Belize Times May 5, 2019- Our Appointment With History

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OUR APPOINTMENT

WITH HISTORY

“The history of our country and its people is a struggle to assert ourselves; a conflict with destructive forces; a decision to make for ourselves a better life and to secure an international personality.

When the struggle, conflict and unshakeable decision are beginning to bear fruit; and when the triumphant fulfillment of the people’s will to nationhood is near at hand; shall we, by default lose our appointment with history? It is not our destiny to disappear; and we do not propose to disappear.

Let every citizen be assured that we do not intend to be integrated, re-incorporated, assimilated or taken over by any country.

With trust in one another and with confidence that we can make this vision of a rich and happy future a reality, we shall keep this crucial appointment with History.”

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-- George C. Price, Father of the Nation (Aug 1962)

GAF REMOVES OUR FLAG

PUP AND PEACE MOVEMENT UNITE

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OUR APPOINTMENT

WITH HISTORY

Thursday, May 2, 2019 On Wednesday May 8, 2019, those of us who registered before April 10, 2019 now have that appointment to go cast their vote and their heart. Essentially this referendum is a vote for our citizenship and sacred birth right.

Do you wish 15 Judges, trusted by PM Barrow, Jimmy Morales and 23% of Guatemalans decide if we should continue existing as a nation? Inside this newspaper, you will see the sample of the ballot that will be used. The language is legal of course but the question hits directly to the heart of our being.

The messenger is an anti-cupid—no love.

This past Monday, the Chief Justice stated that the case on the interim injunction and the signing of the Special Agreement is alive. The Court of Appeal has yet to case-manage and even yet to rule on an appeal on the Special Agreement needing to be passed by the National Assembly. The People’s United Party has been pushing this stance for 11 years now.

Why the Rush…is an imploration to the government to Pause. But there is no halting Dean Barrow and the UDP who seem desperate to get this vote to gamble our nation. Their stance is that we have waited long enough. The people’s stance is that even though we have waited long, that the UDP still does not have it right.

Michael Espat et al and a Team of Attorneys lead

by Anthony Sylvester, Eamon Courtney et al legally fought the UDP and their lead attorney Lisa Shoman trying to get the UDP to get this right for the sake of Belize. PUP help offered was never accepted in the name of UDP party politics. In fact, after the Chief Justice placed an interim injunction on version one of the Referendum, Dean Barrow showed his heavy hand and, as he had done with BTL, Universal, to name two, took to the Honorable House. There he dishonored the National Assembly once more by turning an illegal action to now legal. What PM Barrow does not countenance is that his Belize Territorial Dispute Referendum 2019 law like his other “fixes” will not work either.

Belizeans, two BIG things hovering over this election are these: 1. The results might not even be legal since the Prime Minister is not waiting to hear from the Courts 2. Even though, you are voting and can vote in one constituency, you the voter cannot know the sub-totals per constituency. So election night don’t expect that.

So Belize the ICJ can be the ICI—the International Court of Injustice—Guatemala really would lose nothing at the International Court of Justice the way this is set out.

Do you believe that if Guatemala loses they will end their trespassing into our forests and waters?

Do you believe then that Guatemala will help Belize and tell its people: ‘Dejen de cruzar ilegalmente a belice, NO nos pertenece. La Corte Internacional de Justicia ha fallado en contra de nosotros y respetemos’?

All 100 percent of Belizeans claim Belize as truly for and only for Belizeans TODAY, not 1859. BELIEVE IN BELIZE, Believe in George Price, “No Land Cession” RAIN or SHINE, Vote No to the ICJ on Wednesday May 8, 2019.

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PUP AND PEACE MOVEMENT UNITE Tuesday, April 30 2019 The PUP and the Belize Peace Movement today agreed to join efforts to push the NO vote on the upcoming May 8, referendum. As the leaders moved out of the PUP Leader’s Office, Patrick Rogers exclaimed, “Today, me and P.U.P. da friend!” he is also political leader of the Belize Progressive Party. He also added that the movement asked for and got an audience with the PUP leader to be a “common army” for next week’s referendum on settling the Guatemalan claim at the International Court of Justice.

The two political entities would therefore place before them the UDP and the Yes vote as the Enemy and

thus become friends for the cause. Rogers added that the collaboration has to do with working alongside various PUP representatives to get out the vote and deliver a NO. Patrick Rogers: “At this point in time, we should have been to the table from the PUP announced [that they would] mobilize, then we knew they were serious about delivering a no, from then we’ve been seeking a sitdown. So we are happy to report that the Honorable Leader of the Opposition accepted our request for a sitdown; and in humility, we are happy to report that we will be officers, on that day working with the PUP, with their machinery to deliver

CASTRO AND SON FINED BY CYCLING FEDERATION Wasani Castro, son of the Minister Edmond Castro and no stranger to ministerial dysfunction, was caught dishonoring Belize Cycling. This happened at no less at the Holy Saturday Cycling Classic. Readers, Google Minister Castro, and the list of scandals he and his sons have been a part of makes ‘a hotbed of corruption’ seem docile. The people of Belize Rural north deserve way better but do not wait for the Prime Minister to act. He might say, ‘but Castro wins elections.’

A video went viral on social media on the very Holy Saturday showing some cyclist holding onto a vehicle during the annual Cross Country Cycling Classic. By Friday, April 26, 2019, officials of the race had met and determined that the cyclist was Wasani Castro and that he would be disqualified from his race participation and his 12th place would be re-assigned in a new list of placing. Additionally, he would be fined $100. Some fans are thinking a full-fledged ban from the sport.

This story couldn’t be complete without mentioning to the nation that the honourable Minister Castro was also fined another $100 for holding supplies out Eastern Caribbean Euro (XCD):$ 1.32 (EUR) : $ 0.43

2019 the votes on that day,” Will Maheia who is well-known for exposing the Sarstoon and the Guatemalan Forces unwillingness to allow Belizeans to traverse freely in their water also posted this: “The Hon. Mike Espat taught both Paul Morgan and myself. Today we are all on different political parties, when he was teaching us we learn how to debate and how to stand our ground, he is a good #teacher. Most importantly, he taught us #love for country and Country first.. here we are today putting Country #belize before party! No to the ICJ. Belizeans lets unite to defeat the wrongs!! together we can save Belize.”

Rogers closed by noting that Belizeans have been “set up” by the UK, U.S., EU and others in a bid to control our natural resources, including potential petroleum deposits, and added that the current push to the ICJ begin when the Maya of southern Belize sought a seat at the table with developers such as U.S. Capital Energy. Rather than cut the Maya in, he told us, there is an attempt to ‘cut them off’ which Belize must defeat.

of the vehicle. The question to Belizeans: How would you additionally sanction Castro?

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EDITORIAL

KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE!

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he Separation of Powers and its significance as a deterrent against tyranny is a familiar concept. Under the Westminster system, there does not exist a complete separation of powers. The legislature is in the form of parliaments; the executive in the form of the ministers and the government departments; and the judiciary are the judges and courts. The ministers or executive are drawn directly from and are responsible to the parliament or legislature. The separation of the judiciary is more distinct and therefore becomes even more vital in order to keep the desired checks and balances in place. The underlying motive is to keep democracy alive and to reduce the chances of a dictatorship forming.

How is it possible to distinguish if indeed there is a dictatorship brewing in Belize? According to Stephen M. Walt, International Affairs Professor at Harvard University, there are ten ways in which you can be sure. A few of the most blatantly obvious follow. First, is there a systematic effort to intimidate media? At this point many of us will have horrific flashbacks of Jules Vasquez being dragged out of the House of Representatives and of Marisol Amaya being roughed up at Tower Hill. Walt cites the politicizing of the civil service and the building of a friendly media network as telltale signs. Dictators in the making often use government power and funds to reward friendly corporate backers and the same to punish opponents. In Belize it is documented that infrastructure projects are habitually awarded to members of a select cadre of cronies. Another point Walt makes is that these tyrants consistently stack the Courts in their favour by appointing Justices that are friendly. This eases the severe and swift enforcement of the law against Perhaps the most telling of the ways in which to discern if indeed there is a dictator in our midst are the last three points. Is the chaos at Vital Statistics, Election and Boundaries, and Immigration merely ineptitude or is this a more sinister and deliberate attempt at rigging the system and stacking the odds in their favour? Fear mongering and demonization of the Opposition are both equally rampant. The idea here is to create a scenario where we are doomed if we do not go to the ICJ. The UDP want to create panic and at the same time blame the PUP for everything from their maladroitness in managing the economy to their multiple botches in litigation both foreign and domestic.

If there still remains any uncertainty about our current situation, Farida Nabourema in her TED Talk 2018 also discussed the characteristics of a dictatorship. She speaks of the concentration of power in a political elite and the proliferation of the propaganda that only this elite can offer protection and deliverance from imagined or exaggerated impending disasters. This narcissistic messiah syndrome has certainly been in great evidence of late. Nabourema further explains that corruption, human rights violations and the use of the military to shut dissident voices are all symptomatic of dictatorship.

The Rule of Law and our Constitution must prevail above all else lest we continue to slip and slide into a dictatorship. We must safeguard our democracy, our freedoms and our territorial integrity.

The ICJ must not be entered into haphazardly. We must ensure that all our citizens who are eligible to register can do so free of all encumbrances. Belizeans, we must resist this repressive UDP regime and its attempt to use terror tactics to impulse us into a situation we are ill equipped to handle. Lord Acton said “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.� Belizeans take back the power, keep democracy alive!

On May 8th Vote NO to the ICJ!

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EDITORIAL

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en Español

¡MANTENGAMOS VIVA NUESTRA DEMOCRACIA!

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a separación de poderes y su importancia como elemento de disuasión contra la tiranía es un concepto familiar. Bajo el sistema de Westminster no existe una completa separación de poderes. La legislatura está en la forma de los parlamentos, el poder ejecutivo en la forma de los ministros y los departamentos gubernamentales; y el poder judicial son los jueces y tribunales. Los ministros o ejecutivos están tomadas directamente de y son responsables ante el parlamento o el poder legislativo. La separación del poder judicial es más clara y, por lo tanto, es aún más vital a fin de mantener en su lugar los controles y equilibrios deseados. El motivo subyacente es mantener viva la democracia y reducir las probabilidades de que se forme una dictadura. ¿Cómo podemos distinguir si de hecho hay una dictadura que se está gestando en Belice? De acuerdo con Stephen M. Walt, profesor de asuntos internacionales en la Universidad de Harvard, hay diez maneras en que usted puede estar seguro. A continuación, algunas de las más descaradamente obvias.

Primero, ¿hay un esfuerzo sistemático para intimidar a los medios de comunicación? A este punto muchos de nosotros tendremos horribles reviviscencias de Jules Vásquez siendo arrastrado fuera de la cámara de representantes y de Marisol Amaya siendo maltratada en Tower Hill. Walt cita la politización del servicio civil y la construcción de una red de medios amigables como señales reveladoras.

Los dictadores emergentes a menudo utilizan el poder del gobierno y los fondos para premiar a los patrocinadores corporativos amistosos y lo mismo para castigar a los oponentes. En Belice se documenta que los proyectos de infraestructura se conceden habitualmente a los miembros de un grupo selecto de secuaces. Otro punto que Walt hace es que estos tiranos conforman consistentemente a los tribunales a su favor nombrando jueces que le son amistosos. Esto le facilita la severa y rápida aplicación de la ley contra oponentes, mientras que los dictadores y su círculo permanecen por encima de la ley.

Tal vez las formas más reveladoras en que se puede discernir si de hecho hay un dictador entre nosotros, son los últimos tres puntos. ¿Es el caos en las oficinas de estadísticas vitales, la de las elecciones y los límites electorales, y la de inmigración meramente ineptitud o es un intento más siniestro y deliberado para manipular el sistema y empilar las probabilidades a su favor? El generar temor y la demonización de la oposición son igualmente desenfrenadas. La idea aquí es crear un escenario en el que estemos condenados si no vamos a la CIJ. El UDP quiere crear pánico y al mismo tiempo culpar al PUP por todo, desde su ineptitud y torpeza en la gestión de la economía a sus múltiples chapuzas en litigios extranjeros y domésticos.

Si aún queda alguna duda sobre nuestra situación actual, Farida Nabourema en su charla TED 2018 también discutió las características de una dictadura. Ella habla de la concentración de poder en una élite política y la proliferación de la propaganda que sólo esa élite puede ofrecer protección y liberación de desastres imaginarios o exagerados inminentes. Este síndrome del Mesías narcisista ciertamente ha estado en gran evidencia últimamente. Nabourema explica además que la corrupción, las violaciones de los derechos humanos y el uso de las fuerzas armadas para cerrar las voces disidentes son todas sintomáticas de la dictadura.

El estado de derecho y nuestra Constitución deben prevalecer sobre todo para que no sigamos resbalando y deslizándonos hacia una dictadura. Debemos salvaguardar nuestra democracia, nuestras libertades y nuestra integridad territorial. La CIJ no debe ser suscrita al azar. Debemos asegurarnos de que todos nuestros ciudadanos elegibles para inscribirse puedan hacerlo libres de todo problema.

Beliceños, debemos resistir este régimen represivo del UDP y su intento del uso de tácticas terroristas para impelernos a una situación para la cual estamos mal equipados de manejar. Lord Acton dijo: “el poder tiende a corromper, y el poder absoluto corrompe absolutamente.” ¡Beliceños, tomen el poder, Mantengan viva la democracia! ¡El 8 de mayo voten NO a la ICJ!

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QUESTIONS TO THE MINISTERS

CARTOON

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Will the Prime Minister say if he will ask Aldo Salazar for his resignation from the Senate? And will the Prime Minister also say if he reminded Aldo Salazar that his report to the Integrity Commission must also provide full disclosure of his assets and how they were acquired?

2. Will the Minister of Foreign Affairs please disclose how much funds from the Referendum Unit were sent to Citizens for the Sovereignty and Defense of Belize?

3. Will the Prime Minister say if he will discipline Minister Edmond “Clear the Land� Castro for his acts of dishonesty in his involvement with the cheating during the Cross Country and will he also act in light of the decision by the cycling association which resulted in Castro being fined by the association?

4. Will the Minister of Housing Michael Finnegan please inform Belizeans if he has taken up a new job as replacement for the disgraced Noble at Wave Radio?

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UDP Spending Funds Illegally?

Monday, April 29, 2019 The trust factor had been utterly lost between the people of Belize and the United Democratic Party. The Courts have ruled three times against them in the span of 28days. One of them was a historical injunction that while being interim will last as long as our modern world. During the last anti-government ruling, the Leader of the Opposition John Briceño and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Julius Espat were busy with a different and as important lawsuit against the Government of Belize.

The challenge here the Supplementary Appropriations bills that the Barrow Administration has been passing in parliament during their past three terms in elected office. Here the Government spends taxpayer’s dollars from the consolidated revenue fund on whatever government business they wish. The challenge is that the bills always seek to legalize money that has been spent in the past. Imagine, spend mommy’s money then go and ask permission to spend it.

John Briceño and Espat and Belizeans can definitely see a problem with that. Chief Justice Benjamin called for a case management conference, and after the hearing, Attorney Andrew Marshalleck, who represents the claimants spoke with the media.

Andrew Marshalleck, SC - Attorney for the Claimants “… the claim is to have the court declare the constitutionality, or

unconstitutionality of the retrospective appropriation of monies from the consolidated fund. As you know, that’s been happening for years, and it’s to get a determination on it. We’ve always felt that it was wrong, and there seems to be no sign of the practice stopping. It needs to be dealt with.”

Media “Can you give us a specific instance of which the claimants currently complain that the Government has unlawfully spent from the consolidated revenue fund?”

Andrew Marshalleck, SC “There are some 22 instances, and they’re all embodied within supplementary appropriation acts, where they seek to appropriate funds after they’ve already been spent, and there are quite a few of them.”

Media “Are you able to give us a ball park figure of what the claimants say has unconstitutionally spent over these last 22 instances?”

Andrew Marshalleck, SC “I have the total, I think it’s a little over a billion dollars they add up to. You need to get approval before you spend. You don’t spend, and come back a year later and say, last year, I spent an extra 40(Millions) can you approve that now? It doesn’t work. It must be prospective. We’re in very early stages. The claim has been filed and served, and a defense was only delivered this morning. I haven’t had a chance to review it. The case management that was scheduled for this morning has been adjourned for the 2nd week in May, so that everyone can take a look at that defense, and see what directions need to be given, in order to try the case.”

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BELLY of the

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Like Father Like Son Although it doesn’t seem like he cares at this point, the lame duck Prime Minister should be ashamed of the fact that the son of Minister of Minister Edmond Castro has been disqualified from the nation’s largest race, the Cross Country Cycling Classic. This is a prestigious race, and there’s a code of honour practiced by cyclists, but everybody knows Castro and honour can’t be used in the same sentence. What makes it even worse is that former UDP Mayor Simeon Lopez posted on Facebook that he saw Castro being pulled by what looked like a fishing line connecting him to the support vehicle. That is disgraceful. We think that if Castro wasn’t the son of a Minister, and if it was any other cyclist, he would have been suspended from the sport. And while we’d say that the public embarrassment is enough, Belizeans also know that the Castro clan has no shame at all.

Minister Fined While all eyes have been on Wasani Castro, who bragged about his 12th place position in the race before his public shaming, Minister of Transport Edmond Castro was also sanctioned by the Cycling Federation and ordered to pay a fine. That’s because he is allegedly the one who was pulling his son with his truck to give him an unfair advantage in the race. Castro is a disgraceful Minister and should be removed from his Cabinet position. Unethical and even illegal behaviour has been the trademark of Castro. Belizeans will remember that he was fired from Cabinet back in the days for a shady land transaction, and then his portfolio was taken away for his part in a Belize Airports Authority check scandal. Then he brought shame to Belize when he visited Taiwan and allegedly made a move on his Taiwanese chaperone. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg where Castro is concerned. The sad part is that with all that, he is still in good company in the Cabinet because if it’s one thing these Cabinet Ministers are experts in – it is corruption.

Treachery On Tuesday, Guatemala showed Belize once again who is boss in the Sarstoon, by removing a Belizean flag that had been placed on Sarstoon Island.

According to them, they agreed to let the Belizeans into the Sarstoon, but not to place a flag on the island. An interesting question would be who was involved in that agreement, and what right does Guatemala have to make any rules when it comes to that island which is in Belizean territory. There is something very fishy going on in the Sarstoon, and Belizeans are being kept in the dark. How is it that Guatemala can decide who goes into the Sarstoon, and how is it that we need to ask permission to go in there? What deals are being struck behind closed doors? Guatemala has always maintained that there is a Sarstoon protocol, and that the Sarstoon is Guatemalan territory.

Is there something that we don’t know?

Referendum On May 8 Belizeans will go out to vote on whether Belize should take Guatemala’s claim to the ICJ, and if we vote YES, we will be allowing a group of 15 foreign judges to decide our borders. Think carefully when you go out to vote, because there won’t be a second chance to get it right. Think about why the lame duck Barrow is in such a hurry to go to the ICJ. Why can’t he wait to make sure that all Belizeans can vote? There’s a lot more than meets the eye here, and we’ve been hearing about some very secret meetings between Ministers and Guatemalans, one of them at a remote resort in Turneffe. What are those meetings all about? Belizeans need to know.

Aldo We’d have given anything to be flies on the wall when UDP Senator Aldo Salazar was detained while passing back through the US after a trip to Taiwan. Seems like authorities had some very pressing questions about Atlantic International Bank’s involvement in the Sanctuary Bay multi-million dollar real estate scam. Salazar might be a second-rate attorney and a political puppet, but he’s no fool, and we hear that he sang like a canary. We wonder if he said anything about a law firm which belongs to his political boss, Dean Oliver. That law firm is also named in documents pertaining to the Sanctuary Bay federal case. Pay close attention, folks. This is going to get interesting.

Dreadlocks We at the Belize Times are pretty fond of Chester, sometimes. We think he got himself a little sidetracked with the hairstyle thing though. Nothing wrong with demanding that Police Officers be neat and clean. Nothing wrong with that at all. But from what we’ve seen the six officers who are being charged disciplinarily may have dreadlocks, or plaits, but they look good to us. Nothing messy there. We think Chester’s first plan of attack where appearance is concerned should have been those Police Officers whose bellies protrude two feet in front of their belts. There are a lot of officers who look like they haven’t seen their feet in years, and we’re certain sure that in the event that they have to chase criminals, those criminals will either get away or be shot, because they won’t be caught. That’s for damn sure.

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SENATOR SALAZAR DETAINED

GAF REMOVES OUR FLAG Tuesday April 30, 2019 The take-down of Belize’s Flag from the Sarstoon Island has been seen from all segments of Belize’s society as war-like aggression. Maybe not all, because the Ministry of National Security as usual defended Guatemala saying that we have brought down their flag from the island before. The latter is a fact that before this had not been heard by the Belizean public. Will Maheia has been turned back countless times and increasingly now as our referendum date approaches.

What was symbolic on this particular occasion is that April 30 is the anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Guatemalan Treaty in 1859. This treaty and its Article 1 designates our western and southern borders clearly and which in 1931 was re-emphasized by the Exchange of Notes then logged at the League of Nations, the predecessor to the United Nations. For most Belizeans today, all that is trumped over and over by the engrained idea that we were granted overwhelmingly our Independence by Britain and accepted by the United Nations in an almost unanimous vote. You can guess who didn’t vote for us.

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At the Special Sitting of the Senate for the debate and passing of the Belize Territorial Dispute Referendum Bill 2019, U.D.P. Senator Aldo Salazar was absent and had New Senator Panton wishing that all was over by 11:30 since he had other commitments—disrespecting Belize.

Aldo Salazar, the replaced Senator, and Chair of the Senate Special Select Committees had or is having a problem with U.S. authorities. Last week, Salazar was part of a delegation to Taiwan which included the President of the Senate, Lee Mark Chang.

Senator Salazar was returning to Belize via Houston over the weekend when he was pulled aside by U.S. authorities and questioned for at least three hours. While Salazar’s travel was on official business, his detention, we have learnt, had to do with Sanctuary Bay scam ran by Andres Pukke from a U.S. jail and described as the biggest real estate scam in U.S. history. In this scam, millions of dollars were scammed from American investors who were led to believe they were investing in retiring homes in Belize.

Salazar being the attorney for Atlantic International Bank whose license was revoked by Central Bank, was a person the US seemingly was glad to meet and interrogate.

His detention was at the lead by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission(FTC) which is the regulatory body that deals with international banking transactions. According to a report, the FTC has managed to obtain voluminous critical information on the bank unknowingly from Salazar during his detention. There is also information that the C.E.O. of the defunct bank, Rick Pelayo, has given evidence to the F.T.C. Salazar has not spoken to the media but that might be upcoming given his position in the Senate.

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

Thank You for your never-failing kindness towards me and those I call my own.

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

Thank You Holy Spirit.

W.Y.

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Guatemala Election Polling

Thursday, May 2, 2019 Even as Belize is riding into the mother of all referendums, our neighbor Guatemala heading to a General elections on June 16, 2019, to elect the President and Congress, with a second round of the presidential elections to be held on August 11, 2019, if no candidate wins a majority in the first round. There are always a large number of candidate vying for the post of President. Jimmy Morales is constitutionally prevented

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02 May, 2019 Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, I write to clear up a few points if you will allow.

First it was with dismay that I watched the last Senate meeting where our Opposition Senator Valerie Woods abstained from voting. While as a woman, I fully support and encourage the participation of Ms. Woods and other young dynamic women like her in politics, I was very disappointed that she chose to expound and in detail her personal opinion on the matter and totally ignore the PUP party position. The position of the PUP is NO! The consensus is that of the majority of the party members that attended the listening tour of our Party Leader.

How carelessly and casually she dismissed that position. It is my opinion as a woman and a PUP that as a Senator for the Opposition she is there to represent the voice of the opposition and not her own personal position.

In my point of view if she could not reconcile her personal position with that of the Opposition she should instead have stepped aside and resigned. This would have been the most honorable recourse and it would have allowed another person to vote on behalf of the Opposition. I respect that her personal vote on referendum day is hers to do with as she will. Her vote as a Senator for the Opposition should have been taken into consideration the will of the people she represents. Her abstention on the entire matter also irked me in that by sitting on the proverbial fence at the end, it rendered her rhetoric empty and absurd.

She took a stand and then backed away, unwilling to commit. Frankly, she would have kept my respect and admiration if she had said yes and voted yes.

Thank you for the space allowed to express my opinion. I must commend the excellent work that you do at the Belize Times Press.

Sincerely, Nelda McLaren

to run for another term.

The 160 members of Congress are elected by two methods; 130 are elected from 22 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with the remaining 31 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats are elected using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d’Hondt method.

As we get close to their elections we will fill you in. Below are opinion polls and at this point, who the candidates are is up to you personally choice to research them some more. It might be confusing given that we don’t vote for President nor do we have runoffs nor do we have so many candidates with ‘others’ having a significant number.

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Candidate Party Thelma Aldana Semilla Fredy Cabrera Todos Thelma Cabrera Movement for the Liberation of Peoples Pablo Ceto Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity José Luis Chea Urruela Productivity and Work Party Pablo Duarte Unionist Party Edwin Escobar Citizen Prosperity Julio Héctor Estrada Commitment, Renewal and Order Isaac Farchi Vision with Values Estuardo Galdámez National Convergence Front Aníbal García Libre Alejandro Giammattei Vamos Manfredo Marroquín Encuentro por Guatemala Benito Morales Convergence Edmond Mulet Humanist Party of Guatemala Zury Ríos Valor Amílcar Rivera Victoria Danilo Roca Avanza Sandra Torres National Unity of Hope Luis Velásquez Unidos Manuel Villacorta Winaq

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Central American cricket championship Mexico City, April 28, 2019 Team Belize, a national men’s selection from the Belize Rural Cricket Association, won the 2019 Central American cricket championship held at the historic Reforma Club in the Naucalpan district of Mexico City from last Thursday through Sunday.

The tournament was played in a round robin format, with each squad batting 20 overs per match, and it was the first time that the International Cricket Council (ICC) had recognized this as an official international T201 tournament.

On Sunday, Team Belize won the championship final: 138137 with five wickets in hand, against the up-to-then undefeated Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) of the United Kingdom, which included a former international Pakistani player: Nadeem Kahn.

The MCC batted first and Belizean bowler Glenroy Reynolds dismissed the opening batsman Guy Balmford for Zero runs! This was no mean feat, as Balmford had walloped 109 runs against Costa Rica. By the time, the

MCC’s 9th wicket fell when MCC’s James Hawley was out, they had batted 108 runs.

The MCC had 2.2 overs left, and the last batsman Dan Lewis Williams walloped 31 runs off 18 balls, before the MCC completed their 20 overs for 137 runs. The Belize bowlers Aaron Muslar took 3 wickets for 19 runs, and 17-year-old Garret Banner took 2 wickets for 15 runs.

Team Belize came to bat and managed 78 runs without a single wicket falling. They had scored 118 by the time Andrew Banner was out, after scoring 53 runs. Aaron Muslar batted 20 runs, but Team Belize had scored 127 runs by the time their 5th wicket fell. Team captain Kenton Young kept his squad on track to score the next 11 runs without giving up any more wickets to win 138137.

It was sweet revenge for Team Belize who had lost their 2nd match to the MCC on Thursday afternoon, after

winning their debut match 112108 against the hosts Mexico on Thursday morning with 4 wickets to spare.

Belize qualified to the Finals by winning their remaining matches: 157-148 against Panama for 8 wickets on Friday. Glenford Banner batted 47 runs, Bernan Stephenson batted 42 runs and Andrew Banner Jr scored 28 runs. Kenroy Reynolds had taken 3 wickets, while Aaron Muslar took 2 wickets, and Keenan Flowers and Herbert Banner took 1 wicket apiece.

On Saturday, Belize eliminated

Costa Rica 92-89 in 14.5 overs with 5 wickets to spare!

It was a historic moment at a historic venue where cricket has been played from 1894! At the awards ceremony after the final, British ambassador to Mexico, Corin Robertson presented the championship cup to Team Belize captain Kenton Young.

Team Belize is a very young side, with players in their teens and early 20’s who look forward to defending their title, when Costa Rica hosts the 8th Central American championships in 2021.

Customs wins 2019 BSF Interoffice softball champs Belize City, April 28, 2019 Team Customs won their 2nd back to back Belize City Interoffice softball championship, taking the Finals 2-1 in a best of 3 series hosted by Belize City Softball Association at the home of softball – the Rogers Stadium over the weekend.

On Friday night, the Customs’ hitters walloped Guardian 14-11.

On Saturday night, Guardian rebounded to tie the series 1-1, by a 12-8 win, led by Crystal Hernandez with 3 runs. Guardian collected 17 hits off the Customs pitchers Carol Leslie and Eric Vasquez, who walked 3 batters.

Guardian left 10 runners on base, but Agnes Lucas, Rodney Lord, Glenford “Mac-10” Flowers and Byron Donaire Jr scored 2 runs apiece, and Godsden Ferguson Jr scored 1 run.

Guardian’s Melonie Woodye and Bryan Audinette gave up 13 hits, and Bryan Palacio led Customs’ attack by hitting an out of the park home run. Customs

left 8 runners on base, and Mertell Bailey scored 2 runs; while Cecil Price, Mardy Nicholson, Anthony Bernard, Godsden Ferguson Sr and Eric Vasquez scored 1 run apiece.

This set the stage for Game 3 on Sunday, when Customs hammered Guardian 15-11. Woodye and Audinett gave up 14 hits and walked 1 batter.

Customs left 3 runners on base, but again Bryan Palacio hit an out of the park home run. Cecil Price, Anthony “Willie Beau” Bernard, Godsden Ferguson Sr, Michael “Shilling” Middleton, Sasha Brown and Palacio scored 2 runs apiece, while Mertell Bailey and Mardy Nicholson scored 1 run apiece.

Guardian collected 13 hits off the Customs’ pitchers Carol Leslie and her relief Eric Vasquez, but Guardian left 8 runners on base. Customs’ 7 errors allowed Agnes Lucas, Rodney Lord and Glenford Flowers to score 2 runs apiece, and Crystal Hernandez, Melonie Woodye, Stacy Williams and Byron Donaire Jr scored a run apiece, and Newton Garcia hit an out-of-the park homer.

The National Sports Council won the consolation match for 3rd place: 19-16 against the Belize City Council on Friday.

Champs back 2 back, Customs

2nd place, Guardian

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BELIZE CITY’S NO TO THE ICJ RALLY!

Saturday May 4th Pound Yard Bridge at 6pm

Party Leader, Hon. John Briceño

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Party Leader Hon. John Briceno National Deputy Leader Hon. Cordel Hyde Hon. Francis Fonseca Hon. Kareem Musa Senator Paul Thompson Chairman Henry Charles Usher Dolores Balderamos Garcia

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Gilroy Usher Sr Anthony Mahler Deputy Mayor Oscar Arnold Marconi Leal Dr. Candice Pitts

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HAPPY LABOUR DAY The People’s United Party understands the daily struggle that every Belizean man, woman and child has as we labour to build the nation. Our children are looking at us all.

“We are called to build this nation; …Destiny calls us to do more—to feed the hungry, to house the shelterless, to teach the illiterate, to foster the rule of law within this nation,” --George C. Price, Father of the Nation

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MY PERSPECTIVE

By Dolores Balderamos Garcia

ECONOMIC TREASON I was in Saint Lucia recently for a conference. It was the second time that I have been to that fair Eastern Caribbean isle. The first time was for a meeting of officials who were working to combat HIV and AIDS. I landed there around 2004 or 2005 at the island’s smaller airport in the northern part of the island, where flights of now cash-strapped LIAT and other sub-regional airlines usually arrive. The international airport, the Hewanorra International Airport lies near the southern tip of St. Lucia, and it caters to flights of larger airlines like British Airways, American Airlines, Delta, Jet Blue and other large carriers. Hewanorra is where our American Airlines flight from Miami arrived.

On our descent I was able to catch a glimpse of the famous Pitons, the twin, beautiful peaks which rise out of the ocean near the southwest of the island.

St. Lucia is all of 238 square miles in size. It is twenty seven miles long and fourteen miles wide, and it boasts much natural beauty as a volcanic island of the Eastern Caribbean chain. It apparently changed hands between the French and the British some fourteen times in its colonial history, the sheltered harbour at Castries, the island’s capital to the northwest, being the main reason, since all the ships of each colonial power could fit in the deep and scenic harbour there.

Like so many other small island developing countries, St. Lucia has its fair share of challenges. I sadly experienced one of these in my experience at the Hewanorra Airport. The arrival was not bad, but our departure from the island one rainy afternoon was an awful experience. Check- in counters were teaming with tourists and other visitors, and the departure area was in my view dangerously overcrowded. Every single seat was occupied, and one could barely move without bumping into another person. There must have been over a thousand departing passengers crammed into a space that was meant for perhaps two or three hundred persons. The ladies bathroom was so small and narrow that one had to crawl over other women to get to the toilet stalls, and the space between these stalls and the wash basins was woefully narrow. The terrible overcrowding was, I think, a terrorist’s dream, and something needs to be done post haste.

Now I know that we are having the same problems at our own international airport. We have heard horror stories of hundreds of arriving passengers having to stand in line for

hours because only eight immigration officers are on hand to process hundreds and hundreds of people.

This too needs to be addressed as quickly as possible.

In St. Lucia the Prime Minister, Allen Chastenet, has just presented the 2019-2020 budget, which does call for expansion of the Hewanorra Airport among various other infrastructure projects.

The Opposition leader, Philip Pierre, has blasted the budget, saying that he has no confidence in the estimates as there is no hope to change the lives of St. Lucians. There is very low growth in the economy, and public trust in the government has long gone, he said. An unprecedented number of government contracts are being awarded without contractors being invited to tender, and waste and graft are rampant. He went so far as to accuse the Prime Minister of Economic Treason, saying that government’s priorities are skewed. Another Opposition member questioned the social cost of the government’s plans and condemned the Chastenet administration for a woeful lack of fiscal responsibility.

Former Prime Minister Kenny Anthony in his presentation in parliament lamented that the budget “has no soul. It has no character. It has no moral compass.”

Oh my !! Does all of this sound familiar ?? Belize has recently gone through the budget exercise and debate, and similarly our Opposition has condemned the Barrow government for misplaced priorities and corruption, just as in St. Lucia. We are quite rightly pointing out that our budget does not address the social infrastructure that is desperately needed. Of course airports must be expanded, but focus must go to the well-being of all our people too.

We are being told by the Ministry of Health that we must place a moratorium on dying until the morgue space at the Southern Regional and other hospitals can be increased.

And yet the government is happily voting multi, multi millions of dollars for roads and highways almost to nowhere.

We have to wonder why it is that there are such similar experiences in St. Lucia and Belize.

The answer my friends must lie in venality and a complete lack of vision to do what is right by our peoples. I would therefore submit that our Prime Minister, like Allen Chastenet, has committed Economic Treason. Watch it and analyse it, and you will no doubt see!!

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 MARTHA CASTELLANOS (Chargor) 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 533.34 square yards being Parcel 731/1, Block 23 in the Benque Viejo Del Carmen Registration Section TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon, the leasehold property of MARTHA CASTELLANOS DATED this 2nd day of May 2019 HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED 1 HYDE’S LANE, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE Phone: (501) 224-5644 Fax: (501) 223-0738 Email: foreclosures@hrcubelize.org

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 19th day of May,2010, between MINOR CASTELLANOS of 4 Miles, Northern Highway, Belize City, Belize District, Belize (hereinafter called “the Borrower”) of the One Part and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LIMITED (hereinafter called “the Bank”) of the Other Part, and recorded in Deeds Book Volume 16 of 2010 at Folios 685-712 and 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 lot, piece or parcel of land situate at Mile 16, Northern Highway, Belize District being Lot No. 3 comprising 927.797 square meters of land, and being more particularly delineated and described as shown on a plan of subdivision by Licensed Surveyor E.H. Ellis and recorded at the office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys at Register No. 22 Entry No. 8748,TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 15th day of April, 2019 MUSA & BALDERAMOS LLP 91 North Front Street Belize City Attorneys-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

16 ESPAÑOL Incertidumbre desmotiva nuevas caravanas de migrantes El Economista: Martes 30 de Abril 2019 La hondureña Noemí Reyes fue deportada el martes desde México y a la medianoche del mismo día tomó otro bus para, de nuevo, volver a integrarse a la última caravana que salió el martes desde San Pedro Sula, en Honduras. Sin embargo, esta vez fueron menos de 300 los que se lanzaron rumbo al norte.

Las redes sociales y chats de whatsapp no pudieron convocar a tantos migrantes como en anteriores ocasiones. Los mensajes sobre las redadas y detenciones en México y la incertidumbre ante posibles deportaciones desmotivaban a los centroamericanos, aunque otros intentaban contrarrestar este sentimiento con mensajes que decían que se estaba juntando más gente de la que en realidad había.

Y aunque las caravanas tienden a crecer en número a medida que avanzan, el grupo que salió de San Pedro Sula, en el norte hondureño, no llegaba a los tres centenares, muchas menos personas de las 1.000 o más que se habían reunido en ocasiones anteriores.

Reyes, que había salido el pasado 10 de abril desde el mismo sitio pero fue detenida y deportada desde Tapachula, México, 20 días después, fue una

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de ellas.

“No tengo casa, ni dinero, tengo 5 hijos y quiero llegar a la frontera con México y Estados Unidos, para que me manden a traer de ahí y pueda buscar trabajo, me veo obligada a abandonar el país”, dijo la mujer antes de abordar el bus donde llevaba a su pequeño hijo de 4 años.

La tarde del martes un pequeño grupo de migrantes se reunió en la terminal de buses de San Pedro Sula y a medianoche empezaron a avanzar hacia la frontera con Guatemala.

El gran operativo lanzado por las autoridades mexicanas hace una semana, en el que cientos

de hombres, mujeres y niños fueron subidos a camionetas y luego a autobuses para ser trasladados a centros de detención, parece que marcó un punto de inflexión y desalentó también a migrantes que se estaban organizando desde El Salvador.

“La (caravana) que supuestamente iba a salir ahora no salió”, escribió en un chat un hombre que se identifica como Jeremy. “En esa me iba a ir pero ya no salió, nos dieron paja (...) nadie llegó al Salvador del Mundo”, la plaza donde suelen reunirse los migrantes salvadoreños para salir en

Próximo gobierno de Panamá deberá continuar la negociación del TLC con China El Economista: Martes 30 de Abril 2019 La quinta ronda de negociaciones para la firma de un tratado de libre comercio (TLC) entre Panamá y China concluyó en Pekín y le tocará al nuevo gobierno panameño que salga de las urnas el próximo 5 de mayo continuar con las conversaciones, informó este martes una fuente oficial.

“China manifestó su posición de reanudar las negociaciones una vez instaurado el nuevo gobierno de Panamá, lo cual nos demuestra el interés de asegurarse la continuidad del grandísimo trabajo realizado en los últimos 10 meses”, dijo el viceministro de Comercio Exterior y jefe negociador de Panamá, Alberto Alemán.

Panamá, que se convirtió en junio de 2017 en el segundo país de la región -después de Costa Rica- en entablar relaciones diplomáticas con China, busca con el TLC convertirse en la puerta de entrada a América de los productos chinos.

“Estamos preparando un informe detallado de todo lo avanzado en las negociaciones, además de un compendio de todas las posturas recibidas por parte del sector privado, que se estará entregando a la nueva administración, a la cual le corresponderá determinar el futuro de estas negociaciones”, indicó el viceministro.

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Más de 2,7 millones de panameños renovarán todos los cargos de elección popular el próximo domingo, entre ellos presidente, vicepresidente, diputados, alcaldes y representantes de corregimiento.

Durante las negociaciones, que comenzaron en junio del año pasado, las partes avanzaron en temas como propiedad intelectual, comercio electrónico, movimiento de personas naturales o medidas sanitarias y fitosanitarias, según el ministerio.

“Nos quedan importantes temas pendientes de acceso a mercado, reglas de origen, inversiones, comercio de servicios y servicios financieros, que ya corresponderán a la próxima administración continuar”,

agregó Alemán.

China ya tenía una importante presencia en Panamá antes del establecimiento de relaciones, pues es el primer proveedor de la Zona Libre de Colón (la más grande del continente) y el segundo usuario, por detrás de Estados Unidos, del canal interoceánico, por el que pasa el 6 % del comercio mundial.

Sin embargo, desde las nuevas relaciones, las empresas chinas se han adjudicado multimillonarios contratos, como una terminal de cruceros o el cuarto puente sobre el Canal de Panamá, aunque la lluvia de inversión del gigante asiático que el empresariado panameño espera no ha comenzado a caer.

grupo.

Periodistas de The Associated Press estuvieron presentes en esa plaza de la capital de El Salvador la noche del lunes y el martes por la mañana y nadie se presentó y, a diferencia de lo ocurrido en convocatorias anteriores, los grupos de whatsapp tenían una participación mínima.

La política migratoria mexicana ha desmotivado a muchos pero no ha acabado con el sueño de otros que esperan mejorar sus condiciones de vida.

El hondureño José Adolfo Guzmán, de 27 años, también intentó migrar el 10 de abril pasado con su pareja y la hija de esta de dos años. Guzmán quiere escapar de la pobreza y la violencia de Honduras. Vive en una zona de San Pedro Sula donde manda la pandilla Barrio 18. Para entrevistarlo tuvo que encontrarse con los periodistas de AP fuera de su casa, en un área menos complicada.

Logró cruzar a México sin documentos, pero su pareja fue detenida por migración una semana después en Huixtla, en el sur mexicano. Entonces optó por entregarse a migración y fue deportado a Honduras el 24 de abril.

Asegura que lleva cinco días intentando encontrar un trabajo sin éxito así que volverá a migrar. No le asusta lo vivido.

“Al no encontrar trabajo ni nada, nos tocaría agarrar nuestras maletas de nuevo y buscar ese sueño”, dice. “Es de locos estar en un país donde no hay vida”.

Guzmán y su pareja planean lanzarse al norte dentro de 15 días, esta vez sin la niña.

“Si esto sigue así, de mal en peor, lo intentaremos las veces que sean necesario”, señaló. “O se aburren ellos de nosotros (la migración mexicana) o nos aburrimos nosotros de intentarlo”.

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BASEL CONVENTION

By Dr. Pedro J. Villegas Thursday, May 2, 2019 2019 MARKED THE XXX ANNIVERSARY OF THE BASEL CONVENTION “Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.” -Jacques Yves Cousteau The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an International Treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous wastes between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs). It was adopted by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Basel, Switzerland, in response to a public outcry following the discovery, in the 1980’s, in Africa and other parts of the developing world of deposits of toxic wastes imported from abroad.

The overarching objective of the Basel Convention is to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of hazardous wastes. Its scope of application covers a wide range of wastes defined as “hazardous wastes” based on their origin and/or composition and their characteristics, as well as two types of wastes defined as “other wastes”: household wastes and incinerators ashes.

Basel Convention does not, however, address the movement of radioactive wastes. The Convention is also intended to minimize the amount and toxicity of wastes generated, to ensure their environmentally sound management as closely as possible to the source of generation, and to assist LDCs in environmentally sound management of the hazardous chemicals and other wastes they generate.

The Convention was opened for signature on March 22, 1989, and entered into force on May 5, 1992.

As of May 2019, 186 Countries and the European Union are parties to the Convention. Haiti and the United States have signed the Convention but not ratified it.

The Convention also provides for the establishment of regional or sub-regional centers for training and technology transfers regarding the management of hazardous chemicals and other wastes and the minimization of their generation to cater to the specific needs of different regions and subregions. Fourteen such centers have been established. They carry out training and capacity building activities in the regions. Belize became a party to the Basel Convention on May 23, 1997 and has ratified this convention.

From April 29 to May 10 this year, in Geneva, the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions will meet back-to-back for the fourth time.

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two years to set the agenda and take decisions with the aim to protect human health and the environment from the harmful effects of chemicals and waste.

The theme of this Triple COP is “Clean Planet, Healthy People: Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste”.

Decisions taken will help make the world less polluted by improving waste management and by reducing or eliminating usually invisible toxins that can cause cancer, birth defects, immune and reproductive system dysfunction and other adverse effects on health and environment. Humans, animals and ecosystems will be healthier as a result.

A major source of pollution is marine litter and microplastics which accumulate in our oceans, forming large floating islands of plastic wastes that wash up on beaches and coral reefs spoiling pristine environments, and which are consumed by fish and end up on our dinner tables. Under the Basel Convention, Parties are expected to take a wide-ranging decision to minimize plastic wastes and better control their transboundary movement.

The Basel Convention COP will also promote environmentally sound management of wastes through the development of technical guidelines on waste from electronics, persistent organic pollutants, lead acid batteries, mercury, and also certain hazardous wastes treatment methods. Work continues on tools for the Environmentally Sound Management of Chemicals (ESM) Toolkit including guidance on recycling and recovery and on how to address ESM in the informal sector. Efforts to provide further legal clarity involves ongoing review of the annexes to the thirty-year old Basel Convention with a view to making proposals for amendment to better address today’s reality. Exploring ways to address the emerging issue of waste containing nanomaterials, the COP will consider options for further work that may be carried out under the Basel Convention.

On the other hand, the Rotterdam and Stockholm COPs will again consider the possible adoption of a mechanism for dealing with compliance, while all three COPs will consider jointly mainstreaming gender, illegal traffic, budgets and other shared issues.

Summarizing the provisions of Basel Convention center around the following principal aims: • The reduction of hazardous waste generation and the promotion of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, wherever the place of disposal; • The restriction of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes except where it is perceived to be in accordance with the principles of environmentally sound management; and • A regulatory system applying to cases where transboundary movements are permissible.

You can reach your own conclusions.

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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 Transfer of Mortgage made the 16th day of May, 2011, between HERITAGE BANK LIMITED (hereinafter called “the Mortgagee”) of the first part, SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LIMITED (hereinafter called “the Bank”) of the second part and JEFFREY BUDD and ANDREA BUDD both of 34 Sunset Park, Western Highway, Belize District, Belize (hereinafter called “the Mortgagors”) of the third part, and recorded in Deeds Book Volume 11 of 2011 at Folios 1561-1580, 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 situate at Mile 8.5 on the Northern Side of Hector Creek Road, Western Highway, Belize District of Belize more particularly shown and described in a subdivision Plan of Survey

by A.R. Marin, Certified Land Surveyor, recorded at The General Registry in Surveyors Plan Book No. 6 at Folios 170 as Lot No. 34 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 25th day of April, 2019 MUSA & BALDERAMOS LLP 91 North Front Street Belize City Attorneys-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

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 4th day of May 2007, between VINCE PAUL BRUCE CADLE # 1 Kevin Drive, San Ignacio Town, Cayo District, Belize (hereinafter called “the Borrower”) of the one part and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LIMITED (hereinafter called “the Bank”) of the other part, and recorded in Deeds Book Volume 17 of 2007 at Folios 975 to 1002, 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. 169 comprising of 645.858 square meters situate in Bullet Tree Falls Village, Cayo District, bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 154 of 2007 attached to Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 154 of 2007 TOGETHER with all buildings, erections and developments standing and being thereon.

DATED this 25th day of April, 2019.

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

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ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES DEPARTMENT PUBLIC NOTICE!!!

ELECTION OFFENCES Restriction on sale of intoxicating liquor Section 28 (1) Every person who is the holder of any liquor license granted under the provisions of any Act authorising the sale of intoxicating liquor in any premises maintained solely for that purpose shall make all necessary steps to cause such premises to be closed to the public upon Referendum Day between the hour appointed for the opening of poll and the hour appointed for the closing of the poll.

(2) Every person who is the holder of any hotel licence, special hotel licence, restaurant licence or licence to sell liquor in any premises not solely maintained for that purpose, granted under the provisions of any Act authorising the sale of intoxicating liquor shall take all necessary steps to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquor at any time upon referendum day between the hour appointed for the opening of poll and the hour appointed for the closing of the poll.

(3) Any person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.

ner, standard, or set of colours, or any flag, other than the national flag, on polling day.

(2) No person shall furnish or supply any flag, ribbons, label or like favour to or for any person with intent that it be work or used by any person within any division on polling day, as a party badge to distinguish the wearer as the supporter of any candidate, or of the political or other opinions entertained or supposed to be entertained by such candidate, and no person shall use or wear any flag, ribbon, label, or other favour, as such badge, within any division on polling day.

(3) Nothing contained in either subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section shall be deemed to extend to the furnishing or supplying of any banner nearing only the name of any candidate or any political party or only such name preceded by the words “Vote for” or similar words or of any rosette or to the use of any such banner on any vehicle or of any such rosette.

(4) No person shall on polling day do any of the following acts within any division in which a poll is being taken(a) organise, hold or participate in any meeting, or organise, lead or participate in any procession, of five or more persons;

Employer to allow employee the prescribe period for voting Section 29 (1) Every employer shall, on polling day, allow every voter in his employ a reasonable time during the prescribed period for voting and no employer shall make any deduction from the pay or other remuneration of any such voter or impose upon or exact from him any penalty by reason of his absence during such period.

(2) Any employer who, directly or indirectly refuses to grant, or by intimidation, undue influence or in any other way, interferes with granting of reasonable time to any voter in his employ during the prescribed period of voting as in this section provided, shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year.

Infringement by Election Officers Section 30

Every Election Officer who

(a) makes in any record, return or other document which he is required to keep or make under this Regulation, any entry, which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be false, or does not believe to be true; or

(b) permits any person whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe not to be a blind person or an incapacitated person to vote in the manner provided for blind persons or incapacitated person, as the case may be; or

(c) refuse to permit any person whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be a blind person or an incapacitated person to vote in a manner provided for blind persons or incapacitated person, as the case may be; or

(d) wilfully prevents any person from voting at polling station at which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe such person is entitled to vote; or

(e) wilfully rejects or refuses to count any ballot paper which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe is validly cast for any choice in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations; or (f) wilfully counts any ballot paper as being cast for any choice, which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe was not validly cast for such choice.

is guilty of an offence against this section and on conviction on indictment, liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding five years: LOUDSPEAKER, ENSIGNS, BANNERS ETC. PROHIBITED ON POLLING DAY Section 31: (1) No person shall furnish or supply any loudspeaker, bunting, ensign, banner, standard or set of colours, or any flag, other than the national flag, to any person with intent that it shall be carried, worn or used as political propaganda, on polling day, and no person shall, with any such intent, carry, wear or use, any such loudspeaker, bunting, ensign, ban-

(b) Accost, or solicit or canvass his vote from any elector who has already joined the line of voters waiting to vote at any polling station.

(5) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.

Bribery Section 32: (1) The following persons shall be deemed guilty of bribery within the meaning of this Act(a) every person who, directly or indirectly by himself or by any other person on his behalf, gives, lends or agrees to give or lend, or offers, promises, or promises to procure or to endeavour to procure, any money or valuable consideration to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce any voter to vote or refrain from voting, or corruptly does any such act as aforesaid on account of that voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election; (b) every person who directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, gives or procures, or agrees to give or procure or to endeavour to procure, any office, place or employment to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of that voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce that voter to vote or refrain from voting, or corruptly does any such act as aforesaid on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election; (c) every person who directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, makes any such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement or agreement as aforesaid to or for any person in order to induce that person to procure, or to endeavour to procure, the return of any person as an elected member of the House of Representatives or the vote of any voter at any election; (d) every person who, upon or in consequence of any gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement or agreement, procures, or engages, promises or endeavours to persuade the return of any person as an elected member of the House of Representatives or the vote of any voter at any election; (e) every person who advances or pays, or causes to be paid, any money to or for the use of any other person, with the intent that that money, or any part thereof, shall be expended in bribery at any election, or who knowingly pays, or causes to be paid, any money to any person, in discharge or repayment of any money wholly or in part expended in bribery at any election; (f ) every voter who, before or during any election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, receives, agrees, or contracts for, any money, gift, loan or valuable consideration, office, place or employment, for himself or for any other person, for voting or agreeing to

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ELECTION OFFENCES (e) fraudulently takes out of a polling station any ballot paper; or

Continued from page 18 vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting at any election; (g) every person who, after any election, directly or indirectly, by himself or any other person on his behalf, receives any money or valuable consideration on account of any person having voted or refrained from voting or having induced any other person to vote or refrain from voting at any election.

(2) No person shall be guilty of bribery under subsection (1) who gives to any other person any article not exceeding twenty dollars in value.

Undue influence

Section 34:

Every person who, directly or indirectly, by himself or any other person on his behalf(a) makes use, or threatens to make use, of any force, violence or restraint, or inflicts or threatens to inflict, any temporal or spiritual injury, damage, harm, or loss upon or against any person, in order to induce or compel that person to vote or refrain from voting or on account of that person having voted or refrained from voting, at any election, or (b) by abduction, duress, or any fraudulent contrivance impedes or prevents the free exercise of the franchise of any voter, or thereby compels, induces or prevails upon any voter either to give or refrain from giving his vote at any election, is guilty of undue influence within the meaning of this Act.

(f ) without due to authority destroys, takes, opens, or otherwise interferes with any ballot box or packet of ballot papers then in use for the purpose of any election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable, if he is a presiding officer or clerk employed at the polling station, to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years, and, if he is any other person, to a fine, on summary conviction, not exceeding one thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years, and, if he is any other person, to a fine, on summary conviction, not exceeding one thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three years.

(2) In any indictment or other prosecution for an offence in relation to the nomination papers, ballot boxes, ballot papers, and marking instruments at an election, the property in such papers, boxes, and instruments may be stated to be in the returning officer at such election.

Prohibition of the Printing and Publishing of Prescribed Forms (Ballot Papers) Rule 16: (1) No one other than the Chief Elections Officer or a person authorized by him/ her shall print or publish any form prescribed by these Regulations or print or publish any form which in the opinion of the Chief Elections Officer resembles or sufficiently resembles any form prescribed by these Regulations so as to be capable of misleading an elector into believing that that form was a form or a sample of a form printed or published by the Chief Elections Officer.

Provided that-

Penalty for certain illegal practices at election

It shall be lawful to print or publish a form or a sample of a form which has printed on it in a conspicuous manner: “This is NOT an official form and is NOT printed or published by or under the authority of the Chief Elections Officer. It is for the guidance of electors only.”

Section 37: Every person who(a) votes or induces, or procures any person to vote, at any election, knowing that he or that person is prohibited by this Act, or by any law in force, from voting at that election; or (b) before or during any election, knowingly publishes any false statement of the withdrawal of a candidate at the election for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of another candidate; or (c) before or during any election, for the purpose of affecting the return of any candidate at such election, makes or publishes any false statement of fact in relation to the personal character or conduct of such candidate; or (d) between the date of notification by the Chief Elections Officer of the issue by the Governor-General of a writ for the purposes of an election and the day after polling at such election, whether in a general election or in a by-election, acts in a disorderly manner with intent to prevent the transaction of the business of a public meeting called for the purpose of promoting the election of a candidate as a member to serve in the House of Representatives, shall be guilty of an illegal practice,and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and, in default, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months.

Offences in respect of ballot papers Section 38: (1) Every person who(a) forges or counterfeits, or fraudulently defaces, or fraudulently destroys, any nomination [ballot] paper, or delivers to the presiding officer any nomination paper, knowing the same to be forged; or (b) forges or counterfeits, or fraudulently defaces, or destroys, any ballot paper or the official mark on any ballot paper; or (c) without due authority, supplies a ballot paper to any person; or (d) fraudulently puts into any ballot box any paper other than the ballot paper which he/she is authorised by law to put in; or

(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (1) of this rule shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(3) Any person who distributes any form printed or published in contravention of the provisions of paragraph (1) of this rule shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Infringement of Secrecy Section 39 (1) Every officer and clerk in attendance at a polling station shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting in that station, and shall not communicate to any person, except for some purpose authorized by this Act, before the poll is closed, any information as to the name or number on the register of voters of any voter who has or has not applied for a ballot paper or voted at that station, and no person whoever shall interfere or attempt to interfere with a voter when marking his vote, or otherwise attempt to obtain in the polling station any information as to the choice for what any voter there is about to vote or has voted, or as to the number on the back of the ballot paper given to any voter there.

(2) Every clerk and monitor in attendance at the counting of the votes shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting and shall not attempt to ascertain at the counting the number on the back of any ballot paper or communicate any information obtained at the counting as to the choice for what any vote is given in any particular ballot paper.

(3) No person shall directly or indirectly induce any voter to display his/her ballot paper after he has marked it; so as to make known to any person the choice “for” (YES) or “against” (NO) he/she has so marked his vote.

(4) Any person acting in contravention to any of the above shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and in default of payment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

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ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES DEPARTMENT ELECTIONS AND BOUNDARIES DEPARTMENT

ELECTORAL DIVISION ELECTORAL DIVISION

Freetown

Caribbean Shores

Pickstock

Fort George

Albert

Queen's Square

Port Loyola

ELECTORAL DIVISION

Mesopotamia

Lake Independence

Collet

Belize Rural North

Belize Rural Central

Belize Rural South

ELECTORAL DIVISION

Corozal Bay

Corozal North

Corozal South East

Corozal South West

Orange Walk Central

Orange Walk North

ELECTORAL DIVISION

Referendum 8th May, 2019

POLL AREAS

NAME OF POLLING STATIONS

1

All Saints Primary School

# Polling Station

COUNTING STATIONS

10

Wesley Lower School

11

Anglican Cathedral College

16

Calvary Temple School

12

St. John's Anglican Primary School

21

St. John Vianney R.C. School

20

Young Men Christian Asssociation

22

Muslim Community Primary School

2 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 3

22a

Customs & Excise Warehouse

4

Customs Building Conference Room

POLL AREAS

NAME OF POLLING STATIONS

# Polling Station

COUNTING STATIONS

13

Queen's Square Anglican School

14

Grace Primary School

15

Salvation Army School

2

YWCA

3B & 30A

YWCA

3

Edward P. Yorke High School

3a

Buttonwood Bay Nazarene Primary School

4

Trinity Methodist School

5

Ex-Servicemen League Building

6

Central Christian Primary School

16a

Saint Luke Methodist School

17a

Saint Luke Methodist School

7

Holy Redeemer School(New Road)

8

Holy Redeemer School( North Front St)

9

St. Mary's School

17

St. Martin's de Porres R.C. School

17b

St. Martin's de Porres R.C. School

18

Frank Lizama Training Center

19

Gwen Lizarraga High School

20a

Grace Primary School (Fabers Rd.)

23

Pancotto Primary School, Sandhill

24

Maskall Community Center

25

Lucky Strike Government School

26, 27 & 28

Belize Rural High School, Double Head Cabbage

29

Crooked Tree Government School

31

Burrell Boom Community Center

30

Our Lady of the Way R.C. School, Ladyville

32

La Democracia Saint Agnes Anglican School

33 & 36

Hattieville Government School

35

Gales Point Health Center

34 & 38

Caye Caulker R.C. School

2 2 2 3 5 2 5 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 8 1 3 1 2

All Saints Primary School YWCA YWCA Edward P. Yorke High School Buttonwood Bay Nazarene Primary School Trinity Methodist School Ex-Servicemen League Building Central Christian Primary School St. Luke Methodist School St. Luke Methodist School Holy Redeemer Parish Hall Holy Redeemer Parish Hall St. Mary's School Wesley Lower School Anglican Cathedral College Calvary Temple School St. John's Primary School St. John Vianney R.C. School Young Men Christian Asssociation Muslim Community Primary School

Queen's Square Anglican School Grace Primary School Salvation Army School St. Martin De Porres R.C. School St. Martin De Porres R.C. School Frank Lizama Training Center Gwen Lizarraga High School Grace Primary School (Fabers Rd.) Pancotto Primary School, Sandhill

Maskall Community Center Lucky Strike Government School Belize Rural High School, Double Head Cabbage

Crooked Tree Government School Burrell Boom Community Center Our Lady of the Way R.C. School, Ladyville La Democracia Saint Agnes Anglican School Hattieville Government School Gales Point Health Center

Caye Caulker R.C. School San Pedro High School

37

San Pedro High School

12

POLL AREAS

NAME OF POLLING STATIONS

# Polling Station

COUNTING STATIONS

39

Corozal Methodist School

6

Corozal Methodist School

40

Saint Paul's Anglican School

3

Saint Paul's Anglican School

41

Our Lady of Guadalupe R.C. School Paraiso Government School

3 2

Our Lady of Guadalupe R.C. School

42 43

Corozal Community College

5

Corozal Community College

44

Patchakan R.C. School

4

Patchakan R.C. School

45

San Joaquin R.C. School

6

San Joaquin R.C. School

46

Caledonia R.C. School

2

Caledonia R.C. School

47

Progresso Community Center

Progresso Community Center

48

Chunox R.C.School

49

Sarteneja R.C. School

Our Lady of Fatima R.C. School, Douglas

COUNTING STATIONS

56

Trial Farm Government School

57

Our Lady of Fatima R.C. School, Douglas

2 2 3 2 5 4 6 3 3 1 5 1

NAME OF POLLING STATIONS

# Polling Station

50

Libertad Methodist School

51

Santa Clara\San Roman R.C. School

52

San Narciso R.C. School

53

San Francisco R.C. School

54

La Inmaculada R.C. School

61

San Estevan R. C. School

55

Chapel School, Tate Street

POLL

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Chunox R.C. School Sarteneja R.C. School Libertad Methodist School Santa Clara\San Roman R.C. School San Narciso R.C. School San Francisco R.C. School La Inmaculada R.C. School

San Estevan R.C. School Chapel School, Tate Street Trial Farm Government School

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Our Lady of Fatima R.C. School, Douglas

POLL AREAS

NAME OF POLLING STATIONS

# Polling Station

58

San Jose Government School

59

San Roman R.C. School

66

55 56

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Orange Walk North

Orange Walk East

Orange Walk South

Cayo North

ELECTORAL DIVISION

Cayo North East

Cayo Central

Cayo South

ELECTORAL DIVISION

Belmopan

Dangriga

Stann Creek West

Trial Farm Government School

San Estevan R.C. School Chapel School, Tate Street Trial Farm Government School

Our Lady of Fatima R.C. School, Douglas

COUNTING STATIONS

San Jose Government School San Roman R.C. School

San Antonio R.C. School

60

Louisiana Government School

8

Louisiana Government School

62

San Jose Palmar R.C. School Carmelita Goverment School

62

Santa Martha Goverment School

2 2 1

San Jose Palmar R.C. School

62

Santa Martha Goverment School

68

Chan Pine Ridge Government School

1

Chan Pine Ridge Government School St. Michael's R.C. School, San Felipe Indian Church Government School Retirement Home, Blue Creek San Lazaro R.C. School Yo Creek R.C. School August Pine Ridge R.C. School Trinidad Government School

San Antonio R.C. School

Carmelita Goverment School

63

St. Michael's R.C. School, San Felipe

63a 64 65 67

Indian Church Government School Retirement Home, Blue Creek San Lazaro R.C. School Yo Creek R.C. School

69

August Pine Ridge R.C. School

70

Trinidad Government School

71

Guinea Grass R.C. School

2 1 1 2 2 2 1 4

73

Sacred Heart R.C. School

9

Sacred Heart R.C. School

75

Inmaculate Conception R.C. School,Bullet Tree

3

Inmaculate Conception R.C. School, Bullet Tree

POLL AREAS

NAME OF POLLING STATIONS

# Polling Station

COUNTING STATIONS

72

Sacred Heart College

4

Sacred Heart College

74 & 74A

Santa Familia R.C. School

77

Saint Francis Xavier R.C. School, Esperanza

Saint Francis Xavier R.C. School, Esperanza

78a

St. Joseph R.C.School, Duck Run 11

4 2 2

76

Santa Elena R.C. Primary School

8

Santa Elena R.C. Primary School

Georgeville Community Center

80

Cristo Rey Community Center

82

San Jose R.C. School, Succotz

83

Mt.Carmel Primary School, Benque Viejo

84 85

Church of God Seventh Day Adventist, Calla Creek

126

La Inmaculada R.C. School, Arenal

87

St. Vincent Pallotti R.C. School, Unitedville

88

St. Edmond Campion R.C. School, Teakettle

89

St. Margaret R.C. School

90

Our Lady of Fatima R.C. School, Roaring Creek

90a

Monsignor Romero R.C. School, Valley of Peace

91

St. Joseph R.C.School, Cotton Tree Vge

2 1 3 1 3 6 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 2

POLL AREAS

NAME OF POLLING STATIONS

# Polling Station

78

86

Buena Vista Government School San Antonio Community Center

Mt.Carmel Middle School, Benque Viejo

Belmopan Comprehensive School

15

1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Guinea Grass R.C. School

Santa Familia R.C. School St. Joseph R.C.School, Duck Run 11

Georgeville Community Center Buena Vista Government School San Antonio Community Center Cristo Rey Community Center San Jose R.C. School, Succotz Mt.Carmel Primary School, Benque Viejo Mt.Carmel Middle School, Benque Viejo Church of God Seventh Day Adventist, Calla Creek

La Inmaculada R.C. School, Arenal St. Vincent Pallotti R.C. School, Unitedville St. Edmond Campion R.C. School, Teakettle St. Margaret R.C. School Our Lady of Fatima R.C School, Roaring Creek Monsignor Romero R.C. School, Valley of Peace

St. Joseph R.C.School, Cotton Tree Vge

COUNTING STATIONS

Belmopan Comprehensive School

Sacred Heart R.C. School Zion Adventist School Holy Ghost R.C. School

92 & 93 94 95

Sacred Heart R.C. School Zion Adventist School Holy Ghost R.C. School

96 97 98 99 100

Benguche Pre School Sarawee Community Center Hope Creek Community Center St. Mathews Anglican School, Pomona Alta Vista Community Center

101 102 103 104

St. Augustine R.C. School, Middlesex Mullins River Methodist Church Holy Family R.C. School, Hopkins Silk Grass Methodist School

107

Georgetown Technical High School

108

St. Alphonsus R.C. School, Seine Bight

127

Independence Primary School

128

Placencia Community Center

4 1 4 1

POLL AREAS

NAME OF POLLING STATIONS

# Polling Station

109

St. Peter Claver R.C. School

4

St. Peter Claver R.C. School

109A,110,112

St. Phillip R.C. School, Cattle Landing

St. Phillip R.C. School, Cattle Landing

Toledo Christian Academy, Yemeri Grove Village

105 106

ELECTORAL DIVISION

San Estevan R. C. School

Chapel School, Tate Street

6 1 1

79

Cayo West

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Orange Walk North

Sittee River Methodist School Santa Cruz Government School

1 1

Benguche Pre School

Sarawee Community Center Hope Creek Community Center St. Mathews Anglican School, Pomona Alta Vista Community Center St. Augustine R.C. School, Middlesex Mullins River Methodist Church Holy Family Roman R.C. School, Hopkins Silk Grass Methodist School Sittee River Methodist School Santa Cruz Government School

Georgetown Technical High School St. Alphonsus R.C. School, Seine Bight Independence Primary School Placencia Community Center

COUNTING STATIONS

111,112A

Punta Gorda Methodist School

Toledo East

113

Our Lady of Bella Vista R.C. School

Toledo West

115 116 117 118 119 120

Monkey River Community Center St. Joseph R.C. School, Barranco Sacred Heart R.C. School, Crique Sarco Otoxha R.C. School Forest Home Community Center Big Falls R.C. School

120a

Toledo Christian Academy, Yemeri Grove Village

1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 2

121

San Luis Rey R.C. School, San Antonio

3

San Luis Rey R.C. School, San Antonio

122 123 124

San Pedro Columbia R.C. School Pueblo Viejo R.C. School Blue Creek R.C. School

2 2 2 344

San Pedro Columbia R.C. School Pueblo Viejo R.C. School Blue Creek R.C. School

Punta Gorda Methodist School Our Lady of Bella Vista R.C. School

Monkey River Community Center St. Joseph R.C. School, Barranco Sacred Heart R.C. School, Crique Sarco Otoxha R.C. School Forest Home Community Center Big Falls R.C. School

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What happen this week in Orange Walk, San Jose/San Pablo Village.

A group of farmers, and families from all over the north brought their machetes to be apart of our event “Machetes for Peace.” The fun we had at the sugar can field was incredible; who would have thought that cutting sugar cane with a group of strangers could bring us together. A group of 9 sugar cane farmers lit up the cane field a day before the harvest to clean off all the dry leaves and drive out the snakes. We had to be careful that the fire would not jump to the next field beside it. They are professionals in what the do.

The following morning by 5 am before the sun came out, we were already on the field cutting the cane preparing space to hold the event, ready to receive the volunteers to help us finish it off. People came from all over the North; Orange Walk town, Corazal, Yo Creek. Even the Harvest for Kids committee from Blue Creek who are involved with the rice and corn project came to watch and participate in a show of support for this new community getting involved. Big thank you to them for then coming out.

There were 17 children from the city who we brought along to experience the sugar cane harvest. They were not sure what to expect, but when they saw sugar cane they wanted some to chew on. The sugar cane farmers got some for them and explained the process before the harvest of the field. The weather was on our side, the clouds where hovering over the sugar cane field, protecting us from the sun. We could not have asked for a better day like that for the harvest. The support we got by the small sugar cane farmers was admirable.

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ers rallied to support the future children of Belize. We didn’t get all 100 machetes but we were greatly encouraged at the passion and heart of those who came together to see Belize Changing Belize by reach out to our children. We hope to organized another sugar cane harvest in the next two years. And with the ground work that happened this time around we are sure we can get the the 100 sugar cane cutters next time. Ermin Gonzales and Valentine Torres Despite the stressful economic situation of the Cane industry in OW, Sugar City farmers are rallying together to bring Hope. About six years ago, Harvest for kids started as a way to sustain the work of Belize Camping Experience. As the director and founder of BCE, my vision for Harvest for kids was to start with the Sugar Cane farmers in Orange Walk because that was where I was from and what I knew.

But I was not a sugar cane farmer which made it hard to connect and the timing never seemed right for it to get off the ground. God instead opened the doors for the project to begin in the Mennonite communities even though I am not a Mennonite either.

Our first Harvests took place in Indian Church and Banana Bank.

These groups then organized themselves into committees and have consistently planted and harvested crops, with the support of many individuals, co-ops and businesses of the agricultural community, for the benefit of the Children ever since.

All the while I had not lost hope for engaging the sugar cane farmers.

Last year a young person joined our summer ministry in Belize City.

During a commissioning luncheon, the volunteers’ families were invited to come see what would be happening for the summer, and this young man’s father was in attendance. He was involved in the

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sugar Mill for over 30 years.

Also invited to the event was the Harvest for Kids committee from Cayo, and this father got to sit down and hear them share about what they do, how they do it any

understand why they support BCE. Impressed by how they worked together, he accepted the invitation to see a rice harvest from the H4K committee in Blue Creek. Mr. Torres saw that even though the crops and approaches were different between the communities, the focus remained the same – supporting the outreach of the children across Belize. Inspired to take this to the cane farmers, I Alexander, went with him visiting the farmers that we knew. Through those relationships we were able to find two other farmers who agreed to meet on march 6th of this year, to start H4K in the OW area.

At the meeting, one man, Ermin Gonzales, committed 5 acres of cane from his small farm.

That challenged the others to make the most of what was given and agreed to plan a Harvest Event, inviting many others to participate and catch the vision. We chose the theme Machetes for Peace 1) because the Sugar Cane Mill has been one of the founding industries that this country was built on, and still it feeds thousands of families across this country. 2) Its rare to hear positive things in the news about Machetes. Its only ever about assaults and murders, disunity between the sugar industry and the cane farmers. But we believe that in God’s kingdom, what was intended for evil, God can use for good. So we said let’s use this tool that is often perverted into a weapon, and instead use it to bring peace instead of war, restoration instead of destruction, HOPE. We invite you to join us, volunteer, participate or come see this historic event on April 27th in San Jose village, OW, at 9am.

Come see, and be a part of #belizechangingbelize

Elections & Boundaries Department Charles Bartlett Hyde Building Mahogany Street Extension P. O. Box 913, Belize City Telephone: 501-222-4992/4042 Email: electbound@btl.net

Fax: 501-222-4991 Website: www.elections.gov.bz

29th April, 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE ADDENDUM ADDENDUM

BELIZE TERRITORIAL DISPUTE REFERENDUM, 8TH MAY, 2019

CHANGE IN APPOINTMENT OF ELECTION CLERK BELIZE TERRITORIAL DISPUTE REFERENDUM, 8TH MAY, 2019 CHANGE IN APPOINTMENT OF ELECTION CLERK

It is notified for general information that the Chief Elections Officer acting pursuant to section 13 (2) of the Representation of People Act, Chapter 9 of the Laws of Belize, with the approval of the Elections and Boundaries Commission has rescinded the appointment of MARVIN POOK as Election Clerk and has appointed RUTILIA GABRIEL as Election Clerk for the Belize Territorial Dispute Referendum to be held on Wednesday 8th day of May, 2019.

It is notified for general information that the Chief Elections Officer acting pursuant to section 13 (2) of the Representation of People Act, Chapter 9 of Signed: Josephine Tamaiof (Mrs.) the Laws of Belize, with the approval the ElecChief Elections Officer tions and Boundaries Commission has rescinded the appointment of MARVIN POOK as Election Clerk and has appointed RUTILIA GABRIEL as Election Clerk for the Belize Territorial Dispute Referendum to be held on Wednesday 8th day of May, 2019.

Signed: Josephine Tamai (Mrs.) Chief Elections Officer

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

Date of Commencement of Dissolution

Liquidator Name & Address

COLLESE Limited

18th April, 2019

FRIEDHELM GRUBER of Apartment 1008, Al Dabas Building, Palm Jumierah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

TRILLION LIMITED

25th April, 2019

Sebastian Franco Fariña of Andrés Puyol 1605, Montevideo, Uruguay, ZIP Code 11.500.

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

Aleman, Cordero, Galindo & Lee Trust (Belize) Limited

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

Liquidator Name & Address

AMBER OVERSEAS INC.

30th April, 2019

Maria Fernanda Miranda of calle 50 y calle 74 San Francisco, P.H. 909, piso 10, Panama.

DOBBINS INVESTMENT CORP.

30th April, 2019

Maria Fernanda Miranda of calle 50 y calle 74 San Francisco, P.H. 909, piso 10, Panama.

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

Arias, Fabrega & Fabrega (Belize) Ltd.

Registered Agent

NOTICE

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION

Notice is hereby given that the below company has been dissolved and struck off the International Business Companies Register with effect from the date indicated: Global Treasures Ltd. – 30th April, 2019

Belize Corporate Services Limited Registered Agent

NOTICE

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

Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the company LASSITER LAMP, LTD. (“the Company”) incorporated under the IBC Act of Belize commenced dissolution on the 17th day of April, 2019; and Mrs. Janeth Apolonia Morhaim Ortiz of Torre Punta Prieta, calle E Torre, Panama City, Panama is the Liquidator of the Company, and any claims against the company should be forwarded to the Liquidator within 30 days from commencement.

Icaza Belize Trust Corporation Limited Registered Agent

Registered Agent

Name of Company

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION

Date

FINSTORE TRADING LIMITED

23rd April, 2019

FASTEN INDUSTRY LIMITED

25th April, 2019

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

Registered Agent

BRIDESTO TRADING INC. #153,602 (“the Company”) Pursuant to Section 102 (4) of the International Business Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, notice is hereby given that BRIDESTO TRADING INC.: a) Is in dissolution b) Commenced dissolution on the 25th day of April 2019; and c) Ms. Sashi Devi Harpal Gooljar whose address is Seneque RD, PI Des Roches, Mauritius is the Liquidator of the Company.

CILTrust International Limited Registered Agent

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the company CHAIN BRIGHT INT’L LTD. (“the Company”) incorporated under the IBC Act of Belize commenced dissolution on the 29th day of April, 2019; and KUAN, LING-CHIH of No. 69, KEJI 1ST RD., GUISHAN DIST., TAOYUAN CITY, TAIWAN, R.O.C. is the Liquidator of the Company, and any claims against the company should be forwarded to the Liquidator within 30 days from commencement.

GenPro Consulting (Belize) Limited Registered Agent

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THE BELIZE TIMES

5 MAY

2019