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6/1/2006

Small Nations Still Face Uneven Tax Playing Field
Tax-news.com (subscription), UK - 6/1/2006
... The ITIO members are: Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Isle of Man, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, Samoa ...

Military heads meet for IHL workshop
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 6/1/2006
... Caricom countries attending the forum include Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, Belize, and Suriname. ...

Young People to Combat Drought in the Caribbean
Periódico 26, Cuba - 6/1/2006
... The thirteen island nations in the Caribbean plus Belize, Suriname, and Guyana —that are participating in the project— are committed to developing, in two ...

GOOD MORNING LOWCOUNTRY
Charleston Post Courier (subscription), SC - 6/1/2006
... But nominees are in from Web site visitors: -- A man in Belize tried to replicate Ben Franklin's kite-in-a-lightning-storm experiment. ...

Tourism Security Task Force Meets
Belize Tourism Industry Association (press release), Belize - 6/1/2006
BELIZE CITY, Belize (June 1, 2006) - The Tourism Security Task Force was convened yesterday to discuss the recent crime-related incidents which occurred within ...

Carnival Glory updates western Caribbean itinerary
Travel Weekly (subscription), NJ - 6/1/2006
... Caribbean cruises features extended day-long visits to four tropical destinations -- Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico; Nassau, Bahamas; and Belize City, Belize. ...

Central America leaders to talk refinery
BusinessWeek - 6/1/2006
... a day of crude to the refinery. Guatemala will provide 17,000 barrels a day, and Belize 8,000. Whoever builds it would buy the other ...

From Howard County to Belize
Baltimore Jewish Times, MD - 6/1/2006
The youngsters have struck up a friendship with a preschool class in Belize and are exchanging toys and artwork, and in the process are learning a lesson about ...

Conservationists afraid Japanese could soon harpoon IWC
Taipei Times, Taiwan - 6/1/2006
... Japan is also known to have increased aid to countries such as Belize, Mali, Togo, Gambia and others which have joined the IWC recently but who have so far not ...

CARICOM countries urged to join international court
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 6/1/2006
... To date, 100 countries, including CARICOM member states Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad ...

Dolphin education/encounter project opens to public
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
... But when the idea took root in Belize, local conservationists expressed concern that captivity would tarnish the country's image as having abundant wildlife in ...

Education officials: PSE scores can be better
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
... “Tina Shen of Belize Elementary School in Belize City received the highest overall score with an aggregate score of three hundred and seventy-nine points out ...

Cuban neurosurgeon joins KHMH medical staff
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
... Matos arrived in Belize in mid-May and we understand has already performed his first surgery. According to a press release issued ...

Defence claims jury must acquit Gabby Affif
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
Summations in the case against Jabor "Gabby" Affif continued today in the Belize City Supreme Court. Presenting the defence team's ...

Experts advise Belizeans to prepare now for hurricanes
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
... season. Belize might have escaped disaster last year but as News Five's Jacqueline Godwin reports, preparedness is key. Hurricanes ...

Reality of Belizean domestic abuse video launched
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
... can be done.”. "Domestic Violence the Belize Reality," will be aired in its entirety immediately following tonight's newscast.

Police make 2nd arrest in security guard killing
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
Eight hours after the cold blooded murder of fifty-eight year old Oliver Blanco the Belize City Crimes Investigation Branch arrested the suspected killers. ...

Mexico optimistic leaders will approve regional energy project ...
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 6/1/2006
... day of crude to the refinery. Guatemala will provide 17,000 barrels a day, and Belize 8,000. Whoever builds it would obtain the ...

Salvadoran first lady to visit Southside
Southside Times, IN - 6/1/2006
... The group also is active in Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ukraine, Guatemala, Kenya, Vietnam, Haiti, Ecuador, Peru, Alaska, Brazil and Belize. ...

A theme cruise for everyone, from Web geeks to fitness and film ...
Seattle Times, United States - 6/1/2006
... Sun from New Orleans on March 11, 2007, the weeklong cruise calls at Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico; Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala; and Belize City, Belize ...

SICA to Debate Oil Refinery Site
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 6/1/2006
... Tourism Complex, with the attendance of the presidents of Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, and the ...

Grandiose regional plans afoot in Dominican gathering
Dominican Today, Dominican Republic - 6/1/2006
... Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama and Belize are the SICA nations, with Dominican Republic as an associate country.

Sustainable traps boost lobster conservation in Central America
WWF International, Switzerland - 6/1/2006
... to adopt sustainable lobster traps, WWF is working to replicate the success in other Mesoamerican reef countries, including Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and ...

Fight against HIV/AIDS remains top priority for the Caribbean ...
Communication's Unit Of The St. Kitts Prime Minister, St. Kitts and Nevis - 6/1/2006
... fighting this disease. “A few like Belize, Guyana, Jamaica and Suriname are beneficiaries of Global Fund awards. In addition PANCAP ...

Local : PM Skerrit meets with CDB
The Times Newspaper Online, Dominica - 6/1/2006
Other delegates included the Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Arthur, Denzil Douglas Prime Minister of St.Kitts, and Said Musa Prime Minister of Belize. ...

TIC taps biz to biz
Trinidad News, Trinidad and Tobago - 6/1/2006
... RHS now exports its products to St Vincent, Dominica, Antigua, Tortola, St Thomas, Suriname, Guyana, Belize, New York, England and Canada. ...

Tropical taqueria
Monterey County Herald, CA - 6/1/2006
... Seaside (it opened December of 1997 on Fremont Street next to the couple's popular Fishwife restaurant), blending tropical flavors of Mexico and Belize with a ...

Whale sharks put Philippine town on the tourist map
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 6/1/2006
... to organise in-water viewing of the big fish -- a sometimes nerve-racking attraction offered in a few places like Australia's Ningaloo Reef, Belize in the ...

DPP presents final summation in Affif’s trial
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
... of Justice Adolph Lucas this afternoon, Director of Public Prosecutions Kirk Anderson presented his final summation of the case against Belize City businessman ...

GOB: combating crime is a challenge
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
“I’m very concerned about the crime situation in Belize. And we are obviously trying to do everything we can from a government point of view. ...

Regional health officials meet to discuss patient care
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
... accessible. Acting Deputy Director of Health Dr. Paul Edwards explains how the conference will change medical care in Belize. Dr ...

Edwin Flowers appointed Solicitor General of Belize
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
May thirty-first has also marked the official end of the contract of the Solicitor General Elson Kaseke. Fonseca today told us who ...

Bird flu experts to hold information session in Bze. City
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
On Thursday night, health officials and members of the business community will gather in Belize City for an update of the spread of bird flu. ...

Security guard killed for gun in Faber’s Rd. shooting
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
The recent spate of deadly violence in Belize City appears to have sealed the fate of law abiding residents: we are living at the mercy of criminals ... ...

Cayo man charged w/ carnal knowledge of 13 yr. old
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
Gun related violence dominates the headlines but reports of sexual crimes against Belize's children continue unabated. One such ...

Unofficial PSE put Belize Elementary student on top
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2006
... press release and media rounds, this year, the ministry has opted to make the exam stats public at a briefing scheduled for Thursday morning in Belize City. ...

Caribbean countries may support Japan's bid to resume commercial ...
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 6/1/2006
... Antigua and Barbuda, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis and St Lucia are members of the IWC, which was set up in 1946 to ...

Sorry CCJ, we are just not ready
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 6/1/2006
... Meanwhile in Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Suriname, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines there seems, all ...

5/31/2006

The SP Marina - will it get fixed?
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/31/2006
In an interview with Town Administrator Patricia Verde, The San Pedro Sun discovered that the marina falls under the jurisdiction of the Belize Port Authority ...

Police Forum at Lions Den
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/31/2006
... their strive to keep a normal and crime free community, the police departments around the country held one of the many police forums at the Lions Den in San ...

Knockout Boxing Action!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/31/2006
On Sunday, San Pedro hosted live amateur boxing at the sports complex when boxers from Caye Caulker went head to head to challenge the San Pedro boxers. ...

Paisano paintings to benefit library
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/31/2006
A popular icon that is truly missed in San Pedro Town is the infamous Paisano, who departed from this world close to six months ago. ...

Crossing languages and cultures in Tropical Storm Stan response
Mennonite Central Committee - 5/31/2006
... Low-German speaking Colony Mennonites from Belize and some from Canada came to offer aid, as did K'ekchi from Guatemala and from Belize whose maternal language ...

New strain of fungus may hurt Belize banana prospects
FreshPlaza, Netherlands - 5/31/2006
... Like the other banana producing countries, Belize produces Cavendish bananas, which were believed to be resistant to the Panama Disease.Recent developments in ...

Under the Blue Mango
Dissident Voice, CA - 5/31/2006
... Consequently, I found myself at the Belcove Hotel in Belize City, Belize, that town being the place visitors on discount are most likely to find themselves ...

ITIO members work diligently for effective exchange of tax ...
Communication's Unit Of The St. Kitts Prime Minister, St. Kitts and Nevis - 5/31/2006
... The ITIO members are: Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Isle of Man, Panama, St. ...

Caricom competition policy body to be set up in Suriname
Stabroek News, Guyana - 5/31/2006
... Caricom Single Market (CSM). The others were Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Suriname has confirmed its ...

PokerRoom's Pro Jim Davenport to Host Celebrity Poker Showdown in ...
Big OC News - 5/31/2006
... Operatingunder international and regional licences in countries like Gibraltar,Kahnawake (Canada), Belize and Germany, Italy, Mexico, Austria and theUnited ...

5/30/2006

SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund Announces Latest Grant ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 5/30/2006
... work studying the world's most endangered equine species, the African wild ass, and the growing problem of Antillean manatees dying in boat collisions in Belize ...

Woman charged in assault of police officer
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2006
A Belize City woman has been charged for verbally and physically assaulting a law enforcement officer. Twenty-five year old Shawn ...

Punta Gorda man badly injured after touching BEL wires
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2006
News Five's Jacqueline Godwin today visited his bedside and also spoke to officials at Belize Electricity Limited, who urged Belizeans to put safety first. ...

NEMO officials tours Toledo, Cayo for disaster preparedness
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2006
With the start of the hurricane season fast approaching, NEMO is busy ensuring that Belize is ready for any storm which may be heading our way. Lt. ...

Toledo villagers will march in support of oil exploration
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2006
The case of the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management versus the Government of Belize may have embarked on its journey through the justice system ...

Explosion and minor fire disrupt Central Laboratory
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2006
It's not clear what caused a small explosion this evening at the Central Medical Laboratory in Belize City, but fire fighters called to the scene, promptly ...

Global Transparency, Exchange of Tax Information and Small Nations ...
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - 5/30/2006
... The ITIO members are: Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Isle of Man, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, Samoa ...

Giants of the deep bring life to quiet town
Independent Online, South Africa - 5/30/2006
... to organise in-water viewing of the big fish - a sometimes nerve-racking attraction offered in a few places like Australia's Ningaloo Reef, Belize in the ...

Travel With Culture Xplorers and Get Immersed in the Culture of ...
Frommers - 5/30/2006
... Towards the Southern tip of Mexico by Guatemala and Belize, Oaxaca and Chiapas combine fertile land, beach culture and remote village life to give a feeling of ...

Carnival Glory Launches New Four-Port, Seven-Day Western Caribbean ...
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - 5/30/2006
Carnival Glory's new western Caribbean cruises feature extended day-long visits to four tropical destinations - Cozumel, Belize, Costa Maya and Nassau. ...

Presidents, while in the Dominican Republic, will discuss ...
Dominican Today, Dominican Republic - 5/30/2006
... imports. In the case of the smaller plant, the tiny crude production from Guatemala and Belize could make up the difference. Costa ...

Belize tourism Minister meets with tourism stakeholders of the ...
Travel Daily News International, Greece - 5/30/2006
Godfrey Smith, along with the Director of Tourism and members of the Management Team of the Belize Tourism Board, met with tourism industry stakeholders of the ...

You can’t pack author, but you can pack his books
Greater Milwaukee Today,  USA - 5/30/2006
... Canada. "I’d like to expand eventually beyond Mexico, and possibly do a guide for Belize and the ski resorts of North America.". ...

Preventing HIV on Mexico's 'Forgotten Border'
UNFPA (press release), NY - 5/30/2006
... International Development. The activities target vulnerable youth in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, and St. Lucia. In ...

PokerRoom's Pro Jim Davenport to Host Celebrity Poker Showdown in ...
Market Wire (press release) - 5/30/2006
... Operating under international and regional licences in countries like Gibraltar, Kahnawake (Canada), Belize and Germany, Italy, Mexico, Austria and the United ...

SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund Announces Latest Grant ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 5/30/2006
... work studying the world's most endangered equine species, the African wild ass, and the growing problem of Antillean manatees dying in boat collisions in Belize ...

New gas coming to St. Kitts
Sun St.Kitts/Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis - 5/30/2006
... The company is also located in Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, St. Lucia, St. ...

Global Transparency, Exchange of Tax Information and Small Nations ...
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 5/30/2006
... The ITIO members are: Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Isle of Man, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, Samoa ...

New CARICOM institute to be based in Suriname
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 5/30/2006
... Suriname is one of the six original members of the CARICOM Single Market, along with Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

Mexico Offers Oil to New Refinery
Los Angeles Times, CA - 5/30/2006
... imports. In the case of the smaller plant, the tiny crude production from Guatemala and Belize could make up the difference. Costa ...

5/29/2006

Regional Social Security officials meet in Belize
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2006
... Social Security. Today the Belize Social Security Board hosted a gathering of sister institutions from around the Americas. The ...

Jacker rides into arms of the law
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2006
A Belize City youth is tonight facing charges of theft after riding straight into the outstretched arms of the law. Around eleven ...

UDP convention endorses leader, charts course for 2008
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2006
... Fresh from its national convention in San Ignacio on Sunday, this afternoon the United Democratic Party held a press conference in Belize City to introduce the ...

Businessman draws first, chases bandits
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2006
Another Belize City resident had his name written on a bullet but a quick mind and reflexes to match allowed him to foil a trio of armed robbers. ...

Body in river looks like mafia hit
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2006
... Around ten on Sunday morning, the body, believed that of a Hispanic male, was found floating in the Belize River in an area known as Saturday Creek just ...

Bystander wounded in city shooting
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2006
With so many bullets flying around Belize City it should not be surprising when a bystander is caught in the crossfire. Fortunately ...

New Site Erei heads for RFG Cup finals
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2006
... Week five of the RFG Trophy Tournament play-offs brought New Site Erei of Dangriga to the MCC Grounds for the rematch with FC Belize looking to avenge last ...

Cyber-journalism – friend or foe?
Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands - 5/29/2006
... An advertiser like Courts (Belize) Limited, for example, advertising on a Belize news website is actually targeting the Belizean who lives in North America ...

Cage swaps Malibu for own desert island
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 5/29/2006
... the isolated life over the party circuit include Johnny Depp, who owns a Caribbean island, and Leonardo DiCaprio, who bought an island off Belize last year.

Carnival glory launches new four-port caribbean itinerary
Travel Daily News International, Greece - 5/29/2006
Carnival Glory’s new western Caribbean cruises feature extended day-long visits to four tropical destinations – Cozumel, Belize, Costa Maya and Nassau. ...

The Best Report – IWC decisions taken over by politics
The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - 5/29/2006
... Gambell – who, like commissioners from Caribbean member-states Antigua, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent, supports ...

A Good Sugar for Your Teeth
Ivanhoe, FL - 5/29/2006
... also reduce tooth decay. Their new study observed children school-aged children in Belize for several years. Some kids chewed regular ...

Dominican Republic hosts major summits
Dominican Today - Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
... will be the presidents and Heads of State from Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bélice, and Dominican ...

5/27/2006

Latin American Presidents confirm attendance to DR SICA summit
Dominican Today, Dominican Republic - May 27, 2006
... Rica; Antonio Saca from El Salvador; Manuel Zelaya, from Honduras; Enrique Bolaños, from Nicaragua; Martín Torrijos, from Panama, and Belice Prime Minister ...

Guatemala Races to Profit From 'Survivor
Chicago Tribune, United States - May 27, 2006
... Most cater to European backpackers who pass through on their way to the ruins at Tikal — the Machu Picchu of the Mayan empire — or Belize. ...

New outdoor columns begin in June
Frederick News Post (subscription), MD - May 27, 2006
... In his life, Mr. Heim has hunted with firearms and a bow, fished the Potomac and the Chesapeake Bay and ventured to Belize, where he caught his first bonefish ...

Central America excursion transports visitors back in time
Hub, MI - May 27, 2006
... rain, I was more than ready for Caana, Caracol's largest pyramid, which rises 140 feet above the jungle floor and is reportedly the tallest structure in Belize ...

Corbin's absence lets hope float at Regatta
Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY - May 27, 2006
... Guy and Jean Rousseau, Michigan's Kenneth and Steve Kolonich, Steve Lajoie of Quebec and Mo Harwood of Michigan, and two teams with ties to Belize in Central ...

Katrina victims find home in Chilton
Clanton Advertiser, AL - May 27, 2006
Jesse Knighten and Diane La Rose-Knighten have traveled to Belize, Jamaica, Aruba and other exotic locations as owners of a travel agency, but one of their ...

Caribbean Court of Justice going to waste
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - May 27, 2006
... Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Suriname, Dominica and the St Vincent and the ...

Travel Notes
San Antonio Express (subscription), TX - May 27, 2006
... 6-13. The cruise departs from Galveston and visits the ports of Majahual (Costa Maya), Mexico; Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; and Cozumel, Mexico. ...

Helping a country to raise its voices
calendarlive.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Ivan Duran preserves and promotes Belize's music, a stew as beguiling and obscure as its homeland. By Reed Johnson, Times Staff Writer. ...

How a £1.50 chocolate bar saved a Mayan community from ...
The Observer - UK
Green & Black's Maya Gold, the first British Fairtrade product, is more than an organic chocolate bar - it's the livelihood for a whole district of Belize. ...

Tourist destination under constant threat by bandits
Channel5Belize.com - Belize City,Belize
With frightening certainty, armed attacks have come to be accepted as an inevitable part of everyday life in Belize. But tonight ...
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5/26/2006

Michigan men favored to win General Clinton Canoe Regatta
Oneonta Daily Star, NY - May 27, 2006
... Two teams will feature paddlers from Belize as Jerry Rahburn will join Wade Binion (College Station, Texas), and Daniel Cruz will compete with Amando Cruz ...

SAC to revise sugar policy
Stabroek News, Guyana - May 27, 2006
... In 2005, the release stated, a total of 109,705 tonnes of sugar was traded within the region. The two suppliers of this sugar were Guyana and Belize. ...

Carnival spices up route for Glory
Florida Today, FL - May 26, 2006
... Under the new itinerary, the Glory leaves Port Canaveral on alternating Saturdays for stops that include Cozumel, Mexico; Belize; Costa Maya, Mexico; and Nassau ...

Master musician piano concert scheduled for Sunday
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - May 26, 2006
“I have a wonderful student named Joyce Wang who is from Belize and we were talking about opportunities for ... I want to meet as many people in Belize as I can. ...

Benefit to assist Queen Sq. Anglican feeding programme
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - May 26, 2006
... We will provide support to families in need in Belize. ... The party starts at seven on Saturday on the grounds of the Belize City House of Culture.

UDP: national convention is preparation for elections
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - May 26, 2006
... and of course there are very many pitfalls along the road to good governance already there was an impression created that there was some slippage in Belize City ...

Police seize Bennett SUV but witnesses stay silent
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - May 26, 2006
... show that the vehicle was once owned by one of the accused, Taedron Bennett but two days after the killings, Bennett sold the SUV to a Belize City businessman ...

Record rains drown most of Belize
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - May 26, 2006
... Most of the rainfall that occurred during this week was concentrated in the Stann Creek District or across the Stann Creek District and southern Belize District ...

Tourist destination under constant threat by bandits
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - May 26, 2006
With frightening certainty, armed attacks have come to be accepted as an inevitable part of everyday life in Belize. But tonight ...

For a good cause
Savannah Morning News, GA - May 26, 2006
Calvary Baptist Day School, $30,000; Christ Church Children's School, $15,000; Christ Church Mission Work in Belize, $48,000; Hope House of Savannah Inc ...

Belize basketball selection exits CONCABA qualifiers with 6 losses
The Reporter Belize - Belize City,Belize
The Belize national basketball team has exited the Central American Basketball Conference (Conferencia Centroamericana de Basquetbol COCABA) qualifying round ...

Guatemalan women win Central American Beach Volleyball ...
The Reporter Belize - Belize City,Belize
Belize City, May 22, 2006 The Guatemalan women emerged as the new champions of the VI Central American Women’s Beach Volleyball championships. ...
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We have 33 guests online
The Reporter Belize - Belize City,Belize
By Harry Lawrence - Publisher. Everybody is talking about the volatility and violence in Belize City, but nobody is doing anything about it. ...
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New strain of fungus may hurt Belize banana prospects
The Reporter Belize - Belize City,Belize
... Like the other banana producing countries, Belize produces Cavendish bananas, which were believed to be resistant to the Panama Disease.Recent developments in ...

SATIIM takes GOB to court over oil exploration in nat’l park
The Reporter Belize - Belize City,Belize
... Barranco, Midway, Conejo, Sundaywood and Crique Sarco), involved in the co-management arrangement of the park brought the suit against the Government of Belize ...
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$100,000 reward for child murderers
The Reporter Belize - Belize City,Belize
Channel Five, a local telvision network in Belize, has offered a reward of $100,000 for informaion leading to the arrest and conviction of a pedophile serial ...
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Teenage girls stabbed to death
The Reporter Belize - Belize City,Belize
... girls, Rosa Blanca and her older sister, Sandra Esquivel 17 and 18 , were savagely killed inside their Euphrates Avenue home on south side Belize City with a ...
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Man 33, caught with girl,10
The Reporter Belize - Belize City,Belize
David Pavon, a 33 year-old labourer of #103 Antelope Street in Belize City, has been arrested for having sex with a 10-year-old child. ...


New strain of fungus may hurt Belize banana prospects
The Reporter Belize, Belize - May 26, 2006
... Like the other banana producing countries, Belize produces Cavendish bananas, which were believed to be resistant to the Panama Disease.Recent developments in ...

5/24/2006

Cravings: Romance, and a bit of Belize, in the 'Burgh
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - May 24, 2006
... Just a housework-free afternoon of peacefulness, and a partial re-creation of our honeymoon in Belize, a former British colony, where our favorite food mostly ...
(BPRW) Get Going to Belize
Black PR Wire (press release), FL - May 24, 2006
(BLACK PR WIRE) Belize is a unique nation in many ways. ... One of the most famous attractions to Belize is its well-conserved environment. ...

5/23/2006

Belize to Record Positive Growth in 2006 Says Caribbean ...
International News Service, Australia - May 23, 2006
Bridgetown, Barbados: The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is predicting that economic growth in Belize is likely to be slow but positive in 2006 ...


Channel5Belize.com
New Site Erei top FC Belize
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - May 23, 2006
... Week three of the RFG Trophy Tournament play-offs took us to beautiful Dangriga on Sunday where undefeated New Site Erei played host to FC Belize. ...

5/21/2006

Belize is remote, calm and buzzing with life
Contra Costa Times, CA - May 21, 2006
... to spot a jaguar. Gilberto Vazquez, our guide here at the Chan Chich Lodge in Belize, had a keen eye. "Look -- there's a woodcreeper ...

5/19/2006


Channel5Belize.com
Belize hosts 6th Annual CA Beach Volleyball Tournament
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - May 19, 2006
Belize's hoop dreams of international glory may have crashed and burned against Mexico but this weekend our athletes will get a chance to restore national ...

Guatemalan Fugitive captured in Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - May 19, 2006
Police say Fabio Nehemias Cifuentes Galicia was apprehended in a joint operation conducted by INTERPOL Belize, Major Crimes Unit of the Belize Police ...

5/18/2006


Channel5Belize.com
Ride Across Belize raises funds for Rockview
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - May 18, 2006
It's the one institution in Belize that never seems to be short of cash. ... Day two of Ride Across Belize will take the pelathon from Belize City to San Ignacio. ...

5/15/2006


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Single shot kills Belize City youth in Yabra
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - May 15, 2006
... sons would be killed. “Well in a way I am not surprised because the way Belize the go right now, dah anybody turn. Once you have ...

5/9/2006

Kuwait, Belize decide to establish diplomatic ties
Kuwait Times, Kuwait - May 9, 2006
UNITED NATIONS: Kuwait and Belize yesterday agreed to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level out of their desire to develop friendly relations ...

Belize Grateful for Cuban Cooperation
AIN Camagüey, Cuba - May 9, 2006
Havana, May 9 (ACN) Belize's Foreign Minister Eamon Courtney said that Cuba-Belize relations are characterized by good bilateral efforts and noted that his ...

5/8/2006

Kuwait, Belize establish diplomatic relations, promote cooperation
Kuwait News Agency, Kuwait - May 8, 2006
UNITED NATIONS, May 9 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait and Belize on Monday agreed to establish diplomatic relations at Ambassadorial level out of their desire to ...


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