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The July 28th, 2013 issue of The STAR (Cayo) is online HERE
This Week's Stories:
- Alleged Home Invader Freed On Bail:
It has been quite a while since we
reported on a home invasion in the
community. The latest such reported
incident is alleged to have occurred
at around 8:30 pm on Thursday,
July 18, 2013 on the George Price
Highway in Santa Elena.
San Ignacio police received the
report home invasion in the area
known as Hotpoint on the George
Price Highway in Santa Elena Town.
A team of policemen rushed to the
area where they met Hugh Tillet, 49,
Belizean laborer originally from
Crooked Tree Village in the Belize
District.
Tillet reported that sometime
around 8:25 pm he and his wife were
inside the bedroom of their house
when two armed, masked male
persons invaded the house and
kicked down the bedroom door.
- Rest In Peace Luis Mendez:
The family of a promising football
star is today preparing to lay their
loved one to rest in the wake of a
tragic accident that occurred in
Guatemala on the evening of Tuesday,
July 23, 2013.
A Guatemalan news agency
informed that it was shortly after 3:00
pm on Tuesday, July 23, when the bus
in which Luis Mendez, 22, of a
Benque Viejo Town address in the
Cayo District, was travelling from
Guatemala on the return journey to
Belize along with his wife when the
passenger bus reportedly crashed
into a trailer causing it to slide off the
road, down a gully and overturned.
Several passengers were injured in the
accident but Mendez was the only
one who died.
- Editorial: Confused, Confused, Confused:
As the effort continues to connect
the dots, several incidents making the
news in the past days and weeks are
yielding more questions than answers:
1.While it is no secret that we at
the STAR Newspaper hold Audrey
Matura Shepard in high regard;
unless she comes forward and informs
otherwise, we are of the view that her
hasty disconnection from OCEANA
is the product of an anti-homosexual
article she wrote in the Amandala
newspaper yet, as OCEANA's
Representative in Belize she would
allow herself to be used in the
handing over of a four thousand
dollar check to UNIBAM the
lead group overtly promoting the
homosexual agenda in Belize.
2. To the best of our knowledge
UNIBAM could care less about
anything having to do with on or off
shore exploration for oil and even less
about anything having to do with
ocean protection. UNIBAM's
singular focus is the promotion of gay
rights and the homosexual agenda in
Belize.
- Letter to the Editor:
I was saddened to see the report in
the STAR listed as "anti-LGBT"
"anti-UNIBAM" march, when it
was specifically listed as a
Constitution March, standing upon
the Constitutional words invoking the
Supremacy of God, the position of the
family, inalienable rights endowed to
us by our CREATOR, and that "men
& institutions remain free ONLY in
respect for moral & spiritual
values and the rule of law." The
word "Constitution" didn't appear
once in your article. Then to follow
up with the feedback from Asa
Dematteo, who is a homosexual,
married to a man, from San
Francisco, the epitome of debauchery
& homosexual license (if you're
brave enough, look up "Folsom St.
Fair" and you'll get a good picture of
San Francisco and what excites Mr.
Dematteo and the world HE wants
to live in.) Sorry Mr. Dematteo, we
absolutely support TRUE HUMAN
RIGHTS and the qualification is
being a HUMAN. We do not
support homosexual rights, above
everyone else's rights. Homosexual
sodomy is NOT a fundamental
human right. And it's unconstitutional
in Belize.
- Guatemalans Suspected In The Stealing Of Motorcycles:
News is today surfacing of an
alleged ring of motorcycle thieves
with suspected cross border origins.
In the latest incident, Floyd
Thiessen, 22, Belizean farmer
residing in Spanish Lookout reported
that at around 11:00 am on Wednesday,
July 24, 2013, he was at Belize
Tire Depot located on Center Road
in Spanish Lookout when a relative
called allegedly informing him that
someone had ridden off on his 2009,
450 cc Honda Motorcycle valued at
ten thousand dollars which was
parked inside his garage at home. An immediate fruitless search of
the Spanish Lookout area was
conducted.
Based on the description of the
individuals and the sequence of
similar incidents, police investigators
are of the opinion that the motorcycle
thieves are from across the border in
Guatemala.
- Lifeline Foundation receives a BZ$2 Million from the
Oak Foundation for the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit:
A press release from Life Line
Foundation and the office of the
Special Envoy for Women and
Children today informed that the
founder of Life Line Foundation and
the Special Envoy for Women and
Children, Mrs. Kim Simplis Barrow
is pleased to announce that the Oak
Foundation has committed to
donating 2 million dollars toward the
construction and equipping of a new
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the
Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital.
The release additionally informed
that the donation is the result of over
a year of discussions and due
diligence between the Oak Foundation
and the Lifeline Foundation.
Half of the donation is earmarked
for the construction of the new
facility while the other one million
dollars will go towards the procurement
of equipment. The donation will
allow for the works, which recently
commenced on the new wing of the
KHMH to move forward at a
quicker pace while efforts continue
to raise the remaining needed funds.
- Belize Recognized Among the Top 10 Best Eco Vacation
Spots in the World by FlipKey:
Belize was named as one of the
"Best Eco Vacation Spots" in the
world by FlipKey, a TripAdvisor
company. The list, developed based
on both traveler feedback and
industry research, commends Belize
for its countless opportunities to
experience incredible natural beauty
and unique biodiversity.
With 36 percent of Belize's
landmass and 13 percent of its
waters enjoying protected status, the
country has long been a leader in this
category. From the majestic Blue Hole
to the recently established Turneffe
Marine Reserve, Belize delivers an
authentic, unspoiled experience for
both locals and travelers to enjoy.
Many others have recognized
Belize for its prominence in this
category, including renowned oceanographer
Dr. Sylvia Earle, who says,
"Thank you, Belize, for doing
what you are on the land and in
the sea; for taking care of the
natural systems that take care of
us. It is priceless."
- Sand Hill Village Gets Multi Purpose Center:
A spanking new multipurpose
centre is slated to be inaugurated this
Sunday, July 28, in Sand Hill Village
in the Belize Rural North Constituency
of the Hon. Edmund "Clear The
Land" Castro.
A release from the Social Investment
Fund informs that the facility will
benefit over 400 students, who prior
to the project had to either travel all
the way to Belize City on weekends
or stay back after school to do
research due to the lack of computer
and internet resources in the village.
The project, implemented by the
Social Investment Fund, was financed
by the Government of Belize at a
total cost of over three hundred
thousand dollars of which over two
hundred and eighty five thousand
dollars came in the form of a loan
from the Caribbean Development
Bank while the remaining fifteen
thousand dollars was contributed by
the people of Sand Hill.
The project entailed the rehabilitation
of the old community centre
including the addition of a one room
extension to serve as a kitchen. A
temporary partition to facilitate
mobile health clinics was also installed.
- Suspected Bovine Rabies Reported In Toledo:
The Ministry of Health (MOH) is
hereby notifying the public that a
suspected case of bovine rabies
(rabies in cow) was reported on July
24, 2013 by Belize Agricultural
Health Authority (BAHA) in the New
Road Area of the Toledo District.
The MOH and BAHA have been
engaged in the investigation and
treatment of eight exposed persons as
part of a proactive response pending
confirmation of laboratory result on
the sample.
While there is no confirmed case
as yet, the public is reminded that
periodic cases are seen in the
country alluding to active circulation
of the rabies virus between the wild,
livestock and domestic animals.
Officials with the Ministry of Health
and BAHA will continue to monitor
the situation and are encouraging
residents to report any animals that
are showing sign of rabies which
includes tiredness, fever, vomiting and
anorexia, weakness, paralysis,
seizures, difficulty breathing, difficulty
swallowing, excessive salivation,
abnormal behavior, aggression, and/
or self-mutilation.
- Belizeans In The United States Form A New
Group To Address Dual Citizenship Rights:
When Belize became independent
on September the 21st 1981,
Belizeans who were born in Belize
and became citizens of the United
States and other countries automatically
lost their Belizean citizenships.
While, people who were not born in
Belize that obtained Belizean citizenship
through; descent, marriage to a
Belizean citizen naturalization etc.
retained the citizenships of their
natural born country and Belizean
citizenship with all the rights, privileges
and to run for office including
becoming the Prime Minister of
Belize.
- BURNS:
A young man sprinkling his lawn and
bushes with pesticides wanted to
check the contents of the barrel to see
how much pesticide remained in it.
He raised the cover and lit his
lighter; the vapors ignited and engulfed
him. He jumped from his truck,
screaming.
His neighbor came out of her house
with a dozen eggs and a bowl yelling:
"bring me some more eggs!"
She broke them, separating the
whites from the yolks.
The neighbor woman helped her to
apply the whites onto the young man's
face.
When the ambulance arrived and
the EMTs saw the young man, they
asked who had done this.
Everyone pointed to the lady in
charge.
They congratulated her and said:
"You have saved his face."
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