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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 […]
Written on February 12, 2020 | Posted in
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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 Council of Churches is taken a position on the Equal Opportunities Bill. It Council is of the view that having now had the opportunity to review and discuss the proposed legislation with its attorneys and membership, the Council is unable to support the bill in its present form. As you may know, the Bill […]
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According to Bishop Philip Wright, the Council of Churches is open to further discussion on the Bill. The Council would be willing to consider if by way of a referendum, the people are given an opportunity to accept or reject the Bill and it does not supersede the Constitution. The Council also says that it […]
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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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News Five has confirmed that an emergency cabinet meeting has been called for Wednesday morning. That meeting will be held at the Prime Minister’s Office at the Laing Building, in Belize City. As we’ve reported the situation is fluid and it is expected that a decision on the John Saldivar situation may be forthcoming.
Written on February 11, 2020 | Posted in
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At news time tonight, the government and the new leader of the U.D.P., John Saldivar have remained mum about the incriminating revelations coming out from a court in Utah in a trial that has captivated the nation. A press conference announced for this Wednesday by the U.D.P. has been called off as Saldivar comes under […]
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Comments Off on More Revelations from Utah Case on John Saldivar
Early this morning, a new photograph surfaced in the ongoing saga involving the new U.D.P. leader, John Saldivar. Saldivar’s name has been ringing in the Salt Lake court where Lev Dermen is being accused of defrauding as much as five hundred and ten million U.S. dollars from the U.S. government in fuel tax credit. This […]
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There are two elected leaders of the U.D.P. following Sunday’s convention when John Saldivar took the oath as party leader. Today, the party sent out a release asserting that Prime Minister Dean Barrow continues to lead the party. A release points to the party’s constitution which cites that whenever the party leader is serving the […]
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After garnering the most votes from delegates during the National Party Convention on Sunday to become the new deputy leader of the U.D.P., Corozal North Area Representative and Minister of Natural Resources, Hugo Patt, has been sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister which means that he sits next to the PM in the House. The […]
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Ahead of Hugo Patt’s swearing-in this afternoon, we caught up with him following today’s cabinet meeting, the first gathering of the Barrow administration since the U.D.P. convention on Sunday. We quizzed the Minister of Natural Resources on his thoughts about the Lev Dermen scandal, in the context of newly elected party leader John Saldivar being […]
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Will the latest developments from Jacob Kingston’s testimony earlier today during which he provided the court with text messages of John Saldivar requesting fifty thousand U.S. dollars prompt an abrupt change within the upper echelon of the United Democratic Party? According to Patt, he does not envisage any immediate changes following today’s testimony. Reporter […]
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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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Earlier today, a letter from the Scotiabank to Mesopotamia Area Representative Michael Finnegan went into wide circulation on social media, since the sixty-day notice concerned the termination of his constituency’s account. The letter, dated January twentieth, was written by Branch Manager Erwin Arthurs and informs Finnegan that, “Scotiabank has undertaken a strategic review of its […]
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According to Port Loyola Area Representative, Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez, he, too, received a letter from Scotiabank late in 2019 informing him of the pending termination of his constituency account. He says that no more than four thousand dollars at any given time was deposited or withdrawn from that account prior to its closure. Anthony […]
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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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Last week, the Belize Council of Churches issued a press release to provide its position on the Equal Opportunities Bill. According to the Council of Churches, they are supportive of the idea of legislation that would further promote and protect the right to equal protection under the law and non-discrimination, contained in the Constitution of […]
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Albert Area Representative Tracy Panton received the fewest number of votes in Sunday’s U.D.P. convention. She had from the onset admitted to being at a disadvantage since only seventy-five percent of the five hundred and sixty-eight delegates were made available to her during the campaign. Today, Panton shared with the media her feelings on the […]
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On Sunday, Belize Rural North Area Rep, Edmond ‘Clear the Land’ Castro predicted that John Saldivar would have defeated political opponent Patrick Faber handsomely to become the U.D.P.’s new party leader. The results of the leadership race weren’t too far from his prediction. Today, he was asked whether the United Democratic Party, in spite of […]
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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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A dark cloud had been hanging over Sunday’s convention because of Jacob Kingston’s testimony. How this revelation will affect the U.D.P. is not known as the U.D.P. goes into gear to maneuver the way forward. But for sure, the PM is likely to have the last word as to when the new leader is to […]
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