For months now we’ve been searching for that very
elusive Minister of National Security Carlos Perdomo, who seemed to have
vanished mysteriously early this year. Of course, we put our best investigators
on the case, but the last bit of info we got is that some months ago, Perdomo
and his driver were allegedly at some embassy cocktail when the Minister got a
little tippled. Oh hell, man, he was wasted, they tell us. Now the usual drill
is for the driver to take him home, but guess what – the driver was apparently
drunk too. Anyway, as the story goes, Special Branch had to throw both the
Minister and his driver in a vehicle and take them to the Convention Hotel,
where they rolled them into bed for the night. Anyway, we use this story only
for reference because that is the last place Perdomo was sighted. So here’s
this obscure story which just surfaced yesterday…the driver of Minister Carlos
Perdomo ran off the road this week at some unspecified time at some unspecified
place. We say unspecified because this report never did end up in the Police
sit-rep so very little details are known. Not satisfied, we did a little
digging and here’s what we uncovered – the accident apparently happened on
Tuesday night at around 10:00pm as the vehicle was heading down from Belmopan.
Tuesday was Cabinet Day, and it has become a tradition for certain UDP
ministers to drink at a certain bar. So we figure that the Minister was with
his driver on that fateful night and his Police are just covering up the story.
How’s that for investigative skills? Anyway, while the Minister still remains
at large, we’re getting closer…If Da No Soh!
Undoubtedly last week’s move by Prime Minister Barrow’s to orchestrate
a hostile takeover of Belize Telemedia was a bold one and one that many people
support. Belizeans for different reasons wanted to get control over BTL. That
was the cry from the unions and many Belizeans as far back as 2005.
There are many persons on our selection panel who
thought that Prime Minister Dean Barrow deserved the title of Hypocrite of the
Week, and they weren’t wrong, so to speak. After all, he did come to power on
the premise and promise of transparency and accountability and good governance
and then appoint his ex-wife to just about every available posting, appoint his
young, inexperienced and not too bright son a director of the multi-million
dollar corporate entity BTL and his brother as a justice of the Court of
Appeals. Of course, there is also the fact that he just this week promised the
unions a whole heap of goodies and then just hours later punk them on national
television, saying he did no such thing. Hell, I just convinced myself – he
does deserve the title.
It
is astounding to hear the Prime Minister state repeatedly on national radio and
television that he is okay with his act of nepotism when he appointed his son
as a Director on BTL’s Board. When asked about the issue by Ava Diaz on Love
FM, since Ernesto Vasquez apparently did not have the cojones to do so, the Prime
Minister said that he placed his son in BTL due to national, economic and
political reasons. He went on to say that his son will be his ears and eyes in
the company. I can understand Anwar being appointed for political reasons however
I cannot understand how in the world the Prime Minister could sit on national
television, look the Belizean people in the eyes and say that he appointed his
son for national and economic reasons. I
ask this question: Who the hell is Anwar Barrow? Does he come with any great
skills, intelligence or experience that will aid in the development of the
telecommunications industry and Belize? The answer is hell no! He is a boy who
has gotten a free ride in life due to the successes of his father and mother.
He has accomplished nothing on his own and now he is being placed on the Board
of BTL to watch over people. The Prime Minister has really gotten delusional
and he is really taking Belizeans for a ride!
Police
are investigating the murder of Darrel Francis, which occurred on 28.08.09.
Initial investigations revealed that at 11:00pm on 28.08.09, whilst the victim
was at corner Neal’s Pen Road and Kraal Road, he was approached by a male
person who fired a single shot at him hitting him in the head. He was
transported to the K.H.M.H. where he was pronounced dead. Police
investigation continues.
Hard Hitting 
