Residents at a San Pablo home got a pretty big scare early this morning, as a fire broke out on the second floor of a concrete home at about 8:30am. Tenants on the ground floor of the building called the fire department as the smell of smoke filled their apartments. The Marin family, who reside in the second floor, had already left their home and nobody was there at the time of the fire. According to police officers at the scene, the fire was caused by a window AC unit which ignited a bed in one of the rooms. The concrete building mostly suffered smoke and water damage but the room where the fire started was totally damaged.
On Sunday, June 13, the newly formed San Pablo/San Marcos Neighborhood Watch hosted a membership drive at the Catholic Church in San Pablo to encourage neighbors to get together and support each other in the fight against crime in their community.
There was lots of good food, cold drinks, and fun had by all. Thanks to everyone who donated a dish for the pot luck. Thanks also to our generous sponsors for their raffle prize donations (Carts Belize, Javi’s Store, Ms. Sara’s Kitchen, The Rum, Cigar & Coffee Shop, Sausage Factory, Scotia Bank, Tacogirl.com). If you live in the San Pablo or San Marcos neighborhoods and would like to join the Neighborhood Watch, please email spsmnw@gmail.com or you can call Jesse Cope - 226-3045, Susan Glaze - 601-7895, or Peter Miron - 226-2669. Remember … there is strength in numbers.
Another robbery took place last night in the San Pablo Area on the early house of Saturday, October 10th. Nano’s Store located on Pearl Street was a victim of a robbery that took place around 1:00am. Access to the store was gained by breaking the side show window. According to unofficial reports, the robbers went away with the cash register and liquor. Police arrived shortly at the scene and are still investigating the robbery. This comes only about a month after the Espinosa Store robbery where armed robbers shot and injured two store employees on the same street. More information on this story on next week issue of the newspaper.
Gun shots were fired at an attempted robbery last night and two people were injured during an altercation at Espinosa's Store located on Pearl Street at the San Pablo Area. Shortly after 9:30p.m. on September 1, two masked men entered the store and held up shop attendant, Juan Jose Lopez Espinosa and security guard Alvaro Ramos. According to witnesses at the scene, it was after the shop attendant and the security guard put up a struggle against the two assailants that the gun shots were fired. Lopez was shot in the face but is in a stable condition while Ramos was shot in the back and was listed in a critical condition. Both men were airlifted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) in Belize City. No arrests have been made and the Police launched an intensive search in the general area, and residents were questioned. The incident takes place just days before the community is to meet with Police personnel and other officials to address the issues of crime in San Pedro and Caye Caulker communities.
Crime Meeting
The Belize Tourism Industry Association, mindful that crime bears a negative impact on conducting business in tourism, continues to advocate for initiatives that seek to combat crim. In light of this, BTIA national is commencing a series of destination meetings to discuss the state of crime in areas with a view to present recommendations for fighting crime in the locales.
The first in a series of such meetings will be in San Pedro for Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker. The meeting is slated for Friday, September 4, 2009, at Sunbreeze Hotel at 3:00p.m. to discuss crime in Caye Caulker and 5:00p.m. to discuss crime in San Pedro.
Recognizing the seriousness of our concerns, on hand we expect the CEO Ministry of National Security, the commissioner of Police, the Head of TPU Unit, the Director of Tourism or Director Product Development, the CEO or representative of Ministry of Tourism and the NICH representative for Park and Attraction security.
Residents at a San Pablo home got a pretty big scare early this morning, as a fire broke out on the second floor of a concrete home at about 8:30am. Tenants on the ground floor of the building called the fire department as the smell of smoke filled their apartments. The Marin family, who reside in the second floor, had already left their home and nobody was there at the time of the fire. According to police officers at the scene, the fire was caused by a window AC unit which ignited a bed in one of the rooms. The concrete building mostly suffered smoke and water damage but the room where the fire started was totally damaged.
