Belize Times August 26, 2018- Barrow Vs. Faber

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BARROW VS. FABER Belize City: 22nd August 2018 Shyne Barrow, the son of Prime Minister Dean Barrow made a serious incitement of his minister Patrick Faber on Tuesday when he said the aspiring UDP Party Leader’s judgment was not always reliable.

Speaking to the press about an ongoing fight with Faber, over money Barrow said: “his judgment has not always been reliable,” a serious statement about the man who intends to become his Party’s Leader.

The fact that Shyne is the son of the current UDP Party Leader and should report directly to Faber, the Minister responsible for Culture, not only shows his blatant disregard for the authority for his boss, but is also a clear sign that this Barrow is not supporting Patrick Faber for Party Leader.

During the last campaign for the Deputy Leader of the UDP the Prime Minister’s CEO and one of his closest confidants Audrey Wallace stepped out from behind the shadows of her boss the PM and publicly supported and helped to raise funds for Patrick Faber.

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BELIZE, Landing Haven for Drug Planes Pg. 2

GWEN LIZ

FALLING APART …before Patrick Faber’s very Eyes

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TAIWAN RICE DUMPING?

Junior Triminio

Christopher Calderon

Who Carried Out the Execution?

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BARROW VS. FABER Continued from page 1

UDP insiders say that Audrey Wallace, who is not a fan of the Vega/ Saldivar Group, but the darling of the new UDP millionaires, supports Patrick, a Belize City man over John Saldivar, who has never been a part of the San Pedro and Miami Beach crowd.

Since the PM announced that the UDP would hold a leadership convention sometime next May, the UDP have been going through some serious infighting. It started with the announcement that Michael Peyrefitte would be contesting in Port Loyola and since then all efforts have been made by some high-ranking UDPs to push Dean Samuels and Phillip Willioughby out of Port. As UDP ministers start to pick sides and deals start to get cut, people like Willoughby had to run to Faber for cover after he was unceremoniously kicked out of NEMO by Castro.

In Freetown the Fight between Carla Barnett and OJ Elrington has become so messy that recordings have emerged with a young man speaking of having intimate relations with the aspiring Elrington.

Those from the OJ camp believe this video is the work of desperate Carla Barnett supporters fighting to hold on to the UDP Freetown candidacy.

All these movements inside the UDP have resulted in a cabinet room where there is distrust and great animosity. While the Prime Minister remains silent through it all, the obvious move by his son to question the competence of the Deputy Party Leader could not have happened without the blessing of the Party Leader.

UDP insiders also say that with the emergence of Hugo Patt who is now the Prime Minister ad interim, Patrick can no longer boast of being the PM’s favourite. The choice of who should act as Prime Minister when the PM is away is solely the decision of Mr. Barrow so the bypassing of Faber for Patt is a sign that Faber can not expect the full support of the Barrows.

With all the efforts being made to get Peyrefitte installed as the UDP candidate in Port Loyola and Patt being awarded with the very powerful ministry of Natural Resources and the new go to guy for acting PM, there are many who believe that the UDP leadership fight is no longer a two man race but now a four man one and Mr. Barrow while showing no special favor to either Faber or John Saldivar may be using his surrogates to send the message that he is hoping for new leadership to emerge. Trouble for Barrow is that he is shuffling the same dirty deck

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of cards filled only with corrupt and incompetent players.

These are early days in fight between Barrow and Faber and already the things are heating up. For sure Faber will have to fire back at Shyne who many in the UDP believe does not deserve the right to be a part of the team due to his past as a convicted felon. Faber no doubt will try to put Barrow in the same bracket as Mark King, only to do so he may have to square off against another Barrow. Either way, the Barrow/Faber “bromance” has ended and the catfight has now begun.

BELIZE, Landing Haven for Drug Planes

Belize City: Tuesday 21st August 2018 This week Brigadier General Miguel Ángel Huerta Ceballos who was appointed as new Commander of the 34th Military Zone less than a year ago told a Mexican media that the territory of Belize, in its border area with Mexico, continues to be a clandestine runway for Narco Planes that descend into Belize with drugs destined to be channelled into Mexico via the porous border outlets with Quintana Roo. General Miguel Angel Huerta Ceballos, confirmed the above, in addition to revealing that in recent months, Mexican radars have managed to detect at least four suspected narco planes by the air limits approaching between neighboring Belize and Quintana Roo. Huerta Ceballos explained that there is an existing coordination protocol with the authorities of Belize, and that they are notified in advance of any airspace penetration and attempt by suspect aircrafts on either side to land, but it has always been ignored. He added that Belize must strengthen their surveillance system.

Belize is considered a landing haven for the Sinaloa Cartel operating in Southern Mexico but makes use of the facilitation of the remote areas throughout the country that is within minutes of the Mexican border. By the time Belize Security forces arrive on the landing site, the drugs are already bailed out and transported into Mexican territory. Drugs are then pushed further north through Mexico towards the U.S. borders.

Huerta Ceballos said that during transporting of drugs to its destination, facilitators in Belize and cartel operators distribute along the route, especially since Quintana Roo which is a tourist area and tourism demands

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Who Carried Out the Execution?

Belize City: Wednesday 22nd of August 2018 The killers who gunned down Orange Walk’s Back-a-town Crips Gang Boss appeared to be professional hit men who in a calculated move emerged from a Jeep Patriot last Sunday evening wearing masks and singled out Trimino and Calderon as they fled into a nearby house, shooting through the closed door sixteen times to finish the job.

Police Investigators are saying that they have no suspect nor any leads and have not found the getaway car used to commit the brazen daylight execution.

The Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Elodio Aragon Jr. for his part told the media that the execution-style murder of Back-a-Town Crips Gang Boss, Junior Triminio and Christopher Calderon, was obviously a hit.

Aragon Jr. said, “I believe that in this country, we must target these people who are involved in criminal activities. It is difficult; however, to say if any police effort would prevent any sort of retaliation, he added that we must all learn in a community that if you live by the gun, you will die by the gun.”

This gangland style double execution has shaken the entire community of Orange Walk.Triminio, thirty-four year Crips Gang Boss and his apostle nine-

these substances.

Belize is used as a transshipment point because brazen acts of corruption at official level and also because of its proximity inland to Mexico. The 34th Military Zone has a state-of-the-art detection system that deters cartel operators from any attempt landing in Mexico.

General Miguel Ángel Huerta Ceballos arrived in Quintana Roo a year ago to muscle one of the most dangerous contexts of insecurity that existed in the northern area of the state, related to criminal groups and drug cartels.

Huerta Ceballos was promoted on November 20, by the federal Executive.

Previously, he was commander of the 53rd Infantry Battalion, headquartered in the municipality of Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román, Zacatecas, since the year 2012 until his recent appointment to the area of Quintana Roo. He is originally from Villa de Álvarez, Colima, is 60 years old and holds a bachelor’s degree in military administration, as well as a master’s degree in military administration for national security and defense.

teen-year-old, Christopher Calderon, were fatally shot around 5:20 pm last Sunday. The brazen shootout unfolded in front of several persons just outside the Louisiana football field on Zericote Street, where an under-fifteen football championship match was taking place.

The crowd present claim they heard the sound of at least sixteen shots being fired targeting the renowned gang leader and his apostle.

Triminio suffered seven gunshot wounds in the head and body while Calderon received six shots in the same area of head and body. Triminio died while being rushed to the Northern Regional Hospital, and Calderon died shortly after while receiving treatment.

There are growing concerns by residents of that northerly municipality that Triminio’s murder could trigger a series of retaliation.

Both men were socializing in a group when an unmarked white jeep approached the area when a male person exited the vehicle armed with a handgun and a ski mask over his head and begun firing rounds in the direction targeting Triminio. Both The Gang boss and Calderon tried to run finding refuge in a nearby house, but they were followed by consecutive gun fire that penetrated even the doors to the house in which they entered.

Triminio, is a known gang figure to authorities who police say had many enemies and several cases of drug trafficking before the courts.

Police set up a joint special operation and checkpoints to ensure public-safety control during the funeral service this past Wednesday.

The question is, who carried out the double execution?

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GWEN LIZ

FALLING APART …before Patrick Faber’s very Eyes BELIZE CITY, Wed. Aug. 22, 2018 Gwen Lizarraga High School located in the heart of the Collet, continues to be marred by controversy.

This time several teachers are the victims of a politically motivated witch-hunt to purge the school of anti-government sentiments. Information to our newspaper is that seventeen teachers, or almost half of the teachers at the high school, will be arbitrarily dismissed just days before school reopens.

On Monday teachers were huddled into a meeting with the school’s Vice Principal, Louis Mortis. In that meeting Mortis confirmed that the school’s Board of Management and the Administration recommended the dismissals to the Ministry of Education (MoE).

Ultimately the decision to finalize dismissals is held only by the MoE which is headed by the self-important Minister Patrick

Faber. The scapegoat for this political assault is that the school has seen a decline of 300 in the student enrolment rate over the last two years.

So far only an estimated 350 students have registered for this upcoming school year and with the dismissal of 17 teacher, only 47 teachers will remain which means that there will be seven students to one teacher on campus. Deborah Domingo, the CEO in the Ministry of Education, washed her hands clean from this situation in an interview with the press.

She said that the recommendations were made solely by the board of directors and the administration at the school. And while she claims to not have received a list of the teachers to be dismissed, she purported that the dismissals were not disciplinary or punitive.

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we do not believe in coincidences at all. We recall that in April of this year almost 20 teachers at Gwen Liz staged a sit-out in protest of the reappointment of former defeated UDP Belize City Councilor, Alifa Elrington, to the school’s board.

The cause for the protest was because when Elrington lost the March 7th municipal election she should have been removed from the board. However, instead the Vice Principal returned her to the board in the capacity of Community Representative, without consultation from the teachers.

Again, the teachers at Gwen Liz angered the powers that be at the school last year when they stood in solidarity with Principal, Dr. Lorna McKay. McKay was forced out of the school during her time as principal and placed under investigation and recommended for dismissal by Chairman of the Board, Roosevelt Blades.

We remind you that Blades is a henchman of the Minister of Education. Dr. McKay, claimed that she was being victimized and bullied by him. And the Teaching Service Commission agreed with her suggesting that the call for her dismissal was unreasonable.

Again in October 2016, the teachers at Gwen Liz stepped on the toes of their political bosses.

This is because they partic-

ipated in the historic 11 days of protest for good governance.

Those teachers stood in defiance although their school was situated in the heart of the Collet Constituency which is represented by Patrick Faber, present Minister of Education.

We suspect that for these reasons and more the Ministry of Education wants to make an example of the teachers at Gwen Liz high school. They want to silence and control them using intimidation tactics. The dismissal of seventeen teachers’ days before the reopening of classes without any real explanation has the hallmarks of political victimization.

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Message from Hon. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition

“Please Don’t Forget to Re-register” Hi Everybody, While I am aware that these are very busy times with the final arrangements for getting our students back to school as well as the roll out of this year’s September Celebrations, I want to remind all of you 18 years or older who did not go out and register to try to do so before the end of the month.

Reregistration will not end on the thirty-first August, but for many of you, especially those in the rural communities, it will mean the added inconvenience of having to travel to the nearest Elections and Boundaries Office in your area.

For some, this may mean traveling many miles from your village into Town, and this could be an additional cost in these already hard times.

So if you have not yet registered and can do so this week, please go out and get registered because we need every Belizean 18 years or older, who qualifies as a voter, to go out and get registered.

When you think about it the whole reason, we are all so festive in September it is because of our democracy.

We celebrate our independence and in truth, what we are celebrating is our freedom and a democratic culture that came only because of the determination of our past leaders.

As I have said before, it was Mr. Price, Madam Liz, Lindy Rodgers, David McCoy, Florencio Marin and a whole lot of nationalists who not only fought for universal adult suffrage but also for the voting age to be lowered from 21 to 18 years.

Their efforts paved the way for every qualified Belizean 18 years or older to cast their ballot for elections or for any referendum in Belize.

We must never forget who we are: a nation of Belizeans who desire to live in a free society exercising our right to determine how we are governed and who should lead us.

Now if you believe this is worth protecting, then the least you can do is take the time to go out and get registered.

Remember now next year will not only be the very important ICJ referendum, but also village council elections and who knows; we may even have general elections.

So like the boy scouts’ motto says: be prepared.

So yes, we have to put things in place for the start of the new school year.

Yes, we have to remember that we are getting into the more active part during the hurricane season, so we have to keep our hurricane preparedness plan in place.

And yes, we need to enjoy the celebrations.

However, we cannot forget that our democracy needs us if we are going to Build a Belize that works for everyone – so register!

Thanks, God bless and have a great week.

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QUESTIONS TO THE MINISTERS

1. Can the Minister of Education please inform the parents and students of Gwen Liz High School why the staff at Gwen Liz is up in arms over the reduction in size of the teaching staff? And will the minister also say if his disgraced political operative and Chairman RB was the mastermind behind this latest foolishness?

2. Will the Prime Minister please say if he agrees with his son Shyne that the Deputy Prime Minister’ s judgment has not always been reliable and if so which of his ministers judgment he would consider to be reliable?

3. Will the Minister of National Security John Saldivar please tell the nation if he is in agreement with his Minister of State Elodio Aragon when he said that the police “have to target the criminals?” And will the minster also say if this means police sanctioned execution of so-called criminals?

4. Will the Minister of Immigration please inform the nation and especially those in the tourism industry if there is a ban on Venezuelans being allowed to enter Belize?

5. Will the Minister of Finance please ask the Head of the FIU if any information involving off shore banking related to highly connected UDP officers formed a part of the evidence that helped to convict Paul Manafort in the Southern District of New York? And will the Minister of Finance please say if any of his highly connected Party Officials may be called to testify in the US courts in the upcoming trial of Mr. Manafort.

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SHYNE

EXPOSES UDP CRONYISM

Sapna Under Fire

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Aug. 22, 2018 A cockfight between the UDP’s Shyne Barrow and Patrick Faber has only helped to expose handpicked UDP crony, Sapna Budhrani. Budhrani, a Faber loyalist, serves as the Administrator and now the President at the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH).

However, her appointment to both posts has not been met with applause by many including the unstable Barrow. He critiqued that she was unknown in the world of arts and culture. It would appear that she fell from the sky and landed at NICH. He further claimed that she was simply “installed” as president and received much preferential treatment. So much so that she did not sit in any interviews or formal processes as her predecessors did.

According to him, Budhrani has no vision for NICH and has not even prepared a budget or calendar of events. In his tirade Barrow went on to claim that Budhrani was not qualified to serve in both capacities as Administrator and President. “I do think that it is inappropriate that you have a president, who is also the administrator. I think for checks and balances, for accountability and transparency, it is important that those roles be separated,” he said.

According to Barrow he raised these

concerns with Minister Faber and with President Budhrani but he has not received any response.

While Barrow awaits a response, an audit of NICH finances is raising alarm. The audit reveals that several dollars have disappeared without a trace. Additionally, the audit questioned the fuel consumption of a vehicle assigned by NICH to Budhrani.

The audit was so explosive that it prompted a meeting at NICH but employees remain tight-lipped about the results of results of that meeting this morning. Despite all the criticism Faber continues to express his confidence in Budhrani.

According to him, some people are simply trying to undermine the President. However Barrow was quick to also throw Faber under the bus. “His judgment has not always been reliable,” he informed. While Barrow continues to rain on Budhrani’s parade our newspaper must remind readers that he is no different.

He too was handpicked and remains unqualified for the post as Music Ambassador.

He is nothing more than an ex-convict and deportee whose actions almost led to the deaths of three persons in a night club in the United States.

As this cock fight continues uninterruptedly it is left to be seen what new scandals and developments will surface

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EDITORIAL

TIME TO GET REAL

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he manipulation of official statistics at all levels of government is one of the biggest limitations we have here in Belize. This prevents the compilation of reports, studies, analysis of data needed to effectively formulate and manage fiscal policy. It is said with ridicule that in Belize, there are three types of lies: white lies, whoppers and then the warped information Ministers of Government tout as official statistics.

Based on unreliable information any corrective measures aimed to improve the current quality of life in Belize would and has resulted in disastrous results. We have the least statistical certainty or confidence in economic markers. The GOB hawks that unemployment rates are at 9% up slightly from 2016 which stood at 8%. We ask you the Belizean citizens if you honestly feel that the unemployment outlook has in the slightest way improved from 2010 when we were at an all-time record high of 23.3%. These numbers do not accurately represent our blunt reality where more than 25,000 people are currently underemployed.

This means that on average they work less than 18 hours per week or just about 2 days per week. The SIB currently considers a person employed “if that person is of age 14 years and older who works at least an hour a week.” Try to wrap your mind around the fact that even if you currently work just one hour per week at minimum wage you are counted as employed. It is no wonder that the statistics look so rosy.

Government officials, repeat as if it were a litany, that the macroeconomic variables show stability in interest rates and inflation index.

They even blindly venture so far as to project annual economic growth rates at 2 - 3%. In 2017 small, medium and even large companies experienced a downward trend, centred on three general manifestations of the economy at the time. The first was a marked reduction in billing, followed by severe liquidity restrictions in the banking sector. Third the need to implement reductions in operating costs. Surely 2018 does not bode well as a better year.

The agricultural sector also experiences serious problems as the international prices of traditional export products have fallen. While our small farmers suffer the effects of the increase on the price of inputs, they require. Climate change has caused massive losses for farmers due to drought. Another element that adds to an already exasperated situation is the unfortunate state of road infrastructure. Farmers especially find it difficult to move their produce from the farm to the market.

The Caribbean Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund and several other international agencies have all issued unfavourable assessments for our country. They have warned that there will be serious repercussions to the uninhibited spending and corruption we have in government departments. Unless serious reform and proper checks and balances are put in place to safeguard the public purse from abuse our economy will continue to suffer.

We need a clear picture of how much is owed to the GOB in arrears.

The Ministry of Finance must insist that all its collecting agencies report and give account. Collection of arrears needs to be a priority to reduce the need for ever increasing taxes on fuel, electricity and other inputs.

These band aid measures serve only to further erode investor confidence.

Under these conditions, foreign investments will dry up and others like the Fruta Bomba Ltd. in the North may continue to move away. This government continues to purposefully use misleading information to fabricate illusions of a prosperous economy. They are fooling no one but themselves. As my granny used to say “daah fool dih talk, but daah no fool dih lisen.” Belizeans demand a clear and unbiased assessment of the economic prospect in our country. It is time to get real!

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HORA DE VER LA REALIDAD

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a manipulación de las estadísticas oficiales en todo nivel de gobierno es una de las mayores limitaciones que tenemos aquí en Belice. Esto impide la recopilación de informes, estudios, análisis de los datos necesarios para efectivamente formular y administrar la política general y fiscal del gobierno. Se dice en broma que en Belice, existen tres tipos de mentiras: mentiras piadosas, grandes mentiras y luego la información distorsionada que los ministros de gobierno pregonan como si fueran las estadísticas oficiales.

A partir de información poco fiable cualquier medida correctiva enfocada a mejorar la calidad de vida actual en Belice ha dado lugar a resultados desastrosos. No tenemos la menor certeza ni confianza en las estadísticas ni en los marcadores económicos. El Gobierno de Belice (GOB por sus siglas en inglés) se jacta que la tasa de desempleo está al 9% un poco más alto que en 2016 cuando estaba en el 8%. Les preguntamos a los ciudadanos beliceños si honestamente creen que el panorama de oportunidades para el empleo ha mejorado en lo más mínimo desde el 2010 cuando estábamos en un récord absoluto de 23,3%. Estos números no representan con exactitud nuestra realidad contundente donde más de 25.000 personas están actualmente subempleadas. Esto significa que en promedio trabajan menos de 18 horas por semana o casi 2 días por semana. El Departamento de Estadísticas de Belice (SIB por sus siglas en inglés) actualmente considera empleada a una persona “si esa persona tiene 14 años de edad y trabaja al menos una hora a la semana”. Trate de asimilar el hecho de que aun si usted trabaja actualmente sólo una hora por semana y a salario mínimo se le cuenta como empleado. No sorprende que las estadísticas se vean tan optimistas.

Los funcionarios del gobierno, repiten como si fuera una letanía que las variables macroeconómicas muestran estabilidad en las tasas de interés y el índice de inflación. Incluso se aventuran a ciegas hasta el punto de proyectar las tasas de crecimiento económico anual al 2-3%. En 2017 pequeñas, medianas y grandes empresas experimentaron una tendencia descendente, centrada en tres manifestaciones generales de la economía actual. La primera fue una reducción marcada en la facturación, seguida por las restricciones de liquidez severa (costo de endeudamiento) en el sector bancario. En tercer lugar la necesidad de implementar reducciones en los costos operativos. Seguramente el 2018 no presagia ser un mejor año.

El sector agrícola también experimenta graves problemas como la caída en los precios internacionales de productos tradicionales de exportación. Mientras nuestros pequeños agricultores sufren los efectos del aumento en el precio de los insumos requeridos y el acceso a agro-financiamiento asequible especialmente en el sector de la banca privada. El cambio climático ha causado enormes pérdidas para los agricultores debido a la sequía. Otro elemento que añade a una situación ya exasperada es el estado lamentable de la infraestructura de carreteras.

A los agricultores se les hace especialmente difícil mover sus productos desde la granja al mercado.

El Banco de Desarrollo del Caribe, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, el Fondo Monetario Internacional y varios otros organismos internacionales han emitido evaluaciones económicas desfavorables para nuestro país. Han advertido que habrá graves consecuencias por el gasto desinhibido y la corrupción incrustada que tenemos en los departamentos del gobierno. A menos que se ponga en marcha una reforma seria y que se pongan en práctica los controles y equilibrios apropiados para salvaguardar el erario público del abuso nuestra economía continuará sufriendo. Necesitamos una imagen clara de cuánto se le debe al GOB en mora El Ministerio de Finanzas debe insistir en que todas sus agencias que recolectoras informen y den cuenta. La colección de mora debe ser una prioridad para reducir la necesidad de seguir aumentando los impuestos sobre el combustible, la electricidad y otros insumos. Estas medidas improvisadas sólo sirven para erosionar aún más la confianza y ahuyentar a los inversores.

En estas condiciones, las inversiones extranjeras se agotarán más y otros, como la Fruta Bomba Ltd en el norte, pueden seguir alejándose. Este gobierno sigue utilizando intencionalmente información engañosa para fabricar ilusiones de una economía próspera. No engañan a nadie que a sí mismos. Como mi abuela solía decir “tonto será el que habla, pero no tanto los que escuchamos”.

Los beliceños demandan una evaluación clara y objetiva de la perspectiva económica de nuestro país. ¡Es tiempo de hacerle frente a la realidad!

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Minister Martinez has suggested that the local farmers donate their surplus to charity but Mai rebutted that they have done so in the past.

“They have donated in the past, many or most of rice companies have donated a lot, especially to the UDP government when it is time for election,” he explained.

While Taiwan’s 250,000 pounds of donated rice will not last more than a week in a country such as Belize which consumes 1.8 million pounds of rice per month, Mai explained that local markets will be negatively impacted.

“Every pound of rice imported, displaces a pound of rice locally produced, a pound of rice that pays taxes, that employs people, that creates employment and income to families,” he said. Mai goes on to make the case that the Government of Belize did not follow any formal processes before

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TAIWAN RICE DUMPING?

Belize City. Thurs. Aug. 23, 2018 On Wednesday the Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan, donated 10,000 bags of rice to the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation. However, while the donation was welcomed by Minister Anthony “Boots” Martinez, many Belizeans have expressed concerns about the impacts of this donation on the livelihoods of local rice farmers.

Today, Jose Abelardo Mai, the PUP’s Deputy from the North, held a press conference to share his position on the donation. Mai explained that, “It comes at a time when our farmers have a large amount of rice in their containers, in their silos.”

“We have rice that has been harvested from two years ago, which we are unable to market quickly enough,” he added. He questioned why Taiwan would make a donation of rice when Belize is experiencing a surplus.

In a prior interview today, Minister Martinez claimed that the donations will be passed on to charitable agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and so he claims that this would not affect the local market. However, Mai disagreed and suggested that if Taiwan really wanted to donate to Belizean charities they could have purchased the rice from local farmers.

He argued that this would have been cheaper for the Taiwanese government as rice in Belize is valued at an estimated 89 cents per

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accepting the donation.

Up to press time the other ministers, the CEO in the Ministry of Agriculture remain clueless about the donation. He explained that the, “Ministry of Trade had to give a permit, the Ministry of Agriculture had to recommend it, BAHA had to do the plant health inspection, so there’s a lot of line ministries and statutory bodies that had to be involved.”

However, that was not the case. According to him, the government is behaving haphazardly.

“You start behaving like mange, only when it itches you scratch.

That is a very disorganized government,” he asserted.

Prayer To The Holy Spirit O Holy Spirit, You who are the Fountainhead of all knowledge, Who Illuminate the path way which enables me to reach my goal. You Who shares your Divine gift permitting me to forgive and forget past insults and injustices, and Who are always at my side within reaching distance. I desire in this short supplication to thank You for all that You have done for me; and to assure You once more that I never want to be separated from You under any circumstances, no matter what the incentive. I want to be with You, I along with my loved ones, cradled in Your unending love. Thank You for your never-failing kindness towards me and those I call my own.

(Prayer to be offered for three consecutive days: Faith in The Holy Spirit will cause Him to respond to your request no matter how difficult the problem might be. Publish prayer as soon as request has been Granted .)

Thank You Holy Spirit.

WAY Printing

Notice is hereby given that You Qiang Chen is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at ” Wang Jiao Shop” located at # 8 Mapp Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Zhou Rong Li is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at ” Jian Ye” located at # 3 2nd Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Kuan Fen Hsien is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at ”Vin Hong Supermarket” located at #3 Euphrates Avenue, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Vin’s Liquors Limited is applying for a Publican General Liquor License to be operated at ”Vin’s Liqors” located at # 1 Euphrates Avenue, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Wen Yan Xiao is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at ”Heng Weng Shop” located at # 39 King Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Jian Rong Chen is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at ”Fay Way” located at # 4010 Mahogany Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Feng Wen San is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at ”Bolo’s Fast Food” located at # 29 Partridge Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

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DISRESPECT!

Belize City: Thursday 23rd August 2018 Last month the Government of Belize excluded Belize City Mayor, Bernard Wagner, from the Citizen Security Summit. Many suspected that it was an innocent oversight and not the manifestation of petty partisan politics.

However, again this month, our Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner was disregarded and disrespected by GoB. He was not invited to any of the official ceremonies regarding President Tsai Ing Wen’s official state visit to Belize from Taiwan. Last Thursday the President was bestowed with the Order of Belize at the Museum of Be-

lize but Mayor Wagner was not invited although the event took place in his municipality.

On the contrary, last Friday during a special sitting at the House of Representatives in Belmopan, Mayor Khalid Belisle, was formally invited to the ceremony. Following that ceremony she was invited at the residence of Senate President, Lee Mark Chang, for a feast.

While we hold GoB accountable we also hold Taiwan Ambassador to Belize H.E. Charles Liu, equally responsible for this gross disrespect. We consider this a grave diplomatic blunder especially at a time when the Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan, is in need of friends.

Ambassador Liu should ensure that no Belizean official is rubbed the wrong way or made to feel as if he is not a valued part of the Taiwanese foreign policy.

We note that unlike the Taiwanese, the recently appointed United Staes Charge’d Afdairs, Keith R. Giles, has payed a courtesy visit to Mayor Wagner although the US Embassy is situated in Belmopan.

It is our hope that the continued disrespect of an elected official will discontinue and a more bipartisanship approach will be employed for the development of our people and country.

07 7 LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICES Notice is hereby given that Pedro Williams Catin is applying for a Night Club Liquor License to be operated at ” Blacknight Lounge & Club” located at 1.5 Ml. Philip Goldson Highway, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Meitan Qu is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at ” 139 Store” located at # 139 Neals Pen Road, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Zhufeng Luo is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at ”Homeover” located in Ladyville Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Wei Chi Yan is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at ”New Shop” located at # 2 Gabourel Lane, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Dioni Marin is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at ”Sea-clusion Cove” located on Miguel Street, Finca Solana, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Forhad & Sajjad Miah are applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at ”FS Dollar Shop & Laundromat” located at # 97 Basra Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

NEEDED: Domestic Helper at # 259 Los Lagos, Ladyville.

Call 622-7933 for more information.

NEEDED: Domestic Helper at # 10 Landivar & St. James Street, Belize City.

Call 602-4189 for more information.

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PUBLIC AUCTION SALES: PROPERTIES PUBLIC AUCTION SALES: PROPERTIES Placencia Peninsula; Stann Placencia Peninsula; Stann Creek DistrictCreek District

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

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs.

The Belize Bank International Limited, Licensed Auctioneer Kevin A. Castillo will sell the following properties in front Messrs.

The Belize Bank Limited, Main Kevin A. Castillo will sell the following properties in front Messrs. The Belize Bank Limited, Main Street, Placencia Village, Stann Creek District on Monday 3rd September 2018 at 10:30 am: rd Street, Placencia Village, Stann Creek District on Monday 3 September 2018 at 10:30 am: 1.

Parcel No. 2115 Placencia Residences, Placencia Peninsula, Stann Creek

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Placencia North 36 2115 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [43 ft. X 54 ft. inclusive of a 9 ft. X 30 ft. back porch] + garage [20 ft X 22 ft.] containing master bedroom with bathroom/jacuzzi + guest room with bathroom + kitchen + dining room + large open living room + office + laundry room and lagoon side lot [876.25 square meters (1048.00 square yards)] situate in the sub-division known as The Placencia Residences near Mile 13 Placencia Road, Placencia Peninsula, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Dario Del Valle). ******* NB. Restrictions on use of Property is available upon request ********* 2.

Parcel No. 2109 Placencia Residences, Placencia Peninsula, Stann Creek:

3.

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Placencia North 36 2109 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house elevated 3 ft. above grade [32 ft. X 46 ft.] + side porches [5 ft X 20 ft. each side] + back porch [5ft X 42ft] containing 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms (1 with jacuzzi) + kitchen + laundry + dining room + large open living room and lagoon side lot [902.31 square meters (1079.16 square yards)] situate in the sub-division known as The Placencia Residences near Mile 13 Placencia Road, Placencia Peninsula, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Giuseppe Asti). ******* NB. Restrictions on use of Property is available upon request ********* Parcel No. 2159 Placencia Residences, Placencia Peninsula, Stann Creek:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Placencia North 36 2159 (Being a canal side vacant lot situate in the sub-division known as The Placencia Residences near Mile 13 Placencia Road, Placencia Peninsula, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Ryan Pott). *******NB. Restrictions on use of Property is available upon request*********

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - www.belizebank.com (foreclosure listing) www.belizebank.com (foreclosure listing) TERMS: STRICTLY CASH KEVIN A. CASTILLO TELEPHONE 223-4488 TERMS: STRICTLY CASH E-mail: kevinacas@yahoo.com KEVIN A. CASTILLO Face Book: Belize Auctions TELEPHONE: 223 4488 Email: kevinacas@yahoo.com Face Book: Belize Auctions

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UDP UNDERMINES BELIZE CITY COUNCIL Belize City: Tuesday 22st August Five months after pulling off a political upset in Belize City, the PUP led Belize City Council has finally come under attack.

And it is suspected that the attack is from none other than the UDP’s Deputy Leader, Patrick Faber, under whose watch his party lost the deeply coveted Belize City after twelve long years in office.

The suspicion is a valid one, as Faber is the chairman of the National Celebrations Commission (NCC) which cut the council’s budget for September celebrations by a whopping 20 per cent without any explanation.

A statement from the Mayor’s office explained that in July the council submitted its list of events for the September celebrations.

This list included the annual Municipal Fair.

However, last week the NCC responded with the unexpected bombshell.

Given the reduced budget, the council’s September committee met last Thursday and opted to cancel the Municipal Fair as it simply

could not afford it.

“The Council underscores that the decision to cancel the Municipal Fair is solely a direct result of the arbitrary reduction in funding allocated by the NCC,” said the statement.

“While we do not believe that our National Celebrations should be politicized, the Council has not been able to receive a solid justification for the unexpected reduction, especially since we are of the view that no other municipality’s funding was reduced,” the statement continued.

The statement revealed that while funding to Belize City was reduced, this year the NCC received 50 per cent more funding from the Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan than it did in 2016.

Amidst the shrinking of its budget, and looming legal woes inherited from the previous council, Deputy Mayor Oscar Arnold remained positive.

He told the press that all other initiatives and celebrations will continue as per normal.

Despite the political attack and mischief, Arnold told our newspa-

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

per, “As we celebrate our history as a people, there should be no room for petty partisan politics.”

“Instead, as political leaders,

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the following companies (“the Companies”) incorporated under the IBC Act of Belize commenced dissolution as follows: Name of Company

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on 20th August 2018 Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garcia, (Ret’d) psc. OBE was appointed Receiver of Messrs. Robert’s Grove Limited of Point Placencia, Stann Creek District.

Any person having a claim upon ROBERT’S GROVE LIMITED is asked to send in the particulars to: Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garcia, (Ret’d) psc. OBE, Receiver, Robert’s Grove Limited, P.O Box 2649, Belize City, Belize.

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the company ROSATTA INC. (“the Company”) incorporated under the IBC Act of Belize commenced dissolution on the 16th day of August, 2018; and Brenda González de Saavedra of PH ARIFA 9th Floor, West Boulevard, Santa María Business District, Republic of Panama is the Liquidator of the Company, and any claims against the company should be forwarded to the Liquidator within 30 days from commencement.

Arias, Fabrega & Fabrega (Belize) Ltd. Registered Agent

we should take a bipartisanship approach to recommit ourselves to the development of our country and people,” he added.

Date of Commencement of Dissolution

Liquidator Name & Address

Tasaro Limited

August 13, 2018

The SCF Group, 1st Floor, Omega Building, Riverside West, Smugglers Way, London, SW18 1AZ, UK

Sagini Holdings Limited

August 13, 2018

The SCF Group, 1st Floor, Omega Building, Riverside West, Smugglers Way, London, SW18 1AZ, UK

MOLDEN NOMINEES LIMITED

August 20, 2018

Irina Irakleous of Istrou Street, 15, Zakaki, Limassol, 3048, Cyprus

MOLDEN HOLDINGS LIMITED

August 20, 2018

Irina Irakleous of Istrou Street, 15, Zakaki, Limassol, 3048, Cyprus

Any claims against the company should be forwarded to the Liquidator within 30 days from commencement.

Belize Corporate Services Limited Registered Agent

EXECUTIVE SEARCH Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®), the regional examining body, is seeking two talented professionals to join its Team in the capacity of:

• Financial Controller, based at CXC Headquarters, Barbados.

This role reports directly to the Director of Corporate Services.

• Manager, Syllabus and Curriculum Development Unit, based at CXC Western Zone Office, Jamaica.

This role reports directly to the Senior Manager, Syllabus and Curriculum Development Unit.

CXC is a performance driven organisation which offers a competitive and attractive remuneration and benefits package and opportunities for further learning and career development experience.

Interested applicants should apply via our website: www.cxc.org/vacancies where further information on the roles can be accessed.

Please include the names and contact information for three (3) referees.

The Deadline for submissions is 29 August 2018. Only suitably qualified applicants will be contacted.

ONLY ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED

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USA wins in O.Walk U-15 Mundialito championship

Champs Elite Promos’ Predators

Elite Promos’ Predators won Orange Walk U-13 football championship

Orange Walk Town, August 18, 2018.

The Elite Promos “Predators” won the Orange Walk Under-13 Mundialito championship final: 1-0 against the Minions in at the Orange Walk Technical High School field on Saturday afternoon.

In Game 1, the consolation game for 3rd place, San Estevan FC won 2-0 against the Rising Stars, with goals

by Otmar Quiñonez and Diego Chan.

In Game 2 the championship final, Predators’ Mark Bainton got 2 open looks at goal in the first 2 quarters, but his headers went outside the goalpost on each try.

Not so Johan Uh’s rocket from midfield in the 3rd quarter, which sailed in over the goalkeeper’s gloves and under the crossbar: 1-0.

Minons vs Predators

Tournament organizers Deputy Mayor Ladrick Shepard and Benedict Ramos team trophies and individual medals to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.

Champs Team USA Orange Walk Town, August 19, 2018 Team “USA” of Trinidad Village won the Orange Walk Under-15 Mundialito football championship held by the New Horizon Sporting Club at the Louisiana field in Orange Walk Town on Sunday evening.

In Game 1 the consolation match for 3rd place, Argentina of Yo Creek won 5-0 against Chile of San Jose, with 2 goals by Allen Castillo, and a goal apiece from Ravey Correa, Andrei Canul and Jeriel Reyes.

In Game 2, Team USA won in sudden death 8-7, when the penalty shootout was tied at 5-5 after the first 5 tries. Colombia of the Louisiana area had drawn 1-1 in regulation, with goals by Ivan Cruz for USA, and Carlos “Jahmes” Itzab equalizing for Colombia.

Orange Walk Mayor Kevin Bernard presented team trophies and individual medals to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, with Team USA claiming the $1,000 1st prize, Colombia took the $600 2nd prize, and Argentina got the $400 3rd prize.

Individual awards: Playoff MVP - Tyrese Augustine of Colombia Best Goalkeeper - Jayden Smith

MVP Menalio Novelo Jr. of Team USA Most Goals - Allen Castillo of Argentina Fair Play trophy - Chile of San Jose.

MVP of tournament - Menalio Novelo Jr.

NOTICE 2nd place Minions

TRANSAIR LOGISTICS LTD. #154,576 (“the Company”) Pursuant to Section 102 (4) of the International Business Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, notice is hereby given that TRANSAIR LOGISTICS LTD.: a) Is in dissolution b) Commenced dissolution on the 16th day of August 2018; and c) SOTERIS PHOTIOU whose address is Nicosia, Cyprus is the Liquidator of the Company.

3rd place San Estevan FC

CILTrust International Limited Registered Agent

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Belize Bank & Latinos win thru to Maclean Insurance BDFA Interoffice football playoffs

Belize Bank

BzeBank - Erica Milligan controls vs KHMH Latinos eData

Belize Jaguars win 1-0 vs Nicaragua at UNCAF U-19 championships Comayagua, Honduras, August 19, 2018 The Belize Jaguars national Under-19 men’s football team enjoyed a 1-0 over Nicaragua at the Union Centro Americana de Futbol (UNCAF) U-19 championships in Comayagua Honduras on Tuesday.

Jonard Castillo of Wagiya scored the winning goal in the 33rd minute to give the Jaguars their first win in 3 outings: 1-0!

Castillo had also scored the Jaguars’ first goal of the tournament in the 21st minute of their 1-6 loss to Honduras on Sunday.

Honduras’ goals came from Cristian Calix in the 2nd minute, 2 goals by Selvin Guevara in the 19th and 24th minutes, and Josue Villafrana scored in the 60th minutes. Cristian Padilla scored in the 71st minute and Edwin Rodri-

Belize U19 Jaguars win 1-0 Nicaragua

guez, in the 73rd minute.

Jesse August of the Belmopan Bandits scored the Jaguars’ only goal in the 62nd minute in their 1-3 loss to El Salvador on Monday; Ronal Cerritos, Emerson Gomez and Cristian Rosales scored for El Salvador.

The Jaguars rested on Wednesday and Thursday; they take on Costa Rica on Friday, August 24, Panama on Saturday and Guatemala on Sunday.

Belize City, August 17, 2018 The Belize Bank and Latinos eData won through to the Maclean Insurance Interoffice football playoffs organized by the Belize District Football Association, in the matches at the MCC garden last Wednesday and Friday nights.

In Game 1 Wednesday night, Latinos eData picked up an easy 3pts, but the Belize City Council’s forfeit.

In Game 2, Atlantic Insurance eliminated Simon Quan Ltd from the playoffs: 2-1 with goals by Faisal Ahmad and Windell Esquiliano, only Rodolfo Enriquez scored for Simon Quan.

In Game 1 Friday night, MOE & Sports/Premium Wines also picked up an easy 3pts by Atlantic Insurance’s forfeit.

In Game 2, the Belize Bank walked over the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital: 3-0, with 2 goals

by Francisco “Peely” Briceño, and a 3rd goal by Quince Briceño.

Upcoming playoffs knockout matches: Thursday August 23, 2018 Ramada Gray Enterprises/ Bros.Habet vs Belize Bank MOE&Sports/Premium Wines vs Latinos eData Friday August 24, 2018 Fort Street Tourist Village vs KHMH Atlantic Insurance vs BWS.

VERDES FC TRAINS BDF 4-2 IN PLB FOOTBALL Belize City, August 19, 2018 Verdes FC held football clinic for the Belize Defence Force: 4-2 in the 2018-2019 Premier League of Belize opening season at the MCC garden on Sunday.

The Green Machine’s goals came from Roberto Silva de Lima at the penalty spot in the 30th minute, from Gilroy “Bredda” Thurton in the 39th minute, and by a header from Collin Westby in the 45th minute to lead 3-0 at the half. Nahjib Guerra scored their 4th goal in the 64th minute.

BDF’s goals came from Victor Moralez in the 47th minute, and Orlan Trapp in the 88th minute.

The Bandits stomped Wagiya 5-0 at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium in Belmopan last Thursday night with 2 goals by Georgie Welcome in the 3rd and 58th minutes, and a goal apiece from Luis “Baca” Torres in the 6th minute, Rony Sanchez in the

38th minute, and Norman Anderson in the 88th minute.

The undefeated Police United remain No.1 in the PLB with 9pts, after arresting the Freedom Fighters 6-0 at the Victor Sanchez Union Field last Saturday night, with 2 goals by Shane “Chucky” Flores, and a goal apiece from Jehshaphat Nnendi Min, John King and Marlon “Matador” Meza.

The San Pedro Pirates’ Mexican import Eduardo Chaviria scored all 4 goals in the 7th, 33rd, 75th and 91st minutes for their 4-0 win against the Altitude Assassins at the Ambergris Stadium last Saturday night.

Upcoming games on Saturday, August 25: Pirates vs BDF at the Ambergris Stadium.

On Sunday, August 26: Bandits vs Police United at Isidoro Beaton Stadium.

Verdes vs Altitude Assassins at Norman Broaster Stadium Wagiya vs Freedom Fighters at Carl Ramos Stadium.

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PUP NATIONAL EXECUTIVE MEETS

PARTY LEADER’S REMARKS AT SAN JOAQUIN FIESTA

17 agosto 2018 Es bueno estar aquí con ustedes hoy en una de las fiestas más famosas de Belice.

Desde hace más de 50 años Beliceños de todo el país, especialmente de Corozal y Orange Walk, esperamos este evento anual que rinde homenaje a la historia de este pueblo y su patrono San Joaquín.

Las fiestas que marcan esta ocasión es un homenaje a una comunidad de personas con una cultura rica que se remonta a 1858, cuando Andres y Felipa Magaña habiendo escapado de los estragos de la guerra en Bacalar, México, encuentran paz y un lugar para iniciar su hogar aquí en esta hermosa aldea.

Su historia es la historia de muchos de nuestros antepasados que vinieron aquí a Belice escapando de la Guerra de las Castas. Hoy la cultura beliceña se enriquece con las contribuciones de muchos de los mestizos y mayas de Yucatán y Quintana Roo que trajeron a Honduras Británica un nuevo grupo de colonos con una nueva cultura y que estaban dispuestos a trabajar las tierras fértiles del norte de Belice y participar en la construcción de esta nación.

Mientras celebramos los logros de estos hombres y mujeres valientes, saquemos fuerza y coraje de lo que eran capaces de lograr y seamos inspirados por su valentía y así consigamos superar los desafíos que hoy en día enfrenta nuestro país y por extensión esta comunidad.

Cuestiones como el desempleo

juvenil, el crimen y la violencia, el costo de vida que sigue aumentando y la falta de oportunidades para las personas en nuestras comunidades rurales. Frente a la crisis que enfrenta la industria azucarera y mucho más nuestros caneros pequeños, que están entre sus familiares y amigos aquí en San Joaquín, debemos ser valientes y trabajar juntos para salvar y restaurar la industria de la caña de azúcar.

Si trabajamos juntos podemos encontrar una manera de hacer rentable la industria azucarera mientras que al mismo tiempo, usando nuestra creatividad para encontrar formas nuevas y creativas para crear nuevos medios de empleo para nuestros jóvenes aquí en San Joaquín.

En muchos sentidos, esta fiesta marca el inicio de nuestra temporada de celebraciones nacionales aquí en el norte. Los maratones de fútbol, eventos culturales, danzas y encuentro de familiares y amigos celebran quienes somos como beliceños.

También sirve como un recordatorio para todos nosotros de ser audaces como las primeras familias de San Joaquín eran, siempre creyendo que con la gracia de Dios, a través de trabajo duro y la mente determinada y por el amor de esta comunidad y nación, podemos a seguir adelante.

Que Dios siga bendiciendo mucho a San Joaquín y Belice y que tengan una Fiesta de San Joaquín exitosa y sin acontecimientos.

Muchas gracias.

OW East Town Executive Formed

Chairman - Ian Cal Vice chair - Gian Vasquez Marshall - Mrs. Mayola Nah UWG Rep - Sylvia Gillett Co-chair of UWG - Mrs. Leah Marchand Treasurer - Marco Maaz Assistant Treasurer - Keenan Tillett Campaign Manager - Fernando Sanchez Asst. Campaign Manager - Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez Youth Coordinators - Kevin Trejo and Rene Torress PR - Juan Daniel Witzil and Daniel Chavez Logistics Coordinator - Herson Guerra, Alejandro Marin, Wender Alamilla, Aldeir Lima

Advisors: Dave Burgos and Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez.

ODS Rep. - Armando Valdez.

Meeting was held on Tuesday August 21st, at the OW East office, Zericote Street in OW Town.

The village committees will also be formed in the weeks ahead.

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BELIZE NEEDS AN URGENT UPGRADE PUBLIC IN TRANSPORTATION “The reality about transportation is that it is future-oriented.

If we are planning for what we have, we are behind the curve”.

–Anthony Foxx– By: Dr. Pedro Villegas I. Background Transport drives economic activity and is fundamental to human welfare, but the sector is also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution, with significant impacts on the environment and human health. Transport activity is increasing around the world, as economies grow, which means that the sector’s emissions are also on the rise. That’s largely because 95% of the world’s transport energy still comes from fossil fuels.

Air pollution kills nearly 7 million people every year around the world. The situation could worsen in the coming years in Central America and the Caribbean, where transport, a rapidly growing sector, is the main source of greenhouse emissions. The region’s vehicle fleet is expanding faster than any other in the world and could triple over the next 25 years. This would result in a collapse of the cities’ road infrastructures and in a proportional increase of pollutants. To avoid this dramatic scenario, several countries in the region like Colombia and Panama are implementing innovative laws and projects to promote electric mobility and introducing clean vehicles into their public transport.

II. Discussion Belize has one of the oldest and less reliable transportation fleets in the entire Central America and the Caribbean. Currently 20-30 years old school buses are the main transport in Belize. The reality is that when you take a bus you never know if you will reach your destination safe and on time. Drivers in Belize should always be careful especially at night due to animals, pedestrians and lack of signs on the road (especially where speed bumps or sharp turns are located).

There are 4 main Highways in Belize: 1. Phillip Goldson Highway, also known as the Northern Highway. This is an 85-mile road that begins in Belize City and ends in Corozal Town, the most northern part of Belize.

2. George Price Highway, commonly known as the Western Highway. This starts at the southern exit of Belize City, and continues 77 miles west of Belize running through Hattieville, the Belize Zoo, the Capital Belmopan, the twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena and ends in Benque Viejo del

Carmen at the Guatemalan border.

3. Hummingbird Highway.

This is a 56-mile road that starts at the Western Highway in Belmopan all the way to Dangriga. The Hummingbird dips and swoops through some of the most beautiful territory in Belize.

4. Southern Highway, which is one of the best roads in Belize. It starts at the cutoff just before entering Dangriga Town for 93 miles all the way to Punta Gorda Town.

Why not put in place a government funding program that allow bus owners to acquire better and newer buses? This long-term investment is imperative to meet demands in infrastructure. Modern Buses are safer, more efficient, more comfortable, and more reliable, burn less fuel and have lower maintenance costs. Why would they have to raise the fare price?

One possible solution is to import alternative forms of transport that run on butane gas or solar electric; we need to adopt these better technologies, it is a better longterm investment which could create the economic stimulus for our hard-working bus owners.

In Belize the buses are a mess!

Why can’t we be a country that has rules and regulations to follow for safety and a clean environment?

Bus owners currently maintain its buses with very low-quality brake pads that can’t withstand the intense friction heat of the originals, it causes the pads to catch fire making a lot of toxic smoke, showing insufficient compliance of Transport Authorities that represent a risk to people’s health and the environment, since this could cause lung cancer, asthma and other respiratory illnesses.

The daily routine bus inspection must check brakes, steering oil, indicator lights, tires, tank seals and extinguisher, etc. We believe that buses should be inspected every year for road worthiness. Is it a requirement for road permit by Transport Department? Well maintained buses and skilled bus drivers ensure road safety for passengers.

Enforcement for all buses to pick up and drop off passengers only at the designated bus stops should be put on place. It is annoying when buses stop anywhere on the middle of the streets causing obstruction to other vehicles.

In the case of Belize City, Minibuses are the best choice to move especially at pick hours when city is congested. Minibuses are more dynamic and responsive than large buses. They can be a better fit for the geography of the old capital city with their narrow streets and road complexity.

Fewer than one in three of the poorest tenth of the population own their own car. With our bus system in such a state, it is unsurprising that those with the least money are three times more likely to use a bus. In fact, our buses are a disaster and there is no expectation about when it will be fixed; so, frustration, complaining and disappointment are going to an empty box. Private bus companies have one motive, after all: making profit, rather than catering to the needs of their users, and rather than invest in improving bus services.

Without plenty of paved roads and highways, particularly in rural areas that are suffering for creating the ideal road trip not only is the bus the unique alternative for normal Belizeans, but it’s also the least expensive way to travel the entire country. Do you know that free WiFi, power outlets, a restroom, air conditioning, and reclaimable seats are the standard on most buses in the region and the world?

Since the launching of the Comprehensive National Transportation Master Plan in Belize City last May 22nd, 2018, no action has been taken. Government Press Office informed that with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) sets an implementation plan for the country’s transport sector over the next years. Experts from Egis International of France in association with Trans-Consult of Mexico prepared the proposal.

This project will be funded by a

technical cooperation grant from the IDB’s Japan Special Fund valued at US$880,000 along with the counterpart contribution of US$220,000 by the Government of Belize. The reality is that couple of months later we are at the same position, when actions will be taken?

To worsen the situation our Belizean buses are prohibited to enter Guatemala through wester border and several times have not been allowed to cross northern border to Chetumal, whereas Guatemalan buses from several lines freely circulate Belizean highways from west to north with the corresponding permission and authorizations, is that fair and right for you?

III. Conclusions Public transportation is as crucial for social and economic development as is agriculture, infrastructure, electricity and communications. We will never develop our economy as long as workers and students are unable to move efficiently and safely. A properly functioning bus system should be a national development priority.

Maybe we would be accused of being dreamers because our imaginings seem impossible to get, but we must fight and claw for our people who deserve better services.

All we can do is to help ensure that we indeed deserve a society that is fairer and just for all. We cannot be doomed or damned by the circumstances and forces of the street on which we live. We must fight for our rights!

You can reach your own conclusions.

God bless Belize.

Follow us at: www.cubel.org and www.facebook.com/cubelconsultancy IV. References 1. Belize Bus System and Schedules (2018). Available at: www.belize.com/belize-bus-system-and-schedules 2. Government of Belize Press Release (2018) Available at: www. edc.gov.bz/comprehensive-national-transportation-master-plan 3. Peterson, G. (2018) “A Journey down the Hummingbird Highway, Belize”. Central America Newsletter. Available at: www. centralamerica.com/experiencing/ travel/hummingbird-highway-belize, July 23rd, 2018.

4. Sustainable Transport and Air Pollution (2018). UN Environment Newsletter. www.unenvironment.org 5. UN Environment (2018).

“Latin America and the Caribbean hop into electric mobility”. UN Environment Newsletter, available at: www.unenvironment.org August 7, 2018.

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MY PERSPECTIVE

By Dolores Balderamos Garcia

RE-REGISTRATION RUMINATIONS Back in 1997 there was a re-registration exercise. It has therefore been twenty-one years since we tidied up the voters list and started afresh. I recall that at that time I had been the standard bearer for Port Loyola for over a year, having been selected at a contested convention in September 1995. We had already registered many people to vote at the small Racecourse Street office across Yarborough Bridge. When re-registration was declared we had to start all over again, and we were quite unhappy. I feel now, however, that the re-registration then was the best thing to happen to our Campaign. Before re-registration, at least 30 percent of the voters who were registered on Neal Pen Road did not live there. Afterwards, we were able to reach out to and to personally know just about everyone on that very long street.

The rule of thumb is that re-registration does favor the challenger, but if handled right, I would say. The incumbent usually has no problem with a padded and old list, because he or she would have the information about where voters are and would use this to his or her advantage. We are also aware that with the way the law is set up, there can be many ways to manipulate the system and register persons where they do not live.

The “chief occupant” of the home can say to elections and boundaries personnel that a person lives at a certain address, when indeed they do not. This was used by the UDP in 2015 in Belize Rural Central, for example. Myrtle Palacio, former Chief Elections Officer, has opined that unless there are positive changes to the Representation of the People Act, the same kind of manipulation of the process and actual fraud will continue to occur.

Only last week there was a glaring example of this at the Ladyville RC School registration center. I witnessed personally what happened.

The main UDP operative took a young woman to register for the first time, and when the registering clerk asked the young woman where she lives, she was completely unable to answer. The UDP operative then ran into the room and loudly described her own address in Lord’s Bank as the person’s address. The thing is the young woman does not live there. When our own agent complained, the UDP operative turned to

her and boasted “What you going to do about it!!” Well, clearly, what we are going to do about it will be to object when it is time for the electoral roll to be reviewed at the magistrate court. The UDP operative is of course the chief occupant of her house. The question is thus, will the court take her word for it as to where that young woman resides??

We have obvious problems with this system. And where political party operatives believe they can get away with fraud, they will continue to try to register Persons where they do not live.

Witness too what is happening in the Cayo District in particular. Many people from other areas are being taken to Cayo Central to register. They do not live there, but ruling party workers are busily carrying out this fraud. Opposition people are having to be extremely vigilant to spot this thievery. We have to remain on our toes to call out the wrongdoing and fight against it whenever it comes up.

Another thing is that many workers in the re-registration exercise have been chosen due some blood relation to the government representatives. This is clearly wrong. Where is the transparency?? One young man who has been placed at the Ladyville RC registration center is there because he is related to a government minister. The thing is the young man is so slow and challenged that there is obvious incompetence on his part. He takes up to twenty-five minutes to process one applicant, asking irrelevant questions and displaying a lack of familiarity with simple computer processes. This is totally unfair to him, as he should not be there at all. Worse, it is unfair to persons who are applying for re-registration. They cannot get through the process in reasonable time. Voters have a right to be dealt with by professional and competent staff, and sadly this is not happening because the election and boundaries department have given a job to a minister’s nephew or other relative that he surely cannot handle.

These are only a few thoughts as we go through the re-registration exercise. My encouragement is that we have to continue to stay on our toes to spot attempts at fraud during this important time, and also to bring out the UDP government’s efforts to manipulate this process for their own benefit. This is no time to sleep.

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the below companies have been dissolved and struck off the International Business Companies Register with effect from the dates indicated: Name of Company

Date

LAS CIBELES Limited

10TH August, 2018

IBB BOSTON INVESTMENT LTD.

10th August, 2018

OSTRING INVESTMENTS LIMITED

14th August, 2018

ALEMAN, CORDERO, GALINDO & LEE TRUST (BELIZE) LIMITED

Registered Agent

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the below companies have been dissolved and struck off the International Business Companies Register with effect from the dates indicated: Name of Company

Date

DORCANT PARTNERS LTD.

18TH August, 2018

VOLTEST COMMERCIAL INC.

18th August, 2018

Belize Corporate Services Limited Registered Agent

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the below companies have been dissolved and struck off the International Business Companies Register with effect from the dates indicated: Name of Company

Date

Fenia Capital Inc.

8TH August, 2018

BENEFICIAL GROUP VENTURES LTD.

16th August, 2018

AMAR S.A.

21st August, 2018

Icaza Belize Trust Corporation Limited Registered Agent

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the following companies (“the Companies”) incorporated under the IBC Act of Belize commenced dissolution as follows: Name of Company

Date of Commencement of Dissolution

Liquidator Name & Address

LC GLOBAL SERVICES LTD.

August 9, 2018

Mr. Iacovos Chimonides of 50 Parthenonos Str., 2413 Engomi, Nicosia, Cyprus

COHI ASSETS LTD.

August 13, 2018

Irina Irakleous of Istrou Street, 15, Zakaki, Limassol, 3048, Cyprus

SHARLAN CAPITAL LTD.

August 13, 2018

Irina Irakleous of Istrou Street, 15, Zakaki, Limassol, 3048, Cyprus

Any claims against the company should be forwarded to the Liquidator within 30 days from commencement.

Icaza Belize Trust Corporation Limited Registered Agent

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Policía de Nicaragua ocupa ruta de marcha contra Ortega y crea incertidumbre Agentes de seguridad y antimotines de la Policía de Nicaragua ocuparon hoy la ruta prevista de una marcha contra el presidente Daniel Ortega, lo que creó incertidumbre, ya que el país atraviesa una crisis que ha dejado entre 317 y 448 muertos en manifestaciones contra el Gobierno.

Por EFE 18 de Agosto de 2018 Decenas de policías fuertemente armados se desplegaron sobre la Carretera a Masaya, una de principales vías de Managua, desde horas previas a la marcha, que se espera multitudinaria, que tiene por título “Nada está normal”.

Las autoridades policiales no brindaron explicaciones sobre su decisión.

La Policía se desplegó al norte de una concentración de trabajadores del

Estado convocada por el Gobierno, para contrarrestar la protesta, en una línea de hasta un kilómetro.

A pesar de que el Gobierno ya había hecho coincidir manifestaciones anteriores en hora y lugar, hasta ahora no se había visto un amplio despliegue policial en la ruta de la marcha contra Ortega.

“Seguiremos resistiendo cívica y pacíficamente por una Nicaragua con justicia y democracia”, publicó la Alianza Cívica, que apoyó la convocatoria para este sábado, en respuesta a la fuerte presencia policial.

Destruyen dos pistas clandestina usadas para narcotráfico en Gracias a Dios Los espacios quedaron inhabilitados con cuatro cráteres de 10 metros de ancho por 4 de profundidad, precisó la institución castrense.

La Prensa: Honduras Lunes 20 de Agosto 2018 Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Soldados hondureños destruyeron dos pistas de aterrizaje clandestinas usadas por narcotraficantes para llevar cocaína y otras drogas a México y EE.UU., informó hoy la Fuerza Armada de Honduras.

Las denominadas “narcopistas” fueron destruidas este domingo en el departamento de Gracias a Dios, fronterizo con Nicaragua, según un informe de la institución militar.

La primera pista, de 1.400 metros de longitud por 20 de ancho, estaba en el sector de Llano de Crua, mientras que la segunda, de 1.200 metros de longitud por 20 de ancho, en el sector de Paloma Supa, ambas en el municipio Brus Laguna, y fueron destruidas

con explosivos detonados por soldados del Ejército.

Los espacios quedaron inhabilitados con cuatro cráteres de 10 metros de ancho por 4 de profundidad, precisó la institución castrense.

En lo que va de 2018, las autoridades hondureñas han inhabilitado 40 pistas, la mayoría en Gracias a Dios, que eran utilizadas por los carteles del narcotráfico para transportar drogas, principalmente cocaína, según cifras oficiales.

Por su posición geográfica, el territorio hondureño es utilizado por narcotraficantes internacionales que envían cargamentos, especialmente de cocaína, a Estados Unidos, en avionetas y embarcaciones rápidas que navegan por el Caribe.

Las autoridades de Honduras mantienen activos en el Caribe los escudos aéreo, marítimo y terrestre iniciados para reducir el tráfico de drogas procedente de América del Sur.

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Las protestas contra el Gobierno de Nicaragua iniciaron el pasado 18 de abril.

A pesar de que la Alianza confirmó la manifestación de hoy, sus integrantes no revelaron si cambiarán de ruta para evitar enfrentamiento, tal como ha ocurrido en situaciones de amenaza.

Nicaragua cumple hoy 4 meses en la crisis sociopolítica más sangrienta desde la década de 1980, también con Ortega como presidente.

La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) y la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos

(ACNUDH) han responsabilizado al Gobierno de Nicaragua de “asesinatos, ejecuciones extrajudiciales, malos tratos, posibles actos de tortura y detenciones arbitrarias”, lo que Ortega ha negado.

Las protestas contra Ortega y su esposa, la vicepresidenta Rosario Murillo, comenzaron por unas fallidas reformas de la seguridad social y se convirtieron en una exigencia de renuncia del mandatario, después de once años en el poder, con acusaciones de abuso y corrupción.

Presidente Hernández invita a Costa Rica, Panamá y Nicaragua a sumarse a unión aduanera

Los gobernantes de Guatemala y Honduras dieron la bienvenida a El Salvador en su integración oficial a la unión aduanera centroamericana.

La Prensa, Honduras: Lunes 20 Aug 2018 Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

El presidente de Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, invitó hoy a Costa Rica, Nicaragua y Panamá a sumarse a la unión aduanera que su país y Guatemala iniciaron en 2017, tras oficializarse la adhesión de El Salvador.

“Hemos soñado esto y también soñamos que muy pronto Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá sean parte de este sueño y lo convirtamos en realidad, porque entonces nos vamos a convertir en la séptima economía del continente”, subrayó Hernández tras reunirse con sus homólogos de El Salvador, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, y Guatemala, Jimmy Morales.

La unión aduanera centroamericana abre “enormes cantidad de oportunidades” a favor de los pueblos, señaló Hernández, y destacó que el proceso iniciado entre Honduras y Guatemala en junio de 2017 “no ha sido fácil”, pero “debe traernos prosperidad a través de la inversión, empleos y mejores oportunidades para nuestra gente”.

Los gobernantes guatemalteco y hondureño dieron la bienvenida a El Salvador en su integración oficial a la unión aduanera centroamericana, en un acto celebrado en el puesto fronterizo de El Corinto, en Honduras.

La unión aduanera es una “experiencia que el mundo está viendo, documentando, pero también con la incorporación de los hermanos salvadoreños esto se vuelve más atractivo, como caso de estudio, pero también (para) mejores oportunidades para nuestros pueblos”, enfatizó el mandatario hondureño.

Señaló que los pueblos de Honduras y Guatemala han dado “un ejemplo claro de la voluntad política de poder avanzar en estos primeros pasos de la integración económica centroamericana a nivel de la unión aduanera”.

La unión aduanera ha “sido trascendental” para Honduras y Guatemala, ya que se ha logrado reducir “el paso de despacho” en las fronteras unificadas de un promedio de 55 horas a 15 minutos, explicó.

Hernández resaltó que el objetivo debe ser “convertirnos en la octava economía más grande de América Latina, un mercado sumamente atractivo”.

La semana anterior, las autoridades salvadoreñas entregaron al Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA) el protocolo que los integra oficialmente a la unión aduanera centroamericana, que permitirá que ciertos productos gocen de libre circulación en el Triángulo Norte.

Honduras y Guatemala, naciones que tienen un producto interno bruto (PIB) conjunto de 72.781 millones de dólares y su comercio bilateral ronda el 40 por ciento de las exportaciones e importaciones de Centroamérica, concretaron el 26 de junio de 2017 la unión aduanera. EFE

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Por EFE / Costa Rica 18 de Agosto de 2018 Con gritos de “¡Fuera nicas!” y con banderas y camisas de Costa Rica, los costarricenses organizaron una marcha para protestar contra el ingreso que ellos califican como masivo.

Con gritos de “¡Fuera nicas!” y con banderas y camisas de Costa Rica, los costarricenses organizaron una marcha para protestar contra el ingreso que ellos califican como masivo.

La manifestación, que en un principio iba a ser pacífica, terminó con disturbios, ofensas y varios detenidos, extraoficialmente se maneja un total de 20 capturados por desorden público.

La misma policía reprimió y obstaculizó el trabajo de la prensa, medios de comunicación fueron agredidos verbal y físicamente, no les permitieron tomar fotos y los amenazaron con llevarlos a las patrullas para transportar detenidos.

“Estamos protestando porque la Policía de Migración está dejando pasar a demasiados extranjeros nicaragüenses hacia Costa Rica y realmente no se puede aguantar más porque esto es una invasión”, manifestó Luis Mauricio Vargas.

Añadió que los extranjeros han tomado el parque de La Merced, ubicado en el centro de la capital “como si fuera de ellos, la ley defiende demasiado a los nicaragüenses y por eso es esta protesta, no queremos más nicaragüenses”.

Los discursos de xenofobia aumentaron luego de que el Organismo de Investigación Judicial indicara que un nicaragüense sería el responsable de asesinar a una turista española en la localidad de Tortuguero (Caribe).

La nicaragüense Aura Laguna expresó que no se debe generalizar, porque también existen muchas personas de su país que llegan a trabajar y aportar a la economía de Costa Rica.

“Es cierto que muchos nicaragüenses han venido a hacer daño, pero a favor de los nicaragüenses hay muchos que estamos aquí honradamente ganándonos el sustento. Aquí en Costa Rica hay mucha corrupción, mucha droga y vandalismo, robos y asaltos, no solo de nicas también de ticos y si van a ofendernos, que no digan que todos somos malos”, dijo Laguna.

Costa Rica es un pequeño país de 4.9 millones de habitantes y cerca del 8 por ciento de su población es inmigrante, la mayoría nicaragüense.

Tras la crisis sociopolítica que vive Nicaragua, las autoridades costarricenses han reportado un incremento exponencial de solicitudes de refugio de ese país.

La Dirección de Migración y Extranjería ha revelado que recibía en promedio por mes entre 60 y 120 solicitudes de refugio. Sin embargo, solo en junio Costa Rica ha recibido al menos 5 mil 200 solicitudes de refugio.

Situación nicaragüense Organismos humanitarios, incluyendo la Comisión Interamer-

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PROTESTA DE

COSTARRICENSES CONTRA MIGRACIÓN NICARAGÜENSE TERMINA EN DISTURBIOS En disturbios terminó este sábado una manifestación de cientos de costarricenses en un parque en el centro de San José, contra el ingreso de nicaragüenses que piden refugio.

Varios costarricenses portaban la camisa de Costa Rica

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icana de Derechos Humanos, han contado entre 317 y 448 muertos en la crisis sociopolítica más sangrienta desde la década de 1980, asesinatos atribuidos en su mayoría las fuerzas combinadas gubernamentales, integradas por policías, parapolicías, paramilitares y antimotines.

Este sábado se cumplen 4 meses de protestas contra el presidente Daniel Ortega y su esposa, la vicepresidenta Rosario Murillo, que comenzaron el 18 de abril por unas fallidas reformas de la seguridad social y se convirtieron en una exigencia de renuncia del mandatario, después de once años en el poder, con acusaciones de abuso y corrupción.

Tras 122 días de batalla, el Gobierno se afana en dibujar una “normalidad” inexistente a ojos de quienes, armados con banderas blanquiazules, defienden la paz, la libertad y la justicia para Nicaragua y piden insistentemente la renuncia del mandatario y su equipo al frente del Ejecutivo.

Se redujeron las muertes violentas, dando paso así a una confrontación diferente, en la que las fuerzas estatales ocupan las calles del país y reprimen cualquier movimiento que consideran sospechoso, especialmente en aquellas ciudades que fueron importantes durante los meses de contienda.

Capturan en Honduras a juez y abogada guatemaltecos por lavado de dinero El juez de femicidio de Izabal, y una abogada de ese departamento fueron capturados este sábado en el paso fronterizo con Honduras, El Corinto, sindicados de lavado de dinero.

Capturan a juez y abogada guatemaltecos en zona fronteriza con Honduras

Por Redacción 19 de Agosto de 2018 Los detenidos fueron identificados como Fabián de León Pérez, de 52 años, actual juez de femicidio en Izabal, y Miriam Raquel Cabrera, 51, abogada del mismo departamento.

Ambos fueron aprehendidos mientras cruzaban por el puesto de control fronterizo, Omoa, Corté, como parte de un operativo de la Policía Nacional de ese país, informó la Unidad Departamental de Policía No.5.

Al momento de la detención, las dos personas viajaban en una camioneta agrícola en donde se les encontró una fuerte cantidad de dinero en

quetzales, dólares y lempiras -moneda nacional de Honduras-. Según las autoridades, el monto total incautado sobrepasaba los US$ 10 mil, pero no lo declararon.

Según las autoridades, los dos guatemaltecos transportaban en total US$10 mil 437.58, pero en ningún momento declararon el monto, por lo que fueron detenidos.

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2018

One Vision…One People BILL OF RIGHTS The People’s United Party wants to share its vision with the Belizean people. It is rooted in a philosophy that goes back to the Father of our Nation the Right Hon. George Price. Mr. Price always believed ours was a work in progress; he led a revolution that is at its core peaceful, always constructive, progressive and uniquely Belizean.

These values remain true today and form a part of our PUP Creed. We are committed to the protection of our territorial sovereignty. We cannot, and will not risk even an inch of our beloved country, from the Rio Hondo to the Sarstoon. And we are committed to an accessible, fair and independent justice system and the rule of law in Belize.

The PUP will always seek to achieve social, economic and environmental justice. It is a commitment to the socio-economic improvement of all Belizeans. Our plan is to rid Belize of poverty. To the PUP, poverty is an ugly scar on our nation’s collective conscience, and no amount of cosmetic surgery can paste over the suffering of close to half of our people, most of them women and children, who live on less than ten dollars per day.

This is not only a task for governments. We all have a stake in this enterprise, but government must LEAD and bold leaders must show that they truly care. For us the task ahead is clear - to build a Belize that works for everyone, so that every Belizean should come to expect five things. This vision, this determination, has created what we call our BELIZEAN BILL OF RIGHTS. FIRST - Every Belizean should have access to a piece of land. With land we immediately create opportunities for upliftment and personal growth.

SECOND - Every Belizean should be able to own a decent home. The 17th Century Jurist and politician Edward Coke in speaking on human rights said: “A man’s home is his castle.” Every Belizean in 2017 should expect such an entitlement whether they live on Bocotora Street or on Seashore Drive.

THIRD - Every Belizean should be given the chance to go to school from pre-school to junior college. We have to make education free from pre-kinder to Junior College. If we will give our young people a chance at success, it must start with a good education.

FOURTH – Accessibility to quality basic health care is critical, which means every Belizean should be enrolled in the National Health Insurance Program. If we can invest 42 million dollars in a basketball stadium, then we should be able to provide basic health services to all.

FIFTH and most important, the driving force behind it all is JOBS - good jobs that can lead to meaningful careers; jobs that will give Belizeans a chance for personal growth and prosperity and provide a hand up for those at the very bottom of the economic ladder.

If we do these things, if we create a fair and just society, if we build on these principles we will then be able to change people’s lives and together we will rid our shores of the scourge that is poverty.

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Belize, 20 August 2018

B E L I Z E:

NOTICE To: Depositors, Creditors and Lessees of Choice Bank Limited INTERNATIONAL BANKING ACT, CHAPTER 267 AND DOMESTIC BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACT, NO. 11 OF 2012

Appointment of Liquidator – Choice Bank Limited IT IS NOTIFIED, for general information that in accordance with section 26 of the International Banking Act, Chapter 267 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011 (“the Act), the Central Bank of Belize has appointed a liquidator in respect of Choice Bank Limited with effect from 29 June, 2018.

IT IS FURTHER NOTIFIED, for general information that: 1. In accordance with sections 25, 26 and 27 of the Act, the Unrestricted “A” Class International Banking Licence of Choice Bank Limited has been revoked with effect from 29 June, 2018; 2. The rights, powers, responsibilities and authorisations of shareholders, directors, officers responsible for management of Choice Bank Limited and any other person previously authorised to act or give instructions on behalf of Choice Bank Limited have been cancelled and such persons are no longer so authorised with effect from 29 June 2018; 3. The liquidator, succeeds to all the rights, powers and authorisations of shareholders, directors, officers responsible for management of Choice Bank Limited and any other person previously authorised to act or give instructions on behalf of Choice Bank Limited with effect from 29 June 2018.

4. Mr. Henry J Hazel was appointed as liquidator of Choice Bank Limited with effect from 29 June 2018 to 3 July 2018 and Mr. Cedric Flowers was appointed to replace Mr. Henry J Hazel as liquidator for Choice Bank Limited with effect from 4 July 2018.

NOTICE FOR FILING CLAIM Depositors, Creditors and Lessees of Choice Bank Limited In accordance with section 107(4) of the Domestic Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 2012 which applies to an international bank by virtue of section 38 of the International Banking Act and section 10 of the Interpretation Act, notice is hereby given that depositors, creditors and lessees of Choice Bank Limited may file claims with the Liquidator for Choice Bank Limited by – (a)

downloading and completing the appropriate Claim Form

(b)

attaching the applicable supporting documents to substantiate your claim, and

(c)

submitting your completed Claim Form and supporting documents by 29 October 2018 to the Liquidator for Choice Bank Limited:

By e-mail:

By registered mail:

cblliquidator.claims@gmail.com

Choice Bank Limited Paradise Point Building

Corner Hudson Street and Marine Parade Boulevard Ground Floor, P.O. Box #2494, Belize City, BELIZE Notice is also given that – 1. A depositor, creditor and lessee of Choice Bank Limited must complete and submit a Claim Form in order to receive any distribution which may be made by the Liquidator for Choice Bank Limited.

2. The above-mentioned method, within the stated deadline for filing a claim, is – (a) the only acceptable method for commencing a claim against Choice Bank Limited with the Liquidator; and (b) required even if you had previously submitted a statement of your account balance or requested payment to Choice Bank Limited or the Liquidator for Choice Bank Limited.

3. The Liquidator may request additional information from a depositor, creditor or lessee of Choice Bank Limited in order to allow or determine a claim under section 112 of the Domestic Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 2012 4. A “creditor” of Choice Bank includes any individual or legal entity to whom any amount is owed and payable by Choice Bank Limited including: (a) a secured or unsecured creditor; (b) a financial institution or entity; (c) an officer, employee, former officer or former employee of Choice Bank Limited; (d) the Government of Belize or a statutory body; (e) Central Bank of Belize; or (f)

a financial entity.

5. Claims Forms are available and may be downloaded from Choice Bank Limited’s website www.choicebankltd.com

or

www.choicebanklimitedinliquidation.com .

DATED this 20th day of August, 2018.

CEDRIC FLOWERS Liquidator, Choice Bank Limited

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2018

REAL Good Governance Reform!

Changing the Status Quo For the People’s United Party to restore the people’s confidence in any government after three terms of an abusive, corrupt and incompetent UDP, it must be serious about good governance reform. The Barrow administration has been the worst in history, allowing no REAL oversight and giving UDP Ministers powers which led to gross irregularities and abuses of process and people. The new People’s United Party government will do things differently. We will give power back to the people of the country who will elect us to represent them.

We WILL: PUT POLITICS AND MINISTERIAL POWER IN THEIR PROPER PLACES: We will immediately strengthen the Integrity Commission, providing the necessary funds for its Secretariat to fulfil its important legal, auditing and investigative roles free from any undue political influence.

Monitor the conduct and performance of Government Ministers and all elected officials in public life to ensure their “honourable” exercise of duties and responsibilities, and to prevent any behavior that can bring disrepute and shame to our nation, to our government and/or to our Party. Such embarrassing behavior will lead to their immediate expulsion from the Cabinet.

If a Minister is found breaking the law he/she will be subjected to the legal process and will face the consequences like any other person, including jail time. The rule of law means nothing if the laws do not apply equally to all.

We will limit the subjective authority of Ministers by removing the discretionary powers and reducing the need for letters from Ministers for everything. Presently, letters from Ministers are needed for recruitment to the Police and the Belize Defense Force, a hitherto unheard of thing. Public officers will be made to do their job, without fear or favour, and punishment will be swift for incompetence and/or corruption.

WE WILL: STRENGTHEN CHECKS AND BALANCES: We will reconstitute the Public Accounts Committee for the effective participation of the Social Partners in the Senate so as to ensure its proper role in overseeing the sound and prudent management of public revenues and expenditures approved in the Budget.

We will strengthen the capacities, allocate the appropriate resources and ensure the autonomy of the offices of the Auditor General, the Contractor General, the Ombudsman, and the Integrity Commission to better fulfil their technical mandates and provide the appropriate support to the oversight responsibilities of the Public Accounts Committee and other oversight committees.

WE WILL ENABLE: An EMPOWERED LEGISLATURE: The PUP will improve legislative governance by providing greater oversight by the National Assembly with respect to the work of the House Committees. We WILL establish Standing Senate Committees that will have the authority to conduct inquiries into any and all matters with a view to advancing the cause of nation-building.

WE WILL RESTORE: EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PUBLIC SERVICE: We will take immediate steps to restore the autonomy of the Public Service (establish clear boundaries between the political directorate and the public service) and Public Service Commission to re-establish integrity and impartiality in the recruiting, training, evaluating and disciplining processes, and

We will introduce the necessary legislation with appropriate measures to protect whistle blowers and witnesses involved in corruption cases and to increase the penalties for acts of corruption and public authority abuses.

The PUP will revert to having Permanent Secretaries (Senior Career Public Officers) as the accounting officers of the specific Ministry/ Ministries.

WE WILL CREATE A: SEPARATION OF POWERS: All Judges and Magistrates of the Court will be employed with security of tenure. The PUP will establish sound systems and good practices for recruitment of all officers of the Court and will hold them responsible for the efficient administration of justice and to ensure the separation of powers of the state as clearly stipulated in the Constitution: Cease and desist from the public badgering and coercing of the judiciary by the Prime Minister and the Cabinet The Director of Public Prosecution will also be given security of tenure and the Department of Public Prosecution will be given the necessary resources to ensure that it complements the work of the Police to increase the rate of successful prosecution, particularly in murder cases WE WILL DELIVER: ELECTION REFORM: Within the first year of office we will present legislation to regulate campaign spending. We will also propose and enact legislation to limit campaigning up to the day before elections.

On Election Day all campaigning, paraphernalia, advertising etc. will not be allowed as it is done in other Caribbean countries.

We will insist, by any means necessary, that the UDP Government comply with the rule of law and conduct nationwide re-registration in 2017. The recent findings of 700 pages of unadulterated corruption in the Immigration Department lay bare for all to see the untold numbers of foreigners who received Belizean nationality by fraudulent means with the consequence being that these new fraudsters can and do vote in municipal and general elections, deciding for Belizeans who should be their government.

Implement a fixed date for general elections similar to that of municipal elections Implement a transparent redistricting exercise, free from any appearance of political manipulation, with the goal being a fair representation of the public Introduce campaign financing legislation Introduce an independent Elections & Boundaries Commission that shall be free from political interference with a Chairman who is appointed in a similar fashion as the DPP and Auditor-General, so he or she can be autonomous and free from the perception of governmental control.

I, John Briceño, as head of the next Government along with my Cabinet and together with the National Legislature, pledge to lead this transformation, motivated by the will of the people. In this noble path, we are guided by the philosophy of our Founding Father, the Right Hon. George Price, whose dynamic concept of a Peaceful, Constructive Revolution empowers us to confidently chart this way forward to a better future for all Belizeans.

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THINKING OUT LOUD BY: KEVIN BERNARD

On Wednesday Belizeans learned, from various media outlets, that Taiwan had donated a massive amount of rice to Belize.

From what has been reported, there are ten thousand bags with 22 pounds of rice in each. That amounts to 220,000 pounds of rice. The donation, according to reports, cost the Taiwanese government $250,000. At first glance, some people might say wow, that’s great. This rice will, or should go to feeding programs in schools countrywide and to those most in need.

But there is much more to this than meets the eye. Belize is not a country that needs rice. We are rice producers. In fact, I am told that there is currently a rice surplus in which our farmers can’t even sell the rice they produce. That is a serious thing. Our government should be looking at ways in which we can help our farmers, but from long experience we know that this UDP administration has done much more to cripple our farmers than they have done to help. And this is exactly what is happening.

You see, my friends, apart from this gesture which looks like an amazingly generous one, Taiwan is doing the responsible thing as a government. See, they too have a surplus, so they are assisting their farmers by purchasing the rice.

There is nothing wrong with that.

In fact, this Dean Barrow administration could learn from that. But there is something very wrong with our government accepting a donation of hundreds of thousands of pounds of rice, when we have a rice surplus. That is just crazy.

I have been able to confirm, through sources, that the Ministry of Agriculture had nothing to do with the arrangements for the donation of rice. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also said that it wasn’t them. So who, then, in the government thought it would be okay to bring 220,000 pounds of rice into the country when our farmers are experiencing a surplus?

Imagine this scenario. If the Taiwanese government so wanted to bestow a $250,000 gift on us, why didn’t our government then suggest that they buy the surplus of high quality rice in Belize? That

would have made sense. The rice, then, could have been donated to the very same areas where they would do the most good in Belize. I can tell you that there are many, many school-children who don’t have a meal to eat during the day.

I also know that while some good souls struggle to maintain feeding programs in schools where they are desperately needed, times are hard and getting harder. Some of these feeding programs have already closed down because they simply could not find the funding.

So there is a need for rice.

But if the government had only thought a little bit, instead of just playing beggar nation as we so often do, then we could also have killed two birds with one stone – secure a donation and help our farmers. That is what a responsible government would do. This Barrow administration is not a responsible government. I am no agriculture expert, but I know enough to be able to say that this donation of 220,000 pounds of rice will put a hurting on our local farmers who are already struggling to make ends meet. This was a bad, bad move by the government.

I am ashamed, lately, that our nation has become a beggar nation, particularly where Taiwan is concerned. I understand the politics of it and I understand what Taiwan is thinking. They are losing allies to Mainland China and they need to hold on to the very few they have left. They do so by being very generous. And this UDP administration had made sure that it has a hand out at every turn, ready to beg gifts.

But I would like to suggest to the Prime Minister and his Cabinet – if Taiwan is prepared to assist our people, then let it be in some area where it can do some good and is sustainable.

Let it be assistance which helps our people and fills a gap – not like a rice donation when we have a rice surplus. We need to start thinking right, for the good of the people.

We Must Stop Domestic Violence – We must do more!

By: Letticia Guerra Belize City: 23rd August 2018 The incidence of lethal domestic violence, the killing of women is increasing in Belize. This past Monday August 20th, 2018, as many Belizeans women were getting ready to start their workweek, one woman earlier that morning was taking her final breath, a victim of domestic abuse.

Within a span of just 10 days, two women were murdered, and one was shot in the face, all at the hands of their husband or ex-common-law husband.

Usually when we think of domestic violence, we think of the physical or verbal abuse, but it also involves emotional and economic abuse as well. It can be against a spouse, children, parents or even elderly or mentally challenged individuals.

In Belize for this year alone, there have been several fatal reported cases of domestic violence and there are countless others who today are still suffering under the hands of an abuser. Our calls to the Police department for statistics have gone unanswered.

Women have been suppressed for so long, for generations that we tend to push taboo issues like rape, incest and domestic violence among other issues into a closet. Victims

feel insecure and scared to come forward and report what they are experiencing because of fear of backlash and public scrutiny. In most countries, domestic abuse victims who are mostly women are seen as a pariah and deserving of their punishment.

If you know or suspect someone of being a victim of domestic abuse, you are encouraged to make time, start the conversation, listen without judgment, believe the victim, validate the victim’s feelings, and don’t add to the pressure they are already undergoing.

To date, there is only one shelter throughout the entire country of Belize for women who are victims of domestic violence, and obviously much more attention and resources are needed, particularly from the Government of Belize ministries and departments that are duty-bound to provide for the welfare to all citizens.

Domestic violence cannot be tolerated anymore, in any shape or form. It must be halted; it must be deterred, and as a community we can stop this plague against our mothers, daughters and sisters. We must do more.

For Sale

By Order of the Mortgagee Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 24th day of April, 2013, between DIEGO LOZANO & MIRIAM LOZANO both of Independence Village, Stann Creek District, Belize (hereinafter called “the Borrowers”) of the one part and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LIMITED (hereinafter called “the Bank”) of the other part, and recorded as LTU-201300741, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Block No.1 comprising of 2.00 acres, situate along the North Side of the Malacate Road, Mango Creek, Independence Village, Stann Creek District, shown on Plan 161 of 2010 attached to Minister’s Fiat (Grant) No. 161 of 2010 being more particularly shown on a Plan of Survey by Licensed Surveyor LLOYD S. Tingling, recorded at the Lands & Survey Department at Entry 7342 Register 15 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 22nd day of August, 2018.

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

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PUBLIC AUCTION SALES: PROPERTIES

Belize District; Cayo District; Corozal District; Stann Creek District

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. St. John’s Credit Union Limited, Licensed Auctioneer Kevin A. Castillo will sell thePROPERTIES following properties at the following locations, dates and times: PUBLIC AUCTION SALES: Belize District; Cayo District; Corozal District; StannBELAMA Creek District PHASE 1, BELIZE CITY ON MONDAY 27TH AUGUST 2018 AT 1:30 PM: A: AT NO. 170 BELTEX AVENUE,

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. St. John’s Credit Union Limited, Licensed Auctioneer Kevin A. Castillo will sell the following properties at the following locations, dates and times: A: AT NO. 170 BELTEX AVENUE, BELAMA PHASE 1, BELIZE CITY ON MONDAY 27TH AUGUST 2018 AT 1:30 PM: 1. Lot No. 349 Sandhill Development Project (Maxboro) near Mile 16 Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 349 situate in Sandhill Development Project (Max Boro) near Mile 16 Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being concrete bungalow dwelling house [643 sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + porch] [80 sq. ft.] and lot [1144.25 S.Y.] or [956.733 S.M.] situate in Sandhill Development Project (Maxboro) near Mile 16 Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize District, the leasehold property of Mr. Bernard Cayetano & Ms. Genevieve Cayetano).

2. Lot No. 195 Max Boro Layout, Sandhill Village, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 195 situate in Sandhill Development Project (Max Boro) near Mile 16 Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize District held by Ministers Fiat Grant No. 666 of 2007 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (, the freehold property of Mr. Aston Richards).

3. Lot No. 200 Mile 8 1/2 North of the Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 200 Mile 8 1/2 North of the Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being concrete bungalow dwelling house [691 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [543.301 S.M.] situate at Lot No. 200 Mile 8 1/2 North of the Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Janet Hendy and Mr. Leroy Smith) 4. Lot No. 50 Los Lagos Sub-division, Mile 13 on the Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 50 Los Lagos Sub-division situate at Mile 13 on the Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

(Being concrete bungalow dwelling house [643 sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + porch [80 sq. ft.] and lot [650.20 S.Y.] or [543.648 S.M.] situate at Lot No. 50 Los Lagos Sub-division, Mile 13 on the Phillip Golsdon Highway, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Lorenzo Diaz) 5. Parcel No. 609 Nutmeg Street, St. Martins, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL St. Martin De Porres 45 609/1 (Being an incomplete, abandoned concrete structure [802 sq. ft.] containing: ground floor + first level column and beans situate at Parcel No. 609 Nutmeg Street, St. Martins, Belize District, the leasehold property of Mr. Hipolito Torres (Marilyn Torres - Surety (deceased) 6. Parcel 994/1 off Loedigaria Membrano Street, St Martins De Porres West, Belize City Belize:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot #291 situate along the Freetown Sibun Road, Windmill Area, Hattieville Village, Belize District held by Ms. Matilda Particia Flowers under Minister's Fiat Grant No. 20 of 2000 dated 18th February 2000 (Plan #1192) TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being theron. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [725 sq. ft.] 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + porch [183 sq. ft.] situate on The Freetown Sibun Road, Windmill Area, Hattieville, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Matilda Particia Flowers) 8. Lot # 1 situate northeast Mirage & Perez Roads, Ladyville Village, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 1 containing 599.80 square yards situate in Ladyville Village, Belize District held under Deed of Conveyance dated 29th June 2012 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being theron. (Being a vacant lot situate northeast of Mirage & Perez Roads, Ladyville, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Martin Jimenez Jr.) 9. Lot #88 situated in the La Milpa Area, Ladyville Village, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot #88 situate in the Milpa Area, Ladyville, Belize District held under Deed of Conveyance dated 14th August 2014 in favour of Ms. Jennifer Archer TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [735 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen situate in La Milpa Area, Ladyville, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Lorna Oyerinde) 10. Lot #79 Sandhill Village Extension, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 79 situate in Sandhill Village Extension, Belize District containing 707.12 square yards held under Minister's Fiat Lease # 302 of 1997 dated 6th September 1997 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being theron. (Being a vacant lot No. 79 [707.12 S.Y.] situate in Sandhill Village Extension, Sandhill Village, Belize District, the leasehold property of Ms. Lorna Oyerinde) 11. Parcels 763 & 764 Corner Western Avenue & Carnation Street, St Martin De Porres, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCELS St. Martin De Porres 45 763 & 764 (Being three main buildings: 1. Office & Store - bungalow timber structure [615 sq. ft.] 2 offices + store; 2.

Shed [497 sq. ft.]; 3. Timber residence [915 sq. ft.] 4 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and double lots [1,377.91 S.Y.] situate at Corner Western Avenue and Carnation Street, St. Martin Deporres, Belize City, the freehold properties of Mr. Glenn Leslie and Ms. Marisol Leslie) 12. Lot No. 108 Fresh Pond, Boom Pine Ridge Area, Hattieville Road, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 108 measuring 0.50 acre situate in the Boom Pine Ridge Area on the Boom Hattieville Road, Belize District held under Deed of Conveyance dated May 4, 2015 in favour of Ms. Lauren Burgess TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being theron. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [870 sq ft] 2 bedrooms + 1 Bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + porch [112 sq ft.] and lot [0.50 acre] situate in Fresh Pond, Boom Pine Ridge Area, off the Hattieville Road, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Lauren Burgess).

13. Lot No. 191 Mile 8 1/2 George Price Highway, Belize District

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL St. Martin De Porres West 45 994/1 (Being 2 storey concrete apartment building [2,349 sq. ft.] containing 4 one bedroom apartment on each floor + porch [348 sq. ft.] and lot [416.67 S.Y.] situate at Parcel 994/1 off Loedigaria Membrano Street, Martins De Porres West, Belize City Belize, the leasehold property of Ms. Erneth Tillett) 7. Lot #291 situate along the Freetown Sibun Road, Windmill Area, Hattieville Village, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No.191 situated at Mile 8 1/2 George Price Highway, Belize District (Western Pines), held under Deed of Conveyance dated 18th June 2014 containing 546.960 square meters (65' X 90') TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [fully tiled - 681 sq ft] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen situate in Western Pines, Mile 8 1/2 George Price Highway, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Rodel Neal) 14. Lot Nos. A-27 & A-29 Burrell Boom Village,Belize District:

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[Photo - 2013] REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Carolina/Calcutta 1 3658 (Being a lot [1924.197 S.M.] situate 300 Metres north of the Consejo Road, Alta Mira Area, Corozal Town, Corozal District and planted with various fruit trees, the freehold property of Mr. Santos Acosta) 21. Lot No. 237 B.D.F. Housing Project Extension Lord’s Bank Village, Belize District:

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ALL THAT piece or parcels of land being Lot Nos. A-27 & A-29 situated in the Southern part of Burrell Boom Village each comprising 957.508 square meters as shown on Entry No. 2271 Register No. 16, held under Deed of Conveyance dated March 18th, 2015 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.( Being two vacant lots comprising 957.508 S.M. situate south of Burrell Boom Village, Belize District ,the freehold property of Ms. Sharifa Tifarra Webster).

15. Lot No. 275 Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land situate in Hope Creek Village, Mile 8 ½ along the Stann Creek Valley Road, Stann Creek District being Lot No. 275 containing 1219.49 square yards held under Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 430 of 2010 dated 5th October 2010 entry 4145 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being an incomplete concrete bungalow dwelling house containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [1219.49 S.Y.], the freehold property of Ms. Bernadine Meighan surety for Mr. Joseph Meighan Sr.) 16. Lot No. 297 Fresh Pond, Burrell Boom, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 297 situate in Fresh Pond Area, Burrell Boom Village, Belize District held under Deed of Conveyance dated 13 th August 2013 containing 0.23 acres of land TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a metal/plycem bungalow dwelling house [915 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom and lot [0.23 acre], the freehold property of Ms. Monica Hemmans) 17. Parcel No. 1707 Dean Street, Belize City, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Albert/Mesop 45 1707 (Being two storey concrete building [1953 sq. ft.] containing Ground floor: file rooms + restrooms + waiting area; First Floor 4 offices + file room + secretary area + restrooms and lot situate on Dean Street in Belize City, the freehold property of Ms. Emma Elswith Cattouse) 18. Parcel No. 143 near Mile 6 George Price Highway, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Sibun Bight 16 143 (Being a vacant lot situate near Mile 6 George Price Highway, the freehold property of Mr. Bernard Pitts) 19. At Parcel No. 3658 Carolina/Calcutta, Corozal District:

ALL THAT lot piece or parcel of land situate in Lord’s Bank Village, B.D.F. Housing Project Extension, Belize District bounded and described as follows: On the North for a distance of 30.475 meters (100.00 ft) by Lot No. 238; On the South for a distance of 30.475 meters by Lot No. 236; On the East for a distance of 24.280 meters (80.00 ft) by a street reserve; On the West for a distance of 24.380 meters by Lot No. 251 being Lot No. 237 containing 888.89 square yards as shown on a plan of survey signed by G.E. Gill, Licensed Land Surveyor dated 9th day of December 2001 registered at the Lands and Survey Department in Belmopan in Entry No. 6209, Register No. 23 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a vacant lot [80 ft. X 100 ft.] situate in the Lord’s Bank Village, BDF Project Extension, Belize District, the leasehold property of Ms. Karen Patten) 22. Parcel Nos. 225, 256 & 257 Corner West Collet Canal & Hicatee Street, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCELS Queens Square 45 255, 256 & 257 (Being Queen Square Market - a concrete commercial building situate at the Corner West Collet Canal & Hicatee Street, Belize City used as a market/supermarket consisting of 3 main sections: a 7 stall market, a supermarket and an open area, the freehold properties of Mr. Alvin Hyde and Ms. Angela Hyde) B: IN FRONT ST. JOHN'S CREDIT UNION LIMITED, CONSTITUTION DRIVE, BELMOPAN CAYO DISTRICT ON TUESDAY 28TH AUGUST 2018 AT 1:30 AM: 1. Lot No. 83 Bullett Tree Falls Rd, Kay Works Agriculture Area, Cayo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 83 situated along the North side of the Bullet Tree Falls Rd, Kay Works Agriculture Area, Cayo District as shown on Entry number 10509 Register 22 dated 26th June 2007, held under Deed of Conveyance dated 5th October 2010 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.( Being a vacant parcel of land [513.33 S.Y] situate in Bullet Tree Falls Road, Kay Works Agriculture Area, Cayo District, the freehold property of Ms. Monica Jex) 2. Parcel No. 1551 Off Constitution Drive (Behind Buca), Belmopan, Cayo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Belmopan 20 1551/1 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [1,065 sq. ft.] 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms and an incomplete concrete building [81 ft. X 60.5 ft.] and lot situate off Constitution Drive, in the area behind Buca Service Station, Belmopan, Cayo District, the leasehold property of Mr. George Smith, surety for Mr. Peter Sutherland) 3. At Parcel No. 2509 Roaring Creek Village, Cayo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Society Hall 24 2509 (Being a vacant lot [1111.11 S.Y.] situate on the North side of Roaring Creek Village, Cayo District, the freehold property of Mr. Calvin Stamp) 4. Parcel No. 4766 St. Vincent Street, Belmopan, Cayo District:

REGTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Corozal North 1 596 (Being a two storey concrete dwelling house [2112 sq. ft.] + porch [916 sq. ft.] and lot [905.77 sq. ft.] situate in Carolina/Calcutta Village, Corozal District, the freehold property of Mr. Lyndon Gillett) 20. At Parcel No. 596 Alta Mira Area, Corozal Town, Corozal District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Belmopan 20 4766 (Being a vacant lot [627.146 S.M.] situate 6 Lots east of the United States Housing Compound on St. Vincent Street, Belmopan, Cayo District, the freehold property of Mr. Jerome Guy & Ms. Erica Guy) TERMS: STRICTLY CASH KEVIN A. CASTILLO TELEPHONE: 223 4488 Email: kevinacas@yahoo.com Facebook: Belize Auctions

[Photo - 2013] REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Carolina/Calcutta 1 3658 (Being a lot [1924.197 S.M.] situate 300 Metres north of the Consejo Road, Alta Mira Area, Corozal Town, Corozal District and planted with various fruit trees, the freehold property of Mr. Santos Acosta) 21. Lot No. 237 B.D.F. Housing Project Extension Lord’s Bank Village, Belize District:

TERMS: STRICTLY CASH

KEVIN A. CASTILLO ALL THAT lot piece or parcel of land situate in Lord’s Bank Village, B.D.F. Housing Project Extension, Belize TELEPHONE: 223 4488 District bounded and described as follows: On the North for a distance of 30.475 meters (100.00 ft) by Lot No. 238; On the South for a distance of 30.475 meters by Lot No. 236; On the East for a distance of 24.280 meters Email: (80.00 ft) by a street reserve; On the West for a distance of 24.380 meters by Lot No. 251 being Lot kevinacas@yahoo.com No. 237 containing 888.89 square yards as shown on a plan of survey signed by G.E. Gill, Licensed Land Surveyor dated 9th day of December 2001 registered at the Lands and Survey Department in Belmopan in Entry No. 6209, Register No. 23 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a vacant lot [80

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