Belize Times January 15, 2017

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The Belize Times

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15 JANUARY 2017 | ISSUE NO: 5027

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FORMER DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION TELLS ALL… UDP MINISTERS NAMED IN REVEALING TESTIMONY

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Former Director of Immigration Maria Marin has been able to produce the list of UDP Ministers which caused her alarm as the then Acting Director of Immigration for the frequency with which they were recommending applicants for approval for immigration documents. That list is with the members of the Senate Select Committee, and they are refusing to release it to the press at this time, even though these are public hearings. In the Senate hearings, Marin made some alarming disclosures, and in the interest of accuracy, this newspaper has reproduced her comments verbatim. According to Marin, “As the Deputy Director, I was aware

of cases where we would have people coming in to the department, like what were referred to as agents, who would come in and bring in application forms…I experienced that there were requests that were coming for applications to be approved without having all the necessary requirements or supporting documents in some instances. There were situations where I was able to see that there were officers who were being approached by Ministers for what reason I don't know, but they went to them for - to take papers, and to accept papers - documents I guess, for applications. And, I also, as the Deputy, was

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BARROW RACKS UP ANOTHER $100M DEBT FOR BELIZE

Belize City Wednesday 11 January, 2017 Uncertain economic times have become even more uncertain for Belize as the US Supreme Court, this week, rejected a request from GOB for certiorari in two arbitration settlements (GOB vs. Belize Social Development Ltd.; GOV vs. BCB and Belize Bank Ltd.), the cost of which total more than US$50 Million and is now enforceable with the Court's decision. Still, even with the decision being final, GOB says it will not pay a penny toward any of the arbitration costs, even though they are

the direct result of the Prime Minister’s arbitrary nationalization of BTL and his subsequent refusal to settle. According to GOB, the US courts have "no authority to overrule the CCJ [Caribbean Court of Justice] and certainly the Ashcroft companies can never collect those awards in Belize." Benno Kimmelman, the lead litigator for Sidney Austin LLP - New York, which represented the Ashcroft companies said while he was not able to comment directly on the government's release in which

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