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The U.D.P.’s leadership race is getting tense and the party appears to be hopelessly fractured. Scheduled for February ninth, John Saldivar and Patrick Faber will go head-to-head to become the next U.D.P. leader and hold over the reins of government if the Prime Minister of Belize steps down before the term of the government expires. […]
Written on January 29, 2020 | Posted in
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As the trial of American Armenian national Lev Dermen enters its second day in the U.S. courts, in Belize, the matter is getting plenty attention because of its implications to a sitting government minister. The question in everyone’s mind is about the contents of the messages shared between Dermen’s former business partner, Jacob Kingston and […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Musa says that if the messages or any other documents prove some level of criminality, public pressure will be applied on Commissioner of Police Chester Williams to launch a criminal investigation and seek prosecution of those involved. Kareem Musa, Area Representative, Caribbean Shores “If the evidence comes which I suspect it will in the […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on P.U.P. Wants Criminal Investigation into Lev Dermen’s Link to Belize
By this afternoon, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte responded to Caribbean Shores Area Representative Kareem Musa, despite not being in receipt of the letter in reference to Minister of National Security John Saldivar. The AG minced no words, calling the notion of invoking the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, under these circumstances, absolutely impractical. According to Peyrefitte, […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Attorney General Peyrefitte says that even if he were to proceed with such a request to obtain the names of the government ministers from U.S. Attorney General William Barr, the bureaucracy of that process would take significantly longer than waiting for the trial to commence and simply paying close attention to Jacob Kingston‘s testimony. […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Waiting for Testimony is Easier than Bureaucracy of a Formal Request – AG Peyrefitte
The man in the eye of the storm here in Belize is John Birchman Saldivar. The Minister of National Security took to social media today saying that he stands proud. He said that, “Imagine the amount of people who are conspiring from outside my Party and from inside my Party to see me fail. Naw […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on John Saldivar: “Not a corrupt bone in my body!!! Me dah God Pickney!!!”
As you heard, the former minister says the establishment of the company, Go Enterprises, was undertaken to facilitate the completion of work at the Marion Jones. Longsworth states that work ceased when the National Sports Council could no longer pay. But the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington, who was Longsworth’s boss until this week, […]
Written on January 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Sedi Says Longsworth Should Not Have Deposited Money into Private Account
As to the firing of Longsworth for the allegations made in the Auditor General Report, the Foreign Minister offered a lawyerly explanation, saying that it is for the court to determine guilt, tantamount to the PM’s well-known statement on factual guilt and legal guilt. Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs “The practice […]
Written on January 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party, in the final year of its three-term administration, is plagued with scandal after scandal. The most recent involves both leadership candidates and the prime minister has been busy trying to douse the flames caused by public outrage. In sitting down with Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington today, we asked the Pickstock Area […]
Written on January 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Amid the Lev Dermen/John Saldivar fiasco is a claim that ambassadorship for Turkey was being sought on behalf of Dermen through various U.D.P. ministers. Those appointments, as stated at his press conference last Wednesday, are handled solely by the prime minister. We asked Foreign Minister Elrington whether he knew of such a request. He also […]
Written on January 24, 2020 | Posted in
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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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Comments Off on Prime Minister Barrow: Still No Evidence of Wrongdoing
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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Comments Off on John Saldivar’s Statement on Evidence List
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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Comments Off on Does the Status Quo Remain Ahead of Leadership Convention?
The Lev Dermen saga has been coming up in many ways. At the sitting of the House of Representatives on January seventeenth, Caribbean Shores Area Representative Kareem Musa suggested that the names of the government ministers in question could have been sought through diplomatic channels via a request from the Prime Minister to the U.S. […]
Written on January 23, 2020 | Posted in
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The People’s United Party’s case against the Government of Belize regarding the spending of over one point three billion dollars, including the PetroCaribe funds that were borrowed from Venezuela, has yet to conclude. The P.U.P.’s legal challenge revolved around four key points, including that according to the Finance and Audit Reform Act, public monies exceeding the […]
Written on January 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Another Delayed Judgment; P.U.P. Extremely Frustrated
Weighing in on the matter was Opposition Leader, John Briceño. According to Briceño, under the National Lands Act, to transfer a large piece of land, such as the seventeen thousand acres in question, it must be approved by parliament. If not, he says, that the transfer is illegal. John Briceño, Leader of Opposition “For […]
Written on January 23, 2020 | Posted in
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One more story on the dilemma facing the U.D.P. Minister of Natural Resources, Hugo Patt is running for first deputy leader under team Saldivar. They have been around the country meeting delegates who they say have been endorsing the slate. Earlier today when we spoke with the Corozal North area representative, we asked him whether […]
Written on January 23, 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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Documents shared with News Five show illegal dredging activities being carried out within the Hol Chan Marine Reserve. As we reported on Tuesday, residents in the Secret Beach area have been conducting dredging to obtain landfill. When they were confronted by officials, the property owners claimed that the San Pedro Town Council headed by Mayor […]
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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