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The September 8th, 2013 issue of The Capital Weekly is online HERE
This Week's Stories:
- GOB Supports Mega-Project
By Belizeans Businessman:
The Government of
Belize supports, in
principle, the Mega-
Million Dollar
Project unveiled
this past week by Belizean Developer
Mike Feinstein to build
a docking facility at Stake Bank
just off the coast of Belize City.
That's what Hon. John
Saldivar, who was Acting Prime
Minister at the time, told reporters
on Thursday, one day
following the announcement
by Feinstein and his group. The
project, Feinstein says, entails
an immediate investment of
over $100 Million and will create
thousands of jobs.
"We certainly welcome
the concept, we welcome the
investors that are trying to put
this project off the ground, but
as with everything else - they
need to go by the rules and
they have to do their EIA's, and
once they pass through the various
processes - then it's a go,"
Saldivar told reporters.
- Belmopan Wins Atlantic
Bank Female Football:
The Belmopan
Triple B's won
the 2013 Atlantic
Bank female
football championship
by drilling the Ladyville
Jaguars 8-0 in Game 2 of the finals
at the FFB Stadium in Belmopan
on Saturday, September 7.
Game 1 of the finals had
ended in a 0-0 draw at the MCC
grounds on Saturday, August 31.
Belmopan's Kaina Martinez
and Miriam Villamil led the attack with the help of Iris Centeno
and Joslyn "Chu-chu" Cadle
on the wings and Kaya Cattouse
and Jennisha Scott at midfield.
Ladyville Jaguars was
sorely missing Shineele Gentle
who had to sit out the game
following a red card suspension
from the first final aand
their star sweeper Sara Arzu
was also missing in action.
- Celebrating 21 5th Anniversary
of Battle of St. George's Caye:
Tuesday, September 10
marks the 215th Anniversary of
the Battle of St. George's Caye.
One of the most central
elements of the celebration
is the crowning of the Queen
of the Bay, which takes place
during the Official Battle
of St. George's Caye Day
Ceremonies, traditionally held
at the Memorial Park in the
Old Capital, Belize City.
This year's Queen of the
Bay is Toledo's Jahrine Avila, the Bay Pageant at the Bliss
Institute for the Performing
Arts in Belize City on Friday
night, August 30.
Miss Stann Creek
Verinicia Vernon won 1st
runner-up, while second
runner up was Miss Belmopan,
Mikayla Venise Banner, who
also won the talent section that
took place two weeks earlier.
- A Good Time to be Belizean:
The National
September
Celebrations
are here!
The Tenth is right upon
us, and Independence is
just around the corner.
No matter what our
personal situation, every
warm-blooded Belizean
this time of the year
is somehow infected by
the patriotism and festiveness
that fills the air.
This year, as we commemorate
our nationhood,
our sovereignty and
our right to self-determination,
the celebrations
somehow seem to take
on a bit more meaning
than they ordinarily do.
Indeed, there are
some tangible and timely,
if not overdue, developments
newly unfolding,
which are worth
quite a celebration, as
they truly serve to reinforce
and consummate
the Independence
we nominally attained
over three decades ago.
- Promoting Literacy for a Peaceful Belize:
Literacy Day Celebrated in Belmopan with Schools' Parade
Friday September 6, 2013 Through Principal Streets of the Capital City. Literacy Day this year
is being observed Worldwide
on Sunday September
8, but in Belize it was observed
two days earlier on
Friday September 6, 2013.
In Belmopan, as in
Belize City, a number of
schools held activities to
mark the day. In the Nation's
Capital a combined Schools'
Parade was held through
the major streets of the City.
The Day was observed
with the theme, "Promoting
Literacy for a Peaceful Belize".
- When Culture and Carnality Converge:
On the exterior
we see
sparkling
images of
Belizean
flora and fauna, jubilant faces
and bodies of all shades
of brown, accentuated by
colourful clothing and glittering
paint, swaying and
vibrating in the sweltering
heat to the pulsating
rhythm of cultural music.
For a while we forget
our dividing socio-economic
and political differences and
unite to celebrate our natural
heritage and cultural diversity.
However, a closer look at
our Belizean Carnival will reveal
much more than culture.
The clothing, if you
call it that, seems inadequate
and attracts lustful stares
and arousals, the male dancers
seem to prefer effeminate
outfits and moves and
the dances are sexually suggestive
and perverted. Even
the movement of our young
children illustrate that their
innocent minds have been
corrupted as they give adult
onlookers "bedroom" lessons,
while their intoxicated mothers
cheer them on with pride.
- Belize - United States Partnership Reaffirmed: New SOUTHCOM Commander Visits Belmopan:
The welcome could not
have been any warmer than it
was last Thursday when General
John F. Kelly, the new
head of the U.S. Southern
Command touched down in
Belmopan. It was the first ever
visit to Belize for the seasoned
and decorated General who is
now responsible for all operations
of the US Army from below
Mexico all the way down
to the tip of South America.
The General's visit
started the day before,
Wednesday September 4 and
took him along the Country's
borderline waters by helicopter,
in addition to important to the tip of South America.
Incidentally, or maybe not so
incidentally, General, I would
like to point out that Belize
is, geographically speaking,
the first nation south of Mexico;
and I would like to think
that we are also first in line
for assistance and joint-initiatives
under your command."
As noted in Channel
Five's Evening newscast in a
report by its special assignment
reporter, Mike Rudon,
"The U.S. Southern Command
has been a very friendly
partner in Belizean development
- in areas ranging from
medical care and infrastructure
assistance to training
and the donation of military
expertise and equipment,
very often on a large scale.
- Remarks by Hon. John Saldivar Welcoming General John F. Kelly to Belize:
Miss Margaret
Hawt
h o r n e ,
Charg� d
'Affai re s,
US Embassy, Belize; General
John F. Kelly, Commander,
US Southern Command; Lieutenant
Colonel Ricardo Gonzalez,
US Military Liaison Officer,
Belize; Colonel (ret.) George
Lovell, CEO, Ministry of National
Security; General David
Jones, Commander, Belize Defence
Force; Rear Admiral John
Borland, Commandant, Belize
Coast Guard; Mr. Allen Whylie
Commissioner, Belize Police
Department; Members of the
various security forces present;
Other distinguished guests;
Members of the Media; Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Good afternoon. It gives
me great pleasure to welcome to
Belize for his first visit ever, General
John F. Kelly, Commander
of the US Southern Command.
For those of you that
don't know, General Kelly is in
charge of all operations and
initiatives by the United States
Military from below Mexico all
the way down to the tip of South
America.
- Biography of General John F. Kelly: Commander of United States Southern Command:
General
Kelly was
born and
raised in
Boston,
MA. He enlisted in the
Marine Corps in 1970, and
was discharged as a sergeant
in 1972, after serving
in an infantry company
with the 2nd Marine Division,
Camp Lejeune, NC.
Following graduation
from the University
of Massachusetts in 1976,
he was commissioned
and returned to the 2nd
Marine Division where he
served as a rifle and weapons
platoon commander,
company executive
officer, assistant operations
officer, and infantry
company commander.
Sea duty in Mayport, FL,
followed, at which time
he served aboard aircraft
carriers USS Forrestal
and USS Independence.
In 1980, then Captain
Kelly transferred to
the U.S. Army's Infantry
Officer Advanced Course
in Fort Benning, GA. After
graduation, he was assigned
to Headquarters
Marine Corps, Washington,
DC, serving there
from 1981 through 1984, as
an assignment monitor.
- GREAT Documentary Launched by Police Department : Gang Resistance Education And Training:
This past Thursday,
September
5, 2013 in
Belize City, the
Police Department
launched a historic documentary
which chronicles
the success of a joint initiative
in which that department
is the lead agency, and which
involves the US Embassy in
a collaborative effort which
puts trained Police Officers in
the classroom to impart real
life skills to our young people.
The program is patterned
off a similar program
that originated and was implemented
in the United States. In
Belize the program got started
back in 2008. It has reportedly
been a remarkable success, and
the public now gets an opportunity
through this video documentary
to witness a great deal of it. The program is administered
through the Community
Policing Unit which is
now headed by Senior Superintendent
of Police Louise Willis.
- Another Historic September Day:
First National Bank of Belize Opens In Belmopan:
Now, Ladies and
gentlemen,
this is one
time when,
in describing
the proceedings as historic, we
engage in no hyperbole. The
launch of the National Bank of
Belize is an accomplishment for
the ages.
And so I want to start by
immediately thanking the very
many persons that have made
it possible. Principal among
them are Minister Joy Grant,
Chairperson of the Board of Directors,
and all the other Board
members including, of course,
the Managing Director, Mr. Jose
Marin. Minister Grant, though,
has perhaps done more than
anyone else to make this a reality.
I know that Saturday evening
when I was becoming concerned,
because having passed
here on Friday and having seen
that we were not all together in a
state of readiness, she reassured
me by indicating that she was
even then at the Bank engaging
in helping to sweep the premise.
- Address by Honourable Joy Grant
Chair of the National Bank of Belize:
It is my pleasure to welcome
you all to a historic
event in the evolution
of the financial
sector in Belize, and
as a result, in the economic
wellbeing of our Belizean People,
the establishment of the
National Bank of Belize, and
the opening of its first branch
here in Belmopan.
This opening marks
the successful realization of a
vision shared by Belizeans of
different political affiliations
but united in their belief in the
value to our people of a bank
whose focus is on serving the
financial interest of all Belizeans,
whose goal is not about
maximizing profit but about
providing the working class
Belizean with the financial assistance
and knowledge they
require to improve their living
standards through the construction
and purchase of new
homes, and later the renovation
and upgrading of existing
residences.
The impetus for operationalizing
the vision by establishing
he Bank at this time
originated with Prime Minister
the Honorable Dean Barrow.
- Partnering for Rural Family Health The Ministry of Health and the Peace Corps:
A total of sixteen
(16) new
Peace Corps
Volunteers are
in-country for
a two year work mission. They
aim to partner with community
health workers on a Rural Family
Health Programme, an initiative
of the Ministry of Health and
Peace Corps. Volunteers will be
assigned to Cayo, Orange Walk,
Toledo and Belize Districts.
The pioneer team arrived
on June 26th and was enrolled
in an intensive orientation and
training program which ended
August 13tb. This marks the
first time that all volunteers will be assigned to the Ministry of
Health to work in primarily rural
communities for their stay; and
the first all Peace Corps Volunteers
will live with host families
for the full duration of service.
- Miley Garcia Cayo Softball Finals: Camalote Blazers Win Game One Over Roaring Creek:
The Camalote
Blazers are one
game away
from winning
the 2013 Miley
Garcia Female Softball
Championship in the competition
organized by the
Cayo Softball Association.
Camalote won Game
One of the finals 1-0 over the
Roaring Creek Grace Kennedy
at the Denbeigh Fuller
Stadium in Camalote
on Sunday, September 8.
Camalote's veteran
pitcher Francine Salazar struck
out 4 batters and walked one,
giving up 5 hits, but even
though the Camalote fielders
committed one error, the Roaring
Creek girls scored no runs,
leaving 6 runners on base.
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