Help Ted Rino Mckoy Raise funds to document a Jankunu History story

"I am a social entrepreneur and I have started the first Social Enterprise in Belize. I am on a mission to battle social exclusion by empowering young people through the commoditization of local nuances and skills."

"I believe that by globalizing certain aspects of ones culture such as art forms, people can find new motivations to keep their culture alive and to preserve natural environment on which it depends." 

 "Efficient processes that take into account the new reality of the global culture can help to create sustainability as it relates to people and diversity. 
I am a garifuna Economics student looking to enterprise to save my culture."Ted Rino Mckoy

One of His website that was found to raisefunds is tell the community that he wants Document a story about Jankunu.  Ted Rino Mckoy mentioned that the tradition of Jankunu Dance is a story telling about people and art and is recognized by intellectuals as the only truly Native Afro Caribbean Art Form.

“There are many stories about the origin of this ancient art form and many people disagree as they try to understand it. Which ever way Jankunu is an ancient  Afro-Caribbean art form that survived slavery and colonialism not because of resistance but because it is beautiful, says McKoy.

“This Documentary film will tell the story about a group of young boys who are fighting to keep their culture alive by dancing and practicing Jankunu,”, he added.

Co-founder on RocketHub.com, All where the funding website he is using to raise funds process a documentary about the Jankunu Dance. 

Summer Camp Activity in San Pedro

There are two SUMMER CAMPS activity in San Pedro. 1.Camp Basil Jones is a GREAT place to send your child for one week to learn more about our fragile eco system! Please check out their page! I got four kids up there this week! Then there's this one: NEMO SUMMER CAMP.HAVING ITS ONE DAY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS SUMMER CAMP FOR CHILDREN 10 - 16 YRS.
SAN PEDRO WILL BE JULY 28, 2014. 9:00AM - 4:00 PM

WE GOT SPACE FOR 50 CHILDREN ONLY. SO, CALL NOW TO RESERVE YOUR CHILDREN SPACE. CALL 600 - 8672/666 - 7476 OR 206 - 2891.
LET YOUR CHILDREN COME AND HAVE FUN WHILE THEY LEARN ABOUT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Prime Minister leaves the country for medical treatment

Prime Minister Dean Barrow left the country on Sunday, July 13, 2014 for a journey for medical reasons. The Prime Minister will return on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. During his absency , the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Agriculture Hon. Gaspar Vega will serve as the acting Prime Minister.

The No Take Zone helps to improve on Lobster, Conch and Fish

 Fishermen processing conch in Belize's coastal waters. A new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society reveals that no-take zones can help conch, lobster, and other economically valuable species recover from overfishing.

A new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society shows that no-take zones in Belize can not only help economically valuable species such as lobster, conch, and fish recover from overfishing, but may also help re-colonize nearby reef areas.

The report—titled “Review of the Benefits of No-Take Zones”—represents a systematic review of research literature from no-take areas around the world. The report was written by Dr. Craig Dahlgren, a recognized expert in marine protected areas and fisheries management. The report comes as signatory countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity countries are being required to protect at least 10 percent of their marine territory.

“Belize has been a leader in the region for establishing marine protected areas and has a world-renowned system of marine reserves, many of which form the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage Site,” said Janet Gibson, Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Belize Program. “It’s clear that no-take zones can help replenish the country’s fisheries and biodiversity, along with the added benefits to tourism and even resilience to climate change.”

WCS commissioned the report to describe the performance of no-take zones in Belize and in other countries to ultimately conserve highly diverse coral reef systems. In many coastal marine ecosystems around the world, overfishing and habitat degradation are prompting marine resource managers to find ecosystem-based solutions. The report also examines factors affecting the performance of no-take zones, such as the design, size, location, and factors of compliance with fishing regulations.

According to past studies, the recovery of lobster, conch, and other exploited species within marine protected areas with no-take zones, or fully protected reserves, could take as little as 1-6 years. Full recovery of exploited species, however, could take decades.

“The report provides a valuable guide for Belize’s marine managers and fishers,” said Dr. Caleb McClennen, Executive Director of WCS’s Marine Program. “We also hope this effort will generate and sustain stakeholder support for these important regulatory tools.”

Press Release on Titan International Securities to clear names with CYNK

On July 10th, 2014 a story was reported in the local news regarding a United States penny stock company call CNYK Technology and Titan International Securities inc (*Titan*) was identified has having an address similar to that reported by CNK Technology on its website. Titan is licensed with the international Financial services commission of Belize to trade in financial and commodity based  derivative investments and securities and has offices  on fourth floor of the Matalon Building in Belize City, Belize. Public filings with the fourth floor  of the Matalon Building albeit in a different suite.
CYNK never has operated out of the office of Titan, and, to Titan's  knowledge, never has had an office in the Matalon office in the Matalon building.  Matalon building management has confirmed that CYNK does not have a presence in the Matalon Building. Matalon Building Management  has asked CYNK to remove the Matalon address from CYNK's website. Building  management shared with Titan the response that it received from CYNK. That response was "the address is being removed. Our error-apologies."

In the interest of completeness, Titan also makes two additional statements about CYNK:
(I) Titan does not know and never has had an affiliation with CYNK, and (ii) No shares of CYNK has ever been traded at, by or through Titan.

Titan is proud of its business record. There has never been an complaint  filed against or charges of any infraction whatsoever made against the firm. Titan is  committed to strict compliance with all laws, regulations and policies that govern licensed securities firms in Belize. Titan works closely with its principal regulator, the International  Financial Services commission.

The local news channel that included Titan in its story about CYNK obtained a copy of Titan's license from Titan's website. Titan chooses to make available for viewing its license on its website so clients of Titan know that Titan is properly licensed.  Titan was never contacted about the story and had no opportunity whatsoever to state Titan's position. Titan has nothing whatsoever to  do with CYNK and was wrongly linked to the news story simply because of its address and nature of its business.

An excellent Friday and three spotted doubled propeller Army Helicopter

On Friday July 11th, 2014 I went around the island and took some photo's. Here is your highlight below of how the weather was super excellent to come and enjoy the weather. Since the island is famous for its beautiful blue sea and island style. Its was a windy day and very warm most came out to sail, swim and wind surf on the water.

My highlight for the view of Friday is a view of how excellent the weather it was in San Pedro and how lucky we are to live in a crazy paradise. With no rain during the day I headed up North. The white beaches, the clear bright blue water and the sound of wild birds. It was a journey up North to visit some of the amazing quiet places to see and some excellent photo's.

                          Here is view from Royal Palm when I was head north. The day started very well.

   It was a bright Friday Morning. 

 Look very slow start for a Friday morning. Isn't it?

  Then here you are looking at the view where Wet Willy is and Chuck and Robbie's dock. 

 Here is a fabulous view infront of Sandy Toe's 

                                                                             

This is the view while crossing the bridge. 

I like this view with the Coconut tree leaning. 

                              Their where some people sailing on the water. I managed to take a picture.

   I visited Rojo Lounge and the view was fabulous. With red painted inside and a great atmosphere the place had Fire lamp in a row. The place caught my attention the way how great they have it decorated.

Rojo Lounge at the front. 

                                                         I spotted this weird looking sea urchin.                  

                                                         

                                     I just loved the color of the water. Its so a bright Blue, green color.

                 Meanwhile I was observing to take picture's I caught this incoming sail boat passing by.

                      Hey everyone, look at this green and red stop light sign. One of the coolest decor I've seen.

               After I took this photo I suddenly heard  loud plane. Which I thought It was. 

But, it was not a plane. It was three doubled propeller Helicopter passing by. This Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its primary roles are troop movement, artillery placement and battlefield resupply. It has a wide loading ramp at the rear of the fuselage and three external-cargo hooks. With a top speed of 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h) the helicopter is faster than contemporary 1960s utility and attack helicopters. The CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name is from the Native American Chinook people.

 Look at this bird I just fell in love with the bird. Every  time we said something it would repeat it. Suddenly, it started dancing for us for like 5 seconds. Then started laughing. What s cool bird made our day.

                                                            Palapa if you enjoy it come by.

                          This construction is nearly finishing. Last time I saw it was just beginning. Their also room for sale. 

                       Caught the black birds flying by while fishermen were cutting fish few yards away.

                                           Here is a view towards THE HOTEL next to it was The legend's .

And that's how I spent the day at La Isla Bonita San Pedro. The day was very interesting but, I would tell you the streets are way to dusty. so be prepared for a dusty road.

U.S. regulators on Friday suspended trading in Cynk Technology Corportation

(Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday suspended trading in Cynk Technology Corp, citing possible market manipulation in the one-time penny stock whose market value rocketed within weeks from less than $20 million to more than $6 billion.

After the virtually unknown company with no assets or revenue skyrocketed in value for no apparent reason, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA) decided to pull the plug. Listing its business address in Belize but filing out of Nevada, the company said it intended to create a social network business.

FINRA posted a trading suspension in the stock early on Friday using its "Extraordinary Event Halt" code. The SEC issued its suspension shortly afterward, extending the trading hiatus through July 24.The SEC cited "concerns regarding the accuracy and adequacy of information in the marketplace and potentially manipulative transactions in Cynk’s common stock."

Shares of Cynk, a development-stage company which SEC filings said formerly went by the name Introbuzz, were hardly ever traded, exchanging hands at pennies per share through late May. Beginning on June 17, shares rocketed from 6 cents to as much as $21.95 at one point on Thursday.

Based on Thursday's closing price of $13.90, its stock market value is $4.05 billion. At its peak, the stock had a higher market value than three dozen members of the S&P 500 including Cablevision Systems, Pitney Bowes, Legg Mason and ADT Corp.

Identified in regulatory filings as a Nevada corporation, it lists a business address in Belize City, Belize. Financial statements with the SEC show no assets, no sales and no positive cash flow. Its last quarterly report, from the third quarter of 2013, shows a net loss of $11,275 for the period.

Its website, site.introbiz.com, lists no phone number. A form for contacting the support group warns that it could take two days to respond. An investor named Marlon Sanchez was listed as owning 72 percent of the 291 million outstanding shares. But he had sold his stake, according to a June 11 letter to OTC Markets Group Inc, operator of the OTC Pink market on which Cynk shares traded.

The letter, signed by Las Vegas attorney Harold Gewerter, described Javier Romero, a resident of Belize, as the "sole officer and director" of Cynk.

The document, posted on an OTC website, said Romero has owned 210 million shares, roughly 72 percent of outstanding shares, since Feb. 20, 2014, "which he purchased from the former sole officer and director" - Sanchez.

Sanchez, reached by telephone on Friday, said: "I left the company in February and I have no further comment." Two SEC filings dated in March and April continue to identify Sanchez as the company's president and chief executive officer.

Sanchez also disclosed in an April 2013 filing to the SEC for Introbuzz that he graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Business Administration Marketing. An alumni official said Sanchez was not in the university's alumni data base.

Calls to the phone number on file at the SEC reached an automated recording saying: "You have reached an unassigned number."

The Belize address on file is The Matalon, Coney Drive, Suite 400 in Belize City. The building's front desk receptionist said the building has no suite 400 and building managers have never been approached to rent space to Cynk.

Regus, the company that rents out space in the business center in Las Vegas where Cynk had its offices, said a company named Introbuzz had offices there through the end of June but no longer operates in the building. They would not elaborate on how long Introbuzz had the offices, or why the company left.

The attorney, Gewerter, responded to Reuters with an email saying he no longer represents the company. OTC Markets did not immediately return a call for comment.

VOLUME SPIKE

Before June 17, Cynk shares had traded only on three days in 2014, with daily volume not exceeding 2,000 shares. Trades had occurred at either 8 cents a share or 6 cents, its closing price on May 15, when it last recorded trades before mid-June. Then, activity in the stock exploded.

Volume on June 17 topped 367,000 shares and the price shot to as high as $4.25, before closing the day at $2.25. Trading on every day since then averaged 120,533 shares. The price soared.The frenzy culminated on Thursday with a record volume of 386,060. The share price spiked as high as $21.95 before closing at $13.90, down from Wednesday's close of $14.71.

The SEC suspension is valid through July 24, but no quotation may be entered after that date unless brokers and dealers have complied with all rule provisions, the SEC said in a statement, which could effectively extend the suspension.There were no records immediately available identifying the owners of the Cynk shares that do not belong to Romero, or what their eventual losses could be.

The SEC has suspended trading in more than 1,300 micro-cap stocks since May 2012, said Eric Bustillo, regional director of the SEC's Miami Regional Office, who declined to comment specifically on the Cynk suspension.

(Additional reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak in New York, Alexandra Alper in Mexico City, Sarah N. Lynch in Washington D.C., Mike McDonald in Guatemala and Jose Sanchez in Belize City; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Dan Burns and David Gregorio)

A Belizean turned Multimillionaire Dollars in Scam Stock overnight

Here's What Happens When You Try To Talk To The CEO Of CYNK. Everyone has been going nuts over a penny stock, CYNK Technology, that has surged 25,000% since mid-June. Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading of CYNK until July 24.

CYNK Technology operates a "social network" called Introbiz.com. The company has no revenue, assets or full-time employees. It has also been a mystery who runs the company. According to a filing with OTC Markets, the company's CEO is Javier Romero.

"Javier Romero is the President, CEO, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director of Cynk Technologies, Inc. Since 2009 Mr. Romero has been a Fisheries Officer for the Government of Belize based out of Belize City," the filing says. Other than that, there's scant information available on Romero.

Introbiz is a website that allows users to pay for connections to celebrities and business people on social media. We were able to track Romero down via a more old-fashioned technology, Facebook, where the profile includes photos of him flying airplanes and fishing.

On the Facebook messaging system, he seemed to match the description on the filing. He told us that he's from Belize and lives in Boston. He also said he's learning how to fly airplanes and that he used to work as a fishery officer back in Belize. Eventually, we asked for his number and called him up.

When reached by telephone, the man responded when we addressed him as "Javier." But after we told him we were working on a story about CYNK Technology, he quickly told us that he's not Javier and that his name is Jason.

"Jason" told us that he works for Javier, but doesn't work for the company. He said that he's been friends with Javier since they were kids in Belize. He also said that Javier is in Boston for the next few days.

Here's what we talked about on the phone:

BI: Hey Javier, it's Julia.

"Jason": Hi. How are ya?

BI: How are you doing?

"Jason": [laughs] All right.

BI: Are you in Boston right now?

"Jason": I am actually.

BI: I'm a reporter and I've been really impressed with this company I know you're affiliated with—CYNK Technology and Introbiz. I was wondering if you could help me out and tell me more about it.

"Jason": [laughs] Hey, I actually knew there was basically something like that going on.

BI: So were you surprised the stock went up so high?

"Jason": Well, actually I'm not Javier. I work for him.

BI: Wait. But why are you Javier on Facebook? That's a little weird.

"Jason": Yeah. I work for him.

BI: Well, where's Javier?

"Jason": He's actually out right now. I don't really want to disclose his business. I can definitely get a number for you guys.

BI: Yeah. So do you work at CYNK, too?

"Jason": I don't. I just work for him. I don't know.

BI: Oh you work for him, but you don't work with Introbiz?

"Jason": I do not.

BI: If you're not 'Javier' then what's your name?

"Jason": My name is Jason.

BI: Jason what?

"Jason": Hah. Ahhh like I said if you want to give me a number I can have him reach you guys.

BI: Is he also in Boston with you?

"Jason": He is here. He will be here for a couple of days.

BI: Is he really excited about the stock?

"Jason": I'm sure he's going nuts about it or whatever. We haven't really talked about it. Like I said, I just work for him.

BI: You get to be Javier on Facebook?

"Jason": He asked me to check out his stuff. I just let him know what's going on.

BI: Does he usually let you talk to girls on his Facebook?

"Jason": Uh, no.

BI: I was really hoping you could give me a little more insight into this.

"Jason": Personally, I don't know much. I just work for the guy. We've been very good friends since we were young. He recently got a hold of me and said he has a job for me.

BI: How did you guys meet?

"Jason": You know like I said Julia I don't know if I should be talking to anyone about this.

BI: You sound a little nervous on the phone.

"Jason": Yeah no, because I'm not supposed to be talking to too much people on his Facebook for him. I was just supposed to check his message. Then, here's this good looking girl and she wants to talk to me. I got a little carried away, OK.

Jason has our number and we'll update if he or Javier gets in touch. Meanwhile, we might just reach out on Introbiz.

Conditions of Lease North-eastern portion of Goff's Caye

Belmopan July 10th, 2014 Press release- The Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture takes those opportunity to inform the general Public on the current land tenure status of an island known as Goff's Caye.

1. The northern-eastern portion of Goff's Caye was surveyed in September 2001. 
2. Subsequently a lease approval under reference BZ-R-516/2001 was granted in May 2002 for term of fifty (50) years to Mr. Ramon Cervantes. 
3. Lease approval was granted with no option to purchase, however, the legal advice provided to the Department indicated that there were no provisions preventing the lease from constructing permanent structures on the Caye. 
4. Upon Knowledge of such consideration the Coastal Zone Management Authority and institute objected to such lease.

The Lands and Survey Department has confirmed that only the survey conducted on the island and subsequent lease approved to such lease.The Ministry is obligated to provide such clarification with \ view to dispel any misinterpretations by the general public as it relates to crown land on Goff's Caye and extended its appreciation for their understanding.

San Pedro Sailing Club Regatta Two days event

Around the Country participants of the Sailing club once again made another race against each other on July 5th and 6th, 2014 at the Boca Del Rio. The San Pedro Sailing Club unbeatable young winners once again showed they won the race. Since the year started they have been on the top place on winning the Sailing Club. On the first day of the event the sailing club's sailed on high gust winds. But, with their learning experience they manage to finish the race excellent. 

With every race on both days they manage to race 6 race's. But, it was easier for them to sail on the second day which the wind slowed down. With the weather very perfect to sail the couple of days was a great two days to witness the race. The groups that Participated at this event where on  this past weekend Regatta where the group from San Pedro Junior Sailing Club (SPJSC) & San Pedro Sailing Club (SPR), Caye Caulker Sailing Club (CCSC), Sea Scouts, Corozal Bay Sailing Club (CBSC), Belize City Sailing Club (BCSC) and Placencia Sailing Club (PSC).

Mayor Daniel said on the event that this should continue for the younger kids to be entertained and something to do. He continues to support this kind of sports and it shouldn't stop. The winner's of the two days event where Faith Noel 1st,Jerson Anderson 2nd,Antonio Ricardez Jr. 3rd, Christian Trejo (SPJSC) 4th, DavinPuc (SPJSC) 5th, Blanca Velasquez (SPJSC) 6th, Kevin Velasquez (SPR) 7th, Gorge Olivarez (SPR) 8th, Trent Hardwick (Sea Scouts) 9th, Christopher Young (CBSC) 10th, Jazmin Campos (CBSC) 11th, Nashira Ricardez (BCSC) 12th, Sarah White (SPR) 13th, Mitchell Sersland (SPR) 14th, Kathryn Salinas (SPJS) 15th, Denis DuQueney (SeaScouts) 16th, Samantha Velasquez (SPR) 17th, Delroy Hinds (BCSC) 18th, Patrick Marcus Rhamdas (PSC) 19th, Wilson Rivera (PSC) 20th, Tyler Garbutt (PSC) 21st, Chris Lopez (SPR) 22nd, Caroline Sersland (SPR) 23rd, Jayden Louriano (BCSC) 24th, Carla Lopez (PSC) 25th.

As the announcer continues to announce the winner's on the top place on GREEN FLEET where won for the best novice sailors were Alanis Badillo (CCSC) came in 1st Place, Harrison Cadle Jr. (CCSC) came in 2nd Place and Rashawn Gonzalez (SPJCS) came in 3rd Place where they all scored 14 points each. Twenty three novice sailors raced in the green fleet.  

The announcer then quickly made the rounds up on the next Top 10 in the precipitant races:Trent Humes (BCSC) 4th,Peter Joo (PSC) 5th, Glenford Barrera (CCSC) 6th, Angel Pol (CCSC) 7th, Gabbi Knox, (SPJCS) 8th, Christian Ferrell Jr. (PSC) 9th, Malik Jones (CCSC) 10th.  

 Congratulations to the San Pedro Junior Sailing Club by Belize Social network on their great remarks on their winning marks and to all the other young sailors who participated on the Sailing Club you'll did excellent job in competiting around the country of Belize.  For those who wants to see another race you can visit Boca Del Rio Areaall for race 4 this Sunday. Sailors meet at 11:30 for a 12:00 start