Belize Times May 25, 2014 by Belize Times Press

4 04

THE BELIZE TIMES

on the

From Bella Vista with Love By Francis W. Fonseca Last Sunday Night, May 18th, as Sir George Domingo and I journeyed back from the beautiful village of Bella Vista in the Toledo East Constituency, my thoughts were only of the kind, sincere, humble and hardworking people I had just been privileged to encounter on my visit alongside the good gentlemen of the PUP Southern Caucus, Hon. Deputy Party Leader Mike Espat (Toledo East), Hon. Oscar Requena (Toledo West), Hon. Ivan Ramos (Dangriga) and Hon. Rodwell Ferguson (Stann Creek West). Our worn but reliable

blue Landcruiser rolled steadily across the magnificent Southern Highway, and even as midnight approached, a clear moonlit night afforded me the opportunity to take in the breathtaking wonder and beauty that is Belize. The public rally in Bella Vista had brought out some 1500 residents of the surrounding communities. They were filled with energy, excitement and love. They had come out to see, meet, and hear their Leaders and to share with us their concerns and hopes for the future.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BELIZE A.D. 2014 (DIVORCE)

ACTION NO: 19

Between

(Marco Celedonio Aguirre ( ( AND (

Petitioner

(Alida Oneila Aguirre

TO: ALIDA ONELIA AGUIRRE TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage dated 31st January, 2014 endorsed with a Notice to you to appear and answer charges therein has been filed in the Supreme Court of Belize, by MARCO CELEDONIO AGUIRRE of Santa Cruz Village, Placencia Junction, Stann Creek District, Belize and that you are required within Fourteen (14) days after the second publication herein, inclusive of the day of such publication, to enter an appearance either in person or by your Attorney at the Registry of the Supreme Court, should you think fit so to do and thereafter to make answer to the charges AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that in default of your so doing the Court will proceed to hear the said charges proved and pronounce judgment your absence notwithstanding. This Petition is filed and this Notice to appear is issued by Oswald Twist of 16 Bishop Street, Belize City, Belize Attorney-at-Law for the Petitioner, MARCO CELEDONIO AGUIRRE. DATED THIS 24th day of April 2104

Registrar NOTE: Any person entering an appearance must at the same time furnish an address for service within two miles of the Supreme Court.

Their issues were Education, Health, Land, and Immigration. Like most Belizeans they are concerned about the increasing cost and poor quality of education and healthcare being offered to their families. Too many of them have had their land taken away to be given to UDP party hacks and those who have tried to obtain land through the Government have met obstacle after obstacle. Many are immigrants who have Belizean children yet their nation-

25 MAY

2014

ality status remains undetermined. They are in no position to offer incentives to the Big Boys in Belmopan to facilitate nationality documents and land titles. As the meeting drew to a close they rushed the stage to touch and embrace their leaders. They wanted and needed to know that someone cares, that we care! This is what the PUP must always be about. This is what politics must always be about. Serving our people! Caring for our people! Those who gathered in Bella Vista would generally be regarded as poor by todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standards, but they are rich in spirit. They came not in search of a $50 handout but rather in search of a better life for them, their families, and their communities. They have hope in the PUP! They believe in the PUP! They are ready for a PUP Government! We will not fail them! God Bless Belize!

6 06

25 MAY

THE BELIZE TIMES

Like the Government… the University of Belize is dysfunctional May 14th 2014 By Norris Hall The red flags at the University of Belize are much more numerous than those warning of an impending hurricane. The green flag, if it ever appears, will not signal an all-clear but rather that the university is taking a collision course with history as it is ill-prepared to take that highway into the future. Neither does it seem to have the credentials to prepare the country’s young talents for the task of nation building. And that is thirty two years after independence! The Ministry of Education appears not to understand the vital function of this institution for higher learning. It has lowered the entrance requirement for UB and rather than help in promoting the quest for excellence it continues, with political dumbness, to encourage mediocrity. It is even easier to earn a degree from UB than to buy one on e-bay. A retired teacher recently commented that a high school diploma earned in Belize in the 70s is now worth more than a degree from this national university today. There are admittedly, a few students who perform with excellence and on their own accord in the miserable environment of a UB campus. It is simply not just for parents to be gambling their children’s future on a dysfunctional institution and the persistent political interference in a university that is sup-

posed to be autonomous and above politics. NO ACCREDITATION The forced resignation by the most recent President, Dr. Cary Fraser, who made attempts to bring the university up to speed, landed him in a snake pit of government politicians and the university’s Board of Trustees when he made a recommendation for the revision of the University of Belize Act. This recommendation was intended to upgrade the institution to meet international standards for accreditation. In his attempts to properly manage the University, the recent former President found himself swimming upstream in piranha-infested waters. After a politically concerted effort leading to his demise, the President’s lips have been zipped. This is as a result of a gag order decreed on him by the Prime Minister in a “Separation Agreement”. This agreement was drafted by the government’s legal Houdini, whose name is an antonym to integrity. The gag order prohibits Mr. Fraser from speaking to the media about the nasty mess that he was unable to clean-up at the university during his two year tenure and the “in your face” political interference by the Ministry of Education and the politically-appointed Board of

BY ORDER OF MORTGAGEE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL

2014

Trustees. The numerous issues and lidded scandals at what is supposed to be Belize’s premier educational institution is leading to discontent among the faculty and student bodies. This includes the political appointments of some faculty members without their proven credentials as well as their inability to speak and write English. It is as basic as that. THE LAND GRAB The University of Belize owns a total of about two thousand acres of land in campuses all over the country. This includes a marine research station which sits on ten acres of Calabash Caye, an island located north east of Belize City in the area of the Turneffe atoll. This research station is under the umbrella of the Environmental Research Institute of UB. The main campus of the University in Belmopan has 750 acres. These pieces of UB real estate in the nation’s Capital and on the island are considered the university’s crown jewels. Some members of the UB Board of Trustees is contemplating a land grab. A member of the Board of Trustees with political connections in real estate agent is the catalyst behind this land hustle, particularly to highjack the 10 acres of prime island estate. Some members of the UB Board of Trustees are also promoting a sub-division and sale of portions of the land which forms a part of UB’s estate in Belmopan. Agents have been promoting this - but subtly. UB’s INVESTMENT IN UML In the year 2000 the University of Belize entered into a joint venture agreement with Datapro International

Ltd. to expand the internet domain name registration service. It is full of technicalities but the intent was to provide a more accessible internet service in Belize rather than to have a few like BTL.net or yahoo. com etc. There were three shareholders. They included allotted shares to UB of 255 thousand at US $1.00 per share under a share purchase agreement. Under this agreement UB invested BZ $510 thousand in the purchase of these shares. Datapro Ltd. did likewise. Another company was allotted 50 thousand shares in UML (University Management Ltd). Up to 2009 it was still not clear what level of business was conducted by UML or if any dividends were paid out to shareholders, including UB. Since then the operations of UML and its relation with UB have become a tangled web. In a letter to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees in February of 2013, UML said that “the experience with UB has not been a good one over the years”. UML also expressed its interest in acquiring UB’s interest. That is where the paper trail ends. No one we asked could indicate what happened to UB’s investment in shares. There appears to be some evasiveness about this investment and whether dividends were ever paid. There also appears to be no accounting to provide answers about the more than $1/2 million share purchase made in its investments in UML. Over the period UB should have received a profitable return on its investment. …to be continued.

For Sale By Order of the

HRCU will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the Schedule below.

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 16th day of August, 2010 between DYLANA LESLIE of No. 561 King Fish Avenue, Vista Del Mar, Ladyville, 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. 25 of 2010 at Folios 963 – 994, 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.

ALL offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing to Holy Redeemer Credit Union Limited from whom full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained.

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.

HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED a statutory body formed and registered under the Credit Union Act, Chapter 314 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000, and whose registered office is situated at No. 1 Hyde’s Lane, Belize City, Belize District hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under and by virtue of a Deed of Mortgage registered at the Land Titles Unit between ROY SUTHERLAND of the one part and HRCU of the other part.

SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel or lot of land being Lot No. 7 comprising 415.515 square metres situate on Sister Therese Sparks Street (formerly Raccoon Street Extension), Belize City, Belize District now Parcel 322, Block 45, Port/Loyolaville Registration Section as shown and described on a Plan of Survey No. 1012 of 1999 drawn by Licensed Surveyor J.V. Hyde dated 25th October 1999 and being lodged and recorded at the Lands & Surveys Department in Belmopan as Entry Plan No. 3186 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon, the freehold property of ROY SUTHERLAND

SCHEDULE ALL THOSE LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 215 situate in Maxboro Area, Sandhill Village, Belize District and bounded as follows: on the North for 30.476 metres by Lot No. 198; on the South for 30.476 metres by A Street; on the East for 31.393 metres by Lot No. 214 and on the West for 31.393 metres by Lot No. 216 containing 956.733 square metres of land and as shown on Entry No. 4844, Register No. 21 at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. DATED this 5th day of May, 2014.

DATED this 14 day of May 2014

HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED 1 HYDE’S LANE, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE Phone: (501) 224-5644 Fax: (501) 223-0738

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

25 MAY

THE BELIZE TIMES

2014

WOMAN IN THE HOUSE By Dolores Balderamos Garcia

Use Only the Word Belizean!! I have just completed a book that was kindly loaned to me from the library of James and Lydia Waight. Its name is simply “British Honduras,” and it was written by Englishman Algar Robert Gregg and published in 1968 by The Corona Library, a series of volumes “dealing with the United Kingdom’s dependent territories, the way their peoples live, and how they are governed.” It was a fascinating read, at once factual and fanciful. I say this because Mr. Gregg had clearly done his research. He included a Reading List

or Bibliography which sets out to his sources for historical information, and as well a list of Official Publications. On the other hand, he had travelled widely in the country, but some of his impressions were somewhat naive and clearly of his time and British predilection. For instance his chapter on Early History makes no mention whatever of the various slave rebellions in eighteenth century Belize, and his references to twentieth century Belize completely ignore the Ex-Servicemen’s Riot and the early Labor

movements that preceded the Nationalist era. Of course with source documents such as Sir John Burdon’s Archives and Histories by E.O. Winzerling, Stephen Caiger, Wayne Clegern, W.A. Donohoe and R.A. Humphreys one can easily understand the Euro-centric perspective of his account. His take on the devaluation of the British Honduras dollar for example, which was the spark that lit the Nationalist movement, was matter-offact and oblivious to the plight of so many poor urban Belizeans for whom the move was debilitating. Surprising, however, was that he felt that Belize’s future would be as a republic of Central America, even though he fully recognized our status and (under)development as a British Crown colony. His chapter on several hurricanes that struck our country with devastating consequences is probably the most gripping, as there are detailed accounts of the 1931 Hurricane, Hurricane Janet and Hurricane Hattie. However, most of note for me were his comments on his meeting with then Premier George Price as well as his closing remarks regarding his opinion of Belize’s future. First, he tells us that British Honduras Premier, Hon. George Price ‘accorded’

OBSTACLES TO THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION IN BELIZE

By E. Andrew Marshalleck SC Belize, like many of its neighbours, having accepted the need to confront and eliminate corruption in public functions, now faces the daunting challenge of charting an appropriate course to achieving that most elusive objective. The challenge requires that we identify the obstacles to the prevention of corruption in public functions, devise appropriate measures for dealing with them and then take the steps required to implement those measures. While such an approach appears simple enough, the task is indeed a daunting one in Belize because it requires the making of principled decisions which inevitably fly in the face of political self-preservation, and indeed, in the face of what may now well constitute a number of cultural norms in Belizean society. In typical Caribbean fashion, instead

of confronting and addressing the issue squarely, the preference is to pay lip service to it, while refusing to create and empower the necessary institutions obviously needed to achieve required changes. This disposition is a significant obstacle to the prevention of corruption in Belize. This is readily illustrated by reference first to the report of the Attorney General on behalf of the Government of Belize of December, 2010, to MESICIC (The Mechanism on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption). I quote: “ Since becoming a Party to the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (“the Convention”) in 2002 and joining the Mechanism for Follow-Up on the Implementation of the Convention (MESICIC) in 2003, Belize has been steadfast in its fight against corruption. It has repeatedly shown in no uncertain terms that it is committed to fight corruption domestically and to use its best efforts to assist its fellow countries to fight this plague, which has no regard for international boundaries. In March 2008, the present Government of Belize was brought to power on a heavy campaign against corruption. Between June 2008 and December, 2010, the period covered by the present Report, the Government of Belize has undertaken a number of positive actions and measures to fight corruption in general, and to implement a number of Recommendations and Measures suggested by the Committee of Experts of the MESICIC during the first two

rounds of review. These include: • Adoption/Amendment of Legislation: 1. Prevention of Corruption Act, 2007, which, inter alia, makes provisions for strengthening measures to prevent and combat corruption and corrupt activities, provides for the offence of corruption and offences relating to corrupt activities, provides for investigative measures in respect of corruption and related corrupt activities, and provides measures for establishing probity, integrity and accountability in public life; 2. Belize Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act, 2008, which, inter alia, sought to enlarge the membership of the Senate to ensure that Senators nominated by the Opposition and nongovernmental organizations together constitute the majority, sought to extend the powers and functions of the Senate to enable them to initiate and conduct public enquiries into mismanagement or corruption by persons in the central government of public statutory bodies, and provides for the expeditious submission of reports by the Auditor General to the National Assembly; 3. Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act, 2008, which, inter alia, was passed to invalidate secrecy provisions in public contracts, to reduce the categories of exempt documents, to penalize unreasonable refusal or failure to provide access to public documents; 4. Finance and Audit (Reform) (Amendment) Act, 2010. This amendment is presently a Bill. It seeks, inter alia, to enhance transparency in the tendering process for the Government procurement

11 him an interview and was ‘most co-operative.’ The Premier, he says, asked him: “Please do not stress the differences between our people. Instead, emphasize the common identity of the people living in British Honduras. Do not say Creole or Carib or Mestizo. Use the expressions Afro-Belizean, Carib Belizean or Maya-Belizean. Or better still, use only the word Belizean.” However, Mr. Gregg does add: “the diversity of human types in British Honduras is most remarkable.” Secondly, in his closing essay he says: “The great advantage that Belize possesses is the good nature of her people. They are intelligent above average, well behaved, industrious and healthy. Perhaps their best characteristics are their emotional maturity, their lack of complexes.” And further: “Belize needs outside capital, but it also needs people, hard working people, to build up the country. Belize still holds out one of the last opportunities for pioneering.” Some forty seven years after Premier Price said it I want to agree that we should “Use Only The Word Belizean!!”

and sale contracts, and to restore the Financial Orders and Stores Orders to their original status of subsidiary legislation. • Adoption and dissemination of a National Plan of Action for the implementation of the Recommendations of the MESICIC for Belize. • Providing the widest measure of legal assistance requested by other countries to assist them in their investigations and prosecution of acts of corruption.” The centerpiece of the Government’s legislative effort to combat corruption, which was listed first in the above report and referred to on numerous occasions thereafter as having met one or other of the requirements of the Plan of Action to fight corruption adopted by Belize, is the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2007. That Act provides for the appointment of an Integrity Commission which is charged with responsibility to implement the provisions of the Act. The members of the commission are to be appointed in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has for a number of years now neglected to give the requisite advice to enable the appointments to be made. There is accordingly to date no appointed Integrity Commission that can enforce the provisions of the Act, two of the Prime Minister’s most recent appointments to the post having promptly resigned rather than subject their own finances to public scrutiny. In fairness it should be recognized that because the majority of the members of the Integrity Commission are appointed by the government, even when a commission is appointed, it usually sits paralyzed, unwilling or unable to act. Not surprisingly the provisions of the Act are routinely ignored by the vast majority of the members of the House of Representatives who fail annually to make the requisite disclosures as to their personal finances to the Commission. This has led Continued on page 28

THE BELIZE TIMES

25 MAY

2014

THE BELIZE TIMES

25 MAY

2014

25 MAY

THE BELIZE TIMES

2014

Double Standard in the Rosewood Trade

By Gilroy Usher, Sr. I write to condemn the continuous double standard when it comes to enforcing the laws of this country. Government’s approval for the current export of rosewood is a perfect example of that. To protect this precious wood from depletion due to massive export, to places such as China where it’s used to make some of the most expensive furniture, a moratorium was placed on the extraction and sale of the product. This decision was taken by the Barrow Administration after everyone in the trade was given the opportunity to sell all the rosewood they had on the ground. Couple months later some wealthy people in the rosewood trade with good political connection claimed that they had missed the moratorium enforcement date. With the ears of Belmopan they were allowed to export more rosewood to China although the moratorium was already in effect for several months. That should have been the final shipment of the precious commodi-

ty until a sustainable method of harvesting was devised by the government. That’s what we all thought. To bolster that misguided belief, the administration confiscated every rosewood log cut by poor people trying to make a few dimes after the moratorium and made sure those seizures hit the evening local news. Now to the surprise of the ordinary citizens across the length and breadth of this nation, the Barrow administration has again given permission for the same wealthy rosewood traders with good political connection to sell a large stock of rosewood that has filled two 40 feet containers. The excuse of the government for sanctioning a second export of rosewood despite the moratorium is that the logs are from private lands and were cut before the moratorium. Do our leaders really believe the people of this country buy that nonsense? Where were these wealthy rosewood traders when they were all given ample opportunity to sell the entire stock of rosewood they had on the ground before the moratorium was introduced? Where were these same people when they were all given a second opportunity to sell the rosewood they had on the ground about five months after the cutting and sale of these logs were banned and can’t our forest officers tell the difference between rosewood that was recently cut and those that were cut more than a year ago? The law comes down like a ton of bricks on the head of a grassroots person who is caught cutting a few

T he Dean Barrow Cabinet has endorsed the R osewood hustle in Belize

FOR RENT or Office or arehouse Space ood for Law Office or Notary Public

Location 8 Dean Street, Belize City Heart of the City and near Downtown or serious inquiries, call 227 2750, 636 1865

rosewood trees, but it turns a blind eye to the unending and around-theclock cutting of the precious logs by wealthy wood traders with political connection regardless of the existence a moratorium on the harvest of the product. It will only be a matter of time before the ruling politicians approve the sale of another large shipment of rosewood that they and the wealthy wood traders will claim was again cut before the moratorium was

introduced. Belizeans really need to wake up and realize that they are being taken for a ride again and again by crooked leaders of this country. They are doing this with double standard in the enforcement of our laws with respect to the rosewood trade and many other things in the Jewel. As Jose Marti said “The first duty of a man is to think for himself”.

Inquiring Minds Want to Know! 1. How much in legal fees was paid to Denys Barrow his legal opinion recently given to the Ministry of Natural Resources in respect to the Mayan Land Rights case? 2. Is Castro paying for his own legal defence or is the Government dishing out another handsome cheque to brother Denys? 3. Is the National Trade Union Congress President truly representing the interest and integrity of the Belizean workers? Or has he been bought ought with the perks that come from sitting on various boards and even the Government’s national bank. With all the issues affecting workers, the NTUCB has nothing to say about it. 4. Could the Minister Know It All explain the reason a personal cheque was paid to another Minister’s sister at Immigration to the sum of $5,000 dollars by a Chinese who she helped to turn into a Belizean? 5. Mr. Mayor, please give the reason for having 24/7 security guards posted at your City Administrator’s house, and does the City Council pay for it? 6. Could either the past or

new Chairman of BTL Board explain the reasons for opening an offshore bank account and company in St. Lucia, which is listed as a subsidiary of BTL? Also, do the past and present Chairman, and former CEO appear as shareholders in this company or have any type of interest? 7. Mr. New BTL chairman, please tell us why BTL funds in US dollars are being remitted on a regular basis to the offshore bank in St. Lucia? Is the Central Bank aware of these transactions?

V ac anc y A v ac anc y is o p en at Bel Carib e Co m munication Services for the post of v ideo edito r. The video editor must know how to script write, video record, video shoot, do his her own graphics, and edit project to completion. nteresting persons can called 2233 3 or send resume to b elc arib e@ b tl.net

COSCO INVESTMENTS LIMITED # 49,28 4 (“the Company”) Pursuant to Section 102(4) of the International Business Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000, notice is hereby given that COSCO INVESTMENTS LIMITED: a) is in dissolution b ) commenced dissolution on the 20th day of May, 2014; and c ) Cititrust International Inc. whose address is 35 Barrack Road, Third Floor, Belize City, Belize is the Liquidator of the Company. CITITRUST INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Registered Agent

THE BELIZE TIMES

25 MAY

2014

25 MAY

THE BELIZE TIMES

2014

For Sale By Order of the 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 Assignment of Mortgage made the 13 th day of May, 2002, recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 19 of 2002 at Folios 253 – 266, between T HE DEVELOP M ENT FINANCE COR P OR AT ION (the Assignor) Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. (the Assignee), and P HILIP HENR Y HUM ES, which said property was mortgaged by the said P HILIP HENR Y HUM ES to the said DEVELOP M ENT FINANCE COR P OR AT ION on the 26th day of February, 2001 and recorded in Deeds Book Volume Deeds Book Vol. 11 of 2001 at Folios 701 – 746 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. 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.

For Sale By Order of the 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 Assignment of Mortgage made the 24th day of May, 2007, recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 19 of 2007 at Folios 497 – 514, between BELIZ E M OR T G AG E COM P ANY 20 0 2- 1 (the Assignor) Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. (the Assignee), and VER NA M AE VILLAFR ANCO, and under a Deed of Assignment of Mortgage made the 16th day of September, 2005, recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 28 of 2005 at Folios 1005 – 1080, between T HE DEVELOP M ENT FINANCE COR P OR AT ION (the Assignor) BELIZ E M OR T G AG E COM P ANY 20 0 2- 1, which said property was mortgaged by the said VER NA M AE VILLAFR ANCO to the said DEVELOP M ENT FINANCE COR P OR AT ION on the 12th day of April, 2001 and recorded in Deeds Book Volume 15 of 2001 at Folios 1241 – 1282 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.

T HE SCHEDULE

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 THOSE LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 57 situate in Lords Bank Village, Belize District and bounded as follows: On the North for 24.374 metres by a Street Reserve; On the South for 24.374 Metres by No. 50; on the East for 36.561 Metres by Lot No. 58; On the West for 36.561 Metres by Lot No. 56 containing 891.14 S.M. as shown on Entry No. 3466 at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 5th day of May, 2014. MUSA & BALDERAMOS LL 91 North Front Street Belize City Attorneys-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

T HE SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 47 containing 851.015 s uare yards situate in Hope Creek Village New Site, Stann Creek District, Belize bounded and described as shown by lan 299 of 1999 attached to Minister s Fiat Grant No. 299 of 1999 at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 5th day of May, 2014. MUSA & BALDERAMOS LL 91 North Front Street Belize City Attorneys-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

For Sale By Order of the

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 3 1st day of May, 2009 between LUIS G ODOY of S an J ose S uccotz Village, Cayo District, Belize 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 2009 at Folios 977 – 1004, 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.

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 20th day of October, 2008 between COR ONADA LUP E VIAFR ANCO of omona Village, Stann Creek District, Belize of the one part, and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part, and recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 37 of 2008 at Folios 1077 – 1102, 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.

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. 276 comprising of 555.790 S. . situate in Succotz Village, Cayo District, bounded and described as shown by lan No. 241 of 2001 attached to Minister s Fiat Grant No. 241 of 2001 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 13 containing 835.844 s uare meters (999.67 s uare yards) situate in omona Village, Stann Creek District, bounded and described as shown by lan No. 519 of 2000 attached to Minister s Fiat Grant No. 519 of 2000 and TOGETHER with all buildings, erections and developments standing and being thereon.

DATED this 5th day of May, 2014.

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

25 MAY

2014

THE BELIZE TIMES

Reid Dictating the tone By G. Michael Reid Somebody — was it Burke? — called journalism the fourth estate? That was true at the time no doubt. But at the present moment it is the only estate. It has eaten up the other three. The Lords Temporal say nothing, the Lords Spiritual have nothing to say, and the House of Commons has nothing to say and says it. We are dominated by Journalism. ~ Oscar Wilde A question that is often asked these days is, with all the corruption and wrongdoing that is happening under this administration, why are the people so calm and complacent. There are those who murmur and grumble but nothing like what happened in 2005 when the masses took to the streets. Many believe that what is going on today is much more blatant, malignant and corrupt than anything that happened under the past administration. Some suggest that people are afraid of victimization; government is the biggest employer and Dean Barrow has proven a ruthless paymaster. Some believe that people are afraid of the Gang Suppression Unit (GSU), whose reach and powers extend far beyond just the handling of gangs. Then there are those even, who suggest that the people are afraid of the gangs themselves, many of whose members are known to be criminals and who receive regular perks and payoffs from the government. All those things might indeed factor in, but the biggest problem in my opinion, is a media engaged in shameful and outright lapdog journalism. The news media was initially created to serve as a watchdog for the people, but it seems that in Belize, they have strayed far from that original role. The media is now more used to push political

public dissent was encouraged. Today, very serious acts of corruption surface but instead of discussing these on the talk shows, we have guests talking about computer components or some fabulous deal at Courts. “Sorry folks, the telephone lines are closed” or “We are not discussing that issue today”. Last week’s Amandala editorial was about the danger of pesticides. Now that is a relevant issue but back in 2005, that would have been discussed in small print way in the back of the newspaper. The headlines and editorials back then consistently hammered at the personalities and deeds of our leaders. The unions were being called out and the people were made to feel silly and guilty about not protesting and being involved. Now my intent is not to justify anything that went wrong back them but let’s be fair; if it was a fever back then, it is a case of full blown pneumonia at this point. I think that a major reason why the media was so hostile to the PUP back then was the decision to dis-

the then administration and the rest, as they say, is history. While the UDP has not reinstituted the subventions, they have found a much better way to buy good spin and publicity. By owning the utility companies of BTL, BEL and BWSL, being in control of Social Security and having major shares and influence in big companies like citrus propaganda and steer people’s foand sugar, the government has cus away from the corrupt and “discontrol over a lot of advertising tasteful” ways of this administraspending. Add to that the nution. The media plays a significant merous and expensive political and important role and have created ads that air several times every some powerful personalities in our day and that are paid for by pubsociety. People who author Thomlic funds and we have millions as Carlyle suggest have “a tongue being funneled to these media which others will listen to”. house each year. That kind of Men like Evan X Hyde and Jules money buys a whole lot of puffVasquez play with facts and use ery. subterfuge and duplicities to influOf course, not every media ence the opinions and response of outlet receives this generous the masses. We rely on these perconsideration and you can ask sonalities to provide us with news Channel Five or Plus Television. and informative commentary but In a televised interview givmuch of what we get is covert proen last week, Minister Boots paganda. When media moguls sell Martinez was seen lambasting Channel Five for daring to question him about taxpayers’ money that he The media is now more used to push powas doling out to political litical propaganda and steer people’s focus supporters. According to Martinez, he had a maaway from the corrupt and “distasteful” jor issue with this meways of this administration. The media dia house because they refused to put a “posiplays a significant and important role tive spin” on the issues. and have created some powerful perIs this really what these politicians think that the sonalities in our society. media is supposed to be doing? continue the subvention program. out to business or political interest, With his government beIn the first PUP term and before, all then the people are led astray and set by scandals, Dean Barrow media houses received thousands are left lacking of the vital informaseems more concerned with of dollars each month to do public tion necessary to form rational and feeding the media than weeding service announcements. Very few informed opinions. Carlyle wrote out corruption. Instead of the public service announcements were exhaustingly about this topic and media being a “fourth estate”, it ever aired and it was obvious what pointed out that the press influencseems more a “fourth branch” the money was really for. The goves opinions, shapes the will of the of our government. We need a ernment realized that it was unpeople and even quite often deterwatchdog, not a lapdog and the sustainable and made a decision to mines the outcome of elections. people need to be told the truth. discontinue the practice. That more The Amanadala publisher can often After all, it is the truth that shall than anything else, in my opinion, be read bragging about how many set us free! May GOD bless Besignaled an open season against elections he has influenced and oflize! fers proof to substantiate his claim. The difference between today and 2005 is not so much about the level of wrong that is being perpetrated but much more so about the degree and type of coverage given to these corrupt acts. Back in 2005, communication lines were left open, gloves were taken off and

THE BELIZE TIMES

25 MAY

2014

CREDIT MASTER SYSTEMS BONDED COLLECTION AGENCY E RE CURREN L RESE RCH N CON

25 MAY

THE BELIZE TIMES

CMS

N OR

OU NO HE HERE BOU S O SON L S ED

ON. N PER

2014

BRAIN

TEASER

SUDOKU PUZZLE

w w w . c m s s ear c h. b z CREDIT MASTER SYSTEMS # 11 DOUGLAS J ONES STREET BELIZE CITY TEL# 223-5845/ 2283

For Sale By Order of the 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 Assignment of Mortgage made the 28 th day of February, 2001, recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 11 of 2001 at Folios 151 – 164, between T HE BELIZ E BANK LIM IT ED (the Assignor) Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. (the Assignee), and HER M AN CHAR LESW OR T H, which said property was mortgaged by the said HER M AN CHAR LESW OR T H to the said BELIZ E BANK LIM IT ED on the 27th day of une, 1991 and recorded in Deeds Book Volume 14 of 1991 at Folios 115 – 146 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. 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.

See answers NEX T W EEK

T HE SCHEDULE ALL THOSE LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN ALL THAT piece or parcel of land situate along Bermudian Landing/ Burrel Boom Road, Scotland and Halfmoon Works, Belize District and bounded as follows: On the North for 387.773 feet by Boom Bermudian Landing Road (New); On the Northwest for 936.891 feet by the said Road; On the Southwest for 2128.617 feet by Boom Bermudian Landing Road (old) and on the West for 1190 feet approximately by the Belize River; containing 9.871 acres as shown on lan No. 1155 at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. DATED this 5th day of May, 2014. MUSA & BALDERAMOS LL 91 North Front Street Belize City Attorneys-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

Answers for last week’ s p uzzle

SUDOK U P UZ Z LE SOLUT ION

See answers NEX T W EEK

25 MAY

THE BELIZE TIMES

2014

BELIZE TIMES WEEKLY

SCIENCE & TECH R

Wireless energy powers pacemaker in live rabbit 19 May 2014 by Aviva Rutkin There’s electricity in the air. A rabbit’s beating heart has been regulated using a tiny pacemaker that beams in energy from outside its body. It is the first time this kind of wireless energy transfer has been demonstrated in a living animal. If such wirelessly powered medical implants can work in people too, it would reduce the seriousness of the procedures required to get them fitted. “Our device is small, so it will be much easier to deliver into the body,” says Ada Poon of Stanford University in California, who led the team that implanted the tiny pacemaker. Being fitted with a pacemaker currently requires surgery plus another operation when the battery eventually runs down. So Poon and her colleagues outfitted a rabbit with a pacemaker that has no battery and is just 3 millimetres long (see picture, above right). A metal plate, powered only by a cellphone battery, was then held a couple of centimetres above the rabbit’s chest.

Body boost The plate transmitted 2000 microwatts to the pacemaker via electromagnetic waves. The pacemaker was then able to regulate the rabbit’s heartbeat, and delivered safe levels of energy to the surrounding tissue. Such “near-field energy transmission” was previously considered too weak to A tiny pacemaker like this one was placed power devices that are in a rabbit and powered wirelessly from outside its body (Image: Alexander J. Yeh) small or placed deeply in the body. To get around this problem, Poon’s team de“I think that amongst the solutions signed the plate to emit electromagnetic that are proposed to power an implant, radiation in a directed beam towards the this is going to be the most reliable,” implant. They also used the rabbit’s own says Patrick Mercier at the University body tissue to help deliver the signal: of California, San Diego, who works the radiation is of a high frequency that on wireless power for implants. He propagates particularly well in animal says that when the Stanford team first tissue, allowing it to pass further into shared their unusual power scheme, the body without losing much energy many in the field were surprised. Beinto the tissue or causing damage. cause of the high frequencies involved,

no one had thought to try this method. Skin patch Poon’s team also found that their device worked in tests with pig tissue, delivering energy to implants placed in samples of pig hearts and brains. The team is now launching a company, Vivonda Medical, to adapt the technology for use in humans. That will include more practical alternatives to the metal plate, perhaps delivering energy via a patch on the skin. Robert Puers at the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium, isn’t convinced that the technique makes sense for crucial medical devices like pacemakers. “These devices, being life-supporting, should not depend on the presence of an external powering device,” he says. Poon’s team also plans to adapt their technology for other types of implants, such as neurostimulators which are implanted in the brain to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease.

Fans’ World Cup trip could be dampened by dengue 20 May 2014 by Catherine de Lange Travelling to Brazil for the World Cup? Then pack some mosquito repellent. Football fans have been warned of potential outbreaks of dengue fever in Brazil during the competition. Rachel Lowe at the Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues have developed the first early warning system for the virus. They analysed variables including

rainfall, temperature and population in the 12 cities that are hosting matches during the tournament. Although most posed little risk of dengue, they found a high risk of the disease in three of the host cities – Natal, Fortaleza and Recife, all in the north-east of Brazil. The team predict that some fans will catch the virus, which is spread via mosquito bites. Brazil reported 1.4 million dengue cases last year. Symptoms include extreme tiredness, severe pain behind the eyes, fever, diarrhoea and a rash. In very rare cases it can be fatal.

Won’t be so much fun with dengue (Image: AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

There is currently no approved vaccine for the disease or a cure, so visitors should protect themselves by wearing mosquito repellent and booking rooms with air-conditioning. Even if

people return home with dengue, it’s unlikely that they will spread it as most won’t live in places where the carrier mosquito is endemic, the researchers say.

THE BELIZE TIMES

25 MAY

2014

THE BELIZE TIMES

25 MAY

2014