Vol. 23 No. 44 Sunday, November 1, 2020 Page 2 THE GUARDIAN Sunday, November 1, 2020 Orange Walk Councilor has no regard for safety Haresh Vaswani and friends Time stamp of the photo uploaded on October 12, 2020 Haresh Vaswani is a notable Orange Walk. received at The Guardian show claiming that the images pre- PUP councilor in Orange Walk. One would have thought the councilor disregarding all date the pandemic. While they He is notable not for any good that the experience would have manner of Covid-19 protocols. He state this, at The Guardian we deeds he has done. Quite the caused Vaswani to be more careful is seen having social gatherings in have also received images with a opposite, he is notable because about his actions and in particular excess of 10 persons, not adhering time-stamp on it and the pictures at the end of April of this year because Orange Walk, where he to social distance as well as not were uploaded on October 12, he was arrested and charged for is a councilor, is an area with the wearing masks. 2020 at 2:40a.m., well within the being out after curfew hours. He highest incident rates of Covid- The irresponsible Orange time when he was in breach of the has since been found guilty at 19. Truth is, he is being anything Walk Town Council has dismissed regulations. What is more is that the Magistrate’s Court level in but careful. Images we have the images as cyber bullying we have audio files in which there is a coordinated effort to come up with a story to tell the people. In it, they accept that at least one of Tablets have arrived the parties happened during the pandemic as well as during the On Tuesday, October 27, the Patrick Faber posted the This is the first phase of the restrictions. We clearly hear as Ministry of Education handed following: distribution that will see 5000 the participants of the party try to over 85 fully loaded Tablets to “Your UDP Government devices distributed. rally around Vaswani to present a members of the Youth Leadership is pleased to announce the Priority in this phase will united front as to when the party Council, all high school students. commencement of the distribution be given to first and fourth form occurred having them all say that The tablets were a donation from of 15,000 advanced tablets with students in ALL high schools it pre-dates the pandemic. the Price Waterhouse Coopers and accessories and eLearning tools to countrywide. An additional phase following up on that more tablets our nation’s deserving students! should follow in 2 weeks. will begin to be distributed. This The devices are being A total of over 15,000 students The Guardian time, it is from the Ministry of distributed directly to the schools, will benefit from this initiative by Protecting Freedom Rights Democracy Education’s program to equip and they will then distribute to its completion which is expected students with tablets. students according to the Needs by the end of November 2020, EDITOR: UDP Party Leader, Hon. Surveys previously conducted. #BecauseYourFutureMatters!” 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 1, 2020 Page 4 THE GUARDIAN Sunday, November 1, 2020 Is Usher the Real COVID SUPERSPREADER? Over the weekend, news spoke to said that she has been Loyola. Usher has rewritten underlying health conditions? started to circulate which a lifelong PUP supporter and the PUP’s slogan. His new What about the fact that these suggested that the PUP’s Port after she found out that she had slogan is “BECAUSE I AM Covid positive campaigners are Loyola candidate Gilroy Usher tested COVID-19 positive, she DESPERATE, EVERYBODY handling his campaign material had a number of persons out on had asked Usher to continue to HAVE TO LOSE.” Usher seems being distributed to voters or the streets campaigning for him pay her while she self-isolated; not to care that his COVID-19 that some of these campaigners even though he had knowledge however, she said she was told positive campaigners are going may be wearing their masks that those persons had tested that she is asymptomatic so all into people’s homes, interacting improperly or in some cases not positive for COVID-19. At she had to do was to wear her with them and putting them at wearing any at all? USHER IS first, we treated the reports as mask at all times and sanitize risk. Is he not thinking of those BAD NOT ONLY FOR PORT idle political gossip because her hands often. She was told older persons, shut-ins and LOYOLA, BUT HE IS BAD we could not bring ourselves that she or anybody would not be others who may already have FOR THE ENTIRE NATION. to believe that he would do paid for staying home during the such a thing knowing how easy campaign. She and a few others COVID-19 could spread under have tried to do right and have Promissory Note such circumstances. The reports stopped working because they continued to come in on Monday, have realized that there is a very and we continued to treat it as strong possibility that they could for Blu Votes idle political gossip. However, unintentionally infect others. on Tuesday, all that changed The UDP candidate Phillip A few days ago we were in order to induce any voter to when we were contacted by Willoughby has been made shown a photo of PROMISSORY vote or refrain from voting, or persons who were campaigning aware of the situation, and he has NOTE issued to a Port Loyola corruptly does any such act as for Usher until they found out reached out to them along with the voter by the PUP’s Port Loyola aforesaid on account of that that Usher had people working other former PUP campaigners candidate Gilroy Usher. The voter having voted or refrained alongside them who had tested who stopped working for Usher promissory note reminded us of from voting at any election; positive for COVID-19. We then after they realized the injustice the promissory note that Said (b) every person who got further confirmation from that Usher’s camp had done to Musa told us that Prosser used to directly or indirectly, by himself some actual persons who had them. Willoughby has committed pay for BTL. Usher’s promissory or by any other person on his tested positive for COVID-19, to assisting those persons. note is slightly different; his is a behalf, gives or procures, or but were still out campaigning It is obvious that Usher is promissory note for votes. Usher’s agrees to give or procure or to even though they said Usher was desperate and his desperation promissory notes are numbered endeavour to procure, any office, aware of their Covid status. has no boundaries. He will try receipts, which contracts Gilroy place, or employment to or for One of the persons we anything to try to win Port Usher to deliver a piece of land any voter, or to or for any person with a house on it in exchange for on behalf of that voter, or to or votes for him to become the Port for any other person, in order Loyola Area Representative. To to induce that voter to vote or us, it is a sure sign that Gilroy refrain from voting, or corruptly Election Day curfew Usher is not only an idiot, but does any such act as aforesaid It is no secret that there has With the likelihood of the he appears to be desperate. His on account of any voter having been another surge of positive surge being heightened because of action may be the most idiotic voted or refrained from voting at COVID-19 cases. Of specific General Elections scheduled for and irregular thing ever done by any election; concern was that as of Monday, November 11, the NOC stresses a politician seeking office. (c) every person who October 26, there had been as that it is now more critical that We did a quick check of the directly or indirectly, by himself many as 332 new cases within a Belizeans adhere to COVID- Representation of the People’s or by any other person on his week and more deaths including 19 protocols. Therefore, the Act (ROPA) and the following is behalf, makes any such gift, Belize’s first pediatric fatality. As requests made for the relaxation what we found at Part VII section loan, offer, promise, procurement a result, the National Oversight of the restrictions on clubs, bars, 32 (1) a, b and c : or agreement as aforesaid to Committee (NOC) met for its casinos, and street vending have 32.(1) The following persons or for any person in order to weekly considerations of the been turned down. They did, shall be deemed guilty of bribery induce that person to procure, country’s COVID-19 situation. however, approve the protocols within the meaning of this Act- or to endeavour to procure, In consequence, the NOC has presented by the National Fitness (a) every person who, the return of any person as an formed new protocols including Association for the reopening of directly or indirectly by himself elected member of the House of the agreement to fast track private gyms for November 30 and not or by any other person on his Representatives or the vote of sector rapid testing, with an the requested date of October behalf, gives, lends or agrees to any voter at any election.