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The June 29th 2014 issue of The STAR (Cayo) is online HERE
This Week's Stories:
- Guerra GoesTo Jail Again:
A troubled Santa Elena man
was today remanded to prison
on gun and ammunition charges.
Residents of Carmen Street in
Santa Elena got a scare of
their lives on Monday when
Rodel Guerra, 27, busted out
of his father's #14 Carmen Street
house brandishing a 16 gauge
shotgun and a pocket load of
cartridges.
The matter was reported to
the police who promptly arrived
on the scene just in time to see
Guerra ridding himself of the
shotgun and cartridges before
fleeing the scene.
- Getting Our Share Of The
National Development Pie:
As the unprecedented building
of the nation continues, San
Ignacio and Santa Elena are
getting its fair share of the
national development pie. A new cemented round-about
is now in full operation at the
junction of the George Price
Highway and La Loma Luz
Boulevard in Santa Elena. We can
hardly remember what the area
looked like prior to this major
improvement.
The entire length of La Loma
Boulevard is properly paved
complete with cemented
sidewalks on both sides. Steel
light poles with underground
wiring have replaced those old
and leaning wooden lamp
posts with their spider web of
crisscrossing overhead high
tension electrical cables that
once dangerously hung overhead
along La Loma Luz Boulevard.
Construction is now underway
for the first ever two lane
bridge across the Macal River
connecting La Loma Luz
Boulevard in Santa Elena to Joseph
Andrews Drive in San
Ignacio. A new roadway has been
constructed through the Golden
Orange orchard linking the new
bridge with Joseph Andrews
Drive.
- THE DOMESTICATION OF A PEOPLE:
By Leonides Sanchez, Punta
Gorda, Toledo.
The domestication of a
people and how can we turn
this dilemma around:
In town where I live there are
several cats around my house and
yet I don't really own none. What
I have observed is that while I am
aware of the natural skills of a cat
to be able to feed itself by
hunting, they prefer to resort to
begging and eventual stealing
your food. I brought this up
because our people are in a
similar situation.
The human being was gifted
with a brain to be able to think
and skills to be able to survive
and overcome obstacles but
somewhere along the way
domestication interfered with
the natural process.
Now instead of our people
resorting to their natural skills
to do the feed themselves,
they chose instead to resort
to begging and eventually
deprive others. This is a real
situation. My question now
is how do we turn this around
so that our people can regain
back their natural instincts to
do for themselves? I believe
that a new kind of education
has to be introduced to the
children.
- Rotary Club is Refurbishing Park in Santa Elena:
The Rotary Club of San Ignacio
is planning ahead for the traffic
on the by-pass coming to San
Ignacio soon. Just a short block
away from the new traffic circle
in front of the La Loma Luz SDA
Hospital,there is a community
park sponsored by the Rotary
Club. Club members raised
concerns about the safety of
children and families using the
park since there will be a great
deal more traffic on the Loma
Luz Boulevard. The long term
goal of the Club is to give the
park a new look and upgrade the
play equipment and features.
The first step for the makeover
of the park was safety. The
park now has a sturdy chain link
fencing around three sides of the
area. This will keep children
away from the busy highway
of the future. This effort was
funded by money for the Rotary
District. The Belize Fence
company gave the Club a
very helpful discount on the
fencing material and the
Rotoract Club of San Ignacio
members participated in put the
fence in place.
- Office of the Prime Minister Responds to Attacks on Justice Awich:
The Office of the Prime
Minister (OPM) has noted with
concern the continued attacks
by some lawyers on Justice of
Appeal Mr. Samuel Awich.
These attacks, using the Belize
Bar Association Resolution
as their springboard, are
contemptuous and contemptible.
They seek to scandalize the
Belize Court of Appeal by
alleging bias on the part of a
member of that court, and may
well be actionable by the
Director of Public Prosecutions.
Indeed, even from the English
common law, it is considered
contempt to "prejudice mankind
[by speech or writing] in
favour of or against a party before
the case is heard" and the
same principle is reflected in the
laws of Belize where it is stated
to be an offence to write or do
anything "with intent to excite
any popular prejudice for or
against any party to [court]
proceedings."
- Mother, Daughter and Son
On Dishonesty Charge:
A 16 year old boy was today
remanded to prison on burglary
and handling stolen goods
charges.
San Ignacio police reports
that at around 10:00 am on
Wednesday, June 25, Esperanza
Village resident Maybelline
Flores visited the police station
in San Ignacio where she reported
that her house was burglarized
two days earlier.
The complainant informed that
between 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm
on Monday, June 23 someone
entered her house as a trespasser
and stole there from a black
Nikon brand digital camera with
serial number 4234359 along
with an extra lens and battery
charger.
- TACKLING LACK OFYOUTH OPPORTUNITY:
The lack of opportunity for
the youth of Belize has been
recognized for quite a while, yet
results from efforts to deal
with this problem are struggling
and lack support. Whilst
the economy of Belize shows
little capacity to offer much,
sport has an almost inexhaustible
ability to bridge the gap between
education and employment. In
fact, sport can and frequently
does open doors to successful
careers, for those who grasp
what's on offer.
* Guided and directed youth
can have significant impact on the
success of communities, as well
as on the future of the youth
themselves
* Using sport, as the basis
for engaging with youth at
community level, is a recognized
model for promoting healthy
lifestyle and producing
successful adults and leaders of
the future.
- Sickle-Cell Anaemia:
Sickle-cell disease (SCD), or
sickle-cell anaemia (SCA) or
drepanocytosis, is a hereditary
blood disorder, characterized by
red blood cells that assume an
abnormal, rigid, sickle shape.
Sickling decreases the cells'
flexibility and results in a risk
of various life-threatening
complications. This sickling
occurs because of a mutation
in the haemoglobin gene.
Individuals with one copy of the
mutant gene produce a mixture
of both normal and abnormal
haemoglobin. This is an example
of incomplete dominance.
Sickle-cell disease may lead to
various acute and chronic
complications, several of which have
a high mortality rate.
- Public Advisory on Use of Specific Health Products:
The Ministry of Health has
received a public notification
from the Unites States Food and
Drug Administration (FDA),
through the International Health
Regulations of the World Health
Organization, on health products
that consumers are advised NOT
to purchase.
Consumers are advised not to
purchase or use the following
products that are promoted and
sold for weight loss on websites
or in retail stores: Dr. Ming's
Chinese Capsule, 7 Days
Herbal Slim, Sliming Diet
Berry Plus, Asset Extreme,
SlimEasy Herbs Capsule and
Meizitang Citrus.
- Luis Suarez bite: Uruguay
striker banned for four months:
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez
has been suspended from all
football-related activity for four
months for biting Italy defender
Giorgio Chiellini.
In addition, the Liverpool
player, 27, has been banned for
nine international matches, ruling
him out of the rest of the 2014
Fifa World Cup.
He will also miss the first nine
games of the Premier League
season.
Uruguay say they will
appeal, calling it an "excessive
decision" for which "there was
not enough evidence".
Uruguay Football Association
president Wilmar Valdez added:
"I have seen more aggressive
incidents recently.
- Mexican Tijuana Cartel Boss Sanchez Arellano 'Captured':
The Arellano Felix clan is one
of the most feared criminal
families in Mexico
The Mexican army says it
has captured the leader of the
once-powerful Tijuana cartel,
Luis Fernando Sanchez
Arellano.
In the 1990s, the cartel
controlled much of the drugs
flow from the northern Mexican
city of Tijuana to the United
States.
But it was dealt a severe blow
after the arrest of four of the
brothers leading it and the
killing of a fifth.
Luis Fernando Sanchez
Arellano is the nephew of the Arellano Felix brothers who
originally founded the cartel.
An army official said
Mr Sanchez Arellano was
captured on Monday afternoon
shortly after the Mexican
football team reached the last 16
of the Fifa World Cup by beating
Croatia.
- No Arrest In
Venus Burglary:
Five days later, almost four
thousand dollars worth of
items stolen, three persons
interviewed, Zero arrests made.
San Ignacio police informed of
the receipt of a burglary report
from Teresita Silva Johnson
proprietor of Venus Store located
at #6 Hudson Street in San
Ignacio.
The complainant informed that
the store was secured at 9:00 pm
on Saturday, June 21 and that
upon checking at around 5:30 am
the following day, the store was
found to have been burglarized.
Entry was gained through an
opening pryed into the metal
shutter attached to the front
entrance.
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