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“Kill BIL”, Says Hon. Espat Christy Mastry, Issued a Statement in Which She Refuted Allegations BELMOPAN, Fri Tuesday, February 9, 2021 AMANDALABelize Page 1 NO. 3436 BELIZE CITY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 (20 PAGES) $1.00 BIL’s Christy Mastry responds to allegations BELIZE CITY, Sun. Feb. 7, 2021 On Sunday night, the suspended general manager of Belize Infrastructure Limited (BIL), “Kill BIL”, says Hon. Espat Christy Mastry, issued a statement in which she refuted allegations BELMOPAN, Fri. Feb. 5, 2021 against her that were made by During his remarks at Friday’s Minister of Infrastructure sitting of the House of Development and Housing, Hon. Representatives, Minister of Julius Espat, during last Friday’s Infrastructure Development and sitting of the House of Housing, Hon. Julius Espat said Representatives. that Belize Infrastructure Limited In his address to the House, Hon. (BIL), the government-owned company that manages the country’s Please turn toPage 17 major infrastructure projects, had reported to his Ministry that all the Belize accepts financial records of the company vaccines from Russia Please turn toPage 13 Appropriation Bill #6 deferred “…We have a building now weh cost we 25 million dollars. Start from 12.6 million and now they want 25 million dollars to finish the Eleanor Hall building!”— Hon. Briceño BELMOPAN, Fri. Feb. 5, 2021 19 pandemic during the recent The Minister of Health and sitting of the House of Wellness, Hon. Michel Chebat, rose to give an update on the COVID- Please turn toPage 19 COVID-19 Update BELIZE CITY, Mon. BELMOPAN, Fri. Feb. 5, 2020 General Revenue Appropriation Feb. 8, 2021 During Friday’s sitting of the Bill # 6 of 2020/2021 would be The COVID-19 House of Representatives, Prime deferred until a further date. The bill numbers continue to Minister John Briceño announced trend downwards in the that the second reading of the Please turn toPage 19 country. Since our last update, only one new fatality has been nd Please turn to UBAD’s 52 anniversary (See story on page 12) Page 4 Page 2 AMANDALABelize Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Health Ministry continues to brace for 3rd COVID wave BELMOPAN, Fri. Feb. 5, 2021 variants are currently circulating The Ministry of Health and The Ministry of Health and within the country. Recently, three Wellness is taking no chances, and, Wellness is awaiting data from new COVID-19 variants were as mentioned, is bracing for the testing labs outside Belize that are identified across the world: the UK arrival of the inevitable third wave. currently carrying out genotype variant, said to be more contagious; “Notwithstanding the progress testing on COVID-19 samples that a variant found in South Africa that that we are making, the Ministry of were taken from members of our is said to be more deadly and is Health and Wellness shall be using local population. resistant to the AstraZeneca this time we have to prepare our The Ministry is currently trying vaccine, and a new variant that has medical institutions to confront a to find out if any COVID-19 recently sprung up in Brazil. third wave. As you know, Madam Speaker, countries such as Barbados, Trinidad, and Tobago, and of recently Cuba, have shut COVID Cash Transfer down to curb the spread of the pandemic. Madam Speaker, we at regard, we look forward to program rolls out shortly the Ministry of Health and Wellness retrofitting our medical facilities are serious about safeguarding the and rolling out NHI to the rest of BELMOPAN, Fri. Feb. 5, health of our people, and with this our country,” Minister Chebat said. 2021 During the sitting of the House of Representatives Details into BIL which took place on Friday, February 5, 2021, area representative for investigation revealed Mesopotamia, Hon. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, posed a question to Prime Minister, Hon. John Briceño, regarding the Government’s plan to continue the Covid-19 food assistance program. Minister of Human Development, Hon. Dolores Balderamos Garcia, had told members of the media that she could not say baskets to Mickey Mouse and Minnie BELMOPAN, Fri. Feb. 5, 2021 Espat, was also a partner of the what would be the fate of the Mouse. Some houses, you have three, Belize Infrastructure Limited (BIL) architecture firm, i.E. She moved her program for the new year, only that four people inna the same house was incorporated back in October of office to a building owned by the firm Government was committed to getting pantry. It will reveal that 2013 as a special purpose vehicle to shortly after becoming General provide for the “poorest of the cronies and special friends were given carry out government infrastructural Manager of BIL, according to Espat. poor.” At the time, she had given a debit cards with thousands of dollars projects under the Barrow Both the offices for Belize commitment for the upkeep of the that was supposed to go to poor administration. On Friday, in a regular Infrastructure Limited and program until the month of March. people but went to UDP campaigners sitting of the House of International Environments Ltd. are In his response to Hon. Barrow’s and their special friends,” Hon. Representatives, Minister responsible located on the 6th floor of the Matalon query in the House, the Prime Briceño revealed. for Infrastructure Development and Building on Coney Drive. Minister announced the rollout of Even more outrageous was the fact Housing, Hon. Julius Espat, shared “Subsequent to renting the office, a new COVID-19 cash transfer that the money that was allegedly that an investigation into BIL has then all of a sudden, all the contracts, program that should benefit twenty- squandered, was borrowed — revealed what he calls an “incestuous not only the contract of construction, one thousand Belizean families for taxpayers’ money, Prime Minister relationship” between the but the design or the design bill or the next 6 months. “Next week, Briceño said. He further noted that Government-owned construction just the construction or maybe a Madam Speaker, next week we will the funds which were depleted before company and a private firm, known partnership, were awarded to the very start to roll out the Belize COVID- his administration got into office was as International Environments (iE). same company that she came from 19 Cash Transfer Fund. This supposed to have lasted until March “We found that over 100 million without the necessary financial program is being funded through the 2021. dollars, over 100 million dollars scrutiny that is needed,” Minister World Bank and will provide “They squander all ah the money because we have not been able to fully Espat said. assistance for the next six months that when we got into government identify and certify the expenses up An alarming revelation made by to about 21 thousand households,” on November 11, all of the money to date, but as far as we have seen, Espat was that the office of this Hon. Briceño said. that was supposed to be there for 100 million dollars has been spent private architectural firm had access In providing background food assistance was gone, spent, all though BIL,” Minister Espat revealed. to the Government’s smart stream information prior to introducing the disbursed. They left the pantry Minister Espat shared that 80% of system. That is the enterprise-level new cash transfer program, the Prime broke.” Prime Minister Briceno said. these contracts were given to one application used by the Government Minister also said that an audit Recently, Government passed a contractor, the aforementioned i.E. of Belize for financial transactions. would be conducted into all the supplementary appropriation bill in “There was an incestuous “We found out that there is also an funds spent through the COVID-19 order to sustain the assistance relationship, Madam Speaker… A access to smart stream that these two relief program controlled by the program until the end of the fiscal partner/ employee of i.E, became the offices that are adjacent to each other former United Democratic Party. year. “As we speak, Madam General Manager of BIL after the have access to,” Espat shared. “The Minister of Human Speaker, grocery bag supplies are General Elections,” he noted. He In his remarks, Espat asserted that Development just disclosed to me rolling out. This week grocery bags went on to say, “A little over a year Mastry, whose actions are currently that hundreds of thousands of are being given out to thousands of after the March 2012 election, BIL being investigated, would sign off on dollars have been spent from the needy Belizeans,” the Prime was incorporated. As decisions that could only be made by Ministry that has been unaccounted Minister said. mentioned, professional architect a board. He alleged that some past for,” he said. As mentioned, these “grocery and member of the US National board members formally documented “What that audit is going to reveal, bags” will continue to be distributed Council of Architectural Registration past instances of this. In the coming Madam Speaker, is that Ministers until the end of March. Board (NCARB), Christy Mastry, was month, the operations of BIL will be were hooking up with their favorite The new COVID-19 cash transfer named the General Manager of the wound up. In the interim, the Prime vendors to fleece the pantry program program is expected to run up until government special purpose vehicle.” Minister has decided to replace the ... that they were giving out the food June of 2021. Mastry, according to Minister company’s board of directors. Tuesday, February 9, 2021 AMANDALABelize Page 3 800 re-employed after Corozal Free Zone reopening BELMOPAN, Fri. Feb 5, 2021 happy about. But they are being According to preliminary reports very careful about it, they said.
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