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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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A group of foreign nationals charged in connection with the landing of a plane carrying sixty million dollars worth of cocaine in September of last year were back in court today. The six persons charged have been in prison for five months and today they were to appear before the Magistrate Court but the matter […]
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A Belize City man was shot on Tuesday night. Around eight-twenty, thirty-year-old Kurtis James Campbell was riding his bike on South Creek and when he arrived near Muhammad Ali Street, he noticed a motorcycle behind him. Campbell told police that the cycle sped off, passed him and then stopped next to Seagull Bridge. He reported […]
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A police officer was injured while confronting an armed man in Cow Pen Village. According to police, just before eight on Tuesday morning, the cops were called out to the village where they met sixty-seven-year-old Narciso Manzano, who reported that his son, twenty-six-year-old Byron Ramos, whom he has a protection order against, was assaulting his […]
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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 mills were cranked up today at Tower Hill, but the customary long lines of sugar cane trucks were missing. This year, because of a late start, production is taking a hit so farmers are bracing for a tough season ahead. At least forty thousand persons depend on the industry for their livelihood which means […]
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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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One more issue from the Prime Minister. Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Patrick Andrews has tendered his resignation. Andrews, who was appointed in 2017 after he returned from the Embassy in Washington, is reaching retirement age. According to the Prime Minister, his replacement has yet to be confirmed. Prime Minister […]
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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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For two days, police looked for the man who is accused in the brutal killing of a three-year-old child. On Sunday, Kenrick Longsworth was captured in Isabella Bank in an extensive manhunt mounted by the police. He was taken to court under heavy police escort this morning for arraignment for murder. Three-year-old Mark Tuyul Junior […]
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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 disturbing report of rape is emerging from southern Belize. The Belize Police Department confirmed today that police in Dangriga are investigating a case of rape. Information to News Five is that a resort owner is being investigated for the sexual assault upon an eighteen-year-old housekeeper. According to the victim, the rape occurred at the […]
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