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BODY OF MARIO TROTMAN FOUND

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PUP Condemns

Illegal Guatemalan Action in the

Sarstoon

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COUPLE CLAIMS NEGLIGENCE AT COROZAL COMMUNITY

HOSPITAL

Guatemala Takes Portion of Toledo!

BARROW’S BOGUS BUDGET

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Anwar BarrowShyne Barrow

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Why Gapi Quit!

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PUP LEADER HOLDS BUDGET CONSULTATIONS

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Body of Mario

Trotman found in canal off

Faber’s Road

Taiwan’s President in Belize

PUP Condemns Illegal Guatemalan Action

in the SarstoonBelize City, 14 March 2016

The People’s United Party strongly condemns the illegal military incur-sion by the Guatemalan Armed Forces (GAF) into Belizean territorial waters on Saturday 12 March 2016. The PUP also deplores the hostile and aggres-sive attitude by members of the GAF towards our Belizean security forces in the vicinity of the Forward Operating Base on the shores of the Sarstoon River in Belize. This latest incident is another violation of international law by Guatemala and constitutes a grave risk to peace in the region.

The PUP joins the Government and all Belizeans in calling on the Gov-ernment of Guatemala to immediately cease these provocative and illegal acts, and we demand that the Govern-ment of Guatemala ensures that the GAF is instructed to stand down and to respect the long established bound-ary between Belize and Guatemala in the Sarstoon.

The PUP applauds the firm and brave members of the Belizean secu-rity forces who resolutely defended our sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of hostile and imminent threat from the GAF.

The PUP believes that the follow-

ing issues must be given the high-est priority at the Ministerial Meet-ing scheduled between Belizean and Guatemalan Foreign Ministers for Tuesday 15 March 2016, in Wash-ington DC:

i. The repeated violation of Beliz-ean territory by the GAF;

ii. The threat to peace and viola-tion of international law by GAF; and

iii. Confidence Building Mea-sures in the Sarstoon River.

The PUP calls on the Govern-ment to urgently:

i. Take all appropriate diplomatic actions required in order to guaran-tee the territorial integrity, safety and sovereignty of Belize;

ii. Re-appoint a Negotiating Team on Belize Guatemala relations; and

iii. Re-appoint a National Adviso-ry Commission on the Belize Guate-mala Differendum.

Hon. John Briceno, commented on the weekend incident: “We in the PUP have been monitoring the activities of the Guatemalan Gov-ernment and its armed forces and, we continue to regard the recent ac-tions by them as illegal and a threat to peace in the region. I repeat; there is an urgent need for Belize to develop a carefully crafted strategy to deal with these hostile threats by Guatemala. For my part, I am proud of the BDF and congratulate them for defending us.”

Belize City, March 15, 2016Belize City Police are

searching for answers after they discovered the lifeless body of 18 year old Mario Trotman in a canal in an un-inhabited area off Faber’s Road.

Trotman had a gunshot wound to his head.

Trotman, a resident of Louis Bevans Street in the Port Loyola area, was report-ed missing by his family on Monday, March 13th.

Party Leader John Briceño, along with Deputy Party leaders, met with Agro-pro-ducers in preparation for the Budget Debate. Agriculture is a major revenue earner

for the Government of Belize and we must find a way to help our farmers.

Party Leader John Briceño along with members of the PUP Executive met with the Executive Council of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Meeting with members of the Environmental Community

Belize City, March 16, 2016Taiwan President Ma, Ying-jeou arrived in Belize today for a two

day visit during which he will meet with regional leaders including the Prime Ministers of St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

On arrival today, President Ma was met by a delegation of Taiwan-ese Belizeans at the Phillip Goldson International Airport.

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WHY GAPI QUIT!

Sedi’s damning admission

Belize City, March 14, 2016There has been no official ex-

planation to the sudden resignation of the UDP’s northern political don Gaspar Vega from his post of Dep-uty Prime Minister and First Deputy Leader of the United Democratic Party.

Vega’s resignation will take ef-fect this Sunday, March 20th, when the UDP holds an endorsement convention to fill up posts in their National Executive. Conventions normally means elections, but the UDP under Dean Barrow is in a firm grip and what he says absolutely goes. The UDP, for example, has not had a leadership convention since Barrow took up the reins following former UDP leader Manuel Esquiv-el’s resignation in 1998.

Leading up to Sunday’s con-vention, several persons wished to offer themselves for the positions. Mark King nominated himself on Facebook for Chairman in an at-tempt to kick out Alberto August. Faber, it was reported, was looking to become one of the two Deputy Leaders. There were even ques-tions whether a new leader would take over. But Barrow indicated there shall be no challenges to any of the posts and much less to his even though he has declared that he is serving his last term in elec-toral politics.

Gapi VegaDean Barrow

As one would expect, those who are not agreement with Barrow’s deci-sions are fuming over it. Strong rumors are that Gaspar Vega, Patrick Faber and John Saldivar, who all have had their eyes on taking over leadership not nec-essarily until Barrow decides to exit of-ficially, are not happy at all.

At a meeting of the National Party Council two weeks ago, a brave mem-ber of the floor suggested that Barrow should not wait until the end of his term to step down. In response, Barrow ap-plied more force to his might and said that not only will there not be a chal-lenge but that the March 20th conven-tion will secure the UDP posts for the next four years. The tension on the floor grew palpable, we are told.

Neither Vega nor any official from the UDP have provided an explanation for Vega’s resignation. In a release is-

sued by the UDP, the ruling party tried its best to down-play the sever-ity of the news and declared that they are prepared to move on with-out him.

While the official chan-nels are not providing an-

swers, the unofficial reports from close sources and political experts in-dicate that Vega’s decision to abandon Barrow’s ship just four months since securing a third term in office was not so surprising after all.

Vega has suffered political humili-ation at the hands of Barrow, despite his key role in national campaigns and securing wins in northern Belize and the Belize District.

In 2013, while Barrow attended a meeting with the diaspora in Los An-geles, California, he threw Vega under the bus calling his Ministry of Natural Resources a “hotbed of corruption”. Barrow was responding to a complaint by a Belizean American woman who said she was tricked into a bad land deal with Belizean officials.

This complaint is just one of many others, perhaps hundreds, involving

land scams involving Lands officials, land grabs involving the politically-connected, and manipulation of the Government’s land information sys-tem

Following the November early 2015 elections, Barrow shuffled his Cabinet stripping away the all-pow-erful Ministry of Natural Resources from Don Gaspar Vega. Vega’s sup-porters were enraged by this. Vega, we are told refused to give up his comfy office to the new Minister.

Vega’s rise to power and glory in the UDP was meteorite-like and it made many jealous. He entered electoral politics in 2006, and won the Orange Walk North constituency in the 2008 elections. He became Deputy Prime Minister without pre-vious political experience or victo-ries. But it is Vega’s large wealth, amassed from various businesses in Orange Walk, which turned into his political asset.

The greatest surprise with Vega’s decision to call it quits is that his se-nior post in the UDP, his seat in OW north, and his sure rise to even great-er power in the UDP were as sure as night follows daylight; and his deci-sion to give it all up just doesn’t quite add up.

Some political pundits have sug-gested that maybe it has nothing to do with the UDP internal warfare but with pressure from Uncle Sam. If that is so, we would understand even more why Barrow has been unwilling to make any comments on the issue. It would also mean that Vega’s sudden exit could soon be fol-lowed by Barrow’s.


Kidnapped by drug lords??

GUATEMALA TAKES PORTION OF TOLEDO!

Belize City, March 15, 2016Guatemala, whose unfounded claim over

Belize has existed for 160 years, has ratcheted up its claim and has effectively seized a large portion of the Toledo District using military force to take control of the entire Sarstoon River and Sarstoon Island, located at the southern-most tip of Belize’s border.

BDF soldiers reported to the Government that on Saturday March 12th they were stopped by Guatemala Armed Forces (GAF) “in the area of Belize’s Forward Operating Base”. Guate-mala’s forces, said a Government release, “be-haved in an extremely hostile and threatening manner, insisting that our troops should not be at the Sarstoon”.

This report coincides with the behaviour of the Guatemalan military every time the Belize Territorial Volunteers have attempted to visit the Sarstoon Island over the past two years to assert Belize’s territorial integrity. In one in-stance, in March 2015, the BTV members were kidnapped by Guatemala’s military and taken by force to Livingston where they were held for an overnight and released following diplo-matic negotiations.

Prime Minister Dean Barrow and the leader of the Belize Defence Force, Brigadier General David Jones, have claimed that they have had “cordial” relations with Guatemala’s military in the area. The BDF, Jones has reported, enters the Sarstoon River to carry out regular patrols at the Cadenas outpost located on the South western area of Belize’s southern border with no problems.

But there is proof that Guatemala’s aggres-sion has increased with their demanding that the BDF inform them before any visits to the Sarstoon area and that they must accompany BDF vessels entering the Sarstoon River chan-nel.

Guatemala has denied the reports by the BDF and the Government of Belize. A release by Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is-sued on Monday, March 14th claims that the BDF officials had failed to follow “the security protocols commonly used in the Sarstoon Riv-er” when they “entered waters of Guatemala in the mentioned river” (unofficial translation from release issued in the Spanish language).

Guatemala’s release further stated, “the Ministry considers that it is false for it to be claimed that the Guatemalan officers behaved in an “extremely hostile and threatening” man-ner when all that was sought was to ask the crew of the Belizean vessel to follow security protocols commonly used on the Sarstoon River”.

The release ended: “The Ministry of For-eign Affairs reaffirms once again that the Sar-stoon River belongs to Guatemala, so until the territorial, insular and maritime dispute existing between the two countries is not definitively resolved by the International Court of Justice, the Government of the Republic will continue to exercise and defend their sovereignty as it has done so far”.

The statement above underlined the ratio-nale behind Guatemala’s recent actions in the Sarstoon area.

Guatemala also extends its claim beyond the Sarstoon area and further deeper in the Toledo District. Guatemala’s false reference of the Sarstoon River as their “inland waters”

infers that their maritime and territo-rial claim does not end there.

The Government’s response to Guatemala’s bully and illegal behaviour has been disappointing and dismal. Prime Minister Bar-row and his entire administration were caught with their pants down. There was no immediate National Security response to the situation. Our International “friends” have not

been kept up to date nor told of the seriousness of the situa-tion and so they will have to be “informed”. Just a few weeks ago, a CARICOM meeting had every important person in the region in Belize yet there was no proper consultation over the Belize-Guatemala situation. Not even a single statement came out of the meeting, expressing

solidarity with Belize and condemning Guatemala’s illegal acts.

Several weeks ago while discuss-ing the true picture between Belize and Guatemala’s militaries at a forum with the Bar Association, General Jones reported that things are very tense and there can be shootings. We believe he has also shared this with Belize’s Cabinet, but their response has been nonchalant to say the least.

Belize is virtually no more 8867 square miles with Guatemale’s take-over of a part of the Toledo District. Thanks to Barrow and Sedi’s lack of action, the Sarstoon Island is gone, the Sarstoon River is gone and there could be more trouble.

Prime Minister, listen to the Op-position PUP. Get up and defend Be-lize.

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EDITORIALBarrow the Appeaser, Dangerous for Belize

Prime Minister Dean Barrow has shown to be a quisling and an appeaser when it comes to Gua-temala.

He is also following the script crafted by his British masters. His history is on the written re-

cord. So far that record let us state the following.During none of the civil disobedience, public

protests or riots was Mr. Barrow ever present or a participant. He was not against the Webster Pro-posals by the U.S.A mediator to give Belize to the control of Guatemala.

He was not against the then infamous Heads of Agreement in March 1981 which was perhaps the worst civil unrest in Belize in relation to Guate-mala.

He was not against the Maritime Areas Law in 1991 which resulted in Phillip Goldson, Hubert Elrington, Derrick Aikman, Gilda Lewis, Emma Boiton, Herbert Panton and other high ranking members leaving the United Democratic Party. Mr. Goldson went on to form his own party-National Alliance For Belizean Rights NABR and vowed never to join back with the UDP whilst Dean Barrow remained in the party. Mr. Goldson died as a member of NABR and was given a State Funeral by the PUP government of Said Musa.

On becoming Prime Minister in 2008, Mr. Bar-row approved, in secret, an agreement with Gua-temala which was signed that same year by his Foreign Minister, Wilfred Sedi Elrington, the only person who is a bigger appeaser than Barrow. This agreement called quite appropriately a compromi was done without any public knowledge.

Right thinking Belizeans should not be sur-prised by the lame duck behavior of Mr. Barrow in relation to Guatemala’s aggressive and hostile military behavior in the Sarstoon River.

That because of Mr. Barrow’s non-response to half a dozen serious incidents of Guatemala’s ag-gression, Guatemala proceeded to annex the Belize portion of the Sarstoon River.

Our Prime Minister is working very closely with Guatemala and the British to push Belizeans to go to the ICJ over Guatemala’s claim to half of our country. He has never gone against any sugges-tion or proposals from the Guats and the Brits. Even after signing the compromi, he agreed with Guatemala to amend it to suit Guatemala that they do not have to hold their referendum on the same date as Belize.

Having stated the above, the latest in the long line of appeasement comes on this Wednesday 16 March 2016 when Belize attended a routine meeting of the Organization of American States-OAS, in Washington. This meeting was to discuss funding for the small OAS office at Benque Viejo del Carmen. Guatemala was in attendance.

While Guatemala has clearly taken over the Sar-stoon River and has now reached the stage where they don’t want the BDF to travel to Cadenas out-post without their permission, Belize attends and OAS meeting but cannot bring up Guatemala’s major aggression and land grab.

Guess what the Belize government comes away from the meeting with? A subservient commit-ment to Guatemala to amend our Referendum Law. This law says no referendum is binding if less than SIXTY percent of the registered voters participate. In last November’s general elections the UDP could only raise 50 percent of the voters. So the amendment which Guatemala has forced the Belize government to accept is for our law to be changed to 50 percent. Guatemala won that round. Sedi is on the other corner, bruised and confused by the diplomatic punches.

While Barrow has appeased, the Opposition PUP and other brave Belizeans have not been moved. The PUP has a proud history of standing up for Belize against Guatemala. The PUP also has the intellectual capacity to brace Guatemala. The Opposition Leader Hon. John Briceno’s offer to join the Government of Belize in tackling the unfounded claim and Guatemala’s aggression is the silver lining in all of this.


U.S. authorities intercept $472K of

Cocaine

Students return from Harvard Association debate conference in Costa Rica

Belize City, March 15, 2016The Belize High School (BHS) debate

team participated in their fourth HACIA debate conference held March 10 to 13, 2016. The XXII Summit of the Americas was hosted in San Jose, Costa Rica at the Hotel Real Intercontinental.

HACIA, Harvard Association Cultivat-ing Inter American Democracy, remains the oldest and largest simulation of the organization of American States in the world. Over five hundred students come from countries spanning the entire Ameri-cas. This year over 500 students of thirty three different high schools throughout 10 countries: Costa Rica, Belize, Brazil, Pan-ama, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, United States of America, and Peru. The BHS students have been exten-sively preparing for several months with direction from Mr. Emmanuel Adighije and Mrs. Jamie Usher. Preparations included meetings after school and Saturdays to ensure proper research materials, writing position papers, seeking resolutions and public speaking skills. Additionally the stu-dents learnt proper parliamentary proce-dures of both the United Nations and the

Organization of American States.Student delegates of HACIA 2016 in-

cluded Miss Mia Paige Miles, Miss Annie Ponce, Master Zachary Ortiz, Master Tavis Wagner and Faculty Advisor Mrs. Jamie Lee Usher.

Students were engaged in debates for three days in their assigned commit-tees: Legislative Assembly of Argentina, Community of Latin America Caribbean States (CELAC), and Permanent Council of the Organization of American States. The delegates of the various committees left the conference as versed as the leaders of the respective nations in their topics.

The HACIA democracy debate is an excellent academic opportunity and one that delegates a chance to learn the inner workings of the world’s most influential or-ganizations by actively engaging with their peers in real life simulations and crises events, not by reading about them.

Most importantly the participants of HACIA Summits learn the critical role of the youth of Americas-- that they have the power to directly impact the solutions to issues already affecting our countries. Be-lize High School, Learners today leaders tomorrow.

BHS delegation with members of the HARVARD HACIA Board of Directors: President Sarah Fellay and Business Director Delany

Sisiruca Perez

NASSAU, Bahamas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Nassau Preclearance facility inter-cepted 65 pounds of cocaine valued at more than $472,000, March 9.

The two travelers are Bahamian citizens who were flying to Florida when CBP officers intercepted them carrying 30 cocaine-filled packages.

CBP officers initially inspected the pair when they checked in to CBP cus-toms and noted the luggage was empty; however, during jet bridge and ramp op-erations, CBP officers re-examined the traveler’s carry-on luggage and discov-ered both travelers were now carrying brown packages.

CBP officers inspected the pack-ages and found a white powdery sub-stance which tested positive for cocaine.

“While this is one of the largest seizures in the history of Nassau Pre-clearance, it is indicative of our officer’s vigilance, teamwork and commitment to disrupting transnational criminal activity when the opportunity arises,” said CBP Nassau Preclearance Port Director Jef-frey Mara.

The international travelers were turned over to the Royal Bahamas Police Officers.

CBP Preclearance operations al-low for advance inspection of passen-gers and special coordination with law enforcement upon arrival in the United States. Through preclearance, the same immigration, customs, and agriculture in-spections of international air passengers performed on arrival in the United States are instead completed before depar-ture at foreign airports. Currently, pre-clearance operations exist at 15 foreign airports in six different countries, ben-efitting air passengers, airports, and air carriers, in the United States and abroad.

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PUP Reps pledge support at Unity RallyBarrow’s Bogus BudgetBelize City, March 15, 2016

Did you check out Barrow’s ‘Buckle-Up’ Budget in the House of Representatives last week? I swear the man is a magician try-ing to pull that disfigured rabbit out of the UDP hat. Silly Barrow, tricks are for kids. There’s a rea-son why Barrow has long been known as the Glitter Man, or as Hubert Elrington once said, all glitter and absolutely no sub-stance.

The Budget is bad, people. Just like we’ve been saying all along, Belize is in serious trouble. It’s even worse than we could have believed. Check this out. The budget is basically simple – it’s what you spend versus what you earn in revenue. A balanced budget means you’re bringing in what you spend, and that’s good. An exceptional budget would be bringing in more than you spend. But what Mr. Barrow is telling us is that in the past 2015/2016 he spent more than the country brought in…MUCH MORE – like $182M more. Can you imagine that? The deficit is a whopping

Dean Barrow

5.1% of GDP. Even Mr. Barrow said it. In his

speech he talks about how the pro-jected deficit for 2016/2017 is $62M, which is 1.7% of GDP. Then he says that 1.7% is good, since a country is in trouble when the deficit is 3% of GDP and above. Duh! Mr. Barrow…you just told us that the budget defi-cit for 2015/2016 was 5.1%. See…WE’RE IN BIG TROUBLE.

But the man is smooth. He talks about Petrocaribe being pretty much done. He talks about the crip-pling hold of derisking and impacts

on the local economy which will get worse. He talks about the crisis in bananas, in shrimp, in sugar cane. He talks about oil reserves done. He talks about offshore banking sector done. He talks about the Free Zone in trouble. He talks about having to raise import duties on fuel to raise more than $50M in taxes. He talks about all the mess his administration and his leadership has us in…and then he tells us that everything’s just great. He talks about his new Bud-get being “sturdy and stable”.

Something is wrong with this man. Or maybe something is wrong with those who still believe his politi-cal rhetoric about the best is yet to come.

Mr. Barrow boasts about being able to give public officers a raise for the third year, like it is some great achievement. He says it’s an incred-ible feat because cost of living is so low in Belize. Where is the Prime Minister living? Maybe the cost of living is low for him because he is a multi-millionaire and taxpayers pay most of his bills. See Mr. Barrow doesn’t have to go to the grocery shop on the weekend and make $10

feed a whole family. He never has to worry about where his next meal is coming from? He never has to worry about how he will afford uni-forms and shoes and schoolbags and books and still have a meal every night. His budget is WAY dif-ferent from our budget. That’s why he can say that the cost of living is so low. His reality is different than ours.

Mr. Barrow’s new budget is bo-gus. That’s the bottom line. It’s the hangover after a wild spree fueled by Petrocaribe. Mr. Barrow boasts about cement streets, but our peo-ple can’t eat streets. Mr. Barrow boasts about sporting complexes which have made a few select people rich, but our kids can’t excel at sports when they can’t get a de-cent meal every day, or when they have to drop out of school. Mr. Bar-row boasts about multi-million dol-lar roundabouts all over the place, but our people can’t live on round-abouts.

In this UDP reality, only a few people keep getting richer and rich-er, while the majority gets poorer. Is there still a middle-class in Be-lize?

The best never got here, and it won’t ever with Mr. Barrow’s new bogus budget.

THE BELIZE TIMES 20 MAR2016 8 08

How did we lose the Sarstoon?

SECOND NOTICEPursuant to Section 10 (3) of the Belize Mines and Minerals Act, Chapter 226, Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000-2003, Allan Michael Duncker Sr. for and on behalf of Aquamar Belize Ltd., Inde-pendence Village, Stann Creek District, has applied to the Honourable Minister of Natural Resources and Immigration, through the Inspector of Mines, Mining Unit; for a mining license to mine clay and sand from an area located south of Big Creek, Toledo District. The areas to be mined are bounded by UTM co-orinates:

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Contributed On Saturday, Guatemalan mili-

tary forces came into Belizean wa-ters and threatened OUR Belize De-fence Force soldiers at the Forward Operation Base at the Sarstoon. Imagine that. It’s gotten to that point. Our soldiers were aggressed by armed Guatemalan soldiers. They were outmanned, outgunned and in a very bad position far from any assistance, nowhere to run.

When you see a government release using the words hostile and threatening, and actually admitting that tension in the Sarstoon is at an all time high, then you get the sense of how bad it is.

We’ve been trying to tell this government for the longest time that THEY lost the Sarstoon. They told us we lied. They said we were being political. They accused us of sensationalizing things, mak-ing things up. The Prime Minister is fond of beating his chest and boasting about how great Belize is at asserting its sovereignty in the Sarstoon. Well tell that to the BDF soldiers at the base on Saturday. Tell that to the Guatemalans.

I’ve heard Minister Elrington say that under his term as For-eign Minister diplomatic relations are the best they have ever been. We’ve heard him say that thanks to this UDP administration we are finally making some progress in re-solving the claim. But how is this progress now?

Two or three years ago our tour operators could take tour-ists through the Sarstoon with no problem. After all this is the same Sarstoon we talk about in our Na-tional Anthem. Now our tour opera-tors keep away from the Sarstoon, which is manned by Guatemalan military. Our fishermen stay away from the Sarstoon, which is being fished by Guatemalan fishers. And even our BDF have now been told that they need to keep out of the Sarstoon. And they’re not being

told by diplomatic memo coming out of OAS headquarters in Wash-ington. The message is being deliv-ered by armed Guatemalan soldiers who are serious. This doesn’t seem like progress to me.

When the Guatemalan Presi-dent visited Belize, our armed forc-es protected him, roughing up a few patriotic Belizeans who protested the visit. Our Belizeans were held at gunpoint. Imagine that. How the hell did we get to this point? HOW?

Sarstoon HAS FALLEN into Gua-temala’s grip!

Mr. Barrow now needs to do something he has great difficulty in doing. He has to eat humble pie. He has to accept that the negotiations have gone terribly, terribly wrong and that somehow, somewhere, Belize missed the boat and now Sarstoon is gone. Mr. Barrow has to accept that his Foreign Minister has done this country a great disser-vice, blinded by his own ego. While the Belizean people were being fed lies, and insulted, and being told to keep out of big people conversation, we lost Belizean territory. Remem-ber that song about not a blade of grass? Talk to Mr. Elrington about that now!

Mr. Barrow needs to do some-thing else he is not very good at. He now needs to listen. He needs to listen to what people have been saying. He needs to bring the Oppo-sition on board because the Oppo-sition offers the greatest expertise on Guatemalan negotiations. Mr. Barrow needs to put politics aside and realize that much more is at risk than his pride.

The Opposition has been say-ing that if the people decide a ref-erendum is the way, then all power to the people. But going to the ICJ with Wilfred Elrington leading the way, and with so much lost already, is a real risk.

When it comes to Guatemala, the best isn’t coming. Belizeans should know that by now.

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10 SPORTS THE BELIZE TIMES 20 MAR2016

wins Women’s Cross Country

win SMART table tennis champs

KAYA CATTOUSE

Faith Solis wins 200mNational Athletics

Championships Results

Taye Parkinson & Amiri Hoare

Belize City, March 13, 2015Team C-Ray’s Kaya Cattouse won the 27th annual Women’s Cross Coun-

try Cycling Classic beating defending champ Alicia Thompson in the sprint to the finish in front the BTL Park in Belize City on Sunday.

Kaya rode the 68 miles from the Coronation Park in San Ignacio to the finish line on Newtown Barracks in 4:24:15; winning the $3,000 1st prize, a round trip for 2 on Maya Island Airways, and 2 trophies. Kaya had won Cross country champ in 2012.

Results:2nd/Queen of the Hills - Alicia Thompson – Team Belize Bank Swoosh –

4:24:15 - $1,500 prize3rd Patricia Chavarria – Team C-Ray – 4:24:23 - $750 prize & trophy4th Gabrielle Lovell – Team DigiCell 4G – 4:24:28 - $150 prize & trophy5th Gina Lovell - Team DigiCell 4G – 4:31:29 – $75 prize & trophy6th/1st Youth – Paulita Chavarria – Team C-Ray – 4:49:21Alicia Thompson also won a trophy for with 23pts

Belize City, March 13, 2016Taye Parkinson of St. Joseph’s

RC School was awarded as the most developed young table tennis player of 2015 by Belize Table Tennis Association. He showed why when he won the 18 & Under champion-ship as well as the 12 & Under divi-sion in the SMART national junior ranking table tennis championships hosed by the BTTA at the Belize Elementary auditorium on Sunday. The 15 & Under division champion-ship was won by Amiri Hoare.

12 and Under Division1st Place – Taye Parkinson2nd Place – Devesh Hukmani3rd Place – Jude Castellanos4th Place – Andrew Jaramillo15 and Under Division1st Place – Amiri Hoare2nd Place - Latrell Solis3rd Place - Rohit Pagarani4th Place – Desire Amagwula18 and Under Division1st Place – Taye Parkinson2nd Place - Latrell Solis3rd Place – Amiri Hoare4th Place – Samron Pott

All winnersTaye Parkinson

U19 champ

Belize City, March 13, 2016Here are the results of the National Ama-

teur Athletic Championships at the Marion Jones Stadium in Belize City over the weekend.

Female 200m1st Faith Morris - 28.24 secondsMen’s 200m1st Mark Anderson - 21.29 secs2nd James Bregal - 22.93 secs3rd Hance Card - 22.94 secs4th Ajani Requena - 23.38 secsMen’s 400m1st Mark Anderson - 49.34 secs2nd Hance Card - 51.72 secs3rd Rondre Lewis - 52.25 secs4th Ajani Requena - 53.45 secsFemale 100m1st Tricia Flores - 12.47 secs2nd Faith Morris - 12.66 secs3rd Jada Parchue - 13.85 secsMen’s 100m1st Shaun Gill - 10.58 secs2nd James Bregal - 11.03 secs3rd Fred Usher Jr - 11.38 secs 4th Ashton Usher - 11.67 secs5th Brandon Flores - 11.77 secsMen’s 1,500 meters1st Albert Davis - 4:45.392nd Kennion Moreira - 4:52.923rd Amir Ramos - 4:54.444th Giovanni Baizar - 5:05.39Men’s High Jump

1st Jorge Jimenez - 1.73 meters2nd Martin Flowers - 1.70m3rd Jamel Webster - 1.50mShot Put1st Justin Awe - 11.88 meters2nd Antoine Gillett - 8.34 metersFemale Long Jump1st Ashantie Carr - 5.0 metersTriple Jump1st Ashantie Carr - 10.89 metersMale Long jump1st Ezhay Cayetano - 6.47 meters

2nd Jorge Jimenez - 6.26 meters

3rd Martin Flowers - 6.16 meters

Men’s Triple Jump1st Kenneth Bracket -

13.99 meters2nd Martin Flowers -

13.05 metersMen’s 800 meters1st Ernesto Villafronco -

2:02.112nd Kennion Moreira -

2:09.233rd Amir Ramos - 2:18.304th Alexander Alvarado -

2:18.44Men’s 4 x 400m Relay1st Mark Anderson, Ash-

ton Usher, Leon Guild, Fred Usher - 3:40.44.

2nd Shaun Gill, Hance Card, Kennion Moreira, Rajeen Arzu - 3:42.00.

3rd Ezhay Cayetano, Kenneth Brackett, Ernesto Villafranco, Martin Flowers - 3:46.70

4th Alexander Alvarado, James Bregal, Timothy Mena, Ajani Requena- 3:52.72.

Mark Anderson wins 200m

11SPORTSTHE BELIZE TIMES20 MAR 2016

SMART Hurricanes are No.1 in NEBL basketball

Grace Kennedy & Unitedville Rebels win softball competition

Ladyville Tech & Gwen Liz: Ready

for Softball Nationals!

Belize City, March 12, 2015The Ladyville Technical High School girls and Gwen Lizarraga High

School boys are preparing for the high school softball championship to be held at the Elston Galvez field in Roaring Creek Village on Friday and Saturday, March 18-19.

The Ladyville girls and Gwen Liz boys will represent the Central Zone. Ladyville’s Elma Wade pitched a 5-inning no-hitter, striking 7 bat-ters for their 12-0 win in championship win against the E.P. Yorke High School girls at the Rogers Stadium in Belize City last Saturday.

In the championship finals, Gwen Liz pitcher Devontae Middleton struck out 11 batters to lead the Gwen Liz boys to 7-5 win against St. John’s College.

Ladyville Tech Gwen Liz

EP Yorke’s Shana Bood

Gwen Liz’ Devontae Middleton

Belize City, March 11, 2016The SMART Hurricanes are currently

in the top spot of the 2016 National Elite Basketball League (NEBL) tournament with a 9 win -1 loss record.

They posted their 9th win 78-69 against two-time national champs the San Pedro Tigersharks at the Belize El-ementary gymnasium last Friday.

Hurricanes’ Farron Louriano top scored with 29 pts and 11 rebounds; and Brian “Brybo” White also had doubles 13pts and 17 rebounds. Last year’s MVP Darwin “Puppy” Leslie hit a long trey to score 9pts, 9 rebounds. Jacob Leslie drained in 2 treys for 8pts and Akeem Watters added 6pts.

Tigersharks’ American import Caleb Sutton led with 17pts and 4 rebounds, and Gene Myvett added 12 pts and 5 rebounds. Jamal Kelly hit a long trey for 9pts; and Andrew Ortiz added 8pts, 11 rebounds. Tyrone “Mission” Edwards and Raul Roches scored 6pts apiece.

Other Matches:Belmopan Bandits vs. No Limit – 70-81Top scorers: Jarrel “Bird” Velasquez, Nick Brown 17pts Cayo Western Ballaz vs. Dangriga Warriors – 66-61 (Sacred Heart Auditorium, San

Ignacio)To scorer: James Milton, 22 ptsNo Limit vs. Orange Walk Running Rebels – Win by ForfeitGriga Warriors vs. Independence Thunderbolts – 111-77 (Ecumenical College Au-

ditorium, Dangriga)Top scorer: Daniel “Buddy” Nolberto, 21ptsUpcoming Games, Friday 9PMCayo Western Ballaz at Belize City No LimitSmart Belize Hurricanes at Dangriga WarriorsBelmopan Bandits at Orange Walk Running RebelsSan Pedro Tiger Sharks at Independence Thunderbolts

Jamal Kelly vs Clency Lopez

Roaring Creek, March 13, 2016Defending Cayo softball champs, Roaring Creek Grace Kennedy and

the Unitedville Rebels posted big wins when the2016 Raymond Garbutt senior female softball competition kicked off with 3 games at the Ray-mond Garbutt Field in Roaring Creek Village on Sunday.

Winning pitcher Leandra Guy led the Grace Kennedy ladies from Roaring Creek to a 12-1 win by mercy rule over Belmopan Capital City Emeralds. Grace Kennedy’s Shadalee Ho walloped Dominga Tut’s pitch-ing to hit a home run at the bottom of the 1st inning.

Pitcher Nikita Perez led the Unitedville Rebels United to an 8-0 vic-tory by mercy rule over Esperanza Wolverines in the second game of the afternoon. Rebels United’s Indira Ireland walloped Shareenie Soberanis’ pitching to hit the 1st home run of the season at the top of the 3rd in-ning.

The Belmopan Bandits and their pitcher Kenreen Gillet got the easy bye to a 7-0 win when the Camalote girls were a no show for the 1st game of the afternoon.


For SaleBy Order of the

Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mort-gagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 9th day of July, 2014, between ANTUANETTA MARGARITA GILLETT of No. 85 Fresh pond, Burrell Boom Village, Belize District, Belize of the one part, and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LTD., of the other part, and recorded at the Land Titles Unit as Instrument LTU-201401207, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto. All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

SCHEDULE

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 85 com-prising 0.22 AC. situated in Boom Pine Ridge Area on the Boom Hattieville Road, Belize District as shown on a plan of Sub-division prepared by Kenneth A. Gillett, Licensed Land Surveyor and registered at the Lands and Surveys Department in Belmopan, Cayo District in Register No. 16 Entry No. 7252 TOGETHER with all buildings, erections and developments standing and being thereon.

DATED this 15th day of March, 2016.

MUSA & BALDERAMOS LLP91 North Front Street

Belize CityAttorney-at-Law for

Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.


Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Com-panies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 23rd day of August 1999, between CAROL YOUNG of Lord’s Bank Village, Belize District, of the one part, and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LTD., of the other part, and recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 26 of 1999 at Folios 857 – 880, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto. All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

SCHEDULE

ALL THAT LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 11 situate in Lord’s Bank Village, Belize District and bounded as follows:- On the Northeast for 120.00 feet by Lot No. 10; On the Southeast for 70.42 feet by a Road Reserve; On the South for 60.68 feet by Well Road; On the Southwest for 130.20 feet by Lot No. 12 and; On the Northwest for 47.43 feet by a Portion of Lot No. 25; containing 1272.92 S.Y. as shown on Plan No. 1399 at the office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.






Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 18th day of September, 2012, between SHERETT MUSCHAMP of Independence Village, Stann Creek District, Belize of the one part, and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LTD., of the other part, and recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 22 of 2012 at Folios 119 – 148, the said Scotia-bank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto. All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

SCHEDULE

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 713 comprising 615.270 Square Meters situate in Inde-pendence Village, Stann Creek District, bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 404 of 2012 and dated the 9th day of July, 2012, attached to Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 404 of 2012 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.





Jazz Global Incorporated # 150,842

(“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (4) of the International Business Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000, notice is hereby given that Jazz Global Incoporated:

a) is in dissolutionb) commenced dissolution on the 10th day of March,

2016; andc) Cititrust International Inc. who address is 35

Barrack Road, Third Floor, Belize City, Belize is the Liquidator of the Company.

Cititrust International Limited

Registered Agent

Meyercom Ltd. #81,936

(“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (8) of the International Business Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000, notice is hereby given that Meyercom Ltd. has been dissolved as at 10th March, 2016 and has been struck off the Register of International Business Companies.

PMC Group (Belize) Ltd.

Registered Agent

THE BELIZE TIMES20 MAR 2016 13

MEGA PUBLIC AUCTION SALE FOR ORANGE WALK DISTRICTLicensed Auctioneer NOEL J. CODD will sell the following properties at NOEL J. CODD office lo-

cated in Carmelita Village, Orange Walk District on Wednesday 30 March, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.

ALL THAT LOT, PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND, IN TRIAL FARM being Registra-tion Section Trial Farm Block 4 Parcel 762, Orange Walk District, Belize. The proper-ty contains 3 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, living, kitchen, and dining area being the freehold property of Benjamin Torres.

ALL THAT LOT PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND BEING PARCEL 284/1, TRIAL FARM REG. SECTION BLOCK 4, O/WALK. Property contains 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, Living and kitchen area. Prop-erty for Lisandro Vargas

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being block 4 Parcel 3871 Orange Walk Town Registration section. The subject build-ing is 1,260 square feet containing 5 bed-rooms, 2 full bathrooms, 2 livings rooms and 1 kitchen area being the Freehold property of Juan August.

ALL that piece or parcel being Block 4 Par-cel 421 Orange Walk Town Registration Section, Orange Walk District and con-taining 711.11 square yards as shown on R.I.M Subject property is located in front of the B.S.I. football field. Property belongs to Amory Jacobs

All that piece or parcel of land being lot No.72 situate at the corner of Evelyn & St. Peter Street,Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District. Being Block 4 Parcel 1618 Orange Walk TownRegistration Section, Orange Walk District and containing 479.3 square meters. The subject building is a 2 storey concrete structure. Main level having 8 bedrooms, 1 part-bath,and liv-ing area. 2nd level 3 bedrooms,2 full bath, family room, laundry room, living, din-ing and kitchen. THE LOWER FLOOR IS USED AS DOCTOR’S OFFICE THE UP-PER AS RESIDENCE. BUILDING IS IN VERY GOOD STATE being the Freehold property of Ricardo Fabro

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land con-taining 1045.045square meters being Lot 648 situated in Trial Farm village, Orange Walk District. Property is vacant lot. Be-ing the Fee Simple property of Melbourne Rodriguez

All that piece or parcel of land containing 645.890 s. m.3744 Cor. Palmar Boundary Road & Macal River Street, Orange Walk. The Subject Building comprises 1,360sft. The same is occupied as a family home of 2 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms, complete with kitchen, dining & living room spaces. Being the freehold property of Roger Tun.

All that lot, parcel or piece of land, in Or-ange Walk being Registration Section Or-ange Walk Town, Block 4 Parcel 4255, Or-ange Walk district. The property has 775 square feet and contains three bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, a living, a kitchen and a dining area. Being the Fee simple property of Dr. Jose Lahera.

All that lot, parcel or piece of land in Orange Walk being Registration Sec-tion Orange Walk Town Block 4 Parcel 1911. Property contains 4 bedrooms, 2 Full bathrooms, Living, Kitchen and din-ing area. The building is also comprised of 1786 S.FT. Being the Fee Simple property of Ana B. Castillo.

All that lot, piece or parcel of land contain-ing 614.2 square meters, situated at 2186 Aurora Street Orange Walk District. The building is a concrete bungalow structure of 1140 square feet. The building has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a living/ kitchen area and a dining area. Being the Freehold property of Lorraine and William Usher.

All that lot, piece or parcel of land con-taining 642.82 square meters. Being parcel 1460, Block 4, Registration Section Orange Walk Town .The building is a one sto-rey concrete bungalow with a gross floor area of 934 square feet. The structure was renovated in 2015. It is a family dwelling of 2bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a kitchen, a din-ing area and a living room area. Being the Fee simple property of Lionella Chell.

ALL THAT LOT, PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND, IN Orange Walk being Registra-tion Section Ann Gabourel Block 4 Parcel 1814. The house contains 2 bedrooms, 1 full bathroom, living, kitchen and dining area being the freehold property of Levy Blanco.


Miguel A. Ellis P.O. Box 118, Belmopan,

Ph: 634-9058E-Mail: [email protected] contact DFC for financing

Continued from page 13

ALL that piece or parcel of land being Block 4 Parcel 1946 Orange Walk Town measur-ing 1199.638 sq yds. being the Freehold property of Ricardo Fabro.

ALL that piece or parcel of land being BLOCK 1 PARCEL 499 SAN ESTEVAN REGISTRATION SECTION in San Estevan Village, Orange Walk Town. Land measur-ing 461.9 S.M. Building:Concrete bungalow house with 3 bedrooms, full bath, living, Dining, Kitchen Area and laundry room. Being the Freehold property of Eudaldo & Macaria Patt.

Lease property being lot no. 309 Guinea Grass Village, Orange Walk District, containing 1200.467 sqyds Two storey concrete structure; 2400 sqft Main: 1 living, dining, kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 2 bath rooms,laundry room Sec-ond Level - 80% completed: 1 living room, dining, kitchen , full bath, 4 bed rooms being the Leashold property of Primitivo Chan

ALL that piece or parcel being Block 4 Par-cels 623,624,625 & 631 orange Walk Town 2054.41 square meters Orange Walk Town Registration Section. Vacant Land. Being the freehold property of M.V. Imports Ltd

ALL that piece or parcel Being Block 1 Par-cels 228, 229, 230, 231 San Estevan Regis-tration Section. Land measuring 657.1 sm, 710.8 sm, 641.7sm, & 729 sm respectively in San Estevan Village, Orange Walk. 39 x 39 feet Concrete bungalow structure: 3 bedrooms, 2 full bath, lkitchen, dining and living room. There is also an open shed, which is used as an additional kitchen & washing area. Being the Freehold property of Wilber & Erica Vega.

ALL that piece or parcel Being Block 1 Par-cels 485 & 486 San Estevan Village Lots Lay-out, Orange Walk and containing 1084.1 square meters (parcel 485) and 1018.6 square meters (parcel 486) respectively. Land only Property of Amelio Cansino.

All that piece or parcel of land being parcels 157 and 158, Douglas Registration Section, Block 1, and Orange Walk. The Lot 158 con-tains 1045.159 square meters and it’s the corner lot on the roadside. Lot 157 contains 1040.57 square meters and it’s the inside lot for which the street is not open yet. Both lots are presently in its natural state. Being the Property of Erica Cabral

ALL THAT LOT, PARCEL OR PEICE OF LAND, IN ORANGE WALK being Reg-istration Section Ann Gabourel, Block 4, Parcel 2755 being the freehold property of Van Clarke.

ALL THOSE THREE pieces or parcel of land containing 1,719.013 s.m. being Registra-tion Section Indian Hill East Block 4 Parcel 514,515,516. Ishwar Mahbubani

All that piece or parcel of land containing 522.5 Square Meters being Registration Section Or-ange Walk Town Block 4 Parcel 879, Orange Walk District, Belize. Land only being the free-hold property of Pabel Torres

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Parcel 206/1 Block 1 Miller’s Bight Registration Section containing 36.7 acres being the leashold property of Apolonio Ramirez.

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land con-taining 464.454 s. m. being lot no. 3235 CABBAGE STREET, Orange Walk Dis-trict, Belize. The house contains 2 bed-rooms, living, kitchen and dining area. The house has an outdoor facility being the Freehold parcel of Martin Jimenez.

ALL THAT Being Block 4 Parcel 3706, Orange Walk Town Registration section being Registration Section Orange Walk Town Block 4 Parcel 3706, Orange Walk District, Belize. 3 bedrooms, 1 full bath-room, living, kitchen and dining area be-ing the freehold property of Ester Vargas.

ALL THAT LOT, PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND, being Registration: Ann Gabourel Block: 4 Parcel: 1247/1. The property con-tains IA 26’ X 24’, 2 BEDROOMs, BUN-GALOW DWELLING HOUSE being the leasehold property of Felix Rejon

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land contain-ing 348.33sm being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 1473 ANN GABOUREL REGISTRATION SECTION. Located at #49 Yo Creek & San Joaquin St., Orange Walk Town. The Subject Building is a one storey concrete bungalow with a gross floor area of 1971sft, including open area. The same serves as a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom residence with kitchen/dining and living room areas. House was originally constructed in 1998 and renovated in 2011. House is 50% tiled, plastered and painted. There is also a second structure within the lot that is currently used as a store room. Property of Edison & Rosita Johnson.


Miguel A. Ellis P.O. Box 118, Belmopan,

Ph: 634-9058E-Mail: [email protected] contact DFC for financing

ALL THAT LOT, PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND, BEING PARCEL # 31 Block 1, PARAISO/ SANTA RITA REGISTRATION SECTION. Build-ing:2 ½ storey with 5,013 sq. ft. with Main:- 2,294 sq. ft 2 Bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, 1 part bath, with kitchen, dining and living room areas and laun-dry room. Second:- 2,077 sq. ft. 2 Bed-rooms, 2 full bathrooms, 1 part bath, with kitchen, dining and living room areas and laundry room. Third:-642 sq. ft. and is used as an additional living room space being the freehold of Ra-mesh Buxani Co Ltd

ALL THAT LOT, PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND, BEING PARCEL # 1450/1 CON-SEJO ROAD S.E REG SECTION BLOCK 1, COROZAL District being the Leasehold of Jose Cawich

ALL that piece or parcel being Par-cel 62 Block 1 COROZAL CENTRAL REG. SECTION. Located at No 3. 4th Ave Corozal Town. Building is FULLY CONCRETE, DWELLING COM-PRISING OF A PARTIAL BASEMENT WHICH CREATES A TWO-STOREY. Measuring aprox. 1800 sq ft. Property of Albertico Gongora

MEGA PUBLIC AUCTION SALE FOR COROZAL DISTRICT Licensed Auctioneer Noel J. Codd will sell the following properties

in front of Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. Corozal Town Branch on Thursday 31 March, 2016 at 10:00a.m.

ALL that piece or parcel of land being Par-cel 2157/1 Block 1 in Corozal North situ-ate in Hall’s Layout, College Road, Corozal Town Land - 727.06 sqyds, Building 47.5ft x 32.5ft-split level concrete house, Main level holds 5 bedrooms, 2 full bath, 1 kitchen and living room. Second level 2 bedrooms and a storage area. There is also a 13ft x 15 ft single building in the yard being the lease-hold property of Ezekiel Gilharry.

ALL that piece or parcel of land being Corozal Central Registration Section Block 1 Parcel 278, located at No. 8th Street North, Corozal Town, Corozal District. Land - 505.33 sq yds. Building - One single storey bungalow house with 1 bedroom, 1 bath, living, dining and kitchen area. The original house is 21 X 31 fully complete, with an extension that is considered 40% completed and measuring 17 X 31 being the freehold of Abimael & Monica Catch.

AT 10:00 a.m. on site

ALL That piece or parcel being Parcel 188 Block 1 San Jose/San Pablo Village.Contain-ing a one storey concrete bungalow with a gross floor area of approximately 700sft. Holding 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, living/kitchen area.Being the Freehold property of Otilio Cacerez & Macedonia Chi.


ALL THAT piece or parcel being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 428/1 SAN JOSE/SAN PABLO REGISTRATION SECTION containing 1646.7 square meters being the Leasehold property of Miguel Briceno.

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land con-taining 20acres being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 65 DOUGLAS RURAL REGISTRATION SECTION. Located in San Jose/San Pablo Village being the Freehold property of Vi-cente Escalante.

ALL that piece or parcel of land con-taining 2160.701 square meters. be-ing Registration Section Indian Hill East Block 4 Parcel 523, Orange Walk District. The property currently hosts a one storey structure which is unoc-cupied. Being the Freehold property of Roberto Santos

All that lot, piece or parcel of land be-ing parcel 510/1. REGISTRATION SECTION: SAN JOSE/SAN PABLO BLOCK: 1 PARCEL: 510/1. The Build-ing is a 2 bedroom bungalow house. Be-ing the leasehold property of Edwin Patt

ALL that piece or parcel being Block 1 Par-cel 282, situated at No. 96 5th Street North, Corozal Central, Corozal Town, Land mea-suring 669.91 SqYds, Building - Concrete bungalow structure containing 3 bedrooms, 2 full bath, kitchen, living room, dining room, and office being the Freehold prop-erty of Froylan & America Gilharry.

All that lot, parcel or piece of land, in Corozal North being Registration Sec-tion Corozal North Block Parcel 2146.The building is 1050 square feet it comprises of 4bedrooms, 2 Full bathrooms, a living, a kitchen and a dining area. Being the Fee simple property of Teleford Flores.

All that lot, parcel or piece of land in Coro-zal North Registration Section, Corozal North, Block 1 Parcel 846. The property contains 3bedrooms, 1 Full bathroom, a liv-ing, a kitchen and a dining area. On the sec-ond floor there are 3 bedrooms on the first floor 1Full bathroom, a living, a kitchen and a dining area. The house comprise of 1200 Square feet. Being the Fee simple property of Guadalupe Anderson.



ALL THAT LOT PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND BEING PARCEL 28,CAROLINA CALCUTTA REG. SECTION, BLOCK 1, COROZAL containing 907.43 SQUARE YARDS. THE PROPERTY IS IN KEN’S LAYOUT, AN EXPANSION OF XAIBE VILLAGE AND IS FIVE LOTS OFF THE MAIN ROAD. Building is a one storey con-crete structure with 1 bath, living dining and kitchen area. Property is designed for more bedrooms but is not complete. Fee simple property of Valentin Nicholas

Fee Simple Property being PARCEL # 552, LIBERTAD VILLAGE REG. SECTION BLOCK # 1, Corozal District, Belize. THE PROPERTY IS A BIG AND LONG LOT con-taining 1799.63 S.. IT IS DEVELOPED WITH 2 HOUSES. THE 1ST HOUSE IS A TWO-STOREY WOODEN AND CONCRETE STRUCTURE WITH 5 BEDROOMS, 1 FULL BATH, KITCHEN, DINING AND LIVING. IT MEASURES ABOUT 2100 SQ. FEET. WHILE THE 2ND AT THE BACK IS WOODEN WITH A CONCRETE, BACK ADDITION WHICH GIVES IT SORT OF AN L - SHAPED and HAS ABOUT 1300 SQ. FEET. IT HAS 3 BEDROOMS LIVING DINING AND KITCHEN. PROPERTY OF EMILIO & MELVA SARMIENTO (EMILA & BALDOMINIO MONTEJO)

ALL THAT LOT PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND BEING PARCEL 57/1, BUENA VIS-TA REG. SECTION BLOCK 1, COROZAL. Containing Approximately 1310.6 S.Y. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS NEAR CENTRAL-LY LOCATED LOT IN THE VILLAGE AND TWO STREETS PARALLEL TO THE NORTHERN HIGHWAY.Holding a two sto-rey concrete building: main level has 1 bed room, living and dining area. Second level has 3 bedrooms, living, dining and kitchen area. Leasehold property for Florencia PottALL that piece or parcel being Block 1 Par-

cel 682 Libertad Village Registration Sec-tion, Corozal District Land: 10,811.87 s. y Building is a two storey concreted dwell-ing - Main level contain 3 bedrooms, 1 full bath, kitchen, dining, living and laundry room, Second level is incomplete. Accord-ing to the owner it has been sub-divided into 4 large lots. There is also a thatch house on the property a open trench that may have been initial work for a swim-ming pool. Being the Freehold property of Herman Botes.

ALL that piece or parce being Block 3 Parcel 614 Sarteneja Registration Section, Corozal District. Vacant land measuring 1106.8 s.m. being the Freehold property of Juan Perez.

ALL that parcel Sarteneja Registration Sec-tion, Block 3, parcel No. 348/1 COROZAL. Structure is a mix concrete bunglow with addition at the top, holding 3 bedrooms, bath, living/dining/kitchen areas. Property of Ariolo & Diana Samos

ALL THAT piece or parcel being PAR-CEL 539/1,SANTA CLARA/ SAN ROMAN REG. SECTION, BLOCK 1, COROZAL being the leasehold prop-erty of George Moralez.

All that piece or parcel containing 1.17 Acres being lot 5 situate approx 10 1/2 Miles On the Belize Corozal Road. Land Only being the freehold property of Noguera Sugarcane Derivatives

All that piece or parcel containing 639.4 Square Meters, being Registration Section Grants Land Block 1 Parcel 322/1 Copper Bank, Corozal District. The property is ap-praised under the assumption of good mar-ketable title in fee simple volume 28 of 2002. The property in review has a single fam-ily bungalow residence with a gross square footage of 980 sq ft at ground floor and 260 sq ft at first floor and land 639.4 S.M. being the freehold property of Sarah Cobb

ALL THAT LOT, PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND, IN SAN ANDRES/RANCHITO being Registration Section San Andres/Ranchito Block 1 Parcel 792 Corozal Dis-trict. The building contains 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, living, and kitchen area being the Freehold of Jeorge Zetina

Note: Parcels 95 & 97 are in the name of Armando Martinez and Ervin Rancharan and Parcels 13, 93, 225 & 302 are in the name of Leonardo Folgarait.

ALL THAT pieces or parcels of land being 1 Parcel 120 containing 50.2 acres Parcel 97 containing 14.798 acres, Parcel 95 containing 62.79 acres and Parcel 86 containing 88.16 acres situated in Libertad Rural Registration Section cane land only being the Freehold properties of Armando Martinez and Ervin Rancharan.

ALL that lot, piece or parcel being Block 1 Parcel 93 Libertad Rural Reg Sec. Land only. Being the Fee simple property of Leonardo Folgarait

All that lot, piece or parcel being Block 1 Parcel 93 Libertad Rural Registration Section. Land only. Being the Fee simple property of Leonardo Folgarait


NOEL J. CODDCarmelita Village,

Orange Walk DistrictTel: Office: 677-5184 cell: 624-5184

Email:[email protected]

@Noel Codd Auctioneer

ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land be-ing Block 1 Parcel 225 Libertad Rural Registration Section. Land with frame structure. Being the fee simple property of Leonardo Folgarait

All that lot, piece or parcel land being Block 1 Parcel 129 Paraiso/Santa Rita Registarion Section. Land with frame structure. Being the fee simple property of Leonardo Folgarait

All that lot, piece or parcel of land be-ing Block 1, parcels 302 Libertad Rural, Registration Section. Only being land is the fee simple property of Leonardo Folgarait

All that lot, piece or parcel of land be-ing Block 1, parcels 302 Libertad Rural, Registration Section. Only being land is the fee simple property of Leonardo Folgarait

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 2995 sm being Block1 Parcel 141 San Andres/Ranchito Registration Section. The Subject Property houses 3 structures. Building No.1 is 1,200sft. and is occupied as a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom home complete with kitchen, dining & living room spaces. Building No.2: concrete two storey structure of 1,920sft. Each floor is a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom space each with kitchen, dining & living room spaces. Building No. 3 is aq 1,200sft. structure with floor & walls in place only Freehold properties of Armando Martinez and Ervin Rancharan.

All that lot, piece or parcel of land being Block 1 Parcel 221 Libertad Rural Registra-tion Section. Building is 1410 square feet. Contains 2 bedrooms, 1 full bath, a living, kitchen and family room. Being the fee sim-ple property of Leonardo Folgarait

All that lot, piece or parcel of land being Block 1 Parcel 53 & 54 Corozal Central Reg-istration Section. Building is 1615 square feet 2 storey building. Lot 53 houses a radio station and studio at the top and a television studio at the bottom. Lot 54 has an out toilet, concreted courtyard/dancehall with a por-tion of a kitchen/bar. Being the fee simple property of Leonardo Folgarait


All that lot, parcel, or piece of land in Sartene-ja being Registration Section Sarteneja Block 3 parcel 604/1. The house contains 2 bed-rooms, 1 full bathroom, a living, a kitchen and a dining area and comprise of 954 sq. ft. Being the Leasehold property of Jael Cobb.

All that lot, piece or parcel of land, in Lou-isville. Being Parcel 1, Registration Section Louisville, Block 1, Corozal District. The building is 1051 square feet, it has 2 bed-rooms, 1 bathroom, a living room, a kitchen and dining area. Being the Fee simple prop-erty of Saturnino Coba

All that lot, piece or parcel of land, in San Andres/ Ranchito. Being parcel 453, Block 1, Registration Section San Andres/ Ranchito . . The property comprises of 1128 Sq. Ft. and has 3 bedrooms, 1 full bathroom, living, Kitchen and dining area. Being the fee simple property of Patrick Smith.

All that lot, parcel or piece of land, being par-cel number 571 Sarteneja Registration Sec-tion, Block 3, Corozal District. The building contains 900 square feet on the main floor and 960 square feet on the second floor. The build-ing has 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, 2 living rooms, a kitchen and a dining area. Being the Fee simple property of Leonelo Chuck.

All that lot, parcel or piece of land, in Coro-zal District, being Block 1, Parcel 468, Buena Vista Village, Corozal District. The building is divided into differect secetions. The first floor is divided into three secections as follow: a left sectcion is presently being used as a one bed-room apartment. The middle section is open up from the front like a corridor and sitting area. The right section has 2 bedrooms. The second floor of the buliding is a new complet-ed construction. Being the Fee simple prop-erty of Ricardo Gutierrez .


By G. Michael ReidIf we are to believe what we are

being told, the sleeping dog that is the Guatemalan claim, has awakened and is growling and showing its teeth. The ques-tion is though, who is kicking this dog and for what reason.

A government press release, which was sent out on Sunday of all days, in-formed Belizeans that on Saturday last, Guatemalan troops “behaved in an ex-tremely hostile and threatening manner” toward our Belize Defence Force soldiers. According to the release, “a strongly worded note of protest” was sent to the Guatemalans by our Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Of course, we have seen what their idea of “strongly worded” is, and to be honest, it’s usually not too impressive. More like the kind of note that a teacher might send to a parent if a child is late a time or two.

The press release went on to inform that the “Prime Minister has convened a special meeting of the National Security Council for Monday March 14th, to further deal with this matter.” Ahah!!! Now this is really starting to sound like serious busi-ness. Of course, what the press release forgot to mention, was that said meeting had already been scheduled and that it had nothing to do with any incident at the Sar-stoon. “What a tangled web is weaved…”

On Monday, the Prime Minister spoke to the press and, as he is wont to do, laid the blame for this and other recent hostili-ties at the feet of Wil Maheia and the Belize Territorial Volunteers (BTV). According to the Prime Minister, there is a direct “casual link” between the expeditions of the BTV and hostilities which have only recently begun. A leaked communiqué from a high-ranking BDF official tells a different story however. According to that document, “Records show that the aggressive be-haviour of the Guatemalan Navy/Mili-tary started in 2006” and before. The re-port, submitted by one Major Beltran, went on to report in detail many “standoff type confrontations” between our BDF soldiers and Guatemalan Armed Forces (GAF). It is interesting to note that the BTV did not even exist before 2012.

The Prime Minister went on to state that there had been no “official position on the part of Guatemala saying ‘your BDF people will not be allowed to go up the Sarstoon’. That is recent. We are trying to deal with it now. That has

happened in my view partly in conse-quence of what has been taking place up the Sarstoon”, meaning, the actions of the BTV. The PM went on to say that in fact, “there was a political directive that the B.D.F. is not to be (traversing the Sarstoon) … that has not happened be-fore. This is all I’m saying. Not trying to deny that there were not incidents, but this official position that we are going to stop you, you are not to go up that river; that is what is new”.

For their part, the Guatemalans quickly responded to the diplomatic note sent by our government and not only did they deny all the allegations made but seemed to contradict everything that the Prime Min-ister was saying.

Now one might expect them to do ex-actly that, except for one reason. If there is indeed “political directive” and “official position”, why then would the Guatema-

heard anything about an incident at the Sarstoon. I had not and he said that he un-derstood it to be serious. Lo and behold, come Sunday, the government issues a press release announcing a similar type of incident but saying that it had happened on Saturday. Now this guy is either some type of psychic with extrasensory percep-tion or the parados was already being set. It is also interesting that in sending out the press release, the government press office made sure to tag Wil Mehia. Now here’s a man who will make sure it gets publicized.

Normally, incidents like these are kept under wrap and understandably so. No-body wants to alarm the public or cause any mass hysteria. As far as this Guate-mala issue goes, nothing will whip up frenzy; provoke hysteria or enflame pas-sion like the words, “Guatemala dih come”. Belizeans will drop everything, forget every other topic and direct all attention to this one issue. If there was ever a time that this UDP government needed this stratagem, it is. It is never wise to cry wolf however.

Now I have been accused of trivializ-ing what is in fact, a very important issue. In his Editorial of last Friday, the Publisher had this to say, “in the days leading up to this Tuesday’s demonstration in Belmopan, PUP propagandists on their party radio sta-tion were warning many PUP members

and supporters to not be distracted by the Sarstoon River demonstration, but to focus on Prime Minister Barrow’s budget speech in the House the same Tuesday morning”.

First of all, the other guys on the radio station were all for discussing this issue along with everyone else in Belize. It was I alone who kept insisting that we stay fo-cused on the budget and other matters of concern. In fact, I went to great pains to make it clear that I was voicing a personal opinion when I suggested that this whole

A House Divided

According to the Prime Minister, there is a direct “casual link” between the expe-

ditions of the BTV and hostilities which have only recently begun. A leaked communiqué from a high-ranking BDF official tells a different story however.

lans publicly deny that they did what they are accused of doing. They certainly do not deny that they claim the river and island. A report released by their foreign ministry reads, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirms once more that the Sarstoon River belongs to Guatemala, so that as long as the territorial, insular and maritime differendum existing between both countries is not resolved defini-tively by the ICJ, the Government of the Republic will continue to exercise and defend its sovereignty as it has done to this point”.

Most interesting about this supposed aggression on the part of the Guatemalan military is its impeccable timing. It came immediately following the reading of a very troubling budget and the announcement of resignation by the second most powerful man in the United Democratic Party. There are other hot-button issues that would have otherwise dominated the headlines, such as persistent problems from de-risking, financial woes of the citrus industry, con-troversial bills being rushed through the House and a practical dismantling of the Corozal Free Zone. Guatemala however, has always been a guaranteed distraction and has been used since time immemo-rial by politicians on both sides of the bor-der. By Monday morning, every talk show, every street side conversation and every facebook posting was dominated by this topic. All other topics were pushed to the back burner.

On Friday last, I was in conversa-tion with a friend when he asked if I had

hue and cry was nothing but a red her-ring. I maintain that belief and nothing in reports and releases from either side has caused me to change that position.

But to this Guatemalan issue. It has been almost two hundred years since the Wyke-Aycinena Treaty established well defined borders between the two coun-tries that were agreed to by both Britain and Guatemala. In a 1931 exchange of notes between British and Guatemalan ambassadors, Guatemala reaffirmed the borders as was stated in the 1859 con-vention. Belize became Independent in 1981 with the unanimous support of the United Nations after which we became a full-fledged member. In June of 1991, then President of Guatemala Jorge Ser-rano Elias, formally recognized Belize’s independence in a statement which by in-ternational law and agreements is irrevo-cable and irreversible. We are a member of the Commonwealth, CARICOM, SICA, OAS and any number of other nation or-ganizations. We do not stand alone. The point is that we have no reason to exhibit such cowardice in the face of idle threats. Let us stand strong and lobby support from our international partners.

There are a few things that we can do. First of all, we can stop shopping in Melchor. We can then withdraw our Am-

bassador and desist from any type of exchange; whether it be diplomatic, sporting, band-fest or whatever. Then we can mount simultaneous protests in front of Guatemalan embas-sies in every city where large population of Belizeans live in order to draw attention to our plight. Most important, we can adhere to our constitution and desist from naturalizing Guatemalans. Did you know that Guatemalans make up 75 percent of all naturalized immi-grants? The Belize Constitution is specific on this. Section 29

(3) expressly states that: No person shall be entitled under the provisions of this part to be ca citizen of Belize or be granted citizenship of Belize if such person shows any allegiance to or is a citizen of a country which does not recognize the indepen-dence, sovereignty or territorial integrity of Belize”. Lastly and most importantly, we must put politics and other difference aside and come together in one united voice to declare, Belize is for Belizeans! May GOD help us in this effort!


MY PERSPECTIVE

Spring Concert at the Bliss

By Dolores Balderamos Garcia

Last Thursday March 10, 2016 the Northfield Mount Hermon School Orchestra and the Belize National Youth Orchestra took the stage at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts for a delightful Spring Concert of musical selec-tions. The concert was fairly well attended, though the Bliss was not full to capacity. Mostly par-ents and friends of the musicians attended in support of their chil-dren in the Belize Youth Orches-tra, and the visitors as well as our own Belizean orchestra members performed a diverse one and half hour program, commencing with the excellent playing of the Be-lizean and American National An-thems.

The Northfield Mount Her-

mon School Orchestra hailed from the US State of Massachusetts. Their director was Steven Bathory Peeler. The ten-member chamber group of seven young women and three young men sounded like a full orchestra, although there were only eight vio-lins, a cello and a double bass. They played a wide range of compositions, from a three-part piece by Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Lully - “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme” from the seventeenth century to the John Lennon and Paul McCartney composition “Eleanor Rig-by.” Also a part of the program were selections by Brazilian, British and American composers and “March of the Toy Soldiers” from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky.

The versatility of the Northfield School Orchestra was on full display,

and the audience showed their ap-preciation with hearty applause. The range of sound that a small string or-chestra can encompass is truly amaz-ing, and their program was very well delivered and received.

Next, the National Youth Orches-tra directed by Colville Young Jr. joined the Northfield visitors for the rousing “Theme From Star Wars.” There were some forty or so musi-cians on stage for this piece, and the two dozen violins were joined by cel-los, two basses, some horns, drums and percussion, and even steel drums. After the joint selection, the Youth Orchestra treated the audience to a well-rehearsed performance of “The Barber of Seville,” proving that our young Belizean musicians can hold their own beside international classical music ensembles.

Very exciting was that both or-chestras collaborated for the last portion of the program in doing “Re-cuerdos Al Alhambra” by Spaniard Francisco Tarrega, “Orange Blossom Special” by Ervin Rouse, and finally the Belizean traditional folk song “Ding Ding Walla Walla,” and Andy Palacio/The Garifuna Collective’s “Mi-ami,” composed by Agustina Marti-nez. The latter pieces were arranged for string orchestra by Colville Young Jr., and the several steel pans added an enticing local touch to the orches-tral presentations. My immediate reaction was “Man, deh kids can fiddle!!”

It was a completely satisfying

short evening of classical orches-tral music. The Northfield orches-tra from Massachusetts had been able to play steel pans during a visit to Grace Primary School earli-er in the day, and Director Bathory Peeler expressed the group’s grat-itude at being able to share with Belizean musicians and participate in the Spring Program. It was clear that the group really enjoyed our Belizean warmth and hospitality. Colville Young Jr. must be com-mended for spearheading the for-mation of our own Youth Orchestra and continuing with his associates to train and mentor all the young musicians. I cannot read music, and so I am completely in awe.

We can feel very proud of the talent and proficiency shown by our young Belizean musicians and the high standard that has been achieved through the dedication of Colville Young Jr., Chris Bradshaw and others in bringing the Youth Orchestra to where it is now. And we cannot forget, of course, the seminal work of the late Sister Therese of the Pallottine Sisters, who almost singlehandedly was responsible for the classical mu-sic training of so many young Be-lizeans. I wish the Belize National Youth Orchestra and all the youths only the best as they grow and de-velop into an ensemble that can keep bringing beautiful classical and other music to the Belizean public.

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Donald Trump knocks out

Marco Rubio in Florida

US Republican presiden-tial frontrunner Donald Trump has scored a major win in the Florida primary, dealing a bitter defeat to his rival Marco Rubio,

a senator from the state, who dropped out of the race afterwards.

The former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, increased her lead in the number of delegates against her opponent Senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic race.

Trump was aiming to cement his lead on Tuesday and scored well in the winner-takes-all Florida primary, taking all 99 of the state’s delegates with nearly 46 percent of the vote, in front of Rubio on about 27 percent.

His campaign was dealt a blow in Ohio, however, where home-state Gov-ernor John Kasich was declared a rela-tively comfortable winner.

The New York businessman won in North Carolina, but will split the dele-gates there with Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

The pair were locked in a tight battle in Missouri, with Trump slightly ahead - 40.8 percent to 40.7 percent - with 99 percent of votes counted.

Argentina’s navy says that it used gun-fire to sink a boat Chinese-f lagged boat that was fishing

illegally in national waters.China’s government said it

expressed its serious concern to Argentina and called for an inves-tigation.

The navy statement said on

Tuesday that the boat was in-tercepted a day earlier off the coast of Puerto Madryn, about 1,460km south of Buenos Aires.

The statement said the boat did not heed warning calls and instead tried to ram an Argentine naval vessel. Sailors then shot holes in different parts of the fishing boat, causing it to sink, the navy said.

Two female bombers killed at least 22 worshippers in an attack on a mosque on Wednesday, Nigerian rescue officials say.

The attack took place on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri - the birth-

place of the Boko Haram armed group.Abdul Mohammed, of the State Emergency Manage-

ment Agency, told The Associated Press news agency that another 17 people were wounded in the explosions early on Wednesday.

Abba Aji, coordinator of the civilian self-defence Vigilante Group, said that one bomber blew herself up inside the mosque and the second outside as survivors tried to flee.

Aji said the mosque is in Umarari on the outskirts of the city that is now the command centre of the Nigerian military’s war against Boko Haram.

While there was no immediate claim of responsi-bility, blame will probably fall on the insurgents.

Nigeria mosque bombers kill 22

Argentina sinks

Chinese boat for ‘illegal

fishing’

Tens of thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets for a day of nationwide protests against President Dilma Rousseff.

Sunday’s demonstrations in major cities including Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro sounded the

call for Rousseff’s impeachment as the country’s parliament remained divided on the issue.

The demonstrations were peaceful, with thousands clad in the national yellow-and-green colours and holding banners that read “Dilma out” and “Stop with corruption”.

In the capital Brasilia, protesters inflated a huge doll of Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva, Rousseff’s political mentor and predecessor, wearing a striped prison uniform and chained to a ball that read “Operation Carwash” - the name of the inves-tigation centred on Petrobras, the state oil company.

Police estimated there were about 50,000 protesters in Brasilia alone.

On the outskirts of Sao Paulo city, a few hundred govern-ment supporters wearing red shirts and holding banners that read “There will not be a coup” stood outside the home of Lula.

Rallies in Brazil call for Dilma Rousseff’s

removalAs businessman strengthens lead, Hillary Clinton looks to

sweep five Democratic primaries against Bernie Sanders

Two suspected female attackers blow themselves up inside and outside a busy mosque in northeastern

Maiduguri city.

Thousands demonstrate in major cities seeking the president’s impeachment over corruption scandal and economic crisis.

Belgian authorities have given warn-ing that two suspects are still on the run, while identifying a man shot during a counterterrorism raid connected to last year’s Paris attacks.

The police killed a 35-year-old Algerian, Mohamed Belkaid, on Tuesday after a confrontation ensued when investigators tried to search a flat in the Brus-sels neighbourhood of Forest.

Belkaid was living in Belgium illegally and was only known to police and judicial authorities for a theft committed in 2014, the state prosecution said.

When investigators later entered the flat, they found a Salafist book and a Kalashnikov rifle next to Belkaid’s body.

They also discovered a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in the flat, as well as a large amount of ammunition.

No explosives were found, the prosecution said.

Manhunt continues in Belgium after

deadly raid

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INTERNATIONAL NEWSTHE BELIZE TIMES20 MAR 2016

Four people on board were rescued and arrested. They remained in custody and were to go before a fed-eral judge in southern Chubut province, the statement said.

The navy said it had been 15 years since one of its ves-sels last sank a foreign vessel fishing illegally in Argentina’s waters.

Police identify man killed during counterterrorism raid in Brussels and

warns of two suspects who are on the run

Argentina’s navy said four people on the boat were rescued and arrested, as China requests full

investigation.


THINK ABOUT ITGUATEMALA TAKES OUR RIVER

A frightened Prime Minister was at a loss for what to do as a nightmare sce-nario was conveyed to him through the B.D.F.

Guatemala had struck again. Satur-day evening 12 March 2016 Guatemalan naval and military personnel turned up in their gunboat in front of the “Mennonite” board house which the government says is our Forward Operating Base.

Here is the official version from a government press release which was rushed out on Sunday. Remember the government has been caught lying in their previous press releases concerning Guatemala:-

“The Guatemalan Armed Force ap-proached the Forward Operating Base, though they never actually attempted to come on to our land, and behaved in an extremely hostile and threatening man-ner, insisting that out troops should not be at the Sarstoon. The Belize Forces stood their ground and after some time the Guatemalan Armed Forces withdrew. In the intervening period the BDF com-mander General Jones had spoken to an opposite member in Guatemala and Prime Minister Dean Barrow had sent a message to President Jimmy Morales”.

“Despite the ultimately peaceful end to the standoff it is clear that tension with Guatemala over the Sarstoon and Belize’s insistence on its sovereignty rights.... Is at an all time high”.

Channel 7, a pro-UDP television sta-tion in reporting this major development of Guatemala, in its Monday 14 March 2016 news added that “the government had informed key members of the inter-national community, including the US and the UK. Belize is taking this incident very seriously, and the Foreign Affairs Ministry is preparing a “strongly worded protest note” to be sent to Guatemala in response.”

Please note that Channel 7 is say-ing “the government had informed key members of the international commu-nity”. Brothers and sisters the situation with Guatemala has gone way, way be-yond just merely informing key members of the international community. Knowing this deceitful government no such thing was done. Remember, the leaders of the Caribbean countries were in Belize some weeks ago, and Guatemala had been ag-gressive and hostile in the Sarstoon since the middle of 2015. Our government did not brief Caricom leaders or ask for their strong condemnation of Guatemala.

You see, our government is 1000 percent committed to going to the I.C.J so they are of the view they already have matters under control.

Channel 7 also reported as we quot-ed above, that the Prime Minister sent a message to the President of Guatemala. Remember now, that is the same Prime Minister who was using disparaging, in-sulting language towards Guatemala’s President calling him a neophyte when the President said he would be getting back Belize for Guatemala. So who is behaving like a neophyte now? Our P.M is begging the Guatemalan President to hold it down, after the President stated

categorically what he way going to do with Belize. They must be laughing at us.

Because the government is of the lazy type, the crisis at the Sarstoon Rover was not dealt with by the National Secu-rity Council until evening 15 March. After the meeting there were interviews by the Press with the commandment of our B.D.F, the Prime Minister and the Security Minister.

It was a conference of despair, Secu-rity Minister Saldivar had very little to say, but what he did say was telling. He said on television, “We do intend to ---- the status quo in the Sarstoon with respect to the B.D.F accessing its various facilities through the river.”

The status quo is that Guatemala has taken control of the WHOLE Sarstoon River which included Belize’s portion of its territorial sovereignty. Guatemala in-formed the Belize government that it is exercising and enforcing Guatemalan law over the whole river and any foreigner who enter the river must get their per-mission. This includes our B.D.F.

What is likely to happen in the months ahead in Guatemala will probably give permission to the BDF providing the BDF submit the days and times when it wishes to visit Cadenas.

As for Wil Maheia, the Sarstoon Hero and his volunteers, both the Belize and Guatemala governments wants them to be arrested and taught a lesson.

NOODLES GONE UP

The now accepted food of poor peo-ple is cheap ramen noodles. It has no nu-tritional value, it is just a substance to full your belly when you are poor and hungry and cannot afford to eat anything else.

Thousands of boxes of ramen are imported into Belize each month to feed poor, poor people. It is a national disgrace in a country of abundant land, and crops, fruits and vegetables. Eight years of an uncaring government has brought half the population to being below the poverty level.

Now comes the news that ramen

which was fifty cents is now one dollar.

ELECTRICITY GONE UP

Belize Electricity Limited will be in-creasing its rates by FOUR percent.

Yep! Not half a cent, or one cent by FOUR percent.

More bad news for a suffering peo-ple and a struggling economy.

And to think, BEL was supposed to be for the people of Belize.

FORTY MILLION AT BTL

After announcing two years ago and twenty or ten million dollars of wasted money on 4G, the BTL company has been facie enough three months after general elections, that it will spend FOR-TY MILLION dollars for a new 4G LTE system. Forty million dollars in a small country with fifty percent poverty, where most young people can’t afford to go to college or sixth form.

FORTY MILLION dollars, girl, there are some people over there at BTL get-ting awfully rich from a public company which was supposed to be for the people of Belize.

And we still cannot hear how much of our taxes will be used to pay for the Prime Minister’s ego trip in seizing the telephone company.

AND GAS PRICES

And gasoline prices remain sky high in Belize. This is the result of criminals in high places in charge. Petrol is at its lowest global prices ever, yet in Belize they keep stealing us in front of our eyes.

In Belize City, eight dollars for regular and nine dollars for premium.

No wonder the cost of living is so high.

NO PLACE TO LIVE

Belize is no place for young people. There is no future in this country for our bright, wonderful teenagers and young people in their twenties.

There are no jobs. There are no job opportunities. There is no housing for our young to marry and raise a family. There is no land to call our own. There is no factory.

There is no business loan at real low in-terests where enterprising young people could open a business.

There is no fairness in this country.The government is run by greedy

gangsters who are all for themselves.The situation is dread.

DRINK MORE WATER

Scientists have released the results of a recent study published in one of their journals this week.

They say by drinking more water each day, you can cut down on as much as 1400 calories from your weekly food intake.

They say by drinking three extra cups of water each day you will cut down about 250 calories per day.

Can you dig it? Water which we take for granted in a huge health factor.

Imagine what the research will reveal about coconut water, that miracle drink so abundant in Belize.

DONALD TRUMP

The voting process to select who will represent the two major parties for the post of President of the USA in No-vember is an interesting and intriguing process.

MSNBC coverage is delightful, as is the analysis on Al Jazeera . So fed up are millions of Americans with their political process that a weird person like Donald Trump remains the front runner for the Republican Party. Hillary Clinton s being challenged by a seventy year old avowed socialist who has millions of young Ameri-can supporting socialism in Amerikkka.

In Belize the party in power is rampant capitalism with all its greed and corruption.

EASTER IS COMING

Already the winds they are a blowing. This is March and April and May, the best months of the year.]

Next week Thursday will be half day across Belize. Then Good Friday, Holy Sat-urday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday.

We all need to just let it all hang out and head to the watering holes.

What a thing if when we return Tues-day morning we hear Guatemala tek To-ledo.

THE BELIZE TIMES20 MAR 2016 23COUPLE CLAIMS NEGLIGENCE AT

COROZAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Notice is hereby given that BHAGWANDASS ISSRANI is applying for a Beer Liquor Li-cense to be operated at “Leena Shopping Center”, situated at #4 Fort Street, Tourist Village, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICE

CARTOON

KEPSHAWN’S PAWN SHOP hereby gives notice that they have applied to the Belize City Magistrate’s Court sitting at 11 o’clock on the 23rd day of March 2016, at Belize City for a Certificate to be granted under the Moneylenders Act, Chapter 260 to authorise them to carry on business as a Moneylender in 2016 under the name KEP-SHAWN’S PAWN SHOP Booth #7, Commercial Center, Regent Street, Belize City.

NOTICE

Corozal Town, March 11, 2016A couple from Corozal Town

has accused the medical staff of the Corozal Community Hospital of negligence with the adminis-tration of care to their 4 year old daughter.

Zoila Botes and her common-law husband Josue Perez say that their child, Alexie, was taken to the hospital on Sunday March 6th after she was not feeling well, but after receiving poor care and treatment with an injection and arriving home, their child’s condi-tion only got worse.

Two hours after the child re-ceived treatment at the hospital she began suffering seizures. Her parents returned her to the hos-pital, only to find out that no one knew which medication was giv-en to the child through injection. This, said the child’s step-father, is unacceptable.

“…when we arrived over there they asked us how old is the little girl and that is all that they asked and then from there the nurse asked the doctor what should he do, so he came back and give her a shot, the little girl not even see the doc-tor, the doctor not even check the little girl. The nurse was the one that checked the little girl and she give her the shot. He told us that is it just wait thirty minutes and we waited thirty minutes. We came back and

checked and then he told us that she is ok and she can go home and then when we came home two hours later the little girl start con-vulse,” Perez shared.

The child’s mother said that when they rushed back to the hospi-tal, the hospital staff didn’t seem to think that they had an emergency.

“…when we reached they didn’t want to check her. It actu-ally took them about ten minutes before anyone even came close to her. By that time she was still shaking. They told us to uncover her, we were scared so they asked us what they gave her and we told them we don’t know. We trusted that they were giving her the right injection, we were just making sure that she felt better so when they asked we said we don’t know

and they asked the nurse to check the data entry and they said that nothing has been registered so they didn’t know what they had giv-en her two hours earlier so what the doctor said to us is that let us give her a hydrocortisone just

in case it is an allergic reaction, they didn’t touched her, they just laid her on the bed and give her the hy-drocortisone, took her temperature and told us to wait, we kept asking, he asked the doctors what was giv-en to her and why is this happening and she could not give us and ex-planation since there was no data entry as to what she received two hours earlier,” commented Botes.

The lack of a proper register for medication used meant that no one has been able to verify what exactly took place the first time the child went to the hospital.

Neither of the parents know what caused the seizures and they believe it is related to the unknown medication given via injection.

“…a mistake like this could have caused her life and that is why

we are more concerned of the neglect that is going on at the hospital and for us to be getting that kind of treatment,” remarked Botes.

While the parents have asked for an investigation, hospital au-thorities are denying that there was any malpractice. The hospi-tal’s Chief of Staff Dr. Jorge Sajia explained that the child was han-dled as any other regular patient would.

“…the patient was given im-mediate medical attention, was administered medication injected and the patient was evaluated 30 minutes after and given a full physical examination and con-cluded with tonsillitis. I spoke to the doctor and the doctor told me that they explained it to the rela-tive that the patient had a tonsils infection and she was discharged with a 37.8 Celsius which means that the fever was coming off and sent home with medications to go home,” reported Dr. Sajia

He admitted that while there was a problem with data filing, the medical care was adequate.

As to the seizures, Dr. Sajia explained that seizures could have been caused by the high fever and chills the child was experiencing.

He indicated that the Hospital does not conduct investigations if the persons making allegations do not take their concerns to the proper authorities.

Zoila Botes and Josue Perez

belize times march 20, 2016

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