belize times september 6, 2015

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Sweet Deal for Brother B

Francis Defends

Sarstoon…Dean Rages!

NO TO BARROW, NO TO ICJ

Hon. Dolores condemns UDP’s Bad

Governance

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Belize City, September 1, 2015“All the skeptics, the Chicken Lit-

tles that decry a GOB takeover on the ground that it will lessen efficiency need to screw their courage to the sticking place. This time no stand like before time. The bad old days of politi-cal interference in statutory bodies or Government-owned companies, are gone forever.” – Prime Minister Dean Barrow, June 20th 2011

Prime Minister Dean Barrow proved the sceptics very right on Monday August 31st, as he put on a plastic smile and huddled to the tune of cumbaya with executive represen-tatives of the very same company that he booted out of the Belize Electricity Limited under the guise of “unavoid-

able public interest reasons” in June 2011.Now, PM Barrow, whose administra-

tion has been economically haemorrhag-ing and letting off a distasteful scent to possible investors and partners, as a result of the actions taken against BEL, among others, has had to welcome “big, bad” Fortis Inc. back into the fold.

The Prime Minister’s big announce-ment was that after a long period of ne-gotiations, an out-of-court settlement has been reached ending a four-year long bitter dispute between the Government and Canada-based, Fortis Inc.

Fortis has gotten the sweetest deal ever. They have

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GUNMEN EXECUTE

RUSSELL HYDE & GIRLFRIEND, MARCY HUMES

Russell Hyde Marcy Humes

Belmopan Mayor threatens to leave 30

families homeless

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CANADIAN DOLLAR (CAD): $ 0.64

Guatemala Quetzal (GTQ): $ 3.82

Sterling Pound (GBP): $ 0.34

Euro (EUR) : $ 0.47

Eastern Caribbean (XCD):$ 1.35

Barbados (BBD): $ 1.00

United States (USD): $ 0.50

CHINESE YUAN (CNY): $ 3.14

Trinidadian (TTD) : $ 3.19

INDIAN RUPEE (INR): $ 31.31Exchange rate

of One Belize Dollar

Hon. Dolores condemns UDP’s Bad Governance

Hon. Dolores Balderamos-Garcia

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been awarded $70 million dollars and given a huge bite into GOB-held shares in the company (33.3% for Fortis Inc.) as the primer to the settlement. These shares are currently valued at $63 million. Altogether, the payment package for Fortis rep-resents a value of $133 million. When compared to the Government’s initial offer of $75 million as compensation for the 70% shares expropriated, the current deal is a steal for Fortis. More lucrative, is that Fortis’ new 33.3% shares will ensure that the company collects 1/3 of BEL’s profits annually. BEL made $36 million in profits last year report-edly. If this repeats next year, Fortis will be collect-ing $12 million easily. And there is more.

Fortis also gets to appoint three directors on the all-powerful Board of Directors. They will join the Prime Minister’s legal partner Rodwell Wil-liams who was appointed the Chairman in 2011.

And then there is the icing on the cake. Fortis gets full tax exemptions on all these deals. They won’t pay any stamp duty on the share transfer that would attract 5% duty fee or $3.3 million; they will neither pay the 1.25% stamp duty on the ex-change control permit for the $70 million they will receive amounting to $790,000. Additionally, all fu-ture dividends will be converted to U.S. currency for them and repatriated to Canada with all permits similarly exempted. And those dividends paid to Fortis will be exempt from the 25% income tax.

To move ahead with the settlement, the Bar-row Administration had to seek approval from the House of Representatives. This was done on Wednesday, September 2nd as the UDP Govern-ment, with majority control, pushed through the three motions to approve the Electricity Acquisi-tion Settlement Bill. But it didn’t take place with-out the Opposition exposing the Government’s

Sweet Deal for Brother BContinued from page 1 fraudulence.

“This settlement comes at a high cost and heavy price that Belize will con-tinue to pay well into the future past the point where Fortis is compensated. The reality of what we have here is a pseudo-nationalist PM facing real and imminent defeat and embarrassment before the CCJ once again trying to beat his chest and claim victory. The emptiness of that boast has been fully exposed for all to see,” remarked the Opposition Leader Hon. Francis Fonseca.

Hon. Fonseca demanded that Prime Minister Barrow tell Belizeans how much his family and circle of political friends have benefitted from the deal. For four years, the Government has had to pay his brother, Deny Barrow, who acted as Government’s attorney on the matter. For four years, his law firm partner, Rodwell Williams, has been the Chairman of the company’s Board. Others who sit on the Board are Alan Slusher, Jeffrey Locke, UDP Standard Bearer Eden Martinez, John Mencias, An-thony Michael and UDP Standard Bearer Beverly Castillo.

Undoubtedly brother B has collected millions of tax dollars for his service. The attorneys hired by the Government at the Solicitor General Department and Attorney General’s Ministry are useless to the Prime Minister, who prefers to pay millions to his choice attorneys.

If ever Belizeans needed clear evi-dence of how the Barrow Administration is managing Belize under a system of crony capitalism, this is it.

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“Put Notice” has the meaning given to it at Clause 5.3;

“Put Option” has the meaning given to it at Clause 5.1;

“Put Option Price” has the meaning given to it at Clause 5.2;

“Shares” means 22,984,662 ordinary shares in BEL, representing 33.3% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in the capital of BEL;

“Shareholders Agreement” refers to the shareholders agreement, in the Agreed Form, to be initially entered into by the Government and the Fortis Shareholder, and to subsequently be adhered to by BSSB, setting out certain rights and obligations of the Government, BSSB and Fortis Shareholder as shareholders of BEL; and

“Transaction Documents” means this Deed, the Deed of Assurance and the Shareholders Agreement.

2. CONSIDERATION

2.1 In consideration of the full and final settlement, release and compromise by the Fortis Companies of the Claims as provided for in Clause 3 of this Deed, the Government hereby grants the Put Option and agrees to perform the obligations at Sub-clause 2.1(a) and 2.1(b) below (each, a “Closing Obligation” and, collectively, “the Closing Obligations”).

(a) The Government shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Deed and in any event no later than 7 September 2015, pass legislation and/or take such executive action as may be required by law to:

(i) authorise the Government to:

(A) enter into this Deed;

(B) to make the payment to Fortis Cayman Inc. pursuant to Sub-clause 2.1(b)(i);

(C) enter into the Put Option entered into between the Government and the Fortis Shareholder as a part of this Deed; and

(D) pay to the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee), if it becomes obligated to do so following exercise of the Put Option, the consideration for the Fortis Shares.

(ii) confer on the Fortis Companies:

(A) full exemption from stamp duty (if any) payable on the transfer of the Shares to the Fortis Shareholder;

(B) full exemption from the payment of stamp duty payable on foreign exchange permits on the purchase of foreign exchange by the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee) in respect of all future dividends and

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distributions paid by BEL to the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee) and in respect of any payment received pursuant to the Tag-Along provisions set out at clause 9 of the Shareholders Agreement;

(C) full exemption from all taxes payable on all dividends and distributions paid: (i) by BEL to the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee); and (ii) by the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee) to its parent company or its shareholders, from time to time (including exemption from withholding of tax as required by section 22 of the Income and Business Tax Act as amended from time to time) and in respect of any payment received pursuant to the Tag-Along provisions set out at clause 9 of the Shareholders Agreement;

(D) full exemption from the provisions of the Exchange Control Regulations Act and Regulations made thereunder from time to time in respect of the transfer of the Shares by the Government to the Fortis Shareholder and future dividends and distributions paid: (i) by BEL to the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee); (ii) by the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee) to its parent company or its shareholders; and (iii) on consideration paid by the Government to the Fortis Shareholder in the event that the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee) exercises the Put Option and in respect of any payment received pursuant to the Tag-Along provisions set out at clause 9 of the Shareholders Agreement; and

(E) full exemption from any and all taxes, duties, charges, fees and imposts (if any) payable by the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee) on consideration received by the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee) from the Government in the event that the Fortis Shareholder (or its transferee) exercises its option pursuant to the terms of the Put Option or exercises and in respect of any payment received pursuant to the Tag-Along provisions set out at clause 9 of the Shareholders Agreement,

(collectively, “the Legislation”).

(b) The Government shall, on the business day following the Legislation being enacted:

(i) pay Thirty Five Million dollars in the currency of the United States of America (US$35,000,000.00) in immediately available funds to Fortis Cayman Inc. by wire transfer into a bank account at a bank that carries on business outside of Belize, which shall be notified to the Government by Fortis Cayman Inc. in accordance with the notification provisions in Clause 12 of this Deed;

(ii) transfer the Shares to the Fortis Shareholder and: (i) take (and procure that BEL take or procure to be taken) such corporate actions as are required by the Act and the Constitutional Documents or otherwise to have the Fortis Shareholder entered on the register of members of BEL as the holder of the Shares; and (ii) procure that BEL issue a share certificate to the Fortis Shareholder in respect of the Shares;

(iii) execute and deliver the Shareholders Agreement;


Belmopan Mayor threatens to leave 30 families homeless

City of Belmopan, August 28, 2015Over thirty families residing along

a narrow strip of land in the outskirts of Maya Mopan in the City of Belmo-pan have been threatened by Belmopan Mayor Khalid Belisle.

The families have been told that if they don’t leave the land the Belmopan City Council will tear down their small homes.

Four homes were destroyed last week, apparently in a move to intimi-date the other residents who have been told that they have two weeks to move or else.

The BELIZE TIMES visited the area last Friday and discovered that the resi-dents are fearful that the actions of the cold and callous UDP Belmopan City Council will leave them homeless.

66 year old Reyes Cal was not at home when a bulldozer arrived in the area last week. His house sits nearest to the access road and so it was the first one targeted. But Cal’s daughter, who lives a short distance away, yelled at the destruction crew and begged them not to destroy her father’s home. They told her they would return and moved to break apart the neighbours’ house, which was lying in pieces, flattened, tattered and scattered along with three others.

“I feel bad dat dem do dis and not even giv wi notice. They treat we like animals,” Cal said while sitting on the front porch of his small board house. His wife, Tomasa, sat behind him with a stern but concerning look on her face. His son, Epifanio, stood near the house, fixated on the demolition site.

Cal said he has been living on the land for over three years.

He found the land vacant and bushy. Like many,

many Belizeans frustrated with the failed land system, he cleared the land and began to construct a house. Near him a house had already been built. An entire neighbourhood eventually sprung out.

Cal said he has invested over $8,000 in his small but humble home. In his yard, he has planted fever grass, pepper trees and some spices.

Some of his neighbours have larg-er homes and have more evidence of sweat and tears on their yards.

Francisco Chub has been living on his portion of the land since 2008. His four children grew up there for most of their lives. When we arrived at his home, his eldest son was preparing to go to high school.

Beside his house is another struc-ture, where his grandfather lives. On

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Reyes Cal, his wife Tomasa & Epifanio will defend their rights

Homes destroyed by the cold-hearted UDP

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EDITORIAL

Barrow’s Failed “Nationalisation”

The Peoples’ United Party reiterates its principled position of concern over the manner in which the current UDP Administration is managing the debt obligations of Belize.

In 2011, when the Prime Minister, seized all the assets of Fortis Inc. in Belize Electricity Limited, claiming that his government was acting in the face of a crisis, he boasted of a nationalistic ap-proach to the acquisition of public utilities. He had harsh words for Fortis Inc. as a strategic investor, and for BEL’s management at the time.

In order to achieve his ends, the Prime Minister, using his parliamentary super-majority subverted the Constitution of Belize, bending its architecture in a violent and unnatural manner, in gross and indecent haste, in an ill-conceived, poorly struc-tured move to undermine Fortis as an investor.

Once again, in making and announcing a settlement with Fortis Inc., the Prime Minister has employed bully tactics. This was discussed at a Monday Cabinet meeting, announced in the after-noon, draft legislation was provided on Tuesday. He will force 3 readings and passage in the House on Wednesday, approval of the Senate on Friday morning, and assent by the Governor General, and gazetting in the same afternoon. That is less than 96 hours to “make a deal”. On Monday next, the payment of $70 million will be made.

We have been down this road before – in 2011. Now the PM is forced to walk back his wrongful actions. The greatest crisis facing Belize today is undeniably a total lack of confidence in the UDP maladministration rocked by scandal after scandal, and marked by petty vindictive political persecution of Belizeans and foreign investors alike. Our economy and fiscal out-look has never been as unsafe and unsecure as it is today. We have become, thanks to the

“Borrow” administration, a debt slave nation, leaning on lenders to prop up our failing bal-ance of payments, and causing our banks to be jettisoned by correspondent Banks because of risk.

The Prime Minister owes it to Belizeans to immediately and fully disclose the real cost of the seizure of BEL, and the settlement ar-rived at, in real terms - including all the legal costs which have been paid to all attorneys who have worked in behalf of BEL/GOB and in particular, Barrow & Co. Is this deal good for the Belizean people? How have we felt any benefit? What has been conceded to Fortis including serious tax breaks for life?

The utterly reckless, cynical and misguided policies of the present administration have added to the cause of our nation’s indebted-ness and fiscal fragility by increasing debt, and refusing, until now to deal with the seizure of assets by major investors.

As a responsible Opposition, we are glad that a settlement has been arrived at but we remind that it has come at a high cost and a heavy price that Belize will continue to pay, well into the future, past the point where Fortis is compensated. History will judge whether Bar-row will in fact be absolved, or held culpable. It is this very Prime Minister who has subverted the Supreme Law of Belize, now is claiming tri-umph four short years later in this “settlement”.

Before Belize can be restored as a fiscally secure nation we must restore confidence as a law-biding nation; where our laws and institu-tions are honoured, where our government is accountable to the people and where the poli-tics of hypocrisy and vindictiveness is replaced by a genuine political undertaking involving the participation of all committed to a vision of national social and economic renewal.


UDP Window Dresser

ContributedDr. Carla Barnett in a letter to the

editor dated August 12, 2015 published in the Amandala for Sunday August 16, 2015 shared some charts using data from the Central Bank of Belize’s website in re-lation to the evolution of Belize’s public external debt.

Dr. Barnett indicated that much of the discussion regarding Belize’s indebt-edness has been drawn along Party lines to which clearly the doctor has penned her article. I do agree that the Jewel’s public debt gives cause for a healthy dis-cussion, but it is imperative that the facts be imparted in an accurate fashion if it is to be contributed positively regarding Be-lize’s macroeconomic policies.

Conveniently Dr. Barnett has slung her political arrow to deceive the public that the People’s United Party administra-tion has been responsible for the accu-mulating of the largest additions to the external debt totalling some BZE $1452.4 million between 1998-2003 and 2003-2008.

Prior to August 21, 1998 under a United Democratic Government, Belize was experiencing what the Honorable Said Musa characterized as a “Potemkin Economy”. The UDP in their trifling at-tempt to garner an election victory of ’98 has set up false fronts utilizing rhetoric and propaganda to mislead the elector-ate that the country was wallowing in prosperity. In reality poverty was rising, the social order was spiralling out of con-trol and the economy was in shambles.

The People’s United Party won the election of ’98. When the PUP entered office they were faced with the gargan-tuan task of reversing Belize’s economic decline to “return Belize to a path of growth with equity”.

Dr. Barnett’s contribution in the Amandala is solely concentrated on the accumulation of debt by the UDP and PUP. However, her facts will not disclose that upon the People’s United Party tak-ing office in ’98 they were forced not only with the restoring and repairing of a crumbling infrastructure but a thou-sand and one problems that were facing an abandoned and neglected people of Belize. Matters worsened for the PUP government when a series of hurricanes hit our shores. Mitch in 1998, Keith in 1999, Iris and Chantal in 2001, and Dean in 2007. These storms affected Belize’s Tourism and Agricultural Sectors as well as infrastructure – roads, bridges, elec-tricity, water and housing. The cost was estimated at well over one billion dollars.

Dr. Carla Barnett’s graphs are pos-sibly an even graver attempt to mislead readers regarding the spike in Belize’s in-debtedness during 1998-2003 and 2003-2008 as reckless. With complementing information regarding the rationale in the spending during those periods the public will see through her deceit.

Monies borrowed in the periods 1998-2003 and 2003-2008 must be con-sidered purposeful debt which was vital to the recovery from the political storm left by the United Democratic Party prior to August 21, 1998 and the subsequent

storms unleashed by Nature. The invest-ments made were legitimate in the re-building of the Jewel and stabilizing of the financial sector on the path to Belize’s recovery. The financial downturn of the global economy and its effects on Be-lize during the latter period of 2003-2008 must be considered in explaining the matter of the debt during the 1998-2008.

However, Dr. Carla Barnett, the high-salaried leather-couch warmer who is now the UDP’s odd choice as standard bearer for Freetown, has begun her po-litical career by deceiving the good people of Belize. She has conveniently chosen not to disclose the hundreds of millions of dollars funded by the late Comandante Hugo Chavez to alleviate the conditions of the marginalised and poverty stricken populace of Belize. Notwithstanding the millions funded by various international agencies to develop the lives of the down-trodden. Dr. Barnett’s data fails to bring to the fore the reckless spending of the poor people’s money since their coming into office in 2008. The records will show that this UDP Government has been ille-gally spending the Petrocaribe monies in blatant violation of the Finance and Audit (Reform) Act since 2012.

Dr. Carla Barnett, has your Party and the UDP Government violated the Fi-nance and Audit Reform Act to which you were one of the architects?

Dr. Carla Barnett, should the Prime Minister Dean Oliver Barrow be subjected to penalties enacted by the 2010 amend-ment of the Finance and Audit (Reform) Act?

Dr. Carla Barnett, was the Petrocaribe Loans Act a necessary replacement for the Finance and Audit (Reform) Act?

Seemingly Dr. Barnett has fallen to the level of window dresser, forced on her by the dictates of her party politics. Dr. Barnett has become contented with the transgressions of the Prime Minister and the UDP administration. The utterance might be that the transgressions were committed with good intention. However, as Dr. Carla Barnett had once declared, similarly the transgression could be com-mitted with bad intention.

Dr. Barnett’s political intents are not to serve the people of Belize much less the good people of Freetown. Rather her intents are to serve her Party, first and foremost. Her die is cast in the political world of UDP politics as a mere political window dresser for the United Democrat-ic Party. Machete will fly.

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a) is in dissolution b) commenced dissolution on the 31st day of August,

2015; and c) JHANG, YU-CIAO whose address is 2F., No.17,

Ln.236, Sec.3, Chongqing N. Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City 10374, Taiwan is the Liquidator of the Company

Cititrust International LimitedRegistered Agent

Dr. Carla Barnett has begun her political career by deceiving the

people of Belize

THE BELIZE TIMES6 SEP 2015 7 07WOMAN IN THE HOUSE

KATRINA AND ERICABy Dolores Balderamos Garcia

Some time ago I wrote a piece called “Lavern and Nora” on the im-portant issue of domestic violence. To-day I write on a much different, though no less compelling, topic – that of tropical storms and hurricanes and the need for eternal vigilance in Belize and our region.

This past week the United States and New Orleans commemorated the Ten Year Anniversary of super/mega Hurricane Katrina. Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Bill Clinton, George Bush and Barack Obama have all attended memorials in New Orleans. In August 2005 Katrina ravaged New Orleans and the Southern US Gulf Coast. 2,000 people perished and over 1 mil-lion displaced. It was the most expen-sive natural disaster in US history. The failure of the levee system in New Or-leans left 80% of the city under water. In the Lower Ninth Ward, populated mainly by poor African American peo-

ple, storm waters burst through. It was the hardest hit area of the city.

The commemoration ceremonies were of course about moving forward, while never forgetting those who were killed. All speakers said it was important to remember everyone affected.

A huge amount of rebuilding has been done. There is no doubt much more left to do. And many, particularly in the black community, feel left behind. Public housing is now too expensive for many poor black people. The population of New Orleans now has 100,000 less African American persons.

The Bush Administration has been severely criticized over the slow re-sponse, and according to most news reports, this issue remains a source of deep resentment. While in New Or-leans, President Obama acknowledged that Katrina became a man-made disas-ter due to the failure of the American government to look out for its citizens.

The community center where he gave his address is, he said, a symbol of extraordinary resilience. But many homes and buildings remain untouched. The “Comeback City” still has a long way to go. He said, and very rightly so, that cities and countries must invest in storm preparation. Billions of federal dollars, largely spurred by Obama, have flowed into New Orleans, which, as reported, is famous for its Jazz music, unique food, and party culture. But in-come inequality and crime are major is-sues confronting the rebuilding efforts.

I never forget sitting at a dinner in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, with colleague Commonwealth Election Observers in October 2005. An Australian colleague, white of course, opined that New Or-leans people should have helped them-selves during Katrina. I, along with Caribbean and African colleagues, figuratively jumped all over him for his insensitivity and uncaring attitude. We let him know forcefully that it is government’s responsibility to ensure the safety of citizens. Look what hap-pened in New Orleans, USA, without proper response from authorities. In-credible negligence and slow and in-adequate response, of course mostly affecting the poorest of the poor!!

Belizeans may not be fully aware that Tropical Storm Erica rushed through our sister Caribbean nation of Dominica this past week, leaving a path of widespread and monumental devastation, setting the country back, according to Prime Minister Roos-

evelt Skerritt, some twenty years!! Some fifteen inches of rain fell on the mountainous island, leaving 20 persons dead and over 31 missing. Prime Minister Skerritt described the devastation and loss of life as “heart wrenching.” Fourteen bod-ies were recovered from the south-ern community of Petite Savanne. Many communities are unrecogniz-able in this serious national tragedy for Dominica.

Our government should re-spond with quick solidarity assis-tance for our neighbor. I don’t know enough about Dominica to assess whether their government could have expected or prepared better for the extent of damage from the torrential rainfall.

Let us not think that it cannot happen here. We may be experienc-ing seriously dry conditions at the moment, but let us be ever mindful and prepared for dangerous storms and hurricanes. For example, in the event of a severe storm system ap-proaching, every single available bus should be commandeered by authorities to evacuate Belizeans to safety, and other preparations must be made for food, water and other essentials. We have to cry for our sister Caricom nation and give the help we can. We must heed the les-sons of Katrina and, just this past week, of Erica. My dad was a Boy Scout. And we know their motto: Be Prepared!!!

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10 SPORTS THE BELIZE TIMES 6 SEP2015

Team Belize wins 2015 O.W. Mundialito

Kent Gabourel wins 2015 Lionman TriathlonBelize City, August 30, 2015

Kent “Bob” Gabourel won the 2015 Lionman Triathlon swimming 1,500m in 31 minutes and 24 seconds, riding 40 km (25 miles) in 1:03:00, and running a distance of 10km (6.25 miles) in 35 minutes.

In the team relay category, Belize Bank was 1st place, with swim-mer Anthony Leslie, cyclist Alicia Thompson, and on the track Derick Conorquie.

Other Results:2nd Ahmed Figueroa – 2:16:00.3rd Eric Donis of San Pedro – 2:19:004th Kenroy “Smokes” Gladden - 2:23:295th Jody Williams - 2:24:256th/1st Masters - Dr. Ramon Figueroa - 2:31:407th Brandon Santos - 2:39:408th Jordan Santos – 1st Junior - 2:40:409th Tim Gushwa – 2nd Masters - 2:46:2010th Kian Ancona – 2nd Junior - 2:50:2711th Anthony Leslie – 3:0512th Kerah Eiley – 1st Female - 3:0513th Kenrick Duncan – 3:1014th Ian Morrison – 3:55 Kent Gabourel wins Lionman Kerah Eiley, 1st Female Dr. Ramon Figueroa, 1st Masters

Orange Walk Town, August 30, 2015Louisiana area’s Team Belize won

the 2015 Orange Walk Town Mundialito championship final against Yo Creek’s ‘Argentina’ team 2-0 at the Louisiana Government School field on Sunday.

Jesse “Beast” August scored Belize’s 1st goal, and the Yo Creek de-fense deflected the ball into their goal for the 2-0 win.

San Estevan’s “Portugal’ team won the 3rd place consolation game: 2-1 against ‘Colombia’ from the La Inmaculada area of Orange Walk Town. Joan Bull scored for Por-tugal, but Rodolfo Argueta equalized for Colombia. The Colombia defend-ers goofed in deflecting the ball into their own goal to give Portugal the 2-1 win.

Joan Bull scored

Portugal’s winning goal

Jesse August scored Belize’s winning goal

Argentina team

Team Belize wins 2015 Mundialito champs

Belize City, August 29, 2015The Belize Bank Bulldogs

won Game 3 of 2015 Belize City Firms basketball finals: 71-57 against Central Bank to win the 2015 championship at Birds Isle on Saturday night.

In Game 2 on Friday night Central Bank had tied the series by a 70-67 win, led by Farron Lou-riano and Mark Swift with 17pts apiece, while Benedict Terry had 14pts, 9 rebounds, Jacob Leslie added 13pts, and Dave Apolonio – 5pts.

Bulldogs’ Roscoe Rhys hit 4 treys to score 18pts, playoff MVP Brian White added 17pts, 11 rebounds, and Rupert Brown, Marcel Orosco and Chris Mc-Gann scored 8pts apiece.

In Game 3 Saturday night, the Bulldogs mauled Central Bank 71-57 led by Tarrique Gabb with 23pts, playoff MVP Brian White added 22pts, 11 rebounds, Roscoe Rhys scored 11pts and Rupert Brown added 5pts.

Central Bank’s Farron Louria-no had 28pts, Jacob Leslie added

Belize Bank Bulldogs win 2015 Firms Basketball Champs

Continued on page 11 MVP Brian White scored 22pts

Belize Bank Bulldogs

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Leon O’Brien & Rosa Cruz win BDF half marathon

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Belize Bank Bulldogs win 2015 Firms Basketball Champs

17pts, and Mark Swift 6pts.Regular Season Individu-

al Awards:DigiCell’s Raheem Staine -

Most Valuable PlayerDigiCell’s Lennox Cayetano

- Most Rebounds (109)Central Bank’s Jacob Les-

lie - Most Steals (29)Belikin’s Kadeem Olivera -

Most Points (245)Central Health’s Steven

Wade - Most Assists (40)Heritage Bank’s Karym

Coleman - Most Blocks (16)Heritage Bank’s Winston

Pratt - Best Efficiency (17.9)Bulldogs’ Brian White -

Playoffs Most Valuable Player Most Steals, Jacob Leslie

Central Bank won 2nd

Belize City, August 29, 2015Belize City’s Leon O’Brien

and Mexico’s Rosa Cruz won the annual Belize Defence Force half marathon from the Coast Guard headquarters at mile 4 on the George Price highway through Belize City on to the Philip Gold-son Highway to Price Barracks, Ladyville.

Male Half Marathon1st Leon O’Brien - 1:16:33.97

- $1,000 prize and a trophy2nd Mexico’s Vladimir Gonza-

lez Arana - 1:26:8.79 - $800 prize3rd San Pedro’s Kent “Bob”

Gabourel - 1:27:02.93 - $600 prize4th BDF Juan Bolum - 1:27:13

- $400 prize – 1st U-21 - $200 prize

5th Kenrick Duncan - 1:32:33.61 - $200 prize

Female half marathon1st Rosa Cruz Urbina -

1:32:42.97 - $1,000 prize and a trophy

2nd Jamie Usher - 1:59:40.47 - $800 prize and a medal

3rd Kerah Eiley - 2:02:55.03 - $600 prize

4th BDF Cpl. Cynthia Salazar - 2:33:06.93 - $400 prize

U-21 half marathon1st BDF Juan Bolum - 1:27:13 - $200

prize2nd Rodman Smith - 1:42:05:03 - $100

prize3rd Ervin Hamilton - 1:45:12.57 - $50

prizeOver 40–50 yrs1st Eton Panton - 1:50:20.18 - $200

prize2nd Dr. Victor Rosado - 1:59:12.47 -

$100Over 50 yrs1st Anthony “Ladies” Flores -

1:52:27.28 - $100 prize2nd Mark Godoy - 2:01:40.25 - $75

prize3rd Gilbert Sebastian Nunez - 2:34:27

- $50 prize10 K Run (Female)1st BHS’ student Ashonti Carr -

49:56:13 - $300 prize2nd BDF Eden Gentle - 52:46.53 -

$200 prize3rd BHS’ Ashantie Carr - 53:38.38

- $100 prize4th Sherylee Burns - 53:59.385th Jereen Chun - 54:32.8810 K Run (Male)1st Ernesto Villafranco - 38:55.09 -

$300 prize2nd SJCJC’s Albert Davis - 39:00.10

- $200 prize3rd BDF Domingo Cal - 40:59.41 -

$100 prize4th Mario Recinos - 41:13.565th Hance Card - 42:32.205 K Run (Female)1st BDF Zoila Pais - $200 prize2nd Aaliyah Carr - $150 prize3rd Ajahney Carr - $100 prize4th Teresita Grajalez - $75 prize5th Michelle Requena - $50 prize5 K Run (Male)1st Rajeem Arzu - $300 prize2nd SJCJC Rondre Lewis - $200

prize3rd Jamal Webster - $100 prize4th Joseph Carr - $75 prize5th Anastacio Chiac - $50 prize

Belize Bank Bulldogs win back-to-back national women’s softball champs

Belize City, August 30, 2015The Belize Bank Bulldogs won the na-

tional female softball championship by a 5-4 win over Belize Telemedia in the finals, when the national championship was held at the Rogers Stadium over the weekend.

Telemedia got 7 hits off Bulldogs’ MVP pitcher Kenreen Gillett, who struck out 2 batters and walked 7. Bulldogs’ Greta Davis scored 2 runs while Cindy Joseph, Ashley Lucas and Marsha Wills scored a run apiece. Telemedia’s Lydia Cacho and Norecia Fraser scored 2 runs apiece.

Individual Awards:Bulldogs’ pitcher Kenreen Gillett -

Most Valuable PlayerKenreen Gillett - Most Wins (3)Bulldogs’ Greta Davis - Best Batting

Average (0.470)Greta Davis - Most Runs Batted In (4)Bulldogs’ catcher Agnes Lucas - Most

Stolen Bases (3)Telemedia pitcher Kenisha Sutherland

- Most Strikeouts (11)Telemedia’s Norecia Fraser - Most

Home Runs

Kent Gabourel, 3rd & Leon O’Brien, 1st

BDF’s Eden Gentle, 2nd in 10km

Jamie Usher, 2nd in marathon

BHS’ Ashanti Carr 3rd in 10km


Member’s Name Member’s last known address Guarantor’s Name Guarantor’s last known addressABRAHAM, LETECIA # 6983 North Creek, Belize City,

C/O Transparent BPO, #259 Coney Drive, Belize City

ADEBAYO, ABDUL #115 Neal Pen Road, Belize CityAKINKUNMI, AKINTOMIDE #45 Campus Avenue,Belize CityAUGUST , DORREN #23 Boots Crescent, Belize CityAVILEZ, GEORGE #7 Armadillo street, Bemopan city ROMERO, MARIO Picinni Area, Belmopan City

#18 St. Luke Street, San Martin Area, Belmo-pan city

BARRERA, CARLOS #58 Damsel Fish Drive, Vista Del Mar, Ladyville VillageC/O Tropic Air, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye

BARROW, HUGH MELVIN # 49 Amara Avenue, Belize City# 69 Plues Street, Belize City

BARROW, STEVEN # 10 New Site, Hattieville Village, Belize District LINK, LUEWIN 10 1/2 Miles Philip Goldson HighwayBELGROVE, KACHEFFEE #6336 Berry Street, Belize CityBLEASE, VANESSA # 53 Freetown Road, Belize City FISHER, LORNA #5676 Gentle Avenue, Belize CityBOWDEN, RANDIE #115 George Street, Belize cityBROASTER, DERRICK #3172 Supal Street, Belize CityBULLER, RAY #15 Ben Bluff Avenue, Belmopan, Cayo District

Water Reservoir Area, Belmoapn, Cayo DistrictCACHO, LYDIA #94 Cuello Avenue, Lords Bank Village, Belize DistrictCALIZ, DARWIN #6633 Police Street, Belize City ZUNIGA, CURTIS #4351 Boots Ville Road, Faber’s Road Ext,

Belize City#2124 Rivas Estate, Dangriga, Stann Creek District NUNEZ, FRANCIS #49 Flamboyant Street, Ladyville Village,

Belize DistrictCARBALLO, ERNESTO #6 Marvin Street, Belize CityCARCAMO, JOSEPH #19 Euphrates Ave, Belize City GABB, ERICA #113 Albert Street, Belize CityCARDENAS SR., ANGEL #12 Tul Street, Maya Mopan , Belmopan, Cayo District CARDENAS JR., ANGEL #12 Tul Street, Maya Mopan , Belmopan,

Cayo DistrictCARRERO, KENT #59 Cemetery Road, Belize CityCASSASOLA, LIZETTE #8628 Jane Usher Boulevard, Belize CityCASTILLO, CURDEL & GABRIEL 3 1/2 Miles Western Highway, Belize CityCASTILLO, GIOVANNY #17 C Banak Street, Rm #2, Belize City GENITTY, LERONE #5635 Lizarraga Avenue, Belize CityCASTILLO, NOEL #92 Neal Pen Road, Belize CityCASTILLO, DERRICK # 25 Linda Vista Street, Belize CityCOC, SINDULPHO # 94 Mangrove Street, Belize City COC, HERMOGENES #4 Matrons Roberts Street, Belize City

COOPER, GARY #3700 Unity Street, Belize City TATE, A. H. JEFFREY #3234 North Creek, Belize CityP.O Box 96, Belize City

CRAWFORD, LEWELLYN #7317 Arlington Drive, Belize CityCUTKELVIN, CHERRIEMAE #7528 Fabers Road Ext, Belize CityDAPSON, JENENE Teakettle Village, Cayo DistrictDAVIS, CLEVELAND #76 Vernon Street, Belize CityDAVIS, GLENFORD #38 Victoria Street, Belize City RAMCLAM, EZBERT #4205 Fern Lane, Belize City

Sandhill Village, Belize District DEL CID, JULIO #75, 8 Miles George Price Highway, Western Paradise

Village, Belize DistrictCAL, KARIMA #1092 Petticoat Alley, Belize City

DIAS, ERNEST #8528 Jane Usher Blvd, Belize CityDIAZ, JOEL #28 St. Luke Street, San Martin, Belmopan DIAZ, ISIAS #24 St. Luke Street, San Martin, BelmopanDOUGLAS, MELANIE # 7445 Watermelon Street, Fabers Road Ext., Belize City BANNER, ALLISON # 36 Dean Street, Belize City

Cruise Solutions Limited, Belize CityELLINGTON, WINDER #102 Jane Usher Blvd. Port Loyola, Belize City

!!!!!!WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!!!! The following St. John’s Credit Union Members are urged to visit the Credit Union as soon as possible to make good on their delin-quent account to avoid Court Action!!! Please contact our Credit Control Department immediately at tel # 227-7659/227-2575 Ext. 203, 204 or 214 to make suitable arrangements.

THE BELIZE TIMES6 SEP 2015 13

ENRIQUEZ, ARILEE #30 Albert Hoy Avenue, Belama Phase 1, Belize CityENRIQUEZ, ELEANOR #9 Dolphin Street, Belize CityESCOBAR, ALEXANDER #9 St. Paul Street, San Martin Area, Belmopan CityESPEJO, EVI ABIEZER #49 Euphrates Avenue, Belize City ESPEJIO, IRVIN #48 Euphrates Avenue, Belize City

San Antonio, Corozal District KUMAR, DAVENDRA #6117 Dolphin Drive, Belize CityESTRADA , MARION #32 Yarborough Road, Belize CityFERGUSON, SIMON 240 Cadena Mountain, Belmopan CityFERGUSON, IAN #6 Pointseta Street, Belize City

#10 Causarina Street, Belize CityFLOWERS, SHAUN MYOSHI #5742 Lottie Waite Street, Belize CityFORTE, SHERLENE Apartment #6 Amara Avenue, Belize City THOMAS , PATRICK Corner Dean & Plues Street, Belize CityFRANZUA, A, HEYMAN # 26 6th Street, Kings Park, Belize CityGARCIA, NORMAN #15 Ambergris Avenue, Belmopan City, Cayo DistrictGENTLE, ERROL #85 Tapir Avenue, Belmopan PANDY , ANNA #165 Antelope Street Ext, Belize City,

GIBSON, DIANA #3320 Central American Blvd. Belize City WITTY, INDIRA #6586 Doris Brooks Street, Belize CityGILLETT, WALTER #8 Causarina Street, Belize City BRAKEMAN , SHAVON #3739 Pelican Street Extention, Belize CityGOMEZ, GUILLERMO #35 Cran Street, Belize City SAMBOLA, JOSE Belama Phase 3, Belize City

#78 Racoon Street Ext, Belze CityGONZALEZ, HENRY Cemetery Road, Salvapan Area, Belmopan City MARTINEZ, CARLOS Chen Street Maya Mopan, Belmopan CityGRAHAM, LINBERGH #17 Mayflower Street, Belize City

#4086 Starstoon Street, Belize CityGRANT, DORLA #331 New Belama Site, Belize CityGUY, TERESA #4 Zericote Street, Belize CityHEMSLEY, LENNOX 350 Yucca Street, Belama Phase 2, Belize CityHERRERA, EDWIN San Martin Area, Belmopan CityHERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO Mile 33 Old Northern Road, Santana Village, Belize

District #711 Vista Del Mar, Ladyville Village, Belize District

HOARE, LORNAMAE #6741 Racoon Street, Belize City AUGUST , CECELIA #16 Kraal Road, Belize CityHUMES, SHERILOCK #249 Maxboro, Sandhill Village, Belize District

C/O Income Tax Department, Charles Bartlett Hyde Building, Belize City

HUMES, HENROY #21 Belama Phase 4, Belize Cityc/o Port of Belize,Belize City

HUMES, GAYNOR #12 Corozal Street, Belmopan City, Cayo District HUMES , STANLEY UB Campus, Belmopan CityHUMES, SHANA #15 Currasow Street L/F, Belize CityJACOBS, RHONDEEN #10 Welch Street, Belize CityJONES A., ENRIQUE #95 Barrack Road, Belize CityJORGENSEN, WAYNE #3048 Max Boro, Sandhill Village, Belize District JORGENSON, MI-

CHAEL#8160 La Croix Blvd, Belize City

JORGENSEN, RHUN-DER

#142 Neal Pen Road, Belize City

LALWANI, HARISH #18 Dolphin Street, Belize Cityc/o Belize Defense Force (BDF)

LESLIE, KEVIN 314 Corozal Street, Belmopan City#7817 Corozal Street, Belmopan City

LEWIS, KIMBERLY #9189 Holy Emmanuel Street,Belize CityLEWIS, GENAE #18 Landivar Street, Belize City SMITH, ELEANOR

MYRNA#18 Landivar Street, Belize City

M & M’s Boutique, Belize City C/O Queen Square Anglican Primary School, Belize City

MARTINEZ, MERLENE #326 Mahogany Heights, Belize CityMCKENZIE, JOSEPHINE #2916 Waight Street, Belize City BUTLER, KARLA #58 Nurse Findley Crescent, Belize CityMEIGHAN JR., JOSEPH #6638 Mahogany Street, Belize CityMEIGHAN, FRANCINE #47 Central American Blvd., Belize CityMETZKEN, WELLINGTON 3 Cairo Street, Belize City GOFF, LIONICA #16 St. Joseph Street, Belize CityMOODY, TELFORD #2 Alexander Street, Belize City GLADDEN, SOPHIA #34 Far West Street, Belize City

College Road, Corozal Town#7737 Madam Liz Crescent, Belize City

MOSES, WAYNE #7397 Fabers Road Extension, Belize City LUNA, JACINTO #106 Neal Pen Road, Belize CityMYERS, MICHELLE #44 Dolphin Street, Belize CityORTEGA, DENNIS #7362 Mahogany Street, Belize CityPALACIO, ALFRED Bullett Tree Falls, San Ignacio Town REID , RICHARD #9 Baboon Avenue, Belmopan City, Cayo

DistrictGUITEREZ, JUANTO #19 Temash Street, Belmopan City, Cayo

District


PALACIO, JOVITA #8 Tiger Avenue, Belmopan City#34 Sinsonte Avenue, Belmopan CitySeine Bight Village, Stann Creek DistrictC/O Nautical Inn, Seine Bight Village, Stann Creek District

PANDY, BRENDA #916 Juniper Street, Belize CityPARHAM, HERBERT #4 Supal Street, Belize City KUYLEN, ADAM #200 Stuart Alley, Belize City

#9 Dunn Street, Belize CityPARKS, GEORGE #30 Pickstock Street, Belize City

#3253 Courtney Crescent, Belize CityPEREZ, ELAINE #14 Toledo Street, Belmopan, Cayo District

Gales Point Manatee, Stann Creek DistrictPRATT, WAYNE #10 Welch Street, Belize City SANCHEZ, DENNIS #64 Lakeview Street, Belize CityREQUENA, DARRELL Mile 15 Hattieville Village, Belize DistrictREYES, MAJDI #9 Guacamallo Street Las Flores, Belmopan City, Cayo

DistrictFERGUSON SR., GLEN-ROY

#2926 Cor. Nurse Ventura & Yamp Street 2nd Site, Dangriga

REYNOLDS, ANDREW Burrell Boom Village, Belize District WILTSHIRE , ANGELI-TA

#29 Cran Street, Belize City

RHABURN A., JORDY #8343 Electric Avenue, St. Martins De Porres, Belize City

FRANZUA, FERNANDO Mile 17 George Price Highway, Hattieville Village, Belize District

#28 Santa Barbara Street, Belize CityTeakettle Village, Cayo District

RHABURN, RAYNARD #12 Pelican Street, Belize CityRHABURN, MICHELLE #1157 Coney Drive, Belize City GILL, GREGORY #6260 Buttonwood Bay, Belize CityROBINSON, ELVIS #16 Barbados Street, Belmopan, Cayo DistrictROCHES, KAYEEM #8449 Cannondale & Lawrence Avenue, Belize CityROCHES, RICARDO #142 East Collet Canal, Belize City WILLOUGHBY, PHILIP #42 East Collet Canal, Belize CityROGERS, CAROL #186 Neal Pen Road, Belize CityROSALES, FRANCISCO #11 Cemetery Lane, Belize City SMITH, JARED #23 Guzman Crescent, Belize CityROWLAND, BERNADETTE #14 Neal Penn Road, Belize City ARNOLD, EGLAH #100 New Site Area, Hattieville Village,

Belize DistrictSABAL, TESHA #4080 Central American Blvd., Belize CitySEWELL, ARTHUR #1450 Coney Drive, Belize City SEAWELL, WINSTON #854 Vista Del Mar, Ladyville Village, Belize

DistrictSERRANO, GUILLERMINA Guinea Grass, Orange Walk District SERRANO, SENEIDA Guinea Grass, Orange Walk DistrictSTAINE, MARK #4321 Faber’s Road, Belize CitySWAZO, JAMES #1 Gill Street, Belize City CASTILLO, PETER #22 Bagdad Street, Belize CityTALBERT, HERMAN Burrell Boom Village, Belize DistrictTERRY, KEISHA #92 East Windmill Area, Hattieville Village, Belize

DistrictMORGAN, TARA NA-TASHA

#12 Mosul Street, Belize City

THOMAS, WINDELL Roaring Creek Village, Cayo DistrictTHOMPSON, KAREN #8 Antelope Street, Belize City LANZA, DANIEL #4070 Pelican Street Extention, Belize City

#7541 Fabers Road Extention, Belize CityTZALAM, GAUDY #16 Santa Rita Heights, Corozal TownTZOT, CARLOS #98 George Street, Belize CityVASQUEZ, GERMAINE #3112 Kraal Road, Belize CityVASQUEZ E., SOLANGEL #7463 Rio Grande Crescent, Fabers Road Ext, Belize

City #274 Los Lagos, Ladyville Village, Belize District

VASQUEZ, DORA Las Flores, Belmopan MARIANO, RUBEN #1288 Coney Drive, Belize CityVERGO, ASHTON #7714 N Paulina Street, Chicago Illinois 60626 USAWADE, NERI #7299 Mckenzie Lane, Belize CityWADE, SHARON #282 Max Boro, Sandhill, Belize WADE, SHARLETTE 5969 Campus Avenue, Belize CityWEBSTER & VANESSA, AUSTIN & ESMOND

#8466 Gordon Street, Belize City

WILLIAMS, VANESSA #97 Racecourse Street, Belize CityWILLIAMS, CHYLA #2 Oleander Street, Belize CityWILLIAMS, COLLIN #7595 Rio Bravo Crescent, Belize CityWHITE, FREDRICK #15 King & Rootsville, Lake Independence Belize CityYOUNG, ARTIE #7467 Woodpecker Street, Belize CityZELAYA, NATALIE #4091 Sarstoon Street, Belize CityZUNIGA, DORIAN & ELEANOR #100 West Street, Punta Gorda Town CASTILLO, JULIET #5976 Campus Avenue, Belize City

DATED THIS 2nd day of SEPTEMBER, 2015

THE BELIZE TIMES6 SEP 2015 15Will LICU weather

the storm?Orange Walk Town, August 28, 2015

Amidst loud howls of protest, the Board of Directors of La Inmaculada Credit Union (LICU) hurriedly closed the Special General Meeting which they had reluctantly called on Saturday, August 22, 2015.

At the abrupt call for an adjournment by a member, the Board members led by President Ena Martinez cleared the towering podium and stage. They scur-ried away; barely giving media houses

a chance to conduct proper interviews and once more denied an opportunity for transparency.

They each appeared nervous and afraid that the longer they stayed the more they would be harassed - by the media, by the over 1,000 members/own-ers of LICU who were in attendance or by a crowd of angry members/owners who were visibly bitter that they had not got-ten “answers” at the meeting.

How did LICU, which is recognised as one of the most successful financial institutions in northern Belize, get to this point? With assets of $3.3 million, LICU stands shoulder to shoulder with any of the local banks. But of late, since April this year to be precise, the institution has been besieged by scandal and allegations of financial wrongdoing.

Saturday’s meeting was called by the Board, only after pressure was applied by 1,100 members/owners who signed a petition demanding that a meeting be held the Board must provide answers.

In April, the members were stunned at the “news” that well-known General Manager Yolanda Gomez had been sus-pended. This gave rise to suspicions of possible wrongdoing, but the scale of how rotten the situation had become could not be anticipated. After weeks of silence by the Board, in July they “spoke” when they took the drastic decision to terminate Gomez. The actions confirmed that something very serious was afoot. Gomez had been at the helm of LICU for over 20 years. Under her stewardship, the institution developed into a financial fortress, growing in membership and savings, and successfully partnering with international agencies such as the Euro-pean Union to attract capital that have yielded returns.

Three days before Saturday’s Special General Meeting, LICU’s Board went on the offensive in a most unusual fashion. They released a 12-minute pre-recorded statement for television in which the President aired out the institution’s “dirty laundry” publicly.

Martinez, who noted in the state-

ment that she had been advised that it was “prudent, wise and in the best in-terest of the institution” to limit her rev-elations, seemed very eager to discuss the reasons behind the Board’s decision to terminate Gomez.

Martinez claimed that complaints of “irregularities” had intensified so much that the Board could no longer deal with them “in isolation” but were forced to take measures including the launching of an internal investigation and placing

the General Manager on administrative leave, followed by the hiring of private ac-countant, Cedric Flowers, to carry out a special investigation and the firing of the General Manager.

Martinez also pointed out that the Central Bank, which regulates all credit unions, had carried out and completed an audit of the institution.

As for the “special investigation” which commenced on June 18th, the Board had no definitive answers. In fact, they indicated that they need more time because of the “complexity of the inves-tigation”.

“What began as scattered cases of irregularities, quickly turned into a per-vasive demonstration of irregularities and non-compliance to banking law,” Martinez charged in her statement.

She claimed that the Board, as a re-sult of their internal investigations and the preliminary findings of the special investigation, saw it fit to terminate the

General Manager.“The Board unanimously decided

that there was enough evidence and reason to warrant the immediate ter-mination of Mrs. Yolanda Gomez as the General Manager,” she said ahead of the Special General Meeting.

At Saturday’s meeting, the Board was expected to address four areas: the delay in this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), an updated on the au-

dit report, declaration on the payment of dividends and the dismissal of Yolanda Gomez. But the almost two hours spent was mostly focused on further tarnish-ing the image of the former General Manager.

According to the Board, the AGM will be held only after the special investi-gation is completed and the audit report and the payment of dividends will be known then.

Two board members then took turns reading out (in English and Span-ish) the long statement which they had already publicised days earlier. This was in response to the issue of Gomez’s ter-mination.

The Board also found it fit to dis-

close, with slight more detail, the alle-gations against the former general man-ager. They claimed that she was guilty of misdirection, misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, mismanagement, making unau-thorised loan write-offs and other “se-rious and deliberate breaches” of the credit union’s policy.

After the Board gutted out the for-mer General Manager, who was present at the meeting, the concerns about the state of LICU’s finances grew and mem-bers made it known during the question and answer session that followed.

One member asked whether other persons in the management and staff could have been involved in the wrong-doing, and if so, how was it that they had not been dealt with by the Board.

The response was that anyone im-plicated in wrongdoing will be dealt with upon the completion of the investiga-tions.

Another member asked how was it

possible for the Board not to have de-tected any wrongdoing since the period which is being investigated is 2012-2015.

The Board’s response was that they do not work at the institution and do not micromanage; therefore, they were not aware of the breaches in policy until complaints were made to them.

This answer was unsatisfactory to several members, who began calling on Board members to resign since they

were admitting failure in their overall su-pervision and management of the affairs of LICU.

Other members could barely get started with their questions or com-ments when they were impolitely inter-rupted by the Board, who instructed that the microphone be muted, so the gen-eral membership could not continue to hear from the members speaking.

Saturday’s LICU Special General Meeting had taken on the likeness of the unruly House of Representatives un-der the dictatorial Barrow Government, and it wasn’t so surprising since the on-ly-members meeting had the presence of rabid UDP Chairman and non-mem-ber Alberto August. It appears the Board

was not so strict with rules on that day.Yolanda Gomez respondsThe former General Manager opted

to remain silent throughout the proceed-ings of the Special General Meeting, lis-tening intently as the Board that she had worked very closely with, announced the very serious allegations against her.

It was only after the call for an ad-journment was made that she stood up to speak, followed by loud and cheerful applause from some members, but by then the microphones were muted, the Board had nearly ran off the main stage and the majority of the members were more concerned about the lunch menu.

Gomez’s only response came via a press release dated Thursday August 20th, in direct reply to the Board’s tele-vision statement.

In that release, Gomez denied the allegations describing them as “repugnant”, “disingenuous” and a “witch hunt aimed at discrediting me and my reputation”.

Gomez contends that the Board did not even afford her the basic right of natural justice.

She added that the assault on her is “personal” and intended to “re-moving me from the helm” of LICU.

On that last charge the Board has succeeded, but only for now it seems. Gomez has indicated that she will take the Board to Court, giving rise to what will undoubtedly be a complex, pro-tracted and surely divisive and expen-sive process for the Credit Union.

Members have already begun to question the stability of LICU. For many the allegations against the for-mer General Manager are incredulous since she has presided over its most successful years, prosperous both for the institution and the pockets of the membership. Many also question the actions of the Board, and they are not consoled by the President’s continu-ous public displays of grave misunder-standing of the fiduciary responsibility they owe to the credit union’s mem-bers/owners.

LICU members/owners expressed grave con-cerns at the Special General Meeting

President of the Board, Ena Martinez, told members/owners that her Board cannot be held responsible because they “don’t work there”

Former General Manager Yolanda Gomezsays she will defend her innonence in Court


VACANCY NOTICE

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Within the delegated authority and under the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be assigned the primary, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the major duties.

Under the supervision of the Operations Assistant: Performs a series of administrative and driving tasks to provide general office support.

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1. Provides timely and effective user support in the Reception Area. 2. Provides timely and effective administrative support. 3. Timely and effective user support is provided on an on-going basis, by assisting operating office

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• Dispatches outgoing communication, including pouches and faxes. Logs and routes all incoming correspondence and documents.

• Creates and maintains office manuals, administrative and general files and records. Files all correspondences, documents and other materials.

• Maintain and upkeep the resource library.• Supports Focal Point in Emergency related activities and response.

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By Gilroy Usher, Sr.From proud Rio Hondo to old

Sarstoon. Those are the poetic words used by Samuel Haynes in our National Anthem to define our country, Belize, from north to South. Events over the past six years, how-ever, have shown that if mother England, United States, Guatemala, and the UDP had their own way we would own the southernmost part of the country, the Sarstoon area, on paper only. Today we know of the southern markers of Belize and the untold wealth in the deep south of our country because a group a brave and patriotic Belizeans took the necessary steps to get to know that area of our land.

There is great displeasure with this Government over what is hap-pening in the Sarstoon area of the Jewel. By its hands off policy in the deep south of the country the Bar-row administration has quietly given our covetous neighbor a large por-tion of that area of the Jewel. While the Government has nearly prohibit-ed Belizeans from going to the Sar-stoon area, Guatemalans exercise full use and enjoyment.

We know that Guatemalans are stealing our resources with illegal fishing in our waters and the illegal cutting of milpas and precious logs among other things from our land. Worst of all, we now know that necessary steps must be taken to demand an end to Guatemala mili-tary’s frequent harassment of our BDF soldiers, coast guard and civil-ians, who visit the deep south of our country.

Daily, scores of Guatemalans unlawfully enter our territory in the south to conduct all sorts of activi-ties. On the other hand, our broth-ers and sisters who visit this par-ticular area of our land have to get

The Saviors of Sarstoon

permission from the Guatemalans. That aggression by Guatemala against Belizeans in our own territory was re-cently displayed before the local and foreign press, when the Guatemalan military vessels tried to block a num-ber of Belizean boats from visiting the Sarstoon Island. On the orders of the government, the Belize Defense Force and the Coast Guard were no-where in sight; they were miles away from the unwarranted intimidation of Belizeans by Guatemalan soldiers. The following day, Prime Minister Bar-row boasted that his government is prepared to defend all 8867 sq. miles of our country to the death. Total hot air. It is because of this govern-ment’s cowardly action, and its se-cret accommodation agreement with Guatemala that we refuse to build a necessary forward operating base for the Coast Guard on Sarstoon Island because the Guatemalan government does not allow it.

In 1962 Phillip Goldson stood for Belize when he broke an oath of secrecy and revealed to the nation that in negotiations abroad Britain and the United States were prepar-ing to use the Thirteen Proposals to appease Guatemala. Today the sons and daughters of the soil, who have gone into their own pockets and so-licited funds from the community to meet the cost of the brave journey to the Sarstoon area of the country, are called the Belize Territorial Volunteers. By their actions they have proven that in 2015 they are the saviors of the Sarstoon and, like Goldson, they have sounded the alarm bells. They have spoken to us straight. Like Goldson they have told us the naked truth. With this government we are losing the Sarstoon to Guatemala. We must put our country first to safeguard the Sarstoon for future generations of Be-lizeans.


Reid

By G. Michael ReidAnyway, no drug, not even al-

cohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. ~ P. J. O’Rourke

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority. ~ Charles Kuralt

See them fighting for power; but they know not the hour ~ Bob Marley

Belizeans across the nation are anxiously anticipating the announce-ment of the date for our next gener-al elections. The decision, of course, lies solely with one man and one man only. Yet, never has one man been so intoxicated or reveled so much in power and authority, than this current prime minister of Belize.

Should the elections be called early, it would be the third time since Independence that such a snap elec-tion would have occurred. The last time was in 2012 when elections were called a year early and before that in 1993 when elections were called a full 15 months before they were constitutionally due.

Conventional wisdom suggests that snap elections favor the incum-bent, since the party in power has the luxury of calling it at their con-venience or at such time as they believe to be advantageous. There are times however, when such a decision to call an early election has backfired, as was the case in 1993. In that instance, it was the UDP who was in disarray and the PUP who was riding on the high of a re-cent municipal victory; oh how the

tables have turned.Sometime in 1991 Phillip Gold-

son and a few young upstarts broke away from the United Democratic Party following “sea access ces-sions” to Guatemala. The PUP saw an opportunity and decided to call early elections. As soon as the elec-tions were announced however, the two groups quickly forged an alliance based on promises made to Goldson by the big wigs in the UDP. Key among those promises was a pledge to rescind the Mari-time Areas Act. The UDP won by a slim margin but Goldson turned out to be the only one from NABR who got elected. Standing alone, he could not wield enough influence to force Barrow and Esquivel to keep their promises and he died broken-hearted and dejected; not to men-

serve a change and are clamoring for a change. We need smart peo-ple, honest people and brave people to represent us if we are to come out of this predicament unscathed. Right Honorable George Price stat-ed our position a long time ago; not a blade of grass, not one centimeter shall we surrender. Whether blue, red, independent or indifferent, that seems to be the common senti-ment.

The option for Belize is a united People’s United Party. Unfortunate-ly, there are those more concerned with the love of power than with the love of country. With “blue concas” egos and mentality, they seem pre-pared to destroy this party if they are not allowed to be in charge and control. Disregarding the interest and concerns of the rank and file, general membership and indeed the wider interest of Belizeans at large, these modern day Macbeths will apparently stop at nothing to achieve their ultimate goal; that being power and control. Would that they could see, that such un-bridled ambitions, as revealed in William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, leads to naught but de-struction and despair. Where is

George Price when we need him?There is also a scattered bunch

of discontented citizens who would themselves become lead-ers. Instead of their clamor for power and control, these rebels, for whatever their cause would do better to organize themselves into some type of watchdog group to hold those in office in check. They have coined a title “PUDP” sug-

Are we ready for the Big Dance?

Belizeans need a change, deserve a change and are clamoring for a change. We need

smart people, honest people and brave people to represent us if we are to come out of this predicament un-scathed.

tion covered in a cloud of infamy. Anybody remember the passport scandal of those days?

Considering the events of the day, one would have to concede that the tables have turned in more ways than one. The PUP is this time in the role of underdogs while the UDP’s are the ones seemingly appeasing Guatemala. In a little while, we shall see where the mood of the people lies. Belizeans will overlook corrup-tion, they will overlook broken prom-ises, they will allow most all things to “blow over like a little breeze” but when it comes to the Guatema-lan issue, hackles raise quickly. This government has made some very unpopular moves and Sedi Elrington in particular, seems to put his foot in his mouth at every opportunity. He seems just too cozy with his Guate-malan counterpart and together, they have been trying to convince us that the ICJ is the way to go. Even if we could trust the ICJ, Belizeans do not trust that Guatemala would abide by any ruling there from. Additionally, while it is bad enough that Belizeans do not trust Guatemala, lately it has gotten to the point where we do not trust our own government. A sad state of affairs indeed!

Belizeans need a change, de-

gesting that Belize’s two political parties are the same. While there are structural similarities, whereas they must both govern under the same Westminster system of gov-ernance that we have adopted, there are fundamental differences in the philosophy of both parties. I have over the course of time delved into these differences, and will continue to do so, but any at-tempt to do so at this time would distract from the main purpose of this essay.

Then there is the Diaspora! There are also a few in that group who think themselves capable of leading Belize. They point to Sec. 58 of the Constitution as being dis-criminatory because, although they are, “by virtue of their own act, under any acknowledgment or al-legiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state”, they consider themselves still Belizeans and more Belizean than some who are allowed to run for Parliament based on nationalization. I believe that this section of the Constitu-tion should be amended, but not to allow dual citizens to run, but to disqualify those like Ralph Huang or Denny Grijalva in particular, who

was in fact born in Gua-temala of all places. Elvin Penner, who disgraced and disrespected our country, has also been long rumored to be a Ca-nadian citizen. All three above mentioned by the way, have or are running on a UDP ticket.

There is much that those in Diaspora and those who choose not

to partake in party politics at home can do to help fix and repair our bro-ken system. Their quest for power however, obstructs their professed goal and instead, murky the waters of transparency and gives cover to corruption. We need to set aside personal ambitions, honestly de-fine our objectives and move for-ward in a true spirit of patriotism. Long live Belize!


Belmopan Mayor threatens

to leave 30 families homelesstheir portion of the land they raise farm animals. Self-sufficiency is the way for his family.

Chub said that what the local au-thorities are threatening to do to his family is inhumane.

“This is unjust. The police were here along with people from the city council telling us we must leave or they will destroy our homes. I fear my family’s home will be next and we will be homeless,” he said.

Mayor Belisle has been on defence-mode on the news, accusing the peo-ple of squatting on the land. Belisle also claims that sufficient notice was pro-vided by way of letters to the residents that they cannot continue to occupy the land.

Belisle also claims that there is a nearby creek which floods when it rains and the Council is very concerned about the safety of the residents.

But both Cal and Chub say the May-or is being untruthful. They told the BE-LIZE TIMES they haven’t received any letters or any other form of notice from the Council. They also disputed that the creek poses any danger to their homes. They said that over the years they have lived in the area they have not experi-enced any life-threatening floods.

Continued from page 4 They question the real reason that the Council is insisting that they leave, and pointed to unconfirmed reports that the land has been promised to UDP-connected special interests.

Belisle has not dared to show up in the area recently. Of course, when he was begging the residents to vote for him a few months ago for the Belmo-pan City Council elections he couldn’t help himself. Another resident, Eugenio Cal, told Channel 5 news that Mayor Belisle had promised to survey the land for them in exchange for their votes.

“Mister Belisle again came here and he said vote for me and I will survey this place for you. I vote for the man, we vote for the man, but look here. They broke down this house; this house is expensive and then they told me….the city coun-cil tell me that I have to move that house. If yon oh move it, the backhoe wah come and bruk it for you,” Cal pointed out.

The Mayor, as expected, has de-nied the allegations.

The residents can’t even turn to their Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar for support since he and Mayor Belisle practically sleep and wake up in the same bed, politically speaking.

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 Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage dated the 21st June, 2010, and recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 19 of 2010 at Folios 267 to 294, and by a Supplemental Deed of Mortgage dated the 18th day of September, 2012, made between CYNTHIA SANTOS (also known as CYNTHIA YORKE) of Hill View Area, Santa Elena, Cayo District, Belize of the one part, and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part, and recorded at the Land Titles Unit in Deeds Book Vol. 22 of 2012 at Folios 213 – 222, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the properties described in the schedules hereto.All offers to purchase the said properties must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

THE FIRST SCHEDULEALL THOSE pieces or parcels of land being Lot No. 6 comprising of 1003.042 S.M.; Lot No. 7 comprising of 1006.585 S.M.; and Lot No. 8 comprising of 1003.042 S.M.; all situate South of the Stann Creek Valley Road near Mile 10, Hoffman Estate Area, Stann Creek District, bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 821 of 2003 dated 14th July, 2003 attached to Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 821 of 2003 TO-GETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

THE SECOND SCHEDULEALL THOSE pieces or parcels of land being Lot No. 9 comprising of 1002.568 S.M.; and Lot No. 10 comprising of 998.387 S.M., all situate South of the Stann Creek Valley Road near Mile 10, Hoffman Estate Area, Stann Creek District, bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 821 of 2003 attached to Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 821 of 2003 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 20th day of August, 2015.MUSA & BALDERAMOS LLP

91 North Front StreetBelize City

Attorneys-at-Law forScotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

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 22nd day of July, 2009 between WILFRED MUTRIE and ANNA M. RAMIREZ both of Hopeville Area, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, Belize of the one part, and Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., of the other part, and recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 18 of 2009 at Folios 1199 – 1230, 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 lot piece or parcel of land being Lot. No. 117 situate in the Hopeville Area, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, Belize and bounded as follows:- On the North for 30.482 metres by Lot. No. 114; On the South for 30.482 metres by a portion of Lot No. 118; On the East for 19.408 metres by a street and on the West for 19.408 metres by Lot No. 116 containing 591.595 square metres of land as shown on Plan No. 2064 at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 20th day of August, 2015.

MUSA & BALDERAMOS LLP91 North Front Street

Belize CityAttorneys-at-Law for

Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

UPDATE: This week those affected by the Belmo-pan City Council’s rash actions met with attorney Michel Chebat, with the assistance of PUP Belmopan Standard Bearer Senator Patrick Andrews. Mr. Chebat will now provide strong legal representation to the people of Maya Mopan. There is hope!

Attorney Michel Chebat and Maya Mo-pan residents discussing legal issues


BY ORDER OF MORTGAGEENOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL

HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED a statutory body formed and registered under the Credit Union Act, Chapter 314 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000, and whose registered office is situated at No. 1 Hyde’s Lane, Belize City, Belize District hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under and by virtue of a Deed of Mortgage registered at the Land Titles Unit between LACHMAN SADARANGANI of the first part, AMIT LACHMAN SADARANGANI of the second part and HRCU of the other part.

HRCU will at the expiration of three months from the date of the first publica-tion of this notice sell the property described in the Schedule below.

ALL offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing to Holy Redeemer Credit Union Limited from whom full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained.

SCHEDULEALL THAT FREEHOLD piece or parcel of land situate at Cockney Range, Stann Creek District, Belize comprising 1.407 Acres of land, and being more particularly delineated and described as shown on Plan No. 1325 of 2007, attached to MINISTER’S FIAT GRANT No. 1325 of 2007 dated the 24th day of January 2008, lodged at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, City of Belmopan, Cayo District, Belize TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon the freehold property of AMIT LACHMAN SADARANGANI

DATED this 26th day of August 2015

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

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

Francis Defends Sarstoon…Dean Rages!

Belize City, September 2, 2015It was most interesting to see Prime

Minister Dean Barrow’s reaction and re-sponse to issues and concerns raised by Opposition Leader Hon. Francis Fonseca at the closure of Wednesday’s House Sitting. It was vintage Dean O.

Hon. Francis Fonseca stood up to pay tribute to the patriots who journeyed to Sarstoon area and called on the Gov-ernment to take up their responsibility to protect Belizeans when they travel to the Sarstoon area and defend Belizean territory.

If the Barrow Government is not prepared to do this, challenged Hon. Francis, then they are useless.

One would think that the Prime Minister would support this. We’re in September – the month when patrio-tism climaxes.

But instead, Dean threw a fit. Went off. Called PUP reps all sorts of names, including pig. He sounded like a child. A spoilt brat. Not prime ministerial. But most of all, he came off Unpatriotic. Clearly Sarstoon Island is NOT a priority to his administration. In fact, they have allowed Guatemalan military to take over the island basically. The Prime Min-ister himself has told the coast guard to stay away, and he tried to tell the Belizean Territorial Volunteers the same thing.

Hon. Francis is on the right track. He can’t take his eyes off Sarstoon. The PUP philosophy when it comes to this false Guatemalan claim is “not a blade a grass!” Obviously for the UDP and Dean Barrow, the same thing cannot be said. For them, Sarstoon Island could be just the start.

Hon. Francis Fonseca Dean Barrow

Is Lands Ministry spiting Kremandala?

Belize City, August 31, 2015UDP Area Representative Mark King has publicly stated

that he has waged war against the Kremandala empire, claim-ing that his objective is to “get rid of” PUP Lake Independence Standard Bearer Cordel Hyde, Krem Radio manager Mose Hyde and their father, Amandala Publisher Evan X Hyde.

King, it appears, is not the only UDP personality taking on the Hydes. It appears UDP Deputy Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega has issues of his own.

On Monday of this week, Mose Hyde revealed that Vega’s Ministry of Lands, described by the Prime Minister as a hot-bed of corruption, has frustrated their efforts to give land to the poor.

Hyde said that the Lands Ministry halted a programme launched by Krem in which lots have been given out to over twenty first-time landowners because the land site does not include space for a park.

Hyde berated the Ministry of Lands for blocking the proj-ect for rules which they themselves don’t follow at all.

He said the Ministry of Lands is known to treat rules “like cartoons”.

As a result of the Ministry of Lands’ actions, Krem may have to either cut down on the number of land recipients or reduce the size of land issued to make space for a park.

Several months ago, the UDP tried to embarrass the Kre-mandala organisation by publishing confidential tax informa-tion related to their companies in the Guardian newspaper. The article, published to discredit Krem radio and Amandala newspaper and their personnel, claimed that the non-payment of General Sales Tax was just like stealing money from the Government. The allegation was repeated numerous times on live radio by the co-hosts of Wus Ting da Morning, Nasty Joe and Foul-mouth Fonso.


Back to School Project in Collet Completed!

Belize City, September 1, 2015Thanks to fundraising efforts by

the hard working and dedicated mem-bers of the PUP Collet Committee and through the generosity of sev-eral Friends of Collet, including United Women’s Group President, Mrs. Yolan-da Schakron, PUP Collet Standard Bearer, Yasmin Shoman, assisted 161 children with backpacks and school supplies.

The PUP recognised the financial burden that thousands of families, many on the South Side of Belize City, are faced with during these trying eco-nomic times and remain committed to Social Justice, focusing on three pillars of Reform: Governance, Economic and Education and Health.

The PUP is excited to announce that they will provide FREE educa-tion to all Belizeans from Pre-School

to Sixth Form under the next PUP gov-ernment led by our next Prime Minister, Hon. Francis Fon-seca.

E d u c a t i o n should never be a privilege. It MUST always be a right! The consultation and work in the Col-let Constituency continues. Elections are near! And better WILL come with the PUP.

City of Belmopan, August 31, 201545 year old Russell Hyde was

well known to many in the Cayo Dis-trict, in particular in the communities nearest to the city of Belmopan. He was known for many things, among them his notorious past and much recently, that his family and close friends lived in fear after his wife was shot dead and close associates began turning up dead, dismem-bered.

But the high-stakes drama fol-lowing Hyde’s life will now become a tale of mystery and tragedy to share. On Friday, August 28th, Hyde and two others, including his girlfriend 28 year old Marcy Humes, were ambushed and killed mercilessly by armed gunmen as they reached his home in Camalote Village.

Reports are that around 9:30 on Friday night, the trio were walking towards their home when they no-ticed flashlights approaching them. They sensed danger and tried to run away and escape, but Hyde and Humes were not successful. They were shot multiple times and left on the ground to die.

Humes was found by the Police along a feeder road that leads to Hyde’s home. She was still alive de-spite having been shot in the chest and leg. She was rushed into emer-gency room, but died under surgery less than an hour later.

Hyde was found about 100 yards from Humes. He was dead, with four gunshot wounds; twice on his back, once to his neck and once to his jaw.

Like the murders the preced-ed Friday night’s execution; that of Hyde’s wife, Rosalie Galvez, or asso-ciate Edilberto Madrid, or his cousin Steven Hyde; there is a cloud of mys-tery hanging over.

Police do not have any clues about who would be responsible for the high-profile murders. The third person who was along with Hyde and Humes on Friday night has disap-peared.

GUNMEN EXECUTE

RUSSELL HYDE & GIRLFRIEND, MARCY HUMES

PUP Collet standard bearer Yasmin Shoman

distribute school supplies to needy families

THE BELIZE TIMES6 SEP 2015 21LIQUOR LICENSE

NOTICES Notice is hereby given that ZHOU RONG LI is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Jian Ye Shop”, situated at 3 2nd Street, King’s Park Area, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edi-tion 1980.

Notice is hereby given that WEN YAN XIAO is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at “Heng Wen Shop”, situated at 39 King Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that GEN WAN LIU is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “New Road Supermarket”, situated at #84 New Road, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Li-quor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that JIAN WEN WU is applying for a Shop Liquor Li-cense to be operated at “J&Y Shop”, situ-ated at 9073 La Croix Boulevard, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edi-tion 1980.

Notice is hereby given that YOU QIANG CHEN is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “New Hope”, situated at 35 Baymen Avenue, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edi-tion 1980.

Notice is hereby given that MEI LING HUANG is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at “Zhong Wang Shop”, situated at 15 Hopkins Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Or-dinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that HUI QUN CHEN is applying for a Shop Liquor Li-cense to be operated at “Keffy’s Shop”, situated at 1221 Blue Marlin Boulevard, Coral Grove Area, Belize City, Belize Dis-trict under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that RAMON GONGORA is applying for a Conve-nience Store Liquor License to be op-erated at “Puma’s Ramon’s Service Sta-tion”, situated at 2 Miles Philip Goldson Highway, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that WEI JIE LUO is applying for a Publican Special Li-quor License to be operated at “Liang Kee Fast Food”, situated at 2 ½ Miles Philip Goldson Highway, Belize City, Be-lize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that XIANQIN LUO is applying for a Shop Liquor Li-cense to be operated at “Louis Shop”, situated at 5701 Lizarraga Avenue, Belize City, Belize District under the In-toxicating Liquor License Ordinance Re-vised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that WEN KANG CHEN is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at “Dragon Restaurant”, situated at 9 Neal Pen Road, Belize City, Belize District un-der the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordi-nance Revised Edition 1980.


Guatemala swears in new president after Perez Molina resigns

September 3, 2015Guatemala’s newly sworn-in presi-

dent demanded that all top government officials submit their resignations and promised an honest and inclusive ad-ministration following the surprise res-ignation earlier Thursday of President Otto Perez Molina amid a widening fraud investigation.

President Alejandro Maldonado reached out to protesters who took to the streets against the country’s entrenched corruption, promising he would “leave a legacy of honesty” and restore faith in Guatemala’s democracy in his brief few months in office.

“You can’t consider your work done,” Maldonado said in remarks aimed at all those demanding change. “In what is left of this year, there must be a positive response.”

The unprecedented political drama played out after a week in which Per-ez Molina was stripped of his immu-nity, deserted by key members of his cabinet, and saw his jailed former vice president ordered to stand trial. All this just days before Sunday’s election to choose his successor.

As Maldonado took office, Perez Molina was in court hearing accusa-tions that he was involved in a scheme in which businesspeople paid bribes to avoid import duties through Guate-mala’s customs agency. He is the first Guatemalan president to resign.

Judge Miguel Angel Galvez ordered Perez Molina detained overnight before the hearing was to resume Friday morn-ing. He cited a need to “ensure the con-tinuity of the hearing” and guarantee the former president’s personal safety.

Exiting the court under police es-cort, Perez Molina reiterated his willing-ness to face the investigation head-on.

“I have always said I will respect due process,” Molina said “I do not have the slightest intention of leaving the country.”

Earlier in the day, the retired military general insisted upon his innocence in an interview with The Associated Press during a break in the court proceedings, saying the process had been “very hard, very difficult.”

He said he could have derailed the investigation, but didn’t.

“I had things I could have done,” Perez Molina said. “I could have re-placed the prosecutor, I could have dug in.”

Attorney General Thelma Aldana told reporters she will ask that Perez Molina, 64, be jailed during the court proceedings.

Analysts say the resignation was a key blow to corruption in the country and a boost for the rule of law.

“In the midst of this political crisis there is interesting and good news,” said Eric Olson, a Central America ex-pert at the Washington-based Wilson Center. “The attorney general resisted strong pressures and even asked for the president to be incarcerated ... that shows the institutions in Guatemala un-der the right circumstances can oper-ate and be effective.”

Maldonado, a 79-year-old conser-

vative former high court justice, has served as Guatemala’s foreign minister and in ambassadorial posts. He also formerly headed Guatemala’s highest court, where he presided over much-debated decisions like the one not to extradite former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.

Rios Montt faced charges in Spain for genocide, torture and terrorism committed at the height of Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war, and the decision against extradition was hotly criticized.

Upon taking office Thursday, Mal-donado said he was going to “form a transition government and invite all the social groups that are protesting in the streets to propose young professionals to form the new administration.”

Earlier in the day, Perez Molina gave an interview to a local radio station, saying that he doesn’t “trust Guatema-lan justice” and criticizing the nation’s prosecutors and the United Nations

commission against impunity that have mounted a huge investigation in the fis-cal fraud case he was implicated in.

He said the case was built by them to “seek prominence” and “to fill their egos.”

The corruption scandal, uncovered by prosecutors and the U.N. commis-sion, involved a scheme known as “La Linea,” or “The Line,” in which busi-nesspeople paid bribes to avoid import duties through the customs agency. The ring is believed to have defrauded the state of millions of dollars.

Ex-Vice President Roxana Baldetti’s former personal secretary was named as the alleged ringleader and is a fugi-tive. She resigned May 8 because of the same scandal and is now jailed and facing charges. She also maintains her innocence.

A growing protest movement brought together Guatemalans from all walks of life demanding that Perez

Guatemala’s President Otto Perez Molina, right, talks with his lawyer Cesar Calderon in court where he faces corruption charges, following his resignation in Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015. The president submitted his resig-nation at midnight local time late Wednesday after a judge issued an order to detain him in a corruption scandal. Perez Molina was already under order not to leave the country, and on Tuesday the congress lifted his immunity from

prosecution. Luis Soto AP Photo

Molina step down. Business lead-ers and even Catholic church officials had called for him to resign in recent weeks as the investigation of the cus-toms fraud ring has grown wider and hit more officials.

Perez Molina was steadfast in his plan to stay until the judge’s unprec-edented order, only deciding to resign in the middle of the night.

His spokesman told reporters the president submitted his resigna-tion “to maintain the institution of the presidency and resolve on his own the legal proceedings leveled against him.”

Perez Molina was elected in 2011 on a platform of cracking down on crime. He is a retired general who participated in the country’s 36-year bloody civil war, and later in the march toward peace. His critics say he also took part in the mass killings of civil-ians, but he has never been charged with anything.

His election as president had wor-ried leftist groups and human rights organizations because of the mili-tary’s past control of the government. But Perez Molina has been a political moderate who has kept the military at arm’s length, proposing at one point to legalize drugs to rid his country of the scourge of cartels and trafficking.

Maldonado will likely remain in office until the winner of upcoming elections is inaugurated Jan. 14, 2016. The first round is on Sunday, pitting a wealthy businessman and politician against 13 other candidates, including a comedian with no political experience, a former first lady and the daughter of an ex-dictator accused of genocide. If none of the candidates reaches 50 per-cent, a runoff will be held Oct. 25.

Protesters filling the streets have also demanded that Sunday’s presi-dential elections be postponed. Perez Molina, who was not on the ballot, has said delaying the vote would be against the law.

The U.N.’s commission against impunity said in a report released in mid-July that the country’s elections are rife with illegal money, and corrup-tion is the glue holding the system to-gether.


“Our children in 2015 cannot continue to suffer in darkness,” says PUP Rep.

Hon. Oscar Requeña

CARTOON

The Real Deal!

PM’s bodyguard charged for murder

Be Proud to be Belizean not only by waving our flag during our September Celebrations, but by defending our territorial sover-eignty and our natural resources on both land and sea throughout our Belizean jewel.

Join and support the Belizean Territorial Volunteers and do your part to protect our Belizean Patrimony.

Rosalie Staines, MBE, DCSE, JPThank You!!

A Blue Tuna Produkshan

Notice is hereby given that HAI SHENG YE is applying for a Conve-nience Store Liquor License to be operated at “Campus Shop”, situated at 67 Cemetery Lane, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

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Belize City, September 3, 2015This time there was no beating of his

chest. No thumping of the podium and no bravado language, as Prime Minister Barrow ate his own vomit and announced that Fortis Inc. has been welcomed back to Belize Electricity Limited.

The return of Fortis is first and fore-most admittance that their 2011 takeover of the company was wrong headed. But what’s worse is that even with 100% control of the company for four long years, the Government of Belize could not invest in a single major electricity ex-pansion project anywhere in the country.

Speaking at Wednesday’s House Meeting, Hon. Oscar Requeña spoke boldly about the Government’s neglect of the Toledo district, where there has been no electricity expansion ever since the UDP took office.

“Toledo West has not seen a single benefit under this takeover of govern-ment for BEL, absolutely no benefits Mr. Speaker and I want to make that abso-lutely clear. I challenge the PM and his government, I want them to point out to one single village in Toledo West that has seen electrification under this gov-ernment. None, none, none, zero under the UDP,” stated Hon. Requeña.

While the UDP may take the criti-cism as a joke, as they do with most se-rious matters, Hon. Requeña reminded them that it is the people who are suf-fering.

“You know we have hundreds of stu-dents going to these high schools and it is a shame today that after eight years of UDP government these students still are studying, using a lamp, having to use a flashlight and they have no access to electricity. That is the reality Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker students want to make sure that in this day and age of technology that they can have access to the internet, that they can use a computer, that they can print their work. That is what they want…so no beating of the chest to say that you are a patriot is going to benefit our people. We want to see that BEL work for the people,” he said.

Hon. Dolores Balderamos Garcia also reminded the members of the House that the “prohibitive” cost of electricity is also a concern. She said that even under Government’s control it appears that profits are place above the Belizean people.

“Nationalisation must mean something…where is the benefit for the Belizean people,” she asked.

City of Belmopan, Septem-ber 1, 2015

One of the Police body-guards assigned to Prime Minister Dean Barrow and his family, 33 year old Police Cor-poral Ryon Wagner, has been arrested and charged for the murder of a Nicaraguan na-tional.

Wagner was charged on Monday, August 31st, after he and another Police Officer went to the Police Station on Friday, August 28th, claiming that they had killed a man. They both appeared to be in-toxicated. But the two could

not be charged for the same crime; therefore, after Police investigations Wagner was slapped with the charge.

The victim is Nicaraguan national, Eduardo Manuel Perez Sanchez. His lifeless body was found on a road in

Teakettle Village by a passer-by in the wee hours of Saturday morn-ing.

S a n c h e z ’ head was cov-ered with a black T-shirt. He had two gunshot wounds to his head.

Police con-tinue their inves-tigations to find out the circum-stances of the murder.

Eduardo Manuel Perez Sanchez

Police Corporal Ryon Wagner

A fiery Hon. Oscar Requena de-fends his people in Toledo West