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The March 1st, 2015 issue of The STAR (Cayo) is online HERE
This Week's Stories:
- BDF CORPRAL AND WIFE SENTENCED:
A couple from Billy White village
was separately sentenced to 5 years
imprisonment.
The incident happened on
Thursday, 22 December, 2011, when
personnel from the Special Branch
department conducted a house search
at the residence of Gerald August,
34 year old Belizean BDF Corporal.
Present at the time along with August
was his wife, Loida August, 24 year
old Belizean Domestic of the same
address.
During the search police found a
black Pietro Beretta .9 pistol with the
serial number tampered with, which
was found inside a box with clothes.
Upon further checks of the house, police led to the
discovery of six Sellier
and Bellot 12 gauge
cartridges under the
sewerage bowl behind
the kitchen area
along with one 5.56
magazine with twentyseven
(27) 5.56
rounds of ammunition
and 3 metal clips each
containing ten live
5.56 rounds in a black
plastic bag that was
buried 6 inches and
covered with two
pieces of board.
- Mckoy Five Years Behind Bars:
Today the trial for a 17 year old San
Ignacio man concluded as he was
found guilty inside the San
Ignacio Magistrates court.The magistrate at the time, Narda
Morgan, sentenced him to 5 years
imprisonment.
The incident occured on Friday, 13
December, 2013 at about 11:30 when
police was conducting their mobile
patrol on Flamingo Street in San
Ignacio. Police notice a dark male
person who they identified as Carlton
Mckoy, 17 year old Belizean laborer
of San Ignacio. Police then exited the
mobile patrol and approached Mckoy
who was walking towards a shop and
upon entering the shop he throw
something behind the counter.
- Public Health Notice: Measles Advisory:
The Ministry of Health has been
advised by the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) of an outbreak of
Measles at the Disneyland Resort in air droplets when an infected person
coughs or sneezes. Although Measles
remains prevalent in many parts of the
world, Belize has been free from the
disease since 1991. In order to
maintain our Measles free status,
the recommended and most
cost-effective public health approach
is to advise persons to get vaccinated
with the Measles-Mumps-Rubella
(MMR) vaccine.
- La Ruta Maya Belize Canoe Race:
The annual Ruta Maya Canoe Race
brings together professional and
amateur paddlers from Central and
North America and Europe every
March. Picture Above, government
telephone company team at 2012
race.
The annual La Ruta Maya Belize
Endurance Canoe race is the longest
race of its kind in Central America.
One hundred and seventy miles of
paddling on the Belize River over the
course of 4 days. The race gets
underway in San Ignacio Town Cayo
District just under the Hawksworth
Bridge. Between 90 and 100 teams
from Belize, U.S.A., Canada, Japan,
the U. K. and other countries
participate.
Starting at 7 in the morning, the
paddlers are challenged by rapids, low
areas that require them to physically
carry their canoes for short distances
as well as winds as they near the
Caribbean Sea.
- History Of The Cross Country Cycling Race:
The idea for the race originated with
Belizean Monrad Metzgen, who on
a trip to one of the villages on the
Northern Highway in 1928 was struck
by the number of bicycles Belizeans
used to attend weekly cricket games
in the Belize Rural area. He pitched
an idea for a sort of cycling
"expedition" to San Ignacio,
testing the cyclists' ability to cope with
a then-badly built Western Road
(now George Price Highway), to
the Governor, who immediately
pledged support and offered a cup as
a prize to the winner of the race. Other
prominent Belizeans Monrad
Metzgen spoke to, including medical
officer Lieutenant Colonel James
Cran, Matron L.M. Roberts of the
Public Hospital, Royal Bank of
Canada local manager Charles
Beattie and Frans Dragten all
donated money and trophies to the
cause.
- Western Ballaz Rolls to Remain As The Only Undefeated Team:
On Saturday night, the Cayo
Western Ballaz (3 - 0) took the
league's only undefeated record
way down south to take on
the winless Toledo Diplomats (0 - 3)
at the Julian Cho Technical
High School. Despite some delays,
the game commenced at 10:15 p.m.,
with the visiting team claiming
the spoils, securing a 96 - 80
victory in Toledo. Cayo Western
Ballaz was led by Richard Troyer,
who set the NEBL scoring record
with 43 points on 71% shooting from
the field, and 5 - 5 from the charity
stripe, while also setting an NEBL
record with 8 three pointers in the game. He finished the game with a
double-double, adding 13 boards to
his stat line, while dishing out 2
assists and tallying 2 steals.
- Guatemala Ex-President Alfonso
Portillo Freed From US Jail:
Former Guatemalan President
Alfonso Portillo has been released
from a U.S. prison after serving a
nearly six-year sentence for taking
$2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan
and laundering funds through U.S.
banks, a prison official confirmed
Wednesday.
Portillo was sentenced to five years,
10 months in prison by U.S. District
Judge Robert Patterson in New
York last May. At the time, he had
already served more than four years
in jail since his arrest in 2010.
- Grace Primary Anglican School Students
explore Belize's Barrier Reef System on
a visit to Hol Chan Marine Reserve:
It is only when we look through the
eyes of the next generation that we
understand the importance of
protecting what we have today. The
Belize Coalition to Save our Natural
Heritage transported 35 students of
Grace Primary Anglican School
from the concrete classroom to the
underwater classroom of the Hol
Chan Marine Reserve, which is part
of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve
System on Wednesday, February 25.
A glass bottom boat opened up the
underwater world of the Belize
Barrier Reef to the awe-filled
students, whom for many the trip was
the first to Belize's offshore.
- Communal Livestock Holding Facility Handed
Over To Cattle Producers In The Belize District:
A Communal Livestock Holding
Facility in Willows Bank was officially
handed over to cattle producers in the
Belize River Valley area at a
ceremony held on Wednesday,
February 18, 2015.
Through the Global Climate Change
Alliance (GCCA), the European
Union in collaboration with the
Government of Belize and United
Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) financed a three-year
project "Enhancing Belize's Resilience
to Adapt to the Effects of
Climate Change".
- Principal-Hate At Arms Of Love School:
At the Arms of Love Primary
School in San Ignacio Town - the
charge is of maladministration not
sexual misconduct. The parents say
the Principal is deliberately difficult and
they want her removed. A month ago,
parents kept their kids home in protest.
Since then, the ministry has gotten
involved and the District Education
officer.
Luis Carballo, thePrincipal Education
Officer of the Cayo District said
that the allegations against her was the
way that she treated the parents and
teachers. And, parents are concern
because of the way the principal has
been treating their children, that she
shouts at them, sometimes pull them
or argues with them or in a way that
they feel it's not necessary.
- Bipolar Disorder:
Bipolar disorder, also known as
bipolar affective disorder (and
originally called manicdepressive
illness), is a mental
disorder characterized by periods of
elevated mood and periods of
depression. The elevated mood is
significant and is known as mania or
hypomania depending on the severity
or whether there is psychosis. During
mania an individual feels or acts
abnormally happy, energetic, or
irritable. They often make poorly
thought out decisions with little regard
to the consequences. The need for
sleep is usually reduced. During periods
of depression there may be
crying, poor eye contact with others,
and a negative outlook on life. The
risk of suicide among those with the
disorder is high at greater than 6%
over 20 years, while self harm occurs
in 30-40%. Other mental health
issues such as anxiety disorder and
drug misuse are commonly
associated.
- Central American Karate Championships:
The Belize Karate Federation, the
national organization of Sport Karate
Clubs, today began welcoming
member nations of Central America
to the Twentieth
"CARMELA DIAZ" Central
American Karate Championships
CCONDEKA which kicks off
tomorrow in San Ignacio, Cayo
District.
Arriving this morning from
Venezuela is global Karate Advocate
and Karateca Mrs. Carmela Diaz
who, along with Central America's top
female Karateca Selenia Campos, will
conduct a workshop tomorrow
morning on the evolving role and
opportunities for Women in Sport.
Carmela Diaz has made her mark
over the decades for lobbying to get
Karate as an Olympic sport which it
will be as of the 2020 Olympics.
- Lin-Wood Rotary Interact Club of New Hampshire,
U.S.A partners with the Rotaract Club of Benque
Viejo to renovate the Pedro Guerra Mena Park:
The Lin-Wood Rotary Interact
Club from New Hampshire, U.S.A.
visited Belize this week to conduct
their International Service Project at
the Pedro Guerra Mena Park in
Benque Viejo del Carmen Town, and
Mary Open Doors in San Ignacio
Town.
On Sunday, February 22, 2015, the
Lin-Wood Rotary Interact Club
partnered with the Rotaract Club of
Benque Viejo to renovate the Pedro
Guerra Mena Park in the New Area
of Benque Viejo del Carmen.
The Interact Club provided the
materials needed to restore the
park while the Rotaractors of the
Rotaract Club of Benque Viejo
volunteered their time to assist with
the park's restoration. The children's
playground was restored to its
original state, the installations in the
park were painted, and the grass was
mowed. In the coming weeks, new
swings (seats) will be installed so that
the children can once more enjoy the
swings.
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- Letters to the Editor
- Public Notices
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