Belize Times November 24, 2019- $100 Million Missing

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take a bunch of his supporters to Corozal where he boasted that they gorged themselves on flowing rum and pibil tacos.

Mr. Barrow, in his greed for power and hubris, used Petrocaribe money, which taxpayers have to pay back, like it was the UDP’s cookie jar. That money was a gift from the Venezuelan government specifically for poverty alleviation, for education programs, for social assistance programs, for health programs and infrastructure. Five hundred million dollars gone, and not one classroom as built, not one health center was built, and poverty is higher than it has ever been.

Mr. Barrow has operated, in office, as if he is king of the world, but now he will have to answer to the Court of the land for spending monies before going to the House for approval.

As Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Mr. Barrow presided over an egregious breach of the financial regulations.

Under the UDP, Mr. Barrow spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, and then came to the House long after to seek approval for spending monies he had already spent.

And it gets much worse. On the stand, in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight revealed the heights of incompetence which has characterized this UDP administration. Waight revealed that the government spent $100 MILLION taxpayer dollars, revealed in the 2012/2013 Auditor-General’s Report, and never went to the House for approval. That quite simply means that the UDP government spent $100 MILLION, and has never accounted for the spending of that money.

Bizarrely, the FinSec referred to it as a simple ‘slippage’, stating - “Indeed, and I use the word slippage, we have not put the supplementary request to the House. $100M may sound like a lot of money, but it’s about 10% of the overall budget for that year.” According to Waight, when they did realize, years after, they put a team together to take a supplementary allocation bill to the House (again seeking approval after the money was long gone), but because the Ministry is small, they haven’t yet gotten a chance to deal with it.

Mr. Barrow and his motley crew must answer for breaking the law. There are very clear financial regulations which govern the spending of the people’s money. This is not Mr. Barrow’s money. This is not the UDP’s money. This is taxpayers’ money which taxpayers will have to pay back, even though they have no idea how that money was spent.

The PUP is to be commended for demanding that the government account for every cent of the people’s money that is spent. We applaud the Party Leader, Hon. John Briceño and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Hon. Julius Espat. This will not be swept under the rug. This will not be allowed to go away.

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JOHN BRICEÑO SPEAKS ON GUNS There are some in Belize that hold the ownership to their guns seriously and responsibly but it has also been a scourge to our society. Our young men and criminals use them every day in our country which is a tremendous black eye at the world level due to the horrid statistics. In the week of November 11th, the Commissioner of Police Chester Williams met some twenty-five registered gun dealers in the city of Belmopan. The topic was the proposed measures that would effectively increase gun control. One is an amendment to the Firearms Act which would limit the amount of ammunition that a holder of a gun license would be able to purchase for the year.

Currently, registered gun holders can purchase over three thousand rounds a day. The new measure would restrict that number to two hundred per year. The proposal is still under review but is this taking too long?

PUP Party Leader and Opposition Leader Hon. John Briceño says that another amendment will not fix the problem of crime.

Hon. John Briceño: “If it was left up to me I would have banned all guns in this country. I don’t own a gun. I don’t ever expect or want to own a gun. When you look at Australia, when you look at the UK where they’ve banned the guns murders went down dramatically. Now the problem with this government is that, first of all, the UDP ministers have been too liberal in issuing gun licenses so almost everybody has gun licenses. We know what happens but I will not say it but by giving up more guns out there then you see more crime, more murders because it is easier to get a hold of a gun. Even if you have a licensed gun and they steal it from you, I mean there are a lot of guns to go to steal.

The problem is that there are too many amendments. ‘Whenever something goes wrong, let us do an amendment’. They amend it. Just amendments after

amendments. The fundamental issue, is that there are too many guns on the streets of Belize and we need to get them off the streets.

With the amendments, what will stop them from going to buy the bullets in Chetumal? Just go across the border and buy the bullets and bring them back. That by itself is not going to solve the problem.”

The issue as usual with the UDP is that legislation only does not fix the streets. Legislation does not bring food to the table of the people.

Belize needs a paradigm shift.

Belize needs a PUP government.

The people will ask for them soon.

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Christmas Lights

t’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…or is it? The fairly cool weather should have added to the approaching festive season. However, it is the deep freeze affecting the economy which is mostly of concern to Belizeans. Poverty already affects both Toledo and Corozal, who seem to heavily compete for first and second place as the most poverty stricken of the districts. No one seems to have noticed that the Sugar Industry and the Citrus Industry are in crisis. It is any surprise that these two districts are precisely those where the cold of Christmas will be most felt?

In Corozal, the UDP failed to avert the closure of the Papaya Industry, the closure of a Casino and are responsible for the reduction of the employment rates at the Commercial Free Zone to under half of what they were in 2008 under the PUP. Their track record shows that under their mandate, the Libertad sugar factory closed not once but twice. The UDP are trying to convince Corozaleños that they are responsible for the Corozal-Sartenja project currently under way. The finance for this project had already been identified and secured under the PUP in 2008. It was under the UDP that the monies were redirected for use on Albert Street in the Old Capital.

It has taken the UDP almost twelve years and a Taiwanese Government commissioned study realized by the OECC to grasp that investment and development in this area will yield the most significant socio-economic returns for the country. It was the Taiwanese Government then who had to tell Dean and his myopic Cabinet that Corozal needed this project, something the PUP had realized more than a decade ago. The lack of confidence in the integrity of this UDP administration, that the monies would not be siphoned off, meant that the Taiwanese had to bring in their own company to spear head the project.

The Corozal-Sarteneja Road is currently the only major development in the entire North, but it comes too late to save Christmas. The severe drought this year affected agriculture in the sugar belt. Plagued by worms, falling prices, and increases in production costs, and transportation costs the Cañeros are taking a hit. Harvesting is planned to start in mid to late January or maybe even February, the North will punish for Christmas. There are over two thousand families that depend directly on the Sugar Industry and tens of thousands more whose livelihood depend indirectly on it.

The South doesn’t fare any better, citrus greening, lack of capital, a decrease in production due to diversification have all taken their toll. The UDP Government has not heeded calls to intervene and inject capital in an effort to avert disaster. They have preferred to use Petro Caribe Funds to invest in Pibil Tacos and beach days. Once long ago Belize’s economy stood firm and tall on the strength of the Citrus and Sugar Industries. Agriculture was once our backbone, and its fall ushered in poverty, and misery. Over fifty million in losses are credited to the most recent drought and only a paltry two million in relief to be had.

This UDP Government has failed us more both in the North and in the South. It has rendered both these regions with the highest rates of hunger and malnutrition to children, and poverty and unemployment. The Scrooges in Cabinet are much like Christmas lights, they all hang together, but half of them don’t work and the other half aren’t too bright. They will undoubtedly wine and dine in fine style this Christmas Season while “Normal Belizeans” will struggle to make meagre ends meet. Belizeans must not forget these struggles when another season rolls around! #VOTEDEMOUT

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en Español

Luces Navideñas

stá comenzando a sentirse mucho como Navidad… ¿o no? El clima bastante fresco debería haber añadido a la temporada festiva que se aproxima. Sin embargo, es la profunda congelación que afecta a la economía lo que más preocupa a los beliceños.

La pobreza ya afecta tanto a Toledo como a Corozal, que parecen competir fuertemente por el primer y segundo lugar como el distrito más afectado por la pobreza.

Nadie parece haber notado que la industria azucarera y la industria de los cítricos están en crisis. ¿Es sorpresa que estos dos distritos son precisamente aquellos dónde el frío de la Navidad será más sentido?

En Corozal el UDP no logro evitar el cierre de la Industria de Papaya ni el cierre de un Casino y son responsables de la reducción de las tasas de empleo en la Zona Libre Comercial a menos de la mitad de lo que eran en 2008 bajo el PUP. Su trayectoria muestra que, bajo su mandato, la fábrica de azúcar de Libertad no cerró una, sino dos veces. Los UDP están tratando de convencer a los Corozaleños de que son responsables del proyecto Corozal-Sarteneja actualmente en marcha. Las finanzas para este proyecto habían sido identificadas ya y aseguradas bajo el PUP en 2008. Fue bajo el UDP que los fondos se reorientaron para su uso en Albert Street en la antigua capital.

Ha tomado casi doce años de UDP y un estudio encargado por el gobierno taiwanés y llevado a cabo por la OECC para captar la idea de que la inversión y el desarrollo en esta área producirán importantes beneficios socioeconómicos para el país. Fue entonces el Gobierno taiwanés quien tuvo que decirle a Dean y a su gabinete miope que Corozal necesitaba este proyecto, algo de la cual el PUP se había percatado desde hace más que una década. La falta de confianza en la integridad de esta administración UDP, por la posibilidad de la desviación de los fondos, hizo necesario que los taiwaneses trajeran su propia compañía para encabezar el proyecto.

La carretera Corozal-Sarteneja es actualmente el único desarrollo importante en todo el norte, pero llega demasiado tarde para salvar la Navidad. La grave sequía de este año afectó a la agricultura en la zona azucarera. Plagados por gusanos, caída de precios y aumentos en los costos de producción, y costos de transporte, los Cañeros están severamente perjudicados. La cosecha está planeada para comenzar a mediados o finales de enero o tal vez incluso febrero, el Norte sufrirá esta Navidad. Hay más de dos mil familias que dependen directamente de la Industria Azucarera y decenas de miles más cuyo sustento depende indirectamente de ella.

El Sur no se va mejor, la presencia de Huanglonbing (HLB), la falta de capital y la disminución de la producción debido a la diversificación se han dejado sentir. El Gobierno del UDP no ha hecho caso a los llamamientos para intervenir e inyectar capital en un esfuerzo para evitar el desastre.

Han preferido utilizar los fondos del Petro Caribe para invertir en Tacos Pibil y días de playa.

Hace mucho tiempo, la economía de Belice se mantuvo firme y alta con la fuerza de las Industrias de Cítricos y Azúcar. La agricultura fue una vez nuestra columna vertebral, y su caída inició la pobreza y la miseria.

Más de cincuenta millones en pérdidas se atribuyen a la sequía reciente y sólo se ofrecen dos millones en asistencia. Este Gobierno UDP nos ha fallado tanto en el norte como en el sur. Ha hecho de ambas las regiones con los índices más altos del hambre y la malnutrición de los niños, la pobreza y el desempleo. Los avaros en el Gabinete son muy parecidos a las luces de Navidad, todos cuelgan juntos, pero la mitad de ellos no funcionan, y la otra mitad no son demasiado brillantes. Sin duda tendrán sus vinos y cenas en gran estilo en esta temporada de Navidad, mientras que los beliceños normales lucharán para estirar sus escasos recursos. ¡Los beliceños no deben olvidar estas luchas cuando otra temporada comience! #VOTEDEMOUT

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QUESTIONS TO THE MINISTERS

CARTOON

Will the Minister of Immigration please say if he or anyone in his Ministry is involved in negotiations to offer humanitarian assistance to migrants who want to voluntarily return to their home countries and that this project will be implemented in Guatemala and Belize?

2. Will the Members of Cabinet please say if they were listening to the Special Sitting of the Children’s Parliament and, if so, are they in agreement with the sentiments expressed by the children that young Belizeans are dissatisfied with their government?

3. Will the Prime Minister please inform Belizeans if he intends to enter a defence in the case that is presently being heard in the Supreme Court which is challenging the manner in which the Prime Minister and his Government has spent over a billion dollars of public funds without prior approval from the National Assembly?

4. Considering that during the Special Sitting of the Children’s Parliament that Orange Walk North has a representative seated in the House of Representatives and, also considering the fact that the elected representative Gaspar Vega, who is being paid by the Belizean tax payers has not been to a House Meeting in years, will the Prime Minister as the leader on the Government side, say if he will now insist that Vega attend meetings of the House of Representatives?

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Mark King Screens Mark King was not joking when he called out the UDP first as he adlibbed in an interview late last week. King went directly to the rotten core of the UDP super rascals. King might have been freshly bleeding from being taken lightly and over scanned and rejected for a top spot in the United Democratic Party come Toothache Day 2020—Sunday February 9 2020, the UDP battle royale with no holds barred for all the rights to lead the ongoing corruption.

King stated that when he entered the UDP he was screened thoroughly to make sure he doesn’t have a scratch in this Police record.

Who was Mark King referring to when he said persons named in a murder scandal? Could it be Saldivar?

Who was the Mark King target when he referenced a woman-beater?

And the person, deported from the USA, was that Shyne?

Did he miss the one interfering with Immigration and Indian student passports?

Did he miss the 57 persons living in one Albert shameless house?

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Did he lose focus and not mention the irregularities at the lands department now a Patt led mobile hotbed of corruption?

You know that Mark’s head, proverbially speaking, is gone from the UDP wonderland?

So when Mark first became a candidate for the UDP in Lake I, he went through a screening process? Porous, huh? Or was the UDP gambling casino-like.

All in all, this is definitely and indictment coming from someone who was in the UDP’s deepest. Take a deep breath Belize, the UDP is imploding and will take as many as they can down the UDP chasm, if you allow it.

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CASTRO ASSAULTS POLICE OFFICER

November 16, 2019 Castro has been charged with assaulting Imar Anderson, yes, a female police officer on Cesar Ridge Road. Additionally, he resisted arrest and used obscene language. Wasani Castro is seemingly the mini-me to his father and Minister of NEMO, Edmond, Let Us Clear Whatever is In Our Way, Castro. The young Castro seems to have a temper that leads him astray ever so often. One would expect the son of a minister to be of exceptional comport.

In this most recent run in with basic indecency and illegalities, Castro was arrested. He spoke of the officer in the most arrogant of ways. We can recall how his father barked at the Senators during the Senate Select Committee interrogation—How dare they ask a Minister those questions? Also, the world saw how Castro behaved at the village council elections 2019 in Sandhill. Why do the Castros move around Belize as if they own the jewel?

The young Castro has been: caught with eighty-nine cases of contraband beer valued at six thousand dollars in June 2017,(he settled out of Court with Customs) seen on FB insulting women directly, videoed cheating in the Belize Cross Country Cycling Classic and sanctioned along with the dishonourable.

In this case, which is still devoid of details as to why he was pinpointed in the first place, he was charged 600 dollars with one surety and is to return to court on the 20th of January 2020. Defending him was attorney Orson Elrington.

What an example to their children can the UDP set of rogue Ministers and Standard Bearers really be? Wasani is following closely.

How deplorable of the UDP and the PM to now be running roughshod over Belize without a care in the world as to mandate, transparency, legalities, ethics and moralities. The Children’s Parliament should be an example for Wasani to follow. He can go and look at the video.

Party Leader’s Weekly Message

Celebrating International Children’s Week 20th November 2019 Hi Everybody, Last week, the world celebrated International Children’s Week. Last Wednesday, 20th November was International Children’s Day. Most people would not have known about this had it not been for the Special Sitting of Children’s Parliament, which received quite a bit of coverage.

During this special sitting, our young people from across the country sat in the National Assembly to debate the Rights of the Child in areas like Education, health and safety as well as protection.

The debate was quite good, it had substance and I must confess that these aspiring youth leaders conducted themselves with a lot more comity than we the elected representatives have amongst ourselves.

They treated each other with more courtesy by far than we the elected adults have with each other.

Although this was a symbolic event and a teaching moment for our young Belizeans, it was more than that.

Our children were there to tell us about their fears and concerns, how they feel about where their country is going and, in their minds, things are not going well.

They have seen a decade where close to a half of our children between the ages 13 to 16 are not in school.

They know that without an education it is very difficult to get a good job.

They are also tired of the funerals, tired of watching their friends and family die before they reach the age of 25.

And they are tired of the hopelessness that is presently the condition in Belize.

To those brave young people who were in Belmopan last Wednesday and to our children everywhere, I want you to know that I hear you.

We in the PUP hear you when you say that our hospitals and polyclinics are not up to standards, and that medication is unavailable.

We know how worried you are about your peers who are dying senselessly.

We hear you when you say that proper access to education is needed countrywide.

We hear you and we agree with you on all these things and I promise to go to work hard every day to turn things around so that when you grow up you can say, I live in a good country and I live in a Belize that works for everyone.

Thanks, God bless and have a safe week.

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BELLY of the

BEAST

$100M Missing You know, here at the Belize Times we always liked Joe Waight. He seemed like such a straight up guy. But you know that old saying – you hang out with dogs you’ll catch their fleas. This week, Joe Waight was forced to admit in Court that the Barrow Administration can’t account for $100 MILLION dollars which it spent years ago. According to Waight, it just slipped them. Can somebody please explain to us how $100 MILLION can just ‘slip’ you? What kind of sorcery is that? The PUP warned them, way back when they were spending money like Ali Baba and the 40 thieves. Back then Petrocaribe was rolling. We can remember the boy who wants to be Prime Minister, high as a kite, boasting about using Petrocaribe money to buy rum and pibil tacos. We can remember Dean Barrow, bad back and all, dancing at the National Assembly, grinning like a loon cause Petrocaribe was rolling, rolling. Where’s the money now? You know who will have to pay all that back? We will. That’s why we are being taxed on everything, to pay for the UDP’s excesses. Mr. Barrow better go find that $100 MILLION, quick, fast and hurry. Though we figure he’d look quite spiffy in attire provided by the Belize Central Prison boutique. That’s our story and we’re sticking to it.

Believe them…

Like the proverbial ‘dolly-house’ crumbling, the UDP house of cards is taking some hard hits lately, and from their own. First it was Deputy Prime Minister Patsy Faber who blasted his own colleagues for their rampant corruption. Faber has long been saying that all is not well in the UDP. He has been saying that the UDP needs a good purge. He has said there is no integrity and honesty in the UDP anymore. He said it, not us. But we believe him. He is the fish from ‘riva battam,’ and if he says the UDP is corrupt, then you can take that to the bank. And then Mark King weighed in.

King is the good, good UDP who famously said – UDP first, Belizeans second and PUP last. Remember him? Well he is saying the UDP is messed up, fielding candidates who are women beaters, whose names have been called in a murder trial and who are convicted felons. Hmmm. What a hell of a thing. And it’s true. Here at the Belize Times, we have always maintained that the truth will always come to light, and the people shining the light on the UDP are the people who know exactly what they’re talking about. Best believe that.

Crooked Castros You know that saying – that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree?

Well it’s true. And in the case of Edmond and his boys, the tree is rotten and the apples are as rotten as they get. You know we don’t advocate violence. It’s not our way. But some people sure need to be taught some hard lessons. This time around it’s Wasani, who reportedly informed the Police that they can’t touch him – not the first time they’ve told Police that.

And more than that, the punk allegedly decided that it was okay to assault a senior female Police officer. This is one of those times when we wouldn’t have shed a tear if he slipped and hit his head on a Police baton. Know what we’re saying? The Castro boys are nothing but trouble, ever since daddy became a Minister and can offer them some protection. It’s not the first time they’ve tried to bully the Police, and somehow they always seem to be protected and the charges disappear. This time Wasani picked the wrong cop. Kudos to them for standing up. There’s another saying about a fat fowl. Sunday is soon coming for all the Castros. Wait for it.

Repellant This dengue thing is no joke. For the first time in Belize, five persons have died. That is scary. We don’t play politics with people’s health, but the Ministry of Health really slipped up on this one. They weren’t prepared, and even after it was clear that this was a serious, unprecedented outbreak, the Minister and his CEO, probably more concerned with other lucrative stuff, were asleep at the wheel. Health facilities were overrun by patients from the very beginning, and could not handle it. Testing kits ran out a long, long time ago. After a while it was just a matter of looking at the symptoms and saying yeah, looks like you have dengue.

This thing is deadly, and the Ministry is still silent. The truth is that Pablo and his CEO don’t have a clue about healthcare. Remember when 13 babies died at the KHMH and the Prime Minister was asked about Pablo?

He said that Pablo was winning elections in Corozal Bay, and that was good enough for him. Remember? Good thing this crew is on the way out. Fuh real.

For Sale

By Order of the Mortgagee 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 2nd day of October, 2012, between INEZ LOPEZ of Independence Village, Stann Creek District, Belize (hereinafter called “the Mortgagor”) of the one part and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LIMITED (hereinafter called “the Mortgagee”) of the other part, and recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 24 of 2012 at Folios 1476-1543, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 897 containing 590.783 square metres situate in Malacate Area, Independence Village, Stann Creek District, Belize and bounded and described as shown by Plan No. 405 of 2012 attached to Minister’s Fiat Grant No. 405 of 2012 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 7th day of November, 2019 MUSA & BALDERAMOS LLP 91 North Front Street Belize City Attorneys-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

For Sale

By Order of the Mortgagee 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 28th day of October, 2005, between BELIZE MORTGAGE COMPANY 20021 (“the Assignor”), SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LIMITED (“the Assignee”) and LOUISE ELIZABETH NEAL AND JERSHA NELSIE LENNAN both of No. 7450 Rio Grande Crescent, Fabers Road Extension, Belize City, Belize District, Belize (hereinafter called “the Mortgagors”) of the one part and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LTD. (hereinafter called “the Mortgagee”) of the other part, and recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 10 of 2008 at Folios 1241-1258, the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. will at the expiration of two months from the date of the first publication of this notice sell the property described in the schedule hereto.

All offers to purchase the said property must be made in writing and full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from the said Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd. SCHEDULE ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 330 in the subdivision known 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, Belopan Register 16 Entry 4460, TOGETHER with all buildings, erections and developments standing and being thereon.

DATED this 14th day of November, 2019 MUSA & BALDERAMOS LLP 91 North Front Street Belize City Attorneys-at-Law for Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd.

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Pablo’s Crisis: No Anti-retroviral Drugs

In another interview gone mad, Pablo blames, the Human Immuno Virus (HIV)victims, PAHO and no money no deh for the shortage of Anti-retroviral drugs in Belize. Better said, for some weeks now, these lifesaving drugs are not available in Belize to the poor who expect the government to have these available in a steady supply.

Without these, the HIV will move from its dormant state and render the patient helpless into full blown Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS.) Pablo Marin is playing with lives and he seems to be clueless on what to do— vintage incompetent UDP. In his usual off the cuff, Pablo seems to be tell the people to quit complaining since this drug is given out free. Sad and criminal if you ask me.

But since it is Pablo, he could have been saying that the government gets it FREE and the PanAmerican Health

Organization(PAHO), who have all the contacts, has not gotten any for Belize.

This essentially would throw the benefactor PAHO under the bus.

Most revealing is that Pablo the pharmaceutical king was willing to chant maybe we can “sign...get a loan... Aye, ready to procure a loan but uncertain on where to purchase much less cost. After this week’s proceedings with the PetroCaribe unapproved

spending of monies it is easy to see where he gets that idea.

If the drugs are somehow getting in Free into Belize there are no kickbacks. Pablo sees no benefits in that.

Pablo and the UDP therefore do not see the urgency.

“But we will still try.” He asserts at the end of that topic.

Just to add nails to his coffin, Pablo finally asserted that the Dengue fever

is in crisis. No one even budged. Pablo Marin and his UDP usually announce crises after everyone knows it. Even Faber poked at Pablo stating that he sends his child with an OFF repellent to school. Too bad for all the normal children in Belize. Their parents are thinking on paying their fees and the thinking what the next lunch will be.

Dengue, the normal Belizean prays not to fall prey to mosquitoes and the UDP.

For Immediate Release Wednesday, November 20, 2019

LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICES

Notice is hereby given that Hong Bin He is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Cooking Master” located # 2136 A St. Thomas Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Hong Bin He is applying for a Malt & Cider Liquor License to be operated at “JM 1 Restaurant” located # 60 Cemetery Road, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Sharlette Miguel is applying for a Malt & Cider Liquor License to be operated at “Mayan Crystal Skull.” located in Rockstone Pond, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Sandra Quinteros is applying for a Malt & Cider Liquor License to be operated at “Senor Coconuts” located at # 96 Barrack Road, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that William & Rosa Calderon are applying for a Malt & Cider Liquor License to be operated at “Willy’s Mini Mart” located in Maskall Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Jose Lopez is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Douggy’s Country Shop” located in Maskall Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY NORTHERN CAUCUS MEETS WITH OECC

The Northern Caucus of the People’s United Party met with the Overseas Engineering & Construction Corp. (OECC) from Republic of China (Taiwan). Present for the meeting were the Vice President James Hsaiao, Project Manager Pablo Shih, and General Manager Assistant Jason Lin. In attendance also was a representative of the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Mr. David Wu. For Immediate Release The presentation included a full overview of the company OECC and the Wednesday, November 20, 2019 works that they are currently engaged in and works completed worldwide.

Details of the road work for the upgrading of the Corozal-Sarteneja Road, PEOPLE'S UNITED NORTHERN WITH OECC which is expected to bePARTY completed within 54CAUCUS months,MEETS were also presented.

The Northern Caucus of the People’s United Party met with the Overseas OECC officials that theyCorp. will be(OECC) hiring locals work on the Engineering & assured Construction fromtoRepublic of project China and the process justtheto meeting fill out were an application form and James they will call (Taiwan).

Presentisfor the Vice President Hsaiao, potential recruits for interviews.

OECC officials gave assurances that Project Manager Pablo Shih, and General Manager Assistant Jason Lin.the In entire project willwas be free of political inference. attendance also a representative of the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Mr. David Wu. The PUP Northern Caucus is grateful to the Government and people of the Republic of Chinaincluded (Taiwan)a for BZ$100 to upgrade the area The presentation fullloaning overview of theMcompany OECC and that the has been neglected the past 3engaged terms ofinthis Thank you works that they areincurrently andcurrent worksgovernment. completed worldwide.

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Details of the road work for the upgrading of the Corozal-Sarteneja Road, which is expected to be completed within 54 months, were also presented.

Contact OECC officials assured Hon. Florencio MarinJr. that they will be hiring locals to work on the project ****ENDS**** and the process is just to fill out an application form and they will call

potential recruits for interviews. OECC officials gave assurances that the entire project will be free of political inference.

The PUP Northern Caucus is grateful to the Government and people of the Republic of China (Taiwan) for loaning BZ$100 M to upgrade the area that has been neglected in the past 3 terms of this current government. Thank you Taiwan.

Contact Hon. Florencio Marin- Jr.

****ENDS****

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JIOVANNI LENNAN AND JAVIS WAGNER MURDERED IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS

November 24, 2019 There was public outcry and anger last Thursday night following the shooting of a well-known fire-fighter and sports fanatic Jiovanni Lennan, 30, affectionately known as “Baney.”

According to reports sometime after 7 p.m., “Baney” had just wrapped up the training of some recruits at the National Fire Service located on Cleghorn Street, Belize City and headed home to his family. Surveillance footage shows that just as he was arriving near his home on Welch alley that connects Iguana Street and Gibnut Street, a gunman walked up to him and fired a single shot to the head, killing him instantly.

Corporal Brizeno Chub who was in the immediate area pursued a man seen running from the scene. The suspect turned and pointed a firearm at the cop who then opened fire. The suspect ran and was later detained in Roger’s

stadium. He was identified as Denver Bevans, 18, who has since been arrested and charged for the murder of “Baney” and assault of a Police Officer.

Earlier this year Bevans was charged for a shooting near Youth for the Future Drive but those charges were later withdrawn. Exactly one week after Police still have not found a motive for the shooting of “Baney” who is described as a soft spoken, hardworking, cool guy. /// The 19th Celebrations started on a somber note following the news of a murder at the culture capital, Dangriga. According to Police sometime after 6 p.m., on the eve of Garifuna Settlement Day, Jahvis Wagner, 20, a Belizean Laborer of Commerce Street was talking to another individual when a gunman approached and fired a single shot at Wagner which caught him

STATUTORY NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 36 of the Administration of Estates Act, Chapter 160 of the Laws of Belize that all creditors having any claims or demands upon or against the Estate of SOPHIA AGNES LYONS a.k.a. SOPHIE AGNES LYONS deceased, late of # 1765 Albany Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11210, USA, who died on the 10th day of March, 2015 and in whose estate Grant of Administration has been granted to Executrix MARIE NOEL should lodge such claims or demands with the said Administrator MARIE NOEL, C/O M.H. CHEBAT & CO., Attorneys-at-Law of No. 53 Barrack Road, Belize City, Belize on or before the expiration of three months from the first publication hereof AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that at the expiration of the said three months the Administrator shall proceed to distribute the assets of the said SOPHIA AGNES LYONS a.k.a.

SOPHIE AGNES LYONS, deceased, amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard to all the claims or demands of which particulars are lodged and the Administrator shall not be liable for assets of the deceased or any part thereof so distributed to any person or persons whose claims or demands they shall not then have had notice.

DATED this 18th day of November, 2019

M.H. CHEBAT & CO. Attorneys-at-Law for MARIE NOEL Executrix of the Estate of SOPHIA AGNES LYONS a.k.a. SOPHIE AGNES LYONS

to the head. Wagner died on the spot.

COMPOL Chester Williams told the media “From a police standpoint.

We continue to investigate the matter.

We are looking for a person of interest. Once that person is caught then we’ll see where the investigation goes from there. We know that certain information was fed to us two weeks ago where Jahvis was concerned and we had made checks with his family and

had been told that he had moved from Dangriga and had been living in some other area of the country. Apparently he returned to Dangriga unbeknownst to us and we only knew of his return after he was killed.”

Wager was supposed to leave the country today Thursday November 21.

Javis is the third male from his family to be viciously executed. His stepfather Edwin Felix Nasario was killed in the parking lot of the Southern Regional Hospital in July. Brother Jebran “Suku” Wagner was shot at a house party in Belize City in September.

We at the Belize Times offer condolences to both families.

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REGISTER TO VOTE PUP

“He is Scoundrel enough to have me voting” When writing an essay or deciding what to cook or making that important first move, the most difficult part is often the latter—the introduction, the first step. Essays are easy once you write that first sentence and then your knowledge and skills take over. Finishing the essay with a bang or gently is also of importance.

The comment above seen on FB was caught as a great beginning. There are many out there that have never voted before and feel the urgency of the moment to save our Belize. That urgency should lead them to registering so that they can get a chance to mark their dissatisfaction with the present UDP government. In Belize, we register that dissatisfaction by voting on Election Day…and then holding who you vote for accountable. Do not lose touch with your government.

If you are all over Belize at your work, commuting in a bus, eating at a restaurant, riding a taxi, strolling through social media and feeling that you are disenfranchised by the UDP, REGISTER. If, you don’t have a job, REGISTER. If, you don’t have a piece of land to your name, REGISTER. If, you hate living from pay check to pay check, REGISTER. Were you mistreated at your hospital, if you even have one, REGISTER. Ask yourself, who are you voting for in the upcoming General election to be called? Not the UDP….

Wait...are you even registered to vote? If not, REGISTER. If you are not registered, all that fury will be of no consequence. You must add your ONE vote for Belize. Call your unregistered friend to prepare...REGISTER and vote.

Belize is counting on everyone to vote the UDP out. Go REGISTER NOW. Find you nearest PUP office and they will be willing to help. Go on Facebook and contact the PUP representatives and Standard Bearers for your constituency. LIKE the Belize Times Press FB page.

On ELECTION DAY, Vote PUP...we have the better candidates no doubt.

We have the best leader since George Price...Hon. John Briceño. Search for our FB pages and get informed on how you can be a part of the change that is coming.

Be a part of the new peaceful constructive revolution to a Belize that will work for everyone.

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For Sale

By Order of the Mortgagee 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 10th day of June, 2010, between MARISELA REQUENA of San Pedro Colombia Village, Toledo District, Belize (hereinafter called “the Borrower”) of the one part and SCOTIABANK (BELIZE) LIMITED (hereinafter called “the Bank”) of the other part, and recorded in Deeds Book Vol. 18 of 2010 at Folios 759 -786, 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. 43 situate in San Pedro Colombia Village, Toledo District, Belize and bounded as follows: On the North for 30.484 metres by Lot No. 41; On the Southeast for 47.292 metres by a raod reserve; On the South for 4.490 metres by a curve; On the East for 32.355 metres vy a portion of Lot No. 42; On the West for 70.518 metres by a road reserve containing 1652.555 square metres as shown on Entry No. 6292 Register 13 at the Office of the Commissioner OF Lands & Surveys TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon.

DATED this 7th day of November, 2019

Email: info@bdo.com.bz

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

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Corozal District Showing respect to our Veterans

Party Leader Hon. John Briceño As a part of keeping democracy alive, PL as the Leader of the Opposition, met with young Mr. Nadir Mendoza from Punta Gorda to promote the Special Children’s Parliamentary Session.

Corozal SouthWest: Standard Bearer Ramiro Ramirez Another cleaning project by the PUP Committee in Libertad to avoid the Dengue fever. Happy Garifuna day Libertad

United Women’s Group Women of Orange Walk District, charting out their space in the PUP’s Women’s Agenda. PL dropped by.

Pickstock: Standard Bearer Anthony Mahler 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament sponsored by the Standard Bearer and the PUP Pickstock Executive Committee.

PUP READY TO LEAD, READY TO WIN

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GARIFUNA SETTLEMENT DAY 2019

‘Lererun Garifuna Laguchabei Labagaridun Garifunaduau!-

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HEADLINES and Excerpts from Belize Times issues published in late 2011 to Early 2012

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THINK ABOUT IT BARROW BROKE THE LAW $100 MILLION SPENT ILLEGALLY The Prime Minister of Belize, Dean Barrow, has done another terrible thing.

What he has done would certainly cause President Donald Trump to urge Belizeans to “lock him up.” Trump called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up for erasing a large quantity of government emails.

Dean Barrow, without any legal authority, has been spending millions upon millions of the people’s monies. This could never happen anywhere else.

Thanks to the opposition People’s United Party, Belize will be hailed as a nation which is seriously taking the fight against corruption. A Supreme Court case has been brought by the Party Leader, Hon John Briceño and Hon. Julius Espat to let Belizeans and the world know that what Dean Barrow had been doing is wrong, illegal, immoral and worthless.

Big kudos are deserving for the Auditor General, Mrs. Dorothy Bradley for her bravery in standing up to Barrow and refusing to be intimidated. She has been documenting his unlawful activities in writing, in her reports to the National Assembly, about what he has been doing to this country’s finances.

Imagine the man who promised Belizeans accountability and transparency.

How he took us for fools, but the truth is coming out. Malcolm X had said “the chickens are coming home to roost”.

The Financial Secretary, that poor creature forced to swallow all the illegalities and abuse of public funds, testified in the Supreme Court case on Wednesday this week.

Under a blistering cross examination by Eamon Courtney, the Financial Secretary had to admit that his boss, Dean Barrow, knew the monies were being spent illegally.

There are so many illegal things that Dean Barrow is being accused of. His name is now stink out da road.

Imagine, this is the man that promised the Unions, the churches, the business community, the police, army and nurses, the voters and young people that if they vote him into office, he will fight corruption, he will make sure his government practices accountability and transparency. Now he is being exposed in the Supreme Court.

Now he will be like the Emperor in the story ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’.

Whenever the Emperor appeared in public he thought he was dressed in the finest of attire. Instead, all the people saw he was naked. All Belizeans are seeing Dean Barrow for what he is really is.

At the next sitting of the House of Representatives let we the people hear a Motion condemning, in the strongest of language, this gross abuse of office and unforgivable violations of our laws. Let us hear what Faber and Saldivar have to tell the nation. Don’t be afraid Honourables, the time has come to get rid of Dean Barrow, the white wash sepulcher.

Belizeans want to know if, when government changes, will the new Prime Minister John Briceño have Dean Barrow arrested and charged.

BARROW DOESN’T CARE ABOUT GARINAGU If the Prime Minister cared about our Garifuna brothers and sisters, Dangriga wouldn’t be so poor and neglected. The important road link from Mile 30 on the Western Highway to Mile 7 on the Hummingbird Highway would have been built long ago.

There would have been a sewing factory in Griga. The hemp business would be underway there, creating plenty jobs. Every child would be in school, every young person would have scholarship for College, Sixth Form and UB. Agriculture and fishing would be booming. Millions of dollars being wasted and stolen. But no money for Garinagu.

CARLA, CARLA Karla, Karla, where did you go wrong?

Last two weeks your name bubbled to the surface. Out of the cauldron it came, from whence your other colleagues are stuck, a few good, a few others rotten and crooked to the core, the rest sticky and slimy. How did you end up mixed up in this.

The government is seen as a gang of criminals. Nothing good can come out of them.

Imagine girl, your presence is of no comfort. The crookedness has spread like a cancer, like HIV. You let us down and you let down yourself.

Even in a simple matter like the chairperson for the Water Boards in Stann Creek you behaved typical UDP; arrogant, lacking principle and full of yourself.

As Honourable Rodwell Ferguson, the elected Area Representative publicly pointed out, not a single person from the dozens and dozens of elected PUP Village Councils were appointed by you.

Shucks madam, you are just another cheap, no good politician. How easy you have become contaminated by the forces of wickedness which surrounds you. You are a collaborator.

P.S. You looked silly and sounded stupid trying to answer the questions at the children’s Parliament on Wednesday.

CRIME AND CORRUPTION The crime and corruption that is plaguing Belize continues unabated. Every week, every weekend, the bad news just keeps destroying our country.

Ed. Note: The opinion expressed in the article above is of the author and not necessarily that of the PUP.

NOTICE DOMEN PARTNERS CORP. # 145,601 (“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (4) of the International Business Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, notice is hereby given that DOMEN PARTNERS CORP.: a) Is in dissolution b) Commenced dissolution on the 18th day of November, 2019; and c) Armando Aparicio whose address is 50 and 74 Streets, San Francisco, PH 909 Building, 15th Floor, Panama City, Republic of Panama is the Liquidator of the Company.

MACLACHLAN & DENNIN LIMITED Registered Agent

NOTICE Rivington Trading Inc. # 126,660 (“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (4) of the International Business Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, notice is hereby given that Rivington Trading Inc.: a) Is in dissolution b) Commenced dissolution on the 14th day of November, 2019; and c) Mrs. Tatyana Cilia whose address is Office 18, Block 19 Vincenti Bld. Strait Street, Valletta, Malta is the Liquidator of the Company.

CILTRUST INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Registered Agent

NOTICE Sparkles Ltd. # 61,130 (“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (4) of the International Business Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, notice is hereby given that Sparkles Ltd.: a) Is in dissolution b) Commenced dissolution on the 14th day of November, 2019; and c) Mrs. Oksana Dalli whose address is Office 18, Block 19 Vincenti Bld. Strait Street, Valletta, Malta is the Liquidator of the Company.

CILTRUST INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Registered Agent

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the below companies have been dissolved and struck off the International Business Companies Register with effect from the dates indicated: Name of Company

Date

KREUX HOLDING LTD.

20th November, 2019

FANHAM PROPERTIES INC.

20th November, 2019

Icaza Belize Trust Corporation Limited Registered Agent

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19TH SPEECH 2019

delivered by Dale Cayetano, Director of Family Court

Buiti binafi. Good morning. It is my esteemed pleasure to address you my people on such an important day. When I was first asked to be today’s guest speaker, I was apprehensive as I have never done such. At second thought, I reminded myself that the spirit of my ancestors will guide me. I then sat and reflected on my upbringing in a Garifuna household in the Orange Walk District where Garinagu were very few. I fondly recall how my parents were never ashamed for their neighbors and the community to know that they were Garinagu.

The theme for the Garifuna Settlement day is LEREUN GARIFUNA LAGUCHABEI LABAGARIDUN GARIFUNADUA, Garifuna Language is the foundation of Garifuna Survival.

This is an appropriate theme as we chronicle the history of the survival of the resilient Garinagu.

The Garifuna history has been one of constant migration and intermarriage. History records that the Garifuna ancestors, the Arawak Indians, migrated from Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela around long before the arrival of the Europeans to the New World and settled in the Greater Antilles Islands in the Caribbean. A second ancestor, the Carib Indians, also migrated from their settlements in the Orinoco Delta in 1220 A.D. and seized the Lesser Antilles. The Carib and Arawak then intermarried and engendered the Island Carib, who settled predominantly on Saint Vincent Island.

Then in 1635, when two Spanish ships shipwrecked in the area, carrying hundreds of indentured Africans, many of the surviving slaves were able to seek refuge on the island among the Carib-Arawak population. This event further added to the genetic emergence of St. Vincent’s ethnic population.

The Garinagu lived successfully and peacefully on Yurumein, now known as St Vincent for hundreds

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of years prior to the arrival of Europeans. In the early 1700s, French interests arrived at St Vincent, fighting skirmishes against the Garinagu before forging an alliance. The French alliance with the Garinagu continued for decades. In 1763, after the Treaty of Paris, the French conceded their interests in St Vincent to the British.

The British were not interested in a cooperative relationship with the Garifuna and so began the first Carib War from 1769 to 1773. The British were beaten by the Garinagu and signed a Peace Treaty. The Garinagu, under the leadership of their Paramount Chief and General Joseph Chatoyer, reluctantly agreed. However, this treaty had negative consequences for the Garinagu, as the British broke the treaty in 1795, leading to the Second Carib War. With greater numbers, armaments, and money, the British overwhelmed the Garinagu.

On March 14, 1795, Joseph Chatoyer was killed in battle on Dorsetshire Hill, overlooking present day Kingstown, St Vincent. Without Chatoyer and vastly outnumbered, the Garinagu’s French allies surrendered in June 1796. Despite the French surrender, the Garinagu themselves did not surrender to the British. From July 1796 until March 11, 1797, the Garinagu were divided on the basis of skin color. Over 5,000 of the Garinagu with darker skin were captured and exiled to the nearby island of Baliceaux.

The British allowed their captives to perish due to malnutrition and disease. On March 11, 1797 the surviving Garinagu were sent by ship to Roatan, Honduras. Over 2,800 Garifuna had died under the British genocide on Baliceaux. Approximately 2,200 started the voyage, an additional 200 perished on the 31 day voyage to Roatan.

On April 12, 1797 the 2,000 surviving Garifuna reached Roatan Honduras.

Ed Note: This article in its entirety can be found at www.belizetimes.biz

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UDP Infamy: PetroCaribe

In 2012, the Barrow-led Government signed into law to bring into Belize the Venezuelan program that was destined to rid participating Caribbean countries out of poverty. On paper, this was all perfect. But any government that was already in bed with Pukke definitely did not have anything good in mind. PetroCaribe took sanctuary in the UDP cabinet room and the mastermind was busy looking at how to corrupt it, to beat it—like a video game which is difficult at the beginning.

The essence of this cunning scheme was to subvert and misuse parts of our laws in order to run roughshod over our hard earned taxpayer money. The UDP eventually went beyond the constitution. Let us go through what I will call the PetroCaribe process.

Fuel was sent to Belize from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela during a time that was much more stable that today. Barges would get to Belize and the product would be bought and distributed from the Port Depot—PUMA and its owners presently control this. The Belizean consumer contributes by buying this fuel at the price asked for at the gas station, taxes and all. This money is then used to pay the Venezuelan barges.

Here is where the sticky part comes in. Belize paid to each fuel barge only an average of FIFTY percent of the bill every time a barge empties at Port. And this payment was in US dollars acquired via exportation—hard earned money largely via Agriculture and others.

The remaining 50 percent was KEPT by Belize in a fund that the government would make loans from. And of course, they loaned pretty much all. This was done for year and year and ROLLED out indiscriminately and without regard to the process of getting House approval for expenditure.

Belize works with something called a Consolidated Fund which is like an elderly parent with many

kids who give him/her money for subsistence. Every year Belize appropriates what will be spent and where it will be spent in the Annual Budget that the general populace hears about. Any money outside of this Annual Budget, a law, MUST be taken to the house for approval.

The Barrow government did not do that for some 1.4 Billion dollars of which close to 500 million were gotten via the PetroCaribe Loan which the Prime Minister and the UDP went to parliament and retrospectively approved expenditure.

Who does this in their daily lives?

Spend all the money recklessly and years later approve the illegality in supplementary measures taken to the house. The PetroCaribe was the biggest. This occurred at the heels of the 2015 General Elections which was heavily influenced by this slush fund.

Prior to those elections, money has thrown out from Pibil to Cheers and any and everything except in getting Belizeans out of poverty— the real reason for the PetroCaribe funds.

This UDP Infamy of it all is that money is unaccounted for and it is in the millions of dollars. Where is the money? 1.4 Billion dollars are not in the projects that are being touted by the UDP? Where is the money?

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NOTICE LACIUS S.A. # 160,917 (“the Company”)

Pursuant to Section 102 (4) of the International Business Companies Act, Chapter 270 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, notice is hereby given that LACIUS S.A.: a) Is in dissolution b) Commenced dissolution on the 18th day of November, 2019; and c) Alfonso Donaire Mena is the Liquidator of the Company.

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THE BELIZE TIMES Minister Patrick Faber made a halfhearted attempt to sympathize with students and parents, while also boasting that he sends his own children with the expensive Off repellent as a countermeasure solution to the problem. So then what about the parents who cannot afford this expensive solution? Should they just let their children become infected and die, or perhaps will Patrick Faber also get boxes of Off repellents and supply these to all the schools?

And what of Minister of Health, Pablo Marin who declined to even comment on the death of this young man? This is an insult to all the citizens of Belize, especially those whose lives have been claimed by this virus, and shows the ineffectiveness of the healthcare system in Belize under the UDP administration. We can longer have someone incompetent like Pablo Marin heading the Ministry of Health who seems to

LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICES

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Dear Editor Please allow me some space for my article.

As Dengue continues killing, UDP Ministers just continue talking!

In just the past weekend, a student from Corozal died after fighting dengue, just two days after being diagnosed with dengue.

Twenty-one year old Ruggeri Tzul had fallen ill on Sunday and then succumbed to the illness. This was just one of dengue deaths in Belize for 2019, and there were also reports that two students: a sixth former from the north and a second former from the west also died from the disease. This dengue plague has only gotten worse and the crisis continues to spread.

New infections now rising in record numbers since 2015, which begs the question, what are the Ministers of Health and Education doing to combat and spread awareness about this epidemic?

Vacancies: Ying Ying Shop located at # 8227 Mahogany Street Extension, Belize City, needs a Shop Supervisor/Cashier Supervisor. Visit the shop for more information.

Tow Tow Grocery located at # 6772 Mahogany Street , Belize City, needs a Shop Supervisor. Visit the above mentioned location for more information.

Sky City Supermarket has a vacancy for a Shop Supervisor. Visit Miles 8.5 Philip Goldson Highway, Ladyville Village, Belize District for more details.

Mid-Town Grocery Shop needs a Cashier to work at # 63 Albert Street, Belize City. Call 664-0707 for more information.

Notice is hereby given that Maio Fang Liu is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at “King’s Resturant” located at 3315 C.A. Blvd., Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that 100 Service Station Ltd. is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at “100 Service Station Ltd.” located at 517 Vernon Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Alex Cory Lewis is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “A&A’s Restaurant & Bar” located on Myvette Street, Hattieville Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Juan Carlos Dussain Cullar is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Caribbean Best Producers Ltd.” located in Seine Bight Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Juan Chuang Qi & Jin Jiao Rong/Qi are applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Candy Shop” located at #19 George Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Rong Xin Min is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Ying Bin Dian” located at # 24 Bagdad Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Chun Hua Chen is applying for a Convenience Store Liquor License to be operated at “Kick Down Fence” located at 46 Victoria Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Yvette Mariegold Mcfadzean is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Disco Paradise” located in Double Head Cabbage Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Juan Carlos Dussain Cullar is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “P. Market” located on C.A. Blvd., Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Gilbert Flowers is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Moon Light Cool Spot” located in Double Head Cabbage Village, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Juan Carlos Dussain Cullar is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “P -Market” located at 1 ½ Mile Philip Goldson Highway, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Juan Carlos Dussain Cullar is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Public Supermarket” located at # 49 West Canal, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Auro Vasquez is applying for a Malt & Cider Liquor License to be operated at “Edel’s Grocery Shop” located at # 14 Antelope Street, Belize City, Belize District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Can Jin Chen is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Civic Store” located on 5th Street North, Corozal Town, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

17 be out of touch with this situation.

People are dying and lives are being lost. We need a change of leadership and someone who is serious that will deal with this issue. The UDP must be held accountable. Belizeans placed these men in charge and it is clear that none of them are fit for these positions and do not have the best interests of the people.

Signed A Concerned Citizen

Notice is hereby given that Miaona Lu is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Season’s Supermarket” located on 5th Avenue, Corozal Town, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Mario El Alpuche is applying for a Restaurant Liquor License to be operated at “Wicho’s Kitchen & Restaurant” located on 4th Avenue, Corozal Town, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that William B. Wildman is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Tortuga Grill & Paddle Lounge” located on 1st Avenue & 6th Street North, Corozal Town, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Roque Marin is applying for a Publican Special Liquor License to be operated at “Jam Rock” located on 1st Avenue, Corozal Town, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Marta Lima is applying for a Malt Liquor License to be operated at “Melanie’s Cool Spot” located in San Andres Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

Notice is hereby given that Frank Innis is applying for a Shop Liquor License to be operated at “Frank’s Store” located in Calcutta Village, Corozal District under the Intoxicating Liquor License Ordinance Revised Edition 1980.

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Dear Editor Please allow me to voice a little displeasure on The Mess Called the UDP. The government of Belize at this moment is being run by the public service, the same Public service that is mistreated, given horrible work conditions and being kicked out of their Headquarters after their land was once sold to a company born overnight. The UDP has done nothing to govern Belize.

The UDP came in with the intention of fleecing Belize and doing anything that would get their ‘sockfulls’ of kickbacks. The betterment of the livelihood of People was never in the UDP agenda. The UDP agenda on public time included a Savanah wedding designed to upstage Belizean democracy. It also included a Trumplike love of adulation by his pawns dressed as ministers.

All this time there was NO plan for Barrow to leave with the best interest in mind. All the UDP is planning on is how to get Barrow out to pasture with the rest of the UDP still in government. The UDPs exit is all but Xed onto ballot papers. The UDP’s reign of terror has not moved Belize nowhere forward even with all the infrastructure.

Faber or Saldivar, the choice is clear...Briceño. Belizeans have it easy this time around. In 2008 UDP won in spite of their weak team and leadership. The people were voting out lack of transparency. Now they will vote in Hope.

This coming election will be about voting for a plan and a vision that obviously being laid out and to be executed by a Briceño-led Belize.

A side-dish will be getting rid of a government in shambles and in a mess whose lame duck session seems to be lasting forever.

Hurry leave...get your lame ducks in a row and follow Gapi to the exit... and Barrow said stop it now, for God’s sake.

Signed

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 68 situated in the K.C. Wong Subdivision, located north of Mile 8 ½ on the George Price Highway, Belize District containing 833.33 square yards as shown on a plan of survey by A.R. Marin, Licensed Land Surveyor, dated the 28 th. October, 1972 registered at the Belize Archives and Records Office, Belmopan in Surveyors Plan Book (SPB) No. 6 Folio No. 170 TOGETHER with all buildings and erections standing and being thereon. (Being a concrete bungalow dwelling house [25 ft. X 32 ft. + extension approx. 6 ft. x 12 ft.] containing 2 bedrooms and lot [833.33 S.Y.] situate in the Western Paradise/Sunset Park Community Mile 8 ½ north of the George Price Highway, Belize District, the freehold property of Mr. Lauren L. Flowers).

TERMS: STRICTLY CASH KEVIN A. CASTILLO CHRISTIANA R. CASTILLO TELEPHONE: 223-4488 Email: belizeauctionsales@gmail.com

PUBLIC AUCTION SALE

BY ORDER OF THE CHARGEE HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED, a Licensed Public Auctioneer will sell on site the following property at the time as listed.

At Corner of Albert Hoy Avenue and Signa Yorke Street, Belama, Belize City on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 10:00a.m.

SCHEDULE

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land being Parcel 752, Block 16 in the Caribbean Shores/Belize Registration Section situate on U Crescent, near D.K. Supermarket, Belama, Belize City, Belize, comprising an empty lot of 277.778 square yards the freehold property of MELENIE MATUS

DATED this 13th day of November 2019

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PUBLIC AUCTION SALE: PROPERTY Western Paradise/Sunset Park Community, Mile 8 1/2 North George Price Highway Belize District

BY ORDER of the Mortgagees, Messrs. The Belize Bank Limited, Licensed Auctioneers Kevin A. Castillo & Christiana R. Castillo will sell the following property at No. 170 Beltex Avenue, Belama Phase 1, Belize City on Monday 25th November 2019 at 1:30 pm:

Really Concerned Citizen

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All sales are strictly cash and deemed final. For more information contact: HOLY REDEEMER CREDIT UNION LIMITED 1 HYDE’S LANE, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE Phone: (501) 224-5644 Fax: (501) 223-0738 Email: foreclosures@hrcubelize.org

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NOTICE

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION

Notice is hereby given that the below companies have been dissolved and struck off the International Business Companies Register with effect from the dates indicated: Name of Company

Date

NEWBURY S.A.

14th November, 2019

TIJOS HOLDINGS INC.

14th November, 2019

FELTON HOLDINGS S.A.

20th November, 2019

Registered Agent

NOTICE

Name of Company

Date of Commencement of Dissolution

Liquidator Name & Address

GOLDEN UNION ENTERPRISE LIMITED

7th November, 2019

YANG, PEI – WEN of NO. 5, LANE 263, CHUNG CHING RD., SEC. 6, SHA LU DIST., TAICHUNG CITY, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

TRIPOD CO., LTD.

7th November, 2019

YANG, PEI – WEN of NO. 5, LANE 263, CHUNG CHING RD., SEC. 6, SHA LU DIST., TAICHUNG CITY, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

Any claims against the company should be forwarded to the Liquidator within 30 days from commencement.

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION

Notice is hereby given that the below companies have been dissolved and struck off the International Business Companies Register with effect from the dates indicated: Name of Company

Date

BILLION INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.

7th November, 2019

SHAPE METAL TRADE CO., LTD.

7th November, 2019

TLCT INC.

7th November, 2019

Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the following companies (“the Companies”) incorporated under the IBC Act of Belize commenced dissolution as follows: Name of Company

Date of Commencement of Dissolution

Liquidator Name & Address

SIENNA FINANCE LTD.

7th November, 2019

ADRIANA LUCIA ESLAVA BOTERO of URBANIZACION MONTE PARAISO, B-9 TRIANA F, 29602 MARBELLA, MALAGA, SPAIN.

KAYLAR INC.

13th November, 2019

Wayne Almeida of Suite 23, Portland House, Glacis Road, Gibraltar.

Any claims against the company should be forwarded to the Liquidator within 30 days from commencement.

Belize Corporate Services Limited Registered Agent

GenPro Consulting (Belize) Limited

Registered Agent

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the below company has been dissolved and struck off the International Business Companies Register with effect from the date indicated: SCARTWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED – 14th November, 2019 Aleman, Cordero, Galindo & Lee Trust (Belize) Limited Registered Agent

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the following companies (“the Companies”) incorporated under the IBC Act of Belize commenced dissolution as follows: Date of Commencement of Dissolution

Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that the following companies (“the Companies”) incorporated under the IBC Act of Belize commenced dissolution as follows:

GenPro Consulting (Belize) Limited Registered Agent

Belize Corporate Services Limited

Name of Company

2019

Liquidator Name & Address

RAINWORTH BUSINESS S.A.

15th November, 2019

JAIME PAVA of Calle 110, 15 72 AP 306, Bogotá, Colombia

SERENA BUSINESS S.A.

15th November, 2019

JAIME PAVA of Calle 110, 15 72 AP 306, Bogotá, Colombia

Any claims against the company should be forwarded to the Liquidator within 30 days from commencement.

Icaza Belize Trust Corporation Limited Registered Agent

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GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE MINISTRY OF WORKS CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR SUPERVISION CONSULTANCY SERVICES FORCONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION SEVENTH ROAD (PHILLIP GOLDSON HIGHWAY UPGRADING) PROJECT SEVENTH ROAD (PHILLIP GOLDSON HIGHWAY UPGRADING) PROJECT REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Government of Belize (GOBZ) has applied for financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership Fund towards the cost of the Seventh Road (Philip Goldson Highway Upgrading) Project – Mile 24.5 – 92 inclusive of the Remate Road Bypass and intends to apply a The portion of the proceeds this financing to eligible payments a contract for which this invitation is issued. Payment Government of ofBelize (GOBZ) has applied forunder financing from the Caribbean Development Bankby CDB, will be made only at the request of GOBZ and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement. The Financing (CDB) and the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership towards the import cost of the if such payment or Agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the Financing Account for the purpose of any payment to personsFund or entities, or for any of goods, import, to the knowledge of Road CDB, is(Philip prohibited by a decision of theUpgrading) United NationsProject Security–Council taken–under Chapter VIIofofthe the Charter Seventh Goldson Highway Mile 24.5 92 inclusive Remateof the United Nations.

No party other than GOBZ shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

Road Bypass and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a

This Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Works (MOW), Project Execution Unit (PEU). The Ministry of Works - PEU wishes to procure consultancy contract for which this invitation is issued. Payment by CDB, will be made only at the request of GOBZ services for construction supervision of the Seventh Road (Phillip Goldson Highway Upgrading) Project. It is expected that the consultancy services assignment will be completed overand a 48­m onth period.

MOW invites consulting to submit Interest for the provision upon approval by now CDB, andinterested will beeligible subject, in allfirms respects, to Expressions the terms ofand conditions of the of these consultancy services. (d) in all cases the consultant is not subject to any restrictions under European Council

Financing Agreement. The Financing Agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the Financing Account for Regulation No. 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 or the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) 2009 of the United Kingdom with a view to combating terrorism.

Consultants shall be to participate if: theeligible purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import,

to the of CDB, prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Council taken under (a) in the case of aknowledge body corporate, they areislegally incorporated or otherwise organised in an eligibleSecurity country, have their principal place of business in an eliEligible countries are member countries of CDB. gible country and are more than 50 percent beneficially owned by citizen(s) and/or bona fide residents of eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than GOBZ shall derive any rights from meeting these requirements; the Financing Agreement or beneficial haveConsultants anyowners claimis todrawn the proceeds the Financing. (b) in the case of unincorporated firms, the are citizens bonaof fida residents an eligible country; Procedures The attention of interested toorparagraph 5.15 andof5.17 of Procurement (c) in all cases, thefor Consultants have no arrangement and undertake not toCDB’s make any arrangements, whereby any substantial parts of the net profits or other Projects Financed

by CDB (2019), setting forth policy on conflict of interest for the selection tangible benefits of the contract will accrue or be paid to a person not a citizen or bona fide resident of an eligible country; and of consultants. (d) in all cases the consultant is not subject to any restrictions under European Council Regulation No. 2580/2001 of 27 December This Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Works (MOW), Project Execution Unit (PEU). The2001 or the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) 2009 of the United Kingdom with a view to combating terrorism.

In the of submissions, will be given to technical competence, supervision qualificationsof andthe Ministry of assessment Works - PEU wishes to consideration procure consultancy services for construction

experience, local and regional experience on similar assignments, financial capability and existing Eligible countries Seventh are member countries of CDB. Road (Phillip Goldson Highway Upgrading) Project. It is expected that the consultancy services commitments. All information must be submitted in English.

assignment will beiscompleted over a 5.15 48-month MOW Procedures now invites eligible consulting The attention of interested Consultants drawn to paragraph and 5.17period. of Procurement for interested Projects Financed

by CDB (2019), setting forth CDB’s policy on conflict of interest for the selection of consultants. hardExpressions copies of theofExpressions Interest must of be these received at the firstservices. address below no later than firms toThree submit Interest forofthe provision consultancy

10:00 a.m. local time 6 January 2020 andqualifications an electronic must belocal sentand simultaneously In the assessment of submissions, consideration willon beMonday given to technical competence, andcopy experience, regional experience on similar assignboth MOW and CDB at All theinformation addresses below. sealedinenvelope ments, financial capabilitytoand existing commitments. must be The submitted English. containing each submission should

Consultants eligible to participate if: includeshall the be name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest -

Three hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must received at the first address below no laterRoad than 10:00 a.m. Goldson local time Highway on Monday 6 January 2020 and Consultancy Services forbe Construction Supervision, Seventh (Phillip an electronic copy must beUpgrading) sent simultaneously to both MOW and CDB at the addresses below.

The sealed envelope containing each submission should include the Project. name and address of the applicant shall clearly Interest - Consultancy Services or forotherwise Construction Supervision, (a) andin thebecase of marked a body“Expression corporate, ofthey are legally incorporated organised in anSeventh Road (Phillip Goldson Highway Upgrading) Project.

eligible country, have theirofprincipal place of business in an eligible country andSelection are more The selection method for the award the consultancy shall be Quality and Cost Based (QCBS). following assessment submissions, a short-list of notfide lessresidents thanthethree not The selection method for the award ofTherefore, the consultancy shallbeneficially bethe Quality and owned Costof Based (QCBS).

Therefore, following assessment of submissions, a short-list than 50 percent bySelection citizen(s) and/or bona ofand eligible of not less than three and not more than applicants will will be terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial more than sixsixapplicants be provided providedwith withfull full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and proposals to undertake country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements. the assignments. financial proposals to undertake the assignments. (b)

in the case of unincorporated firms, the beneficial owners are citizens or bona fida

GOBZ reserves the right to accept or reject late applications or to cancel the present invitation partially or in its entirety. It will not be bound to assign any reason for not right accept by orcountry; reject late applications or to cancel the present invitation partially or of antoincurred eligible and short-listing any applicant GOBZ and willreserves notresidents defraythe any costs any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

in its entirety. It will not be bound to assign any reason for not short-listing any applicant and will not

Further information may bedefray obtained theincurred first address below betweeninthe of 8:00 a.m.

5:00 p.m. local time, MondayoftoInterest.

Friday. anyfrom costs by any applicant thehours preparation andtosubmission of Expressions

Further information may be obtained from the first address below between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time, Monday to Friday.

1. Attention: Mr. Evondale Moody Project Execution Unit Ministry of Works Power Lane Belmopan Cayo District BELIZE C.A. Tel: +501-828-5220 Fax: +501-822-0563 Email: peumow@yahoo.com

2. Procurement Officer Procurement Policy Unit Caribbean Development Bank P. O. Box 408, Wildey St. Michael BARBADOS, W.I. Tel: +246-431-1600 Fax: +246-426-7269 Email: procurement@caribank.org

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SENIOR AUDITOR V $13,063.00 x $725.04 = $24,664.08 Chief Internal Auditor

The Belize City Council is seeking applications to fill the post of Senior Auditor.

All interested persons must submit their applications along with their resume and two letters of reference, in a sealed envelope no later than Monday, November 25, 2019 to Human Resources Manager, Belize City Council, 810 Regent Street, Belize City, Belize.

Duties/Responsibilities: 1.Prepare monthly work plan and progress report and submit to

Audit Supervisor.

2.Provide independent review and assessment of departmental operations.

3.Plan and perform audits in accordance with auditing requirement and submit reports to Audit Supervisor.

4. Report to Audit Supervisor any non- compliance/mismanagement of Council resources encountered during audit inspection

5. Conduct surprise cash survey.

6. Assist the department where and when needed.

7. Carry out any other reasonable duties that may be assigned from time to time.

8. Ensure that all protocols, procedures and guidelines are used at all times in carrying assigned duties.

9. Ensure that professionalism is displayed at all times when carrying out duties.

10.Report to work immediately in the event a disaster threat and after the City has suffered a disaster.

11.Reports to the Audit Supervisor, accountable to the Chief Internal Auditor.

QUALIFICATIONS *Minimum Associate Degree in Account or business-related area *Three (3)+ years of audit experience in public accounting or internal audit *Computer literate *Demonstrate technical abilities in selected areas (audit, accounting, regulatory, compliance, etc.)

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ASSISTANT TO THE CITY PLANNER VI: $20,354.88 X $823.68 = $33,533.76

CITY PLANNER

Job Description and Activities: Efficiently assist and coordinate daily tasks of the Planning Department and Road Maintenance Management System (RMMS) Unit and provide necessary support in order to execute planning operations, including staff programs, budget, heavy equipment and activities.

Direct Responsibility in the administration of the following work flows: 1.Create a road network inventory database of all elements that make up the public realm along with a maintenance budget as part of an Annual Operative Plan.

2. Coordinate with the technical staff for the collection of GIS field information.

3. Permanent update of information about the damage evolution on inventoried items.

4.Establish studies, surveys and tests required to obtain data needed.

5. Supply the tools, reports, analysis and other elements to be used by technical assistants for performance of their tasks, reports, analysis, assessments and plans.

6. Review reports and data collected by technical assistants.

7. Prepare monthly reports, financial and budgetary reports for the Unit.

8. Coordinate assigned activities with those of other departments and outside agencies and organizations; resolve sensitive and controversial issues.

9. Attend and participate in professional group meetings; stay abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of engineering.

10. Respond to and resolve citizen and staff inquires, concerns and complaints in a timely manner.

11. Employ structural methods to better equip high-risks areas with infrastructure to avoid or manage impact of storm water influence.

12. Carryout any other reasonable assigned duties.

13. Ensure that all protocols, procedures and guidelines are used at all times in carrying out assigned duties.

14. Ensure that professionalism is displayed at all times when carrying out duties.

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Department and the General Public.

16. Report to work immediately in the event of a disaster threat and after the City has suffered a disaster.

17. Other duties assigned from time to time by the City Planner

CAREER OPPORTUNITY The Belize City Council is seeking applications to fill the post of Assistant to the City Planner.

All interested persons must submit their applications along with their resume and two letters of reference, in a sealed envelope no later than Monday, November 25, 2019 to Human Resources Manager, Belize City Council, 810 Regent Street, Belize City, Belize.

Duties/Responsibilities: 1.Assist in the overall administration of the City Planning Office, to include the preparation of official departmental reports.

2. Gather and analyze economic and environmental studies.

3. Conduct field investigations to analyze factors affecting land use.

4. Stay current on zoning and building codes, environmental regulations, and other legal issues.

5.Assist in preparing a GIS outline development plan initially focusing on City areas of new infrastructure development.

6.Assist with urban development to include outline plans for areas where drainage improvements are proposed by Belize City Council.

7. Assist with city-planning proposals with relevant agencies.

8. Assist with establishing community groups/wardens to assist in drawing-up and monitoring of city plans.

9. Asist in the Development of overall Departmental Policies and Procedures.

10. Research national and international urban development policies and legislations.

11. Supervise all works of the Building Inspectors and Building Monitors as described in their job description.

12. Ensure that all protocols, procedures and guidelines are used at all times by technical staff in carrying out their assigned duties.

13.Ensure compliance by the general public of all urban developmental policies and procedures set forth.

14. Review reports and data collected by the Technical Team.

15. Assist with the preparation of Departmental Annual Budget.

16. Assist in the coordination of meetings and events held by the City Planning Office and the RMMS Unit.

17. Facilitate information to the Public Relations Department regarding public notices and press releases.

QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Engineering or Urban Planning • One year in land use planning experience with significant Geographic Information System (GIS) experience.

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