belize times february 8, 2015

THE BELIZE TIMES 8 FEB2015 1 The Belize Times

The Truth Shall Make You Free

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Mayor spent $40 million in 3 years, says Santi

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Senior Citizen

Slaughtered in Belmopan

Alfredo KuylenMayoral CandidateBenque Viejo Town

David VegaMayoral Candidate

Corozal Town

Jose ChaconMayoral CandidateCity of Belmopan

Ramon QuirozMayoral CandidateSan Ignacio/Santa Elena

Yolanda SchakronMayoral Candidate

Belize City

Kevin BernardMayoral CandidateOrange Walk Town

Gregory OvadoMayoral Candidate

Dangriga Town

Santi vs. Darrell

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Anthony FuentesMayoral CandidatePunta Gorda Town

Dr. Giovanni SolorzanoMayoral CandidateSan Pedro Town

Victim was chopped on the head; his arm

was severed

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Mesopotamia pulled together for a united cause

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This weekend, 24th January, 2015, the community of Mesopotamia pulled together for a united cause, remem-bering the loss of four of their Belizean brothers.

On January 8th, 2013, Albert Fuentes, Leonard Meyers, Anthony Perez, and Keino Quallo were brutally slain, which caused a panic within Belize City on that day.

Mrs. Dorla Vaughan along with other community mem-bers created a day of healing, where the community comes together in a very unique way preparing food and drinks, free of cost to share for the kids and all citizens, also to raise awareness, just knowledge that when you bring a commu-nity together, great things can happen.

The day of healing also brings comfort to the family members, to go from merely sharing in a tragedy to becom-ing a community that helped one another live our lives in the aftermath.

Mrs. Dorla Vaughan extended her appreciation to all who contributed to the cause, Mr. Sanja Pitts who is a part of the PUP Belize City council team, also a member of the Mesopotamia community, was all hands on in the event, cooking up B.B.Q. for his community. Special thanks to Ms. Barbara Frazer, Mr. Perry Smith a.k.a. Sticks and Mr. Timmy Stamp.

Are Police clueless about strange wave of murders?

Tourism Minister picks fight with Police, after bailing out accused drug offender

San Pedro, January 30, 2015Tourism Minister and Be-

lize Rural South area repre-sentative Manuel Herredia has picked a fight with San Pedro

Police officials, accusing them of abusing the rights of island residents.

Herredia made the accusations when he de-

fended his decision to post bail for a San Pedro Resident, whom the island Police charged for al-leged drug possession.

Herredia himself is under fire for that decision.

The accused, identified by the Police as Edwardo Jones, avoided being sent to prison af-ter he was charged on Monday, January 19th, thanks to Herre-dia’s intervention.

Jones was detained by the island’s Police Officers on Sat-urday January 17th. They have reported that they saw him standing at the corner of Al-mond and Tarpon Streets and that he was acting suspiciously. The Police claim that they saw a male person approach Jones, and he handed something over. The Police went to Jones and performed a search which re-vealed nothing. But according to the authorities, they found a black plastic bag with cannabis in the same area where Jones was standing.

In the plastic bag, the Police found marijuana. He was then

taken to the Po-lice Station and was almost held for the rest of the weekend that is until Herredia showed up to bail him out.

A c c o r d i n g to Herredia, the accused is em-ployed by him and carries out personal errands.

He then told the San Pedro Sun newspaper that Jones is the real victim.

“He has been targeted by police, and there are witnesses who can testify to that; people

saw what happen. On more than one occasion Mr. Jones has been arrested by this particular officer who has detained him and re-leased the man without charges. In the past he has been beaten by police and this is on the police record. In that regards, I did what I had to do – I bailed him out be-cause I gathered that the man did nothing wrong,” Herredia said.

Herredia’s comments have strained his relationship with the island’s Police. The local authori-ties saw a spike in crime and vi-olence last year. They believe that the majority of the crimes were drug-related; therefore, their fight against drug use and trafficking has heightened.

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Francis Fonseca

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New NTUCB President says Advocacy is Priority

WOMAN HATERS

PUP Statement on Formal Charging of Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez

Senior Citizen

Slaughtered in BelmopanCity of Belmopan, February 3, 2015

Belmopan Police continue to investigate the horrific murder of senior citizen, 60 year old Felicia-no Richard Norales, a.k.a Mr. Mac, which occurred in the wee hours of Tuesday February 3rd 2015.

Norales, who was employed as a security guard at Anchor Se-curity, was on duty at the compa-ny’s two-storey office located on Entrepreneur Drive, when he was ambushed by his attacker who was armed with a machete. His work supervisor, Mark Munnings, who was also on duty that morning, had left the building around 2a.m. to inspect other sites when the attack occurred. When Munnings returned he found Norales lying in a pool of blood.

Police authorities say that Norales suffered chopping inju-ries to his face and head. One of his arms had been completely chopped off.

The Police say that they be-lieve the motive for the attack is robbery. Norales’ service issued 9mm Luger brand pistol and eight 9mm rounds were missing, along with his work issued Smart phone and an undisclosed amount of money.

Norales had just celebrated the birth of a three week old baby.

The Police have recovered the cellular phone and have detained one person who is being ques-tioned.

Belize City, February 3rd, 2015There is renewed hope in the Na-

tional Trade Union Congress of Belize following the election of a new leader this past weekend.

Marvin Mora went unchallenged for the position of President to lead very important umbrella workers’ rep-resentative group. Mora and a new Executive Council were elected when the NTUCB held their Annual General Meeting in Caye Caulker with sixty sev-en delegates present.

Mora is still a relatively new person-ality for a majority of Belizeans, but he has been a leader in the union move-ment for several years. He entered the scene as the President of the Belize En-ergy Workers Union. Mora also served the last two years as the NTUCB’s 1st Vice President and has been a main figure behind the re-organisation of the

NTUCB, which has seen the group pick itself off the floor where the former leader, Dylan Reneau, had left it.

Also elected to serve in the Ex-ecutive were Adelaide Guerra as 1st

Vice President and firebrand Chris-tian Workers Union President Au-drey Matura-Shepherd as 2nd Vice President. Officers include General Secretary Rebecca Suazo; Assis-tant General Secretary, Francisco Zuniga; Treasurer, Jose Ruiz; Trust-ee, Jorge Mejia and Ramiro Gongo-ra; Councillor, Luke Palacio; Auditor, Hortence Humes; Education Direc-tor Kathleen Flowers and Director of Gender, Leanne Bardalez.

In speaking to the media about his plans for the next two years, Mora said the NTUCB must engage its members more seriously.

“…the members of the union to start to understand that they are indeed the bosses,” he pointed out.

Mora also said that the NTUCB will also engage in more advocacy.

3rd February, 2015It has been confirmed to Party

Leader Hon. Francis Fonseca that to-day, February 3rd, 2015, the Hon. Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez, Area represen-tative for Orange Walk East, has been formally arrested and charged with cer-tain criminal offences.

On the basis of this development the Party Leader, in accordance with the power vested in him by the Nation-al Executive, has with immediate effect removed Hon. Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez from his position as Chairman of the Northern Caucus and has suspended him indefinitely from all other Party

related duties, responsibilities, and ac-tivities.

As the public will know, Hon. Men-dez has already stepped down from his position as the Standard Bearer for our Party in Orange Walk East and the Party has elected a new Standard Bearer in that Area in the person of Mr. Josue Carballo who has from the date of his election assumed full responsi-bility for the work of our Party in Or-ange Walk East.

As a Party, our thoughts and prayers are with the alleged victim(s), and with our colleague and friend Dr. Mendez and his family.

PUP Marshalls Meeting

Attention all Belize District PUP

MarshallsYou are invited to a VERY IM-PORTANT meeting to be held

on Sunday February 8th 2015, at 2:00pm at Independence Hall.

Come join us for a very informa-tive meeting. Let us continue the

task of working together as we continue to Serve the People!

Newly Elected NTUCB President Marvin Mora


PUP Team Hit the Ground Running in Corozal Town

Officer Down!

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BARROW: DIVISIVE LEADERSHIP

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By Francis W. FonsecaWith a population

of some 350,000, Be-lize is a relatively small country yet it boasts a a uniquely diverse and multicultural society.

The Creole, Mesti-zo, Garifuna and Maya remain the major cul-tural and ethnic groups but Belize has over the years also warm-ly welcomed growing communities of Indi-ans, Arabs, Muslims, Mennonite, Asians, Eu-ropeans, North Amer-icans, and Africans, to our shores who all now

form an integral part of our social fabric.

I believe that this di-versity, grounded in a spirit of shared respect and understanding, is good for Belize’s fu-ture socio-economic development.

This is the Belize that our Father of the Nation George Price envisioned, nur-tured and cultivated in his constant trav-els across the coun-try. He was a UNITER who understood and appreciated the unique strength and

beauty of each eth-nic group but recog-nized that the suc-cess and strength of our Nation re-quired us all accept-ing each other as Belizeans.

George Price knew, as he so of-ten articulated in his speeches, that if Belize was to grow and develop into a sovereign, indepen-dent Nation State confident of its place in the world community, then we would need all

Belizeans to contribute to the work of nation build-ing and development.

Since 2008 Belize has had a Leader in Prime Minister Barrow who rep-resents the opposite of what George Price stood for.

Barrow is a DIVIDER who places his political agenda ahead of the na-tional interest and national unity. He loathes criticism and is characteristically petty and vindictive in his approach to governing. He has chosen fear and intim-idation over love and unity.

It is time for Belize to return to the path of UNI-TY AND DEVELOPMENT!

All our people must be respected and valued.

It is to this path that we in the PUP are committed to returning! JOIN US!

PUP Mayoral Candidate David “Dido” Vega (3rd from Right) and Councillor Candidates flanked by PUP Corozal North Standard Bearer David Castillo (far left), former Corozal North Area Representative Hon. Valdemar Castillo, and

former Mayoral Candidate Ruben Cruz during campaign in Corozal Town

PUP Mayoral Candidate “Dido” and Councillor candidates meeting residents and listening to their ideas to improve Corozal Town

The future of these children will be in better hands under the next PUP Corozal Town Council and PUP National Government

THE BELIZE TIMES8 FEB 2015 5

A SICKENING SCANDAL

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EDITORIAL

In an effort to dupe the citizens of Belize and specif-ically the voters of Belize City, the Mayor has put out some accounts of the financial positions of the City Council.

The Mayor, it must be remembered is paid as a full time Mayor but is also a businessman and a

practicing attorney at law. No amount of public complaints has daunted him in continuing to travel to district courts and spend time in the Belize City courts for his personal bank accounts when he should be at the City Council office doing the work of the City. A work seriously neglected as evidenced by the dirty state of affairs, the lack of drain maintenance, over-grown abandoned yards and broken down streets with craters and potholes.

The Mayor, it must also be remembered is a round-faced, bald faced mimic and mini-me of his Prime Minister, al-though the evidence is increasingly clear that the two cannot get along. Like the Prime Minister, the Mayor is fast and loose with taxpayer’s monies. Driven by an outsized ego and ambition the Mayor thought he had hit the jackpot. He bor-rowed twenty million dollars to cement one hundred streets claiming it was ordained in some semi-secret “master plan” for city tourism.

The real motive continues to emerge that it was nothing more than blind ambition to be propelled into a Ministerial position. No sooner had the first cement started pouring than the Mayor announced he was campaigning to take over the Caribbean Shores constituency. There was no vacancy in that constituency, nor had its representative ever mentioned he would not be seeking re-election.

A collateral benefit of the spending spree that depleted twenty million dollars was the enrichment of the UDP’s po-litical cronies/financiers. Overnight millionaires and thou-sandaires emerged flaunting their new wealth and expressing their greedy appetites for more.

There has been no tendering process for the concreting of the Belize City streets. It was all hand-picked cronies com-plete with nepotism and the attendant corruption that such a process inevitably invited.

To date, there has been no accountability for the expendi-ture of the huge loan of twenty million dollars. No one knows what these individual streets have cost the taxpayers. No one has the slightest idea what a street of some steel, concrete and labour measuring x in length by y in width has cost.

There is NO ACCOUNTABILITY. None whatsoever.Interestingly, the Belize City Council like other munici-

palities falls under the portfolio of one Godwin Hulse, whose claim to fame is his purported championing of public account-ability. He has turned a blind eye to the reckless abuse being committed by his party’s Mayor. This, of course, is entirely understandable given the blatant abuse and total lack of ac-countability taking place with three hundred million dollars

of Petro Caribe funds and the waste and corruption in which Belmopan is wallowing.

So now, with City Council elections a few weeks away the Mayor finally releases some figures. It is not a financial state-ment as there is no independent audit of the figures.

For what they are worth, the figures confirm a worsening state of affairs than even the Mayor’s harshest critics could offer. His worshipful the Mayor has ran the City Council fi-nances deep into the ground. He has succeeded in overspend-ing by a whopping ten million dollars. Let it be clear, these figures have to do with the City Council subvention and the multitude of taxes, all of which were mercilessly increased by the Mayor on a struggling citizenry.

Former Mayor Zenaida Moya became a laughing stock for her “under-depositing” of the city’s funds.

What the current Mayor has been doing to an overburdened tax-paying city population has been a wasteful, tax-spending spree that would make Roman Emperor Nero envious.

While businesses have been closing, others struggling to survive, students and their parents fighting against rising cost of living, his worshipful has been full of it.

The figures from the City Council show that for the previ-ous year of 2013, a whopping sum of four hundred thousand dollars was spent on legal fees.

For the year 2014, the amounts spent on legal fees sky-rock-eted to an astronomical ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED thousand dollars. Whose legal fees are these? Who exactly have been feeding at the Mayor’s trough?

We know for a fact the Mayor gives priority to HIS legal fees while collecting City Council salaries and perks at the same time. We know also that at least one City Councillor is also an attorney and indeed works from the same “lavender” law office as the Mayor of Belize City.

Which law firms and which lawyers have done what type of legal work to have collected the unheard sum of almost two million dollars from the City Council? This amount equals almost half of the total subvention gifted by Central Govern-ment to the Belize City Council.

We do not wish to detract public attention away from the “over-deposit” of excessive expenditures of ten million dollars at the City Council. Nor do we wish to highlight at this time the many instances of waste, abuse and apparent corruption that the Mayor’s own figures disclose.

There are answers which must be provided to the people of this country. Urgently. And with audited, independent confirmation of what exactly has been going on under this glib, fast-talking, political shyster.

As to the oversight responsibilities entrusted by law to the Minister of Local Government and the Capo de Capo Minister of Finance, whose personal nepotism and family enrichment stinks to high heaven to such an extent that it is has entered the Guinness Book of Record; their silence is deafening.


Belmopan PUP CitCo Team Reaching Out

PUP CitCo Teamon the campaign trail in Belize City

Caribbean Shores Lake Independence

Collet Mesopotamia

PickstockFreetown

With a dedicated and solid team of supporters and workers, the PUP team in Belmopan will soon celebrate victory

Standard Bearer Kareem Musa & mem-bers of the CitCo team visiting residents

Mayoral Candidate Yolanda Schakron & CitCo team walking the streets

Standard Bearer Yasmin Shoman & CitCo team meeting Collet residents

Collet’s Ras Pita conversing with Councillor Candidates Michael, David,

Natasha & JermynCouncillor Candidates Tambran, Jer-myn, Micah & Natasha with supporter

Party Leader Hon. Francis leads CitCo team in Freetown campaign

The support for Yolanda Schakron has been tremendous across the city

Standard Bearer Dr. Smith introduced Yolanda Schakron to resident

Chacon sharing a message of hope and change with Belmopan resident

Mayoral Candidate Jose Chacon greeting the matriarch of a Belmopan family

Orange Walk Central Area Representative Hon. John Briceno supporting the PUP campaign in

Belmopan

PUP Standard Bearer Patrick Andrews invites resident to support new and progressive lead-

ers for Belmopan


WOMAN IN THE HOUSE

THE GENDER AGENDA By Dolores Balderamos Garcia

In early December last year I was fortunate to have attended a forum of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas. It was held in San Jose, Costa Rica, and my participation was sponsored by the Fundacion Justicia y Genero based in Costa Rica. It was an excellent though challenging two days of conference, as the proceed-ings took place entirely in Spanish. It was a pleasure to meet and share ex-periences with women parliamentar-ians from various Central and South American countries.

I was particularly impressed with the ‘diputadas’ from Bolivia, one of whom is blind and who is an accom-plished and forceful representative of her people. The Bolivian women all spoke highly of their President Evo Morales, who has been untiring in his promotion and encouragement of women in politics. Bolivia boasts close to forty percent women in par-liament, and is clearly forging ahead with a gender agenda that is redound-ing to the benefit of all Bolivians.

Rodrigo Jimenez, coordinator of the Justice and Gender Foundation approached me then about the pos-sibility of having a forum of women here in Belize to promote the sharing of good practices for a gender per-spective in lobbying for human rights, justice and more women in the leg-islative process. On returning home I contacted Minister Joy Grant, CEO Judith Alpuche, and Director at the National Women Commission Pul-cheria Teul, along with women from within my own People’s United Party.

This past Monday and Tuesday we brought the meeting to fruition, with the kind sponsorship of the Jus-tice and Gender Foundation, and with the participation of Diputada Mau-reen Clarke of Costa Rica, who has over twenty years of experience in the Congress of her country. On both days we had bumper attendance of women from political parties, espe-cially my PUP sisters including Sen-ator Lisa Shoman, the Women’s Is-sues Network, Haven House, Youth Business Trust, the Cancer Society, and other non-governmental entities. The discussion and sharing was rich and invigorating, with calls for us to overcome the barriers to women’s full participation. Former Minister and House Speaker Sylvia Flores stated that she firmly feels that political par-ties need to mentor and provide fi-nance for women and also accept the redefining and reconfiguring of wom-en’s groups within parties so that they are not merely auxilliaries.

Maureen Clarke is fluent in En-glish and her presentation of her ex-

periences of the system in Costa Rica was excellent. She said that she is the first black woman in her country to have been Minister of the Interior and Jus-tice, and that women have to struggle to claim our rightful place at the table. Men are not going to just give it to us! She is now in the Opposition, and she continues to work tirelessly for wom-en’s rights and to ensure that Gender Issues and a Gender Perspective are incorporated in all Legislative Assembly functions. In addition, I also shared my own experiences, views and insights on the topics at hand.

If I have any disappointment about the forum it is that no government woman Member of Parliament attend-ed, if even for a few hours or half a day. I must, however, acknowledge the com-mitment and input of Judith Alpuche, Esther Ayuso, who is Chair of the Wom-en’s Commission, and Pulcheria Teul, the Director.

Some outcomes of the Forum are as follows: 1) There is the great need to see all management and administration in the governance systems of the three governmental powers: Executive, Leg-islative and Judicial, through the lens of Gender. 2) A Gender Perspective will allow us to be more successful in elim-inating gender gaps in human resourc-es. 3) We must not just support our po-litical parties, but also we must demand that parties address our own agendas and priorities as women. 4) There must be some forms of affirmative action if women are to be included at high levels of representation. And 5) There is ur-gent need for a policy of Gender Main-streaming in the Legislative and Budget processes that affect all citizens.

I am staunchly of the view that if we are to make positive changes in women’s involvement in politics we must walk the walk. Opportunities for women to share good practices are im-portant, and those few of us who are deeply involved have a duty to mentor and to demonstrate our commitment. Many participants have told me how much they learned through the sharing of experiences for the mentorship of young women as well as the oppor-tunity to focus clearly on what we can do to advance this vital Gender Agenda in political and legislative processes in Belize.

My hope is that there can now be a genuine coming together of like-minded advocates. It can be done with real commitment that will flow from the realization that we are wom-en, mothers, sisters, wives, aunts, and grandmothers first, and then after that, participants in the social and political life our country, so that each of us must put in our pound to make it better.


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Toledo Scorpions & Moen Stars win volleyball champs

10 SPORTS THE BELIZE TIMES 8 FEB2015

Gentle Touch & Triple B’s

advance to basketball nationalsBES girls & Holy Cross boys

Belize City, February 3, 2015The Belize Elementary School

girls of Belize City and the Holy Cross Anglican School boys of San Pedro will be representing the Belize District at the national primary schools basketball cham-pionships at the Birds Isle on Fri-day, February 6, after both teams won the district championships at Birds Isle on Tuesday, February 3, 2015.

The BES girls won the championship finals 10-5 over the Belize City sub-champs, the Holy Redeemer School girls. BES was led by Allyana Musa with 8 points while Holy Redeemer’s Wareyni Gillett and Yu Ting Li scored a bucket apiece.

The San Pedro boys won over the Belize rural champs, the Bur-rell Boom Methodist School boys 26-17. They were led by Christian Orellana with 14 points while Bur-rell Boom’s Jerwin Seguro scored 9 points.

BES’ Allyanah Musa scored 8pts

Holy Redeemer Yu Ting Li scored 2pts

BES girls

San Pedro’s Holy Cross

Belize City, February 1, 2015The Toledo Scorpions and

Moen Stars won the Belize Volleyball Association’s national volleyball championships held at the Belize Elementary auditorium over the weekend.

Toledo’s Giovanni Arzu, Arnie Agustine, Nuani Cayetano, Elton Moore and Ernroy Caliz ham-mered the San Pedro squad with plays set by Alwyn Mahung to win 25-9, 25-23.

In the 3rd place match, the Jaguars hammered the Belmo-pan Blingz 25-18, 25-23.

Eight male teams had entered the tournament and competed in two groups of four, which each played a round-robin competition, from which the two top teams from each group ad-vanced to the finals The Scorpi-ons also had to go to extra points to win the second set 31-29 over the Dangriga men, after taking the first set 25-18.

The Moen Stars upset the defending champs, the Lady Jaguars, 2-0 to post their 17th national title.

The Star’ hitters Sherika Bur-ton, Kelsey Balderamos, Nelissa Ramirez, Jahshema Saunders and Shelmadine Cacho scored on plays set by setter Krystal Bevans and libero Nayala Tun to win 25-20, 25-23.

Revenge was oh, so sweet for the Stars, as the Lady Jaguars’ Tichelle Solis, Shantell Arnold, Zaire Garbutt, Maurissa

Williams and Kay-de Vaughn had hammered the Stars with plays set by Tanesha Encalada and libero Tisha Solis to win Game 1: 25-18, 25-22.

In the match for 3rd place, the Belmopan girls won over the Dangriga girls 25-20, 25-19.

Male Semi-finalsSan Pedro vs. Dragons - 25-17, 25-18Toledo Scorpions vs. Belmopan Blingz - 17-25, 25-21,

15-9San Pedro vs. Jaguars - 25-23, 22, 25, 20-18How they won (Male):Toledo Scorpions vs. Orange Walk Bad News - 12-25,

25-18, 15-12Belmopan Blingz vs. San Pedro - 29-27, 20-25, 20-18City Dragons vs. Corozal Massive - 25-17, 19-25, 18-16City Jaguars vs. Dangriga - 25-20, 25-20Belmopan Blingz vs. Dragons - 25-23, 25-20Orange Walk Bad News vs. Dangriga - 25-23, 25-23San Pedro vs. Corozal Massive - 25-20, 30-28Toledo Scorpions vs. Jaguars - 25-23, 29-31, 16-14Toledo Scorpions vs. Dragons - 25-18, 31-29Belmopan Blingz vs. Corozal Massive - 27-25, 25-23Jaguars vs. Orange Walk Bad News - 25-10, 25-15Female PlayoffsLady Jaguars vs. Dangriga girls - 25-18, 25-17Moen Stars vs. Belmopan girls - 25-14, 25-15How they won (Female):Belmopan Bandits vs. Dangriga - 25-21, 25-16Moen Stars vs. Belmopan Bandits - 25-21, 25-8Lady Jaguars vs. Dangriga girls - 25-11, 25-6Moen Stars vs. Dangriga girls - 25-13, 25-13Lady Jaguars vs. Belmopan Bandits - 25-15, 25-14

Toledo Scorpions team

Moen Stars team

Team Digicell 4G’s Greg Lovell wins 4th C-Ray circuit race

THE BELIZE TIMES8 FEB 2015 11SCA & Gwen Liz girls to clash in football finals

Ladyville Tech, E.P. Yorke, Gwen Liz, SJC & Wesley boys

eye football finals

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Verdes FC leads PLB football

Ladyille, January 31, 2015The defending Belize City champs,

the Gwen Lizarraga High School girls and the St. Catherine’s Academy girls, will meet in the Belize District high school football championship finals at the Ladyville community field on Saturday, February 7, after both squads posted big wins.

The Excelsior High School gave the Gwen Liz girls an easy bye into the finals, when they forfeited their game.

The SCA girls had to work for theirs, but bombing Ladyville Technical High School girls 3-0 turned out not that difficult. SMART mundialito star Jennifer Estrada beat the Ladyville defense to drill the first goal past the Ladyville goalie Dejeane Noralez at the half.

Ladyville’s Kayla Fuller and Saleny Goodin tried to put the village girls on the scoreboard with the help of midfielders, but SCA’s sweeper Alina Aguet gave no room. In the 2nd half, SCA defender Renisha Martinez lobbed the ball forward from the halfway line for a miracle shot that beat Ladyville’s substitute goalie Michelle Tillett, floating in just under the crossbar for a 2nd goal.

Tillett continued to live danger-ously as SCA’s star striker from last year’s competition, Jody Pott, bom-barded the goal with shots, and something had to give. Pott finally got the better of Tillett with an as-sist from Zoila Tun to punctuate the win emphatically with a 3rd goal.

Gwen Liz girls

SCA girls

Ladyville, January 31, 2015This weekend the E. P. Yorke

boys will take on the Wesley boys, while the Gwen Liz boys will meet SJC and one of the winners of the 2 games will get a bye into the final, while the los-er of the bye will meet Ladyville Tech to decide who goes to the finals.

That’s how the stage is set in the male high school Belize District football competition going on right now. Ladyville Technical High School, Edward P. Yorke High School and Wesley College boys are all hopeful as they each posted big wins in their games last Saturday.

The E.P. Yorke boys elimi-nated the Maud Williams High School boys 2-1. Goals were scored by Trey Gentle (Maud Wil-liams), followed by E.P. Yorke’s Kelvin Franklin (penalty) and Kevin Najera.

The Wesley College schooled the Nazarene High boys 2-1. Goals were by Wesley’s Jona-than Perera and Shemar Thomp-son, and Nazarene’s Mario Rivera.

The Ladyville Tech boys stomped the Excelsior High School boys: 4-0. Goals were scored by Dedron Baptist, David Solorzano, Winger Aaron Perez and Ascer Vasquez.

Ladyville Tech boys

EP Yorke boys

Belize City, February 1, 2015Verdes FC of Benque Viejo is lead-

ing the Premier League of Belize after they were the only team to post a win in the 1st week with a 2-1 win over San Ignacio United at the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio on Sunday.

Ryan Gill scored first for Verdes in the 7th minute, but Garret Bermudez equalized for the home squad in the 34th minute for a 1-1 draw at the half. It looked like the game would have ended in a draw, as the San Ignacio defense dug in to try to avoid giving up another goal. In the end, this tight defense proved their undoing; as Julian Maldonado inadvertently beat his own goalie with the dreaded auto-goal to give Verdes the 2-1 win.

All three other games ended in a draw. The 4-times champs, Belmopan Bandits, and their arch-rivals, Police United ended in a disappointing nil-zip draw at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium on Saturday night, even though the Ban-dits have beefed up their striking lineup with some imports. Wagiya fans could

not stifle their yawns as the Griga-dang squad also failed to produce a goal on their home turf at the Carl Ramos Sta-dium, where they hosted the King En-ergy/Freedom Fighters to a nil-zip draw on Sunday.

The Belize Defense Force brought all their artillery to their encounter with FC Belize, who seemed doomed to play without home venue until the newly re-filled MCC garden was opened up for them to play the soldiers on Sunday. FC’s Carlos Lino embarrassed BDF’s goalie Tevin Gamboa with the 1st goal in the 10th minute, but BDF’s Leon “Lem” Jones equalized in the 22nd minute, and FC’s goalie Elroy “Shab-bles” Rowley came off his line to meet the charge of Shane “Chucky” Flores, who beat him to add a 2nd goal in the 26th minute to lead 2-1 at the half. The BDF still couldn’t taste success as BDF’s Harrison Tasher took down FC’s Brian Martinez inside the 18-yard box, and the referee awarded FC Belize a penalty; which Albert Thurton convert-ed for the 2-2 draw.

Benny’s Megabytes

Kent Gabourel

wins Weekend Warriors

race


LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICES

Notice is hereby given that NIGEL MEJIA is applying for a renewal for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “NJ’s Cool Spot”, situated at Santana Village, Mile 33½ Old Northern High-way, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that NI-GEL MEJIA is applying for a renewal for a Shop Liquor Li-cense to be operated at “NJ’s Store”, situated at Santana Village, Mile 33½ Old North-ern Highway, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ZHUFENG LOU is applying for a renewal for a Shop Li-quor License to be operated at “Homever”, situated at Mile 13, Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize District under the Intox-icating Liquor License Ordi-nance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ESTELA TORRES is applying for a Beer Liquor License to be operated at “J&J Store”, situated at San Jose Nuevo Palmar, Orange Walk District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

PUP NOTICEBelize Rural North Division -

Standard BearerThe People’s United Party is accepting applications for Standard Bearer for the Belize Rural North Constituency.

Application forms are available at the PUP Secre-tariat, Independence Hall, #3 Queen Street, Belize City.

Application must be filled and returned to the Secretariat, addressed to the Secretary General by Monday, February 16, 2015.

GOB LEAVES STRANDED SAILBOAT NEAR BARRIER REEF

Belize City, February 5th, 2015There are mounting concerns and

calls for immediate action over a sail-boat that has been lodged extremely close to the Barrier Reef since De-cember 31st 2014.

The sailboat, according to re-ports, missed the proper channel and ran aground in shallow water ap-proximately 5 feet in height. It sits on coral rubble, but local marine experts including Oceana Belize’s Marine Sci-entist, Dr. Isani Chan, believe that increased wave action could slowly push the sailboat onto living coral and cause tremendous damage.

It is shocking that the Government has not done anything to remove the sailboat before it does more damage to the Barrier Reef. The Barrier Reef is among Belize’s most attractive vi-sual marketing point utilised in the tourism industry to attract millions of dollars in revenue for the country

annually. The large coral bed forms part of the Meso-American Barrier Reef System, an area that is protected and cherished by oth-er Governments. Globally, it is recognised as the world’s largest living Barrier Reef and second-largest Barrier Reef, second only to Australia’s. UNESCO has named it a World Heritage Site.

In Belize the Government shows very little regard for the reef system. The Barrow Administration has even been pushing for offshore oil drilling near the Barrier Reef, sending alarm among marine conservation-ists around the world.

An independent contractor reviewed the current reef situation and has reported that the vessel can be removed by first lift-ing it. The cost of this operation would be around $70,000.


Lennox Castillo defends against Matthew Leal


Things have gotten Ridiculous in Belize

under the UDP. What is Ridiculous?

UDP’s Top 50

Ridiculous Moments!

Ridiculous is allowing a Guatemalan company to build a base for our military and then have Sedi say we should be thankful for it.

Ridiculous is Mayor Darrel Bradley spending most of the day, every day, work-ing as a Lawyer, while the city crumbles.

Ridiculous is having UDP Ministers spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to drive 2015-model vehicles from the year 2014 at the expense of taxpayers.

Ridiculous is the case of 2,680 rounds of deadly M16 and M4 assault rifles being stolen from the BDF facility, yet the Min-ister of National Security keeps his mouth shut.

Ridiculous is when Nuri Muhammad is fired from Love FM morning show be-cause the UDP Government considers his “outspokenness” a threat to their rule

Ridiculous is Dean Barrow appointing an electrician and plumber as our Minister of Health for the last seven years.

Ridiculous is Dean Barrow appointing his criminal-convict son as Belize’s Musical Ambassador.

Even more Ridiculous is Barrow ap-pointing his ex-wife as Ambassador to New York, his son as the head of BTL, his brother to the Court of Appeals, and his niece as a member of the Belize Electricity Limited.

Ridiculous is the Commissioner of Police telling the Supreme Court that he “acted” in the immigration scandal involv-ing Elvin Penner by choosing to “not act” and not investigate the corrupt UDP area representative. In response the Supreme Court told the ComPol he acted ridiculous.

Ridiculous is the internet speed in Belize. Just two months ago 128k was an option in a time it’s as archaic as dinosaurs.

Ridiculous is having to import onion from Holland.

…and, Ridiculous is the UDP claiming to be “pro-poor” while poverty grows in Belize.

Only under the UDP. More next week.


Reid

By G. Michael ReidOver the past couple of weeks,

legal experts from the Caribbean along with a few local pundits have been busy making the media rounds in an effort to stir interest in an age old document called the Magna Carta. Of course, it is obvious that whoever decided to include Belize in this type of exercise would have been quite aware of our current situation. If ever a country needed to be educated on the contents of the Magna Carta, it is Belize.

Considered to be the chief build-ing block for many Constitutions in-cluding our own, the Magna Carta is an agreement that was signed on June 15th of 1215 by King John who ruled England from 1199 until the time of his death in 1216. This is the same King John who is portrayed as the pet-ty, spiteful and vindictive ruler in the ageless saga of Robin Hood. Again, if ever a modern day ruler fit the pro-file of that despot it would have to be our very own Dean Oliver Barrow. It is important to understand that King John did not sign the Magna Carta on his own volition but was forced to do so by his Barons. The people of Belize need to mindful of this.

Magna Carta is Latin for The Great Charter and has also been re-ferred to as the Great Charter of the Liberties (Magna Carta Libertatum). Historian W. L. Warren has observed that “many who knew little and cared less about the content of the Char-ter have, in nearly all ages, invoked its name, and with good cause, for it meant more than it said”. The Magna Carta is considered a historical anchor for many of the rights that are guaran-teed today (albeit not enjoyed in Be-lize) and has influenced and formed the foundation for many a current and prominent document. These docu-ments include but are not limited to: the U.S. Bill of Rights of 1791, the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Free-doms of 1982.

The signing of the Magna Carta

marked the first time that an English monarch had ever consented to written limits on his power. Before the Magna Carta, King John and his predecessors ruled on the principle of “vis et volun-tas” (force and will) and under the un-derstanding that a king was above the law and not subjected to it. The Magna Carta has been hailed as the “corner-stone of freedom, modern democracy, justice and the rule of law” and is wide-ly viewed as one of the most important legal documents in the development of modern democracy. The Magna Carta is also considered a crucial turn-ing point in the struggle to establish freedom and justice across the globe. Lord Alfred Denning, who was a senior judge for 38 years and lived to be all of a hundred, described the Magna Carta as “the greatest constitutional docu-ment of all times – the foundation of the freedom of the individual against the arbitrary authority of the despot”.

The Magna Carta was written in Medieval Latin, which might explain why much of today’s legal jargon is in Latin. It contains four key principles that serve as the foundation for most legal systems in the English-speaking world. The first and probably most important is that nobody is above the law; neither King, nor President nor Prime Minister. Are you listening, Mr. Barrow? Secondly, the Magna Carta guarantees habeas corpus which is “freedom from unlawful detention without cause or evidence”. Thirdly, and considered by many to be the most rel-evant passage, the Magna Carta lays down the foundations for and explic-itly guarantees a trial by jury of one’s peers: “No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, nor will we proceed with force against him, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.” Are we now beginning to get an idea of the kind of distance we have put between ourselves and these worthy principles of governance?

The fourth principle of the Mag-na Carta is considered to be the first major step in the fight for women’s rights. It is one of the first official docu-ments that speak directly to the rights of women. Jane Bennett, Head of the UWI Open Campus Belize explained to a gathering of students at the Univer-sity of the West Indies Campus in Be-lize City last Thursday that “the Magna Carta has shaped our Constitutions and societies and our judicial systems and the whole human rights agenda. It is good to know where all that came from” noted Miss Bennett, “and how a lot of the things that were discussed 800 years ago are still being experi-enced and lived today; and not lived as well.” How very true!

Now some scholars have argued that the Magna Carta spoke strictly to

the rights of Barons and had little re-gard for the rights of ordinary people, but throughout the ages, this docu-ment has helped to define the relation-ships that exist between any people and their elected representatives. The Magna Carta remains “a powerful, iconic document”. While academics have interpreted the Magna Carta as 63 numbered clauses, the original charter formed a single, long unbro-ken text. This document signed eight hundred years laid the foundations for common law and still forms an import-ant symbol of liberty and justice in to-day’s world. It is held in high esteem by most legal minds of the day.

On June 15th of this year, we com-memorate the 800th anniversary of the signing of this historic and signifi-cant document. Organizations and insti-tutions across England and her previous colonies including Belize are planning celebratory events. Multiple copies of the original document were reported-ly published and sent out across En-gland at the time but today, only four copies are known to exist. As a part of its celebration of the Magna Carta’s 800th birthday, the British Library plans to unite all four surviving original cop-ies under one roof for the first time. In keeping with the year of the sign-ing, 1215 members of the public have been selected through a special lottery to receive the honor of viewing those original copies. One would have hoped that among those selected to view and

The Magna Carta

For SaleBy Order of the

Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Compa-nies 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 dated the 18th July, 2007, and recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 27 of 2007 at Folios 1377 to 1406, a Deed of Conveyance made the 9th day of December, 2009, and recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 30 of 2006 at Folios 115 to 128, and by a Supplemental Deed of Mortgage made the 6th day of February, 2012, made between Michael Hobbs of Independence Village, Stann Creek District, Belize of the one part, and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part, and recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 3 of 2012 at Folios 1007 – 1024, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the properties described in the schedules hereto.All offers to purchase the said properties must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

THE FIRST SCHEDULEALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 125 compris-ing of 555.6 square yards situate in Independence Village, Stann Creek District, bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 143 of 2004 attached to Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 143 of 2004 TOGETHER with all buildings erections and development standing and being thereon.

THE SECOND SCHEDULEALL THAT lot or parcel of land being Lot No. 64 comprising of 555.6 Square Meters of land situate in Independence Village, Stann Creek District and bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 1212 of 2003 at the Land Titles Unit Belmopan TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 29th day of January, 2015.MUSA & BALDERAMOS LLP

91 North Front StreetBelize City

Attorneys-at-Law forScotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

study this historic and significant doc-ument would have been our very own Prime Minister.

In his book A History of Britain, historian Simon Schama writes that the Magna Carta was not necessar-ily just a “birth certificate of freedom but rather the death certificate of des-potism”. He might need to visit Belize because 800 years later, despotism is alive and well and living right here. The Magna Carta established “principles of due process and equality before the law” and “contained provisions forbid-ding bribery and official misconduct”. It addressed the “the right of the church to be free from governmental interfer-ence, the rights of all free citizens to own and inherit property and to be pro-tected from excessive taxes”.

Among the things that the English Barons rebelled against was that “For-eign friends and relatives of the king were given or bought key positions in the country” and a few instance here, come immediately to mind. Dr George Garnett, history lecturer at Ox-ford University described the Magna Carta as a “quick fix in an impossible and unprecedented set of circum-stances.” Boy, do we ever need such a type of fix for our “set of circumstanc-es”. June 15th 1215 was the birth date of the Magna Carta and its high ideals but here in Belize, February 8th 2008 might yet be marked as the day when those noble principles died. May GOD guide Belize!


Chiquibul

Illegal Guatemalans caught panning for gold inside the Chiquibul forest

DANGRIGA

AALM Consulting Services Ltd. # 66,025(“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (8) of the International Business Compa-

nies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000,

notice is hereby given that AALM Consulting Services Ltd. has

been dissolved as at 28th January, 2015 and has been struck off

the Register of International Business Companies.

Cititrust International LimitedRegistered Agent

ELSAMEX ENTERPRISES LIMITED # 47,936(“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (8) of the International Business Compa-

nies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000,

notice is hereby given that ELSAMEX ENTERPRISES LIMITED

has been dissolved as at 28th January, 2015 and has been struck

off the Register of International Business Companies.


SICHSTONE HOLDING LIMITED # 73,639(“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (8) of the International Business Com-

panies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition

2000, notice is hereby given that SICHSTONE HOLDING LIM-ITED has been dissolved as at 28th January, 2015 and has been

struck off the Register of International Business Companies.


GOLDBERG LTD. # 48,322(“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (8) of the International Business Com-

panies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition

2000, notice is hereby given that GOLDBERG LTD. has been

dissolved as at 28th January, 2015 and has been struck off the

Register of International Business Companies.

P.O.S. Belize LimitedRegistered Agent


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INC. and NEWSPAPER REPUBLIC INC.,

Belize International Business Companies, are

now dissolved and have been struck off the

IBC register.

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THE BELIZE TIMES8 FEB 2015 19UDP Witch Hunt!!!

Belize City, February 5, 2015The United Democratic Party has demonstrated how desperate

they have become in the face of growing discontent at their failing governance of the country. Their representatives in the north in par-ticular have recognized that they been sentenced to total political de-mise after the Prime Minister and UDP Leader Dean Barrow did the most evil and treacherous thing of siding with the rich multi-nation-al company, American Sugar Refinery (ASR), instead of supporting and protecting the hardworking Belizeans cane farmers in ASR’s campaign to gain more control of the sugar industry.

Facing this gloom, the UDP has de-cided to distract Belizeans by launching a witch-hunt against dissenters and op-ponents of their government. This much has become clear after the UDP used the Police Department to charge two PUP representatives in Orange Walk where the political dons wield tremendous influ-ence over Police officials.

On Tuesday February 3rd the PUP Or-ange Walk East Area Representative Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez was formally charged for alleged acts that date back to ten years ago. Rumors of his arrest spread like wild fire two weeks ago, with all sorts of alle-gations swirling against him– none which could be confirmed by the authorities, in-cluding the Police. Credible reports were that the UDP was trying their very best to concoct serious charges against him. We are told they have been heavily leaning on individuals involved in this case, offering huge incentives if the allegations were made to look “very serious”. Their ob-jective has been to smear Dr. Mendez’s reputation and force him to resign from the House of Representatives, to cause a by-election in the Orange Walk East con-stituency. In the end, Hon. Mendez was charged with six offences on Tuesday for aggravated assault.

The following day, on Wednesday, February 4th, PUP Orange Walk Central Area Representative Hon. John Briceno was summoned to Court to be charged criminally. The accusation against him is that he drove over Christopher Hendricks’ foot. Hendricks is the driver for Deputy Prime Minister and UDP Deputy Leader Gaspar Vega. Now, you see just how de-spairing and drastic UDP are getting?

The charge stems from January 22nd, almost two weeks ago, when Hon. Brice-no attended an event at the Belize High School of Agriculture in Trinidad Village. He drove to the event and as he was pre-paring to park, but a group of persons including Hendricks were in the way. He signalled for them to make way for him, and everyone except Hendricks did so im-mediately.

Hon. Briceno has said that he run over Hendricks foot. In fact, he indicated that he got out of the vehicle and had an exchange of words with Hendricks and at no point Hendricks claimed to have been injured. Now, two weeks later, there is a trumped up charge against Hon. Briceno.

It is clear that the UDP are willing to do anything, and take any measure to persecute their political opponents. This comes at a time when their disapproval rating is at an all-time high, and when the Opposition PUP is gaining strength daily under the leadership of Hon. Francis Fon-seca.


SMART AD FULL


BY ORDER OF CHARGEENOTICE 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 Minor Castellanos and the said Holy Redeemer Credit Union Limited.

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.

SCHEDULEALL THAT piece or parcel of land comprising 891.09 square yards be-ing Parcel 2461, Block 16 in the Caribbean Shores/Belize Registration Section situate at No. 2461 Palm Grove Estate, Mile 4 ½ Philip Goldson Highway, Belize City, Belize District, TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon, the freehold property of MINOR CASTELLANOS

DATED the 4th day of February 2015

HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED1 HYDE’S LANE, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

Phone: (501) 224-5644Fax: (501) 223-0738

BY ORDER OF MORTGAGEENOTICE 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 Mortgagee under and by virtue of a Deed of Mortgage registered at the Land Titles Unit between MINOR CASTELLANOS of the one part and HRCU of the other part.

HRCU will at the expiration of three months from the date of the first pub-lication 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.

SCHEDULEALL THAT piece or parcel or block of land being Block No. 41 consisting of 49 Acres situate along the San Ignacio – Benque Viejo Road, Cayo being such land comprised in MINISTER’S FIAT GRANT No. 800 of 1999 dated 16th October 1999 and more particularly shown and delineated on a Plan of Survey No. 800 of 1999 recorded at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, Belmopan, Cayo District as Plan No. 1514 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon, the freehold property of MINOR CASTELLANOS

DATED this 4th day of February 2015

HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED1 HYDE’S LANE, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

Phone: (501) 224-5644Fax: (501) 223-0738

DRAGON FLY TRADING CORP. # 64,147(“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (8) of the International Business

Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised

Edition 2000, notice is hereby given that DRAGON FLY TRADING CORP. has been dissolved as at 28th January,

2015 and has been struck off the Register of International

Business Companies.

Cititrust International Limited

Registered Agent

TRIDENT CAPITAL LTD. # 30,927(“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (8) of the International Business

Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised

Edition 2000, notice is hereby given that TRIDENT CAPITAL LTD. has been dissolved as at 29th January, 2015 and has

been struck off the Register of International Business Com-

panies.

Cititrust International Limited

Registered Agent


Fuel prices hit record low, but cost of living still very high

Belize City, February 2, 2015Fuel prices have hit a record

low, locally and internationally, fol-lowing the announcement last year by large oil-producing nations that they will maintain the supply of oil at peak levels. Fuel prices in several parts of the United States are com-peting at around US$2.00 per gal-lon, while in Belize the Government which controls the pricing appears to continue the gouging of consum-ers, charging over BZE$8.00 per gallon for Premium gasoline.

In most of the Caribbean re-gion, the drop in fuel prices has

been like a blessing to all. Prices of goods, services and utilities have fallen drastically. For example, the Barbados Light & Power’s reported last week that as a result of the sig-nificant decline in oil prices, electric-ity rates have dropped by more than 50% over the last six months. The lower cost of energy for businesses across the region has also improved their financial performance.

The lower fuel prices have had wide-ranging effects with positive impacts for consumers’ spending powers in a number of countries. But in Belize, this domino effect

seems to be facing some delay, or perhaps obstruction. Yes, electric-ity rates fell in early January (by a meagre 5%), but consumers will not see any further reduction until the tariffs undergo a review until five months. This means that if fuel prices continue stumbling daily, consumers won’t see the benefits along the way.

Neither is the cost of living in Belize getting less painful. The pric-es of basic food items (except for Ramen) continue at an all-time high. Here again, the Government has some explaining to do, as they set

the prices of goods for consumers at the shelves.

While falling prices have im-proved economic conditions in some countries, Belizeans are still left waiting. Of course, it may not be politically expedient for the UDP Government for conditions to im-prove. It would certainly reduce the need for their Government-fund-ed political pantry program for the poor and would mean that voters would be less dependent on UDP politicians for help. This is the exact opposite of what the pro-poor UDP would want to see happen.


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Infamous Daniel Cano re-surfaces in million-dollar project

CARTOON

Cañeros say NO to Barrow!

Carla catches cold feet?

Mayor spent $40 million in 3 years, says Santi

Santi vs. Darrell

Belize City, February 2nd, 2015Mayor Darrel Bradley is slowly realising that

even members of his own Party have gotten tired of his immaturity and self-glorified leader-ship at City Hall.

This week Mayor Bradley was clobbered by his political rival in Caribbean Shores, Santino “Santi” Castillo, who said that while the Mayor has some achievements to show for his time at City Hall the reality is that he has had it way too easy.

Santi was responding to questions about Bradley’s not-so-secret desires to challenge his candidacy in Caribbean Shores.

While Santi said he is not afraid of a con-test, he also advised Bradley to stay in the mu-nicipal race and face the fire as a Mayor who has had his cake and eaten it.

“…nobody will question the work he has done. Take into to consideration that he got a 20 million dollar bond and he also got anoth-er 20 million dollars from government and as a businessman I can tell you it’s very easy to spend money, it’s very hard to pay it back,” he said as he took a swipe at Mayor Bradley.

The spending of this $40 million has not been properly accounted for. The Mayor did go on a wild cement streets spree, which has earned him the title, “Cemento Mayor”, but the streets lack proper drainage and have actually turned drains when there is a little downpour over the city. The failure to work on proper drain-age has left the city in a much worse situation that it was before.

And while Santi prefers for Bradley to stick to City Hall, he said that it’s not only him. Santi revealed that UDP leader and Prime Minister, Dean Barrow, had advised Bradley to take on the Opposition Leader Hon. Francis Fonseca in the Freetown Division. But Bradley was no fool. He rejected the offer and began expressing in-terest in the Shores.

Santi said that Bradley has the right to chal-lenge him in Caribbean Shores if he so desires, but it’s best for him not to, to avoid “bloodshed”.

UDP still searching for Freetown

standard bearerFormer S.I.F. CEO had resigned following Dangriga market scandal

Belize City, February 5th, 2015Dr. Carla Barnett’s anomalous political

campaign appears to already be dying an expected natural death.

Despite Dean Barrow and senior ex-ecutives of the UDP gathering at the UDP Headquarters, two weeks ago, to intro-duce Dr. Barnett as their personal choice for candidate in the Freetown Division, an advertisement calling for applications from “persons interested in offering them-selves as Standard Bearer for the UDP in the Freetown Constituency” appeared in this week’s El Guardian newspaper.

The publication suggests that either the UDP is not sure about Barnett’s can-didacy or Barnett has caught cold feet only two weeks after announcing that she will take on the people’s champ in the division, Area Representative, PUP Leader Hon. Francis Fonseca.

Whoever it is that the UDP puts in Freetown, whether it is Barnett or the Chi-nese mafia connection, the people of Free-town will reject them resoundingly.

Dr. Carla Barnett has picked up her political career right where her cam-pain manager Lee Mark Chang left

it: down a losing path

Belize City, February 3, 2015The former Chief Executive Of-

ficer of the Social Investment Fund, Daniel Cano, who was deeply em-broiled in a major corruption scan-dal that involved alleged extortion and kickbacks and the overall mis-management of the Dangriga Mar-ket project, has found a way to be handling another million dollar Gov-ernment project.

The Dangriga market project scandal which came to light in the September of 2013 left such a bitter taste in the mouths and minds of Belizeans that it has not been for-gotten. In May 2012, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Econom-ic Development Santino Castillo joined Cano, who was then SIF’s CEO, to break ground for what

should have been a new $1.4 million building to house the Dangriga Market. The project should have taken less than

a year to complete, but within a few months it ran into problems and came to a standstill.

The contract had been awarded to K&G Construc-tion, a company owned by former UDP Candidate Kenard Smart and based in the Corozal District. Ac-cording to Smart, he was “shaken down” by a num-ber of SIF employees who demanded cash from him. He wrote out personal cheques as “payoffs” so that monies for the project would be released to him.

He alleged that when he took the matter to Cano, instead of the boss putting his foot down and investigating, he joined in the shakedown. Smart claims he once gave Cano a plastic bag filled with $10,000 in cash.

Faced with the serious alle-gations, three employees were fired and Cano resigned as CEO. He never faced any criminal pro-ceedings, as is now common under the UDP Government shows no interest in prosecut-ing wrongdoers.

Cano has re-appeared to-day in a $4.8 million dollar road works project. Similar to the Dangriga market project, the new contract was awarded by the Government. Cano was co-representing Belize Road Construction, a construction company, at the contract signing ceremony.

If the Belizean people have learnt anything from the past, they should demand that the Government keep a close eye on Cano.

Dangriga leaders protesting SIF corruption in 2013

Minister of Works Rene Montero presides over signing of contract

belize times february 8, 2015

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