily come from the […]
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Former Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber, who resigned on Monday, following defeat during the February ninth leadership convention, is contemplating a return to the race whenever a subsequent date is set for the leadership convention. And while that remains pending, his political opponent turned benched Cabinet minister, Saldivar, may very well be back in the […]
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Turning to the Opposition….the People’s United Party postponed its press conference originally scheduled for today to allow the party’s executive to meet at its headquarters on Queen Street. There, the party discussed the ‘Saldivar Scandal’ along with national policies to be presented during a press conference on Wednesday. But Opposition Leader John Briceño released a […]
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At the end of the Prime Minister’s emergency meeting, John Saldivar was vanished as Leader Elect of the U.D.P. and was placed on an indefinite suspension. Saldivar will be given a chance to prove his innocence and time for G.O.B. to obtain official transcripts from the Utah court. P.U.P. Leader John Briceño says that these […]
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Former Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of the United Democratic Party, Patrick Faber told News Five as he left the Sir Edney Cain Building in Belmopan that he supports the Prime Minister’s statement. Now, the Attorney General has said that anyone can vie for the leadership of the U.D.P. including Hugo Patt and Beverly […]
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The Council of Churches today chimed in on the debacle of the last seventy-two hours that has resulted in a sense of uncertainty in the political leadership of the government. As a member of civil society, the Church has been quiet and hasn’t really spoken out on corruption, crime and other issues plaguing the country. […]
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As you heard John Saldivar has been suspended indefinitely from cabinet and will step down as leader elect, merely three days after he was elected. On Sunday he had the support of the majority of his cabinet colleagues and U.D.P. standard-bearers who were very vocal then. Well, some of those Saldivar supporters today brushed off […]
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Ralph Fonseca’s name was also called by Jacob Kingston in the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, Utah. Now Fonseca has not in government for years. According to Kingston, Fonseca assisted him and Lev Dermen in receiving a license for Lions Gaming, an online and physical casino in Belize. Kingston testified that a warehouse […]
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The recently elected Deputy Leader of the U.D.P. and newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Belize, Hugo Patt, today lost his cool at a reporter. Patt was exiting the Prime Minister’s emergency press conference at the Sir Edney Cain Building when he was asked about reports that U.D.P. delegates were sold caye lands for one […]
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On Tuesday, as the testimony of Jacob Kingston indicated that Saldivar had travelled to Miami to pick up fifty thousand U.S. dollars in cash reverberated across Belize, there was word that Steve Duncan had called it quits in the Senate. Duncan is one of government’s appointed senators and a senior banker. His decision to quit […]
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The Belize Tourism Board hosted a media forum earlier this week at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza. With assistance from its North American marketing agency, ICF Next, MSNBC Live Weekend Anchor Kendis Gibson was brought to Belize to make a presentation focusing on international journalism best practices; he also fielded questions from local media […]
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Remember John McAfee? He is the eccentric U.S. anti-virus software pioneer with a sordid history. Among other things, McAfee was a person of interest in the 2012 murder of his neighbor in San Pedro, another U.S. national, Gregory Faull. In that same year, his property in Orange Walk was raided by the G.S.U. McAfee claimed the raid […]
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Officials from the Department of Environment, the Fisheries Department, the Belize Port Authority and the Belize Audubon Society today travelled to the site of a recent grounding on an aquarium near Long Caye in the Lighthouse Reef Atoll. On Sunday, a vessel, namely the Samadhi, which is registered in Cayman Island, had dropped its anchor […]
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According to Ports Commissioner Merlene Bailey-Martinez, charges can be filed by both the Belize Port Authority and the Department of Environment in incidents like this, but the D.O.E. normally takes the lead when it comes to environmental issues. According to the Harbours and Merchant Shipping Act, charges for negligence in causing the destruction to the […]
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It is a fast moving news day with numerous developments with serious implications, but first, John Saldivar has emerged as the favourite to lead the United Democratic Party. Of the five hundred and sixty-nine votes cast, Saldivar got three hundred and forty-two votes, beating Patrick Faber, who got two hundred and twenty-seven votes. That’s on […]
Written on February 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Embattled area representative turned party leader elect, John Saldivar, has artfully dodged the media in the weeks leading up to Sunday’s convention by absenting himself from public events hosted by his ministry. With the Lev Dermen scandal looming over his candidacy, Saldivar deflected the media at every turn, resorting instead to press releases on new […]
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When asked if he was anxious about the testimony of Jacob Kingston whose sworn statement from the dock resumed today in the Utah courtroom, Saldivar essentially said that he was unfazed since nothing incriminating would come out as evidence against him. He also spoke about the healing process following the divisive convention. John Saldivar, […]
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This afternoon, shortly after three o’clock, Patrick Faber took to his social media account where he posted on his Facebook page a letter of resignation. So Faber stepped down as Deputy Prime Minister in the wake of Sunday’s crushing defeat at the National Party Convention. In his letter to PM Barrow, Faber says, “realizing that […]
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With the election of a new leader, Prime Minister Dean Barrow will be demitting office, as when, a date is not known. In his final address before a massive gathering of U.D.P. supporters at the Civic, Barrow spoke about his lengthy career as politician. His vocation spans almost forty years since his foray into electoral […]
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While bidding farewell to the legions of U.D.P. supporters in the bleachers, the outgoing party leader reminded them that they are in good hands with his successor. He also took the time to speak on the reunification of the party as it prepares for the upcoming general elections. Dean Barrow, Party Leader, U.D.P. “And […]
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This morning, the People’s United Party issued its release on the convention results. It makes the point that new Leader of the United Democratic Party was elected with only three hundred and forty-two votes and that he took the oath of office as the new leader of the United Democratic Party. The P.U.P. states that […]
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Cybercrime relates to offenses committed on the internet or on social media platforms on a number of issues. In the country at this time, are representatives of a Cybercrime Programme of the Council of Europe. The Council is assisting in the drafting of legislation in a matter of days which will be aligned with the […]
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