Sunday, July 25th, 2010 Edition 100 - Week 49

BIAS TOWARDS NONE!!!

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Belize City, Thursday, July 22, 2010 Employees of the airlines and the other services and companies operating out of the Belize M u n i c i p a l Airstrip were surprised when they arrived for work early Sunday morning.They saw what appeared to be a suspicious skiff, looking very much like those used by the Colombian drug traffi ckers that routinely ply our waters, washing up in the mangrove at the end of the runway. The boat had two men on board who appeared not to have anything else to do, just waiting. The employees’ surprise turned to excitement when an ADU (Anti-Drug

Unit) police boat with four heavily armed offi cers appeared on the scene and trained their weapons on the beached boat’s occupants, then began searching the vessel. Their excitement was soon tempered by bewilderment when two more boats arrived in what seemed to be mid-operation, and Belize’s new

Minister of Police was one of the passengers on one of the boats. In a matter of minutes the beached

boat was taken under tow, and the three boats all departed. The ADU boat and its offi cers sat around for quite some time after that before they slowly made their way back in the direction they came from. The offi cers, having been

interrupted in the heat of battle so to speak, seemed visibly annoyed and irritated. The matter would quite possibly have ended there, perhaps becoming yet another urban legend in the streets where such matters grow

Police Minister Interference!!

Was it Drugs?

Damien ChamberlainHon. Doug Singh

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Belize City; Thurs. July 22, 2010“There are multiple cases of abuse of innocent citizens by members of the Belize Police Department. In addition to the wayward behavior of certain members of the Belize Police department, we and so many other Belizeans have been convinced of the widespread corruption in our force that is supposed to protect us. For these reasons we believe that the Commissioner of the Belize Police Department has lost the confi dence of

this public. We therefore are asking to our government, to our leader, to Doug Singh to terminate him immediately.” Yolanda SchakronAn ominous cloud hung over the appointment of Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries. The UDP was not fund of him and there were a lot of residual feelings following the UDP’s encounter with Jeffries during the 2005 riots. Be that as it may, former Minister National Security Minister Carlos Perdomo and the UDP saw it fi t to

appoint him Commissioner of Police. For a while the objections to Jeffries quieted until the guns in streets started to ring out and cops started do crazy things within the department. The Police Department descended into turmoil and literal chaos where police offi cers were holding grudges against each other and begun to show signs of frustration and demoralization. In March of this year, Offi cer Gavin Sanchez was shot nine times and killed by fellow offi cer Paulino Reyes

at the San Pedro Police Station. That case, for all intents purpose has been swept under the rug. Numerous calls by the media and intervention by fellow police offi cer have all gone unanswered by the hierarchy of the police department. On May 11th of this year, police offi cer Alpheus Williams let lose on civilian Alex Goff while he was in detention at the Caye Caulker police station. Williams has since been on remand at the Hattieville prison on

FIRE COMPOL JEFFRIES NOW!!!!!

(L) Belizean for Justice Yolanda Schakron (M) Minister of Police Doug Singh (R)Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries

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DENGUE RAGING IN BELIZE !!

Juliet Thimbriel Blames Public Officers...

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Belize City; Thurs. July 22, 2010 Despite the fact that it was Channel Seven News who broke the news nearly two months ago, and despite the fact that many prominent Belizeans including Prime Minister Dean Barrow, Senator Juliet Thimbrel, prominent attorneys and corporate executives have contracted the disease, and despite the fact that there is a confi rmed death from the disease, a fi ve-year old child nonetheless, the Ministry of Health and the Government of Belize have still not made any offi cial statement in regard to a massive outbreak of dengue sweeping the nation and the region. On July 21, 2009, the Ministry of Health ironically declared an outbreak of the disease in Belize after “just” 114 cases appeared in the Cayo District between May 4th and July 14th and after “only” 184 suspected cases had been reported countrywide, and 17 of those cases were clinically diagnosed as Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever. We say “just” and “only” 184 cases because although on June 15th of this year, Steven Rivers, the Supervisor of Public Health told Channel Seven News: “For 2010 we have over 200 cases” the Government of Belize has failed to act. Even more signifi cantly just last week

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earned a trip to Siberia for being too overzealous. This is not the fi rst time that Broaster is involved in incidents that made headline news, which later turned out after due course, to be untrue. In 2008 the discovery of buried human remains by Superintendent Broaster was reported to be that of the notorious

Jermaine Fuentes. Senior Superintendent of Police Chester Williams was implicated in the alleged murder of Fuentes. That particular case was fi lled with holes and political interference, which eventually led to the UDP Solicitor General resigning in protest. Senior Superintendent Williams had been accused by the UDP of being a supporter of the People’s United Party so the accusation against him and interdiction came as no surprise to anyone. To date, it has been reported that Jermaine Fuentes is alive and well in the United States. So readers will see that there is a pattern of overzealousness by Superintendent Broaster to please the UDP Prime Minister. It must be noted that Superintendent Broaster and Lee Mark Chang of Chon Saan Palace are close friends. Chang is the current standard bearer for the UDP in the Freetown Division. We thought that it is important to highlight how such a brilliant attorney as Dean Barrow could walk into a booby trap set by the police, however, even the Commissioner of Police walked

into such a trap. Both could have been steered into that trap because at the time, Carlos Perdomo was not at the helm of the Police Department, instead, it was the Prime Minister and it was possible that the Prime Minister received bogus information from sources below the rank of the Commissioner of Police. As we see it, Barrow

was set up by his blue eyed boy. It was done in ignorance and zeal rather as opposed to malice. The UDP, who remains incompetent and without a strategy on crime, needed something then to comfort the outcry of the public, therefore, any story that could be spun on the public in order to restore a sense of comfort, was welcomed by the Executive.

The question recently on everyone’s mind is: where is the spotlight hungry Prime Minister of Belize? Not so long ago, this man could not pass a television crew without sticking his bullet head in front of their cameras. A check of the records has shown that since the embarrassing April Fool’s Day press conference where he emphatically declared that the Police had captured the leader of a ring of corrupt cops, his airtime has dwindled. After the information Barrow gave that infamous day was examined, the public realized this man is a Buffoon. Barrow boasted that they had captured the so-called leader of the ring who turned out to be an ordinary police constable. Some of the charges placed on this constable were dropped last week, and the last charge is about to be dropped putting an end to this fi asco. The last time we saw the UDP Prime Minister was in front of the cameras launching his RESTORE Belize program. This program was supposed to create opportunities for under privileged youths. However, all we have seen so far is the creation of plush bureaucratic jobs for the choice UDPs such as Marydelene Vasquez, daughter of Belize Telemedia Limited Chairman, Nestor Vasquez and Marie Munoz, daughter of WAVE Radio’s Joe Bradley. What is interesting is that the dumb, dumber and blubber hosts on WAVE have declared war on Superintendent of Police, Edward Broaster. Superintendent Broaster is being accused as the man who gave bad information to the Prime Minister on All Fool’s Day. He was the one along with Lee Mark Chang that set in motion the so-called sting operation in which PC Jermaine Mangar became the fall guy. Superintendent Broaster, who many consider to be the blue eyed boy of the Prime Minister, has now

It seems that the Prime Minister is ashamed to face the public ever since PC Mangar walked free after being defended by Belize’s best criminal lawyer Dickie Bradley. The Prime Minister is left with eggs on his face and now everyone is waiting for Superintendent Broaster to be unceremoniously booted from grace. The latest report is that he

will be sent to Punta Gorda as soon as the new Commissioner of Police is installed next week. What has happened to the Prime Minister is typical of all the UDPs, they are all incompetents. They have not done one single positive thing for the country, since they got into offi ce. Minister Douglas Singh summarized the UDP best when he mentioned that political parties are designed to

win elections and governing is secondary. We are shocked that all the loud mouths who opposed the PUP prior to February 2008 are today, happily taking their UDP “bukut”. We never believed that these noisemakers would one day embraced tough love.

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OPEN YOUR EYESTHE PEOPLE ARE AWAKE!

It seems that the Prime Minister is ashamed to face the public ever since PC Mangar walked free

after being defended by Belize’s best criminal lawyer Dickie Bradley. The Prime Minister is left with eggs on his face and now everyone

is waiting for Superintendent Broaster to be unceremoniously booted from grace.

ONE UDPPRIME MINISTER‘LOST’ –

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with each recounting. But one of the employees had videoed a portion of the proceedings to back up a fantastic tale. The video was obtained by one of the television stations, and it made the evening news on Monday. There are stories in the media but at press time today the populace still knows very little about what transpired at the Belize Municipal Airport Saturday night and Sunday morning.The chances are that is exactly how it will stay, under the cover of darkness and secrecy. At press time today we know that newly appointed Police Minister Doug Singh did show up at the end of the runway of the Belize Municipal Airport Sunday morning, and that almost immediately after his arrival on the scene, the police discontinued their investigation. The purported owner of the boat has written to Channel Seven News claiming that the uninspected, unlicensed and unregistered boat was there because its steering gear had failed after coming in from a trip to St. George’s Caye Saturday night. They had run aground in bad weather and had abandoned the craft in the mangroves at the end of the runway. Damien Chamberlain, who is described to us as a manager at Belize Engineering Co. Ltd., said in that statement that Doug Singh is his neighbor and friend, was on the trip to St. George’s Caye and returned with

him the following day to salvage the craft. Chamberlain never revealed that as manager of Belize Engineering Co. Ltd., he is, in effect, Singh’s employee since BECL is a subsidiary of BTALCO, which Doug and his brother Mike owns. The incident raises many questions simply because drug trafficking is rife in Belize, and the boat has some appearance of the boats used for that purpose. Considering the recent and continuing disappearance of several mariners plying our seas at night and in bad weather, who would want to be “commissioning” a new boat in bad weather and at night? In recent years, a boat and its entire crew, including a magistrate disappeared under strange circumstances. Some observers note that the cost to the national treasury would have been immense if the Minister of Police in exercising merely bad judgment had “disappeared” at sea – the massive search and rescue operation that would’ve been launched could quite conceivably run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars and wasted labour. The singular fact is that the Minister of Police and Public Safety should not have been out at sea, at night, in an uninspected, unregistered, unlicensed, untested vessel in bad weather. The boat was operating illegally and as Minister of Police, Dough Singh knowingly condoned it. Then on Sunday morning, he used his presence on the scene to

influence and deter the police from carrying out a proper investigation.And even if that was the only problem with this scenario, an official explanation is still required by the people of this country. Needless to say the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is not taking this incident sitting down. To date, no official explanation has been forthcoming and if recent history is our guide, none will. We are left to speculate. Belizeans have good reasons to believe that drug trafficking is rife in Belize, and it is so lucrative that it has corrupted our public officials at the highest levels. Whenever any minister appears to intervene in any investigation - that alone is ground enough for suspicion and skepticism. Given these circumstances, it would appear that a thorough ventilation of what transpired Saturday night and Sunday morning is needed. Just two weeks ago Doug Singh told Channel Seven News: “I personally believe that we need to enact certain pieces of legislations that hold politicians liable or anyone liable for interfering with the legal process,

that if there is any evidence that you have interfered with the arrest of an individual or due process, that the police department exercise, that you, your name gets entered into a record and that charges can be laid against you. I believe that that is necessary, and I believe that then police will have the confidence to execute their task without feeling the political pressures to bear. It must become necessary at some point in time.” And while no member of the public will lose any sleep over yet another blatant act of hypocrisy by members of this Dean Barrow administration, they should know that Prime Minister Barrow was sufficiently alarmed by inquiries by DEA authorities that he hastily aborted Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting and demanded that Singh take Chamberlain’s statement and rush it out to the media as damage control. Barrow may not care much what the electorate thinks, but he has to pay attention to what US authorities do. After all, they have allegedly questioned the Singh brothers’ involvement in certain international money transfer operations and transactions before.

Police Minister Interference!!

July 20, 2010, Channel Seven News reported, based off a press release that: “Since the start of this year, the Ministry of Health has received 348 reports of clinical cases of Classical Dengue Fever, 30 of which have been laboratory confirmed at the Central Medical Laboratory and 42 diagnosed as Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. The majority of these cases - 142 of them - have been identified in the Cayo (142 cases) and Belize districts.”

And as of press time today still no alert or alarm has been sounded and no action taken by the Ministry of Health. It is a measure of the way things are in the UDP administration that on Wednesday morning of this week, WAVE morning talk-show host Juliet Thimbrel revealed that she and a family member have been victims of the disease.

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By Rhenae NunezBelize City; July 18, 2010

He read his bible and he prayed everyday, his mother said, therefore when notorious street figure Giovanni “Nose” Lauriano, 33, met his maker on Sunday evening, he should have been prepared. For many Lauriano’s death came as no surprise but the news travelled like wild fire as soon as it occurred sometime around six on Sunday evening. Police visited the scene at mile 16 ½ on the Western Highway where the retrieved the bullet-riddled apparent lifeless

body of Lauriano. He had been shot several times in the head and once in the left side of his chest. Beside Lauriano’s body was a 9mm live round. Lauriano’s bullet-riddled red car, a 1996 Geo Prizm bearing license plate, C-27628 was

found in some bushes about 500 yards off the highway. Lauriano was making his way to his home in the Belizean-American residential area of Hattieville after socializing with his friends all day. Reports are that a car which was seen circling the village earlier may have been involved in the violent and deadly attack on Lauriano. The perpetrators are reported to have rammed his car and shot at it several times on the highway thereby forcing it off the road. Lauriano exited his car and ran for his life but was pursued on foot by the attackers who shot him

“After some reflection I have to think that Evan’s propensity for savagely attacking those who disagree with him (remember “The donkey is a monkey”?), his hypercritical, ultra-competitive, win-at-all-costs attitude was a major factor in semi-pro’s demise, and why it has fallen and can’t get up.” So it is my turn to be battered by Evan’s blunderbuss editorials. In a piece remarkable only for its rancidness Evan took out his best poison pen and vilified me. I feel so important. Seriously now, an entire editorial in the “leading” paper nonetheless? Stap play, bway, I nuh dat impotant! One of the reasons I started working with Evan way back in 1977 is because I so admired his writing skills and I dreamed of being a writer. He had just written a book called “6878 - Decade of Changes” and had given me the manuscript to read because I had gotten into an argument with him. I was young, all of 16, and knew next to nothing. He was irritated because I had written a poem about him called “Sing it to me Dead Man.” To get me off his nerves he had tried to floor me with his writing. I read the book, and wrote a mini review about it that was mostly complimentary so Evan promptly published that. It was Evan who taught me about character assassination by innuendo. In 1978 he wrote an editorial railing against such despicableness that I think is a classic. Here he is in 2010 still employing this time-worn ruse. I can only shake my head in disappointment. Here’s how that works: In his editorial’s first three paragraphs X tells us about some Belizean crack head footballer he had warned, and he talks about his feud with sportscaster/customs broker James Adderley, whom he has accused of same. Then he goes on to talk about me. The inference is obvious. Shame! If you know of any such “skeletons” in my closet please X, go ahead and expose them. I have never inhaled or ingested such substances Mista Man, and there’s a DNA test that can prove or disprove that. They once tested a hair follicle from a long dead pharaoh and their tests show that the pharaoh used cocaine. I should know - I read it in AMANDALA. Me, you and anyone else you can get to agree to it can take that test, if YOU dare, and broadcast the unveiling of the results - live. We could make it a KREM reality television special. The record is clear: I have worked with you several times, and each time I left at my own volition. The first time I left I went to work with Stuart Krohn and Brukdown magazine in 1979, remember? You attacked me then too in the pages of AMANDALA, and physically in front of your father’s home, if memory serves me right. The second time I left and went to the States in October 1982. And again you attacked me in the pages of AMANDALA.

You very well know that the record shows that I left AMANDALA a third time of my own volition in September 1996 to try my hand at publishing my own magazine SPLASH, and sure enough, you attacked me then too. I even did an interview with Jules Vasquez on Channel 7, and called a press conference two days later to answer all questions. There is a public record there, see, and not just your

interpretation of history. The record also shows that I came back at various times after that to lend a hand at AMANDALA, KREM Radio and KREM Television. You were so busy signing my checks you didn’t notice? It is because I respected you why I bother to respond to your editorial attacks. This is the third time in recent weeks, and each is more pungent than the last. You have promised more, and

I believe that you will try. I say bring it on. I too have “things” I can talk about. We go way, way, way back you and I, and we were close. I can talk about those times, for example, when “your emotions got the better of you,” so to speak, and you did and said things that maybe your peeps may find, shall we say salacious, scandalous even? You’re trying to swat a fly with a

sledgehammer. Yup, I am a minnow among you sharks, Big Man. Yup, I can be swallowed or drowned quite easily. Frankly my erstwhile friend, I don’t give a damn. Speaking of flies … there was a time I sat like a fly on the wall when you met with the Lord of Chichester in your under-construction office behind the zinc fence, up there on the third floor where KREM Television studios are now. I still remember watching you

two spar, like a fly on the wall. Who would have believed (as the public would learn many years later) that the black revolutionary and the “white devil” had made a secret deal for his dollars? And it so bothers you that within the PUP, a political movement you have spent buckets of ink and hours of air time deriding and criticizing, that you think I write for one faction and speak for another? Get real. Whose political agenda is that one!!??! I have never said or written much publicly about my time in semi-pro basketball and football Missa Man. Supposedly you’re riled up because the National Perspective has attacked that particular sacred cow and I (and I suppose Marshall), haven’t defended it. Perhaps you’re right, perhaps I should write a book about it, warts and all. By your own admission I was very much there, no?! Everybody has a right to their opinions; however, I will not tolerate and sit idly by while you seek to discredit me for whatever reason, Mr. Man. You have skeletons too. And though I am appalled by your viciousness, I am not intimidated by your threats, and I won’t be deterred by your malice. Bottom line my former check signer, to use a really old quote: take a long walk off a short pier. Or do I dare quote Said Musa, the one about who don’t matter and what I don’t mind? So sing it to me Dead Man, mock, deride and scorn …

So sing it to me Dead Man, mock, deride and scorn …Quarreling about Words … By: Glenn Tillett

You’re trying to swat a fly with a sledgehammer. Yup, I am a minnow

among you sharks, Big Man. Yup, I can be swallowed or drowned quite easily. Frankly

my erstwhile friend, I don’t give a damn.

several times in the head and chest. His body was discovered on a feeder road not far from his home. Giovanni Lauriano is no stranger to trouble. Both he and his wife and young step-daughter have been shot at near their Hattieville home. But his claim to notoriety is the string of allegations that make up his extensive rap sheet. Lauriano was arrest history include arrests for home invasion, armed robbery, burglary, illegal possession of weapons and attempted murder. In January of this year Lauriano was remanded to prison of a list of firearm related charges. He was scheduled to return to court February 23, 2010 however there are no media reports to confirm that he did and what happened that led to his release from prison. Our speculation is that he was awarded bail. Ironically there are no witnesses to Sunday evening’s ambush that ended Giovanni Lauriano’s storied life. Police have no suspects and say that they are continuing their investigation.

Giovanni “nose” Lauriano, Gone for Good

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A PAID ADHYDE IS A BLOODY USER!!!

Pretends to care about Black Southside Belizeans

Willfully ignores Barrow & UDP’s Corrupt Practices

Deceives Belizeans into think-ing (His)tory is Belize’s History.

BOGUS KREMANDALA

Continued from page 1a single charge of murder. The fatal shooting of Christopher Galvez in December of last year remains unsolved and allegations abound that Galvez died at the hands of a police offi cer. Similarly Teddy Murillo’s death in February is alleged to have happened at the hands of a police offi cer. That offi cer has since been transferred out of Belize City. Aside from the plethora of fi res that have fl ared up since Compol Jeffries’ appointment there are numerous accusations by citizens that police have not done enough to solve a number of unsolved homicides. As the spate of violent crimes escalated in the streets, citizens called for the removal of former Minister of National Security and Caribbean Shores Area Representative Carlos Perdomo. For a while the calls fell on deaf ears until PM Barrow fi nally relinquished in early June when Perdomo’s Ministry was cut in half and Doug Singh was inserted as the new Minister of Police. Calls for the

removal or resignation of Commissioner Jeffries fi rst came from within the ranks of the police department. Things have not improved and now the calls come from without. The calls ring loudest from the Belizeans for Justice led by Yolanda Schakron. Schakron is the Aunt of Christopher Galvez who was gunned down in December of last year. She, along with other grieving mothers who have lost sons in the unrelenting street war which is concentrated in Belize City’s southside formed Belizeans for Justice in May of this year as a support and activist group. The organization continues to roar louder than the Jaguar which has already disappeared. On Monday the organization held a press conference at the Radisson Fort George. The meeting was to encourage new membership and to give voice on their resolve to advocate against crime. During the meeting founder Yolanda Schakron repeated the organization’s call for the removal of Compol Jefferies. Those calls

have gone unanswered. On July 8th Minister of Police Doug Singh said this to Channel Seven’s Jules Vasquez, “I think the criticism of Mr. Jeffries comes from the fact that he takes an on hands approach, he gets on the frontline I mean this was experience during the riots, and I had fi rst had experience with Mr. Jeffries, he wasn’t Commissioner Jeffries at the time. It’s a style of management that is very different from his predecessors certainly the previous commissioner was not that kind of individual and did not get that kind of criticism pointed to him. I don’t think all of what is said about Commissioner Jeffries is correct and fair but I think some of what is said about Mr. Jeffries is correct and fair. We don’t all have the same management style. I am not exactly opposed to Mr. Jeffries management style, my problem is it at this point I am not sure it is very effective. Within a department that is already demoralized that is already using to the kind of pressures they are getting and not performing. Applying

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removal or resignation of Commissioner Jeffries fi rst came from within the ranks

have gone unanswered. On July 8th Minister of Police Doug Singh

FIRE COMPOL JEFFRIES NOW!!!!!more of it will not necessarily get better result or different results and I have said this to Commissioner Jeffries. We have to engage in a complete different system of management. Mr. Jeffries has had this conversation it is entirely possible that Mr. Jeffries may not even be believable in a different style of management system. And if that is the circumstances then Mr. Jeffries may not be the right person to be the Commissioner of Police, those are the evaluations that we are going through and we are looking at alternative means.” Since Singh’s appointment Jeffries has been pushed to the back and Singh has been doing most of the talking for the police department. Last week Doug Singh phoned in an undertaking to Krem’s WUB Morning Show that he personally ensure that security would be available for the Belizeans for Justice press meeting. The meeting was postponed the week amidst death threats on Joan Sutherland and other members of the organization. It is anyone’s guess how long Mr. Jeffries may be top-cop given the persnickety nature of the UDP administration.

Thimbrel also accused the technocrats at the Ministry of Health of lying to and misleading Minister of Health Pablo Marin on the severity of the outbreak saying she was twice witness to the minister being assured that the incidences of the disease was normal and under control. For the record this week the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper reported that dengue fever outbreaks have reached crisis proportions in several countries across the Caribbean, leaving dozens of persons dead.The article claimed that health offi cials across the region have reported that the increase in cases is being blamed on warm weather and unusually early rainy seasons, which have led to an explosion in mosquitoes.

Health offi cials in the affected countries have reported a fl ood of cases that is putting a strain on a number of hospitals where cases are treated. At least 27 deaths have been reported in the Dominican Republic, 5 deaths have been reported in Puerto Rico, and at least one death have been reported in Trinidad and Belize, and Tulum, Quintana Roo respectively. Just this week a team of technocrats began making the media rounds on the morning talk shows to tell Belizeans what they already knew. According to Dr. Ethan Gough, epidemiologist in the Ministry of Health, fi gures from out of the public health system show that as many as 410 persons

are offi cially suspected dengue cases for this year alone and there are 50 diagnosed cases of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. There are certainly as many cases being treated by private health care providers and the inescapable conclusion is that it is quite likely that more than 1,000 Belizeans have been contracted the disease in this year alone. If this is not an epidemic then we don’t know what is. Knowledgeable observers point to the departure of epidemiologist Dr. Paul Edwards for PAHO in Trinidad following last year’s Swine-Flu debacle, a never-ending and exhausting power struggle between CEO in the Ministry of Health Dr. Peter Allen, (who is a dentist by

training), and the Director of Health Services Dr. Michael Pitts, (who is a public health specialist by training), the slashing of the vector control and health education budgets from $500,000 per annum to near zero, the cluelessness of Minister of Health Pablo Marin, (an electrician by training), and the abandonment of the municipal government’s environmental health technician programs as the main culprits for this latest Barrow administration failure. In the end, though, the dysfunctionality that is characteristic of this UDP administration is the real chicken come home to roost here – that and the fact that Dean Barrow and his cohorts just don’t plain give a damn.

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research does not conclude that genes are directly responsible for the end result of any person’s behavior. Responding to that widely published research, Dr. Ashley Montagu, in 1964, wrote in “Chromosomes and Crime” “Genes do not determine anything. They simply influence the morphological and physiological expression of traits. Heredity, then, is the expression, not of what is given in ones genes at conception, but of the reciprocal interaction between the inherited genes and environments to which they have been exposed” Another consideration in this area of research into the biological roots of crime has been damaged to the fetal cortex of the brain as a result of birth complications. In a study of 41 murderers in the UK, over a decade ago, it was found that all of them displayed the same type of brain malfunction and were all prone to impulsive behavior. All this has led some researchers to the conclusion that damage to the actual brain function of criminals can be verified with tangible data. British researchers have seen that in cases of children who suffered birth complications and also maternal rejection, that both together, affected a greater disposition to violence. Interestingly, this research found that separately they did not affect violence, but in those studied, the more violent children were found to be those who had suffered both birth complications and rejection. Another interesting area of research had to do with hyperactive behavior, a syndrome that is very prevalent in the inner cities of the US among African American children, especially males. Since these children, particularly if they were not treated early, were at high risk for misbehavior, they were more likely to get involved in criminal behavior at some point. This research found that to the extent that a child is always getting into arguments and fights and becomes identified as “rude” or “bad”, and that child’s behavior becomes uncontrollable, and he perceives himself as radically different than other children around him and therefore the object of constant rebuking, is the extent to which the criminal mind of that child is being nurtured.

There is now enough research to verify that there are learning disorders, like attention deficiency syndrome, (ads), and dyslexia and others that affect the psychological development of the child. These children are faced with a disability that is often misunderstood as a dysfunction, and can be wrongly diagnosed because of the lack of proper information. How many of those who end up in a life of crime started in a situation where their disabilities were misunderstood by caregivers from the very beginning and therefore were beyond their capacity to overcome. Many of them were the problem learners in primary school, misunderstood and misdiagnosed by the staff and administration. Again, from a physiological perspective that is backed up by scientific evidence, researchers say, if there is one predominate attribute that stands out as distinguished from other factors, it is that convicted criminals are overwhelmingly males. The greatest percentages of violent criminal offenders, world wide, are males. This has lead scientists to look at high levels of the male hormone testosterone, as another biological factor in considering what drives the criminal mind. Even though research on the biological influence on criminal behavior has gained respectability among some criminologists, it is still not accepted in the courts, which hold that personal responsibility is the cornerstone of the legal system. Such research can also get out of hand. Imagine a time when scientists could predict by chemical analysis that a person was predisposed to crime. This could then be used by the defense, that it

WERE THEY BORN BAD?

It is an undisputed fact that criminals in Belize have become increasingly barefaced and bold in their assaults on our society. This present dilemma provokes a number of questions and concerns. How did a tranquil haven like Belize ever produce citizens of such cruelty and insanity? Were they born to be like that? What are the factors influencing criminal behavior in Belize? Is it the result of prevailing socio-economic or environmental conditions or are there biological factors that influence the individual criminal mind? Research on the biological factors influencing the criminal mind is not new. Italian criminologist, Cesare Lombroso, in the nineteenth century, suggested that there were clear marks of degeneration that could be identified by studying the physical attributes or features of the criminal. This respected scientist came up with marks of degeneration that included small ears, receding chins, crooked noses, thick lips, low foreheads, etc., all of which showed a person’s predisposition to commit crimes. In his scale of degeneration, the dark features of a person suggested that he was more inclined to be criminal than the person with the same features but of a lighter complexion. The term “criminal type”, was popularized during that period and referred to a “dark, shady character”. It’s not hard to see the obvious racial overtones in that supposedly scientific position, yet for many years, Lombroso’s theory strongly influenced the Euro/American criminologist approach to detecting criminal behavior. In fact, today in Belize, there are still some people who think they can spot criminals by looking at their faces. So the question of whether a person’s genetic make-up may be responsible for their committing crimes or acts of violence has been around for some time. As much as there are those who believe that genius derives from “good blood”, there are also those who believe that evil and criminality is derived from “bad blood”. In the mid-sixties there was research done on the chromosomal composition of the person which found that the normal person possess the Y chromosome that accounts for his aggressiveness, and an X chromosome from which he derives his gentleness; together they balance each other which accounts for normalcy, symbolized by XY, however, those with XYY chromosomal constitution were found to be more inclined to increased abnormal aggressive behavior. The possible link between XYY chromosomal constitution and criminals first came to light in the sixties based on a study done by Dr. Patricia Jacobs, at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, who published her findings on 197 mentally abnormal inmates undergoing treatment in a special security institution in that country. Dr. Jacobs’s research seems to confirm that those inmates with the XYY chromosomal constitution had a history of violence and were more inclined to continue their uncontrollable aggressive behavior. Of course, as with any chromosomal study the above

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was a chemical reaction in the brain that caused the defendant to commit the crime, therefore absolving him of personal responsibility. Most current research in the area of criminology, however, leans more on the side of nurture than nature as the reason for criminal behavior. The strongest evidence points to the early childhood impressions as the greatest influence on future criminal behavior. It is in the early personality formations that dispositions are formed. British researchers followed thousands of adopted twins who were separated at birth over a thirty-year period and found that in most cases of criminal behavior, the adopted parent was also involved in crime. Perhaps the most radical contributor to the predisposition to crime in Belize is poverty. Plato said, “Poverty has twins: crime and revolution”. By poverty I do not mean only economic hard time. We have weathered the storm of economic hardship in the past and never turned to crime. The poverty I speak of is not confined to economics alone but to a culture of dependency that grows out of prolonged economic deprivation and comes when people depend on hand outs, whether cash, goods or service for their survival. This kind of poverty stifles initiative and dampens creativity and people begin to accept their social situation as fate. This is the kind of poverty that has been influencing the social environment in pockets of Belize City and setting in which values that promote and condone criminal behavior is born. It also brings with it all the above ingredients which researchers say affect crime, i.e., birth complication, maternal rejection, abandonment, malnutrition, bad mentorship formations, the presence of hyperactive behavior which go unchecked, dyslexia, taken for “dumb”, child abuse; all these and more go with the life of stress in Belize today caused by this kind of poverty. The kind of criminal mind that we are seeing in Belize is more out of a moral and social disease affecting our society in general than out of individual pathology. What we have is a sickness in our society of which criminals are the statistical symptoms. This is not to suggest that some individuals with psychological malfunction cannot be diagnosed, using strict psycho, social and economic analysis, however, even these would verify that poverty is the common denominator that runs through 98% of the cases of criminal behavior studied. (Comments welcomed at nuribze@gmail.com)

Most current research in the area of criminology, however, leans more on the side of nurture than nature as the reason for criminal behavior. The strongest evidence points to the

early childhood impressions as the greatest influence on future criminal behavior.

by: Nuri Muhammad

Sunday, July 25th, 2010 PAGE 7

PM Dean Barrow

Letters Editorto the

Dear Editor:

We have had enough!!

I am writing on behalf of Belizeans who are barely getting by in these unbearable times brought about by the rising cost of living. Just now, too many of us simply can’t feed our children proper meals or pay their school fees much less provide them with books, equipment, footwear, and uniform. If that were not bad enough, we must scurry around every month’s end to scrape up enough money to keep on the utilities and pay the rent.To survive the “pain and sorrow” rammed down our throats by Prime Minister Dean Barrow and not to plunge my family into the poverty that is taking hold of the country, I use my motorcycle to provide messenger services to various Belize City companies. Aside from being indispensable to my income potential, it’s also my only means of transportation. I therefore make sure that it’s properly maintained, and more importantly, insured and licensed.Perhaps to fi ll Mayor Zenaida Flowers’ empty cookie jar, the Traffi c Department has recently let loose its wardens on drivers. There are indeed more of them roaming the old capital’s streets than the much needed police offi cers. While they have all right to check that vehicles are insured and licensed, I believe that they

should use their discretion more in the execution of their duties and not be quick to write out tickets. We would also welcome greater courtesy on their part.At around 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 2nd, I was doing one last run for a client when I happened upon a check point at the Mapp and North Front Streets junction. I was anxious as I drove up to the wardens because I knew that my motorcycle’s insurance and license stickers had j u s t exp i red on June 3 0 t h . And I couldn’t r e n e w t h e m because o n l y the day b e f o r e I had to s p e n d my last sav ings on my

daughter ’ s e m e r g e n c y surgery for a ruptured a p p e n d i x .As I feared, a warden saw that my motorcycle was not insured or licensed. I tried explaining my situation and even pleaded to him to let me go with a warning. To my surprise, not only did this heartless

man tell me that he could care less about my daughter’s plight while ticketing me for the two infractions, but he called in the police who impounded my motorcycle. Meanwhile to add insult to injury, he threatened to have me arrested if I didn’t stop protesting.I was angry because I now had to fi nd the money to insure and license my motorcycle before the police would release it. That of course wouldn’t be until Monday at the earliest, given

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Department’s offi ce was already closed. What’s more, I had to fi nd the money to pay the $100 fi ne or face jail time. All I thought about was that Zenaida had these wardens on the streets mercilessly writing tickets so that she could complete

the construction on her seaside mansion.Even so, I calmed down before I was thrown in the “pisshouse” for the weekend. But I was soon riled up again when I saw a late model Kia Sportage with dealer license plates #00138 parked on the compound of Minister of Police Douglas Singh’s business on Mapp Street. This fully loaded sports utility vehicle is supposedly owned by a Singh crony who works at Dougie’s company that the Financial Intelligence Unit reportedly investigated for money laundering.I myself have seen Dougie’s girl driving her SUV with those plates for over a year without any warden bringing it to his attention much less ticketing him for it. She is clearly abusing the dealer license’s use while failing to pay thousands of dollars in duties to the cash strapped government. It seems to us that all United Democratic Party governments, local and national, harshly apply the law to poor Belizeans while the well connected behave with seeming impunity.In reality, it’s very sad to know that Barrow and the UDP milk us for the last cent of our hard earned money while a privileged few get to feed themselves with the public trough’s spoils. In Barrow’s government, we the poor Belizeans foot the bill so that his family, friends, and cronies can live the life of the rich and famous. Talk about ridding the government of corruption. It’s time that we put an end to this nonsense! It’s time for a change! We have had enough!

Sincerely,G. Perez

Dear St. John’s, What Hast Thou Come To?

Dear Editor,Kindly afford me some space in your newspaper to record my utter dismay and extreme concern following a recent announcement by the President of St. John’s College (SJC), Mr. Frank Garbutt that Ms. Yolanda Gongora, currently the Director of Human Resources, will succeed Mrs. Maria Coye as the new Principal of the high school. Mrs. Coye, as I understand it, will be proceeding on retirement at the start of July.Now, for anyone who may not know who Ms. Yolanda Gongora is, allow me to shed some light. Yolanda Gongora is the former Director of General School Services at the Ministry of Education (MOE), a post which she held for some eight years. Prior to that, she had served as the Head of the Business Department at the Orange Walk Technical High School and eventually ascended to the post of Principal. Ms. Gongora has been the Director of Human Resources at SJC for about a year now following her resignation from MOE in June of 2009.During her tenure as Director of General School Services, Gongora was, perhaps, one of the most disliked directors, if not, the most disliked director at MOE. Ask the General Managers, principals, teachers, and the Executive of the Belize National Teachers’ Union (BNTU) and they’ll all tell you that Gongora behaved like a ‘’mini-god’’. Her dictatorial demeanour was manifest especially during the years Cordel Hyde had served as Minister of Education. Truth be told, it was he who had requested that she vacate her post

as Principal of Orange Walk Tech and assume her lucrative position at MOE. It’s no secret that Gongora and the then Minister of Education shared a ‘’special relationship’’ and so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone why the woman acted in the authoritarian way she did. As Director of General School Services, Gongora literally controlled the payrolls of close to three hundred primary schools, some fi fty high schools, the six or so junior colleges in the country. As it were, teachers and administrators were at her ‘’mercy’’ every time it was payday. I believe she also controlled the tuition grants that the Government of Belize awarded to various schools. So, for all intents and purposes, Yolanda Gongora wielded a lot of power and infl uence at MOE and all indications are that she blatantly abused that power. Like the ‘’special relationship’’ she enjoyed with former Minister of Education, Cordel Hyde, Gongora enjoys a similar relationship with Mr. Frank Garbutt, President of St. John’s College. This ‘’special relationship’’ between the two goes as far back as the days when Garbutt was the Principal of Muffl es College in Orange Walk. The two became even ‘’chummier’’ during the time they both served on the CXC National Committee of Belize. Fully aware of the ‘’favors’’ he had enjoyed on that Committee at the hands of Gongora, Garbutt was more than willing to return his gratitude by making Gongora the Director of Human Resources at SJC following her resignation from MOE. As if that weren’t enough to satisfy this power hungry woman, Garbutt has now ‘’anointed’’ her Principal of this once prestigious high school.I say ‘’once prestigious’’ because ever since Garbutt became the President of SJC, the high school no longer enjoys the prestige it did during past

years. The evidence will show that under the Presidency of Garbutt, the high school has seen at least three changes in the post of Principal, the fourth having come now in the person of Yolanda Gongora. Academically, SJC no longer sits atop the rankings as students clearly aren’t excelling in external examinations as has long been a tradition of the high school. Additionally, an increasing number of primary school leavers are choosing alternative high schools to pursue their secondary education. As for staff morale, this may well be the lowest it has ever been in recent memory as SJC has become the personal fi efdom of Frank Garbutt. If nothing else, micromanagement is truly his trademark.Lest anyone thinks for a minute that this is ‘’personal’’ between me and Yolanda Gongora, I wish to immediately dismiss that thought. I do take issue with the fact that her appointment as Principal of SJC goes against the grain. I would go further in saying that her appointment is an affront to the moral values that govern this institution of learning. In his memorandum announcing Gongora’s appointment, Garbutt described her as possessing ‘’sound values’’. For crying out loud, this very woman had a child by no less than one of her own students while she taught at Orange Walk Tech. How could Frank Garbutt, an alumnus of SJC and a former Principal of a sister Jesuit high school, now have the nerve to suggest that this woman possesses ‘’sound values’’? Has he, as President of SJC, chosen to ignore or to even defy the Jesuit Tradition? Does he need to be reminded that SJC is an ‘’all male’’ high school?Gongora’s appointment begs a few critical questions and those are: (1) Was she selected by a Board of Governors as I believe exists at every

high school? (2) Did she undergo an interview and was consequently selected as the ‘’best candidate’’? (3) Or was her appointment as Principal a unilateral decision on the part of the President, Garbutt? If it turns out to be the latter, then, the Jesuits ought to intervene and overrule Garbutt’s decision. Anything less would cause them the risk of seeing their beloved high school and reputable name brought into disrepute. The time has long come for the Jesuits to reign in Garbutt and to regain control of what they worked so arduously to build before he succeeds at destroying it.Ms. Gongora is being ‘’imposed’’ upon us and I call on all teachers, administrative staff, parents, the Alumni Association to collectively challenge this imposition. I believe I speak for all of us when I say that there is just too much at stake for this school we all love dearly and are all committed to. We all long for the day when SJC can return to its glory days. I reiterate this is nothing ‘’personal’’ with Ms. Yolanda Gongora. The post of Principal requires an individual that embodies the moral values and Jesuit Tradition that have come to earn SJC the longstanding respect and admiration of Belizeans here at home and abroad. If Ms. Gongora were to be honest with herself and everyone concerned, she would know for certain that she is no such individual. In closing, to those students who recently completed the 2010 Primary School Examination (PSE) and their parents who are deliberating the high school of their choice, I would strongly advise that SJC not be the fi rst option.

Sincerely,Estella Toledano (Ms.)

Kia Sportage with dealer license plates #00138 parked on the compound of

Minister of Police Douglas Singh’s business on Mapp Street.

Sunday, July 25th, 2010PAGE 8

NEWSW RLDtwo trains crash in east india61 people killed, 125 injured

The powerful crash between two express trains at a station in eastern India early Monday morning killed 61 people and injured scores more. The force of the crash was so intense the roof of one car was thrust onto an overpass above the tracks.Accidents are relatively common on India’s sprawling rail network, which is one of the world’s largest but lacks modern signaling and communication systems. It was the second major train

crash in West Bengal state in two months. On May 28,a passenger train derailed and was hit by a cargo train, killing 145 people. It happened about 2 a.m. when the fast-moving Uttarbanga Express slammed into the Vananchal Express as it was leaving the platform at Sainthia station, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Calcutta. Authorities blamed sabotage by Maoist rebels for that crash even though railwayoffi cials said

the cause of the crash was unclear.A handful of accidents in north India in January killed at least a dozen people and were blamed on heavy winter fog that impaired visibility ewhile other fatal crashes happened when rickety rail bridges give way.Residents scrambled onto the crashed cars, searching for survivors. Hours later, rescue workers arrived, bringing heavy equipment to cut through the debris.Rescuers recovered 61 bodies from the crash site and at least 125 other people were injured, said Surajit Kar Purkayastha, a top police offi cial. The two drivers of the Uttarbanga Express were among the dead. Rescue teams arrived about three hours after the accident, a local resident said. Before that locals

scrambled to help survivors out of the trains and to pull out bodies. Police offi cial Humayun Kabir told NDTV, however, rescue workers reached the site within an hour of the crash. Rescue operations were fi nished by late Monday evening, said Samir Goswami, a railway spokesman. Cranes and laborers were working to remove the mangled coaches so the tracks could be cleared and train services resumed.The crash brought a hail of criticism against Banerjee and the ruling Congress Party, which appealed for patience as the government worked to determine the cause of the crash.Senior railway offi cer Vivek Sahai told reporters that it was diffi cult to pinpoint who was responsible for the accident without an inquiry report.

OBAMA, BRITISH PM: BOMBER RELEASE NOT BP’S DOINGWASHINGTON – British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday turned aside U.S. calls for an investigation into the release of the Lockerbie bomber by Scotland and said there was no indication that oil giant BP had swayed the controversial decision.Both Cameron and President Barack Obama, who met with him at the White House, condemned the release of the Libyan bomber.Still, Cameron said the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi from a Scottish prison was not the doing of the British government nor, apparently, the result of any lobbying by BP, Britain’s largest company, to win oil concessions from Libya. Rather it was a decision by the government of Scotland on compassionate grounds, he said.“It was the biggest mass murder in British history, and there was no

business letting him out of prison,” Cameron said.Said Obama: “I think all of us here in the United States were surprised, disappointed and angry.”Cameron said at a joint White House news conference with Obama that any role that BP may have played in the Lockerbie release “is a matter

for BP to answer.” But he went on to say there was no evidence that Scotland’s decision was swayed by BP.Cameron said he and Obama were in “violent agreement” that the release was a mistake.However, they did disagree slightly over the issue of an investigation. Several U.S. senators have proposed an investigation, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has called on both British and Scottish offi cials to review the situation.Obama said he welcomed such a probe and that it was important that all facts be released to the public. Cameron said he, too, agreed that all the facts should released. But, he added, “I don’t think there’s any great mystery here. ... I don’t need an inquiry to tell me it was a bad decision. It was a bad decision.”

Cameron also said he understood American anger over the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.He said the spill that began April 20 with an explosion aboard a BP-leased oil rig that claimed 11 lives was “a catastrophe” for the environment, the fi shing industry and for tourism in the region.Cameron said he agreed with Obama that “it is BP’s role to cap the leak, clean up the mess and pay the appropriate compensation.” He said that the recent temporary capping of the well by BP was “a step in the right direction.”At the same time, Cameron said that BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, “is an important company to both” the United States and Britain, noting it was a company that employs thousands of workers on both sides of the Atlantic.

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron arrive for a joint news conference

Sunday, July 25th, 2010 PAGE 9

NEWS FROM Latin america & regional

ColombiA tAkEs VEnEzuElA bEforE thE oAs

CAribbEAn ‘druG lord’ JosE fiGuEroA AGosto ArrEstEd

The Organisation of American States (OAS) is to hold a special meeting on 22 July to hear Colombia’s complaint that Venezuela tolerates Colombian rebel camps on its territory.Colombia says it has strong evidence that Venezuela is providing a safe haven for left-wing guerrillas. Venezuela strongly denies the charge and accuses Colombia’s President, Alvaro Uribe, of trying to provoke a diplomatic crisis before he leaves office next month.Colombia’s Interior Minister Fabio Valencia said his country has the right to denounce the presence of guerrillas in Venezuela in front of the international community claiming they have evidence with exact coordinates. Last Thursday the Colombian government said it had proof that five rebel leaders were sheltering across the border in Venezuela and planning attacks from there claiming they had the exact grid co-ordinates of camps of both the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) and the smaller National Liberation Army (ELN). They are preparing a dossier of video and other evidence to present to the OAS.Venezuela has angrily rejected the accusations, and recalled its ambassador from Bogota for consultations. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said the accusation was an attempt

by Colombia’s outgoing president to undermine attempts to improve ties after President-elect Juan Manuel Santos takes office next month. Mr Santos has said he wants to repair relations with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez but Mr Chavez now says he will not attend Mr Santos’s inauguration, and has threatened break off all diplomatic relations. “This is your first test, Mr Santos. Let us see if you distance yourself from Uribe’s aggression against Venezuela”, Mr Chavez said on Friday.Bilateral relations, already strained, took a turn for the worse last year when Colombia agreed to let US forces use Colombian military bases. Mr Chavez said the move was a possible step towards a US invasion of Venezuela and he ended trade with Colombia.Two years ago, Venezuela and Ecuador suspended diplomatic ties with Colombia after Colombian forces attacked a Farc camp in Ecuador, killing a senior rebel leader.Colombia has regularly accused the left-wing Mr Chavez of supporting the Farc.Any ruling from the OAS is unlikely to influence Mr Chavez, who has condemned the organisation as a puppet of the US. In March he described the OAS as “like a corpse that must be buried” and advocated its replacement by a new regional body that excluded North America.

Jose Figueroa Agosto was captured by the FBI in the island’s capital, San Juan, ending a decade-long manhunt. He is accused of running a major smuggling ring that moved Colombian cocaine into the US via Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. In 1999, Mr Figueroa, 45, escaped from prison

( L) The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) Out-going Columbian President Alvaro Uribe have frequently clashed

Mr Figueroa was caught wearing a wig while driving in San Juan, US officials say

in Puerto Rico, where he was serving a 209-year sentence for murder. Last year, he narrowly avoided capture in the Dominican Republic, escaping on foot after police shot out a tire on his car.‘Tremendous arrest’Mr Figueroa was caught wearing a wig while driving in San Juan, US officials say.They say he tried to run on foot - as he did in 2009 - but was caught by US Marshals and FBI agents. “We asked him his name, and he simply answered that we knew who he was,” Antonio Torres, the head of the US Marshal Service’s fugitive task force in Puerto Rico, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. US Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodrigues later said at a news conference that it was “a tremendous arrest”. Mr Figueroa is also wanted in the Dominican Republic on kidnapping, money-laundering and drug-trafficking charges.

CubA ordErs ChilEAn to APPEAr in CorruPtion ProbE

Havana to represent him in the case.The summons naming Marambio appeared Tuesday in the Official Gazette, the weighty tome where the Cuban government publishes official decrees and laws.Marambio met Castro in 1966 while accompanying his father on a trip to Cuba as part of a delegation of sympathetic political leaders. He later became the chief bodyguard of Chilean socialist President SalvadorAllende.After Allende was toppled in

a 1973 military coup, Marambio sought refuge in Cuba, maintaining close ties to Castro and developing wide-ranging business interests. Rio Zaza, the company he part-owned together with the Cuban government, made “Tropical Island” brand juices and other products that were ubiquitous in hard-currency stores catering to foreigners and tourists. The brand has completely disappeared since the probe was launched earlier this year.The probe of Rio Zaza is one of several moves against high-level corruption. In March, Cuba removed veteran revolutionary Rogelio Acevedo, who had overseen the country’s airlines and airports, amid speculation that he had been caught up in a corruption probe.Esteban Morales, a senior pro-government intellectual, published a stinging essay earlier this year that called corruption a greater threat to Cuba’s communist system than the island’s small and fractured opposition.He warned that senior officials were waiting like vultures to snap up the country’s resources, much like the oligarchs who grabbed control of business in the Soviet Union following its collapse.

HAVANA – Cuba has ordered a colorful Chilean businessman with deep personal ties to Fidel Castro to appear in a corruption probe or face a possible arrest warrant.The decree gives Max Marambio until July 29 to appear before investigators looking into possible bribery, embezzlement, falsifying documents, fraud and other charges “in which the Chilean citizen stands accused.”It warns that an arrest warrant will be issued if Marambio fails to show up, a move that can also lead to the forfeiture of Marambio’s significant holdings in the country.The summons is the first apparent movement in the case since April, when a top Chilean executive who worked for Marambio was found dead in his Havana apartment after being questioned in the investigation. The cause of his death has not been revealed.Marambio’s office in the Chilean capital of Santiago told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the businessman was out of the country and would return in 15 days. It refused to say where he was, or whether he had traveled to Cuba.Chilean media reported several weeks ago that two lawyers for Marambio were being sent to

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~Public Views and Opinions~The Need To Make LaNd avaiLabLe To The Poor

Land distribution for the poor is a major challenge in Belize. The difficulty in getting a piece of land is the same whether one lives in an urban area or in one of the villages. Due to this frustration with getting a piece of the Jewel, a group of grassroots Belizeans led by Nigel Petillo literally seized a large track of prime land at mile 41 on the Western Highway and sought to distribute it among themselves with assistance from the government and other concerned Belizeans. This land which measures in excess of 800 acres has been abandoned by a foreign Taiwanese landowner and his relatives for more than a decade and was being slowly taken over by immigrants. Despite their good intention the leaders of Harmonyville ,which the area has been named, has encountered major problems because they lack the finance and expertise to implement the project properly. Three of those stumbling blocks are the high cost of survey, insufficient lots, and nepotism. The committee is charging $400.00 to get a lot surveyed .That’s a cost that most poor persons who need a lot can’t afford. Notwithstanding the inability of many members of the group in paying that fee, the leaders of Harmonyville have stated that those who cannot pay to get their lot surveyed will not received any lot. 800 acres is more than the size of the largest village in the country and as large as most suburbs in the nation. Nevertheless many people, who put in work at mile 41 and do not own a lot have been unable to get lots in the area, because the precious commodity has already been allocated to 800 persons. That’s right. Only 800 persons qualified for lots at mile 41, because each lot is an acre and the property only has about 800 acres. The average person only needs a 50ft x 40ft lot for a house. That’s all the land the average person can

afford to develop anyway. When such a person receives an acre of land which is equal to 8 (eight) 50ft by 40ft lots, seven of the lots will remain unused .Those excess lots will then grow up in bushes ,when they could have been given to first time land owners at mile 41. With 50ft x 40 ft lots over 5,000 persons could receive lots at mile 41 instead of the present lucky 800 persons. Finally nepotism, the selection of many relatives of committee leaders for land over other qualified persons, is undermining the success of Harmonyville. This practice has resulted in grassroots people who labored tirelessly for the success of Harmoneyville and who don’t own a piece of land anywhere ,being denied a house lot, which they truly deserve. Since no one is perfect the leaders of Harmonyville deserve credit for doing their best to try and alleviate the problem of land distribution for the poor in the country. To correct the situation at mile 41, government needs to take over the project and invest the necessary funds to ensure that the maximum numbers of poor persons get lots in the area and that it has the necessary infrastructure such a roads, water, and electricity as quickly as possible to encourage families to live in that part of the country. Government also needs to do everything possible to create employment in and around mile 41 as that would encourage more people to make maximum use of lots along that portion of the Western Highway. Let’s remember that the 31 members of Parliament especially those of the current UDP administration were elected to office for five years and are being paid huge salaries with the taxes we pay every day, to address the problem of the nation including the problem of land distribution for the poor in the country.

Contributed by: Gilroy Usher J.P.

REAl PolicE REiGn-in A fAntAsiA PolicEmAn

by Rhenae NunezBelize City, Monday, July 19, 2010

It is a bizarre story coming from within a disciplined organization such as our police department and it was a confluence of events that led to the exposure of this “fantasia” police officer who had been operating out of the central Police Station on Queen Street allegedly for the past seven months. Aaron Wilson, 20, has become the latest gaffe that once again has rendered the Belize Police Department the object of public criticism and fodder for ridicule. Wilson had everyone fooled, including his common-law wife and the Ministry of Police. The Belize Police Department has been the subject of much criticism for reasons ranging from police brutality to police ineptitude. The infamous “rogue-cop” April fool’s day press conference which assembled Prime Minister Barrow, Commissioner of Police Crispin Jefferies, Superintendent Edward Broaster and Senior Superintendent Russell Blackett, will forever be etched on the minds of Belizeans at home and abroad. One would think that nothing else could top that embarrassing press conference. News of the arrest Aaron Wilson for masquerading as a police officer has stunned many, however, and left them shaking their heads in disbelief. Reports are that Wilson, who is from San Ignacio in the Cayo District but now resides at Frederick Street in Belize City, has been dressing up in his full police regalia and reporting to work for seven months carrying out orders without any questions, detection or suspicions by the chain of police

command. His guise went undetected until he committed a stupid blunder that blew his cover completely off. A civilian identified as Shannon Martinez reported to police that while she was at the BTL Park last Friday evening Aaron Wilson, dressed in full police uniform, drove up in a private vehicle and offered to give her a ride. She accepted and Wilson drove her to the home of one Malcolm Vasquez who lives a few minutes away on Princess Margaret Drive. After arriving at Vasquez’s

home, Martinez and Vasquez got into an argument in which

Wilson intervened and threatened to shoot Vasquez. Following that episode, Wilson offered Martinez to give her a ride home and she once again accepted. This time around, the crafty Wilson drove off towards the municipal airstrip area known as the hanger area where he allegedly began to caress Martinez’s thighs and attempted to kiss her against her consent. After that ordeal, Martinez vacated the car but Wilson refused to return her cell phone that she left inside the vehicle. As a result of Martinez’ report Wilson was later picked up and was still dressed fully in his police uniform. While he was in detention, police at Internal Affairs Unit searched for his enlistment, training and service record, but could not find any. Head of Eastern Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police David Henderson asked to see Wilson’s identification and discovered that it was fake and also recognized Wilson from his tour of duty in San Ignacio. Wilson appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb-Mckenzie on Monday afternoon where he was read six charges, two of which were indictable, therefore no plea was taken. The charges included a single charge for theft, another for aggravated assault of an indecent nature, another for threatening words to Malcolm Vasquez and others for the unlawful possession of police accoutrements. Those accoutrements included two police identification cards, two police uniform shirts and pants, a police cap with star, and a police belt. Wilson pled not guilty to the charges and was remanded to jail until July 26, 2010.

Alleged police impersonator Aaron Wilson

…Nepotism at HarmoNyville?

Sunday, July 25th, 2010 PAGE 11

I had the occasion this week to interview a couple of very brave women. These women have been making the media rounds and are at the forefront of the latest advocacy group against violence in our communities. It

is an important and worthwhile cause and not one that a person can readily fi nd reason to disagree with. Heaven knows the violence in our little Belize has grown disproportionate and international observers have placed even violent Jamaica behind us in terms of dangerous places to live. Of interest is a recent study which shows violent crimes in Great Britain as having dropped to its lowest in thirty years. Despite the recent economic crunch affecting the more developed countries of the world, many other large cities have been showing steady declines in crime. Why then are we going in the opposite direction and in particular over the past two and a half years? The interview of which I write was conducted on Vibes Radio and normally, Glen Tillett is the host during the week. I co-host on Fridays but because of some pressing family matters down south, Glen had to bow out and the responsibility fell on my shoulders. It was a challenging interview, in particular given the fact that I am only a couple of years removed from my long time post of Press/Public Relations Offi cer for the Police Department. The interviewees were Mrs. Yolanda Shakron and Mrs. Joan Sutherland, respective President and Secretary of Belizeans for Justice.Both ladies have been adamant and incessant in their calls for the resignation or removal of Crispin Jeffries as Commissioner of Police. I worked closely with Commissioner Jeffries during my seven years with the Police Department and found him to be dedicated, fearless and above all fair. If the truth could be told of the countless young men that Crispin Jeffries has worked with and taken personal interest in their development,

I believe that folks would get a different impression of this gentleman. I would not hold him up as a saint, he without doubt has his faults but as the scriptures have stated, “Let him who is without cast that fi rst stone.”

Unfortunately, there are some in the media, Jules Vasquez in particular, who have developed an intense and obvious dislike for Crispin Jeffries. The Commissioner knows that but I never felt as if he took it very seriously or personally. He understood however, that his enemies in the media would take every opportunity to skew his words and present him in as negative a light as possible. As a result, even when I was there and tried to coax him into it, he did his best to avoid interviews with those who he knew was out to get him. I could not very well blame the man but being aware of the nature of the beast with which he tangled; I tried to advice against it. He is his own band master however and chose his music and therefore must now pay the piper. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised at the demeanor and determination of the two ladies who have obviously been through a lot of grief. I was also left with a better understanding of what these women are fi ghting for. I do not believe that the mainstream media has been doing justice to their cause and has, for the most part, presented them as anti-police and persons with an axe to grind. These women obviously understand fully well the need for a Police Department but like a silent majority among us, are not willing to accept the disgraceful level of corruption and incompetence currently associated with that body. Both ladies have seen the cases against those accused of killing their loved ones go down the drain simply because of improper procedure and lack of proper investigations. They also have serious concerns about the judiciary and are demanding immediate address to that system. My last two articles in

BY RHENAE NUÑEZ

FROM “IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES” TO

“INSPIRING THE FUTURE”

There is one area in which I wish these mothers would place a bit more emphasis though. That is as it relates to the role that many of these young people play in causing their own demise. Parents

must become more involved in the lives of their children and monitor the type of company that

they keep and the places that they visit.

MOTHERS FOR JUSTICE

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Who the hell comes up with these hollow and facetious lines? The

United Democratic Party is holding their National Convention in Orange Walk. The theme for the convention is “Inspiring the future”. I wonder what future can the UDP inspire after the electorate, myself included, are seeing the real cut of their jib. We were lied to. I need give the UDP some credit for even being able to go to National Convention within the appropriate time – it is much more that the PUP can even hope for from Johnny Briceno and his out of touch executive. Mi belly almost bus di laaf last week when I saw a release from PUP’s Communications Director Narda Garcia. We have been pleading with her to communicate! Lawd! Thing di buck out ya! Man did ded, life haada out ya and mothers are crying because they are fi nding it harder and harder to educate their little ones. Here comes Narda with her post coital release calling for a ban on offshore drilling. Honestly it is funny! We can laugh at this one because Belizeans across this land have made it clear that we don’t want no offshore drilling and we have signed documents to that effect. If Narda was doing what she was selected to do and she knew how to do it and the people really mattered, she would have known that her purge was not in good timing. What is no laughing matter is that when Narda chose to ‘release’, an eight year old Belizean child was gunned down in cold blood. There was chaos and mayhem on Faber’s Road for days! A man of the low income earners echelon was gunned down also in cold blood but Narda

opens up and released about banning offshore drilling. To give voice to the

out of timing release, the new PUP had to spend money to air the release. I heard release being read on LOVE FM by Narda’s girl, Vibes Radio Manager Renee Trujillo. Get with it Johnny and company…or I will start believing that Belize City is only where you come to “work” and nothing more. Back to the facetious theme of the UDP’s convention – as things currently stand, the UDP has failed at delivering what they had promised the people prior and upon their elections. They promised good and transparent government. Neither has been delivered. Instead we have seen the consistent corrosion of government. Scandal has emanated from just about every ministry in just two and a half years. Ministry of Finance doled out $4.5 million to Edmond Castro for a road that is still not complete. Think what $4.5 million could have done for Kendal Bridge. Lois, Barrow’s wife (ex) collects her checks for her lucrative contracts. It was like pulling teeth to fi nally get a fi gure for how much the Belizean people has paid Lois. Don’t ask about Gapi Vega where there is a constant fl ow of information of horror stories and perhaps the hallmark of UDP corruption. Ministry of Health and Pablo Marin is playing forget or dumb about the KHMH Commission of Inquiry. Dead babies and now stories of maltreatment of patients, improper disposal of hospital waste and the general upkeep of the hospital are some of the stories seeping through the walls of the hospital. The Border Management Agency issue has been swept under the rug. Heavy equipment that was lost from Ministry of Works, over-depositing by

Instead of suing the National Perspective, Johnny and Narda, seeing that they are familiar

with the telecommunication business, should by now have taken some action against the government on the people’s behalf but que

lastima…like Michael Jackson said in one of his songs…no not the one about “the man in the

mirror” Johnny, I mean the song where he says, “they don’t really care about us”.

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Sunday, July 25th, 2010PAGE 12

particular, have dealt with this very issue. If ordinary citizens cannot rely on the legal system to deliver justice, then it opens the door for some very serious problems. There is one area in which I wish these mothers would place a bit more emphasis though. That is as it relates to the role that many of these young people play in causing their own demise. Parents must become more involved in the lives of their children and monitor the type of company that they keep and the places that they visit. I am convinced that many of these incidents could be avoided if these young people would avoid certain company and environs. We love our children and want them to be happy but we must do all that we can to steer them in a safe and righteous path. This will quite often require tough love and sometimes even mean denying them certain privileges and liberties. They will be upset and even hate you for the moment but in the long run, they will probably live and be around to see the rationale and wisdom of your decisions. I do not take much of what I read in the Guardian seriously but one recent article really caught my eye. It was an article of May 20th of this year titled “Mothers Killing Their Own Sons.” It carried a bi-

line of one Shane D. Williams but as is the case with that paper, you never know who’s really writing what. The article was poignant and directed toward the mothers of our society who according to the author, “lie to the police when they come looking for their son” and “who enjoy the proceeds of illegal activities”. It was a very serious article and took a lot of courage to write. It is unfortunate that it was lost amid the slime and sleaze that is more the norm for that rag publication.Mothers have a lot of influence over their children but many have shirked their duties and responsibilities. This is in no way excusing the role that fathers ought to be playing but unfortunately, way too often they are missing. That of course, is a whole ‘nother story and neither time nor space would provide for even a halfway decent address to that topic. I believe that these mothers can make a difference and I applaud the courage and resolve of Mrs. Shakron and Mrs. Sutherland in particular. Let us hope that those in authority will heed their call and do what is necessary to at least begin to fix some of these problems. After all, if we were to believe the manifesto promises of this government of the day, all of this should have been long fixed anyway.

Mothers for JusticeContinued from page 11

Minister Boots Martinez are among the scandals coming of the Barrow administration in just under three years. Housing money being used to purchase vehicle and the out of control crime crisis and our vulnerable national security are only a few of the gamut or woes that the UDP has visited upon us. Chaos in the judiciary and I can go on and on…These days you can name any government department and the failure can be easily pin pointed. In transportation things have been made more difficult for commuters. In education, teachers are not happy and our children are not enjoying suitable education in some schools. The UDP has failed therefore there is no way that the UDP can inspire the future. Since no information is forthcoming, we can only hold our breath until we see the outcome of the ongoing BTL fiasco. PM Barrow promised that the work should be completed soon so that shares can be sold to Belizeans in September. I am somewhat optimistic that Barrow will pull a rabbit from his bonnet at the ninety-ninth hour seeing that there is a fraternity of moneyed UDPs who probably can amass the money to take BTL off Barrow’s hand and save him the embarrassment. Even with the heavy cost that BTL has been to Belizeans since PM Barrow under advisement from Kremandala took over BTL, Johnny and his fraternity has been quiet. Instead of suing the National Perspective, Johnny and Narda, seeing that they are familiar with the telecommunication business, should by now have taken some action against the government on the people’s behalf but que lastima…like Michael Jackson said in one of his songs…no not the one about “the man in the mirror” Johnny, I mean the song where he says, “they don’t really care about us”. November is not too far, we are baring patience because for sure when that day comes, Johnny and sundry will be history. Big respect to Gordon Smith and Jeremy Robinson for keeping the fire alive!

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From “ImagIne the PossIbIlItIes” to

“InsPIrIng the Future”

It is being called the work of rogue soldiers within the Belize Defense Force while political pundits are labeling it as just another “Carlos Perdomo, done something wrong song”. The National Perspective has received credible information that over $8,000.00 worth of food items have gone missing from the Belize Defense Force’s Store at Price Barracks in Ladyville. It is an unfortunate occurrence but telling of the desperate situation that members of our security forces are being subjected to. While we are not condoning stealing at all from anywhere the story has a sad undertone to it. A source informed the National Perspective that not only food items but office equipments may have also been lifted from the

BDF premises. Apparently a number of laptop computers among other high price tag equipment were ordered and payment for such was disbursed but there has been no trace of the items ever arriving at Price Barracks. There is a growing rumor from within that inquiry from concerned force personnel to their superiors has been ignored and fallen on deaf ears. In recent times, military clothing, boots, back packs, uniform earmarked for the BDF keeps disappearing continuously and nothing is

being done about it. Even prohibited firearms have disappeared from an area that supposed to be the safest place of all. We depend on the BDF to safeguard our borders and of late, even Belize City’s mean streets but now soldiers may also have to commit to protecting their food. The heist was discovered over the weekend of July 10th and 11th. According to Lieutenant Ganey Dorch, there is an intense investigation into the heist and two suspects are already in custody. Investigators are also trying to determine if the pilfering occurred over that one weekend or over a period of time. Police and BDF investigators believe that the items were stolen to be resold. The National Perspective will continue monitoring this developing story.

BDF investigates them-selves?Over $8 Grand Worth of Food Items missing, but that’s not all!

Sunday, July 25th, 2010 PAGE 13

CONTRIBUTED BY GORDON SMITHIn what many are calling one of her best articles published last week in the National Perspective titled “Nightmare on Queen Street”, Rhenae Nunez cleverly and with much melodramatic and artistic style, characterized Briceno’s leadership for what it is being perceived as not only by disenchanted PUPs, but by Belizeans on a whole. In her well provocative article, one can actually taste her sense of humor about the whole Briceno fiasco which is being taken as one big JOKE by everyone. At the same time, one got a true sense of the seriousness of the national issues that affect not only PUPs, but the entire country that Briceno’s PUP has ignored and instead, choose to spend their time on issues of non-importance such as petty party politics and internal quarrelling which is further splintering the already dysfunctional PUP Party. Ms. Nunez is a good, faithful and sometimes loyal PUP. Sometimes loyal because Rhenae Nunez doesn’t kiss A$$ which is what some sick people around Briceno confuses with loyalty. Rhenae should have the right to enjoy all the privileges that any PUP enjoys in our Party. Ms. Nunez has been targeted by the UDP in their weekly news rag with ammunition being supplied by those that hate her in the PUP. With all those hate missiles being thrown at her from the UDPs and foes in the PUP, she still remains a PUP; an old guard but nevertheless a good PUP. It can be recalled that Ms. Nunez was banned from the Vibes morning talk show because of her frank and naked opinion of Briceno. She has been openly insulted numerous times by the co-hosts Ms. Gill and Ms. Rudon of that same talk show despite the fact that the main host of the show is related to her. I state only a few of these nasty verbal assaults to show what Rhenae has endured because of the way she has been handling the Briceno PUP. In spite of all those insults by the Rhenae Nunez PUP/UDP bashers, she still remains a PUP who is focused. Gordon Smith is quite happy to have Rhenae Nunez on his side in the fight for justice that Nada and others are depriving the Party’s rank and file of. This woman, Rhenae Nunez, is a strong woman with strong convictions and a strong commitment to her Party. Such a person, the PUP cannot afford to lose. With all the nasty and libelous things that both PUPs and UDPs has dished out on her, unlike other PUP women, Rhenae has stood tall as a proud black PUP woman and has never attempted to engage the court’s valuable time in trying to get rich because of petty things being thrown at her by both PUPs and UDPs. Rhenae is a good example for those that believe that they are somewhat superior in race, academia and wealth and are some kind of special PUP and God wonderful gift to the Party. I, Gordon Smith and others, stand in solidarity with you Rhenae Nunez. Please continue to bun moh fiyah pan dem Spot Check. I salute you!Marshall Nunez’s Impartial View article in last weekend’s issue of the Perspective has not only caught my attention, but also the attention of the Briceno PUP and the Old Guard. His strong message to Briceno for the past two weeks gives some indication

that Marshall is playing Lazarus being resurrected from his political grave. For the time being, I will not be a part of the political choir singing the Hallelujah chorus for Marshall’s sudden resurrection, nor will I be a part of the political cheering gallery for Marshall Nunez’s reentry into the political arena. I prefer to just wait and see Marshall’s next move in order to determine how serious this former ghetto warrior is. I totally agree with Marshall when he stated that he has played a major role in the PUP and has done far more good things than many of those Dodo Birds that presently surround Johnny. Marshall was once hailed as a hero behind the Zinc Fence where he was used as a coach, radio personality and many other things including baby sitter to Father X’s children. He has since been totally abandoned by the Kremandala bandits. Once a true ghetto warrior, Marshall became somewhat of a political replica of himself as he is being ignored by both Evan X and John Briceno

who use explicit language whenever referring to the former ‘Grand Marshall’ in Briceno’s Executive. My friend and comrade Jeremy Robinson now refers to Marshall simply as the former stepchild of Kremandala. Readers should be reminded that after the PUP leadership changed in March 2008, Marshall was a part of the New PUP as Chairman of the Marshalls Corp on Briceno’s National Executive. Believing that he had the backing of the Espat/Hyde faction and being a protégée of the Zinc Fence, Marshall believed that he had the right to advise Briceno about his weak leadership and his handicapped National Executive in the pages of the National Perspective. Not so, “Nada” and the “Back Door Santa” questioned his credibility and his loyalty (which means how good he kissed A$$) to Briceno and with the help of Briceno, Marshall was unceremoniously kicked out of Briceno’s National Executive. Not a word was said at the time by Marshall and he went off into the sunset with much assurance from his new found faith. He was interned to his political grave until his sudden resurrection a couple weeks ago where he is now demanding HIS role. I can’t wait to see Marshall’s take on those that literally threw him out of Briceno’s PUP.What startled many of us rank and file PUPs is the fact that both Rhenae Nunez and Marshall Nunez, former employees/associates of the Zinc Fence, are being constantly attacked in the UDP weekly news rag. What appears to be somewhat strange is the fact that neither Rhenae nor

Marshall hold official positions in Briceno PUP and are not considered a political threat to the UDP. The questions rank and file PUPs should be asking our leaders are: who from Briceno’s PUP is sanctioning these attacks on Rhenae and Marshall that appear in the UDP news rag? Why is the UDP going after the seemingly small PUP’s and not the big ones? And why is the official PUP newspaper the Belize Times, so silent on these attacks? In light of these and other attacks from the UDP rag and the Amandala on our past PUP leaders and small time PUPs, many PUPs are convinced that Barrow and Briceno has some arrangement/agreement that has fully compromised our Party Leader. The UDP’s The/El Guardian newspaper never finds the time in its filthy pages to attack their friends such as the Back Door Santa, Nada and the likes of Johnny’s millionaire friend who seems these days to be extra large and who commands Briceno’s full attention. Is there a sell-out Julius? I think

so.When the Briceno PUPs try to convince us that they are a new set of PUPs, it only proves that they are misleading and disingenuous. The only thing that is ‘new’ about these hypocrites is that they practice a pervasive principle that they are the only intellectual authority in the Party. They use the big-stick approach to try to accomplish their aim with the benefit of self-induced blindness. Their leadership appears to be a semblance of racism practiced by certain members. They also practice selective historical amnesia when it comes to the successes and accomplishments of the PUP under Said Musa. Like the Zinc Fence, they are quick to point out Musa’s faults as if they are without fault. The honest truth is there is nothing ‘new’ about Briceno’s PUP. They are the same bunch that rode the gravy train of the Said Musa administration from 1998 to 2008. What’s new? We have Narda Garcia from Social Security fame; Eamon Courtney, the unelected Minister in Musa’s PUP Cabinet; Anthony Mahler of BTB fame; oh yes, Julius Espat the architect who benefitted immensely during Musa’s tenure as Prime Minister as well as others that are not important at this time. These are the same ‘old’ PUP’s posturing as ‘new’ and now that the PUP finds itself in Opposition, the lifestyle of these new PUPs has not changed. In fact their lives have gotten better while the rank and file PUPs continue to suffer under this vicious UDP Government. In all this, Briceno simply cannot inspire hope as many of us cannot meet our financial obligations and commitments. Yes Ms. Birdie, while

the horses are starving and there is no financial help for Collet, Port Loyola, Mesop and Queen Square, this set of PUP leaders’ gravy is flowing in abundance. Just ask the Party Treasurer who seems to have an excess cash flow lately. Narda Garcia is comfortably employed with SMART as Chief Operations Officer of Speednet Communications Limited, and as I was informed lately, thanks to Dr. El Bejuco when he was released from his cave (I wonder what happened to that poor fellow?) Narda is currently working on a book about her good ole days at the Social Security Board where ‘the truth will be told’ (I cannot wait). Eamon Courtney continues to be a successful attorney representing the business oligarchy at the same time forgetting that he promised that his Senator stipend would be donated to the Party Secretariat. Anthony Mahler is comfortably employed at (yes, you guessed right) SMART and Julius, the failed Acting Secretary General now the Party Treasurer

($$$), now provides Briceno with a plush office complex at HIS Happy Tails Building on Eve Street (I wonder what is the renovation cost, and who paid for it?) where he is advising Briceno on a strategy to remain the Party Leader against the wishes of the rank and file PUPs. When these sycophants and flunkies that surround Briceno accuse us at the Perspective of what they described as attacks on Briceno’s PUP while highlighting the wrongs that they believe Said Musa committed, they should be quickly reminded that Briceno and his entire so called new

PUPs were part and parcel of Said Musa’s two-term PUP Government and must share both in the successes and failures of that Government. However, to be fair to us here at the Perspective, I recalled mentioning several times the I blame Said Musa for prematurely stepping down as Party Leader giving way to a weak Leader that is destroying our Party. Said Musa and his advisors should be blamed for being silent during the entire onslaught of Said’s character allowing his leadership to be demonized by members of his own Party and by the treacherous Kremandala without replying to and defending his leadership and position. Blame should be cast on Said and his advisors for allowing those UDP operatives in lofty government offices that took every opportunity to undermine the PUP Government (remember Dale Anthony and the free text books program among others?).Then we have the PUPs that Said Musa trusted that betrayed his trust and benefitted handsomely from landmark properties that they promised to refurbish to be a part of our cultural heritage which was later sold for a hefty undisclosed price. Today in these hard times when PUPs and Belizeans are losing their homes to DFC and other lending institutions, these individuals, like the Prime Minister, can afford to purchase expensive real estate in front of the Caribbean Sea in the neighborhood of the Prime Minister, the Hydes and other affluent Belizeans. I don’t believe that they really want me to continue blaming Said Musa. When will they get it? Said Musa

The honest truth is there is nothing ‘new’ about Briceno’s PUP. They are the same bunch that rode the gravy train of the

Said Musa administration from 1998 to 2008. What’s new?

NO CORONATION OF BRICENO, JULIUS

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Sunday, July 25th, 2010PAGE 14

Ladyville, July 17, 2010

The Ladyville Rural Strikers, Brown Bombers under-15 teams both posted big wins in the Belize District Football Association summer football competition, while the BWEL Flames U-19 squad upset the U-19 Brown Bombers 3-2 and the Ladyville Rural Strikers girls bounced back from a 3-0 defi cit to draw 3-3 with the SCA girls at the Ladyville Football fi eld on Saturday, July 17.Kursha Pollard, Tyra Moreira and Gilda Moguel led the SCA attacks, supported by Christiane Rodriguez and Shaheda Young at midfi eld, and Kursha Pollard soon drilled home SCA’s 1st to lead 1-0, and Shaheda Young added a 2nd goal and Tyra Moreira delivered a 3rd to lead 3-zip at the half.Faith Maheia, Mertell Bailey and Sherren Flores led Ladyville’s counterattack, but could not get by the SCA defenders Inga Woods, Ashley Pelayo, and Diedra Gill who helped goalie Ashley White secure the 3-0 lead up to the break.Kirsten Fuentes turned things around for the Ladyville girls in the 2nd half, blasting the 1st goal past Ashley White. The Ladyville girls were still down 1-3, but Faith Maheia and Mertell Bailey kept the pressure on and Faith scored a 2nd goal and Mertell a 3rd to tie the score at 3-3 before the fi nal whistle. In Game 2, the Brown Bombers U-15 continued their victory roll, bombing Survivors FC 4-zip. Survivors’ Louis

Alvarez and sweeper Khambrel Blease could not contain Devaughn Zuniga, who broke through their defense to boot in the 1st winning goal in the 1st half to lead 1-zip at the

break. Kadeem Anderson and Jonathan Guardado led the Survivors’ counterattack, but the Survivors’ defense goofed in giving up a penalty in the 2nd half when they brought down Zuniga in the goal area and Jarron Myvett converted

for a 2-0 lead. Myvett set the play for Zuniga to score a 3rd goal and Myvett added a 4th goal for the 4-0 win.In Game 3, The Ladyville Rural Strikers

U-15 posted a 3-0 win over the Alberts boys. Oscar Ponce scored Ladyville’s 1st goal, and while Gary Young, Raheem Flowers and Jamal Augustine led Alberts’ counterattack, they made no impression in the Ladyville defense. Leon Sedacy got through the Alberts’ defense to add 2 more goals for the 3-0

win.In Game 4, the B.W.E.L. Flames upset the U-19 Brown Bombers 3-2, leading 2-0 at the half time break on strikes by Raheem Staine and Ronald Galvez.In the 2nd half, the Bombers tied the ball game when their counterattack produced goals fi rst by Andres Makin, and a 2nd goal by Clinton “Pin” Jorgenson. Daniel scored the winning goal for the Flames in the closing minutes of play.The competition continues with a rematch between SCA and Ladyville Strikers, Alberts face

Survivors in the U-15 game, and BWEL Flames will challenge Tropical FC of San Pedro at the M.C.C. grounds on Saturday, July 24.

BWEL Flames U-19, Ladyville Rural Strikers, & Brown Bombers U-15 win in BDFA football

Ladyville Girls draw 3-3

BOMBERS DEVAUGHN ZUNIGA 2GOALS

Belize City, July 18, 2010

A mid-week match will determine whether Nizhee Corozal will win the 4th spot in the Belize Bank Super League football playoffs, as a win would give Nizhee 23 pts to tie with Santa Elena Synergy, who also have

23pts after they upset top-ranking Placencia Assassins 2-1 in Santa Elena on Sunday and San Felipe Barcelona eliminated themselves when they drew 4-4 with City boys, who had already advanced, at the M.C.C. garden on Sunday, July 11.Nizhee Corozal has a better goal average than Synergy, but needs to win against Belize United on Wednesday night, as a

win would give them 23pts and the 4th spot, a draw allows Synery to advance. Belize United had transportation problems and could not make it for their scheduled game at the Ricalde Stadium on Sunday. In Santa Elena, Placencia took an early

1-0 lead on Sunday when Rollin Burgess scored the Assassins’ 1st goal in the 32nd minute toi led 1-zip at the half.In the 2nd half, Santa Elena’s Dean Flowers delivered the equalizer in the 57th minute, and the Santa Elena squad moved in for the kill, their persistence paid off in the 87th minute, when Placencia defender Ernie White erred in that dreaded autogoal to give the Santa Elena boys the 2-1 win.San Felipe Barcelona was already out of the running, their chances of qualifying depended on both Nizhee and Santa Elena losing, as they stood to score a maximum of 22pts by a win against the City Boys. San Felipe’s Oscar Ascevedo drew fi rst blood with a header in the 13th minute of play. City boys’ Tyrone Linares tied the ball game at 1-1 in

Nizhee Corozal fi ghting for 4th spot in for Belize Bank

Superleague playoffs

HARVEY CRUZ 2ND

GOAL

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Sunday, July 25th, 2010 PAGE 15

Belize City, July 16, 2010

The Tuff E’Nuff Tours, Guardian/ Housing and the FCIB/Quan Trading Co. posted wins in the 2010 Interoffi ce basketball competition at the Belize City Center last Friday, July 16.In Game 1 on Friday, undefeated Tuff e Nuff posted another win 67-64 in overtime against the Atlantic Bank 64. Tuff e Nuff’s Ashton Edwards hit along trey as he top-scored with18 pts, also grabbing 6 rebounds and 3 steals and dishing out an assist, while his big brother, Densmore ‘Wable’ Edwards added 13 pts, grabbing 6 rebounds, while handing out 2 assists and grabbing 4 steals.Atlantic Bank’s Leon ‘Bigs’ Williams led with 13 pts, grabbing 17 rebounds and a steal and Andrew ‘Head’ Staine added 12 pts, grabbing 7 rebounds and 2 steals, while handing out 3 assists.In Game 2, Guardian/Housing also outlasted Telemedia Digicell 71- 67 in overtime. Guardian’s Bernard Felix top scored with 25 pts, handing out 5 assists and snatching 10 steals, while Dwayne Davis shot 17 pts, snagged 3 rebounds and 4 stealsnd dished out an assist. Jamaal Kelly hit 5 long treys as he led Digicell with 26pts, grabbing 4 rebounds and a steal, and blocking 4 shots. Devon Lozano added 13 pts, grabbed 4 rebounds and 2 stteals and handed out an assist / 1 block / 2 stealsIn Game 3 First Caribbean / Quan’s continued undefeated in a 68-39 balst

of B.W.S.L. ‘Pressure’. FCIB’s Jacob ‘Snake’ Leslie top-scored with 20 pts, grabbing 5 rebounds, and 2 steals while dishing out 2 assists. Elton Anderson added 12 pts on fast breaks while making 3 assists and 3 steals. BWSL’s Benson MAtthews had 12 pts and grabbed 8 rebounds and a steal; and Lawrence ‘Teach’ Young added 9 pts, grabbed 5 rebounds and a steal.In Game 1 on Wednesday, the Roe Group of Companies posted a 20-0 win over Customs, who could not fi eld fi ve players on the court In Game 2 Wednesday, the Police arrested the National Fire Service 66-57. Adrian Flores led the Police with 19 pts, grabbing 2 rebounds and 2 steals while handing out an assist, and Kenard Clarke added 17 pts and grabbed a monster 15 rebounds, handing out 3 assists, blocking a shot and stealing the ball twice.Kenroy Roca led the Firefi ghters with 14 pts, grabbing 8 rebounds and three steals, handing out an assist and blocking a shot. Marlon Palmerston added 10 pts and grabbed 3 rebounds and a steal

Tuff E’Nuff, Guardian and FCIB/Quan Trading Co. win

in Interoffi ce basketball

the 16th minute and a strike from City Boys’ Jack Dawson gave the home squad a 2-1 lead in the 20th minute. Then Harvey Cruz scored the village boys’ 2nd goal to tie the ball game 2-2.The fi eld was wet after a heavy downpour 2 hours before game time, and City Boys’ goalie Charlie Slusher could not hold onto the pill when Christopher Hendricks blasted in a 3rd goal for the village from point blank range in the 38th minutes to lead 3-2 at the half.In the 2nd half, the San Felipe goalie also had trouble holding on to the ball on a long lob from the corner, he fumbled and Raymond “Killa”

Gentle did not forgive, booting the ball into the net to tie the ball game at 3-3 in the 46th minute.Gentle then set table for 1st division MVP Dalton Cayetano to race downfi eld, beat San Felipe’s Eric Rodriguez and nail home a 4th goal in the 78th minute.The village squad now had their backs to the wall, but the City Boys’ defenders Mark Grant, Jack Dawson, Merlin Diaz and Shane Thurton had all run out of gas and could not keep up with Harvey Cruz when he penetrated up the right sideline and centered the ball for Victor Morales to fi nish with a header, tying the ball game a 4-4 before the fi nal whistle. The playoffs begin on Sunday, July 25.

Nizhee Corozal fi ghting for 4th spot in for Belize Bank Superleague playoffsContinued from page 14

FCIB ELTON ANDERSON 20PTS

Zachary Young

Belize City, July 19, 2010

Bowen & Bowen posted back to back wins in the 2010 Interoffi ce basketball competition at the Belize City Center on Monday, July 19.In Game 1 on Monday, B.W.S.L. pressured Belize Healthcare/Central Cable 62-46. BWSL’s Benson Matthews top-scored with 19 pts, grabbing 10 rebounds and a steal, while Lawrence ‘Teach’ Young added 13 pts, grabbed 4 rebounds and 3 steals and handed out 4 assists. Healthcae’s Trevor ‘Bonzo’ Meighan had 14 pts, grabbed 6 rebounds and 3 steals and dished out 3 assists, with Andrew Moody helping out with 11 pts and a rebound and 3 steals. In Game 2, Bowen & Bowen pumped the National Fire Service 54-50. Bowen’s Milton Flores top-scored with 14 pts, grabbing 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and a steal, while Ernest Crawford added 8 pts, grabbed a rebound and handed out 5 assists. Marlon Palmerston led the Firefi ghters with 14 pts, dishing out an assist and stealing the ball once, while their big post center Rafael O’Brien scored 11 pts on the putback from 7 rebounds. In Game 1 on Sunday, Bowen & Bowen edged by Youth for the Future 49-48; with David Cruz leading with 11 pts and 7 rebounds, while Frank Nunez added 7 pts and grabbed 6 rebounds. YFF’s Dwayne Davis led with 19 pts and 22 rebounds and Bernadote Felix added 9 ptsIn Game 3 Monday, the Police hand-cuffed Customs 55-44; Adrian Flores top-scoring with 18 pts, grabbing 2 rebounds and a steal, and Deron Gentle added 8 pts, grabbed 6 rebounds and blocked 3 shots. Customs’ Charles ‘Layup’ Armstrong scored 26 pts and grabbed 4 rebounds and a steal, while Ludrick Beeks chipped in 7 pts and snagged 6 rebounds and a steal.

In Sunday’s Game 3 the Polcie did not do so well in a 53-62 loss to Port of Belize. Port’s Ian ‘AC’ Augustine led with 17 pts grabbing 12 rebounds and 2 steals while handing out an assist and Leroy ‘Fayah’ Forbes added 17 pts, grabbed 3 rebounds and a steal, and handed off an assist. Chester Noralez led the Police with 17 pts grabbing a rebound and 2 steals, while Maurice Martinez added 12 pts, grabbed a rebound and 2 steals and hande doff an assist.In Sunday’s Game 2 Telemedia Digicell rewiredAlamilla’s Furniture / Cellular Plus 76-51. Jamaal Kelly led Digicell with a monster 32 pts, grabbing a rebound and 6 steals, while Edward Thompson added 15 pts and grabbed 12 rebounds. Alamilla’s David Alamilla had 12 pts and 1 rebound, while John Rudon added 9 pts, grabbing a rebound and dishing out an assist. In Game 4, First Caribbean / Quan’s burned Guardian / Housing 75-63; Elton Anderson leading the attack with 20 pts grabbing a rebound and a stels while handing off 2 assists. Jacob ‘Snake’ Leslie added 15 pts, grabbed 3 rebounds and made 7 assist. Guardian’s Bernard and Godwin Bowen each had 14 pts in the loss.In Game 5, the National Fire Service quenched Customs 56-53; Tyrone Palmerston top-scored with 24 pts, grabbing 7 rebounds and a steal while handing off 4 assists. Kenroy Roca added 21 pts and snagged 7 and 2 steals. Customs’ James Rivers scored 16 pts and grabbed 5 rebounds, while veteran Jason Daly had 12 pts and 11 rebounds, dishing out 3 assists and stealing the ball once.

Bowen & Bowen posts back to back wins in Interoffice basketball

B.W.S.L.

and handed out 3 assists.The defending champions Belize City Council also remained undefeated as they wrapped up KHMH 64-53. Citco’s Joshua Jones led with 15 pts, grabbing a rebound and 4 steals, while Kenroy ‘MVP’ Usher added 10 pts grabbing 2 rebounds and a steal. Kenrick Samuels led KHMH with 12 pts and a steal and Norman Humes added 11 pts and grabbed 7 rebounds dishing out an assist and grabbing 5 steals.

Sunday, July 25th, 2010PAGE 16

A prescient writer for Jamaica‘s Daily Gleaner aptly wrote that Caricom is Carigone. Although that writer and t agree on abolition of Caricom but for different reasons I laud him to know that there is some enlightment blowing from the Caribbean. I will always contend that Caricom is inimical and disadvantageous for Belize since it does not possess and will not in 100 life times, possess the industrial nor intellectual base to compare it to the European Economic Union , nor to The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and that is only one of many fit to be published. However, there are many reasons made behind cloistered door which would expose the diabolical minds of the perpetrators of this abnormal grotesque abortion from Hades. From here on I won’t criticize Caricom anymore but people of Belize; you will pay the price of losing your country which has already begun.The quintessential problem, existential problem, is how to bring equilibrium to our economy and our personal lives notwithstanding the disastrous decision to continue this Caricom debacle without the people’s consent.The well trained mind knows that this Caricom arrangement is not good for Belize because it requires Belizean to pay a price which calls for the eventual destructions of our institution in all aspects of our lives starting with the legal process.(Imagine Caricom laws and Caribbean jurists replacing our very own Belize Judges) why?Before we even think about joining Caricom which seeks to destroy us a nation, and is a decoy from the real problems we have in Belize. How to grow our economy without discriminating against our neighbours according to Jeremy Bentham’s “felicific calculus if you don’t get happiness or joy from the utility of any product but only pain, you have to get rid of it. Bentham devised , espoused, and applied this Felicific calculus to measure the pain –pleasure resulting from any rational human act or behaviour , and to problems encountered in constitutional and

criminal law, education, marriage, social living , political science , or any other problems. After careful study if the population or individual receives pleasure, no pain; and then the assertion that pleasure means more utility, pain means disutility. Jeremy Bentham was absolutely right when you analyse all the constitutional and criminal laws of Belize, and all the tenets of daily living, it is all pain – no gain. It is truly dismal in Belize there is only gloom and doom. More than half the population can only eat one or two meals daily while some people eat even less. All the laws both civil and criminal are pain for the people, so living Belize is all pain, no gain.Changing gears but in the same vein, I usually dismiss Amandala’s Henry Gordon’s writing as self –serving, sacrilegious low-grade impiety in which he attempts to force fit a “goodness of fitness” test to the bible from scurrilous blather and misguided minds of his contumacious repugnant UDP politicians with proven proclivities to cheat, steal and deprive the people of their land and mineral wealth; to continue with political intrigues and machinations in policies to give black people an advantage over people , Belizeans of other racial persuasion that the consumer is king of the market; let them know that if prices are too high at one store, shop at the other stores. If all the stores collude to charge the same high prices, then before we shut down the country, we will import all consumer goods at one quarter the price. Caveat government of Belize and all politicians. The people will not accept no more abuses today we highlighted consumer high prices later on the rest of the economy.Finally this barrow administration is finalizing his africanization of the administration of Belize by bringing in more Haitian, more Barbadians, more Jamaicans; and all the black people, with few exceptions, are so poor. Come on Barrow, maybe you don’t think the preponderance of the people see the forest, not the trees.

‘CAriCom- CAriGonE’

By: Anonymous II

…no gain more pain

Contributed by: Jeremy Robinson

It is my understanding that Johnny Briceño’s ‘’senior advisers’’ are working feverishly around the clock to plan, to organize, and to conduct an ‘’endorsement convention’’. I further understand that this ‘’endorsement convention’’ is to coincide with the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the People’s United Party (PUP) in September and to be held in Briceño’s hometown, Orange Walk.This latest maneuver by Johnny & Co. doesn’t surprise me one bit. Rather, it only serves to confirm my earlier thesis that he and his cohorts are DROWNING FAST and GRASPING at STRAWS. They know, all too well, that Johnny now bears the BULLSEYE on his chest and is a DEAD MAN WALKING politically. The clock is ticking guys – TICK-TOCK!! I repeat: ‘’ANTICIPATION of DEATH is WORSE than DEATH ITSELF’’. I cannot comprehend, for the life of me, why this FAILED LEADER doesn’t save face and exit gracefully. Oh, what a STUBBORN CANERO you are Johnny.We, the rank and file of the People’s United Party (PUP), must spare no effort in ROAD BLOCKING any attempt by these people to conduct an ‘’endorsement convention’’. The audacity of Johnny to even countenance such an idea is ridiculous. We are talking here about the very man who was ‘’allowed’’ by the then National Executive in March 2008 to re-enter the leadership contest after so childishly withdrawing. That National Executive upheld the democratic principles of the PUP and now Johnny & Co. wants to throw those principles through the window? – HELL NO! We ain’t having it Johnny – OVER OUR DEAD BODIES! You people must be out of your minds to think we would approve of the ‘’crowning’’ of a PATHETIC LOSER - WHEEL & COME AGAIN! During his two-year plus reign as ‘’PUP Leader’’, Johnny Briceño has done nothing but to add to the MISERY & FRUSTRATION of us, the rank & file of the PUP. Aided and abetted by the self-serving individuals in his Executive, Johnny has turned his back on us and as my comrade, Gordon Smith so aptly stated last week in his article, Johnny has LOST our support. We are now DEMANDING that the National Convention be held in November as prescribed by the PUP Constitution and like the teacher’s battle cry, WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED! Come November, the WORST CASE SCENARIO would be that, after the votes are counted, Johnny Briceño is ‘’re-elected’’ as ‘’PUP Leader’’ – HEAVEN FORBID!! Should this occur, however, I believe the time will come for us, the rank & file of the PUP to BREAK AWAY from the current PUP. As it were, we are already ALIENATED

from the Party. Just imagine what the ‘’re-election’’ of Johnny & Co. would mean for us. I would like to call upon those leaders who understand and appreciate the PAIN & SUFFERING we‘ve had to endure at the hands of both the UDP and the current PUP Leadership to join us in that BREAK AWAY if that becomes necessary. Specifically, I would like to call upon the Honourable Members for Freetown, Fort George, Corozal South East, Albert and Lake Independence to join us. I know you gentlemen have had and continue to have your share of differences but one thing I’m sure you all AGREE on and that is that Johnny Briceño has FAILED as ‘’Leader’’ of the PUP and must be shown the NEAREST EXIT. I also would like to call on those Chairmen of the Regional Caucuses to join us in the BREAK AWAY. Come and join us Mr. Chairman of the Eastern Caucus. You had seen it fit to ‘’break away’’ with Johnny and the infamous ‘’G-7’’ when you were ‘’displeased’’ with your former Prime Minister and Party Leader and the former Minister of Finance and National Campaign Manager. What say you now when it is a KNOWN FACT you’re ‘’displeased’’ and I daresay ‘’disgusted’’ with the leadership of your fellow ‘’G-7’’ dissident, Johnny Briceño.To the ‘’rightful owners’’ of the Party’s assets, I say to you, to hell with the ‘’trust’’. Johnny & Co. fought tooth & nail to gain control of the assets and what did they end up doing with them? Well, I’ll tell you what they did. First, they turned the single most important symbol of our Party’s history, Independence Hall into a decrepit and depressing building that we are now ashamed to call HOME. Oh, what an INJUSTICE you’ve done to our Leader Emeritus Mr. ‘’Party Leader’’. Next, Johnny & Co. took the Belize Times, the product of the individual and collective hard work and vision of the Leader Emeritus, our Immediate Past Leader and other prescient PUPs and reduced it to a piece of rubbish which has value only for the guys who wash cars on the City’s street sides – … If Da Noh Soh … Finally, at the hands of NADA and her disciples, Weedy and Renee Trujillo, Positive Vibes Radio has gone from the “New Sound of Belize’’ to a sound heard only by those who work at the radio station, ain’t nobody listening to 90.5 and 102.9 FM anymore. As for the morning show, I suggest it be renamed the ‘’Morning Downer’’ because there surely ain’t no ‘’buzz’’ coming out of that show. Quit believing in your own hype ‘’Mr. Agent’’.To the ‘’rightful owners’’ of the Party’s Assets, I beseech you, in the name of our Party’s rank & file, RE-CLAIM our assets ASAP before Johnny & Co. succeed in depreciating them further and

further to the state of obsoleteness. Go into your seven-figure bank accounts and go buy your own assets Mr. “Party Leader’’. I submit that November will be yet another defining moment in the history of the PUP. While we, the rank & file, are riding high on the hope of a ‘’New Leader’’ emerging, we will not fool ourselves into thinking that Johnny Briceño may not ‘’repeat’’ as ‘’Leader’’. This is so even though the possibility/probability of this eventuality becomes slimmer and slimmer by the day. Like any disappointment, we must hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Come the ‘’Big Showdown’’ in November, we will have but two

choices before us. To those whom it may concern, I say either we BREAK AWAY or we BREAK APART. Which shall it be? Now, I just cannot close this week without weighing in on the lawsuit filed against this newspaper’s Editor and my comrade, Gordon Smith. I won’t say much only to say this. Define IRONY: A woman who LITERALLY LIVES in a GLASS HOUSE wants to THROW STONES but CRIES FOUL when the STONES are THROWN her way. I don’t know how they say it in La Republica de Guatemala Sra. NADA but here in Belize, in Kriol, we say, ‘’Di hag weh baal da di hag weh geh lik’’, pun INTENDED on the word ‘’hag’’. LMAO!

To Whom It May Concern

BREAK AWAY orBREAK APART!!

Sunday, July 25th, 2010 PAGE 17

By Rhenae Nunez

Niki Pinkard, 24, was gunned down around nine on Jasmine Street on Sunday night. Pinkard’s life ended in similar manner as did Giovanni Lauriano’s only four hours earlier. Street sources are saying that the two deaths were gang related and Pinkard was gunned down in retaliation for Lauriano’s assassination. The two, Lauriano and Pinkard were feuding for a while and where Pinkard was gunned down is in an area where Lauriano hangs out. Lauriano spent most of the day in proximity to where Pinkard spent the day at the home of his in-laws but there are no reports of the two crossing path on Sunday. Police say that Pinkard had just returned to the house after a short errand to buy drinks with some friends. As he exited his car, an armed masked man dressed in full black approached and fi red two shots at Pinkard. The gunman then left on a bicycle that was parked near a fence a short distance away. Pinkard was rushed by ambulance

to the KHMH but succumbed to his injuries a short while after. He was shot once in the upper right side of his chest, the right side of his neck and in the left jaw. Pinkard like his alleged nemesis Giovanni Lauriano was no stranger to the law and trouble. He is said to be affi liated with the George Street crew who are rivals of Lauriano’s crew. In June of 2008, Pinkard was arrested and charged for the illegal possession of the highly explosive PE4. Pinkard walked away from the charges when the offi cer who busted him did not show up to testify. Jennifer Pinkard, mother of Niki Pinkard refuted allegations that her son could have been involved in the attack on Giovanni Lauriano earlier on Sunday. She told the media that she spoke with her son by phone from his in-laws’ address all evening. Shortly before the attack on him, he had called his mother to tell her of a shooting in Hattieville and then told his mother that he loved her.

was niki’s murder a case of street justice?

Two sexual related charges of carnal knowledge against a 21 year old man identifi ed as William Daniel Torres were withdrawn by the Prosecution in the Supreme Court on Monday. The Prosecution announced this unusual move after both sixteen year old victim and her mother told them in Court that they did not wish to proceed with the case. Prosecutor, Christelle Wilson, who had already selected a jury of nine persons to hear the case, made an application in open court asking Judge Herbert Lord to withdraw the two charges against Torres since she could not proceed any further with the case of carnal knowledge.The incident occurred two years

ago on October 27th and 28, 2008 in Roaring Creek when the girl was just 14 years old. Back then, the girl accompanied by her mother visited the police station to report that she and the accused were dating and admitted that Torres had sex with her at her cousin’s house on two separate occasions. The girl who is now sixteen year old and a high school student said this week Torres was her boyfriend and they had not planned to go so far. She said Torres has already suffered for 3 months and she does not think he has any future in prison. Her mother also said that she does not want any court action and that it was her husband who pressed the case.

Court withdraws charge of Carnal Knowledge

ago on October 27th and 28, 2008

VICTIM AND MOTHER TELLS THE COURT THEY DON’T WANT TO PROCEED

NIKI PINKARD

…NIKI PINKARD IN RETALIATION FOR GIOVANNI LAURIANO?

Lavern Longsworth, a thirty-fi ve year old mother of three kids appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer on Monday where she pleaded ‘not-guilty’ to the charge of attempted murder against her common-law husband thirty-two year old David White, who she doused with kerosene

and lit him a blaze during a domestic d i s p u t e last week. M a g i s t r a t e Frazer made the exception to and exercised her discretion to offer a bail of six thousand dollars ($6,000 plus one surety of the same) to Ms L o n g s w o r t h which she met. L o n g s w o r t h who appeared before the C o u r t s

undefended stated that she will claim self defence. The charges arose out of a domestic disoute took place last Thursday night at the couple’s home situated on Castle Street in Belize City. According to Ms. Longsworth, White started to smoke

‘crack’ once again, and he would frequently harass her for money or steals it from her. She claims that David had taken her television set without her consent and took it to the pawn shop to get money for his drug habit. She added that her frustration was compounded, consequently; after White stole two hundred and fi fty dollars from her purse, money that she had aside for her children’s necessities. It appears that last Thursday evening’s dispute just added to the frustration and pushed her over the edge causing her to lose the grip on her sanity and snapped dousing him with kerosene that was around the house and set him on fi re. Longsworth said that after she saw the blaze she quickly made efforts to extinguish the blaze but White

Mad woman lights up her man …Will claim self defence

Lavern Longswort

was already scorched after which he was transported to the KHMH where he was admitted in critical condition.Longsworth who is also known as “Antichrist” commonly frequents the Magistrate Court, not because she is a repeated offender of the law, but because she earns a living making ends meet by running errands for staffers of the courts.

David White

Sunday, July 25th, 2010PAGE 18

What Is Beauty?

By: Dulce SilvaBy: Dulce SilvaBy: Dulce SilvaBy: Dulce SilvaBy: Dulce Silva

We are bombarded everyday with beauty contests like Miss Universe and shows like Extreme Makeover, as well as People Magazine featuring the most beautiful people in the world, all trying to answer the question “What is beauty?”. It is not so easy to make the fi nal decision for this question. The concept of beauty, in fact, is different from person to person. Anyone can tell you their personal defi nition of beauty: who they think is beautiful and who isn’t. Defi nition of real BeautySo what is Beauty? Beauty is a characteristic of a person, place, object or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning or satisfaction. Collins English Dictionary says beauty is the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and please the mind. Dated from the ancient time, beauty has been a dominant theme in western art, in which an “ideal beauty” is a person who is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture. A number of historical individuals have become icons of beauty, including Cleopatra VII, Helen of Troy, and Marilyn Monroe.Characterization of BeautyThe Many Forms of Beauty: The characterization of a person as “beautiful”, is often based on some combination of inner beauty, which includes

psychological factors such as personality, intelligence, grace, charm and elegance, and outer beauty, which includes physical factors, such as health, youthfulness, symmetry, averageness, and complexion. Based on these, some focus on the outside appearance of people. In contrast, some hold the point of view that beauty is the purity of heart. If you are kind-hearted, you are beautiful. It seems that what we fi nd beautiful is a refl ection of our personality and individuality. However, the surprising thing is that despite the common saying that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, people may come to roughly the same conclusions of what is beauty. It is widely accepted that there are common defi nitions to what the defi nition

of beauty is, which is much determined by society as a form of survival of the fi ttest.Male Defi nition of BeautyWhat is Beauty? To some extent, male should be the right one to make the conclusion for this question. Maybe you will take for granted that good looking in men’s eyes must rank as the fi rst element of beauty. But it is actually not the case. In a recent survey entitled “What is beauty anyway?” came to the following conclusions: When asked about their own defi nition of female beauty, many men cite happiness and healthiness, rather than particular physical characteristics.Benefi ts of Physical BeautyBeautiful Girl Tends to Get More Attention and PrivilegesHowever, to be honest, physical beauty in the present society really plays a very important role for people. Good looking students get higher grades from their teachers and attractive patients receive more personalized care from their doctors. Nobody will refuse to be beautiful in order to give a good impression to people around. And all of us might dream that we have the eyes of Milla Jovovich and the body of Madonna. Some are lucky to be born beautiful, while others can equip themselves with vast treasure of cosmetics and makeup tips provided here and there. It was the Roman Dramatist Plautus who wrote, “A woman without makeup is like food without salt”. Makeup should be used to help you look good and feel better. Find your basic makeup essentials to create a radiant - looking complexion and then experiment with different colors, textures and cosmetics items to accentuate your features and enhance your face. Improving one’s appearance will boost confi dence and self esteem. As a result, people who are not satisfi ed with their appearance or those who closely follow trends in fashion tend to apply expensive cosmetics or take operation to obtain the so called man-made beauty. Nevertheless, fashion always twists backward and

forward in dilemma. When such kind of man-made beauty comes to the peak, people begin to miss the true and natural beauty of the past.

Love & Inner BeautyOnly Inner Beauty Will Past The Test of TimeLove is eternal, but what about your look? We know clearly that there is no everlasting beautiful appearance because of the power of magician of time. Even though cosmetics do contribute to delay the arrival of aging, appearance of youth will disappear just like fl ower fades away. Physical beauty is not forever, but beauty in your inside will not fade away. The real beauty is refl ected in one’s soul, not only depending on appearance. A beautiful woman is a diamond but truthful, honest, trustworthy woman is a treasure. As an old saying goes�“ Virtue is fairer than beauty. ” Good looking is pleasant while spiritual beauty is more important. Don’t be eager to judge whether a person is beautiful or not without a thorough understanding of him.Embrace Your Beautiful SelfTrue beauty doesn’t need any kind of ornaments. It is a gift from God to Human beings. The person who gets blessed by nature gets blessed with precious beauty. God is fair because he gives everyone their own unique beauty. So do not think of yourself poorly or wish to be someone else, instead embrace your personal beauty and be happy. Beauty may occur in different form, physical beauty of female, inner beauty of kind man, graceful beauty of grandeur dame and even ordinary beauty of common people. Beauty lies in good things you do, your nice behavior with others, your honesty and your self- confi dence. It also lies in the way you understand, the way you trust, the way you love, the way you care and the way you share. If you cannot fi nd beauty, it is not because beauty does not exist, but because you just close your eyes.

is not the Leader of the Opposition and neither is he the Prime Minister of Belize. They themselves keep repeating that the Belizean electorate spoke on February 7, 2008. It is high time for the UDP to start governing as they were elected to do, and the constitutional Opposition start behaving like a responsible Opposition. Instead, we have a Government and Opposition that is a total failure along with the treacherous disguised Black Power leader behind the Zinc Fence that is unable to criticize the UDP because of all the lucrative Social Security and Barrow Telemedia Ltd (BTL) newspaper ads he is receiving. Because of this, they fi nd time to continue their personal attacks on Said Wilbert Musa in order to distract the people from the real issues. When one listens and watches Caribscope on the local TV, and sees our sister island states’ opposition parties in action, one has to wonder what the hell is wrong with Briceno’s PUP Opposition. The PUP has now become a big JOKE not only in Belize, but also in the Caribbean region. A friend told me lately, while having a few laughs at the expense of Briceno’s many blunders, that if stand-up comedy and late night comedy shows were as popular in Belize as it is in America, then Briceno’s PUP would be the subject of many of these shows. The latest Briceno PUP comedy directed by the Defrocked Diplomat from the Happy Tails Studio came in the

form of a press release in regards to off-shore oil drilling. How serious can this bunch of incompetent wannabe politicians from Briceno’s PUP get? When the independence of the Judiciary is being tampered with and the Chief Justice is being removed at the healthy young age of 65 and the Prime Minister’s brother (who Briceno supports) is given the nod to serve on the Court of Appeal until the age of 75; when crime seems to reach its peak with cold bloody murders, the shooting down of babies in the streets and the kidnapping and murdering of young schools girls; when a new Police Minister is appointed that has no plan to curb crime but instead is more interested in the shape of men in uniform; when the government-run KHMH is killing our babies again. With all this Mr. John Briceno and his PUP are chasing behind Oceana and Mrs. Audrey Matura-Sheppard in her quest to stop off shore drilling in Belize. Hurry come September or early November because this Briceno PUP leadership has to GO! In closing I must say thanks for the tremendous support that I received last week when the news broke in the NP that I am being sued for libel along with the NP’s Editor by Mrs. Narda Garcia, the PUP National Communications Director. The dysfunctional Briceno PUP is dying to know the identity of Gordon Smith and actions such as a law suit is intended to

fl ush me out into the open in order to silence me. However Mr. Editor, that won’t work. Nah, I will not be silenced. Careful I will be, but not silent. There are genuine supporters who don’t want to know or care less who Gordon Smith is; then there are those that believe that they are 99.9% sure of my identity. My honest reply is, “SO?” I don’t care less. I could always live with the point one (0.1%) percent chance that you don’t know. To know who I am will not save your miserable souls from the prison of hell. You really need to spend more time to know the Man who is more serious than I, and that man is Jesus Christ who will save you from your wicked, worthless and hypocritical ways Evan. My crusade for peace, justice and meaningful unity in the PUP will cease when John Briceno is replaced by a true Leader of the people. Until then, I will be here weekly in the pages of the Perspective. Finally, to Johnny’s millionaire friend Julius, you must understand that no amount of trickery will save John Briceno from being ejected as Party Leader come convention day. The illegal meddling of the constituency executives is only a show of desperation on you and Briceno’s part. How many political personnel can SMART/Speednet employ with all those that are promised jobs for their support of Briceno? As to the others that were recently employed, how long will they be

employed? Maybe Lord Michael Ashcroft needs to take a look at Speednet’s pay roll. For two years plus, John Briceno has ignored the plight of our people. With just months remaining in his docile leadership, he is now pretending to care and is now promising JOBS at SMART for the people’s support. I repeat, Julius, we are not the fools you and Briceno believe we are. We know that big money was borrowed in the name of PUP from certain lending institutions to improve the PUP assets, however, there is no evidence that those assets are being improved and the little work that was done on the expensive printing press that Nada is responsible for ruining at the Belize Times, gives much concern as to where all that money went. If I were to give free advice to you Julius, I would advise you to not waste time spending OUR money on saving John Briceno’s dead leadership. All those divisions that Briceno intentionally neglected and are badly in need of cash should get urgent fi nancial assistance in order to get battle-ready for the next new leadership of the People’s United Party. The message from the people, North, South, East and West is clear Julius; there will be no coronation of John Briceno. Two years of impotent leadership is enough. Not even political Viagra will help Briceno. The PUP needs a Leader with stamina. Briceno must GO! Those that have Ears to hear, hear!

Continued from page 13NO CORONATION OF BRICENO, JULIUS

Sunday, July 25th, 2010 PAGE 19

The young generation of Belizeans do not know Evan X Hyde, especially because he only writes of himself in glorying terms. he is Nelson Mandela, Che Gueverra, Malcome X and all these great persons rolled into one; in his view.The real “X” is a malicious person. He has no loyalty. When he writes of power to the people, he means power to his people- sons and son-in-law, daughters and family member.“X” has hated George Price from 1969. He has carried this grudge and hatred from then. In 1981 “X” reprinted an article which was malicious of Mr. Price. It resulted in a Supreme Court case of libel (George Price Vs. Evan Hyde). It can be found on the internet, we publish extracts to show what type of person “X” really is:-The article said Price was involved in international drug trafficking amount other malicious lies. The Judge said Hyde never admitted that KREM Limited is the company of himself and prints the Amandala. Why would Hyde deny this?Hyde told the judge he was doing his moral (Roman Catholic trained) duty to libel Mr. Price. The Judge said:-“What is this Moral Duty which the Defendant Mr. Hyde, say he can rely on?” There is no moral duty to repeal falsehoods from abroad. There is No moral duty to pillary a person without justification. There is no moral duty to repeal what a cheap foreign magazine had to say about your Premier…”Hyde told the judge he attacked Mr.

Price’s character in the public interest. The judge scolded him with these words “ I must make it quite clear that public interest is not in the interest of a sector or the public who enjot reading a person being vilified.” Said the judge Editor of this newspaper (Amandala) reprint part of it (an article) without checking its accuracy. I would be prepared to uphold the right of any of my fellow citizens to criticize my country, to derogate its institutions and to fustigate my representatives whenever an occasions arrives. On the other hand, I would deny much right to, and condemn, any interfering outsider…from belittling my country,…” The Judge really socked it to Evan Hyde with this “ SASSENACHS should put their own houses in order first.”Hyde told the Judge as an outstanding writer he had a special qualified privilege to write and publish what he did against Mr. Price. The Judge said this is malicious because “ I am satisfied this is evidence of EXPRESS MALICE” in what Hyde did.The Judge also dropped this bombshell on Mr. High and Mighty Hyde “ I also find that his defense is such as to evidence his MALICE towards the Plaintiff (Mr. Price) in trying to prove the impossible. There not only has been the absence of an apology but…

he continued to maintain up to very near the end of the case that what he published was true…” His editorial of the 5 March 1982 is most damaging to him. So are certain insinuations made on the witness box by the Defendant (Mr. Hyde).“Although the Defendant (Evan Hyde) did not invent the original libel he readily adopted it.. He has been UNABLE to cast even a shadow of doubt on the INTEGRITY of the Plaintiff (George Price). “ I enter judgment for the Plaintiff George Price , in the sum of $10,000.00 together with an injunction, against the first Defendant Evan Hyde. The first defendant Evan Hyde to pay the costs.”As we reproduce this part of Hyde’s dark history he was conducting one of his vicious and malicious personal attacks on his former Editor Glen Tillett in this week Tuesday Amandala. Glen Tillett has joined a long list of persons to be subjected to the unbelievable malice of a grown man of 62 years of age.NB: Over the years Mr. Hyde has kept up a barrage of malicious attacks of the Father of the Belizean Nation, a man whose stature and achievements must no doubt turn Mr. Hyde BLUE with envy. This malice is also manifested in the now weekly attacks against former

two times Prime Minister Hon, Said Musa the man who appointed Hyde’s inexperienced son to be a Government Minister.In addition to Glen Tillett and Said Musa, Hyde has also conducted personal and malicious attacks against Clinton “Pulu” Lightburn, Terry Gordon, James Adderly, Harry Lawrence, Dean Lindo, Nuri Muhammad, G. Michael Reid, Luke Espat, Assad Shoman, Glen Godfrey, The Jesuits (Entire Roman Catholic Church including his Holiness the POPE), Poor Rene Villanueva, Omar Silva, Most of the Progressive Belizean Women, Silvana Woods - Kriol Council, Louis Zabaneh, Dr. Angel Cal, Chubby Reneau, Berti Chimillo and recently the embattle Compol Crispin Jeffries.Even when a persons dies that will not save them from his poison pen. His malice will follow them into the grave, such as what happened to former Deputy Prime Minister Lindy Rogers, Former Attorney General Harrison Courtney and Trade Union Leader Nicholas Pollard Sr.And to top it off he use to write salacious matters of a very personal nature against Jorge Espat and Mark Espat, but since the latter infiltrated (no pun intented) the Hyde family through the daughter, Mark has gone from a fruit to a co-conspirator and co-underminer with his father-in-law in tearing down the leadership (or is that leadersh.t) of the PUP in order to replace it with his Zinc fence family. Power to the People!

EVAN X HYDE -THE MALICIOUS MAN

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRMANMs. Lois Michele Young

GOVERNMENT’S REPRESENTATIVEMr. Ariel Mitchell

GOVERNMENT’S REPRE-SENTATIVEMr. Paul Jones

GOVERNMENT’S REPRE-SENTATIVEMs. Natalie Goff

GOVERNMENT’S REPRE-SENTATIVEMr. Dennis Jones

EMPLOYEES’ REPRESEN-TATIVEDylan Reneau

EMPLOYEES’ REPRESENTATIVEElena Smith

EMPLOYERS’ REPRESENTATIVEMark Lizarraga

SECRETARYMaria Elena Contreras

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERMerlene Bailey Martinez

Belize Social Sercurity Betraying Belizean workers

NO protection against economic Instablity

Belizean company side-stepped to favor Guatemalan

company. No consideration for Belizeans workers.

Shame ! Shame !