CORRECTING ANOTHER UDP INJUSTICE 3 LAND TITLES TO CORRECT OWNERS

On Friday 3rd March 2023, Honorable Francis Fonseca, Area Representative, Freetown ensured that a grave injustice inflicted on the good people of Belama was righted.

Fonseca explained that coming into office on landslide 2020 victory at the polls, he found out that 3 parcels of land were transferred a few months prior to the General Election to new owners under the name Freetown Community Foundation. The UDP gutter-sniper Orson Elrington parceled away the lands to his friends and company seemingly for a fistful of dollars. The subscribers were Jaraad Ammar Ysaguire, 1449 Coney Drive, Belize City, Belize, Eric Jahmal Sanchez, 8 Black Orchid Street, Belize City, Belize and Fredrick Leopold Gabourel, 16 Pickstock Street, Belize City, Belize.

Fonseca was not consulted with and said he had no prior knowledge regarding the transaction. However, the Area Rep held a quiet ceremony, sans fanfare, to give absolute title to the 3 parcels of land. May- or Bernard Wagner was given title to Fiesta Park on behalf of the city. Mayor Bernard Wagner said that the City has big plans for Fiesta Park. He envisioned it to become a space where the community can enjoy health and wellness, creating an economic environment with pop-ups and the holding of sporting activities. The title for the land the preschool sits on was reverted to the Ministry of Education. Ms. Crystal Gillett in a heart-rending moment finally got title to land she was living on for years. Ms. Gillett poured her heart out as she expressed gratitude to her Area Rep Francis Fonseca and others that sided with her in the plight for justice.

Hon Francis Fonseca stated that "with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources, we have been able to correct this injustice and legally place these properties in the hands of their rightful owners."

Another UDP injustice being righted by PUP.

By HILLY BENNETT, Voice of the Common Man

On March 3, 2023, the National Youth Awards Show was held in Belize City at the Biltmore Plaza. The show was scheduled to have taken place in November 2022 but due to Hurricane Lisa, it was rescheduled. Finally, the youths got a chance to be recognized for their achievements in the categories.

The awards were set up by districts and broken down into fourteen categories for young Belizeans to be nominated of which the listed below are the winners.

District Awards Categories Winners

Cayo Academic Excellence Award Emelly Sosa

Cayo Diversely-Abled Award Angelique Waight

Orange Walk Environmental Steward Award Eider Romero

Orange Walk Innovation Through Technology Award Alvaro Espejo

Orange Walk Outstanding Young Musician Award Glenn Tillett

Cayo Social Media Influencer Award Benjamin Garcia

Cayo Strength Through Adversity Award Angelique Waight

Stann Creek Youth Club/Group of the Year Award The National Students’ Union of Belize - NSUB

Orange Walk Youth in Agriculture Award Darnique Petillo

Cayo Youth in Entrepreneurship Award Juan Carlos Menjivar

Cayo Youth in Sports Award (Female) Jaleeny Belisle

Toledo Youth in Sports Award (Male) Arik Nicholas

Orange Walk Youth in Visual Arts Award Adriel Carrillo

Stann Creek Youth Minister’s Award (Leadership) Mazlin Hanson

Rodwell Ferguson, Minister of Youth, Sports, and Transport stated, “Since Kevin Cadle became the Director of Youths, he is very adamant in making sure that we recognize our young people every year. This recognition should have been done in November 2022, but when the hurricane came, everything had to be canceled. And so, we wanted to make sure that we pursue the 2022 now, and also in November 2023, we’re going to do the 2023 awards. I think it is significant because young people are somehow just left out of society and we expect them to do better when they take over as government. So this is an opportunity for them to say, “Okay, if I want to take leadership, I’ve got to start now at an early age.” So I feel very cognizant and happy that we were able to do it.”