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San Pedro resident
freed of manslaughter charge On Monday we reported on a story in San
Pedro Town where the manager of
Conch Shell Hotel, twenty-nine year old Alejandro Uk died after getting
embroiled in a fist fight with another man in the early hours of
Saturday morning. Uk was recovered from a road in front of the home of
Enrique Peña. Uk subsequently died at the San Pedro Polyclinic
and Peña
was charged with one count of Manslaughter. And in a stunning
development, today Peña is a free man after the post mortem
certified
that Uk did not die as a result of any injury he sustained in the
fight. Instead the autopsy revealed that he died from Acute Pulmonary
Edema, which means he had excess fluid in his lungs. The autopsy also
showed that the facial injuries Uk suffered were superficial and did
not cause any internal damage. Following the results of the post
mortem, the office of the D.P.P. directed San Pedro police to withdraw
the charge of Manslaughter against Peña. CH5
P.U.C. says brace for more blackouts
across the country
Do you remember your parents stories of long
blackouts and family fun
in the dark for prolong periods? Hopefully the memories were good ones
because the country may be returning to those dark ages, sooner than
you think; so brush the dust off your old lamps. Belize Electricity
Limited sent out a fax on Monday saying that the power supply situation
for the entire country may worsen starting Wednesday. B.E.L.’s main
supplier of power, Mexico’s Comision Federal de Electricidad has
generation problems. The reason? C.F.E. has informed B.E.L. that one of
its large generators has to be taken offline for maintenance. Whenever
there is a blackout, B.E.L. would normally use its Gas Turbine to
restore the system, but that is out of service while undergoing
maintenance over the next two weeks. And to complicate matters there is
also loss of power supply from Hydro Maya Limited, which has suffered
damage due to mechanical failure. Hydro Maya, C.F.E. and B.E.L.’s gas
turbines would normally generate over forty-eight Megawatts of power
for the country and since they are all under repair or out for service,
that can only translate into countrywide power outages.
B.E.L. representatives declined an on camera interview. However, the Public Utilities Commission isn’t taking the issue lightly. The P.U.C. has issued an advisory stating that the government and B.E.L. are negotiating with the Mexican Government to secure power for this period. Belize Aquaculture Limited (B.A.L.) has also been contracted to temporarily supply up to ten Megawatts of excess capacity and energy from B.A.L.’s generation facility. The P.U.C. advises consumers to heed schedules of planed outages; limit the amount of power that is used at home; and make arrangements for alternative power supply in case of emergency situations. We at Channel Five advise you to stock up on batteries and candles. We’ll have more on this developing situation in tomorrow night’s newscast.CH5 CYDP Looking for
Answer
to Youth Violence 
Every night in the news, there’s some other
report of wanton
violence, some lawless assault that leaves us all shaking our heads.
And in Belize City, eight times out of ten, if it involves a gun and a
shooting victim – those involved are likely to be youths, very
often-times teenaged minors. For many who are involved in intervention
it’s a bewildering phenomenon, almost like a generation of child
soldiers coming of age, with their rite of passage as a violent crime.
How to fix it? For sure, there’s no cure-all, and no magic wand that
will make it all better. But that doesn’t mean it’s hopeless, and today
the CYDP launched a two day summit to bring together all the players in
the hopes of finding an antidote to youth violence.
Jacqueline Godwin Reporting, Can this gathering of men, women and young persons accomplish what has been tried for so long but without much success? That is, reducing the level of crime and gun violence. Today it stands at fifty five murders countrywide. In the Belize District alone the number is 32 but what is even more staggering is that twenty seven of them were youths from Belize City. The bloodshed is out of control and cleaning up the mess will be quite a challenge. But it’s one that a first national juvenile summit on crime and delinquency will attempt to make a breakthrough on by first uniting all stakeholders. That’s twenty organizations and by working together, participants hope they can save young lives and create a greater sense of security in the society. But is this realistic? 
Supt. Edward Broaster, Executive
Director – CYDP
“The summit is very realistic. I think that too often we tend not to look at the detours or have signs in place where they shouldn’t be in place and we have our young people going down a destructive path and we are not coming together in terms of addressing the problems that face our young people and I am sure while CYDP might have part of the answer, there are other stakeholders that will be participating in this summit that will have other components and factors that are much important as well and we can come together in creating one policy to address the problem.” Hon. Carlos Perdomo, Minister of National Security “We know the problems but the solutions we have said from the beginning have to be a multi-sectoral response. It cannot be something that is left to the law enforcement authorities, even though we play a very important part. But some of the socials issues that are at the roots of some of the bigger issues of crime and violence, we need to look at.” Dr. Carolyn Gentle–Genitty, Researcher/Asst Prof – IA “So by the time they are 18, what do we want them to look like, what services do we want them to actually have and through that create a service delivery system, that is the anticipation.” But how do you convince troubled youths to stay away from
crime when they see public officials and officers of private entities
acting with little or no regard for the law? 15 CONFIRMED CASE OF INFLUENZA “A”
H1N1 NOW IN BELIZE
Fifteen
more confirmed cases of Influenza “A” H1N1 has been reported in Belize.
The cases like the previous five are connected to the Corozal free zone
and presented mild flu like symptoms. However, the ministry reported
today that all these cases have recovered and they await the results of
twenty two outstanding samples that were sent to CAREC early this
month. The ministry continues with enhanced surveillance and education
countrywide and advises the public to take the necessary precautions to
avoid further transmission. Again the ministry advises that there is no
need to limit mass gatherings at this time and people exhibiting flu
like symptoms should report to the nearest health facility.LoveFM
The South Ambergris Caye Neighborhood Watch general meeting is scheduled for today, Wednesday July 15, 2009. The meeting will be held at The Sandbar Restaurant at 7:00pm prompt. Police Cadets will be selling $5 raffle tickets to help raise funds to have their uniforms sewed. Please attend and bring a neighbor! Planned Power
Outages
July 18, 2009 will be Feeder 1 which is all of Barrier Reef Dr. This will commence at 6:00 am until 12:00 Noon July 19, 2009 will be Feeder 4 which is all of Angel Coral Dr from Hol Chan Office, Coconut Dr., to the end of the line @ Boca Ciega. This will commence at 6:00 am until 12:00 Noon *****
Recycle your aluminium cans.For the next several months Wil Lala needs your uncrushed bright colored or silver aluminium cans for an art project. Call Wil at 226 2716 or email lala2@btl.net and Wil will come pick them up.
THOUGHT
OF THE DAY
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet Isaac Bashevis Singer
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