Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) reports that, during scheduled works on Monday, May 14 at the Corozal Substation, damages were caused to an underground cable connected to the transformer which supplies a portion of the Corozal District. As a result, at 4:57 p.m. yesterday, power supply was lost to all of Corozal Town, the villages of Paraiso, Consejo, San Andres Village, Ranchito, Patchakan, Xaibe, Carolina, Calcutta, San Joaquin, Pueblo Viejo, Saltillos, Copper Bank, Chunox and Sarteneja.

Repair of the damaged cables commenced immediately and BEL crews continued working into the night. Shortly before 8:00 p.m. power supply was restored to a portion of Corozal Town, Pueblo Viejo, Saltillos, Copper Bank, Chunox and Sarteneja while power supply was restored to the remaining areas at about 12:00 a.m.

BEL apologizes to customers in the Corozal District who were inconvenienced during last night's unplanned power outage.

This "super moon", also known as perigee, will occur because the moon will be closer to the earth than another other time in 2012.

A lot of activity in Corozal marked Earth Day 2012. Several groups were involved in a big clean-up, including the highways north and south of town. Then a new sign was installed at Corozal's flagship environmental program, Mangrove Park.

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Corozal Community Hospital was the location of lots of activity on Sunday, 15 April, 2012. There were doctors and government representatives of Belize and Mexico on hand to sign the first ever health Bi-National Agreement. Primarily involved were the Belize Medical and Dental Association and the Colegio Médicos Quintana Roo. There was also a health fair where citizens received a variety of free services offered by doctors and volunteers from Belize, Mexico, and the Hearts and Hands Missionary service in the USA.

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