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Jules Vasquez reporting
Last week, Phillip Fawda Henry did a one man protest in front of the new headquarters of the American Global University of Science and Medicine on airport road.

But this week - he had a full press conference, a major production, standing room only, that told us the protest machinery was well oiled.

Actually, it was part press conference, part protest, with loud placards on prominent display and even a special banner printed for the event.

Even an attorney slash politician was in the mix - though we aren't sure which capacity he was there in.

And it was also part day-care, with half a dozen babes in arms - because the organizers would have us believe, this quite esoteric, arcane issue is one that excites public outrage

Phillip "Fawda" Henry, Anti-Agusm Activist
"Well today I know that Jules will not be asking me - 'only you in here?' Because the spirit of the Lord has spoken to Jules and I think that Jules will treat me differently now that the people have spoken."

Whether spoken or spoken for, today most of the talking was being done form the head table where Fawda Henry was joined by omni-activist Patrick Menzies. And while the lineup had expanded, the rhetoric was more or less the same

Phillip "Fawda" Henry
"And these people here in this picture behind me that run the American Global that live abroad take third world countries for 'nincompoops'. This university is just a ghost house. I am asking for a full investigation and now I know that the Prime Minister will have to take this serious because there is a medical school in our country that is not in existence. On the internet they are showing so many things and using the internet to take advantage of this country, Belize, which is a third world country. Now the good Lord has a whip for all of you and you are going to get whipped for what you are doing to my country and these peoples' country. Somebody has to answer and answer quickly. Who gave these people license to perform in Belize?"

That license is from the ministry of education and Menzies says they need to investigate

Patrick Menzies, Anti-Agusm Activist
"According to Peggy Allen they graduated 200 MDs - 200 medical doctors. Where are they operating? I did a research on the web and guess what I found? I looked at their graduates and I Googled them and I couldn't find any of them. I was reading about the reports from them and according to the website it says 'Join us for the May 2013 class' but the reports that I got on the web said that they won't open again until September. So why does the website say that they are starting May 2013? I can show you the website right now - go to it for yourself. Something is wrong! Tell us where are the students of Basic Science? If the other guys are on rotation you can ask these folks here right now, where are the basic science group?"

Menzies says it's a diploma mill.

Patrick Menzies
"People are being exploited; taken advantage of and being ripped off"

Phillip "Fawda" Henry, Anti-Agusm Activist
"On the internet it is saying that they have students there. I want to know who is renting that building? Because there is no one in there. There are spirits and ghosts. Why was that guy running? Why did Jules have to chase this guy for over ten minutes? Why did he put his jacket over his head?"

We pressed the Ministry of Education for a comment but none was forthcoming.

AGUSM did send a release last week saying that AGUSM "is gearing up to open the new facility with the upcoming September 2013 semester." It adds that "all current AGUSM Basic Science students are completing their fifth semester within our contracted U.S. teaching hospital in Orlando, Florida and the AGUSM Clinical Science students are completing six semesters of clinical rotations within our contracted teaching hospitals throughout the U.S. and the U.K."