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Sunday, December 12, 2010

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COROZAL FREE ZONE IN CRISIS SUNDAY DECEMBER 12, 2010

Issue No. 4723

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$20 Million USD Locked Up with Nowhere to Go - New Transparency Policy – ‘Don’t Tell Anyone!’

Christmas is a time when tradition dictates that everyone should be jolly but nothing could be further from the truth right about now. The majority of Belizeans are extremely unhappy, especially the Corozal Free Zone (CFZ) businesses. They just have too much cash and cannot pay their bills and clear their containers for the Christmas season. Some have even bought steel safety boxes because the banks will not take their US dollars.

One of the major objectives of the CFZ was to generate foreign exchange. However, some time ago the banks began charging (1%) one percent to receive US dollars and then the cost to accept the US deposits went up to 2%. Now the banks in the CFZ will not accept US dollar deposits at all. It is alleged that US officials are saying that Belize and El Salvador have too much US cash for

the size of their economy.

Part of the problem is that the CFZ has never been recognized, officially, for its contribution to the economy. In its peak period the free zone had 1.5 million visitors which

represents more spending visitors than what both cruise and overnight tourism brings in for any given year, yet these statistics are never officially reported as a part of the overall economy. The extent of the re-export

trade and the employment generation (of over 2,000 jobs) are two other important by- products of the CFZ economic activity. In 1995 the CFZ actually helped the port in Belize City to come out of the red by developing more container traffic.

Although Mexico is our neighbor, Belize has never had a formal structure in place to facilitate trade. There is no Mexican Bank in Belize, nor one at the CFZ to facilitate foreign exchange. In fact, you always hear about officials both at the Mexican Border and those on the highways trying their best to discourage Mexican visitors from visiting Belize. While there is a program for Europe and the USA there is none for Mexican tourists.

Two years ago the local banks in the CFZ were accepting Pesos but that was discontinued and no official attempt was made to rectify the (Continued on pg. 3)

BRN Residents Want Castro Gone

Gayle must be PUP…

The Story Behind the New Judge

It didn’t take the residents of the Belize Rural North constituency any great period of time after their area representative Edmond “Clear the Land” Castro was expelled from Cabinet for collecting money and not following through on a land transaction with a Belizean American, before they called for his removal from the area.

Castro fell from grace officially as Minister of State for the Ministry of Works on November 24th when Prime Minister Dean Barrow concluded that it would be too risky to sweep this scandal under the rug. It came after Althea Grant, a Belizean lady living in the United States, provided proof to Barrow that she had paid close to

On Monday, December 6, 2010, the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts was filled with an anxious crowd of truly concerned Belizeans. Anthropologist Dr. Herbert Gayle presented his damning work, which is a fourteen month research entitled Male Social Participation and Violence in Urban Belize: An examination of their experience with goals, guns, gangs, gender, God and governance.

The intimidating four hundred and three page research paper stuck it to everyone. Despite the slap-knee comedy of Gayle during his two hour presentation, his findings were a shameful scolding of the Government and its institutions. Gayle began what can only be considered as his flogging of the government by questioning how one

The last time the public heard from the Bar Association of Belize, it was pleading to the Prime Minister to be included in the process of selecting members of the judiciary, in particular, the Chief Justice of Belize. Shortly thereafter, a member of the bench with whom the Bar Association found much fault was rammed into that very post.

The members of the Bar Association on the strength of their constitutional convictions filed action in the Supreme Court as evidence of the severity of their qualms.

The next blow was a maniacal accusation by Barrow that the Bar Association is “PUP” and that he would exercise restraint in not using his magical toy in

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Barrow's 2010 - Mawga Season All Year - Imagine 2011

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Killing the Messenger Caught up in the usual mess of allegations and scandals which has shadowed this Barrow administration are two very notable events which stand out this week. One is the government’s decision to tamper with the independence of the media and freedom of the press by suspending relations with Channel 5 and Great Belize Productions. The other is a call for the removal of Belize Rural North Area Representative Edmond Castro after allegations of financial wrongdoing which resulted in him losing his junior minister status.

Mr. Barrow’s release explaining his decision as regards Channel 5 and Great Belize Productions is lengthy, convoluted, typically slanted and sprinkled liberally with untruths and misrepresentation. In short, it is nothing more or less than we have come to expect from the current leader. In regards to the other matter of his area representative allegedly accepting a bribe to conduct a land transaction Mr. Barrow has been silent. He doesn’t want to talk much about it, he said, because he does not want to embarrass Mr. Castro.

M r. B a r r o w a l s o d i d n ’t h a v e m u c h t o s a y a b o u t t h e r e c e n t immigration scandal, even after his minister of immigration admitted that he has very likely signed onto documents for illegal visas. Even after that same minister proclaimed that corruption in the ministry is so rife that it brings him to tears, the prime minister would say only that there is no money to spend on any investigation into the extent of corruption in the ministry.

In the matter of one of his UDP area representatives being accused of illegal land deals and financial misappropriation Mr. Barrow is mute.

In the matter of the immigration scandal in which there are indications of corruption and collusion at the very highest level of government and the security of our borders is threatened, Mr. Barrow is mute. In many other matters like crime and poverty and the economy Mr. Barrow is mute.

In the matter of Channel 5 and Great Belize Productions, what Mr. Barrow is doing is punishing the messenger for the message. It’s as simple as that. He does not make any attempt to deal with the real issues, but is concerted, committed and patently obvious in his attempt to silence those who bring those issues to light.

In his release, Mr. Barrow claims that ‘the station has over the past two and a half years proceeded down a deliberate path to systematically undermine not just the government, but the interest of the entire nation and its people.’ This brings to mind another release about another messenger who came under fire from the prime minister. Not so long ago, our UK High Commissioner revealed financial irregularities at the High Commission allegedly perpetrated by the daughter of UDP minister Melvin Hulse. For daring to shed light on that issue, HE Kamela Palma was accused by her government of ‘imperiling the entire nation.’

The Tuesday Editorial of the Amandala newspaper prefaced the issue of Mr. Barrow’s sanction of Channel 5 and Great Belize Productions, stating that ‘spokesmen and propagandists for the Opposition People’s United Party would like for this newspaper to begin attacking the ruling United Democratic Party, but that would be a silly thing for us to do.’

Politics completely aside, the move by Mr. Barrow’s government sets a bad precedent. In the 1993-1998 term of the PUP, the media was vigilant, voracious and in many cases vicious. Interviews with PUP leaders were testy and contentious but there was never an attempt by those leaders to stifle the media. Even when it would have been politically expeditious and indeed a matter of political survival to do so, the freedom of the press remained sacrosanct.

Mr. Barrow will lose much more than he will gain from this meanspirited, petty and dictatorial attack on the freedom of the press. He has consistently demonstrated his inability to address the real, critical issues affecting Belizeans and the nation and that has now been compounded by this attempt to kill the messenger. Mr. Barrow is denying the Belizean people the right to judge the merits and demerits of information which is disseminated by attempting to control and manipulate that information.

Every media house and organization in Belize should speak out against the government’s sanction of Channel 5 and Great Belize Productions. It is not and should not be about which media house is being targeted by the Prime Minister. It should be about the fact that freedom of the press is not to be tampered with and today it is Channel 5 but tomorrow it could very well be any other media entity that dares to criticize Mr. Barrow and the UDP administration.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Are You Blind?

Prime Minister: On February 8, 2008 the people of Belize gave you and your party an overwhelming mandate to govern our beloved country. Prior to the election you made many promises to improve the quality of life and the way we are governed. The reality is that over the last two years we have regressed as a nation and the quality of life has deteriorated significantly for the masses. In fact, the Belizean people h a v e b e c o m e m o r e c y n i c a l a b o u t t h e political process and about the future of our country.

As a resident of Caribbean Shores, I would like to voice the concerns of many who live in the division regarding the deteriorating infrastructure and the accumulation of garbage that can be seen all over the place. What I am talking about can be visualized and experienced on the majority of streets in Caribbean Shores but since you traverse Newtown Barracks on a daily basis that would be a good place to start the rehabilitation process.

I must state that your disregard for this situation in the Caribbean Shores Division and for the rest of the country is really disheartening. I say this because with a little effort the situation can be rectified. I simply cannot grasp your total disregard for an area where you pass through on a daily basis. Do you not see the filth on the streetsides, especially that old mattress that has been rotting for the last 2 months?

Mr. Prime Minister this has become so much more important than just petty politics. It has become a betrayal of the public trust, a betrayal of the people who elected you into office and believed that you would be a good leader. You are surely not blind, Sir. Please look around you and see what has become of us. Our people ask for no special dispensation, no extraordinary attention - no m a g i c a l o v e r n i g h t c u r e - a l l . We a s k o n l y t h a t y o u a c t responsibly to fulfill your obligations as leader and keep firm to the oath to which you swore so passionately.

The people deserve no less.

Anthony Mahler Caribbean Shores Resident

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problem. After two years, the best government officials could come up with, at the last two recent meetings last Friday and this Monday, was to say, “Don’t tell anyone about the

crisis.” As said by a CFZ investor, so much for the greatly lauded Barrow Policy of transparency. Much like the bald headed bird, the ostrich style of management is to bury his head in the sand and repeat, “Don’t tell anyone …”

It seems that in our country every week there is a major crisis whether it is the failed Tilapia Program, the Sugar Industry Crisis, the Citrus (BAHA) debacle, the CFZ Crisis or the impending shrimp shut down of the largest state-of-the-art farm down South. Major Belizean investors

Mena, Espat and Novelos already got the hatchet while government jumps for joy. One former UDP PM sent public employees home for Christmas and the other UDP PM is sending private sector employees home for Christmas, without turkey or ham.

constituency called a press conference to publicly express their disgust with him and were clear that they wanted a bielection. The call has come from both PUP and UDP supporters, even a UDP

Village Council representative, George Guest of Crooked Tree, did not hold back his sentiments on the issue. In fact, the villagers went further to say that their call for Castro’s removal or resignation is not based solely on this latest scandal. They also point to other shady transactions

in which residents feel that they were cheated. The residents say they will not stop. They are also demanding that Castro’s bank accounts be investigated and say that if their demands are not met, they will take their fight to Belmopan to "CLEAR OUT CASTRO!"

finds: “Young populations are supposed to be information driven – not dependent on the so called wisdom of the sage or guru.” Sound like Barrow?

Gayle’s findings suggest that the budgeting of the Government is misplaced. This was told to them by the PUP in the house during the Budget Debate. The cuts from the Judiciary and the Police were huge red flags. He critically observes: “Another example would be that of the Ministry of Education which was allocated 26.3 percent of the 2008--2009 budget. Yet without a well-funded Ministry of Human Development and the existence of a ‘Ministry of Youth’ to assist it, the Ministry of Education will suffer from overload!”

He went on to say the same thing that we the people and the PUP have been saying for two plus years. In respect of the Crime Control Council who only managed to put out a failed gun amnesty program as its national comprehensive plan, Gayle unapologetically condemned that “gun amnesty just don’t work!”.

Shame on the UDP! If anyone had any doubt why our Party Leader refused to follow the mockery of “Restore Belize” and called

for substance from Barrow, well, Gayle sums up the value of that program and the mangy feline one: “we have examined four parts of the central political authority and the verdict is not good. The central government’s formation of Restore Belize suggests that it is aware that the social landscape is the core of its problem with social order. Paradoxically, the same government launched Operation Jaguar about the same time – a cat that clawed at an already tired, sick, angry and therefore violent set of youth, who expressed that they are happy it is a cat as it would end when the rains started. Undoubtedly the problem of violence in urban Belize cannot be para-militarily policed.” In other words, Barrow, get those soldiers off the gas guzzling ATVs and fix the real problem. It is the people, stupid.

The new UDP policy to give amnesty to twenty thousand illegal immigrants would also be a no-no for Dr. Gayle: “Belize needs to systematically attract skilled persons rather than have immigration by accident. At present immigration laws are too loose. Belize is already poor and is being flooded by the desperate of neighbouring states… (immigrants) to Belize have much to offer but there has to be some structured

programme or filter otherwise the country will simply act as a poverty catchment putting strain on already thin resources and creating the base for race wars.”

“Structured social violence caused by centuries of problems cannot be solved overnight. However, the situation can be made very worse overnight by employing ‘Operations’ that make lazy, impatient, and/or misguided people happy for a while. Solving violence is hard work, and it requires patience and resources– and even then those efforts have contexts of challenges. One bad policy from Government or a neighbouring body can wreck the efforts of people on the ground” (from page 323).

Sorry Dr. Gayle, it has not just been one bad policy from this UDP government. Their sins have been legion; their laziness has been frightening, their incompetence legendary and their hypocrisy shameless. But we will stop here because with so much dissent leaking from this research, Gayle may join the ranks of Channel 5, the Church, the Unions, the Chamber of Commerce, Medical Association, our Cane Farmers and The Bar Association. If you do not praise Barrow, you are PUP. Dr. Gayle welcome to the Party!

BRN Residents Want Castro Gone

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$50,000 to Castro for the land transaction through a wiring service and had received nothing in return for her payments.

This week, the residents of Castro’s

Gayle Must be PUP

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of the least densely populated countries in the world could maintain such a crowded and dangerous delta we refer to as the ‘south-side.’ Actually, Belize is the 24th least densely populated country with 12.0 persons to every square kilometer. Yet Gayle says the “Belize City southside delta” is possibly more crammed up than Jamaica.

Considering that rather than giving people land, this UDP Government “quitar-ed” the land issued under the PUP and then went on to stuff houses into already crammed and impoverished areas like Mesopotamia and Queen Square just to pad in voters, Gayle wags his fingers at Barrow and the UDP. Now according to Barrow anyone who does not agree with him and the UDP or anyone who does not bow down to him as God is PUP. For Barrow a PUP is anyone that opposes him. Belize should be happy that when Barrow swallows we should belch, according to Barrow. So Dr. Gayle by Barrow-nian definition is PUP. After commenting that Belize is one of the only countries with such a young population, seventy per cent of us under age thirty-five, on page 12 of his paper he

The Story Behind the New Judge (Continued from pg. 1)

the Legislature to create, by implication, a more favorable or maybe even UDP Bar Association.

The plot thickened as Barrow impishly declared that he had quite a few applications for Chief Justice but that he would not disclose the names. That was the veil of secrecy which was strung up shortly before out of the blue the public was told that Belize had a new judge of the Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, December 6, 2010 in the chambers of the embattled and newly appointed Chief Justice, Belize’s complement of Judges had to shift over to make room for 67-year-old Hon. Denis S. Hanomansingh on the bench.

Hanomansingh is to take over from Belizean Justice Herbert Lord in the Northern Session of the Supreme Court, with immediate effect.

The real story coming from the halls of the Supreme Court are particularly disturbing. Our investigations reveal that the appointment of Hon. Hanomansingh was quite eventful. When the Bar Association got leave of his pending appointment, the Executive of the Bar Association launched an independent fact-finding investigation into the background of Hanomansingh.

The results of the investigation which was approved by Vice President Naima Barrow, niece of Dean Barrow, were uncomplimentary. Consequently the Bar unanimously decided to vote against his appointment at the Judicial and Legal Services Commission.

The Judicial and Legal Services Commission is the body responsible for the appointment of Judges in Belize, we are told. It has some four members, The UDP Government’s Solicitor General, the recently UDP appointed Chief Justice, the Bar Association President, and the UDP appointed CEO of the Ministry of Public Service. The Bar voted “nay” and after

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a deadlock. The Chief Justice polled his second vote as a “yay” and thereby providing its reasoned opposition, the squeezed out the appointment.

If the minutes of this meeting are CEO also casted a “no vote”. The recent UDP appointed Chief Justice and the UDP accurate, why did the votes go the way Government’s Solicitor General voted they went? What were the findings of the independent investigations of the Bar “yay”.

The same Chief Justice, recently Association? What is this Dean Barrow appointed by the UDP, then has what is Administration doing with the Judiciary, called a “casting vote” which basically again? Why has the Bar not made their means that he can vote twice if there is findings public?

The independence of the Judiciary is the only safeguard to a free and democratic society. Section 97 of the Constitution of Belize and the care with which we lend our expectation of justice must be jealously and independently guarded. Is the Constitution the supreme law of Belize, or is it Barrow’s whim, despite what his own party members think; what the people think and, in this case, what his own family thinks?

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"Breaking News" The Stench of Corruption

Every five years Belizeans engage in one of the most important aspects of our Nation’s democracy, the electing of 31 representatives to the House of Representatives. Those of us who are privileged to be chosen to represent the people must swear a solemn oath to uphold the constitution and the law and to do right by all our people.

Each time an elected official violates this solemn oath, he betrays the trust of the Belizean people, weakens himself as an elected representative, but does damage to the very institution he swore to uphold.

I n 2 0 0 8 t h e U D P l e a d e r, the Hon. Dean Barrow went throughout the length and breadth of the nation telling everyone that if elected he would run a government that was clean, free from corruption and always upholding the practice of good governance. He went so far as to say that he would not even tolerate the whiff of corruption.

While every Belizean knows of the unabashed acts of corruption in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Prime Minister has remained silent. Indeed, when a number of his ministers made allegations about actions by the very minister of Natural Resources, the Prime Minister refused to act in a manner that Belizeans can believe is decisive.

We h a v e a l s o s e e n t h e reaction from the Prime Minister in respect of the obvious corruption that has taken place in the ministry of Immigration.

Instead of ordering a Commission of Inquiry, the Government took the decision to “suspend normal relations” with Channel 5, a decision that could have only been influenced by the fact that Channel 5 exposed all that has been going on at Immigration.

While every Belizean is fully aware that this immigration scandal is a reflection on the Minister, the Prime Minister has dug in his heels and stands by his minister of Immigration.

O n We d n e s d a y a n u m b e r of concerned Belizeans, including elected village council representatives in the Belize Rural North constituency took their case for the removal of their area representative to the Belizean people. During their press conference they openly

accused Mr. Edmond Castro of a number of serious violations, including collecting money for land, something in which no elected representative should ever be involved.

C a s t r o ’s accusers did not hide from the cameras. They did not write anonymous letters or leak documents. They stepped forward, faced the cameras and made their accusations. One person said: “What we are saying here today is that we are ashamed in our area having somebody like Mister Castro representing us as our area representative. Mister Castro should either resign or we have a bi-election. Mister Castro should also be investigated and the necessary criminal action be taken.”

I agree with the Chairman of Crooked Tree Village who said that it is an honour to be given the duty of representing the people, in this case the people of the Belize Rural North. Every p e r s o n e l e c t e d t o o ff i c e m u s t therefore behave in a manner that reflects this position.

In the case of the Mr. Castro there is clearly enough evidence of wrongdoing to merit such strong statements from the people who elected him to office. If indeed the Prime Minister could remove him from his Cabinet, then the call from the people for him to step down should not be taken lightly.

Since the UDP was elected to office, a number of very serious issues have occurred that brings into question the integrity of this entire administration. From the issue with former minister Juan Coy and the contraband goods to the scandal at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital; from the immigration scandal involving an Ambassador and the landing of planes in the night at the Phillip Goldson International Airport; from under-depositing at City Hall to scandals at the PG Town Council, the UDP has not been as clean as they profess to be and what was supposed to be zero tolerance by the Prime Minister has now become nothing more than another empty campaign promise.

The time has come for the Prime Minister to deal with the putrid stench of corruption that is hanging over his government.

It has already started to rub off on him.

Dear Editor: The fight against crime has proven to be a never ending battle. “Breaking news” has lost its meaning as a family is expected to grieve everyday. With the crime rate in Belize soaring, we are now apprehensive about simply walking down the street in any neighborhood for fear of being “at the wrong place at the wrong time”.

The government must instill fear in the devious minds of these criminals who are out walking freely on our streets.

The fact that they may get a couple of years in Belize’s prison, if there is sufficient and accurate evidence doesn’t intimidate them in any way. With a smile on his face, a recent cold hearted murderer seemed oblivious to the fact that he had ended the life of a beloved member of society and that he would probably receive life sentence at Hattieville Prison. It can be said that most of these criminals see the prison as merely a retreat where they are offered a warm bed and three meals a day. This system is not working for us, the citizens, who must sit and watch a family, friend, or neighbor die innocently. There is no safe haven in Belize, at least, not anymore. It is obvious that something drastic must be done. We cannot tolerate or ignore this anymore because THIS SYSTEM is not working. There must be harsher punishment put in place despite the fact that some other nations may disassociate themselves from us, possibly by limiting financial aid.

What is more important? the money or our people?! The government needs to immediately take drastic measures to ensure that its people are safe.

Amanda Galvez UB Student

Belize Customs and Excise Department Dear Editor, Most Belizeans have our own views of the Administration of the Customs Department. Many people view the Administration as laid back, secretive and clique like while others view it as partners and a hindrance to our daily movements through our ports of entries. Whichever way it is viewed it is important to realize you must be prepared to cope and deal with the department if you import, export or travel through our ports of entry.

It is the mandate of the Government to ensure that our revenue and tax collecting departments maximize their potentials in collecting, protecting and safeguarding all appropriate revenues.

This is done by establishing policies and procedures that will facilitate an efficient and effective Public Service.

The Customs Department falls directly under the Ministry of Finance, who appoints a Chief Executive Officer to be the link between the Ministry and the Comptroller of Customs, who is the Administrator of the Department. It is through this channel that Governments policies and procedures are relayed to be enacted by the department. For many of us Belizeans it is because of this direct link that we believe that there continues to be a constant interference between the policy makers and the Administration. At times it is thought that many of the ills of the department are a result of this interference coupled with a largely unsupervised staff.

The administration of the Customs department is tasked with ensuring that the mission and goals of the department are accomplished. This is done through the direct supervision of the Top Management or Administration of Customs. The Administration is made up of the Comptroller of Customs, two Assistants, and an Administrative Officer who are tasked to ensure that the Customs Laws are enforced, Human Resource policies are addressed, the various laws governing Public Service are adhere to, for e.g. Control in Public Expenditure, Financial Orders, Public Service Regulations and Governments mandate is met.

Tiffany Alpuche UB Student

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Butane politics…

If you’re not a supporter of John Saldivar in Belmopan and you see the BNE truck coming around to offer free butane to residents, don’t bother rushing outside with your empty butane tank. See, my buddy minister pig has promised his buddy the cheerleader from Orange Walk East his support next week at the UDP convention, but at a cost. As head of the BNE trust the cheerleader has been able to use his strings to give free butane to ‘certain’ residents in minister

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Fixed election…

We’re not saying it but Gapi and Roger and Creamy sure enough are telling everybody that Carlos Perdomo fixed the elections

so the incompetent incumbent would walk away the winner. With the backing of the retard and his brother from up north and all the money they could muster, coupled with a serious smear campaign against Carlos, Roger was sure that he would emerge victorious. But he didn’t and now he’s crying foul. pig’s area. But like I said, don’t go We understand that things got very rushing outside with your butane tense at #48 Baymen Avenue after tank just yet, because minister pig the convention when Perdomo’s has assigned one of his ‘special’ driver squared off against the friends to guard the line and point brief-thief and Roger Espejo and out PUP supporters. Anybody this another gentleman. According ‘special’ friend calls out as a PUP to all reports Police had to be supporter is told that there ain’t called in to get the situation under no butane for them. Minister pig control. We also understand that and his cheerleader buddy need guns were pulled but of course we to be flogged. Seriously! Just last didn’t expect that there would be week government raised the price any official confirmation of that… of butane by $8 and now they If Da Noh Soh! are punishing PUP supporters by 12 Days of Christmas… giving away free butane to only Belizeans are asking if Love UDP supporters…If Da Noh Soh! FM could please do us a big favour Who’s next…? when they have their annual I don’t think anybody in Christmas Parade. See, every the media should be feeling too year our beloved pseudo-mayor is comfortable right about now since baldy has decided to drop the hammer on Channel 5…and all because he can’t deal with the facts.

Word is that minister pig has been extremely vocal in his criticism of some of our media colleagues out west in Belmopan, calling them

‘fake Christians.’ Oh boy what is it with these sensitive politicians who can’t take their licks like real men. But seriously, though, word from the ministry of information is that minister pig is already trying to find a way to put pressure on that certain media house after their morning show has been openly critical of this UDP crew. Talk about punishing the messenger for the message…If Da Noh Soh!

the grand-marshall of the parade grinning from ear to ear like a loon and waving like a battery-powered mannequin. We know that we can’t very well ask Love FM to change the tradition since Love FM is all about love and incompetent, foolish, inadequate, stickyfingered, hopeless, useless mayors need love too. But we are asking the organizers to make the parade a very long one so that the fauxmayor can feel some of what we feel every day. We don’t even have to ask you guys to pick and choose bad streets to her royal posterior gets punished cause every damn street in Belize City is a mess. Can you do that for us please? If Da Noh Soh!

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Forrest Gump wannabe…! beverage in his campaign against Seriously I had promised the casino-monger or if he is myself that I would never write stocking up so he can drown his another word about Citco supergirl Philloughby because that sucker is probably just too stupid to understand most of the insults aimed at him and that makes my job a little difficult. The truth is that it irritates me just to look at him. Really it does. I’m thinking that after this even Channel 7 will steer clear of doing interviews sorrows when the mayor takes his seat away from him. Either way, we’re calling on the relevant authorities to keep an eye on these activities since it is illegal and it just pisses us off that Naco so openly uses his government vehicle to follow in the footsteps of his retarded colleague from Orange Walk…If Da Noh Soh! with him because he just does not get it. Jules’ best insults are lost on him and as far as insults go Jules is one of the best. The day after the convention Jules made fun of Philloughby’s super-girl apparel and he didn’t get it. Then Jules made fun of his for his comment that ‘he was one of the greatest politicians in Belize’ and he didn’t get it. In desperation Jules went so far as to call him a mascot and he still did not get it. Hell, I don’t blame Jules for giving up and walking away. Damn that boy makes Forrest Gump look like an intellectual superstar. It frustrates the hell out of me…If Da Noh Soh! Junior Contrabandista…?

Reliable sources at the northern border have told us that our minister of health and favourite electrician/ dodo-bird apparently has a new past-time for the Christmas. Word is that every day for the past week his vehicle has been observed crossing the border chock-full of contraband beer. We haven’t been able to confirm if he is using the

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Nobody home at the Zone…

Like with everything else going wrong under this UDP bunch of morons things at the Corozal Commercial Free Zone are going downhill fast. The biggest employer in the north is in crisis stage and nobody in the UDP seems to know what to do next. And if that is not enough, everybody who was put in place to manage the affairs of the zone are busy campaigning and have no time to attend to matters there. David Akierman is out putting up posters for Hugo Patt who is running against Nemencio Acosta in Corozal North. CEO Raul Rosado is busy making false promises in Corozal Southeast and his deputy CEO Andre Marin is kept busy doing the same in Corozal Southwest where he plans to take the seat away from Gabriel Martinez. Just like the sugar industry which was neglected until it was almost too late, the UDP will do real damage to the Zone at a time when businesses should be making money hand over fist for the Christmas season…If Da Noh Soh!

It’s been days since the Kendall Bridge was washed away. How much longer must we wait for a new bridge, Mr. Prime Minister?

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UDP Politics as usual

Tin-pot dictator…

This latest move by Mr. Barrow to censor the media and limit the freedom of the press is unexpected but certainly not surprising. In fact, trying to control what is disseminated in the media is trademark dictatorship. For the past months Channel 5 has been making great strides in shedding light on a lot of very nasty things happening in government, not the least of which is the still ongoing immigration mess which the prime minister certainly would prefer swept under the rug.

It is not the first time that Dean Oliver has made disparaging comments against the media house and those comments have become more pointed as more and more of government’s dealings come to light thanks to Channel 5’s investigative reporters and resources. But Dean Oliver’s dislike of Channel 5’s investigative prowess and revelations aside, it is not a good idea for the prime minister to attack the freedom of the press. Who will be next? If the Reporter newspaper reveals more of the corruption in this government will Mr. Barrow sever ties with them? If the Amandala runs an article blasting Mr. Barrow for his incompetence will they face sanction as well? Will the hosts on Love FM be allowed to criticize Mr. Barrow or any UDP representative?

Let the people decide…

During the last months of the previous administration the media was vigilant and vicious. Watching past leaders under the glaring spotlight was painful at times. There is no doubt that the media did contribute to what was eventually the demise of the PUP. I’m not passing judgment, casting blame or saying that was a bad thing, just stating a fact. At no point in that heated time was the media subject to any sanction, any threats or indeed any blatant move by the then government. Freedom of the press was once a sacred thing, but that’s not the case anymore. There was a time when news could be disseminated without any pressure from the government. There was a time when Belizeans were allowed to take in that information and make their own decisions on the merits or demerits of that information. But Mr. Barrow doesn’t think that’s so important anymore. He thinks that government should decide what information is disseminated and once it is not positively raving about how great he and the UDP are then it has no value. Belizeans are not fools. Let the people decide.

Recall NOW… The residents of Belize Rural North don’t feel that they need to wait for the recall mechanism to kick in sometime after next general elections. They want the disgraced and disgraceful Castro removed now. There have been allegations about Castro’s financial shenanigans since shortly after he became junior minister of works. The Prime Minister has never deemed it necessary to pay any attention. When one accusation with supporting documents was produced, the Prime Minister’s hand was finally forced and he had to act. But the people feel that moving Castro to the backbench is not enough. They feel that he should be made to face charges for his actions. They feel that the Prime Minister should now sit up and pay extremely keen attention to all the other allegations against Castro. They feel that his personal finances should be audited. They feel that his many business enterprises should be investigated. Mr. Prime Minister, the people have spoken. The very least you can do is LISTEN and ACT. If Castro is as pure as the driven snow we’ll devote pages and pages of the Belize Times to praising his goodness and greatness. But he needs to be investigated and if necessary he needs to be charged and removed.

The worst of times!

Six months ago the prime minister addressed a graduating class and made reference to a light at the end of the economic tunnel. He spoke about the worst of times and the best of times. But so far that tunnel is either longer than we thought or the damned light was just a mirage. Three months ago the prime minister again stood up, this time in front

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of the nation, and gave a glowing rendition of the times in Belize. He talked about robust industries and a growing economy. He talked about new jobs and new infrastructure. But none of that has happened… not in the least. Belizeans are still facing the worst of times. The newspapers every week are filled with pages upon pages of people losing their homes and properties. Every single week businesses are closing their doors and sending Belizeans home. The cost of goods in the stores continues to go up, up, up! There are crises popping up all over the place and we all continue to be held hostage by violent crime which is killing us…literally. This Christmas, the prime minister will no doubt give another glorious address patting himself on the back for something we just do not see. For all of us out here, these are the worst of times. Perhaps Mr. Barrow and his family are the ones enjoying the best of times.

Broken city…broken nation!

There is not one single street in our nation which is in good condition.

Even Princess Margaret Drive which was one of our better byways is now sporting craters because it has been neglected by this UDP City Council. It is amazing to me that this Mayor and assorted Councilors still show their faces from time to time whenever the photo opportunity presents itself. Our streets are wrecked; garbage covers the city; drains and street-sides are cluttered and filthy; our parks and playgrounds are dilapidated and the City Council is broke and now seeking to raise more money on the backs of poor Belizeans who are already overburdened and not getting any service for their money. But Belize City is just part of a larger picture. Our entire country is in a mess. Crime, tourism, education, economy, industries – everything is going down the drain. Mr. Barrow and the UDP have broken Belize and they have neither the will nor the ability to fix it.

Complete waste…

There was a lot of money and a lot of energy spent so Carlos Perdomo could defeat Roger Espejo in the Caribbean Shores convention this past weekend. It’s a real pity that money and energy hasn’t been put at the disposal of the Belizean people. The fact is that the city is a mess, and Roger Espejo is one of the men elected to take care of the city.

Caribbean Shores is a mess and so is the Ministry of Immigration and that is Carlos Perdomo’s responsibility. As far as we are concerned, both men are duds and both men have betrayed the trust people put in them.

Boots Martinez was there with his usual cocky self claiming credit for Perdomo’s win. According to Boots he was out there day in and day out supporting his friend and colleague in the campaign. Damn, but it would be great if the minister of works put all that energy into helping the people. He claimed that it was all about his loyalty to Perdomo.

It would have been great if he felt some little shred of loyalty for the Belizean people. When all is said and done, this convention was just another installment of the ongoing UDP circus. Our city is still in a mess. Our nation is still in a mess. Nothing has changed. There is absolutely nothing for Perdomo or any other UDP minister to be smiling about. Absolutely nothing!

Worst destination…

New BTB director Seleni Matus says that Belize is considered one of the worst destinations in terms of tourists who come to Belize City and walk around. According to Matus, these tourists often leave with ‘a very bad perception of Belize…and we are consistently rated as the worst destination in that regard.’ Well Duh! It’s not like this is news to anybody. We live here in the city. We can look around and see what there is to see. My only problem is that Matus seems to want to throw all the blame on local tour operators and tour guides in the city. But that’s not it at all. Our city is filthy. How can tour operators sell a city which is a dismal mess with any measure of success? Our tourists have to walk on garbage strewn streets. They need to dodge the craters and smell the stench of filthy drains. They are harassed in perpetuity and mugged with frightening regularity because crime is completely out of control. Those are the things that need to be dealt with by the BTB. Zoning is fine when all the rest is in place, but in this case zoning won’t get it done.

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Dean BarrowINESS! S U B R O F BAD

Economy in Recession UDP Fight with BEL UDP Fight with Chamber of Commerce Telecommunication Industry in Crisis Corozal Free Zone in Crisis Businesses Closed Down Businesses in Receivership Tourism Revenues Down Unemployement UP Sugar Industry in Danger

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GOVERNMENT NEGLECTS SUGAR INDUSTRY

Despite the many prognostication of the Belize Sugar Industry, what is often ignored is the fact that the contracting arrangement between the Belize Sugar Industries Ltd and the farmers require serious rethinking if the long term sustainability of the industry is to be achieved. The relationship cannot continue to be one where farmers feel disenfranchised and left-out of the decision making with respect to the sale of sugar production. This critical rethinking requires for the owners of the industry to determine how commercial contracts can dominate their economic interdependent relationship. This column will provide an overview of how this important industry has evolved and identify some key areas requiring serious intervention.

The Belize sugar industry is the oldest manufacturing industry in Belize that predates independence.

Sugar manufacturing as a central pillar to the Belizean economy and its contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been challenged over the decades due to both internal and exogenous pressures on this particular sector. The socio-economic importance of the sugar industry to Belize extends far beyond the Corozal and Orange Walk districts were sugarcane is cultivated. Despite various challenges that this industry has faced over the past decade, it continues to add value by way of contributing an average of 4% to GDP and 14% to total exports; its contribution to total agricultural exports averages 33%.

Over the years, the number of cane farmers has ranged from 8,000 to 4,000 who are the bedrock of this industry, which translates into over 40,000 persons being dependent on this industry.

The Belize Sugar Industries Ltd (BSI) is the sole manufacturer of sugar as prescribed in the Sugar Industry Act of 2001. This mill has the capacity to mill 1.2M tons of sugarcane annually.

This throughput is dependent on weather patterns and quality of sugarcane received for milling. Therefore, the Belize sugar industry unlike most sugar producing countries in the region, is majority privately owned with Government’s investment being limited solely to its 9% share in BSI. It is thus evident, that the industry is not dependent on financing from Government, but nonetheless the Government has the unenviable role of regulating the industry. The antagonistic relationship between cane farmers and BSI has resulted in Government’s intervention through the Sugar Industry Control Board to play havoc on the industry that ought to be able to regulate itself, for the most part To more effectively dispense its duty as regulator for the industry, the Government may consider divesting of its interest in BSI and passing such benefit to cane farmers.

For only when farmers are part owners of the milling plant can some change be engendered in their relationship.

There are some important areas of development within this industry that requires the attention of all stakeholders to secure the long term viability and survival of this important industry. This writer will call attention to some salient issues affecting the industry.

International Trade and Market Access Belize as a member of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states has traditionally benefited from preferential market access into the UK initially and then transcended to the European Union (EU) under the Sugar Protocol. Sugar exports which were previously limited to a quota allocation, now enjoys quota-free access into the EU. This benefit however came

with a down-side. This primary market for Belize’s sugar came under significant threat in 2000 when a challenge was mounted at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the preferential arrangement afforded to the ACP states. This resulted in the EU being mandated to reform its Common Agricultural Policy to become WTO compatible. The reform measures undertaken resulted in a 36% price cut that was spread over 4 years from 2006. In the creation and negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA’s) between the various ACP regions and the EU, the benefits of the Sugar Protocol were subsumed under this new trading arrangement.

For the Caribbean, the reform measures resulted in several countries exiting sugar production, but for Belize its capacity for competitive participation in the EU market poises it to continue being a major exporting industry. In 2010 of 87,000 tons of sugar that was produced, some 82% was sold to the EU market.

With the benefit of duty free and quota free access into this major market, it is incumbent for the sugar industry to strive for increased sugar production. This can only take place if serious attention at reform is placed on the sector. With an estimated 60,000 acres of land under sugarcane production, yields can be improved way beyond the current 12 tons sugarcane to 1 ton sugar currently being realized.

Since 2008 after initiation of discussions by BSI, Belize’s sugar exports were certified by Fairtrade. This certification was done for the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association that is noted as the sugarcane producers.

This certification resulted in a premium being received of US$60 per ton of sugar sold to the EU. The BSCFA is the direct beneficiary of these payments; however evidence of the benefit being flowed down-stream to farmers has been vague. From 2008 to 2010 it is estimated that the BSCFA has received in excess of $25M in Fairtrade premiums. The management deficiency that is evident with the BSCFA leaves much room for speculation as to how these funds were utilized to reform the field sector. There must be some arrangement that allows for the transparent utilization of these funds to the benefit of the entire industry but specifically the field sector.

EU Financial Assistance In 2006 industry stakeholders along with the initiative of the People’s United

Party Government of the day, saw the importance of solidifying the long term sustainability of the sugar industry.

This was accomplished in tandem with the EU’s own commitment to securing Belize’s future market access. A Country Adaptation Strategy for the Sugar Industry 2006 – 2015 was prepared and outlined the various levels of strategic intervention required to increase the competitiveness of the sugar industry. The strategy that was presented focused on the following areas: • To increase efficiency in sugarcane production, processing and transportation; • Diversification within the sugar sector to create more value-added activities and increase industry revenue; • To support agricultural diversification in the Orange Walk and Corozal districts; • To provide socio-economic intervention by way of micro-enterprise development as alternative livelihood strategies; • To provide appropriate policy interventions required at the national level.

The total budget line that is attached to this strategy is $280M. Phase I of this program saw the allocation of $123M the majority of which was earmarked for infrastructure development of road networks in the north. To date the current UDP Government has been unable to implement and adequately execute the projected works. This delay can be attributed to limited capacity resident within Government to manage the projects. Most recently the series of contracts that were announced for commencement of road works in the northern districts has not been implemented. Such is the case for phase 2 Lot A of the road rehabilitation project under the EU Accompanying Measures for Sugar. A further $20.5M has been allocated for field rehabilitation and ought to go directly to farmers, with the funds being channeled through micro-finance institutions such as credit unions along with the DFC. Farmers continue to be in need of low cost financing to invest in their fields and improve their husbandry practices. Government has a responsibility to guarantee the timely draw-down of these much needed monies.

Policy Reform The most critical aspect of the sugar industry that has gotten minimal attention has been the development and

implementation of policies to improve competitiveness within the industry. In 1998 the then Government saw the need to review the legislation in conjunction with all stakeholders to allow for meaningful reforms to meet the challenges of the changing trading landscape. Now in 2010 the time is once again ripe for a review of the legislation to allow for greater reduction in Government’s intervention, which over the past years has been more mischievous than beneficial to the industry. With cane farmers recognizing the need to operate in a more economically viable fashion, the BSCFA has come under significant attach due to poor management and this has resulted in creation of new associations.

The unconstitutionality of the Sugar Industry Act was challenged with the court mandating the required amendments

by Government. A few areas that require attention in a revised legislation are: • The economic relationship between BSI and cane farmers to be government by commercial contracts and abolition of the current payment arrangement for sugar sales.

• Reform of how cane farmers are organized • The role of the Sugar Industry Control Board should reflect less Government participation and greater ownership by the investors in the industry.

It is strikingly obvious to all Belizeans that since 2008 the level of attention the current Government has placed on this industry has been negligible. This is despite a national UDP convention being held in Orange Walk and the farmers protest that resulted in one death, Government continue to turn a blind eye to a sector so important. It had to take BSI’s financiers protracted position on their access to credit to bring Government and PM Barrow’s attention to sugar. After great delay and badgering the required $10M to start the 2010/11 crop was approved; disbursement of which remains delayed.

The Government has a constitutional obligation to provide the required policy intervention that will guarantee the long term sustainable development of the sugar industry. If action is not taken with haste, this current administration can be held accountable for the demise of a most important industry in Belize. The call is made loud and clear that Government must take this responsibility seriously and act now before it is too late, for without a vision our people are sure to perish.

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**************** NOTICE **************** The General Public is hereby notified that the People’s United Party will be holding Standard Bearer Conventions in the following constituencies: 1. Cayo South – January 19, 2011 2. Stann Creek West – January 22, 2011 3. Belize Rural North – January 23, 2011 All aspiring candidates are asked to send in their applications in triplicate to the PUP Secretariat, Independence Hall by 20th December 2010.

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Accident on Boom Road rips car in two; occupants flee

A terrible collision between two vehicles last Friday narrowly escaped resulting in fatalities when the smaller of the two vehicles broke in two when it impacted with a Belize Natural Energy flatbed truck. Its occupants walked away unscathed. The incident occurred at around two o’clock in the afternoon as BNE truck driver Marvin Chable was on the Boom/ Hattieville Road heading towards Gentrac in Ladyville.

Chable said he saw the small blue Toyota car speeding towards him on the road and then as he reached a curve almost on the approach with the Northern Highway the driver of the car lost control and slammed into

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the passenger side of his truck.

Chable said there was nothing he could do to avoid the collision, even though he tried to alert the driver. A portion of the Toyota was still wedged onto the truck when authorities arrived on the scene. The two vehicles spun uncontrollably off the road.

By the time Chable exited his truck and went over to the car, its occupants were nowhere in sight.

He told Police that both driver and passenger disappeared into the bushes. A Police Canine Unit search of the area yielded nothing and Police are now tracing the VIN number on the Toyota to determine whether or not the car was stolen.

Canadians Attacked Onboard Private Yacht

One day after it celebrated the fifth anniversary of its establishment, the Belize National Coast Guard’s efficiency and responsiveness was put to the test. It came in Honduran waters in the form of a horrendous robbery and murder at sea for a Canadian father and daughter who were cruising the Central American region.

Myda Egrmajer, 24, and her father, Milan Egrmajer, 55, were weathering a storm in a remote lagoon off the coast of Honduras when a group of four pirates boarded their 32foot private yacht on Thursday night and robbed and shot Milan four times, killing him. The young lady managed to save herself when she used a flare gun on the attackers.

An oil tanker named the Tessa PG traveling from Honduras to Belize discovered her on Friday night and brought her to Belize. They arrived at the English Channel at around five on Saturday morning and were met by the local Coast Guard who, along with the Police, took statements and transported her to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital to make sure she was medically alright. She later told authorities that she could not identify her father’s killers.

Milan first left from St. Catharine’s, Ontario in July 2008 and travelled to Florida, Belize, Guatemala and Mexico. His daughter joined him last month.

Myda is a recent graduate of Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. She has since moved up to stay with her mother in northern Ontario's Manitoulin Island.

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Crime and Garbage Crippling Tourism Industry

Tourism has been on a steady decline since 9/11 and subsequent occurrences including the global recession, the Swine Flu bug and natural disasters have compounded the problem. In Belize other local issues have added to poor tourist arrivals over recent years. That is why last Friday at their Annual General Meeting the Belize Tourism Industry Association’s members were up in arms when they criticized the way this government has allowed the crime wave to spiral out of control and the Belize City Council to have the old capital looking like a garbage dump.

The members spoke on how corruption in the Police Department, the inefficiency in evidence-gathering, the poor conviction rate and lenient penalties whenever a conviction does occur have put a damper

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on the fragile industry. Many stakeholders feel that because crime has gotten out of control, particularly the murder rate, tourists have been deciding against visiting Belize. For instance, the image that the murder of Spanish flight attendant, Maria Antonia Plaza and the attack on a couple visiting have created for Belize can only be harmful for the nation.

In both instances, no arrests have been made.

Doug Thompson, President of the Belize Hotels Association, and owner of Black Orchid Resort, appealed to Prime Minister Dean Barrow to do something urgently to turn the situation around.

Thompson said that merely shifting around ministers will not improve anything if serious policy changes and investments are not made. With a forensics lab still only a promise and a witness

protection programme nowhere near implementation, it seems that the crime wave will not let up anytime soon.

The recent eyesore that is Belize City also delivered a further black eye on the industry.

Tourists who are visiting at the time have to take their tours past smelly and unsightly garbage piled high at every street corner with stray dogs and rodents spreading about the contents and making the situation worse.

With the economy as bad as it is, one would think that this government and City Council would do what they can to attract much-needed tourism dollars to the country, especially at this time when we are in the peak season.

The power-hungry politicians were instead engaged in preparing for their convention on Sunday than fixing the problems that matter to Belizeans.

THE WAR HAS JUST BUGUN

FOR SALE

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250, of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Charge made the 24th day of June, 2008, between OSCAR ROMERO and EVITA ROMERO both of #312 Maurice Bishop Street, Belama Phase 2, Belize City, Belize District, Belize, of the one part, and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part, registered as Instrument No. LRS200804948, and the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property being Belmopan - Registra-

tion Section Block 20 Parcel 7798.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

DATED this 12th day of November, 2010.

MUSA & BALDERAMOS 91 North Front Street Belize City Attorney-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

On Sunday during the UDP’s Caribbean Shores Convention between the incumbent Carlos Perdomo and the relative newcomer, Roger Espejo, Belize got a glimpse of how the UDP as a mass party handles their operations. It was also a litmus test for Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega who is rumored to have aspirations to take over leadership of the UDP. But that is a story for another time.

Why the PM Couldn’t Afford for Perdomo to Lose!

When the visa scandal broke a few weeks ago, the Prime Minister placed a significant amount of political capital on Carlos Perdomo by saying that the Minister of Immigration was not involved with any wrongdoing.

The reality is that most Belizeans dispute that statement and believe that the Minister knows a lot about the sale of illegal visas. What that means is that the Prime Minister could not afford for a ranking Minister in his Cabinet to lose to a political novice and a jackass at that. The Prime Minister also had to show his Deputy that he still runs things, especially in the City.

Sorry Gapi, a lightweight like Creamy cannot take you to the promised-land.

For these reasons, the Prime Minister called on his street generals to wage war against Roger Espejo. In fact, in an interview with Channel 7, Minister Boots openly stated that: “I was in charge of the first one hundred licks.”

Other UDP heavyweights like Michael Finnegan also worked against Espejo.

Rough Tactics Word coming out of the Espejo camp is that he and his team are bitter about the tactics used to pad the voters list against them. This was a sentiment that Oscar Ayuso took to his grave with him. From the information that

we have gotten, even dead people were voting. The reality is that due to the “scurvy” tactics employed at the convention Espejo’s bid to represent the UDPs in the next general elections was thwarted. With the bitterness too much to swallow and tensions high, the hostilities were vented somewhere on Baymen Avenue. Reports are that the situation became tense and guns were drawn. The only reason why things did not get out of hand is because a nervous neighbor called the police.

The Importance of Caribbean Shores It is often said that during an election, the way Caribbean Shores goes so too does the rest of the country!

This is because Caribbean Shores has a large number of independent voters who have a good grasp of the poignant, pertinent issues confronting our nation at any time. Now that we know that Carlos Perdomo will be the Standard Bearer for the UDP again and since he is the current Area Representative we have to call him out on incompetence and misdeeds. Truth be told this is the worst the infrastructure has been in the area, businesses and residents are continuously robbed and the people in the poverty-stricken areas in the constituency are fed rum so that they accept their misery in inebriated state.

As a resident of Caribbean Shores and a proud citizen of Belize, I cannot stand by and watch my community and country continue to regress. My children depend on me to stand up in order for them to have a future. The war has just begun!

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19 Year Old and Two Minors Charged With Robbery

Sherlock Usher

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Dec. 8, 2010 One adult and two minors who allegedly robbed Gimi Ortiz, 23, at knife point, were charged with robbery when they appeared in the #8 Magistrate’s Court on Monday, December 6.

The adult, Sherlock Usher, 19, pled not guilty to the charge. The minors, their ages 16 and 17, also pled

not guilty to the charge. Magistrate Emmerson Banner offered each of them bail of $6,000 and adjourned their case until January 5, 2011.

The incident occurred between 1:30 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 4. Ortiz, a student residing at mile 1 1/2 on the Northern Highway, reported to the Police that he and three other friends were walking on Euphrates Avenue going towards Cemetery Road and when they reached in front of the basketball court he was attacked by four persons who came from the basketball court. Ortiz said one of the assailants put a knife to his throat and he was robbed of his cell phone and wallet which contained $178.

The three defendants denied they committed the offence. They said that they were beaten by the Police.

FOR SALE

By ORdER OF thE MORtgAgEE Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 30th day of November, 2000, between PATRICIA TERRY of the one part and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part, and recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 30 of 2008 at Folios 1 -70, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto.

Remanded Brothers and Minors Face New Charges

Charles Neal

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Dec. 8, 2010 Two brothers, Charles Neal, 22 and Shane Young, 18 along with two minors, who were charged last week for having a prohibited firearm and ammunition, were back in Court on Monday, December, charged this time with handling stolen goods. They were arraigned in the #2 Magistrate’s Court. Neal and Young pled not guilty to the charge.

The minors, their ages 16 and 14, also pled not guilty to the charge.

Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser

DATED this 25th day of November, 2010.

MUSA & BALDERAMOS

91 North Front Street Belize City Attorney-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

explained to them that she would not offer them bail because they are already remanded for firearm and ammunition charges. She adjourned their case until December 30.

T h e c h a rg e o f h a n d l i n g stolen goods is for 7 computers and other items that the Police reported they found when they searched a house at #10 Pinks Alley on November 30. The items were stolen during the burglary of Clico Bahamas Limited on North Park Street.

Smith ran through Duck Lane and on to Church Street and he was apprehended at the corner of Church Street and East Canal Street. In his defense Smith testified and denied he committed the theft. He claimed that he was on his way home coming from w o r k a t h i s s i s t e r ’s n i g h t c l u b o n F a b e r ’s R o a d E x t e n s i o n when he met Robert Flowers aka “Toadman” with the towels.

Smith said Flowers sold him the towels for $10. Smith said he has one witness, his wife, but she recently had an operation.

Consequently Magistrate Albert Hoare adjourned the trial until January 27, 2011.

Smith is currently serving a 5 year sentence for burglary.

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Convicted Burglar Lester Smith On Trial for Theft and Escape

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 353 (831.242 square meters) situate in Hattieville Village, Belize District and bounded and described as shown on Plan No. 26 of 1999 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

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Alric Gotoy

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Dec. 8, 2010 Lester Smith, 37, c h a rg e d w i t h t h e f t a n d e s c a p e began his defense today in the # 5 M a g i s t r a t e ’s C o u r t . S m i t h allegedly stole 8 towels from a clothesline at a residence in Bootsville at around 2:00 a.m. on March 11. Shortly after the theft the Police on mobile patrol found Smith with towels on his shoulder at the corner of Raccoon Street Extension and Pen Road.

Smith was riding a bicycle and the towels were still damp. Police put Smith into their vehicle to take him to Queen Street Police Station. While they were taking Smith he jumped out of the Police vehicle when it reached the foot of the Swing Bridge.

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Flowers $1,200 Guyanese Judge Gets 6 Months Lancelot

By ORdER OF thE Fined MORtgAgEE for Handling Stolen Motorcycle Contract to Work In Belize

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Dec. 8, 2010 A new Justice of the Supreme Court was sworn in

yesterday by the acting Chief Justice, Sam Lungole Awich.

He is Denis Hanomansingh, 67, a native of Guyana.

J u s t i c e H a n o m a n s i n g h ’s contract is for 6 months and it took effect on Wednesday, December 1.

J u s t i c e Hamomansingh will work in the Northern District session of the Supreme Court where Justice Herbert Lord is currently presiding. Justice Hanomansingh worked in Barbados before he came to Belize. He was at one time a Director of Public Prosecutions in Guyana. Also, he was a Chief Magistrate and a practicing attorney.

FOR SALE

By ORdER OF thE MORtgAgEE Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a Company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 11th day of September, 2008, between FELICIA AUGUSTINE of Hopkins Village, Stann Creek District, of the one part and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. of the other part and recorded in Deeds Book Volume 33 of 2008 at folios 1015 – 1044; and the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expirtation of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the Schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd .

THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO ALL THAT LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 559 situate in Hopkins Village, Stann Creek District and bounded as follows:On the Northeast for 110.00 Feet by Lot No. 560; On the Southeast for 90.00 Feet by Lot No. 530; On the Southwest for 110.00 Feet by Lot No. 553; On the Northwest for 90.00 Feet by a 40 Feet Road; Containing 1110.00 Square Yards of land shown on Entry No. 3556, Register No. 2 at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys TOGETHER with buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 24th day of November, 2010.

MUSA & BALDERAMOS 91 North Front Street Belize City Attorneys-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

on payment he will serve 7 months.

The motorcycle, the property of Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a Company registered under Darrenduly Dawson was stolen between the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of thep.m.

Laws Belize, Re9:00 on of December 6 and 7:50 on December vised Edition, 2000, and having itsa.m. registered office7.at Cor. Dawson reported to the Police Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize that City,hisBelize, herebya gives motorcycle, Lifan 2009, was stolen from his residence notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgag- on Haynes Street. He said he recovered ee under a Deed of Mortgage made 11th dayatofaround September, thethe motorcycle 1:45 p.m. on December 7. Flowers said he did 2008, between FELICIA AUGUSTINE of Hopkins Village, not and stealScotiabank the motorcycle.

He claimed Stann Creek District, of the one part (Belize) that a resident of Wagner’s Lane, Ltd. of the other part and recordedknown in Deeds Book Volume tried 33 to to him as “Lionel”, sell him the motorcycle.

Flowers of 2008 at folios 1015 – 1044; and the said Scotiabank (Belize) said he told Lionel he did not have Ltd. will at the expirtation of two the months from the itdate money to buy butof hethe wanted Lancelot Flowers testproperty drive. described in the first publication of this notice sell athe BELIZEhereto.

CITY, Dec. 8, 2010 Flowers said he asked for the Schedule Lancelot Flowers, 27, charged test drive because he wanted to go with handling stolen goods for a and buy food. Flowers said that he motorcycle at $1,875.00, pledproperty met Dawson, known All offersvalued to purchase the said must bewhom madeheinhas writguilty to the charge when he appeared for about 5 years, while he was ing and full conditions of the salemotorcycle may be obtained today in the #6particulars Magistrate’sand Court. driving on Raccoon Hefrom was the fined $1,200

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his abdomen and said - “this All offers to purchase the said property i s a w a r must n i n g be t o made t h e f ain mily”.

Kareem Stevens DATED this 24th day of November, 2010.

M a r t i n e z s a i d S t e v e n s writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may bet h e n BELIZE CITY, Wed. Dec. 8, 2010 p u t t h e p i s t o l b a c k i n t h e obtained K a r e from e m S tthe e v esaid n s , 2Scotiabank 2 , a n w a i s (Belize) t o f h i s pLtd. ants, got on his e m p l o y e e o f t h e M i n i s t r y o f b i c y c l e a n d r o d e a w a y.

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DATED this 25th day of November, 2010. has been dissolved and struck off the International Business Companies Register with effect from the MUSA 4th day of December, 2010.& BALDERAMOS 91 North Front Street Belize City Power Point Management (Belize) Limited Attorney-at-Law for Registered Agent Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

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rod says: December 8, 2010 at 7:38 am well no surprize here i for one have been waiting for this to happen now barrow is becoming just like the african nations dictatorship well this will not play out this way barrow you cannot silence the people and channel 5 is the voice of the people the best newspaper in belize the people elected you and the people will take you out so you better get you pyjamas clean and ready because your days are numbered barrow you and your stooges will not be permitted to continue defrauding the gov and people of belize you are useless inept and impotent as a leader and as a gov. you will go down in history as the worse pm and gov in the history of belize i smell nepaum in the air i smell a new beginning in the air revolution is coming keep strong channel 5 we the people of belize are with you whatever you need we will provide. power to the people .

Say what? says: December 8, 2010 at 7:54 am Well Channel, you know what that means: Lay of the investigation into the Immigration scandal. UDP = DICTATORSHIP! Cutty Ligiyaba says: December 8, 2010 at 8:25 am The current Government have established itself as a power house to control the lives of Belizean. If it was for the best then it would not been that bad. Well, maybe it’s not the entire government but the head–Mr. Barrow-he have done the judicial system his kind of justice and have done the business sector whatever was pleasing to his cronies. Channel 5 is a news entity that is responsible to investigate and broadcast current events. If that is wrong and is subjected to do as a government wishes then the country of Belize is indeed closer to doomsday–did someone say DICTATORSHIP-The people who are looking in and see and understand are experiencing a chill throughout their bodies–they love Belize but hate what is going on. I support channel 5 and appreciate their newscast–Belizeans it’s time to get rid of this cancerous government. rasman says: December 8, 2010 at 10:46 am Barrow want his cake and eat it. We fight for democracy, equality, justice prior to 2008.

Now the people must fight for the removal of this tyrant and lunatics Dean Barrow. All he is doing with the opportunity we gave him is to enrich himself and his family.

Channel 5 keep up the good work, dig deep and expose the corruption of my UDP government. I voted for them; It the biggest mistake I ever regret. belizeanpride says: December 8, 2010 at 8:35 am jeez, up to this point of controling relations with this news production the bald pm head seems to try control. are we getting on the line of dictatorship now, what the hell is he thinking, where is the free of speech, does he feels threaten by channel 5 like the U.S with wikileaks? if channel 5 is like wikileaks where here to stand along with them and we want the truth but nothing truth. where is our democracy. people this is rediculous and shameful for this governemt, are we ready to kick their candy @$$ from their seats. damn!!!! rc says: December 8, 2010 at 10:21 am it seems your so called President wants to do the same as the so called President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez…Keep your eyes open Belizeans.

D-Power says: December 8, 2010 at 11:43 am Anyone who pays attention to activity such as the one Barrow is implementing against Channel 5, knows that its a step towards a dictatorship.

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Panama Canal reopens after flooding

The Panama Canal reopened Thursday after heavy rains and flooding prompted its closing for only the third time in its storied 96-year history.

Officials closed the canal around noon Wednesday after heavy rain in the Chagres River area, caused water behind the Gatun Dam -- which creates Lake Gatun, a significant part of the canal -- to rise.

The canal was reopened 17 hours later.

The last time the canal closed was in 1989, after the United States invad-

ed Panama to topple strongman Manuel Noriega. Landslides forced the canal to close for several months from late 1915 to mid-1916, just months after it opened.

The 48-mile canal is a key conduit for shipping between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The canal was built from 1904 to 1914 by the United States, which had sole control over the channel across the Panamanian isthmus until 1979. Then, after 20 years of joint U.S.-Panama control, the Panamanian government assumed administration on December 31, 1999.

The headquarters of Haiti's ruling party was set ablaze yesterday as protests over disputed presidential election results spread through the Haitian capital.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets, erecting barricades and setting fires, furious that government-backed candidate Jude Celestin, the protege of unpopular President Rene Preval, apparently will go on to a runoff vote while carnival singer Michel 'Sweet Micky' Martelly finished third in official results and is probably eliminated. Protests have also broken out in Les Cayes, CapHaitien and other cities.

Associated Press journalists saw flames leaping from the roof of the Unity party headquarters, the centre of Celestin's campaign. Witnesses said the building in central Port-au-Prince was on fire for an hour.

Protesters say security guards shot demonstrators as they assaulted the building, but there were no confirmed injures in the fire or demonstration. Several fire trucks were trying to control the blaze -- an unusual scene in a city with few reliable public services.

The official preliminary results have law professor and former first lady Mirlande Manigat in first with 31.4 per cent of the vote and Celestin next with 22.5.

Martelly has 21.8 per cent -- trailing Celestin by about 6,800 votes.

Hundreds of protesters massed near the offices of the electoral council in Petionville, with young men hurling rocks at UN peacekeepers in armoured personnel carriers. The international troops and police occasionally responded with volleys of tear gas.

The area around the electoral office includes a plaza that is home to several thousand people in a tent encampment erected after the January 12 earthquake so it was unclear whether all of the people on the street were protesters or if some were spectators. Also uncertain were the intentions of the demonstrators.

"If Michel Martelly is not president, in a day or two days things are going to get a lot worse," said 22-year-old Lucate

Hans, carrying a stick and the pink campaign poster of his candidate. "Tensions are going to rise and we are going to kill people."

The results, announced after hours of delays Tuesday evening, were immediately questioned at home and abroad.

The US Embassy said the results did not match reports by official election observers who said Celestin would likely be eliminated in the first round.

An appeals period is open for the next three days, and election observers said a third candidate might be included in a January 16 runoff if the electoral council decides the first-round vote was close enough -- though the constitutionality of such a move would be debatable.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern about allegations of fraud and the violence and he urged candidates to use only formal, legal procedures to make any challenges to the results, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

"He reminds all candidates that they have a personal responsibility to encourage their supporters to remain calm and to stop violence. A peaceful solution to the current situation is crucial not only to confront the cholera epidemic in the short-term but also to create the conditions in the medium term for recovery and development from the earthquake," Nesirky said at U.N. headquarters in New York.

But the protesters would not wait, and marched through the streets. About two thousand pro-Martelly demonstrators also gathered near the U.S. Embassy but dispersed without incident as protesters headed out to other parts of the capital.

"We want to tell them Martelly is the president. We won't accept anything less. Otherwise we will set this country on fire," Frances Odis said.

Martelly supporters also set up flaming barricades in Petionville, the smoke of burning tires blackening the air. Thousands were on the streets, singing political songs and chanting for "Micky."

Haiti election riot grows, govt party office burns

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100 more bodies believed trapped in landslide

About 100 people remained missing underneath a landslide in a suburb of Medellin, Colombia, a Red Cross official said Wednesday.

Rescuers resumed digging for victims Wednesday after overnight rains halted them, but Red Cross National Deputy Director Jorge Ivan Nova said the chances of finding survivors was slim. The landslide happened Sunday night.

Workers have recovered 43 bodies, Nova said.

The best chances of finding people alive are within the first 48 hours, he said.

"As more time passes, the less likely to find survivors," he said.

Between 30 and 50 homes were believed buried by the landslide in the town of Bello, just north of Medellin. Officials think the neighborhood was particularly packed Sunday afternoon, when families commonly get together for meals.

At least 194 people have been killed and 248 injured after torrential rains throughout Colombia that have affected nearly 1.6 million people, according to the country's Interior Ministry. The downpours have caused landslides and overflowing rivers, destroying at least 2,040 houses and damaging nearly 270,000 more nationwide, the ministry said.

Grenada (CMC) Health Minister Ann Peters has confirmed that government ministers were receiving counselling following the internal rift that emerged following the decision of Prime Minister Tillman Thomas to reshuffle his Cabinet late last month.

She said that team building and leadership to conflict management were among issues being addressed by the ministers after political tensions heightened following the prime minister's move and the initial decision by three Cabinet members not to accept their new portfolios.

"I must say however that as part of the process of the development of the Cabinet we have been embarking on a series of workshops and retreats," said Peters.

"We felt that it was important enough to expedite the process of doing it now so in the last two sessions that we have had so far we have been working with a consultant out of Barbados in the person of Dr Basil Springer who is very good in the private sector.

"He is not a politician but he is very good at team building and con-

flict management and that is what we were embarking upon in the last two sessions that we have had with him," she added.

The reshuffle, the second since the National Democratic Congress (NDC) came to office in 2008 resulted in the demotion of Environment and Foreign Trade Minister Michael Church, who later quit the Cabinet.

The other two protesting MPs, Peter David and Glynnis Roberts eventually took their oath of office a week later following mediation talks that also involved by Barbadian politician strategist Hartley Henry.

"They are things that we need to do on a monthly basis and they are things that we need to do to follow up based on whatever the monthly goal is. When the consultant would have done the session on leadership within the cabinet we would have been assigned certain things we have to do; it's part of a building process," Peters said.

"We hope that this is the beginning of the stage where we would normalise and then really have things begin to happen," she added.

Ministers receive counselling following Cabinet reshuffle

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Season's Greetings

Sing-along – A Caroling we will go!

Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad.

Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Ano y Felicidad.

I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of my heart.

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CAREER VACANCIES Positions:

Round 1: Religion Vs Kingdom Man has always been in search of a deity, a higher being. We have worshipped anything and everything spanning from trees, animals to graven images made with hands! Some nations have built their constitution on values and dictates representing the higher being we serve! Our very months of the year and days of the week are named after different gods, while there are also many who celebrate the birth, death and resurrection of the son of God! There seems to be something in this species called man that hungers and is violently unsatisfied, looking for a higher authority to make peace with and to serve.

Then we even have a few that believes no God exists or that we are our own God. There is a God that is very jealous (Deuteronomy 5:9). He claims that he is the only God and that there is no other. That there is only one person who can reconcile us back to him! (1Titus 2:5) If this claim is true, most religions are boxed out of the picture. It leaves no space or tolerance for religions with a savior “outside of Christ” of which there are many! (1John 4:3). Such are referred to as the anti-Christ.

A religion simply put, is man’s attempt to discover, re-unite, or reconcile to a Higher Power (God). Some religions who believe there is no God profess that there was a big bang where two rocks collided together and man appeared from this explosion. While this might make an exciting movie it is rather difficult to swallow. Some believe we were first tad poles, lost our tails became fishes, then monkeys, and finally humans. Now although our new way of life today seems to be animalistic, survival of the fittest, selfishness, and a lack of value for life where we hunt each other down like a lion would a zebra, I still have a problem believing this theory..

My question for both examples is “Where did these materials come from?” : The rocks, the tadpole, the water, the oxygen? Instead of coming up with their own design, for short cut they choose to utilize elements that God made!

I am many times at a loss for words to explain where religions gather their information! Here are a number of examples with scripture that completely opposes that particular view! Some religions encourage you to bow before graven images (Deuteronomy 5:8), to worship created things and objects rather than the creator (Deuteronomy 5:7), to pray to and through other good people and saints rather than Christ(1Titus 2:5) , some believe after you die they can manipulate or pray your soul from where ever you are into heaven(Hebrews 9:27) , some believe Jesus did not finish the job so God had to send another man to complete the work (John 19:30), and the list goes on and on.

There are many other practices that occur in religions today which were not tolerated in scripture. For example God burned down a whole city because of un- natural practices (Genesis 19:5), (1 Corinthians 6:9), and although its name Sodom in Hebrew meant to “scorch” it is very popularly used today to represent an un-natural act! It is hard then to understand why many religions and churches would find it in their heart to facilitate the marriage of two men or two women, completely disregarding the law of God. Many turn a blind eye to sexual immorality occurring inside their institution, while God says no one practicing this will inherit his Kingdom, and of all the other sins when we commit fornication, we sin against our own body, (1 Corinthians 6:9, 18).

Some religions celebrate hollow-ween (holy- week). We dress our children up as popular movie” killers”, witches and vampires, all depicting grievous sins, sending them out to trick and treat. We continue to bless and open ungodly ceremonies filled with witch craft!

Religion is something that God hates. In the earlier centuries the religious folks were so passionate that they went to different countries who did not believe in their God and tortured those who refused Christ, killing and cutting out babies from their pregnant mothers.

Religion is one of the greatest reasons for wars and killing! Amazingly the folks who Jesus rebuked the hardest and almost seemed to have no patience with, were the religious folks! They were actually well versed in scriptures and taught the people about Christ. Incidentally they were also the same people who angrily desired and ensured the crucifixion of Christ!

Most people are tired of religion. It turns them off and many believe religion carries no answer to the issues of life, many times causing damage rather than helping to make things better.

I must close now and will close with this statement “There are many religions and Christianity is also one of them!”. Tune in next week as we land this topic on the runway of the ‘Kingdom of God’!

Have a blessed week!

Columnist note: We thank the brother from a Belize City based Evangelical Church who provided this week’s article. We print it un-edited and un-cut.

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Mud Engineer Mud Engineer Trainee

Suitably qualified individuals are invited to apply to fill dynamic and evolving positions in Belize’s energy sector leader and the leading oil exploration and production company in the country.

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Summary of Positions

Mud Engineer The Mud Engineer provides onsite services under general supervision for testing, measuring and supervising the operation of fluid pumping and mixing, which includes technical analysis in addition to specific product and practical recommendations for the control of fluid properties. The Mud Engineer is responsible for maintaining fluid properties on rig sites by accurately testing the properties of the fluid. In addition, the Mud Engineer also maintains the chemical inventory at the well sites. The Mud Engineer is responsible for providing rig-site supervisor information related to the progress of a rig site in addition to creating and implementing solutions to various rig site problems. The Mud Engineer provides constant support to aid operations in providing the most efficient, environmentally safe drilling fluids that are available.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Prior experience as a mud engineer is essential for the post.

Candidates will need to show evidence of the following: • Associates Degree or higher in Chemistry disciplines • Experience in both drilling and completion Fluids.

• Good knowledge of the problematic of drilling fluid to drill Horizontal and Extended Reach wells • Good knowledge of criteria necessary to manage and supervise the treatments of cuttings and dumping mud • Good working knowledge in English, both verbally and written.

Candidates will also need to have the following: • Excellent work ethic; • Must possess a valid driver’s license; • Lifts and moves 50 pounds or more; • Willing to travel and have (or can obtain) a passport; • Operates a variety of equipment and machinery that require continuous and repetitive arm, hand or eye movement; • Works days, nights, or weekend shifts and/or an alternative schedule as required.

• Knowledge of the oil industry; • Ability to accomplish multiple tasks, work under pressure, and meet deadlines as required;

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Qualifications and Requirements:

Candidates will need to show evidence of the following: • Associates Degree or higher in Chemistry disciplines • A high level of numeracy; • The analytical ability to think through potentially complex problems and develop solutions; • Initiative and drive; • Team working skills and the ability to co-operate with others; Candidates for all positions will need to have the following: • Excellent work ethic; • Must possess a valid driver’s license; • Lifts and moves 50 pounds or more; • Willing to travel and have (or can obtain) a passport; • Operates a variety of equipment and machinery that require continuous and repetitive arm, hand or eye movement; • Works days, nights, or weekend shifts and/or an alternative schedule as required.

• Knowledge of the oil industry; • Ability to accomplish multiple tasks, work under pressure, and meet deadlines as required; • Proficiency in English

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Application forms are available by sending a request via e-mail to eryan@belizeenergy.bz and are to be submitted along with resume, proof of qualifications and two letters of recommendation, by December 21, 2010 to:

The Human Resources Manager BELIZE NATURAL ENERGY LIMITED P.O. Box 279, Belmopan Mile 3 Spanish Lookout Road, Iguana Creek Cayo, Belize

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About Damned Time…!

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I am ecstatic at the news that villagers in Belize Rural North are standing up and saying NO MORE. I mean absolutely no disrespect when I say that it’s about damned time. This thing is about way more than just PUP or UDP or VIP or PNP. This is about way more than petty politicking and propaganda. This is about people power, about people who hired Mr. Castro to represent them stating that he is a failure, an embarrassment and a hustler and they want him to answer for his actions. They want him to be investigated and charged if found guilty and they want him gone. I like it. I like it very much.

I’m fed up of people out there saying that the Opposition is doing nothing and allowing this Barrow administration to ride roughshod over Belizeans. What exactly is the Opposition supposed to do?

Nobody seems to be able to answer that little gem? But it’s fine to just say that the Opposition needs to do more. I’m fed up of Mr. Barrow and his bunch wrecking this nation and then refusing to account for their actions. Three years after people kicked out the PUP and anointed the UDP amidst great golden promises of plenty, we are messed up. And every single time the Prime Minister or any one of his bunch of morons gets to a podium they blame the PUP…three years after they’re still blaming the PUP. Oh, crime is out of control…blame the PUP. The economy is in a mess, blame the PUP. Tourism is on the

reef and sinking, blame the PUP. Businesses are closing hand over fist, blame the PUP. Our people have no jobs, blame the PUP. There are more school dropouts than ever before in history, but they want us to blame the PUP. So could somebody please remind me why we voted for the UDP? Hell, when Mr. Barrow was asked recently about his junior minister’s actions and the media wanted to know if Castro shouldn’t be facing legal charges for the allegations against him, Mr. Barrow shrugged it off by stating stupidly that with all that his government was far, far, far, far, far better than the PUP. Not exactly what we were asking, buddy and not exactly a response which makes us feel all warm and cuddly inside, but typical Barrow.

Mr. Castro has been a very bad representative. That is no

great secret. His wealth and holdings have increased beyond all proportion since he was named junior minister of works. There have long been talks about a missing grader under his watch; talk of land shenanigans; talk of hustling; talk of misappropriation of funds allocated for roadworks; talk of vehicle-loads of contraband good crossing the border; talk of sexual misconduct.

The arrogance of the man has been almost beyond belief. It still pisses me off mightily to see him using the government vehicle which we pay for so that he and his sons can exercise every more.

But Mr. Barrow never cared about any of that. Castro continued to enjoy all the privileges and perks of his office and so much more.

I may be going out on a limb here, but I’m fed up of people complaining about those who are supposed to be serving us but doing nothing about it. I can’t stand the phrase, as true as it is - that people get the government that they deserve.

I don’t give a damn about who is in power. Our political representatives need to get the sense that the phrase ‘in power’ is just a fragile gift which we have chosen to give to them. Our political representatives need to realize that their hold on that gift is a tenuous one and will be decided by how ably they represent and serve us. This ain’t a free for all, Jack. We didn’t put you there so you could get rich and screw us in the process. Like I said, I don’t care who it is. This is way bigger

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than politics, way bigger than party lines. If the PUP gets into office and somebody screws up I’ll be here saying the exact same thing. Trust me on that.

This move by the villagers of Belize Rural North is a big one and a great precedent. For too long our politicians have screwed us and we need them to get the sense that we’re in charge.

I hope this move goes all the way until the cries of our people have been heard because it should be all about us. And when Castro is gone, it should not stop there because none of our politicians are sacred cows. Some of them are guzzling at the public trough like gluttonous cows, but none of them are sacred cows.

You can’t make omelets without breaking a few eggs. Let Castro be the first and then let’s really get serious. If not, then we should all just stop complaining and sit back and let Mr. Barrow and his crew do what they want to us. I think as a people we’re bigger and better than that.

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Flowers Bank wins Women’s Cricket Competition The Flowers Bank Women’s Cricket Team won the championship o f t h e 2 0 1 0 Wo m e n ’s C r i c k e t Competition by defeating the Crooked Tree Women’s Cricket Team in the championship match, which was played in Bermudian Landing on Saturday, December 5, 2010. Flowers Bank won the toss and elected to bat.

Anna Gillett led Flowers Bank’s total score of 38 runs with 8 runs, while Dianne Baldwin took 4 wickets.

Crooked Tree was only able to muster 17 runs in their innings at bat.

Samantha Banner and Zephra Taylor top-scored for Crooked Tree with 4 runs each and Samantha Banner,

Zephra Taylor and Therese Gillett each took 3 wickets.

Eight teams participated in the competition, which commenced with a marathon on October 30.

The champion received prizes of $500.00 and a trophy and the second place finisher received $300.00 and a trophy. The marathon was won by the Double Head Cabbage Women’s Cricket Team.

The Belize National Cricket Association would like to thank the Belize National Sports Council and the Women’s Department for their donation of cash prizes for the competition.

Trial Farm wins Copa Norte football champs

Trial Farm Old School won the 2010 Copa Norte football competition by a 3-2 win over Otro Benque F.C. in the championship final at the People’s Stadium on Sunday Dean Flowers, Marlon Miranda and Ian Chi led the Trial Farm attacks, with the help of midfielders Norman Palacio, Edwin Castillo, Miguel Card and Arnold Caceres. Dean Flowers headed in the 1st goal in the 5th minute of play when Marlon Miranda attacked on the right wing, causing

Otro Benque goalie Bernabe Jimenez to shift to close the angle and when Miranda passed the ball across to Dean Flowers, Jimenez was beaten

by Flowers’ header into the back of the net.

Otro Benque continued to live dangerously as their defense allowed Edwin Castillo to blast off a rocket of a shot that mercifully hit the corner of the crossbar and upright. Jimenez’s luck ran out when Dean Flowers blasted in his next shot; Jimenez could

not hold the leather sphere which had to much energy on it, but he got a glove on it deflect it out of goal.

Marlon Miranda, streaking in on the right flank recovered the rebound and blasted it into the net at point blank range in the 15th minute to lead 2-0 at the half time break.

Otro Benque F.C. got their scoring opportunities too, but Imir Teyul’s long range missile went outside the sticks, while Evan Reynolds’ bombshell went straight to the waiting arms of the Trial Farm keeper, Jeffrey Waight.

In the 2nd half, Otro Benque midfielder Floyd Jones cut the deficit by converting a penalty, but when Trial Farm won a corner kick in the 60th minute, Jimenez got up the vertical to punch the ball clear but Ian Chi connected with the ball to head it into the net for a 3-1 lead.

Otro Benque’s Evan Mariano bent it like Beckham when he executed a free kick for Otro Benque’s 2nd goal in the 87th minute. The Otro Benque boys now pressed for a 3rd goal to tie the ball game and take the game into overtime, but they just could

not seal the deal in the few minutes of injury time as the Trial Farm defenders Oliver Hendricks, Dennis Perez and Ernest Martinez had locked up shop to secure the 3-2 win for the championship.

The San Jose Pumas won the consolation game for 3rd place: 2-1 over San Pablo F.C. San Jose’s Josue Novelo scored the 1st goal and the Pumas held on to their 1-zip lead up to the half-time break, but San Pablo’s Abel Cosme tied the ballgame at 1-1 in the 2nd half. San Pablo sought to close the deal, but just could not finish in regulation time, and the game went into overtime. Pumas’ Rene Rodriguez scored a 2nd winning goal in the 2nd 25 minutes of overtime.

The champions, second and third place winners all received team trophies and individual trophies for the players. The Old School champions won a $3,000 1st prize, Otro Benque F.C. received a $2,000 2nd prize along with their trophy, San Jose received a $1,000 3rd prize with their trophy and the 4th place winners, San Pablo F.C. also received a team trophy and a $500 prize.

Greg Lovell wins 14th annual Alpheus Williams Cycling Classic

Team Zamir ’s Greg Lovell is the 3-peat winner of the annual Alpheus Williams AIDS Day elite cycling classic from Belmopan to

Belize City. He out-sprinted Team Benny’s Megabytes’ Byron Pope and Team Santino’s Leroy Cassasola in the final 500 yards to the finish line in front of Leslie’s Imports on the Western Highway to win the 14th edition of the race on Sunday, December 5.

Lovell clocked 1:43:58 on the 50 mile ride from in front of the Belmopan Comprehensive School, around the Ring Road to the city to win a $500 1st prize and a trophy.

Kira Eiley won the women’s race from La Democracia to the city, and Team Cayo High Road’s Daniel Choto won the junior race.

Byron Pope claimed the $300 2nd prize and trophy, while Team Western Spirits’ Kyle Gentle took home the $200 3rd prize. Leroy Cassasola had begun the sprint but had to settle for the $100 4th prize, while young Juan Umana won the

$50 5th prize.

Team Zamir’s Jose Choto was 6th, Sherman Thomas finished 7th, Team Typhoon’s Nissan Arana of Orange Walk pulled in 8th, Ervin Middleton was 9th, and Hernan Ochaeta rounded out the top 10 for each to receive a $25 prize.

Te a m S a n t i n o ’s E r n e s t “Jawmeighan” Meighan was 11th, Henry Moreira was 12th, Team C-Ray’s Ron Mckenzie was 13th and Arnidez Rivas finished 14th.

Team Zamir’s Glen O’brien led the chase group, clocking 1:44:33 to place 15th, Team C-Ray’s Brandon Cattouse 16th and Team Clear di Land’s Deezan Spence finished 17th.

Team Cayo High Road’s Daniel Choto won the race for category 3 riders, with his teammate Kyle Gentle taking 2nd place and Peter Dixon was 3rd.

Daniel Choto also won the junior

category, with Team Twin Towns Cycling’s Roy Wiltshire taking 2nd place and the Clear Di Land’s Wasani Castro took 3rd place.

Team Cayo High Road’s Juan Umana won 1st prize in the youth category, while Team Twin Towns Cycling’s Deezan Spence was 2nd and Umana’s teammate Aiden Juan was 3rd.

Kira Eiley won the $250 1st prize in the women’s race, a 30-mile ride from La Democracia village to the city, while Team Truckers Posse’s Anthea Sutherland won the $150 2nd prize and the reigning women’s road champion, Shalini Zabaneh claimed the $100 3rd prize.

Barney Brown won the Masters race from La Democracia village to the city, Santino “Chief” Castillo of Team Santino’s was 2nd and Team Typhoon’s Albert Conorquie was 3rd.

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Gwen Liz wins Game 1 of CSSSA basketball finals

The 4x-peat national female basketball champs, the Gwen Liz High School girls took Game 1 of the Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) basketball championship finals in a 36-18 blowout of the Wesley college girls at the Belize City Center on Monday.

Glenda Torres led the Gwen Liz girls with 8pts as they led 8-1 in the 1st quarter. Glenda also grabbed 10 rebounds and 3 steals and tossed in 2 more buckets in the 2nd quarter, while Audrianna Meighan had 12 game points and grabbed 5 rebounds and 4 steals to lead 16-7 at the half.

Deandra Coote added 6 pts and grabbed 3 rebounds and 4 steals, while Kenya Brown played big D with 9 rebounds and a steal as they led 23-13 in the 3rd quarter.

Wesley’s team captain Anna Pinto responded with a long trey as she scored 11 points and grabbed 2 rebounds and 3 steals, while Melissa Williams chipped in 3 points and snagged 4 rebounds and a steal and Gennae Samuels and Latiffa Sutherland scored a bucket each, but Glenda Torres hit a long trey to add 5pts more in money time to finish with 18pts in the 36-18 win.

Game 2 of the best-of-5

championship games is set for Wednesday, December 8 and Game 3 will be on Friday, December 10.

The Gwen Liz girls entered the finals as the No.1 seed when the No.4 seed, the Pallotti High School girls were a no show for both of their games in the playoffs.

The Wesley College girls had qualified to the finals by 2 wins over the St Catherine Academy girls last week. The Wesley girls eliminated the SCA girls by a 29-13 blowout in the playoffs last Saturday. Melissa Williams attacked with 5pts in the 1st quarter and she led the Wesley defense with 15 rebounds and 3 steals. Anna Pinto added 10 pts and grabbed 7 rebounds and 2 steals as they led 17-7 at the half.

Wesley’s Gennae Samuels added 9 pts and grabbed 9 rebounds; while Shanice Humes chipped in 3pts and grabbed 3 rebounds and 2 steals to continue to lead 23-9 in the 3rd quarter.

SCA’s Gilda Estrada was consistent, scoring a bucket each quarter to finish with 8pts and she grabbed 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Wesley’s tight defense closed down SCA’s star Kursha Pollard, limiting her to 1 bucket. Kafira Gill added another bucket and grabbed 6 rebounds. Chelsi Noralez grabbed 7 rebounds and sank 1 pt from the charity stripe.

The Wesley girls had also won Game 1 of the playoffs 25-17 over

SCA last Tuesday. Kafira Gill had scored two buckets and Gilda Estrada added another as they led 6-4 in the 1st quarter, but Anna Pinto soon turned things around as she and Geane Samuels each scored 2 buckets in the 2nd quarter to lead 11-9 at the half.

Pinto drained in a long trey in money time in the last quarter as she led the Wesley girls with 18 pts, while Melissa Williams scored 2 buckets and Latiffa Sutherland scored 2pts. Gilda Estrada also drained in a long trey to finish with 12 pts, while Kursha Pollard sank 1 pt from the charity stripe.

The SCA girls had tied the series by winning Game 2 of the playoffs 19-18 on Thursday night. Kursha Pollard led the SCA attack with 10 pts also grabbing a rebound and a steal. Gilda Estrada had added 7 pts and grabbed 9 rebounds and 4 steals. Chelsi Noralez grabbed a monster 15 rebounds and chipped in 2pts. Kafira Gill grabbed 4 rebounds and 2 steals.

Anna Pinto had led Wesley with 10 pts and three steals, while Melissa Williams added 4pts and grabbed 6 rebounds and 3 steals. Gennae Samuels added 3pts as she captured 3 rebounds and Latiffa Sutherland sank 1 pt from the charity stripe. The CSSSA champ will represent the Central division at the nationals to be hosted by Anglican Cathedral College at the Belize City Center on Friday and Saturday, December 17-18.

Sadie Vernon win Game 1 of CSSSA basketball finals

The Sadie Vernon Technical High School boys upset the defending CSSSA champs, the Gwen Liz High School boys 81-69 in Game 1 of the Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) basketball championship finals at the Belize City Center on Monday.

Sadie Vernon’s Kaschief Thomas drained in 4 long treys as he topscored with 42 points, 3 rebounds and 4 steals while Linsey Lopez added 11 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and 2 steals as the Sadie Vernon boys led 20-10 in the 1st quarter Andrew Ortiz added 8 pts, grabbed 5 rebounds and 3 steals and Charles Armstrong added 7 pts, 10 rebounds and 3 steals as the Sadie Vernon boys romped to a 45-26 lead at the half time break.

London Reneau tossed 7 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and 3 steals and Peter McKoy added 4 pts and grabbed 4 rebounds and a steal to stay ahead 60-48 at the end of the 3rd quarter and Dennis Brown added 2 pts.

G w e n L i z ’s b i g p o s t m a n Matthew Young led with 29, often scoring on the put-back from a monster 29 rebounds and also grabbed 3 steals. Akeem “Timmy” Trapp hit 3 long treys as he added 22 pts, snagged a rebound and 3 steals. Joseph Sutherland tossed in 7 pts and grabbed 6 rebounds and 3 steals, while Raheem Flowers drained in a long trey as he added 6 pts, grabbed a rebound and 2 steals.

Albert Longsworth added 3 pts and Malcolm Robateau chipped in 2 pts.

and 2 rebounds Game 2 of the best-of-5 championship comes up on Wednesday, 8 December and Game 3 is set for Friday, December 10.

The Sadie Vernon boys qualified to the finals by eliminating the Wesley College boys 50-43 in their rematch in game 2 of the playoffs last Saturday. Andrew Ortiz led Sadie Vernon with 17 pts, also grabbing 13 rebounds.

We s l e y ’s Vi n c e Yo u n g a n d Dylan Moguel both hit long treys, but they were down 10-14 in the 1st quarter, but Brian White and Vince Young scored several buckets to tie the score at 19-19 at the half.

Dennis Brown hit a 3-pointer as he added 10 points for Sadie Vernon, grabbed a rebound and 4 steals. London Reneau scored 8pts and grabbed 9 rebounds and 2 steals as the Sadie Vernon boys led 37-30 in the 3rd quarter.

Vince Young drained in a long trey in the 4th quarter to finish with 13pts, while Brian White scored 14 pts, grabbed 15 rebounds and 7 steals. Rahyme Sacasa added 5pts and grabbed 3 rebounds; Densfield Christian tossed in 2 buckets and grabbed 4 rebounds, and Dylon Moguel chipped in 3 pts and grabbed 5 rebounds.

Kachief Thomas was benched with an injury, but Linsey Lopez got away on fast breaks to score 6pts and grabbed 2 rebounds. Peter

McKoy drove in to the rim for 4pts and 8 rebounds. Charles Armstrong chipped in 3pts and grabbed 6 rebounds, and Calvin Tench added a bucket as the Sadie Vernon boys cruised to a 50-43 win.

Gwen Liz eliminated the Nazarene High School 74-70 in Game 2 of the playoffs. Matthew Young scored a monster 39 pts and a massive 30 rebounds and t w o s t e a l s . A k e e m “ Ti m m y ” Trapp added 11 pts and grabbed 5 rebounds and 6 steals; while Raheem Flowers scored 9pts, grabbed 2 rebounds and 5 steals.

Tr a v i s G a b o u r e l a d d e d 8 p t s , Bryton Meighan chipped in 5pts and Malcolm Robateau scored one bucket.

Alejandro Baptist led the Nazarene High School boys with 29 pts, grabbing 8 rebounds and 6 steals. Anthony Neal scored 16pts, while Avery Gordon added 14 pts, grabbed 13 rebounds and 4 steals. Benjamin Hyde chipped in 5pts and Tyrel Ramclam, Eric Vairez and Rasheed Reyes each scored a bucket. The Gwen Liz boys had also burnt the Nazarene High boys 89-64 in the first playoff last Tuesday.

The CSSSA champ will represent the Central division at the nationals to be hosted by Anglican Cathedral College at the Belize City Center on Friday and Saturday, December 17-18.

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BEL Power-sockets, O’Henry Barber Shop & BCC win in Inter-office softball playoffs

The BEL Power-sockets, Nestle’s O’Henry Barber Shop and the Belize City Council all scored wins in the Belize City interoffice softball playoffs at the home of softball at the R o g e r s S t a d i u m o n S u n d a y, December 5.

In Game 1, the BEL Powersockets shocked the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital staff 12-8. BEL led 3-0 when Miriam Dawson, Jamie Young and Greg Kerr came home in the 1st inning, but the KHMH medics soon tied the score at 3-3 when C a r l o s S i u , D w a y n e Wi l l i a m s and Omar Martinez came home in the top of the 3rd.

BEL regained the lead 5-3 when Jason Bennett and Adrian Gentle came home in the bottom of the 3rd, but KHMH’s Doyle Ifield and Ricardo Hermoso tied the game again at 5-5 when they rounded the bases in the top of

the 4th. BEL extended the lead when Adrian Torres and Denise Gillett came home in the bottom of the 4th.

The KHMH medics tied the game again at 7-7 when Dwayne Williams and Doyle Ifield came home in the top of the 5th, but BEL proved invincible when Torres, Gillett, Bennett, Gentle and Kerr all came home in the bottom of the 5th to lead 127. KHMH’s Carlos Siu scored one more run in the 6th as the Power-sockets posted a 12-8 big win.

I n G a m e 2 , t h e N e s t l e ’s O’Henry Barber Shop crew clipped the SJC Alumni 21-11 in the second game of the day.

The SJC alumni led 4-0 when Kiri Lizama, Roman McCulloch, and Cojac Smith came home when Ryan Bennett homered in the 1st inning, but the Barber Shop soon took over the lead

6-4 when Kevin Siroki, Jason Jenkins, Joseph Alvarez, Tommy Shaw, Ally Flowers and Joseph Meighan rounded the bases in the top of the 2nd, and they extended their lead to 10-4 as Alvarez, Sherae Mcfadzean, Shantel Flowers and Ally Flowers scored in the top of the 3rd.

SJC stayed in the game as S h a n e Wi l l i a m s , B e n n e t t a n d McCulloch came home in the 3rd but they were down 7-10 when the Barber Shop crew scored 11 more runs in the top of the 4th. The game ended in the application of the mercy rule, when only SJC’s Williams, Bennett and McCulloch came home in the bottom of the 4th.

In Game 3, the Belize City Council dialed a 13-12 win o v e r Te l e m e d i a D i g i c e l l . O t i s Clother and Lupita Acosta led the Telemedia attack with 2 runs in the top of the 1st, but BCC

soon led 4-2 when Reynaldo Duran, Enid Dakers, and G o d s d e n F e rg u s o n c a m e h o m e w hen D armine Myles homered in the bottom of the 1st.

BTL’s Shanti Roches, Emily Audinett and Clother came home in the top of the 2nd to lead 5-4, but BCC led 6-5 when Diedra Jones and Duran came home in the bottom of the 2nd. Nelson Tillett tied the score at 6-6 in the 3rd, and Clother and Kimani Williams scored 2 runs to led 8-6 in the top of the 4th.

BCC regained the lead 10-8 when Enid Dakers, Norman Middleton, Darmine Myles and Cynthia Bernard came home in the bottom of the 4th.

BTL took over the lead 12-10 w h e n R o c h e s , C l o t h e r, A c o s t a and Bernard Pitts scored in the 5th, but BCC took it away when Myles and Bernard scored in the bottom of the 6th.

Mike Sosa Completes Advanced Tennis Coaching Course Belizean Tennis Trainer Mr. Mike Sosa recently returned from the island of Antigua after having successfully completed a n A d v a n c e d Te n n i s C o a c h e s ’ Course (Level 2) administered by tennis experts from the International Tennis Federation.

The goal of the 12 day, 74 hour course was to give participants the competences to teach tennis to intermediate and advanced players involved in competition.

Mr. Sosa’s performance ranked 3rd highest among all participating trainers from the English Speaking Caribbean and he becomes the first ever ITF Level 2 tennis trainer from Belize.

As a full time tennis

professional, he is a pioneer of tennis development in Belize.

During the last seven years he has been actively involved in the development of tennis for children at primary school level and junior level. During his competitive career he has w o n s e v e r a l N a t i o n a l Ti t l e s i n c l u d i n g t h e N a t i o n a l M e n ’s Singles Title.

He was awarded a grant by the ITF to participate in the course and also received assistance from the Belize Tennis Association and the Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association.

Mike is married to Sophie Sosa and they have one son, Stefan.

Science

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of the

TIMES

COMBATTING THE MOSQUITO VECTOR WITHOUT HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT

For two centuries, the mosquito has wreaked havoc on the health and national development of countries in Africa, Asia and the Western Tropics where it has served as the vector or carrier of malaria and more lately, the two forms of dengue fever.

Whole families have been lost in these regions to the deadly diseases and the response of the benevolent aid organizations and even the World Health Organization, PAHO and UNICEF has been to use the equivalent of chemical sledge hammers to kill the proverbial mosquito.

DEET has been the chemical of choice and most countries, especially the LDCs or Lesser Developed Countries have used it in aerial and direct spraying of the environment in the effort to control the breeding of the mosquito vectors with devastating results. Studies have shown that DEET has had harmful effects on both man and mosquito and has been responsible for contamination of precious drinking water supply sources such as ponds and rivers; has damaged soil used for crops and killed crops and made its way into the human body via these sources as well as by direct contact with the chemical through the skin. DEET was finally banned from aerial dispersal methods a decade ago but thousands have suffered its harmful side effects ranging from nerve damage, blindness, gastrointestinal illnesses and skin disease and even death.

Banning DEET left a vacuum in the fight with the mosquito vector and especially in Latin America where the new scourge of dengue hemorrhagic, carried by the Aedes egypti mosquito quickly spread across the continents of Central and South America. In desperation, the UN reverted to the use of DEET and its derivatives, albeit in lower concentrations, and the new group of chemicals have been tried over the past decade, all of which claim NOT to damage and contaminate the soil and water supply.

GLOBAL TRENDS 1. Chemically Treated Mosquito Nets Four years ago, the UN agencies embarked on a mission to eradicate malaria from Africa “one household at a time”. A Dutch scientist had discovered that regular “mosquito nets” were quite effective in protecting people from being bitten by the malaria mosquito. They began treating mosquito nets with insecticides, even DEET, and the results have been phenomenal. The program has been spreading all across the African continent and the scientific research continues to ensure that the chemically treated nets are killing and repelling the mosquitoes (and other harmful insects) without harming humans or the environment. Issues like the smell of the nets could not be ascertained by the TIMES but statistical evidence is there to prove the efficiency in the fight against malaria.

2. Electric vaporizers In more affluent westernized countries and in Southeast Asia, the vector control fight at the household level is high-tech.

The Asians pioneered the use of pyrite based chalks and powders then took it one level up earlier this decade with introduction of the electronic vaporizers that plugged into an outlet and using dry heat, burned without smoke or odour to release the chemical agent that killed mosquitoes and other flying insects almost undetected by the other animals, namely man and pets.

Since the patent expired last year, American pharmaceutical companies have rushed into the market with versions now available in Belize from RAID, BAYGON and other US brands. These claim to be harmless to humans and are recommended for use even while you sleep and some brands claim to

keep mosquitoes away even outside. The TIMES has found that there is a slightly sweet smell emitted but it does keep the pests away. Given the choice, I would prefer to put an infant to sleep under a chemical free mosquito net rather than in a room with a chemical vape.

3. MOZZY- the new kid in town in the vector control battle

The latest scare of dengue in Belize has brought in a new ‘natural repellent’ patch called MOZZY. The first thing about it is the price which is about $4.00 for a box of twelve patches. Each patch is active for a full twelve hours but I have found them to keep the little pests at bay for days. Having ‘googled’ the ingredients it seems the product is insecticide free and

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certainly has NO DEET or its derivatives.

MOZZY uses lemon oil or orange oil obtained from the skins of citrus fruits as its primary ingredient so what little smell it has which is evident only when you first open the individual plastic pouches is just a little lemon oil smell. It is recommended that you stick the 2 inch diameter blue patch on clothing if you are outdoors or on surfaces within the home such as furniture. It works well for outdoor settings.

Best of all, it does not use electricity.

So as the cold fronts and the rain they always bring come on in, be not afraid of the mosquito vector and its deadly bite.

We have lost control of our environs to gross incompetence at the municipal level where the potholes, dirty drains and festering garbage allows for the mosquito populations to thrive even in the heart of our cities and homes. But we have control and divine authority over our homes and vector control MUST now begin at home. Stay safe.

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Reflections Bam Si Deh…

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Belize’s very own home-styled tin-pot dictator is acting up again, feeling his oats and swinging his mighty rod to and fro, so to speak.

This time he has a new target – the media and that little thing we tend to call freedom of the press. Cause see, like my buddy Boots loves to say – don’t be fooled by the noise at the market…be sure to check your change. This isn’t about Channel 5 or about Great Belize Productions.

This isn’t even really about Lord Ashcroft or about our little black Moses battling the mighty white devil. That’s all the noise in the market. What this is really all about is sending a clear message to the media in Belize.

What Mr. Barrow is telling our media is that they must tread lightly when it comes to coverage of news which reflects negatively on his motley crew. Don’t be dissing the baldhead and the bozo bunch, you hear. And yeah, Channel 5 might be the target of this first warning, but it’s a warning for everybody. It’s a warning for my friends at Love and at Krem…at Plus Television and Reporter and Amandala and every other media house large and small in this nation. Well except for us here at the Belize Times cause Mr. Barrow knows exactly where he can put his censorship when it comes to us.

I remember back in the good/ bad old days when the PUP was in power. Some people will probably think I should just let sleeping dogs lie, but it is what it is. The media was merciless. There was no quarter given in what was a general bloodletting. I used to watch the then Prime Minister and wonder how he could stand there day after day as the media hounds pawed and sniffed and tore at him viciously. It wasn’t a pleasant experience. Maybe it was a necessary exercise, but pleasant it certainly wasn’t. But with all that, there was not one day when the PUP government sanctioned or punished or severed ties or attempted to stifle any member of the media. See, freedom of the press is supposed to be a sacred thing. In fact it was under the PUP administration that freedom of the press took greater meaning… took wings.

B u t i t ’s n o t l i k e t h a t w i t h Mr. Barrow. I’ve been one who consistently clowns our leader for

his lack of balls…Zenaida said it, not me. But fun and joke aside, the truth is that Dean Oliver has a pair of great big monstrous balls. That’s not in and of itself a bad thing. In fact it could be a wonderful thing.

But Dean O’s problem is that even his great big monstrous balls are overshadowed and eclipsed by his gargantuan, monumental, gigantic, vast, massive ego. So big, big ego plus big, big balls equals big, big

problem! And that is where we are right now.

C h a n n e l 5 ’s n e w s r e p o r t i n g has been sticking in the Prime Minister’s craw for some time now.

Not because of any bad reporting or wrong reporting or even biased reporting. The thing is that Channel 5’s reporters are tenacious and are backed up by resources which allow them to dig deep and dig long. Like with this immigration thing recently which was a huge stinking mess and still is. Mr. Barrow came out smelling really bad. See, he said that after investigations they had arrested the six culprits and that was it…done deal, end of story, moving on. But Channel 5 did not move on like some of the others. The resulting revelations of collusion with the issuing of illegal visas going all the way to the top tiers of government made Mr. Barrow look like a fool, and a blind, incompetent fool at that.

Even more than that, he was made to look like a liar…like he was covering up things, hiding things from the Belizean public.

And that is only one story in a long

Sunday, December 12, 2010 series of things which have made Mr. Barrow and the UDP look very bad.

This next thing with Mr. Castro is shaping up into another royal mess.

Our Prime Minister thought that he could have kicked Castro to the back bench, closed his mouth and moved on. But it shouldn’t work that way.

If Castro was involved in illegalities he needs to face the full force of the law just like anyone of us would have. If Channel 5 continues to dig those things will come out…in fact they’re already coming out. Mr. Barrow is looking really bad again.

His ego couldn’t allow this consistent pummeling and his balls stepped in.

I don’t need to fight Channel 5’s battles for them…they are perfectly willing and able to deal with Mr. Barrow on any level he chooses.

But this is not a good thing. It’s not the way to go. The Prime Minister is making a big mistake and setting a bad precedent. Who will be next?

Will Mr. Barrow cut all ties with the Reporter or Amandala whenever they report something which makes him look bad? Methinks you should rethink this one, Dean Oliver.

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Hon. Francis Fonseca Condemns GOB for Attack on the Media Area representative and senior member of the People’s United Party the Hon. Francis Fonseca today chastised the Barrow Administration for suspending relations with Channel 5 and Great Belize Productions.

In his release to the media the Hon. Fonseca said, “As a Member of the House of Representatives for the Freetown Division, a practising Attorney-at-Law, and a citizen of Belize, I absolutely reject and condemn this misguided and dangerous precedent-setting decision taken by our Government.

He went on to say that freedom of the Press is a fundamental pillar of a healthy and robust democracy contributing to greater accountability, better governance, and economic development.

Sounding a caution about the risk of censorship on a nation’s democracy the representative for the Freetown Division said: “restrictions on the media are generally an indication of a

G o v e r n m e n t ’s w i l l i n g n e s s t o undermine and intimidate other democratic institutions and in this case displays a shocking lack of confidence in the Belizean people by our Government.”

Fonseca went on to say, “The Government may argue that Channel 5 is just as free today to report and broadcast what it wishes, as it was last week, but the reality is that its decision is likely to have a chilling effect on all Belizeans who interact and engage with Channel 5 whether as employees, advertisers, or guests.”

In reacting to comments made

by Information Minister John S a l d i v a r, F o n s e c a s a i d : “ T h e Minister of Information is on record as describing Channel 5 as an “organ of the PUP”. The unwritten and unspoken message is that if you support Channel 5, advertise on Channel 5, and appear on Channel 5, you are supporting t h e P U P. T h i s i s a d a n g e r o u s message and a perilous road for

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Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered Commercial Zone runs under the Companies Act,Free Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, andproblems having its registered into financial office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 15th day of July, 1991, between JORGE CASTILLO and TURNIA CASTILLO of 13 Asuncion Street, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District of the one part, and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part and recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 14 of 1991 at Folios 1695 – 1718, and the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of three months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the Schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be of Finance M e r c h a n t from s o p e rthe a t i nsaid g i nScotiabank t h e Ministry obtained (Belize) Ltd.and Minister

Commercial Free Zone in Corozal Patrick Faber, who was acting as find themselves in all kinds of Prime M i n i s t e r, m e t t o d i s c u s s financial distress this Christmas the debacle and it also made it on season because for several weeks the agenda at Tuesday’s Cabinet now they have been unable to do meeting.

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The wayTOGETHER it is done is thatwith the all One cause of the problem is that money would be deposited into thereon. (Property now declared under the Registraeither the Belize Bank or Atlantic o v e r 2 0 0 o f t h e “ b u s i n e s s e s ” tion Section Orange Walkinside Townthe – Parcel 1578). free zone exist only Bank which have of branches in the zone. Those are then forwarded to i n n a m e a n d h a v e n o t b e e n the Central Bank which does the conducting business for years – overseas business. There is still a problem that the current Board DATED thiswhy 7ththe daydecision of December, 2010. is trying to correct now. Hence, a shadow over has been made but locally it has the financial freeze is also not been creating further economic widespread – at least it has not problems for the business sector begun to affect those companies that have met up to and passed i n t h e f r e e z o n e a n d a MUSA t a time & BALDERAMOS when business is already worse the free zone regulations in place.

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Belize to travel even as it exposes the hypocrisy of the very people who own and operate WAVE Radio and TV.” Hon. Fonseca pointed out that the people must be allowed to decide whether what is reported by the media is the truth or if it is false.

Quoting former US President John F. Kennedy, he stated - “We are not afraid to entrust the...people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”

The Hon. Francis Fonseca concluded his statement by reminding everyone of the indispensible role of the media

in a free society. He said, “It is not for any Government to solely determine what is objective and impartial and to require the media to conform and comply with standards for such self-determined o b j e c t i v i t y a n d i m p a r t i a l i t y.

Indeed with rights and privileges come responsibilities but we must jealously guard the freedom of the press. Perhaps, like on so many other important issues, it is time for us here in Belize to have an open and meaningful discussion on this issue. This is a matter that goes far beyond Channel 5. I urge our civic, business and religious leaders and indeed all Belizeans to let their voices be heard on this issue and to stand firmly on the side of Freedom of the Press.”

FOR SALE

By ORdER OF thE MORtgAgEE Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 3rd day of January, 2005, between MARTHA RAMSEY COCOM of 4350 Faber’s Road, Belize City, Belize District of the one part, and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part and recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 1 of 2005 at Folios 481 - 510, and the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of three months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the Schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 4350 comprising 371.466 square metres situate in the Port Loyola Area, Belize City, Belize District, bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 643 of 2004 attached to Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 643 of 2004 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections thereon. (Property now declared under the Registration Section of Queen’s Square West - Parcel 1096).

DATED this 7th day of December, 2010.

MUSA & BALDERAMOS

91 North Front Street Belize City Attorney-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

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FOR SALE

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE THE BELIZE BANK LIMITED of No. 60 Market Square, P.O. Box 364, Belize City, Belize (the “Bank”) on 26 September 2010 publicly advertised its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under the following security documents at the expiration of two months from the date of first publication of the said advertisement: (1) Mortgage Debenture made on the 28th day of November, 1995 and made between Belize Aggregates Limited (“Belagg”) of the one part and the Bank of the other part, recorded in the Land Titles Unit, Belmopan in Deeds Book Volume 29 of 1995 at folios 799 to 852;

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(2) a Deed of Mortgage made on the 11th day of December, 1995 and made between Belagg of the one part and the Bank of the other part, recorded in the Land Titles Unit, Belmopan in Land Charges Register (Legal Charges) in Volume 24 at folio 7; (3) an Assignment of Mortgage made on the 4th day of May, 1998 and made between THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, a Banking Corporation incorporated in Canada with its Head Office in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and having a registered branch in Belize City, Belize (the “Assignor”) of the one part and the Bank of the other part, recorded in the Land Titles Unit, Belmopan in Deeds Book Volume 14 of 1998 at folios 909 to 932 (hereinafter referred to as the “Assignment”);

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(4) an Assignment of Mortgage made on the 22nd day of June, 1998 and made between the Assignor of the one part and the Bank of the other part, recorded in the Land Charges Register (Assignments) in Volume 2 at folio 66, which said Assignment of Mortgage is supplemental to the Assignment (the “Supplemental Assignment”); and

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(5) various other mortgages and mortgage debentures listed in the Assignment and the Supplemental Assignment, and any variations thereto, all of which are registered in the Land Titles Unit, Belmopan City.

The Bank now notifies prospective buyers that the final date for submission of offers to purchase the plant, equipment, properties or assets of Belagg is 23 December 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

Offer envelopes should be clearly marked “Belize Aggregates Limited: Offer to Purchase Assets or Properties under Receivership”.

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All offers to purchase the plant, equipment, properties or assets of Belagg must be made in writing to the undersigned, Mr. Stanley Ermeav, Receiver and Manager of Belagg, from whom full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained. Priority will be given to offers for the purchase en bloc of all the business, properties and other charged assets of Belagg.

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• Assist in establishing the monitoring and evaluation framework and system to ensure effective implementation of National Strategic Plan and key program initiatives such as the Global Fund.

• Produce and disseminate Monitoring and Evaluation reports that will guide decision making and program implementation.

• Gather and utilize epidemiological data and social indicators that assess strengths, weaknesses and gaps in existing programs and services.

• Facilitate capacity building for implementation partners to enable them to monitor and evaluate their own efforts, gather relevant data and produce required progress reports.

• Ensure that the NAC through the Executive Director has up-to-date information on implementation performance of the national HIVAIDS response.

• Assist the NAC and other partners in the strategic planning of a national research agenda to monitor the impact of the National response as efficiently and innovatively as possible.

• Perform other duties assigned by the NAC and the Executive Director in support of the work of the Secretariat as necessary.

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Interested persons are invited to visit the office of the NAC Secretariat to view the terms of reference and access more detailed information including the essential functions of the post.

The successful applicant will be a strong team player with a positive work ethic, able to build inter-agency partnerships and willing to handle flexible work hours.

Applicants should send application letter and curriculum vitae with two references to:

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FOR SALE

By Order of the Mortgagee Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 15th day of July, 1991, between JORGE CASTILLO and TURNIA CASTILLO of 13 Asuncion Street, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District of the one part, and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part and recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 14 of 1991 at Folios 1695 – 1718, and the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of three months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the Schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 136 comprising of 555.6 square yards situate along the South side of Guyana Street, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District, bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 846 of 2006 attached to Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 846 of 2006 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections thereon. (Property now declared under the Registration Section of Orange Walk Town – Parcel 1578).

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Los residentes del la sección rural norte de Belice piden que Castro se vaya!

No le tomó a los residentes de la jurisdicción rural norte de Belice gran período de tiempo después de que su representante de área Edmond "Clear the Land" Castro fuera expulsado del Gabinete por tomar dinero a través de una transacción inmobiliaria con una americana de Belice, antes de que pidieran su retirada de la zona.

Castro cayó en desgracia oficialmente como ministro de Estado para el Ministerio de Obras Públicas el 24 de noviembre, cuando el primer ministro Dean Barrow llegó a la conclusión de que sería demasiado arriesgado

barrer este escándalo bajo la alfombra. Se produjo después de

El nivel de delincuencia y violencia en Belice es sumamente alto. Nadie necesita decirnos que nos dirigimos por un camino sombrío como una sociedad donde el crimen es rampante, las condenas son escasas y la posibilidad de crear un mercado laboral más amplio es pequeña.

Un experto, sin embargo, se ha centrado en la demografía de Belice hacia la definición de la verdadera imagen de nuestra situación.

Los resultados del Antropologo enViolencia Social el Dr. Herbert Gayle son alarmantes, y dice que significaría que el gobierno y sus distintos organismos necesitan revisar las recomendaciones ya desde principios del 2011 con el fin de tratar de detener la situación ahora.

En su opinión, Gayle dijo que la ciudad de Belice era ahora el lugar más peligroso en todo el Caribe para criar a un niño.

Esta información es impactante, porque la ciudad de Belice sigue siendo la zona más densamente poblada de todo el país.

Gayle dijo que la gran mayoría de los niños tratados en su investigación, casi el 90% están emocionalmente o mentalmente

afectados por la violencia. Esto, en comparación con la población mucho más grande de Jamaica, que casi duplica las cifras per cápita del país.

Tenga en cuenta que Belice también ha sido clasificado como el décimo país más violento del mundo, y Jamaica es el segundo, pero la comparación se hace en referencia entre los 36 kilómetros cuadrados de Jamaica a Belice seis millas de diámetro por kilometro cuadrado. Sobre la base de números de asesinatos de este año solamente, Gayle tiene una firme convicción de que Belice ha subido a alrededor de 7 u 8 más violento.

A este ritmo, Belice se encamina hacia un futuro sombrío, porque si nos quedamos dentro de los cinco países más violentos del mundo Europol o Interpol nos clasifica como tal, entonces empezará a afectarnos como un cáncer que afecta a un cuerpo, a través de la difusión todos los sistemas vitales que hacen que funcione. En este caso, nuestra industria turística ya vulnerables se deteriorara todavía más, la economía se desplomaría más porque los inversores no se sentirían atraídos a Belice y tendremos mas del doble de la tasa de desempleo, la creación de una puerta giratoria fuera de control.

Gayle dijo que si Belice esta para recuperarse de este grave problema, nuestros programas deben ser tales que puedan ofrecer a cada individuo, cada grupo étnico el mismo nivel de oportunidades, porque es debido a los oprimidos que caen en la

que Altea Grant, una mujer Beliceña que vive en los Estados Unidos, llego hasta Barrow con evidencia que ella había pagado cerca de $ 50,000 a Castro por la compra del terreno a través de un servicio de cableado y había recibido nada a cambio de sus pagos.

Esta semana, los residentes de la constituencia de Castro convocaron a una conferencia de prensa para expresar públicamente su disgusto con él y tenían claro que querían un bi-electoral.

La llamada proviene de ambos lados UDP y PUP incluso un representante del Consejo del pueblo,

George Guest de Crooked Tree, no contuvo sus sentimientos sobre el tema. De hecho, los habitantes del pueblo fueron más allá al decir que su llamado para el retiro o renuncia de Castro no se basa únicamente en este último escándalo. También señalan otras transacciones obscuras en que los residentes sienten que fueron engañados. Los residentes dicen que no se detendrán. Ellos también exigen que las cuentas bancarias de Castro sean investigadas y dicen que si sus demandas no se cumplen, que llevaran su lucha a Belmopán para poner a Castro fuera.

delincuencia y la violencia.

La investigación, un documento de 400 páginas, pone de relieve los males que agravan el problema, tales como la corrupción en el Departamento de Policía de Belice, la negligencia de los funcionarios, y otros temas. Aunque los hechos son

alucinantes, el gobierno sigue aparentemente sin preocuparse por las consecuencias de nuestra situación. Desde la introducción de la Operación Restauración Belice, ha habido docenas de asesinatos, algunos de los cuales han visto ninguna detención. Que Dios nos ayude!

La investigación social sobre la delincuencia muestra panorama sombría para Belice

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Cada cinco años los beliceños participan en uno de los aspectos más importantes de la democracia de nuestro país, la elección de 31 representantes a la Cámara de Representantes. Aquellos de nosotros que tenemos el privilegio de ser elegidos para representar al pueblo deben hacer un juramento solemne de defender la Constitución y la ley y hacer el bien para todo nuestro pueblo.

Cada vez que un funcionario electo viola este juramento solemne, traiciona la confianza del pueblo de Belice, se debilita a sí mismo como un representante elegido, y hace daño a la misma institución que juró defender.

En 2008, el líder del UDP, el Hon. Dean Barrow fue a lo largo y ancho de la nación diciendo a todos que si es elegido sería un gobierno limpio, libre de corrupción y mantendría siempre la práctica de buen gobierno.

Llegó incluso a decir que ni siquiera iba a tolerar el olor de la corrupción.

Si bien cada Beliceño sabe de los actos descarados de corrupción en el Ministerio de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente, el Primer Ministro se ha mantenido en silencio. De hecho, cuando varios de sus ministros hicieron denuncias acerca de las acciones hechas por el ministro de Recursos Naturales, el Primer Ministro se negó a actuar de manera que los beliceños puedan creer que es decisivo.

Ta m b i é n h e m o s v i s t o l a reacción del Primer Ministro en relación con la corrupción evidente que ha tenido lugar en el ministerio de Inmigración.

En lugar de pedir una Comisión de Encuesta, el Gobierno tomó la decisión de "suspender las relaciones normales" con el Canal 5, una decisión que pudo haber sido influenciada sólo por el hecho de que Canal 5 expuso todo lo que ha estado sucediendo en Inmigración. Si bien todos los Beliceños estamos plenamente conscientes de que este escándalo de la inmigración es una reflexión sobre el Ministro, el Primer Ministro se mantiene solidario con su ministro de Inmigración.

El miércoles un grupo de beliceños consternados, incluidos los representantes electos del pueblo, el Consejo del area Rural North, llevaron su caso para el retiro de su representante de zona. Durante la conferencia de prensa acusaron abiertamente al Sr. Edmund Castro de una serie

de graves violaciones, incluyendo la recolección de dinero por tierras, algo en lo que ningún representante electo nunca debe p a r t i c i p a r. L o s a c u s a d o r e s d e Castro no se escondieron de las cámaras. No escribieron cartas anónimas o documentos con información infiltrada.

Se dio un paso adelante ante las cámaras e hicieron sus acusaciones. Una persona dijo: "Lo que estamos diciendo aquí es que nos avergonzamos de tener a alguien como el señor Castro que nos represente como nuestro representante de zona.

El Señor Castro o debe renunciar o exigi m o s u n b i - e l e c t o r a l . E l Señor Castro también debe ser investigado y es necesario tomar acción penal".

Estoy de acuerdo con el P r e s i d e n t e d e C r o o k e d Tr e e Vi l l a g e , q u i e n d i j o q u e e s u n honor tener la obligación de representar al pueblo, en este caso la población rural del Norte de Belice. Cada persona elegida a la oficina por lo tanto debe comportarse de una manera que refleje esta posición.

En el caso del señor Castro hay claramente suficiente evidencia de mala conducta para merecer tales declaraciones fuertes de la gente que lo eligió para el cargo.

Si, efectivamente, el primer ministro podría sacarlo de su gabinete, entonces la llamada de la gente para su renuncia no debe tomarse a la ligera.

Desde que el UDP ganó las elecciones, una serie de cuestiones muy graves se han producido que pone en tela de juicio la integridad de esta administración. Desde el tema con el ex ministro Juan Coy y las mercancías de contrabando al escándalo en el Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, desde el escándalo de la inmigración con participación de un embajador y el aterrizaje de aviones en la noche en el Aeropuerto Internacional Phillip Goldson, desde menores de depósito en el City Hall a escándalos en el Ayuntamiento de PG, el UDP no ha sido lo más limpio que profesan ser y lo que se supone que es la tolerancia cero por el Primer Ministro a la corrupción se ha convertido en nada más que otra promesa vacía hecha en el tiempo de campaña.

Ha llegado el momento para que l Primer Ministro ponga un hasta aquí al hedor putrefacto de la corrupción que se cierne sobre su gobierno. Ya ha empezado a sentirse en él.

Atrapados en el desorden habitual de las denuncias y los escándalos que ha ensombrecido esta administración Barrow dos acontecimientos muy notables se destacan esta semana. Una de ellas es la decisión del gobierno de manipular la independencia de los medios de comunicación y la libertad de prensa mediante la suspensión de las relaciones con el canal 5 y grandes producciones de Belice. El otro es un llamado para el retiro del Representante de Belice Rural Norte, Edmundo Castro tras las acusaciones de irregularidades financieras que se tradujo en él perder su condición de viceministro.

La declaración del Sr. Barrow explicando su decisión en lo que respecta a Canal 5 y Gran Producciones Belice es largo, complicado, por lo general sesgada y con abundante roció de falsedades y tergiversaciones. En resumen, es ni más ni menos de lo que hemos llegado a esperar del líder de esta nación. En lo que respecta al otro asunto de su representante de la zona en la que supuestamente acepto un soborno para realizar una transacción inmobiliaria. El Sr. Barrow ha guardado silencio. Él no quiere hablar mucho sobre ello, dijo, porque no quiere avergonzar a Castro.

El Sr. Barrow tampoco tiene mucho que decir sobre el escándalo de la reciente inmigración, incluso después de que su ministro de inmigración admitió que es probable que haya firmado los documentos para las visas ilegales. Incluso después de que el mismo ministro proclamó que la corrupción en el ministerio es tan común que lo lleva hasta las lágrimas, el primer ministro se limitó a decir que no hay dinero para gastar en investigación sobre el alcance de la corrupción en el ministerio.

En el asunto de uno de sus representantes de área UDP que es acusado de trata ilegal de tierras y apropiación financiera indebida el Sr. Barrow mantiene silencio. En el asunto del escándalo de la inmigración en los que hay indicios de corrupción y la colusión en el más alto nivel del gobierno y la seguridad de nuestras fronteras se ve amenazada, el Sr. Barrow mantiene silencio. En muchos otros asuntos como el crimen, la pobreza y la economía el Sr. Barrow mantiene silencio.

En el asunto del Canal 5 y grandes producciones de Belice, lo que el Sr. Barrow está haciendo es castigar al mensajero por el mensaje.

Es tan simple como eso. Él no hace ningún intento para hacer frente a los problemas reales, pero es concertada, comprometido y claramente obvio en su intento de silenciar a quienes lleven estos temas a la luz.

En su comunicado, el Sr. Barrow afirma que «la estación en los últimos dos años y medio, ha procedido a un camino deliberado de socavar sistemáticamente no sólo el gobierno, pero el interés de toda la nación y su gente." Esto trae a la mente pública una nueva versión de otro mensajero que fue atacado por el primer ministro. No hace mucho tiempo, nuestro Alto Comisionado del Reino Unido reveló irregularidades financieras perpetrados por la hija del Ministro UDP Melvin Hulse. Por haberse atrevido a arrojar luz sobre esta cuestión, Kamela Palma fue acusada por su gobierno de "poner en peligro a toda la nación."

El editorial del martes en el periódico Amandala precedió la cuestión de la sanción del Sr. Barrow al Canal 5 y grandes producciones de Belice, afirmando que "los portavoces y propagandistas del PUP les gustaría que este diario empezara a atacar al UDP pero que hacer eso sería una tontería para nosotros. " Dejando la política de lado, el paso dado por el gobierno del señor Barrow establece un mal precedente. En el plazo 1993-1998 del PUP, los medios de comunicación se alertaron, voraz y en muchos casos viciosos. Las entrevistas con los líderes de PUP eran irritables y polémicos, pero nunca hubo un intento de los dirigentes para acallar los medios de comunicación. Aun cuando hubiera sido políticamente rápida y efectivamente una cuestión de supervivencia política al hacerlo, la libertad de prensa seguía siendo sagrada.

El Sr. Barrow perderá mucho más de lo que se beneficiará de este ataque mezquino y dictatorial a la libertad de prensa. Ha demostrado su incapacidad para abordar los verdaderos problemas, que afectan a los beliceños y a la nación y que se han visto agravados por este intento de matar al mensajero. El Sr. Barrow está negando al pueblo de Belice el derecho de juzgar los méritos y deméritos de la información que se difunde por tratar de controlar y manipular la información.

Cada casa de los medios de comunicación y organización en Belice debe hablar en contra de la sanción del gobierno al Canal 5 y grandes producciones de Belice. No es ni debe ser cerca de que medio de comunicación está siendo sancionada por el Primer Ministro. Debe ser por el hecho de que la libertad de prensa no debe ser manipulada y hoy es Canal 5, pero mañana podría muy bien ser una entidad de otros medios que se atreve a criticar el Sr. Barrow y la administración UDP.

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Por: Mike Rudon Jr. Nuestro Dictador de pacotilla está actuando de nuevo, haciendo sentir su majestuosidad y moviendo su vara poderosa de un lado a otro, por así decirlo. Esta vez tiene un nuevo objetivo - los medios de comunicación y contra lo poco que tienden a llamar la libertad de prensa. Porque como a mi amigo Boots le gusta decir - no se deje engañar por el ruido en el mercado... asegúrese de comprobar los cambios. No se trata del Canal 5 o Great Belize Productions. Esto ni siquiera es realmente acerca de Lord Ashcroft o sobre nuestro Moisés negro luchando contra el poderoso diablo blanco. Lo que esto es realmente es que el Sr. esta enviando un claro mensaje a los medios de comunicación en Belice.

Lo que el Sr. Barrow está diciendo es que nuestros medios de comunicación deben proceder con sutileza cuando se refieran a la cobertura de las noticias que se refleja negativamente en el y su tripulación. No se atreva a faltarle el respeto al Pelón y sus payasos! Y sí, el Canal 5 podría ser el objetivo de esta primera advertencia, pero es una advertencia para todo el mundo. Es una advertencia para mis amigos en Love y en Krem. Ademas también lo es para Plus Television, Amandala y cada medio de comunicación grande y pequeño en esta nación. Bueno, excepto para nosotros aquí en el Belize Times porque el Sr. Barrow sabe exactamente donde puede poner su censura cuando se trata de nosotros.

Recuerdo que en los buenos / malos tiempos cuando el PUP estaba en el poder. Algunas personas probablemente van a pensar que debería dejar las cosas como están, pero es lo que es. Los medios de comunicación fueron despiadados. Hubo lo que fue un general derramamiento de sangre sin cuartel. Yo solía ver al entonces primer ministro y me preguntaba cómo podía estar allí día tras día cuando los medios de comunicación lo agredían verbalmente de una manera tan violenta. No fue una experiencia agradable. Tal vez fue un ejercicio necesario, pero agradable ciertamente no lo era. Pero con todo eso, no hubo un día en que el gobierno del PUP sancionara, castigara o rompiera sus vínculos en el intento de sofocar cualquier miembro de los medios de comunicación. Véase, la libertad de prensa se supone que es una cosa sagrada. De hecho, fue durante el gobierno del PUP que la libertad

de prensa tomó mayor significado, adquirió alas.

Pero no es así con el Sr. Barrow. Yo he sido uno que consistentemente le digo a nuestro líder sus payasadas por su falta de pelotas... bueno eso es lo que Zenaida dijo, no lo dije yo! Pero dejando la diversión y las bromas a un lado, la verdad es que Deán Oliver tiene un par de grandes bolas, y eso en si podría ser maravilloso a no ser porque se ven eclipsadas por su gigantesco y monumental ego enorme, enorme! Asi que, grandes pelotas mas ego enorme equivale a gran problema!

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El Canal 5 ha estado atorado en el buche del Primer Ministro desde hace algún tiempo. No porque de mala información o información incorrecta o incluso la presentación de informes parciales. El caso es que los periodistas del canal 5 son tenaces y están respaldados por los recursos que les permiten profundizar y cavar mucho. Al igual que con este tema reciente de inmigración que fue un lío enorme. El Sr. Barrow salió oliendo muy mal. Véase, dijo que después de las investigaciones habían arrestado a los seis culpables y eso fue todo... trato hecho, fin de la historia, y a seguir adelante. Sin embargo, el Canal 5 no siguió adelante como algunos de los otros. Las revelaciones resultantes de colusión con la expedición de visados ilegales va todo el camino hasta los niveles más altos del gobierno y hizo al Sr. Barrow verse como un tonto incompetente y ciego. Incluso más que eso, se le hizo ver como un mentiroso... como si estuviera ocultando cosas, ocultándole cosas al público de Belice.

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larga serie de cosas que han hecho que el Sr. Barrow y el UDP se vean muy mal. Luego lo del Sr. Castro. Nuestro Primer Ministro pensó que puede darle la patadita a Castro al banco de atrás, cerrar la boca y seguir adelante.

Pero no debería funcionar de esa manera. Si Castro estaba involucrado en ilegalidades necesita hacer frente a la fuerza de la ley como cualquiera de nosotros hubiera hecho. Si el Canal 5 sigue cavando, las cosas van a salir a flote... de hecho ya están saliendo. El Sr. Barrow se está viendo realmente mal otra vez.

No es necesario pelear las batallas para Canal 5, ellos son perfectamente capaces y están dispuestos a tratar con el Sr. Barrow en cualquier nivel que elija. Pero esto no es una buena cosa.

No es el camino a seguir. El Primer Ministro está cometiendo un gran error y establecerá un mal precedente. ¿Quién será el próximo? Será que el Sr. Barrow es capaz de cortar todos los vínculos con el Reporter o Amandala siempre que informen de algo que le hace quedar mal? Me parece que debe replantearse esto, Sr. Dean Oliver.

Anthony Mahler President of Junior Achievement Belize handed over reading books to All Saints Primary School and Ephesus Primary School.

The books were donated by For Grant in the US through the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association.

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YA ERA TIEMPO!

Por: Mike Rudon Jr. Estoy muy contento por la noticia de que los pobladores de la sección rural del Norte de Belice están de pie y diciendo NO MÁS. No es mi intención faltarle el respeto a nadie cuando digo que ya era tiempo! Esta cosa se trata de mucho más que sólo PUP o UDP o VIP o PNP. Se trata de mucho más que la politiquería y la propaganda. Se trata de poder popular, de las personas que eligieron a Castro para que los representen afirmando que es un fracaso, una vergüenza y un estafador y quieren que responda por sus acciones. Ellos quieren que sea investigado y acusado y de ser declarado culpable, quieren que se vaya. Me gusta. Me gusta mucho.

Estoy harto de que la gente por ahí ande diciendo que la oposición no está haciendo nada y que esta permitiendo que esta administración Barrow pase por encima de los beliceños. ¿Qué es exactamente lo que la oposición puede hacer? Nadie parece ser capaz de responder a esa pequeña joya? Pero es bueno decir simplemente que la oposición tiene que hacer más. Estoy harto del señor Barrow y su manojo de incompetentes demoliendo a esta nación y luego negarse a rendir cuentas por sus acciones. Tres años después de que la gente expulsó a los PUP y eligió al UDP en medio de grandes promesas de abundancia, ahora estamos en pésimo estado. Y cada vez que el Primer Ministro o cualquiera de su grupo de imbéciles se suben a un podio culpan a los PUP... tres años después todavía están culpando a los PUP. ¡Oh, el crimen está fuera de control ... culpen a los PUP. La economía esta en un caos, la culpa es del PUP. El turismo se esta deteriorando la culpa es del PUP. Las empresas están cerrando la culpa es del PUP. Nuestra gente no tiene empleo, la culpa es del PUP. Hay más abandonos de la escuela que nunca antes en la historia, pero ellos quieren culpar a los PUP. Entonces, ¿podría alguien por favor recordarme por qué rayos se votó a favor del UDP? Caramba, cuando el señor Barrow se le preguntó recientemente acerca de las acciones de su viceministro y los medios de comunicación querían saber si Castro no debe enfrentar cargos legales por las acusaciones contra él, el Sr. Barrow se encogió de hombros diciendo estúpidamente que con todo y todo su gobierno es mucho, mucho, mejor que el PUP. No es exactamente lo que estábamos preguntándote amigo y no precisamente una respuesta que nos hace sentir cálidos y tiernos en el interior, pero que es típico de Barrow.

Castro ha sido un mal representante.

Eso no es gran secreto. Su riqueza y las explotaciones han aumentado más allá de toda proporción desde que fue nombrado viceministro de obras. Se ha escuchado de un Grader que desapareció debajo de su administración. También se habla de chanchullos de tierras, se habla de apropiación indebida de fondos asignados para la carretera, se habla de vehículos cargados de contrabando cruzando la frontera y de mala conducta sexual. La arrogancia del hombre ha sido casi increíble.

Todavía me molesta enormemente verlo con el vehículo del gobierno que tenemos que pagar con nuestros

impuestos en donde el y sus hijos salen a hacer ejercicio todos los días. Pero al Sr. Barrow no parece preocuparle nada de eso Castro sigue disfrutando de todos los privilegios y prebendas de su cargo y mucho más.

Quizá me salgo de la tangente aquí, pero estoy harto de que la gente se queje de aquellos que se supone que nos sirven, pero no hacen nada al respecto. No puedo soportar la frase, tan cierto como es - que la gente tiene al gobierno que se merecen.

No me importa un bledo quien esté en el poder. Nuestros representantes políticos tienen que tener el sentido de que la frase "en el poder" es un don frágil que hemos elegido para Notice is hereby given that XIANG PEI ZHEN is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Henry's Supermarket, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that SU HONG is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Rong's Supermarket, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that SHAO MEI WU is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at New Bridge Supermarket, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that XUE XIN RONG is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Xuia Store, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that XIN WEN XU is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Central Supermarket, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that WAN JI WU is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Border Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that JING LI LIU is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Gallito Supermarket, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ZHONG PING WU is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Corozal Chinese Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that RUN QIANG WEN is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Feliz Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

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darles a ellos. Nuestros representantes políticos tienen que darse cuenta de que su control sobre ese don es una tenue y se decidirá por la forma en cuan hábilmente nos representen y nos sirven. Este no es un pase libre para todos, Jack. No se les eligió para hacerse ricos y pasearse en nosotros en el proceso! Como he dicho, no me importa quién es. Esto es más grande que la política, mucho más grande que las líneas del partido. Si el PUP fuera elegido al poder y hacen lo mismo yo estaría diciéndolo exactamente lo mismo! De eso pueden estar seguros.

Este movimiento por los habitantes del pueblo de Belice Rural North es un gran precedente. Durante demasiado tiempo nuestros políticos nos han jodido y necesitamos dejarles sentir la sensación de que estamos a cargo.

Liquor License Notices Notice is hereby given that LINA RONG is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Lina's Supermarket, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that XOE YUN RONG is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at T.S. Shop, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that CHANG JIA WU is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Tang's Supermarket, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that WEN JIE LEI is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Romantic Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ZHONG RU WU is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Asia Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that QIANG QING SU is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Blumper Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that WAN BI WU is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at 99 Fast Food, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that XUE SI MA is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Family Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

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Espero que este movimiento vaya todo el camino hasta que los gritos de nuestro pueblo sean escuchados, ya que debe ser todo sobre nosotros.

Y cuando Castro ya no este, no debe detenerse ahí, porque ninguno de nuestros políticos son vacas sagradas.

Algunos de ellos son de alto consumo en el canal público, como vacas glotonas, pero ninguno de ellos son vacas sagradas.

No se puede hacer omelete sin romper algunos huevos. Castro será el primero y luego vamos a ponernos serios. Si no, entonces todos debemos simplemente dejar de quejarnos, sentarnos y dejar que el señor Barrow y su equipo hagan lo que quieran con nosotros. Creo que como pueblo somos mas grandes y mejores que eso!

Notice is hereby given that FANG FEI YANG is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Yang Supermarket, San Roman Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ZHEN YI LUO is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Han Yan Shop, San Narciso Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that QUI LIAN LI is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Guo Tai Store, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that CAN JIN CHEN is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Sky Blue Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that DA QUAN LI is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Deng Supermarket, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that KUN YONG CHANG is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Rexo Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that MIAO NA LU is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Sky Blue Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ZHONG JIN LUO is applying for a Liquor License to be operated at Rainbow Restaurant, Corozal Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980. Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

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FOR RENT 2 bedroom house, fully furnished located in Vista Del Mar Area, Ladyville Area, Belize District.

Call Errol Pratt at 61`0-0787 or 223-0787 for more information.

Rooms with cable, water and electricity unfurnished. For more information contact Errol Pratt at 610-0787 or 223-0787 for more information.

FOR SALE Pickanese puppies. Seven weeks old. $150.00 and negotiable.

Contact 501-624-7641 for more information.

WANTED Pasadena Company Ltd., North Plaza, Corozal Free Zone is looking for a experienced Chinese Chef. Qualifications: 2 years working experienced in a restaurnt. Call 423-7370 for more information.

LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICES Notice is hereby given that Sergio Alamina is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Bambooze Beach Bar & Grill”, Caye Caulker Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Ramon Reyes Sr. is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Tropical Paradise Restaurant and Bar”, Caye Caulker Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Rosamond Perez is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “ER General Store”, Rancho Dolores Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Emelito Marin is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Marin’s Restaurant”, Caye Caulker Village, Belize District

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operated at “James Brodie & Co. Ltd.”, Albert Street, Belize City under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980. under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Xiong Zheng is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Duo Sheng Shop”, #6111 Dolphin Drive, Buttonwood Bay, Belize City under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Edison Chee is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Mag’s Snack Shop”, #76 Amara Avenue, Belize City under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Roxana Perez is applying for a Malt and Cider Liquor License to be operated at “Roxi’s Restaurant”, San Martin Road, Belmopan City, Cayo District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Wai Tong Chue is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Wai Tong Shop”, #6732 Raccoon Street, Belize City under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Brian Snagg is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Ruba Bar”, #135 Lord’s Bank Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Edward Nabil Musa Jr. is applying for a Publican General Liquor License to be operated at “James Brodie & Co.”, 1.5 Miles Northern Highway, Belize City under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Curtis Musa is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “James Brodie & Co. Ltd.”, 2.5 miles Northern Highway, Belize City under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Edward Nabil Musa Sr. is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be

Notice is hereby given that Ranjit Balani is applying for a Night Club Liquor License to be operated at “Shooter’s Club”, Amara Avenue, Belize City under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Martha Escalante is applying for a Malt and Cider Liquor License to be operated at “Cross Road Bar”, Ontario Village, Cayo District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that JoAnna Usher is applying for a Publican General Liquor License to be operated at “Valley Manufacturing Company Limited”, 12.5 Miles Stann Creek Valley Road, CPBL Compound, Stann Creek District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Cristina Moguel is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at “D & J Supermarket”, #8 Stadium Street, Orange Walk Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Ezekiel Lopez is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “La Nueva Nostalgia”, Sapodilla Street, Orange Walk Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Jaime Briceño is applying for a Convenience Store License to be operated at “One Stop Service Station”, 29 Belize Corozal Road”, Orange Walk Town under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Eustaquia Samoyoa is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “San Francisco”, Carmelita Village, Orange Walk District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

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