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7/24/2006

Cuban, US and Honduran Doctors Work Together on Medical Brigades ...
Upside Down World, NY - 7/24/2006
... The Garifuna are a unique cultural and ethnic group found along the Carribean coast of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and in the Carribean islands. ...

No place for wimps
DetNews.com, MI - 7/24/2006
... Hill now has one of his most ambitious tasks ahead as he'll enter this year's race with 21-year-old Efrain Cruz of San Ignacio, Belize. ...

46 years as pastor
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 7/24/2006
... Bowen, a native of Belize, served also in the Bay Islands and the Belize Circuit until 1975 when he was assigned to the Ocho Rios Circuit. ...

Weigh the risk of malaria drug
Arizona Republic, AZ - 7/24/2006
Question: My family is traveling to Belize for a diving vacation (Ambergris Caye). ... Answer: You don't mention when you plan to take your Belize vacation. ...

Suspect arrested in hit & run
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/24/2006
Last week we brought you the story of eighteen year old Tyrone Teck, the young man injured by a hit and run driver on Currasow Street in Belize City. ...

Father and son murdered in Stann Creek
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/24/2006
Life is cheap in Belize--at least that's the way it seemed this weekend--as no less than four people found themselves on the wrong end of fatal violence. ...

Businessman charged with manslaughter for 2005 shooting
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/24/2006
A Belize City businessman has been charged with manslaughter as the result of a shooting that occurred almost a year ago. Thirty ...

Two Manatees found dead off Belize City
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/24/2006
Belize may have a large population of Manatees but their days of easy living appear to be numbered. Today Manatee researchers report ...

Catt's Place tops Triangle in eight ball competition
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/24/2006
For some time now we’ve been telling you about the Guines 8 Ball Pool Tournament in action here in Belize City, well tonight we take you to an actual match. ...

ACS intensifies its efforts on Caribbean Sea Initiative
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 7/24/2006
... Its Member States are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada ...

KOLBE OFFICIAL RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS
LoveFM, Belize - 7/24/2006
... Just prior to this family removing the child from Belmopan, she had made contact with an aunt on her side of the family in Belize City and the arrangement was ...

HEAVY RAINS CAUSE FLOODING
LoveFM, Belize - 7/24/2006
... rainfall around the country most rivers have started to recede the water is still going up in the north because the run off from the Belize River started ...

ANNUAL SCOUT CAMP STARTS TODAY
LoveFM, Belize - 7/24/2006
... a tour. They’ll be going to Old Belize, the Museum, and also to the City of Belize itself where they’ll be going to St. John ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 7/24/2006
... thousand dollars in cheques and a security safe valued at six thousand dollars from the offices of American Airlines located in San Cas Plaza in Belize City. ...

MARITIME CAMP ENDS IN PUNTA GORDA TOWN
LoveFM, Belize - 7/24/2006
... water survival, emergency communication, marine and environmental protection and first aid sessions were facilitated by personnel of the Belize Port Authority ...

ONCE A HOUSING SCANDAL, NOW HOPE ON HALSEY STREET
CityLimits.org - 7/24/2006
... Faber moved to New York in 1971 from his native Belize at 26, following in the footsteps of his brother, then in the United States Army. ...

Bahamas donates to OAS programmes
The Freeport News, Bahamas - 7/24/2006
... The programmes to benefit from this special contribution are the OAS Special Mission in Haiti; the Belize-Guatemala Peace Fund; the Colombia Peace Fund; the ...

Cingular Wireless Names Rudy Hermond Vice President and General ...
Finanzen.net, Germany - 7/24/2006
... Born and raised in Belize, Hermond migrated to the United States in 1981. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University. ...

Interested in Mayan culture? Here are two roads you could travel
San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - 7/24/2006
... Tikal was a power, with smaller satellite cities that at one point sided with Tikal's major rivals Caracol, in what is now Belize, and Calakmul, in Mexico. ...

Interested in Mayan culture? Here are two roads you could travel
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 7/24/2006
... Tikal was a power, with smaller satellite cities that at one point sided with Tikal's major rivals Caracol, in what is now Belize, and Calakmul, in Mexico. ...

'Most Wanted' man found already jailed
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jul 24, 2006
... can't come in here.'". Joucoo introduced himself as Ramesh and told congregants he'd emigrated from Belize. He attended a few Sunday ...

7/23/2006

Colombia's Integration Into Plan Puebla Panama
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 7/23/2006
... 1. The Tuxtla Framework for Dialogue is a regional consultation and cooperation forum including Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico ...

Hookers and high rollers, Pussycat Dolls; Why British web chief ...
Gambling911.com, FL - 7/23/2006
... The indictment says that BoS was set up by G to evade taxes on most of its revenues, which allegedly are laundered through accounts in Belize and Equador. ...

Beauties from 86 countries compete for Miss Universe
Bucharest Daily News, Romania - 7/23/2006
... first time a representative of Kazakhstan will participate in the contest, while countries that were present last year such as Barbados, Belize, Italy, Kenya ...

Caribbean heaven
Huntsville Times, AL - 7/23/2006
... That's mostly what you get every day in heavenly Grand Cayman. It's a small, laid-back, pretty island southwest of Cuba, east of Belize. ...

Native American artifacts exhibited
Sedalia Democrat, MO - 7/23/2006
... His interest nearly cost Mr. Leiter his life when he was held hostage for a day by a group of armed rebels while visiting Belize. ...

The View From Europe
Stabroek News, Guyana - 7/23/2006
... at the level or 76 per cent of GDP in Antigua: 73 per cent in Barbados; through to figures just above or below 50 per cent for Jamaica, Belize and Trinidad ...

PLIGHT OF PASSAGE
Monitor, TX - 7/23/2006
The petite 12-year-old — from the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, near the border with Belize — didn’t think much of her journey. ...

Carib priorities misplaced
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 7/23/2006
... GDP) at the level or 76 per cent of GDP in Antigua: 73 per cent in Barbados; through to figures just above or below 50 per cent for Jamaica, Belize and Trinidad ...

GOP state Senate seat has upstart candidate
Greeley Tribune, CO - 7/23/2006
... Next week, read about Dale Hall's former career as a sheriff's deputy and Scott Renfroe's trips to India and Belize with his church. ...

S 7/22/2006

Rum, like wine, offers variety and complexity
Boston Globe, United States - 7/22/2006
On a recent day, he lined up a dozen or so bottles on his kitchen counter that came from Barbados, Cuba, Belize, the Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Martinique ...

OTUS THE HEAD CAT : In ’95, humidity pods migrated late but big
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - 7/22/2006
... with two tours under his belt, Warren told The AP that he had seen the phenomenon many times in the past, but on a recent vacation to Belize, he encountered ...

Tales Of 21st Century Indenture
INDOlink, CA - 7/22/2006
21 July 2006 -- Tales of modern day indentured servitude have long been circulating in Belize, centering largely on the East Indian and Mainland Chinese ...

7/21/2006

Children of police receive summer schooling
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/21/2006
... Like my neighbours who are going into infant one to help them read.”. “It is very important for us as a department to develop the children of Belize. ...

BDF recruits undergo rigorous training
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/21/2006
When it comes to defending our country, Belize has a dilemma. In the first place, we have very limited resources ... and armies are expensive. ...

PUP tries to mend its wounds
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/21/2006
“It is a very important topic for us in Belize, given our ongoing efforts to strengthen governance systems, including the management of public finances. ...

Narda is fired from Social Security
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/21/2006
... Board. That is either Auil, nominated by the Belize Business Bureau, or Mark Lizarraga, the nominee of the Chamber of Commerce. ...

Hit and run victim asks driver to come forward
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/21/2006
Are you familiar with the phrase: "adding insult to injury?" Well, it's a perfect description of what happened to one unfortunate Belize City resident last week ...

Million $$$$ Rip-off! SSB a willing pawn.
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
By Harry Lawrence - Publisher. In the ancient world alchemists searched for ways to turn base metal into gold by adding a few choice minerals. ...

Sister Clare celebrates 50 years of great commission
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
... Dangriga Mayor Frank Mena, a former Searcher himself, welcomed the close to 100 guests who travelled from as close as Dangriga to as far as Belize City to ...

GOB permits destroy beaches and Ara Macao wants one
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
During Hundreds of years Belize’s beaches were formed and replenished by the sands washed down Belize’s rivers and creeks. When ...

Former Compol dies of heart attack
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
... He died of a heart attack on Tuesday around 2:45A.M. at the Belize Medical Associates while recovering from severe head and body injuries he sustained when his ...

Parental help makes the difference!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
... school completed primary school. Approximately 10% of the children born in Belize never even begin school. From the above statistics ...

Kirk Gordon gets life for beating acquaintance to death
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
... Aldana was the prosecution’s key witness who told the court he saw Gordon beating Ellis around 11:30 PM on November 14, 2003 on Kraal Road in Belize City. ...

BDF Cadets hit the booksNew initiative stresses brainpower
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
Belize in recent years has been fortunate in not having to take up arms and defend herself from a foreign threat, well, except for the ongoing Guatemala issue ...

Life skills programme empowers youth
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
... This programme was brought to Belize by Robert “Bobby” Lopez, the then President of Lions Belize, who after hearing the discussion on the Health and Family ...

The battlelines are drawn:
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
Former Prime Minister George Price this week broke his long sleep on public affairs to comment briefly on the state of politics in Belize. ...

Giovanni Lanza dies in hit & run or he ran off the road?
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
By Ann-Marie Williams - News Editor. Twenty-eight year old Giovanni Lanza, a computer technician of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

Guatemalan Gang of Nine:Leader Marcus Molina seized in Belize!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
... Belize police say more charges are expected to be brought against Molina, who will remain in jail until September 18, the date of his next court appearance. ...

Free Zone election leaves Smiling in bondage
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
By Ann-Marie Williams - News Editor. The Corozal Free Zone story is over a week old but it seems it will not be going away anytime ...

Bevy of beauties vye for Miss Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
The stage has been set and preparations are underway for the annual Miss Belize pageant on Saturday, July 29, at 7:00P.M. at the Belize City Centre. ...

Cops ignore DPP’s directive to charge Bou-Nahra for shooting
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
... The shooting took place in front of Bou-Nahra’s home at the corner of Lottie Waight Street and Meighan Avenue in the King’s Park area of Belize City. ...

Penn State engineers address poverty, sustainability through ESW
Penn State Live, PA - 7/21/2006
... Penn State's ESW, which lists about 300 members, also has worked on projects in Nigeria and Nicaragua and plans are under way for projects in Belize and Malawi ...

Extreme Travel Trivia
Washington Post, United States - 7/21/2006
... nature. On his way home, he stopped by a waterfall on the border of Guatemala and Belize to reflect on his good fortune. Deadline ...

Editorial - Special Senate Select Committee
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 7/21/2006
... James Building Society made a false claim that it had advanced $19,610,000 Belize dollars in aggregate to Data Pro, and used this inflated figure as a basis ...

Barbados darts team finish in third place in Caribbean Cup
Barbados Advocate, Barbados - 7/21/2006
... In Wednesday's games Barbados overwhelmed Belize by 10 - 2 in their first match and then faced the likely winners, Trinidad, in the second. ...

Party funds: time for Tories to suffer
First Post, UK - 7/21/2006
... He came under fire for three reasons: he was based in Belize and so paid little UK income tax; he collected donations from abroad; and he was too secretive in ...

American Airlines Applies to Fly to Beijing, China, From DFW
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 7/20/2006
... Among American's nonstop international destinations from DFW are cities in Argentina, the Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, France, Germany ...

7/20/2006

Social Security report finally released
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/20/2006
... long list of organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors. It is also accessible online at www.belize.gov.bz.

Concert brings together local and Bel-Am dancers
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/20/2006
The Consortium for Belizean Development was formed twenty years ago with a mission to assist Belize and Belizeans throughout the world. ...

Heavenlies depart for gospel awards
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/20/2006
“We had already recorded our album, we did everything and Sherwin just said, [Trinidadian accent] “You guys dah from Belize man, you have to represent ...

Commission of Inquiry prepares for DFC probe
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/20/2006
... the Commission, starting on August first there will be two forums held every week--on Tuesdays and Thursdays--at the conference room of the Belize Institute of ...

Suspect in murder freed; may help prosecution
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/20/2006
Seven months ago, the brutal murder of a Belize City businessman in front of his young son rocked the old capital, but tonight, one of the two men charged with ...

Crooked Tree in danger of isolation by floodwaters
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/20/2006
... Some of the dry trails are already underwater and the Belize Audubon Society is studying the situation to decide whether or not they should now close their park ...

Sweet science
Beaumont Enterprise, TX - 7/20/2006
... Among the best-known boxers from Beaumont is Bubba Busceme, a 1972 Olympian now living in Belize. CL Richard counts about 35 registered members at the club. ...

PJ Girl Susheela Becomes "Queen Of Spices" In New York
Bernama, Malaysia - 7/20/2006
... Susheela has also lived and worked in Belize in Central America, India and Puerto Rico, and worked in product development and applied research for food ...

BELIZE CITY MAYOR SAYS GOVERNMENT IS PUNISHING CITY RESIDENTS FOR ...
LoveFM, Belize - 7/20/2006
The Belize City Council yesterday issued a release detailing their debts as a result of what they say are actions by Government to punish Belize City residents ...

ATTORNEY GENERAL COMMENTS ON FREE ZONE ELECTIONS AND OTHER ISSUES
LoveFM, Belize - 7/20/2006
... General as well as the legal counsel in the Ministry of Finance has given a legal opinion on this matter in accordance with chapter 278 of the Laws of Belize. ...

4H CENTER SEEKS YOUTHS TO ENROLL
LoveFM, Belize - 7/20/2006
... s Quest program, which will help to build the self-esteem, confidence, as well as address some of the social issues affecting some of the young people in Belize ...

ANTI-CRIME ASSOCIATION OF BELIZE FORMED
LoveFM, Belize - 7/20/2006
... We have some sporting programs right now that Counselor Phillip Willoughby is conducting at one of the stadiums in Belize City, this is to assist the youths ...

Trips raise participants' spirits
Pioneer Press Online, IL - 8 hours ago
... Kasper said he'd like to take his volunteers to Belize, while Adams said his youth ministry group will again vote on their destination. ...

The Intelligent Explorer Nightmare
Security Pronews, KY - 7/20/2006
... By installing the Software you agree to such modifications.". The company, IBC incorporated, is incorporated in Belize. I really can't believe this license! ...

Cuban, US and Honduran Doctors Work Together
Dissident Voice, CA - 7/20/2006
... The Garifuna are a unique cultural and ethnic group found along the Caribbean coast of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and in the Caribbean islands. ...

Theft can make you question the world
OregonLive.com, OR - 7/20/2006
... Zenger had experience as a crime victim overseas. Burglarized in Belize and her pockets picked in China several times, she learned to "hang on to everything.". ...

Hulse: SSB is part of larger governance issue
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/20/2006
... So I’m going to be pushing as much as I can to see to it that things do happen. The whole idea is to enhance the governance in Belize. ...

Veranda collapses; four suffer minor injuries
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/20/2006
Four residents of Belize City received a scare and some cuts and bruises today when the Regent Street veranda on which they were walking, collapsed. ...

Caribbean XChangers meet in Belize
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/20/2006
It's been almost one year since the launch of the XChange movement in Belize, and today XChangers from around the Caribbean gathered at the Belize City House ...

Hyde supports Espat in PUP shoot-out
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/20/2006
When we last visited the dispute over who should run the Corozal Free Zone--not to mention the People's United Party and nation of Belize--PUP Leader Emeritus ...

New blog from a very old land
Lynchburg News and Advance, VA - 7/20/2006
... faculty members selected from across the United States to participate in something called “Maya Worlds: On site in Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize ...

7/19/2006

Bélgica Arias to represent Costa Rica
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 7/19/2006
... Bélgica now joins contestants from Belize (Ninfa Juan), Honduras (Lissa Saenz), El Salvador (Silvia Mejia), Nicaragua (Anahir Rocha) and Guatemala (Masiel ...

Who will be crowned Miss Belize 2006?
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 7/19/2006
The Miss Belize pageant has been the hype around the country of Belize for the past month. As it draws near, this year’s event ...

Guatemalan Bandits caught!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 7/19/2006
... bandits. Thirty six-year-old Guatemalan Marcus Chiquin Molina was captured by authorities after he crossed the border into Belize. ...

Belize govt sacks top officials because of corruption
radiojamaica.com, Jamaica - 7/19/2006
The government of Belize says it has accepted all the recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Social Security including the dismissal of the entire ...

Belizean awarded Austrian Tourism Scholarship
Belize Tourism Industry Association (press release), Belize - 7/19/2006
-- Belize City, Belize, Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 -- In ... Mr. Clare has been working with the Belize Tourism Industry Association for approximately four years. ...

Sacramento Labor Leader Organizes Medical Brigades to Honduras ...
Bay Area Indymedia, CA - 7/19/2006
... The Garifuna are a unique cultural and ethnic group found along the Carribean coast of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and in the Carribean islands. ...

AuSable River Marathon: 65 teams ready for most grueling canoe ...
Gaylord Herald Times, MI - 7/19/2006
... currently registered competitors hail from the Grayling area, with others from Michigan, 11 other states and two Canadian provinces.Two paddlers are from Belize ...

7/18/2006

Miss Belize Pageant delegates meet the press
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/18/2006
This week eight young Belizean women will begin rigorous preparations as part of the upcoming competition for the Miss Belize World and Miss Belize Universe ...

Former police commissioner succumbs to injuries
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/18/2006
... Western Highway. Reports are that Haylock was travelling from Belmopan to Belize City when he lost control of the Suzuki Vitara. The ...

Land Rover donates to reconstruction at Caracol
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/18/2006
Land Rover North America has been coming to Belize since 1994 but after a five year hiatus, they’re back with some serious action. ...

Tourist fakes robbery, fined $100
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/18/2006
The arrest of a suspect in the Cayo robberies will go a long way toward easing the fears of visitors to Belize who want to experience the wonders of the west. ...

Growing crime: theft of gasoline
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/18/2006
... again. But this morning we spoke with one Belize City resident who says the situation has left him running on empty. “Apparently ...

Suspect in Cayo robberies handed over, charged
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/18/2006
... on Monday when police say thirty six year old Guatemalan Marcus Chiquin Molina was detained by local authorities after he had crossed the border into Belize. ...

Espat receives a spanking from PUP Leader Emeritus
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/18/2006
... Investors and staff members from the Corozal Free Zone and Party supporters in Belize City have reported that Mr. Smiling has repeatedly attacked the integrity ...

The Bahamas contributes to OAS programs
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 7/18/2006
... The programs to benefit from this special contribution are the OAS Special Mission in Haiti; the Belize-Guatemala Peace Fund; the Colombia Peace Fund; the ...

Life's a breeze in Belize
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 7/18/2006
... Marine life, indeed wildlife, is the big draw in Belize, a country about the size of Wales tucked south of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and east of Guatemala. ...

This way to paradise
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 7/18/2006
... the Bahamas in the north-west to Trinidad in the south, the choice of Caribbean islands - not forgetting mainland destinations such as Belize and Guatemala ...

OMC: El Consejo del Comercio de Mercancías aprueba una exención ...
noticias.info (Comunicados de prensa), Spain - 7/18/2006o
... Under this programme, Canada grants duty-free treatment to imports from the following: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the ...

Switzerland : Goods Council supports waiver for EC’s trade ...
Fibre2fashion.com, India - 7/18/2006
... Under this programme, Canada grants duty-free treatment to imports from the following: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the ...

Nashville Zoo's 3rd Annual Animal Art Auction
About - Cities & Towns, NY - 7/18/2006
The animal art auction will raise money for the Protected Areas Conservation Trust in Belize. The event runs from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm on July 27th. ...

Mixed fortunes for squash players
Stabroek News, Guyana - 7/18/2006
... Nations joining hosts Colombia at the CAC Games are Antigua and Barbuda, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba ...

BVI Considers Involvement In CSME
Tax-news.com (subscription), UK - 7/18/2006
... The countries, namely Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, became the first six Caricom countries to have signed on to the ...


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