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6/6/2006


Improved test scores will require long term commitment
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2006
The problems facing Belize’s educational system are not exactly a mystery, and every year they come to the forefront with the release of results of the ...

US warns Germany over sex trafficking during Cup
Taipei Times, Taiwan - 6/6/2006
... Syria, Cuba and Zimbabwe. The only countries on the list that are close US allies are Saudi Arabia and Belize. India, Mexico and ...

US castigates Belize for “trafficking in persons”
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2006
Belize is in bad books with the United States tonight following the State Department's annual investigation into worldwide human trafficking. ...

Top Chefs compete in Taste of Belize
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2006
We're not sure if it's the thrill of competition, the sumptuous food or the exotic drink, but the annual party known as Taste of Belize always seems to be a ...

IDB seeks greater impact on poverty
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2006
... According to Marta Mejia-Zampieri, of the IDB's office in Belize, the bank has changed its approach and is now looking more closely at how its activities ...

Abandoned girl returned to family in El Salvador
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2006
And while the US State Department has its problems with Belize's efforts to curb human trafficking, tonight we are happy to report that Diana Baños, the four ...

PACT marks ten years of conservation
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2006
In an era when money for conservation is typically hard to come by, there is one organisation in Belize that seems immune to liquidity problems. ...

Fugitive caught at Mexican border
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2006
... According to Corozal police, around ten on Monday night, Lisbey appeared at the Belize side of the frontier when officers recognized him. ...

NHI rolled out in two southern districts
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2006
... equipment and hiring of staff. Stann Creek and Toledo join the south side of the Belize District as the current operating areas of NHI.

Beyond sugar and bananas
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 6/6/2006
But the experience of a group of Mayan Indians in Belize may point to a way forward. The Mayan Indians are one of the indigenous peoples of South America. ...

Robert B. Zoellick Presser At OAS General Assembly
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 6/6/2006
... One last point: an issue that is sometimes raised is the border dispute between Belize and Guatemala. Since Belize is a member of ...

Brazil supports Venezuela for UN Security Council
MercoPress, Uruguay - 6/6/2006
... it has benefited from UN programs and has also contributed”, said Mr. Zoellick who is trying to convince Caribbean countries that the Belize dispute between ...

NCL to move Norwegian Spirit to New Orleans in Nov. 2007
Travel Weekly (subscription), NJ - 6/6/2006
... said the Norwegian Spirit will homeport in New Orleans from November 2007 to April 2008, sailing a western Caribbean itinerary with calls in Belize City, Belize ...

Cyprus returns to US trafficking Watch List
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 6/6/2006
... Tier 3 countries, which are assessed as neither neither complying with minimum standards nor making significant efforts to do so, include Belize, Burma, Cuba ...

Europe - Uncertainties in the Caribbean
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 6/6/2006
... appears set on a path from which recovery may be difficult that may lead it into closer relationships with powerful neighbours, while Belize, still committed ...

CSME's future
The Freeport News, Bahamas - 6/6/2006
... 1, 2006, with Jamaica, Barbados. Belize, Guyana, Surinam and Trinidad and Tobago as the first full members. With the exception of ...

New Orleans Gets Good News; NCL To Homeport Norwegian Spirit There
Cruise Critic, NJ - 6/6/2006
... April 2008 season. The itinerary features calls at Belize City, Santo Tomas, Guatemala, and Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico. The ship ...

Panama Hosts Region Bird Flu Event
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 6/6/2006
... secretary of the Central American Integration System (SICA), plus minister from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize and Panama. ...

Poacher ship under arrest at Russian port radios SOS
ITAR-TASS, Russia - 6/6/2006
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, June 6 (Itar-Tass) - The Breeze poacher ship, sailing under Belize colors, was arrested by border guards and radioed SOS from Korsakov sea ...

6/5/2006

1st new-style production sharing agreement signed by GOB
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2006
... Spartan, which unsuccessfully explored in southern Belize in the 1970's, and the north in the 80's, will this time be searching in three blocks in the Corozal ...


Belize tops El Salvador to keep basketball hopes alive
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/5/2006
... Meanwhile folks we just want to tell you very quickly that the award from this tournament has been issued out by the Belize Premier Football League. ...

Workshop explores gender relationships
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/5/2006
This morning young leaders gathered in Belize City to participate in a two day seminar entitled "Working with young men and women in the promotion of gender ...

SATIIM brings supporters as trial opens
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/5/2006
As we in Belize know too well, that is unfortunately seldom the case. ... I have yet to hear Government’s position where we should not drill in Belize. ...

BTB helps tourism police in anti-crime effort
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/5/2006
The last few weeks have been disastrous for Cayo tourism and while the PR machinery is working overtime to bolster Belize's image as a fun and safe place to ...

Two lucky to be alive following road accident
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/5/2006
The men were travelling towards Belize City when upon reaching mile twenty-eight on the Western Highway they lost control of their Mitsubishi Montero and ...

Taste of Belize - A Success
Belize Tourism Industry Association (press release), Belize - 6/5/2006
The Belize Tourism Industry held its 5th Annual Taste of Belize Competition on Saturday, June 3rd, at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel which ...

6/4/2006

Sail away on a theme vacation
Orlando Sentinel, FL - 6/4/2006
... 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 ...

Meso-America Wraps Energy Summit
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 6/4/2006
... Current PIEM member countries are Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Dominican Republic.

If you have no luck in Mexico, try Canada
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 6/4/2006
... Step two: register with an enterprising don who will 'arrange' your safe passage. Step three: infiltrate Mexico (best through Belize) and head north. ...

Central American leaders to discuss refinery - region's biggest ...
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 6/4/2006
... 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 ...

Hundreds rally as bear released in the Pyrenees
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 6/4/2006
... The summit included representatives from Mexico, Colombia, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic. ...

'High-energy stuff'
Times-Standard, CA - 6/4/2006
... jet pilot for a retired oil magnate, earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Maryland, has lived in Venezuela, Jerusalem, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago ...

Latin American Presidents OK Energy Plan
Chippewa Herald, WI - 6/4/2006
... The summit included representatives from Mexico, Colombia, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic.

Outdoor pursuit takes wing
The Journal News.com, NY - 6/4/2006
... Alpert should know. She has traveled to Belize and Costa Rica to see the birds, but she always appreciates what she has right here. ...

Numero Group label unearths soul goldmine
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 6/4/2006
... No. 006: "Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up" -- Mix equal parts R&B, calypso, disco, funk, reggae, bruckdown, soul, folk, and whatever else can be found. No. ...

Ten big honeymoon trips - on little budgets
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 6/4/2006
... they can engage in unique activities. ''They want to go shark feeding in Belize,. Hawaii is the No. 1 choice for honeymoon trips, with ...

Latin American presidents agree on sweeping energy plan
Canton Repository (subscription), OH - 6/4/2006
... The summit included representatives from Mexico, Colombia, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic.

The View from Europe
Stabroek News, Guyana - 6/4/2006
... appears set on a path from which recovery may be difficult that may lead it into closer relationships with powerful neighbours, while Belize, still committed ...

Caribbean Week 2006 kicks off
New York Daily News, NY - 6/4/2006
... The two-part Anniversary Honoree Banquet, presented by the New York- based Friends Supporting the Diocese of Belize, will be held next Sunday, beginning with a ...

10 Latin nations give OK to energy plan
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription), NC - 6/4/2006
... Participating in the summit were representatives from Mexico, Colombia, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the ...

LatAm presidents decide to set up regional oil complex
ITAR-TASS, Russia - 6/4/2006
... Out of the amount, 230,000 barrels of oil are to be supplied by Mexico, 17,000 barrels by Guatemala, and 8,000 barrels by Belize. ...

Beyond sugar and banana
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 6/4/2006
But the experience of a group of Mayan Indians in Belize may point to a way forward. The Mayan Indians are one of the indigenous peoples of South America. ...

LatAm leaders debate location of proposed giant refinery project
Kuwait Times, Kuwait - 6/4/2006
... daily. Mexico would provide about two-thirds of that supply, with smaller amounts expected from Guatemala and Belize. Presidents ...

6/3/2006

Treetop fliers zip through rain forest on canopy tours
Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH - 6/3/2006
... line tours. There are now dozens, and they've spread from Costa Rica to Nicaragua, Mexico, Belize, Jamaica and Africa. Companies ...


Latin American Presidents OK Energy Plan
CBS News - 6/3/2006
... The summit included representatives from Mexico, Colombia, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic.

It pays to move fast for the lowest fares
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 6/3/2006
... City. Travel round trip on American on fares starting at $254 to Belize City, $447 San Jose, Costa Rica and $459 Guatemala City. ...

Campus Calendar
Seattle University, WA - 6/3/2006
... a towing company. This is a fund raiser for Seattle University students who are doing internships in Belize next fall. Pick your ...

"INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION HAS LOST ITS WAY"
Democrat Newspaper, St. Kitts and Nevis - 6/3/2006
... Gambell  who, like commissioners from Caribbean member-states Antigua , Belize , Dominica , Grenada , St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent, supports ...

Panama to Host Avian Flu Meeting
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 6/3/2006
... American Integration System) Secretary General Anibal E. Quinonez and ministers from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize and the ...

Before risking your all, here's a reminder about the Darwins
Vancouver Sun (subscription),  Canada - 6/3/2006
... There was, for example, a 26-year-old man in Belize who thought he would replicate Benjamin Franklin's kite-flying experiment for his niece. ...

World's biggest fish a diver's delight
Vancouver Sun (subscription),  Canada - 6/3/2006
Divers who want to see these mammoths of the sea can travel to a Belize marine reserve as part of their quest. In the days leading ...

Cent Am Ministers Meet on Energy
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 6/3/2006
Besieged by hundreds of international journalists, the Central American ministers from Panama, Belize, Colombia, Mexico and host Dominican Republic are ...

Village life photography exhibit opens at Image Factory
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/3/2006
A new exhibit opens tonight at the Image Factory in Belize City and as News Five's Alyssa Noble reports, the show focuses on life in one of the prettiest ...

6/2/2006

Village life photography exhibit opens at Image Factory
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/2/2006
A new exhibit opens tonight at the Image Factory in Belize City and as News Five's Alyssa Noble reports, the show focuses on life in one of the prettiest ...

Educators launch honey project in Toledo
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/2/2006
... But through hard work and through dedication we have this product to launch on the Belize market and hopefully one day on the international market. ...

One woman play to take Bliss stage tonight
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/2/2006
Rising crime rates in Belize have prompted the question of reinstating the death penalty for convicted criminals. This weekend, a ...

New governance commission appointed by PM
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/2/2006
... It's mandate to act as "an advisory body to the Government of Belize on public sector modernization initiatives and good governance practices" sounds very ...

Belizean ballers face El Salvador on Sat. night
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/2/2006
To put it mildly, the Belize National team has had a tough time in international play but the players and coaches are going down kicking and screaming. ...

Gabby Affif acquitted in passport scandal
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/2/2006
Belize City businessman Gabby Affif is a free man tonight following a not guilty verdict handed down in the passport scandal. The ...

Victim claims he was shot to keep him from testifying
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/2/2006
Tonight another body lies in the Belize City morgue, another victim of deadly gun violence. According to the survivor of latest ...

Combining Ethics And Ability
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - 6/2/2006
... His idea is catching fire. Beginning with just one program in Belize, Omni Med has branched into Guyana, Kenya and Thailand. The ...

Paddling — a passion, pastime for seniors
Whistler Question,  Canada - 6/2/2006
... sky and gliding through the silvery path of the moons reflection in the Broken Islands or over the coral gardens off an island shore in Belize are other ...

Latin American leaders meet to discuss huge refinery project
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 6/2/2006
... daily. Mexico would provide about two-thirds of that supply, with smaller amounts expected from Guatemala and Belize. Presidents ...

Dolphin amusement park opens for business in Belize
CDNN, New Zealand - 6/2/2006
SPANISH LOOKOUT CAYE, Belize (1 June 2006) -- Belize has joined the ranks of Caribbean cruise ship destinations cashing in on dolphin amusement parks. ...

Daddies' girls get all the breaks in life, study says
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 6/2/2006
... Dr David Waynforth, of Durham University, studied the effects of father absence in a Mayan population in Belize and found that sons of absent fathers had more ...

Rotarians respond to a need in Benque
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
... with a chance remark that Lili Orellana of the Tikal / Peten Rotary Club in Flores, Guatemala made to John Acott of the San Ignacio Rotary Club in Belize. ...

Rotarians respond to a need in Benque
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
... with a chance remark that Lili Orellana of the Tikal / Peten Rotary Club in Flores, Guatemala made to John Acott of the San Ignacio Rotary Club in Belize. ...

UDP prepares for 2008 elections with National Convention in Cayo
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
... also distributed to the press several policy statements; on Tax, Oil, Poverty & Livelihood, Good Governance, the Guatemalan claim to Belize, Debt, Education ...

COURTS makes positive community contribution!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
Last week, COURTS (Belize) Limited made a presentation of a Laptop and Projector to the Police Department to assist with this project. ...

No wrongful dismissal says court! Claim for $188,306 thrown out.
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
A former prosecutor attached to the municipal court of the Belize City Council who claimed he was wrongfully dismissed from his job in May 2004, was not ...

Stranger with missing arm shows up dead in the river
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
... its help. The body was buried on the spot, on the banks of the Belize River as it was in an advanced state of decomposition. A fisherman ...

Moment of truth for Gabby Affif! PM and AG drivers were part of the hustle?
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
... The jury will determine if Affif knowingly provided forged application forms for Belize nationality certificates and Belizean passports for foreign nationals ...

Sr. citizen shot in the head for his own gun
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
Two Belize City men have been remanded to the Hattieville Prison on charges of murder for the shooting death of a security guard. ...

Tina Shen tops PSE Failing schools must buckle up says education ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
... well. Not bad for a little Taiwanese girl who migrated to Belize a mere four years ago and spoke not a word of English. Principal ...

A National Disgrace!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
... “I borrowed $20,000. from DFC in 2000 to pursue a Bachelor’s degree, not privy to the well connected scholarships in Belize. ...

Southwest Odyssey
Hendrix College Events and News, AR - 6/2/2006
... and faculty will be on learning adventures that taking to from the college research lab to other parts of the United States, Germany, Belize, Martinique, Mexico ...

Editorial, the UDP
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/2/2006
... Since disreputable government is at the heart of Belize’s problem, Belizeans ought to take a careful look at what the UDP proposes to do to make sure that ...

Freestay initiative brings benefits to tourism sector
AntiguaSun, Antigua and Barbuda - 6/2/2006
... Tropical Shipping has also sponsored the Freestay programme in Belize, Dominica, Grenada, the USVI, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten and Jamaica.

STELLAR VILLAS BRINGS SELECT SPORTS PROFESSIONALS TO THE DOORSTEP ...
PR Leap (press release), CA - 6/2/2006
... all around the world in all levels of scuba training, snorkeling and marine biology along the world’s second largest barrier reef in Belize, Central America. ...

Sunset Plaza celebrating with blood drive Saturday
Enid News & Eagle, OK - 6/2/2006
... chance to win a seven-day western Caribbean cruise for two aboard the Norwegian Sun, which sails from New Orleans to the ports of Costa Maya, Belize and Cozumel ...

The Chicago festival season: Schedule
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 6/2/2006
... $5-$10. (773) 868-3010. 5-6: World of Faeries Festival, Vasa Park, South Elgin. 6: Belize Day in the Park, Washington Park, 57th and Payne. Free. ...

Central American leaders planning large oil refinery
Miami Herald, FL - 6/2/2006
... 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 ...

Tropical Battery close to acquiring Caribrake's product line
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 6/2/2006
... In April of this year, Chukka Caribbean Adventures opened up operations in Turks and Caicos. The company is already in Jamaica, Bahamas and Belize. ...

Mexico invites Spain, Bolivia to regional energy project
People's Daily Online, China - 6/2/2006
... Presidents and foreign ministers of the PIEM nations -- Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and the ...

Per-box citrus tax may rise
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - 6/2/2006
... canker and greening threatening the state's crops as it tries to stay viable against increasing foreign competition from Mexico, Israel, South Africa and Belize ...

From Howard County to Belize
Baltimore Jewish Times, MD - 6/2/2006
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 - 6/2/2006
... 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 - 6/2/2006
... 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 - 6/2/2006
... 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 - 6/2/2006
... “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 ...

Dolphin education/encounter project opens to public
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/2/2006
... 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 - 6/2/2006
... “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 - 6/2/2006
... 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 - 6/2/2006
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 - 6/2/2006
... 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 - 6/2/2006
... 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 - 6/2/2006
Eight hours after the cold blooded murder of fifty-eight year old Oliver Blanco the Belize City Crimes Investigation Branch arrested the suspected killers. ...


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