Belize Times November 6, 2011

Sunday, November 6, 2011

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THE BELIZE TIMES

Issue No. 4770

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IMF Says

Haada Times Di Come!

Belize City, November 1st, 2011 The state of Belize’s economy has worsened, according to the International Monetary Fund.

The IMF carried out its Article IV consultation in Belize and in their findings released last week they did not paint a good picture of the nation’s economic state. The Barrow Administration was unable to maintain austerity measures, allowing the overall fiscal deficit to balloon from 0.3% to 1.5% of GDP. Despite the recession and scarcity of funds in Belize, the IMF notes that the Government of Belize increased its spending and had a weak grant disbursement plan. The increased expenditure is puzzling to Belizeans, who have not seen any meaningful social or economic assistance from the Barrow Administration. With the poverty rate at 43% and unemployment rate

Barrow is living in a wonderland while Belizeans suffer from UDP haad times

at 23%, the socio-economic pressures faced by Belizeans are undoubtedly extreme. Yet Government has played no significant role in diminishing those pressures. This is why in its report, the IMF notes that “improvements in social indicators have been protracted”. Until Government’s expenditures support real social intervention, Belizeans will continue to feel hardships.

The IMF expressed concern about the “weak” investment climate in Belize.

The Barrow Administration has suffered tremendously with the expropriation of two public utility companies. The private sector was opposed to Government’s actions, and

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FORWARD with FRANCIS

Belize City, November 1, 2011 It was a day of extreme euphoria on October 29, 2011 as the PUP “Blue Tide” enveloped the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. Some fifteen hundred (1500) persons, including Standard Bearers , Party Delegates, aspiring Mayoral and City Council/Town Candidates, and Party faithfuls from across all thirty-one constituencies had descended on the Parish Hall to witness the historic swearing-in of their new Party Leader, the Hon. Francis Fon-

seca.

First to address the PUP multitude was the inimitable, Richard “Dickie” Bradley. Like a boxer coming out of retirement, the man knows as “Mr. Energizer” announced to the massive crowd of supporters that he was officially back under the “Blue Tent”. Needless to say, his announcement was met with a roaring applause. Knowing very well that the PUP has a lot of catching up to do, Dickie prodded the Party’s Standard Bearers

insisting to them that no more time can be wasted and that they must visit every home in their respective constituencies.

Dickie went on to record his ringing endorsement of the Hon. Francis Fonseca as the New Leader of the PUP. This was followed by the endorsements of the New Leader by the Eastern, Southern, Northern and Western Caucuses presented by their respective Chairmen, Anthony Mahler (Standard Bearer, Caribbe-

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BARROW Running Scared Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Just as how he had no answers to the high crime and unemployment rates, Prime Minister Dean Barrow also had nothing to mouth off about his previous subtle indications of an early election today. While the Opposition People’s United Party was going through its transition phase, the UDPs were boasting about an easy win at the polls if they decided to call early General

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Hickory, dickory, dock…Mayor Elsa Paz thrown off her clock!

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Raindrops

daughter gets off weed charge

Kristie Swan New PUP Leader Hon. Francis addresses over 1,500 supporters at Saturday’s special convention

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THE BELIZE TIMES

Sunday, November 6, 2011

From the ghetto streets

“The Power of the People” Thanks to the New CJ Dear Mr. Editor, God bless all the newspapers in Belize. When something good happens in this country we have to give praise.

It has taken our family over a week to put the incident behind us since our loved one got bail. The whole story is too long to write out but the short version is that when a God fearing family member was wrongly charged by the Police for discharging a fire in public, our family had to run around to get justice from someone, anyone.

This is the first time for anyone in our family to have dealt with police.

We found out that despite whether the accusations had substance or not, the Police can lock up anyone for gun charges and the Magistrate Court cannot give the person bail. So we were told that we had to go to the Supreme Court.

Our lawyer had to go to the Supreme Court. We know that the lawyer had to write a case with the DPP to ask her to waive the two week period.

There is a law that for no reason says that you have to sit around for two weeks just to get a time to come back to court. What is the reason for this time? It was hard for us to understand why would anyone who is innocent have to punish in jail for weeks.

What is the purpose of that law when the person is innocent?

Worst, we get to find out that a person has to wait in jail for about three weeks to a month because of all the turn around and red tape at an office called the Registrar. That office is downstairs of the court. A lady is in charge of it. To make it worst we heard that someone made the cruel decision to only hear bail applications

The Party is nothing but the vanguard of the people, the active organ of the people, working at all times in the service of the people.”

on Fridays.

A person that works at the Court told me some persons’ bail applications are not heard for all of six weeks and then the Court still gives adjournment for petty excuses that is given to them.

All this while the person is forced to be away from his family for days.

Another lady that works at the court said that sometimes they act like the prisoners are dogs at a hotel. Crime is out of control but when people get treated like animals they act like animals. Belize is a Christian country. We believe in human rights despite what the Government is trying do to the constitution. We learned a lot of things that regular people who have never seen a court room in their life would never know and not care about.

Until it happens to them.

In our case we were lucky because the DPP, we are told, did all her research carefully and decided to grant the waiver, as they call it. She is a kind person, doing her job. But when we went to court we needed help again because the Judge in the case refused

Dear Editor, It has been almost four years of struggling and painful living under this UDP Government. From

to hear the bail for our loved one.

In fact, we had to ask that another attorney talk to the new boss at the Court.

We want to thank Mr. Benjamin, the new chief justice, because it was only because he has a fair view of laws that we got help in a timely way. He told our lawyer that hearing a bail is a “matter that should be urgent” and that if all the things were in place it should be dealt with.

We want to publicly thank the new chief justice. Although he is not from here, he looks like he has come to be fair to everyone and not to persecute and treat everyone like floor clothe and criminals.

Belizeans should learn something from the humanitarian way of Mr. Benjamin. This may mean good things for our country. We will continue to keep him in prayer and lift him up before the Lord that he keeps on that path.

Sincerely, Sheree Rushbell

New Union President says BSI must pay dividends!

BELIZE CITY, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

By Alton Humes The newly-elected president of the Belize Workers’ Union, Julio Gongora, has had no time to rest on his laurels as there is much to be done to ensure that the Belize Sugar Industries Ltd. (BSI) factory remains operational and in local hands.

Despite his very busy schedule, he found the time to give the BELIZE TIMES an over-the-phone interview to discuss what his agenda will be. Gongora, self-described as a “radical” when it comes to his beloved sugar industry, faces a myriad of problems, not the least of which is that there is no formal proposal to take over the factory and in turn, its debts.

Gongora intends to start dialogue with BSI/BELCOGEN’s General Manager Paul Hough (next Thursday, November 10th) and Joey Montalvo, the CEO of BSI (with no date set for that as of yet).

But Gongora wanted to make a few things clear. Chief amongst them was that before any talks begin, workers’ dividends, past and/or present that are owed to the workers must be paid, with no exceptions or excuses. In his words, it’s “non-negotiable”.

Gongora also said that as soon as the dust settles on the ownership of the factory, a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) must be renegotiated, preferably by the end of the year.

As for who ought to own the factory once the potential proposals are tabled, Gongora did his best to remain neutral on the matter, but managed to express his hope that the proposal from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) would be viable enough (he recently met with the framers and their leadership). Gongora said it has been difficult for workers to support any plan, because they have been “relegated to the back” and given no information whatsoever.

The bottom line is that Mr. Gongora wants the BSI crowd to “get the message”, that any continued misinformation, lack of information or propriety with regards to their concerns will not be tolerated by him and the BWU. Despite no formal ownership in the factory where he also works, he and his BSI factory/union brethren consider themselves to be ‘shareholders’, and ultimately arbiters, in the fight to “preserve their (the workers’) guaranteed employment”.

the time they got into office in 2008, everything started to change for the worst. Belize has become a neglected country, thanks to Mr. Barrow and the rest of his brainless fools in Cabinet.

The people were warned. Now Belize is the only country where people like the U.D.P. cronies on Wave Radio who have absolutely no respect for anyone, act as if they are above the Law, and get away with abusing power.

Mr. Barrow, you should be ashamed to call yourself a Prime Minister. Because you are all about getting richer and richer while the poor people of this country tek lick.

What’s happening Mr. Prime Minister? Only your family will eat and not Belizeans? You need to remember how you got that power to become a Prime Minister. It didn’t fall from the sky and it didn’t come out of a Genie’s Lamp. No, the power came from the Belizean people, so don’t think that by fooling and using the tax payer’s money for your campaign you will get away because at the end of the day the people of this country have the power to change anything, even you.

What the people want is what the people will get, freedom from this dark side of the U.D.P. Government.

Come 2013, yo gawn Dean, like a bad toothache that has been troubling us from day one. The people are saying enough is enough. Mr. Barrow, do the Belizeans a favor and call elections now! And I rest my case, until next week.

Roberto Peyrefitte

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Hickory, dickory, dock…

Mayor Elsa Paz thrown off her clock!

San Pedro, November 1, 2011 Over 150 residents of Ambergris Caye staged a protest against the construction of a clock in the middle of the one-way, main street of downtown San Pedro. Last week Monday, San Pedro Mayor Elsa Paz gave the green light for the construction which will also serve as a digital billboard. Mayor Paz admitted to the San Pedro Sun, a local newspaper, that the structure mounting the clock is being actually paid for by local business-house, Ramon’s Village.

Ramon’s Village last year embarked on a major publicity campaign and got the Council’s approval to erect billboards throughout the entire island including a digital advertisement screen next to Tropic Air. When Mayor Paz announced that the Council would build a structure for advertisement for Ramon’s, a large portion of the business community and residents public opposed to the idea. The public outcry became evident on Monday when resi-

Island residents say “No” to the construction of a clock dents marched with placard in a protest. When the Mayor went on radio and television, she disrespected the residents saying that the only way she would entertain a change of mind was

if 1,500 went out to protest. But the shameless Mayor didn’t know she was up for a rude awakening. No other than Maestro Angel Nunez called the radio to tell the Mayor that if she could find

IMF Says

Haada Times Di Come!

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especially since, compensation is yet to be provided for any of the companies taken over, even though one of them, Belize Telemedia Limited, was stripped away three years ago. This is bad for investor confidence, and the IMF explicitly called for “timely compensation to former owners of the nationalized entities”.

The IMF has also considered the expropriations unnecessary and risky, calling them “growing contingent liabilities”. They have warned that those liabilities could place an additional burden on public finances, especially since the matter is entangled in a web of litigation that is costly. While the IMF is likely referring to using taxpayers’ money for compensation, it is undoubtedly also referring to the Barrow Administration’s decision to use $70 million from public funds to buy into shares into at least one of the companies, BTL. The Barrow Administration has shown more direct intervention in the dispute over the utility companies than on the issues faced by Belizeans. With poverty increasing, the IMF has called on GOB to “rebuild macroeconomic buffers” which are non-existent.

The IMF is recommending GOB to increase its tax revenue and to contain its wage bill. To the UDP this normally means brutally firing hundreds of Belizeans as they did in 1995, and have continued to practice every time they are in office.

Prime Minister Dean Barrow seems to be suffering an Alice-inWonderland complex, where everything is beautiful. His administration

has hailed the IMF report as proof of what they call their wondrous work in Belize, but the truth lies in the nation’s dilapidated conditions. Not only is the economy on stilts, but so are hundreds of jobs, investments and small businesses. On a weekly basis, a business house shuts it doors and closes for good. Investment continues to be at its lowest in the entire country. This trickles down to hardships for

Belizeans, because while the cost of living and basic food prices are going up, their wages aren’t.

It is time for PM Barrow to smell the coffee. He may be living like a King, but he has Belizeans living like animals. We don’t need the IMF to tell us the economy is on life support. The single mothers and hardworking fathers can readily tell you: life haad out ya Mr. Barrow.

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Elections. That was the talk until the PUP’s new leader, Francis Fonseca, took over the reign.

Just as the telephone commercial goes, talk is cheap, because as soon as Barrow and his colleagues realised just how much ground the PUP has gained within days of Hon. Francis’ leadership, the talk about their chances of winning any kind of election faded almost overnight. The word seems to have gotten back to Barrow quickly following Saturday’s overwhelming display of support for Hon. Francis at his endorsement convention at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. If there was any UDP “spy” at the event, then

they seemed to have delivered an accurate message to his bosses because at today’s press conference, Barrow back-pedalled when he said that he was not considering holding early elections. In fact, he seemed cautious when he said that he was first going to test the waters with the municipal elections first. Based on the results of that, then he would decide when he would call elections.

Well, Mr. Barrow, even when the PUP was at its weakest point, the masses in this country would have turned out to reject you and your government because you have failed in so many areas. You have given Belizeans failure after failure, and empty promises. Now the PUP has regrouped, and there is a blue wave sweeping across this nation. Francis and the rejuvenated PUP are ready for you. In fact, with time, we are only getting stronger!

Mayor Paz disrespects San Pedro residents 1500 persons who support the structure, then the matter would be put to rest. She couldn’t even reply.

The local chapter of the BTIA, members of the San Pedro Business Association and residents say the structure should not be erected on such a narrow and highly-trafficked road. Even the Belize Water Service Limited objected to the proposal, pointing out that the construction risked damaging their main water and sewer lines that could be “catastrophic.”

Barrier Reef Drive is easiest street to access, especially in times of emergency. With the clock smack in the middle of the street, motor vehicles would have difficulty moving around and at some point may find it impossible to access sections, for example from the corner of Ambergris Street with Barriers Reef Drive northbound to Milo’s Ice factory. In fact the only way emergency vehicles would have access to that section of the road is if they drive upstop from the corner of Pelican Street and Barrier Reef Drive southwards, making it against traffic. The structure, which when completed will stand at almost 22 feet high and will take over 1/3 of the width of the street, is expected to cost some $150,000.

By Tuesday, the construction continued and by midday a large mess was created when a pipe began leaking water.

What is even surprising is the attitude of the Area Representative Manuel Heredia and the UDP Town Council slate. Instead of condemning the attitude of Elsa and her UDP council and siding with the masses that oppose the clock Herredia embraced the stubborn and unpopular approach. If ever the UDP showed the intelligent islanders their scrupulous, unapologetic, dictatorship and unsympathetic behavior was now. This is why a protester said is best when he chanted “Hickory, Dickory dock, the Mayor ran up the clock,” but it’s more like “Hickory, Dickory Dock, Elsa fell off the clock!”

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an Shores, Rodwell Ferguson, Standard Bearer, Stann Creek West, Valdemar “Don Valde” Castillo (Standard Bearer, Corozal North) and Collet Montejo (Standard Bearer, Cayo Central).

For his part, Former Party Leader and Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Said Musa lauded the Hon. Francis Fonseca for the tremendous achievements he had made during his tenure as a Minister of Government. Focusing mainly on the achievements the Hon. Francis had made in his capacity as Minister of Education during the period 2003 – 2008, Former Party Leader and Prime Minister Musa declared the Hon. Francis Fonseca as one of the best Ministers of Education in the history of Belize. In similar fashion, he proclaimed that the Hon. Francis’ father, Mr. William “Chi Chi” Fonseca was one of the best Chief Education Officers Belize had seen. Hon. Said closed his remarks by reminding everyone that the Hon. Francis Fonseca has paid his dues as a PUP and that his proud mother, Mrs. Molly Fonseca would be there to guide and counsel her beloved son as he leads the “grand ole party”.

Next up to address the sea of blue supporters was the man who would pass over the reign of Party Leader to the Hon. Francis Fonseca – the Hon. John Briceno.

Fired up and obviously ready to take on the UDP in Orange Walk, the former Party Leader, as he has done time and time again, called out “Dictator Dean” and his oppressive regime in Belmopan, reminding them of the untold pain and suffering they continue to inflict on the people of Belize. The Hon. John then summoned everyone to unite around the Hon. Francis Fonseca and pledged his full support to and confidence in his successor.

And so, the time had arrived for the man of the hour to stand before his eager and faithful supporters and to address them. Greeted by a standing ovation, the New Party Leader thanked everyone for the confidence they have placed in him and assured them that he will work tirelessly each and every day to live up to the faith and confidence they’ve entrusted in him. The true statesman he is, the Hon. Francis beckoned the call for unity and for differences to be set aside with the aim of reaching common ground. A faithful follower and student of his mentor, the “Father of the Nation”, the Rt. Hon. George Price, the Hon. Francis Fonseca reminded everyone that like the Leader Emeritus, they must also be prepared to serve and sacrifice for the Party and country. The New Party Leader then paid homage to those who had come before him stating “I stand today on the shoulders of three servants of our Party, George Price, Said Musa and John Briceño. On behalf of our Party I thank them for their dedicated service and commitment to the People of Belize”.

It was obvious that after the New Party Leader’s address, the crowd of supporters were inspired with a renewed sense of hope and vigor. With the full commitment and strong determination of their New Party Leader, everyone vowed to go back to their respective constituents and to work hard each and every day to prepare for Barrow and the UDP. In the word of Party Leader, Francis Fonseca, “There are those who say the PUP cannot win again. Well, those people do not know me! Those people do not know you! Those people do not know the heart and will of our great People’s United Party. Let the word go forth today from Holy Redeemer Parish Hall, the PUP is back!!!

We can win!! We will win!!”

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Sensational Turning Point The idea of a turning point is an event which most observers would agree that the critical outcome was essential to settling the course for change in the state of affairs in favor of a major victory as it was in the case of the American Civil War, World War II, The O.J. Simpson case or Bill Clinton being called the comeback kid in his first Presidential bid in US politics.

On Saturday, October 29th the People’s United Party experienced its first turning point since its worst defeat at the polls back in February of 2008. All thirty one constituencies came together at Parish Hall to witness the swearing in of Francis Fonseca as leader.

This single move by the People’s United Party to return the leadership of the party back to the strong hold of the old capital was an important but necessary shift that had to take place as no leader from outside the old capital of any political party has been able to survive the political and just downright prejudice from the old capital, that’s just the way it is.

But most important about Saturday was the signal to the nation and the Party that the leadership base of the old capital of twelve constituencies that were often bypassed in the past and were on sleep or cruise control mode will now be tapped into and have been given notice to lead and get on with the work of the Party to bring about a PUP victory.

Dickie Bradley’s message to the Party was resonating. Pointing to Francis’ humble upbringing and the core values of his parents, calling for unity, challenging its members to do more with less, and to put in the work, it lifted our morale, heightened our very being, made us glad when our grass roots brother declared that with Francis “I am glad to be back with the PUP.” With Dickie on board the PUP grass roots base that left when he left could easily return.

What Saturday did was to give the PUP a renewed spirit to serve the people, to work, to fight hard, to put on notice that the PUP is alive and breathing and lives in all of us and with God’s help we are ready to rescue Belize from the clutches of crime and violence, economic recession, starvation from under pain and sorrow Barrow.

We left with a brand new reconnection to our core values a renewed sense of purpose and optimism with an urgency towards the work of rebuilding and straightening the Party but most important that the People’s United Party is back, united, under a vibrant young blood Francis Fonseca.

The message coming out of Saturday rings out loud and clear that PUP have set aside its differences. We are no longer looking within but without, we can see who the real enemy is .Look out Barrow we are knocking at your door.

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People’s United Party Municipal Convention 2011 To elect a Mayoral candidate for Belize City INSTRUCTIONS: Place an X in the box next to the name of the candidate of your choice.

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People’s United Party Municipal Convention 2011 To elect a Mayoral candidate for Belize City United People’s

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INSTRUCTIONS: Place an X in the box next to the name of the candidate of your choice.

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IS MAYOR LOPEZ A LIAR, IS HE CORRUPT, OR JUST A LAME DUCK MAYOR? OR ALL OF THE ABOVE?

You be the judge!

When Mayor Simeon Lopez was asked reference the sale of parcel # 5525 to Oscar Montero, he said he knew nothing about it When Mayor Lopez was asked about the subdivision of parcels assigned by the Belmopan City Council to NEMO for NEMO’s future expansion but was subdivided and issued to UDP cronies at unbelievable under market price he said he knew nothing about it When Mayor Lopez was asked about the sale of land parcel # 3402 which belonged to the Bmp City Council for the future development of the Council to relocate from the present residential area, Mayor Lopez said he knew nothing about it When Mayor Lopez was asked about the sale of land for the expansion of the Museum property to Anwar Barrow, the son of Prime Minister Barrow, he said he new nothing about it When Mayor Lopez was asked about the sale of parcel # 3889 which is assigned for the future site of the Belmopan Bus Terminal in the Belmopan Master Plan, which the council sold to FULTEC Co. Ltd, he said he knew nothing about it, yet the council received the meager payment from the sale of this parcel of land Now the Belmopan City Council is broke and has difficulties in paying its debtors and worse yet, they are not only broke they are running the council on RED; they are running the Council on an OVERDRAFT, yes, an OVERDRAFT of $375,000.00 as they are unable to meet their payments. Employees are worried that they will not be paid their salaries because there are no funds in the Council’s coffer.

Based on the above, and now this latest “CORRUPT LAND STEAL,” what do you think? The Mayor is a LIAR, CORRUPT, OR JUST a LAME DUCK MAYOR? Maybe we should ask Councilor Pete Carrillo.

Let’s explain the latest “CORRUPT LAND STEAL” and readers, please watch the names of the players in this “STEAL” and their connections to high ranking personnel and politi-

cians.

There is a large parcel of land opposite the Andy Johnson Football field in the Maya Mopan Community located on the Northern side of the Maya Mopan main road. This land was originally assigned to the Maya Mopan Community for community purposes, such as a Hurricane shelter/community center. Up to recently the Council along with the Area Representative decided to locate a fire station in the community, and subdivided the large parcel into two parcels now parcel # 6063 and 6064 but after all this the residents objected to the project and it was scraped.

Well on the 31/08/2011 the Belmopan City Council under the leadership of Mayor Simeon Lopez SOLD both parcels of land to a new baby land getter “TIERRA G.H. LTD” for a MEAGER SUM OF TWENTY THOUSAND BELIZE DOLLARS (BZ$20,000.00). A Belmopan City Council receipt number 10059501 and Customer Number 110189 can verify this.

“TIERRA GH LTD” was registered at the Belize Company and Corporate Affairs Registry on the 5th May 2008 with Reference Number 88/9/1A/03(4551) in the name of HAMED ABADI and GEEV ABADI with their business and personal address as 1903 Constitution Drive Belmopan City, Cayo District. Witness to the signatures is no other than ADELLE SABIDO. You be the judge! Who are the Abadi brothers and A Sabido? Who are they politically connected to in Belmopan and Belize?

Imagine. TIERRA GH LTD got a total of 3 plus acres of prime community land which was assigned to the Maya Mopan Community in the heart of the City of Belmopan for a meager Bze. $20,000.00 and remember, the Belmopan City Council is broke and running on the RED with an OVER DRAFT of Bze $375,000.00, that they can not

service, which are hanging over their head.

Why we say it is “CORRUPTION”? Lands just across the street are being sold and assessed by the Ministry of Lands to the value of $18,000.00 per house lot, RECONDEV sells house lots in the same vicinity to the tune of $6,000.00 each, furthermore the entire land both parcel # 6063 and 6064 was evaluated at market price of $310,000.00 BZ dollars by the Council Land Evaluator.

We are asking the people of Belmopan to get involved in the affairs of OUR City and in this case we are asking the residents of Maya Mopan to organize themselves to ensure that this parcel of land be returned to them for the future use of their community projects, we are asking all political parties including the Peoples United Party, Vision Inspired by the People and fair and just minded members of the United Democratic Party to ensure this land is returned to the people. We are asking the Prime Minister of Belize Hon Dean Oliver Barrow to intervene and to make right what has been wrong for the people of Belmopan.

NOW YOU BE THE JUDGE; IS BELMOPAN MAYOR SIMEON LOPEZ A LIAR, CORRUPT, OR JUST AN OUTRIGHT LAME DUCK MAYOR? Maybe the answer is ALL OF THE ABOVE!

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Drug trafficking charge withdrawn from Rain Rrops’ Daughter BELIZE CITY, Wed. Nov. 2, 2011 A charge of drug trafficking for 175 grams of cannabis against Kristie Jamie Swan, the daughter of UDP stalwart James “raindrops” Swan, was dismissed yesterday in the #5 Magistrate’s Court for want of prosecution.

The case was set for trial but the prosecutor, a police sergeant, was not available because he was a witness at a Supreme Court trial. A police corporal was brought in to hold brief for the sergeant and he informed the court that the prosecution was not ready to proceed. As a result, Magistrate Albert Hoare dismissed the charge.

Kristie Swan was represented by attorney Ellis Arnold.

She was busted with the cannabis on April 17 when members of the police’s Gang Suppression Unit carried out an intensive search at the residence of James Swan, located at Mile 1 on the Northern Highway. The police reported that they found the cannabis in Kristie’s bedroom.

James Swan was also arrested and charged for having an extended

Kristie Jamie Swan

James “raindrops” Swan magazine for his licensed 9 millimetre pistol. But he was freed of that charge.

25 year old gets 18 months in jail BELIZE CITY, Wed. Nov. 2, 2011

By Roy Davis Jesus Ayuso, 25, a mason of #5 Farmer’s Market, was sentenced to 18 months by Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith on Monday, October 31 after he pleaded guilty to causing a wound to his roommate, Honduran national, Erica Flores.

Flores, a pizza vendor, appeared in court and said that around 11:47 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, she and Ayuso had an argument over rent money she owed. She said she told Ayuso that she was having problems raising the money and she was going to pay him little by little but Ayuso would not understand.

She said that at one time Ayuso held on to her bicycle and prevented her that day from selling pizza and making money.

She said Ayuso became angry when she could not pay him any rent money and he punched her in the face and chest that pushed her against a concrete wall which

Jesus Ayuso

caused a wound to the back of her head.

After Flores reported the incident to the police, she was given a medico-legal form and she was taken to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The doctor who examined her classified her injury as wounding.

Before she sentenced Ayuso, Chief Magistrate Smith chastised him for beating a woman and ordered him to apologize to Flores.

After he apologized, Chief Magistrate Smith surprised him by giving him the custodial sentence.

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Water Lane burglar caught red-handed BELIZE CITY, Wed. Nov. 2, 2011

By Roy Davis Cruz Allen, 24, a laborer of #7 Water Lane, was charged with burglary and handling stolen goods when he appeared in the #1 Magistrate’s Court on Monday, October 31. Allen pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The prosecutor objected to bail on the grounds that the offences are of a serious nature and the maximum penalty for burglary is 10 years. He also objected to bail on the grounds that the complainant, Daniel Fabro, caught the defendant in the act and there is the likelihood that if granted bail, the defendant might interfere with Fabro.

Because Allen has a conviction for handling stolen goods, Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith upheld the objection and remanded Allen into custody until December 1.

The incident occurred around 6 a.m. on Thursday, October 27.

Fabro, the owner of Fabro Glass Limited, located on Victoria Street, reported

Cruz Allen to the police that when he checked on his business place he found Allen inside it and detained him until the police arrived and took him into custody.

The police reported that they recovered all the stolen items from outside of the building.

The items included one 19 inch Emmerson brand television, one JVC stereo with speakers, one Olympus digital brand camera, one pair of tennis shoes and one bag.

The total value of the items was $2,410.

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Violent assault cases in the Old Capital BELIZE CITY, Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

By Alton Humes An incident of Aggravated Burglary took place on Friday, October 28th, 2011.

A Salvadoran national, aged 19 years, while doing construction work at a home at an unnamed location and was staying there to guard the place, claims that he awoke upon hearing a noise, only to be accosted by a dark-complexioned male who, after pointing his gun at the youth, relieved him of a machete the youth carried, presumably to defend himself. And it soured from there. After that, another male and a female arrived to rob the residence of assorted electrical items while another male (presumably not the 1st robber) stood guard outside. Thereafter, they escaped in the vehicle of another cohort.

The incident of Aggravated Assault took place later the same day in the evening. Anthony Sutherland Jr., a bartender living in the City, told Police that while he was standing on Banak Street that evening, he was accosted by a male person, who ‘requested’ to make a phone call, presumably on Sutherland’s cell phone. When Sutherland made the bold decision of refusing him, he rode off on his bicycle, only to return a while later with three other men, demanding a reasoning behind why he was refused the call. Then the man ‘pistol-whipped’ Sutherland with a black handgun, and his ‘goon squad’ watched as Sutherland fell, then got up to struggle with the assailant, only to hear two shots near his head (it’s not known if he was hurt or merely grazed).

They’re a pair of bizarre incidents to say the least. Police are currently investigating these incidents at this time.

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SCA wins volleyball

championship Belize City, October 29, 2011 The defending national champs, the undefeated St. Catherine’s Academy girls, won the Central Secondary Schools Sports Association’s volleyball championship finals at the Belize City Center on Saturday.

SCA Sherika Burton, Briane Staine, and Leanne Betson hammered Wesley’s defense, getting in spike attacks to finish plays set by Xiomara Quan and Krystal Bevans. Emily Evans received and

served to win the 1st set 25-13.

Wesley’s Jenna Peck served and rallied, but SCA’s Nayala Tun and Erin Gongora won the 2nd set 25-10. SCA’s Hanna Diskin joined her teammates on the Court in the 3rd set, as the SCA girls prevailed 25-18.

SCA girls team

Semi-finals games: SCA vs. Ladyville Technical – 25-10, 25-7, 25-17 SCA vs. Maud Williams High – 25-7, 25-10 Wesley College vs. Ladyville Technical – 25-22, 25-20, 25-19 Wesley vs. Anglican Cathedral College – Wesley wins by default Ladyville Tech vs. Gwen Lizarraga – Ladyville Tech wins by default

Wesley’s Chineyre Wade serves

SJC boys upset Undefeated Wesley in finals Belize City, October 29, 2011 The St John’s College boys upset the up-to-then undefeated boys of Wesley College to win the volleyball championship in the central finals at the Belize City Center on Saturday, October 29.

Wesley’s Jermaine Madrill, Jareid Tillett and Wayne Lambey had hammered the SJC defense, getting in spike attacks to finish plays set

by Keyron Young, while Michael Perrera and Rayond Arzu received as the Wesley boys won the first set 25-23.

Wesley boys were missing their team captain, Keiron Zuniga who had taken compassionate leave for a death in the family, and while SJC’s Amin Batty replaced Gonzalez and Andrew Vasquez entered the ball game, the Wesley boys won the 3rd set 25-21.

SJC Raymond Gillett and Rakeem Flowers got in some spike attacks to win the 4th set: 25-22. SJC’s Kyle Williams blocked Wesley boys’ attacks and they lost their mojo, while SJC seized a 11-5 lead in the 5th set. The Wesley boys tried for a comeback, but the SJC boys prevailed 15-12.

Semi-final games SJC vs. Ladyville Tech – 2523, 26-24, 20-25, 25-21 SJC vs. Maud Williams High – 25-17, 21-25, 15-12 SJC vs. ACC – SJC wins by default Wesley College vs. Ladyville Tec – 25-22, 25-22, 26-28, 25-21 Ladyville Tech vs. Gwen Lizarraga High – 25-16, 1925, 15-7

SJC Boys team

Wayne Lambey receives the ball

SJC’s Andrew Vasquez serves the ball

Island Stars tramples Orchids 3-0 Belize City, October 30, 2011 The Caye Caulker Island Stars posted their fifth win to enter the Belize District women’s football playoffs.

The Island Stars’ team cap-

tain Lillian Joseph led the Caye Caulker offensive, and it was Stephanie Duarte who scored the first goal for a 1-0 lead at the half.

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Caye Caulker’s Lilian Joseph scored 2 goals

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Hattieville Heat burns Untouchables 3-1 Belize City, October 30, 2011 The Hattieville Heat blasted the Sand Hill Untouchables 3-1. Ashlyn Gordon soon embarrassed Sand Hill’s goalie Nicolette Dominguez with the 1st goal when she escaped the last defender Veronica Flores for a one on one with Dominguez.

The Untouchables’ Vanessa Rose and Ophelia Morales led the counterattacks, assisted by midfielders Kristen Fuentes, Esther Cal, Shajida McCulloch and Jenika Ferguson, and when the Hattieville defenders Kelsy Pou, Sylvanna Barrow and Felicia Gillett blundered into giving up a free kick, Vanessa Rose exacted the maximum penalty by lobbing the ball over the goalie’s head and just under the crossbar to equalize the score 1-1.

The Sand Hill defenders were stunned when Gordon scored a 2nd goal in the 2nd half and Felicia Gillett added a 3rd for the 3-1 win.

Hattieville’s Ashlyn Gordon scored 2 goals against Caye Caulker

Millennium blows away Tornadoes 4-0 Belize City, October 30, 2011 The Millennium girls had no trouble with the Ladyville Tornadoes as they posted a 4-0 win.

Island Stars tramples Orchids 3-0 Continued from page 10 The Orchids’ tried to get an attack going, but Caye Caulker defenders shut them out, leaving very little for goalie Maribel Dominguez to do. The Orchids’ defense gifted the Caye Caulker girls a 2nd goal, when a hand ball offense by a defender resulted in a penalty, and Lillian Joseph converted with ease for a 2-0 lead early in the 2nd half.

Lenny Ayuso and Deleta Flowers replaced Margarita Sanchez and Kenia Viamil, but Caye Caulker girls pressed for more goals as Juana Rodriguez and Angie Lima got off shots at goal. The Orchids’ goalie got a glove on a shot by Lillian Joseph from the edge of the 18 yard box, but only managed to deflect the ball into the net.

Caye Caulker’s coach John Trejo beefed up his offensive line with Jacqueline Riverol and Kenia Duarte replacing Juana Rodriguez and Sophia Diego, as they secured the 3-0 win.

The competition continues with the three back matches in Caye Caulker on Sunday, November 6.

Sarah Arzu blasted in the first winning goal with a cannonball shot from 30 yards out, and the Tornadoes’ goalie Imelda Alarcon had no chance.

The Tornadoes’ Natasha Young and Julie McCord tried to get an attack going with the help of Mertell Bailey

and Marcelina Mai on the wings and Claudia Martinez and Salambu Munnings at midfield, but the Millennium defenders Melony Tasher, Adelma Broaster, Sarah Arzu and Latanya Gamboa shut them down. Kursha Pollard soon added a 2nd goal to lead 2-0

Standings:

Millennium Girls – 1st 9 wins Island Stars – 2nd Hattieville Heat – 3rd Tornadoes – 4th Sand Hill Orchids – 5th

at the half, and the Millennium girls scored 2 more goals in the 2nd half to post a 4-0 win.

Holy Redeemer faces BES & St. Martin in volleyball finals Belize City, October 31, 2011 The Belize Elementary girls and the St Martin’s RC School boys will take on the Holy Redeemer girls and boys in the Belize City primary schools volleyball championship finals on Wednesday, November 2.

The Salvation Army School girls were a pushover for the Holy Redeemer girls (4 wins – 0 losses) as they forfeited the 1st game of the semi-finals.

The Holy Redeemer girls had also won easily over the St. John Vianney RC School girls: 25-4 and 25-11 last Thursday.

The Belize Elementary School girls blew away the St John Vianney RC School girls 25-13 and 25-7 in the 2nd game of semi-finals. The BES girls had posted their 4th win against St. Ignatius RC School: 25-6 and 25-12 last Monday.

The Holy Redeemer boys (5 wins – 0 losses) qualified for the finals by an easy win against Wesley Upper School 25-19, 25-17 in the 3rd game of the semi-finals. The Holy Redeemer boys had also eliminated the St John Vianney RC School boys: 26-24 and 25-21 last Thursday.

The St Martin De Porres RC School boys advanced to the finals by eliminating Belize Elementary School boys in the 4th game of Monday’s semi-finals: 25-21, 13-25 and 15-11. The St Mar-

Kursha Pollard scored Millennium’s 2nd goal

FFB reform plan gets extension

(November 1, 2011) FIFA, the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) and the Ministry of Sports tin’s boys had posted their 4th win 25-10 and 25-1 over the Ebenezer School boys last Monday.

Both the city champs and 2nd place winners from the city finals advance to the Belize district finals on Thursday, November 3, when they will take on the rural champions, the Hattieville Government School girls and the Burrell Boom Methodist School boys.

after much discussion and consideration, have agreed to extend the present deadlines contained in the “FIFA Roadmap to solve the current crisis in Belize football”.

Based on the fact that the Members (i.e. seven football districts and the Top League) of the FFB are still in the process of ratifying their own statutes, and taking into consideration the fact that after these statutes are ratified, there are certain timelines for the proper announcement and organization of these Member elections, it has been agreed that the deadline for the election of new executives for the Members be extended to December 31, 2011.

Once Member elections have been completed, it will then be necessary to adhere to the election timelines for the FFB executive as outlined in the newly approved FFB Statutes. As a result, the deadline for the election of the FFB executive committee has been extended to March 10, 2012.

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Kevin Bernard

wins PUP Orange Walk Town Council Mayoral convention

New PUP Mayoral Candidate, Kevin Bernard, and Councillor Candidates: Jose Urbina, Ian Cal, Neri Ramirez, Ladrick Shepard, Rozel Arana & Josue Carballo

Over 1,700 voters supported the PUP at Sunday’s convention

Unified for victory, Armando Valdez & Kevin Bernard

Orange Walk Central Area Representative Hon. Johnny Briceño & Councillor Candidate Ladrick Shepard

Apolinar Tzul votes at convention

PUP Town Council Slate with Orange Walk Standard Bearers, Marco TulioMendez, Abelardo Mai, Jorge Briceño & Hon. Johnny Briceño

Counting of over 1,700 ballots

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Convention and Awards Banquet closes out International Credit Union week San Ignacio, October 25, 2011 On Saturday, October 22nd 2011, The Belize Credit Union League (BCUL) culminated the celebration of International Credit Union Week with its 10th Annual Convention at the ITVET Compound in San Ignacio Town. The atmosphere was cool, pristine and perfect for the one hundred and seventy-five participants who travelled from across the country for the occasion.

The opening ceremony commenced a little after 9 a.m. by Mrs. Corine Robinson Fuller, Executive Director of BCUL, who welcomed invited guests, participants and facilitators to the Convention and wished all a happy Credit Union Week. Mr. Clement Usher, President of the League, delivered the President’s address outlining where the Credit Union Movement has been, where it’s going and the joint efforts undertaken by the League to better assist sister Credit Unions in attaining their goal of being accountable to their membership. He welcomed the St. Francis Xavier Credit Union back into the movement, and this announcement was met with a resounding applause. Dr. John Morris the Keynote Speaker, presented on the issues of unity between Credit Unions, participation and cooperation with the BCUL. He encouraged credit unions to work to better the lives of members, and to make a difference in the society in spite of the many economic challenges evident not only in Belize but worldwide.

Training sessions were facilitated

by Brian Turner from the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), Franklyn

UN names 2012 International Year of Cooperatives BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS & NEVIS - At a time when many national economies are facing financial instability, cooperative enterprises have for the last 150 years, proven their worth. In recognition of the value of the Cooperative Business Model, the United Nations has named 2012, the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC). IYC will officially be launched today October 31, at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

The International Year of Cooperatives, marks the first time the United Nations has awarded a business model an “International Year” designation. To commemorate this important milestone, more than 150 leaders from some of the world’s largest cooperatives have gathered in New York for the official launch, where they will consider how to foster conditions that will ignite cooperative enterprise growth throughout the decade. These leaders come from all sectors of the economy, including financial services, housing, health, retail and agriculture.

Over 2.1 million members of Credit Unions and co-operatives in the Caribbean, will join these global celebrations and a number of events will be Continued on page 17

Magloire, Paul Lecky, and Javier Gutierrez in Financial Management, Credit Administration, Leadership and Customer Service respectively.

Participants attended an Awards Banquet at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel later in the evening.

Awardees of the BCUL 2010/2011 Awards Categories were received

by Evangel Credit Union Ltd. for highest percentage growth in membership, highest percentage growth in assets and most progress in achieving PEARLS standards.

The Award for the most new services to members went to the Toledo

Teachers’ Credit Union Ltd, and the award for the highest growth in savings and deposits went to St. John’s Credit Union Ltd. The guest speaker at the Awards Banquet was Mrs. Natalie Goff, Executive Director of the Development Finance Corporation.

Upcoming Event: The Belize Credit Union League will be facilitating a workshop for the Supervisory Committee Members of all Credit Unions at the Black Orchid Resort in Burrell Boom on Friday 4th November 2011. The purpose of the workshop is to equip committee members with the tools to effectively perform their audit responsibilities.

For more information on the Belize Credit Union League and its member credit unions you can visit their website at www.belizecreditunionleague. org

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Musical Ambassador

Disappeared; so did Officers’ Pay

By Carla Bradley In March a heavily-promoted concert to launch a rap album for the Prime Minister’s son turned out to be a complete dud as the much-anticipated contingent of international artists never showed up. While not a single-concert goer felt satisfied and was asking for their monies back, rap artist, the Musical Ambassador himself Jamal “Shyne” Barrow, or Moshe Ben Levi, left hurriedly after collecting his share.

Since then, 30 officers who were as special security that night were left without payment. Imagine, with crime being at an all-time high, 30 officers were placed to work the album launch concert of Shyne, from 8 P.M. through to 4 A.M in March of this year.

It was agreed that the promoter would pay a portion to the officers and Shyne would pay the other portion as well. While the promoters kept their word and paid the officers, Shyne pulled a disappearing act on the officers and their much earned money. A total of twelve dollars per hour was to be paid to the thirty officers. These events are done usually on an officer’s day off, in order to make a little extra for the family. It has been almost seven months and no compensation for these officers as yet.

UN names 2012 International Year of Cooperatives Continued from page 16 held during the Year, to highlight the success and strengths of the Co-operative Business Model.

The International Year designation provides an opportunity for cooperatives globally to join in raising awareness of how do business and the socio economic value to the members and the community at large.

According to ICA’s newly released Global 300 report, the world’s 300 largest cooperatives generate revenues of US$1.6 trillion, equal to the GDP of the world’s ninth largest economy.

Cooperatives promote the fullest possible participation in the economic and social development of all people.

The theme for the International Year, “Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World,” recognizes the positive impact values-based businesses that are member-owned and democratically controlled have on local and global economies.

President of the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Union (CCCU), Yvonne Ridguard Harris states that Credit Unions and by extension, all Cooperatives, combines and epitomises the best of the human spirit; service, goodwill, cooperation and the best traditions of democracy and have played a crucial role in the socio-economic development of the Caribbean and in particular, those persons who most need economic empowerment.

According to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, “Cooperatives are a reminder to the international community that it is possible to pursue both economic viability and social responsibility”.

The officers have approached the Minister of Police, Doug Singh and according to the officers his only response when questioned about the payment owed to them by the Musical Ambassador were, “Go arrest the man to get your money.”

Officers are also waiting on the payments for the September Celebrations as most have not been paid, even though they were promised that at the end of October, payments would have been met.

Our security forces face great challenges as for two consecutive years their budget has been cut, even though the crime rate has escalated to a never ending high. There are officers who need new shoes. Things are so bad they have had to staple together their belts as no new ones are being distributed. Some officers who are not qualified have been promoted over the officers who have earned their fair chance.

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Hurricane ‘Hattie’ exhibit ongoing at Museum of Belize BELIZE CITY, Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

By Alton Humes “Hurricane”…Say that word and automatically, there’ll be those who panic and cower in abject fear and worry. And why shouldn’t they cower? Hurricanes are well-known to be destructive, deadly and highly unpredictable, especially considering that a certain hurricane named ‘Rina’ had us worried sick these past few days.

There could never be a better history lesson in the world when it comes to hurricanes than Hurricane Hattie, whose formal 50th anniversary will be observed this Continued on page 18

The Exhibit is on display at the Museum of Belize

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Continued from page 17 coming Monday, October 31st, 2011.

An exhibit co-curated by the Museum of Belize, here in Belize City, provides a small, but extensive look at the storm, conditions prior to it, its

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‘Gulf of Honduras Project’ - A Way to a Healthier Environment BELIZE CITY, Friday, October 28th, 2011

By Alton Humes It’s rare to have an event to cover that’s outside of the news ‘cycle’, but the Press Conference launch of the Gulf of Honduras Project [in Spanish: Proyecto Golfo de Honduras] on Thursday, October 27th , 2011, merited an exception to that notion.

The project kicked off at the Santa Rita Conference Room at the Radisson Fort George Hotel

aftermath and how Belize has been improved its method to track and prepare for storms.

The photos, as well as some audio and video clippings, are from the archives of the Craig Family and the Government of Belize’s National Archives and Records Service. The exhibit starts off with the basics of storms that affected the colony/country and works its way through a brief history of the storm, preparations made and so on.

Even in the pictures of the damages, or the accounts of the aftermath (including the tales of hardcorelevel looting, for ‘Christmas trees’ and such, it’s an unlikely feast for the senses. Even when Belizeans lost so much (and we lost plenty), we showed the resilience and toughness that marks us (and continue to do so) as a nation-state, tough times and all.

The most important thing to keep

on Marine Parade. And underneath the seemingly complex wordings of most of the presenters, the main point is that this project not only brings together 3 countries (Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras) who share a common mass of marine space, i.e. the ‘Gulf of Honduras’, but also commits to finding ways to work together to safely exploit, but at the same time preserve and protect this space and all it contains.

There were presentations and videos from a range of presenters (including a brief by Mr. Demetrio

in mind is that, in ’61, there was nothing but the radio (Radio Belize, the precursor to RSV Media’s Love FM) to depend on for advisories, and those weren’t always reliable. Belizeans who lost much back then had to depend on family and the-then colonial officials for help. Now, we have the Internet, and storm-tracking equipment as sound backup, and yet we’ll always a worry it’ll never be enough to aid in keeping storms from doing their worst upon us.

Bottom line, this is another exhibit worth seeing, if you aren’t stingy enough to pay a fee to get in. The exhibit will last for another few months, until early next year.

So make your way over to the Museum of Belize on Gabourel Lane, and keep in mind: with preparation on our mind, and prayer in our hearts, we’ll make it out of this, or any future season, safely.

Omar Martinez, the project facilitator) involved not only in the negotiations, but also the Belizeans who are tasked with implementations on our side of the fence. As expressed

by Mr. Martin Alegria, Director of Belize’s Department of Environment under our Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, whatever plans are implemented here will “complement the rest of the project.”

But exactly how and where will the project’s costs, valued at US$6 to $7 million over 5 years, be spread?

That will be mainly up to the Ports of Belize (in Belize City) and Big Creek (in the South), as expressed by their respective managers, Mr. Reinaldo Guerrero (Port of Belize) and Mr. Gustavo Carrillo (Port of Big Creek).

Mr. Guerrero, in particular, highlighted what specific areas for study and mitigation will be targeted including water pollution, solid waste management, and hazardous waste management. The key, he noted, will be constant monitoring and implementation of BMPs, or Best Management Practices, to monitor those implementations and thereby, stave off all potential and actual effects.

After formal presentations were concluded, there was a very brief question and answer section, followed by a brief presentation on the means of communication [i.e. print (posters, billboards and bumper stickers), radio, TV and online websites, both in English and Spanish] that will be used to spread the message of the work of Gulf of Honduras Project.

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The Special Convention of October 29th, 2011 And the Next Revolution: One Belize-Prosperous, United and Free

By Carolyn Trench-Sandiford – Deputy Leader People’s United Party - Belize

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OOD MORNING Party Leader, Hon. Francis Fonseca, Former Party Leader, Hon. John Briceno, Former Party Leader and Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Said Musa, Colleagues, Members and Supporters of the greatest political party there is, the People’s United Party.

TODAY we convene as a Special Convention to first pledge our support and loyalty to a party which was established for the sole purpose of creating a New Belize, to bring about a better quality of life and a just share of the national wealth to all Belizeans. A party that is anchored in the principles of democracy, social, economic and environmental justice and a belief in the supremacy of God and the dignity of a human being.

TODAY we also convene as a Special Convention to pledge our support and loyalty to a leader, who now has the responsibility to continue a journey and a revolution, which was started in 1950 by the Rt. Hon. George Price and others.

But TODAY we also continue the fight, the fight against a government that has our people starving, living in deplorable conditions, occupying houses with snakes and crocodiles, living in fear for themselves and their children, and a government that has our children not going to school and systematically taking away the rights of our people TODAY we have come to support a party that we are proud to be a part of, a party that celebrated its 61st birthday last month, a party that has an unprecedented and exemplary track record of creating and sustaining good and decent jobs for the Belizean people, of building roads, hospitals, schools and affordable and quality homes.

A party that has revolutionized education, overseen a cultural renaissance and the creation of the Belizean identity, a party of land reform and one which brought about meaningful governance by transferring power to the unions, the churches and the business community in the senate, and to village councils, and city and town councils. It is not one that wants absolute power like the United Democratic Party.

TODAY we have also come to support a man who has a strong and

stellar track record as an attorney, as an economist, as an area representative and as a minister, who took serious his oath to serve the people without fear or favour, who never fired a teacher or a school warden, who ensured that teachers were always paid on time, and who never asked whether a child was a UDP or PUP, when a request was submitted to him for support for a child’s tuition or books.

As a Minister of Education, all children were equal in his eyes, and he held true to the creed and tradition of the People’s United Party, to serve the people, and to govern for the good of the country, and for all Belizeans, and not a select few. This is the kind of Prime Minister Belize needs and deserves, and that is why the Hon. Francis Fonseca is going to be the next Prime Minister of Belize.

But TODAY, we must also remind ourselves who are the enemy of the people, who are victimizing the people, who have betrayed the people and who want to lock up the people.

This is why come 2012 we must remove them from the town councils of Corozal, Orange Walk, San Ignacio and Santa Elena, Benque Viejo, Dangriga, Punta Gorda and Sand Pedro and from the Belmopan and Belize City.

TODAY we pause to gather as one party, a party whose leaders have had the courage, the foresight and the perseverance to lead us to adult suffrage, self government and political independence so we could chart our own destiny.

TODAY we pause also to pass the mantle of leadership from the Hon. John Briceno to the Hon. Francis Fonseca, as we did with the Rt. Hon George Price to the Rt. Hon. Said Musa, and the Rt. Hon Said Musa to the Hon. John Briceno.

But TODAY we also launch Operation Barrowcuda-Mission- to get rid of Barrow and the United Democratic Party government. TODAY we hit the radio, the Facebook, the TV, the ground and every street and every community and every family and every voter to spread the word that the Peoples United Party is back, that the Hon. Francis Fonseca is the Leader of the People’s United Party, and that he has a mandate from you to free our people from the arrogance, the oppression, the victimization and bondage of this mean and vindictive government.

That he has a mandate from you to feed the hungry, to cloth the naked, to shelter the homeless and to give hope to a nation that has lost confidence and trust in a United Democratic Party government.

TODAY, we move forward as ONE party with ONE leader, shackled by no one and no interest but the common cause of the people, which is to create One Belize, so we can all share in the wealth of this nation.

For comments please email carolyntrench@gmail.com

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To Tell

The Truth…

It was an apprehensive moment in time for the country when the Old Guard was changed in 2007. Talk about a WOW time! To tell the truth, it was an unleashing of a weapon of mass destruction – against our Constitution and we the people who once felt safe beneath its protective umbrella. It is said that society can benefit from the stability afforded by centralized rule of law and if government can formulate and enforce fair, just and universal rules of social conduct, citizens will be able to live at peace with one another in positive and productive collaboration.

Then began the poking of holes in the umbrella and the chipping away of our safe foundation. The PM made sure that his term would/could be for 15 years. Let’s not forget these changes to our Constitution. To tell the truth, there are some that need to be kept current in the minds of the people and any changes in the Constitution are to be documented by every Belizean. No people should give government power over them, without first setting conditions on the use of that power. Such is the purpose of Constitution.

Now we have the passing of the

9th Amendment that will certainly haunt us for a long time to come. Our country’s economy and the dream of every Belizean in particular those who want to be an entrepreneur and investor in this country is now affected. You will be looking over your shoulders to see if the government is plotting to take it over or looking for ways to avoid growing your business so it does not appear too large like the utility companies and become a cash cow for the powers that be and that would be counterproductive to you, the entrepreneurs.

When I look at Part Xlll-Government Control over Public Utilities, 143: (d) “Any other entity designated as a public provider for the purposes of this part by a resolution passed by the National Assembly”, I shiver.

Imagine those investors, be they local or foreign that may want to invest in another source of electricity or water supply for example, and decide to invest in windmills or build vats or wells. Their companies grow and profit like BTL or BEL or BWS, and then because of the passing of the 9th Bill the government decides to take those over also.

And then the now powerless Ju-

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dicial Branch. I understand that the main function of the Judicial Branch is to explain the law and to make sure all the laws that are passed are considered constitutional and do not go in any way against the Constitution.

Section 94 (Chapter 7) of the Constitution of Belize establishes Belize’s Supreme Court of Judicature and Court of Appeal. The judiciary, which is one of the three separate arms of the State, is headed by the Chief Justice, who has overall responsibility for the administration of justice in Belize.

To tell the truth, 9th (9, or the 8th as it is called now) is the scariest of all! I encourage our readers to learn well this section of the new Bill. Let me know how you understand all this. I welcome your feed back. Hope is not lost.

We received an upside down press release from a young Belizean man studying law in Barbados, only to find out that no such Belize Law Society exists, barely a mention of a Belize Association there.

The existing “Law Society of Cavehill is a chartered student organization existing for the sole purpose of giving law students a voice at the uni-

versity.” Within the confines of the wider University community! The press release appears to be a one man’s adventure to get attention.

Most people are not properly educated in the Constitution or law in particular. There are basic needs of every people within any society, past, present or future. Anyone that owns even a small Mom and Pop business should be concerned about the statement made in the O. Elrington press release, by suggesting so harshly that all investors (that is everyone that calls himself his own boss) “are economic parasites” and that their actions are “rampant abuse” and is “a problem plaguing our society”… ”under the veil as investors” then suggesting that nationalization is the solution to this problem.

To tell the truth, as one that still believes in the Belizean dream, to be my own boss, own my own home (we must build our business before we build our homes a wise man once said), then this viral ignorance displayed by this young man (and many others like him as was demonstrated over the months in media and at the so called public consultancy) is to be avoided like the black plague.

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new chapter began in the storied and sometimes stormy saga of Belizean politics when this past Saturday, Freetown Area Representative Francis Fonseca was endorsed as the new leader of the People’s United Party. The Holy Redeemer Parish Hall was packed to capacity as thousands converged to pledge support for their new leader.

Whatever doubt existed about whether the PUP could muster the support and energy needed for the upcoming elections were quickly dispelled as petty differences were pushed aside to make room for a new spirit of unity.

As recent as a couple of weeks ago, the PUP seemed to be in total disarray and scrambling desperately for direction. Johnny Briceno had abruptly called it quits and Mark Espat unexpectedly declined the challenge despite coming just one vote shy of unanimity. The immediate future was not showing much promise and many began to resign themselves to at least another five years of pain and sorrow under Barrow. What a difference a week makes.

On Wednesday October 9th, the UDP was in obvious celebratory mode and Dean Barrow, with a spring in his step, was hinting at early elections.

Channel Seven reported that same night that “Today was the deadline for nominations to be handed in for prospective leaders, and there are no less than three persons nominated for the post, none of them is the man we called the favorite, Francis Fonseca, and none is even an elected Parliamentarian.” By the next night, the UDP’s laughter had turned to concern and Jules was wiping egg from off his face. Their worst fears had been realized as it turned out that not only was Francis Fonseca one of them, he was the only one. All other three candidates immediately and willingly withdrew their candidacy and gave full support to Francis. At Saturday’s gathering, chairpersons of all caucuses, (East, West, North and South) pledged unconditional support for Francis Fonseca as the new leader of the People’s United Party. Notice has apparently been served; the PUP is back and ready to rumble!

There is no doubt that the UDP friendly media will continue to exaggerate whatever residue of disunity might remain but their efforts will be in vain. The members of the party have waited long for this and listening to his recent comments and interviews, Francis is taking the right ap-

proach. With an encouraging mixture of humility and resolve, the leader has reached out to those still disenchanted but has also made it abundantly clear that “undermining” will not be tolerated. Such “tough love” has been a long time in coming but it seems finally here.

Too long has the PUP been fussing and fighting amongst themselves while the UDP has been literally getting away with murder. A recent IMF report confirms that poverty is at an alarming rate and the people on the streets are feeling the reality. Sugar, flour and corn continue in short supply and the cost of many basic goods continue to skyrocket. A week ago gas prices shot up almost a dollar per

gallon and remain at over eleven dollars per gallon. The streets of Belize are dangerous and deadlier than even as criminals operate brazenly even in broad daylight hours. The conditions of our streets are deplorable while our politicians grow fat and filthy rich.

Our security forces cannot even protect their own weapons much less offer us security and are oftentimes, themselves on the wrong side of the law. Dean Barrow and his band of misfits have been getting away with riding free for a long time but it seems that the free ride is finally over!

The resurgence of the PUP is not only good news for the party but good news for democracy on a whole. A strong opposition is as vital to good governance as an able government and Belize has been lacking in both for far too long. Francis Fonseca brings hope to not only the PUP but to the entire country of Belize. In his acceptance speech, the leader reached out to all factions and pledged to make unity a priority. As was noted, the rest of us cannot just

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All members of the PUP must now pitch in and put their shoulders to the wheel. It will be an uphill climb for a spell yet, but with a good leadership and a new direction, the top suddenly does not seem so far away.

When oiled and clicking, the “blue machine” is formidable and one to be reckoned with. What was on display this past Saturday in Belize City gave hope to the party faithful who were beginning to lose confidence. The stage is set and there can be no turning back. Francis Fonseca is young, vibrant and competent. He cannot do it alone however and for the country’s sake and for the sake of each and every suffering citizen out there, all hands must be on deck. Let us all grab an oar and do our share to steady this ship safely to shore. The sea is still rough but the ship is finally in shape and we are no longer taking on water. A new captain is at the helm and there is land ahoy. Bring on the challenges, we have weathered the worst. GOD bless the PUP and may GOD always bless Belize.

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REALITY CHECK! My Two Cents on the United Democratic Party

By Carla Bradley As a young voter, I can honestly say that this United Democratic government gives me no hope for the future whatsoever. I have seen more and more children on the streets when they should be in school. I have seen too many high school dropouts because their family simply cannot afford to continue supporting them in school, especially if there are younger siblings in primary school. I see more and more graduates of University level without a job, because there simply are no new opportunities for them once they have finished their academic era.

It bugs the very core of my being, seeing that this government does nothing to help its youths, knowing that we will be the ones to take over. How can a government neglect its youths, instead of teaching them, opening new doors for them, giving them the hope to continue.

Across the country, it is the same anthem, ‘LIFE HAAD OUT YA!”, and yet PM Barrow goes on national television and on radios to say, we are doing so well? Really?

In my opinion, the last report the IMF did on the country of Belize was off track. I wondered if there is another country by the name of Belize, because the report could not be the same one I am currently living in. How can it be that in their reports our economy is doing relatively well when so many businesses have closed down, half of our population is living in poverty and unemployment is almost four times the amount it was in 2007?

Does this make any sense?

I sit and listen to what some people here consider a Government, at the House meetings, and I wonder, how these people made it to be the leaders of this country. Almost in every house meeting, these elected ministers are either busy doodling on a paper, texting or even talking during the PM’s speech. If they don’t want to listen to what their leader is saying, then why should we? House Meetings are supposed to be serious events, where our area representatives sit and respectfully debate different issues and bills proposed, etc.

Does this happen? Instead we have paid hecklers in the house, who make it hard for people who really want to listen to both sides, to understand what is being said.

If I am not mistaken, there was a rule in the National Assembly that political shirts should not be allowed in the building, and yet, when we attend these meetings that’s all you see. I remember going up to a senior officer of the Assembly and asking about this rule his response was, “I will not discuss that matter, it is for security pur-

poses.” Now I am educated enough to know that wearing a political shirt and security purposes would not really go in the same sentence and be related.

This government has made a mockery of our people, our youths, our economy, our National Assembly, and has led our country into a violent era. In 2005, the now Prime Minister called for civil disobedience, as he used violence to instill fear in our people, to misguide them to think that the People’s United Party was doing so much wrong when in reality, although mistakes were made, the

country saw better days under the People’s United Party. In an interview done with channel 7 news earlier this year over the copper theft, one man from the south side of Belize City said, “yes PUP do wrong, but we mih dih eat, crumbs mih dih drop, but aanda this government, LIFE HAAD OUT YA, no crumbs dih drop!” While I am endorsing what was done, it just shows that people out here are suffering so much that they have to result to theft.

If I were to make a list of all the wrongs that this government has done in three and half years, I don’t think there would be enough paper.

The illegal approval of GMOs, high crime, high unemployment, high poverty, only family benefiting, major land scandals, selling out of our sugar industry, illegal takeover of both of our utilities, businesses going into bankruptcy, more children out of school,

Sunday, November 6, 2011 high cost of living, high fuel prices, foreign investment down by almost two hundred and sixty million dollars since 2009 and this list goes on and on. We have had more black outs since the takeover of BEL by this government than we have had in years. Nationalization I say yes to, but with time. Why couldn’t they pay off what they owe to BTL and BWSL before they took over B.E.L? We cannot afford all at once!

There is no way this is possible. Why the rush? The PM made mention in his first press conference of this year that many buyers were out there for BTL, and did you not say you took over this company for the people? Why are you lobbying for buyers? I say quit using the name of the people, you should be honest and say, you are doing it for the sake of your family, ministers and their families and your UDP cronies. We need to tell this government, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

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Belize/Guatemala Football Game “Kingdom Advice” A couple weeks ago I sat down to watch the Belize vs Guatemala football game. It didn’t take long before I realized we were going to have serious problems in the second half of the game!

Before I continue, let me take the opportunity to remind you that I am not talking religion, nor am I trying to be religious as there is a ‘night and day’ difference between religion and Kingdom. I stopped being a ‘religious’ man years ago and instead became a ‘Kingdom’ man. See the religious men (Pharisees) killed the kingdom man (Jesus) when he came on his rescue mission to earth. Many persons have little respect for religion as they find it ‘hollow in the middle’ or of little use! In most cases religion is irrelevant to the ‘day to day’ bread and butter challenges that people face.

Kingdom on the other hand is completely different as there is nothing in this life, under the sun, that it cannot or does not relate to. It is so real that I can even go to the extent of saying there is no movie yet that I have seen fiction, non- fiction, or science fiction, that is not already seen or mentioned in the kingdom manual (bible)!

Anyway let’s get back to the game at hand. As mentioned before, I became very concerned early in the first quarter. I noticed that Belize was playing with excessive energy and exertion rather than using the ever so important ‘ball passing’ skills! I knew they would run out of gas in the second half, and this observation is the runway on which my writing takes off today! I managed to get my hands on a book “The science of Success” by Matthew Syed, the other day and I feel that every one that does anything from sports to technical vocation should get a hold of this book. In one of the chapters it speaks of meaningful practice, that a professional looks at the most challenging part of his game and practice it over and over trying to make the environment more difficult than that which he would encounter in the real game.

A country such as Brazil which dominates football found out years ago that using a heavier ball, and having the players play in a much smaller field developed quick thinking and smarter more accurate passing of the foot ball. The ball is too heavy to just be kicked hard over to the otherside and therefore the players have to resort to short, quickly thought out, passes. My recommendation to the Belize team is to set aside hours and hours of their practice into studying and practicing the science of passing the football which to me appears to be their weakest link!

You may ask where in scripture talks about this? Well I’m glad you asked so let’s look at 1Corinthians 9:26(ISV) which says this: “That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I box, not like someone punching the air.”

In the next verse this is what he says: “No, I keep on beating my body and making it my slave so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.”

Here the writer compares doing the work of the kingdom with that of a boxing match or a Karate competition.

He is saying I do not practice nor do I fight without serious planning and precise movements in fact I “beat my body”.This may not sound correct taken out of context so let me just explain as a past Cross Country cyclist that every day on that bicycle a cyclist beats his body. The breeze is strong against you, the sun is hot, your muscles are aching and you would really prefer being home drinking on a hot spicy bowl of soup, but you are forty miles out, so you tell your body you must continue and you push past the pain right down on your pedal. This is where we must find ourselves functioning as it relates to sports or anything for that matter that we wish to excel in! First do not practice as a boxer beating the air with no direct goal, technique or particular desired accomplishment in mind. This means having a good coach that will give you meaningful practice, and secondly make your body a slave beat it shape it into the form that you desire to have!

I will come to a close here and I hope this would be an encouragement to everyone in sports, music, and other areas of work!

Until next week God Bless!!

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THINK ABOUT IT DEAR CHIEF JUSTICE Dear newly appointed Chief Justice, Welcome to Belize and congratulations on your new post as Head of the Judicial Branch of the State.

There is an injustice going on in your office. Lawyers tell us that citizens who apply for bail remain waiting in jail for weeks before your staff processes the applications.

A draconian law passed by the government has been facey enough to tell your Supreme Court Judges that they must not hear bail applications until after TEN working days have passed. That is bad enough.

Worst, your staff sets the dates for hearing some THREE and FOUR weeks after the application is filed.

This is injustice.

Further your staff sets bail applications for hearings only on Fridays.

Innocent citizens sit in prison for several weeks before their matter is heard by a Judge. This is wrong.

The liberty of the citizen is a matter of paramount importance. Bail applications are matters of urgent hearings – on any day of the week, and in exceptional cases even on weekends. Now come the UDP government wishing to hoodwink the country that it is fighting crime. They care not about the liberty of citizens or whether innocent persons are imprisoned and exposed to all the dangers of being in a terrible jail. They are interfering with the exclusive domain of the Judges and the Supreme Court.

Please Honorable Chief Justice, look into the complaints of the citizens and the lawyers and if there be truth in the matter, let the liberties guaranteed by our Constitution take precedence and the importance it deserves.

Respectfully.

THE MINISTER MUST RESIGN A forty-foot coast guard boat with three powerful engines was stolen from the Coast Guard dock in Belize City.

Forty-two high-powered guns were stolen from the armory of the Belize Defence Force.

A handful of those guns can take out the Police Headquarters in Belmopan and the largest Police Station on Queen Street in Belize City.

Those guns can capture or take out the entire Cabinet during its Tuesday morning meetings.

Word on the street is that the high powered coast guard boat took a large shipment of “white snapper” into Mexico. The boat was returned and ditched in Belize to erase any trace of where it’s been.

None of the Ministers responsible have been held accountable.

Nobody has resigned. Nobody is suspended. Nobody is fired.

There is not even a Parliamentary inquiry into what could have gone terribly wrong with the very security apparatus of our country. This is slackness of the highest, worst kind, ranking incompetence.

Then listen to this. The government puts out a public release saying they have reviewed and improved the security at the BDF. How? They closed a hole in the fence and they have now posted a guard at the armory. Wow!

Talk about idiocy. They did not have armed guards and surveillance cameras, 24 hours a day, to protect their guns. Do they believe some second rated thieves decided to just burglarize the army’s warehouse?

What the heck is going on?

And did you know that a trained Police officer is in charge of the BDF, while a trained soldier is in charge of the Police? Cow nuh business eena horse gallop.

NO PSU There is no P.S.U. P.S.U. is the Public Services Union for several thousands of public officers.

Some Presidents of the PSU were E. Ned Pitts, Said Musa, William “Bill” Tillett, Margaret Ventura and Hubert Enriquez.

The PSU had a history to boast about. Primarily a Union to foster better working terms and conditions for its members, the PSU had always been in the forefront of the Guatemala issue, and the need for a national referendum. The PSU played a major part in the 1981 “Heads of Agreement” upheaval and in fact launched an effect strike as part of its protest against the British-fostered “agreement”. So too the PSU flexed its muscle in 2007 over a number of issues with the then PUP government.

None of those issues have been resolved with a change of government and the PSU has gone strangely dormant and silent.

The UDP government entered into a secret agreement with Guatemala to take their claim to a strange court in Europe. Belizeans only found out the day the agreement was signed in the USA. The International Airport, the Border Management Agency, the Ship Registry are still in private hands rather than public control. The national boledo and lottery have been taken from public control and given to UDP cronies. The Constitution has been attacked with the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Amendments. And yet not a word from the PSU. Neither on BNE’s one-sided control of our oil. BNE gets eight hundred million dollars and Belizeans get only two hundred million dollars.

Equally revealing. As the cost of living continues to wreak havoc with the living standards of public officers, there has been a deafening silence from the PSU. No request for salary increase or cost of living adjustment.

The same can be said for the National Trade Union Congress.

POLICE PROMOTIONS Congratulations to all those police officers who have been promoted effective 1st of November this year. The list of officers is too long to be published here but of interest is David Henderson promoted to Deputy Commissioner; Russell Blackett promoted to Assistant Commissioner and Edward Broaster promoted to Senior Superintendent.

Sergeant Nicholas Palomo who passed the exam with high numbers has not been promoted to Inspector and is among some eight to twelve officers whom through their Police Association are challenging this wrong action by the government by taking the matter to the Supreme Court.

JUDGE GONZALEZ

John Troadio GONZALEZ is a Judge of the Supreme Court.

Little is known about our Judges and other persons holding high offices in our nation.

Norman Neal, the Attorney who asked God to call him home in January this year, was at Law School with Troadio. Norman said his spirit took to the man. Dem days Troadio was a Marxist – with beard and sandals – a disciple of Che Guevara.

As the world turns. The young man from Chunox Village, in Corozal, with the blood of Marcus Canul in his ancestral veins became a University graduate. He went further than achieving his law degree and did the additional two years training at Norman Manley Law School. A qualified attorney at Law. Troadio became a Crown Counsel, Chief Magistrate, Director of Public Prosecutions, and Judge of the Supreme Court. He acted on many occasions as Chief Justice of Belize.

So humble and unassuming is the man. Yet, still approachable and down to earth. He is probably the only Judge that mingles with the people in the highways and the byways. He has never forgotten his roots. Here is another role model for our young people to emulate.

WHY MOVE THOSE PEOPLE Remember a few months ago army and police in the mangrove behind Lake I, throwing out household items and demolishing the homes of the poor people at six o’clock in the morning? It had to be done because the government was going to build a bridge from Belama to south of the river.

They couldn’t give the people time to move. They must leave now, the very day, that very morning.

Government couldn’t relocate them. There was no time for that.

Broke down their homes and chase them like dogs. Look how many months have passed. No bridge has been built. Why did they treat those poor, helpless people like that.

SIXTY MILLION WRITE-OFF The government has announced it is writing off some sixty odd million dollars in loans at the Ministry of Housing. These loans stretch back to 1982.

I wanted to praise the government for doing it. Every little help that the poorer classes and the struggling workers get is much needed.

But Arthur Saldivar has shed a different light on the matter.

He says it is a political gimmick, announced a few months before major municipal elections are due.

His details are these. He says 95 percent of the loans are uncollectable. They cannot be collected.

Also in law any debt over six years is statute barred. So the government is in effect helping no one. They are helping themselves. By removing the amount from the accounts they are setting up the country so they can borrow more money.

The UDP government in four years has borrowed almost half a billion dollars. Added to what they officially owe for taking BTL and BEL – over three to four hundred million with interest – they have increased Belize’s already high debts by almost another billion dollars.

What! This is an eye opener.

CUBA ABOLISH A MINISTRY Cuba has abolished its Ministry of Petroleum. A small agency over-

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There is a lesson for Belize.

Belize’s government is infested with bloated bureaucracy. There are several Ministries which are no longer necessary but political expediency overburdens the taxpayers.

When it became abundantly obvious that Carlos Perdomo was a lame Minister who had accomplished nothing in the Ministry of Security he was relieved of the portfolio of the Police.

Another Ministry was created – one for BDF and another for Police. It is a waste of taxpayers’ money.

The Ministry of Housing no longer builds houses. Some plycem boxes costing four thousand dollars are built by the Ministry of Works yet a full Ministry of Housing with dozens of staff continues to burden the taxpayers when a small oversight agency can do.

The Ministry of Lands has become a huge bureaucracy in this age of computerization, GPS system for quick surveys and a new land registration system that reduces paper works.

Waste is a sin in a poor country.

The Ministry of Health is another overgrown bush that can be replaced with a neat hedge. In an era of decentralization when regional/district hospitals can be placed under citizens based Board of Managements, why is there a million dollars bureaucracy in Belmopan?

Waste is as bad a sin as greed in our small country.

MINISTER VIOLATES CONSTITUTION The Minister of the Public Service was served with a committal warrant a few days ago.

This resulted from his failure to appear at the Magistrate Court to answer a claim that he owed a former UDP Minister money and has still not cleared his debt.

After several adjournments by the Court, and the Minister never once appearing, the Court heard the matter and ordered the Public Service Minister to pay.

He did not pay.

A further application was made to the Court that the Minister should be made to get the sense. The Court ordered that he be put in prison for disobeying a Court Order and failing to make payment.

Instead of the Police carrying out the Court order and take the Minister to jail, he was allowed to pay; which he quickly did.

But Section 121 of the Belize Constitution states that persons in the National Assembly (among other posts) “SHALL CONDUCT” themselves in such a way as not:(d) to demean their office or position (e) to allow their integrity to be called into question” WORDS OF WISDOM “We Are What We Repeatedly do.

Excellence therefore, is not an act but a habit” – Aristotle.

“Work Spares Us From Three Evils – Boredom, Vice and Need” – Voltaire.

“You Miss 100 percent of the shots You DO Not Take” Wayne Gretzky.

JESUS SAID “Verily I say unto you. That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

“And again I say unto you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” Matthew Chapter 19: 23 & 24

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Rewarding failure? A new standard for Police Ministry BELIZE CITY, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

By Alton Humes The phrase ‘Boledo Grades’ isn’t an oft-used one, yet if you mention it to a receptive former primary or high school student, you’ll be able to infer as to what it actually refers to: ridiculously low and/or nonsensical grades received on a test or exam, like numbers bought for Boledo or a Sunday Lottery Game. And now it’s now taken on a whole new dimension, as police officers (namely at the ranks of Constables, Corporals and Sergeants) are being promoted to the rank above them (Corporals, Sergeants and Inspectors, respectively) even after failing miserably on their Police exams.

The decision to promote failures is being questioned by ticked-off officers who say that not only are certain officers being promoted above deserving ones (i.e. those with the right requirements, but there are officers who never even took the exam and still got promoted.

Promotions are derived at after taking a written examination. The exam is applied for through the Commissioner of Police. The exam is based on a syllabus, and the officer can prepare for it.

The results are screened by a Promotional Board (and in the case of those who wish to move from Sergeant to Inspector rank go through the Security Services Commission, and not the Public Services Commission.)

According to an insider we spoke to, there is something terribly wrong with the recent promotions. And there is, because out of the 110 officers considered for promotion only 27 were promoted. Of those 7 got scores in the 60s and 2 got scores in the 70s. All others (18 total) received grades in the 30s, 40s, 50s or didn’t take the exam at all.

The disgruntled officers are not satisfied with the process. They say that 1) the criteria for the exam were only recently resurrected and (2) (which is the most distasteful issue being raised) there were rumblings as early as 2010 that officers favored and close to present Commissioner of Police, Mr. Crispin Jefferies, would be promoted, regardless of whether they took the exam and/or passed (or in most cases, failed) it.

But most embarrassing of all is the fact that the Commissioner was dubbed by our source as ‘di liadest person pan di face a-di earth…’ It’s a nasty dig for sure, but here’s why it’s important – the Commissioner informally serves on the Promotional Board and the panel of the Security Services Commission, when clearly he is to maintain an impartial view. (Another member of the latter body was revealed to be a Financial Officer in the Ministry of Police and Public Safety, which shouldn’t have that kind of ‘reach’ into the Department it’s consistently failing to clean up.)

The remedy for the conundrum at hand is simple: rectify, rectify, rectify. Make some things clear, and, for a change, promote those who deserve it. We shouldn’t be rewarding failure.

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UDP has no solution to joblessness Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Prime Minister Dean Barrow failed to offer any comfort to the 23,000 unemployed parents or students across Belize during his political press conference at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel today.

While he postured and pontificated on empty promises to lower electricity rates, and boasted of slashing internet rates for the lowest possible speed, he offered nothing in the area of job creation

and investment. While the International Monetary Fund report touts the government for tightening their belts, in reality the Barrow regime has tightened the noose around people’s necks and has caused more economic pain and allowed more Belizeans to become poorer.

The 2010 unemployment figures were 23%, but those numbers have no doubt ballooned with more students graduating this June and still hopelessly job-hunting.

Mr. Barrow, the people

don’t want to hear promises. You have been in office for over three years, but have failed to deliver.

As if attempting to shake off responsibility, Barrow said poverty was a “global phenomenon”. Barrow simply refuses to accept that his lack vision and economic plan are the reasons our nation and people are in crisis.

The people are watching and waiting in pain and suffering Mr. Barrow. Soon they will be voting.

Malpago John Saldivar

ordered to jail

John Saldivar

Belize City, November 1, 2011 He may be a Government Minister with fancy cars and mansion house, but the UDP’s representative for the City of Belmopan John Saldivar almost became an inmate of Kolbe correctional facility for being a malpago.

Saldivar had apparently refused to pay back money he had borrowed back in 2007. But here’s the shaming part. It was only $1,500 that he owed.

Here’s the even more shaming part.

He borrowed it from the UDP’s founding leader Dean Lindo, someone notorious for taking people to Court. Ask Edmund Castro.

According to Lindo, he had been desperately trying to get back his money. He called many times. When Saldivar refused to pick up, he left voicemails. Saldivar did all he could to avoid running into Lindo, even if it meant missing UDP events. But it all came to an end last week when Lin-

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do got tired and applied to the Court for a committal warrant for the oversized politician.

It appeared the tactic worked, because when he was approached by the bouncer-like Court marshals, Saldivar buckled and almost begged not to be taken to prison. He immediately called Lindo and pleaded for mercy. Lindo felt sorry for Saldivar and requested the marshals not to carry out the warrant.

According to Saldivar he will pay his debt, but once a malpago, always a malpago. Now we know why Public Officers get delayed payments, or why teachers had to wait weeks before collecting their salaries. With a politician who has no shame in keeping his word running the Ministry of Public Service, Government employees can expect no good.

Shame on you Saldivar. You belong in jail.

Humor in UDP Politics!

The following matters were discussed in Cabinet: 1. To replace Carlos Perdomo by putting three rabbits in a hat and see which one jumps out first.

2. To give John Saldivar the Stupidity Award for the Month for having Dean Lindo serve a Committal warrant against him.

3. To place a ¼ page ad in the BELIZE TIMES announcing Saldivar as “Hard Pay Star of the Week” 4. To congratulate Erwin Contreras for trying to take away his voter’s land and to scold him bitterly for losing in court, again, to of all persons, Rt. Hon. Said Musa.

5. To place a GPS on Zenaida Moya-Flowers so the nation can be warned when she decided to return to Belize from London.

6. To name the Maya Ruin on Marine Parade Boulevard “Flippin” since there is a loose cannon in the premises.

7. To send a memo to Darrellitas Bradley that he better watch his back, because the PUP is coming alive. ……………………….

The following related matters were also discussed: - Where the hell is the Mayor of Belize City?

The last reports put her partying in UK with Lady gaga.

- Who dusted off Ann Marie to run in Caribbean Shores, who is backing and rolling her and if it’s true, it’s Sedi.

- To up the price of gas one more time before taking it to a flat 9 bucks as an election gimmick. ……………………….

Things are so bad under Barrow that John Saldivar had to borrow from Barrow to pay off Dean Lindo, so bad that Barrow who don’t tunnel with money sent him to his son’s pawn shop, so bad that John had to pawn his watch, his government vehicle and his earring.

Late news broke that Barrow witch was dress up like a witch as he tried to do some exorcism on the school causing children to faint. The next thing we heard he was being chased by a ghost of another UDP trying to keep the ghost in the area.

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Address Delivered by Hon. Francis Fonseca, PUP Leader at Endorsement Convention Holy Redeemer Parish Hall, Belize City, October 29, 2011 I am a Member of the People’s United Party because I believe: (a) That the nation of Belize is founded upon principles which acknowledges the Supremacy of GOD, faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms, the position of the family in a society of freemen and women and institutions, the dignity of the human person and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family are endowed by the Creator; (b) In the principles of social, economic and environmental justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system must result in the material resources of the country being so distributed to serve the common good; that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity; that equal protection should be given to children regardless of their social status and that a just system should be ensured to provide for education and health on the basis of equality. (c) That the will of the people shall form the basis of government in a democratic society, recognizing that people and institutions remain free only when freedom is founded upon respect for moral and spiritual values and upon the Natural Law. So reads the first three clauses of our Party’s Political Creed. I Pledge to you today that I will live by this Creed and lead by this Creed.

Brothers and Sisters of our great People’s United Party, I am humbled by the trust and confidence you have placed in me. I accept your call to service with full appreciation of the tremendous responsibilities it carries with it.

I thank all the delegates who have participated in this historic day for our Party and Nation.

To those of you who are here to support me, I give you my commitment that I will work each and every day to live up to the faith and confidence you have placed in me.

To those who are not here to support me and to those who have sincere questions and concerns about my leadership, I humbly ask of you a fair opportunity to prove myself, to earn your respect and to gain your trust. I want your support! I need your support!

Let us discuss our differences, find common ground, and unite for the good of our Party and Country. Working together, I am confident that we can re-energize our Party and regain the trust and confidence of a majority of the Belizean people.

We belong to a great Party with a proud legacy of service to the Belizean nation and people, but we must also accept that our Party has, at times, failed the Belizean people and failed to meet the standards of its own creed.

At times, we have lost our way and failed to stay true to our Motto: “Serve

the People”. At times we have allowed the rising tide of greed and inequity to erode the strong social justice roots upon which our great People’s United Party was founded and built. At times we have given the Belizean people cause to believe that we are more concerned about the interests of a few and not the many.

I pledge to you and our nation today, those times are behind us!!!

Today we renew our commitment to the core values and philosophy of our great Party.

Today, we embrace this opportunity for real; and meaningful change both within our Party and in our Nation.

The road ahead will often be dark and difficult. It will require the skills, talents and commitment of all of us who love this Party and Country. I am prepared to work with anyone and everyone who is prepared to work with me.

I did not seek this position; circumstances have led me to it. I MUST now work hard each and every day to prove myself worthy of this great honor and privilege.

I must travel the length and breadth of our Nation meeting with our people in their homes, villages, towns and cities, sharing with them our Party’s new vision for them, their families and Belize.

I, and we, must listen and learn from them how best the People’s United Party can be of service to them and their communities. I must serve you with humility, integrity and compassion. Together, we must earn the respect of the Belizean people, regain their trust, and win back their hearts and minds.

Today more than ever, our Party needs a strong sense of unity and purpose. This is no time for selfishness, no time for anger, no time for any of us to stand on the sidelines with our arms folded waiting for the new leader to fail, no time for undermining a new begin-

ning.

After four years of UDP Mal-administration, victimization, cronyism and corruption, our people are crying out for change. After four years of UDP economic destruction and rampant crime, our people have had enough. After four years of a petty, arrogant, personal, vindictive UDP Prime Minister, our people can take no more.

In the words of Dan Man, “Wi tiad a gat nothing”.

We demand something!

We demand better!

We demand more jobs less crime!! *It is time for the People’s United Party!!!.

I call upon each of you and all members and supporters of our great Party to join in the exciting and challenging journey ahead. Belize needs a strong, effective People’s United Party to defend the National interests and to work for a bet-

ter life for all Belizeans.

There is no time to waste!!! Starting next week we will embark upon an aggressive nationwide media campaign exposing the failure, incompetence and corruption of this UDP Government.

There will be direct intervention with Standard Bearers to ramp up their organizational capacity and election readiness. We will tour all the districts and we will engage in strategic engagements with the unions, Civil, Society and private sector.

Our great Party guided Belize out of Colonialism and unto the promised land of Independence. We transformed the Belizean economy and revolutionized the education system. We created the Belizean identity and ushered in a cultural reawakening.

The PUP is Belize and Belize is the PUP!!!

I stand today on the shoulders of three servants of our Party, George Price, Said Musa and John Briceño. On behalf of our Party I thank them for their dedicated service and commitment to the People of Belize.

On September 19th of this year, our great Leader was called home by our Almighty Lord and Savior just two days shy of our Nation’s 30th Birthday. George Price was a man of deep faith with an unending love for Belize and its people.

His was a life of service and sacrifice. In these dark days, we too must have faith, we too must love Belize, and we too must be prepared to serve and sacrifice for our party and country.

In my last conversation with Mr. Price a few weeks before his passing, he said, “Belize needs the PUP; we will rise again.” Mr. Price is watching over us.

With God’s guidance let us fight on and proudly rise again!!!

There are those who say the PUP cannot win again. Well, those people do not know me! Those people do not know you! Those people do not know the heart and will of our great People’s United Party. Let the word go forth today from Holy Redeemer Parish Hall, the PUP is back!!!

We can win!! We will win!!

Thank you. God bless you. God Bless Belize.

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Rewarding failure? A new standard for Police Ministry BELIZE CITY, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

By Alton Humes The phrase ‘Boledo Grades’ isn’t an oft-used one, yet if you mention it to a receptive former primary or high school student, you’ll be able to

infer as to what it actually refers to: ridiculously low and/or nonsensical grades received on a test or exam, like numbers bought for Boledo or a Sunday Lottery Game. And now it’s now taken on a whole new dimension, as police officers (namely at

New Executive for Belize Workers’ Union elected

BELIZE CITY, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

By Alton Humes The situation with the potential sale of the Belize Sugar Industries Ltd. (BSI) has been dire and fraught with major issues, mostly with regard to the dividends that haven’t been paid out to BSI’s factory workers. But with the recent election of a new executive of the Belize Workers Union (BWU) last Friday, October 28th to represent the workers at the factory it is all too likely to change quickly. At the helm of the ‘new ship’, is the President-Chairman, Julio Gongora.

Gongora succeeds long-standing former President of the Union, Horris Patten, as well as his associates such as Mr. Earl Lopez, a former Vice-President of the Union, who were unable to make solid, fundamental improvements in their oft-complicated relations with BSI. In speaking with the BELIZE TIMES today, we found out a little more about this quiet, hard-working gentleman. A member of the Union practically since

its inception in March of 1981, he has served with the BWU in moderate capacities. But when the dissatisfaction against Patten and his weak leadership reached fever pitch, he instinctively knew he need to run for the top job.

Gongora defeated Lopez 87 votes to 27.

The win couldn’t come at a more needed time: with the potential sale of BSI and its assets at its most anxious juncture and a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the organization needing to be re-negotiated.

But thankfully, he has a faithful, strong team for back-up and support.

They are Angel Wade, Vice-President; Mr. Ian Leiva, Secretary; Mr. Jose Baeza, Assistant Secretary; Mr. Ian Chavarria, Treasurer; Mr. Aldo Romero, Chief Shop Steward and Mr. Edward ‘Ed’ Conorquie, Assistant Shop Steward.

Also elected were Amir Gongora and Fidelmar Hernandez as Trustee Representatives (former President Horace Patten ran for one of these posts and lost overwhelmingly).

the ranks of Constables, Corporals and Sergeants) are being promoted to the rank above them (Corporals, Sergeants and Inspectors, respectively) even after failing miserably on their Police exams.

The decision to promote failures is being questioned by ticked-off officers who say that not only are certain officers being promoted above deserving ones (i.e. those with the right requirements, but there are officers who never even took the exam and still got promoted.

Promotions are derived at after taking a written examination.

The exam is applied for through the Commissioner of Police. The exam is based on a syllabus, and the officer can prepare for it. The results are screened by a Promotional Board (and in the case of those who wish to move from Sergeant to Inspector rank go through the Security Services Commission, and not the Public Services Commission.)

According to an insider we spoke to, there is something terribly wrong with the recent promotions. And there is, because out of the 110 officers considered for promotion only 27 were promoted. Of those 7 got scores in the 60s and 2 got scores in the 70s. All others (18 total) received grades in the 30s, 40s, 50s or didn’t

take the exam at all.

The disgruntled officers are not satisfied with the process. They say that 1) the criteria for the exam were only recently resurrected and (2) (which is the most distasteful issue being raised) there were rumblings as early as 2010 that officers favored and close to present Commissioner of Police, Mr. Crispin Jefferies, would be promoted, regardless of whether they took the exam and/or passed (or in most cases, failed) it.

But most embarrassing of all is the fact that the Commissioner was dubbed by our source as ‘di liadest person pan di face a-di earth…’ It’s a nasty dig for sure, but here’s why it’s important – the Commissioner informally serves on the Promotional Board and the panel of the Security Services Commission, when clearly he is to maintain an impartial view.

(Another member of the latter body was revealed to be a Financial Officer in the Ministry of Police and Public Safety, which shouldn’t have that kind of ‘reach’ into the Department it’s consistently failing to clean up.)

The remedy for the conundrum at hand is simple: rectify, rectify, rectify. Make some things clear, and, for a change, promote those who deserve it. We shouldn’t be rewarding failure.

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Dangerous Senatorial fumbles Belize City, October 31, 2011 Senator Henry Gordon, the senator for the church, and Senator Godwin Hulse, representing the Business Community, clearly do not understand what their roles are. What they did on October 24, 2011 is in that dark crevice between self-righteous ignorance and hypocritical postulating.

Whatever side of the Ninth Amendment you genuinely stand on after you disrobe the UDP bribes, party positions and insulation of lies about parliamentary dictatorship, the decision of the various stakeholders will remain etched in the epidermis of Belize’s democracy.

Imagine, the Business Community position was against the Ninth/ Eight Amendment and they said “No”.

The Church’s position regrettably was a “Yes” after yielding to the temptation of placebo alterations. At the end of the day it was a “Yes”.

Yet, by some twist of reality, both their representatives went on a frolic of their own. They huddled together and “abstained”.

It is the queerest of things. Both gentlemen abdicated their duty and function as representatives. To put it in layman’s terms, what they did is like a child who is sent out to the “chiney” by his parents to buy a tin of Vienna sausage with a twenty dollar bill. But the child decides instead to simply give the Chinese Grocer all his mother’s money and not buy anything.

Now this was not a complex mis-

Godwin Hulse sion for the Senators. THE BELIZE TIMES wondered if the organizations they represent should not have written it down on a piece of paper and sent it with them when they went to the Senate Meeting.

But we were told something rather refreshing after we quieted down from our chants for the two conjoined Senators to announce their resignations.

See, if you look at it properly the Senators were making a case as to why they believe in the elected Senate. Remember that Reform initiative that the PUP put to a national referendum? Yes, they were acting like Senators who had been elected in their own right. Unfortunately, operating on their mind is the delusion that their obligations in senatorial of-

Word of advice to the Senators, Barrow has sold his soul for the sorcery to mislead the people and appear to get away with it. Barrow can even have a legal record as Prime Minister which only Chispirito would be proud of; but as a sugary man of self proclaimed principle and the partisan clergyman, you cannot.

The “Cardona ballot” should not

Henry Gordon fice are personal.

If the Senate is a rubber stamp and you as a Senator can do nothing to weigh in on the single most important legal document and attacks on it, why are you as “virtuous men” who believe in substance and no nonsense wasting your time in a place you can make no difference? Give up the tax free dollars, the diplomatic passports and the two minutes of fame to “show yuhself”! Find a way to make the real change. This is an absolute joke.

Resign! After all, it is only consistent with good business ethics and surely in divine accord with moral convictions. Just go. The Senators, two, disrespected their respective organizations and failed the country of Belize in so doing.

have been an available option for the Senators. Poor Marcel will be fed to the vultures across the floor if he dares make a full conscience vote.

This is despite the fact that the position of his constituency was “No way” to the Ninth. But what is the excuse of the Senators? You were asked a question by the President of the Senate. The question was does the organizations you represent say “yeah” or “nay” to the Ninth? Unnu still no ansa yet, boss man.

This is no time for self serving performances and the Bible says that disobedience is as the sin of witch craft. It is said that there is a good thing and then there is the right thing.

In this case both Senators failed to do either. Repent, reform and then resign, gentlemen.

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Barrow as a second language Belize City, November 2, 2011 Under the clutter of words and his dodging of the real issue, Dean Oliver Barrow said the darnest thing in the National Assembly during the second and third speed readings of the Ninth Amendment bill.

The child said that none of his family members benefit financially from anything that he does in Government. The joke is that the UDP dialect cannot be taken as falling within the English lexicon. Words like border, ignorant, under-deposit, etc. do not mean what they say in the dictionary. In fact, not even the Judges believe Barrow. In a recent judgment the Supreme Court, translated the UDP patios, because Justice Awich said that even though the Prime Minister said publicly that “there is no way in hell” he would bring in the thirteenth Senator, “not gonna do it”, that may not have meant what it sounded like therefore the civil society groups should have written him to ask him what that “no way in hell meant”.

No benefits right, Dean? So he should explain, the irony that on the following Monday morning, as the cock was crowing three times, his very brother, Denys Barrow and ex-wife Lois Young-Barrow, were gamboling through the halls of the Court of Appeal and into the swamp of paparazzi.

Remember his brother Denys had cheekily recused himself from the Judiciary after he was convicted by a civil court of acting in an apparent bias, at the time he cited financial reasons for stepping into the bounty of private practice. Why not Lois was getting fat off the public trough?

The annoyingly slow speaking Denys Barrow must have made his arrogant brother grunt and shake his head in contempt as he had the Freudian slip of slips. There was Deano in the House of Representatives confidently hiding behind his parliamentary privilege saying that none of his family is benefitting from the Ashcroft fight, then “bam si deh” , smack early Monday his brother , unable to help himself told tax payers, that he is “one of the most expensive lawyers in Belize”. When he made that confession Belizeans collectively felt poorer as they wiped the cold out their eyes.

It only gets shamefully worse for Belizeans as no one did a roll call at the Court of Appeal. The superimposed Solicitor General, Krusen, did the full political circuit of the Ninth Amendment, television debates included. She represented the same position as the UDP with as much intolerant vigor and condescending bias. She was the best political sidekick any UDP government could ask for. The lady did everything politically for the Ninth Amendment short of dying her split ends red and wearing a belly out Boots Martinez shirt. She put in the political work, we give her that.

Wait a minute, as BELIZE TIMES realized, for the first time that the legal work of the 9th hit the Courts, she was nowhere to be found. As if the “law thing” was not her job. While Jules was busy asking where the Claimants were in this case and trying to put red herrings in the news, no one was telling him, where is the big nosed, one ton elephant who is not in the room? The Attorney General and Solicitor General. Instead we got the odd expensive couple of privately-hired Brother Denys and till death do us part Lois.

The news was clear and the Barrow orgy was exposed like the Kevin Lee pervert tapes. Finally, the people of Belize are seeing the naked, plain view lies and hypocrisies of UDP shamelessness.

The moral of the lesson here children of Belize, is you do not have to guess about whether and at what time Barrow is lying, you do not even have to hear what he says, because you know he is lying so long as his lips are moving.

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Endorsement for Corozal PUP 7 Sunday November 6, 2011 ~ Corozal Bay PUP Office ~ 2pm

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FRANCIS FONSECA Endorsement Convention ~ Saturday October 29, 2011

Hon. Francis addressing 1,500 supporters at the convention

Hon. Francis Fonseca taking the Oath of Allegiance as PUP Leader, administered by PUP Chairman Henry Usher

PUP Standard Bearers show unity and support for new PUP Leader

Caribbean Shores Standard Bearer & Chairman of PUP Eastern Caucus, Anthony Mahler

Former Party Leader, two-term Prime Minister & Fort George Area Representative, Rt. Hon. Said Musa

Former Party Leader & Orange Walk Central Area Representative, Hon. Johnny Briceño

The sensational Dickie Bradley energising the crowd of supporters

Hon. Francis’ proud mother, Mrs. Molly Fonseca, and his son, Alex

Hon. Francis & the next Mayor of Punta Gorda, Anthony Fuentes

Standard Bearer Patty Arceo & Belize Rural Central support Hon. Francis

Chairman of PUP Southern Caucus & Stann Creek West Standard Bearer, Rodwell Ferguson

Collet Standard Bearer & Deputy Leader Carolyn Trench-Sandiford says the PUP’s mission is to achieve a New Belize

Corozal North Standard Bearer & PUP Northern Caucus Chairman Valdemar Castillo

New Party Leader addresses supporters at PUP Special Convention

Former Party Leader Rt. Hon. Said Musa, Mrs. Molly Fonseca & new PUP Leader, Hon. Francis Fonseca

Chairman of PUP Western Caucus, & Cayo Central Standard Bearer, Collet Montejo