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& HIS THUGS Thursday, July 6, 2017 Following the behaviour of two of the Prime Minister’s senior Cabinet members on Wednesday in the Senate, the public has reacted with scorn, anger and disappointment.

Both Minister of NEMO and Transport Edmond Castro and Minister of Human Development Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez were totally out of order when they were questioned about their roles in the corruption in Immigration. Someone looking in from the outside would have

UNDAH PRESSURE

Continued from page 1 Thursday, July 6, 2017 Under intense questioning from Senators on Wednesday, UDP Minister Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez sat in his chair shaking and twitching like an addict denied his fix. As one social media blogger put it after, it was clear from the onset that Martinez, so used to being an untouchable in the Barrow administration, could not understand how these lowly Senators would dare to question him.

Sulking and petulant, he refused to answer questions about damning allegations made against him by Alvarine Burgess, under oath. He refused to answer to accusations made in the Senate that he was paid money to facilitate recommendations for Chinese nationals. He was asked if his silence could be construed as a YES, which sent him into a new bout of twitches and nervous tics. He denied meeting with Burgess in a parking lot to make the transaction, and denied that his US Visa had been revoked, stating that right now the US wants to give him a green card.

Incredibly, Martinez claims that he knows nothing about any culture of corruption in government, stating that he first heard about it when the Auditor-General’s report was released. When reminded of his colleague Elvin Penner, Boots responded, “I don’t know about no Visa hustle. I know about the passport for some Chinese man but I don’t know bout no Visa hustle.”

The Prime Minister is on record saying that at almost every Cabinet meeting he cautioned his Ministers to desist from hustling in immigration. When Martinez was asked how come he didn’t know what was happening in Immigration if that was the case and he is a Minister of Cabinet…

Martinez got antsy and dodged the question, trying to direct the Senator elsewhere and away from that question.

Under direct questioning from Senator Michel Chebat, Martinez then stated that he does not remember the Prime Minister saying that.

Martinez also admitted, under questioning, that he signed recommendations for Visas for persons on the basis of helping out constituents who requested he do so.

Ono the stand he said that while as Minister of Human Development he is familiar with the terms human traffick-

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shortly after the hearing was halted, condemning what the Party calls the “contemptuous and disrespectful behaviour displayed by two sitting UDP Ministers.”

The release goes further to say that the men showed no respect for the Senate or for their high office, expressing that they were “deliberately dishonest, repeatedly claiming that they were not aware of any culture of corruption in the Immigration Department. Neither Minister seemed to remember the Prime Minister’s comment about Ministerial involvement in the Visa hustle when he exclaimed: “Fuh God’s Sake Stop It!” “Quite apart from our outrage at the disrespectful and brutish behaviour of these men, as Belizeans we are ashamed

been hard-pressed to understand how these two men could actually be government leaders and representatives. That is how bad it was.

In an interview after the spectacle, Acting Chair of the Senate Special Select Committee Elena Smith explained – “I understand that some Ministers are unable to keep their cool as best as some others would do and so we would expect that some Ministers would become aggravated easier than others. That does not mean though that it gives them the right to act the way these Ministers behaved today."

The PUP issued a release

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2017 at the knowledge that what occurred in the Senate today will surely be broadcast regionally. Our regional and foreign partners will observe this shameful display from those who are, regrettably, in leadership roles in this country,” continues the release.

Then the PUP zeroes in on the man who has created the monsters we are now faced with, stating that Wednesday circus “shows a troubling pattern by the Barrow Administration to display wanton disregard for truth and the rule of law. We would, in this instance, call on Prime Minister Dean Barrow to sanction them, but they are monsters of his own making, and he has demonstrated that he condones and defends such behaviour from his Ministers.”

DESTRA DIH

BLADDAH BUSTAH! Wednesday, July 5, 2017 Destra Garcia, the Trinidadian Soca Superstar, has been making news all over the Caribbean recently, and not for her Soca hits or concert appearances. The Supreme Court of Belize has ordered her to pay Belizean Fernando Oliva $16,577. He sued her for jumping on top of him and rupturing his bladder.

It happened on September 9, 2015, as part of a mega September Celebrations concert named “Carnival Overload.” That night, Destra, Ricardo Dru and Kes the Band were 3 international Soca icons flown in to entertain Belizeans. During her performance, she called for a volunteer to join her on stage, as she is well-known to do in her live performances. Fans of Destra will know that she features that crowd-pleaser as part of her show just when the concertgoers are at the peak of excitement. The premise is that some lucky male fan gets to “whine up” and dance with one of the most well-known faces of the modern Soca scene.

That night, she chose Fernando Oliva as her dance partner, and cellphone video footage captured of this encounter shows him clearly enjoying himself. She asked him to lie down the stage, close his eyes and put his hand behind his back. During her Soca hit “Just a little bit”,she jumps on top of his midsection.

It appears that he may have felt some of the pain, but he got up, and probably in good fun, danced a little bit more until Destra called him over and pointed out that he was leaking “water”. It turns out that it was urine from his ruptured bladder, and he had to be rushed to the hospital shortly after leaving the stage.

After his surgery, and his recovery, Oliva sued the Soca artist, and the case ended up in front of Justice Courtney Abel.

His attorney, Estevan Perera, told the media, “Our claim is a situation of negligence. We are saying that the musician was negligent in her actions and her actions thereby caused injury to the individual (Fernando Oliva).”

Destra didn’t offer any defense in the lawsuit, but Perera was able to prove to the Court that she was served with the claim in her home country through the Government of Trindad and Tobago’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. That happened in May, but still, no attorney appeared on her behalf.

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Fernando Oliva On Friday, June 30, Justice Able ruled in default that she must pay $16,577.06 for the personal injury Oliva suffered. The next step now is to enforce the judgment against her in Trinidad, which Oliva’s attorney, Estevan Perera, asserts he will be able to do.

She still has the right to appeal the decision, but there is no indication what option she and her legal team may take.

She has promised Trinidadian news outlets that she will issue a statement through her attorney.

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CASTRO GETS UGLY IN THE SENATE

Thursday, 06 July 2017 By mid-afternoon, the Senate Inquiry into corruption in Immigration had to be brought to a stop after UDP Minister Edmond Castro became uncontrollably hostile and personal with various senators questioning him about the Visa hustle. Remember that his name came up many times as the facilitator of Visas for Chinese nationals – in fact, in the UDP Cabinet he is known as one of the major facilitators, with documents to back up that claim.

Edmond Castro’s contempt for anyone who criticizes his actions as a Minister of Government was on full display in what can be described as a circus with all the bells and whistles, with him as clown. When he was pressured to explain if he acted corruptly and took bribes to guarantee visas for Chinese applicants, Castro decided to get nasty and personal, insulting the Senators asking legitimate questions Belizeans would like answered.

One would think that anybody who has been accused publicly in these hearings of wrongdoing and criminal behavior, would like an opportunity to respond. There is the risk that if the Senate Select Committee recommends prosecution in their final report, Castro and others could face charges.

But, he was so sure that he is untouchable, and not answerable to the Belizean public that he insisted that the Senate Committee “wasted” his time.

Alvarine Burgess has directly accused him of accepting bribes to write recommendation letters for Chinese nationals applying for Belize visas. His recommendation letter, Burgess said, ensured that each applicant would be approved for the visa. His fee, Burgess said, was $2,000 for each Chinese national recommended, and she got letters from him to recommend about 200 applicants, and she allegedly paid him for each and every one.

Castro’s only response - “I know that she's a liar and she's been telling lies for a very long time now yes.”

From there he refused to answer any of the questions put to him by the Senators regarding his Visa facilitation for Burgess.

When Castro was shown copies of letters in which he recommended Chinese nationals for Visas, he refused to look at them and insisted that it was possible to forge signatures on letters.

And then there’s another letter in which Castro appears to be giving a directive to immigration officers, as though he is a sort of Immigration Minister. It is headed, “Hon Edmond Castro, “Clear the Land” Castro, Minister of State in the Ministry of Works”, and it says, “I hereby recommend for the file of Oteha Mocajtwik (BNA#28077/12) to be send (sic) to the Director of Immigration desk to be expedited. Thank you for your assistants (sic).”

Just like the very poor grammar in the letter, it is clear that this is an order, but Castro insisted that this was “fake” and it didn’t come from him.

The Auditor General systematically showed that the Ukranian woman,

Environmental Activists Monitor Sarstoon Oil Spill Thursday, 06 July 2017 During the weekend, on Saturday July 1st, there was an oil spill in the Gracias a Dios river inland of Guatemala at kilometre 325 of the Chahal Road in Alta Verapaz. It was estimated that half of over 8 thousand gallons of crude leaked into the river when an oil tanker ran off the road. Belize environmental organizations and environmental activists were concerned that some of the petroleum could end up in Belize’s waters given that the contamination was said to have placed the Chocón river at risk and that river empties into the Sarstoon, partly owned by Belize.

After losing control of the tanker around a curve the driver absconded. The crude then traveled along some 70 meters of terrain before falling to the Gracias a Dios River. According to Guatemalan media, authorities worked to contain the spill and extracted the tanker from the area but estimate that the clean-up would take some fifteen days.

On Wednesday July 5th, the Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage and Toledo’s Wil Maheia spearheaded a reconnaissance mission to the area of the BDF’s Cadenas outpost where the Chocón river meets the Sarstoon. The team which was joined by the media did not observe any visible contamination along the Sarstoon river during the 2-hour trip under sometimes heavy rainfall. However, according to Leonor Sagastume, a fisherman from Puerto Modesto Mendez located just across from the Cadenas

outpost, the oil had already passed through to Belize’s waters two days after the spill. He informed that at the start the oil was spread evenly in large quantities along the waterway but they suspected that by the time of the Belize trip, it would have already dispersed along the lengthy Sarstoon.

He confirmed that residents had been approached by private oil company Perenco about possible compensation as a result of the con-

tamination. Aurelia Caal who lives at Modesto Mendez said “it is worrying because it is damaging to the water and the fishes. What they need to have is more precaution while driving so the oil does not end up in the river.” According to Caal, some 7 communities depend on the waterway in the area where the spill occurred.

Sagastume pointed out that on the day of the spill, fishes were already visibly struggling to survive and residents who pump water out of the

Olena Moskalyk, which was misspelt in the “fake” Castro recommendation letter as “Oteha Mocajtwik”, did not qualify for nationality.

When he was asked about it, Castro insisted, “That's not correct, this document, this paraphrased letter is not something I would write or sign.

This is a paraphrase of somebody's version and moreover when I read the documents I would never put Edmond Castro and then clear the land Castro, I would never do that. So this is somebody's botching something here, I would never say that."

Readers will remember that Former Immigration Director Maria Marin started keeping a list of Ministers who were recommending persons for visas with alarming frequency, all of whom were approved. When Senator Lizarraga confronted Castro with that list, pointing out that he was making a lot of recommendations, Castro dodged and decided to get nasty and persons, which caused the proceedings to be called to a halt. river had to wait a few days to continue that practice. He added, that if you were to put your hand in the river when the tanker fell, you’d bring up oil.

The BTV’s Wil Maheia found it important to ensure that the oil had not spilled over to Belize’s side. He believes “this is a wakeup call for us to know that there are thousands of gallons of crude going back and forth within a few hundred feet of the Sarstoon river.

The fact is that this river flows into the Gulf of Honduras; it’s amazing birdlife down there, amazing fisheries down there and if oil should spill into those areas it would affect thousands of people, not only on the Belize side but also on the Guatemala and Honduras side.”

Froyla Tzalam, Executive Director of the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Development (SATIIM) who was also along for the trip spoke about mitigation plans not only for possible spills in Belize but also in Guatemala. She questioned, “when it enters the Sarstoon who is going to be there to clean-up? Regardless of whether the accident happens in Belize, offshore or in the neighbouring area like Guatemala, the impact is clearly going to be felt across the border.”

Alyssa Carnegie, Communications Director of OCEANA Belize representing the Coalition said they had been in touch with Guatemalan NGOs who are monitoring the situation. She noted that the Government has been reviewing - for some time - a draft oil response plan. Last year, OCEANA Belize submitted a draft language upon the request of the Prime Minister but stated, “we’re kind of back and forth in terms of what that looks like.” Water samples were taken for testing.

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Questions to Ministers Would the Member for Queen Square and Prime Minister please confirm or deny reports that his disgraced friend from Orange Walk North threatened him with an incriminating recording if government attempts to pursue the $400,000 given to that friend’s son Andre?

Would the Member for Queen Square and Prime Minister please confirm or deny reports that the Auditor-General’s Department has been called in to do an urgent audit of the Food Pantry Program after serious irregularities were discovered?

Would the Member for Collet and Minister of Education please say if it was taxpayer monies that funded his trip to Hopkins this past weekend? Could he confirm or deny reports that the trip was paid for with monies that were put aside for teachers but not given to them?

Would the unelected Senator and Minister of Immigration please confirm or deny reports that even now there are weekly meetings between certain CEOs and two prominent Chinese businessmen from Belmopan to facilitate the approval of Visas?

Would the unelected Senator and Attorney-General please provide an update on the so-called attempt to retrieve $800,000 of taxpayer money gifted to Andre Vega and Sharon Pitts by then Minister of Natural Resources Gaspar Vega?

Since he keeps insisting that his US Visa has not been revoked, would the Member for Port Loyola and Minister of his own development please provide some evidence to support his claim? And since he says that the US keeps calling to officer him a green card, could he please say who from the US keeps calling and what exactly they are telling him?

Would the Member for Corozal Southwest and Deputy Minister of Health please confirm or deny allegations that he now owns a gas station located in the Corozal Free Zone?

Would the Member for Belize Rural South please explain his involvement in the massive and illegal sale of work permits to foreigners in San Pedro, where they have taken jobs that Belizeans are qualified to do?

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IF DAH NOH SOH!

Gapi…

So Gaspar Vega was in the House Friday, in the front row in a bright pink guayabera, full of grins and giggles. But all that ish doesn’t matter. Why is he back? Did any of you see the looks Patrick Faber kept giving him? Cut eye fuh days.

Listen, we told you this would happen. We told you there had been meetings between Dean Oliver and el primer ladron.

You shouldn’t be surprised by any of this. I don’t lie in this column, honest. But here’s the thing. What we didn’t know until recently is that Gapi supposedly has some recording he took of Dean Barrow in some incriminating kinda position. No… no…get your minds out the gutter I don’t mean that kind of position. Dean can’t do that anymore, poor guy. But anyway moving on – I hear the deal is that Dean is to back off Andre and leave that $400,000 alone, forget about any kind of investigation in the Lands Department, forget about the compensation scam and treat Gapi like a long lost brother. In return, Gapi doesn’t release the video. Sweet, right?

Threats…

Ain’t one person in this world who actually believes that Gapi Vega was threatened because of politics. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying the man and his family didn’t get threatened, but if he did its more likely because of certain connections he maintains with certain persons who deal in certain activities, to put it nicely so I don’t get threatened. Let’s be real. Gapi ain’t no saint. And he’s been known to issue threats of his own. Just ask former Attorney-General Vanessa Retreage. And isn’t he the man who was also implicated in a bizarre kidnapping and brutal murder? You see where I’m going with this? Mr. PM…let’s save taxpayers some money and call off the 24-hour security on Gapi and his family. Hell, just let the chips fall where they may. And that’s all I’m gonna say about that.

Hear dis R… Dah cause dey black yer…dat’s why the imperialist, racist white Senators chance po Boots and Castro todeh. Dat dah weh Dean Samuels seh. Lawd dah bally dah noh wah bright bulve. Soh ih noh gat nothing fuh duh with Visa hustle. Ih noh gat nothing fuh duh with corruption. Ih noh gat nothing fuh duh with Boots and Castro general scurviness. Dah cause dey black. Dis one yah chrow mih right off. Mek ah explain something and I dah Bob Marley fuss cousin pon mih ma side soh listen good. Boots and Castro mek black man look bad. I hear dih black man association deh meet fuh excommunicate dem. Castro with fuh he three lee dread deh covah ih bald spot mek dread man look bad. He shame dih whole Rastafarian community. I hear dat dey deh meet right now fuh kick he out. Soh try fuh mih.

Shame…

I caught myself just now feeling kinda sorry for this guy, then I remembered what an unprincipled, greedy, unethical pig (thief?) he is. Rene Montero had sent a letter to Cabinet a couple weeks back begging them to name the bridge between Santa Elena and San Ignacio the Rene Montero Bridge. I guess he thought it was a done deal cause he and his family were already bragging all over Cayo about this bridge named for him. I hear he’d already gotten somebody to write his ‘thank you’ speech for the opening of the bridge.

And then bam, Cabinet sends back a rejection letter in an envelope with a big LOL written on it. Well no that’s not exactly how it happened but it could have. Long story short, Cabinet decided that no, the bridge would not be named the Rene Montero Bridge because why name the bridge after a pretty useless, worthless individual who has done nothing for the community and everything for himself. Don’t know if that’s the reason but it’s the truth so it could be.

The brilliantest…

On Friday our wonderful Prime Minister had an epiphany and realized that Belize is a violent country and the Police needs to address that immediately. So what he does, right, cause he’s a brilliant one – he cuts the budget to the Police, cuts the budget to the Judiciary, allocates nothing extra to the DPP or prosecution arms of the Police and sends Chester to an office in Belmopan. See, Chester has been the only Policeman in recent times to actually get positive results in the Southside of Belize City. So because the PM understands now that Belize is violent, he moves Chester from the Southside. How amazing is that? This man’s brainpower is awesome. This is sheer genius. And here’s the thing where Chester is concerned, sitting in his brand new post as head of the Professional Standards Branch…the Commissioner is the one who has to direct the head of the Professional Standards Branch to investigate allegations made. If Whylie doesn’t so direct, Chester will stay at his desk shining his shoes 24/7. And Whylie cannot so direct because he’s very busy brown-nosing politicians, in between hunting hamadilly at his Lemonal farm where he doesn’t have cable, internet or cell service.

And that’s the end of that.

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EDITORIAL INEQUALITY & CONSEQUENCES

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t almost seemed surreal when the Prime Minister explained last Friday that our very under-resourced Police Department must provide 24-hour protection to former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega and his family. Apparently even his children attending school have a Special Branch detail, Secret Service style. According to Mr. Barrow, Vega has received threats which make him feel unsafe. Also according to Mr. Barrow, very conveniently uttered in the House where he has parliamentary protection and privilege, he has ascertained that those threats are coming from the PUP candidate in Orange Walk North.

That is quite an incredible thing. It is the first anyone has heard of any threats being issued to Vega or any member of his family. Of course, the Prime Minister only made mention of those magical threats, pulled out of his political hat. No details were offered, likely because there are no details to offer and no threats at all. This is beyond incredible.

It’s bizarre.

To be truthful, Gaspar Vega is probably one of the most hated UDP politicians in recent memory. But that is for very good cause. While he was Minister of Natural Resources, this man stole from the public purse, blatantly and brazenly in a compensation scam which has now been buried by the UDP with the removal of Vanessa Retreage. Millions and millions of dollars were paid out to cronies and family members of Vega in what can only be described as institutionalized corruption – providing titles to persons for land already privately held, then paying those privileged persons ‘compensation’ at market value. In one case, a million dollars of compensation was paid when the person compensated had only invested a little over $6000. In another case, Vega gave his son Andre $400,000 in compensation when Andre had paid only $15,000 for a parcel which then Minister Vega knew was privately owned. There are many such cases – tens of millions of public monies gone, never to be seen again.

But besides all that startling evidence of outrageous larceny, there is much, much more. Vega did not only run amok with public monies. Thousands and thousands of acres made their way into the hands of Minister Vega’s family members, who we were flippantly advised are ‘not normal’ so apparently were entitled to that land. Thousands and thousands of acres made their way into the hands of Minister Vega himself. And there wasn’t even much of an attempt to disguise the illegal and unethical land grab. In only one instance – 1600 acres seized by Vega in Carmelita – the Minister himself signed over land to pre-selected cronies for a pittance, and then those cronies turned around immediately and put it in the names of Vega’s brother, his brother’s wife and his own wife. Shameless!

The evidence was presented to Dean Barrow, but he didn’t want to see it. Rather stupidly, he said then – 7 months ago – that if there was evidence there didn’t need to be an investigation and Vega would have to face the consequences. And that was the end of that, to nobody’s real surprise. The Prime Minister put a political puppet at the Lands Department to make sure nothing more about Vega would come out. That is the role of Carla Barnett currently.

Gaspar Vega abused his position to enrich himself and his family. This is not perception. This is not political propaganda. There is real evidence in black and white – literally hundreds of land documents chronicling years of corruption.

There is this sense of real inequality in Belize, and it has been feeding the fire of outrage among the people. Here is this millionaire who drives around in luxury SUVs and lives in a mansion in Orange Walk. He enjoys every privilege of wealth, and also gets free fuel at the pumps. His immediate family members are enjoying the riches. They will never want, never go hungry, never have to worry about bills or school fees or uniforms or medical expenses. Former Minister Vega’s son Andre, recipient of $400,000 in taxpayer money which we will never again see, travels the world in style.

And this disgraceful man, the former Deputy Prime Minister, has been allowed to do all that he has done without any criminal repercussions. A man has gone to jail for years just for taking pint bottles from a yard to sell so he could buy food. Another man has gone to jail for years because he broke into the Mercy Kitchen and took some food because he was hungry. There are youth who go to jail for years over a stick of weed.

These are normal Belizeans who lose their freedom and are taken away from their families, placed behind bars because they broke the law. But Gaspar Vega, this millionaire UDP politician, committed the most atrocious wrongs while in office and he is still living the life of the rich and famous.

There are Belizeans who cannot access a piece of land in Vega’s jewel. There are Belizeans who struggle to put food on the table. There are Belizeans whose kids must drop out of school because there is no money for fees, books, shoes or uniforms. There is poverty in this nation which sickens the soul. And there is entitlement which sickens the soul.

Gaspar Vega was at the House meeting on Friday, smiling, not a care in the world.

He was welcomed by his colleagues, and by his Prime Minister who had the audacity to tell us that we must pay for 24-hour security for the Vega family because they feel threatened.

We have reached a point in this nation where none of us would have wanted to reach.

None of us would welcome violence or bloodshed. But the abuses have become too much.

And the people have suffered too much while the privileged few laugh in their faces.

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asi parecía surrealista cuando el Primer Ministro explicó el viernes pasado que nuestro Departamento de Policía de muy bajos recursos debe proporcionar protección de 24 horas al ex Viceprimer Ministro Gaspar Vega y su familia. Al parecer incluso sus hijos que asisten a la escuela tienen un detalle especial, al estilo del servicio secreto.

Según el Sr. Barrow, Vega ha recibido amenazas que lo hacen sentirse inseguro. También el Sr. Barrow, pronunció muy convenientemente en la Cámara de Representantes donde tiene privilegios y protección parlamentaria, que él ha comprobado que esas amenazas vienen del candidato PUP de Orange Walk Norte.

Esa es una cosa increíble. Es la primera vez que alguien ha oído hablar de amenazas emitidas a Vega o a cualquier miembro de su familia. Por supuesto, el Primer Ministro sólo hizo mención de las amenazas mágicas, sacadas de su sombrero de la política. No ofreció detalles, probablemente porque no hay detalles que ofrecer ni hay amenazas en lo absoluto.

Esto está más allá de lo increíble. Es muy extraño todo.

A decir verdad, Gaspar Vega es probablemente uno de los políticos UDP más odiados en memoria reciente. Pero eso es por una muy buena causa. Cuando fue Ministro de Recursos Naturales, este hombre robó de las arcas públicas, abierta y descaradamente en una estafa de indemnización que ahora ha sido enterrada por el UDP con la destitución de Vanessa Retreage. Millones y millones de dólares fueron pagados a amigos y familiares de Vega en lo que sólo puede ser descrito como corrupción institucionalizada – proporcionando títulos de tierra ya en manos privadas a dichas personas, pagándoles después a estas personas privilegiadas 'compensación' a valor de mercado. En un caso, 1 millón de dólares de indemnización fue pagado cuando la persona compensada sólo había invertido un poco más $6000. En otro caso, Vega le dio a su hijo Andre $400.000 en concepto de indemnización cuando Andre había pagado sólo $15.000 por una parcela que Vega, el Ministro entonces, sabía que ya era propiedad privada. Hay tantos de estos casos – decenas de millones del dinero público han desaparecido, para nunca ser vistos de nuevo.

Pero además de toda esta evidencia asombrosa de latrocinio escandaloso, hay mucho, mucho más. Vega no sólo estuvo fuera de control con los fondos públicos. Miles y miles de hectáreas se fueron a las manos de la familia del Ministro Vega quienes, se nos ha informado frívolamente que 'no son normales', y por lo tanto aparentemente tenían derecho a esas tierras. Miles y miles de hectáreas se fueron a las manos del propio Ministro Vega.

Y ni siquiera se hizo mucho intento para disfrazar/encubrir el acaparamiento de tierras ilegales y de poco ética. En una sola instancia – 1600 hectáreas arrebatadas por Vega en Carmelita, personalmente el propio Ministro les firmó estas tierras a compinches preseleccionados por una miseria, y luego los compinches inmediatamente le dieron vuelta y los pusieron a nombre de los hermanos Vega, a la esposa de su hermano y su propia esposa. ¡Qué sinvergüenza!

La evidencia le fue presentada a Dean Barrow, pero no quiso verla. Estúpidamente, dijo en ese entonces – hace 7 meses - que si hubiera evidencia que no tenía que haber una investigación y Vega tendría que enfrentar las consecuencias. Y eso fue el final de eso, a la sorpresa de nadie. El Primer Ministro puso un títere político en el Departamento de Tierras para asegurarse de que nada más acerca de Vega saliera. De hecho eso es el papel de Carla Barnett.

Gaspar Vega abusó de su posición para enriquecerse a sí mismo y a su familia. Esto no es percepción. Esto no es propaganda política. Hay evidencia real en blanco y negro – literalmente cientos de documentos de terrenos que son una crónica de años de corrupción.

Hay este sentido de una desigualdad real en Belice que ha estado alimentando el fuego de la indignación entre la gente. Aquí está este millonario que se conduce en SUVs de lujo y vive en una mansión en Orange Walk. Disfruta de todo privilegio de la riqueza y también recibe combustible gratis en las bombas. Miembros de su familia inmediata están disfrutando de las riquezas. Nunca les faltara nada, nunca van a pasar hambre, nunca tendrán que preocuparse por facturas o cuotas escolares o uniformes o gastos médicos. El hijo del ex ministro Andre Vega, beneficiario de 400.000 dólares en dinero de los contribuyentes que nunca más veremos, recorre el mundo con lujo.

Y este hombre sinvergüenza, el ex Vice-primer Ministro, se le ha permitido hacer todo lo que ha hecho sin repercusiones penales. Un hombre ha ido a la cárcel durante años por robar botellas de cerveza de un patio para venderlos y poder así comprar alimentos. Otro hombre ha ido a la cárcel por años porque entró a la cocina Mercy y tomó algo de comida porque tenía hambre. Hay jóvenes que van a la cárcel por años por un pitillo de marihuana. Estos son Beliceños normales que pierden su libertad y están separados de sus familias, colocados tras las rejas porque rompieron la ley. Pero Gaspar Vega, el político y millonario del UDP, cometió los males más atroces mientras que estuvo en el Ministerio y sigue viviendo la vida de los ricos y famosos.

Hay Beliceños que no tienen acceso a un pedazo de tierra en esta la joya de Vega. Hay Beliceños que luchan para poner comida sobre la mesa. Hay Beliceños cuyos hijos deben abandonar la escuela porque no hay dinero para la matrícula, libros, zapatos ni uniformes. Hay pobreza en esta nación que enferma el alma. Y hay derechos privilegiados que enferman el alma.

Gaspar Vega estuvo presente en la sesión Parlamentaria el viernes pasado, sonriente, sin preocupación alguna. Él fue recibido por sus colegas y por su Primer Ministro quien tuvo el descaro de decirnos que debemos pagar la seguridad las 24 horas del día para la familia Vega porque se sienten amenazados.

Hemos llegado a un punto en esta nación donde ninguno de nosotros habríamos querido llegar. Ninguno de nosotros le daríamos la bienvenida a la violencia o al derramamiento de sangre. Pero los abusos se han convertido en demasiado. Y el pueblo ha sufrido demasiado mientras los pocos privilegiados se ríen en sus caras.

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Bogus Case Struck Out Because of ‘Executive’ Manipulation Wednesday, July 5, 2017 On Tuesday, July 4, 2017, Plus TV’s owner and host of the popular Rise and Shine Morning Show Pastor Louis Wade appeared at the San Ignacio Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Hurl Hamilton to answer to charges of “common assault” and “indecent words.”

Within a matter of minutes, the case was permanently stayed and struck after the Magistrate explained that the directives to levy the charges after a delay of five months and three weeks were carried out in bad faith, and if the matter was continued it could cause the public to question and doubt the justice system. The matter was then thrown out on the basis of what amounts to ‘executive manipulation.’ For those who may not understand the term, Mr. Barrow’s directorate in Cabinet are the Executive, and it was clear from the onset that the case against Wade was being manipulated at much higher levels than the Police.

Wade is well known for his vocal and public reproach of illegal

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activities involving government officials.

The incident occurred in November of last year when Wade was covering a story in which a private contractor was awarded the contract for the Santa Elena Sports Complex but machinery and work personnel from the Ministry of Works were working on the Complex and completing the contract.

Wade told the Belize Times that while he was filming the equipment from Ministry of Works on the site, someone called the son of Rene Montero, Area representative for Cayo Central and Minister of Works who showed up shortly after. He says that Robert ‘Bobby’ Montero then drove his red pickup truck into him and he had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.

At this point, Wade says that Montero parked his vehicle block-

Pastor Louis Wade

ing him from coming out of the stadium and from filming.

The following day, on his popular morning show Rise and Shine, Wade made the images public and stated that he intended to file an official police report. But Montero beat him to it and made a report at the San Ignacio police station. According to Wade, when he made his complaint, OC Richard Rosado from San Ignacio told him that it was now a joint complaint and would need to be investigated properly. Wade proceeded to give the names of the witnesses so that the Police could investigate.

But that’s when OC Rosado went politically rogue, it seems.

“This case was on investigation from November to December last year when the first investigator said that it was fraudulent and not true.

The OC of the Cayo police station removed that investigator from the case and put a second investigator on the case who did not contact us until the last week for the statute for this incident,” Wade told us.

After the case was thrown out on Tuesday, Wade told the Belize Times that he will stand by the truth until he dies. “The Magistrate ruled that it is an abuse of executive power…my understanding of his decision is that if he had allowed this case to proceed, it would cause the public to question the justice system because of the length of time that the Police took to bring simple charges of assault and indecent words to the Court.”

Wade told the Belize Times that he continues to say that the allegations are false and he has a responsibility to continue this process.

“They started it, we will finish it,” he told us as he left the Court on Tuesday.

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DID YOU BRING BACK THE MONEY? Thursday, 06 July 2017 As former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega grinned and hugged and patted the backs of his colleagues on the government side of the House on Friday, the pressing question on the minds of Belizeans had to be – DID YOU BRING BACK THE MONEY YOU STOLE FROM US? Vega has been absent from politics for almost ten months, since the revelation of outrageous corruption in the Ministry of Natural Resources forced his resignation. That was when it was revealed that he orchestrated a hustle which resulted in his son Andre Vega being given $400,000, and another UDP insider Sharon Pitts another $400,000 $800,000 of taxpayer monies gone just like that on one deal.

Of course, this is believed to be just the tip of the rotten iceberg.

It is known that tens of millions of dollars were paid out as part of the compensation scam in the Ministry under Gaspar Vega. There are well chronicled examples of persons who benefitted, persons who are closely affiliated with Vega. In just one example, one million dollars of taxpayer monies was paid out to one man in compensation after he paid only $6,000 for his piece of land.

In October, 2016, then Minister

of Natural Resources Vanessa Retreage revealed that there was an investigation into the compensation corruption at the Lands Department which had been unearthed. Two months later she was gone, forced out of office by a threat to her life allegedly sent by the brother of Gaspar Vega. Since then there has been no investigation into Vega, and now he feels that he can come back, smiling.

But Belizeans are demanding that Vega return the money that was stolen from public coffers. While Vega is a millionaire with thousands of acres of prime land which he appropriated while he was Minister, poor, normal Belizeans are forced to struggle under more burdensome taxes. Imagine that Vega emptied our coffers, and now Belizeans are being burdened to fill them back while he continues to smile all the way to the bank.

The people of Belize demand that Vega and his family members who benefitted from his larceny pay the price. Those who committed criminal actions must be jailed. The monies of the people must be returned to them. The land and assets of the people must be returned to them. Until that time, Gaspar Vega must not be allowed to sleep in peace.

CHILD BEATEN AND KILLED...

PARENTS IN CUSTODY

Thursday, 06 July 2017 As we go to press, there are reports of a horrific crime in San Pedro Town. Student Faye Lin Cannon, 13, is dead and her adoptive parents, American nationals, are in the custody of Police after the post-mortem examination revealed that she had been physically and sexually assaulted.

According to the report, Police were called to the apartment of the family located about a mile and a half north of San Pedro Town. There they found the lifeless body of Faye Lin, 13. According to her mother, who we cannot identify here be-

cause she has not been charged, she last saw Faye Lin at 7:00am when she asked for water and then went back to bed. She told Police that 15 minutes after, her husband checked on the child and found her unresponsive, and that is when they called in the Police.

When Police observed the child they saw bruises to the arm and the leg and a swelling to the right side of the head which appeared to have a cut wound, but the mother told them that the child is mentally ill and would hit herself and bang herself against the wall she has her attacked. The mother further claimed that Faye Lin had been in her room for three weeks and had refused to come out or to eat anything.

Sources in the Police Department told us that the death seemed off from the very beginning and the couple’s story had holes in it. That was confirmed by the post-mortem examination which confirmed that she had been physically and sexually abused.

While the Police did not release more details than that, sources tell us she had been badly beaten, with three ribs broken and a fractured chest bone which punctured her heart.

Up to press time tonight the parents, who own a boutique in San Pedro had not been charged.

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Barrow Wakes Up After Nine Years Thursday, 06 July 2017 On Friday, in the House of Representatives, Prime Minister Dean Barrow realized after more than nine years in office that we are living in a violent country. He realized on Friday also that the violence is a crisis. And like the true leader that he is (not), he proclaimed that the Police must act to address the problem.

For Belizeans, this has to be a WTF moment. For years now our communities across the country have been strangled by fear of violence. More than 1000 Belizeans have died violently since Prime Min-

ister Dean Barrow took office. For years now we have been categorized as one of the most violent countries in the world. We have been scourged

A TRANQUIL HAVEN UNDER THREAT Contributed During the 1970s and 1980s there were many Central Americans who fled their homes in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala because of civil wars and social unrest. These people were refugees who feared for their lives or of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality or for being in a particular social or political group.

They came to Belize for safe haven. Several new farming communities were settled: Valley of Peace, Armenia and around Belmopan, Las Flores and Salvapan. In stark contrast to the violence they left behind these refugees found life in Belize to be peaceful, allowing them to plant, produce, raise a family and send their children to school.

For over a decade the refugee program was discontinued. When the UDP came into office in 2008 the Refugee Department was closed down and no refugee Eligibility Committee was ever appointed. But illegal migrants continue to come to Belize.

Guatemalans have been encroaching in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve cutting xaté and timber and panning for gold. Squatters settle in the border areas of the Toledo and Cayo districts.

To add to the complexity of the immigration situation, hundreds of migrant workers from Central America have been granted permission to enter Belize to work in the citrus and banana industries and more recently in shrimp farming. Invariably many, if not most, have remained in the country and settled in such villages like San Juan (formerly Cow Pen) and Bella Vista.

Over the last three years many new refugees have arrived in Belize mainly from El Salvador. They have been fleeing from the criminal violence and gang related atrocities plaguing that country.

In 2015 the then Minister in charge of Immigration Godwin Hulse

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Beverly Castillo reactivated the Refugee Eligibility Committee. It is estimated that there are over 2,000 persons claiming refugee status. But according to reliable reports, none have been approved so far.

In an interview with a British newspaper ‘The Guardian’, the Minister of State for Immigration Beverly Williams is quoted as saying: “why should I approve any cases if I don’t have the confidence that we are prepared to deal with the problem…We don’t have the structure in place to ensure they are not gang members”.

What an appalling state of affairs Belize finds itself in when a Government Minister of State admits that her department in unable to determine who are genuine refugees from criminals. So what is the Eligibility Committee for? Don’t we have active cooperation with Interpol and the Police in the various Central American countries, members of SICA? At last Friday’s meeting of the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister of Belize Dean Barrow apparently had an epiphany; he finally admitted that he has been sleeping at the wheel while the ship of state was floundering. He finally realized what Belizeans have known and have been experiencing for many years since the year 2010. The Prime Minister said to the nation: Belize is a violent country!!

Yes, Mr. Prime Minister, a murder is committed in Belize almost every day.

by regional and international media because of it. Recently we have seen the murders take on a macabre bent as killers have become more brazen and colder and more bloodthirsty and savage. We who have to live it have known for years, but Mr. Barrow is only just realizing, or so he says.

But much of the responsibility for what Mr. Barrow calls a phenomenon of violence must lie on his shoulders. Our Prime Minister has been impotent on crime, just as he has been impotent on corruption. He has allowed the Police to be fractured by political manipulation and frustration to the point where in 2017 the Department is the most demoralized it has ever been. If it were not for the largesse of the US and other donors, our Police would have NO vehicles and no equipment to fight crime. That is the truth.

Gruesome murders – decapitations, limbs chopped off, throat slit, burning to death of victims in their vehicles.

Belize has indeed become a very violent country. Our once tranquil haven of democracy is under threat. Our economy is in shambles. The Government is broke. PetroCaribe money in the millions wasted while the poor get poorer and the well connected, bumsuckers and kick-back contractors share their ill gotten wealth with corrupt Ministers and their toadies.

The good name of Belize as a tranquil haven of democracy will only be restored when there is justice in the land; social justice to fight poverty and unemployment; criminal justice, to stamp out violent crime, the illegal sale of visas and passports and the disgraceful human trafficking that has been plaguing a corrupt Immigration Department.

The good name of Belize will only be restored when we put in place a proper functioning system of refugees, a proper functioning Lands Department and Immigration department, a truly impartial and independent Judiciary at all levels, and a truly transparent and accountable government.

Mr. Barrow has yet to make good on his promise to construct a state of the art forensics lab and DNA-testing facility. That has been a promise since 2008, and in 2011 he announced that funding had been secured. Six years after and samples must be sent abroad for routine testing in crimes.

So clueless was Mr. Barrow to this phenomenon of violence that a few months ago he actually cut the allocation to the Police in his Budget.

So the Police have less resources to work with. It has been announced by the Commissioner that as a result of the Budget cuts there will be no passing out of new recruits in the foreseeable future. That means no more boots on the ground to fight this phenomenon of violence. Mr. Barrow has done nothing to assist the prosecution arms of government or the Police. Instead, he has pumped millions of dollars into the coffers of his family members in litigation costs.

Mr. Barrow has failed the country, and the violence we see in practically every corner of this nation is a result of that failure. For Mr. Barrow to only now, last Friday, realize that we are living in a violent country is nothing but a sick, cruel joke.

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Sissy Move

by Barrow

2017

PUP NOTICE The PUP Announces Its Convention in Dangriga to Elect 1 Mayoral Candidate and 6 Councillors Candidates to represent the PUP in the 2018 Municipal Elections. Polls open at 9 a.m. and closes at 4 p.m. at the Holy Ghost School Grounds in Dangriga. PUP ALL THE WAY!!!

Dean Barrow

Ramon Cervantes Jr.

Thursday, 06 July 2017 The Prime Minister is not generally known as a coward. In fact, he has been called many things, but never that. Perhaps things are different now that he has been rendered toothless by his imminent departure, though, because the stunt he pulled in the House on Friday can definitely be classed as a real ‘sissy move.’

Contrary to the standing orders of the House which are very clear, the Prime Minister attacked a private citizen who was not there to defend himself. Incredibly, in defence of his crooked UDP colleague Gaspar Vega, Barrow accused Ramon Cervantes Jr. of making threats against Vega. "There were all sorts of threats made against him and his family, as far as we can determine, promulgated in particular by his defeated PUP opponent from the last election."

Anywhere outside the House, Barrow would never have made such a ridiculous assertion. But he is afforded Parliamentary protection inside the House and used the opportunity to make a very serious allegation which was aired by all media houses. He had no evidence to provide and indeed nobody before this has every heard about any threats against Vega by Cervantes, or by anybody.

The Prime Minister was explaining why the Police Department is forced to provide 24/7 security for Vega and his family, even his children, and has been doing so for months even though Vega resigned his Cabinet post after revelations of scandalous corruption in October, 2016.

Justifiably outraged, Cervantes spoke to the media on Monday and accused the Prime Minister of being a liar. “I assert unequivocally that the Prime Minister cannot point to any genuine and official record of any complaint made against me. He cannot point to any event in which the Police interrogated or interviewed me in relation to his accusation, to support what he said in the House of Representatives," Cervantes asserted.

What makes it even worse is that the Prime Minister’s cowardly attack came on the anniversary of the cruel murders of Cervantes’ father in Orange Walk. Readers will recall that Vega’s name was called in connection with the kidnapping and murder of the respected Orange Walk businessman and cane-farmer.

At the Belize Times we would say the prime Minister acted like a real woman on Friday, hiding behind his frock, but that would be an insult to women.

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Press Release UDP Ministers Display Disrespect at the Senate Select Committee Hearings July 5, 2017 --- The People’s United Party strongly condemns the contemptuous and disrespectful behaviour displayed by two sitting UDP Ministers who appeared before the Senate Special Select Committee today.

Minister Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez and Minister Edmond Castro were both disrespectful and rude while giving testimony before the Senate Select Committee. Their

Press Release behaviour showed a complete lack of respect for the Senate and for the office which they hold. UDP Ministers Display Disrespect at the Senate Select Committee

Hearings

Both ministers refused to answer most of the questions put to them by members of the Committee, becoming progressively contentious and hostile when faced with queries July 5, 2017 --- The People’s United Party strongly condemns the contemptuous about their roles in the rampant corruption Immigration.

They were deliberately and disrespectful behaviour displayed by twoinsitting UDP Ministers whoalso appeared before dishonest, claiming that they were not aware of any culture of corruption in the the Senate repeatedly Special Select Committee today.

Immigration Department. Neither Minister seemed to remember the Prime Minister’s comment about Ministerial involvement in the Visa hustle when he exclaimed: Minister Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez and Minister Edmond Castro were “Fuh both God’s Sake Stop disrespectful and It!” rude while giving testimony before the Senate Select Committee. Their behaviour showed a complete lack of respect for the Senate and for the office which they Quite apart from our outrage at the disrespectful and brutish behaviour of these hold. men, as Belizeans we are ashamed at the knowledge that what occurred in the Senate today will surely be broadcast regionally. Our regional and foreign partners will observe this Both ministers refused to answer most of the questions put to them by members of shameful display from those who are, regrettably, in leadership roles in this country. the Committee, becoming progressively contentious and hostile when faced with queries about their roles in the rampant corruption in Immigration. They were also deliberately The actions of these Ministers who clearly believe that they are the ‘untouchables,’ dishonest, repeatedly claiming that they were not aware of any culture of corruption in the show a troubling pattern by the Barrow Administration to display wanton disregard for Immigration Department. Neither Minister seemed to remember the Prime Minister’s truth and the rule of law. We would, in this instance, call on Prime Minister Dean Barrow comment about Ministerial involvement in the Visa hustle when he exclaimed: “Fuh to sanction them, but they are monsters of his own making, and he has demonstrated that God’s Sake Stop It!” he condones and defends such behaviour from his Ministers.

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CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERY BELIZEAN Today I want to talk to you about a promise every politician makes and few ever live up to: creating opportunities for everyone. While a lot of us talk about creating opportunity, few actually do. When we are successful at creating opportunity, you see the private sector boom, new jobs being created, the public sector performing and the economy growing. We saw that between 1998 and 2008 when the Belizean economy doubled and we created thousands of new jobs. Growth was steady. Unfortunately, that is gone and what we have is a Belizean economy that is in deep recession.

And while some of us can get by during the tough times of a recession, there are those families and communities that can’t cope. See, for struggling families where people live from pay cheque to pay cheque, the slightest change can drive you into poverty. A sudden sickness, a hurricane or flood and before you know it, you have fallen even deeper into debt and can’t pay your bills. Of course this is also true for small farmers and small business people.

In our billion-dollar economy it seems unfair that so many Belizeans are living like this and others even worse. But when we find ourselves in this situation we cannot give up, we have to do everything we can to open the doors of opportunity. This is why I have been asking the government to do more for the productive sector, because they create jobs. This is why I get so upset when they boast about spending PetroCaribe money to buy tacos and rum. Think of how many training sessions in catering or in learning to be a tour guide or a translator we could have had with all that borrowed money that was wasted.

These days I am spending my time trying to have a conversation with you all about the future. I want us to work together to figure out how to create opportunity. Because when we get to government it’s not our words, but our deeds, that will make a difference. So we have to develop real plans that will be adaptable to tomorrow’s challenges. We need to create a climate of confidence so that the private sector can start hiring again and we need to help out the productive sector so they can get back on their feet again. Our trade people need to get our products into markets all over Central America and the Caribbean and we need the tourists to be filling up our hotels all year round. We need to discover new opportunities in industries like never before and we need to expand our thinking when it comes to educating the new Belizean.

We need to work hard every day to make Belize a place where everyone believes that hard work and dedication pays off. We want a Belize where you can make it if you try. That is the confidence I speak of. That’s the promise we in the PUP are making to those thousands of young people who are graduating from high school and college every year. That’s the promise we are making to those stay at home moms who are learning a new skill through classes on the Internet. And it’s the promise I’ll fight to keep so that together we can achieve our goal to build a Belize that works for everyone.

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City Boys Win 2017 SMART Mundialito Championship

Belize City, July 2, 2017 The City Boys won the 2017 SMART Mundialito championship with a 1-0 win against Heights FC in the finals at the MCC Garden on Sunday afternoon, bringing their SMART titles to 3, having previously won in 2014 and 2016!

Playoffs MVP Keyia Requeña scored the winning goal in the 1st half, and City Boys’ defenders Taivon Gibson, Kenyon Barrow, Jaylen Kelly and Harlen Norales frustrated all Heights’ efforts to get on the scoreboard. The long whistle sounded to a City Boys’ win.

In the consolation game for 3rd place, the Hattieville Riverside Boys also won by a 1-0 score against the Ladyville Rising Stars, when Jose Al-

2nd Place, Heights FC

Belize City, July 1, 2017 The Stars girls and Jaguars men won the 2017 Belize District Volleyball Association’s championships at the Belize Elementary auditorium over the weekend.

In Game 1 of the finals last Friday night, the Stars were in ascendance over the Lady Jaguars; as Sherika Burton, Kelsey Balderamos, Kevanna Sebastian, Nelissa Ramirez and Shynelle Glenn spiked home points at the net on balls set by Karen Quan and libero Nayala Tun to win: 2522, 25-22, 25-17.

In Game 2 on Saturday evening, the Lady Jaguars tried for a comeback to take the series to a game 3. Shantell Arnold, Tichele Solis, Zaire Garbutt, Kay-De Vaughn and Maurissa Williams scored some points on balls set

by Sherylee Thurton, but the Stars dominated: 25-18, 25-8 and 25-12.

In Game 1 of the Men’s finals on Friday night, the Jaguars’ hitters Karym Coleman, Bryton Codd, Daryl Avila, Zachary Garbutt and Yserri Palacio scored kills on balls set by Ernan Caliz and libero Raheem Hendy to win over the S.Q. Dragons: 26-24, 1425, 25-19 and 25-15.

In Game 2 Saturday night, the Dragons also sought to take

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mendares scored the winning goal.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners each received individual trophies and team trophies from the FFB’s acting president Marlon Kuylen and SMART’s marketing manager Anthony Mahler in the closing ceremonies after the championship final.

Individual awards: Best Coach – Marshall Nuñez of Heights FC Best goalkeeper - Ralston Macdonald – Carlston FC Best Defense - Taivon Gibson - City Boys Best midfielder - Cesar Garcia- Rising Stars Best Forward – Kenyon Smith – Heights FC Most Goals – Keyia Requeña – City Boys.

Regular season Most Valuable Player - Oswald Young of Hattieville Fairplay award - Sampson Academy Playoffs MVP Award - Keyia Requeña – City Boys.

3rd Place, Hattieville Riverside Boys

STARS & JAGUARS WIN BDVA VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MVP Oswald young

Champs Stars

5x Champs Jaguars

the series to a 3rd final on Sunday, but it was not to be. Tarique “Soup” Campbell, Keith Castillo, Francis Hauze, Elton Anderson and Derron Cayetano led the Dragons’ attacks, hammering home kills at the net on balls set by Aidan Urbina in a hard fought duel that went the full 5 sets. The Jaguars took it away 18-25, 25-21, 25-15, 20-25 and 17-15, for their 5th championship title!

BVA president Allan Sharp joined BDVA president Joseph Enriquez in presenting team trophies and individual medals to the 1st and 2nd place winners in the awards ceremony after the finals.

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Kings, Belize Bank Bulldogs & Dragons Win 2 Apiece in BDBA Interoffice Basketball

Kings 77-70 Infotel/Mars

Belize City, July 1, 2017 The Kings, Belize Bank Bulldogs and BCC Dragons each posted their 2nd back to back wins in the Belize District Basketball Association’s (BDBA) interoffice competition at St Martin de Porres’ Swift Hall over the weekend.

In Game 1 Friday, the Kings handed Infotel/Mars distributors their 2nd loss: 77-70, led by Jacob Leslie who hit 5 treys for 28pts! Farron Louriano added 24pts, while Jorret Jones and Leon Williams put up 6pts apiece. Infotel’s Earl “Bolo” Johnson scored 20pts, Herman Ramos added 13pts and Elvis Olivera put up 11pts, and Travis Lennan - 10pts.

In Game 2 Friday, Tuff E’ Nuff ran over the Grace Kings: 116-40, led by Rico Black hitting 7 treys for 26pts! Raul Roches drained in 3 treys for 21pts, Justin Wade tossed in 15pts, and Louis Pitterson added 12pts. Grace Kings’ Arturo Allen and Robert Flowers scored 11pts apiece, and Alex Gordon and Ashton Young added 9pts apiece.

LAKELAND WINS POLICE EASTERN DIVISION SOUTH YOUTH BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Belize City, June 30, 2017 The Lakeland boys won the Police Department Eastern Division South youth basketball championship sponsored by Bowen & Bowen and Sprite at the Samuel Haynes Institute basketball court last Friday.

In Game 1, the consolation game for 3rd place: Lake I. won 44-27 against A.B.S.; led by Ronald Michael with 13pts. Marvin Skeet and Tyrese Usher put up 10pts apiece and Justin Wade added 5pts. ABS’ Kevin “Fish” Hamilton scored 10pts, and Fitz Howard added 9pts; Jair Bernardez had 4pts.

In Game 2, the championship final,

11 09 SPORTS 11 In Game 1 Saturday, the Belize Bank Bulldogs wrapped the Central Health medics: 66-62, led by Lincey Lopez with 24pts.

Roderick Williams added 20pts, and Akeem Richardson put up 12pts. Central Health’s Neil Nicholson scored 16pts, Derrol Vernon added 11pts, and Steve Wade had 9pts.

In Game 2 Saturday night, the BCC Dragons tamed DigiCell: 82-75; led by Andrew Vasquez with 21pts. Cordell Gonzalez Jr and Akeem Watters added 13pts apiece and Eyan Rene scored 12pts. DigiCell’s Lennox Cayetano dunked 21pts, Lennox Bowman added 19pts, and Jason Vasquez had 10pts.

Bze Bank Bulldogs 66-62 Central Health

Dragons 82-75 BTL

MVP Shaquille Crawford scored 18pts for Lakeland’s 49-34 win over Southside.

Glency Lopez added 9pts, and Darnell Galvez and Devon Smith scored 7pts apiece. Best Defense Ryan “Ringo” Michael scored 4pts, and Kristan Fanzua and Dijon Smith scored a bucket apiece.

Southside’s Joshua Bradley scored 9pts, Sydney “Bucket’ Bradley and Michael Augustine added 6pts apiece, and John Kelly posted 5pts.

Superintendent of Police Chester Williams and Bowen & Bowen representative Eric Tillett presented individual medals, a team trophy and the $1,000 cheque for 1st prize to the champs Lakeland. They also delivered the $750 prize, with trophy and medals to the 2nd place winners – Southside, and a $500 cheque to the 3rd place winners – Lake I. Individual awards went to: Most Points - Kevin "Fish" Hamilton of A.B.S. - 11.5ppg.

Best Defense - Ryan "Ringo" Michael of Lakeland, Most Valuable Player award Shaquille Crawford.

Champs Lakeland

Tuff E' Nuff's Rico Black scored 26pts - 7x 3ptrs

Mango Creek, Belmopan & Benque Veterans Win in National Over-40 Football Belize City, July 1-2, 2017 The Mango Creek veterans FC, Belmopan veterans and Benque veterans all posted big wins in the national over-40 football tournament continued with games at the MCC Grounds in Belize City on Saturday and Sunday evening, July 1-2.

The Mango Creek veterans also blasted the Quintas veterans of San Ignacio: 4-2 at the Norman Broaster Stadium on Sunday evening.

At the MCC Garden on Saturday, the Belmopan veterans upset the BDF vets: 3-2, with Garry Wiltshire scoring their 1st goal and adding a 2nd goal by a

Mango Creek win 4-2 Quintas

penalty. Joel Wade had scored the BDF’s 1st goal to lead 1-0, and Brads Dominguez scored the soldiers’ 2nd goal to equalize the score 2-2. Edmund “Buzzard” Pandy scored Belmopan’s 3rd goal in the 86th minute.

At the MCC on Sunday, the Benque veterans posted a 1-0 win over Pickstock/Lake I when Julio Ayala scored the winning goal in the 20th minute.

Out at the San Pedro Stadium on Saturday, the Yabra FC posted a 3-1 win over San Pedro veterans FC with 2 goals

by Maurice “Magic” Francis and Kevin Rowland scored a 3rd goal.

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THE BELIZE TIMES

9 JUL

2017

THE WONDERER AND CAYO ROSARIO

Happy mid-year Belizeans! THE WONDERER was on holidays so was wandering around the country and googling on the internet. Learning new things, visiting new developments mostly all good and some bad or is it few good and most bad?

Especially where the government projects are concerned, it seems good engineering supervision on their behalf is totally lacking. Its people’s monies being spent so we should demand better designs and construction supervision. The government claims they have a balanced budget, but what good is it for the people of Belize if you are borrowing more money than we can collect from taxes and now you have to burden us with higher gas bills and taxes. The bread basket is going up but not the salaries.

With people losing their jobs and having lots of additional responsibilities, why do you think the crime rate, especially murders, is so high these days? The people of Belize need jobs - good paying jobs - not cane cutting or orange picking jobs, but jobs such as the tourism industry can create. Have you ever wondered that the tourism industry is growing but is still not healthy? We still have several months in the year that we experience dead season so staff is cut and we have more problems socially.

Belize must wander into a new era of tourism. Perhaps we need to invite some mega-company to install a high rise tourism destination (50 stories) where several plane loads of tourist can come to one destination all year round for an all-inclusive service like Cancun where our Belizeans love to go and take our Belizean dollar outside the country. This would help to alleviate our situation of “dead seasons.”

Other new developments which are attractive and expensive are over the water bungalows. Bungalows over the water can be sustainable, authentic and unique and are a very competitive product called “accommodations.” UNIQUE ACCOMODATIONS are what enhance the other activities such as diving, fishing, snorkeling, caving, tours, etc. You want rich tourists to come to these over the water structures and by extension the other services/activities will also be busy all year around. Let us stop wandering and wonder how to develop our nation. We need to stop thinking with our hearts. We need to think technically and make the right decisions nationally. Let us dump “emotions” in the dirt bin!

I was recently wandering on the Department of Environment (DOE) webpage and found a unique project being proposed at Cayo Rosario west of Ambergris Caye. Rosario is an island of some 10 acres where some erosion has occurred reducing its original dimensions. I downloaded the EIA and went through it in detail and came to the conclusion that this was a great project. This is

what we need in Belize. Other countries are going in this direction and we should not be left behind. We in Belize have more to offer in terms of other services and activities than any other destination. I studied the project in depth and could not find a problem from a technical or engineering point of view. It is sound.

Energy and water will be produced on mainland Ambergris Caye and transported via cables and pipes to the island, thus reducing the carbon footprint. No noisy generator or Reverse Osmosis system. Also they are going to place their fuel pumps for boats on mainland Ambergris so no fuel has to be transported via barges to the island. A great idea!

Originally they were thinking of collecting their sewage on the island and pumping it to the mainland for treatment, which engineering-wise was a great idea. Technology exists for this type of situation. Nevertheless it was decided that because of the possibility of a leakage it was best to treat the wastewater on the island. No problem. I wondered who came up with such great ideas!

While wondering I also downloaded the Over the Water Structures Guidelines from the DOE webpage and went through them thoroughly.

Nice and very technical guidelines did not know they exist. Very futuristic views. DOE was living ahead of their times when they concocted such guidelines. These structures being proposed will not be located near the reef or on top of seagrass

or mangroves. They are not located near any navigational channel or route. I concluded that the bungalows are very much following the guidelines, except for some possible conflict with the fly-fishermen. Additionally we have had in Belize a few bungalows over the water but not so much in numbers as being requested by this development. I also found out that the bungalows will be located inside a conservation zone falling under the Hol Chan Reserve. I also found out through the guidelines that these structures in a protected area are not prohibited but a special license or permission must be granted by the agency in charge, the Fisheries Department.

As such I give the following recommendations to NEAC especially the Fisheries Department, Coastal Zone, DOE, and the others: 1- The project is sound technically and engineering wise.

2- 90 cabañas are too much being requested. It is a first in our nation so let’s reduce it to about 40 – 50 maximum.

3- Let them relocate the cabañas to an area that is shallower such as the rocky area to the north and perhaps the very shallow sandy area to the south east. This would avoid the zones used by the important service/activity of the fly fishing industry.

4- The ECP signed by the developers has to be stiffer than usual as they are the guinea pig project.

5- Monitoring by all NEAC mem-

bers have to be constant and highly professional as we don’t want this important socio-economic project for our nation to fail. Monitoring has to be especially strong during the construction phase.

6- Personally I believe that a higher lease fee for each cabana should be implemented. The nation needs to collect more taxes and this would be a new source of income for the GOB. A portion of these taxes should be allocated to Hol Chan as managers of the reserve.

7- Perhaps the developers can guarantee a yearly fund for assisting Hol Chan to purchase equipment for monitoring of the reserve.

The reserve is for all stakeholders and the developers can be the largest losers if something fails.

Belize is being recognized internationally as a world renowned country for tourism. We have everything to offer in a small land mass area and many islands, including the barrier reef and 3 atolls. Internationally the tourism industry is developing new trends everyday by leaps and bounds. New concepts that are site-specific and people specific activities are being developed and if we do not accede, Belize will lose niche markets that will take a lot more effort and resources to redevelop and try to catch up.

Let us stop Wandering and Wondering and do the right thing.

THE WONDERER! thewondererbz@gmail.com

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Forging Partnerships. Impacting Lives

CONNECTED RESIST AND INSIST Laws and government regulatory procedures intended to assure a citizenry of transparency, accountability and fairness are constantly being weakened with each passing week under this UDP government. The senate select committee hearings have evidenced this each Wednesday, exposing the gross erosion of good governance under the reign of Prime Minister Dean Barrow. His government has been one of shameless self-interest, obscene arrogance and increasing impunity of members of his cabinet.

One would be right to ask if it is kleptocracy at work and not a democracy where consequences for actions and the call of the people are carried out. From the scandals of Castro, Vega, Saldivar, Heredia, Penner, Marin and so many others, one has to wonder if Prime Minister Barrow has adopted the American style of the presidential pardon when often Barrow admits the “optics” of the situation are not good yet he does nothing meaningful about it. The most recent pardon was on full display at last week’s House of Representatives meeting with the Barrow embrace of the disgraced Gapi Vega and his front row seating.

Corruption under Prime Minister Barrow’s government is brazen, blatant and in your face. It is a far cry from his infamous remarks on the steps of the National Assembly that his would be a government that would rid Belize of corruption and bad government. The people are still waiting for him to wield his 2-sided machete. Consequently, the cynicism of Belize politics has become widespread with corruption now apparently endemic within government.

It is difficult to not be frustrated when those who came to power did so on the backs of so many who went to the streets, who were promised a better way of doing things and who have been betrayed unabashedly and unapologetically.

A Prime Minister whose government continues to corrode public integrity and public trust is a Prime Minister and government that must go.

The national anthem states that Belize is a land of wealth untold but the damage to Belize this government has caused is yet to be known and will be one for the annals of history.

It will also be one that cannot easi-

ly be undone. The examples of gross neglect of responsibility and duty are numerous: ignoring the people’s call for a referendum on offshore oil exploration, allowing a Foreign Minister to refer to Belizeans as squatters and Belize as a land without borders, defending the indefensible actions of “Yellowman”, spewing vitriol instead of meaningful debates in the people’s House, allowing crime to escalate to such levels that Prime Minister Barrow in the House meeting had to concede and admit that “we are living in a violent country”, no consequence to the government’s key press officer who, despite the evidence of cocaine found in his system during his traffic accident which resulted in the death of a Belizean, is welcomed back UDP style and increasing the cost of fuel, the cost of living and the level of unemployment to unprecedented levels.

A Prime Minister and a government that justifies the egregious behavior and actions of their colleagues must go.

It is time to teach the UDP a lesson, from the Municipal Elections right through to the General Elections. The people of a country should never be taken for granted. Belize can do better than this and must. For the women of this country, it is even more critical now to demand a change because after three terms of a UDP government, there has been no legislative change or policy direction that improves the working and living environment for young girls and women of this country.

The women in this country can play a critical role in bringing the much needed change to the country. Women have always been a driving force behind political campaigns - women who have helped to shape in a very significant way the landscape of this beautiful country. It is women involved in leadership positions as members of the PUP that created the meaningful change and greater access for women and girls in Belize.

It is time again, once again, for women to rally the troops across the country to insist that decorum, dignity, professionalism and integrity of regulatory institutions be brought back. It is time to ask yourself, if you are sick, tired and fed up of your living conditions and of the obscene actions of this government, what will you do? Be the change you want to see. Connect.

Join the movement by contacting belizeuwg@gmail.com or call 677-9168. Your voice matters in helping to create the next Women’s Agenda of the PUP.

PUBLIC AUCTION SALE

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED, a Licensed Public Auctioneer will sell the following property at the place and time as listed.

At the Parking Lot across the street from the office of Holy Redeemer Credit Union Limited, No. 1 Hyde’s Lane, Belize City on Tuesday July 18, 2017 at 10:00a.m.

ALL THAT piece or parcel or block of land being Block No. 41 consisting of 49 Acres situate along the San Ignacio – Benque Viejo Road, Cayo being such land comprised in MINISTER’S FIAT GRANT No. 800 of 1999 dated 16th October 1999 and more particularly shown and delineated on a Plan of Survey No. 800 of 1999 recorded at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, Belmopan, Cayo District as Plan No. 1514 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon, the freehold property of MINOR CASTELLANOS DATED this 4th day of July 2017 All sales are strictly cash and deemed final. For more information contact: HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED 1 HYDE’S LANE, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE Phone: (501) 224-5644 Fax: (501) 223-0738 Email: manager@hrcubelize.org

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MY PERSPECTIVE

By Dolores Balderamos Garcia

ANOTHER WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE Like several colleagues and friends, I like to follow as closely as I can news out of Jamaica, our Caribbean big sister and also fellow CARICOM country. Jamaica's population is roughly ten times that of Belize. They also, sadly, have an astronomical murder rate. We are not far behind, as our murder rate is almost as high per capita. Jamaica is also known to be a place that has many people who display egregious homophobia, something that we in Belize must do well to avoid by all means. This doesn't mean, though, that strides have not been made in Jamaica where advocacy for human rights is concerned. There are many rights and advocacy groups, and Jamaicans are known as leaders in various spheres.

Jamaica is a country of astounding natural beauty. Blue Mountain Peak rises to over 7,400 feet, and it is a joy to visit Ocho Rios and Montego Bay. I would like to get to know the interior of the country better. I used to laugh and tell friends that Jamaica is the most beautiful country in the world, after Belize.

I spent three years there pursuing my studies, and I still have several good friends and colleagues there.

Most are of course attorneys, and they have done well for themselves in many pursuits – business, private practice, local government, judgeship, education, etc. Naturally, too, I have to mention that Jamaica is home country for two outstanding jazz musicians, Monty Alexander and Ernest Ranglin. Not to mention that Jamaica continues to shine at the pinnacle of the Track and Field sports world, a feat that very few countries can equal or surpass.

The country has recently marked the retirement of their first woman Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, and her successor seems likely to be a woman whom she mentored and supported.

Today's Jamaica Gleaner has an interesting story about her lasting legacy and greatest contribution being the educational opportunities she provided for many over the years. Numerous professionals from extremely poor backgrounds are quick to acknowledge that they owe their achievements to their long serving member of Parliament “Mama P,” as she is

affectionately known. She directly paid school fees for some, provided employment opportunities for the parents of others, and for still others she was a role model and mentor, and she helped them move out of the generational poverty that bedevilled their families.

For many, she is their superstar, and they recall that Simpson Miller took care of the children and the elderly, never caring if they were of her political party.

But the main focus of this piece is another Jamaican woman of substance, who has just been given the prestigious Twelfth CARICOM Woman of the Year Award.

She is Shirley Pryce, a former domestic worker who rose through the ranks to become President of the Jamaica Household Workers' Union. On receiving this award, Shirley Pryce has said that she didn't think the award was for a person of humble beginnings like her. She thought that it was for the elite, hence her surprise and pleasure. A beaming Pryce said: “I don't think this award is for me.

This award is for all domestic workers and civil society groups and NGOs and other trade unionists that worked along with us. We did this together.” She is currently a social worker with Jamaica's National Housing Trust, and hers is an outstanding contribution to trade unionism and women and development in the Caribbean. She is also an executive member of the International Domestic Workers Federation.

She has been very committed to the cause of workers' rights, and she has advocated for equal rights and better pay for domestic workers nationally and internationally. “I am a leader, and I am not afraid to speak,” she says. “If you love what you do, you go out there and do it to the best of your ability.” Shirley Pryce is to be congratulated highly, and she will receive her award at the next CARICOM Heads of Government conference in Grenada. At this time of focus on the inadequacy of the minimum wage here at home, let us take a page from the Shirley Pryce book and become advocates in our own way for those workers who must receive better remuneration for their labours.

2017

THINKING OUT LOUD BY: KEVIN BERNARD

I’ve been thinking for a while now that politics in Belize is really a very strange creature. Or I should maybe say that politics – as a concept – has been transformed into a very strange creature. And I wander why we accept it. Yes, I am a politician, and I like to think that I have held strong to my principles and moral values, my integrity and honesty and kindness towards others. But much more than being a politician, I am a Belizean. I am a politician – politics is my passion, perhaps even my calling – but I am a Belizean first, foremost and always. My country and my people will always come first. And isn’t that what politics should be?

I remember when the Prime Minister came to Orange Walk in 2015 with his fancy SUV and bodyguards all around. He stood on a stage on Liberty Avenue and told the people of Orange Walk that if they didn’t vote for the UDP, they would get nothing from Central Government and there would be no development in the town. Do you all remember that? He said it.

Now this is the leader of the country telling our residents that if they don’t vote red they get nothing.

And the crowd cheered and the flags waved and we accepted that.

How do we accept things like that?

Why do we allow politicians to divide our people like that?

Orange Walk is a small community. Belize is a small country.

But our people have become so deeply divided along political lines that I feel it has hampered our development. How it should work is like this. Every Belizean of voting age has the right to support the political party of their choice. That right can never be taken away from any of us. If you choose to support the PUP because you believe in their message, then do so by all means.

If you choose to support the UDP for whatever reason, then do so by all means. But when those ballots are counted and the results are in – we are still ALL BELIZEANS. When those who are given the opportunity to serve stand in the Governor-General’s office and put their hands on the Bible, they swear to serve all of us – every one of us. That is the sacred oath. The oath is not a commitment to serve all those who voted RED or voted BLUE, or maybe did not vote.

My friends…I say it again. It is time to bring integrity back to political office. When I took office

as Mayor my mandate, my job was and is to serve ALL residents of Orange Walk Town. I work for all of you, regardless of your political affiliation. We have paved and upgraded probably around fifty major streets at last count during the recent infrastructure push, and that infrastructure will benefit all residents of this town. We have to be able to put aside our political differences after campaigns and after elections and realize that we are all Belizeans who should be united for the betterment of our country. We should all want that.

I was disgusted by the comments of the Prime Minister on that day, to the point that I have never forgotten his remarks. I feel that he disrespected our community and I feel that he disrespected his office because as the Prime Minister he is the leader of the nation and his job is to serve all of us, not just those waving the red flags.

I also take this opportunity to make note of one thing which has disturbed and concerned me. My political colleague, Gaspar Vega, returned to the House on Friday after a long absence. He was welcomed back by those on the government side, treated somewhat like a hero returning from war. But Vega is not a hero returning from war. This is the man who was forced to resign because of a scandal and because of corruption and even alleged misappropriation of public funds which ended up in the hands of his son.

I have nothing personal against Gaspar Vega or any member of his family. But I do not feel that this is right. In fact, this is one of the reasons why politics has become so distasteful in Belize. When that scandal broke, Mr. Vega disappeared from the public political scene. He never gave an explanation, never denied the allegations although that would have been difficult because of the overwhelming evidence of corruption. And now he is back, ten months after. So what happens now? Are we to just let bygones be bygones? All is forgotten, all is forgiven?

How can we expect integrity and honesty from our politicians if we don’t demand it? Didn’t we, the people of Belize, deserve an explanation from Mr. Vega? I believe we did.

It is time for us to change the term politics as usual. It is time for a second, peaceful constructive revolution.

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THE BELIZE TIMES For Sale

By Order of the Mortgagee

Un-FRIGGINGbelievable...

On Friday at a House Sitting Dean Oliver Barrow said these words – “We clearly live in a violent country, and it’s true to say that this phenomenon of violence is a crisis.” This is a remarkable admission by this very, very “special” man. I wonder what tipped him off? What happened? Did he get a memo from someone? Did he really just awake from a long frigging slumber to the realization that we are living in a violent country? Didn’t he know?

Didn’t somebody advise him before this? Which country has he been living in again?

This is incredible. This is a frigging joke. Somebody should slap that fool and tell him dude, I cannot believe the words that just came out your mouth.

DOB has been leader of this country, in charge of all decision-making and policies, since 2008. We are currently in 2017. That’s nine years for people who may be mathematically challenged.

Nine years. Roughly one hundred and eight months, give or take a couple.

Three separate terms of office. He is on his final term, probably in his last few months as leader and NOW, at this point in time, he realizes that we are living in a violent country, and this phenomenon of violence is a crisis. Slap that fool again, please!

Belize has been a bloody, violent country for the longest time, Mr. Barrow. In fact, it has been getting consistently worse. If I could put this in perspective a little, well over a thousand Belizeans have been murdered since you took office in 2008. Didn’t you know? Where were you while mothers have been wailing on the streets over the bodies of youth butchered like cattle? There have been so many that I can’t bring their names to mind. I know you can’t either, because they didn’t and don’t matter to you.

Does the name Tyler Savery ring a bell, Mr. PM? He’s the seven-year old who was shot down and killed as he went with his cousin down the street to buy a milkshake. His cousin died too. And Tyler’s father had been mur-

dered just two years before. Talk about a family being impacted by violence. But you wouldn’t know about that because it isn’t your family. Tyler isn’t the only child whose light was snuffed out by the senseless violence on the streets. There are others. But you wouldn’t recognize their names.

But let’s take a walk down memory lane, if you will Sir. Do you remember the names Edilberto Madrid?

Steven Hyde? I’m sure you don’t. In 2015, Edilberto was found floating in the river behind Roaring Creek. His head had been cut off, along with his limbs. For good measure, he had also been disembowelled. Steven Hyde suffered the same fate – except that his limbs and head were cut off so he could fit inside a shallow grave dug for him. See, the ground was rocky and his killers couldn’t dig a large enough grave to accommodate him with all body parts intact. You didn’t recognize violence then?

Do you know the name Keona Ara? She was only 18 years old when her murderers killed her in a bathtub, stabbed her multiple times and slit her throat. They then took her body to the dump in Belmopan and burned her. She was identified only by a tattoo. There are so many cases, Mr. Prime Minister. Like Pamela Lino.

Her body was found totally burned in her own vehicle just recently, in May. But wait, we don’t even know for sure if the charred remains are those of Pamela Lino because we don’t have that forensic capacity in Belize.

So many Belizeans killed, families brutally torn apart by violence and bloodshed, communities living in fear – and this man, this “special” man has only just – this past Friday – recognized that we are living in a violent country. My God. Mr. Barrow - I remember one case that mattered to you. It was when your law partner and best friend was shot, years ago. Back then you wanted to take on the criminal underworld and singlehandedly rid the country of crime. But Rodwell got better and you forgot that he was only but one victim of a terrible disease. Nine years in office and you have done nothing to find a cure, nothing to help. You, dear Sir, are a cold and uncaring man, except when it comes to your family and inner circle. Then you are a champion. I pray that the violence which you finally now know exists will not touch you and yours, as it has touched ours.

Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 30th November, 2012, between MARIA DE LOS ANGELES ARRIAZA (now known as MARIA PARHAM) of St. Margaret’s Village, Cayo District, Belize (hereinafter called “the Borrower”) of the one part and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LIMITED (hereinafter called “the Mortgagee”) of the other part, and recorded in Deeds Book Volume 29 of 2012 at Folios 143-210, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 92 containing 1184.397 Square Yards situate in St. Margaret’s Village, Cayo District and bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 593 of 2012, TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 20th day of June, 2017.

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

VACANCY INTERNAL AUDITOR PACT is an environmental trust fund promoting the sustainable management and development of Belize’s natural resources and protected areas. It is a statutory authority managed by a Board of Directors with the mission of supporting the involvement of large and small organizations in the implementation of environmental conservation projects and programs through a strategic and transparent grant process.

Position Description: The Internal Auditor is primarily responsible for providing a systematic, disciplined, and risk based approach to evaluating and improving the effectiveness of PACT’s risk management, control, and governance processes.

The Internal Auditor shall provide independent and objective assurance and insight regarding how well risks are being managed in order to add value and improve operational efficiency, effectiveness, with economy within PACT. The Internal Auditor reports directly to the Board of Directors.

Professional and Skill Requirements:  

At least a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent.

At least five-years work experience with a focus on financial risk and regulatory requirements. Internal Auditing experience and exposure to operations management will be an asset.

Experience working with International Funding Institutions will be an asset.

(Equivalent combination of education with work experience will be considered.)

Skill Requirements          

Advanced computer skills in MS Office, accounting software and databases; Ability to manipulate large amounts of data and to compile detailed reports; Proven knowledge of auditing standards and procedures, laws, rules and regulations; High attention to detail and excellent analytical skills; Sound independent judgment; Excellent problem solving skills; Strong skills in negotiating, relationship building, problem solving, and timely problem escalation; Excellent time management and organizational skills; Effective written and oral communications skills; and Ability to work under pressure and meet required deadlines.

Remuneration: Compensation package commensurate with qualifications and experience. * Terms of Reference are available upon request.

Applications with résumé listing two referees’ name and contact information; recommendation letters are to be provided upon request. Applications should be submitted no later than Monday, 10 July, 2017 to:

Acting Executive Director Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) #3 Mango Street /P.O. Box 443 Belmopan, Cayo Re: Internal Auditor Vacancy

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MOVE

PUP Corozal Town Council team

Nothing but Love‌ The PUP Town Council team led by Mayoral Candidate Rigo Vellos has been showing tremendous love and concern for their Corozal Town community. On Sunday July 2, they held a community event in the Chula Vista neighborhood in which they hosted almost 100 children to a FUN DAY which featured exciting games and sporting activities.

The event was supported by members of the Corozal Town business community and parents in the neighborhood who were grateful that the PUP team showed interest in the community.

A number of parents commented that for many years their neighborhood has been abandoned by the current UDP Town Council (who has been in office for 12 Years); therefore, they were inspired by the genuine interest shown by Vellos and his team.

The PUP Team led by 5-Time Mr. Belize winner Rigo Vellos and Councillor Candidates Dr. Toni Paharsingh Jimenez, Shamir Alpuche, Hilberto Clarke, Otoniel Riverol, Rodolfo Narvaez and Dilan Cassanova have pledged that community involvement and participation will be a priority for them, and even though they are not yet in the Town Council, they have already begun to prove it with their actions.

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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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NOTICE OF COMMENCED DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given BRASREY CONSULTING LTD. commenced dissolution on 1st June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company.

Notice is hereby given INTERFIN GROUP INC. commenced dissolution on 2nd June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company.

Notice is hereby given PREMIER PLUS HOLDING LTD. commenced dissolution on 5th June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company.

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited

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 5th day of March 2009, between ABEL PIXABAJ of Silk Grass Village, Stann Creek District, Belize (hereinafter called “the Borrower”) of the one part and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LIMITED (hereinafter called “the Mortgagee”) of the other part, and recorded in Deeds Book Volume 6 of 2009 at Folios 729-754, 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.

NOTICE OF COMMENCED DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given AGRIBUSINESS SURAMERICA INC. commenced dissolution on 6th June 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company.

Notice is hereby given REDCLAIRE TRADING INC. and GOLVA CENTER INC. both commenced dissolution on 7th June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

SCHEDULE ALL THAT lot, piece or parcel of land situate in Independence Village Extension, Stann Creek District, being Lot No. 33 containing 721.032 square meters, bounded and described as shown on a plan of survey signed by E. H. Arzu, Licensed Land Surveyor, dated the 3rd day of February, 2000 and recorded at the office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys in Belmopan in Entry No. 4852 Register No. 22, TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

Notice is hereby given GRONINGEN CORPORATION and VILETAS BUSINESS INC. both commenced dissolution on 8th June, 2017; and International Liquidator Services Ltd. whose registered office is at Withfield Tower, 3rd Floor, 4792 Coney Drive, Belize City, Belize, is the Liquidator of the companies.

DATED this 5th day of July, 2017.

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

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited NOTICE OF COMMENCED DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given PICKENS GROUP LTD., MILANE INVESTMENT LTD., TSAVO FINANCE S.A. and GREAT WORTH BUSINESSES INC. all commenced dissolution on 13th June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL

Notice is hereby given NAVAJO HOLDING CORP. commenced dissolution on 20th June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company.

Notice is hereby given STUMVIEW FINANCE LTD. commenced dissolution on 21st June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company.

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited NOTICE OF COMMENCED DISSOLUTION

ANCHOR IN SUCCESS Vacancies exist for the following posts at San Pedro High School for the present school year 2017-2018:

Vacancies exist for the following posts at San Pedro High School for the present sch 2017-2018: • 1 IT/EDP&M Teacher • 1 English Literature Teacher 1 English Language 1• IT/EDP&M Teacher Teacher • 1 Mathematics Teacher 1 English Literature Teacher • 1 School Counsellor (August to December)

• • • 1 English Language Teacher •Applicants 1 Mathematics should haveTeacher a Bachelor’s degree in the subject area to be taught. training and experience in the applying for will be an asset.

•Pedagogical 1 School Counsellor (August to position December)

Notice is hereby given BONNEVILLE CONSULTING S.A., SUNPEARL TRADING CORP., HALYBERRY COMPANY S.A., WILDWOOD CONSULTANCE CORP., CLOPETRA BLUE LTD. and FLANDRIA CORP. all commenced dissolution on 22nd June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Applicants must also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, be willing to work with students.

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree in the subject area to be taught. Pedagog Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company. training andSalary experience in accordance the position for will be anwhich asset.is Applicants mus will be in withapplying Government’s pay scale, based on have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be willing to work with s Notice is hereby given MOLDON INTERNATIONAL INC., SAN COLD qualifications.

CONSULTING LTD. and MARAN OVERSEAS INC. all commenced dissolution on 23rd June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose Applications should with be submitted in writing pay alongscale, with awhich resume,iscopies of on cer-qualifi Salary will be in accordance Government’s based registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is tificates, transcript, letters of recommendation and teacher’s license. Applications the Liquidator of the companies. be addressed to: Applicationsmust should be submitted in writing along with a resume, copies of certificat

transcript, letters of recommendation and teacher’s license. Applications must be add Notice is hereby given DATIL COMMERCIAL LTD., EQUILIBRIO S.A., Principal AMALIA ENTERPRISES CORP. and FAISON BUSINESS CORP. to:all P.O. Box 23 commenced dissolution on 27th June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services San Pedro High School Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Principal San Pedro Town, A.C. Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

P.O. Box 23 Deadline for Applications: Wednesday, July 19, 2017.

San Pedro High School Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited

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Notice is hereby given DANAL AGENCY LTD., NAPER INVESTMENT INC. and LYNDSAY INVESTMENT LTD. all commenced dissolution on 28th June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

Notice is hereby given BELLE CENTER LIMITED and BESURE LTD. both commenced dissolution on 29th June, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

PUBLIC AUCTION SALE: PROPERTIES PUBLIC AUCTION SALE: PROPERTIES Cohune Walk, Belmopan, Cayo District

Cohune Walk, Belmopan, Cayo District

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. The Belize Bank Limited, Licensed Auctioneer Kevin A. Castillo w following Belize Bank Limited’s Parking Lot,Belize Constitution Belmopan, Cayo District BYproperties ORDERatofThe the Mortgagees, Messrs.

The BankDrive, Limited, Licensed PUBLIC AUCTION SALE: PROPERTIES Saturday 8th July 2017 at 11:00 am: Auctioneer Kevin A. Castillo will sell the following properties atThe Belize Cohune Walk, Belmopan, Cayo District

Bank Limited’s Parking Lot, Constitution Drive, Belmopan, Cayo District on

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. The Belize Bank Limited, Licensed Auctioneer Kevin A. Castillo will sell the Vacant Adjoining Lots -July Cohune Walk Area, Belmopan, 8th 2017 at 11:00 following properties at The BelizeSaturday Bank Limited’s Parking Lot, Constitution Drive,am: Belmopan, Cayo District on

District: Vacant Adjoining Lots - Cohune Walk Area, Vacant Adjoining Lots - Cohune Walk Area, Belmopan, Cayo Belmopan, Cayo District: District:

Saturday 8th July 2017 at 11:00 am:

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Notice is hereby given JASMAR HOLDINGS CORP. commenced dissolution on 8th June, 2017; and A.J.K. Corporate Services (Belize) Limited whose registered office is at Suite 306, Blake Building, Cor. Eyre & Hutson Streets, Belize City, Belize, is the Liquidator of the company.

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited

NOTICE OF COMMENCED DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given GALVESTON HOLDINGS LTD. commenced dissolution on 1 st June, 2017; and MOORE STEPHENS MAGANA LLP whose registered office is at New Horizon Building, 3 ½ Miles Phillip .W. Goldson Highway, Belize City, Belize, is the Liquidator of the company.

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited

NOTICE OF COMMENCED DISSOLUTION

Notice is hereby given ALOFEE DIRECTORS LTD. commenced dissolution on 2nd May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company.

Notice is hereby given LOBBY IN TOUR INC. and LOS QUEULES LTD. both commenced dissolution on 5th May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

Notice is hereby given WEB INVEST HOLDINGS INC. and ULTRA INVEST INC. commenced dissolution on 15th May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited NOTICE OF COMMENCED DISSOLUTION

Notice is hereby given VESTRUE CORPORATION commenced dissolution on 16th May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company.

Notice is hereby given SYMPHONY GROUP LTD. commenced dissolution on 17th May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company.

Notice is hereby given TANABEE INVESTMENTS CORP. commenced dissolution on 19 th May 2017; and International Liquidator Services Ltd. whose registered office is at Withfield Tower, 3rd Floor, 4792 Coney Drive, Belize City, Belize, is the Liquidator of the company.

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited

Vacant Adjoining Lots: Cohune Walk, Walk, Belmopan, Cayo District Vacant Adjoining Lots: Cohune Belmopan, Cayo District Registration Section Address Address Section Block BlockParcels Parcels # # Registration 1 Belmopan 20 3475 Parson Brown Street, Belmopan, Cayo District 1 2 Belmopan 20 34763475Parson Parson Brown Street, Belmopan, Cayo District Belmopan 20 Brown Street, Belmopan, Cayo District 2 3 Belmopan 20 3476 Parson Brown Street, Cayo Belmopan, Belmopan 20 3477 Parson Brown Street, Belmopan, District Cayo District 3 4 Belmopan Parson Street, Cayo District Belmopan 20 20 34883477Sunshine Street,Brown Belmopan, Cayo Belmopan, District Belmopan 20 20 34893488Sunshine Street, Belmopan, Cayo District Cayo District 4 5 Belmopan Sunshine Street, Belmopan, Belmopan 20 Street, Belmopan, Cayo District 5 6 Belmopan 20 34903489Sunshine Sunshine Street, Belmopan, Cayo District (Being Six (6) vacant adjoining lots situate between Parson Brown and Sunshine Streets in the Cohune Walk 6 Area of Belmopan, Belmopan Street, Belmopan, Cayo District Cayo District, the20 freehold 3490 properties ofSunshine Messrs. Indeco Enterprises Limited) (Being Six (6) vacant adjoining lots situate between Parson Brown and Sunshine Streets in the Cohune W (Being Six (6) vacant adjoining lots situate between Parson Brown and SunArea of Belmopan, Cayo District, the freehold properties of Messrs.

TERMS: STRICTLY CASH Indeco Enterprises Limited) KEVIN of A. CASTILLO shine Streets in the Cohune Walk Area Belmopan, Cayo District, the freeTELEPHONE: 223 4488 hold properties of Messrs. Indeco Enterprises Limited)CASH STRICTLY Email:TERMS: kevinacas@yahoo.com

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BY ORDER OF CHARGEE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED a statutory body formed and registered under the Credit Union Act, Chapter 314 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000, and whose registered office is situated at No. 1 Hyde’s Lane, Belize City, Belize District hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Chargee under and by virtue of a Charge registered at the Land Registry between JOHN A. PINELO and SELINA PINELO (Jointly) of the one part and HRCU of the other part.

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

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

SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land comprising 222.257 square yards being Parcel 1253, Block 20 in the Belmopan Registration Section situate on Lionel Del Valle Loop, Market Square, Belmopan, Cayo District, Belize TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon, the freehold property of JOHN A. PINELO and SELINA PINELO (Jointly).

DATED this 28th day of June 2017 HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED 1 HYDE’S LANE, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE Phone: (501) 224-5644 Fax: (501) 223-0738

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2017 2017 Por EFE / Venezuela 1 de Julio de 2017 Los venezolanos cumplieron tres meses desde que comenzó una ola de manifestaciones en su país, y la jornada de este sábado cerró con una protesta en apoyo a la fiscal general, Luisa Ortega Díaz, que se llevó a cabo en todo el país.

En Caracas la jornada de este sábado culminó sin enfrentamientos con las autoridades. Cientos de opositores salieron desde varios puntos de la capital y se movilizaron hasta el este de la ciudad -zona de refugio de la oposición-.

Los venezolanos que se oponen al régimen del gobierno de Nicolás Maduro se congregaron como forma de protesta contra el procedimiento que admitió el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) para un posible enjuiciamiento de la fiscal.

La cifra de muertos en la ola de protestas que tiene lugar desde hace tres meses se eleva a 85 personas.

Se cumplen tres meses de protestas en Venezuela en contra del gobierno de Nicolás Maduro.

85 PERSONAS HAN MUERTO EN TRES MESES DE PROTESTAS EN VENEZUELA Venezuela cumplió tres meses de protestas con jornada pacífica en Caracas

La agencia oficial coreana de noticias Corea Central (KCNA), muestra el fuego submarino de un misil balístico en ubicación no revelada.

La balacera se registró en el interior de un hospital localizado en el Bronx, Nueva York.

DOS MUERTOS POR BALACERA EN HOSPITAL DE NUEVA YORK Un hombre sacó un fusil que llevaba oculto bajo una bata de laboratorio y comenzó a disparar en un hospital del distrito del Bronx, en Nueva York, el viernes, matando a por lo menos una persona e hiriendo a otras, para después quitarse la vida, dijo la policía.

Por AP y EFE / New York 30 de Junio de 2017 Un oficial policial dijo bajo condición de anonimato que el atacante era un doctor que trabajó anteriormente en el hospital llamado Henry Bello. No se precisó por el momento por qué no trabajaba ya en el hospital.

El incidente estalló a las 2:50 p.m. dentro del Bronx Lebanon Hospital, que muy pronto se vio rodeado de vehículos de la policía y los bomberos, además de policías en los techos contiguos, mientras las personas adentro recibían instrucciones de ocultarse.

Los agentes revisaron piso por piso el hospital en busca del atacante y reportaron poco después de las 4 p.m. que el hombre estaba muerto adentro. Un funcionario del orden le dijo The Associated Press que el pistolero se había suicidado.

La policía estaba tratando de identificar cuántas personas habían sido baleadas. Los socorristas no habían tenido acceso al hospital mientras el atacante seguía suelto.

El hospital de 120 años de existencia asegura que tiene casi 1.000 camas distribuidas en varias unidades. Su sala de atención de emergencias está entre las más activas de la ciudad de Nueva York.

El hospital se ubica aproximadamente 2,6 kilómetros (1,5 millas) al norte del Yankee Stadium.

Un médico, autor de los disparos Un médico realizó hoy varios disparos dentro de un hospital de Nueva York y causó varias víctimas antes de suicidarse, según fuentes oficiales e informes de medios de comunicación.

Medios locales identificaron al autor de los disparos como Henry Bello, pero se desconoce qué le motivó a disparar a varias personas dentro del hospital, algunos de ellos aparentemente colegas suyos, y causar entre cinco y seis víctimas.

Aunque en un principio se informó de la posibilidad de que una de las víctimas murió por los disparos, el dato no ha sido confirmado por fuentes oficiales, que sí confirmaron que el atacante pereció dentro del hospital.

"El autor de los disparos ha muerto en el hospital", tuiteó el portavoz de la Policía de Nueva York Peter Donald, sin dar detalles.

COREA DEL NORTE REALIZA NUEVO ENSAYO DE MISILES Corea del Norte realizó este lunes un nuevo ensayo con misiles balísticos, disparando al menos un proyectil en dirección al Mar de Japón (llamado "Mar del Este" en las dos Coreas) , según detalló a Efe un portavoz del Ministerio de Defensa surcoreano.

Por EFE/AP 3 de Julio de 2017 La prueba se realizó en torno a las 9.40 hora surcoreana (0.40 GMT) desde la provincia de Pyongan del Norte y el ejército del Sur se encuentra analizando el número y el tipo de misil empleado en el test.

No quedó esclarecido de inmediato si se trata del lanzamiento de rutina de un misil de corto alcance o un intento por perfeccionar los misiles de largo alcance de Corea del Norte.

El ensayo fue realizado en torno a la base aérea de Panghyon, donde el pasado 12 de febrero el ejército norcoreano disparó por primera vez su nuevo misil Pukguksong-2, también conocido como KN15, con un alcance estimado de unos 3.000 kilómetros.

Por su parte, el ministro portavoz del Gobierno nipón, Yoshihide Suga, dijo en rueda

de prensa que se cree que el proyectil cayó en aguas de su Zona Económica Especial (EEZ) , que se extienden a unos 200 kilómetros de las costas del archipiélago.

Este ensayo armamentístico norcoreano, el primero desde el pasado 8 junio cuando Pyongyang disparó un misil de crucero, se produce justo después de que el nuevo presidente surcoreano, Moon Jae-in, y su homólogo estadounidense, Donald Trump, se reunieran la pasada semana en Washington para tratar la problemática del régimen.

El embajador de China ante Naciones Unidas advirtió el lunes que un mayor aumento en las tensiones con Corea del Norte corre el riesgo de salirse de control “y las consecuencias serían desastrosas” .

Liu Jieyi expresó esperanza de que las naciones sean “más abiertas” y respalden el paquete de China para aliviar las tensiones: retomar las negociaciones y el diálogo rumbo a la desnuclearización, la paz y la estabilidad en la Península de Corea.

Reiteró que una de las propuestas iniciales importantes del paquete es la “suspensión por suspensión” , en donde Corea del Norte pondría fin a sus pruebas nucleares y de misiles, mientras que Estados Unidos y Corea del Sur detendrían sus operaciones militares.

Los temores de un conflicto en la Península de Corea, que desde la Guerra de Corea de 1950-1953 ha estado dividida entre el Sur, con respaldo estadounidense, y el Norte comunista, se han incrementado desde que el líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un expandió su arsenal nuclear y desarrolló Cont’do pagina 21

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El Parlamento alemán aprueba la legalización del matrimonio homosexual

El pleno del Bundestag (Cámara baja alemana) aprobó hoy la legalización del matrimonio homosexual en Alemania, un proyecto impulsado por los socialdemócratas rompiendo el acuerdo de coalición con las filas conservadoras de la canciller, Angela Merkel Por EFE / Alemania 30 de Junio de 2017 La iniciativa fue apoyada, a tres meses de las elecciones generales, por 393 diputados y recibió 226 votos en contra y cuatro abstenciones. Respaldaron el proyecto los diputados del Partido Socialdemócrata (SPD), de La Izquierda y los Verdes, además de miembros de la Unión Cristianodemócrata que lidera Merkel, que dio libertad de voto para que se votara en conciencia.

La canciller fue una de las primeras en depositar su voto en la urna colocada en el centro del salón de plenos y eligió la tarjeta azul, que hoy representaba el "no" a la legalización del matrimonio homosexual.

El portavoz socialdemócrata, Thomas Oppermann, defendió el paso dado por su partido, que forzó que se debatiera la iniciati-

La iniciativa fue apoyada, a tres meses de las elecciones generales, por 393 diputados y recibió 226 votos en contra y cuatro abstenciones.

va antes de finalizar la legislativa rescatando un proyecto de ley de 2015 del estado federado de Renania-Palatinado que ya había pasado por el Bundesrat, la cámara alta, y que estaba aparcado en el

Bundestag.

"Esta decisión quizá no es buena para la coalición, pero es buena para las personas, y buena para el Parlamento", manifestó Oppermann, quien rechazó que sea necesario reformar la Consti-

Enfrentamiento deja 19 muertos en México

Un enfrentamiento entre policías y presuntos delincuentes dejó unos 19 muertos en la ciudad mexicana de Mazatlán, en el noreste del país, según reportan hoy los medios locales Enfrentamiento deja 19 muertos en Mazatlán, México

tución.

"Si el matrimonio para todos llega, se habrá dado algo a alguien, pero no se le habrá quitado nada a nadie", subrayó intentando convencer a los diputados reticentes, a quienes mostró su respeto.

En nombre de la Unión Cristianodemócrata (CDU), el líder del grupo parlamentario, Volker Kauder, se convirtió en portavoz de quienes defienden que "el matrimonio es la unión entre un hombre y una mujer",

aunque manifestó su respeto a sus compañeros con una opinión diferente.

"Yo personalmente nunca pondré mi firma en algo que represente el matrimonio para todos, por motivos de conciencia", declaró Kauder, quien expresó dudas sobre la constitucionalidad de la ley al entender que la concepción cristiana del matrimonio está protegida en la ley fundamental alemana.

Desde el mismo partido, el diputado Jan Marco Luczak defendió el "sí" al proyecto al recordar que el respeto, el amor y la convivencia son valores tradicionales que deben defender los conservadores y consideró que no se necesita ninguna reforma constitucional para abrir el matrimonio.

Desde La Izquierda y los Verdes se felicitaron por el logro "histórico" alcanzado y reivindicaron su lucha durante décadas por los derechos de los homosexuales, con numerosos activistas presentes hoy en la tribuna de invitados.

ALMAGRO DICE QUE RENUNCIARÍA A OEA A CAMBIO DE "LIBERTAD" DE VENEZUELA

Por DPA / México 1 de Julio de 2017 Un grupo de al menos 19 hombres armados fueron perseguidos por la policía local en la noche del viernes e intentaron huir hacia la localidad de Villa Unión, en la zona rural de Mazatlán, pero fueron neutralizados con ayuda del Ejército y la Marina.

Según los medios locales, los presuntos delincuentes habían ajusticiado antes a dos civiles en un intento de secuestro, y posteriormente se encontraron con los policías.

Los cinco heridos, entre los que se encuentra una mujer, son parte de las fuerzas de seguridad del estado de Sinaloa, en el que operan grupos delictivos y cárteles como el de Sinaloa, cuyo líder fue Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, ahora preso en una cárcel de Estados Unidos.

Las autoridades incautaron, además de los cuatro vehículos, 12 rifles AK-47, conocidos como "cuernos de chivo", así como dos AR-15, una escopeta y 7 armas cortas.

Cont’do de pagina 20 misiles balísticos que pueden transportar ojivas nucleares, mismas que su gobierno asegura que son necesarias para prevenir una invasión estadounidense.

El embajador de Corea del Norte ante la ONU, Kim In Ryong, dijo la semana pasada que en 50 años de confrontación, Estados Unidos y Corea del Norte nunca estuvieron tan cerca de una guerra nuclear como cuando Estados Unidos y Corea del Sur realizaron lo que definió como los ejercicios militares “agresivos” más grandes de la historia, entre abril y mayo de este año.

Kim advirtió a Estados Unidos y al resto del mundo que su país seguirá incre-

mentando su arsenal nuclear sin importar las sanciones, presión o ataques militares.

Este año Corea del Norte ya reveló y puso a prueba cuatro nuevos sistemas de misiles, enviando un desafiante mensaje de que seguirá con un programa armamentista que ya ha inquietado a Washington y a sus vecinos.

Liu, que preside el Consejo de Seguridad durante este mes, dijo que la propuesta de “suspensión por suspensión” , en la que se obtenga la desnuclearización junto a “un mecanismo de seguridad para la Península de Corea” , así como reemplazar el armisticio que puso fin a la Guerra de Corea con un acuerdo de paz, atenderá todos los principales problemas de la región.

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Notice is hereby given ZAPZANG CORPORATION, GALENA OVERSEAS INC., BARS SHIPPING LTD., KERKIL OVERSEAS LTD., SUN HOLDING LIMITED and MOON SHIPPING CO. LTD. commenced dissolution on 23rd May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

Notice is hereby given BROOKVILLE HOLDING S.A. and NILBAWN INVESTMENT S.A. both commenced dissolution on 24th May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

Notice is hereby given TROCAST INTERNATIONAL LTD., PEDALON TRADE S.A. and TRANSFORM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. commenced dissolution on 26th May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited

NOTICE OF COMMENCED DISSOLUTION

Notice is hereby given NORRIS FINANCIAL INC. commenced dissolution on 29th May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the company.

Notice is hereby given SPEEDWAY TRADING GROUP LTD. and DREAMS TRADING CORP. both commenced dissolution on 30th May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

Notice is hereby given CITRUS AGENCY INC., MAKALU CREST INC., WILMONT DEVELOPMENT CORP. and PINAL COUNTY TRADING CORP. all commenced dissolution on 31st May, 2017; and Belizean Liquidators Services Inc. whose registered office is at 50 Shirley Street, P.O. Box CB-13917 Nassau, Bahamas, is the Liquidator of the companies.

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited

NOTICE OF COMMENCED DISSOLUTION

Notice is hereby given KOPLAR INTERNATIONAL CORP. commenced dissolution on 29th May, 2017; and A.J.K. Corporate Services (Belize) Limited whose registered office is at Suite 306, Blake Building, Cor. Eyre & Hutson Streets, Belize City, Belize, is the Liquidator of the company.

Morgan & Morgan Trust Corporation Belize Limited

In Memoriam In loving memory of

Kareem Clarke

Who passed away two sad years ago on July 6th, 2015 We hold our tears when we speak your name; But the aches in our hearts remain the same.

No one knows the sorrow we share when the family meets And you are not there. You fell asleep without saying good-bye but memories of you will never die.

We know for sure that your spirit is with us all the time and we communicate in silence. So continue to rest with our Lord until that special day when we are together again.

Sadly missed by: Family & friends.

2017

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: FONTAL INTERNATIONAL CORP. - June 22nd, 2017 DANSOR HOLDINGS LIMITED - June 22nd, 2017 Balwell Limited - June 23rd, 2017 ROSE D'OR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED - June 23rd, 2017 LURKA INVESTMENTS LIMITED - July 1st, 2017 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: SKANDIA FINANCE INC. - June 24th, 2017 VITALIA INC. - June 30th, 2017 AVENDA MANAGEMENT INC. - July 4th, 2017 ADARA LIMITED - July 4th, 2017 FAR EAST MEDICAL & HYGIENIC TRADING CO. LTD. - July 4th, 2017

Belize Corporate Services Limited Registered Agent

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that NexPlanar Ltd. has been dissolved and struck off the International Business Companies Register with effect from the 17th day of June, 2017.

GENPRO CONSULTING (BELIZE) LIMITED

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: XIENT HOLDINGS LTD. - June 22nd, 2017 Wilson International Trading Private Limited - July 1st, 2017 Intra Asia Trading PTE Ltd. - July 1st, 2017

ICAZA BELIZE TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED

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MEGA PUBLIC AUCTION SALES: PROPERTIES, VEHICLES & CHATTELS Belize, Corozal, Orange Walk, Cayo, Stann Creek & Toledo Districts

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Licensed Auctioneer Kevin A. Castillo will sell the following MEGA PUBLIC AUCTION SALES: PROPERTIES, VEHICLES & CHATTELS Belize, Corozal, Orange Walk, Cayo, Stann Creek & Toledo properties at Districts the locations, dates and times below listed:

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Licensed Auctioneer Kevin A. Castillo will sell the following properties

at the locations, dates and times below listed: ****************************Cayo District Properties**************************** Location, Date & Time of Sale: In front Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. Constitution Drive, Belmopan, Cayo District on Monday 17th July 2017 at 10:00 am.

1. Parcels 5483, 5484 & 5495 Belmopan, Cayo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCELS Belmopan 20 5483, 5484 & 5495 (Being 3 parcels containing 1045.275 square meters each. Parcel 5484 and Parcel 5495 are one behind the other providing street to street access while 5483 is across the street situated in Belmopan being the freehold property of Mrs. Anita Pascascio) 2. Parcel 1217 Roaring Creek Village, Cayo District:

8. Parcel No. 2503 Shawville, Kontiki Area, San Ignacio, Cayo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Ignacio South 23 2503 (Being Lot containing 464.698 square meters four miles from downtown San Ignacio situated in the Kontiki Area, San Ignacio Town. The freehold property of Mr. Manuel & Mrs. Amy Leiva) ************************Belize District Properties************************** Location, Date & Time of Sale: At No. 170 Beltex Avenue, Belama Phase 1, Belize City on Tuesday th 18 July 2017 at 6:00 pm: 1.

Lot No. 319 Mile 8 ½ George Price Highway, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 580.635 S.M./694.44 S.Y. being Lot No. 319 situate north of the George Price Highway, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a vacant parcel of land situate near Mile 8 ½ George Price Highway, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Marciana McKoy) 2. Lot No. 259 Maxboro, Sandhill Village, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Society Hall 24 1217 (Being a bungalow concrete structure with [1,314 sq. ft.] – 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen + laundry room and porch areas situated in Roaring Creek Village being the Freehold property of Ms. Erlett Lozano & Mr. Elroy Dougal) 3. Parcel No. 368 San Ignacio North, Cayo District:

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ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 259 situate in Sandhill Development Project, near Mile 16 Northern Highway, Belize District containing 952.087 square meters TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [2865 sq. ft.] and Lot [100 x 100] containing 4 Bedrooms + 2 ½ Bathrooms + Living/Dining/Kitchen situate in Maxboro Estates, Sandhill Village Extension, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Rodolfo Gutierrez) Lot No. 152 Belize American Site, Hattieville, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Ignacio North 23 368 Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [423.27 S.M.] situate in San Ignacio North, Cayo District, the freehold property of Mr. Steve Bowen) 4. Parcel No. 1323/1 Ontario Village, Cayo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Society Hall 24 1323/1 (Being a 2 storey concrete structure with [1,788 sq. ft.] – Ground Floor is concrete with 1 bedroom + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen & porch area. Second Floor is wooden with 4 bedrooms and porch area situated in Ontario Village being the leasehold property of Mr. Gilbert Rhaburn) 5. Parcel No. 2284 Ontario Village, Cayo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Society Hall 24 2284 (Being a bungalow concrete structure with [781 sq. ft.] - 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining & kitchen situated in Ontario Village being the Freehold property of Mr. Lyle Banner) 6. Parcel No. 2427/1 Ontario Village, Cayo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Society Hall 24 2427/1 (Being a bungalow concrete structure with [1,218 sq. ft.] - 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and laundry room situated in Ontario Village being the leasehold property of Mr. Humberto & Mrs. Shelmadine Patt) 7. Parcel No. 786 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Elena, Cayo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 827.78 square yards being Lot 152 situate near Mile 17 George Price Highway, Hattieville, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections. (Being a two storey concrete multi family structure [3,943 sq. ft.] containing: Ground Floor - 2 bedrooms + 1 bath + open living area + covered entry verandah + rear covered porch: First Floor - Incomplete including 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + open living area, the freehold property of Mr. Crispin Jeffries) 4. Parcel No. 79 Mitchell Estate Area, Ladyville, Belize District:

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ALL THAT LEASEHOLD piece or parcel of land containing 605.225 S. M. being Lot 10 situate near Mile 4 ½ George Price Highway, Belize City TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and mechanical workshop and lot [605.225 S.M.] situate near Mile 4 ½ George Price Highway, Belize City, the leasehold property of Mr. Guillermo Cruz) 6. Lot No. 482 Regent Street West, Belize City:

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REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Santa Elena/Cayo 23 786 (Being a 2 storey concrete structure with [2,268 sq. ft.] – contains 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen & gazebo/porch area on the property situated in Santa Elena Town being the Freehold property of Mr. Ricardo Martin)

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Vista del Mar 16 79/1 (Being an elevated metal/plycem building [1,539 sq. ft.] containing 5 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + Living/Dining/Kitchen and second structure 320 sq. ft. concrete building used as a restaurant and lot [818.542 S.M.] situate in the Mitchell Estate Area, Ladyville, the leasehold property of Mr. Kenroy Cattouse) Lot No. 10 Mile 4 ½ George Price Highway, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Albert/Mesop 45 1641 (Being a two storey concrete building [2,135 sq. ft.] containing 10 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms (rental property, the freehold property of Mr. Lisbey Leal) Lot No. 775 Tropical Park, Western Highway, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 724.665 s. m. being Lot 775 situate at Tropical Park, Western Highway, Belize District. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house containing 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen and lot [724.665 s. m] situate at Tropical Park, Western Highway, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Orissa Molina) 8. Parcel No. 838 Lake Independence, Belize City:

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living/dining/kitchen + covered porch situate in Hattieville, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Anna Mejia) 16. Parcel No. 4982 Sylvia Flores Street, Belama Phase 4, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Lake Independence 45 838 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [1,336 sq ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + bathroom + living/dining/kitchen & laundry room situate in Lake Independence, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Kareem Goff & Ms. Sharon Baird) 9. Lot No. 137 Corner West & Basra Streets, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Caribbean Shores/Belize 16 4982 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [816 sq. ft.] 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + verandah on Sylvia Flores Street, Belama Phase 4, Belize City, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Dale Bowen) 17. Lot No. 48 Regent Street, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Albert/Mesop 45 436 (Being a two storey concrete building [4,675 sq. ft.] 25% residential - 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dinind/kitchen & 75% commercial/warehouse - glass windows + tiled floors + office spaces + ½ bathroom + kitchenette; remaining portion - warehouse and lot [346.900 S.M.] situate at Lot No. 137 Corner West and Basra Streets, Belize City, the freehold property of Messrs. Tenchtronics Communications Limited) 10. Lot No. 61 Amara Avenue, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Albert/Mesop 45 1494 (Being a two storey timber structure and lot [238.800 S.M.] situate at No. 48 Regent Street, Belize City, the freehold property of Messrs. Drug Wholesale Depot) 18. Parcel No. 1203 Corner Barrack Road & Hyde’s Lane, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Albert/Mesop 45 206 (Being a two storey timber/concrete building [2,076 sq. ft.] commercial ground floor + residential first floor and lot [415.100 S.M.] situate at No. 48 Regent Street, Belize City, the freehold property of Messrs. Tenchtronics Communications Limited) 11. Lot No. 45 Usher Street, Lord’s Bank Village, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Fort George/Pickstock 45 1203 (Being a two storey concrete/timber structure and lot [151.150 S.M.] situate at Corner Barrack Road and Hyde’s Lane, Belize City, the freehold property of Messrs. Drug Wholesale Depot) 19. Lot No. 39 Fresh Pond Area, Burrell Boom Pine Ridge, Boom/Hattieville Road, Belize District

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 45 Usher Lane Lord's Bank, Ladyville Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [628 sq. ft.] 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + porch situate on Usher Street, Lord’s Bank Village, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Glenn Garcia) 12. Lot No. 323 Maxbora, Sandhill, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece of land containing 956.733 square meters, being Lot #323 situate in Sandhill (Maxboro Area) Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. The subject property has a single family raised bungalow concrete structure designed as a two bedroom, one bathroom, laundry and open plan facilitating the standard kitchen, living & Dining areas, and an entry verandah and a porch. The structure has a gross area of 676 sq ft. There is an incomplete addition to the residence with an area of 374 sq ft. he timber structure has an area of 259 sq ft. piece or parcel of land situate in Hattieville in the Belize District being lot No. 138 containing 1,451.80 square yards. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [676 sq. ft.] 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + laundry + entry verandah + porch situate + incomplete addition [374 sq. ft.] and lot [956.733 S.M.] situate in Maxboro, Sandhill, Belize District, the leasehold property of Ms. Judith Cruz & Mr. Cedric Cruz) 13. Parcel No. 246 Maskall Village Road, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Belize Rural North 11 246/1 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [1,401 sq. ft.] 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + covered entry porch and lot situate on Maskall Village Road, Belize District, the leasehold property of Ms. Sherett Brackett & Mr. Ammon Brackett) 14. Lot No. 164 Neal Pen Road, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Queen Square West 45 1406 (Being a two storey concrete house [2430 sq. ft.] (each floor) 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [301.016 S.M.] situate at No. 164 Neal Pen Road, Belize City, the freehold property of Ms. Sharon Burgess) 15. Lot No. 138 Hattieville, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land situate in Hattieville in the Belize District being lot No. 138 containing 1,451.80 square yards TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [1,152 sq. ft.] 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom +

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 1,144.70 Square Yards being Lot No. 39 situate in Boom Pine Ridge Area on the Boom-Hattieville Road, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [854 sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and Lot [1,144.70 SY] situate in Fresh Pond, Burrell Boom Pine Ridge, Boom-Hattieville Road, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Letricia Lamb and Ms. Ian Phillips) 20. Parcel No. 873 Vernon Street, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Lake Independence 45 873 (Being two storey multifamily concrete/stone residential structure [3,214 sq. ft.] containing Four (4) Units each having 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + Living/Dining/Kitchen (2 units per floor) + storage facility adjoining structure on ground floor and lot situate on Vernon Street, Belize City, the freehold property of Mr. Cleveland Davis) 21. Lot No. 85 Fresh Pond Area, Burrell Boom Pine Ridge, Boom/Hattieville Road, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 899.72 SM being Lot No. 85 situate in Boom Pine Ridge Area on the Boom Hattieville Road, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [915 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + covered entry porch and Lot [899.720 SM] situate in Fresh Pond, Burrell Boom Pine Ridge, Boom-Hattieville Road, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Antuanetta Gillett) 22. Lot No. 128 Lords Bank Village, Belize District:

ALL THOSE freehold interest in all that piece or parcel of land being Lot 128 containing 465.064 square meters situate in Lords Bank Village, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections. (Being a vacant lot containing 465.064 square meters, the freehold property of Mr. Edward Young) 23. Lot No. 75 Western Paradise Village, Mile 8 George Price Highway, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 430.636 S.M. being Lot 75 situate on the south side of the George Price Highway, Mile 8, Western Paradise, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being theron. (Being a concrete two storey mix use building [6,362 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor: 2 commercial units + bathroom and bedroom + storage; First Floor: 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + roof patio and lot [430.636 S.M.] situate in Western Paradise Village, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Ms. Eloisa Delcid and Mr. Julio Delcid)

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24. Lot No. 7299 in an Alley off MacKenzie Lane, near Central American Boulevard, Belize City, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Queen’s Square West 45 1271/1 (Being a two storey concrete structure [2,880 sq. ft.] containing 5 bedrooms + 1 ½ bathrooms and lot [322.956 SM] situate on MacKenzie Lane near Central American Boulevard (one block south of Neal Pen Road) Belize City, the leasehold property of Ms. Neri Wade) 25. Lot No. 7507 Mangrove Street, Faber’s Road Extension, Belize City, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Queen’s Square West 45 1056/1 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [1,116 sq. ft.] containing 4 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + Living/Dining/Kitchen and lot [394.700 S.M.] situate on Mangrove Steet, Faber’s Road Extension, Belize City, the freehold property of Mr. Wilhem Miguel and Ms. Sandra Mahler)

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 574.573 S.M. being Lot No. 153 Western Pine, Belize District situate on Bristle Cone Street, Western Paradise Village, Mile 8 ½ George Price Highway, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [840 sq. ft.], containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [574.573 S.M.] situate on Bristle Cone Street Western Pines, Western Paradise Village, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Sherlene Martinez & Mr. Albert Martinez) 26. Vehicles at No. 170 Beltex Avenue, Belama Phase 1, Belize City:

2008 Chrysler Aspen 2006 Dodge Durango 27. Chattels: Stove, Washing Machine, Dryer, Refrigerator & Shelves:

26. Lot No. 290 Vista del Mar, Ladyville, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Vista del Mar 16 290 (Being an elevated timber/plycem building [912 Sq. Ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [582.000 S.M. (75 ft. X 80 ft.)] situate in Vista del Mar, Ladyville, Belize District, the freehold property of Ms. Shermodean Bainton) 27. Parcel No. 466 West Canal Street, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Albert/Mesop 45 466 (Being three storey concrete structure [5,400 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor: Warehouse; First Floor: 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + Living/Dining/Kitchen; Second Floor: 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen and lot [291.246 S.M.] situate on West Canal Street, Belize City, the freehold property of Messrs. Perez Hardware Store/Mr. Orlando Perez) 28. Parcel No. 857 Vista del Mar, Ladyville, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Vista del Mar 16 857 (Being a vandalized concrete bungalow dwelling house and lot [348.26 S.M.] situate in Vista del Mar, Ladyville, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Wilfred Pascascio) 29. Lot No. 100 Hattieville, Belize District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 833.33 square yards being Lot 100 situate near Mile 17 George Price Highway, Hattieville, Belize District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [892 sq. ft.] containing: 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + 2 covered porches, the freehold property of Ms. Eglah Arnold) 30. Parcel No. 456 Church Street, Belize City:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Albert/Mesop 45 456 (Being two-storey timber/concrete structure [3,328 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor: Storage; First Floor: 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + Living/Dining/Kitchen and lot situate on Church Street, Belize City, the freehold property of Mr. Luis Munoz) 31. Lot No. 25 Mile 17 ½ George Price Highway, Belize District:

ALL THAT lot piece or parcel of land containing 692.123 S. M. being Lot No. 25 situate 17.5 Miles, George Price Highway, Belize District, Belize TOGETHER with all buildings and erections thereon.

(Being vacant land situate near Mile 17 ½ George Price Highway, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Jose Perera) 25. Lot No. 153 Bristle Cone Street, Western Pines, Western Paradise Village, Belize District:

*********************************San Pedro Properties***************************** Location, Date & Time of Sale: In front Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., Coconut Drive, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize District on Wednesday 19th July 2017 at 10:30 am: 1. Parcel No. 2112 DFC Area, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Pedro 7 2112 (Being a 3 storey concrete structure with [7,040 sq. ft.] – Ground Floor – contains rental units totaling 5 bedrooms + 5 bathrooms + 5 living/dining/kitchen areas + a store and an internet café. 2 nd Floor is a single family residence which contains 5 bedrooms + 2 part bathrooms + 5 full bathrooms + 5 living/dining/kitchen areas & 3rd Floor – contains rental units totaling 3 bedrooms + 2 full bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen area and a bar situated in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, the freehold property of Mr. Thomas Santos/Santos Constructions) 2. Parcel No. 2094 San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Pedro 7 2094 (Being a 2 storey concrete structure with [1,920 sq. ft.] – Ground Floor – contains 4 single bedroom apartments with living/dining & kitchen area. Second Floor – Is a single-family residence 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen and Verandah area situated in San Pedro being the freehold property of Mr. Mario Garcia) 3. Parcel 3610 Corner DFC and San Pablo Streets, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize District:

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REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Pedro 7 3610 (Being a 1 1/2 storey concrete structure with [2,128 sq. ft.] – Ground Floor - contains 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + laundry room and porch area. Second Floor - with 1 bedroom + 1 bathroom1 + living/dining/kitchen and porch area situated in San Pedro being the freehold property of Mr. Fitz-Gerald Brown & Ms. Rhonda Crichton) Lot No. 15 Ambergris Bay Sub division, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Pedro 7 8751 (Being a vacant Lot containing 1347.142 square meters situate 3.5 miles north of San Pedro situated in the Ambergris Bay Sub Division, Ambergris Caye, the freehold property of Mr. David Correa) 5. Parcel No. 4356, 2 miles North of Boca Del Rio Bridge, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Pedro 7 4356 (Being Lot containing 2.06 acres 2 miles North of Boca Del Rio Bridge San Pedro. The freehold property of Messrs. Island Mini Mart (Mr. Nafez Obeid)

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REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Buena Vista Village 1 468 (Being a 2 storey concrete structure with [1,710 sq. ft.] – Ground Floor - contains 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living area. Second Floor- 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom with living/dining area situated in Buena Vista Village, Corozal being the freehold property of Mr. Ricardo Gutierrez) 5. Parcel No. 234/1 San Andres/Ranchito Village, Corozal District:

Parcel No. 3620 San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Pedro 7 3620 (Being an elevated prefabricated building [957 sq. ft.] 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [348.200 S.M] situate in DFC Area, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, the freehold property of Mr. Amado Diaz) 8.

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Parcel No. 2011 San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Pedro 7 2011 (Being three storey timber/plycem building 1872 sq. ft. containing 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + 2 living rooms + 2 dining rooms + 2 kitchens and lot [348.053 S.M.] situate corner Seaweed and a Street, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, the freehold property of Mr. Marlon Castro (Deceased) and Ms. Angelita Chi) 7.

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REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Andres/Ranchito Village 1 234/1 (Being a 2 storey concrete structure with [1,702 sq. ft.] – Ground Floor - contains 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/kitchen area. Second Floor- 1 bedroom + 1 bathroom with living area situated in Ranchito Village, Corozal being the leasehold property of Mr. Fernando Chan) 6. Parcel No. 682 Libertad Village, Corozal District:

Parcels Nos. 2091 & 2092 San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCELS San Pedro 7 2091 & 2092 (Being 6 buildings on 2 parcels of land containing 631.053 S.M., the freehold properties of Mr. Valeriano P. Vasquez) 9. Parcel No. 2090 San Pedor, Ambergris Caye, Belize District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Pedro 7 2090 ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 344.230 s.m. being Registration Section San Pedro Block 7 Parcel 2090 Being a ferroconcrete 3 storey apartment building [6,000 square feet] comprising 22 apartment units each with private bath. 3 of the units are 2 bedrooms with private bath and lot [344.230 S.M.], the freehold property of Mr. Valeriano P. Vasquez) *****************Corozal & Orange Walk Districts Properties ******************** Location, Date & Time of Sale: At Unit 4 Corner Belize-Corozal & San Antonio Roads, Orange Walk District on Thursday 20th July 2017 at 6:00 pm: 1. No. 3 Fourth Avenue, Corozal Central, Corozal Town:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Libertad Village 1 682 (Being a 2 storey concrete structure with [3,335 sq. ft.] – Ground Floor - contains 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/kitchen area. Second Floor is incomplete. Situated in Libertad Village, Corozal being the Freehold property of Mr. Heraan Botes) 7. Parcel No. 552 Libertad Village, Corozal District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Libertad Village 1 552 (Being Building No. 1: 2 storey structure with [2,862 sq. ft.] – Ground Floor – concrete and contains 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen area + laundry room and porch. Second Floor- is wooden with 4 bedrooms + 1 bathroom and porch area. Building No. 2: mixed structure with [672 sq. ft.] – contains 3 bedrooms + kitchen/dining/living area situated in Libertad Village, Corozal being the freehold property of Mr. Emilio & Mrs. Melva Sarmiento (Emilia & Baldominio Montejo) 8. Parcel 156 Concepcion Village, Corozal District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Concepcion Village 1 156 (Being a bungalow concrete structure with [768 sq. ft.] - 2 bedrooms and an outhouse + living/dining & kitchen area situate in Concepcion Village, Corozal Town, the freehold property of Mr. Jose Pech) 9. Parcel 28 Carolina/Calcutta, Corozal District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Corozal Central 1 62 (Being a 2 storey concrete structure comprising of a partial basement thus it creates a two storey building with [1,650 sq. ft.] - 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining & kitchen situate at No. 3 Fourth Avenue, Corozal Town. The freehold property of Mr. Albertico Gongora) 2. Parcel 539/1 Santa Clara Village, Corozal District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Santa Clara 1 539/1 Being a bungalow concrete structure with [361sq. ft.] -1 bedroom with living area situate in Santa Clara Village, Corozal Town. The leasehold property of Mr. Jorge Moralez) 3. Parcel No. 57/1 Buena Vista Village, Corozal District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Buena Vista Village 1 57/1 (Being a 2 storey concrete structure with [2,080 sq. ft.] – Ground Floor - contains 1 part bath + living/dining area. Second Floor- 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining & kitchen area situated in Buena Vista Village, Corozal being the leasehold property of Mrs. Florencia Pott) 4. Parcel No. 468 Buena Vista Village, Corozal District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Carolina/Calcutta 1 28 Being an incomplete concrete building 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + incomplete bedrooms and lot situate in Ken’s Layout, Xaibe Village, Corozal District, the freehold property of Mr. Valentin Nicholson) Orange Walk District 10. Lot No. 44 Juventus Street, Orange Walk Town:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Orange Walk Town 4 3369 (Being a bungalow concrete structure with [1,118 sq. ft.] - 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining & kitchen situate at Lot No. 44 at #74 Juventus Street, Dr. W.S. Estate, Orange Walk Town. The freehold property of Mr. Roman Cantun & Mrs. Leidiana Cantun) 11. Parcel No. 69 San Jose/San Pablo Village, Orange Walk District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Jose/San Pablo 1 69/1 (Being a bungalow concrete structure with [840 sq. ft.] - 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living & kitchen area situate at San Jose/San Pablo, Orange Walk Town. The leasehold property of Mr. Alfonso Teck) 12. Parcel No. 188 San Jose/San Pablo Village, Orange Walk District:

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REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL San Jose/San Pablo 1 188 (Being a bungalow concrete structure with [666 sq. ft.] - 1 bedroom + 1 part bathroom + living area situate at San Jose/San Pablo, Orange Walk Town. The freehold property of Mr. Otilio Caceres & Macedonia Chi) 13. Parcels 157 & 158 Douglas North, Orange Walk Town

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCELS Douglas North 1 157 & 158 (Being corner Lot No. 158 contains 1045.159 square meters and Lot 157 contains 1040.57 square meters both lots are presently in its natural state situated in Douglas North, Orange Walk District, the freehold Property of Ms. Erica Cabral) 14. Parcels 514, 515 & 516 Indian Hill East, Orange Walk

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCELS Indian Hill East 4 514, 515 & 516 (Being 3 Lots containing 1719.02 square meters in their natural state situate in Indian Hill, Orange Walk District, the freehold property of Mr. Ishwar Mahbubani) 15. Parcel 3706 Mullins Street, Orange Walk Town:

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ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 785.259 square meters being Lot No. 54 situate in the Hummingbird Community Village, near Mile 25 Hummingbird Highway, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being an elevated timber dwelling house [1,024 sq. ft.] and lot [785.259 S.M.] situate in the Hummingbird Community Village, Mile 25 Hummingbird Highway, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Armando Coye) 2. Lot No. 53 Hummingbird Community Village, Stann Creek District:

All leasehold interest in all that piece or parcel of land being lot No. 53 situate in Hummingbird Community Village, Stann Creek District and bounded as follow:- on the Northeast for 62.397 metres by a street; 0n the Southwest for 47.851 metres by lot No. 54 and lot No. 55 on the West for 5.833 metres by portion of lot No. 52 Northwest for 33.571 metres by portion of lot No. 5; containing 1191.04 Square Yards as shown on Entry 3713 Register 12 at the office of the Commissioner of lands and surveys TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete/timber dwelling house and lot situate in the Hummingbird Community Village, Stann Creek District, the leasehold property of Mr. Pedro Guerra) 3. Lot No. 2 Pomona Village Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 2 and comprising of 835.844 square meters situate in Pomona Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being an elevated timber dwelling house [616 sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [835.844 S.M.] situate in Pomona Village, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Ms. Regina Baide) 4. Lot No. 38 Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Orange Walk Town 4 3706 Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot situate in Orange Walk Town, the freehold property of Esther Vargas.

16. LOTS #19, 21, 23 & 25 San Estevan Village, Orange Walk ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 928.135 square metres being Lot No. 38 situate in Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all building and erections standing and being thereon. (Being Lot No. 38 Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District [928.135 S.M.], the freehold property of Mr. Nicholi Fernandez [Photo taken June 2012] 5. Lot No. 246 Silk Grass Village Extension, Stann Creek District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCELS San Estevan 1 228, 229, 230 & 231 (Being a bungalow concrete structure with [1,600 sq. ft.] - 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining & kitchen area. There is also an open shed, which is used as an additional kitchen & washing area. situate at San Estevan Village, Orange Walk Town. The land measures the following: 657.1 square meters, 710.8 square meters, 641.7square meters, & 729 square meters respectively. The freehold property of Mr. Wilber & Mrs. Erica Vega) 17. Parcel 1296 San Andres Street, Orange Walk Town:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 761.590 Square Meters being Lot No. 246 situate in Silk Grass Village Extension, Stann Creek District, Belize TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a elevated timber dwelling house [625 sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + verandah and lot [761.590 S.M.] situate in Silk Grass Village Extension, Stann Creek District, the leasehold property of Mr. Felix Galeana Jr. & Ms. Sarita Bol) 6. Block No. 548 southside Stann Creek Valley Road, near Mile 9 ½ Stann Creek District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Orange Walk Town 4 1296 Being a two storey building [1,360 sq. ft.] 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot situate on San Andres Street, Orange Walk Town, the freehold property of Ms. Gloria Mai.) 18. Parcel 1296 San Andres Street, Orange Walk Town:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Orange Walk Town 4 879 Being a vacant lot [522.500 S.M.] situate on San Narciso Street, Orange Walk Town, the freehold property of Mr. Pabel Torres) ********************Stann Creek & Toledo Districts Properties *********************** In front Messrs. Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. Corner Main & Prince Streets, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District on Friday 21st July 2017 at 10:00 am: ************************Stann Creek District************************ 1. Lot No. 54 Hummingbird Community Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THOSE PIECES OR PARCELS OF LAND CONTAINING 8 ACRES BEING BLOCK 548 situated on the Southside of the Stann Creek Valley Road near Mile 9 1/2 Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections thereon (Being a concrete two-storey building [5496 square feet] containing 3 bedrooms + 2 full/2 half bathrooms + living + dining + kitchen + laundry + garage and 8 acres of citrus land, the freehold property of Mr. John McDougal and Ms. Jennifer McDougal) [Photo taken Apr 2012] 7. In front Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., No. 10 St. Vincent Street, Dangriga, Stann Creek District:

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Street, Dangriga, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Leron Cayetano) 16. Lots Nos. 157 & 158 in Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THOSE PIECES OR PARCELS OF LAND CONTAINING 8 ACRES BEING BLOCK BLOCK 553 situate in the North Stann Creek area near Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections thereon (Being 8 acres of citrus land situate beside Block 548, the freehold properties of Mr. John McDougal and Ms. Jennifer McDougal) 8. Parcel No. 444 Cedar Street, Dangriga, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 967.680 square metres being Lots Nos. 157 & 158 situate in Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all building and erections standing and being thereon. (Being Lot No. 38 Sarawee Village, Stann Creek District [928.135 S.M.], the freehold property of Mr. Isidro Membreno) 17. Lot No. 203 Pomona Village Extension, Stann Creek District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Dangriga South 31 444 (Being a two storey concrete commercial/residential building containing 4092 sq. ft: Ground Floor: commercial space + storage + ½ bathroom; First Floor: 5 bedrooms + 3 bathrooms + living + dining + kitchen + porch + balcony + roof access; laundry/utility room and lot [445.85 SM] situate at No. 543 Cedar Street, Dangriga, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Ivan Ramos) 9. Parecl No.657 near the Melinda Road, Dangriga, Stann Creek District

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 802.713 S.M. being Lot No. 203 in Pomona Village Extension, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a bungalow residential dwelling house containing 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms and lot 802.713 S.M. situate in Pomona Village Extension, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Luis A. Perez) 18. Lot No. 28 in Pomona Village, Stann Creek District :

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Dangriga North 31 657 (Being a two storey concrete dwelling house [2,220 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor - 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + covered verandah; First Floor 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + laundry + balcony and lot [754.546 S.M.] situate near the Melinda Road, Dangriga, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Ms. Carol Aranda) 10. Parcel No. 24/1 Dangriga North Area, Dangriga, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 831.304 S.M. being Lot No. 28 in Pomona Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a 1 ½ storey dwelling house [1,401 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor: 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + car port; First Floor: master bedroom + bathroom + balcony and lot [831.304 S.M.] situate in Pomona Village, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Alexander Romero) 19. Lot No. 132 situate in Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Dangriga South 31 24/1 (Being a elevated concrete dwelling house [1,524 sq. ft.] containing 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen and lot [371.463 S.M.] situate in Dangriga North Area, Dangriga, Stann Creek District, the leasehold property of Ms. Delsia Aranda) 11. Lot No. 109 Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 766.202 S.M. being Lot No. 109 situate in Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

(Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [1,680 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [766.202 S.M.] situate in Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. David Saravia) 12. Lot No. 252 Independence Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 547.000 S.M. being Lot No. 252 situate in Independence Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

(Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [864 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dinind/kitchen and lot [547.000 S.M.], the freehold property of Mr. Guillermo Pinseau) 13. Block No. 85 Commerce Bight Agricultural Layout, Commerce Bight Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT LEASEHOLD PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND being Block No. 85 situate in the Commerce Bight Agricultural Layout, Commerce Bight Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all building and erections standing and being thereon. (Being vacant land situate ½ mile west of the Southern Highway between Miles 3 and 4, Stann Creek District, the leasehold property of Ms. Maria Martinez and Mr. Roque Martinez) 14. Lot No. 5 south of the Stann Creek Valley Road, Hoffman Estate, Pomona, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 771.893 square meters being Lot No. 5 situate south of the Stann Creek Valley Road, Hoffman Estate, Pomona, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [964 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [771.893 S.M.] situate south of the Stann Creek Valley Road, Hoffman Estate, Pomona, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Santiago Acosta and Ms. Nelia Acosta) 15. Parcel No. 1262 Corner Salmwood Road and Pine Street, Dangriga, Stann Creek District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Dangriga South 31 1262 (Being a elevated concrete dwelling house [1,600 sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen + laundry and lot [571.980 S.M.] situate at Corner Salmwood Road and Pine

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 766.202 S.M. being Lot No. 132 situate in Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

(Being a 2 storey dwelling house [1,160 sq. ft.] containing 4 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [766.202 S.M.] situate in Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Eduardo Saravia) 20. Lot No. 1533 Stann Creek Valley Road, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 509.34 square yards being Lot No. 1533 situate along the Stann Creek Valley Road, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being 2 storey composite dwelling house [1,862 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor: 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom; First Floor: 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen + sitting room + covered verandah and lot [509.34 S.Y.] situate along the Stann Creek Valley Road, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Ms. Angela Lammey) 21. Lot No. 143 situate in Maya Mopan Village, Stann Creek District :

ALL THAT LEASEHOLD INTEREST in all that piece of parcel of land being Lot No. 143 situate in Maya Mopan Village, Stann Creek District and bounded as follows on the north for 22.858 meters by a street on the south by 22.858 Meters by a lot No. 148 on the east for 30.478 meters by a lot No. 142 on the west for 30.478 meters by a lot No. 144 containing 689.982 S. M. of land as shown on entry No. 3798 Register No. 2 at the office of the Commissioner of Lands and Survey TOGETHER with all building and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete building [1,040 sq. ft.], the freehold property of Mr. Narciso Tush) 22. Lot No. 66B Independence Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 311.778 S.M. being Lot No. 66B Independence Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being an elevated dwelling house [1,006 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dinind/kitchen + study and lot [311.778 S.M.], the freehold property of Mr. Ray C. Ogaldez) 23. Lots Nos. 125 & 64 situate in Independence Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THOSE TWO pieces or parcels of land containing 929.09 S.M. being Lots Nos. 125 & 64 situate in Independence Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing

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and being thereon. (Being a 2 storey structure of mixed construction (1,920 sq. ft.) containing 5 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + 2 kitchens + 2 living rooms and 2 dining areas and lots [929.09 S.M.] situate in Independence Village, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Michael Hobbs) 24. Parcel No. 326 Valley Community/Alta Vista Area In, Stann Creek District :

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Punta Gorda 42 614 (Being a two storey concete commercial/residential building used as a restaurant on the ground floor and a residence containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and a another two storey concrete commercial building containing commercial space on the ground floor and 4 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + open space and a timber structure used as a store together with lot [824.79 S.Y.] situate on Main Street, Punta Gorda Town, the freehold property of Messrs. Galvez Taxi & Tours (Mr. Carlos Glavez and Ms. Florence Galvez) [Photos taken July 14 2013] 32. Parcel No. 793 West Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Valley Community/Alta Vista 31 326 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot 1053.770 S.M. situate in the Valley Community/Alta Vista Area, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Alburn Trapp) 25. Lot No. 18 Southern Highway, Santa Rosa Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 18 comprising 1183.51 Square Yards situate along the Southern Highway, Santa Rosa Village, Stann Creek District, Belize TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a lot containing 1183.51 square yards situate in Santa Rosa Village, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Estevan Choc) 26. Lot No. 66 situate in Pomona Village , Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 722.193 S.M. being Lot No. 66 situate in Pomona Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being an elevated timber bungalow residential dwelling house [1,832 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen + car port and lot [722.193 S.M.] situate in Pomona Village, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Gerald Peters) 27. Lot No. 63 situate in Pomona Village (Del Oro Site), Stann Creek District :

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 461.849 S.M. being Lot No. 63 situate in Pomona Village (Del Oro Site), Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being an elevated concrete residential dwelling house [832 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + car port and lot [461.849 S.M.] situate in Del Oro Site, Pomona Village, Stann Creek District, the freehold property of Mr. Roy Tillett) 28. Lot No. 713 situate in Independence Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 615.270 S.M. being Lot No. 713 situate in Independence Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [945 sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [615.270 S.M.], the freehold property of Ms. Sherrett Muschamp) 29. Lots 644 & 649 Independence Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lots Nos. 644 & 649 Independence Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being three Buildings: Building 1: an unfinished structure 40 % completed 400 sq. ft.; Building 2: Office + bathroom 64 sq. ft.; Building 3 Shed 264 sq. ft. and lots [1415.518 S.M.] fenced compound , the freehold property of Mr. Elvis Cabral.)

30. Lot No. 28 Independence Village, Stann Creek District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 526.205 S.M. being Lot No. 28 Independence Village, Stann Creek District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a 2 storey concrete structure [1,680 sq. ft.] containing: Ground Floor 2 bedrooms + living/dining/kitchen; First Floor 3 bedrooms + living/dining/kitchen and lot [526.205 S.M.], the freehold property of Mr. Nelson Rivas.) ************************Toledo District Properties************************* 31. Parcel No. 614 Main Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 793 (Being a two storey concrete building [5,640 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor: 5 bedrooms + 3 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen; First Floor 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen and lot [668.896 S.M.] situate on West Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Aurelio Oliva) 33. Lot No. 24 Big Falls Village Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 1557.81 square yards being Lot 24 situate in the Big Falls Village, Toledo District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

(Being: Building #1 Concrete bungalow dwelling house containing 3 bedrooms + ½ bathroom + Living area; Building #2 Composite Structure with thatched roof used as kitchen/dining; Building #3 timber outhouse and lot [1,557.81 S. Y.] situate in Big Falls Village, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Alberto Shal) 34. 100.026 acres along Amado Road, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 100.026 acres situate along the Amado Road, Toledo District, Belize as shown and described on plan of Survey attached to the Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 1208 of 2007 lodged at the Land Titles Unit and dated December 12, 2007 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being 100.026 acres of land situate along the Amado Road, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Gerald Williams Sr.) 35. 4,743.16 S.Y. Jacinto Village, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land situate in Jacinto Village, Toledo District, Belize containing 4,743.16 square yards TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a two storey structure and lot containing 4743.16 square yards, the freehold property of Mr. Gerald Williams Sr.) 36. Parcel No. 272 A Street, Punta Gorda, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 272 (Being a vacant lot [408.277 S.M.] situate on A Street, Punta Gorda, Toledo District, the freehold property of Ms. Anne Neal) 37. Parcel No. 548 Punta Gorda, Toldeo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 548 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [770.127] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen situate in Punta Gorda, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Roland Tun.) 38. 0.64 Acre Jacintoville, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 0.64 acre situate along San Antonio/Punta Gorda Road, Jacintoville, Toledo District, Belize TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being two storey concrete dwelling house [4,240 sq. ft.] comprising 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen on each floor and lot [0.64 acre] situate in Jacintoville, Toledo District, the freehold property of Messrs. Pete & NJ’s Trucking) 39. Lot No. 4 Big Falls Village, Toledo District:

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ALL THAT piece or parcel containing 1695.99 Square Yards being lot 4 situate at Big Falls Village Toledo District, Belize TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [686 sq. ft.] comprising 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [1695.99 S.Y.] situate in Big Falls Village, Toledo District, the leasehold property of Mr. Juan De Dios Poom) 40. Parcel No. 548 West Street, Punta Gorda, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 548 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [840 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + covered porch and lot [646.116 S.M.] situate on West Street, Punta Gorda, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Glen Enriquez & Mr. Lloyd Enriquez) 41. 0.563 Acre along San Antonio-Chiquibul Road, San Antonio Village, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 0.563 acre situate along San Antonio-Chiquibul Road, San Antonio Village, Toledo District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being three buildings: A concrete bungalow structure [1,092 sq. ft.] 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + storage + verandah; A two storey concrete house [1825 sq. ft.] Ground floorliving/dining/kitchen + 1 bathroom + storage + shed + verandah; An elevated timber structure [375 sq. ft.] 2 bedrooms + bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [0.563 acre] situate along San AntonioChiquibul Road, San Antonio Village, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Ruben Dario Lopez) 42. Lot No. 169 Forest Home Village, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 756.56 square meters being Lot No. 169 Forest Home Village, Toledo District, Belize TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [825 sq. ft.] comprising 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [756.56 S.M.] situate in Forest Home Village, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Randolph Williams) 43. Parcel No. 389 Gertrude Caliz Street, Punta Gorda, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 389 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [936 sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen and lot [533.33 S.Y.] situate on Gertrude Caliz Street, Punta Gorda, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Steve Enendu and Ms. Keisha Zuniga) 44. Parcel No. Sour Sap Street, Punta Gorda, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 254 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house containing 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen and lot [450.00 S.Y.] situate on Sour Sap Street, Punta Gorda, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Pastor Reyes) 45. 1041.510San Antonio Village, Toledo District:

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(Being a two storey multifamily dwelling house [1920 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor: 4 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen + verandah; First Floor: Rental Units 4 bedrooms (2 of which equipped with private bathrooms) other 2 shared bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot situate corner West & Kiskadee Streets, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the leasehold property of Ms. Nora Garay and Mr. Oliver Garay) 48. Block 41 Main road leading to Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 12.447 acres being Block 41 Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being four built forms on 12.447 acres of land, the primary structure being a single family concrete bungalow dwelling house [1,200 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and landt [12.447 acres] situate on the main road leading to Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Marcel Jacobs) 49. Lot No. 31 West of Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 31 situate west of Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District containing 464.576 S.M. TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

(Being a concrete two storey building [2,720 sq. ft.] designed as a 3 family residential complex: Ground Floor 2 Units each 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen; First Floor 2 bedrooms + 1 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen and lot [464.576 S.M.] situate west of Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the freehold property of Ms. Cupertina Teul) 50. Parcel No. 1287 Panpana Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 1287 (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [1,504 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen and lot [479.020 S.M.] situate on Panpana Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Dennis Williams and Ms. Deborah Westby) 51. Parcel No. 990 Kiskadee Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 990 (Being a two storey concrete dwelling house [2027 sq. ft.] containing 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen and lot [767.000 S.M.] situate Kiskadee Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the freehold property of Ms. Ana Arzu) 52. Parcel No. 926 Far West Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 926 (Being and elevated dwelling house [932 sq. ft.] + Shed [449 sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [533.33 S.Y.] situate on Far West Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Rene Pennell) 53. Lot No. 30 Hopeville near Cattle Landing Village Settlement, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 1041.51square meters situate in San Antonio Village, Toledo District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house and lot [1,041.51 S.M.] situate in San Antonio Village, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Juan Ich and Mr. Jesus Ich) 46. Lot No. 100 Hopeville Village, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 657.24 square yards being Lot No. 100 comprising 549.538 sq. meters situate in Hopeville Village, Toledo District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [1,052 sq. ft.] being one of the original starter units in the Hopeville Housing Scheme Project comprising 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + study + utility + living/dining/kitchen and lot [657.24 S.Y.] situate in Hopeville Village, Toledo District, the freehold property of Ms. Maria Roches) 47. Parcel No. 991/2 Corner West & Kiskadee Streets, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

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ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 30 situate in Hopeville near Cattle Landing Village Settlement, Toledo District containing 546.33 square yards TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [443 sq. ft.] containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen and lot [546.33 S.Y.] situate Hopeville near Cattle Landing Village Settlement, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Alberto Coleman) 54. Lot No. 157 Forest Home Village Extension, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing of land containing 977.04 squrare meters being Lot No.

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157 situate in Forest Home Village (extension) in the Toledo District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

(Being a single-family dwelling house [1,882 sq. ft.] containing 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + Living/dining/kitchen + Entry Verandah + Covered Carport + Second Floor: Game Room + Covered Patio and lot 977.04 S.M. situate in the Forest Home Village Extension, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. David Duncan) 55. Lot 2,642.62 S.Y. situate in San Miguel Village in the Big Falls/Golden Stream Area, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Big Falls/Golden Stream 42 577 (Being a two storey concrete building [2,200 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor: Preparation & Storge Facility; First Floor: 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + Living/Dining/Kitchen + Small timber & thatch Kitchen and lot 2,642.62 S.Y. situate in San Miguel Village in the Big Falls/Golden Stream Area, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Mariano Kus) 56. No. 11 Front Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 677 (Being a two storey concrete building [2,932 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor: Commercial Office; First Floor: 4 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + Kitchen and lot 857.23 S.Y. situate No. 11 Front Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Lincoln Pascascio) 57. Parcel No. 907 North end of Main Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 342 (Being a commercial/residential building [2,126 sq. ft.] and lot 311.62 S.Y. situate at the corner 6th Street/Lucille Melendez Blvd. and A Street, Punta Gorda, Toledo District, the freehold property of Ms. Elizabeth Borland) 62. 50.00 Acres Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 50.00 acres of land (Block 11) situate on the North side of the Punta Gorda/San Antonio Road near Rice Reserve, Toledo District TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being 50.00 acres of land situate near Rice Reserve, Punta Gorda/San Antonio Road, Toledo District, the freehold property of Ms. Priscilla Graham and Mr. Dennis Moore) 63. 2 Acres Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 2 acres situate along San Marcos Area, Toledo District, Belize as shown and describe don the Registry Index Map at the office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys Belmopan, Cayo District, TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being two acres of land situate in the San Marcos Area, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Elvis Cabral) TERMS: STRICTLY CASH KEVIN A. CASTILLO TELEPHONE 223-4488 E-mail: kevinacas@yahoo.com Facebook: Belize Auctions

TERMS: STRICTLY CASH KEVIN A. CASTILLO TELEPHONE: 224 4473 Email: kevinacas@yahoo.com Face Book: Belize Auctions

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 907 (Being an incomplete two storey dwelling house [4,066 sq. ft.] containing Ground Floor: 3 bedrooms + 3 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen; First Floor incomplete] and lot 721.176 S.M.] situate on the north end of Main Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the freehold property of Ms. Phillipa Williams) 58. Parcel No.737 Alejandro Vernon Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 737 (Being a 2 storey concrete/timber commercial/residential building containing business space on the ground floor [1,721 sq. ft.] and single family residence on the first floor: 3 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen [1338 sq. ft.] and lot 713.33 S.Y. situate on Alejandro Vernon Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Giovani Foster) 59. Parcel No. 450 Filaya Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 450 (Being three buildings (1) concrete single family bungalow dwelling house (415 sq. ft.) containing 2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + living/dining/kitchen; (2) a timber dwelling house (502 sq. ft.) and an outhouse/laundry (120 sq.ft.) situate on Filaya Street, Punta Gorda, Toledo District, the freehold property of Mr. Ernesto Canelo and Mr. Herman Canelo) 60. Parcel No. 1789/1on Santa Maria Street, Indianville Area , Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

REGISTRATION SECTION BLOCK PARCEL Punta Gorda 42 1789/1 (Being an incomplete 2 storey concrete dwelling house, Ground floor 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms + living/dining/kitchen; First Floor 30% completed and lot [464.576 S.M.] situate on Santa Maria Street, Indianville Area, Punta Gorda, Toledo District, the leasehold property of Mr. Antonio Teul) 61. Parcel No.342 corner 6th Street/Lucille Melendez Blvd. and A Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District:

Kidney Failure Ravaging Belize Contributed It is now consensus among the professionals in Belize's healthcare industry that the incidence of hypertension and diabetes, pegged at over 35% or 1 in 3 persons, is an epidemic. One of the expected consequences is that the diagnoses for renal failure will continue to increase to epidemic proportions.

This conclusion is further butressed by the contemplation of a 60% national obesity rate among children and young adults.

Presently healthcare services for renal problems are provided generally through the public and private providers but there is no comprehensive program to address the issue and the likely onset of an epidemic of chronic renal failure.

Last year the Government of Belize and the Government of Taiwan launched a US$2.2m "Capacity Building Project for the Prevention and Control of Chronic Renal Failure in Belize" which aims primarily to train public sector health care providers and establish a tracking and management mechanism for chronic disease cases.

The provision of dialysis services for persons suffering from kidney failure was initiated almost 12 years ago through the implementation of a center at the former Universal Medical Arts Center. It is still operational today at the now renamed Belize Healthcare Partners. Dialysis services are also provided through Dialysis de Belice which operates a facility in Orange Walk Town.

The Government of Belize subsidizes a program for 32 persons at facilities in Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and La Loma Luz Medical Center in Santa Elena-San Ignacio. An undetermined number of Belizeans access dialysis in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Reportedly 4 persons also self-administer peritoneal dialysis at home.

There is also an undetermined number of Belizeans who have emigrated to the United States in order to access dialysis and kidney transplants. It is believed that over 100 Belizeans resident in-country access multiple dialysis sessions on a weekly basis. That number is expected to increase within the next few years.

Most healthcare professionals are of the opinion that as much as three times that number already need kidney care services, particularly dialysis, but do not know it.

The number of deaths from chronic renal failure has consistently risen annually and is expected to continue to do so. Whilst the public sector subsidized programs in Belize City and Cayo provide low cost, reputedly as low as $25.00 per session, to 32 patients, the vast majority struggle to pay upwards of $200 per session at the private providers.

It is again consensus among Belize healthcare professionals that more than one in three renal failure patients die within 5 years of being diagnosed primarily due to lack of proper care, particularly due to lack of access to dialysis services which is unaffordable.

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