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	<title>The San Pedro Sun News &#187; Community and Society</title>
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		<title>BWSL addresses water pressure problem in Boca Del Rio</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/21/bwsl-address-water-pressure-problem-in-boca-del-rio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The San Pedro Sun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aaron Locke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belize Water Services Limited (BWSL)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boca del rio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherie Chenot-Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new pipe lines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Belize Water Services Limited (BWSL) is extending the main water line to neighborhoods in the Boca Del Rio area. Work on the streets commenced about a week ago and residents have been experiencing inconsistent water availability. According to Aaron Locke, BWSL district manager, the new pipe lines that are being installed are necessary to improve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IDAHO: International Day Against Homophobia &amp; Transphobia, May 17th</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/17/idaho-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-may-17th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The San Pedro Sun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bisexual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caleb Orozco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IDAHO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesbian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Shoman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transphobia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IDAHO is an annual event created in 2004 to draw worldwide attention to ensuring human rights for all, regardless of their sexual orientation.]]></description>
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		<title>John McAfee Orange Walk Estate up in Flames</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/16/john-mcafee-orange-walk-estate-up-in-flames/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/16/john-mcafee-orange-walk-estate-up-in-flames/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor, The San Pedro Sun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McAfee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange Walk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fire officials in the Orange Walk District have confirmed to The San Pedro Sun that at mid-afternoon today, May 16th a wild bush fire in Carmilita Village just outside of Orange Walk Town, Belize has consumed three structures on the John McAfee Estate. Officials are still on the scene battling the fire but it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Service Information Day celebrated in San Pedro</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/16/public-service-information-day-celebrated-in-san-pedro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Guerrero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freya Parham-August]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honorable Senator Charles Gibson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Public Service Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miriam Codd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Information Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public service]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This year’s theme for Public Information Day is “Belize Public Service: Facing the Challenges Embracing the Changes, while Striving for Excellence and Professionalism.”]]></description>
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		<title>Emaciated Spider Monkey rescued on Ambergris Caye</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/crime-and-violence/2013/05/15/emaciated-spider-monkey-rescued-on-ambergris-caye/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/crime-and-violence/2013/05/15/emaciated-spider-monkey-rescued-on-ambergris-caye/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime & Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pets and Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ambergris Caye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Crocodile Education Sanctuary (ACES)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belize Forestry Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherie Chenot-Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rescued]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Pedro Police Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarteneja Village]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spider Monkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourism Police Unit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildtracks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities on Ambergris Caye, acting on information received, launched an operation at a residence in the southwestern tip of the San Pedrito area of San Pedro Town where a spider monkey was rescued. The adult female spider monkey was being held captive and is believed to be in very poor condition and extremely underweight for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caleb Orozco’s case against Attorney General now in deliberation</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/15/caleb-orozcos-case-against-attorney-general-now-in-deliberation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/15/caleb-orozcos-case-against-attorney-general-now-in-deliberation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The San Pedro Sun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caleb Orozco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Hamel Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice Michelle Arana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Shoman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lord Peter Goldsmith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michel Chebat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the case of Caleb Orozco vs Attorney General, the court hearing is officially over, and Chief Justice Benjamin is expected to deliver a decision in July]]></description>
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		<title>Consolidated Waters donates to Rotary for San Mateo residents</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/15/consolidated-waters-donates-to-rotary-for-san-mateo-residents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/15/consolidated-waters-donates-to-rotary-for-san-mateo-residents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The San Pedro Sun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consolidated Water Belize Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Coye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raymond Whittaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rotary Club of Belize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safe drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Mateo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One community on Ambergris Caye that does not have proper access to safe drinking water is San Mateo, situated just north of the heart of Belize’s largest tourism town of San Pedro. Water samples extracted along various sections of the waterlines conducted by Engineers without Borders, as recently as January, 2013, showed that the waters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Crime Stoppers Belize” signs placed across San Pedro town</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/14/crime-stoppers-belize-signs-placed-across-san-pedro-town/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/14/crime-stoppers-belize-signs-placed-across-san-pedro-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The San Pedro Sun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councilor Wally Nuñez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime Stoppers Belize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freddie Gonzalez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabriel “Gaby” Nuñez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luis castellanos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Pedro Town Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crime Stoppers Belize has donated eight “Crime Stoppers Belize” signs to the newly installed Crime Stoppers San Pedro branch. The signs were placed in key points around San Pedro Town. On Monday, May 13th, Councilor Gabriel “Gaby” Nuñez, Councilor Wally Nuñez, SPTC foreman Freddie Gonzalez and SP Chief of Police, Luis Castellanos were up and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: What happens when child animal abusers grow up?</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/12/editorial-what-happens-when-child-animal-abusers-grow-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/12/editorial-what-happens-when-child-animal-abusers-grow-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The San Pedro Sun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime & Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pets & Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Crocodile Education Sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Animal Abusers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crocodile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pet Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamara Sniffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A crocodile was tortured and left for dead in an area that could only be construed as a "kill zone", full of bones and skulls of other animals. The perpetrators are believed to be children. What happens when those children grow up?]]></description>
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		<title>Belize Participates in 18th Annual Bi-District Rotaract Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/11/belize-participates-in-18th-annual-bi-district-rotaract-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/11/belize-participates-in-18th-annual-bi-district-rotaract-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The San Pedro Sun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grisel Carballo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rotaract Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rotary Club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Rotary Club-sponsored youth group: Rotaract of Belize joined other Central American countries in Honduras for their annual Bi-District Conference.]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t have kittens because it’s raining cats&#8230;and more cats in San Pedro!</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/pets-and-animals/2013/05/11/dont-have-kittens-because-its-raining-cats-and-more-cats-in-san-pedro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/pets-and-animals/2013/05/11/dont-have-kittens-because-its-raining-cats-and-more-cats-in-san-pedro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The San Pedro Sun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pets and Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal overpopulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kitten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kittens are adorable, they are fuzzy and cute. Kittens turn into cats, and if not spayed or neutered, two can become eleven million in 9 years! Not cute...]]></description>
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		<title>Belizean students on UK Pestalozzi Scholarship share their experience</title>
		<link>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/10/belizean-students-on-uk-pestalozzi-scholarship-share-their-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sanpedrosun.com/community-and-society/2013/05/10/belizean-students-on-uk-pestalozzi-scholarship-share-their-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pestalozzi International Village Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudolph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sussex Coast College Hastings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UK scholarships such as the Pestalozzi International Village Trust open doors for Belizean teenagers, giving them an opportunity to study abroad.]]></description>
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