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Sunday, November 22, 2020 Vol. 23 No. 47 Vol. 23 No. 47 Sunday, November 22, 2020 Page 2 THE GUARDIAN Sunday, November 22, 2020 Same old… Same old Belizeans ask for resignation of newly appointed CEO’s On Tuesday, November greatest attention. For younger Another CEO appointment much more to these two CEO’s, 17, there were announcements readers who do not know of that has raised eyebrows is that we must also remember Marco made of new CEO’s in various the history of these two, we of Amalia Mai. She was at the Tulio Mendez who was involved ministries. Those that caught can simply ask them to Google Ministry of Foreign affairs and in some serious allegations of our attention were the naming of their names and their infamy signed on behalf of the government sexual misconduct against some Narda Garcia as the CEO in the will pop right up. Garcia had to of Belize for 40 million dollars young girls who were under Ministry of Finance under Johnny resign from the Social Security granted to the people of Belize his care. Then we have Servulo Briceño, Amalia Mai as the CEO Board after scandal after scandal by the Venezuelan Government. Baeza, who once was the Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs broke where the poor people’s The sum total of the grant was of Health and who had a lot to be under Eamon Courtenay, Servulo contributions to the system was not known until after the general desired in the running of that Baeza as CEO in the Ministry being used to finance private elections of 2008 when the ministry. And while he may have of Agriculture and Marco Tulio sector initiatives that bore no Venezuelans sought an accounting had many sins in that ministry, Mendez as the CEO in the fruits but instead indebted the for the use of the money. It was his worst one came when he Ministry of Health. SSB for millions upon millions then that it was learnt that the then was involved in allegations As we go to press, a petition of dollars. It all came to a head PUP government had declared being made by a businessman, has already begun to circulate on when a commission of inquiry to the people that they received who claimed that he along with various social media platforms had to take place, cataloguing 20 million dollars when in fact Ainsley Leslie had swindled him asking that at least one of these the various wrongdoings at the it was twice that amount. The out of a piece of island. At the appointments be reconsidered. board. The fleecing of the SSB other half was used to pay the time, the businessman was led The appointment of Narda Garcia was one of the primary reasons now infamous private Universal to believe that he was purchasing and that of Amalia Mai have been the PUP was booted out of office Health Service Debt. a particular piece of island in the ones that have attracted the in 2008. And while we can dedicate the south. He developed the island and when he was done he was confronted with the harsh reality that he had developed the No portfolio for losers wrong piece of property. He lost With a 26 to five electoral above-mentioned, the other he has a serious gambling and everything as a result. victory, the Johnny Briceño led two may have been omitted drinking problem. Prior to the These are but a few of the PUP administration was faced because of their unsavory nature. elections, he did not even have a myriad wrongdoings of the with trying to appease a great We remember that Leal was job! We are told that as a teacher, previous administration, to now deal of individuals, all expecting once accused of being a child he was not even wanted at the bring these very same players ministerial appointments. As he molester; we will not delve school where he used to teach. back into the highest decision- negotiated to find positions for further into this character. The There were allegations that he making positions in government all the winners, there were four other that definitely disqualified would sell grades to students, leaves a lot to be desired from of them who simply did not fit himself was David Vega. Even who would pay for it. the now, only week-old PUP into Cabinet or were not deemed before the elections, Facebook W i t h t h i s k i n d o f administration. Cabinet material. The losers was littered with comments background, it is no wonder among the winners are David stating that he was a nobody. He why, even after winning, Vega ‘Dido’ Vega, Jorge Espat, Alex apparently has nowhere to call would not be considered to be The Guardian Balona, and Marconi Leal. home, as there are indications given a portfolio. After all, even While we do not know that he does not own a house. Johnny has some scruples and Protecting Freedom Rights Democracy what the selection process was He does not own a vehicle. We would not want to further tarnish to have omitted two of the are also reliably informed that his Cabinet. EDITOR: Alfonso Noble ADVERTISING Louis Thompson COMPOSITOR: Kristen Jimenez REPORTER: Jem Smith CONTRIBUTORS: Byron Donaire Rene Flowers Vanessa Guerrero RECEPTIONIST/ACCOUNTS CLERK Vanessa Gillett Published by The Guardian Newspaper Limited Cor. Ebony St. & Bel China Bridge, P. O. Box 1898 Belize City, Belize Telephone: 207-5346, 207-5347 Fax: 227-5343 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Website: www.guardian.bz Printed by The Guardian Press Cor. Ebony St. & Bel China Bridge, P. O. Box 1898 Belize City, Belize Page 3 THE GUARDIAN Sunday, November 22, 2020 Legal Counsel at Delroy Chaplin Ministry of Natural murdered in Ladyville Often times when a murder There were multiple gunshot Resources detained is connected to some illegal gang injuries to his body and he was activity, it is a dispute between pronounced dead on arrival at rival gangs which leads to the the hospital. Police investigations murder. In the case of Delroy seem to have pointed to an internal Chaplin, however, police are dispute in a group with which saying that it was an internal he had association. COMPOL issue within a group which led Chester Williams says that while to the shooting murder. 35-year- they will refrain from divulging old Chaplin was shot and killed too much into why the police on Monday, November 16, 2020, have come to that conclusion, it just hours after the murder of has to do with the proceeds of a Jareth Tablada in Belize City. crime which was committed. Chaplin, a resident of Ladyville, Chaplin seemingly did not reportedly left his home just after have the best record and even his 8:00 p.m. to purchase cannabis common-law wife, Pamela Staine, from someone not too far away attested to his life of crime. She on Perez Road in Ladyville says that his murder was somehow Llewellyn Usher being detained village. It was on his return home foreshadowed when just days On the morning immediately footage of the incident quickly that he was ambushed and shot. before, on Sunday, a minor who following General Elections circulated, showing the brute Ladyville Police responded was in his company, was shot in Belize, there was some force being used by the officers to the shooting incident at around and injured. The police, however, commotion at the Ministry of to subdue Usher. Credible reports 8:10 p.m. and met Chaplin’s say that the two incidents are not Natural Resources office in indicate that leader of the new lifeless body on the pavement. connected. Belmopan. Llewellyn Usher, government administration Legal Counsel for the Ministry Hon. John Briceño had given and an Attorney-at-Law, was directives for the closure of accosted by police as he made the Lands Department’s offices Murder on Holy Emmanuel his way to work at around 11:00 countrywide. Police in the Belize District the shooting where they met that morning. He was denied Reports suggest that Usher had their hands full, having to Tablada’s bullet-riddled body. access to the building by police was detained by the police pending respond to two murders within He was transported to the Karl and when he insisted on getting charges and COMPOL Williams hours of each other on Monday, Heusner Memorial Hospital inside, he was forcibly subdued says that an investigation into the November 16, 2020. The first but was pronounced dead on by four police officers. Video matter is ongoing. murder was that of 37-year-old arrival. Jareth Tablada, a resident and The police are currently known deliveryman of Lake investigating this murder Independence and father of and while they have not yet three. He had left his home in arrested anyone, they believe the Gungunlung area to purchase to have discovered the motive. Boledo at a shop on Holy Commissioner of Police Chester Emmanuel Street but never made Williams explained that Tablada’s it back home. At around 6:15 murder is potentially connected that evening, he was listening to a land dispute, which he had to music on his phone when a with an individual in the area. gunman rode up to him and let As such, police are following out a flurry of bullets. Shortly that and all other leads and are thereafter, police responded to seeking that person. Page 4 THE GUARDIAN Sunday, November 22, 2020 Ghosts of the PU’s past being resurrected During the run up to the documents covering mortgages Government Minister Servulo to sell the resort, that he had put Belize City Council Elections for Data Pro, Aquarius, Intelco, Baeza, who is being appointed almost a million dollars into — at of 2009 the PUP’s Mayoral and Western Caribbean Properties CEO in the Ministry of Agriculture, a distress price.
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