sunday, January 31, 2010
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The Belize Times
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Belize Times The Truth Shall Make You Free
SUNDAY JANUARY 31, 2010
Issue No. 4678
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UDP Corruption Revealed CitCo Audit Report Damning As we go to press tonight, the media mill is starting to grind over the leaked findings of the Auditor-General’s report on the Belize City Council. This morning the news broke on the PUP’s Vibez Radio, as host Vaughan Gill listed example after example of gross incompetence, almost criminal mismanagement of public funds and certainly criminal misappropriation and misuse of public funds. While there had been some speculation as to the report in recent months, the public was kept in the dark as to the actual finished version. That version has lain on the desk of the Prime Minister for over four months, since it was completed on September 22, 2009. The report is thorough and damning,
revealing millions of taxpayer dollars misused or not accounted for since 2006 when Zenaida Moya and the UDP took over City Hall. What is revealed in the findings is a UDP Council which was allowed to run wild with our money – no checks and balances in place. In just one instance, the auditors pointed to what seemed like an obvious scam, in which persons from abroad paying into the Council were directed to make checks and money orders payable to one individual. There was no proper accounting of the funds received - “In discussion with Miss Trisha Bradley, the officer at the time responsible for opening/dispatching mails to (Continued on page 35)
UDP Land Giveaway
The Belize Times has in its possession a file containing one hundred and eighty-seven (187) documents from out of the Ministry of Natural Resources. T h o s e d o c u m e n t s p r ov i d e evidence of very questionable land transactions involving UDP cronies and persons with influence within the UDP. Certainly they paint a very different picture of Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega, who with halo firmly in place stood in front of the nation in the House of Representatives and spoke of the transparency, integrity, accountability and good governance under his watch. During that very session of
pontification, Vega claimed, and his Prime Minister has echoed, that he could go to the line to protect Belize’s patrimony and no remaining caye land would (Continued on page 35)
$150,000
UDP crony Landy Burns was paid $150K for this small piece of land on which the bus stop sits. His buddy Gaspar Vega facilitated the lucrative transaction.
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$2 MILLION DOLLAR BABY & baby momma
The Belize Times has received credible reports that Deanne Barrow,
the daughter of Prime Minister Dean Barrow, has billed the Ministry of (Continued on page 35)
It's Time For The PUP!