Caye Caulker Marches Against Crime

In response to the recent murder of Caye Caulker resident Lorleen Young, residents organized a march against crime. People from Ambergris Caye as well as the mainland joined in the protest, which was spearheaded by the Caye Caulker Neighborhood Watch Program. Their message was clear: Stop the violence. Their hope is that their message will be heard, and that it is time for change so that Caye Caulker can once more be considered safe and crime free.

Lions Celebrate World Service Day

Today is celebrated as Lions International World Service Day. Clubs all around the world are engaged in various activities in their respective communities.

As part of their activities, the San Pedro Lions Club distributed garbage drums to various primary schools on the island. Happy World Service Day to all Lions.

Police investigates assault

San Pedro Police is still gathering information regarding an assault that occurred late yesterday evening. Magdalena Chi told police that sometime around 5:00 PM her husband stormed inside her store “Cool Island Clothing,” apparently under the influence of alcohol and started a fight.

Magdalena told police that her husband tried to hit her and at that time ran to a nearby store where she got help. Her husband, 37 year old Geraldo Ack kicked the glass door of the store and sustained injuries. Ack managed to escape after a woman assisted Chi from being hit. The San Pedro Sun will have more information in the next issue of the newspaper.

Synergy brings Islanders to their knees on home turf

Week nine of the Belize Bank Super League brought a re-match on Saturday night when the San Pedro Islanders hosted the Santa Elena Synergy from the west. Earlier in the season the Islanders had blasted Synergy on their home field four to nil and on Saturday, it was all about “honor and respect” for the Islander inside the Ambergris Stadium.
Multiple opportunities saw the visiting Synergy dominating most of the 45 minutes of the first half. At the end of the fist half the score board was blank leaving a bad taste in the mouth of the home team. Moving into the second half, saw a better San Pedro Islanders when veteran footballer Elito Arceo added pressure on the visiting team. However after various clashes, it eventually led to a fist fight within the field causing the expulsion of a player from each team. But the game continued; and in the last few minutes of the game, Synergy capitalized on a keeper error and stroked the net, giving the visiting team a one nil lead in the game. Despite multiple attempts by the Islanders, the ball just kept bouncing off the cross bar. When the long whistle blew at the end of the regular time, the end result was one nil in favor of Synergy. In week ten of the Belize Bank Super League on Sunday October 11th, the San Pedro Islanders will clash with Hattieville in Hattieville Village in a 3:00 PM game.

Lions Cleanup

The Lions Den is spic and span following a clean up work-a-ton held on Sunday, October 4th. Several Lions Members and friends in Lionism joined in the work-a-thon to clean up the Den and offices as well as paint several metal barrels. The barrels are being delivered today, Thursday, October 8th to the various primary schools on the island as part of the Lions International World Service Day and will be used as garbage containers.

The San Pedro Lions Club thanks all Lions and community members who assisted in making the work-a-ton a success.