The young detainees: Jahnon Trapp, 18 and Leonard …belizenews.com/thestar/cayostar181.pdf · By...

Sunday, March 8, 2009 - STAR - Tel:- 626-8822 & 626-3788 - Email:[email protected] -

Please Turn To Page 11

*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR8*8TAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*

*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR*STAR

*STAR

*STAR

*STAR

*STAR

STA

R*S

TAR

*STA

R*S

TAR

*STA

R

No. 151 SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 Price $1.00 No. 181 Sunday, March 8, 2009 Price $1.00

Introducing your new UDP Town Council (2009-2012) for the Twin Towns of San Ignacio andSanta Elena PHOTO-(L-R) Eduardo “Eddy” Cano, Moses Chuc, Desol Neal, Mayor John

Francis August Jr., Bernadette Fernandez, Earl Trapp and Vanessa Neal (PAGE 4)

SANTA ELENA TOWN,Cayo, Wednesday, March 4,2009: Mr. Greedy’s Pizzeria on theWestern Highway in Santa ElenaTown was attacked in a secondrobbery. Police reports that it wasshortly after 8:00 p.m. onWednesday, March 4, whentwo male persons of darkcomplexion entered the businessestablishment. One of them wasarmed with what appeared to bea 9mm handgun and the otherwas brandishing a machete. Upon entering, the gunmanpointed the gun at owners/brothers Chris and JonathanCariddi who were both insidethe pizzeria along with theirgirlfriends, Chris’s infant child,

The young detainees: Jahnon Trapp, 18 and Leonard Pandy, 20two waitresses and the cook.They were all monitoring the

results of the municipal electionson television.

When the gunman turned andpointed the gun to the infantchild, the father, Chris jumpedin to protect his child and in theprocess he was attacked by themachete man who lashed himwith the machete at least twotimes across the back and onetime in the head. Chris eventually got the upperhand on the machete man andadministered a beating on him.By this time Jonathan becamefree and he joined in the beating. The two waitresses fled forprotection into an inner sideoffice and they exited the

- STAR - Tel:- 626-8822 & 626-3788 - Email:[email protected] - Sunday, March 8, 2009

“The Newspaper that cares anddares to bring out the truth”

Publisher: Alberto AugustEditor: Nyani Azueta-AugustCirculation: Errol Gonzalez

42A Western Highway,Santa Elena, Cayo,

Belize, Central America

Tel: 626-8822 or 626- 3788

belizenorth.com/thestar.htmbelizenews.com/thestar

[email protected]

Anyone who studies the politicaltrend in Belize could havepredicted a low voter turnout inWednesday’s municipal elections. Belizean voters are intelligentpeople. They are keen observersand in most cases, they are incontinuous pursuit for improvedconditions of living for themselves,their families and for progress anddevelopment within theircommunities. The People’s United Party(PUP) government of 2003-2008demonstrated how a centralgovernment can usurp this basichuman desire. That era clearlydemonstrated how a centralgovernment can halt progress anddevelopment by victimizingopposition local governments Voters can still recall that it wasnone other than the then PrimeMinister, Said Musa who publiclytold the nation, in the wake of themassive defeat suffered by his partyin the March 2006 municipalelections that “the people havespoken and they have spokenloudly.” Notwithstanding hisparty’s massive defeat at themunicipal polls, he pledged to work

collection company as paymenton a bloated and burdensomearrangement. With the lack of its monthlysubvention the San Ignacio/SantaElena Town Council was left tofend for itself as it struggled eachweek to raise the funds to pay itsemployees. In fact throughout the entirecountry, UDP Mayors were facedwith the weekly challenge to findsalaries for Council employees. By the time employees receivedtheir paychecks on Fridays, thecycle continue as early as thefollowing Monday morning, UDPMayors began scrambling to comeup with salaries for the next Friday. Operating under these harshconditions therefore left very little,if any time for the Mayors toconcentrate on project forthe development of theirmunicipalities. While the current leader of thePeople’s United Party, JohnBriceño continues to find excusesin a feeble attempt to justify thetrashing his party took at thepolls in Wednesday’s municipalelections, the harsh reality is thatthe actions of his party, whilst ingovernment, is now coming back

Elections and Improving thestandard of living for all Belizeans

with the new UDP Town Councils. No sooner had Said Musapledged his support when hebegan unleashing the worst form ofvictimization and political narrowmindedness the likes of which thenation had never seen before. The most notable vindictiveaction of the last Said Musagovernment was the disbursementof September celebration funds tounelected PUP standard bearersacross the nation while totallyignoring all duly elected UDPMayors and Area Representatives. In that repressive era, votersrecall that the Ministry of Worksbegan operating on instructions torefrain from doing any works onroads and streets within townlimits. The municipal streets weredeteriorating at a rapid pace whileTown Councils could hardly findfunds for basic expenditure muchless for costly street maintenance,and so entire communities wereselfishly victimized. Furthermore, in the San Ignacio/Santa Elena scenario, monthlysubventions, payable to theCouncil, were diverted directly intothe account of a private garbage

to haunt him. Generally the residents in anycommunity are seeking ways toimprove their living conditions andso they realize that, this early aftera general election is hardly the timeto elect an opposition party at themunicipal level for, although thePUP are no longer in centralgovernment, they fear a repetitionto the 2006-2008 vindictiveexperience. Almost immediately after theFebruary 7, 2008 general electionvictory of the United DemocraticParty, the people of San Ignacio/Santa Elena experienced somethingthey had not seen in many, manyyears and that was the sight ofMinistry of Works equipment andworkers engaged in therehabilitation of municipal streets. The people are desirous ofseeing a continuation of this levelof cooperation that was missing inprevious years. They don’t want to go back to thedays when opposition Mayorswould have had to be out of theirminds to even think aboutapproaching their local Ministry ofWorks with a request for assistancein the maintenance of municipalstreets. The next round of municipalelections in March 2012 will be adifferent experience as it comeswithin less than a year of the 2013general elections. The outcome of the 2012municipal elections will be apreview of what is to come in 2013,in like fashion as the March 2006municipal election was a directreflection of the 7th February 2008general election results. The United Democratic Partymust therefore remain focused. Itmust steer clear of even theperception of corruption whilstseeking to improve the standard ofliving for all Belizeans.


SAN IGNACIOTOWN, CayoMonday, March2, 2009: After engaging inseveral minorcrime of violencewithin thecommunity, an 18year old SantaElena boy todaygraduated into themajor leagues as heis now facing amore seriousattempt murdercharge. A police pressrelease informs ofthe arrest of

We AMS To Please

Clifford “Preck Preck” Neal Jr., 18,

Clifford “Preck Preck” NealJr., 18, Belizean laborer of aMabel Pitts address in SantaElena. The release informs thatit was shortly after 6 o’clock onthe evening of Saturday,February 28, 2009 when theywere summoned to the SanIgnacio Town Hospital wherethey came upon a male

person undergoing emergencytreatment of several stabwounds to the body. The injuredperson was identified as AmirRodriguez of a George PriceAvenue Address in SantaElena. He was later transfered,in a critical condition, to the KarlHeusner Memorial Hospital inBelize City.

Police investigation revealedthat the victim was socializingwith some friends at the Pit PanClub, Savannah Area, SanIgnacio Town when an altercation erupted resulting in Nealallegedly attacking Rodriguezand in the process inflictingseveral stab wound toRodriguez’ body. Clifford “Preck Preck” Neal Jr.appeared in court on Monday,March 3 and was remanded tothe central prison in Hattieville.He is scheduled to return to courton Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Specializing in General AutomotiveRepairs and Servicing.

RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE SERVICE!!


Central North North East TOTALNAMESAUGUST, John 1075 1105 526 2706CANO, Eduardo 1246 1478 702 3426CHUC, Moises 1264 1526 750 3540FERNANDEZ, Bernadette 1302 1605 798 3705NEAL, Desol 1290 1455 724 3469NEAL, Jeanene 1312 1523 760 3595TRAPP, Earl 1298 1581 785 3664

MENDOZA, Jose 443 393 225 1061FLORES, Yola 571 487 281 1339GUERRA, Marlene Torres 563 497 287 1347LISBEY, Nasim 551 579 318 1448MALDONADO, Gabriel 528 535 315 1378MARR, Joe 649 521 301 1471ZAIDEN, Luis 520 526 321 1367

AYALA, Luis 35 91 11 137CRUZ, Alfonzo 356 626 330 1312

REGISTERED VOTERS 3930 4101 2078 10109 VOTER TURN OUT 2030 2311 1134 5475CONSTITUENCY Central North North East

BELIZE, Wednesday, March4, 2009: Municipal elections country-wide were held today as voters,in seven towns and two cities,took to the polls to electlocal leaders to serve them forthe next three years. There were a total of 67 seatsup for election – seven in eachof the six towns and BelmopanCity and eleven in Belize City. The voter turnout was notsurprisingly low as voterstrickled into the polling stationsacross the country. In comparison to previousyears, the results wereannounced rather early as theElections and BoundariesCommission experimented witha new counting process wherebythe votes were counted at therespective polling stationsinstead of at a central station ineach municipality as waspreviously done. By as early as 10:30 p.m., theresults began coming in and by2:00 am, the counting was overacross the country. The United Democratic

Party recorded yet another bigvictory as it captured 64 of the67 vacant seats. All seats countrywide went tothe United Democratic Partyexcept for three in Orange WalkTown. This is the same amount ofseats that the UDP won in theMarch 2006 election, the onlydifference being that this timearound UDP Mayors wereelected in all nine municipalitiesas opposed to one PUP Mayorin the 2006 elections who waselected in Punta Gorda. In the San Ignacio/Santa Elenaelections, voters from threeconstituencies namely CayoNorth, Cayo Central and CayoNorth East took to the polls.From a total of 10, 109registered voters on the list, only5,475 or 54.15% cast their voteson election day. The following is a break downof voter turnout and the resultsof the San Ignacio/Santa Elenaelection whereby all 7UDP candidates were electedto serve for the next threeyears.


ARIES(March 22 TO April 20)

There will be a lot ofpreoccupation at thework front as yourideas are likely to bemet with resistance.Relationship with col-leagues will need to be

sorted out. Make sure that the an-ger or the irritation is notmisdirected at family or peoplewho are dependent on you. Takecare to incorporate a simplespiritual regimen into your routine.Lucky numbers : 9, 21, 43.

TAURUS (April 21 to May 21)

This week brings your strengthsto the fore and you areable to take on thechallenges in a fairnew light. What isparamount at thismoment is to keep

your focus and go for the kill youare aiming for professionally. Therecould be some grim undercurrentsat work but there will be noconfrontation in the open. You willneed to take care of your health.Lucky numbers : 6, 20, 52.

GEMINI(May 22 to June 21)

You will be drawn to close apending matter. It willbecome imperative todeal with it. There hasbeen quite a bit ofdillydallying with it

but you will have to take mattersin your own hands. You will bebrimming with new ideas but therecould be many roadblocks in theirimplementation. There will bemany demands from yourfamily also. Patience at this timewill pay off brilliantly. Luckynumbers : 5, 23, 36.

CANCER (June 22 to July 23)

This week has you on your toesas there will be muchto be done sociallyand professionally.The latter part can behandled with easebut it is the former

that has you worrying.Entertaining people with diversepersonalities can be a dauntingtask. Single people could run intoa suitable partner. However, it willdo well to sound out the person

before getting into any kind ofcommitment. Lucky numbers :2, 28, 65

LEO(July 24 to August 21)

You are able to take time off fromwork and there is alsorespite from thetumultuous feelingsthat you have been ex-periencing. You are fi-nally able to sit back

and relax. This could possibly bebecause of some old friend whosecompany switches gears for you.There will be focus on someactivities that involve communitywelfare and this does a whole lotof good for your internal being.Lucky numbers : 1, 26, 78.

VIRGO(August 22 to September 21)

There will be appreciation fromsuperiors and coopera-tion from yourcolleagues at work.However, there issomething more thatyour heart craves for

and it is some kind of peace thatyou are trying to find withinyourself. You could be a whole lotintrospective and could beadopting newer ways of healingyourself. There will be a strongurge to get away from the humdrumof life to hill stations or healthretreats. Lucky numbers : 5, 15,46.

LIBRA(September 22 to October 23)

There will be remarkabledevelopments in therealm of spirituality.You find a fewanswers that give youtremendous satisfac-tion. On the more

worldly front, there will be pressureon you. The route that will workfor you is of abiding faith in thepeople around you - that you willbe able to muster enough support.Lucky numbers : 13, 80, 94.

SCORPIO (October 24 to November 21)

You are able to put aside themental mess andanguish and deal withsome of the issuesfacing you. Yourrun-in with monetaryissues continues, but it

is easier on you as there aremore funds flowing at yourdisposal. If you have started a newventure recently, it will pay youback quite well, but you will haveto establish a good managementsystem while maintaining goodbusiness principles and workethics. Exercise caution whiledriving. Lucky numbers : 33, 61,89.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) There is some long pending

issue that getsresolved and henceyou are in a betterframe of mind. Workis not totally ignoredbut you are more

engaged in doing somethingconstructive with the people youlove. There will be increasedinteractions with close relatives.Major focus could also be on thework around your house repairs,renovation, buying a new house etc.Lucky numbers : 3, 19, 74.

CAPRICORN(December 22 to January 20)

This is a phase during which youare likely to be suckedinto work completely.You will get to workon a project that youare tremendouslypassionate about.

There will be complete engagementinto this area of activity and youmight end up ignoring your lovedones. However, the fervour ofachievement makes you plungeheadlong into this without anyqualms. Lucky numbers : 8, 27,81

AQUARIUS(January 21 to February 19)

The financial situation becomesmore comfortable foryou. This is one areain which there will beno longer any worriesfor you. You will belending a shoulder to

many troubled people. It is good tocomfort but to take on someoneelse’s worries and let that anguishmanifest in your own life is notgood. There will be some pleasantsocial interactions, the kind thatmake your heart flutter a bit.Lucky numbers : 30, 64, 95.

PISCES (February 20 to March 21)

There will be a strong attachmentwith the elderly in thefamily. You are drawntowards activities thathave scope to putyou in light as anice human being.

However, do not get carried too farinto the trip where all you actionsare simply done for looking goodin the public eye. Take caution notto step into boundaries that otherpeople have drawn. Luckynumbers :34, 76, 98.


By: Wellington C. Ramos On Wednesday, March 4th 2009despite a low turn out throughoutthe country of Belize, the UnitedDemocratic Party (UDP) defeatedthe People’s United Party (PUP)and all the other parties andIndependent candidates whocontested the nationwidemunicipal elections in a landslideby winning 64 out of 67 seats withthe PUP winning three seats inOrange Walk Town. The UDP wonall seats in Corozal Town, BelizeCity, San Ignacio Town, San PedroTown, Belmopan City, BenqueViejo Town, Dangriga Town andPunta Gorda Town. This timearound, they won all the Mayoralseats including the Mayoral seat inPunta Gorda Town which they lostin the last municipal election. InMarch of 2006, the UnitedDemocratic Party (UDP) defeatedthe People’s United Party (PUP)the then governing party in amunicipal election landslide bycapturing all the City Council and

Town Board seats throughout thecountry. They also won all theMayoral seats except the Mayoralseat in Punta Gorda Town. Almostone year after they defeated thePeople’s United Party in thiselection on February the 7th of2008, they followed up bydefeating the PUP and several otherpolitical parties in a GeneralElection landslide by winningtwenty-five seats out of a total ofthirty-one. The issues in those electionswere; corruption, mismanagementof public funds, abuse of power andrunning Belize as if it was thepersonal estate of a few families,friends and cronies. It was such abold and blatant act of abuse, thateven members of the People’sUnited Party became so disgustedwith their own party and votedthem out of power. Since theUnited Democratic Party took overthe reigns of power in Belmopan,they discovered that the previousgovernment abused power because

THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY INBELZE DEFEATED THE PEOPLE’SUNITED PARTY IN A NATIONWIDE

LANDSLIDE MUNICIPAL ELECTION

of many governmental loopholesthat existed at the time they werein power. Since then the UDPgovernment have introducedseveral legislations, someconstitutional reform measuresand safeguards to prevent some ofthose incidents from occurringagain. The Belize UDP governmentwas so bankrupt at the time theytook office, that there was nomoney left with the government tocarry out programs to benefit theBelizean people and the country’sInternational Credit Rating waslow. Not only was it low but theyhad borrowed from almost everyInternational Lending Institution inthe world and was having problemspaying their debts. In Belize most Civil Servantsworking for the TreasuryDepartment were being pressuredby the Minister of Finance to turnin all their revenues as soon as theywere collected to pay their pastdue bills. The new UDPgovernment had to move quicklyto re-negotiate all the outstandingloans owed by the previousgovernment with several lendingagencies to free up some moneyand improve Belize’s financialcredibility in the internationalcommunity with most internationallenders. In the ten years that the

People’s United Party was inpower, they did so much damageto our country that no reasonableand sane person can expect theUnited Democratic Party (UDP) toremedy all these problems in oneyear. Our country is a long wayfrom getting out of our financialmess. The problem in Belize issimilar to the one the Democratsface here with the Republican Partyand George Bush. There is a global financialproblem that we face today inaddition with the financial prob-lems our government inheritedfrom the People’s United Party. Today most of the IndustrializedNations of the world like; theUnited States, Great Britain,Germany and Japan all areexperiencing problems. Thesecountries are far richer than ourcountry Belize and they arestruggling with remedies to copewith their financial crisis. Thecountries that are better off in theworld lend money to the countriesthat are developing and worst off.With this crisis at their door steps,they cannot leave their countriesproblems to lend money and focuson other countries problem. Belizehave a lot of potential and willsurvive this economic crisis be-cause our population is not that

Please Turn To Page 11


SAN IGNACIO TOWN, CayoMonday, March 2, 2009: A 21 year old male resident ofSanta Elena, Cayo was todayremanded to the central prison inHattieville on a charge of maim. San Ignacio police reports thaton Thursday, February 26,2009, Edgar Mayorga, 18,unemployed Belizean of a PeterAugust Street address in SantaElena and a 16 year friend werewalking on George Price Avenuein Santa Elena when they wereapproached by a male personbrandishing a machete. In a statement to the policeMayorga informed that he knowsthe assailant as Carlos whom he

Belizean laborer of #32 George Price Avenue, Santa Elena. He waspositively identified by the victim and was consequently arrested andformally charged the crime of maim. The accused appeared in before SanIgnacio’s magistrate Kathlene Lewis on Monday, March 2 where, due tothe nature of the crime, no plea was entertained. The accused wassubsequently remanded to prison for an initial 9 days, until nextThursday, March 12, 2009.

The Accused, Carlos Vasquez, 21

Tuesday, March 10th at 7:00 pm

showing at CINEMA 7In the old Mall on West Street, San Ignacio

WeBAD presents

“OCCUPATION101”

The National Team thatparticipated in the XIV CentralAmerican Karate Championshipreturned Monday March 2nd.The Championship was heldManagua on the 28th ofFebruary and the 1st of March2009. Athlete Frank Tu lost toHonduran Alberto Armijo inthe kata category and both Frank

and Leon Guild lost in the-75 kgs Kumite. Anne Link advanced to roundtwo by wining her first fightagainst Honduran HeidyMontoya. In the second round,she went up against SalvadoranElena Rivera, and lost 8 pointsto 0. She remained however inmedal contention, and fought forthe bronze against Costa

Rican, Zela Cedeno who did around-house kick in final 10seconds of the overtime edgingAnne for the bronze.During this Championship,the Central American KarateFederation (ConfederaciónCentroamericana de Karate Do- CCONDEKA ) also held it’selection for it’s board for the

period 2009-2013. Salvadoran Oswalds Matawas re-elected president and forthe first time in history, Belizean,Herman Pastor was electedvice-president! It is a greatachievement and honor forBelize serve in this internationalcapacity. The next Central AmericanChampionship will be held inBelize (2010). This will be thefirst time Belize will host achampionship of this magnitude.

had a previous misunderstanding. Mayorgainformed that upon seeing Carlos with themachete, he attempted to escape by runningaway. He said that he dashed into an alleyoff George Price Avenue with Carlos inpursuit. Whilst fleeing, he received a lashacross the back from the machete and whenCarlos caught up with him, Carlos made anattempt to chap him in the head with themachete. The victim reportedly raised hishand to protect his face and in the processreceived a chop wound to the right has. Hisright ring finger was completely chopped offand his middle finger was left hanging bythe skin. He was rushed to the San Ignacio TownHospital where the injury were medicallyclassified as maim. Police investigation ledto the detention of Carlos Vasquez, 21,

Admission: $2.00 Students: $1.00This powerful documentary on the Palestinian-Israeli

issue details life under Israeli military rule, the role of theUnited States, and the major obstacles that stand in the

way of a lasting and viable peace.


I had lunch with two of myunmarried friends. One is engaged, the other is amistress, and of course I havebeen married for over 20 years. We were chatting about ourrelationships and decided toamaze our partners by wearing ablack leather bra, very high heelsand a mask over our eyes. Weagreed to meet in a few days toexchange notes. Here’s how it allwent. My engaged friend: “Theother night when my boyfriendcame over he found me with ablack leather bra, very highheels and a mask over our eyes.He saw me and said, ‘You are

Different Stages In A Relationshipthe woman of my dreams. I loveyou’ and we made love all nightlong. The mistress: Me too! Theother night I met my lover at hisoffice and I was wearing theblack leather bra, very highheels and a mask over our eyesand a raincoat pulled over.When I opened the raincoat hedidn’t say a word, but we hadwild sex all night. Then I shared my story: Whenmy husband came home I waswearing the black leather bra,very high heels and a mask overour eyes. As soon as he came inthe door and saw me he said,‘What’s for dinner, Batman?”

SAN IGNACIO TOWN,Cayo, Wednesday, March 4,2009: Arden Garoy, 25, the accusedmastermind behind the January5, 2009 shooting death ofSecurity Officer JosiahThompson, was today formallyarrested and charged for thefollowing crime: Murder, Robbery,Attempt Murder, Maim, Twocounts of kept unlicensed Firearmand 2 counts of kept unlicensedammunition and the Use of deadlymeans of harm. The case was adjourned untilThursday, April 16, 2009.

The Accused Murderer, Arden Garoy, 25


V A C A N C YMedical Care Coordinator

Belize District Social Security Board

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: March 16, 2009ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL: Above First Class ClerkDUTY STATION: Belize City Branch OfficeSUPERVISOR: Branch Manager

QUALIFICATIONSEducation:· Bachelors Degree in Nursing with at least two years of professional experience

Skills:· In-depth knowledge of the functions of SSB and of organizations service delivery infrastructure and themarket segments we serve.· In-depth knowledge of case management and continuum of care concepts and principles as they relate to chronic cases· Management competencies: Communication, Planning and Administration, Teamwork, Strategic Action, Strategy Execution, Monitoring and EvaluationTechniques, Global awareness, Self management, Effective Interpersonal skills, Ability to follow directions· Must be proficient in Computer Skills (MS Office, Excel, Word and Access or similar database program).· General Management Skills, particularly leadership, coaching, organizing, controlling and decision making; time management and good written and verbalcommunication skills.· Use of information to design individual patient care plans· Proficient in English and Spanish

COMPETENCIESApplicant must be:· Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook, and clear focus on high quality of care· A natural forward planner who critically assesses own performance· Mature, credible, and comfortable in dealing with senior executives· Reliable, tolerant, and determined· Excellent communicator, able to see things from the other person’s point of view· Keen for new experiences, responsibility and accountability· Able to work with others in team based environment

RESPONSIBILITIES· Assessing, planning, coordinating, organizing, implementing and evaluating specific diseases in order to facilitate the utilization of resources for patients toachieve high quality, cost effective outcomes.· Evaluating and facilitating the appropriate utilization of facilities, services and levels of care to develop individualized plans of care based on patient needsand organizational protocols.· Working with multidisciplinary staff, and participating in Quality Improvement processes related to the management of an assigned population.· Function as an expert in standards of care to assure quality services· Assist in the development and training of Primary Care Protocols/Manuals·· Assist in conducting Clinical Audits, Patient Satisfaction Surveys and Facility evaluations·· Identify training needs of PCPs within the NHI program· Conduct regular meetings with PCPs to discuss improving provision of NHI services and report urgent concerns to QAM· Provide training on NHI to staff at branch officeInterested Applicants can send an application letter and updated curriculum vitae to [email protected], or to:

Manager - Human Resource Management ServicesSocial Security BoardBliss ParadeP. O. Box 18City of BelmopanCayo District

Interviewees will be asked for:originals of academic accreditations,letters of recommendation, and otherdocuments which may strengthenhis / her application.

h s o u nBY: David Coombs,

Cayo Chess Coordinator

The Chess Column by DavidCoombs, the Cayo districtcoordinator for the Belize NationalYouth Chess Foundation.belizechess.org This week we will look at thecheckmate puzzle in the diagram.When we learned about pawns Iwrote that there were two otherthings to learn about pawns, one ofthem will be illustrated by thepuzzle.

When a pawn reaches theopposite end of the board it can bepromoted, this means that you canchange it for another piece, whenthe pawn is moved it is promotedas part of the same move. Usuallyyou change it for a queen but youcan choose a rook, bishop orknight. In the puzzle the solution is tomove the pawn from f7 to f8 and

promote to aknight. This attacks theKing on h7(it puts the kingin check) andthere is no escapefor the King.There is nothingthat can capturethe new Knightand the King istrapped by its ownpieces so itis a ‘checkmate’the game isfinished. This is the way the game ofchess is won, when the king isattacked or put in ‘check’ it mustbe saved, if it cannot be savedit is checkmate, the game isfinished, we do not actuallycapture the king, it shouldnever leave the board. Moreabout the king next week.

New information on pieces,the rook moves left or right,forward and back, any numberof squares without jumping.The queen can move like abishop or a rook and is the mostpowerful piece on the board.Now you know about all piecesapart from the king and twospecial moves.

ehC se s oC l u m nT h W ee k l ye


Mon. to Fri. 5 to 7 P.M

Monday: Draft Beer -$3.00

Tuesday: Local Rum -$3.00

Wednesday: Margaritas$9.95

Thursday: Piña Colada -$9.95

Friday: Micheladas -$4.00

Mexican &Belizean Menu

HAPPY HOUR

building through a back door.Jonathan’s girlfriend, Miriam,reportedly sought refuge undera nearby table in an attempt toprotect Chris’s and herself whilethe child’s mother, Sylvia,assisted in warding off theattackers. The brawl continued forseveral minutes during whichone of attackers reportedly triedto escape with Jonathan’s $3,000laptop from off a nearby desk.This was when Jonathanreportedly took hold of a pintbottle and hit him across thehead with it causing the attackerto drop the computer. The brothers continuedadministering beatings to theattackers first inside therestaurant and the beatingcontinue outside as theattackers attempted to flee the

From Front Page

large and if we stick together as onebig family we can feed, cloth andprovide all the needs of our fellowBelizean brothers and sisters whoare in need. With this problem thatwe are facing, now more than everwe need a government thatdemonstrate that they care about allof the Belizean people and not justsome. Now that the United DemocraticParty have won the municipalelections they can continue withtheir development programs toreconstruct Belize’s villages, townsand cities. They are now in controlof the central and municipalgovernments. The people of Belizeprobably felt that this governmentwas just handed to them about oneyear ago and that is not sufficient

time for them to remedy all thedamages done by the People’sUnited Party (PUP) in the last tenyears. However, the members of theUnited Democratic Party (UDP)should try and analyze why manyBelizeans did not come out andvote. If they fail to deliver in thenext four years while they are incontrol of the two governments, theBelizean people could get angryand vote them out of power in thenext General Election which willbe held in the year 20013. As was mentioned earlier in allmy previous articles, third partiesand independent candidates havefailed again to make a significantdent in the political system inBelize. Belizeans know that a thirdparty and an independent candidate

THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN BELZE DEFEATEDTHE PEOPLE’S UNITED PARTY IN A NATIONWIDE

LANDSLIDE MUNICIPAL ELECTION

beating while the beating wasgoing on the police arrived andbefore being appraised of thesituation began to hit Chris andthe cook with their batons. Itwas not until Jonathan informed

the police that they were beingrobbed the police turned theirattention to the two robbers.They were detained andtransported to the police station. Shortly after the police left

Chris collapsed and was rushedto the nearby La Loma LuzHospital. He received a large cutwound to the back of the headwhich required four stitches andseveral cuts, bites and bruises toother parts of the body. He waskept overnight for observationand release the following day. Jonathan received minorbruises Sylvia was bitten severaltimes and the while Miriam wasand the baby emerged unhurt.The detainees had since beenidentified as Jahnon Trapp, 18,unemployed Belizean fromEsperanza Village and LeonardPandy, 20, also a Belizeanunemployed for nearby RedCreek community. Police are in possession of themachete and when the “gun”was retrieved from the scene, itwas found to be a toy but onebearing a very close resemblanceto a real gun. This one wasfitted with functioning real laserdevise which was fitted justbelow the nuzzle of the gun.

The immitation firearm retrieved from the scene of the crime

#31 Bullet Tree Road, San Ignacio Town, CayoTel: 824-2160

cannot do anything for thembecause Belize like most countriesin the British Commonwealthhave a centralized system ofgovernment, in which the party thatcontrols the Central Governmentcontrols and distribute the wealth.These third parties need to do somenationwide grassroots organizing,in order to gain the people’ssupport to join their politicalparties and have a chance to winfuture elections. For the next threeyears, the people of Belize can nowforget about elections andbegin to focus on nationwidedevelopmental projects to build ourcountry Belize so that our people’slives can improve.

From Page 7


Dear Voters Of San Ignacio & Santa Elena;

You came to the polls on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 and voted in free and fair elections. Wesalute you for exercising your right .

A very special Thank You is extended, especially to all those persons who voted for us. Thankyou for placing your vote of confidence in us.

We also extend a heartfelt thank you to the many campaigners who, over the weeks leading upto election day, walked the streets as they went about spreading our team’s message and askingfor your support. We also thank them for bringing out the voters on election day. A special thank you is likewise extended to our three Area Representatives: Hon. Rene Montero,Cayo Central; Hon. Elvin Penner, Cayo North East and Hon. Salvador Fernandez, Cayo North,for the tremendous support they gave us throughout the election.

The political campaign is over and the real work must now begin. We pledge to work hard forthe entire community in delivering the goods and services to EVERY single resident of SanIgnacio and Santa Elena.

During the campaign we presented you with a manifesto outlining some of the projects weintend to undertake during this term in office. This manifesto will form the blue print as wechart the way to continue the progress and development for the mutual benefit of all residents ofour twin towns.

Prime Minister, Hon. Dean Barrow, has made a firm commitment to support the Council. Wewill therefore work very closely with Central Government and our Area Representatives tobring meaningful benefits for all the good people of San Ignacio and Santa Elena.

As we enter this new term in office, we are ever mindful that in three short years we might becoming back asking for your support. As with this campaign just past, we plan to come to youwith a record of major achievements in fulfillment of our manifesto pledge to you.

Once again, Thank you for your support and may God Bless us all.

From: Mayor John Francis August Jr., And Your Six New Town Councillors!!!

The young detainees: Jahnon Trapp, 18 and Leonard …belizenews.com/thestar/cayostar181.pdf · By...

Documents

Transcript of The young detainees: Jahnon Trapp, 18 and Leonard …belizenews.com/thestar/cayostar181.pdf · By...