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Accused Armenian/American fraudster Lev Dermen is sitting in a prison cell in Utah for having allegedly participated in defrauding the United States government of over half a billion dollars. His tentacles as a businessman, however, extend well beyond Washakie Renewable Energy in Plymouth. His international dealings reportedly go as far as Turkey, Russia and Belize. […]
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PM Barrow went around the Cabinet Room on Tuesday asking each member in attendance whether they accepted monies from Dermen during the period in question, transactions that go as far back as 2013. With the exception of Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber and Tracy Panton who were absent from the meeting, everyone denied having accepted […]
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We asked the PM if he was satisfied with the responses given by members of his cabinet and if he was prepared to launch an investigation ahead of the testimony in Utah. PM Barrow admits that there is little that can be done without names being called and evidence being presented. But he says if […]
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The leadership convention for the United Democratic Party is less than a month away and the Dermen scandal is a raging fire that the Barrow administration is desperately trying to douse ahead of February ninth. But what impact, if any, will it have on the scheduled vote? PM Barrow outlined several possible scenarios and reiterated […]
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Three hours prior to the Prime Minister’s conference, Leader of the Opposition John Briceño hosted his own press conference, calling on PM Barrow to take immediate and swift action against the two accused U.D.P. ministers. Briceño is demanding that the Prime Minster disclose the identity of the ministers; he calls on the duo to immediately […]
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Lev Dermen received Belizean nationality in 2013 under his past name, Levon Termendzhyan. It is not certain if he obtained a passport since none was found prior, but a Special Audit verifies he received a nationality certificate. During his press conference, PM Barrow tied the questionable nationality certificate to the Elvin Penner immigration scandal. But […]
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow also took a jab at the Leader of the Opposition for seeking disclosure on the involvement of two ministers. Barrow read parts of the P.U.P.’s press release and he found it to be undermining. He put it back on Briceño’s court, saying that if Briceño knows who the ministers are, then […]
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Going back to the possible consequences of either of the two leadership aspirants being found to have collected bribes from Dermen, PM Barrow says that should the convention proceed before the testimony is given, a solemn promise has to be made that once that individual is proven to have accepted monies from Dermen, he would […]
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The minister, whose name has been swirling in this scandal, issued a statement today. John Saldivar confirms he met Lev Dermen in 2013 and last saw him sometime in early 2015. He interacted with Dermen on several occasions and did so publicly, including at the Gold Cup in 2013. But Saldivar rejects any suggestion of […]
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Late this evening, DPM Patrick Faber posted on his Facebook saying he has had no relationship with Levon Dermen, that he did not make any request for him to be made an Ambassador or Honorary Consul and third that he did not receive any financial contributions of twenty-five thousand dollars per month or even a […]
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Aside from the Lev Dermen sandal, there is the saga of the convicted murderer, William Danny Mason. The Prime Minister was asked if there was evidence that Mason gave the Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber two hundred thousand dollars. The allegation was brought up during a media interview with Shyne Barrow on Tuesday. The allegation […]
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As you heard earlier, Prime Minister says there is no evidence yet to tie any member of cabinet or any other government official to the alleged bribery involving Lev Dermen. The Armenian/American national was flagged in the Audit General’s Report on the Immigration and Nationality Departments for 2011-2013 as one of several persons who acquired […]
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Last week, U.D.P. standard bearer Dianne Finnegan collected documents from hundreds of immigrants at her political office on Partridge Street in the Lake Independence division of Belize City. She claimed that the documents were to be presented to the Minister of State for Immigration, Beverly Williams, at a meeting held on January thirteenth. But the […]
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow also took questions on a number of other issues aside from the Lev Dermen scandal at his press conference. Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin reaches retirement age in the first part of this year. He was appointed Chief Justice in 2011 and whether or not his contract will be extended has not […]
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The Chief Justice is facing serious complaints lodged by the Bar Association. One of the chief complaints is the delay in the delivery of judgments as well as the exclusion of the Bar President from the Judicial and Legal Services Commission. . To show their displeasure, during the opening of the 2019 Legal Year, 2019, […]
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that he is surprised that the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has not received documents it had requested. The request was in respect to the Coastal Highway contract which was awarded to Imer Hernandez to the tune of one hundred and thirty million dollars. Hernandez has won several contracts with […]
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According to the Prime Minister, an I.D.B. audit on the infrastructural works of Imer Hernandez was concluded. PM Barrow says that Hernandez received a letter from the I.D.B., telling him that he is cleared from all allegations. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I have received a copy of a letter sent to Mister Imer Hernandez […]
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The Belize Network of N.G.O.s received twenty-seven thousand U.S. dollars to fund an exercise that will strengthen civil society organizations to promote good governance and accountability. The donation is made possible through the Belize Association of Planners and the Research Triangle Award. The money, according to BAP, came through a CARSI-funded project. Senator Osmany Salas […]
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Two other local organizations also received funding through the Belize Association of Planners and Research Triangle International micro grants. The Emergent Corp and the Belize Association of Persons with Diverse Abilities (BAPDA) received ten thousand Belize dollars each for six-month projects. Representatives of the two organizations share how the grants will be used to further […]
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Businessman and politician Lee Mark Chang came up big for Dara’s Feeding Programme. Today, Chang presented a thousand dollar check to the grassroots initiative that feeds about fifty underprivileged school children from the area. Chang also committed a monthly check for the rest of the school year. Joel Dara Robinson’s thirteen-year programme is at risk […]
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Swift Hall in Belize City was overflowing on Monday night in the mad rush by immigrants to acquire Belizean nationality. The Minister of State for Immigration Beverly Williams was not present, but high ranking members of the Immigration Department turned up to meet the hundreds of immigrants. It all started last week when crowds converged […]
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Immigration C.E.O. Edmond Zuniga was also quizzed about the vast amount of documents that were collected at Finnegan’s political office over the course of last week. He did not confirm their status. Edmond Zuniga, C.E.O., Ministry of Immigration “I don’t know; I haven’t seen those documents so I don’t know. I can’t speak to […]
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A storm is brewing in the ruling United Democratic Party ahead of its national convention in February. This on the heels of the release of U.S. court documents of a massive tax fraud case. One of the documents is a deposition, eighteen pages long, against Lev Aslan Dermen by his business partner. Dermen is originally […]
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A series of countrywide public consultations commenced over the weekend; on Monday it was held in Belmopan where proponents of the Equal Opportunities Bill presented, to an audience of interested persons, the need for the proposed legislation. Led by Chief Executive Officer Judith Alpuche of the Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation and Executive […]
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The Equal Opportunities Bill is of serious concern for the National Evangelical Association of Belize, NEAB, which has come out strongly against the proposed legislation because of the perceived same-sex agenda. NEAB has also been staunchly against the repealing of Section Fifty-three of Belize’s Criminal Code. That issue was raised pointedly during Monday night’s forum. […]
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