Sunday, May 30, 2010
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Belize Times The Truth Shall Make You Free
From Lady Z to Lady ZERO SUNDAY MAY 30, 2010
Issue No. 4695
first term there were signs that this golden girl lacked the wisdom, the honesty and the integrity to run a growing city which she was elected to serve. When former Councillor Mark King blew the whistle about her on grounds of mismanagement and alleged corruption no one paid it much mind. Zenaida still had the support of most of her peers and many of the voters. In fact that proved true when she destroyed her arch rival for the mayoral seat, Anthony Michael, and then went on to again win at the polls in 2009. But by then there were more political woes being added to the list of controversies: questionable contracts to family members, singlehanded and unilateral decisions without Council's consultation and approval, and then of course, the famous "under-depositing" scheme
She rose to fame leading into the 2006 municipal elections when Belize City residents endorsed her as the favourite to run the old capital and then voted for her overwhelmingly at the polls. But since Zenaida Moya Flowers g ot into office, City Hall has been besieged by allegations of sweetheart deals, bloated contracts, mismanagement of public funds, misappropriation of public funds, missing money, corruption and complete incompetence. In fact, she still faces 24 criminal charges before the courts. And as if that weren't enough, she has now been expelled from the same party that polished her and propped her on their political pedestal for the 2006 municipal elections. She was the UDP's golden girl who brought in the full slate. But just months into her
Baymen Battle Royale‌
The ugly battle over a liquor license granted to former UDP national campaign for use at #48 Baymen Avenue shows no signs of abating, and in fact may escalate in the wake of a public hearing on the issue which was held on Wednesday at the Belize Biltmore Plaza. Because of the internal mess in the United Democratic Party, a simple issue has been blown into a war which includes UDP ministers Carlos Perdomo, Gaspar Vega, Gabriel Martinez and
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important UDP players like Solie Arguelles, Sylvia Perdomo and Karim Berges. The Belize Times would like to provide some political background into the brouhaha over the liquor license for those not in the know. Former UDP Campaign Manager Karim Berges applied for and was granted a liquor license for his business which he says is a conference facility but which others in the (Continued on page 35)
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Barrow disregards call to ban offshore drilling
While the nation begs the government to cancel permits granted for offshore oil exploration in Belize, the Barrow administration seems to have turned a deaf ear to the cries. People's concerns grew immensely over the issue since the fuel crisis occurred over a month ago in the Gulf of Mexico along the state of Louisiana. A whopping 18 companies have been granted concessions to drill for petroleum on land and under the sea. And since the treasured Belize Barrier Reef was parceled
out for drilling, non-government groups such as the Association of Protected Areas Management Organization [APAMO], OCEANA and more recently, Citizens Organised for Liberty Through Action [COLA] have publicly denounced the idea of offshore drilling and have called (Continued on page 35)
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