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The June 9th, 2013 issue of The STAR (Cayo) is online HERE
This Week's Stories:
- Three Weed Arrests In Benque:
records the seizure of over 15
hundred grams of marijuana in three
drug operations resulting in the arrest
of three male Hispanic persons.
In the first incident, acting upon
information received, at around 6:00
am on Friday, May 30, Benque Viejo
police conducted a search at the
residence of Jose Israel Zetina in
Arenal Village. The search resulted in
the discovery of 60 grams of weed.
Zetina was consequently arrested and
charged for drug trafficking. He
appeared in the Benque Viejo Town
courtroom of magistrate Hurl
Hamilton where he pled guilty to the
drug trafficking charge. He was
ordered and paid the imposed one
thousand dollar fine.
- Security Guard Shoots
San Ignacio Man:
A man allegedly under the influence
of alcohol was shot by the security
guard posted at Roses Chinese Store
and Restaurant in San Ignacio.
The police reports that on Sunday,
June 2, 2013, at around 9:15 pm
an emergency 911 call was received
requesting police assistance at Roses
Restaurant located on the George
Price Highway on the western
outskirts of San Ignacio Town. Upon
arrival the police encountered a
creole decent male person suffering
from three gunshot wounds, one each
to both legs just above both knees
and the third to the upper arm.
The injured man was identified
as Rupert Rowland, 24, Belizean
laborer of a San Ignacio Town
address. Rowland was placed in the
police vehicle and rushed to the San
Ignacio Community Hospital.
- Step Father Convicted of
Assaulting and Wounding Girl:
Seven months after he was charged
and pled not guilty on aggravated
assault of an indecent nature and
wounding his step daughter, Rosabel
Mancia was today found guilty of
both charges and sent to jail.
The incident stems from an
October 31, 2012 report made by the
fifteen year old step daughter of the
35 year old Salvadoran convict of a
Santa Cruz address in Santa Elena
Town. The girl told the police that at
around 10:30 one night five days
prior to making the report, Mancia
entered her room and punched her in
the face while she was sitting on her
bed. She told the police that since the
incident she has been suffering from
nose bleed.
- Is It Double Standards, Indiscipline or Just Plain Arrogance?:
Contributed Article;
I am unable to say what happens in
other parts of the country but in our
community I can, with all authority,
say that there certainly exist double
standards in terms of law enforcement.
Is it actually double standards or is
it really a display of indiscipline or
maybe even utter contempt for those
who supervise them or, heaven
forbids, total incompetence on they
part of those who supervise them?
The matter at hand is the enforcement
of the law as it pertains to the
wearing of helmet by motorcyclists.
The sighting of a traffic warden
writing a traffic violation ticket as he
stands beside a non-helmet wearing
motorcyclist, is regularly seen.
- Suspected Drunk Boy Crash In Front Of Police Station:
Of all the places to crash, a 17 year
boy, suspected to be drunk, drove the
vehicle he was driving into the street
light pole in front of the police station
in San Ignacio.
At around 1:30 on the morning
of Sunday, June 2, the policeman
working the front desk inside the
station heard a loud crashing noise and
upon stepping out of the station he
saw a vehicle crashed into the street
light pole at the corner of Buena Vista
Street and King Street.
Bleeding from an injury to the nose,
sitting behind the steering wheel of the
extensively damaged blue Toyota
Tacoma truck, was a young male
person with the strong aroma of
alcohol on his breath. Sitting next to
the driver was another male person
also bleeding from injuries suspected
to have been caused by glass particles
from the shattered windshield.
- Doctors and Nurses benefit from Advance
Training in Gynecology:
Doctors of the U.S.
Military Air Force - New
Horizons 2013 and
Midwives from Project
HOPE also of the U.S. held
a two day training session
in Advance Life Support In
Obstetrics last month
in Dangriga Town. The
training had the
participation of 29
specialists in Gynecology
and Obstetrics from the
Northern, Western and
Southern Regions as well
as Medical Officers,
Nurses Midwives and
Front Line workers in
Obstetrics.
At the opening of the
training, an overview
presentation was done on
theMaternal and Child
Health Program. Training
on specific subject areas
included Post Partum
Hemorrhage, Interruption of
Delivery, Assisted Delivery
- Use of a Vacuum, Monitoring
of Labour and Interpretation
of Monitoring graph,
Maternal Resuscitation and
Emergency C-section. Communication
techniques between
doctors and nurses in
times of an emergency was
part of the training where
alarm codes and courtesies
were highlighted. The training
also had a practical
section where the trainees
worked with mannequins and
flow charts.
- Dentist rewarded at Annual Dental
Workshop:
The Dental Department,
Ministry of Health in
partnership with San Cas
Group of Companies and
Wrigley's ORBIT brand
conducted
the Annual
Dental
Workshop in
San Pedro
Town from
May 16th to
18th, 2013
under the theme: "Brush and
Floss Every Day to Keep
Cavities Away."
According to Senior Dental
Health Surgeon, Dr. Raphael
Samos, the objectives of the
workshop were to review the
action plan of the Department
and to discuss future
activities.
- Advice on Smoke
from Bush
Fires:
The Ministry of Health advises
the General Public that
due to recent sustained bush
fires around the country there
is a risk for vulnerable individuals
of over exposure to
smoke. The smoke associated
with these bush fires has
the potential to irritate eyes
and cause breathing problems.
Individuals with
chronic lung conditions and
asthma are advised to avoid
areas with intense smoke.
Use a masks or wet rags if
you cannot avoid the smoke.
Persons with chronic lung
conditions in general and
asthma in particular are
advised to have medication
on hand and are also
reminded to go to the nearest
health facility for respiratory
support if needed. Special
attention must be given
to the elderly and very young.
- MOH Partners
with Peace
Corps:
The Ministry of Health will
partner with Peace Corp Belize
to conduct a workshop on
Maternal, Newborn and Child
health (MCH) including
sessions on non-communicable
disease (NCDs) to be
held later this month. The main
purpose of the workshop will
be to ensure technical sessions
on MCH and NCDs, to
provide agency and country
specifics on the work that
Peace Corp will do within
communties in Belize alongside
HECOPAB Community
health workers and also to
assist Peace Corps Belize to
adapt and integrate the
language and technical content
for Pre-Service training.
- Matron Roberts Polyclinic held successful
Annual Health Fair:
Matron Roberts Polyclinic II
in collaboration with the
Health
Education
and
Community
Participation
Bureau
(HECOPAB),
Central
Health
Region, and others partners
in health organized its Annual
Health Fair and Wellness
Activities at the Matron
Roberts Polyclinic II grounds
on May 24th, 2013 under the
theme, "Your Health, Your
Life, Act Now."
Visitors had the opportunity
to learn more and take
advantage of Primary Care
services at the grounds. These
included outpatient services,
maternal and child health
services, nutrition and
wellbeing, dental health
services and mental health
services.
- Official Result Of The 2 June 2013 Village Council Elections:
- Codd's Drugstore Allegedly Robbed:
The sales clerk from Codd's
Drugstore in Santa Elena reported to
police that the store was robbed by a
barefaced man.
Hilda Zometa, the sales clerk, told
the police that she was behind the
counter inside Codd's Drugstore
located next to A&R Store on the
George Price Highway in Santa Elena
when at around 7:00 pm on Friday,
May 31, 2013, a man entered the
store, pointed a gun at her, demanded
money and made off with almost 900
dollars.
In the statement to the police the
clerk reported that the robber,
allegedly posing as a customer,
entered the drugstore at around 7:00
pm and requested a bottle of
antibiotics.
- The Blue Hole - Nominated for the "8th Wonder of
the World":
The Belize Tourism Board is elated
to announce the submission of Belize's
Great Blue Hole, as the "8th Wonder
of the World", a title which can only
be achieved with your help!
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- Your Weekly Horoscope and Lucky Numbers
- Letters to the Editor
- Public Notices
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