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The April 10, 2016 issue of The STAR (Cayo) is online HERE
This Week's Stories:
- POLICE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TWO
SUSPECTS IN THE SELENA MURDER:
residents of Selena Village, Cayo for
their role in the murder of 63-
year-old Guatemalan laborer, Edgar
Alfonso Perdomo Aldana, of
Selena Village. The persons of
interest are Guillermo Duarte, 27,
and Marlon Padilla, 22.
Sometime around 3:00 a.m. on
Saturday, April 2, Aldana was
drinking in the Iguana Creek
Government School compound,
about 50 feet from his residence,
with his friend Ruben Manzon. According to reports, this was when
Duarte and Padilla approached
them. Words were exchanged
between the men and a fight started.
During the fight, either Duarte or
Padilla pulled out a machete and
began to chop his rivals. Manzon
received multiple chop wounds to the
upper part of his body but was able
to escape and ran for help.
Unfortunately, Aldana was not as
lucky. He could not escape the fury
of his attackers. He was chopped
multiple times to the head and
body and bled out at the scene of the
fight.
- Sacred Heart Primary School Student
Hit By Truck - In Critical Condition:
Reports reaching us indicate that
during the school lunch break, a
Sacred Heart Primary student was hit
by a truck owned by Bahadur & Sons
Trucking.
The incident occured in front of the
popular Trin's Deli located on Eve
Street in San Ignacio.
Eye witnesses report that everything
transpired so quickly, resulting in
the little boy being hit and laying
on the street with blood coming
from his mouth and behind his
head. The little boy was
subsequently rushed to the San
Ignacio polyclinic where he is listed
in a critical condition.
(Subsequent unconfirmed reports
suggest the little boy succumed to
his injuries)
- New Cayo Top Cop - Happy
With Community Involvement:
Superintendent Richard
Rosado, Officer Commanding San
Ignacio Formation, has been the top
cop in Cayo for two months now
and he is settling in well. Rosado
emphasizes the importance of
community policing and sees the
department as simply an extension of
the community it serves. In order to
keep crime under control in the area,
it will take the residents of San
Ignacio, Santa Elena, and the 20
surrounding villages to effectively
police their space. Offciers of the
formation are enforcement agents
that act on behalf of the people they
serve.
"It has been a wonderful
experience so far because we
have received the full support of
the community," Rosado told the
STAR. He is in the process of setting
up a "Cayo Formation Advisory
Board" to better police the
jurisdiction.
- Drugs Found In Red Creek
And Santa Elena Town:
Cayo Police conducted a series of
searches over the last week. At 2:39
p.m. on Monday, April 4, police
conducted a search in an empty lot
on the George Price Highway in the
Red Creek area.
This led to the discovery of a
plastic bag which contained 198
grams of Cannabis.
Noone was in the immediate area;
theerfore it was labeled and
deposited as "Found Property".
Later that day, conducted a
search in an empty lot on Carmen
Street, Santa Elena Town which
led to the discovery of a black
plastic bag containing 710 grams
of Cannabis. This bag was
labeled and deposited as "Found
Property".
- Belize Produces $27 Million More
In Goods And Services In 2015:
The fourth quarter preliminary estimates
by the Statistical Institute of
Belize show that the level of economic
activity during the months of October
to December 2015 increased by 0.6
percent when compared to the same
quarter in 2014. The total value of
goods and services produced in
Belize was $661.1 million, up $3.7
million from $657.4 million in 2014.
For the first nine months of the year,
the level of production in the country
was 1.2 percent higher than it was in
2014, as the relatively strong growth
experienced during the first quarter
largely offset declines in the
subsequent two quarters. Therefore,
the economy grew by 1.0 percent in
the year 2015, just over $27 million
in goods and services.
- Cost Of Living Increases But Falls Slightly In Cayo:
April 7, 2016:
Cost of living has increased slightly
in Belize, according to the Statistical
Institute of Belize, but San Ignacio/
Santa Elena saw price fell by a
fraction of a percentage point. SIB
released its latest statistics on
the Consumer Price Index on
Wednesday, March 30, and it
reveals that cost of living increased
by 0.3 percent in February of
2016. According to S.I.B., the All-Items
Consumer Price Index stood at 102.7
in February of 2016, up from 102.5
in the same month last year. The price
of beef, pigtail, eggs, cabbage and
premium gasoline increased by 20.1
percent, 8 percent, 17.2 percent, 37.6
percent and 27.1 percent;
respectively, in the month of
February 2016 as compared to 2015.
- Why Mexicans Are
Troubled By Donald Trump:
that drives Donald Trump crazy
apart from yellow number 5 hair
colour," jokes Chumel Torres, a
Mexican comedian that has taken the
internet by storm.
His show, El Pulso de la Republica
(The Pulse of the Republic), is
Mexico's answer to the US late-night
talk show The Daily Show.
While there are few Mexicans who
find US Republican candidate Donald
Trump funny, laughing in the face of
adversity is the strategy Torres has
decided to adopt and he seems to be
doing something right.
The comedian, who originally trained
as an engineer, has 1.5 million subscribers
to his Spanish-language YouTube
channel and a growing number
of fans for his newer English-language
version too.
The appetite for Trump gags is high
but it is starting to wear thin, Torres
says.
- NEBL Playoffs Fast Approaching As
Teams Fight For Playoff Positions:
Upcoming Games
There are three weeks remaining in
the NEBL regular season, as each
game becomes even more critical, as
teams are making their final playoff
push. Below is the schedule for the
upcoming games.
Friday night at 9 p.m. - Cayo
Western Ballaz at Belmopan Bandits
Friday night at 9 p.m. - San Pedro
Tiger Sharks at Belize City No Limit
Saturday night at 8 p.m. - Smart
Belize Hurricanes at Independence
Thunderbolts
Saturday night at 9 p.m. - San
Pedro Tiger Sharks at Orange Walk
Running Rebels
Sunday at 1 p.m. - Independence
Thunderbolts at Orange Walk Running
Rebels.
- United States to Donate $13
Million for Belize Law Enforcement:
U. S. Ambassador to Belize H.E.
Carlos Moreno and the Right
Honorable Prime Minister Dean
Barrow signed the 16th Amendment
to the Letter of Agreement (LOA)
implementing the International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs (INL) program through
the Central America Regional
Security Initiative (CARSI) on April
7, 2016. The U.S. Government has
provided over $35 million in programs
and grants to Belize through
the Central America Regional
Security Initiative (CARSI) since
2008.
Today's agreement provides USD
$6,450,000 in funding to be used for
the following projects: Improved
Border Inspection, Vetted Units,
Capacity Enhancement, Justice
Sector Reform, and Community Policing.
- STAR Humor
- Your Weekly Horoscope and Lucky Numbers
- Letters to the Editor
- Public Notices
The Star
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