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The June 15th, 2014 issue of The STAR (Cayo) is online HERE
This Week's Stories:
- Mother And Sons Arrested For Drugs:
Monday, June 9, 2014:
The sharp nose of a police dog
picked up the scent of marijuana
through a floor covering, a
wooden floor, a plastic bag
and a covered plastic container ,
and it landed a mother and her two
sons in problems with the law.
It was shortly after 12 noon
on Thursday, June 5 when a
team of four policemen along
with Tungee, said to be one of
the sharpest police dogs in the
Canine Unit, descended upon an
upstairs wooden house on 5th
Street in San Ignacio Town to
conduct a search for drugs. Within minutes of entering the
house, Tungee alerted its
handler of the presence of drugs
by sitting on a spot in the living
room. When the marley floor
covering was lifted, police found
an unfastened board covering a
cavity in the floor from which the
police retrieved a black plastic
bag with two covered plastic
containers both loaded with
marijuana.
Present at the time of the
search was a 78 year old
grandmother, in the company
of Martha Alicia Ralda, 46,
and her two sons, William
Ralda, 22 and his 17 year old brother.
- Policeman Charged
For Attempt Murder:
Three policemen and a special
constable driver, members of
San Ignacio Police Quick
Response Team (QRT) all
facing criminal charges, are on
interdiction from active duty.
The lives of Corporal #443
Ricky Valencia, Constables
#1330 Maxwell Valerio and
#1010 Jesus Marroquin along
with Special Constable, driver,
Ernesto Budna began changing
at the break of the new day on
Monday, May 26, 2014.
Patrolling the George Price
Highway the team drove up to
Blackman Eddy Village and
turned at the junction with the
road into Spanish Lookout at
the Iguana Creek. On the way
back to base they came upon a
group of four men in Unitedville
on their way home from a wake
in the village.
- Editorial: Life Is Dynamic:
Life is in constant evolution.
Nothing lasts forever, this is the
nature of the phenomenon we
call life.
This week former educator/
politician, Mr. Eulogio Cano
tell us that Sacred Heart Roman
Catholic High School started 54
years ago in a room downstairs
the Stork Club, the busiest and
most popular bar in San Ignacio
Town in that era. Today, it is not
permissible to open and operate
a bar anywhere near a school
much less a high school where
students are more mature.
Our gun laws were once slack
until the senseless spate of gun
violence showed its ugly head
especially on the south side
streets of the old capital. This
development necessitated the
passage of stringent, some might
say, draconian gun laws. Today,
the gun violence has somewhat
abated. Some among us are now
calling for the slacking of the gun
laws. We change with the current
time fit prevailing circumstances
and conditions. Such is life.
- Ashton Tillett Is This Year's
Top PSE Performer:
The results of this year's
Primary School Examinations are
out recording Ashton Tillett from
Crooked Tree Government School,
in the Belize District, as this year's
top performer.
Today's announcement sparked
an outburst of joy, first on the
school compound in Crooked
Tree and later thoughtout the
entire Village.
We join in congratulating
Ashton on this great achievement
and wish him all the best as he
proceeds on to the high school
of his choice which we
understand is Edward P. Yorke.
Ashton Tillett
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- Three Men Injured In Bar Brawl:
A brawl in a western village bar
has left two men wounded and
with criminal counter charges
again each other.
The report of a stabbing
incident in Billy White Village
Cayo was received by San Ignacio
police at around 5:00 am on
Saturday, June 7. A team of
policemen, under the command
of Sgt 651 S Bowden, rushed to
the village and first to the home
of Gumercindo Pop where they
found Pop, visibly drunk, with
stab wounds to the head, chest,
shoulder and back.
Pop told the police that he was
at a bar in the village earlier that
morning when and argument
erupting resulting in him being attacked by brothers Santos and
Roberto Chacon and a 15 year
old boy.
- World Cup 2014 Kicks Off With Colourful Ceremony:
The 2014 Fifa World Cup
officially got under way on
Thursday with a colourful
opening ceremony before hosts
Brazil beat Croatia 3-1 in the first
match.
A cast of 660 dancers paid
tribute to the country's nature,
people and football with a show
around a "living" ball on the
Arena de Sao Paulo pitch.
The final act saw a performance
of official World Cup song "We
Are One" by Jennifer Lopez and
rapper Pitbull.
The month-long tournament
sees 32 nations compete in 64
games.
Many fans took to the streets to
sing and chant their support for
Brazil as excitement built in the
hours before the tournament
began.
- Father's Day Canoe Race:
The Father's Day Canoe Race
co-sponsored by the Black
Orchid Resort and SeaSure Real
Estate is set for Sunday, June
15th, 2014. The race will start in
Flowers Bank Village at 9:00am
and will end at the Black Orchid
Resort in Burrell Boom. The first
canoes should be arriving around
midday.
This race will have all
categories, Male, Female,
Mixed, Masters, Juniors,
Pleasure and Intramural, it's
opened for anyone to participate.
Registration can be done
the morning before the race
starting at 8:00am, however,
early registration is accepted.
The registration form is
available on our website
at www.bcanoe.bz. Race
Registration fee is $50.
- Malaria:
Malaria is a mosquito-borne
infectious disease of humans and
other animals caused by parasitic
protozoans (a type of unicellular
microorganism) of the
genus Plasmodium. Commonly,
the disease is transmitted by a
bite from an infected female
Anopheles mosquito, which
introduces the organisms from
its saliva into a person's circulatory
system. In the blood, the
parasites travel to the liver to
mature and reproduce. Malaria
causes symptoms that typically
include fever and headache,
which in severe cases can
progress to coma or death.
The signs and symptoms of
malaria typically begin 8-25
days following infection;
however, symptoms may occur
later in those who have taken
antimalarial medications as
prevention. Initial manifestations
of the disease-common to all
malaria species-are similar to
flu-like symptoms, and can
resemble other conditions such
as septicemia, gastroenteritis,
and viral diseases. The presentation
may include headache, fever,
shivering, joint pain, vomiting,
hemolytic anemia, jaundice,
hemoglobin in the urine, retinal
damage, and convulsions.
- Sacred Heart College - 50 Successful Years:
Sacred Heart College will be
holding graduation ceremonies
for the Class of 2014 on
Saturday, June 14 in the
auditorium on the school
compound.
This is a significant year in the
history of Sacred Heart College
as it will simultaneously
celebrate the golden anniversary
of the first graduating class, the
class of 1964.
Invited to deliver an address in
celebration of this historic
occasion is Mr. Eulogio Cano
from the Class of 1964. We had
a chance to speak with Mr. Cano
earlier this week and what he told
us was quite interesting.
He told us that Sacred Heart Roman Catholic College began in
1960 through the efforts of Fr.
Osmond Peter Martin (retired
Bishop) and Fr. Facundo
Castillo. It started with an
enrollment of 31 students of
which 19 graduated in 1964.
The first classroom was housed
downstairs of the Stork Club on
Hudson Street, in front of Blue
Angels Night Club where it
remained for an entire year. In
the second year however, with the
addition of a second batch of
students starting first form, the
school moved across the street
to more spacious accommodations
in a building where the
Hudson Chinese stores is
currently located. It later moved
to the Sacred Heart Primary
School compound where they remained until graduation.
- Brazil World Cup: Clashes At
Sao Paulo and Rio Protests:
Police clashed with protesters
in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
and several other host cities on
Thursday as the World Cup got
under way in Brazil.
Officers used tear gas on
crowds in Sao Paulo hours before
Brazil's team beat Croatia 3-1 in
the opening match.
Several people were also
injured after scuffles broke out
in Rio de Janeiro.
Protesters are angry at how
much the government has spent
on preparations for the World
Cup and the Olympics, which Rio
will host in 2016.
There were violent clashes in
the city of Belo Horizonte, where
England will play Costa Rica
Earlier, striking airport workers
in Rio de Janeiro blocked a road
outside the airport, demanding a
wage increase and a World Cup
bonus.
The strike was to have lasted
for 24 hours but union leaders
called it off early for legal
reasons.
- World Cup Schedule:
Full schedule of group games (until the knockout round starts).
- STAR Humor
- Your Weekly Horoscope and Lucky Numbers
- Letters to the Editor
- Public Notices
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