US revokes Visa of MV Barima CoI Chair; says Pres. Ali rejects his offer to resign
Verified: 4 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 10.
The United States Government has revoked the visa of Justice Godfrey Phillip Smith of Belize who is now serving as Chairman of the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry. Following this development, Justice Smith offered to resign as Chairman of the Commission but it was rejected by President Dr. Irfaan Ali. Moments prior to the reconvening…
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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- Nov 10, 3:07 PM UTCFirst reportGodfrey Smith offers to quit MV Barima CoI after U.S. visa revocationkaieteurnewsonline.com ↗
- Nov 10, 5:23 PM UTC+2 h· you’re reading thisUS revokes Visa of MV Barima CoI Chair; says Pres. Ali rejects his offer to resigninewsguyana.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 10, 5:23 PM UTC · +2 h
- Nov 11, 4:22 AM UTC+13 hSC Godfrey Smith Says U.S. Embassy Offered No Clear Explanation for Visa Revocationlovefm.com ↗
- Nov 11, 2:18 PM UTC+23 hGuyana President rejects Godfrey Smith’s offer to resign after US visa revokedbreakingbelizenews.com ↗
- Nov 11, 3:07 PM UTC+24 hPres. Ali refuses resignation of COI chairman despite U.S. revoked his visakaieteurnewsonline.com (again) ↗
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same event: the US revoking Godfrey Smith's visa and his resignation offer being rejected by President Ali, with no conflicting facts.
1h ago[Claude] Report 2 covers the same event: the US visa revocation of MV Barima CoI chair Godfrey Smith and his offer to resign, which President Ali rejected, with no conflicting facts.
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