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7/30/2006

Punta Rock at Emancipation Village
Trinidad News, Trinidad and Tobago - 7/30/2006
... Garifuna is the name of the free people who inhabited the Atlantic Coast of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and parts of Nicaragua. ...

Great fares first step toward fall getaways
Anchorage Daily News, AK - 7/30/2006
... Your shore excursions are extra. Or sail in December on Princess from Galveston, Texas. Ports include calls in Honduras, Belize and coastal cities in Mexico. ...

A life of Freedom
Chicago Tribune, United States - 7/30/2006
... It is now 8:37 am, and so far, Capt. Carlos Pedercini has successfully kept the World's Largest Cruise Ship from inadvertently drifting off to Belize. ...

Belize offers natural beauty without the crowds
Birmingham News, AL - 7/30/2006
Belize memories float to mind like dream fragments. A few times ... on experience. Belize is a tiny nation, population 276,000. Tourists ...

Mirror, Mirror | Scanty, sexy and 60
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 7/30/2006
... I eventually graduated to wearing a tankini on a boat full of strangers on a sailing trip to Belize, mainly because I wanted an even tan. ...

Business Calendar What's happening in the region
nwitimes.com, IN - 7/30/2006
... MERRILLVILLE | Meet John Briceno, deputy prime minister of Belize at the Northwest Indiana Trade Council's networking luncheon at the Radisson Hotel at Star ...

7/29/2006

Tasha Hailey and Imar Hutchins
New York Times, United States - 7/29/2006
Tasha M. Hailey and Imar Lyman Hutchins are to be married this afternoon at the Victoria House on Ambergris Caye, Belize. The Rev. ...

Doc Holiday: They want lurve — the Doc knows where to find it
The Sunday Times, UK - 7/29/2006
... A lot of hotels style themselves as romantic hideaways. Not all deliver. One that does is Salamander, on Ambergris Caye, off the coast of Belize. ...

Belize: enjoy it while you can
Winnipeg Free Press (subscription), Canada - 7/29/2006
ORANGE WALK, Belize -- Stroll across a market in the only English-speaking country in Central America, and the last language you'll actually hear is English. ...

Into the green abyss
Toronto Star,  Canada - 7/29/2006
CAYO, BELIZE—A cocktail of sweat, DEET and sunblock poured down my forehead and stung my eyes as I violently swung the 2006 Range Rover HSE's steering wheel ...

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem in Ambergris Caye, Belize
New York Times, United States - 7/29/2006
BOBBING off the coast of jungly Belize, south of hard-partying Yucatán, with one pedicured toe in the Caribbean, Ambergris Caye is ripe for picking. ...

A new field guide that you can actually carry in the field
Houston Chronicle, United States - 7/29/2006
... The book illustrates and describes the more than 1,500 birds that occur from Mexico to Panama, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua ...

7/28/2006

CA queens are centrepiece of Costa Maya festival
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/28/2006
and in the next week, two of the year's biggest events will hit the local entertainment scene: Miss Belize will be crowned this Saturday night, but next week ...

Betting game continues as Lotto continues to rise
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/28/2006
... five hundred dollars. One person who is hoping that lady luck smiles on him is Belize City resident Stuart Simmons. As he stood ...

Youth hostel holds open day for public support
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/28/2006
... problem children. But tonight we take a closer look at one institution that's fighting to save Belize's troubled youth. Today there ...

BelPro ConEx 2006 kicks off at Princess Hotel
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/28/2006
... international connections. Also we have the Belize Diabetes Association this year with us that’s going to be doing free blood tests. We ...

BCCI welcomes regional counterparts for sit-down
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/28/2006
This week, the Belize Chamber of Commerce welcomed its regional partners for a round of talks. And while the meetings are routine ...

Immigration director’s cousin arrested for trafficking
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/28/2006
As Belize continues to try to prove to the United States that we are taking measures to stop human trafficking, tonight there is word that a relative of the ...

Accused accomplice in Sat.’s drive-by charged
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/28/2006
This morning, twenty-one year old Errol Haynes was formally arraigned in Belize City's Magistrate Court on charges of Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use ...

Sex on the beach
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 7/28/2006
... call Vegan, and she is a comely lass, however, as far as we are concerned, what happens in Vegas can stay in Vegas, so long as what happens in Belize stays in ...

A celebration of the human spirit
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 7/28/2006
... Coming from Belize via New York was the Garifuna International Band, which comprises descendants of the Garifune or Black Caribs from the island of St Vincent. ...

MINISTER COYE MEETS WITH MAYORS ASSOCIATION
LoveFM, Belize - 7/28/2006
... value of the human person. Success is about Belize first, he pointed out, not about a political party. Minister Coye also addressed ...

PRESIDENTS OF REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 7/28/2006
Representatives of the Chambers of Commerce from Central America are meeting in Belize today. ... Yon says Belize’s membership is key to the other countries. ...

SEPTEMBER CELEBRATIONS PREPARATIONS CONTINUE
LoveFM, Belize - 26 minutes ago
... Also we were notified by the ministry of Foreign Affairs that the former prime minister of Jamaica, PJ Patterson will be in Belize for our 25th anniversary and ...

SCOUT CAMP UNDERWAY AT CAMP OAKLEY
LoveFM, Belize - 7/28/2006
One hundred and fifteen scouts and venture scouts from all over the country are in Belize City today visiting several sites and landmarks. ...

DFC PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK
LoveFM, Belize - 7/28/2006
... to the Prime Minister who appointed the commission. The hearings will be held at the Belize Institute Management in Belize City.

BELIZEAN STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN JUNIOR LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
LoveFM, Belize - 7/28/2006
Two Belizean students who are participants of Junior Achievement Belize will participate in the Junior Leadership Conference in West Palm Beach Florida. ...

BELPRO CONEX UNDERWAY IN BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 7/28/2006
The official opening ceremony for BelPro Conex 2006 is underway at the Princess Hotel and Casino in Belize City. Marga Sanchez of ...

Opinion: Protect the coral reefs
Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands - 7/28/2006
... Residents of Belize are so concerned about the danger, they have petitioned the United Nations to step in to protect a barrier reef which lies just off Belize ...
Arrest Prevented, Suspension Mulled
Breaking News, Trinidad and Tobago - 7/28/2006
... Lord Mustill, as chairman, Chief Justice of India, Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, and Jamaican QC Dennis Morrison, an appellate judge in Belize, an application can be ...
Mission trip to Belize gives Windsor teens a closer walk with God
Windsor Tribune, CO - 7/28/2006
... turn around. But the 14 Windsor teenagers that stepped off a plane in the Belize jungle last month didn’t want to. When Christopher ...
Central America for Single Airspace
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 7/28/2006
... Berger noted the agreement will be clinched shortly with Honduras and expressed hope it could extend to El Salvador, Nicaragua and Belize soon. ...
Globetrotting to put new unit on map
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 7/28/2006
The Edinburgh-based unit will jet off to Germany, Canada, Poland, Kenya and Belize to train in specialist fighting techniques, including jungle warfare. ...
Flagler teacher gets kids to dig archaeology in Belize
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - 7/28/2006
... "It was a rush going through there," said the Flagler Beach teen, recalling his trip deep inside a Belize cave, part of a summer archaeological program for ...
7/27/2006

T&T dominates Caribbean trade
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 7/27/2006
... certificates issued by Trinidad and Tobago to all the various member states at last count was 719; Antigua and Barbuda 13; Barbados 71; Belize 2; Dominica 33 ...

Rare geological event drains Five Blues Lake
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/27/2006
It may not be one of Belize's best known protected areas but for conservationists in the know, Five Blues Lake National Park has always been considered a rare ...

YMCA summer programmes receive strong support
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/27/2006
... The summer activities are sponsored by the Belize Tourism Board, Atlantic Bank, The Pickwick Club, St. John's College, PACT and BEL.

SJC invites alumni to annual reunion
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/27/2006
... the reunion. Saturday at Old Belize at four pm-eighth pm Come and hear the activities that the alumni association are doing. It ...

Beach and model winners crowned in Miss Belize Pageant
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/27/2006
The Miss Belize Beach Beauty and Top Fashion Model Competitions were held this past weekend at the Princess Hotel and although nine ladies competed, only two ...

BEL and government agree on GST refund
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/27/2006
After a whole lot of to and fro it appears that BEL and the government of Belize have finally settled their differences over GST According to a release from ...

Family mourns San Pedrana killed in Guatemala
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/27/2006
It won't show up in Belize's official crime statistics, but the murder of a popular San Pedro disc jockey in Guatemala has left Ambergis Caye in a state of ...

JOSE COYE ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON DEBT ISSUE
LoveFM, Belize - 7/27/2006
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Jose Coye, answered questions on Belize’s external debts. Coye said government is ...

BODY OF MAN STILL NOT IDENTIFIED
LoveFM, Belize - 7/27/2006
Police still need your help in identifying the body of a man found floating in the Old Belize River on Tuesday. Police believe the ...

PREPERATIONS UNDERWAY FOR INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
LoveFM, Belize - 7/27/2006
Partners of the Americas will be holding its 42nd annual international convention in Belize this year. The organization was formed ...

SEMINAR FOR AGRICULTURE TECHNICIANS UNDERWAY
LoveFM, Belize - 7/27/2006
The seminar is being conducted by experts from Mexico who are in Belize on the invitation of the Belize Mexico Technical and Scientific Commission. ...

MORE DEBRIS IN PUNTA GORDA
LoveFM, Belize - 7/27/2006
... from our neighboring countries came up ashore in Punta Gorda and it has become an unhealthy situation unsanitary as well it is a problem in Belize for the ...

ICA TO HOLD SINGING PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN
LoveFM, Belize - 7/27/2006
“It’s basically providing children from ages five to fifteen in Belize that love to sing we are giving them the opportunity to express themselves in ...

Learning to Live With HIV
Science Magazine (subscription) - 7/27/2006
... has novel programs to help descendents of African slaves known as Garifunas, who have a particularly high HIV prevalence (p. 481), and Belize is working to ...

Efforts With Mexico to Address Immigration Issues
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 7/27/2006
... Mexico has signed an agreement with Guatemala governing the repatriation of Guatemalan citizens who are in Mexico illegally, and with Belize in an effort to ...

Full Text
Science Magazine (subscription) - 7/27/2006
... on HIV/AIDS. That makes it the hardest-hit country in Central America other than relatively tiny Belize (see p. 483). The spread ...

Special Science issue examines HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the ...
EurekAlert (press release), DC - 7/27/2006
... The other news stories in the special issue are about the HIV/AIDS epidemics in Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and Peru. ...

Auction Showcases Animals’ Paintings
WTVF, TN - 7/27/2006
... It costs $15.00 at the door, which includes food and entertainment. All the money raised will be donated to the Protected Areas Conservation Trust in Belize.
Angels in America: Millenium Approaches
Georgia Straight, Canada - 7/27/2006
... larger potential. And Denis Simpson overplays every word as Prior’s nurse pal, Belize, and Harper’s hallucination, Mr. Lies. Too ...
A heartfelt look at the politics of fear
Vancouver Westender,  Canada - 7/27/2006
... Harper’s guide on this adventure is the imaginary Mr. Lies (Denis Simpson); Simpson also inhabits the role of drag queen Belize, Prior’s former lover and ...
BTL to launch lower international voice call charges
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 7/27/2006
Belize Telecommunications (BTL), Belize-based telecommunication service provider, will implement, on 01 August, new lower charges for its international voice ...
The Only Real Limit to Corporate Hospitality Now Is Your ...
TransWorldNews (press release), GA - 7/27/2006
... fly-fishing excursions in the unspoiled northern Canadian wilderness; catching sharks in the Gulf of Mexico or landing a huge tarpon off the Belize coast. ...
Robles and Martina break Games records - CAC Games Day Two
International Association of Athletics Foundation, Monaco - 7/27/2006
... Jamaica’s Bryan Steele (50.56) and Ian Weakly (50.95), Belize’s Jonathan Williams (50.70-NR), Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson (51.31), Jonathan Gibson (51.96 ...
A New Mission in Life
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription), NC - 7/27/2006
Faith Assembly of God Church on Hopkins Road commissioned its first missionaries July 16 with the news that Della and Jay Madel will travel to Belize. ...
7/26/2006


Belize-Michigan Partners - Rolling up their sleeves and making a ...
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 7/26/2006
Coordinator of Special Events for Partners of the Americas, Barbara Block, along with Dr. Chris Bennett, President for the Belize Partners, met last Saturday ...

Six beauties vie for the title of Miss San Pedro!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 7/26/2006
... Old Football Field. In honor of Belize’s 25th year of independence the pageant will have a very patriotic theme. Vying for the ...
Decades of fighting to save the planet
Hamilton Spectator,  Canada - 7/26/2006
... She's still actively involved with SHARE, an organization that provides support for indigenous farmers in Belize, El Salvador and Brazil. ...

Jury hung in carnal knowledge case
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/26/2006
A case of carnal knowledge has ended in the Belize City Supreme Court with a hung jury. Around eleven-thirty this morning a jury ...

One of two suspects arrested for city shooting
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/26/2006
Following a drive-by shooting over the weekend, police have arrested and charged a Belize City resident of the crime. This morning ...

Faith based initiative seeks to combat AIDS
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/26/2006
... Recently it was noted that Belize has the highest prevalence in Central America and is ranked fifth in the Caribbean I believe in terms of rate of infections. ...

GOB says tough financial discipline is working
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/26/2006
... To the point that in the recent visits of the IFIs to Belize about two months ago, in there oral presentation to us they commended us for what we have been ...

New Relationship In Public Health
The Bahama Journal, Bahamas - 7/26/2006
... He mentioned the success of the programme in Belize where 10 students graduated with the advanced degree more than quadrupling the number of persons with ...

Police looking for San Ignacio gunmen
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/26/2006
San Ignacio police are looking for two men they believe are responsible for shooting a seventeen year old Belize City resident. ...

San Pedro radio announcer found murdered in Guatemala
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/26/2006
... Around seven o'clock this morning, Belize police were contacted by Guatemalan authorities who informed them that the body of a young woman, believed to be a ...

International coach promotes Belizean Tennis
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/26/2006
And while that egalitarian shift has not been fully felt in Belize, tennis here has come a long way from the days when the Pickwick and Newtown clubs were the ...

Guyana has not stalled economically
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 7/26/2006
... The closest Caribbean countries to Guyana are Jamaica (ranked 98) and Belize (ranked 91). Haiti, to which Guyana is wrongfully likened is struggling at 153. ...


BELIZEAN SHOT TO DEATH IN MELCHOR
LoveFM, Belize - 7/26/2006
Police say that sometime around seven this morning, Guatemalan authorities contacted Belize police to inform them that a body had been found that is believed ...

FAITH BASED MANUAL ON RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS INTRODUCED
LoveFM, Belize - 7/26/2006
A faith based manual for the response to HIV and AIDS was introduced today in Belize City. ... Canon LeRoy Flowers, President of the Belize Council of Churches. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 7/26/2006
Police say that sometime around seven o’clock this morning, Guatemalan authorities contacted Belize police to inform them that a body had been found that is ...

CABINET NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 7/26/2006
A Bill to establish the Belize Land Transportation Authority will be introduced at the next sitting of the House of Representatives. ...

FIVE BLUES LAKE LOSES VOLUME
LoveFM, Belize - 7/26/2006
Love News spoke with of the National Resources Management Program of the University of Belize who told us that Five Blues Lake has lost about 70 per cent of ...

AT RISK YOUTHS GET JOB OPPORTUNITY
LoveFM, Belize - 7/26/2006
... 10 days to complete. The spot they are clearing is behind the bus terminal at mile three on the Western Highway in Belize City.

Visa needs could affect hallmark law conference
Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands - 7/26/2006
... Speaking about the Conference Mr Wineberg said, "The diversity of the audience, with lawyers coming from places such as Guyana and Belize, always makes the ...

Britain is no better than Belize or Belarus
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 7/26/2006
... Of course we expect governments to change their laws to suit the needs of foreign billionaires. I am sure it happens everywhere from Belize to Belarus. ...

Fool-proof fueling: Crew call fuel ships convenient, dependable ...
Triton, FL - 7/26/2006
... Nekton also offers trips to Belize, Mona Island off Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands and Silver Bank to dive with the whales, among other cool destinations. ...

Whirligigs tempt drivers to put on the brakes
49abcnews.com, KS - 7/26/2006
... 271-7279. Located on a main Topeka thoroughfare, Willie's had customers from Belize, Central America and even Italy. Those driving ...

Parker: Denver whups 'em all for third straight year as area for ...
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 17/26/2006
... Quinn Rebecca, was named after a girl in Belize. "We loved the name," Jake said. The Mighty Quinn weighed in at 7 pounds, 1 ounce. ...

Food that knows no international boundaries
Monitor, TX - 17/26/2006
Bordered by Mexico to the north, Belize to the east and El Salvador and Honduras to the south, the Central American country offers mountain ranges and ...

MY TURN TO MOVE
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 17/26/2006
... chosen to chair the tribunal while Chief Justice of India, Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, and Jamaican QC Dennis Morrison, an appellate judge in Belize, were selected ...

YOUR WORDS: Sport divers take plunge during Belize adventure
Bakersfield Californian (subscription), CA - 7/26/2006
On June 17, 36 members and relatives of the San Joaquin Sport Divers flew from Bakersfield to Belize in Central America for a week of scuba diving and other ...

Ecologist Calls For EIA Legislation
The Bahama Journal, Bahamas - 7/26/2006
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Belize are some countries in the Caribbean that have Environmental Impact Assessment legislation – The Bahamas has a ...

American Airlines applies to Fly from DFW to Beijing
ASIATravelTips.com, Thailand - 7/26/2006
... Among American's nonstop international destinations from DFW are cities in Argentina, the Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, France, Germany ...

Partners of the Americas will hold convention in Bz.
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/26/2006
For forty years Belize has partnered with the US State of Michigan. ... “How would you describe the working relationship between Michigan and Belize?”. ...

7/25/2006

Strategy seeks to diversify exports
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/25/2006
Whether its sugar, citrus or bananas, agriculture has traditionally been the backbone of Belize’s exports. ... “Our market in Belize is very, very small. ...

UDP lambastes government over debt, SSB
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/25/2006
This morning the United Democratic Party called a press conference in Belize City to discuss four main issues, the recently implemented General Sales Tax ...

UB students protest higher fees
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/25/2006
In reaction to a sharp increase in school fees, today students from the University of Belize held a press conference in Belize City to launch a plan of action ...

Body found in Belize River needs identification
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/25/2006
Police say all they have to go on are tattoos to identify a body found floating face down in the Belize River. The discovery was ...

Cable company believes robbery is an inside job
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 7/25/2006
A Belize City cable company has been touched for seven thousand dollars ... but the jacking may not be all that it seems. A spokesperson ...

Managing Taiwan's whale shark trade
WWF International, Switzerland - 7/25/2006
... Countries such as Belize, India, Maldives, the Philippines, Seychelles and Thailand have prohibited whale shark harvesting. ...

UDP HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS CURRENT ISSUES
LoveFM, Belize - 7/25/2006
... in order to buttress the case that it will take to the international creditor community and in one of the documents called “Government of Belize Economic and ...

FORMER CEO OF SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD ISSUES STATEMENT
LoveFM, Belize - 7/25/2006
The former Chief Executive Officer of the Belize Social Security Board, Narda Garcia today issued a statement. In her statement ...

MISS BELIZE DELEGATES VISIT WITH PRIME MINISTER
LoveFM, Belize - 7/25/2006
The nine delegates for the Miss Belize pageant paid a visit to Prime Minister Said Musa yesterday in his Belmopan office. Prime ...

BELIZEAN AND GUATEMALAN ATHLETES TAKE PART IN EXCHANGE PROGRAM
LoveFM, Belize - 7/25/2006
The Belize Guatemala Sports, Recreation and Cultural Commission is getting ready for its first activity. National Sports Council ...

BELIZE CITY ROTARY CLUB TO GET WHEELCHAIRS
LoveFM, Belize - 7/25/2006
The Rotary Club of Belize is waiting for the arrival of five hundred and sixty wheelchairs. ... President of the Belize City Rotary Club is Ariel Mitchell. ...

The First Art Newspaper on the Net
Art Daily - 7/25/2006
... considered to be one of the most important ancestral cultures, occupied the mesoamerican region, which is now known as México, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El ...

Economic and Social Council adopts resolutions on situation of ...
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - 7/25/2006
... In favour (38): Albania, Angola, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Benin, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guyana, Iceland, India ...

Michigan duo wins Spike’s Challenge by slim margin
Iosco County News Herald, MI - 7/25/2006
... in fifth place; sixth place, Pete Mead of Traverse City and Mitch McMillan of Clare; seventh place, Tad Hill of Livonia and Efrain Cruz of Belize City, Belize ...

Senate Approves Bill to Establish Caribbean Accreditation ...
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service, Jamaica - 7/25/2006
... the Authority. They are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname. As ...


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