Belize Bank Donates to Tatiana Rivero
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tatiana Rivero at Piel Dorada Pageant
Miss Chiquitita Back with a Bang!
Nayobi Rivero was crowned the new Miss Chiquitita of San Pedro over the weekend, bringing back the pageant alive after a 10-year respite. Six beautiful girls lit up the stage with their sparkling personalities and radiant glow. (More on the pageant on Thursday's edition of Ambergris Today)
Gabriella Alexander Knox
Nayobi Rivero
Marcela Bonilla
Leilani Alamilla
Adriani Heniks
Victoria Moguel
Monday, March 22, 2010
Burnt Crossarm Causes National Power Outages
- Press Release - At 2:46 p.m. on Sunday, March 21, 2010, power supply was lost to the national grid. Work crews were dispatched to the field immediately and identified a burnt crossarm on the 115 kV transmission line in the vicinity of San Estevan Village in Orange Walk as the cause of the power outage.
Power supply was restored to sections of Belmopan, San Ignacio, Belize City and Ladyville within 25 minutes to one hour; however the system collapsed again at 3:57 p.m.
By 4:42 p.m. power supply was restored to Dangriga, Independence, Punta Gorda and sections of San Ignacio, Ladyville and Belmopan; by 5:08 p.m. power supply was restored to Orange Walk and Corozal; by 6:23 p.m. power supply was restored to Belize City and at 8:13 p.m. power supply was restored to San Pedro Town.
In addition to mobilizing work crews and equipment, BEL also had to carry out repairs to a malfunctioning switch at the Buena Vista Substation.
BEL work crews completed replacement of the burnt crossarm at 7:30 p.m. and while in the process of restoring the transmission line between Buena Vista and Maskall, power supply was lost to the national grid at 8:00 p.m. Within 17 minutes power was fully restored to all parts of the country. BEL continues to investigate the cause of the burnt crossarm.
BEL apologizes for any inconvenience caused by these outages. For more information call 0-800-BEL-CARE (0-800-235-2273). (END)
ABC Pre School Products of Belize
The ABC Pre School had a demonstration of the products of Belize as a part of child stimulation month. A few of the Belizean products that were presented included: Marie Sharp Products, Annie's Pastries and Crystal Juices, to name a few.
Fire Averted at RC School
A fire disaster was averted by the San Pedro Fire Department as they were quick to respond to an emergency call at the San Pedro Roman Catholic School. On Saturday, March 20, the concession stand/booth at the school's five-a-side compound was in the initial stages of catching on fire. It seems that some electrical wiring had sparked a small fire that was quickly put out before any major damage was made to the structure.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Pre School Sports Day
The SanPedro Pre School had a demonstration this morning by the Fire department at the Saca Chipas Field. The Firemen were kind enough to demonstrate the students the different equipment on the fire truck as well a fire drill was performed on how to prevent fire hazards.
The San Pedro Pre School and ABC Pre School had a fun day filled with different Sports such as Sack Race with all their parents.
Ramon's Village Fancy Fence
For quite some time, since renovations started at Ramon's Village, people were wondering what will the final look of the resort's fence would be like. It was one of the last things Ramon's Village tackled in their $1Mil renovation project and a couple weeks back the fence was finally complete. WOW! We think it looks great!
Ramon's employee Fidel wanted his picture taken :)Thursday, March 18, 2010
Body of Officer Sanchez taken to City
Police Officer Shooting Update
Sources within the Police Department and witnesses have informed Ambergris Today that Officer Sanchez was drinking while off duty at Wet Willy’s Bar where he encountered Sgt. Paulino Reyes who was on duty. After an argument involving Sanchez at the bar commenced, Sgt Reyes called the San Pedro Police Station for assistance to remove him from the premises. This is when two BDF soldiers arrived at Wet Willy’s and took Sanchez back to the Police Station. Officer Sanchez had by then exchanged threatening words with Reyes and officers at the station. As Reyes arrived at the station and returned to his room at the police barracks, he was assaulted by Sanchez who clubbed him on the head with an iron rod. Sanchez proceeded to load his gun and that is when Sgt. Reyes was forced to fire his weapon at Sanchez in self defense, which fatally injured him. The body of Officer Sanchez was taken to Belize City at about 1:15p.m.
Corporal Gavin Sanchez
Emergency Neighborhood Watch Meeting
Hon. Manuel Heredia addressed neighborhood watch presidents
Presidents of all the different neighborhood watches on the island sat down at an emergency meeting with Area Representative and Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation and Mayor Elsa Paz yesterday, March 17, to tackle the main issue that is affecting our island at the moment – Crime. A recent crime spree on the island has residents on alert and many neighborhoods in fear. The emergency meeting was called in order to come up with an agenda of important issues of which to present to the Minister of Defense and National Security. Hon. Heredia is to present these issues to his colleagues in Government and the Minister of National Security who will sit down on a private meeting along with all the neighborhood watch presidents that is scheduled to take place next week. Issues on the agenda included: improving the lack of resources of the San Pedro Police Department, a security and patrol plan for the upcoming Easter break, Boosting Belize Defense Force (BDG) personnel on the island, private and professional training for private security officers and monitoring of arrivals at the local water taxi terminals. (More on this in next week’s issue of Ambergris Today Newspaper)
