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The April 7th, 2013 issue of The STAR (Cayo) is online HERE
This Week's Stories:
- Three Months Remand For Accused Drug Traffickers:
Wednesday, April 3, 2013:
Three men busted with weed in
Benque Viejo, Cayo, have all been
remanded to the big jail in Hattieville.
Venturing into the jurisdiction of
Benque Viejo police, and acting on
information received, a team of
policemen from the San Ignacio
police detachment rushed into
Benque Viejo Town today where at
the entrance to George Price
Boulevard, they intercepted a white
Chevy Malibu car with license plates
BZE C-34685 departing Benque
Viejo heading eastward to San
Ignacio some time around 6:30 pm.
The vehicle was stopped and a
thorough search of its interior
produced nothing incriminating. The police however observed the single
back seat passenger in possession of
a blue and red bag which, when
searched in his presence, was found
to contain five black plastic bags
tightly wrapped with transparent tape.
- Policeman Remains In
Critical Condition:
An African American woman is
currently on remand at the central
prison following a traffic accident
involving a motor cycle riding
policeman.
The police informs that at around
3:30 pm on Tuesday, April 2, police
constable #1213, Andy Tun,
currently attached to the police
substation in San Antonio Village,
Cayo, was riding the police green and
black, Kawasaki brand motorcycle
on Center Road in Spanish Lookout
when he collided in the mid section
of a blue Ford F350 pickup truck,
with license plates CY-C-27525,
driven by Gail Wells, who allegedly
drove onto the main road directly into
the pathway of the approaching
motorcycling cop.
It is reported that the policeman
received head and body injuries and
was rushed to the emergency ward
at the Western Regional Hospital in
Belmopan. He was later transferred
to the Karl Heusner Memorial
Hospital in Belize City where he
remains in critical condition.
- Guatemalan Farmer Busted
With Gun And Bullets:
A Guatemalan farmer alleged to
have entered Belize illegally was
today stopped at a checkpoint and
found in possession of a pistol and
seven bullets.
The incident reportedly occurred at
around 8:30 am on Wednesday, April
3, 2013 at a check point on the
eastern outskirts of the village of San
Jose Succtoz, between miles 71 and
72 on the George Price Highway.
Benque Viejo police informed that
a taxi cab heading towards San
Ignacio, with a single male passenger
on board, approached the check
point and a search of the passenger
resulted in the discovery of a .22
caliber pistol, brand unknown, along
with seven live rounds of .25 Aguila
brand ammunition.
- Good Neighbors Prevent Burglary:
A serial burglar, caught in the act of
attempting to break into a house, has
been taken off the streets thanks to
the assistance of alert neighbors in
Santa Elena Town, Cayo.
Dorothy Garbutt, 68, Belizean
retired teacher of #2 Melhado Street
in Santa Elena, reported to police that
on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at
about 5:00 pm while at a bus stop in
Santa Elena she was alerted by
relatives of the report of a man
attempting to break into her house.
Garbutt rushed home where she
encountered the police putting the
suspect in the back of the pickup
truck as alert neighbors prevented
from him from breaking into her house
and held him until the police arrived.
The suspect Eric Castillo, 39,
Belizean laborer of a Santa Cruz address in Santa Elena town was transported to the police station in
San Ignacio where he was arrested
and formally charged for attempt
burglary.
- San Ignacio & Santa Elena Town Council
Revenue And Expenditure For February 2013:
Property Tax Fee
Trade Licensing Fee
Traffic License's Fees
Peddler's Fees
Liquor Licensing Fees
liquor Liensing Extension
Cemetery Fees
Commercial Garbage Fees
Banners & billboards
Market Restroom Fee
Rental of Market Stalls
Miscellaneous
Rental of Parks & Playgrounds
Interest & Staff Loan
Cayo Welcome Center
Town Revenue
- Octavia Waight Making Life More
Comfort For The Elderly:
Residents from San Ignacio's
Octavia Waight Center for the
Elderly were today treated to the
annual riverside picnic.
Ophelia Pinelo, an employee of
the Center informed that today's
picnic is an annual tradition of the
Center which has been ongoing for
over 10 years. She additionally
informed that, over the years residents
have been taken on visits to various
parts of the Cayo District.
Twenty five center residents
participated in today's field trip which
included a fun day of relaxation along
the banks of the Macal River.
Residents were also treated snacks and lunch all provided by the center.
- Mexico thwarts 'plot to kill' Monreal brothers:
The authorities in Mexico say they
have prevented the murder of two l
eftist legislators, brothers David and
Ricardo Monreal.
A senior prosecutor said two armed
men plotting the murder had been
arrested at a hotel in Mexico City.
Mariana Benitez said the authorities
had seized weapons, communications
equipment and a vehicle.
No motive was given for the
planned attack but the men had
already confessed, she added.
- Man Accused Of Harming Step-Son:
A Santa Elena man is out on a two
thousand dollar bail as he stands
accused of causing grievous harm to
his step-son.
On Thursday, March 28, 2013,
Myner Manzanero, 23, Belizean
student, residing in the Bradley's Bank
area of Santa Elena Town, visited the
police station in San Ignacio where
he reported that at about 5:30 pm on
said date, he was at home when he
and his step-father, Orlando
Borallos, reportedly got into a heated
argument .
The complainant told the police that
the step-father punched him to the
left side of the face, causing him
to stumble out of the house. The
complainant further alleged that as he
regained composure the step father
continued punching him in the face and
in the process drawing blood.
- Cuban Ballet Dancers Defect While On Tour In Mexico:
Seven members of the National
Ballet of Cuba defected during a
performing tour of Mexico last month.
A ballet spokesman confirmed the
news, saying only that they had not
returned at the end of the tour.
The world-renowned troupe, led by
legendary ballerina Alicia Alonso, has
been hit by defections before.
A Cuban exile website based in
Miami said six of the defectors were
now in the United States, while the
seventh was still in Mexico.
The head of Havana's National
Ballet School, where some of them
had studied, expressed her sadness
at the news.
- Argentina Floods 'Catastrophe' For La Plata, Buenos Aires:
Emergency workers in Argentina
continue to try to rescue residents
stranded by flooding in Buenos Aires
and La Plata.
More than 50 people are known to
have died after one of the heaviest
storms recorded caused flash floods.
Thousands were evacuated from
their homes and dozens are still
stranded on rooftops, treetops and the
roofs of city buses, local media
report.
The government has declared three
days of national mourning after
what it called "an unprecedented
catastrophe".
"We've never seen anything
like it," provincial governor
Daniel Scioli said.
"People were taken by surprise,
and some didn't have time to
escape this deadly trap," Mr Scioli
said, referring to the speed with which
the waters rose.
- Male Baldness 'Indicates Heart Risk':
Men going thin on top may be more
likely to have heart problems than
their friends with a full head of hair,
according to researchers in Japan.
Their study of nearly 37,000
people, published in the online
journal BMJ Open, said balding men
were 32% more likely to have
coronary heart disease.
However, the researchers said the
risks were less than for smoking or
obesity.
The British Heart Foundation said
men should focus on their waistline,
not their hairline.
A shifting hairline is a fact of life for
many men. Half have thinning hair by
their 50s and 80% have some hair
loss by the age of 70.
- Body's Anti-HIV 'Training Manual' Offers
Vaccine Hopes:
The body's own "training
manual" for attacking HIV has been
recorded by US scientists and it is
hoped it can be used to design
vaccines.
HIV mutates in order to survive
the onslaught of a patient's immune
system.
However, some patients develop
highly effective antibodies that can
neutralise huge swathes of HIV
mutants.
A North Carolina team analysed the
arms race between body and virus,
published in the journal Nature, and
has shown how these antibodies are
made.
- Youths Who Murdered Mexican Activist Chavez Sentenced:
A judge in Mexico has sentenced
three youths to 15 years in prison for
the 2011 murder of Mexican activist
Susana Chavez.
Ms Chavez was found strangled
and with one hand cut off in Ciudad
Juarez.
She had been a key figure in the
community, drawing attention to the
killing of mainly poor women in the
northern border town in the 1990s.
She had coined the slogan "Not
One More Death", which became
popular at protests against the
women's killings.
Police found her body dumped in
the city centre on 6 January 2011.
A trail of blood led them to the home
of Sergio Ruben Cardenas, where
they found more blood and the
severed hand of Ms Chavez.
- Pact Awards Over $800,000 In Project Grants!:
On Thursday, April 4, 2013, PACT
held a Grant Award Ceremony at the
Guanacaste National Park in
Belmopan, during which it awarded
over $800,000.00 in new project
grants! PACT awarded Small and
Medium-Sized Grants for projects
under the themes of Protected Areas
Management and Conservation,
Protected Areas Promotion and
Development, and Environmental
Education and Awareness as follows: PACT is confident that these grants
will have great impacts on conservation
in Belize and thanks all recipients
for their hard work and commitment
to their respective protected areas.
- Four Reports Against The Police:
Reference report of extortion made
by Ms. Anna Mae Nembhard on
Thursday 28th March 2013.
On Thursday 4th April 2013, at
4:10 pm police constable #132
Frank McNeal was served with
disciplinary charge of Act to
the Prejudice of Good Order and
Discipline> He was placed on
interdiction with effect as of 4th April
2013.
2. Reference report made by Ms.
Carol James on Tuesday 2nd April,
2013 that when she arrived home
from the United States on Saturday
30th March, 2013, she discovered
that some jewelries and money
was missing from her house.
- Robbery In Unitedville:
A near midnight robbery in the
village of Unitedville, Cayo, has left a
bar owner with a busted forehead, and
two male patrons wounded.
Marisol Tobar, 35, Belizean
businesswoman from Unitedville,
reported to police that at around 11:30
pm on Saturday, March 30, 2013,
three short male persons of dark
complexion, wearing dark clothing
and with their faces covered, stormed
into her Hill Top Bar. One of them,
armed with a handgun, reportedly
pointed it her and demanded money.
Fearing for her life, Tobar
immediately handed over a thousand
dollars to the gunmen who reportedly
stole her gold chain with a diamond
medal, valued at fifteen hundred
dollars. The gunman then fired two
shots into the bar before all three of
them rushed out and disappeared into
the darkness.
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