Belize Times June 4, 2017

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The Belize Times

Established 1957

The Truth Shall Make You Free

4 JUNE 2017 | ISSUE NO: 5048

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BRICEÑO: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Thursday, 01 June 2017 UDP Minister Edmond Castro has once again disgraced himself and shamed the nation after it was revealed that the US had revoked, with prejudice, his Diplomatic and Tourist Visas. In an interview outside the Senate yesterday, PUP leader John Briceño called it shameful and disgraceful for a sitting Minister. He goes further, “the Prime Minister should take action and Minister Castro should be fired because something is terribly wrong. We have been hearing that there are other ministers whose visas have been cancelled and I would want to think that the Prime Minister as the leader of this country would know that. And he needs to take action.” But for the UDP, Castro is not the only Minister in the hot seat currently. The United Democratic Party remains under a siege of its own making. Defence Minister John Saldivar has used his own ministry to defend an indefensible use of public resources for private gain. The Belize Coast Guard under the pretext of community assistance, as

explained by Rear Admiral John Borland, ferried and continues to transport the Minister’s Bandits teams to San Pedro. While the vessels are commissioned for a specific crime fighting purpose, hundreds of gallons of fuel are instead going into another activity entirely and the US Embassy is investigating. Even as Saldivar twists and turns in post after post on social media trying to find excuses, his boss is apparently condoning the impropriety by remaining mum. But the people are watching and People’s United Party Leader, Hon. John Briceño called out the “shameful and disgraceful act of the UDP Government” which he says has been behaving this way since 2008. He pointed out that since then the UDP has used public vehicles for their own purposes on Election Day. “I believe now that the Belizean people are getting enough!” remarked Briceño. He continued about Saldivar, “It is wrong and…he is putting this country at risk because the donors, I’m told, are very upset and the donors could very well decide: ‘if this is what you are going to do we are going to stop assisting.’” He called on the Prime Minister to stop the abuses in office.

DPP ORDERS MURDER CHARGE

WITHDRAWN Pg. 2

ALVARINE BURNS CASTRO, BOOTS Pg. 8

THE FACES OF CORRUPTION Barrow Defends Yellowman, Castro & Saldivar

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