Belize Times August 1, 2021- Teen Vaccines

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TEEN VACCINE PlanBelize is All-Inclusive

Up next for vaccination: Belizean teens.

We all know that young people in Belize make up the majority of our population so this is a necessary step towards herd immunity. The Pfizer vaccine is coming and our teens will soon receive the much needed Covid-19 vaccination. The MHW team can hardly wait for the vaccine to land in Belize. Our high schools would thereafter be a much safer zone with both teachers and students vaccinated.

Belize’s portion of US president Biden’s pledged donation of vaccines to the world will soon be on Belizean soil and then into teenager’s arms. The Pfizer vaccine is one of two mRNA- type vaccines which are being used to vaccinate high school aged children.

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10TH INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE TO ANNOUNCE FLIGHTS TO BELIZE

1st ever Holiday for

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Emancipation Day

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BLUE ECONOMY & TOURISM TEAM UP

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Belize Fisheries Benefit

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Continued from page 1 Millions of teens in the world have received this vaccine proving even further that the emergency use is largely successful. The United States has donated to us the Ultralow Temperature Vaccine Freezer necessary to store these vaccines.

Like clockwork the Briceño administration is moving its visionary parts in place as the economy begins to churn at a rate not even the most optimist of economists envisioned. The latest piece falling in place is the vaccination of our teens. Mathematics shows that our under-18 who make up more forty percent of the 420k population create a numbers problem when it comes to achieving a 70 percent fully vaccinated population necessary to achieve herd immunity. Again, the Pfizer vaccine is tested and approved for those 12 years and up.

Additionally, the UK has pledged 42,000 Oxford Aztrazeneca doses which will be added to our stockpile. Quick math shows that this is for 10 percent of our population to get one jab or 5 percent to get two--full vaccination.

Release: The Government of the United Kingdom has announced a donation of 42,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the people of Belize. This donation to Belize comes as part of the wider pledge by the UK government to donate 100 million excess COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries.

Foreign Minister Hon. Eamon Courtenay and the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belize worked with representatives of the UK government, including Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, UK Minister of State for the Commonwealth, and H.E. Claire Evans, British High Commissioner, and her team to secure the necessary doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the people of Belize. These vaccines will be utilized as part of Belize’s ongoing national vaccination rollout.

The Government of Belize expresses its gratitude to the UK government for this donation and for its support to Belize in its fight against COVID-19 and strongly commends the leadership demonstrated by the United Kingdom in vaccine development and ensuring equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines.

10TH INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE TO ANNOUNCE FLIGHTS TO BELIZE

FRONTIER AIRLINES FRONTIER AIRLINES TO START NON-STOP SERVICE TO BELIZE FROM DENVER AND ORLANDO July 27th, 2021: The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) welcomes the announcement

by Frontier Airlines on the start of a non-stop service to Belize from Denver, Colorado and Orlando, Florida beginning on December 11, 2021. The service, which will be offered intially only on Saturdays, will be year-round with the potential for additional growth in the future.

The first flight will depart Denver at 8:36 am and arrive in Belize at 1:44 pm. That flight will depart Belize to Orlando at 2:49 pm and arrive at 6:14 pm. The second flight will depart Orlando at 1:42 pm and arrive in Belize at 3:10 pm. It will depart Belize to Denver at 4:15 pm and arrive at 9:40 pm.

“We’re delighted to announce service to Belize City from two major U.S. markets: Denver and Orlando,” said Daniel Shurz, senior vice president of commercial, Frontier Airlines. “Frontier is not only known for its affordability, but also its commitment to more sustainable flying as America’s Greenest Airline. Our fleet is comprised of the youngest aircraft in the industry and with each flight we’re maximizing efficiency. We look forward to welcoming visitors to Belize onboard our Green airline to explore the destination’s unique natural environment, wildlife and sun-filled activities as well as local residents seeking affordable travel to the U.S.” Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: ULCC) is committed to “Low Fares Done Right.”

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the

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company operates more than 100 A320 family aircraft and has the largest A320neo fleet in the U.S. The use of these aircraft, Frontier’s seating configuration, weight-saving tactics and baggage process have all contributed to the airline’s average of 43 percent fuel savings compared to other U.S. airlines (fuel savings is based on Frontier Airlines’ 2019 fuel consumption per seatmile compared to the weighted average of major U.S. airlines), which makes Frontier the most fuel-efficient U.S. airline. Frontier is also committed to families enabling children 14 years and younger to fly free through the airline’s Discount Den travel club on qualifying flights. With approximately 150 new Airbus planes on order, Frontier will continue to grow to deliver on the mission of providing affordable travel across America.

The BTB views the start of Frontier Airlines’ service to Belize as a critical expansion in the country’s international connectivity since it will afford visitors from the Western and SouthEastern United States greater travel options to enjoy Belize as a premier vacation destination. Belize’s efforts to increase its international flight connectivity are already paying off. The month of May registered 19,544 overnight visitors to Belize while the month of June registered 26,215 visitors. The numbers for July also continue to trend well, which signals that Belize’s tourism industry is on the path to recovery.

For more information on the BTB and its services, visit www.travelbelize.org.

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BLUE ECONOMY & TOURISM TEAM UP

FOR IMPROVED MARINE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BETTER CARE FOR A BETTER SHARE The synergy between Tourism product of Belize and the pristine attraction of Belize’s marine wonders is a natural one. The vison of planBelize allows the natural innovation to germinate between ministries that cannot help but harness that energy. The efficacy of co-ministry work can only be reaped when, as in this case, two Ministers identify their similar goals and make a concerted move to capitalize on it. Such is the case between Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations Anthony Mahler and the Minister of the Blue Economy Hon. Andre Perez.

Release: July 24, 2021 - The management of our blue resources and economy along with marine tourism were improved with a collaboration between the Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations and the Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, with specific benefit for the Belize Fisheries Department’s management of marine resources highly utilized for marine tourism and recreation.

The collaboration came via the Sustainable Tourism Project #2, implemented by the Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations. The project’s aim was principally to increase tourism expenditures, employment, and income through tourism product diversification; promote disaster and climate resilience and environmental sustainability in tourism destinations; while improving sector governance, and creating enabling conditions for private sector investment in overnight tourism.

Hon. Andre Perez thanked the sister Ministry of Tourism for the collaboration and remarked, “Marine Reserves are an important Fisheries Management tool as well as a conservation tool geared to support viable populations of threatened species, sustain coastal fishing communities as well as attracting significant blue economy investment and tourism to Belize. Marine Reserves are the key source securing for our economy and Belizeans life and livelihood, whether it being via fisheries development or tourism.”

The focus of the collaboration - the Caye Caulker Marine Reserve (CCMR) forms an integral part of the livelihoods of its villagers by safeguarding there traditional fishing practices and boosting it through tourism related activities associated with the reserve. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are integral to sustainable use and management of our blue resources. In its 5-Year Blue Economy Strategic Management Plan, The Ministry of Blue Economy & Civil Aviation identifies ocean, marine and coastal tourism as one of the key pillars for collaborative economic development work. Blue economy and tourism are

key economic pillars for Belize, providing jobs and foreign exchange earnings. The sectors are inter-related as tourism in Belize is highly nature based. Our marine and coastal resources are the central focus of Belize’s tourism marketing efforts. Blue Economy retains a high responsibility for the management and protection of critical ecosystem services to both the fishing and tourism sectors. Since the designation of a Ministry with focus for our blue resources and economy, the continued evidence based management of our marine protected areas represent a real opportunity for the continued generation of sustainable revenue streams in both sectors.

The InterAmerican Development Bank funded project worked with the Belize Fisheries Department via its Caye Caulker Marine Reserve management with investments focused on enhancing tourism infrastructure, boosting enforcement, and building on the monitoring and evaluation programs.The goal was to enhance the marine resources and tourism management and infrastructure, while decreasing the carbon footprint and provide for adequate visitor management. With that in mind, additional mooring buoys will be installed, additional procurement of equipment included a boat and engine; a Quadcopter Drone for effective patrols, GPS rangefinder to improve security and monitoring, along with waterproof binoculars, spotlights and flashlights along with uniforms and gears for the field management staff. This collaboration is a continuation of a previous initiative with support from the STP#2 Project for the development of a management plan, monitoring and evaluation tool for the Caye Caulker Marine Reserve.

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Shame on You!

he last administration of the Government of Belize failed in many instances, none more glaring than in their self-confessed hotbed of corruption, better known to ordinary Belizeans as the Lands Department. However, the heat spread quite far and wide and made a hot mess of what was then the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation.

This week the big news is not who will eventually be Mira’s next victim, but rather the fleecing of those resources that were destined for that sector which is most vulnerable in our society. The Report of the Auditor General’s office on the Performance of the Food Pantry Programme during the period of April 2016 to March 2019 is damning.

The findings of the audit found that the Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation did not follow the rules from the Ministry of Finance in respect to reallocation of funds from one line item to another. They also failed in documentation of procedures for selection of suppliers and did not use any tendering procedure to select suppliers or providers of pantry packages. The selection of the beneficiaries of the pantry packages was flawed, non-transparent, and resulted in non-eligible persons receiving packages. There was also a lack of control and tallying of beneficiaries, so that people not on the master lists received packages.

Most notable in this hot mess is the participation of The Salvation Army who by all accounts ended up with a tidy profit in excess of three million dollars. It is estimated that they gained $4.76 per package and even started their own pantry franchise by partnering with Sister B. It seems that the UDP horde was intent in devouring everything in their path. The modus operandi employed was to make Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) through friends and families, and to thereby fleece the GOB. Uncle Boots, did not even spare his mother, using her to front the Port Loyola Organization for Women. He could therefore have no objection to Papa Mena coming by to sing his tune …” You For Me and Me for Me.” By all accounts Uncle Boots did a number on the Belizean people and the only poverty he was worried about alleviating was his very own. At this point it is also necessary to note that among those who benefitted from these pantry packages were one hundred and forty-five public officers making more than one hundred and seventy-five dollars weekly. Uncle Boots is not bright enough to have pulled off the scam of the decade by himself. He had lots of help in his Ministry and those public officers are all guilty by commission and omission. The then Chief Executive Officer, the Financial Officer and all those other compliance officers who should have been doing their jobs were clearly enabling a corrupt and twisted system of their own creation. Many of these same officers are still at the Ministry of Human Development, Families, and Indigenous People’s Affairs. These are the same officers who allowed the payment of over 24M to go uncertified and in noncompliance of rules and guidelines of the Ministry of Finance.

The recovery of funds must be priority, and those monies paid unfairly must be returned. We demand that those who have actively participated or allowed this injustice to happen be held accountable for their actions. This is not the accepted standard of integrity and professionalism that we expect from our public officers, and so the investigation must lead now into dismissal of those responsible for this travesty. Heads need to roll because the wronged were precisely those who most need the safety nets that this Ministry provides. It is unconscionable that those whose task is to help this vulnerable sector are the ones to take advantage of their positions to do them more harm. Shame on you!!!

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ROAD SAFETY PROJECT Project: Second Belize Road Safety Project Event: Handing over of Enforcement Equipment to Department of Transport Date: July 26, 2021 Time and Locations: 11:00 a.m. in front of NEMO Headquarters,

Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Cards Belmopan. July 29, 2021. 11:30 a.m.

The Ministry of Health & Wellness is aware of several reports of falsification and forgery of COVID-19 vaccination cards. The ministry strongly condemns this action and the matter has been referred to the police department.

The ministry reminds the public and every public vaccinator of the Public Health Act Chapter 40, Revised Edition 2000, 162 (2) which states, “Every person who wilfully signs a false certificate or return under this Part is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.”

The Ministry of Health & Wellness advises the public to report any suspicious COVID-19 vaccination card or document to the nearest public health clinic or the ministry.

Belmopan Contacts: CEO Dr. Osmond Martinez, Ministry of Economic Development at 822-2526 or the Second Road Safety Project at 822-3517 Today marks another signif-

icant milestone for road safety in Belize. Sixteen speed guns and 26 breathalyzers with 5,000 mouthpieces were handed over to the Department of Transport to support their enforcement capacity.

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Dr. Osmond Martinez, CEO in the Ministry of Economic Development, officially handed over the donation of equipment to Ms. Dian Vasquez, chief transport officer, who received them on behalf of the Department of Transport.

The handing over was made possible through the partnership of the Government of Belize and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The loan received from CDB supports interventions to build the country’s road safety management capacity, improve the safety of road infrastructure, and improve postcrash care.

Road traffic injuries have significant negative impacts, at all levels, as they place substantial emotional, psychological, and financial burden on families of crash victims, elevate the number of healthy life-years lost, result in a loss of productivity and income for victims and their caretakers, and contribute to the overall mortality and morbidity levels in the country.

Road trauma is a preventable public health challenge. This enforcement equipment handed over today will go a long way in making Belize’s roads safer for all.

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TRAPP FAMILY AFFAIR

Hires: Father, Son, Nephew and UDP Ghost Workers to Town Workers As promised UDP Mayor Trapp is attempting to be a dictator. One of the two UDPs that narrowly won this past March 3 in San Ignacio/Santa Elena is basking in practices that can only be called gross nepotism minced with conflict of interest—full-fledged corrupt acts.

The fab five PUP councillors have risen to the occasion and will make a move to terminate these lewd hires.

A resolution will be tabled and voted for at their next council meeting.

The UDP has been quick to complain about PUP hiring hard working people while the UDP Mayor is hiring his family and cronies to do nothing all to the sound of crickets from the usual UDP union presidents.

UDP Mayor Earl Trapp’s son is procurement officer; Trapp’s Sr, the dad, is listed as a driver, other close relation are paymaster and IT Technician, then, others at smaller posts. Then, in the list it was noted that fired Ghost (in charge of nothing) workers who were at the Ministry of Works were quickly given a job by Earl Trapp. What do they do? This is an interesting question. Retired politician and Panama traveller exMinisiter of Works has nothing to do with this one.

Is Dean Flowers commenting here? This one is real hustle not like the make-believe stories on the PUP. All the PUP is doing is resurrecting a Belize left for dead by the UDP. Belize is up to get the Gold and the win for everyone.

PlanBelize is underway and success will be higher than our best expectations. Mark these words.

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Pantry Pirates?

Last we issued what can be called an introductory look into 41 page report of the ‘Performance Audit of the Pantry Program from April 2016 to March 2019’.

This one some of the months of the heyday of UDP basking in multiple hotbeds of rotten corruption that led to their demise as a party. They can be heard sputtering now and again in a circus-like yet zombified existence. Make no mistake Mr./Mrs. ex UDP, the authorities have the report in their hands and wrong-doing will be treated as such with all its consequences.

Ahead is a list of names of businesses and “NGO’s” that made up a part of the official UDP Government pantry program.

Names of prominent Ministers led these NGO’s and it is clear who led the Queen

Square political office. This infamy was spread all over the country. As said, more details from the voluminous report will be presented every week. We know that the biggest news is in the consequences. Was government regulation ignored criminally? We are waiting on that as well.

Please note that this was before the pandemic. What Mickey Mouses that were born during the first part of the pandemic under the UDP will surely become part of UDP rotten lore and corrupt infamy but that audit report will come much later.

VIEW THE LIST… It is easy to note those that were ´politically compromised’ to the max? You for me, Me for you…the name does not even sound logical. Follow this to next week.

Loser Saldivar vs Quitter Khalid

These two weirdo dumbos are trying to remain relevant by dumping out an unsanctioned convention to pick who Oscar Mira will trounce in 2025. The date will remain out of this paper as the circus often gets snagged with postponements galore.

Dermen must be wondering what went wrong with his protégés. Dermen infamously was letting John off with 25k $US monthly for some time period several years ago. Saldivar has tried to call this campaign financing that

is not illegal in Belize. What is illegal is the bringing in of high volumes of cash without declaration. Dermen has recently been convicted of fraudulently getting hundreds of millions in biogas funds from the US government. What are the odds that Saldivar got of these monies?

Saldivar claims to have used this money to pay the light bills of his constituents.

Saldivar went on TV and other interviews claiming accepting the cash was all above board. He doesn’t see the problem. On November 11, as the first box from Belmopan was counted it was obvious that the people of Belmopan had a HUGE problem with John Saldivar. He is history.

Let’s end this story....

Who was bumming in on the ride and photographed with Dermen, Saldivar and others in Las Vegas and PGIA tarmac?

Yes....the less than 72 hour Senator, seller of the hilltop and mansion builder Khalid Belisle.

Yes…Khalid is a prototype UDP.

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PUBLIC AUCTION SALE: PROPERTY Belama Phase 1, Belize City, Belize District

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BY ORDER of the Mortgagees Messrs. The Belize Bank Corporation Limited, Belama Phase 1, Belize City, Belize District Licensed Auctioneers Kevin A. Castillo and Christiana R. Castillo are selling

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BY ORDER of the Mortgagees Messrs. The Belize Bank Limited, Licensed Auctioneers Kevin A. Castillo an willONLINE expire Thursday 5th August 2021 at am. aleParcel currently running andHaynes will expire Thursday 5th August 2021Christiana at 10:00 am.areand R. Castillo selling via belizepropertyauctions.com the1:30 below described property. Sa No. 2407/1 Samuel Crescent, Belama Phase 1,

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LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICES: Notice is hereby given that Takayuki Yanai is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “Taka Kitchen” located at # 1 Cor. Hutson Street & Marine Parade, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Jemz Elite Company Ltd. is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “Lizard Juice Bar” located at # 8 Fort Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Jemz Elite Company Ltd. is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “Caribbean Pier” located at # 8 Fort Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Jemz Elite Company Ltd. is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “D’Bourbon Barrel” located at # 8 Fort Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Hugh Malic Jr. is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “Karkel Bar” located in Goff Caye, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Princess International Belize Ltd. is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “Calypso Restaurant” located at # 29 Newtown Barracks, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

VACANCY: Cashier needed at Yasin Store & Ice Bar located at # 19 West Collet Canal Street, Belize City.

Call 623-8180 for more information.

VACANCY: Caribbean Charm located at # 111 North Front Street, Belize City, Belize District has a vacancy for a Cashier. Call 6013909 for more information.

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Dear Editor, I watched in some disbelief as the Con Artist LOO Barrow was “interviewed” by original con artist himself....a foriegner who calls himself Love. Yes Belize, Love is his middle name. He never visited Shyne in prison so maybe this was farce was a bit of reparation—virtual reparation since he can fly into Belize.

I tried to keep up with the Trump-level farce but had to shake my head side-to-side over and over. The has-been previously known as Diddy or Puffy or Sean or something trying to follow a scripted interview with one LOO Jamal or Levi or Shyne or Moses.

The latter lies about having been in prison 21 years ago...no, he was in prison just 12 years ago…given probation and deported in late 2009.

Another fact, when Barrow shot the woman in the face, it was this same now ‘interviewer’ involved that night in the night club. At that time, he had some fame and somehow beat the rap.

Shyne was convicted as he had put three persons in harm’s way.

One Rueben, reportedly still has bullet fragments in the face...

Google it.

So Moses called himself an outsider who was an insider or something like that.

He failed to say he and his aunt benefited from seats padded for easy wins using votes from all over the country. This gave victim Belize two Barrows still in the House.

Shyne called his move to kick out petty Patrick as a meteoric rise.

Shyne said that the government wants to change the law to prevent him, Shyne, from being Prime Minister.

Love launched an insult at Barrack Obama saying that Shyne answers questions better than the exPresident.

By now my neck was hurting with so much shaking.

I wonder if Shyne gave Mr.

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Coombs the Fat Joe shakedown. I think he did.

Shyne should find sanctuary and beg at the Ellysian or Equity.

The problem here is that he gives Belize a bad name every time he shows himself.

Yes, Belize is ashamed of Shyne; he is a Barrow... the same one whose legacy was rejected soundly twice in Belizean elections.

Thanks Editor, needed to say this.

People need to open their eyes, as sun up first thing dah mawning and during the day and whip the UDP even out of memory. They deserve to suffer as they made Belize suffer.

Belizean, Feeling the Win

Belize to Receive Donation of Vaccines from United Kingdom Belmopan. July 28, 2021. 2:00 p.m.

The Government of the United Kingdom has announced a donation of 42,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the people of Belize. This donation to Belize comes as part of the wider pledge by the UK government to donate 100 million excess COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries.

Foreign Minister Hon. Eamon Courtenay and the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belize worked with representatives of the UK government, including Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, UK Minister of State for the Commonwealth, and H.E. Claire Evans, British High Commissioner, and her team to secure the necessary doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the people of Belize. These vaccines will be utilized as part of Belize’s ongoing national vaccination rollout.

The Government of Belize expresses its gratitude to the UK government for this donation and for its support to Belize in its fight against COVID-19 and strongly commends the leadership demonstrated by the United Kingdom in vaccine development and ensuring equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines.

GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND INVESTMENT BELIZE INTEGRAL SECURITY PROGRAMME (BISP) INVITATION TO QUOTE No CABEI-G-001-2021/2147 The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, and Investment acting through the Belize Integral Security Programme (BISP), funded by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) has allocated funds towards the cost of supply and delivery of vehicles.

The Ministry now extends an invitation to Suppliers to tender for the below listed items:

GOODS Pickup Trucks

QUANTITY 2

Interested bidders may obtain a complete set of bidding documents inclusive of Specifications free of cost through written request to the below physical address or via electronic mail (email) to projectcoordinator.bisp@med.gov.bz or you can visit the Ministry of Economic Development’s webpage, www.med.gov.bz to download the bidding documents. Additionally, the Invitation to Quote can be found on the Belize Procurement Notice Board’s webpage https://blz-cppnb.caricom.org/epps/home.do Deadline for submission of sealed bids is Monday August 16th, 2021, at 3:00 p.m., via direct mail or hand delivered to the address indicated below.

Electronic Bidding will not be Permitted, and Late submissions will be rejected.

Project Coordinator Belize Integral Security Programme (BISP) Project Management Unit 1904 Constitution Drive 2nd Floor, Unit #3 Belmopan City, Belize C.A. Ref: Belize Integral Security Programme (BISP) INVITATION TO QUOTE (No CABEI-G-001-2021/2147)

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PUBLIC AUCTION SALES: PROPERTIES Camalote Village, Cayo District

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees Messrs. The Belize Bank Corporation Limited, Licensed Auctioneers Kevin A. Castillo and PUBLIC AUCTION SALE: PROPERTIES Christiana R. Castillo are selling ONLINE via belizepropertyauctions.com the below described property. Sales currently running Camalote Village, Cayo District

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees Messrs.

The Belize Bank Corporation Limited, Auctioneers and will expire Tuesday 10th August 2021Licensed at 1:30 pm: Kevin A. Castillo

and Christiana R. Castillo are selling ONLINE via belizepropertyauctions.com the below described property. Sales currently running and will expire Tuesday 10th August 2021 at 1:30 pm: Parcel Nos. 2710 & 2711 Society Hall, Cayo District: Parcel Nos. 2710 & 2711 Society Hall, Cayo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCELS Society Hall 24 2710 & 2711 PARCELS (Being a concreteREGISTRATION bungalow dwellingSECTION house [5,324 sq. BLOCK ft.] containing 7 bedrooms + 5 1/2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen + porch + timber deck and board walk to gazebo + 3 car garage [968 sq. ft.] and lots [3,292.185 S. M.] situate on a road on the Society Hall 24 2710 & 2711 south side of the George Price Highway near Mile 49 1/'2, Camalote Village, Cayo District, the freehold properties of Mr. David (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling [5,324 sq. ft.] containing 7 bedrooms + 5 1/2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen + porch + timber deck and board walk to Ferrier & house Edith Ferrier)

gazebo + 3 car garage [968 sq. ft.] and lots [3,292.185 S. M.] situate on a road on the south side of the George Price Highway near Mile 49 1/’2, Camalote Village, Cayo District, the freehold properties of Mr. David Ferrier & Edith Ferrier) TERMS: STRICTLY CASH KEVIN A. CASTILLO TELEPHONE 223-4488 TERMS: STRICTLY CASH Website: belizepropertyauctions.com KEVIN A. CASTILLO E-mail: kevinacas@yahoo.com Face Book: Belize223-4488 Auctions TELEPHONE

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Ministry of Infrastructure At Work The MIDH is particularly proud of the paving of this section of the Burrell Boom/Hattieville Road because it’s being done in-house, by one of our capable teams on the ground. This is our vision at the Ministry - building our internal capacity while working countrywide to meet our commitment to our people.

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Belize City, Belize District; Orange Walk Town, O.W.; San Pedro, Ambergris Caye

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. The Belize Bank Limited, Licensed Auctioneers Kevin A. Castillo and Christiana R. Castillo are selling ONLINE via belizepropertyauctions.com the below described properties. Sale currently running and will expire Monday 9th August 2021 at the times listed on the website.

A. BELIZE CITY: Mahogany Street, (east of round-about) Parcel No. 114 Mahogany Street, Belize City:

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(Being a two storey concrete COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL building and lot situate one lot east of Central American Boulevard on Mahogany Street, the freehold property of Messrs. PAL Enterprises Limited.)

B. ORANGE WALK TOWN, ORANGE WALK DISTRICT: Parcel No. 1824 Corner Jamaica and Mejiba Streets, OrangeWalk Town, OrangeWalk District:

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(Being two (2) buildings - Older Building + Second Building: The OLDER BUILDING is a two storey a concrete and timber structure approx. 38 ft. x 38 ft. accommodating Ground Floor: a restaurant - food delivery + dining area approx. 27 ft. x 38 ft. + kitchen approx. 10 ft. x 19 ft. + front of building addition for extension of dining area approx. 11 ft. x 37 ft. + 13 ft. x 38 ft. which includes 2 restrooms; First Floor: 1 Bedroom + kitchen/dining room + living room + 1 bathroom + laundry room. SECOND BUILDING is a two storey concrete structure 35 ft. x 35 ft. accommodating Ground Floor: Three sections + shared restroom; First Floor: 1 apartment 12 ft. x 20 ft. + access from ground floor via concrete internal staircase TOGETHER with lot (550 S.Y.) situate at the corner Jamaica & Mejiba Streets, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District, the freehold property of Mr. Mark Nugent) C. SAN PEDRO, AMBERGRIS CAYE: 1. Parcel No. 1434 West of Ambergris Lakes Villas, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye

CRIME REVIEW July 29, 2021 Two Belizeans Missing Two separate families are today pleading to the public for assistance to help locate their missing loved one.

Both men have been reported missing at sea off the coast of the Stann Creek District.

Karl Wagner (41), who has been reported missing at sea is still missing and his family fears the worst.

The second missing case is that of Jarrid Usher (30). According to his family Usher left for sea 22 days ago and he has not been seen or heard from since.

Both families say they fear for the worst./// Risking Imprisonment Police has confirmed that they are investigating several reports of falsification and forgery of COVID-19 vaccination cards.

According to reports a nurse has been caught selling the false vaccination cards for $300 each.

According to the Public Health Act Chapter 40, Revised Edition 2000, 162

(2), “Every person who willfully signs a false certificate or return under this part is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.”

The Ministry of Health & Wellness advises the public to report any suspicious COVID-19 vaccination card or document./// BDF Staff Sergeant Dies; Driver is Charged There was a fatal Road Traffic accident in Cotton Tree Village near mile 42 on the George Price Highway. According to reports a pickup truck was trying to turn into UNO Gas station, when a red and black motorcycle collided into the truck.

The motorcycle burst into flames and the driver of the motorcycle identified as BDF Staff Sergeant Victor Martin (45) died on impact.

Arlie Ayala (40), has been charged with Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by careless conduct, Drove Motor vehicle without Due Care and Attention, and Failing to give way when changing direction.///

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(Being a two storey concrete dwelling house containing - Ground Floor: Apartment 3 bedrooms + living; First Floor: 6 bedrooms + 1 bathroom TOGETHER with Lot [49.99 ft. x 74.98 ft.] situate west of Ambergris Lake Villas, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, the freehold property of Ms. Carroll Leonardo) 2. Parcel No. 3271 South of the Football Field, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye:

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(Being (A) Timber building 20 ft. x 24 ft. + extensions 8 ft. x 24 ft. + 12 ft. x 20 ft. + Porch 8 ft. x 20 ft. containing 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen; (B) Single Level Timber/Concrete Building containing 3 rental rooms + shared bathroom; (C) Single Level Timber Building [12 ft. x 24 ft.] containing 2 rental rooms; (D) Timber Building [ 4 ft. x 10 ft.] containing 2 outdoor restrooms TOGETHER with lot [49.99 ft. x 74.98 ft.] situate south of the Football Field, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, the freehold property of Ms. Carroll Leonardo) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION www.belizebank.com (foreclosure listing) TERMS: STRICTLY CASH KEVIN A. CASTILLO CHRISTIANA R. CASTILLO TELEPHONE 223-4488 Website: www.belizepropertyauctions.com E-mail: kevinacas@yahoo.com Face Book: Belize Auctions

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AUCTION SALES: PROPERTIES Hope Creek,PUBLIC Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District: Punta Hope Creek, Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District: Punta Gorda Town, Elridgeville, Gorda Town, Elridgeville, Toledo District

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. The Belize Bank Limited, Licensed Auctioneers

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. The Belize Bank Limited, Licensed Auctioneers Kevin Christiana R. Castillo are&selling ONLINE via belizepropertyauctions.com the below the descri A. Castillo Christiana R. Castillo are selling ONLINE via belizepropertyauctions.com PUBLIC AUCTION SALES: PROPERTIES th currently running and will expire Thursday 5 August 2021 at the different times on the website. below described SalesCreek currently running and will expire Thursday 5th August Hope Creek, Sarawee properties.

Village, Stann District: Punta Gorda Town, Elridgeville, Toledo 1. LotBY No.ORDER 40 Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District: 2021 at the different times on the website. of the Mortgagees, Messrs. The Belize Bank Limited, Licensed Auctioneers Kevin A

PUBLIC Village, AUCTION SALES: PROPERTIES Lot No.are 40selling Hope Creek Stann Creek District: Christiana R. 1.Castillo ONLINE via belizepropertyauctions.com the below described pro Hope Creek, Sarawee Village, Stann th Creek District: Punta Gorda Town, Elridgeville, Toledo currently running and will expire Thursday 5 August 2021 at the different times on the website.

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. The Belize Bank Limited, Licensed Auctioneers Kevin A 1. Lot No. 40 Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District: Christiana R. Castillo are selling ONLINE via belizepropertyauctions.com the below described pro currently running and will expire Thursday 5th August 2021 at the different times on the website.

1. Lot No. 40 Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District:

ALLorTHAT piece parcel of land 40 comprising (733.40 square yards)situ ALL THAT piece parcel of orland being Lotbeing No. Lot 40 No. comprising (733.40 square yards) situate in Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District of Belize and bounded and described Village, Stann Creek District ofNo. Belize and described as shown on Plan No. 783 o as shown on Plan 783 ofand 1999bounded attached to Minister’s Fiat (Grant) No.783 of 1999 dated ALL THAT piece or No.783 parcel ofTOGETHER land beingdated Lot 40August comprising (733.40 square and yards) situate in H Minister's Fiat (Grant) of 1999 28th TOGETHER with all build 28th August 1999 withNo. all buildings and1999 erections standing being thereVillage, Creek District of Belize and bounded and described as shown on dwelling Plan No.3 bedrooms 783 of 1999 on.

(Being an elevated (6 above ground) timber dwelling house containing standing andStann being thereon.

(Being anft.elevated (6 ft. above ground) timber house cont living/dining room + Outside bathroom and lotS.Y.] [730.40 S.Y.] at situate at Lot anH Minister's Fiat+ kitchen (Grant) +No.783 of 1999 dated 28th August TOGETHER with all buildings + kitchen + living/dining room Outside bathroom and lot1999 [730.40 situate Lot No.40 ALL THAT piece parcel of+Village, land being No. 40 comprising (733.40 square yards) situate No.40or Hope creek StannLot Creek the freehold property of Ms. Henaria Bol)in H standing and being thereon.

(Being an elevated (6 ft.District, above ground) timber dwelling house containing Stann CreekStann District, theDistrict freehold property Ms. Henaria Bol) as shown on Plan No. 783 of 19993 Village, Creek of Belize and of bounded and described + kitchen + living/dining room + Outside bathroom and lot [730.40 S.Y.] situate at Lot No.40 Hope cre 2. (Grant) Lot No. No.783 21 Sarawee Village, Stann Minister's Fiat of Creek 1999 dated 28th Creek AugustDistrict: 1999 TOGETHER with all buildings an 2. Lot No. 21Creek Sarawee Village, Stann District: Stann District, the freehold property of Ms. Henaria Bol)

standing and being thereon. (Being an elevated (6 ft. above ground) timber dwelling house containing 3 2. Lot No. 21 Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District: + kitchen + living/dining room + Outside bathroom and lot [730.40 S.Y.] situate at Lot No.40 Hope cre Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Ms. Henaria Bol) 2. Lot No. 21 Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL or parcel of land being21 Lotcomprising No. 21 comprising 1178.93 square yards sit- in ALL THAT piece orTHAT parcelpiece of land being Lot No. 1178.93 square yards situate ALL THAT piece or Sarawee parcel ofVillage land being Lot No. 21 comprising 1178.93 square yards situate inFiat Saraw uate in Extension, Stann Creek District, Belize shown on Minister’s Extension, Stann Creek District, Belize shownononMinister’s Minister’s Fiat (Lease) No.of779 of 2001 18th date Extension, Stann Creek Belize shown Fiat (Lease) No. 779 2001 (Lease) No.District, 779 of 2001 dated 18th July, 2001 and more particularly shown anddated delineatand and more particularly shown and delineated on a Plan of Survey by Licensed Surveyor Harol ed on a Plan of Survey

by Licensed Harold D. Flowers and recorded the Lands more particularly shown and delineated onSurveyor a Plan of Survey

by Licensed SurveyoratHarold D. Fl ALL THAT piece orand parcel of landDepartment, being Lot No.Belmopan, 21 comprising 1178.93 square yards2736, situate in Saraw recorded at the Lands Cayo District Register 12 Entry 2 and Surveys Department, Belmopan, Cayo District in Register 12inEntry together recorded at the Lands andSurveys Surveys Department, Belmopan, Cayo District in Register 12 Entry 2736, tog Extension, Stann Creek District,and Belize shownstanding on Minister’s Fiat thereon.

(Lease) No. 779an ofelevated 2001 dated 18th all buildings and(Being being (Being timber all buildings andwith erections standing and being being thereon.

(Being an elevated timber dwelling all buildings and erections standingerections and thereon. an elevated timber dwelling house elh and more particularly shownelevated and delineated on aposts Plan[720 of Survey Licensed Surveyor + Harold D. Fl dwelling Sq. ft.] by containing 2 bedrooms kitchen/ concrete posts [720 Sq.house ft.]containing containingon22concrete bedrooms ++ kitchen/living + bathroom and lotand [1,178.93 S.M.] concrete posts [720 Sq. ft.] bedrooms kitchen/living lot [1,178.9 recorded at the Lands and Surveys Cayo District+ inbathroom Register Entry 2736, tog living + bathroom andDepartment, lot [1,178.93 Belmopan, S.M.] situate in Sarawee Village, Stann12Creek District, Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District, the leasehold property of Mr. Hector Menjivar Surety for Ms. Sarawee Village,the Stann Creek District, the leasehold property ofelevated Mr.Mercedes Hector Menjivar Surety leasehold property ofand Mr. Hector Menjivar Surety an for Ms. Hernandez.) all buildings and erections standing being thereon.

(Being timber dwelling house el Hernandez.)

Hernandez.) concrete posts3.[720 Sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + kitchen/living + bathroom and lot [1,178.93 S.M.] No. 1710 Mahogany Street,Town, PuntaToledo GordaDistrict: Town, Toledo District: 3. Parcel No. 1710Parcel Mahogany Street, Punta Gorda 3. Parcel No. 1710 Mahogany Street, Punta Gorda Town, Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District, the leasehold propertyToledo of Mr. District: Hector Menjivar Surety for Ms.

Hernandez.)

3. Parcel No. 1710 Mahogany Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

Belmopan. July 29, 2021 - Hon. Orlando Habet, Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Disaster Risk Management, led a delegation to London, England, to participate in the UK July Ministerial, following an invitation by H.E. Alok Sharma, COP26 President-Designate.

The July Ministerial, held from July 25 to 26, 2021, provided an opportunity for a representative group of ministers to meet in person to discuss their expectations ahead of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26), the shape and substance of the potential outcome, and to provide guidance on outstanding negotiations issues.

The discussions were based on five themes: • Protecting people and nature from the impacts of climate change (adaptation and loss and damage); • Cutting emissions to keep 1.5°C within reach; • Mobilising finance; • Finalising Article 6 in the Paris Rulebook; and • Inclusive climate action.

During the two-day session, Minister Habet defended Belize’s position calling for G20 countries to increase ambition and commit to reducing emissions by 50% to

be reflected in their nationally deREGISTRATION SECTION PARCEL termined contributions (NDCs).

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK BLOCK PARCELS Punta Gorda 42 1710 He stressed the need for concrete REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 1710 (Being a timber/plycem building [3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + Living room + Dining Room + Kitche action and pledges, rapidly phasREGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 1710 Shed [10 ft. (Being X 13 ft.] and lot [464.576 S.M. [3 or bedrooms 555.6 S.Y.] on Mahogany Street,+ Punta a timber/plycem building + 2situate bathrooms Living room DiningGor Punta Gorda 422 bathrooms 1710+room ing out coal-fired plants,(Being forbida timber/plycem building [3 bedrooms + + Living + Dining Room + Toledo District, the +freehold of Ms.[10 Elizabeth Borland).

Room Kitchenproperty + Open Shed ft. X 13 ft.] and lot [464.576 S.M. or 555.6 S.Y.] situate (Being a timber/plycem building [3Punta bedrooms +Town, 2 bathrooms +District, Living room +Mahogany Dining Room + Ms. Kitche ding the funding of new ones and Shed [10 ft.

X 13 ft.] and lot [464.576 S.M. or 555.6 S.Y.] situate on Street, Pu on Mahogany Street, Gorda Toledo the freehold property of 4. Lot No. 1 along Pappishaw Road, Eldridgeville Village, Toledo District: Shed [10 ft. Elizabeth X 13 ft.] Borland). and lot [464.576 S.M. or 555.6 S.Y.] situate on Mahogany Street, Punta Gor banning all new coal-firedToledo plantsDistrict, the freehold property of Ms. Elizabeth Borland).

Toledo District, the freehold property of Ms. Elizabeth Borland). to get back on track to4.keep Lot No.No. 1 along Road, Eldridgeville Village, Toledo District: 4.Pappishaw Lot No. 1 along Pappishaw Road, Eldridgeville Village, Toledo District: 4. 1.5°C Lot 1 along Pappishaw Road, Eldridgeville Village, Toledo District: within reach. Minister Habet also highlighted the need for increased quality, accessible, and unencumbered finance for adaptation to climate change for Small Island Developing States like Belize. Furthermore, the minister outlined Belize’s ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 1 containing 1,381.029 square meters situate along Pappishaw Road, Eldridgeville Village, Toledo District TOGETHER with recent experience with climate all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being vacant Lot No. 1 conchange related events such as ETA taining 1,381.029 square meters situate along Pappishaw Road, Eldridgeville Village, and IOTA and the significant impact Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Ronald Lee Baker) they had on the country’s resourc5.

1.30 Acres Pappishaw Road, Elridgeville Village, Toledo District: es, of which impacts were more pronounced in the current postCOVID fiscal space.

On the fringes of the July Ministerial, Minister Habet participated in meetings of the High Ambition ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Block No. 24 containing 1.30 acres – (6,292 square yards) situate along Papishaw Road, Elridgeville Village, Toledo District bounded and described as follows: On Coalition, the Association of Small the North for a distance of 134.617 meters (441.65 feet) by Block No. 21; On the South for a distance of Island States (AOSIS) and CAR139.074 meters (456.27 feet) by Block No. 25; On the East for a distance of 57.327 meters (188.08 feet) by the Papishaw Road and on the West for a distance of 21.100 meters (69.22 feet) by Block No. 22as ICOM to strategize and converge shown on a plan of survey numbered Plan No. 1893 signed by L.S. Tingling, Government Surveyor on common positions on the theTOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being an elevated [2 1/2 ft. above grade] timber dwelling house [24 ft. x 32 ft.] 2 bedrooms + living room + bathroom + verandah matic areas to be addressed at the + wash room and land (1.30 acres) situate on Pappishaw Road, Elridgeville Village, Toledo District, Ministerial and the upcoming COP. the freehold properties of Mr. Cesar Briceno) The Belize delegation includADDITIONAL INFORMATION - www.belizebank. com (foreclosure listing) ed H.E. Carlos Fuller, Belize’s chief TERMS: STRICTLY CASH negotiator for Climate Change and KEVIN A. CASTILLO CHRISTIANA R. CASTILLO Permanent Representative to the TELEPHONE 223-4488 United Nations, and Dr. Kenrick WilWebsite: www.belizepropertyauctions.com E-mail: kevinacas@yahoo.com liams, CEO in the ministry.

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WHY THE USA HAS WAGED WAR ON CUBA FOR 60+ YEARS

By Assad Shoman For half of the time that the United States of America has waged an unremittent war on Cuba, most people thought they understood why and didn’t blame the US so much. After all Cuba was part of the world socialist bloc and under the protection of the Soviet Union, the enemy of the US in the Cold War between these two superpowers.

That was from 1960 to 1990.

But why has the war continued for another thirty years since the Soviet Bloc fell apart and ceased to exist?

Well, the real reason the US began to wage war on Cuba was not because of its links with the Soviet Union at all, because it started before that. Indeed, one can say that Cuba rushed to the Soviets for help because of the war already being waged against it by the USA. The Fruit Which Did Not Fall Almost a century before the Soviet Union even existed, in April 1823, then US Secretary of State and later President John Quincy Adams stated: “There are laws of political as well as physical gravitation; and if an apple severed by its native tree cannot choose but fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self-support, can gravitate only towards the North American Union which by the same law of nature, cannot cast her off its bosom.” In other words Cuba, dangling there temptingly as just the biggest Florida Key, must become part of the USA. Later that year President James Monroe announced the doctrine that bears his name, reduced to the slogan “America for the Americans,” where America means the entire western hemisphere including the Caribbean and “Americans” means, you guessed it, the government of the United States of America.

The chance to grab Cuba finally came in 1898, fifty years after the USA had made war on Mexico and forcibly taken half its territory. The thirty-year Cuban independence struggle against Spain under the intellectual leadership of Jose Martí was being won by the Cubans, but the United States intervened and militarily occupied the island.

The United States remained in Cuba as an occupying power until the Republic of Cuba was formally installed in May 1902. Before that, Cuba was made to accept the Platt Amendment, a US law that gave the US the right to build and occupy a military base at Guantanamo and the right to intervene in Cuba whenever it so decided.

It did so four years later, in 1906, a military occupation that lasted until 1909. In 1912, U.S. military forces suppressed an armed rebellion by Afro-Cubans in Oriente province to protect U.S. property. Between 1917 and 1922, the United States once again militarily occupied Cuba. By then Cuban governments understood that if they did anything that the US government would deem as injurious to US interests on the island, it would intervene.

By 1958, those US interests were significant. Sugar was Cuba: it accounted for 90% of Cuba’s exports and 33% of the national income, and US companies controlled about 75% of Cuba’s arable land(1). U.S. financial interests included 90 percent of Cuban mines, 80 percent of its public utilities, 50 percent of its railways, 40 percent of its sugar production and 25 percent of its bank deposits(2).

The Revolution Becomes Anti-Capitalist The Cuba that the revolutionaries met on 1 January 1959 upon defeating the dictatorship supported by the US government was one of poverty and dispossession for the majorities, with millions of illiterates and large segments of the population, particularly in rural areas, having no access to safe water and electricity, let alone education and health. In order to carry out the social and economic programs that were the purpose of the revolution, it was necessary first of all to carry out a serious agrarian reform.

The Agrarian Reform Law of May 1959 set the maximum quantity of land per proprietor at 406 hectares; and it provided for compensation for expropriated lands in the form of twenty-year bonds, with its value based on what the owners had declared in tax reports. Much of this land was US-owned, and although compensation was offered, US companies elected to rely on their government to roll back this reform or roll out a new Cuban government, as they were used to doing.

The nationalization of the industries and big businesses of the national bourgeoisie was not part of the new government’s plan, but was forced on it by the counterrevolutionary attitude of the national bourgeoisie, who had been forged in the context of the U.S. dominated neocolonial republic, and was really a “figurehead bourgeoisie,” totally subordinated to U.S. capital.

Almost all of them, along with the supporters of the dictatorship, emigrated to Florida and began the effort to destroy the revolution, with the active support of the US government. The first sanctions against Cuba by the US government occurred in early 1960, before the Soviet Union had any presence in Cuba. The sanctions have been maintained, sometimes less harshly than other times, through every US President from Eisenhower to Biden. Cuba’s ties with the Soviet Union, which were absolutely necessary for its survival, were a convenient excuse for almost thirty years for the US blockade against Cuba, but they were never the real reason. More than thirty years have passed since the Soviet Union crumbled, and Cuba had to find a way to live without the Soviet Bloc, and it did.

But for the United States to stop its war against Cuba, that country would have had to do what the former Soviet Bloc countries did, and change its economy and society from a socialist to a capitalist one. It would have had to revert to the situation where a handful of companies, dominated by US companies, would own the big industries and services like electricity and water. Everything would

have to be privatized. With capitalism reigning, the social reforms the Revolution had gained, such as free health, free education, universal access to sport and culture, the development of scientific enterprises such as the pharmaceutical industry that has made vaccines against COVID—all that would have to be sacrificed to a handful of rich Cubans in the hands of US capital. The whole object of the war on Cuba, over 60 years old now, is to transform Cuba into a colony for multi-national corporations.

Consider that Cuba is the only country in the Americas that is not capitalist. And think back to the slogan America for the Amerikkkans (the USA), and you will see why the US has waged war, and will continue to wage war, against the only country in the hemisphere that has been able to stand up to the might of the Empire and say ‘No’. As President Nixon said in 1971, “If we throw in the towel on Cuba, the effect on the rest of Latin America could be massive, encouraging them, encouraging Communists, Marxists, Allende, or call it what you will, to try for revolution”(3). Six months before, Salvador Allende had won democratic elections in Chile, but he was a socialist, and that made him an enemy of the USA. On 11th September 1973 (the first 9/11), the US supported a coup that put Augusto Pinochet in power, a bloody dictator in whose reign thousands were killed, many more went into exile, and all deprived of democratic freedoms for decades—with, of course, the full support of successive US Presidents.

Fidel Too Stubborn Actually US governments, to be fair to them, have given the Cuban government different opportunities to get the blockade lifted. All the Cubans had to do was stop this or that policy that the US didn’t like at a given time, and they were promised the lifting of the blockade. But Fidel too stubborn, he said no.

And these offers were made even by fervent believers in power politics determined to destroy Cuba, such as Henry Kissinger, no less. Although the US Secretary of State wanted “Castro’s Cuba” destroyed as much as anyone, he was practical. There were (and are) vital day to day issues that required cooperation from a neighbor so close, such as immigration, security, drug trafficking. US citizens, arbitrarily denied trading with and visiting Cuba, were questioning the need for the blockade, while internationally it was isolating the US from even their close allies. While never stopping trying to bring down the Fidelistas by unconventional warfare, therefore, different administrations also tried to negotiate easing of the blockade in return for some cooperation.

Secret talks in 1975 came close to normalizing relations, but failed because Cuba refused to accept the condition the US insisted on to end the blockade. Socialist Cuba was always a firm supporter of anti-colonial struggles, especially in Africa. In 1975, the Portuguese colony of Angola was heading toward independence when an internal group allied to world capitalism, and supported covertly

by the CIA of the US and by Apartheid South Africa, threatened to derail it. The independence movement’s leader Agostino Neto asked Fidel for help, and with Angola’s capital threatened by the CIAbacked forces and especially by white South African troops, Cuba sent over thirty thousand troops to defend Angola, beat back the invading South African forces, and Angola became independent on 11 November 1975(4). At that very time, Belize was fighting for its first UN resolution against Guatemala, with full Cuban support.

US negotiators, who really wanted to see the blockade lifted, begged their Cuban counterparts to just leave Africa alone, what did it bother Cuba if South Africa extended its power on the continent? Fidel replied that Cuba owed an unpayable debt to Africa, and that he would help whenever liberation struggles asked him to. That ended the first big and real opportunity to end the blockade, for as President Ford said in December 1975, “the action by the Cuban government in sending combat troops to Angola destroys any opportunity for improved relations with the United States”(5).

Other opportunities came over the years, if only Cuba would stop supporting Puerto Rico’s independence, or stop sending its doctors to help all over the world, or stop supporting freedom in Latin America. But Cuba would not betray its internationalist principles to please the USA, and so the blockade remains to this day. Cuba’s refusal to be bought out has inspired peoples and countries the world over, even when they can’t follow in its footsteps. That is why last week, the President of Mexico said what many world leaders would want to say, “We may or may not agree with the Cuban revolution and its government, but having resisted 62 years without submission is quite a feat . . . Consequently, I believe that for their struggle in defense of their sovereignty, of their country, the people of Cuba deserve the prize of dignity . . .

And I think that for the same reason, it should be declared a World Heritage Site.

Maybe a Mistake Maybe it was a mistake for Fidel and the Cubans to be so stubborn. Look how they are suffering now, with food and other shortages making it easier for the US government to continue its unconventional war and seek to create unrest and subversion in the country. If they had just given in to US demands, reversed the land reform, returned all industries and factories to the US capitalists, how much better would its people be. They would have the US government as their friends rather than their implacable enemies. They would enjoy all the benefits of free trade with the USA, plenty of US investment, even tons of US aid.

They could be even better than Columbia, which now and for many years has received more US aid and military aid than any other country in Latin America, indeed among the top ten in the world.

Columbia, where the longest civil war was recently ended, with the help of Continued on page 14

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BUILDING AND STRONG Min. Julius Espat, Infrastructure Development and Housing

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Minister of State Mike Espat, Economic Development and Min. Rodwell Ferguson, Public Utilities, Energy and Logistics

‘Before you relax, Get Vax!’ Min. Michel Chebat and HW Team

Handing over of Road Safety Equipment to the Transport Department

Punta Gorda lining up

Cooling of in Benque VdC

Progresso and San Estevan Rd Work Continues

Min. Jose Mai, Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise

On Albert Street, Belize City supporting the Central Health team New and improved precision technology

Hon. Jorge Espat, Cayo West

Hon. Marconi Leal visits Boom Road Works

Hon. Marconi Leal, Belize Rural North

Visit to southern shrimp farm

Min. Anthony Mahler, Tourism and Diaspora Relations and Min. Andre Perez, Blue Economy and Civil Aviation Cayo West Youth Group: beautification of the river bank

Triangle Park in Independence Village

Collaboration: MARINE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT in Caye Caulker

Cancha Marshalleck

Min. Kevin Bernard, Youth, Sports & E-Governance

Min. Florencio Marin, Jr. National Defence & Border Security and MoS Hon. Oscar Mira

River Valley Area, delivering grocery bags to families

UNHCR and Department of Youth Services Sign Agreement to Support Refugee, local Youth in Belize

Cookoff between BDF and Coast Guard

The Open Government project

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Continued from page 11 Cuba, and hundreds of the ex-combatants have been killed, and the terms of the peace treaty have not been respected by the government. In 2021, so far, there have been 58 massacres against the population, and 103 social and human rights leaders have been killed. According to Amnesty International, “Colombia was widely recognized as the most dangerous country in the world for those who defend human rights.”

In May 2021, Amnesty reported that “Since the beginning of the demonstrations on 28 April, Colombian civil society organizations estimate that 43 people have lost their lives at the hands of the security forces, in addition to 1,445 cases of arbitrary detentions, 47 people with eye injuries, and 22 cases of sexual violence, among other incidents”(6). Poverty and inequality, human insecurity and police violence are among the highest in the region and the world.

But the US State Department says not a word about human rights violations in Colombia. Well, that’s what friends are for. The OAS, under the sway of its Secretary General Almargo, who instigated or supported coups in Honduras and Bolivia, has nothing to say about human rights violations in Colombia.

Its military, the top brass of which was trained by the US School of the Americas, formerly in the Panama Canal Zone and now at Fort Benning, Georgia, and called the “Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation,” has been involved in attempts to kill leaders in Venezuela (failed) and Haiti (success).

Its military, sometimes described as “former military” have engaged in terrorist acts within and outside Colombia.

And on the 19th July 2021 for its independence day, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said “The United States values our partnership with Colombia in fighting against transnational organized crime, countering terrorism . . . We pledge to continue our close cooperation to support lasting peace in Colombia.”

When we constantly see on TV the repressive actions of Colombia’s police and military forces killing its citizens by the dozen, upholding the massacres and murders of human rights defenders, and keeping in power President Ivan Duque, a Trump ally, the most unpopular leader on record,(7) we marvel at how he is embraced, praised and kept in power by Trump and Biden alike.

That could be the case for Cuba’s leaders as well, if they would only toe the US line, forget about their principles and solidarity, and allow US capital to reign supreme on the island like it did before 1959. So far, with Fidel gone, its leaders are still holding strong and resisting US pressures. Countries of the world can only hope that this small country can hold on to its dignity and continue to resist and defend its independence and sovereignty. And, as the President of Mexico said recently, we have a duty not just to vote against the blockade at the UN every year (as all do, except Israel and the USA), but in practical ways show our solidarity and send help to Cuba, as Cuba has helped Africa, Asia and Latin America for decades.

1. Eric Williams, From Columbus to Castro, Vintage Books, 1970, p. 480.

2. Smithsonian Magazine online: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/before-the-revolution-159682020/ 3. Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), 19691976, Vol. E-10 Doc. 36.

4. In the end Cuba’s support for African independence went much further, and ended in the defeat of South African forces by Cubans, leading first to the independence of Namibia and contributing greatly to the end of apartheid in South Africa.

5. “The President’s News Conference,” 20 December 1975, PPP Ford.

6. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/05/ colombia-oea-no-debe-guardar-silencio-ante-crisis-derechos-humanos/ 7. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/26/ duque-most-unpopular-colombian-president-poll Editor’s Note: The article above is solely the opinion of the author and not necessarily that of the People’s United Party.

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STATEMENT ON THE RECENT BDF OPERATIONS NEAR RIO BLANCO

July 28, 2021 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration has received reports from the Belize Defence Force (BDF) dated July 27, 2021, of incidents that occurred July 23 and 24, 2021, in the area of Rio Blanco in southern Belize during planned operations.

On July 23 and 24, 2021, both Guatemalan soldiers and armed Guatemalan civilians entered Belizean territory near the area where the BDF was conducting their operations along with personnel of the Forest Department and Friends for Conservation and Development. The routine operations involved the destruction of fences and plantations of beans and pumpkin seeds that were verified, by the Organization of American States (OAS), to be in Belizean territory. It is reported that on July 23, 2021, there was some crossfire. A Guatemalan helicopter was also seen flying overhead.

On both days, members of the Guatemalan Army (GA) entered Belizean territory to inquire from the BDF about their operations. Following those cordial verbal exchanges, the GA personnel returned to the Guatemalan side of the border.

This multiagency operation, led by the BDF, was a routine exercise that

follows an OAS verification of any activity or incident in the Adjacency Zone. The operation was carried out in full accordance with the Confidence Building Measures between Belize and Guatemala.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration is strongly protesting the incidents to Guatemalan authorities.

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EULOGY Rosalbina Paz Graniel

UNHCR and Department of Youth Services Sign Agreement to Support Refugee, local Youth in Belize

23 July 2021 - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the Department of Youth Services signed today a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly support refugee and Belizean youth.

Rosalbina Paz Graniel, mejor conocida por todos, como Tía Rosy, nació el 25 de Julio del año 1958, de padres: Amalia Kumul y Rigoberto Graniel, ella fue la hija número diez, de catorce hijos de la gran doña Amalia, en la bella aldea de San Pedro (en aquel tiempo).

Tía Rosy…..hay tanto que decir de una bella, alegre y muy trabajadora mujer que nunca se dio por vencida pese a todas las difíciles pruebas que la vida le puso en el camino. Nunca perdió su alegría y ganas de vivir, fue sin duda alguna, un verdadero ejemplo de fortaleza y tenacidad.

Siempre tuvo muchas razones para salir adelante, y mucho más, después de convertirse en abuela de tres maravillosos nietos, Andrea, Aleyka y el Luisito (el gordo). Ellos fueron su motor que impulso la vida de tía Rosy aun más, y literalmente hasta su último suspiro, donde su única preocupación antes de partir de este mundo era asegurarse que ellos quedaran en buenas manos y muy bien cuidados.

Sus hijos, Luis y Marlen, se quedan con una grandísima tristeza y un enorme vacío, al saber que la matriarca de la familia ya no está presente físicamente, pero es reconfortante saber que siempre estará cuidándolos y guiándolos espiritualmente, desde el Cielo. Tía Rosy, los amo por sobre todas las cosas y estoy seguro que para ella tenerlos a los dos a su lado durante este muy difícil proceso de su enfermedad fue lo mejor, y ayudo a que su partida de este mundo fuera menos doloroso y totalmente en paz.

Estuvo casada con Tomas Paz Jr. por 35 años y fueron felices por mucho tiempo pero la vida tenía otros planes para los dos, y cada uno tomo su camino, pero al final estuvieron juntos hasta en sus últimos momentos de tía.

Tía Rosy, deja atrás a sus nueve hermanas con las cual siempre tuvo contacto, con algunas más que con

otras, pero siempre amo a todas y ellas la amaron a ella de igual manera--Carola, Elena, Esther, Dora, Shelly, Charo, Lucy, Minelia y Dilly hoy lloran su perdida, pero están contentas a la vez de saber que usted ya no sufre y se encuentra ya al lado de Chi Chi Amalia, Tia Maty, Tio Pelon y Tio Willy.

Mientras aquí, nosotros le lloramos, ahí en el Cielo la fiesta está en todo su esplendor para su entrada triunfal, como debe ser para una gran reina como usted.

A la tía le gustaba mucho viajar, apenas tenía un “time off” volaba la paloma, y cuando escuchábamos ya está en Chetumal tomando su chelita.

Chetumal era su lugar favorito para ir a relajarse y a divertirse, y por casualidades o ironías de la vida, ahí en Chetumal fue donde partió de este mundo.

Le gustaba mucho las fiestas, estar entre familia y amigos, siempre con una sonrisa en su rostro aunque por dentro talvez estaba destrozada. Siempre fue una guerrera, bien luchona, trabajadora una gran madre, muy dedicada abuela y un excelente ser humano.

Personalmente, recuerdo cuando Tía Rosy trabajaba en Ruby’s deli, y le tocaba entrar al trabajo temprano en las mañanas y tenía que caminar de su casa hasta Ruby’s, y les tocaba un “busy day” desde que llegaba como las 11 de la mañana iba a la casa de mi mama apurada, porque se escapó de su puesto un ratito y preguntaba: Gial Dilly, ¿no te quedo una chelita? Me siento mal….para la fiesta, ¡la tía se pintaba sola!

Tía Rosy la eterna “Yo me canso” así siempre la voy a recordar.

Le tengo buenas noticias tía….ahí en el Cielo ya no se cansará más, ahora le llegó su tiempo de gozar del Paraiso y descanso eterno!

Siempre la recordaremos y llevaremos en el corazón! Nos deja, hermosos recuerdos y muchas maravillosas vivencias que serán nuestro tesoro familiar. ¡La familia entera le desea un buen viaje, vaya en paz y vaya con Dios! ¡Hasta Siempre, mi querida TIA ROSIE!

Both entities will coordinate and collaborate on actions to support the protection and inclusion of young men and women affected by forced displacement.

Areas of collaboration include community-based interventions that spark dialogue between young refugees and their communities and improving the access to services to prevent or respond to sexual exploitation, gender-based violence, and abuse.

The joint work plan also seeks to promote awareness and visibility of the rights of youth including those affected by forced displacement.

Hon. Kevin Bernard, Minister of Youth, Sport and E-Governance stated, “The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding with the UN Refugee Agency will impact the lives of our young Belizeans and those seeking refuge and international protection in Belize. I am excited to share the resources that we have through the Department

of Youth Services and I look forward to providing greater services to our youth in Belize, including refugees and asylum seekers. A partnership with UNHCR will further realize our goals as the leading youth development agency. ” Belize is home to 2,394 registered and an estimated 3,400 more unregistered asylum seekers and refugees who have come to Belize seeking safe haven and protection, mostly from nearby El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

Out of these, about 34% are 13 to 29-year-old young refugees seeking protection.

“Youth are the beacons of hope, especially in challenging times like these,” said Renee Cuijper’s UNHCR’s Deputy Representative of the Multi Country Office covering Belize during her visit to the country. “By partnering with the Department of Youth Services, we can enable safe and inclusive environments for refugees and local to develop their skills and contribute to Belize together.”

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Freedom

Hon. Gilroy Usher, Port Loyola

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U.K. abolished slavery in 1833, but kept our ancestors enslaved despite plea With sabotage and resistance with the ultimate price in 1838, they were finally set free Blacks rioted in Belize City in 1919 for betterment and denounced racism, poverty, and exploitation Price, Goldson, and other revolutionaries demanded more development and an independent nation We must all work hard to pass on a better country to the next generation

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For greater progress each ethnic group needs a solid organization The Garifuna and others have led the way; time for a strong Creole association Rain or sunshine, we must harness the land, sea, air, and sun for our development Gangs, crime, drug abuse, or blaming others won’t result in upliftment Justice, jobs, education, and equal opportunities for all is our firm commitment

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Like murderous gangs, we must also end police senseless killings and brutality Courtesy, encouragement, and respect, we should always give to those in authority New factories, expanding businesses, and improved communities here and there United as Belizeans, we must overcome challenges to our progress anywhere August 2nd, Emancipation Day, we celebrate our freedom and progress everywhere.

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Killing of a Bottlenose Dolphin in Northern Belize 23rd July 2021- The Ministry of Blue Economy & Civil Aviation and the Belize Fisheries Department are saddened and express extreme displeasure with the killing of a Bottlenose dolphin in Northern Belize in the vicinity of Progresso and Little Belize Lagoon.

The incident has prompted the Belize Fisheries Department to remind the general public of the protected status of Bottlenose dolphins.

Acting Fisheries Administrator Mr. Rigoberto Quintana noted, “Bottlenose dolphins are highly intelligent and social marine mammals. We denounce the senseless killing of the animal and lament the loss of this valuable animal as its species is a contributor to Belize’s biodiversity and has high ecological importance.”

The incident reportedly occurred around the 17th of July 2021 and was confirmed by the Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and Development (SACD) research and monitoring team that swiftly responded to reports of a dead Dolphin apparently shot in the Progresso/Little Belize Lagoon. The SACD team was assisted by members of the Little Belize community. Reports are that a private property caretaker in the area had secured the Dolphin found floating on the lagoon.

The snout was found already partially deteriorated with what appeared to be evidence of a crocodile having already commenced feeding on the carcass.

The SACD team that responded conducted an on-site necropsy and confirmed that the cause of death was due to a shotgun wound found approximately 20 cm below the dorsal fin.

Six pellets were recovered during the necropsy from nine holes left by presumably a 12 gauge 00 (“double-ought”) buck shell shotgun.

Dolphins are protected under the Fisheries Resources Act No. 7 of 2020. The Belize Fisheries Department reminds the public that any-

one found to have killed or to have in their possession a marine mammal commits an offence punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment. The Department advises the public to report any incidents involving any marine mammal by calling telephone number 224-4552 or by emailing fisheries_department@fisheries.gov.bz END Editor’s Note: The same goes for the feeding of animals in different areas of the country. This seems to be done to lure tourists but it is dangerous. One tourist questioned if the animals used in the ‘feeding’ tour are vaccinated against rabies. In my humble opinion, this is a lawsuit in waiting that could give Belize a Blackeye where we do not want it—in the Tourism industry.

Are these people with feeding displays in possession of some documentation that that is Gold Standard? Or, are they exploiting a loophole in the wildlife laws/tourism platform? One thing is that definitely we have wildlife laws that prevent such practice.

An international example, Hawaii has went ahead to warn tourist to NOT harass the wildlife or else.

Hawaii Issues Warning It Will Prosecute People Who Harass Wildlife on Social Media “First off, to clarify, the Hawaiian authorities will prosecute anyone that harasses wildlife for any purposes. But authorities put out a warning this week that they will use social media specifically to track down, and bring charges against anyone harassing the island chain’s wild animals.

Hawaii’s ABC affiliate reported that a recent viral TikTok video of a tourist disturbing a monk seal renewed calls for the state to educate visitors. Administrators with Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources emphasized in the report how disrespectful it is to violate state and federal laws by harassing ocean species and reiterated how serious the department is about stopping the practice that has found its way onto social media channels of late.”

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THINK ABOUT IT YA YA AND YASSER This is the ballad of two activists.

Ya Ya is an African nationalist and a Belizean woman activist. Yasser is a Palestinian nationalist and a Belizean artist.

This week Yasser, like so many progressive human beings on the planet, protested against the USA turning the screw to put more pressure on the government of Cuba.

This week YaYa stepped up her public campaign in preparation for 1st/2nd August when, for the first time in our short history, the legal emancipation of slaves in Belize will be a public holiday.

The enormity of Emancipation Day escapes us at present. For the approximately one hundred and odd thousand creoles in Belize, this event provides a golden opportunity for serious soul searching, discussion, further planning, education and leadership.

Economic emancipation would have to be a main goal. We can’t get there until we can emancipate ourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.

This is where Yasser can comes in.

Not only is he an artist, but he’s an out-of-the-box thinker and teacher. He played no small role in getting St. John’s College to teach African and Indian history. This was ground breaking achievement. For a long time, it seemed Evan X Hyde would be a voice crying aloud in our wilderness on this critical issue. But, it came to pass, at least at one important teaching institution.

There is much work to be done and much seeds to be planted.

No other ethnic group in Belize is so desperate, desperate and leaderless like the creoles. They are living at the bottom of the country’s social and economic situation. They are in a strange snake and ladder existence. No matter how they climb up the various ladders, they always get swallowed by some snake or other.

Ya Ya and Yasser, coming from two separate worlds, in a world inside the world.

There is a lesson from our Belizean’s own history that we should learn.

There was once people living here with us. Living among us. Being a part of us. In 1787, the British had to give up their settlement on the Coast of Nicaragua on the Mosquito Shore. Over a thousand Mosquito Indians came this way. They were called wikas by creoles. By 1981, nobody spoke anymore about wikas.

When slavery was abolished in 1838 and 1840, the British brought ‘East Indians’ from India to Belize. They were referred to in racist terms as coolies. They celebrate their culture every year on August 15 which was India’s Independence Day. Yarborough was filled with dancing, dorey racing and festivities. Where have all the flowers gone?

Next in line are the creoles. Our numbers tell us we won’t disappear overnight. But as economic slaves our days may be numbered.

There is much to discuss and much to do.

SHORTAGE OF JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES The Judiciary continues to limp along the slow, winding process of justice.

Two ‘temporary’ judges were employed last year to help in the civil section of the Supreme Court.

Two judges resigned from the criminal section of the Supreme Court, one in December 2020, the other in February 2021. An advertisement for the vacancies yielded no results. We are not sure if the post were re-advertised.

We made inquiries and learned that neither Anthony Sylvestre, Merlene Moody nor Cheryl Lynn Vidal applied. This is concerning. These are the three most qualified, experienced and capable attorneys deserving of the position and who have the judicial temperament to serve our country. We ask the Chief Justice and Chairman of the Judicial Commission to speak with them.

We observe the UDP opposition playing cheap politics with a serious matter. The statement that the new government did not consult the opposition on the appointment of judges for the Court of Appeal, is an open and naked lie.

A formal letter was sent to the opposition. Their duty was to respond. They did not. We can understand their predicament.

They have two ‘leaders of the opposition’. A comical and ridiculous situation for a small democracy like Belize. The two ‘leaders’ have no respect for each other.

They are in a mess. Both ‘leaders’ are accused woman beaters, an ugly and unacceptable conduct in this country.

At the Magistrate Courts level, the shortage is close to crisis. There’s no Magistrate in PG, Independence, Benque, San Ignacio and only one of two in Belmopan. In Belize City, only three Magistrate are functioning.

FONTO What the (expletive) is fonto, or is it plants? It is the leaves sold at Chinese shops which is used to roll a bit of marijuana in for smoking.

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Fonto is tobacco leaf. The actual tobacco leaf. Tobacco has a highly addictive chemical called nicotine. Reason tobacco is one of the leading causes of death all over the world.

Smoking tobacco leaf and marijuana together is bad news. The Health Authorities need to get out information on the results and consequences of smoking tobacco and smoking marijuana. Our young people deserve to be informed.

PURIFIED WATER It would be helpful if the water specialist and Health Authorities could say something about purified water. Whether the process of “purifying” the water removes all or some of the nutrients in the water.

And what is the situation of “pipe” water. With floods and heavy rains, the rivers are filled with silt. To make the water and keep a certain taste are we being overdosed with chlorine and other chemicals?

MICHELLE TRAPP EXPOSES YEARS OF POLICE KILLINGS In a first of its kind, lawyer and President of the Association of Defense Attorneys, Michele Trapp unveiled a research in the fatal shootings done by police in Belize.

She did a research including accessing the United States Department of State which monitors human rights abuses in Belize and elsewhere. The research, titled “I need fi reach home” photographs and specific details of some 19 persons fatally shot by police over the years, ending with the inexplicable shooting in the back of Laddie Gillett, 14 year old holidaying in peaceful Placencia.

Ms. Trapp who hosts a weekly Wednesday night show on Krem Television unveiled her research by painstakingly reading a summary of each of the fatal killings. Families in most of the shooting deaths have received little or no justice. In the case of teacher, Allyson Major, not even monetary compensation has reached his wife and children.

The research shows a pattern of inexplicable deadly shootings. None of the shootings stretching back over fifteen years has ever brought about any charges or reform of the police. The Laddie Gillett outrage is the only event that has brought countrywide protests from North to South of the country calling for justice and upgrading the charge from manslaughter to murder. The countrywide protests have been ongoing since 18 July and include the Prime Minister’s son being part of the Orange Walk protestors.

In the course of her research, Michelle Trapp also revealed that every year the Ombudsman’s Annual Report highlights that complaints of police brutality tops the list of citizens’ grievances.

The media saw Commissioner of Police and his trusted Assistant Bart Jones have been making the television rounds assuring a skeptical citizen that all is well and fine.

No one has brought up the most sensational and shocking killing alleged by police.

On the morning of 8 January, 2013 in an upstairs apartment at the Corner of Dean Street and Plues Street, the body of four young men were discovered.

Their throats were cut. A Channel 7 report is quoted as stating: The murders were carried out with precision. The residents believe security forces are responsible for the homicide.

Reporter to then Police Commissioner Allen Whylie. “Commissioner I am sure that you may know that the residents of the area strongly believe that these murders were committed by police officers.”

Commissioner Whylie: “Well, we have heard that. I would not agree with that statement because I do not believe that our officers resort to those kinds of things.”

Michelle Trapp has done the police a big service. Her research gives the new government and the new Commissioner information from which they will need to rethink policing in Belize.

It is our understanding that the Prime Minister, his Deputy and the Police Minister are of the view the police need serious reform.

The emphasis should be on the word serious.

AMERICA IS DEFEATED BY THE TALIBAN The United States of America quietly pulled out its soldiers, Special Forces and its war machines from Afghanistan after its longest war came to an abrupt end. After twenty years of bombings, destruction and death, America gave up.

They cannot defeat the Taliban.

In 1975, after one of the bloodiest of wars, in Vietnam, the U.S.A. was defeated for the first time in their history.

In the present case, America bombed, then invaded Afghanistan set up a puppet government and, then, tried to conquer the warrior tribe called the Taliban.

America claims only 2,400 of its soldiers died in Afghanistan and 21,000 soldiers got injured. The war cost America 850 billion dollars. Over 250,000 Afghan died in the war.

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Regional Governments to reaffirm their commitment to protecting the Caribbean Sea

Kingston, Jamaica. 23rd July 2021. Governments of the Wider Caribbean will next week reaffirm their commitment to the protection and sustainable use of the marine and coastal resources of the Caribbean Sea. This takes place within the framework of the Conferences of Parties to the Cartagena Convention, the only regional legally binding agreement for the protection and development of the Caribbean Sea. The Secretariat to the Convention, based in Jamaica, convenes its Conferences of Parties (COP) every two years to review achievements, approve the next work plan and budget, and make key decisions on its work. Three intergovernmental meetings will be held virtually from 26th – 30th July 2021 and will be chaired by the Government of Barbados.

The week-long event commences with the 5th Conference of Parties (COP) to the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (5th LBS COP), which has been ratified by 15 countries in the Wider Caribbean. Barbados is the latest country to pledge their political commitment to this agreement, having ratified the Protocol in June 2019. Contracting Parties to this Marine Pollution Protocol are expected to approve, inter alia, the Regional Nutrients Pollution Reduction Strategy, discuss the establishment of new working groups to strengthen the work of the Protocol and how to improve knowledge, data and information management on marine pollution.

These discussions will be followed by the 11th COP to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (11th SPAW COP) to be held on 27th July. The 17 Contracting Parties to this Protocol will discuss emerging issues such as the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease and ocean acidification, which threaten marine biodiversity in the region, as well as the establishment of working groups to enhance the conservation of marine mammals, sea turtles, corals and herbivorous fishes, among others. Delegates will also review new activities and priorities for biodiversity conservation and management, as well as linkages with relevant global initiatives.

From 28th – 30th July, the 16th COP to the Convention and the 19th Intergovernmental Meeting of the Caribbean Environment Programme will focus on reviewing the status of activities undertaken by the Secretariat and Contracting Parties in the last biennium, supporting Member States in building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic, setting priorities and approving the 2021-2022 work plan, and strengthening relationships with Member States and partners.

The Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR), known as the Cartagena Convention, was ratified in 1986 to promote the protection and development of the marine environment in the WCR. Since then, it has been ratified by 26 countries. The Secretariat of the Convention also supports Governments to achieve global targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals, SAMOA Pathway, and activities related to the United Nations Decades on Ecosystem Restoration and Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Voices of Contracting Parties: As we commence the UN Decades on Ecosystem Restoration and Ocean Science, how would you describe the role of the Cartagena Convention in helping your country achieve the goals of these campaigns?

“The Cartagena Convention and its Protocols support Contracting Parties’ efforts to achieve the goals of the UN Decades on Ecosystem Restoration and Ocean Science by providing a platform to foster political will, mobilize resources, build capacity, identify synergies, and exchange information at the regional level. Many of the UN Decades’ objectives directly complement implementation of the Convention and its

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Protocols, and vice versa. For example, both the UN Decade of Ocean Science and the LBS Protocol strive towards a clean ocean, where sources of pollution are identified and removed.”- Samantha Dowdell, United States of America “The effort to reach the (UN Decades on Ecosystem Restoration and Ocean Science) goals can be achieved as a country Aruba or as wider Caribbe-

an joint effort. As we strive for joint efforts in the region to implement restoration of ecosystems, a more efficient and impactful result can be reached. Aruba currently focuses on marine and coastal restoration through policy implementation, research and monitoring of coastal waters and implementation of MPAs. The nearshore habitats protection depends highly on science-based

2021 research to maintain or improve the marine environment for a healthier coral ecosystem, seagrass beds, and mangrove ecosystem. Relying on science-based research helps establish information that is useful for further policymaking decisions to improve water quality regulations, reduce the land-based sources of pollution, protection of species and halt climate change threats. The goals of the campaign and the knowledge of the Cartagena Convention needs to be communicated and channeled to our community in order to establish behavioral change and create global movement.”

- Gisbert R. Boekhoudt, Aruba

Assistant Manager, Economic Intelligence

The Central Bank invites qualified individuals to join its Research Department.

The Assistant Manager, Economic Intelligence, assists in the general and strategic administration of the Research Department to ensure that the goals of efficient and effective economic monitoring and analyses, and the formation of economic policy recommendations are achieved. The Assistant Manager, Economic Intelligence will:

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Ensure that monetary, financial, and economic information is provided in a timely and efficient manner for economic analyses;

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Conduct and supervise in-depth economic research and provide advice on economic policy;

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Supervise technical work and work processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness and that the Unit’s objectives are met;

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Recommend staff training and development initiatives to improve work output, quality, resiliency, and productivity;

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Coordinate the production and publication of reports on economic, monetary, and financial issues adhering to the Bank’s standards;

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Liaise with external, local, and international agencies on macro-economic developments and assess economic trends and impact on the country; and

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Oversee and coordinate the timely updating of economic forecast.

The applicants should possess the following: EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

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Preferred qualification is a Master’s Degree in Economics or a related field from a recognized university, with at least three (3) years relevant experience; or

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A Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from a recognized university, with at least six (6) years relevant experience.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE ▪ Possesses, applies, and maintains a high degree of knowledge in the relevant area to deliver quality work, and keeps informed of the latest trends and developments in the discipline; knowledge of Central Bank of Belize Act; knowledge of all sectors of the economy and their linkages, and business and management principles; proficient in software applications, including Microsoft Suite and statistical software.

COMPETENCIES ▪ Results Oriented; Flexibility/Adaptability; Communication Skills; Leadership; Emotional Intelligence/Relationship Management; Diagnostic Information Gathering; Analytical Thinking.

Submit the following documents by Wednesday, 18 August 2021:

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Central Bank Employment Application Form (available online) Curriculum Vitae Three (3) references (one must be from previous employer) Copies of university transcripts, degrees, and any other personal certificates Applications should be addressed to: Manager, Human Resources Department Central Bank of Belize P O Box 852 or Gabourel Lane Belize City, BELIZE Ref: Assistant Manager, Economic Intelligence - Research Department Email: hr@centralbank.org.bz or online at www.centralbank.org.bz (All applications will be held in strict confidence.)

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Evidenced-based Planning & Management for Blue Economy towards Strategic Management Plan Belmopan. July 26, 2021 Through its multi-sectoral cluster, the Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation is embracing a new and inclusive approach to sustainable economic development for healthy marine environments and robust blue economies.

Ms. Kennedy Carrillo, CEO in the ministry, informed, “The objective of the cluster is to serve as an advisory body, providing high-level guidance and direction to the ministry during the initial stages of establishing a framework for implementing a sustainable blue economy for Belize.”

The cluster has already played an integral role in articulating a clear and impactful vision and mission for Belize’s blue economy. Additional responsibilities include its support for the formulation of a coherent and innovative strategic plan for sustainable blue economy management over the next five years. The cluster plays a valuable role in harnessing the expertise from key partners and utilizing the best available knowledge to identify current needs and new economic opportunities in the maritime domain. Furthermore, the cluster is able to support the wise use and development of Belize’s ocean space, while also minimizing ecosystem degradation and enriching the socio-economic benefits for the country and its people.

On July 22, 2021, the cluster met in its 8th session to analyze the current situation of local blue resources and the supporting environment. The baseline for the planning and management agenda was established and the eight main pillars for the strategic management plan have been identified.

To move these potential economic pillars forward, consideration has to be made for the country’s obligations and responsibilities based on international, regional and national frameworks for marine and aquatic environmental protection, management and development. Also central to the realization of a thriving blue economy is the stocktaking of current partnerships and opportunities to advance blue economy development, achieve private sector investment opportunities, and create job opportunities for the improvement of life and livelihoods for the Belizean people.

The cluster is chaired by CEO Kennedy Carrillo. Its membership comprises fishing cooperatives; private sector; international and local marine and aquatic environmental organizations; and key public sector sister ministries and agencies such as the Ministry of Economic Development and BELTRAIDE; the Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations; the Ministry of Sustainable Development; Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute (CZMAI); and the Belize Fisheries Department.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CONSULTING SERVICES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A CAPACITY – BUILDING PROGRAM FOR PRODUCERS’ ORGANIZATIONS Institution: Ministry of Economic Development Country: Belize Project: Resilient Rural Belize Programme Loan No.: 2000002301 Deadline for Submission of Proposals: September 14, 2021 at 3:00PM. Background: The Government of Belize (GOB), through a financing agreement with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Green Climate Fund (GCF), has embarked on a six-year Programme, Resilient Rural Belize (RRB), which aims to minimize the impacts of climatic and economic events on smallholder farmers while supporting sustainable market access for their produce. The programme will help farmers employ climate resilient agricultural practices and technologies; integrate profitable smallholder participation into the development of select vegetables, fruits, and honey value chains; and support smallholder production capacity through investments in public and private climate resilient infrastructure and in the strengthening of smallholder farmer Producers’ Organizations and relevant GOB Departments.

Scope of Service: This consultancy is designed to strengthen farmers’ organizations, referred to as Producers’ Organizations, whether registered or unregistered. It will focus on providing technical, social, and organizational knowledge to improve the management, operation, and overall performance of the main actors in the selected value chains. This includes strengthening of the organizational and administrative capacities of the organizations and their financial management, marketing, and entrepreneurial capabilities to identify and take advantage of market opportunities. In addition, the Department of Co-operatives (DOC) must be strengthened to be able to provide continuous and effective capacity building support to these Producers’ Organizations ensuring sustainability.

The consultancy comprises of two (2) components: (i) Capacity Building for Department of Co-operatives (DOC) (train of trainers) (ii) Capacity Building for Producer Organizations in Business Management (organization and management, bookkeeping and accounting and marketing).

Objectives of the Consultancy The main objectives of the assignment are as follows: 1. To review existing materials of the six modules that make up the training curriculum of the DOC with a view to improve and/or further develop appropriate (simplistic) and effective (“learn by doing”) other materials and instruments tailored for building the capacities of Producers’ Organizations (collectives/all membership).

2. To develop and implement a Training of Trainers’ Module to strengthen the capacity of the staff of the DOC, CSAEOs and relevant authorities so as to more effectively deliver the training modules to Producers’ Organizations.

3. To develop and execute a capacity building and training program in business management (organizational management, bookkeeping and accounting and marketing) for a minimum of 700 households (40% women and 20% youth) that include a combination of theoretical and practical training sessions in thematic areas identified below.

The Resilient Rural Belize (RRB) Programme now invites proposals for the provision of Consulting Services to Develop and Implement a Capacity Building Programme for Producers’ Organizations.

A Consulting Firm will be selected in accordance with the procurement procedures set out by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the policies.

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications.

Note that all consulting firms must specify their nationality. The nationality of a firm is that of the country in which it is legally incorporated or constituted and in the case of Joint Venture, the nationality of the firm appointed to represent it.

Consultants interested in receiving the RFP and submitting a Proposal should register their interest by sending an e-mail (with subject: Request for RFP- Capacity Building for Producers’ Organization) to the Procurement Consultant on Thanson.RRB@med. gov.bz giving full contact details of the Consultant. This will ensure that the Consultants receive updates regarding this RFP.

The Proposal must be delivered to the following address on or before September 14, 2021, at 3:00PM (Local time). Consultants also have the option of submitting their Proposals electronically using the File Request Link: https://bit.ly/3gfVtGU.

Attn: Tracey Recinos Hanson Procurement Officer Resilient Rural Belize Programme Ministry of Economic Development National Agriculture Showgrounds Hummingbird Highway Belmopan, Belize

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1 AUG

THE BELIZE TIMES

2021

BELIZE TAX SERVICE DEPARTMENT TERMS OF REFERENCE BAILIFF DUTY STATION:

Belize City, Belize

TAX OPERATION DIVISION: Tax Recovery Unit – Belize Tax Service Department

IV. 4.1

(b) Records of cases assigned are maintained in keeping with established standards.

I. BACKGROUND 1.1

1.1

The Government of Belize having assumed office in November 2020, is faced with high tax arrears and limited human resource capacity to address the situation within the current constraints of the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD).

The government is committed to addressing this operational deficiency by putting the necessary structures in place to strengthen the tax administration, and enforcement of tax arrears collection. Noting substantial arrears of Business Tax (BT), General Sales Tax (GST), Income Tax (IT) and Land Tax (LT), the government is committed to the establishing of an integrated Tax Recovery Unit (TRU) under the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD), that will be tasked with aggressive collection and recovery of all lawfully due outstanding arrears.

The TRU will be set up with its main mandate to work with the BTS to develop a structured strategic framework with enabling mechanism to improve and maximize the collection of taxes.

The BTSD is responsible for the collection of all taxes and to enforce collections in support of its tax operations. For this purpose, the TRU will be responsible for the technical, administrative, planning, monitoring and evaluation responsibilities for the enforcement of tax collection. In addition, a TRU will be created to facilitate the coordination between the agencies involved as part of the execution structure, and to provide strategic advice and monitoring to/of the overall implementation process.

1.2

The present Terms of Reference (TOR) will support the contracting of the Bailiff for the TRU under a contractual arrangement with the BTSD.

II.

OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF WORK

(c) Required Demand Notices, Summonses, levy writs and Judgement are prepared and served in accordance with the relevant procedures and guidelines. (d) Warrants have been executed and summonses served according to the timeframe established. (e) All relevant reports are accurately and comprehensively prepared and submitted by the due date.

V. 5.1

3.1

3.2

3.3

The main responsibilities of the Bailiff include, among others: a) Garnishment, Lien, Demand Notices and Stop Order prepared, served, and monitored. b) Intelligence, reconnaissance, technical and physical support provided to the police force when executing warrants of arrest provided. c) Testimony in court as an expert witness for the BTS provided. d) Warrants executed and summonses served. e) Record of cases maintained. f) Reports prepared and submitted.

Technical and Professional Duties include: (a) Conduct interviews with taxpayers and/or their representatives to initiate enforcement action. (b) Collect appropriate items or properties owned by delinquent taxpayers to which administrative levy has been identified to effect collection of the tax debt. (c) Execute the action approved by the TRU Manager. (d) Serve demand notice in pursuant of liabilities with a stipulated period and ensure that the time is adhered to. (e) Produce the necessary documentary evidence to be used in court cases to support the Government’s position. (f) Promote voluntary compliance with the relevant revenue laws. (g) Develop relationship with informants to obtain information related to cases. (h) Maintain records of all cases assigned. (i) Provide intelligence, reconnaissance, technical and physical support to the police force to facilitate the execution of warrants of arrest. (j) Testify as expert witness for the Government, attends court and gives evidence to comply with revenue laws and requirements. (k) Perform other related duties assigned by the TRU Manager.

The Bailiff shall undertake his/her work in direct coordination and with the supervision of the Tax Recovery Unit Manager.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE Education and Experience:

Academic Qualification: High School Diploma.

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General Experience: Three (3) years relevant working experience in similar consultancy.

5.2.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: (a) Excellent computer skills using Microsoft Office (b) Task orientated and able to prioritize projects, multitask and meet tight deadlines. (c) Fluent in written and spoken English with the ability to express data in a concise and clear manner. (d) Team player and possess strong self-motivation and initiative. (e) Sound decision making skills and objectivity with the proven ability to act with confidentiality and discretion. (f) Professional, honest and display strong business ethics and integrity; and

To execute and enforce the tax collection laws with respect to chronic delinquent tax liabilities and complex collection cases.

III. RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS This job is satisfactorily performed when: (a) All enforcement actions are executed in accordance with provisions of the tax laws.

VI.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

6.1

The Bailiff reports to the TRU Manager. He/she shall work in close coordination with the staff of the legal division of the BTSD.

VII. COMPENSATION 7.1

The Bailiff will be paid a semi-monthly salary to be established during the contracting process.

7.2

Given the staff-like tasks and responsibilities of the TRU personnel, reports (deliverables) do not apply. Instead, performance assessment reports from the supervisor.

VIII. APPLICATIONS 8.1

Deadline for submission of application letter and curriculum vitae is Friday August 13, 2021.

8.2

Applications should be addressed to: Mrs. Michelle Longsworth Director General Belize Tax Service Department Charles Bartlett Hyde Building Mahogany St. Belize City, Belize RE: Application for Tax Revenue Unit – Bailiff

AND submitted via e-mail to michelle.longsworth@bts.gov.bz marked Tax Revenue Unit – Bailiff in the subject header. Only short-listed applicants will be notified.

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2021

BELIZE TAX SERVICE DEPARTMENT TERMS OF REFERENCE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DUTY STATION:

Belize City, Belize

TAX OPERATION DIVISION: Tax Recovery Unit – Belize Tax Service Department I. BACKGROUND 1.1

The Government of Belize having assumed office in November 2020, is faced with high tax arrears and limited human resource capacity to address the situation within the current constraints of the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD). The government is committed to addressing this operational deficiency by putting the necessary structures in place to strengthen the tax administration, and enforcement of tax arrears collection. Noting substantial arrears of Business Tax (BT), General Sales Tax (GST), Income Tax (IT) and Land Tax (LT), the government is committed to the establishing of an integrated Tax Recovery Unit (TRU) under the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD), that will be tasked with aggressive collection and recovery of all lawfully due outstanding arrears.

The TRU will be set up with its main mandate to work with the BTS to develop a structured strategic framework with enabling mechanism to improve and maximize the collection of taxes.

1.1

The BTSD is responsible for the collection of all taxes and to enforce collections in support of its tax operations. For this purpose, the TRU will be responsible for the technical, administrative, planning, monitoring and evaluation responsibilities for the enforcement of tax collection. In addition, a TRU will be created to facilitate the coordination between the agencies involved as part of the execution structure, and to provide strategic advice and monitoring to/of the overall implementation process.

1.2

The present Terms of Reference (TOR) will support the contracting of the Enforcement Officer for the TRU under a contractual arrangement with the BTSD.

II.

OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF WORK

2.1

To detect, investigate and analyse complex and sensitive cases of revenue laws infraction with particular emphasis on criminal and civil violations in respect of the tax laws; execute and enforce tax collection in respect to chronic delinquent tax liabilities, dishonoured cheques; prepare cases for prosecution and report on status or outcome of investigations for the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD).

III. RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES 3.1 The main responsibilities of the Enforcement Officer include, among others: a) Complex revenue law infraction cases investigated. b) Business of chronic delinquent taxpayer analysed and reported c) Outstanding tax debt from high valued cases collected and replacement for dishonoured cheques lodged to the appropriate bank account. d) Debt Restructure Program to recover tax debts which have been written-off prepared, enforced and monitored. e) Intelligence on delinquent taxpayers gathered from planned surveillance, executed, and reported. f) Payment arrangements facilitated and monitored. g) Garnishment, Lien and Demand Notices and Stop Order prepared, served, and monitored. h) Intelligence, reconnaissance, technical and physical support given to the police force when executing warrants of arrest. i) Affidavit to secure search warrant prepared. j) Assigned delinquent collection program for tax offices planned, executed, and reported. k) Record of cases maintained. l) Reports prepared and submitted.

3.2

Technical and Professional Duties:

(a) Conducts interviews with taxpayers and/or their representatives to collect tax as due and initiate corrective action. (b) Utilizes information obtained from analysis of financial statements and other financial material to determine the delinquent taxpayers’ ability to pay. (c) Negotiates payment arrangements/settlements with delinquent taxpayers and monitor payments to ensure deadlines are met. (d) Collects payments for dishonoured cheques by: • Verifying information on relevant system.

• Contacting taxpayer for repayment of taxes.

• Enforcing recovery strategies for tax recovery. (e) Conducts meetings with the responsible officer at the tax office to determine the scope, time and resources needed to execute a collection program. (f) Secures key stakeholders and coordinate all activities required for the collection program. (g) Designs and submit the collection program to the TRU Manager and executes after approval. (h) Evaluates, document, inform and manage the benefits from the collection program. (i) Prepares write-off report and submits to TRU Manager. (j) Conducts a cash flow analysis of future net inflows of the taxpayer to facilitate the design of a debt reconstruction schedule. (k) Conducts quarterly review under debt reconstruction schedule to ascertain if portion of debt write-off is collectable. (l) Provides intelligence and reconnaissance support to TRU Manager or any other authorized group within BTSD. (m) Investigates the feasibility of third parties’ sources to which garnishment may be used to effect collection of the tax debt. (n) Investigates and identify appropriate items owned by delinquent taxpayers to which administrative levy may be used to effect collection of the tax debt. (o) Investigates properties owned by delinquent taxpayers (whether real or personal) which a registered lien may be used to effect collection of the tax debt. (p) Prepares and submit a report identifying the appropriate enforcement tool to effect collection of the tax debt and the risk associated.

(q) Coordinates and execute the approved action from the TRU Manager. (r) Prepares and serve demand notice in pursuant of liabilities with a stipulated period and ensure that the time is adhered to. (s) Interprets the various Acts, Regulations, policies, and guidelines related to applicable programmes such as collection and enforcement of accounts receivable and filing requirements. (t) Produces the necessary documentary evidence to be used in court cases to support the Government’s position. (u) Promotes voluntary compliance with the relevant revenue laws.

3.2.1 The Enforcement Officer shall undertake his/her work in direct coordination with the sion of the Tax Recovery Unit Manager.

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IV. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS This job is satisfactorily performed when: A) The assigned outstanding tax debts are collected and lodged in accordance with the Tax Acts. b) All enforcement actions are executed in accordance with provisions of the tax laws. c) Surveillance activities are conducted as stipulated in the guidelines. d) Payment arrangements are made and negotiated with taxpayers and constantly monitored for adherence to the provisions of the settlement. e) Approved write-off recommendations are reflected in the taxpayers’ accounts. f) Records of cases assigned are maintained in keeping with established standards. g) Required Demand Notices, summonses, levy writs and judgement are prepared and served in accordance with the relevant procedures and guidelines. h) All relevant reports are accurately and comprehensively prepared and submitted by the due date.

V.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

5.1

Education and Experience:

Academic Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance and Management, Accounting or equivalent qualification.

General Experience: • Three (3) years relevant working experience in similar consultancy.

Specific Experience: • Three (3) years relevant working experience in collections and enforcement.

5.2. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) VI.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Excellent computer skills using Microsoft Office Knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Project would also be an advantage.

Working knowledge of Belize’s Taxation Regime, and/or regulations.

Ability to prepare, analyze, interpret, and evaluate customer account/records while being detail-orientated, meticulous, and accurate in all aspects of the job.

Task orientated and able to prioritize projects, multitask and meet tight deadlines.

Fluent in written and spoken English with the ability to express data in a concise and clear manner.

Team player and possess strong self-motivation and initiative.

Sound decision making skills and objectivity with the proven ability to act with confidentiality and discretion.

In-depth knowledge of government and private/public initiatives and operations.

Professional, honest and display strong business ethics and integrity; and REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

6.1 The Enforcement Officer reports to the TRU Manager. He/she shall work in close coordination with the staff of the BTSD. VII. COMPENSATION 7.1 The Enforcement Officer will be paid a semi-monthly salary to be established during the contracting process.

7.2 Given the staff-like tasks and responsibilities of the TRU personnel, reports (deliverables) do not apply. Instead, performance assessment reports from the supervisor.

VIII. APPLICATIONS 8.1

Deadline for submission of application letter and curriculum vitae is Friday August 13, 2021.

8.2

Applications should be addressed to: Mrs. Michelle Longsworth Director General Belize Tax Service Department Charles Bartlett Hyde Building Mahogany St. Belize City Belize RE: Application for Tax Revenue Unit – Enforcement Officer

AND submitted via e-mail to michelle.longsworth@bts.gov.bz marked Tax Revenue Unit – Enforcement Officer in the subject header. Only short-listed applicants will be notified.

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1 AUG

THE BELIZE TIMES

2021

BELIZE TAX SERVICE DEPARTMENT TERMS OF REFERENCE PARALEGAL DUTY STATION:

Belize City, Belize

TAX OPERATION DIVISION:

Tax Recovery Unit – Belize Tax Service Department

I. BACKGROUND 1.1

The Government of Belize having assumed office in November 2020, is faced with high tax arrears and limited human resource capacity to address the situation within the current constraints of the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD). The government is committed to addressing this operational deficiency by putting the necessary structures in place to strengthen the tax administration, and enforcement of tax arrears collection. Noting substantial arrears of Business Tax (BT), General Sales Tax (GST), Income Tax (IT) and Land Tax (LT), the government is committed to the establishing of an integrated Tax Recovery Unit (TRU) under the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD), that will be tasked with aggressive collection and recovery of all lawfully due outstanding arrears.

The TRU will be set up with its main mandate to work with the BTS to develop a structured strategic framework with enabling mechanism to improve and maximize the collection of taxes.

1.1 The BTSD is responsible for the collection of all taxes and to enforce collections in support of its tax operations. For this purpose, the TRU will be responsible for the technical, administrative, planning, monitoring and evaluation responsibilities for the enforcement of tax collection. In addition, a TRU will be created to facilitate the coordination between the agencies involved as part of the execution structure, and to provide strategic advice and monitoring to/of the overall implementation process.

1.2 II. 2.1

The present Terms of Reference (TOR) will support the contracting of the Paralegal for the TRU under a contractual arrangement with the BTSD. OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF WORK The objective of the position is to assist the supervising Tax Recovery Unit Manager on a broad range of issues, including but not limited to taking the day-to-day legal responsibilities and providing legal advice that includes all the aspects of the analysis, investigation, research and drafting process. He/she is responsible for providing support in discrete legal issues by advising the BTSD, drafting undertakings and structuring remedies for the relevant issues. This professional may also be engaged in helping to analyse and collect evidence and schedule hearings.

III. RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES 3.1 The main responsibilities of the Paralegal include, among others: (a) Complex revenue law infraction cases researched and investigated. (b) Carry out office administration, including statements and drafting/ preparing letters (c) Organize diaries, schedule meetings and respond to telephone/email queries. (d) Write first document drafts, such as contracts, and proofread documents. (e) Conduct legal research (f) Acting as liaison among all parties including court or other neutrals for scheduling and sharing information (with the permission of TRU Manager) (g) Organize case files, assisting with trial preparation including the assembly of exhibits, witness binders and court filings, and compile litigation bundles. (h) Network with clients and build valuable relationships. (i) Performing such other tasks and duties as may be assigned by the TRU Manager and direct supervisor, Legal Officer, and other senior associates and paralegals from time to time.

3.2 Technical and Professional Duties include: (a) Provides support to in-house legal counsel/TRU Manager (b) Provide advice on different legal issues and assist in drafting legal opinions, memoranda and other legal documents on tax issues. (c) Conduct legal analysis and research on various legal matters, Drafting legal documents on tax matters, and court related matters. (d) Business communications for review (e) Maintaining legal case database and calendar of court cases (f) Draw up formalities regarding the settlement of disputes and monitor the implementation of the legal agreement. (g) Conduct searches, review taxpayer files, and propose or organize case files. (h) Interview complainants and witnesses. (i) Other.

considered recurrent deliverables or responsibilities: (a) Updates to Tax Recovery Unit Manager (b) Report on legal research and services provided on various Tax issues (c) Weekly progress/status reports. (d) Final Report including all services provided and the recommendations for the way forward. (e) Other

V. QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE 5.1

Education and Experience:

Academic Qualification: A Bachelor’s Degree in Law or any other relevant subject from an accredited college.

General Experience: • Three (3) years relevant working experience in similar consultancy.

OR Academic Qualification: Associates Degree in Paralegal Studies.

General Experience: • Three (3) years relevant working experience in similar consultancy.

5.2.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

(a) Excellent computer skills using Microsoft Office (b) Working knowledge of Belize’s Taxation Regime and/or regulations; (c) Ability to prepare, analyze, interpret information while being detail-orientated, meticulous, and accurate in all aspects of the job; (d) Task orientated and able to prioritize projects, multitask and meet tight deadlines; (e) Fluent in written and spoken English with the ability to express data in a concise and clear manner; (f) Team player and possess strong self-motivation and initiative; (g) Sound decision making skills and objectivity with the proven ability to act with confidentiality and discretion; (h) Professional, honest and display strong business ethics and integrity; and VI.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

6.1 The Paralegal reports to the TRU Manager. He/she shall work in close coordination with the legal division of the BTSD. VII. COMPENSATION 7.1 The Paralegal will be paid a semi-monthly salary to be established during the contracting process.

7.2 Given the staff-like tasks and responsibilities of the TRU personnel, reports (deliverables) do not apply. Instead, performance assessment reports from the supervisor.

VIII. APPLICATIONS 8.1 Deadline for submission of application letter and curriculum vitae is Friday, August 13, 2021.

8.2

Applications should be addressed to: Mrs. Michelle Longsworth Director General Belize Tax Service Department Charles Bartlett Hyde Building Mahogany St. Belize City Belize

3.3 The Paralegal shall undertake his/her work in direct coordination and with the supervision of the Tax Recovery Unit Manager.

RE: Application for Tax Revenue Unit – Paralegal

IV. DELIVERABLES 4. .1 The Paralegal will be responsible for preparing/updating the following reports which are

AND submitted via e-mail to michelle.longsworth@bts.gov.bz marked Tax Revenue Unit – Paralegal in the subject header. Only short-listed applicants will be notified.

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THE BELIZE TIMES

2021

BELIZE TAX SERVICE DEPARTMENT TERMS OF REFERENCE TAX RECOVERY UNIT MANAGER DUTY STATION:

b) c) d) e) f)

Negotiations with taxpayers to settle tax liabilities are encouraged and constantly monitored.

Criminal prosecution and/or civil suits are initiated in accordance with provisions of the law.

Specific enforcement actions to be employed are approved within the stipulated timeframe.

Strategies to promote and enhance voluntary compliance are developed and implemented.

The reports received from TRU staff are carefully analyzed, provided with feed-back in the required time and appropriate actions are taken without delay. g) Problem resolution (grievance) procedures to investigate taxpayers’ complaints are implemented, enforced, and maintained. h) All reports are accurately and comprehensively prepared in the required format(s) and submitted by the due date. i) All HR policies and procedures are equitably administered without discrimination.

Belize City, Belize

TAX OPERATION DIVISION: Tax Recovery Unit – Belize Tax Service Department I. BACKGROUND 1.1 The Government of Belize having assumed office in November 2020, is faced with high tax arrears and limited human resource capacity to address the situation within the current constraints of the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD). The government is committed to addressing this operational deficiency by putting the necessary structures in place to strengthen the tax administration, and enforcement of tax arrears collection. Noting substantial arrears of Business Tax (BT), General Sales Tax (GST), Income Tax (IT) and Land Tax (LT), the government is committed to the establishing of an integrated Tax Recovery Unit (TRU) under the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD), that will be tasked with aggressive collection and recovery of all lawfully due outstanding arrears.

The TRU will be set up with its main mandate to work with the BTS to develop a structured strategic framework with enabling mechanism to improve and maximize the collection of taxes.

1.1 The BTSD is responsible for the collection of all taxes and to enforce collections in support of its tax operations. For this purpose, the TRU will be responsible for the technical, administrative, planning, monitoring and evaluation responsibilities for the enforcement of tax collection. In addition, a TRU will be created to facilitate the coordination between the agencies involved as part of the execution structure, and to provide strategic advice and monitoring to/of the overall implementation process.

1.2 The present Terms of Reference (TOR) will support the contracting of the TRU Manager for the TRU under a contractual arrangement with the BTSD. II.

OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF WORK

2.1 The objective of the position is to provide the necessary strategic, governance, and administrative leadership for the TRU and, thereby, ensuring the direction, planning and technical direction of TRU towards the attainment of the goals and targets, leading the physical and progress reporting, and serving as the main focal point of the TRU with the BTSD, Ministry of Natural Resources, Petroleum & Mining (MNRPM) and other public and private institutions.

2.2 The TRU Manager is responsible for leading, directing, planning, and managing all the activities of enforced collections in support of the BTSD operations; to monitor the implementation of key strategies, techniques and programs for detection and examination of high impact cases involving breaches of the revenue; to employ enforcement tactics to ensure the collection of new and longstanding delinquent tax liabilities, in accordance with provisions of the tax laws.

III. RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES 3.1

The main responsibilities of the TRU Manager include, among others: a) Provides leadership, support, and guidance to staff to ensure that the unit is effectively managed. b) Participates in the development of the operational and work plans, ensuring that all the relevant activities to be undertaken and required resources are considered. c) Plans, coordinates, and directs all the activities of the unit. d) Establishes and enforces standards and rules of professional conduct for staff within the unit to maintain the highest degree of confidence in its integrity and efficiency. e) Ensures staff is aware of and operates in accordance with all relevant laws, policies, and procedures. f) Maintains effective working relations with external and internal stakeholders and customers, ensuring that the unit provides a consistently high level of service. g) Performs any other duties as assigned by the Deputy Director General, Tax Operation.

3.2 Technical and Professional Duties: (a) Exercises line management authority over the TRU staff in direct coordination with BTSD management. (b) Coordinates and secures legal advice from the Legal Division whenever necessary, to implement enforcement actions. (c) Maintains an up-to-date working knowledge of criminal and civil laws, legal requirements, criminal investigation procedures, criminal prosecution, and court procedures. (d) (e) Monitors negotiations with taxpayers or their attorneys/accountants for the arrangements to settle liabilities. (f) Promotes the utilization of a wide range of investigative tools to locate delinquent taxpayers and uncovers unreported income and hidden assets. (g) Guides the conduct of field investigations of taxpayers who fail to comply voluntarily. (h) Approves necessary enforcement actions where taxpayer fails or refuses to comply voluntarily. (i) Continually monitors and enforces BTSD’s professional and ethical standards on the staff of the unit. (j) Serves as advisor to the Deputy Director General, Operations on matters relating to enforcement and collection. (k) Develops and implements procedures to investigate criminal violations of the tax laws. (l) Ensures that procedures are developed for the integration of functions with other operational areas of BTSD. (m) Coordinates and reviews all reports prepared and submitted by the TRU Unit. (n) Provide for the timely monitoring and management of the unit’s risks and lead the implementation of the mitigation measures, as necessary. (o) Provide timely and accurate reports to the Director General, Financial Secretary, and other agencies on the developments, progress, and challenges of the Project. (p) Other.

3.3 The TRU Manager shall undertake his/her work in direct coordination and with the supervision of the BTSD. IV.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

4.1 The TRU Manager will be responsible for preparing weekly reports which are considered recurrent deliverables or responsibilities, the job is satisfactorily performed when: a) Long outstanding tax liabilities are efficiently collected within the stipulated timeframe.

V. 5.1

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE Education and Experience:

Academic Qualification: Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Finance and Management, Public Sector Management, or the equivalent qualification.

General Experience: • Three (3) years relevant working experience in similar management position.

Additional Experience would be an asset: • Three (3) years relevant working experience in tax administration • Specialized training in collections and enforcement • Diploma in Tax Audit and Revenue administation.

OR Academic Qualification: A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Finance and Management, Public Sector Management, or the equivalent qualification.

General Experience: • Five (5) years relevant working experience in similar management position.

Additional Experience would be an asset: • Five (5) years relevant working experience in tax administration • Specialized training in collections and enforcement.

• Diploma in Tax Audit and Revenue Administration.

5.2. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l)

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Excellent computer skills using Microsoft Office Working experience in various accounting software (QuickBooks, etc.)

Knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Project would also be an advantage.

Working knowledge of internationally accepted accounting principles, guidelines and best practices is required.

Working knowledge of Belize’s Taxation Regime, as well as all relevant financial based policies, procedures and/or regulations.

Ability to prepare, analyze, interpret, and evaluate customer account/records while being detail-orientated, meticulous, and accurate in all aspects of the job.

Task orientated and able to prioritize projects, multitask and meet tight deadlines.

Fluent in written and spoken English with the ability to express data in a concise and clear manner.

Team player and possess strong self-motivation and initiative.

Sound decision making skills and objectivity with the proven ability to act with confidentiality and discretion.

In-depth knowledge of auditing and accounting principles of government and private/public initiatives and operations.

Professional, honest and display strong business ethics and integrity; and

VI.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

6.1 The TRU Manager reports to the Director General of the Belize Tax Service Department. He/she shall work in close coordination with the staff of the BTSD. VII. COMPENSATION 7.1 process.

The TRU Manager will be paid a semi-monthly salary to be established during the contracting

7.2 Given the staff-like tasks and responsibilities of the TRU personnel, reports (deliverables) do not apply. Instead, performance assessment reports from the supervisor.

VIII. APPLICATIONS 8.1

Deadline for submission of application letter and curriculum vitae is Friday, August 13, 2021.

8.2

Applications should be addressed to: Mrs. Michelle Longsworth Director General Belize Tax Service Department Charles Bartlett Hyde Building Mahogany St. Belize City Belize RE: Application for Tax Revenue Unit – Manager Tax Recovery Unit

AND submitted via e-mail to michelle.longsworth@bts.gov.bz marked Tax Revenue Unit – Manager Tax Recovery Unit in the subject header. Only short-listed applicants will be notified.

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