The semi-pro basketball finals brought Game II of the three game championship series to La Isla Bonita Saturday where the San Pedro Tigersharks were hoping to tie the series against the Belize Bank Bulldogs.
It’s Jason Stubbs of the bank jumping against Damian Staples of the island at the tip off and we’re underway.
Jason Stubbs makes his presence felt early as he uses strength to go glass for his first two points of the outing.
Stubs looks real good when he raises up in the paint and the financial institution looks solid early.
They call him Tyronne “Joka” Edwards but for the islanders this tre ain’t no laughing matter.
The Tigersharks go the Gregg Rudon for the response and he nails the three from the corner.
The weapon of choice for San Pedro in the first quarter is the three point shot and Densmore Edwards dials home this one. At the end of the opening quarter San Pedro boasts an 18 – 15 lead.
However the home team really blows the game wide open in the second. Edward Broaster, body builder and baller, gets the easy two.
Next is Lloyd Leslie with the breakaway two.
In heavy traffic Damian Staples launches the jumper and gets the friendly bounce.
At the half the San Pedro Tigersharks show a 44 – 25 lead.
In fact at the end of three the San Pedro team is up by 23 points.
However in the final quarter the Bulldogs do make that run that all championships teams must make...Darwin Leslie gets busy for two.
In the middle of this run, you’ll see Serano of the Bulldogs commit an extremely ugly foul on Kevin Siroki which almost leads to all out war.
Order is restored when Damian Staples of the Tigersharks and the ugly fouler Serano are both ejected from the ballgame.
Nevertheless, the Bulldogs run continues - Stubbs stays with the pill to get a hard deuce.
When Stubbs hits this bucket the lead is cut to nine points but this is where the run ends.
Of course the San Pedro fans were never happy with the foul by Serano and they show their displeasure by hurling a coke bottle full of sand on to the court with less that a minute to go.
The referees call the game. The Tigersharks record the 85 – 70 win and the series is tied a one a piece.
The decisive Game III comes up this Friday inside the Civic Center.
By the way we just could not get the game stats from the league but such is life in the tropics. Read More

GOVERNMENT MAKES IT EASY FOR LOW-INCOME HOME OWNERS

Government is again making it easier for low-income home owners to meet their monthly mortgage payments at the Development Finance Corporation, under the D-F-C’s Social Housing Program. Administrative Assistant for D-F-Co, Audrey Pascasio tells us more.
Audrey Pascasio:Administrative Assistant for the Development Finance Corporation
“The government of Belize has announced another phase in the Social Housing Program.The main objective of this program is to assist low income home owners,by making their mortgage payment more affordable at the DFC.It starts off August 1st, 2007.All eligible clients will be awarded a subsidy of $100 per month contribution by government to assist with the monthly mortgage payment.The elegible criteria will be as follows:all clients with approved loans of up to $35,000 as of June 30,2007.The accounts must be current and contributiong will be applied after the clients have met their proportionate monthly payment.Clients in arrears who wish to qualify under the program are strongly encouraged to visit any of our offices and make adequate arrangments to update their accounts as quickly as possible.All clients are urged to take advantage of this opportunity.” Read More

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