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As much as half a million dollars was found to be embezzled at the National Sports Council between April first, 2015 to March thirty-first, 2016. A report by the Auditor General reveals massive fraud that took place in the one-year period. One of the glaring examples of where things went awfully wrong involved former U.D.P. […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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The Julian Cho Technical High School also finds itself in is a quagmire as the secondary institution continues to operate without a principal. To make matters worse, former principal Dr. Simeon Coc and several other members of staff have been named in the Auditor General’s Report, following a review of the financial accounts of the […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Requeña, a teacher was awarded a contract for one point three million dollars to build classrooms at Julian Cho. The quality of work, he says, was well below standard and yet that teacher was awarded another contract. Oscar Requeña, Area Representative, Toledo West “The community, Mr. Speaker, is concerned about the many […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to Monday’s senate sitting; aside from debate on the new Contractor General and the Caracol road expansion, two resolutions were passed. The first authorizes the accession by Belize to the Caribbean Agriculture Health and Food Safety Agency. The purpose is to establish an effective regime of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in line with the […]
Written on January 21, 2020 | Posted in
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The second resolution that was passed dealt with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. The Senate ratified the agreement establishing the Caribbean Community Accreditation Agency for Education and Training. The Agency is to promote and develop an efficient tertiary education and training system in the country. Through the widening of access to quality tertiary […]
Written on January 21, 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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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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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 […]
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The motion to appoint Omar Mitchell to the post of Contractor General was today ratified by the Senate but not before several senators voiced concerns. Mitchell succeeds Godwin Arzu who was axed when the Senate would not ratify the renewal of his contract after he failed to produce reports for many years. Mitchell’s appointment will […]
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Responding to the senators’ concerns was Attorney General and U.D.P. Senator, Michael Peyrefitte. Peyrefitte chastised the senators for pre-empting the works of Mitchell by alluding he would fail at his job. The Attorney General called on the senators to ‘give the man a chance.’ Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney General “So Mr. Mitchell will come in, […]
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February ninth has been set aside by the United Democratic Department for its leadership convention. As you know, Patrick Faber and John Saldivar are going head to head to become the next leader of the U.D.P; both have been meeting with delegates to secure their vote. The Lev Dermen’s scandal, however, looms above the Barrow […]
Written on January 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Precipitating the harsh criticisms levied against the Barrow administration on adjournment at Friday’s house meeting was a pair of audit reports presented to PM Barrow back in October. The results of separate financial reviews for Julian Cho Technical High School and the National Sports Council were submitted by Auditor General Dorothy Bradley after carefully going […]
Written on January 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Both documents will also be handed over to the Public Accounts Committee chaired by Deputy Leader Julius Espat of the People’s United Party. While Opposition Leader John Briceño cited a pending Auditor General’s report that is yet to be returned to the house, he called out PM Barrow for failing to take decisive action against […]
Written on January 20, 2020 | Posted in
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A new Fisheries Resources Bill was tabled in the House of Representatives on Friday which will aid in making small-scale fisheries more sustainable for marine life, as well as fisher folks. This new piece of legislation which was unanimously supported in the upper house replaces the previous law which has been on the books for […]
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Orange Walk South Area Representative, Jose Abelardo Mai spoke of the legislation in the context of the New River crisis of 2019. According to Mai, the Fisheries Resources Bill also allows for the protection of inland resources such as the New River Lagoon. Jose Abelardo Mai, Area Rep, Orange Walk South “The existing act, […]
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The inaugural sitting of the House of Representatives for the New Year 2020 got underway this morning in Belmopan, amid a number of scandals wracking the Barrow administration. While several bills were tabled for readings in parliament, the gist of today’s house meeting was reserved for the adjournment where the opposition People’s United Party went […]
Written on January 17, 2020 | Posted in
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In attempting to defend his position, PM Barrow reiterated what was said at his press conference on Wednesday, that essentially he is hamstrung until and unless names and credible evidence are presented during the upcoming trial involving Lev Dermen in Utah. He once again emphasized that whomever are the guilty parties will be fired from […]
Written on January 17, 2020 | Posted in
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The issue of Belizean nationalities being hurriedly granted to questionable characters was also a hallmark in the opposition leader’s statements on adjournment. Quite a number of Canadian and American nationals who received their Belizean passports under rush in 2013 turned out to have either been arrested, convicted or wanted for their respective roles in criminal […]
Written on January 17, 2020 | Posted in
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An audit of the National Sports Council for a one-year period showed the blatant disregard for government financial regulations and suspected fraud of huge sums of money. That audit was tabled today in the House of Representatives and so was the Julian Cho High School Special Audit. In this case, acting on a complaint from […]
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Area Representative for Toledo West Oscar Requeña spoke on the audit’s findings on the adjournment of the House. As a matter of national importance, Requeña called for action and highlighted the fact that the discrepancies occurred under the watch of his political opponent, Doctor Simon Coc, who is the former principal and current U.D.P. Standard […]
Written on January 17, 2020 | Posted in
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Was the timing of the Auditor General’s reports on the National Sports Council and Julian Cho Technical High School designed to undermine the Deputy Prime Minister whose portfolios as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports includes those two institutions as he heads to the leadership convention? It’s a question that was bluntly put to DPM […]
Written on January 17, 2020 | Posted in
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Deputy Prime Minister Faber says he was the one who commissioned an audit of the National Sports Council when both previous junior ministers demitted office. Those ministers of state also included Herman Longsworth who has now taken up an appointment as Consul General in New York. The audit report indicates that he too was involved […]
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This afternoon on adjournment in the House, Caribbean Shores Area Rep Kareem Musa also weighed in on the Lev Dermen scandal, stating that because it is a federal case before the U.S. courts, the names of the two accused ministers have already been disclosed. He, too, is calling for the names to be made public […]
Written on January 17, 2020 | Posted in
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And while he may not have been close to Lev Dermen, Deputy Prime Minister was asked once again about his involvement with convicted murderer William “Danny” Mason. You will recall that upon defeating John Saldivar to become Deputy Party Leader of the U.D.P. several years ago, Faber visited Mason’s Intelco Hill residence where he had […]
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Minister of National Security John Saldivar was not present in the house this afternoon when Cayo South Area Rep Julius Espat took square aim at him for his open affiliation with nefarious figures who have since been imprisoned. Those persons include William “Danny” Mason and now Lev Dermen. In referring to the security minister’s associations, […]
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