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Visa scandal!Godwin Hulse’s Ministry AGAin!

Belize City, June 20, 2013Another major scandal

has hit the Barrow Govern-ment. There seems to be no end to the incompetence and corruption that goes on in the Government.

This time it is the Immi-gration Department, which falls under the sanctimonious Minister of Immigration God-win Hulse. Once again it has to do with hustling and steal-ing involving visiting visas.

The news has already reported on a Belizean visit-ing Cuba last week who was caught with additional pass-ports with Belizean visiting

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BARROW LIED!Cabinet Minutes

of March 15, 2005 support PUP Leader

CoMPol sAys

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Police Officer had “no authority” to withdraw

charges against

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$10 Million disAster!Mayor says city residents can’t get good streets and drains

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FECTAB campaigns

against BTB’s treachery

Not happy with new

Memorial Park

Name change for Football National Team?

Open Letter to PM concerning the

Noh Mul

Darrel Carter to Amandala: Not Taegar’s Bank!

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!Ms. Michele PaigePresidentFlorida Caribbean

Cruise AssociationMiami, Florida

Tue 18 June 2013

Dear Ms. Paige,Greetings from Belize and

from FECTAB.It is with deep regret that we

must ask the FCCA at this stage in time, to cancel/postpone the FCCA Platinum Conference to be held in Belize in the national in-terest of tourism and especially tour operators, guides, and allied businesses in Belize. Certain de-velopments in its organization at the Belize end have only just late-ly come to our attention. We have tried to dialogue most urgently, at the highest level, to no avail.

The (BTB) Belize Tourism Board/Ministry of Tourism, Belize, has, we feel, tragically and most unfairly granted ALL land tours to the Jamaican tour operator, CHUKKA, in the face of similar of-fers by several Belizean operators of complimentary tours for FCCA Platinum members. This, we feel, will cause severe damage to the well established and international-ly recognized abilities of tour oper-ators and guides in Belize, as well as allied businesses, and bring substantial loss as a result. Beliz-eans stand to suffer.

FECTAB members and sup-porting operators/related busi-nesses, feel betrayed by this, and will participate in picketing the FCCA conference forthwith. A national press conference on this sad development has been set for tomorrow morning. It will be tele-vised nationally by evening and carried by the press Thursday and

Dear Editor,Why did our football

team come up with the name for our national team as “Jaguars”. I think the University of Belize

had already used “Jaguars” for their sports teams. We should have been innovative and used a name like “Punta Rockers” to help promote our cultural music. For example look at Jamaica and Trinidad. Their national team are named Reggae Boyz for Ja-maica and Soca Warriors for Trinidad. Both are promoting music for which their country is famous for. Although jaguars are a native of Belize, it is still associated with other countries. Just an observation.

Signed,Hakeem Bush

Dear Editor:I’m so disappointed

in the way they have turned the Memorial Park from a park to a

market place.The Memorial Park has been tra-

ditionally where we Belizeans could go to relax and enjoy some good sea breeze. Now they’re turning it into some market place taking away the use of the park. I notice they have used the area by the sea for parking and are constructing a booth. Are they going to charge now for park-ing?

During the Sept Celebrations the park used to be the spot for activi-ties, now it’s gone. Where are they going to have activities? Tony Wright used to be an advocate for defending the original park now I wonder if he’s been around there to see the change in the area. We Belizeans need to stand up and take back our recre-ational areas. It could be the Memo-rial Park today and somewhere else later.

Signed:Hakeem Bush

Dear Editor,I write in response

to an editorial in the Amandala – “Quo Vadis PUP” – in which the editor is making the as-

sumption that Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s proposed National Bank is Dr. Leroy Taegar’s Bank. Well, I was a student of the late Dr. Taegar, as a mat-ter of fact, I have his photo behind me at work, and as one of his students I can say that what Barrow proposes is a bastardization of the real thing. It ain’t no Dr. Taegar’s Bank, Mr. Editor.

How can it be a National Bank when all Barrow plans to inject in its purse is twenty million dollars while the political hustle vehicle, Belize In-frastructure Limited, is getting sixty million? How can it be a National Bank when it is stuffed with political appoin-tees whose priority is the serve the UDP?

Dr. Tager’s vision of a national bank was one for all. A bank with no com-pounded interest. A bank with a fixed minimum interest for all Belizeans, and one that does not encourage the fire-sale of Belizean investors, or much worst, the cronyism and nepotism practiced by Barrow.

No Mr. Editor. Barrow’s propos-al for a National Bank drops short by miles. It could never be anything close to what Dr. Taegar envisioned. But we understand why you have swallowed the Prime Minister’s lie.

Yours respectfully,Darrel Carter

Friday this week and international-ized forthwith.

Our organization will ensure international coverage of this out-rageous concept we feel has been cooked up by CHUKKA and friend-ly faces in official tourism circles in Belize. We certainly feel the BTB is compromised. The FCCA will be perceived to be a part of that.

Once again, please cancel/post-pone the event, until matters here can be normalized.

Sincerely,Tom GreenwoodPresident

Dear Prime Minister Dean Barrow,

Like many other orga-nizations, the Belize Tour-ism Industry Association Orange Walk Chapter, sent

out a press release expressing its dis-appointment and anger in relation to the senseless and atrocious act of ig-norance pertaining to the destruction of the tallest mound at the Noh Mul Archaeological Site in the Orange Walk District to early May 2013.

The BTIA Orange Walk Chapter is dissatisfied that, one month later, no one has been charged for committing that atrocity. We are discouraged at the prolonged process that the official in-vestigation has been taking.

The BTIA Orange Walk Chapter hereby requests that you intercede via your good office to induce the relevant authorities to promptly conclude their investigation and press charges as the law provides.

The BTIA Orange Walk Chapter will continue to monitor this situation until the person(s) responsible are charged and penalized to the fullest extent of the law so that such atrocities against our cultural resources are not repeated.

Thank you for your urgent attention to this matter.

Sincerely,The BTIA Orange Walk Chapter

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Francis Fonseca

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BARROW LIED!

Belize City, June 19, 2013The letter written by Gian Gandhi to the Belize Interna-

tional Services Ltd. (BISL) dated 9 June 2003 invited the company “to enter into negotiations with the Government and the IFSC to address concerns and to work out an ac-ceptable solution consistent with the laws of Belize and in-ternational standards”.

This is just the opposite of what Prime Minister Barrow was saying at his press conference.

Barrow’s description of the extension of the contract to 2020 as a “secret agreement” was exposed as a blatant lie when Barrow was faced with a letter signed by Joseph Waight in the Ministry of Finance which acknowledged the terms of the agreement. The extension was known and dis-cussed with the Ministry of Finance, the Attorney General’s Ministry, Gian Gandhi as well as the Governor of the Central Bank, where the US$1.2 million was paid.

The BELIZE TIMES has now received proof that the en-tire matter of the International Business Companies (IBC) Registry and the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize (Immarbe) was under review by Cabinet. As a mat-ter of fact, in light of the concerns raised by Gandhi in his letter various proposed regulations and Conventions were approved by Cabinet in order to work out an acceptable


Hon. Gaspar Vega

Officer Down!

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Arrogant Leadership

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By FraNCIS w. FONSECaThe most important thing

coming out of Dean Barrow’s “DISTRACTION” Press Con-ference last week was his response to a question asked about whether the Minister of Health, Pablo Marin, owed an apology to the families of the 13 babies who had tragi-cally died at the KHMH over a 20 day period.

Mr. Barrow’s response was effectively that Marin need not apologize to anyone because he was successful-ly leading the effort to win Village Council elections in Corozal South West and that he, Barrow, had spoken for Marin.

This response from Be-lize’s Prime Minister may have shocked a few but the truth

is that this is vintage Dean Barrow, cold and arrogant.

Barrow’s arrogant leadership is destroy-ing Belize. He rep-resents the exact op-posite of what George Price stood for: humil-ity, unity, and compas-sion. Barrow is guided completely by political and financial interests. Nothing else matters.

This is why he de-fends Gapi Vega, Pablo Marin, Boots Martinez, Rene Montero, Mark King, and so many oth-ers around him in the face of very serious al-legations of corruption and incompetence.

This is why he cre-

ates bogus distractions to divert attention away from the scandals eating at his rotting government.

This is why he attacks the opposition and ig-nores the needs of half the country who support the PUP.

Leadership is about listening and learning. It is about humility, con-necting people and ideas, about forging a sense of unity and purpose.

It is about building and creating NOT dividing and tearing down!

Mr. Barrow’s arro-gance is BAD for Belize!

solution consistent with the laws of Belize and inter-national standards, critical to the proper functioning of the Registries under the extended agreement be-tween the Government and BISL.

At the 15th March 2005 Cabinet meeting a Memorandum (No. 21 of 2005) was tabled by the Ministry of Finance and approved by Cabinet regard-ing the acceptance/ratification of certain internation-al conventions, such as promoting compliance with conservation and management measures by fish-ing vessels on the High Seas Convention of 1993; The International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas; ILO Conventions regarding ship owners’ liability for sick and injured seamen and for Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention.

The series of events that transpired and the minutes of the Cabinet meeting confirm that it was in this context that then Prime Minister Said Musa shortly after, agreed and signed to the extension of the contract, after the matter was ventilated in Cabinet.

By unilaterally cancelling this commercial agreement, Prime Minister Barrow has once again shown his total disregard to the legal ramification and unquantifiable damage that he is causing to the nation’s reputation and more importantly, ex-posing the taxpayers of Belize to millions of dollars in loss and damage. Belize is now perceived in the international community as renegade country, ruled by a reckless dictatorial regime with no regard to the rule of law.

BARROW LIED!

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sYsTEM FailURE

It is the type of story you only hear in regimes run by dictators who control all arms of government, from the judge right down to the police. Today, under the Dean

Barrow regime, Belize received its official stamp and seal of a “failed state” as the Minister of Gangs, Mark King, walked free from very serious criminal charges.

How coincidental is it that the charges fell apart within the precise period of the Prime Minister’s 3 month suspension of King? And how did Mark King, in Hou-dini-like fashion, manage to escape the tentacles of our oh-so reliable justice sys-tem even after he confessed and apolo-gized for his acts in his press release to the nation?

While it did not come as a surprise to anyone, the real story behind this system collapse has very little to do with Mark King. Nelson Ramos is a police officer. He works for the Government of Belize and by extension, for the people of Be-lize. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl Lyn Vidal, has gone on record to suggest that the number one reason why she has only been able to achieve a dismal 3% conviction rate is because witnesses do not want to come to court to testify. PC Nelson Ramos is not your typical “IC witness”. He is a police officer, sworn to uphold the law and to ensure that justice is served. If the DPP cannot get a police officer to testify in a criminal case, how

are we to expect normal Belizeans to vol-untarily testify in such a climate of judi-cial uncertainty?

On the 18th of November, 2013, for some inexplicable reason PC Nelson Ra-mos withdrew his testimony against Mark King. Was Nelson Ramos intimidated into withdrawing his testimony or was he offered favors for doing such a dastardly deed? The answers to these questions will, of course, never be known as the Mad King saga has come to a close, for now.

Media houses, like the UDP’s Channel 7 have even championed King’s victory as they declared: “Mark King cleared of all charges”. Cleared? Really? While we know that Jules is a lover of Barrow’s red kool-aid, the media’s lukewarm response to this sys-tem failure is just another signal that UDP have bought and paid for the media’s com-plicity in crimes against our country. Dean Barrow has had Belize in an induced coma for the last five years and now Mark King has just injected us with embalming flu-id. The padding of the bench by Barrow’s handpicked judges has already attracted the attention of the international community. The judiciary, with their six month con-tracts, is under siege. And so it is now, that we see the executive arm of government, the police, being suited up to play their role in the destruction of our democracy. So the next time you hear a news item where an IC witness refuses to testify in court, just re-member this: Da Barrow fi Blame!

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EDITORIAL


PM covers up public fleecing06

Imer Hernandez Hon. Gaspar Vega

Finnegan on his way

outMesopotamia up for grabs

Contract to Gaspar Vega’s nephew for San Antonio Road paving was NOT cancelled

No apologies for 13 dead babies!

Belize City, June 18, 2013Where is Minister of Housing, Mi-

chael Finnegan? This is the question that many Belizeans have been asking as no one has seen or heard from the usually garrulous UDP representative. He isn’t at his constituency offices in Mesopota-mia, and neither by the UDP HQ Brads. The BELIZE TIMES has confirmed that Finnegan has been in the United States seeking treatment after his health con-dition deteriorated several weeks ago.

Finnegan left, seeking medical at-tention, with little notice to avoid creat-ing problems for the UDP. The Barrow Administration has a razor-thin majority in the House, and the thought of any seat becoming vacant means trouble for the scandal-ridden UDP.

Reliable sources tell the Belizeans that Finnegan is living his last few days as a UDP representative and Minister. His health is bad. He has already decid-ed he won’t be running again, and now his people are scouting around for a re-placement. The former Mayor Zenaida Moya has been prepping for it, but she has been rejected by UDP leader Dean Barrow and ostracized by the UDP. Her-bert Panton is also interested, we are told, but not a favorite. He has too many skeletons in the closet.

UDP insiders tell us their maximum leader Barrow has told Mayor Darrel Bradley that he must give up his inten-tions for Caribbean Shores and take Mesopotamia instead or UDP House Speaker Michael Peyrefitte, who outdid Mark Espat to finalise the Superbond deal.

In the meantime, the Ministry of Housing continues to be an utter dis-grace and of total irrelevance to Beliz-eans. In a time when homes are in dire need of repair, when interest rates at the banks are at an all-time high, and when homes are being lost by the stag-gering economy, the Ministry of Hous-ing has no plan.

Belize City, June 13, 2013The BELIZE TIMES has received

reliable information, supported by doc-uments, which reveal that the contract to Imer Hernandez, the nephew of Gas-par Vega, paid in full a month before the 2012 general elections for incomplete work on San Antonio Road in Orange Walk Town was never cancelled as claimed by Prime Minister Dean Barrow.

Barrow said in media interviews given on June 6th that the reason Her-nandez’ didn’t pave San Antonio Road was because the contract had been

cancelled and replaced by another. But copies of the payment vouch-ers show that the work was “cer-

tified” as completed by Ministry of Works’ officials. Barrow admit-ted that this was an irregularity,

because no work was completed, but he said it was due to the pressure of the elec-tion period.

The Prime Minister contended that there was nothing to worry about because Hernandez was actually paid for another contract, after the San Antonio road paving had been cancelled. But information to the BELIZE TIMES indicates otherwise. None of the contracts for San Antonio (numbered by series 475 to 484) were cancelled by the Ministry of Works. The records at the Minis-try of Works shows that the contracts that were cancelled are number by series 442 to 451, which were not the San Antonio work contracts.

We challenge the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Works to prove the cancella-tion of the San Antonio Road.

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No closure!

Belize City, June 19, 2013Instead of finding proper clo-

sure with the mothers of 13 ba-bies who died from an unknown infection at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) in May, the Minister of Health Pablo Marin and KHMH authorities have aggravated matters.

The BELIZE TIMES spoke to two of the mothers today, who said that they were lured into a terrifying meeting with health au-thorities at the hospital this week.

One of the mothers, Marissa Cruz, told us that on Friday June

14th she received a phone call with someone requesting that she attend a meeting on Monday June 17th. This was the second contact the hospital was making since the report of the babies’ deaths went public.

On Monday afternoon, to Mrs. Cruz surprise, she walked into a meeting with strange fac-es including that of Minister of Health Pablo Marin. She told us that Marin was the first to talk and he led the conversation by blaming the media for distort-ing events and making him look

bad. Marin, who has been crit-icized for being silent during the whole ordeal, claimed that he had spoken at the press confer-ence held on May 30th but the media chose not to broadcast anything he said.

Others attending the meet-ing included the KHMH CEO Dr. Gary Longsworth, pediatrician Dr. Ochoa, and an unidentified female who said she was a psychiatrist. None of the other mothers had been invited. Mrs. Cruz was interrogated about her activities since leaving the hos-

pital, whether she speaks to the media and about her mental con-dition.

Mrs. Cruz was startled when health authorities accused her of causing her child’s death. They told her that because she had a condition known as pre-eclampsia, her baby didn’t survive. They also suggested, shockingly, that if the mother knew she had pre-eclamp-sia prior to the whole gestation pe-riod, she “could have solved her is-sue” and avoided the entire thing. She told us she was shocked to hear them suggest that she could have committed abortion.

She was also disturbed when they proposed that she gets psy-chiatric care.

A second mother, who attend-ed a separate meeting, was also accused of causing her child’s death. She was told that she had an infection which passed unto the baby. She said that those repre-senting the Ministry showed arti-ficial concern, but what got her so upset that she chose to walk out of the meeting was their offer that to make it right they would grant her a scholarship.

We spoke to one other mother who was called by the hospital but rejected their meeting invitation.

On Wednesday afternoon, the parents met with attorneys Ka-reem Musa and Anthony Sylvestre Jr. to discuss their legal options. The hospital is yet to accept full re-sponsibility and take the appropri-ate action against the negligence that led to the deadly spread of an infection in the neo-natal unit at the hospital.

Health authorities tell mothers that infants’ deaths are their fault, propose psychiatric care

Mothers meet with attorneys Anthony Sylvestre Jr. and Kareem Musa


Visa scandal!Godwin Hulse’s Ministry AGAin!

visas for Chinese nationals. Like with the death of 13 babies at the KHMH, the destruction of the Maya monu-ment at Noh Mul to use the material to bribe villagers in the village council elections, the Government remains deafeningly silent.

The Minister of Immigration who supported the huge scandal involv-ing rosewood in the Toledo has so far made no report to the nation. He has good reasons to keep quiet. Minister Godwin Hulse has been covering up a large scale scandal in which hundreds of visa foils have been stolen inside his Ministry. The BELIZE TIMES will ex-pose him.

Not only have the visas gone missing. They have been turning up in Chinese passports in January and February this year. The Minister has been given the names of at least four persons who are involved in the scam. One is alleged to be a Belize City Coun-

Continued from page 1 cillor and another a huge UDP of-ficial, handpicked for a special job by the Prime Minister.

Minister Hulse also knows that some of the visas are being sold to Chinese agents in Belize for $8,000 each. Some in the Min-istry also know the names of the agents who are selling these sto-len visas and issuing false yellow receipts. The Immigration stamp from one of the border immigra-tion offices is used to stamp the passports to authenticate the stolen visas. An immigration ca-shier stamp is also used in some of the passports.

Minister Hulse has refused to follow public service law which requires him to report such irreg-ularities, to the Police.

The BELIZE TIMES has also confirmed that many UDP Min-isters are profiting from the hus-tling at immigration in respect to

visas for Chinese nationals. Immigration of-ficials have been instructed to process Chi-nese visas for a select group of Ministers based on little notes passed on to them by UDP cronies directing them to kindly facili-tate and issue ten visas for so and so.

There are monthly notes and for each visa the Chinese agents pay thousands of dollars to the Ministers and their cronies. And everyone goes laughing to the bank.

Sample of UDP Ministerial note passed to immigration officials to process visas to Chinese nationals


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$10 Million disAster!

Belize City, June 18, 201380 FLOODED streets – that’s

what the UDP Belize City Coun-cil had us wading through this week no matter which part of Belize City you live in. While doz-ens of streets have been paved, and the Council has spent over

Mayor says city residents can’t get good streets and drains

$10 Million in doing so, glar-ingly absent has been good drainage and this is a recipe for disaster.

Even the street directly in front of City Hall – Angel Lane – was under almost 6 inches of water, a clear sign

that there was poor planning wherever the Council carried out their street con-struction.

The Mayor has disgracefully admit-ted that indeed the

city lacks proper drainage. When he explained why the city has no drainage, even after $10 million has been spent on streets, he said he doesn’t believe Belizeans want both – good streets and good drains.

Cinderella Plaza under water

Flooding on recently paved Queen Street affected businesses

Angel Lane, right in front of City Hall, had knee-deep water


More Public Fleecing?

VEGAS COME UP AGAIN!

Espats will join UDP ranksIMAGINE THE DESPERATION

Lee Mark Chang

NEWS

woMAn in tHe House

Raw Politics and the Prime Minister!!!

By Dolores Balderamos Garcia

Channel Five euphemistically pronounced that it was “amazed.” Leader of the Opposition Francis Fonseca has said it is shocking and disgraceful, absolute arro-gance and stupidity, and abso-lute madness. Belizeans are once more feeling shock and disbelief at the latest utterances of the Prime Minister. As Mr. Middle-ton from Port Loyola used to say: “This one beat all cock fight!!”

Yes, I think the Prime Minister has once more managed to outdo himself for sheer arrogance and utterly incredible hubris. At last week’s press conference he was asked why Minister of Health Pablo Marin has said nothing at all regarding the many deaths of newborns at the Karl Heus-ner Memorial Hospital, thirteen in twenty days, and apparently many more before that.

In answering, the Prime Min-ister launched into a vexed and hectoring response, saying to the media that there is no lack of confidence in Pablo Marin, “NOt whErE It MattErS”, because the Minister of Health has gone into many villages in Corozal and has won every single one of them. He therefore, according to the Prime Minister, does not have to make any apologies for not speaking (!!!!!).

By their words ye shall know them, and this time the leader of Government has exposed himself fully for what he is - a man so drunk with power that he believes he can get away with saying and doing anything.

What was the Prime Minis-ter saying? He was saying, Beliz-eans, that raw politics is all that matters. The health of our people and the lives of newborn babies, the well-being of children, men and women as it pertains to the health of our nation can all go to hell!! What matters is winning in politics, and if his Minister of Health can win village council elections, then that is all that mat-ters.

I appeared on Channel Five’s program Open Your Eyes last Monday to speak about the Re-vised National Gender Policy. While on the show I said quite clearly and forcefully that if the Prime Minister were not so arro-gant we could perhaps get much

further in carrying the Policy for-ward with the input and neces-sary “buy in” of all stakeholders.

It is completely unnecessary for the Prime Minister to be dig-ging in his heels and swearing to never withdraw the Policy. A good read of the document shows that it acknowledges in no uncertain terms that the cooperation and collaboration of civil society is crucial to successful implementa-tion of the policy. Why, then, dis-respect church organizations, the teachers union and other import-ant stakeholders? It all comes down to the ARROGANCE of this leader.

But back to the issue of all the neonatal deaths at the KHMH. To me the issue goes far beyond the Minister of Health not talking. What will he say now any-way that can help to reduce the pain of the families who have lost their infants or restore the confi-dence that Belizeans have lost in the delivery of health care in our country? The Prime Minister well knows this. He knows that Beliz-eans have lost faith in his Minis-ter of Health. If he wants some-one whose acumen is in winning elections, then why doesn’t he remove Pablo Marin as Health Minister and appoint him to be his Corozal campaign manager?

This issue of the neonatal deaths is not going to go away. And as I have said before, it points to the fact that the Minis-ter of Health and indeed the en-tire Government are bankrupt of ideas and of the will to fix what is wrong, in this instance, with the health system.

And the rot that has set in as the Government jerks and jolts from one scandal and crisis to the next, will not diminish. Not with megalomaniacal conduct at the helm!!

We continue to shake our heads in disbelief. But, yes, he said it. Only RAW POLITICS mat-ters to the Prime Minister. Health, Education, Jobs, the Legal Sys-tem, etc. etc. All these can go to hell. The people of Belize – we can all go to hell. Where it matters the UDP can win. And the Prime Minister has shown himself to be behaving like a madman. It is RAW POLITICS and the PRIME MINISTER!!

GOB offers bid for “construction” at Youth Cadet, but identical contract

awarded last yearBelize City, June 20, 2013

There is an increasing need for Belizeans to keep a close watch on the spending of this sticky-fingered and greedy UDP Government.

Between December 15th 2011 and February 10th 2012, the Min-istry of Education and Youth paid $164,651.20 to a company named “Gorcian” for the construction of the National Youth Cadet Service Corp located on the George Price Highway.

This is why it raised eyebrows when an advertisement published in the June 9th 2013 edition of the Amandala called for bids for the “construction and rehabilitation works at the Youth Hostel Com-pound and the Rehabilitation Works at the Youth Cadet Compound”.

This time the contract is being offered by the Ministry of Human Development and Social Transforma-tion. The contract value is reported to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The question is why is there a call for bids for a contract that is

identical to one awarded to “Gorcian” in late 2011. If Gorcian had complet-ed their contract in 2012, which is confirmed by copies of the payment vouchers obtained by the BELIZE TIMES, why is there a need for more construction or rehabil-itation so quickly? Why haven’t the Ministries of Education and Youth and Human Development and Social Transformation publicized their “grand plan” for the facility, or is it really an agenda to pro-mote public fleecing?

When the BELIZE TIMES visited the Youth

Hostel and Youth Cadet compound, we saw no evidence of any con-struction plans. We asked some of the youth residents about recent activities, but they said their facil-ity has been neglected for several years.

The BELIZE TIMES did more research and found out that the company “Gorcian” was started by UDP crony Rayford Gordon, who is interestingly now a contract em-ployee of the Ministry of Educa-tion. In November 2011, Gordon transferred ownership of the com-pany to another crony, Harrison Al-exander Smith.

While Gordon had ownership of Gorcian, the Ministry of Educa-tion had given him numerous bloat-ed contracts to carry out works at various schools. For one of those contracts which included the ba-sic replacement of windows at the Muslim Community school, repair-ing a pump house at Wesley College and repairing partitions at Queen Square Anglican school, Gordon was paid a whopping $16,589.50.

Bid for contract to carry out “construction and reha-bilitation” at Youth Cadet published two weeks ago

Copy of payment voucher showing “Gorcian compa-ny” collected $164,651 for similar contract last year


PuP sAys MArk kinG disCHArGe brinGs “sHAMe” on justiCe systeM

Continued from page 9“The major sentiment that I got

is that people prefer to have a con-crete carriageway as opposed to having carriageway and drains. Of course, if they had their way they would pick both…but that’s not the world we live in,” said the Mayor.

Danger lies ahead. With many of the downtown streets already paved with concrete, it will be difficult and more expensive to carry out good drainage work, which means Mayor Bradley has sentenced Belize City to endless flooding.

Also, the business community who has supported the Mayor’s city infra-structure development bond with an initial $10 million MUST put a stop to this wastefulness and madness, and withhold any further support to the Council until they do the work properly. Developing Belize City cannot be about what the Mayor BELIEVES city resi-dents want, but about what is sound, logical and right for the city. $10 million is a lot of money to waste, and Mayor Bradley has demonstrated how to do it.

$10 Million disAster!

June 20, 2013 Some months ago, following

a “not guilty” verdict in a murder trial in Belize City, the sister of the deceased described the jus-tice system as “slack”.

Tuesday’s turn of events in the Mark King case in the Corozal Magistrate’s Court, in which a police officer sworn to uphold the law refused to testify, gives cause for the ordinary Belizean to view our criminal justice system in this light.

A criminal justice system is one of the most important arms of a democratic system. It is di-rected at upholding social order, deterring and mitigating crime, and sanctioning those who vi-olate laws. The circumstances surrounding the dismissal of the charges against Hon. Mark King gives ordinary Belizeans a con-

trary view of the justice system. It gives the impression of Govern-ment interference with the judi-ciary and the police to save one of its own. This must stop!

At a time when our country is submerged by repeated scan-

dals by members of this UDP government and an abject break down in law and order, this belief is only strengthened. This cannot be good for Belize and the young children of Belize.

The People’s Unit-ed Party therefore calls on the relevant bodies, including the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, to take all required actions to cor-rect the “shame” that circumstances surround-ing the dismissal of the charges against Hon. Mark King has caused to the justice system.

GOB interference with judiciary and police must stop!

Mark King


In-law DRaMa – Part IIAs we emphasized last week, having a respectful relationship with your

in-laws is a crucial part of a relationship. If you think you can get away with ostra-cizing your partner’s parents, think again. You’d be acting selfish and stealing an important aspect of your lives. It’s best to try working it out. Here’s our final tips:

Makoabi Rx:Relationships, Love Tips & Advice…

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Know yourself.Shakespeare said it a zillion years ago, and the ad-

vice still holds today: Don’t try to remake yourself into the person your in-laws want. You are who you are! For

example, what if they’re looking for a high-powered attorney and you are a high school teacher? Don’t expect to talk about constitutional matters around the table. Instead find out topics that you know will be interesting to them, and if they are anywhere near school and learning, you’ll master that and score big points.

Get with the program.Put away the stereotypes and adjust your thinking to

the reality of the situation. The worst thing is to not try something because you fear or are unsure about the re-sults. Don’t let this be an excuse.

Learn to cool off.At times things could get nasty. Whether it is snide

remarks, or just outright clowning by the joker uncle, keep your cool. Most importantly, don’t fire back. Spare your

in-laws the insults and character attacks. Even if you have to grit your teeth, try to say something nice. And if you really can’t say anything nice, shut up and smile.

Be mature.Your parents have to love you; it’s in the contract. But

your in-laws don’t. Accept the fact that your in-laws aren’t your parents and won’t follow the same rules. Try to think “different” -- not “better” or “worse.” To make this work, give in on small points and negotiate the key issues.

Learn to see the situation from your in-law’s point of view. And even if you don’t agree, act like a big person.

PUP nOTicEMesopotamia Constituency Committee

The People’s United Party is accepting applications for mem-bers of the Mesopotamia Constituency Committee.

Application forms at the PUP Secretariat, Independence Hall, #3 Queen Street, Belize City.

Application must be filled and returned to the Secretariat, ad-dressed to the Secretary General by Friday June 28, 2013.

OCEANA HONORS AwARDEES AT

wORlD OCEANS DAy RECEPTION

June 10, 2013 “We are extremely proud

and gratified to honor Dr. Mel-anie McField with the Oceana in Belize Ocean Hero Award for 2013! And our Wavemaker Award 2013 goes to the Ottley Family,” announced VP Oceana Audrey Matura-Shepherd during a celebratory cocktail party at the Caracol Room on Saturday, June 8th, 2013.

“Truly, Dr. McField, who is not present tonight to accept this award, is a Belizean who has consistently and unselfish-ly worked toward the protec-tion of Belize’s marine resourc-es. And the Ottleys, whenever we have issued a call for assis-tance, they have consistently volunteered and assisted Ocea-na with accomplishing its mis-sion,” Audrey stated.

Saturday’s festivities also in-cluded the opening of a photo-graphic exhibition in conjunction with the Radisson Fort George Hotel. SEA PEOPLE, the pho-to exhibit, is mounted in both the Villa Lobby and the Colonial Lobby. The images capture the people, places and fish from the coastal communities of Belize, from Sarteneja Village up north to Barranco down south, and aim to address issues of juvenile fish overfishing to the destruction caused by gillnets.

The photos will remain on display until June 14th, 2013. Members of the public are invit-ed to stop in to view the exhibit between 9:00am and 7:00pm.

This year’s World Oceans Day was observed under the theme: “together we have the power to protect the oceans”.

Dr. Melanie Mcfield (right) receiving her Ocean Hero award from Oceana VP Audrey Matura Shepherd

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bum, Black Birds Are Danc-ing Over Me, grew out of his frequent visits to the Central American country of Belize and his friendship with many of its musicians.

“The music of Belize has been seeping into me ever since I went there on vacation 10 or 12 years ago,” he said.

“It’s a country and peo-ple I know very well.”

Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me is a collaboration with Benque Players and the indigenous music of Belize’s Garifuna Collective. It was re-corded and produced at the Stonetree Records studio of Benque Players’ Ivan Duran.

“I thought it might be interesting to make some music with them, so I ap-proached them with the idea and they went for it,” he said.

So he packed a suitcase and little else and headed for Belize last year. “I went down there with no songs, no guitar, nothing. It’s crazy now that I think of it.”

The result is a wonderful blend of Michel’s folk style and Latin rhythms. He plans to bring Benque Players north in the summer to do folk festivals in Canada.


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Lennox Castillo defends against Matthew Leal

Triple B’s vs. Toledo Scorpions ends 1-1

National Team defeats Cayo All Stars 7-0

City of Belmopan, June 19, 2013

The Belize National football team won 7-0 over Cayo All Stars Selection in a game played on Fri-day night at the FFB Goal Project stadium in Belmopan City. There were two games played, with all national team players given an

opportunity to play.The first game saw the Na-

tional Team win 2-0. In this game, the starting players entered late in the second half to score the second goal. The second game was a short 30 minute game which saw impressive defense and set plays by the national A

team players.These games are in

preparation for the Gold Cup that comes up in July in the U.S.A. Belize is in Group A and will play against the United States, Costa Rica and Cuba. The first game against the US team is on July 9th.

Burrell Boom, June 16, 2013Oceana Wavemakers canoe paddled by

Chris Guydis, Brandon Lind and Jermaine Sanchez finished 1st when the Belize Canoe Association held a Father’s Day race from Flowers Bank to the Black Orchid Resort in Burrell Boom on Sunday.

The Oceana team clocked 2:56:37 to win the $150 1st prize, plus a dinner for 2 for each paddler at Black Orchid Resort.

2nd place overall/1st Juniors - “Sprouts”

Paddled by Wilbert, Michael and Kenrick Daniels.

3rd place overall/2nd Juniors - Black Orchid runners

Paddled by Matthew Mask, Jeffery Se-guro and Martin Gideon.

4th place – turdzPaddled by Elvis Sutherland, Derocy Hay-

lock and Glenford Sutherland5th place overall/ 1st Masters –

“Grumpy ol’ Men”Paddled by Joe Seguro, Stanley Bailey

and Jerry Wilkens6th place overall/ 1st Pleasure - Print

BelizePaddled by Rudolph Gentle, Timoteo

Vanegas and Javier Guardado

Brilliant dazzles Sunrise

spanks Ladyville Jaguars 3-1

Ladyville Village, June 16, 2013The Gentle Touch football

women from Esperanza Village Cayo District, spanked the La-dyville Jaguars 3-1 when the Atlantic Bank women’s football competition continued in La-dyville on Sunday, June 16.

Ethlene Gentle soon got the better of the Jaguars’ defense to drill the visitors’ 1st goal past Ladyville keeper Imelda Alarcon. Kara Kisling responded with the equalizer for the Jaguars with her execution of a free kick that beat the Esperanza keeper Myreinne Drysdale, but that was all she wrote for the Jaguars.

In the 2nd half, the Espe-ranza defense shut down the Jaguars’ attacks, while Vashne Gentle and Cindy Fuentes came off the visitors’ bench to join the party. Ladyville brought in Mer-tell Bailey for Gloria Garcia, but they could not stop Cynthia Sala-zar from lobbing a long-range shot that bounced over Imelda Alarcon’s gloves and into the net to lead 2-1.

The Ladyville defense then blundered into giving up a pen-alty by bringing down Kim Perez inside the 18, Abby Halliday con-verted for the 3-1 win. For their next fixture, the Ladyville Jag-uars travel to Sugar City where they will take on the Sugar City Girls at the Peoples’ Stadium on Sunday, June 23.

Oceana wins

Kara Kisling scored Ladyville’s 1st goal

Belmopan, June 15, 2013The Triple B’s of Belmopan drew 1-1 with

the Toledo Scorpions when the Atlantic Bank women’s football competition kicked off at the Football Federation of Belize Stadium in Belmopan on Sunday, June 16.

The Toledo keeper Ravina Aleman han-dled most challenges until Janisha Scott got past the defenders to drill home the 1st goal. The Belmopan fans didn’t rejoice long as Sherise Paulino soon delivered the equalizer for the Scorpions for a 1-1 draw ball game at the half time break.

In the 2nd half, no goals were scored even though attempts were made by both Toledo strikers and Triple B’s strikers. The Scorpions’ next fixture will be against the Dangriga Pumas who will visit the Toledo Union Field on Sunday, June 23.

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Tuff e’Nuff No.1

Farron Louriano scored 14 pts

lady jaguars, telemedia, belize bank & rebels

win in Belize City volleyball

Belize City, June 15, 2013The Lady Jaguars, Telemedia, Belize Bank and

the Home Protector Rebels posted big wins in Belize District Volleyball Association’s 2013 competition at the Belize Elementary School auditorium on Saturday, June 15.

The Lady Jaguars crushed the Belize national un-der-16 female selection: 25-9, 25-17 and 25-10 with Tishelle Solis, Shantel Arnold, Zair Garbutt and Maris-sa Williams hitting on plays set by Tanesha Encalada and Sherylee Thurton. The U-16 girls tied for a come-back as Shameika Franklin, Nayala Tun, Gianna Brown and Kori Diego scored hits on plays set by Karen Quan and Mya Musa. Kandyce Burns, Karina Bernard and Juel Lewis came off the bench in the 2nd set, and Alexis Burns joined the party in the 3rd set, but the Jaguars took it away.

Belize Telemedia lost the 1st set to First Carib-bean Investment Bank: 25-22 as FCIB’s Cojac Smith, Caryl Meighan, Anthony Mcfield and Glen Smith ham-mered home kills on plays set by Gina Requeña and Irene Hernandez, but Telemedia’s Eros Dawson, Otis Clother, Victor Hernandez and Rasheed Pollard recov-ered to win the next 2 sets: 25-14, and 3rd set 15-10.

In the 2nd interoffice game, Belize Bank outlasted Caribbean Tires: 24-26, 26-24, and 15-10. In the male competition, Home Protector Rebels also dominated the Scorpions: 25-22, 25-19, 24-26 and 25-16.

Belize City, June 15, 2013Undefeated Tuff e’Nuff is No. 1 in the 2013 inter-

office basketball finals and will take on Oceana No limits in Game 1 of the championship finals ta Bird’s isle on Friday, June 21.

Tuff e’Nuff eliminated Sir Belikin 84-82 in the second semifinal at Bird’s Isle while Oceana No Limits drowned the Conscious Youth Development Program: 97-85 in the other semifinal in Friday’s nightcap to challenge Tuff e’Nuff in the championship finals which being Friday night, June 21. Tuff e’Nuff was Oceana’s only loss in the regular season.

Ashton Edwards led Tuff e’Nuff with 17 points, followed by Jamal Kelly with 15 points and Tyrone Ed-wards with 14 points.

Oceana No Limits drowned the Conscious Youth Development Program 97-85 as Greg Rudon and Vince Garbutt led the scoring with 19 points each.

Tuff e’Nuff faces Oceana in interoffice

basketball finals

Belize Bank’s Chris McGann spikes

Nissan Arana wins National Road Championship Elite race

Burrell Boom, June 16, 2013

the Belize Cycling as-sociation’s national road championships individu-al time trials was held on the Burrell Boom bypass road on Sunday, June 16. the route was 20 miles from the CDS Gas station on the bypass road to the hattieville roundabout and back to the finish line at CDS Gas.

Crucial Game 3 in SMART

Harrison Parks Cricket

semifinals

Gareth Banner scored 17 runs

Hummingbird Elementary girls & Holy Redeemer boys win regional volleyball champs

Hummingbird girls

Holy Redeemer boys


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tAjoHn rAHeeM GillettValedictory Address

Nazarene High School

We must align ourselves with young people

who share positive ideas and want a future for Belize, our families and the world.

It is a privilege to welcome you to-night as we collectively celebrate the efforts and hard work of young peo-ple; the young people that you have invested in, in some way or the other. Whether such investment was finan-cial or primarily moral, it has obviously affected our lives and for that we are eternally grateful. We are products of your investment and you have a right to be proud.

Before I continue my speech I ask that we bow our heads for a moment of silence as we pay respect to the memories of one Wilmer Giron, who would have been a part of our gradu-ating class here tonight, and to those who held our hands on this journey and are no longer with us in the flesh.

As a people we must begin the journey toward self-development and national progress. Tonight is compel-ling evidence that we have begun that journey. We have made the first step to self-development and nation build-ing. Education, hard work and commit-ment to study and succeed in our goals are the seeds of that foundation. With-in the last four years, we have been groomed into the type of young people that any country needs if it is to survive. Of the twenty thousand, or so, young people who do not have the opportuni-ty to attend secondary school, we have been fortunate enough to reach this

far. We must thank God, our parents, teachers, government and others who encourage and support us. We must also pat ourselves on the back, stay on the course and reach out to others. We must desist from painting ourselves in colors that are inconsequential when held against our purpose. As a matter of fact, the only color that we must paint ourselves is a color called Beliz-ean Success. This is part of what we are – nation builders. Tonight I pledge my life to my country. I urge our class of 2013 to no longer sit on the sidelines and wait for others to pull us up. But instead, keep focused on our goals to build and achieve. We must dialogue with our leaders and we must hold them accountable. We must align our-selves with young people who share positive ideas and want a future for Be-lize, our families and the world. We all have a role to play if our nation is to pre-vail. We must do our part that we may be able to live in this land a little longer. We must ensure that pretty little Belize does not sit in the Caribbean Sea with the sorrows of a damsel in distress. I challenge you my fellow graduates and all present here this evening, in the words of John F. Kennedy, a past US President, “Ask not what your coun-try can do for you; ask what you can do for your country”.

It is said that we must sometimes

sacrifice who we are for who we want to become. I repeat, it is said that we must sometimes sacrifice who we are for who we want to become. As our lives progress, we must constantly remake ourselves so that we are better equipped and able to face the trials and triumphs that come along with living. The greatest fight of our lives is our fight with life. And we will never find anyone who hits as hard as life does. We have suffered too many pains and distresses and so we might as well get a reward for it and tonight this is our reward – the graduating class of 2013! It was Lance Armstrong who once said, “Pain is temporary; it may last a minute, an hour or a day but it will eventually subside and something else will take its place.” Guess what? Lance was right – the pain has subsided and the joy of success has taken its place!

In conclusion, I must thank my teach-ers for all that they have taught me. I want them to know that they have taught me well and the most important thing that I have learnt from them is to never stop try-ing no matter how many errors are made. Like Thomas Edison who failed a thousand times before producing a light bulb, I am reminded that each trial and error brings me closer to success. I must also thank my parents who have been an integral part of my life; my dad who has encouraged me to keep focused and my mother, a strong woman; she is the foundation of my life.

She has taught me the value of hard work; she has taught me patience; she is rearing five sons and a daugh-ter. She has taught me to appreci-ate all that I have and lastly, she has taught me to believe in myself even when everyone else counted me out. She believed in me and she reminded me of my potential when I had grown exhausted and hopeless. I dedicate this night to her. I love you Mom and I will continue to make you proud of me.

Tonight I look to my siblings who are in the audience and I want them to know that they too can stand in the presence of such a lovely audience if they sacrifice sleep and hard work.

To the class of 2013, the journey has been long; the journey has been rocky at times, but we have reached our destination. The bonds that we have made and the memories that we share will forever remain in our hearts and in our minds. Always keep our graduation theme in mind my friends: “All our positive dreams will happen if we have the courage to pursue them!”

Thank you to the faculty and staff of this prestigious institution; you have prepared us well.

Editor’s Note: Tajohn Raheem Gillett is the son of proud parents Dor-la Gillett and Roy Cadle.

BY ORDER OF MORTGAGEENOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL

HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED a statutory body formed and reg-istered 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 MINERVA CANUL FLORES of the one part and HRCU of the other part.

HRCU will at the expiration of two 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 or lot of land situate at Guadalupe street in the Village of Sarteneja, Corozal District, Belize, being Lot No. 151B comprising 490.373 square metres as shown and described on a Plan drawn by Licensed Surveyor L.S. Tingling dated the 12th day of June 2000 and being lodged and recorded at the Lands & Surveys Department in Belmopan in Register No. 15 Entry No. 5129 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon, the freehold property of MINERVA CANUL FLORES

DATED this 10th day of June 2013

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

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

Belize City, BelizeJune 17th 2013

VICE PrESIDENt FOr BELIZE

The largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation, protecting marine ecosystems and endangered species is currently recruiting Belizean applicants to apply for the post of Vice President for Belize.

Since establishing a national presence in 2009, OCEANA has achieved important victories, including helping to make Belize the first country in the world to completely ban bottom trawling as well as landmark legal decisions in the effort to protect Belize’s reef and marine resources from offshore oil drilling.

But we’ve only just begun. OCEANA is fully committed to helping Belizeans protect our reef and marine heritage for future generations. To join our dedicated, brave and passionate Belizean team, candidates are invited to emailing a cover letter and resume to [email protected]

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It is with pride that I stand be-fore you all. While I speak as the valedictorian, I am sure that some of the views expressed will be echoed as shared sentiments by my fellow graduates.

Many persons have contributed to our success; firstly god who made it all possible, our parents, our teach-ers and you all fellow graduates.

Allow me to expound on our grad-uation theme: “Yesterday’s knowl-edge, today’s wisdom, tomorrow’s success”. It seems as if it was yester-day when we first stepped into this prestigious high school, E.S.T.M. As our school song says, “at this place we come to learn Math, English and the Physical Sciences”.

We have gained some of yester-day’s knowledge through different

unforgettable moments. I can clearly remember earning that privilege of visiting Mexico City in the summer of 2010, being the student in 1st form with the high-est G.P.A. The memories I gained during that experience will be cherished.

As graduates I am sure we will take with us the academic knowledge imparted to us. During our four years at our beloved E.S.T.M. there were other things we learned that have contributed to our knowledge which were not taught to us BUT naturally picked up by us. These were through the fun times during open days, school anniversaries and especial-ly our class trips. Yes graduates! We also gain knowledge through those dreaded weekly quizzes, assignments, tests, projects and even presentations although they were tedious.

Of course, we have gained a little more to say the least of to-day’s wisdom. We have matured and are leaving E.S.T.M as proud graduates, and wiser too. Wiser, to make some better choices per-taining to life on a whole. So that we can be productive individuals wherever we go. Hopefully, this will enable us to achieve tomor-row’s success.

Many times one is prone to

rate success using an academic scale; however, that is not the only medium of success.

Unfortunately not all of us will be pursuing further levels of edu-cation and this doesn’t mean that we can’t be successful. Remem-ber fellow graduates as individu-als we have the power to deter-mine to be successful. If you do not go on to study still remember to be successful at what you do, whether it is at home or in the work field. Those of us who have been blessed with the opportuni-ty to continue our studies, let us be successful so in the end we could say it was achievable. Let us take one chapter at a time in our lives as we each write the book of our life.

My fellow graduates, tomor-row isn’t promised to anyone so let us prepare ourselves as we strive for our dreams and accom-plish it with excellence. For a fact after today’s ceremony some of us will form a family while others will stay single but nevertheless keep on striving.

Allow me now to express grati-tude to my parents who have been my strength; they have been there through the good and not so good times with encouraging words apart from the financial support.

Thanks to my TEACHERS who

have been my guide. Our home room teacher, Mr. Martin Rivera, you were always there to assist us when you saw it necessary. We re-member 4-2 saying “the best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up”.

Also thanks to my friends who were always there with me, my classmates and you all fellow grad-uates. We are the reflection of our teachers and we are the hope of our parents.

Graduation is the time of re-flection on the past and looking onwards to a brighter future. It is a time that we, as graduates, get together for one last hurrah before moving on to a bigger, brighter and better adventure. It is a wonderful journey in the preparation of a suc-cessful tomorrow.

So graduates as you set out to meet the world with your mind pre-pared and your skills fine-tuned, I urge you to set your directions with a positive attitude and strong spirit. I will close with this short lesson by an unknown author:

A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with stones. He then asked the student if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. SO the profes-sor then picked up some seeds and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The seeds, of course rolled into the open areas between the stones. He then asked the stu-dents again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.

Of course, the sand fills up everything else. He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unani-mous “yes”.

Now, said the professor, I want to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The stones are the important things – your life, your family, your partner, your education, your chil-dren and your health.

Things that if everything was lost and only they remained your life would still be full. The seeds are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first he continued “there is no room for the seeds and stones. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are critical to your happiness. Enjoy the time with your family, use what you have learnt here at ESTM, take care of the stones first – the things that re-ally matter; set your priorities. The rest is just sand. Enjoy your life at every moment.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2013!


at Tumul K’in High School

Hon. Mike Espat Inspires

Graduates

Hon. Mike Espat and some of the proud graduates

Punta Gorda, toledo District, June 17, 2013

Graduations are winding up all over the country and the BELIZE TIMES has taken special attention and focus on this very important milestone for our country’s future. We at BELIZE TIMES are particularly inspired and proud of the graduates this year nationwide.

In the Toledo District are some of the most promising Belizean leaders.

On Saturday June 15, 2013 there were five successful graduates of Tu-mul K’in High School. This institution is the only one of its kind as it serves as an agricultural and boarding school lo-cated in the breathtaking scenery of the Blue Creek village, Toledo District. For those of us geographically challenged, the school is approximately twenty five

miles outside of Punta Gorda Town.

At the Tumul k`in Gradu-ation services the parents, families, communities and school asked Hon. Mike Es-pat to deliver the Graduation

address as the guest speak-er.

Hon. Espat, who is re-nowned for his charismatic and soul inspired speeches, addressed the graduates with an empowering talk and

a visionary connection. We at BELIZE TIMES join

with the Hon. Mike Espat, the PUP and the people of this beautiful nation is saying: “Congratulations. we are proud of you.”


Happy Holidays!


nePotisM = CorruPtion

Cheryl Krusen (formerly Barrow) Appointed to Solicitor General

Lois Young Barrow (Ex-Wife)United Nations Ambassador

Anwar Barrow (Son)Appointed to BTL Board

Shyne Barrow (Son)Cultural Ambassador

Denys Barrow (Brother)Appointed to Court of Appeal/Private

Attorney for GoB

Kimano Barrow (Nephew)PUC Board Member/Granted

oil Exploration Licence

Naima Barrow (Niece) Appointed to Election and Boundaries Commission

Liesje Barrow (Niece)Appointed to Belize Advisory

Council

DEAN BARROW IS BELIZE’S BIGGEST PROBLEM!!!

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Fix Reggae Street!By Gilroy Usher, Sr.

Reggae Street has been one of the worst streets in Be-lize City for many months. The recent rains have now made it one of the most terrible streets in the entire city. This street has always been in its “salt” (very bad condition) with very large waterholes, because it is very low and has no drainage. When the present rains are finished, the residents of the area would like the Belize City Council to fill it with suitable material and build at least one side with drainage. This would make Reggae Street one of the better streets in the munici-pality and end the continuous hardship of the children and adults of the area who have to use it daily.

Port Loyola Area Represen-tative Anthony “Boots” Marti-nez has squandered many op-portunities to improve Reggae Street and other bad streets in the division. As Minister

of Works for four consecutive years, Martinez did absolutely nothing to improve Reggae St. As bad as this street has always been, Martinez has never put even a truck load of filling on it, and he has done absolutely noth-ing to address its need for proper drains. Since the 2012 election, Martinez has also missed every opportunity to use good filling from the grading of streets that are being fixed with concrete to alleviate the terrible condition of Reggae St.

In typical UDP style the only time Reggae St. and other terri-ble streets in Belize City will get attention is a few weeks before the next Belize City Council elec-tion or the next general election. To avoid that long wait for need-ed assistance to their street, the hardworking residents of Reggae St and other terrible streets in Port Loyola should write letters

to the newspapers and call the radio-call-in shows in the morning to expose this neglect by their Area Representative and the Belize City Council.

When the street of Deputy Prime Minis-ter Gaspar Vega and his brother German Vega had some small holes, the government spent close to $200,000 to pave it for them quickly with their first com-plaint.

The many residents of Reggae Street and other forgotten streets in this mu-nicipality deserve the same urgent attention to their needs. Government is suf-fering from a severe lack of

urgency in addressing the need of poor people for better streets. At the same time, Ministers and their cronies are giv-en special treatment in getting the best of anything in the country. These things are just some of the proof that in our country today to paraphrase George Orwell in his classic book “Animal Farm” all Belizeans are equal but some Belizeans are more equal than others even when it comes to the fixing of streets.

Reggae Street is in deplorable conditions


SNAKE AND lADDRER

PlayersSnakes and Ladders is played by two to four players, each with his/her own token to move around the board.

MovingPlayers roll a dice,then move the designated number of spaces, be-tween one and six. Once they land on a space, they have to perform any action designated by the space.

LaddersIf the space a player lands on is at the bottom of a ladder, he should climb the ladder, which brings him to a space higher on the board.

SnakesIf the space a player lands on is at the top of a snake, he/she must slide down to the bottom of it, landing on a space closer to the be-ginning.

WinningThe winner is the player who gets to the last space on the board first, whether by landing on it from a roll, or by reaching it with a ladder.

RULES OF THE GAME


reading and writing Are Passions to nurture the soul

By Dr. angela Banner Joseph“There is no greater agony

than bearing an untold story in-side you.” - Maya Angelou

I have earned many degrees and accolades in my short life-time, but one of my greatest accomplishments to date is con-quering my fear of writing. Today, I am honored to share my gift with you.

When I was nine years old, my parents relocated our fam-ily to America. I was not excit-ed about it, but I understood the reasoning behind the move. When I lived in Belize, I attended St. Joseph Elementary School. During my formative years, I had many significant opportunities to express myself, which have now led me to excellent employment opportunities and academic suc-cess.

When I arrived in New York City, I was placed in fifth grade at a parochial school; I was ten years old, for I had celebrated a birthday during the summer. I was always bored in school; the work was too easy and I needed a challenge. My principal, Broth-er Paul, felt that advancing me a grade would be detrimental to my emotional growth because he felt that I would struggle to adapt being around older students. The next grade level of students was 11-year-olds. Whoopie! Pro-moting me would have made a huge difference in my emotional growth and personal develop-ment. In fact, it might have chal-lenged me intellectually.

I learned very quickly how to entertain and challenge myself in school by reading all of the books in the small school library. I learned from the words of Wil-liam Faulkner to “Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpen-ter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.”

I was honored to apply for and receive my first library card

at the local public library: Langston Hughes Library, home of the Black Heritage Reference Center, Langston Hughes Art Collection, Diaspora The-ses, Cultural Arts Programs, and Afri-cana History Lecture Series. Among the special features were a Black newspaper microfilm collection and Black magazine microfilm collection. I was in heaven! I took out the max-imum number of books allowed (20), and every week, I borrowed and read every category of books. No one book was better than another. I cherished my time alone, reading. Reading al-lowed me to escape to unknown lands and aided in the development of my critical thinking and critical writing skills. Daily, I read until I went to sleep at night. I preferred to read instead of watching television. In fact, my books prepared me for bed and woke me up early in the morning; especially when I twisted and turned in the bed as a book poked me in my rib cage.

I could never give up my love of reading. Author Stephen King shared, “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” My other love, writing, is just as important to my psy-che. I cherished sharing my thoughts on paper. In my youth, I loved writing in art books, with grainy textured pa-per and a sharp pencil to write with. I loved the sound of the pencil as it moved on the coarse paper.

American novelist and poet, Ray Bradbury, asserted, “If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent ram-bling. You must write every single day of your life. You must read dreadful dumb books and glorious books, and let them wrestle in beautiful fights in-side your head: vulgar one moment, brilliant the next. You must lurk in li-braries and climb the stacks like lad-ders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads. I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. I wish craziness and fool-ishness and madness upon you. May you live with hysteria, and out of it make fine stories—science fiction or otherwise. Which finally means, may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, re-make a world.”

Today, I still write in grainy tex-tured art books, but I have matured to using a medium point smooth gel pen instead of a pencil. I preferred the art books over the use of my IPad. I love that I can scratch out words, and rip a page out of my notebook. I love the texture and feel of recycled, coarse-textured paper. Likewise, I love to see how 26 letters of the al-phabet can formulate so many words. It is extraordinary. I am amazed at the beauty and complexity of our thought

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BELIZE, A.D. 2009

CLAIM NO. 258 of 2009 BARRY PAPWORTH CLAIMANT

BETWEEEN AND

RUSHIEL BEVANS DEFENDANTS (a.k.a. Rashad Bevans)

R & F BRICKMAKERS & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

NOTICETO: Mr. Rushiel Bevans a.k.a. Rashad Bevans No. 620 Keating Crescent Buttonwood Bay

Belize City, Belize

And

R & F Brickmakers & Construction LimitedCor. Faber’s Road & Central American Blvd.Belize City, Belize

TAKE NOTICE that the assessment of the damages due to the Claimant will take place on the 9th day of July, 2013 at 10:00am before the Honor-able Madame Justice Arana.

If you do not attend this hearing, an Order may be made in your absence.

Dated 11th day of June, 2013 MUSA & BALDERAMOS

Attorneys for the ClaimantBARRY PAPWORTH

processes. It is elegant, yet chal-lenging.

Cassandra Clare wrote, in “Clockwork Prince,” how passion-ately I feel about the use of words: “We live and breathe words. ... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt—I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dream’t. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted—and then I realized that truly, I just wanted you.”

So, back to how I journeyed to conquering my fear of writing. In the past, I wrote for myself, but I was afraid to share my thoughts with anyone else, especially the public. Graduate school helped with my struggle to write. My dissertation chair, Professor Lee Mahon, would say “Angela, will you press the send button on your computer? Let me tell you if your written work needs a revision.” I shared this story because I want every young person to learn about perseverance, hard work, and te-

nacity in conquering your fear of writing. Do not give up on your weaknesses. Strive to perfect your craft. Today, I still struggle with my writing, but I am a work in progress and I am still search-ing for ways to perfect the art of writing. Perseverance has taught me not to give up. Perseverance is the key to success. If your mind can perceive it, and your heart can believe it, then you will absolutely achieve it.

Sylvia Plath, an American novelist and short story writer, contended, “And by the way, ev-erything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it and the imagination to im-provise. The worst enemy to cre-ativity is self-doubt.” I guess that I have no more doubts about my writing, because now my imag-ination is constantly ebbing and flowing with story ideas. I just wrote a quick piece on some-thing that I loved, and imagine: It began with 26 letters of the al-phabet, to design these wonder-ful words, to create this beautiful story. The end.

Dr. Angela Banner Joseph holds a doctorate degree in Edu-cational Leadership and Change from the Fielding Graduate Uni-versity.


Dellon Keron Davis, 19Paulette Natalie Usher, 48

Edinilson Soriano, 17Raymond Gardiner, 81

Alice Melinda Jenkins, 73Jamille Emmett Richardson, 30

Martha Cuc, 36Arthur Flowers, 74

DEATHS

Recipe of the week

Ingredients1 pound large shrimp (about

24), peeled and deveined, tails on1 1/2 teaspoons grated or-

ange zest, plus 1/2 cup fresh or-ange juice

2 garlic cloves, minced2 tablespoons olive oil, plus

more for grates1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon

chopped fresh thymeCoarse salt and ground pep-

per1/3 cup light mayonnaise

Directions. In a shallow dish, com-

bine shrimp, 1 teaspoon zest, 1/4 cup juice, garlic, oil, 1 tablespoon thyme, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and tea-

Orange-and-Thyme Grilled Shrimp

BAGMO calls on GoB to criminalize smuggling and planting of GMO soybeans

Born to Jose Alex-ander Ortez and Ilda

Yaremi Ortez nee Chiac, a girl,

Yaremi AbigailBorn to Carlos Alberto

Crespo and Claudia Mariela Crespo nee

Requena, a boy, G’Angelo Albertino

Born to Carmelo Max and Marita Angelica Max nee Choco, a boy,

Alvin Cristian Carmelo

Born to Bruce Joseph Diaz and Tiffany

Mary Diaz nee Smith, a boy,

Ashief Nathaniel

BIRTHSMARRIAGES

Darwin Edward Belezaire, 28, to Carol Genevie Augustine, 27, both

of Libertad, Corozal DistrictGiovanni Jonathan Martinez, 22, to Astra Donaji Magana, 22, both

of Armenia, Cayo DistrictFrancisco Javier Herrera, 22,

to Lindsey Marva Bul, 19, both of Santa Martha, Orange Walk

DistrictKenton Kareem Flores, 22, to

Shanice Monique Lewis, 23, both of Dangriga Town, Stann Creek

DistrictAnthony Gilbert Diego, Jr., 38, to Nordia Keisha Valentine, 35, both

of Roaring Creek, Cayo DistrictRaymundo Chan, 20, of San

Narciso, Corozal District, to Aeisha Williams, 19, of Ranchito, Corozal

DistrictAmelio Vidal Ke, 45, to Marie Lisanie Sutherland, 24, both of

Progresso, Corozal DistrictAlfonso Alberto Aragon, 81, to Jean Elizabeth Castellanos, 35,

both of Santa Elena Town, Cayo District

Manuel Pineda, 30, to Nayeli Tun, 18, both of San Andres, Corozal

DistrictDonald Coleman, 31, to Pracili-ana Aldana, 29, both of Calcutta,

Corozal DistrictJoel Ruiz, 33, to Ady Pena, 33, both

of Patchakan, Corozal DistrictPedro Pott, 71, to Angelica Gonza-lez, 45, both of Caledonia, Corozal

District

Samuel Emmanuel Cruz, 29, to Rufi-na Argenia Perez, 30, both of Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District

Nayim Amed Awe, 26, to Melisa Amara Card, 24, both of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.A.Ariel Nolberto Juarez, 23, to Ceidy

Nurry Garcia, 28, both of Cristo Rey, Cayo District

Gian Angel Matu, 19, of Patchakan, Corozal District, to Miriam Hiceli Waite, 20, of San Jose (Nuevo) Pal-

mar, Orange Walk DistrictEmilio Santiago, 53, to Teodosa

Estrellita Avella, 57, both of Santa Elena Town, Cayo District

Angel Jesus Shish, 45, to Anita Aurora Uck, 40, both of Calla Creek,

Cayo DistrictAmir Edgar Castillo, 21, to Minerva Carolina Vasquez, 23, both of Trini-

dad, Orange Walk DistrictJoel Santiago Nicholson, 31, to Azalia

Beatriz Uk, 25, both of Douglas, Orange Walk District

Alexi Adan Sosa, 25, to Josie Annabel Garcia, 21, both of Yo Creek, Orange

Walk DistrictThomas William August, 33, to

Yasohara Yadeli Gongora, 29, both of Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk

DistrictIsrael Vega, 45, to Adriana Balam, 16,

both of August Pine Ridge, Orange Walk District

Roman Hernan Canul, 29, to Zeidi Lucely Acosta, 19, both of San Pedro

Town, Ambergris Caye

spoon pepper; toss to coat. . Marinate in the refrigerator

for 30 minutes (or up to 8 hours). . Soak eight 8-inch wooden

skewers in water 30 minutes before cooking.

. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, remaining 1/2 tea-spoon zest, remaining 1/4 cup juice, and remaining 1 teaspoon thyme; season dipping sauce with salt and pepper.

. Heat grill to medium; lightly oil grates.

. Thread shrimp onto skew-ers, and grill, turning once, until shrimp are opaque throughout, 3 to 4 minutes.

. Serve shrimp with dipping sauce.

June 19, 2013Belizeans Against GMOs are responding to the disclosure that GMO

soybeans are illegally growing in Belize. BAGMO views the planting of illegal, smuggled soy seed to be an act of BIOPIRACY.

Belize has banned trawling in Belizean waters, burned illegally cut rosewood, and burned rejected GMO corn in 2011, efforts at regulation and protection that were applauded across the globe. It is with this same sense of urgency that we implore that a strong and swift message be sent to all those farmers who undermine the regulation of food safety and protection by smuggling contraband genetically modified seed, which has never undergone a thorough and scientifically rigorous risk assessment, the established policy of the Belize Government.

BAGMO calls on the Government of Belize to provide BAHA with the authority and necessary materials to conduct random and thorough test-ing throughout Belize for the presence of GMO crops and to immediately eradicate all GMO plant material that is found. BAHA must be allowed to create a precedent of zero tolerance for any illegal agricultural practices that would undermine the safety of Belizean food and the environment.

GM seeds can, by their very nature, contaminate the surrounding environment (including water systems, numerous non-targeted animals, insects and organisms, and the soil) with a man-made protein whose characteristics and actions are barely understood. Vertical transfer and resistance are already being noted in scientific studies indicating that these proteins are indeed having impacts well beyond those desired by the biotech industry.

The world is rapidly awakening to the existence of adverse and un-derstudied GMOs - to their many and serious dangers and negative ef-fects. As Belizeans become more aware of the serious implications to their own health and how the health of the environment affects their own health, they are becoming more vocal in their rejection of GMOs in their food supply and environment. Outside of Belize, worldwide, people are waking up and saying no to foods that contain GMOs. The demand and salability of GMO food products is going down as the demand for non-GMO food is now going up. Meanwhile, the organics industry shows an ongoing upward growth. Belize would be far better served to direct future agricultural efforts into non-GMO crops and less commercial pes-ticide use.

A country as rare in natural beauty as Belize, whose very appeal to the rest of the world is her healthy and lush natural biodiversity, can de-mand no less than to keep GMOs available only as items on the grocery store shelves where we can choose not to buy them… never in her fields where they will contaminate and cause havoc within this environment as well as with the natural seed handed down through centuries of farming. (Press Release)


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Logging season Closed

Water hazard following floods

The logging season is now closed. Loggers are advised that the harvesting of trees be-tween June 15 and October 14 is illegal.

The closure of logging ac-tivities coincides with the arriv-al of the rainy season which is not conducive to logging oper-ations. Apart from an increased risk of loss of human life, log-ging during the rainy season of-ten results in damage to forest soils and to public access roads.

All Forest Department

District Offices have engaged in assessing all forest produce har-vested before the 15th of June on a mutually agreed schedule with the loggers. There will be no consideration for extension of forest permits and licenses after the closure of the season. All forest produce not removed from the license areas prior to this date, automatically becomes the property of the Government of Belize.

The logging season will re-open on the October 15th.

After the passage of Tropi-cal Depression Two, the Dangri-ga water system was affected causing contamination to the well and breaks in its distribu-tion lines. Similarly the flood waters affected the systems of Sarawee and Hope Creek and other low lying areas.

Since then, the Belize Wa-ter Services Limited (BWSL) in Dangriga has managed to treat the water being distributed, put the system back on line, and repair major breakages in pipe lines. However, there are still some areas in Dangriga that remain with flood waters and recontamination of the water system is possible where minor leaks exist and goes undetect-ed.

In order to control the health risk, the Public Health Department is continuously

monitoring the situation and col-lecting water samples from Dan-griga, Sarawee and Hope Creek water systems for testing. Until results are obtained, the public is reminded to continue to treat their drinking water to make it safe by: 1. Adding 1 tablespoon of Clorox to five gallons of water, mix completely and leave to stand for 30 minutes before using. DO NOT use bleach that has perfumes. 2. Boil at a rolling boil for one min-ute. 3. Add water purification tablets according to directions on the package. 4. Report any leaks in pipe lines to BWS.

It is also recommended that for persons in rural areas that expe-rienced flooding and use well wa-ter to also treat their drinking wa-ter as it may not be safe to drink. Water that is dark, has an odour, or has floating pieces SHOULD NOT be used and should be disinfected.


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SCIENCE & TECHBELIZE TIMES WEEKLY

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Selected By Chris Williams

Farmed fish overtakes farmed beef for first time

19 June 2013 by Michael MarshallCows have been overtaken by fish.

For the first time in modern history, the world has been producing more farmed fish than farmed beef. But instead of being a boon for the environment, many fish farms are damaging it because of the types of fish they breed.

A report by the Earth Policy Institute in Washington DC has found that farmed fish production is rising rapidly, reaching a record 66 million tonnes in 2012. Cattle farm output, by contrast, has levelled off, with just 63 million tonnes of beef produced in the same year.

If current trends continue, hu-

mans are set to consume more farmed fish than wild-caught fish by 2015, says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel-opment.

Some farmed fish are good for the environment. Chinese aquacul-ture, which accounts for 62 per cent of the world’s farmed fish, relies heavily on species such as silver

carp. These can be grown on rice paddies and feed on grass, plankton and detritus. This relatively sustain-able way of farming fish boosts rice yields and produces little pollution.

However, other popular farmed species such as salmon are carniv-orous. They must be fed on smaller fish like anchovies, caught from the wild. As a result, salmon can only be farmed by further depleting wild fish stocks. “It would be preferable to shift the balance back in favour of farmed fish raised without feeds based on protein from other ani-mals,” the report concludes.

Google’s Project Loon to float the internet on balloons 18 June 2013 by hal hodson

Twenty kilometres up, slung under balloons from the same com-pany that helped Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of space last year, a payload of solar panels and wireless antennas is helping Goo-gle’s Project Loon bring wireless internet access to the most remote parts of the world. The ultimate goal is to connect the two-thirds of the world’s population that currently has no internet access.

Currently being trialled in New Zealand, each balloon delivers a coverage area of 1250 square kilo-metres as it floats overhead. New Zealanders who want to access the service must have a special antenna fitted to their house that connects to the closest balloon. The signal is then bounced from balloon to bal-loon, until it joins the internet back on the ground. Solar panels power the balloons’ antennas and commu-nications equipment, storing energy in batteries to keep them working through the night.

Mariya Zheleva, who works on wireless networks for remote developing regions, says the proj-ect is inspiring: “I get very excited about solutions like this one that try to escape the conventional under-standing for communication infra-structure.”

Basic bottlenecksGoogle claims that its setup allows it to deliv-

er “speeds comparable to 3G”, between balloons and the ground. It is unclear how well applications which rely on short communications times, or pings, like VOIP, will work given that the signal must relay through multiple balloons before even reaching to the wider internet.

Stephane Boyera, an information and communi-cation technology (ICT) development consultant for-merly with the Web Foundation, says he is convinced that Loon is a technically promising solution, but wor-ries that it ignores a huge number of other problems, which may limit its broader impact.

“Connectivity, while being a problem, is not the primary bottleneck in providing ICT services which can improve people’s lives,” says Boyera. The real problem is two-pronged – a lack of content that’s use-ful to people in developing countries, and the lack of widespread, Wi-Fi compatible devices, he says.

“It is a total myth to imagine a farmer in Mali using Google to find solutions for a disease his tomatoes have. Barriers are just huge: illiteracy, language, ICT training,” Boyera says. The ex-isting web is not that useful to the underprivileged populations of developing countries, and no amount of new connectivity op-tions can fix that, he says.

Boyera also warns that strategies which rely on top-down hardware distribution are historically prone to failure. “I believe that the only scalable option is to focus on what is al-ready available,” he says.

Kooky stuffGoogle Loon is not the first

project to attempt to deliver in-ternet access over a wide area but, as the project name sug-gests, it is probably the kooki-est.

Google will rely on weather prediction to keep its balloons in the right place, moving them up and down to take advantage of different air currents. “Project Loon uses software algorithms to determine where its balloons need to go, then moves each one into a layer of wind blowing in the right direction,” Google announced. “By moving with

the wind, the balloons can be ar-ranged to form one large communi-cations network.”

Zheleva warns that a bal-loon-based system faces some fair-ly unique technical challenges. “Sta-bilisation of the balloons is of great importance, since a slight shift of the balloon due to wind can result in major shift of the coverage area on the ground,” she says.

Flight time is another issue. The Raven Aerostar balloons Google is using typically have a maximum flight time of 55 days, meaning that the floating internet links will need to be either replaced on a regular basis, or replenished with helium while aloft. Google claims that its tweaked design can stay aloft for more than 100 days.

A similar project called Antarctic Broadband is planning to use small, cheap satellites to bring steady, re-liable internet to the continent. Cur-rently researchers there must rely on signals from geostationary satel-lites, which are above the equator, meaning their signals barely reach the edges of the Antarctic.

Unlike Project Loon, Antarctic Broadband will not connect users to a nearby internet relay through its satellites, but to dedicated ground stations in western Australia and South America.

One of Google Loon’s high-altitude Wi-Fi internet hubs, on display at the Airforce Mu-seum in Christchurch, New Zealand (Image: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty)


Don’t be the 2,000lb elephant!

Elephants are fascinating creatures. They are the larg-est mammals in the world, yet they are herbivores. Re-cently, a story surfaced about a baby elephant that was brought out of the wild and domesticated. This elephant fought valiantly against his arrest at first, and his cap-tors had to use large thick ropes to subdue him. But as he grew older, the elephant became used to the ropes. He was so accustomed that even at his new weight of 2000lbs, the elephant could be led around with a thin string!

See, we all have potential as vast as that elephant’s weight. Some people were born to write books, some to record songs, and others to build foundations and schools. We were all meant to change the world, and no impact is too small. But like that elephant our dreams have been subdued by reason. You think you’re not smart enough. Maybe you never finished your education. May-be you need more money before you attempt to pursue your purpose. These rationales are all chunky lengths of rope holding you back from depositing what you were placed on this earth to deposit.

Like that elephant, we may become so comfortable in our captivity that a light string can tie us to meaningless commitments and we can be trusted to stay put. It is like a woman remaining in an abusive relationship because she has nowhere else to go. Every day, she puts up with blows and bruises until they no longer hurt her physically and they become commonplace. It is like a man who re-turns to liquor after vowing to avoid it. He struggles with self-control and succeeds in being sober for a few days, but is inexplicably drawn back to the bottle.

Now, in no way am I casting stones. I am sure your excuses are sound and valid. I’m sure the obstacles you face in trying to fulfill your God-given dream are good and even noble. I’m pretty sure you can write me a 5000 word essay explaining just how badly you’d like to break free of this slight thread holding you back and why you can’t. None of these things change the fact that you are holding back. So, what are you gonna do about it?

According to the Manual (Bible), before anything can change you must target the root of the problem: the mentality. Beyond all reason, that huge elephant is sub-dued by the slightest of restraints. Why? Because he has been taught as a young elephant not to wander be-yond the boundary of those ropes. The Manual instructs us to “be transformed by the renewing of our mind” (Ro-mans 12:2). Start preparing for fulfilling your purpose. Take the classes. Write the business plan for a loan. Just start planning. Breaking free of that thread isn’t as easy as it looks but it’s well worth the freedom.

Until Next week,God Bless!!

Curved Spine: Scoliosis

Scoliosis is a medical term which defines a person’s spine when it has a curved-shape. The spine is normally straight when viewed from behind. With

By Dr. Francis Smith

scoliosis, the spine looks like an “S” or a “C”. The cause of most scoliosis in unknown, and classified as idiopathic scoliosis. It can also be congenital (caused by abnormal back bones at birth), or secondary, due to spina bifida, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy or Chiari malformation.

SignsScoliosis in children and

teenagers is usually not no-ticed until the curve has worsened. Parents may no-tice that the child’s clothes do not fit right or may notice asymmetry of the body when the child is without clothes. The following observations are most common:

• One shoulder maylook higher than the other

• Onehipmaylookhigherthantheother• Onewaistlinemaylookmorepronouncedthantheother• Theribsmaystickoutmoreononesidethantheother• Oneshoulderblademaystickoutmoreorbehigherthan

the other• Theremaybeapelvictiltwithapparentlimblengthdiscrep-

ancy• TheheadmayappearnotcenteredoverthebodySymptoms:Severe scoliosis may cause back pain and difficulty breathing.Worsening of the spinal curve and pains usually begins during

a growth spurt just prior to puberty. Girls tend to have worse scoli-osis than boys.

Complications:Severe scoliosis may cause a deformed rib cage which com-

presses the lungs and heart causing difficulty breathing and making it harder for the heart to pump. As people with scoliosis get older, they may develop arthritis of the spine and degenerative disc dis-ease.

treatment:Most mild scoliosis do not require treatment with braces or sur-

gery. Children with mild scoliosis should undergo x-rays every six to twelve months to study the progression of the curve. Treatment depends on the classification of mild, moderate or severe curves and on the curve pattern, such as double curves or S-shaped curves or C-shaped curves and the location of the curve on the spine.

The doctor will decide treatment which may include exercis-es, postural training, braces to prevent further progression of the curve or surgery. In Belize, usually children with scoliosis are re-ferred to a yearly clinic sponsored by the Rotary Club of Belize and the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children. These clinics are held in Belize City at the K.H.M.H., in Belmopan and Orange Walk. Chil-dren requiring surgical treatment are usually treated at the Shriner’s Hospital in the U.S.A., free of cost. Scoliosis surgery for adults is also being done by visiting specialists at the K.H.M.H. Chiropractic manipulation and other alternative medicine treatments have been proven to be useless.

THE BELIZE TIMES23 JUN 2013 29Mounting unapologetic anarchy,

corruption, powermania and greed

Vega gets license to

import Pepsi

By Norris hallFor the purpose of this commen-

tary I will cite too examples as met-aphors for everything that is going wrong in Belize. One is about traffic lights in Belize City. The other is about a woman, a political appointee of this government, whose hands were al-most caught in the cookie jar, not that she was an exception, sent to pasture and after a brief hiatus, has been re-ap-pointed as the Commissioner of the Belize Port Authority. Her dishonesty, like most at all levels of the Barrow ad-ministration, is a part of the rule rather than the exception.

But let’s start with the traffic light metaphor. Belize City is the only area of the country, aside from Orange Walk Town, that has traffic lights. One could argue that with an increase in vehicu-lar traffic in the other city and towns of the country, there should be traffic lights everywhere. But in reality they mean nothing. The lights turn red and nobody stops; they turn amber and there is no need to as most drivers and cyclists do not wait for the green sig-nal. The lights, to most people, simply do not matter; the rules do not apply and so it is with the general state of affairs of the country.

One of my friends, who is a busi-nessman, recently told me a story-an anecdote: A potential investor who was making his first visit to Belize was astute enough to quickly surmise the state of affairs. My friend met him at the international airport and drove him into Belize City. In that short fifteen minutes’ drive this investor had deter-mined by the disregard for traffic regu-lations, the absence of road signs, and the way the cops drove around and the way people jay walked, that Belize is a corrupt country.

The other more recent metaphor for the corruption in the Barrow ad-ministration is the appointment of the former Head of the Belize Social Secu-rity Board to the post of Ports Commis-sioner of the Belize Port Authority. This is a position where many tricks can be turned and have been turned under the current Minister of Transportation, who to his credit has been able to combine nepotism with incompetence.

While this woman was heading the SSB, the government of Dean Barrow decided to grant amnesty, for nothing else but political reasons to some debt-ors. This woman who pretended to be so Christian-like and principled decid-ed to take the unethical step and try

a sleigh of hand, to try to get her debt and that of certain choice em-ployees of SSB forgiven as well. It was caught by the media, she was eased out with all her benefits and sent to pasture.

With the recent resignation of the former Ports Commissioner who was not prepared to compro-mise his professional principles, nor political manipulation without compromise, the post became va-cant.

The former SSB Head was har-nessed, brought from pasture and given this handsome plum as the Ports Commissioner, although she was sent into retirement by the Directors of the SSB and sent off with a ton of retirement money. It was yet another reward for bad be-haviour.

This is the hallmark of the cor-ruption of Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s administration. The Prime Minister himself, like a mafia boss, has been able to manipulate judg-es of the Supreme Court, other officials of the Courts and the Po-lice that have been known to pun-ish his enemies, like the former Prime Minister and journalists with trumped-up charges and other forms of intimidation. There was an international outcry and protest by the U.S government and media or-ganizations when he tried to shut down or muzzle Channel 5 televi-sion-an independent station owned by Lord Michael Ashcroft. This TV station remains on his chopping block. Some of the media have be-come corrupt, dependent as they are on government revenue from advertising. One of the country’s main radio stations, which was sanctioned by the almost toothless Belize Broadcasting Authority, for poor standards in broadcasting, among other discrepancies, was saved by the Prime Minister who told the BBA to back-off.

Barrow made his mark ear-ly in his administration. He can-celled any longevity of tenure for Supreme Court Judges. When he tried to unconstitutionally nation-alize the telephone and electricity companies, the Courts ruled his move as illegal and unconstitution-al. So what did he do? Because he had a super majority in the Leg-islature at the time, he amended the Constitution to take over these

utilities. The private investors became toast. Well not quite as these investors are still seeking redress in the Courts. Who were the government’s Attorneys: His high priced ex-wife who has been overheard saying that “my clients don’t choose me, I choose my cli-ents”.

She is now Belize’s Ambassa-dor to the United Nations. Since her appointment, the govern-ment’s budget allocation for that Mission has been inflated. One of the Prime Minister’s close relative has filled that slot as the govern-ment’s chief lawyer and de-facto Solicitor General, forcing the hold-er of the substantive post to re-sign in frustration.

The government’s decision to share the profits made by loggers who illegally cut and export rose-wood is yet another case of cor-ruption and with impunity.

No one has yet been brought to account for the destruction of a major Mayan temple for the con-struction of roads. This caused yet another international outcry along with one a few years ago when UNESCO threatened to del-ist Belize’s Barrier Reef as a World Heritage Site. The reef remains under threat as the government is considering a million dollars in-vestment by a Norwegian Cruise Line for a cruise ship facility in the proximity of the barrier reef in Southern Belize. This is already an outcry.

In May thirteen babies were killed, through negligence, at the state-owned hospital in Belize City. There has been no Commis-sion of Inquiry and no heads have rolled.

Clearly the Barrow administra-tion is hoping that these inequi-ties will blow away.

There is a long litany of the wrongs this government has com-mitted. Rampant corruption con-tinues with impunity. The biggest one being the corruption of litiga-tions which is designed to enrich the Prime Minister’s law firm, that of his brother and a few other privileged cronies.

We have developed a “Jim Jones” syndrome. Jones was an American Christian preacher and the leader of the Peoples Temple. This was a cult of Jones and his

American followers who estab-lished a commune in Jonestown, Guyana. In November 1978, on the orders of Jones, 900 Americans, including many children, commit-ted mass suicide by drinking pur-ple Kool-Aid laced with cyanide.

The lawlessness, corruption, crime and poverty, the lack of dis-cipline and the general free-for-all at the hands of a would-be Dictator is out of character for Belize thir-ty two short years after indepen-dence.

Apparently, it would seem that many of you have been duped and waiting for orders to drink the Kool-aid. These include about a handful of my friends (or former) who, no doubt in fear, have created some serious distance between me and them, like a tool that has become blunt or expired.

Belize City, June 19, 2013The Vega family has ben-

efitted from yet another Gov-ernment contract. This time it’s bound to create controver-sy among the elephants in the business community. The BE-LIZE TIMES has been reliably informed that the Vegas have used their inside connections, similar to the rosewood export-ing, to obtain a license to distrib-ute Pepsi cola in Belize.

For many years, the soft drink industry has been con-trolled by the Bowen family who bottle and distribute Coca Cola. On August 6th 1994, the then UDP Government shut down Pepsi Cola and hundreds of workers were fired.

Now, the greedy Vegas have found a way to resurrect the cola drink but to pursue their personal interests. Grabbing up large first-choice land deals, Rosewood extraction and export are not enough for this glutton-ous bunch.


THINK ABOUT ITIN-JUStICE

Belize’s best human right judge, Hon. Denis Hanomansingh, is hearing Belize’s worst case of Police abuse. This drama is unfolding in the Belmo-pan Supreme Court for the past two weeks with little or no coverage from the media.

The media did give full coverage of the event back in May 2011 when some 14 members of the Gang Sup-pression Unit left Belize City and raid-ed the home of a businessman in Bel-mopan in the pre-dawn hours around 4am.

The GSU claimed at the time that they heard shots from inside the house, directed at them, and of course they responded with what has been the most awesome unleashing of fire power. Two machine guns and a doz-en 9mm pistols. Some 62 bullet holes were later discovered, over 43 pene-trated the windows and entered vari-ous rooms.

When the GSU broke down the front door and entered the house a further 23 shots were fired inside the owner’s bedroom as “suppressive” fire.

Only because he owner, his preg-nant wife, their maid and three children were hiding in a bath tub and in a utility room they miraculously escaped with their lives.

The home owner, when he was captured in his bedroom in the presence of his wife and child, was stomped and kicked on repeatedly until he lost consciousness. He was left to lie face down in a pool of blood, hands handcuffed behind his back. The GSU proceeded to carry out their search of the house for hours, not fin-ishing until 6:30pm, leaving the home owner in his beaten and bloodied con-dition all those hours. When he was finally taken to the Belmopan Police Station, a Police there sent him to the hospital where a doctor listed the obvi-ous injuries to the jaw, burst lips, bruis-es to the face, and bleeding from the nostrils and mouth.

Nothing illegal was found at the house.

Neither the Prime Minister nor Police Minister felt the need to say a word of regret at how an otherwise in-nocent search turned into a nightmare and near death for small children and a family.

The incident was never investigat-ed. No one from the Crime Investiga-tion Branch or the Internal Affairs Unit of the Police were allowed near the case.

This whole sordid affair could have been avoided if the GSU had taken a bullhorn, megaphone, loud speaker, call it whatever, and simply alerted the residents of the house to open their

door immediately to allow a search.Instead, the heavy hand of abuse

arrived and all hell broke loose.

GraDUatION

This is a season to be jolly, to be proud, to be happy.

All across our nation, by the hun-dreds, our young children are grad-uating from primary schools, high schools, sixth forms and even our two Universities, Galen and U.B.

We are so proud of them. And their parents and family who support-ed and sacrificed to see them through. It could not happen without their teachers either.

We all need to be clear and fo-cused. Every child must attend and complete primary school. Every such child must attend and complete a high school and/or ITVET. This is one import-ant way we build Belize.

Congratulations to all the gradu-ates of 2013.

aNOthEr GUat IS ShOt

Since our last column two, three weeks ago, Belize Defence Force of-ficers patrolling the border area have shot another Guatemalan.

Belize’s version of the shooting is that a lone Guatemalan, well with-in our side of the border, fired at our patrol; the patrol returned fire and he was hit. They bandaged the intruder and carried him a very long distance to receive medical attention.

Tell that story to the Guatemalans.The Guatemalans have warned us

to stop using fire-power against heir unarmed citizens. They have asked us to use non-lethal weapons.

When our soldiers are being shot at, it is a different ball game.

No one is to shoot at our soldiers inside our territory.

But Guatemala has ordered their elite military men closer to our bor-ders. They say the Kaibils are deployed to deal with drugs and smuggling. In dense jungles? We do not believe them.

We need to be careful we do not provoke an incident.

We need to be very careful.

DEath OF a UNION

This is the death of a Union fore-told.

The Public Services Union has been the premier union in Belize for decades.

Making allowances for the fact that public officers are employees of the State and there are some restric-tions on their freedom of expression, they have acquitted themselves well.

The P.S.U. has always succeeded,

sometimes after much wrangling, in getting salaries increases, allowances, travelling benefits and so on, for their members.

The P.S.U. played an outstanding role in resisting the Heads of Agree-ment in 1981. This proposed agree-ment to try to settle the unfounded Guatemalan claim to Belize was a policy and political matter, not strictly a Union –workers – employees matter. Yet the Union was courageous to be involved in the forefront.

The PSU also rose up in 2004 against the then government over al-leged abuses of office.

Since the arrival of the UDP in Government in 2008, the PSU has been experiencing a slow de-mise. Gone are their glory days of Unionism in a stifling and disre-spectful government atmosphere.

The Teachers’ Union has not achieved much success.

Unions just aren’t what they used to be.

watEr ON MarS

Major discovery.Water has been found on the

planet Mars.It’s not a lake or pond or even

a puddle. But the scientific traces of the components of water.

The exploratory vehicle sent to Mars in January 2004 has fi-nally come through. Clay miner-

als in rocks indicate neutral water flowed there in the first billion years of the existence of Mars.

Awesome.

LISa aND aUDrEY

There will be a battle, sooner or later, between two lawyers, be-tween two women.

It is bound to take place.The battle will play out be-

tween the cerebral Lisa and the emotional Audrey.

It’s gonna be hot.

thE aMaZING taLIBaN

Peace talks will take place be-tween the mighty United States of America and the strange people called the Taliban.

We know nothing of the Tali-ban. They are one of several tribes in war torn Afghanistan.

These bearded, hardy, moun-tain-terrain people are obviously extraordinary warriors. The mil-itary might of the USA and its NATO allies could not defeat them.

Twelve years of bombing, killings and torture and yet they stand.

This week the USA dropped all its pre-conditions and agreed to hold urgent peace talks with the world’s number one warriors.

Interesting.


$179,000 for San Antonio Road, MILLIONS more from UDP Government

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CitCo increases driver’s license fee

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Police Officer had “no authority” to withdraw charges against

Belize City, June 20, 2013Commissioner of Police Allen

Whylie has lashed out at the Police Offi-cer who withdrew charges against UDP Minister of Gangs Mark King, allowing the serious criminal case to crumble at the Corozal Magistrate Court.

“It is my view that that offi-cer was a police officer when this incident occurred. He was not an ordinary citizen and he had no au-thority to withdraw that case or to refuse to testify,” ComPol Whylie re-marked when asked about the case on Wednesday afternoon.

PC Nelson Ramos was one of two police officers who were expected to testify against King who faced charges of aggravated assault, threatening words and disorderly conduct. The UDP Lake Independence area repre-sentative was involved in all-out brawls inside the Princess Hotel and Casino and at the Corozal customs station in the wee hours of Monday Februay 4th of this year. But when the Court date came up on Tuesday June 18th, Ramos either got cold feet or kept his end of a secret deal, when he withdrew the charge. Another officer, PC Swazo, ap-parently got amnesia and said he could not identify Mark King from the wit-ness stand.

The Magistrate, Clive Lino, then ordered that without evidence there was no case and declared King a free man. There was no chastisement of the officers of the law, as would normally occur if an ordinary citizen

wasted the Court’s time in such fash-ion.

Video footage of the confrontation shows King going ballistic, screaming and shouting as he threatened the of-ficers, even inside the Corozal Police Station, when one of King’s party bud-dies, Diego Witz Jr. was detained.

But the scene at the Corozal Po-lice Station was relatively calm, com-pared to the violent outburst earlier that morning at the Princess Hotel and Casino. Witnesses told the BELIZE TIMES that King and his entourage had unleashed terror and panic on the patrons of the casino that night. The King entourage got into a fight with the casino’s security guards and even assaulted the Casino manager after being ordered out of the building.

Why the Casino never filed charges against the Minister is anoth-er question.

But ComPol Whylie is not too hap-py with the Police’s gross mishandling of the case. He said he has asked a team led by PC Noel Leal, who heads the Professional Standards Branch, to investigate PC Ramos.

“When a police officer does things that we believe breaches trust and confidence in us and my-self as the head, we will do all that is necessary to ensure that that breach is remedied. It’s a matter I view very seriously and as soon as the investigation is concluded we’ll be taking the appropriate action against him,” said ComPol Whylie.

Belize City, June 19, 2013A notice published by

the UDP Belize City Council warns residents that as of July 2013, the fee for driver’s license renewal will be in-creased to $60. In these hard times, this is the worst kind of news for Belizeans.

The council indicates in its notice that it is regulariz-ing the fee with that of other municipalities, but the move could very well be illegal, and against the explicit advice of the Minister of Local Govern-ment Godwin Hulse.

In January of this year, the Ministry of Local Govern-ment put the municipal coun-cils in their place with a press

release that stated: “the le-gal fee for the issuance of a Driver’s License is ONLY thirty Belize Dollars $30 by Law. residents are advised that once they meet the cri-teria for a driver’s license, they are not required to pay any more than the mandat-ed $30.”

Despite the declara-tion, the UDP Town Council in Santa Elena/San Ignacio thumbed their nose at the Minister Hulse and went ahead with increasing their fees. Now the UDP Belize City Council is following suit, in another attempt to bleed out more money out of res-idents.

Belize City, June 18, 2013The most recent press release is-

sued by the National Trade Union Con-gress of Belize – blindly supporting the Barrow administration’s takeover of the International Business Compa-ny Registry (IBC) and the Internation-al Merchant Marne Registry of Belize (IMMARBE) is yet another example of the misguided leadership at the helm of the important workers’ organiza-tion.

Not a word has been said by the NTUCB regarding the scandals that have rocked the UDP. Nothing about Rosewood. Nothing about the 13 ba-bies who died at the KHMH. Noth-ing about Don Gapi Vega and his land deals for families and cronies, or the fleecing of public funds by his neph-ew. Nothing about the increasing murders. Nothing about Noh Mul. Not even a word about the teachers’ and public officers’ delayed request for

salary increases.But here comes Barrow with a dis-

traction up his sleeve, and along goes the NTUCB, or at least its leaders.

This is not so surprising. At the helm of the NTUCB is a man who aside from getting positions on Government-boards can hardly say what has been accom-plished on behalf of workers.

Dylan Reneau sits on the Social Se-curity Board. He sits on the Belize Elec-tricity Board. And now, on the announce-ment of the Prime Minister, he will on the so-called newly established National Bank. Can’t anyone else apart from Re-neau serve the Union?

The NTUCB also chose to attack the Opposition PUP with cheap political pro-paganda spewed by the Prime Minister. Instead of reaching out to the Opposi-tion for an explanation or clarification, the NTUCB’s statement showed how bias they have become under the Bar-row Administration.

belize times june 23, 2013

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