The October 28th, 2012 issue of The STAR (Cayo) is online HERE
This Week's Stories:
Williams Facing Burglary Charge: The good news coming out of
western Belize this week, is that San
Ignacio police is reporting no major
criminal activity in the community.
The only reported incident this week
is one that took place a week ago in
Bullet Tree Falls Village in which a
Belizean businesswoman reported
being held captive in her house,
for almost 40 hours, by her
common- law-husband whom she has
known for less than four months.
BWS Team Visits Work
Site In Belize City: As the tremendous amount of civil
works continues in Belize City,
Chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Belize Water Services Limited
(BWSL), Alberto August,
accompanied by the company's Chief
Executive Officer, Alvan Haynes and
members of the Technical Services
Department, today visited the BWS work site on Freetown Road where
the Chairman was afforded the
opportunity to personally appreciate
the magnitude of works currently
underway.
Riding Across Belize For
A Worthwhile Cause: The Belize Social Security Board's
9th Annual Ride Across Belize cycling
event, with about one hundred riders,
got off to a good start as scheduled
at 7:00 am on Wednesday, October
24, 2012 from in front of the Social
Security office in Corozal Town.
The first leg of the four-day event
ended in front of the Social Security
branch office on Princess Margaret
Drive in Belize City.
The cyclists departed Belize City at
7:00 am on Thursday, October 25,
for the 68 mile ride to the Social
Security branch office at the corner
of Liberty Street and the George
Price Highway in Santa Elena, Cayo.
Shock As Brazilian Man Turns Up At Own Wake: A Brazilian man gave his relatives
the shock of their lives when he turned
up at his own wake at his mother's
home.
The family was gathered around a
coffin thought to contain 41-year-old
car washer Gilberto Araujo when he
appeared, causing some people to
faint and others to flee in fear.
The dead man, said to closely
resemble Gilberto, is believed to be
another car washer who was
murdered at the weekend.
Gilberto's brother said he had
wrongly identified him in the
mortuary.
Oldest Mayan Tomb Found In Guatemala's Retalhuleu: One of the oldest Mayan tombs
ever found has been uncovered
in western Guatemala, say archaeologists.
Located at a temple site in Retalhuleu
province, the grave is thought to be
that of an ancient ruler or religious
leader who lived some 2,000 years
ago.
Carbon-dating indicated the tomb
had been built between 700 and 400
BC, said government archaeologist
Miguel Orrego.
A rich array of jade jewels,
including a necklace depicting a
vulture-headed human figure, were
found.
The scientists found no bones at the
tomb in the Tak'alik Ab'aj site - some
180km (110 miles) south of
Guatemala City - probably because
they had disintegrated.
Mexico Exhumes Relative of Drug Lord For DNA Test: Mexican authorities exhumed a
relative of drug kingpin Heriberto
Lazcano on Monday and took DNA
samples from the corpse to remove
any doubt they had killed the Zetas
leader.
Lazcano, one of Mexico's most
wanted men, is believed to have
been killed at a baseball field in the
northern state of Coahuila on
October 7, but the cartel leader's
body was stolen from a funeral home
by gunmen hours later.
World Wants Obama Re-Elected AGAIN: BBC Survey: The United States president might
be locked in a neck and neck battle
at home with his challenger Mitt
Romney, but across the world,
including in India, people still
overwhelmingly want to see Barack
Obama re-elected.
According to an international survey
by BBC World Service, Obama is
preferred to Romney in 20 of the 21
countries with Pakistan the only
country where more people favoured
the Republican for an election.
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