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Northern STAR -Tel: 629-1308 or 636-1409 - Email: [email protected] - Friday December 09, 2011 Page 1 No. 01 Tuesday November15, 2011 Price: $1.00 No. 03 Friday December 09, 2011 Price: $1.00 TwoT wHounded Hund reandd an dT wTwenentyty FFiiveve mmoorree H Houousese Lo tLos! ts! On Thursday 1st. DecemberAAdelante Con Orange Walk North ! Gaspar Vega stated that he the residents of Orange Walk “will continue lobbing the North in the Trail Farm Area government in Cabinet for received a high spirited visit every benefit I can bring to from their Area Representative the deserving Constituency Hon. Gaspar Vega who was of Orange Walk North”! accompanied by senior officials of the Ministry of The people of Orange Natural Resources. Walk North openly displayed their gratitude to Two hundred and twenty-five their representative and to House Lots were issued to the the hard working team of people in the Orange Walk senior officials of the Constituency. The lots are in Ministry of Natural the Bishop Martin School Area Resources present there. of Trial Farm. This land was bought by the Government of In giving to the present Belize and surveyed at no cost mothers and fathers their to the recipients who will only right to land the Hon. have to pay seven hundred Gaspar Vega told to us that dollars to attain their Land “this is the only way to Title. truly safeguard the future of their children. Adelante con During his address the Area Orange Walk North!” Hon. Gaspar Vega Representative and Deputy See photos on Pg.12 Prime Minister of Belize Hon. Giving to the present, safeguarding the future. The Corozal Free Zone. The reality today! Inside from $30,000 profit - $901,000.00 a year this Issue David Akierman Executive Chairman of Party Government. Along with ( Pg. 11) Corozal Free Zone that new government came our Takeda Recipes Exculsive Report. new management for the Corozal ( Pg. 4) Free Zone. The expectation of From the Publisher In February 2008 the investors at the Zone was General Elections brought riddled with questions. Changes ( Pg.5/14/15/17) the dawn of a new United were met with skepticism Embracing our History Democratic Continued -page 2 ( Pg. 3) Thoughts across the Rosendo ‘Chendo’ Urbina Jr. and Family miles Threatened ( Pg. 11) On Sunday, December 4th shortly after 6pm while exiting his compound Faces and Places of in the Honey Camp area, Rosendo ‘Chendo’ Urbina Jr. and his wife Belize Becky Urbina were ambushed by a group of five men dressed in camouflages and masked. They were held at gunpoint for a period of ( Pg. 22/23) time where they were threatened and intimidated into paying a large amount International News of money. Continue on page 18 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com Page 2 - Northern STAR -Tel: 629-1308 or 636-1409 - Email: [email protected] - Friday December 09, 2011 Editorial The Corozal Free Zone. The reality today! Continued from front page 3. The Zone’s Infrastructure was upgraded. Streets paved, drainage improved drastically which automatically downgraded the flooding problems. Garbage collection n this week’s edition I I under this new Corozal Free would like to take time to say Zone (CFZ) Management has CONGRATULATIONS to been more cost effective as all the Police Officers. Not the services has been greatly only the ones who busted improved with the the Mexican National with procurement of two the one hundred and eleven compactor trucks. We packages of cocaine but restructured the entrance to those who are never Continuous flow of traffic of purchasers from Mexico into the Zone the CFZ landscaping to give acknowledge in the media. as millions of dollars were at was scattered all over the a more picturesque view of stake and the new direction place and the drainage was a CFZ. Policing is not a small job was uncertain. huge problem irrespective of and the reward is next to the fact that the then P.U.P 4. We completely upgraded none, while the responsibility From the inception of the Government paid two million and restructured the Security is, to respond promptly to takeover of this new dollars for a thorough Services under CFZ anyone who shouts management of the Corozal restructuring. Management creating a more POLICE! Free Zone it was noticed that investor and visitor friendly the complete network was in 5. There were repeated atmosphere while improving The media often goes mute shambles. A lot of work had incidences of fire. the working conditions of the when there is a peaceful to be done and drastic employees. (Security hut, celebration, public activity measures had to be 6. Garbage collection was booths and bathroom facilities or days of calm in the implemented in light of the privatized yet the zone was were upgraded with all country. This is because sorrowful situation we maintained in very unhygienic amenities) We have a more their barometer which is encountered therein. conditions. visible security patrols which used to measure the increased investor and visitor performance of the Police The Corozal Free Zone was plagued with the The Corozal Free Zone confidence while reducing the Department is automatically under this new spate of burglaries. deactivated when there is no following problems before the advent of our management today has Yet our management has seen dirt, no complaint, no realized the following. savings of over $120,000.00 criticism to be leveled new management in 2008. perannum by centralizing the against the Department. 1. The administration of the security services. Case in point; lately you 1. Gross mismanagement of Zone was restructured and Continued on page 4 would believe that the G.S.U people well capacitated were has been the Corozal Free Zone finances reflecting in the bills put in place. The result was disband because not a word that we established a better has been said in the media accountable to the Banks and The Northern Star the Private Sector. The audit Management / Private Sector Newspaper about them. Ever wonder relationship recognizing the why? for 2007 reflected profit of only $30,000.00 Bze. per Corozal Free Zone Chamber Publisher: annum. of Commerce as the liaison While no member of the between management and The Northern Star Newspaper media would be prepared to investors. Automatically Ltd. put down their pen and trade 2. The Security System was in the most deplorable uplifting investor confidence. Director: jobs with any member of the Vernon Cutkelvin Police Department, not even condition having being 2. We created the sound Managing Director/Editor: for a day; our ink readily runs privatized costing the management $600,000.00 per fiscal management of the Maira Montejo like a ruptured water-main Zone and a transparent when something evolves annum. Printer: financial system where the The Reporter Press that gives us the ever 3. Security Personnel were first year audit reflected slightest reason to point a $901,000.00 profit as 80 Otro Benque Road working under inhumane Orange Walk Town negative finger at the police. compared to $30,000.00 conditions with very limited Belize, Central America resources. previously. We also put in In the movie Ghost Busters place a yearly Social Tel: 629-1308 the theme song had these or 4. The infrastructure was in a Interventions Program to the 636-1409 words, “If there is something tune of some $40,000.00 ............................... strange in your sorrowful conditions. Streets Email: were in bad shape. Garbage perannum. [email protected] Continue on page 12 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com Northern STAR -Tel: 629-1308 or 636-1409 - Email: [email protected] - Friday December 09, 2011 Page 3 THOUGHTS ACROSS THE MILES Saint George of Price lionaire who wants All the house and community to shals.... were encouraged to Belizeans’ money - and do community to encourage Citi- harm Belizean Citizens. NOT want to pay taxes. A zens to give him their alle- Stoning, gunshots, arson.... PUP win would allow the bil- giance - rather that the Relevance: One of the big- lionaire to have his way with COUNTRY. He used the vis- gest problem the once peace- Belize. Different time, same its to encourage class and eth- ful Belize is now fighting is a motive! nic separation. Relevance: massive crime/violence prob- Today’s population is not as lem. 2) Price failed to complete nationalistic and unified as it the prescribed course of needs to be, especially when 12) Price ALWAYS placed Dr. Errol Elrington study at seminary. Rel- faced with threats from out- himself, his family and his TREASON: The offense of evance: Smith explained that side. party well above the interest attempting by overt acts to by the end of Price’s long of Belize and Belizeans. Rel- overthrow the government of reign, things worsened and 8) Price told Pollard that a evance: Belizeans are worst the state to which one owes corruption reached a critical British passport would be ir- off now than when he entered allegiance... mass; continued failure. relevant because Belize would politics 60 years ago; ex- soon become a Department pected, since he went in to QUISLING: A traitor who 3) Price was expelled from of Guatemala. Relevance: look after the interest of a collaborates with the invad- the meeting in London after The totally unfunded claim is scrooge....Shameful and ers of his country... secret, unauthorized schem- still being pushed by the en- Wrong! ing with Granados. Rel- emies of our state. Believe this, there are people evance: Chiquibul, and in- I have offered you a taste of alive today who still worship deed the whole border con- 9) Price had been receiving the material we discussed.

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