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UDP Cock

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The War between Bradley and Barrow!

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Mark Massam

Carlos Cassanova Jr.

Was murder suspect possessed by demons?

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Sedi says Belizeans are “Very Rusty” Pg. 3

YOUR PUP BELIZE CITY COUNCIL TEAM

BACK: Jermyn Galvez, David Gonzalez, Lennox Young, Delroy Herrera, Micah Goodin, Michael Novelo, Sanjay Pitts FRONT: Natasha Pipersburgh, Mayoral Candidate, Yolanda Schakron, Delthrude Hylton & Sharrett Yearwood

Home Mortgage Relief Flops!

GOB tells mortgagors they must pay December interest on their own

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Hon. Jose Mai spreads Christmas Cheer in OW South

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Richard Harrison Launches Cayo North Development Plan

Orange Walk District, December 10, 2014 The children of Orange Walk South communities are excited about Christmas. Hon Jose Mai was well received in all the villages of Orange Walk South as he and the old man in the red suit travelled throughout the area greeting the children and sharing special gifts.

Even the children from the Mennonite Community of Blue Creek received goodies bag from the Hon Jose Mai. Teachers and staff of Blue Creek Primary and Secondary School were very courteous with the Hon Jose Mai as they invited him to greet the children.

All in all, all the schools in the Orange Walk South Constituency were visited by Santa Clause and the Hon Jose Mai.

PUP Cayo North Standard Bearer Richard Harrison said he will help to unlock Cayo North’s potential to benefit all its peoples

PUP Leader Hon. Francis Fonseca addressing supporters at Saturday’s rally

Senator Patrick Andrews

Belize City Mayoral Candidate Yolanda Schakron

Cordel Hyde

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Sedi says Belizeans are “Very Rusty” Belize City, December 3, 2014 Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington has offended Belizeans many, many times before. Belizeans could recall his calling of our Border with Guatemala “Artificial”. Cayo residents remember the UDP representative for Pickstock telling them that crime in their locality is nothing alarming when compared

Home Mortgage Relief Flops!

GOB tells mortgagors they must pay December interest on their own Belize City, December 9, 2014 The Barrow Administration seriously can’t get anything right, as the Prime Minister has admitted himself before a meeting with private sector representatives. The UDP Government has back-pedalled on one of their political gimmicks announced in September - the home mortgage relief program – in which they promised to meet the December interest payment for over 7,400 mortgagors with mortgage loans up to $100,000.

The Government announced this week that they will no longer be making the December payment to the financial institutions, as indicated before, but will instead reimburse those who can pay.

This has caused panic for many families, who following the news in September, began budgeting their Christmas expenses based on the UDP Government’s promised assistance. With the Government returning the burden on mortgagors, they have now been forced to scramble and find a way to pay their loans with the interest or find themselves being left out of the programme completely.

The Government has offered no reason for the sudden changes, but sources at the Ministry of Finance have indicated that the expectation is that not everyone will be able to pay meet their loan obligations; therefore, the Government’s burden to meet reimbursements will be less than the projected $3 million.

The gimmick was really just a part of the UDP’s September celebrations “hype”, which the PM uses to fan his political ego during the national celebrations month.

The mortgage relief program unveiled in September is not the only one that has failed to launch. The promise that all Belizeans would see their internet speeds double has also flopped. Government-owned telecoms company, BTL, has had to apologize to its customers and inform them that the PM’s promise will not come through.

to his Belize City area and that they need to stop looking to the Government for solutions. Most recently, Sedi dissed the country by saying that we shouldn’t question a “gift” by the United States, even it means compromising our security to Guatemalans.

When Sedi speaks, he seems to just shove his feet right into his mouth. This disease seems to have no bounds on his propensity to attack and be negative, and his most recent presentation before a group of young people was no different.

Last week Sedi was speaking at a forum hosted by the Taiwan

Embassy to discuss employment opportunities in Belize, but instead of giving hope, Sedi killed the vibe as he went on a diatribe in which he painted a gutter image of Belize and Belizeans.

Sedi said that he views Belize as “a garden that is overgrown with weeds”. As if preparing the students for even worse, he said “I will tell you the realities of Belize and then I will leave”.

He really should have left, but he kept on going on his assault on Belize.

“We are not more than 360,000 people so we are very few in numbers. We are undeveloped, uneducated, unskilled, to a large extent unemployed and very rusty. Not the type of population that readily attracts investment,” he told the students.

Sedi then lashed out at his

03 3 own UDP Government’s record in office. He said the social fabric of our country - healthy families – was at its weakest. He pointed out that too many mothers are “fathering children”, even though the majority are “uneducated, unskilled and unemployed and there is no real safety net to help them to get through life so that it is really and truly a real struggle for the mothers of most of our children to get through life”.

Sedi appeared to know everything that is going wrong with Belize but not a single idea about how his Government would reverse the situation, even after seven years in office. If these are not signs of a man who ought to be sentenced to political retirement, we don’t know what else will. The Doc in Pickstock, Francis Smith, has the cure for this Sedi virus in Belize.

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CAYO NORTH BY-ELECTION On January 5th, 2015 the voters of Cayo North will go to the polls to elect a new Area Representative following the sudden and intriguing resignation of Joseph Mahmud.

As they do so, they must be mindful of a few important facts: 1. The PETROCARIBE MONEYTRAIN that has rolled into town and will be there for the next 30 days will be GONE after January 5th, 2015. If the UDP cared about the people of Cayo North they would have been helping you, your families and your community since

2008. From 2008 to 2012 under a UDP representative, Cayo North was ignored. From 2008 to 2012 under a PUP Representative, Cayo North was punished. Now that a By-Election is imminent the UDP remembers Cayo North.

Do not be fooled!

2. Remember that after the UDP PENNER IMMIGRATION SCANDAL Mr. Barrow, faced with the prospect of a By-Election in Cayo Northeast, rode into that division on his proverbial red horse proclaiming that he had millions and millions to

spend in Cayo North East. When the prospect of the By-Election dimmed, we heard no more from Barrow or the UDP and the good people of Cayo North East have not seen him since. More than 18 months have passed and nothing has happened in Cayo North East. Political opportunism and hypocrisy at its best!

3. A vote for the UDP in Cayo North is a vote for ELVIN PENNER, it is a vote to continue the cover up and

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protection of a man who sold our national identity to a criminal in a jail in Taiwan, a man who disgraced Belize and the people of Cayo whom he still represents in the National Assembly of Belize.

4. A vote for the UDP in Cayo North is a vote for Barrow and his wasteful, incompetent, and corrupt Government. This By-Election affords the people of Cayo North an opportunity to say loudly and clearly to this UDP government, Enough is Enough! Stop the waste! Stop the hustling! Stop the corruption! Omar Figueroa will simply join a sinking ship and do nothing to change and reform the corrupt UDP Government.

5. The PUP candidate Richard Harrison joins a PUP Team committed to Social Justice and to Economic, Governance, Education and Health Reform. A vote for the PUP in Cayo North is a vote for a better future for you, your families, and your community.

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EDITORIAL Barrow, Belize’s Biggest Hypocrite

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ean Barrow is, pound for pound, Belize’s biggest hypocrite. He is the biggest hypocrite politically. He is the biggest hypocrite personally. He stands out over and alone all others on the issue of hypocrisy.

As an elected area representative for Queen’s Square he offers no representation to the constituency. There is no office anywhere in the division where residents can access their representative, no matter how urgent or life threatening their situation.

For the past six years Mr. Barrow has nine plycem houses to show for his area. Some are jammed up two in one yard.

His voters’ list is a classic example of political corruption and dishonesty in electoral fraud – empty lots are listed as residential homes for his supporters.

Belize’s most dangerous and well-organised gang, according to recently leaked secret Police files, was born and nurtured on George Street under Mr. Barrow’s watch. Their names crowd his voters list and as little children they grew up in his area deprived of all the basic things children need to become wholesome adults. Mr. Barrow has provided no pre-school, no park, no playground, no basketball court, no football field, no evening class or skills training, no sustainable job program. All these innocent little children had no future to look forward to but despair, drugs or death.

Their poor parents were bought out cheap come elections and then shoved aside for another five years.

Mr. Barrow has been in Queen’s Square from 1984 and has nothing to show for it; except a legacy of poverty and hand-outs and a shyster’s ability to manipulate poor people.

Indeed, the callousness of his hypocrisy seems to have hardened as he grows older and faces his own mortality.

He was a former Deputy Prime Minister and for the past six years the Prime Minister. All six constituencies on the Southside of Belize City are “represented” by UDP Ministers. The area and its people are in the worst condition it has ever been in all its history. This is a stinging indictment or Mr. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of a disintegrating society.

His years of personal experience in using and abusing public funds have convinced him to become more cynical as his political days come to a close. His whole philosophy has now become one of using public funds to buy the growing army of poor people whom he has cultivated.

And he dares talk of hypocrisy.

A whopping forty-three percent of our population are living in poverty. Explained another way, one out of every two persons is deep in poverty. For the past six years of his Prime Ministership, Mr. Barrow has uttered not a word

on this shameful aspect of his leadership or lack thereof.

Worse than his shameful silence is the total absence of any policy to address the situation.

There is no project, no programme, with targeted goals to roll back, scale down, or reduce this terrible human tragedy. On the contrary, Mr. Hypocrite has instead put in place a dependency political programme. He is giving away small amounts of groceries to political supporters.

It is not to help the poor. It is solely to bribe voters.

Just how low does he go?

Unassailable studies and damning statistics show that our education system is in crisis. Thousands of our young people are condemned to growing up without completing primary school and never seeing the inside of a high school or sixth form. Yet Mr. Barrow has done absolutely nothing to improve much less correct the situation.

The health services are in the unhealthiest conditions they can ever be. They are a target for dishonest Ministers and handpicked bureaucrats, who plunder monies which should go for quality medication and needed equipment.

Still the Prime Minister looks the other way.

Talk of hypocrisy.

Two weeks ago a survey of the prisons by British human rights attorneys unearthed large numbers of mentally ill Belizeans hidden behind jail cells rather than in hospitals. This Russian Gulag-style of treatment exemplifies the type of Government presided over by the Prime Minister.

Not only are there hundreds of innocent citizens thrown in jail awaiting trial for relatively minor offences, but the Prime Minister lied to the nation that he would amend one of his brutal and unjust gun laws to be more fair to whole families of innocent persons. He did no such thing. What a hypocrite.

An editorial is not the most convenient of places to discuss Mr. Barrow’s legendary hypocrisy, his megalomania or rampant nepotism. There is not enough space to cover the volumes of examples.

Here is a man who has no use for sports or athletes.

The artists and entertainers overflowing with talents are of no interest to him. His focused interest appears to be to enrich his family members. Always for the poor? Since when does rising millionaires qualify as poor people?

And since when does a handful of concrete streets and white elephant buildings substitute for building families and providing jobs and creating a future for our country.

Talk of hypocrite.

Next time you consult your mirror, you need to take a long hard look at who you really are and what kind of monster you have become.

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Petro-Caribe Party in Peril Belize City, December 10, 2014 The Barrow Administration’s Petro-Caribe Party of illegal spending, wastefulness, and political gimmicks is in serious danger! This week the Venezuelan Government informed Prime Minister Dean Barrow that as of February 2015, they will discontinue providing Premium gasoline under the ALBA/ Petrocaribe agreement. This is in line with current steps being taken by the Venezuelan Government to re-adjust its priorities as the program faces difficult market conditions that threaten its continuation. These steps have affected countries benefitting from Venezuela hand-outs across the region.

The biggest threat to Petro-Caribe is the world market price for fuel which has been stumbling down for several months, from about US$115 per barrel in June to about US$45 today. Venezuela’s program was geared to provide cheap fuel at a time when crude oil prices are high enough for them to reap benefits, even if only long term. With lower oil prices, the program has had to undergo re-adjustment. First came the decision that the interest on payments would be doubled, followed by varying adjustments depending on the agreements with the countries such as the case in Jamaica where the amount forthwith increased from 40% to 50%, and to Belize where the supply of premium gas over the next two months will be the last. It will reportedly get worse.

While the Petro-Caribe program is clearly in trouble, the inebriated UDP Government’s partying with the millions of dollars made available to Belize for fighting poverty continues. The reckless spending continues as the UDP continues the heaving feeding of cronies who are awarded lucrative contracts for public infrastructure works that fail any form of transparency test miserably. The contracts are not advertised to attract the most qualified contractors and neither is the work inspected thoroughly to ensure value for money.

All the UDP keeps on saying is…

“Petro-Caribe…Roll it”, without a care about the financial or economic implications to our country.

Prime Minister Barrow, who is the Minister of Finance although he is not an economist, appeared unflustered

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about the Petro-Caribe crisis when he addressed the media this week. He said that if the program ends, Belize will just have to “roll with the punches”, meaning we will have to “take the licks” as they come.

According to Barrow, “it has been a lovely run”, as his Government has been able to access over $230 million in easy money since 2012. But he made no comment on how the repayment portion of the programme would be handled if and when the program crashes and Belize has to turn to the global market for fuel.

Early indications are that Venezuela is not prepared to hold on to the debts of the countries currently benefitting from the Petro-Caribe deal. Venezuela has sold about $28 billion worth of oil to Caribbean and Central American countries under the PetroCaribe program since 2005.

Under the agreement, a portion of the money is paid upfront and the rest

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in cash or with agriculture food products over a number of years. But this is not how Petro-Caribe’s reported new business partner, Wall Street, does business.

Reports are that Venezuela has turned to corporate Wall Street to relieve some of the debt pain.

Venezuela is said to be negotiating with Wall Street investors to purchase bonds that would end up raising cash for Dominican Republic to pay its $4 billion debt. The Dominican Republic is the largest fuel recipient under Petro-Caribe.

The question which Prime Minister Barrow is not answering is: how much of the $230 million Petro-Caribe monies have been squandered and how much have been set aside for the incoming looming darker times? Sources say that the UDP Partying has been too “lovely” and reckless that the Prime Minister is beginning to suddenly hear the voices of IMF economists in his head.

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PAUL THOMPSON endorsed in ALBERT

Party Officials in attendance

PUP Chairman Henry C. Usher (Left) swears in Paul Thompson as the PUP Albert Standard Bearer Crowd of supporters attending PUP Albert Convention

PUP LEADER Francis Fonseca and PUP STANDARD BEARER Richard Harrison tour CAYO NORTH

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Belize City, December 10, 2014 It is difficult to say which is larger, the self-inflated drama-queen ego of Mayor Darrel Bradley or the authoritarian style and mentality of Prime Minister Dean Barrow, but both are clashing inside the UDP. On the one hand, Barrow is running the UDP (his party) just as his minions in Cabinet have made him become accustomed to. What he says goes, and it’s his way or the highway. No one can challenge the King. And on the other hand, there is Darrel Bradley, a virtually inexperienced politician who won an election on the coat-tails of a Central Government. Bradley was gifted an easy term in office with the promise than anything he asks for he will get. Bradley, apparently, has mis-valued his political capital to the UDP and has begun to raise the stakes for himself, but lately he hasn’t been getting everything he has asked for.

Reports to the BELIZE TIMES are that Bradley has been feeling like a less important politician in the UDP recently. Central Government turned down the request to back-up a loan which the Council was seeking to renovate the Commercial Center. Then Bradley was made to look like a wimp when he was forced to divert his political interest from Caribbean Shores back to City Hall. Recently, the hundred-thousand plus dollars in Christmas Cheer programme skipped him against his hopes for major support. And then, while being courted to run once more for Mayor, he feels that the Prime Minister is imposing his will against his with the well-publicised mandate that he must hire all 170 sanitation workers who will no longer have jobs as of January 19th as a result of the Mayor and Council’s to terminate their contract with Belize Maintenance Limited.

Bradley stood next to the Prime Minister and did not challenge the Barrow’s mandate given back in August. But today things are different.

Bradley has been having sleepless nights and restless thoughts about the entire situation. It has even forced him re-consider whether to run for Mayor in the upcoming Belize City municipal elections.

According to the Mayor, adding the 170 workers would increase the Council’s staff by 35% and any “idiot” should see that it would not be sustainable. This attack seemed to targeted at the Prime Minister.

The Mayor added that in addition to the discomfort caused by the Prime Minister’s mandate, political advisers in the UDP have

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While the UDP has done their utmost best to make this squabble between the PM and the Mayor appear to be a small matter, the truth is that Prime Minister Barrow and Darrel Bradley are engaged in a nasty behind-the-scenes cock fight that could spell serious trouble for the UDP. The PM however, is not letting Bradley have his way. With high confidence, perhaps misguided, when was asked if Bradley will run for the UDP as Mayor Candidate this week, he responded, “I am pretty sure, yes”. It will be interesting to see who will win this fight?

Drama queen Bradley? Or will King Dean continue to have his way? We will be watching.

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NEWS Aurelio Martinez launches new album in Belize

Parandero Aurelio Martinez will launch his new album, ‘Lándini’ in Belize with a special concert at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts on Friday December 12th.

Lándini is a swaying, bittersweet homage to his beloved home and people. In original songs crafted with his mother Maria, as well as traditional tunes, Aurelio mixes upbeat, Garifuna rhythms with heartfelt melodies and sparkling instrumentation, and carries forth the torch for Central America’s indigenous Garifuna tradition.

The songs on Lándini are about Aurelio, his feelings, his family, and Garifuna life in general. In recording Lándini, Belizean producer Ivan Duran, who has dedicated most of his professional life to working with Garifuna artists, strove to accentuate the songs’ intimate nature. Duran’s touches are restrained and subtle, leaving the spotlight on Aurelio and his band’s passionate performances.

Recorded and mixed at Stonetree Studios in Benque Viejo by Al Ovando and Ivan Duran, the new album features the same musicians and team he’s worked with for almost 15 years.

Lándini was released internationally in September by Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records and has received rave reviews from important music publications around the world. In October, Lándini reached the coveted #1 spot on the World Music Charts Europe and has been voted as one of the top ten World Music albums of 2014 by a handful of publications, including Songlines Magazine, The Sunday Times (UK), Afropop Worldwide (US) and fRoots Magazine.

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Belize wins 5 medals at Central American Championships Belize City, December 10, 2014 The national bodybuilding team returned with five medals after participating at the 2014 Central American Championships held in El Salvador on December 6th 2014.

The team made up of three-time Mr. Belize Rigo Vellos, Master’s Champ Clayton Greenidge and Novice Champ Oyinkro Akpobodor, entered five categories and swept up five medals for each one.

Vellos entered the very senior category, the 85kg-and-over and won silver (2nd place). He was only outmatched by a more experienced Costa Rican bodybuilder.

Greenidge entered the Master’s Category and won silver. He also entered the up-to-80kg and was classed right among the top three when he won bronze (3rd place).

Bodybuilding newcomer Akpobodor entered the junior category (23 years and younger) and he won

L-R Rigo Vellos, Oyinkro Akpobodor and Clayton Greenidge

gold (1st place). Like a wildcard, he also entered the 85kg and over category and won bronze.

The team was accompanied

by Belize Body Building Fitness and Federation President Stanley Moody and officials Myrna Greenidge and Josephine Gault.

SJC boys enter basketball nationals Belize City, December 5, 2014 The boys of St. John’s College will represent the Central Division at the national high school basketball championships hosted by Excelsior High School at Bird’s Isle this weekend December 12-13.

SJC came from a double digit deficit in the 2nd quarter to defeat Sadie Vernon High School 86-65.

Dudley Erskine had 22 points, while Sydney Bradley added 16 points and Kyle Pitts 12 points. Sadie Vernon’s Clency Lopez led with 33 points.

The Most Valuable Player award went to SJC’s Dudley Erskine and Sadie Vernon’s Darnell Galvez won the Silent Hero award.

Nationals Schedule Western Zone champs vs. Northern Zone champs Sacred Heart College vs. San Pedro High School boys Central Zone champs vs. Southern Zone champs SJC vs. Julian Cho Technical High School

BBBFF President Moody said today at a press conference that it was very tough to gather financial support for the team to represent Belize at the competition. He thanked the Belize Olympic Committee which provided

SCA GIRLS WIN BASKETBALL FINALS Belize City, December 5, 2014 The St Catherine’s Academy girls will represent the Central Division high school basketball championships hosted

by Excelsior High School at Bird’s Isle this weekend December 12-13.

On Friday, December 5, SCA shut down Gwen Liz 15-11. Indie Dixon led SCA with 8 points, while Briana Jex, Jada Jones and Tricia Jefferies tossed in a bucket apiece. Gwen Liz’s Kayla Bowen top-scored for her team with 6 points.

The Most Valuable Player award went to SCA’s Tricia Jefferies, while Armani Bradley of Gwen Liz won the Silent Heroine award.

Nationals Schedule Western Zone champs vs. Northern

main support. Others also chipped in including Smart Belize and Omar Habet.

Moody said the BBBFF will prepare for next year’s Central American and Caribbean Games to be held in Guatemala.

SCA indie Dixon scored 8pts

Zone champs Sacred Heart College vs. Muffles College Central Division vs. Southern Zone champs SCA vs. Delille Academy

Ladies & JuniorsTennis Tournaments

SJC Sydney Bradley scored 16pts

Petie Matus, Womens’ champ

December 8, 2014 This past Saturday (December 6, 2014) was a day filled with tennis for all ages! The National Ladies Singles tournament sponsored by Denise Courtenay got underway at the Belize Pickwick Club Tennis Courts. After round robin competition top scorers Samira Pott and Sophie Sosa met in the finals. Samira Pott took the victory 8-0 over Sophie Sosa. Sonny Meighan as representative of Belize Tennis Association presented the trophies to both ladies on behalf of Mrs. Courtenay.

The juniors also did their thing in doubles competition.

In the green/advance category Samron Pott and Harnadar Tut took the 1st place with Stefan Sosa and Adrian Marshalleck 2nd place. These kids are hitting the ball with incredible pace and it is great to see their development!! In the orange/ intermediate category, the competition was tight, but in the end Jayda Smith and Daniel Musa took 1st place and Sofia Solano and Alex Musa took the 2nd place medals. The Belize Tennis Association applauds all players and encourages all to keep practicing and learning the game of tennis.

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VACANCY

Executive Support Assistant – PART-TIME We are a company formation Registered Agent presently looking to fill a vacancy in Belize City for a part-time Executive Support Assistant.

Responsibilities:  Drafting and Processing of corporate documents  Statutory filing and compliance maintenance  Maintenance of QuickBooks accounting records Requirements:  Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies or equivalent career experience  Knowledge of computer operations and software; experience in accounting software QuickBooks would be an asset  Has related work experience of client service and administration for a minimum of three years Compensation commensurate with educational and work background. Deadline for submission of your application is 01/01/2015. Letters of application with curriculum vitae and two reference letters should be sent to: Manager P.O. Box 2134 Belize City Email: executivevacancy10@gmail.com

PUP NOTICE Orange Walk East Constituency Standard Bearer The People’s United Party is accepting applications for Standard Bearer for the Orange Walk East Constituency.

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

For Sale

By 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 Assignment and Transfer of Mortgage made the 31st day of December, 2003, between THE DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION (the Assignor) SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LTD., and LORETTA ROSADO, which said property was mortgaged by the said LORETTA ROSADO to the said DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION on the 16th day of April, 2003, and recorded at the Land Titles Register in Deeds Book Volume 13 of 2003 at Folios 907 – 948, 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.

THE SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 367 in the subdivision know as Los Lagos, situate in the Mile 13 area, Northern Highway, Ladyville, Belize District, as Surveyed by Kenneth A. Gillett, Licensed Surveyor and recorded at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, Belmopan at Register 16 Entry 4460.

DATED this 2nd day of December, 2014.

Application must be filled and returned to the Secretariat, addressed to the Secretary General by Friday, December 19, 2014.

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

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By 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 made the 17th day of October, 1997, between MELBOURNE RODRIGUEZ of Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk District, of the one part, and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LTD., of the other part, and recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 28 of 1997 at Folios 849-870, 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.

Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., a company duly registered under the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition, 2000, and having its registered office at Cor. Albert and Bishop Streets, Belize City, Belize, hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under a Deed of Mortgage made the 5th day of September, 2013, between MARGARET M. NOGUERA of Corozal Town, Corozal District, Belize of the one part, and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LTD., of the other part, and recorded as Instrument LTU-201301735, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. SCHEDULE ALL THAT LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 648 situate in Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk District and bounded as follows: On the Northeast for 22.859 M By A Street; On the Southeast for 45.717 M by Lot No. 646; On the Southwest for 22.859 M by Lot No. 647; On the Northwest for 45.717 M by Lot No. 650 containing 1045.045 S.M. as shown on Plan No. 2128 at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 2nd day of December, 2014.

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

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 freehold interest in all that piece or parcel of land situate approximately 10 ½ miles on the Belize Corozal Road, Belize District, Belize and being Lot No. 5 containing 1.17 acres of land bounded and described as shown on a plan Entry No. 4356 Register No. 2 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 2nd day of December, 2014.

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

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BY ORDER OF MORTGAGEE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED a statutory body formed and registered under the Credit Union Act, Chapter 314 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000, and whose registered office is situated at No. 1 Hyde’s Lane, Belize City, Belize District hereby gives notice of its intention to exercise its power of sale as Mortgagee under and by virtue of a Deed of Mortgage registered at the Land Titles Unit between GAUTAM NANDWANI of the one part and HRCU of the other part.

HRCU will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the Schedule below.

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

SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land comprising 52.159 Acres situate between the Caribbean Sea and the Northern Lagoon, South of San Vicente Point and on the East Coast of the Turneffe Islands, Belize District, being such land comprised in MINISTER’S FIAT GRANT No. 307 of 2008 dated the 4th day of February, 2008 and more particularly shown and delineated on a Plan of Survey No. 307 of 2008 dated the 5th day of February, 2008 by J. H. Hertular, Licensed Land Surveyor, recorded at the Office of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, Belmopan City, Cayo District in Register No. 29 Entry No. 11188 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon the FREEHOLD property of GAUTAM NANDWANI.

DATED this 26th day of November 2014 HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED 1 HYDE’S LANE, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE Phone: (501) 224-5644 Fax: (501) 223-0738

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“Boots” Martinez Under Fire for Inadequate Housing in Port Loyola

Belize City, December 4, 2014 On Wednesday December 3, 2014 over a hundred residents of the division participated in a demonstration in Port Loyola, marching along with People’s United Party Port Loyola Standard Bearer Gilroy Usher Sr. and demanding proper housing for the residents.

As they marched through many of the neglected streets in the area and viewed the terrible housing situation in which many them or their relatives have been forced to live, the people carried placards which stated among other things: No More Inadequate Housing for the People, We Deserve Proper Housing and We need Jobs to get out of inadequate housing and poverty.

The demonstration was triggered by almost seven years of frustration with government’s failure to address the basic need of the people for proper housing. The people wanted to make it clear that they are tired of the neglect at the hands of UDP area representative Boots Martinez. They also indicated that they would no longer suffer quietly in inadequate housing across the division.

Today many residents of Port Loyola live in inadequate housing not because the country does not have the funds to address their concern, but because of massive corruption in the Ministry of Housing and Government’s unconcern about the welfare of the Belizean people. Today despite a billion dollar budget there is absolutely no program to build proper low

A large crowd of Port Loyola residents turned out to support Gilroy Usher’s march for better housing

income houses for Belizeans, who need such assistance.

“If taxpayers’ money is good to build over a dozen large, yellow, concrete houses all over Belize City for Boots, taxpayers’ money is also good to build proper low income houses for the residents of Port Loyola who deserve such assistance,” PUP Standard Bearer Gilroy Usher Sr. told the enthusiastic demonstrators.

In a show of disdain for the welfare of the people of the division, a few of families have been given tiny, poorly built plycem houses in which they can barely turn and which has roofing that whenever it rains. And to add insult to injury, such houses usually don’t have proper electrical wiring, ceiling, or plumbing for toilet facilities. In 2014, victims of the heartless Boots Martinez have no choice but to use the nearby bushes as toilets, which is a serious health hazard.

As the next Area Representative for Port Loyola, Usher said that the people of the area have his assurance that proper houses will be built for those who are most in need for such.

The demonstration for proper housing for the residents of Port Loyola ended in a yard on Central American Blvd between Southside Butane Gas and Belize Drug Store where Boots Martinez has neglected the cry of over a dozen families for proper housing assistance for almost fifteen years.

PUP Belmopan prepares for victory Hon. Julius Espat addressing PUP Belmopan members

Senior political organizer Norris Hall shares ideas

Senator Patrick Andrews energizes the meeting with words of inspiration

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Notice is hereby given that RAMON REYES is applying for a renewal for a Beer Liquor License to be operated at “Tropical Paradise Too”, situated at Caye Caulker Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that JOSE LUIS PALACIO is applying for a renewal for a Malt and Cider Liquor License to be operated at “Palacio Bar”, situated at San Roman Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that RAMON REYES is applying for a renewal for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Tropical Paradise Restaurant”, situated at Caye Caulker Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ANTONIO GONGORA is applying for a renewal for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Adolfo’s Pool and Bar”, situated at Concepcion Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that DARREN CASSON is applying for a renewal for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Habanero’s Restaurant”, situated at Caye Caulker Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that JOVITA CAMPOS is applying for a renewal for a Beer Liquor License to be operated at “CJ’s Mini Shop”, situated at Carolina Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that DARREN CASSON is applying for a Nightclub Liquor License to be operated at “West Bay Beach Club”, situated at Caye Caulker Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that OSCAR A. GUTTIEREZ is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “Cocina Sabor”, situated at Belize/ Corozal Road, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that GABRIELA CHUC is applying for a renewal for a Beer Liquor License to be operated at “Diana’s Grocery”, situated at Chan Chen Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that CRISTINA MOGUEL is applying for a Beer Liquor License to be operated at “D&J Store”, situated at #8 Stadium Street, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ROSA MURRAY is applying for a renewal for a Restaurant and Bar Liquor License to be operated at “La Rosita”, situated at Chan Chen Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that VIRGINIA VAUGHAN is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “Jeany’s Restaurant”, situated at Carmelita Village, Orange Walk District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ROBERTO ABAN is applying for a renewal for a Beer Liquor License to be operated at “Shanny’s Shop”, situated at Concepcion Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that HILARIO CASTAÑEDA is applying for a renewal for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Julissa’s Shop”, situated at Louisville Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that DORINDA WILLIAMS is applying for a renewal for a Beer Liquor License to be operated at “William’s Shop”, situated at Ranchito Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that RUBICELA MONTALVO is applying for a renewal for a Malt Liquor License to be operated at “Ruby’s Cool Spot”, situated at Chan Chen Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that DE HUA LUO is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “Green House”, situated at 2438 Central American Boulevard, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that AMANDA MYERS is applying for a Malt and Cider Liquor License to be operated at “The Iguana Shop”, situated at Burrell Boom Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

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LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICES Notice is hereby given that ZHENG MING TAN is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Celina’s Fast Food”, situated at 9 ½ Miles Northern Highway, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that NERI CARRILLO is applying for a Beer Liquor License to be operated at “J&S Shop”, situated at San Lazaro Village, Orange Walk District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that JING XIAO TAN is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “Julie’s Fast Food”, situated at 9 ¾ Miles, Northern Highway, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that SYDNEY THOMAS NUNEZ is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Sunset Mini Market”, situated at Princess Diana Street, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that CHUN MEI LIU is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Brethren Store”, situated at 15 Golden Drive, Lord’s Bank Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that INGRID JUAREZ is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Micheladas Bar and Grill”, situated at 18 Dunn Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that YAAQOV VAQNIN is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Belize Daiquiri Limited”, situated at 8 Fort Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ISELA MARIN is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Marin’s Restaurant and Bar”, situated at Luciano Reyes Street, Caye Caulker Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that DELVORINE HERRERA is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Dee’s Cool Spot”, situated at Bermudian Landing, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that JAMES GRANT is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “J’Bell’s Grocery”, situated at San Andres Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ZHANG WEI AND LI MING GUAN/WANG is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Ming Shop”, situated at 22 Lovely Lane, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that JUAN DUSSAN is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “P-Market”, situated at #2500 Central American Boulevard, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that NAVIDAD GARCIA is applying for a Beer Liquor License to be operated at “Garcia’s Mini Shop”, situated at Yo Creek Village, Orange Walk District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ALBERT BLANCO is applying for a Beer Liquor License to be operated at “San Lazaro Gas Station”, situated at San Lazaro Village, Orange Walk District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that CARMELO CASTILLO is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Castillo’s Cool Place”, situated at #93 Independence Street, San Estevan Village, Orange Walk District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that MARCIA ROBERTS is applying for a Malt and Cider Liquor License to be operated at “Peppers Pizza”, situated at #4 St. Thomas Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that ROQUE MARIN is applying for a renewal for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Jam Rock”, situated at 1st Avenue, Corozal Town, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that CLOTILDE MEDINA is applying for a renewal for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “MEDS’ Mini Shop”, situated at Patchakan Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that FELIPE QUETZAL is applying for a renewal for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Quetzal’s Cool Spot”, situated at Buena Vista Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

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Reid Christmas Jeer!!

By G. Michael Reid Clientelism is defined as “the exchange of goods and services for political support”. It is tantamount to vote-buying which is illegal and considered highly corrupt. The unfortunate thing about clientelism is that it is in effect, citizens being given a handout from money that is in fact, theirs to begin with. What most don’t seem to understand is that for every dollar that politicians give out, they keep anywhere from nine to ninety-nine per cent for themselves.

It seems however, that most folks are so happy to receive that one dollar that they are willing to ignore or even endorse the outright theft of their tax dollars by these greedy politicians.

The practice of giving handouts to citizens has become a tradition under this current administration and while it is indubitably wrongheaded, many would be more inclined to tolerate it if there was any degree of equity in its discharge. At last report, the number of Belizeans at or below the poverty level has increased to an alarming 45 percent under this administration. That statistic then, provided by credible international experts, would suggest that just about one out of every two citizens of Belize can be considered poor. While the Prime Minister and his ministers constantly beat their chests and never pass up the opportunity to brag and boast about their purported pro-poor agenda, evidence on the ground suggest that the only ones benefitting are the UDP politicians themselves; they of course, and their close circles of families and cronies.

Prime Minister Dean Barrow had a good laugh when it was pointed out to him by his party’s chief protagonist that the PUP would be accepting the watered down version of the Christmas Cheer. This was apparently one of those “set up” questions designed to make the PUP look ridiculous for partaking in this program of “high clientelism”.

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Programs like the Christmas Cheer, and Mother’s Day Cheer before it, targets specifically party supporters and not necessarily needy families. For the Mothers’ Day program, no Opposition representative received a dime.

For the Christmas Cheer program, UDP representatives are given a hundred and ten thousand ($110,000) to hand out while the PUP representatives get a third of that or thirty-five thousand ($35,000). In fact, unelected UDP standard bearers and caretakers themselves get much more than the elected PUP representatives in an effort to buy voters over to their side.

The saddest part is that while this money is disbursed in such a blatantly biased and partisan manner, when it comes to the paying it back, the responsibility will fall on the shoulders of all Belizeans; in particular those who are being given the least.

The money of course, comes courtesy the Petro Caribe fund. Petro Caribe is a loan that now looks like it will have to be repaid a lot sooner than was expected and at a much higher interest rate. As it stands, the free ride seems to be fast coming to an end as it was announced just this week that Venezuela has begun to cut back. The Prime Minister confirmed in an interview on Monday that “whether now or by the end of the year” the end will begin as Venezuela will no longer be sending Premium gasoline.

One would think that he of all persons would know when. International news agencies are reporting that it won’t be too long before the Petro Caribe program will be discontinued and phased out altogether.

Now the issue of PUP accepting the Christmas Cheer money is a tricky one but the rationale is not difficult to understand. First of all, it is not like this is UDP’s money and it is not like it is going to go directly to these representatives. In fact, as has been explained, they are not even given money so no way is there any wiggle room to divert cash. As the Leader of the Opposition explained, it is the only area of this reckless spending that offers any degree of accountability.

It would be unfair to the poor people of the constituencies represented by the PUP for their representatives to refuse this “gift horse” as it was. It is bad enough that PUP’s in the areas that are controlled by the UDP will be left out but the least that the PUP can do is to ensure that as many needy families as possible get assistance in the areas where they can.

To suggest that the PUP should not partake in this program is tantamount to suggesting that those unemployed young men on the street should not accept jobs with the infrastructure project. When this ride is over, it is over, and since we will all

have to pay back this loan, it is unfair that only UDP’s should get assistance from any programs that spinoff. The government will spend the money anyway and with the way our system is structured, the Opposition can object and speak out but very little else.

Dean Barrow has included the PUP’s in this program for two reasons; none of them being noble. One, he wants to be able to stand in the House and say that he gave them something. Secondly, he wants to put them in a no win situation. If the PUP does not accept the offer, then they stand the risk of being accused by the people in their constituencies of not trying to help them. If they accept the offer, then Barrow can do as he is doing and label them hypocritical. It is sneaky politics at its worse and only a devious mind like Dean Barrow’s could have come up with such a lowly trick.

The UDP’s have enjoyed quite a ride with the Petro Caribe money.

We now know that it is the same money that was able to buy the last general elections in 2012. It was the same money that Elvin Penner was able to use to sponsor the fast tracking of thousands of immigrants in order that they might vote. It was the same money that Dean Barrow was willing to spend to prevent a recall in Cayo Northeast and it is the same money that is being spent in an at-

tempt to buy the upcoming bi-election in Cayo North.

Dean Barrow was hoping that this free ride was going to last forever. Now that he sees the end in sight you can be sure he will quickly call an election and ride off with his ill gotten gains. What the Belizean people should be focused on is not whether the PUP will accept the pittance but rather, whether or not a proper accounting can be done for all this money that has been squandered. The Petro Caribe loan will make the Superbond look like a pawnshop transaction and with the many other loans entered into by this government, Belizeans will be saddled with extreme hardship for generations to come.

Belize is sitting on the verge of a major crisis. As I write this article, we are awaiting a decision from the CCJ on the BTL and BEL illegal acquisition. The cane industry is in dire straits and sits a tinder box of violence just a small spark short of erupting. Tourism just received a black eye when Belize was declared the third most boring destination to visit. With the Petro Caribe ride now coming to an end, Belizeans can well heed the advice of the old folks, “Soak your beard and band your belly” for there’s a serious storm a brewing. Heaven help us all!

For Sale

By 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 Assignment of Mortgage made the 8th day of May, 2012, recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 11 of 2012 at Folios 921 – 934, between ATLANTIC BANK LIMITED (the Assignor), Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd., and NELSON RIVAS SR., which said property was mortgaged by the said NELSON RIVAS SR. to the said ATLANTIC BANK LIMITED on the 4th day of May, 2007, recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 17 of 2007 at Folios 851 – 880, will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land situate in Independence Village, Stann Creek District, Belize being Lot No. 28 containing 556.205 square meters of land bounded and described as shown

by Plan No. 66 of 2007 TOGETHER with all buildings, erections and developments standing and being thereon.

DATED this 11th day of December, 2014.

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

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BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. Scotiabank (Belize) Limited, Licensed Auctioneer Noel J. Codd will sell the following properties Orange Walk Town and Corozal Town at the dates and times below: ON Wednesday 17th December, 2014 at the time and place below: AT 9:00 a.m. on site

ALL THAT piece or parcel being lot # 101, LUSIANA FARM WEST WHICH IS NOW PARCEL # 3939, ORANGE WALK TOWN REG SECT BLOCK 1, Located Corner Guanacaste Street, Louisana Farm West, Orange Walk Town. Holding 2 bedrooms one bath, living dining and kitchen area.

Property for Fernando & Emilia Ayuso AT 2:00 p.m. on site

All that piece or parcel of land being the Northern portion, of Lot No. 240 situate in Otro Benque, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District. Located at LOT # 240, CORNER PHILLIP GOLDSON STREET AND BELMOPAN STREET, O/WALK TOWN. Holding a bungalow house with 2 bedroom, one bath/living/ kitchen. Fee simple of Margarita Rivas Ayuso AT 9:30 a.m. on site

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 558.466sm being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 287 ORANGE WALK REGISTRATION SECTION. The Subject Building is a one storey concrete bungalow with a gross floor area of 1200sft. The same is occupied as a 1 large bedroom, 1 bathroom residence with kitchen/dining and living room areas. House is fully tiled, plastered and painted on both the interior and exterior. Fee Simple Property of Ramiro Custodio

ALL that piece or parcel property being Block 4 Parcel 923 Orange Walk Town Registration Section, Orange Walk District containing 551.338 square meters as shown on R.I.M. Subject Property is located along Santa Clara Street between San Narciso and San Francisco Street two storey concrete/wooden. Main level: 3 bedrooms, laundry room, 1 bath, dining, living, kitchen. Second level: 1 bedroom and 1 full bath being the Freehold property of Everind Perez.

AT 2:30 p.m. on site

AT 10:00 a.m. on site

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

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 627.220sm being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 640 TRIAL FARM REGISTRATION SECTION. The Subject Lot hosts 2 structures. Building #1 (main residence) is a one storey concrete bungalow with a gross floor area of 2154sft. The same is occupied as a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom residence with kitchen/dining, living room & laundry room areas. House is fully tiled, secured, plastered and painted on both the inside & outside. Building #2 is a small one

AT 3:00 p.m. on site

bedroom structure, tiled, plastered and painted with gross floor area of 272sft. Lot is fenced. being the Freehold property of James Moreira At 11:00 a.m. on site

ALL THAT piece or parcel being Block 4 Parcel 90 san Jose Palmar Registration Section and containing 1127.3 square meters as shown on R.I.M. Development consists of a 32 feet by 37 feet concrete building with a verandah in front and open verandah beside. Holding 2 bedrooms, bath/living/dining/kitchen. Fee Simple for Naila Trejo AT 3:30 p.m. on site

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 522.53 square meters being lot No. 30 situate in Dr. George Estate, Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk District, Belize. Building consists of an original 31 feet by 32 feet concrete bungalow with a 5 feet verandah running the entire length of the building.

A 8 feet by 32 feet zinc shed with concrete roof has been placed at the rear. A 9 feet by 11 feet warehouse is under construction windows and doors need to be set in place being the Freehold property of Ethel Hernandez AT 11:30 a.m. on site

Block 4, Parcel 3315, Orange Walk town, Orange Walk District , property is located 5 streets west of the Belize-Corozal Road being the 5th lot on the eastern side of the street from the junction with a connecting street south of Pasadita Street and pasture street being the Freehold property of Daniel Martinez.

AT 4:00 p.m. on site

ALL that piece or parcel being Block 4 Parcel 3252/1 Louisiana Farm Area.located at Lot No. 1119 Louisiana Farms Layout, Orange Walk District. Land containing 464.454 Sq M. Building is an elevated concrete structure with a floor area of 600 sft. 3 bedroom, 1bath, kitchen, dining and living room area being Leashold property of Alva & Alfonso Ayuso.

AT 1:00 p.m. on site

ALL that piece or parcel of land being Block 4, Parcel 2463, Orange Walk Town Registration Section consists of a 32 feet by 47 feet concrete building divided into 6 living units, each unit having a living area, a bedroom, a kitchen area and a bathroom. Interior divisions for each unit is concrete, divisions inside individual units are cellotex. Building is approximately 12 years old. Being the Freehold property of Damian Vasquez.

AT 4:30 p.m. on site

ALL that piece or parcel of land being Block 4 Parcel 2699 Orange Walk Town Registration Section containing 1111.30 square meters, Building: 1400 sq .ft with 2 bedrooms, 1 full bath, living, dining, kitchen, and laundry room and porch area being the Freehold property Cal Bel Freight Messrs Anthony & Elvia Sutherland.

AT 1:30 p.m. on site

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 567.75sm being Parcel 2053 Block 4 Orange Walk Town -Lot No.149 situate on Asuncion Street, Orange Walk Town as shown on a Plan of Survey Book No.7, Folio 12.

The subject building is a one storey concrete bungalow with a gross floor area of 844sft. 4 bedroom, bathroom kitchen/dining and living room areas. Property of Allan Heredia

NOEL J. CODD Carmelita Village, Orange Walk District Tel: Office: 677-5184 cell: 624-5184 Email:noelcodd@yahoo.com

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BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. Scotiabank (Belize) Limited, Licensed Auctioneer Noel J. Codd will sell the following properties Orange Walk Town and Corozal Town at the dates and times below: On Thursday 18th December, 2014 at time and place mention below: AT 9:00 a.m. on site

ALL THAT piece or parcel being Block 4 Parcel 1250 Ann Gabourel Registration Section, Orange Walk Town and containing 545.03 square yards located at the end of San Martin Street. Vacant Land. Being the Freehold property of Danny Duran

ALL that piece or parcel of land being BLOCK 1 PARCEL 499 SAN ESTEVAN REGISTRATION SECTION in San Estevan Village, Orange Walk Town. Land measuring 461.9 S.M. Building: Concrete bungalow house with 3 bedrooms, full bath, living, Dining, Kitchen Area and laundry room.

Being the Freehold property of Eudaldo & Macaria Patt.

AT 9:30 a.m. on site

ALL THAT piece or parcel being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 1444 ORANGE WALK TOWN REGISTRATION SECTION, ORANGE WALK DISTRICT AND CONTAINING 522.563 SQUARE METERS. Subject property is located along Goff Street which is the last street before reaching the Dr. George Farm It is the third parcel on the eastern side of the street It ends at the People’s Stadium in a dead end. Development consists of a 36.5 by 38.5 split level. Curtilage is concrete. Main level, 2 bedrooms, 2 full bath, living, dining and kitchen area. Second level, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, and living area. One upper room needs to be completed. Chury’s Store At 10:15 a.m. on site

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 348.33sm being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 1473 ANN GABOUREL REGISTRATION SECTION. Located at #49 Yo Creek & San Joaquin St., Orange Walk Town.

The Subject Building is a one storey concrete bungalow with a gross floor area of 1971sft, including open area. The same serves as a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom residence with kitchen/dining and living room areas.

House was originally constructed in 1998 and renovated in 2011. House is 50% tiled, plastered and painted.

There is also a second structure within the lot that is currently used as a store room. Property of Edison & Rosita Johnson.

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

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

ALL that piece or parcel Being Block 1 Parcels 485 & 486 San Estevan Village Lots Layout, Orange Walk and containing 1,084.1 square meters (parcel 485) and 1018.6 square meters (parcel 486) respectively. Land only Property of Amelio Cansino

AT 11:00 a.m. on site Fee Simple Property BEING PARCELS 157 AND 158, DOUGLAS REG. SECTION BLOCK 1, ORANGE WALK. LOT 158 CONTAINS 1045.159 S.M. AND IS THE CORNER LOT ON ROADSIDE. LOT 157 CONTAINS 1040.57 SQ. METERS AND IS THE INSIDE LOT FOR WHICH THE STREET IS NOT YET OPENED. BOTH LOTS ARE PRESENTLY IN ITS NATURAL STATE. Property of Erica Cabral

ALL THAT piece or parcel being Being Block 4 Parcel 4225 Orange Walk Town Registration Section, Orange Walk District and containing 522.534 square meters. Parcel is vacant mowed regularly. Fee Simple property of Benedicto Ramos At 1:30 p.m. on site

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 1.107acres being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 714 SAN JOSE PALMAR REGISTRATION SECTION, located along the Northern Highway. Vacant land with low grass. Fee Simple Property of Francisco Gonzalez

Fee Simple Property Being Block 4 Parcel 523 Indian Hill East Registration Section, Orange Walk District and containing 2201.267 square meters. Parcel is situated approximately 100 meters east of the O/Walk bypass and the San Estevan junction in a private sub-division along Petville Area San Estevan Road Orange Walk. Vacant land being the freehold property of Roberto Santos

ALL that piece or parcel of land being Block 1 Parcel 37 Doulas Rural Registration Section, Orange Walk District. Containing 19.59 acres being the Freehold property of Teodocio Chuc

At 2:30 p.m. on site ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 4197.359sm being BLOCK 1 PARCEL 1110 SAN JOSE/SAN PABLO REGISTRATION SECTION located at Lot. 371 situate near mile 62 Northern Highway, Orange Walk District. Carlos Ysaguirre

ALL THAT PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND BEING PARCEL 1550/1, ANN GABOUREL REG .SECTION, BLOCK 4, ORANGE WALK TOWN. LOCATED JUST OFF THE YO CREEK STREET MAIN ARTERY. Building is 580 SFT with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, living dining and kitchen area.

Lease hold property of Flotida Zac

AT 3:30 P.M. IN FRONT SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LTD. Orange Walk Branch on Thursday 18th December, 2014

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

All That or piece of parcel being Lot No. 475 situated in Trial Farm Village Extension, Orange District now declared as Trial Farm Block 4 Parcel 87/1. The Subject Lot hosts an incomplete concrete structure with an approximate floor area of 700sft. Leasehold for Jaime Cocom

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 452.01sm being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 1422 ANN GABOUREL REGISTRATION SECTION, Orange Walk District. Fee Simple property for Marco Yama

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 975.376sm being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 354 SAN JOSE PALMAR REGISTRATION SECTION. The Subject Building is a one storey concrete bungalow with a gross floor area of 520sft. It is 85% complete with roof, internal and external walls complete as of May 2014. Plumbing and electrical are pending. House is designed to be occupied as a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom residence with kitchen/dining and living room areas upon completion. Free simple property of DIAMANTINA P QUIROA

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BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. Scotiabank (Belize) Limited, Licensed Auctioneer Noel J. Codd will sell the following properties Orange Walk Town and Corozal Town at the dates and times below: ON Wednesday 17th December, 2014 at the time and place below: 1.

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

2.

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Parcel 15 Block 1 Douglas Rural Registration Section being the Freehold property of Allen Development/ Fredi Patt.

The Subject Building is a one storey ferroconcrete structure with a gross floor area of 1804sft, attached to the building are also 2 open area garage with a floor area of 942sft total. The same is occupied as a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom residence with kitchen/dining and living room areas.

House is fully tiled, and 75% secured with burglarbars. Fee Simple Property of Roberto Tun AT 3:00 p.m. on site

ALL That piece or parcel being Parcel 188 Block 1 San Jose/San Pablo Village. Containing a one storey concrete bungalow with a gross floor area of approximately 700sft. Holding 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, living/kitchen area. Being the Freehold property of Otilio Cacerez& Macedonia Chi. ALL that piece or parcel Corozal North, Parcel 2163 Block 1 situated near the hospital between College Road and Santa Rita Road being the freehold property of Roque Martinez.

AT 3:30 on site ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 20acres being BLOCK 4 PARCEL 65 DOUGLAS RURAL REGISTRATION SECTION. Located in San Jose/San Pablo Village being the Freehold property of Vicente Escalante.

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

ON FRIDAY 19th December, 2014 at Corozal Town at the following time and Place: AT 9:00 a.m. on site

Ezekiel Gilharry -Leasehold property being Parcel 2157/1 Block 1 in Corozal North situate in Hall’s Layout, College Road, Corozal Town Land - 727.06 sqyds, Building 47.5ft x 32.5ft-split level concrete house, Main level holds 5 bedrooms, 2 full bath, 1 kitchen and living room. Second level 2 bedrooms and a storage area. There is also a 13ft x 15 ft single building in the yard

ALL THAT LOT PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND BEING PARCEL 1710, COROZAL NORTH REG. SECTION, BLOCK 1, COROZAL. CONTAINING 555.6 SQ YARDS. It IS LOCATED ON CACAO STREET HALLS LAYOUT. THE BUILDING IS FULLY CONCRETE, TILED AND BURGULAR BARRED with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, living/dining/kitchen. Fee Simple for Sylvestre Chi AT 4:00 P.M. IN FRONT OF SCOTIABANK (Belize) LTD. Corozal Town Branch

ALL that piece or parcel being Block 1 Parcel 682 Libertad Village Registration Section, Corozal District Land: 10,811.87 s. y Building is a two storey concreted dwelling - Main level contain 3 bedrooms, 1 full bath, kitchen, dining, living and laundry room, Second level is incomplete.

According to the owner it has been sub-divided into 4 large lots. There is also a thatch house on the property a open trench that may have been initial work for a swimming pool. Being the Freehold property of Herman Botes.

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

AT 9:30 a.m. on site

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

AT 10:30 a.m. on site

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

AT 11:30 a.m. on site

ALL that lot, parcel or piece of land, being Parcel No. 2163, Corozal North Registration Section, Block 1, Corozal. Located in PORT SAUL AREA. Holding a bungalow concrete house with 2 bedroom, one bath, living/dining/kitchen area. Land Measuring Approx 575.52 SQ YDS. Being the Freehold property of Roque & Maria Martinez.

AT 1:00 p.m. on site

ALL that piece or parcel being Parcel 62 Block 1 COROZAL CENTRAL REG. SECTION. Located at No 3. 4th Ave Corozal Town. Building is FULLY CONCRETE, DWELLING COMPRISING OF A PARTIAL BASEMENT WHICH CREATES A TWO-STOREY. Measuring aprox. 1800 sq ft. Property of Albertico Gongora AT 2:00 p.m. on site ALL THAT piece or parcel of land containing 675.348sm being BLOCK 1 PARCEL 1774 COROZAL NORTH REGISTRATION SECTION. Located in Paraiso Village, Corozal District.

Fee Simple Property being PARCEL # 552, LIBERTAD VILLAGE REG. SECTION BLOCK # 1, Corozal District, Belize. THE PROPERTY IS A BIG AND LONG LOT containing 1799.63 S..

IT IS DEVELOPED WITH 2 HOUSES. THE 1ST HOUSE IS A TWO-STOREY WOODEN AND CONCRETE STRUCTURE WITH 5 BEDROOMS, 1 FULL BATH, KITCHEN, DINING AND LIVING. IT MEASURES ABOUT 2100 SQ. FEET. WHILE THE 2ND AT THE BACK IS WOODEN WITH A CONCRETE, BACK ADDITION WHICH GIVES IT SORT OF AN L - SHAPED and HAS ABOUT 1300 SQ. FEET. IT HAS 3 BEDROOMS LIVING DINING AND KITCHEN. PROPERTY OF EMILIO & MELVA SARMIENTO (EMILA & BALDOMINIO MONTEJO)

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

ALL THAT LOT PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND BEING PARCEL 57/1, BUENA VISTA REG. SECTION BLOCK 1, COROZAL. Containing Approximately 1310.6 S.Y. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS NEAR CENTRALLY LOCATED LOT IN THE VILLAGE AND TWO STREETS PARALLEL TO THE NORTHERN HIGHWAY.Holding a two storey concrete building: main level has 1 bed room, living and dining area. Second level has 3 bedrooms, living, dining and kitchen area. Leasehold property for Florencia Pott

ALL THAT piece or parcel being PARCEL 539/1,SANTA CLARA/ SAN ROMAN REG. SECTION, BLOCK 1, COROZAL being the leasehold property of George Moralez.

ALL THAT LOT, PARCEL OR PIECE OF LAND, BEING PARCEL # 216 RAMONAL/ZAPOTE S.E. REG SECTION, BLOCK 1, COROZAL. Land 10.0 ACRES. Byron Pech

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Was murder suspect possessed by demons?

LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICES Notice is hereby given that JUAN DUSSAN is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “P-Market”, situated at 2 ½ Miles Philip Goldson Highway, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that JUAN DUSSAN is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Public Super Market”, situated at #49 West Canal, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that NAZMAL HOQUEEL and ABDUL QUADAFS is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Hoque Store”, situated at 44 Mahogany Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that DALIA AND CRYSTAL SAMOS are applying for a Malt & Cider License to be operated at “D’ Ceviche Hut”, #5672 Vasquez Avenue, Belize City under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that JUAN INTERIANO is applying for a renewal for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Island Queen Restaurant and Bar”, situated at Caye Caulker Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that EVAN WELCH is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Eazy Bone Shop”, situated at 9075 Lacroix Blvd., Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that GAIL EDWARDS is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at “GMF Place”, situated at 97 Basra St., Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

THE BELIZE TIMES Corozal Town, December 10, 2014 Corozal Police have charged 22 year old Carlos Cassanova for the brutal chopping murder of 29 year old Mark Massam Jr. that occurred on College Road, Corozal Town, on the night of Wednesday December 9th.

Cassanova and Massam are neighbors, but on Wednesday night they turned on each other after an argument turned deadly. Cassanova, it is reported, used a machete to viciously attack Massam.

When the Police arrived at the scene about 9:15pm, they saw Cassanova standing over Massam, swinging his machete with brutal force. The officers told Cassanova to stop. But he continued.

They then pulled their weapons and fired warning shots in the air, but that did not stop the attack. Police said they felt they had no choice but to disable Cassanova by shooting at his feet, in order to stop the attack and subdue him.

Massam sustained massive injuries to his head, neck and body. His fingers were cut off. He died while undergoing treatment at the Corozal Community hospital an hour later.

Cassanova is currently under Police guard at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. He will likely be charged with murder as soon as he is released.

The entire community is shocked at the brutality of the incident. Neighbors and those who know both men are frightened to see what occurred and they have been left wondering what could have triggered such anger.

Cassanova’s father, Carlos Sr., said he knows his son’s mind has not been right lately. He said he believes his son was possessed by demons or evil spirits, and that led to him doing what he did.

In November, Carlos Jr. went missing for several days. He was found in an area in the Cayo District dressed in only loin cloth around his waist. He was also found riding a horse, reportedly on his way to Guatemala. People who tried convincing him to go home, said he told them that there were demons in Corozal that wanted to kill him.

“I tell my son, ‘let’s go home’. He

said ‘no’, he got demons and some man who wants to kill him in Corozal. ‘I don’t want to go home’, he said. Then I asked why? I want you to explain who want to kill you in Corozal, he said I can’t tell you that, you are not my father. That’s when I get conscious that he’s not in his correct from the mind,” said Carlos Sr. At one point the family requested that the Police help them take Carlos Jr. to a proper facility for treatment. Carlos Sr. said that the officers

23 who responded ended up dismissing the family’s request. The officers reportedly did their own evaluation and came to the conclusion that nothing was wrong with Carlos Jr. While he is concerned about his son, he is also afraid that the incident will feed sentiments of vengeance into his neighbors. Carlos Sr. said he has been receiving death threats.

The victim of the murder, Massam, leaves behind two daughters, including an 8 year old and a baby only a few month’s old.

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