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The August 24th, 2014 issue of The STAR (Cayo) is online HERE
This Week's Stories:
- Murder in Unitedville later identified as Victor "Niko":
Just as the new day was
dawning on Saturday, August 16,
San Ignacio Police were called
out to the village of Unitedville
on the George Price Highway
in the Cayo District, to
investigate the presence of
the lifeless body of a male
person on a veranda.
Upon arrival at the
Unitedville residence of
Quinton Middleton, 29 year
old businessman, the police came
upon body of a male person of
Hispanic descent, face upward on
the veranda. The deceased was later identified as Victor "Niko"
Vargas, 37, Guatemalan,
naturalized Belizean who resided
in the village.
- Who Will Be Queen
Of The West 2014?:
This year's September
Celebrations was launched today at the Welcome Center
in San Ignacio with the official
presentation of the six
contestants for the Queen of the West.
Master and Mistress of
Ceremony for the event were
William Black and Melanie
Usher who is also serving this
year as the pageant coordinator.
The welcome address was
delivered by Queen of the West
2012, Miss Marcia Moody,
who invited the public to come
out on Saturday, August 23, 2014,
to the Octavia Waight Center
Auditorium to support their
favorite contestant.
- The Difference In Leadership Is As Clear As Day Is To Night:
It's been over two months since
the incident with PUP Belize
Rural North Standard Bearer,
Arthur Saldivar, occurred. It is
alleged that he accompanied
Melanie Coye to the Central
Bank sometime in mid June to
retrieve Coye's 1.6 million
dollars as ordered by the court.
The loot, it is alleged, was
placed in two separate carrying
cases, one containing $940,000
and the other $660,000. It is
alleged that Saldivar made off
with the bigger haul and had failed
to turn it in to Melanie Coye, an
allegation Saldivar denies in one
breadth, while in the other, he
speaks about the client owing him
legal fees to the tune of 100% of
the clients rescued funds.
- GSU Nets Three Drug Finds In A Day:
Members of the Gang
Suppression Unit (GSU) were
today conducting routine
searches for illegal drugs,
arms and ammunition in
Santa Elena and surrounding
communities.
The operation started at around
5:30 a.m. this Saturday morning with a visit to the Jeronimo
Thompson street residence, in
Esperanza Village, of Mark
Francis Peters.
Present at the time of the
search were Peters and three
other persons. According to the
GSU, when searched, Peters was
found in possession of a black
plastic bag, in his pocket,
containing 13.9 grams of
suspected marijuana.
- Alleged Female Burglar Remanded To Prison:
A 28 year old Belizean woman
was today remanded to prison on
a burglary charge.
The charge stems from a report
made by Gerald Armstrong. In
a statement to the police
Armstrong informed that his
house located on Eduardo Juan
Street in Santa Elena, Cayo was
burglarized and stolen there from
where small items amounting to
less than one hundred dollars.
Armstrong alleged that the
incident occurred on Saturday,
August 2. The investigation led
to the arrest of Marciela
Castellanos, 28, Belizean
domestic.
- Rugby: The First Four:
The southern districts have
seemingly stormed ahead in
setting up rugby football clubs in
Belize, and the first four clubs
have appointed organisors and
are busy attracting players and
volunteers through their social
media campaigns.
* The Belize Rugby Board
(Rugby Belize) has organized the
country into two 'Districts' for
domestic competition purposes;
North includes Corozal, Orange
Walk and Belize, and South
covers Cayo, Stann Creek and
Toledo
*Hattieville United Rugby
Football Union (part of the
Hattieville United Youth
Sporting Club), organized
by Haddan Garbutt, is the
headquarters of Rugby.
- Be Your Spouse's Biggest Fan:
If you're married, God has
given you an incredibly important
role: to be your spouse's biggest
fan. It's a job only you can do in
the way God desires, and your
spouse desperately needs you to
do it.
We live in a world full of
critics. We don't have to look far
to find someone who will put us
down.
That's why every person on the
planet desperately needs to be
affirmed by someone on a
regular basis. It's how God wired
us. If you're married, one such
person should be your spouse. To
have a growing marriage, it's
essential for you and your spouse
to build into your marriage
continual affirmation of one
another.
- Suspected Guatemalan Bandidos Attack:
A 52 year old housewife from
Bullet Tree Falls village in the
Cayo District visited the San
Ignacio police station where she
reported an incident of robbery.
The complainant, Betty Cruz,
informed that she was with
her wheel chair confined husband
and a worker in the El Pilar Mayan reserve when at
around 1:00pm on Wednesday,
August 20, two Hispanic male
persons showed up on her
property asking for a drink of
water. She told the police
that while she was getting
the water, three other men,
wearing masks and brandishing
assault rifles suddenly appeared.
She said that the men spoke
Spanish with a clear Guatemalan
accent. The couple was relieved
of one thousand dollars in cash,
two chainsaws, an electrical
converter, several security
cameras as well as an assortment
of food items.
- Criminal Cases Falling Like Flies:
A number of criminal cases,
some serious, are being struck
out for want of prosecution when
a policeman, on interdiction, is
not appearing in court to give
evidence.
This is the case with police
constable Maxwell Valerio.
Some of the recent cases being struck out because of
Valerio's non-appearance in court
are:
i) August 4: Possession of a
controlled drug, 6.5 grams
ii) August 4: Damage to
property
iii) August 8: Possession of a
controlled drug, 9.5 grams
iv) August 12: Possession of
Ammunition charges for ten .38
rounds.
- Epilepsy:
Epilepsy is a group of
long-term neurological disorders
characterized by epileptic
seizures. These seizures are
episodes that can vary from brief
and nearly undetectable to long
periods of vigorous shaking. In
epilepsy, seizures tend to
recur, and have no immediate
underlying cause while seizures
that occur due to a specific cause
are not deemed to represent
epilepsy.
In most cases the cause is
unknown, although some people
develop epilepsy as the result of
brain injury, stroke, brain cancer,
and drug and alcohol misuse,
among others. Epileptic seizures
are the result of excessive and
abnormal cortical nerve cell
activity in the brain. The
diagnosis typically involves
ruling out other conditions that
might cause similar symptoms
(such as syncope) as well as
figuring out whether any
immediate causes are present.
Epilepsy can often be confirmed
with an electroencephalogram
(EEG).
- Third Annual Patriotic Paddle:
Our Charitable Fundraising
Event, the third annual Patriotic
Paddle sponsored by BECOL
is scheduled for August 30,
2014. The event is in honor of
re-visiting the route of the
"Flowers Bank 14" paddle to
Belize City and in celebration of
the decision to defend the
Settlement.
The Paddle starts at 8:30 am
with a short opening in Flowers
Bank Village after which we
move off at 9am to Burrell
Boom where we'll have lunch.
Burrell Boom will be an entry
point for paddlers wishing to join
in the event. We move from
Burrell Boom to Manatee
Lookout in Ladyville which is
also an entry point. We'll take a
few minutes break there before
continuing to Courthouse Wharf
in Belize City. THIS IS NOT A
RACE and all crafts are to paddle
along together. Canoes and
kayaks can participate in the
event.
- Venezuela Plans To Introduce Supermarket Fingerprinting:
The government wants to
introduce fingerprinting at
supermarkets to stop people from
buying too much of a single item.
President Nicolas Maduro of
Venezuela has announced a
mandatory fingerprinting system in
supermarkets to combat food
shortages and smuggling.
He said the system would stop
people from buying too much of a
single item.
But the opposition in Venezuela
rejected the plan, saying the policy
treated all Venezuelans as thieves.
Critics said fingerprinting
consumers of staple products was
tantamount to rationing and
constituted a breach of privacy.
- STAR Humor
- Your Weekly Horoscope and Lucky Numbers
- Letters to the Editor
- Public Notices
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