38” Pelican Boat goes missing in San Pedro

Tracey Leask of Belize Academy of Diving visited The San Pedro Sun’s office this morning to report of a missing boat. The reports are that between the hours of 10:30pm Monday night and 7:00am Tuesday morning, the boat “Bad Girl” went missing from Caesar Rivero’s work-shop, located in the San Pedrito Area. The vessel was at the workshop getting some maintenance done.
The boat is a 38” Pelican Boat, white in color, propelled by two 200 Horse Power engines. The incident has been reported to the San Pedro Police Department as well as the Belize Port Authority. If this vessel is seen or if anyone has any information assist in the recovery of the vessel, you are asked to please notify the San Pedro Police Department, Port Authority, or contact Tracey Leask and or Mr. Craig Coones at telephone number 600-4753.

A smooth ride...

Drivers up north (across the bridge), bike riders, and even pedestrians, are enjoying the nicely graded roads from the bridge through to the Cloisters thanks to the newly purchased grader from Reef Village.

Every time it rains, this area gets extra muddy and is filled with pot-holes, which of course makes it hard to navigate. With the new purchase, there is a bit of relief from the bad streets...kudos!

Green Reef Receives PACT Grant for Sport Fish Conservation Plan

Press Release - Green Reef - Oct. 1, 2010 - Green Reef was awarded a PACT grant to develop a sport fish conservation plan for Belize. One component of the project is to conduct community workshops with the objective of developing recommendations that will be presented to policy makers for the further development of appropriate conservation and management measures for the protection of critical sport fish habitat.

Four stakeholder community workshops have been planned throughout the country to provide input towards the strategies and actions of the conservation plan. As a key stakeholder for your local destination, Green Reef would like to invite you to attend the community workshop for your area as indicated in the attached invitation. Below are the scheduled dates and locations. Please plan on attending.

Belize Forest Department Issues Press Release Regarding ACES

September 29, 2010 - The American Crocodile Education Sanctuary ( ACES) has been working under the Authority of the Belize Forest Department since 2006. The sanctuary was established to provide a refuge to ‘problem’ crocodiles which would have otherwise have to be killed. ACES also rehabilitates crocodiles for release back into the wild and has also conducted research in the south of the country.
ACES was first allowed to capture and relocate problem crocodiles from Punta Gorda, Belize City and Ambergris Caye but with increasing reports of problem crocodiles from other parts of the country, the organization was given the authority to respond to such reports along with the Belize Forest Department.

ACES has also played an import role in educating locals and foreigners alike on the need for the continued protection of both Morelet's and American Crocodiles in Belize. ACES has been working closely with the Forest Department and have not at any time operated without authorization.

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Belize Forest Department
Headquarters: Forest Drive, Belmopan
Phone Numbers: (501) 822-1524/2079
Email: wildlife@mnrei.gov.bz
Fax: 822-1523

Planned Power Outage - San Pedro Town - Sunday, October 3, 2010

Belize Electricity Limited advises its customers in San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be interrupted from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon on Sunday, October 3, 2010.

Areas to be affected: All of San Pedro Town.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused but this outage is necessary for the company to carry out maintenance work on the San Pedro and Maskall Substations.

For customer inquiries and services call us toll free at: 0-800-BEL-CARE OR 0-800-235-2273. To view scheduled outages via our website visit: http://www.bel.com.bz/services_outages.asp

This notice is for public information purposes only. For more information, contact Belize Electricity Limited, Corporate Communications Department at 227-0954, extension 2502.