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6/16/2006

Trinidadian PM talks oil, corruption and football
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/16/2006
This afternoon, Belize welcomed Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning, and CARICOM secretary general Edwin Carrington. ...

"Flights of Fantasy" to take off on Saturday night
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/16/2006
I'm talking about ballet and while it might not be as popular as football or cycling, these young athletes are determined to be the best Belize has to offer. ...

Accused Brannon killers reappear in court
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/16/2006
... this morning, accused killers Taedron Bennett, Ricardo Aguilar and Joseph Kee reappeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord in the Belize City Magistrate's ...

WIN launches "people friendly" budget book
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/16/2006
... matters. Today, however, the Women Issues Network of Belize launched a report aimed at breaking down the budget into small change. ...

Pro-Whaling Nations Lose Conference Vote
CBS News - 6/16/2006
... Belize, a small Central American country that has received aid from Japan and had been expected to support it on the whaling commission, voted against it in ...

Sunny sanctuaries offer antidote to resorts
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 6/16/2006
... Along the Caribbean coast of Belize, 18 miles south of Dangriga, the jungle creeps right up to the shoreline, and a beach provides an opening for calming sea ...

Centuries haven't dimmed power of Belize's Mayan sites
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 6/16/2006
XUNANTUNICH, Belize – From this panoramic perch atop a stone pyramid that looms over the Mopan River valley, you can see why ancient Mayan rulers stood here ...

Cops exume skeletal remains to solve 30 -month old cold case
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
Three Punta Gorda men were arraigned on murder charges this week for a crime committed two and a half years ago. Investigations ...

Bze Court of Appeal final for vicious killers, says PM
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
... The law which supports capital punishment is still on the books however, the last time a hanging took place in Belize City was in 1984. ...

Jury convicts Trevor “Flour” Gill for “Pie Boy’s” death
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
Twenty-three year old Trevor “Flour” Gill, of Belize City has been found guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter in the Supreme Court yesterday (Thursday ...

Tough times for Belize in 2008 According to S&P assessment
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has saved Belize’s bacon by his timely intervention with a US$25 million loan to pay off part of Belize’s 2006 foreign ...

We have 51 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
... Twenty-eight-year-old Terrence Bailey, Jerry Busch, 28, Shinette Staine, 29 and a 16-year old boy walked out the Belize City Magistrate’s court after the ...

Defence Minister on a Belize in 2021
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
Members of the Belize Defence Force gathered at the Best Western Biltmore Plaza on Tuesday to devise a National Security Strategy with the assistance of a hand ...

Patrick Manning to hold private talks with PM Musa
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning, visits Belize today for a few hours in his capacity as Chairman of CARICOM. ...

UN finds 33 % in Belize! 5-yr. plan will tackle AIDS & ignorance
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
Belizeans across Belize, especially those less fortunate and marginalised, will benefit from a five-year United Nations’ Development Assistance Framework ...

Love’s way has not been easy for Sand Hill bride and her kids!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
Sandhill woman whose new-found love travelled hundreds of miles to marry her in Belize seven months ago, is only now finding out that marrying an American does ...

Methodists celebrate 181st anniversary of Methodism in Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
The Wesley Methodist Church on Albert Street leads the way in celebrating the 181st anniversary of Methodism in Belize and the 55th anniversary of the present ...

Ford Motor Company offering grants to preserve the Jaguar.
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
... Individuals or non- government organisations who have a specific project to help preserve the jaguar in Belize may apply and secure a grant of US $15,000.00 to ...

Belize shelters 19% of migrant birds
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
The Birds Without Borders – Aves Sin Fronteras? (BWB-ASF) project has been doing bird research, education and conservation in Belize since 1997. ...

SPEAR Poll shows broad consensus on how to spend oil revenue
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
A recent poll organised by the Society for the Promotion of Education and Research (SPEAR) shows the people of Belize are not happy with the Government’s ...

BNTU addresses unacceptable faults in the education system
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/16/2006
The Council of Management of the Belize National Teacher’s Union (BNTU), at its meeting held on Saturday, June 10, 2006 discussed among other issues of ...

Americans travelling to Great Exuma advised to take treatment for ...
The Freeport News, Bahamas - 6/16/2006
... a female anopheles mosquito. Malaria is endemic to the countries of Guyana, Suriname, Belize, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.

Caribbean Forwards Integration
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 6/16/2006
Bridgetown, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chair Patrick Manning is kicking off Friday a tour in Barbados, Belize and Jamaica as part of ...

US report upsets Belize PM
The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - 6/16/2006
IS BELIZE being politically pressured by the United States for its alleged failure to effectively deal with a human trafficking problem; or is it really caught ...

Our Caribbean – This curious 'mission' by Mr Manning
The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - 6/16/2006
... turned out for the country, visits to, first Guyana, then Suriname on Wednesday, and as expected also for today's scheduled "stop-overs" in Belize and Jamaica ...

New York New York – Remittances key to economies
The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - 6/16/2006
... the Caribbean it is a multi-billion-dollar business, surpassing the $5 billion mark, with the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Guyana, Belize and Suriname ...

LATIN AMERICA - Education: Reading, Writing and Then What? (by ...
AlterInfos, France - 6/16/2006
... Countries like Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Nicaragua, where the adult literacy rate is below 80 percent, will have the greatest difficulty in ...

Six Eastern Caribbean countries to join regional single market
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 6/16/2006
... In January, Guyana, Suriname, Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados launched the single market, which was designed to facilitate the movement of goods ...

SWOOPING low over the Central American jungle in a Huey helicopter ...
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 6/16/2006
... Because for them, the wet, muddy, snake-filled hellhole of Belize, which lies between Guatemala and the Caribbean Sea, is home for three months. ...

The Latin American seat on the Security Council
Stabroek News, Guyana - 6/16/2006
... Caricom's point of view is the fact that both Guatemala and Venezuela still have spurious claims on substantial portions of the territory of Belize and Guyana ...

Desperate migrants, tourists flock to islands
Seattle Times, United States - 6/16/2006
... Belize : The tourism industry in Belize is discouraging travel to Chiquibul National Park and the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve following recent attacks ...

EC Countries May Finally Sign On To CSM
Hardbeatnews.com, NY - 6/16/2006
... Guyana, Suriname, Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados launched the single market in January, that aims to facilitate the free movement of goods, services ...

Red Dress affair targets heart disease
Cay Compass, Cayman Islands - 6/16/2006
... According to Dr. Peron, Cayman rates higher than countries such as Belize, Bahamas and the Dominican Republic based on a 1997 study. ...

No RSVP Needed: Club Belize
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI - 6/16/2006
... However, a large wall that separated the dance area from an oval-shaped bar and lounge has been removed, making Club Belize more inviting. ...

United Airlines' Expanded Service to Central America, Through TACA ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 6/16/2006
... Plus(R) miles to places never before served in Central and South America and redeem miles for award travel to destinations such as Costa Rica, Belize and Peru ...

EC Countries May Finally Sign On To CSM
Hardbeatnews.com, NY - 6/16/2006
... Guyana, Suriname, Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados launched the single market in January, that aims to facilitate the free movement of goods, services ...

6/15/2006

EC Countries May Finally Sign On To CSM
Hardbeatnews.com, NY - 6/15/2006
... Guyana, Suriname, Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados launched the single market in January, that aims to facilitate the free movement of goods, services ...

KINGS OF THE JUNGLE
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 6/15/2006
... Because for them, the wet, muddy, snake-filled hellhole of Belize, which lies between Guatemala and the Caribbean Sea, is home for three months. ...

I'MA REPORTER GET ME OUT OF HERE..
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 6/15/2006
RECORD'S MAN JOINS REGIMENT IN TROPICAL HELLHOLE As an ex-Marine, our man thought he was ready for Belize. He was wrong... 1 KNEW ...

VILLAGE COUNCIL ASSOCIATION SAYS AREA REPS SHOW DISRESPECT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/15/2006
The Belize District Association of Village Councils met on Monday to discuss problems that they are facing in their respective communities. ...

GST TEAM MEETS WITH BUSINESSES
LoveFM, Belize - 6/15/2006
The General Sales Tax Implementation Team hosted an Open Day today at the Administration Building in Belize City. Coordinator of ...

BELIZE CITY MAYOR TALKS AFTER 105 DAYS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/15/2006
A Belize City Council delegation recently returned from Houston. Mayor Zenaida Moya told us about the visit. “We went with specific ...

GILL GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
LoveFM, Belize - 6/15/2006
... Gill was accused of the murder of Anthony Flowers better known as Pie Bwoy which occurred on Lovely Lane in Belize City on February 25, 2005. ...

FORD MOTORS HELPS PRESERVE THE JAGUAR
LoveFM, Belize - 6/15/2006
The Ford Motor Company is for the fourth year awarding grants for projects dedicated to the conservation of the environment and culture in Belize. ...

ANGLICAN DIOCESAN HOLD MEN'S FORUM
LoveFM, Belize - 6/15/2006
The Anglican Diocesan men’s fellowship will be hosting a symposium this evening at the House of Culture in Belize City. Bishop ...

Belmopan oil drilling brings heat from residents
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/15/2006
... jumping for joy. After successful strikes in Spanish Lookout, Belize Natural Energy has now begun work in Belmopan. But instead ...

Charged with murder, jury says manslaughter
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/15/2006
A Belize City man has been found guilty in connection with the death of Anthony Flowers last February. Late this afternoon in the ...

Agribusiness Outlook: IICA's National Consultation
The Bahama Journal, Bahamas - 1 hour ago
... review and re-orientation as necessary. In some of the countries, such as Belize, Barbados, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago, their ...

Mayan Treasures at the Met: Passing Strange Communications From ...
New York Times, United States - 2 hours ago
... galleries. Many are unfamiliar: they are recent finds from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize, traveling for the first time. ...

Gurkhas could be the heart of the world’s first real police ...
Osceola News-Gazette, FL - 6/15/2006
... 10,000 well-trained Gurkhas in the British Army — 1,000 in Brunei, 1,500 based in the United Kingdom, some deployed in Cyprus, Kuwait and Belize, and 5,000 ...

Scarbrough's recognized
The Thomasville Times, AL - 6/15/2006
Carl Myers, Member of the Board of Directors of the Baptist Training Center, for their missionary work done in Belize. After answering ...

SOL announces acquisition of Shell Puerto Rico
Barbados Advocate, Barbados - 6/15/2006
... In 2005, SOL acquired Shells fuels businesses in Belize, Guyana, Suriname and the following countries of the Eastern Caribbean region: Barbados, St. ...

Reading, Writingàand Then What?
Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy - 6/15/2006
... Countries like Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Nicaragua, where the adult literacy rate is below 80 percent, will have the greatest difficulty in ...

United Airlines' Expanded Service to Central America, Through TACA ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 6/15/2006
... Plus(R) miles to places never before served in Central and South America and redeem miles for award travel to destinations such as Costa Rica, Belize and Peru ...

Six eastern Caribbean countries to join regional single market
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 6/15/2006
... In January, Guyana, Suriname, Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados launched the single market, which was designed to facilitate the movement of goods ...

SOL FILL-UP
The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - 6/15/2006
... Shell's fuel businesses in Belize, Guyana and Suriname were taken over by SOL in 2005, along with operations in Barbados, St Lucia, Netherlands Antilles, St ...

Fitt-Chappell honored for sportsmanship
GoSeawolves.com, AK - 6/15/2006
... Salveson has conducted service trips to Belize and is the founder of the Darfur Action Club, which was named Club of the Year at SU in 2006. ...

A 'Royal Spectacle' Of Mayan Myths Explores Kingship
New York Sun, NY - 6/15/2006
... 900 CE A loose federation of warring city-states, it occupied some 125,000 square miles, extending through Yucatan, Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize to eastern ...

Telemundo unveils new writing course
Miami Herald, FL - 6/15/2006
... March 1 through April 23 drew applicants from 32 states and 23 countries, from Miami to New York, and as from as far away as Switzerland, Belize, Spain and ...

Northern Virginia
Washington Post, United States - 6/15/2006
Women in Art Work from Empowered Women International's artisans-in-training -- many immigrants from such places as Sudan, Israel, Belize, Honduras, Iran and ...

Anglers willing, able to travel find few casts more rewarding than ...
Houston Chronicle, United States - 6/15/2006
... "I consider the Yucatan and Belize as the best ... The numbers may not be as good on average as in the Yucatan or Belize, but you should get plenty of shots. ... ...

Major obstacles to OECS joining single market cleared, says ...
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 6/15/2006
... and other CARICOM officials. The mission also includes visits to Barbados, Belize and Jamaica on Friday, June 16. Responding to a ...

New Malaria Treatment Guidelines
The Bahama Journal, Bahamas - 6/15/2006
... In Latin America and the Caribbean, some overlap of malaria and HIV/AIDS occurs in the general population in Belize, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana and ...

New Malaria Treatment Guidelines
The Bahama Journal, Bahamas - 6/15/2006
... In Latin America and the Caribbean, some overlap of malaria and HIV/AIDS occurs in the general population in Belize, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana and ...

Aruba fudging tourism number?
WorldNetDaily, OR - 6/15/2006
... The Belize Tourism Board has reported a drop in Aruba tourism from 2000 until 2003, with an increase in 2004 for both air and cruise ship visitors of about ...

6/14/2006

Houston cops help Belize police with equipment
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/14/2006 ago
... The problems that we are being faced with in Belize are not necessarily unique to Belize, the violent crimes and the gun related crimes. ...

Ford offers grants for conservation
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/14/2006
... protect the jaguars. Because we know that in Belize, it’sa really important number of jaguars and we want to protect them. So in ...

Veteran public servant dies of cancer
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/14/2006
“She served unselfishly the department, this ministry, the government and the people of Belize for more than twenty years. And ...

Anglicans seek to strengthen morals of men
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/14/2006
In most studies of the social situation in Belize and the Caribbean the fifty percent of the population that is male usually takes a licking. ...

AG says implementing death penalty requires unity
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/14/2006
“Where a person is convicted of the crime of murder in Belize, the penalty, the sanction for that crime is death by hanging.”. ...

Nicaragua’s Beauty confirmed for Costa Maya!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/14/2006
... Anahir will compete alongside representatives from Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and El Salvador on August 3rd, 2006. ...

Pineview Baptist Church recognizes missionaries Bettye and Cliff ...
South Alabamian, AL - 6/14/2006
Carl Myers, member of the board of directors of the Baptist Training Center for their missionary work done in Belize. Serving the ...

BNTU EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PSE RESULTS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/14/2006
A release from the Belize National teachers Union says the Council of Management met last Saturday and discussed among other issues of concern, the result and ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/14/2006
... 2006. Arthurs was charged after he was identified as the alleged rapist of a woman who was raped in Belize City on July 18, 2004. ...

BELIZE POLICE RECEIVE DONATION FROM US POLICE
LoveFM, Belize - 6/14/2006
The Belize Police Department today received a donation of items valued at twenty five thousand US dollars. The handing over from ...

PUBLIC FORUM ON OIL TO BE HELD ACROSS THE COUNTRY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/14/2006
... Promoting Active Citizenship BelPAC will be jointly organizing and hosting a Public Forum on the topic Challenges and opportunities of Belize’s petroleum ...

The Circle Game
LA Weekly, CA - 6/14/2006
... Previous Numero excavations have collected soul music from Ohio and funk made in Belize; the most recent revisits the songs of 14 talented young women who were ...

MEXICO-CENTRAL AMERICA: High Voltage Boost to Integration
Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy - 6/14/2006
... is an ambitious regional integration and development project for Mesoamerica, an area that includes nine states in southeastern Mexico, plus Belize, Costa Rica ...

Well oil be! Irish duo hit black gold fortune
Irish Post, UK - 6/14/2006
... Morrice did what major oil companies have failed to do over the past 50 years when they discovered oil reserves in the small South American state of Belize. ...

Changes in the Jungles of Southern Belize
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - 6/14/2006
AMBERGRIS CAYE, Belize—Tides change continuously as does business; so the El Pescador family would like to formally announce and introduce the new ownership ...

CARICOM Chairman calls on President Jagdeo
GINA, Guyana - 6/14/2006
... CARICOM officials. The mission includes visits to Suriname and Barbados today and to Belize and Jamaica on Friday, June 16. Following ...

Clark announces candidacy for Commissioner
Camden Chronicle, TN - 6/14/2006
... I am active in First Baptist Church, Camden, serving on the Personnel Committee, assistant Sunday school teacher, and missionary to Belize, 2005 -2006. ...

Two businesses get green light for move to Spooner
Spooner Advocate, WI - 6/14/2006
... Medquest Technologies owns Medical University of the America in Belize, with 60-100 students and is talks to acquire another school in London, England. ...

Antigua’s RDF contribution now (US)$2.2M
AntiguaSun, Antigua and Barbuda - 6/14/2006
... discussions at last week’s COFAP meeting, it was agreed that the Caricom formula would be used to calculate the contributions of the OECS and Belize, who are ...

An interpreter of Maya culture
Universitas Helsingiensis, Finland - 6/14/2006
... Kettunen was not involved in Demarest’s research project before the exhibition came to Finland, but he has visited Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Southern ...

Cabinda: Opposition Party Elects Delegates to Congress
UNPO, Netherlands - 6/14/2006
... communes and districts. In Cabinda the FNLA party is represented in four districts, namely Cabinda, Cacongo, Belize and Buco-Zau.

Belize Telecom expands fixed line services
TeleGeography, D.C. - 6/14/2006
Belize Telecom has announced the completion of a project to expand its services in the west of the country's capital, Belmopan. ...

Scotiabank Expands Latin American Operation, Acquires Largest ...
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - 6/14/2006
... In Latin America, Scotiabank already operates in Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Belize and Chile, with an affiliate in ...

6/13/2006

Murder suspect also charged with rape
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/13/2006
... old Edward Arthurs, the man charged with the murder of sixty-two year old security guard Oliver Blanco, has been positively identified by a Belize City woman ...

Local TV drama set for second season
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/13/2006
The development of local television in small poor markets like Belize is not a particularly encouraging proposition. With high costs ...

Belize's tussle with USA
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 6/13/2006
IS Belize being politically pressured by the US for its alleged failure to effectively deal with a human trafficking problem, or is it really part of ...

High Cost Of Telecommunications Retarding Bahamas Advantages
The Bahama Journal, Bahamas - 6/13/2006
... Special emphasis was placed on The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, Suriname ...

Trinidad PM will visit Belize
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/13/2006
On Friday Belize will host the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning. Manning, accompanied by CARICOM Secretary ...

Officials ponder National Security Strategy
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/13/2006
In the wake of a number of violent attacks against residents and visitors, the National Security Council has charged the Belize Defence Force with the task of ...

Guest Commentary
Jasper Newsboy,  USA - 6/13/2006
... 1000-1200. World Cup match on the big screen in the Queen Victoria Room. Belize vs. Botswana. Get excited. Cash bar. 1600-1800. ...

The Caribbean walk of change: The road to social transformation ...
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 6/13/2006
... The revised treaty defines a disadvantaged country as those in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Belize which have all been classified as ...

As Mexico Sees It: A UN Report on Migrant Rights
texascivilrightsreview.org, TX - 6/13/2006
... 24. Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala and Belize lacks a proper system for ensuring controlled, legal and orderly migration. ...

Looking for that hit
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 6/13/2006
... others and when a song is played, it’s routed to all these other stations, effectively reaching out to places like the Falkland Islands, Belize, United States ...

Met exhibit showcases treasures of the Maya Kings
The Casper Star Tribune, WY - 6/13/2006
... For the ancient Maya, living in what is present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize, their rulers were the ones who ensured order in the cosmos ...

Scotiabank paying $330M for parent firm of Costa Rica's largest ...
CBC News, Canada - 6/13/2006
... It also operates in Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Belize and Chile, with an affiliate in Venezuela and a ...

Barbados vulnerable
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Barbados - 6/13/2006
... vulnerable to a price surge. The survey focused on Belize, Costa Rica, Grenada, Jamaica, Panama and Barbados. Reacting to the report ...

Scotiabank paying $330M for parent firm of Costa Rica's largest ...
940 News, Canada - 6/13/2006
... It also operates in Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Belize and Chile, with an affiliate in Venezuela and a ...

Business Browser: June 14
Edmonton Journal (subscription), Canada - 6/13/2006
... In Latin America, Scotiabank operates in Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Belize and Chile, with an affiliate in ...

Team Belize wins Water Safari
San Marcos Daily Record, TX - 6/13/2006
SEADRIFT - Team Belize took home the 2006 Texas Water Safari title, cruising into Seadrift in exactly 38 hours, 44 minutes ahead of the Mynars' boat. ...

BOOTS MARTINEZ TALKS ABOUT MURDERS IN PORT LOYOLA
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2006
The last three fatal murders in Belize City occurred in the Port Loyola area. The three shootings claimed the lives of Tyrone Felix ...

BELIZE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO HOLD TRAINING ON GST
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2006
In preparation for the implementation of the GST, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be holding a training and mixer tomorrow. ...

BDF HOLDS NATIONAL SECURITY SEMINAR
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2006
The Belize Defence Force is hosting a National Security Strategy Formulation Seminar in Belize City. The seminar is being conducted ...

MISSING TEEN FOUND
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2006
13 year-old Daniela Olivera, also known as Marcela, was found this morning in Belize City. The schoolgirl had gone missing on Sunday ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2006
... The charge arose out of an incident which occurred on Orange Street in Belize City on Friday June 9. 39 year old Randolph Galvez a construction worker of ...

AMBASSADORS PRESENT CREDENTIALS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2006
... his credentials Japanese ambassador Hiroshi Sakurai said this reconfirms Japan’s commitment to continue to promote good relations and cooperation with Belize ...

YES INTRODUCES CAMPAIGN AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2006
In 2004 the Youth Enhancement Services introduced its campaign against sexual abuse and exploitation of young women and girls in Belize. ...

Scotiabank paying $330M for parent firm of Costa Rica's largest ...
680 News, Canada - 6/13/2006
... In Latin America, Scotiabank operates in Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Belize and Chile, with an affiliate in ...

Mayans In Manhattan
CBS News - 6/13/2006
For the ancient Maya, living in what is present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize, their rulers ensured order in the cosmos; embodied the ...

Immigration Scare-Tactics: Exaggerated Estimates Of New ...
ILW.com, NY - 6/13/2006
... projections is evident in the fact that the estimate of 217 million is 70 million more than the combined populations of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El ...

Cabinda: Opposition FNLA Party Elects Delegates To Congress
AngolaPress, Angola - 6/13/2006
... communes and districts. In Cabinda the FNLA party is represented in four districts, namely Cabinda, Cacongo, Belize and Buco-Zau.

Canada's Scotiabank buys Costa Rica's Interfin for 330 mln cad
Forbes - 6/13/2006
... Scotiabank already operates in Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Belize and Chile, with an affiliate in Venezuela and a ...

Wataire Industries Distributor Featured On Belize Channel 7 News
Business Wire (press release), CA - 6/13/2006
(Pink Sheets:WTAF) is pleased to announce on June 8, 2006 AWC Blue Lagoon Wataire Industries distributor in Belize was featured on the evening news in Belize ...

Scotiabank buys Costa Rica's bank
Toronto Star,  Canada - 6/13/2006
... In Latin America, Scotiabank operates in Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Belize and Chile, with an affiliate in ...

Haiti's membership of CARICOM
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - 6/13/2006
... On 1 January this year, the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) came into being with six countries (Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and ...

Scotiabank makes purchase in Costa Rica
Globe and Mail, Canada - 6/13/2006
... In Latin America, Scotiabank operates in Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Belize and Chile, with an affiliate in ...

Scotiabank Expands Latin American Operation, Acquires Largest ...
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 6/13/2006
... In Latin America, Scotiabank already operates in Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Belize and Chile, with an affiliate in ...

Ropa wins Miss Global beauty pageant
New Zimbabwe.com, Zimbabwe - 6/13/2006
... Ropa beat queens of the catwalk from 50 countries including Puerto Rico, the UK, Sri Lanka, India, Guyana, Nicaragua, Dominica, Belize, Barbados, The Cayman ...

Olsen Twins Nutrition Horoscope
Postcards from the Pug Bus (satire), PA - 6/13/2006
... 9/22): An unidentified friend nominates you for membership in DENSA, an honor society for people whose IQs are lower than the mean temperature in Belize on any ...

Frasier: The Complete Eighth Season
digitallyOBSESSED, IL - 16/13/2006
... In the season finale, Cranes Go Caribbean, Frasier takes Claire on a trip to Belize, where he is freaked-out by an intimate dream involving Lana. ...

Norway. Dr. Joe Borg addresses 11th North Atlantic Fisheries ...
BYM News (press release), Spain - 16/13/2006
... The Belize registered reefer ‘Sunny Jane’ entered Eemshaven in the Netherlands last summer with redfish on board, transhipped from identified IUU fishing ...

'Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada most vulnerable to price surge'
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 16/13/2006
WITH THE price of oil projected to rise above its current US$70 per barrel cost, Barbados, Belize, Grenada and Jamaica have been pegged as countries most ...

New Norwegian cruise ship to call on NO in 2007
New Orleans CityBusiness, LA - 16/13/2006
Norwegian Spirit’s seven-day cruises will feature calls into Belize City, Santo Tomas, Guatemala and Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico. ...

Crime is neither blue nor red, says PM
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 16/13/2006
... As a part of today's meeting the government also put forward a bill to make Belize a member of CABEI, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. ...

New Site Erei takes RFG Cup
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 16/13/2006
... Checking the Belize City Guiness 8 Ball Pool Tournament on Friday, Triangle mashed MJ’s 8 to 2. Lion King smashed Shooters 6 to 4. Saturday saw Advance roll ...

Briceño: no decision yet on Ara Macao project
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 16/13/2006
... Any development in Belize must be sensitive not only to the impact to the geography and natural environment of the area but also on how it will affect the ...

Woman arrested for stabbing ex in the back
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 16/13/2006
... to court reports, the victim, thirty-nine year old Randoloph Galvez of Roaring Creek was about to get into a taxi on Orange Street in Belize City when his ex ...

13 year old girl missing; abduction feared
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 16/13/2006
... But as we in Belize are all too painfully aware, criminal abductions are not unknown ... and tonight it's that remote possibility ...

Historic St. John’s Cathedral ransacked
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 16/13/2006
Sometime between seven Friday night and midday Saturday there was a break-in at one of Belize City's most treasured landmarks. And ...

New income tax placed on oil exploration companies
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 16/13/2006
... This will bring the petroleum legislation in Belize in line with that of other oil producing countries.”. “Taken together it ...

6/12/2006

SITTING OF THE HOUSE HELD TODAY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2006
... of the abusive or allege abusive and comments that are past in some parts of the media and he said quote “Its time for the Belize Broadcasting authority to ...

UWI CHANCELLOR VISITS BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2006
Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Professor E. Nigel Harris is leading a ten man delegation to Belize. Love news ...

POLICE NEWS.
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2006
... John’s Cathedral on Regent Street in Belize City reported to the Police that sometime between seven pm on Friday June 9 and midday Saturday June 10, the ...

COURT NEWS.
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2006
... The charge arose out of an incident which occurred on Orange Street Belize City on Friday June 9. The victim Randolph Galvez 39 a construction worker of ...

Y-FOCUS HELD "MARCH AGAINST CRIME".
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2006
On Friday the Y-Focus Club held its ‘Walk Against Crime’ in Belize City. Today organizers say they are satisfied and grateful ...

BELIZE CANOE WINS TEXAS CANOE RACE FOR THE SECOND YEAR.
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2006
The Belize Canoe Team has won the Texas Water Safari for the second time. ... “The Belize team did win by 45 minutes which is better than we expected. ...

Met Exhibit Shows Maya Kings' Treasures
Washington Post, United States - 6/12/2006
... For the ancient Maya, living in what is present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize, their rulers were the ones who ensured order in the cosmos ...

UTR Mid Morning Update
E-Wire (press release), TX - 6/12/2006
... The Government of Belize, acting through the Ministry of Agriculture, acknowledged their receipt of the proposal and responded they are not in a position to ...

CABA 2006 set to be biggest ever
SUN Weekend, Antigua and Barbuda - 6/12/2006
... teams for the one-week tournament at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre from 26 June to 1 July and the entry list could swell even further if Belize and French ...

African countries brand themselves with eco-labels
Africast, CT - 6/12/2006
... "Countries such as Costa Rica and Belize have progressive environmental policies but unrelated to that they have liberal economic frameworks and the two have ...

Blue Diamond Ventures, Inc. CEO Shares Progress and Vision for ...
Market Wire (press release) - 6/12/2006
... Blue Diamond Ventures, Inc. (www.bluediamondventures.com) is an agriculture, bio fuels and commercial development company with operations in Belize and the US ...

The way we travel: summertime's travel tribes
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 6/12/2006
... year there, but now it's winter in the south. So think Costa Rica, Mexico, Belize...". The 90th anniversary of the Somme, the most ...

Jamaican student on Spanish adventure
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 6/12/2006
... Participants will this year rediscover the lost Mayan cities in Guatemala and Belize and then end their tour in Spain, culminating with the group of young ...

ANTIGUA: Antigua opposition backs CARICOM Single Market
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 6/12/2006
... implemented. In January Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago signed on to the single market. However ...

CARICOM now an important trading partner for Brasilia
Stabroek News, Guyana - 6/12/2006
... to the release, of particular reference to the newly-emerging relationship between the two were the recent opening of an embassy in Belmopan, Belize and the ...

Blue Diamond Ventures, Inc. Pursuing Prospects for Ethanol ...
dBusinessNews Houston (press release), TX - 6/12/2006
... The Government of Belize, acting through the Ministry of Agriculture, acknowledged their receipt of the proposal and responded they are not in a position to ...

Reef at forefront of CO2 battle
BBC News, UK - 6/12/2006
... But they don't primarily blame hurricanes for the damage to the coral here on the Belize Barrier Reef; they blame climate change. ...

Postal kindness made the trip possible
Wilmington Morning Star, NC - 6/12/2006
... "We were expecting my husband's passport to arrive via overnight deliver the day before we were to leave for Belize (in Central America) this past January. ...

African countries brand themselves
Independent Online, South Africa - 6/12/2006
... "Countries such as Costa Rica and Belize have progressive environmental policies but unrelated to that they have liberal economic frameworks and the two have ...

University assists international students' transition to Purdue
Purdue Exponent - 6/12/2006
... Brezezinski. Jay Huang, a senior in the School of Industrial Engineering, was born in Taiwan and moved to Belize when he was young. ...

University assists international students' transition to Purdue
The Exponent, Indiana - 6/12/2006
... Brezezinski. Jay Huang, a senior in the School of Industrial Engineering, was born in Taiwan and moved to Belize when he was young. ...

Bird urges full support for CSM
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 6/12/2006
... Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago signed the declaration of entry to the single market aspect of the CSME, a seamless trading ...

In Milford Library: Visit the library this summer0-6486
Milford Daily News, MA - 6/12/2006
... environmental science, has been leading yearly trips for high school students and adults to the rainforest, Mayan ruins and coral reefs of Belize in Central ...

Petroleos Venezuela and Belize Petroleum create joint venture
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 6/12/2006
by Peter Wilson. Petroleos de Venezuela SA, South America's largest oil company, has formed a joint venture with Belize Petroleum Energy Ltd. ...

Alberto forms on Sunday morning...
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 6/12/2006
It took a little longer than some expected once the disturbance popped up off of Belize last week, but we have our first tropical storm of the season. ...


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