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8/18/2006

Literacy workshop ends for Anglican Teachers
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/18/2006
Belize has always boasted a high percentage of literacy in its population. But as many teachers will tell you, we can always do better. ...

Literacy workshop ends for Anglican Teachers
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/16/2006
Belize has always boasted a high percentage of literacy in its population. But as many teachers will tell you, we can always do better. ...

Accused hit and run driver denies charge
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/16/2006
Hit and run accidents are committed with frightening frequency in Belize, but tonight one mother is refusing to let the driver who hurt her daughter get away ...

NACA to hold anti-crime awareness day
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/16/2006
According to Dr. Leopold Miller, Chairman of the National Anti-Crime Association of Belize, on Saturday the BTL park in Belize City will be the venue of the ...

Missing tourist discovered dead near Spanish Lookout Caye
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/16/2006
... Responding to Allen's call for help, the Police Department, the Belize National Coast Guard and the Belize Defence Force Airwing launched an investigation into ...

AG brokers peace b/w DPP and Police ...
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/16/2006
... between AG Francis Fonseca and Kirk Anderson, the DPP has "directed his office to resume full contact and cooperation with the Belize Police Department". ...

CitCo makes partial payments to SEL and BML
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/16/2006
The controversy between the Belize City Council and its sanitation contractors might have reduced from boiling to simmer, but tonight one employee says he and ...

Big and Beautiful pageant to take Belize by storm
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/16/2006
Next Friday night, the Belizean pageant scene will never be the same as six Belize City women will vie for the first ever Miss Big and Beautiful crown. ...

Dangriga Rotarians donate ambulance to Southern Regional
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/16/2006
... was made possible through the Dangriga Rotary Club, the Valley Medical Transport in Winchester Virginia and the Methodist Church's Belize Mission Project. ...

Flour power and Bajan pride
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 8/16/2006
... Even the increase in the price of everything in Belize, including flour, has not inhibited my consumption of the commodity that is the basic building block of ...

DPP'S OFFICE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RESUME FULL COOPERATION
LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/2006
A release from the Belize Press Office states that the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Belize Police Department will resume full cooperation. ...

BODY OF MAN REPORTED MISSING AT SEA FOUND
LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/2006
... Love News spoke with Operations Officer at the Belize Coast Guard Lieutenant Bennett. Lieutenant Bennett: Operations Officer at the Belize Coast Guard. ...

ASSISTANT COMMISIONER OF POLICE AND ELIZABETH LONGSWORTH TO ...
LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/2006
... Motorola Company. Belize won the 2006 Caribbean region Motorola community policing award for the Yabra Citizen Development Project. The ...

THREE PEOPLE ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/2006
... 24 year Nelson Garbutt of Roaring Creek Village, 20 year old Nuri Thomas of Belmopan and 22 year Kendis Diego of a Jane Usher Boulevard address in Belize City. ...

FIRST ANTI CRIME AWARENESS DAY TO BE HELD
LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/2006
The first ever anti crime awareness day will be held tomorrow at the BTL Park in Belize City. This is an initiative of the National ...

BELIZE TOURISM OFFICIALS AND BELIZE CITY MAYOR MET WITH FLORIDA ...
LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/2006
Belize Tourism officials and Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya met with representatives of the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association. ...

BDF TO HOLD SECOND NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FORMULATION SEMINAR
LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/2006
Lecturers from the United States Army War College, Senior Public Officers and the Commander of the Belize Defense Force will conduct the Belize Defense Force ...

An island sir? Meet the man who sells them to the world
Times Online, UK - 8/18/2006
... Leonardo DiCaprio snapped up a 104-acre island with an airstrip in Belize. Nicolas Cage and Mel Gibson have also secured their bolt holes. ...

Couple to AOL: Stop searching for spammer's gold
CNET News.com, CA - 8/18/2006
... pills, according to court documents. Not long after, Hawke disappeared--his mother says she thinks he's in Belize. Now AOL aims to ...

Linsworth Graham wins Back to School Triathlon
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
Lindsworth Graham won the 16-19 category of the first ever Annual Western Union Back-to-School Triathlon organised by the Belize National Triathlon Association ...

Woods wins Old Belize Strongman contest
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
William “Billy” Woods won the first ever strongman contest organised by the Belize Body Building & Body Fitness Association and the Old Belize Museum and ...

Media photographer stabbed to death
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
Police are expected to charge Alex Matute, 22 of Camalote village in the Cayo district for the death of Belize Press Office photographer, Norman Belisle. ...

Feeding frenzy at DFC! but management powerless to stop it.
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
... They were concerned about roll-overs for the likes of Novelo’s Bus line, Royal Palms Limited (in San Pedro) and Belize Resort and Development. ...

Reckless boating claims another life on the Placencia Lagoon
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
... She was one of five passengers aboard the Estrellita, an outboard powered launch under the control of 34-year old Martin Aguilar of Belize Aquaculture Shrimp ...

Salvage companies wash their hands over ship sitting on the reef
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
... operation based in Houston Texas, this week denied reports that it was paid US $500,000 to remove a cargo vessel sitting on Lighthouse Reef in offshore Belize. ...

Another boat accident at sea, Canadian feared dead
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
... by Hector Allen. As it got dark they abandoned their plan to visit another location and decided to head to Belize City. About a ...

Chaos at UB 2nd Provost resigns
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
By Ann-Marie Williams - News Editor. The Provost of the University of Belize, Henry Anderson has resigned effective today Friday, August 18, 2006. ...

DPP and Compol face off
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
... from his office. The directive called for murder charges to be laid against Belize City businessman Cheyben Bou Nahra. Anderson, in ...

Hands off Luke Espat!GOB zaps DOE for doing its job!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
The Government of Belize, through the Attorney General’s Ministry, has abruptly discontinued a court action filed by the Department of the Environment (DOE ...

City Council crisis:Musa agrees to help with pennies on the dollar
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
... The Belize City Council is in debt for more than $2 million dollars - owed to three sanitation companies which have contracts to clean the city. ...

Julie Mitchell wins Jean Shaw award
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
... a careful review, of the criteria which included that the applicant must be of Belizean heritage and has been accepted by the University of Belize into its ...

Fisheries officer strikes it rich with lotto
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
By Ann-Marie Williams - News Editor. A 32-year-old fisheries officer of Alta Mira in Corozal has struck it rich by winning the $182,500 lotto jackpot. ...

BTL promises 14 students a better future
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
... They were the proud recipients of a 4-year high school scholarship which includes tuition, books and tutoring courtesy of the Belize Telecommunications Limited ...

Extreme Travel Trivia
Washington Post, United States - 8/18/2006
... from correct entries. In Contest 350, we asked you to identify the town in Belize suggested by the picture at right. Congrats to ...

Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) to invest US$265 million in ...
VHeadline.com, IL - 8/18/2006
... Other PetroCaribe members include the following: Antigua & Barbuda; the Bahamas; Belize; Guyana; Grenada; Dominica; the Dominican Republic; Saint Vincent & the ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its heartfelt gratitude to ...
e-Gov Taiwan, Taiwan - 8/18/2006
... Vincent and the Grenadines, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Belize, Malawi, Swaziland, Sao Tome and Principe, Tuvalu, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Nicaragua, Honduras and ...

I Pledge Allegiance, to Transational Elites, and to the Post ...
WEBCommentary - 8/18/2006
... Spanish: México) is a country located in North America, bordered at the north by the United States, and at the south by Guatemala and Belize, in Central ...

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The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/18/2006
... Belize has a five-year cycle. But we should seriously consider adjusting that to four years. Five years is a long time to have to wait for a course correction. ...

I Pledge Allegiance, to Transational Elites, and to the Post ...
Men's News Daily, CA - 8/18/2006
... Spanish: México) is a country located in North America, bordered at the north by the United States, and at the south by Guatemala and Belize, in Central ...

Julius Streicher, Catharine MacKinnon, Jesse Jackson, And David ...
Men's News Daily, CA - 8/18/2006
... We dove the deep wrecks off North Carolina, chartered the Belize Aggressor for a week near Central America, and so on. It wasn’t lightweight diving. ...

MUSA: Devaluation not an option
Caribbean360.com, Barbados - 8/18/2006
BELMOPAN, Belize, August 17, 2006 - Prime Minister Said Musa has categorically ruled out devaluation as a strategy to reducing the country's heavy external debt ...

I Pledge Allegiance ...
The Conservative Voice, NC - 8/18/2006
... Spanish: México) is a country located in North America, bordered at the north by the United States, and at the south by Guatemala and Belize, in Central ...

A Refuge in City Heights
Voice of San Diego, CA - 8/18/2006
... "So you would have to find work that doesn’t require uniforms," Cruz said. Cruz, who is from Belize, saw up to 650 clients in a one year. ...

USA. Carnival Cruise Lines to deploy second ship to New Orleans ...
BYM News (press release), Spain - 8/18/2006
... will begin September 2, 2007, and offer two different western Caribbean itineraries visiting Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios; and Belize, Cozumel and ...

Kick is up for athletes' resort
Denver Post, CO - 8 hours ago
... developments, Land Properties has opened Sueño del Mar, which it believes is the first private residence club in the Central American country of Belize. ...

Few patrons, good entertainment at Bussu Festival
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 8/18/2006
... Backed by the Rhythm 2000 band, the show started with gospel singer Derry Henry followed by Shandy Man - just coming from Belize, Rashan James, Chris Irie who ...

8/17/2006

CRIMES CONTROL COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/17/2006
The twenty seventh sitting of the Crimes Control Council took place in Belize City yesterday. The council released a report of the ...

CABLE COMPANY OFFERS FREE SERVICE TO COSTUMERS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/17/2006
To be able to monitor what your children are watching the Cable Association of Belize is offering a free service to all cable customers.This morning we spoke ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/17/2006
... Gomez was killed when the boat in which she was a passenger, collided head on into another boat on the Placencia Lagoon in southern Belize last Sunday.

SEA SCOUT UNIT OF BELIZE HELD TRAINING
LoveFM, Belize - 8/17/2006
The Sea Scout Unit of Belize has recently returned home from eight days of training. The unit trained in Chetumal for eight days with the Mexican Navy. ...

SANITATION WORKERS PROTEST
LoveFM, Belize - 8/17/2006
About a hundred sanitation workers from the Belize Maintenance Limited protested through some streets in Belize City. Their reason ...

MAYORS' ASSOCIATION SAYS THEY WANT MORE AUTONOMY
LoveFM, Belize - 8/17/2006
The Belize Mayor’s Association met with Prime Minister Musa in Belize City yesterday. The meeting was held to discuss the financial ...

Arrests made in city robbery, Placencia boat death
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
... until September twentieth. Belize City police are now looking for two other suspects in connection with this incident. Also charged ...

Cop accused in theft of motorcycle
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
A Belize City Police officer stands accused of being a criminal. Thirty-five year old PC Osborne Arzu was today brought before Magistrate ...

Sanitation workers demonstrate for back pay, jobs
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
... intrigue. But for the sanitation workers affected by the Belize City Council's financial crunch it all boils down to one word: money. ...

DPP and police at war over who’s boss
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
... Under Section fifty of the Laws of Belize, the Office of the DPP is charged with prosecuting cases but can issue directives to relevant agencies to charge or ...

Basketball camp imparts skills for future success
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
... “What we have is an elite basketball programme for the city of Belize, right now. It’sa co-ed program as you can see females are involved. ...

Press Office photographer killed following family dispute
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
Belize boasts a growing corps of media workers ... ... Up until the time of his death Norman Belisle had been with the Belize Press Office for close to ten years. ...

Belize PM Insists Dollar Will Not Be Devalued
Hardbeatnews.com, NY - 8/17/2006
... 18, 2006: Belize Prime Minister, Said Musa, is insisting that country’s dollar will not be devalued in spite of nearly US$1 billion debt that’s owed to ...

Festival fare around town
Salmon Arm Observer,  Canada - 8/17/2006
... 18th at 7 pm, beginning with a wine and cheese and ending with a performance by another festival artist, The Grand Master - Leroy Young, Belize's finest dub ...

The Dears: A gloom of their own
Independent, UK - 8/17/2006
... Lightburn's parents emigrated from British Honduras (now Belize) in the 1960s and, after spells in London and New York, they settled in Montreal to raise a ...

Caribbean nations form their own courts as UK Privy Council loses ...
Black Britain, UK - 8/17/2006
... on August 14, judges who previously had the final say on matters ranging from “Jamaica’s death penalty” to hydroelectric dams in a Belize rainforest are ...

PDVSA to invest US$265mn in Kingston refinery - Regional
BNamericas, Chile - 8/17/2006
... Other Petrocaribe members include the following: Antigua & Barbuda; the Bahamas; Belize; Guyana; Grenada; Dominica; the Dominican Republic; Saint Vincent & the ...

Local firm has nothing to do with phone scam
North Devon Gazette & Advertiser, UK - 8/17/2006
... billed a large amount for their call. This number is a mail scam originating from Belize. This week, a police spokesperson apologised ...

Dental health declines
Courier Mail, Australia - 8/17/2006
... It found Australia ranked fifth on a list of 42 countries investigated for their children's dental health, behind Belize, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and England ...

Carnival's plans a boost for New Orleans port
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 8/17/2006
... 28, 2007. The ship will offer two different itineraries visiting Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios; and Belize, Cozumel and Progreso. ...

Carnival Cruise Lines to base two ships in New Orleans year round
Leesville Daily Leader, LA - 18/17/2006
... 28, 2007. The ship will offer two different itineraries visiting Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios; and Belize, Cozumel and Pregreso. ...

Retail Corridor: Furniture store Crowded House opens its doors in ...
East Valley Tribune, AZ - 18/17/2006
... The store specializes in imported furniture that has an Old World feel and carries items from such countries as Indonesia, Peru and Belize. ...

AOL Digs For Gold In Spammer's Yard
Security Pronews, KY - 18/17/2006
... Hawke's grandfather testified that Hawke told him he'd buried gold somewhere in New Hampshire. Other potential treasure spots could be in Belize or Thailand. ...

~ READINGS, ETC. ~
LA City Beat, CA - 8/17/2006
... Other diverse cultures, including those of Brazil, Belize, Haiti, Cameroon, and Ethiopia will be included in the festivities, as well as international cuisine ...

Dancing her way to discovery
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 8/17/2006
... other things.". In Belize in Central America, she studied the artistic and acrobatic moves used by male and female dancers. On the ...

New Caribbean rules aim to keep workers in area
The News Journal, DE - 8/17/2006
... Planners also envision a single currency. THE COUNTRIES: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. ...

The Victory Garden Revisited
Kitsap Sun (Subscription),  United States - 8/17/2006
... resume. Schanen said she and Huff first became interested in growing food crops when they lived in Belize from 1980 to 1993. With ...

PRIME MINISTER COMMENTS ON ISSUES
LoveFM, Belize - 8/17/2006
The Prime Minister was the guest on Love FM’s morning show. The Prime Minister spoke on the issue of Belize’s external debt. ...

SANITATION WORKERS TO PROTEST
LoveFM, Belize - 8/17/2006
Tomorrow sanitation workers from the two sanitation companies in Belize City will take to the streets to protest against their current job and salary crisis. ...

Following the footsteps of Magellan
Houston Chronicle, United States - 8/17/2006
... In salt water, destinations such as Mexico's Yucatan, British Honduras (Belize), Costa Rica and Panama were claimed by the flags of Garcia Ambassadeur and Penn ...

Meetings, meetings
Medford Transcript, MA - 8/17/2006
... Andes. She will play her drum, rainstick and gourd and tell stories from Ecuador, Peru Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Brazil. Participants ...

Caribbean reps discuss food safety
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 8/17/2006
Dunstan Campbell, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) representative in Jamaica, Bahamas, and Belize, explained that the next five days would allow ...

Carnival sending 2 nd ship to New Orleans for year-round sailings
Travel Weekly (subscription), NJ - 8/17/2006
... New Orleans will offer two western Caribbean itineraries visiting Cozumel, Mexico; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; and Ocho Rios, Jamaica, or Belize City, Belize ...

Prison art: straight from the heart
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
... News Five's Alyssa Noble reports from Hattieville. “I think that art should never be forgotten in a society, and I think Belize is now coming of age. ...

... and says GOB is helping Belize City Council
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
Among the many topics covered in this morning's appearance was the current financial crisis facing the Belize City Council, particularly its inability to pay ...

Well known city resident wins $75,000 Scotiabank raffle
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
She is already a well known figure in Belize City, but from this day forward seventy-eight year old Violet Gomez will most likely be recognized as the lucky ...

Man charged with rape of 7 year old girl
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
... Gonzalez, a resident of the Belize district, today appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers and was remanded to Hattieville prison until his next hearing on ...

Charges dropped against suspected cop killer
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/17/2006
... Arnold. Reymundo, who was not on duty or in uniform, was shot in the head as he exited a barber shop on West Canal in Belize City.

Tales of AOL spammer’s gold stashes emerge
Boston Herald, United States - 8/17/2006
... schemes - as a world-traveling con artist who popped in and out of family and friends’ lives, and who could have hidden money as far away as Belize and even ...

8/16/2006

UK Privy Council loses appeal in modern Commonwealth
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 8/16/2006
... While judges have had the final say on everything from Jamaica's death penalty to a hydroelectric dam in a Belize rainforest, they are being sidelined in favor ...

Belize Coastal Tourism Study released
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/16/2006
An intensive study of the impact of tourism on Belize’s coastal communities was released in San Pedro Tuesday night with mixed reaction. ...

Belize district dominates Fire Olympiad!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/16/2006
Over the weekend, the football field came alive as it was the venue for the 13th Fire Olympiad hosted by the Belize National Fire Service. ...

Miss San Pedro contestants get royal treatment!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/16/2006
With the grand 25th Independence Anniversary of Belize to be celebrated this year, the Miss San Pedro organizers are planning a patriotic and fantastic show. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/16/2006
A woman from Belize City has been charged with drug trafficking. ... Police have since charged 24 year-old Pauline Flowers of Yorke Street, Belize City.

STUDENTS INVITED TO TAKE PART IN ESSAY CONTEST
LoveFM, Belize - 8/16/2006
... Centre for Peace and Development and the Rotary Club of Belmopan are holding the contest on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Belize’s Independence. ...

TEACHERS IN THE TOLEDO DISTRICT ATTEND WORKSHOP
LoveFM, Belize - 8/16/2006
... by staff personnel of the Toledo District Education Center with support from the Minster of Education, School Mangers and Teachers for a Better Belize from the ...

Trinidadian soldier collapses during fitness test
radiojamaica.com, Jamaica - 8/16/2006
... for promotional training. There were 34 soldiers on the course including one from Barbados and another from Belize. It is reported ...

Cyclists head south
Saanich News,  Canada - 8/16/2006
... Regehr and his team will ride through the states of Washington, Oregon, California and Arizona plus such countries as Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador ...

Carnival Cruise Lines to base two ships in New Orleans year round
Gainesville Sun, FL - 8/16/2006
... 28, 2007. The ship will offer two different itineraries visiting Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios; and Belize, Cozumel and Pregreso. ...

US report on human trafficking questioned
Gulf Times, Qatar - 8/16/2006
... in June, the State Department listed Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Sudan, Cuba, Myanmar, Iran, Syria, Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan, Laos and Belize in the so ...

8/15/2006

Parade Enlivens The City
Hartford Courant, United States - 8/15/2006
... when Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago became independent republics but has since expanded to include Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada ...

Chicoans help Belize youngsters
Enterprise-Record, CA - 8/15/2006
By LARRY MITCHELL - Staff Writer. Three Chicoans are making it possible for some poor children to attend high school in the Central American nation of Belize. ...

Dream a little dream of Belize
Lincoln Journal Star, NE - 8/15/2006
By Anne Chalfant/Contra Costa Times. Belize memories float to mind like dream fragments. ... Belize is a tiny nation, population 276,000. ...

GAO study condemns annual US trafficking report
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/15/2006
... In the latest trafficking report, issued in June, Belize was placed on the Tier Three "worst offenders" list along with Laos, Uzbekistan, Syria, Iran, Zimbabwe ...

East Indian Festival highlights forgotten culture
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/15/2006
If your last name is Mangar, Parham, Ramclam, Guy or Supaul, chances are that you were represented at the Belize City House of Culture today taking part in the ...

BTL awards 14 high school scholarships
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/15/2006
... Minister of Education, Francis Fonseca, applauded the investment made by BTL in the children of Belize and noted that the people of Belize have also been ...

Delray woman to teach in Belize about how to work out differences
Palm Beach Post,  United States - 8/15/2006
Deri Joy Ronis received a $12,500 grant from Rotary Interational to teach conflict resolution and group dynamics to university students in Belize for five ...

Prehistoric Plant Intrigues New York Parkinson's Researchers
Bloomberg - 8/15/2006
... Michael J. Balick, vice president and chairman of botanical science research, is compiling a survey of therapeutically useful plants in Belize and Micronesia. ...

Local Cubans eye Castro’s condition
Henry Herald, GA - 8/15/2006
... before 1959. “I wanted to live that way,” said Ramirez, who came to the United States by way of Belize and Mexico. Ramirez, who ...

DFC HEARINGS CONTINUE
LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/2006
... Two examples he gave were the Toledo Free Zone project and the Print Belize project. Rivero was asked if he could identify any irregularities. ...

BELIZE LIONS QUEST RECEIVES GRANT FROM PACT
LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/2006
The Lions Club of Belize has recently received a five thousand dollar grant from the Protected Conservation Trust, PACT. The money ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/2006
Belize City Police are investigating a robbery incident that occurred at Zheng grocery Shop on Jane Usher Boulevard. Investigation ...

EAST INDIAN FESTIVAL HELD IN BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/2006
... Out of 40,000 people, who were tricked to come over here by the British, there are less than 7,000 Indians in Belize right now scattered across the districts. ...

Belize-flagged trawler on fire at Sakhalin's port Nevelsk
ITAR-TASS, Russia - 8/15/2006
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, August 16 (Itar-Tass) - A Belize-flagged trawler Taurus is on fire at port Nevelsk of Sakhalin Island, an official at the Russian Ministry ...

Off the news: Making things happen between the Fringe and the Fair
Pioneer Press, MN - 8/15/2006
... In contrast, people in south Mexico and Central America gathered in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye off the coast of Belize, for the annual Costa Maya Festival. ...

Terminal partners with port promoters
The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - 8/15/2006
... in the operation of duty-free retail facilities and has an interest in associated companies in the area of tourism attractions in Belize and Barbados. (PR).

BICO seeking British distributors
The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - 6 hours ago
... "In addition to the obvious market, because we export right up the region from Belize to Guyana, we want to go after the British market because we've found ...

Obese US tourists stand out abroad
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 8/15/2006
... In places like the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Belize, walking and riding a bike are the most common modes of transportation and swimming is almost a ...

Pukke said to violate order
Baltimore Sun, United States - 8/15/2006
... These include a 60 percent stake in a $20 million housing development in Belize, a house in Laguna Beach, Calif., and stock in an Internet gambling venture ...

8/14/2006

Pukke accused of hiding assets
Washington Times, DC - 8/14/2006
... In September, the receiver said Mr. Pukke did not accurately report holdings -- including a Belize shrimp farm and large insurance policies. ...

Five arrested in Long Caye weapons bust
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/14/2006
... Ammunition. They appeared in Belize City Magistrate's Court this morning and were granted bail in the sum of ten thousand dollars each. ...

Trucks handed over for rural development project
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/14/2006
During brief ceremonies today the Government of Belize handed over three brand new Toyota Hilux pickup trucks to be used in the Belize Rural Development Project ...

Burn victim recovers from ordeal
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/14/2006
Earlier this year we featured the sad story of a freak accident in southern Belize that almost claimed the life of a little boy. ...

Sanitation workers protest city finance crisis
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/14/2006
On Friday, the Belize City Council announced that it was on financial life support, unable to pay millions of dollars owed to the old capital's sanitation ...

Inaugural Strongman Competition is a hit
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/14/2006
... Monday. So let’s head out to Old Belize on the Western Highway where Sunday’s strongman competition is already in session. And ...

East Indian festival debuts Tuesday
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/14/2006
On Tuesday, the East Indian culture will take centre stage in Belize City as part of the first annual East Indian festival. Organised ...

Belize Medical Associates opens new cardiac unit
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/14/2006
Specialized medical care in Belize has dramatically improved over the last decade. And today I was updated on the latest advancement ...

Fires destroy four buildings in Belize City
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/14/2006
Belize City fire officials have their hands full tonight as separate blazes over the weekend destroyed four buildings and caused thousands of dollars in damage ...

When is the Fed’s next move?
FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market, Spain - 8/15/2006
... Case-in-point, Belize. ... Extensive hurricane damage and overly-expansionary economic policies left the Belize government strapped for cash. ...

The big question: Are we making any ground in the fight against ...
Independent, UK - 8/14/2006
... Burma, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize and Honduras are among the countries outside Africa with an HIV prevalence of more than 1 per cent. ...

BOATING ACCIDENT CLAIMS WOMAN'S LIFE
LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/2006
... Police and Belize Port Authority Personnel are investigating. Initial investigation reveals that around 2:00 pm on Sunday, 13 August ...

PROMINENT EDUCATOR DIES
LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/2006
... Again Charles Longsworth two years ago was one of the founding members of the Hands Belize Foundation, Charles Longsworth along with me, Fred Cabral and ...

TEACHERS ATTEND ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP
LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/2006
A two day workshop on the teaching of English Language at the tertiary level is currently underway at the UWI School of Continuing Studies in Belize City. ...

CRUISE TOURISM ON THE DECLINE
LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/2006
Cruise tourism is on the decline in Belize.This is the result of several factors, according to Product Development Manager at the Belize Tourism Board, Anthony ...

PACT HOLDING LOGO AND THEME COMPETITION
LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/2006
“The PACT challenge is an exciting expedition that is focused around the importance of conservation and the management of Belize’ natural resources, the ...

THIS WEEK IS BEING CELEBRATED AS KOLBE WEEK
LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/2006
This week is being celebrated as Kolbe Week. The Kolbe foundation and Prison Fellowship Belize are holding a week of prayer and Transformation Sunday. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/2006
... Front Street address, 34 year old, Elvira Tillett of a North front Street address, 74 year old, Eluterio Lopez of a Rocky Road address, Belize City, along with ...

ROTARY CLUB TO HAVE ENCORE PRESENTATION
LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/2006
The Rotary Club of Belize has decided to offer a special price for its general admission tickets for Thursday night’s show in Belize. ...

COROZAL MAN NEEDS YOUR HELP
LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/2006
... You may also call Patricia Blanco at the Corozal Hospital at 422-2076 or at 623-3421. Blanco’s doctor is John Sosa of the Belize Medical Associates.

MS BELIZE WORLD AND MS BELIZE UNIVERSE TRAVEL TO THE US
LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/2006
The new Miss Belize World, 21 year-old Felicita Arzu of Orange Walk and Miss Belize Universe, 24 years old Maria Jeffery will travel to the US this week to ...

AmeriDebt founder accused of hiding funds
Baltimore Sun, United States - 8/14/2006
... In September, the receiver claimed Pukke did not accurately report holdings, including a Belize shrimp farm and large insurance premiums. ...

Total cost of contracts signed last week at Turkmen commodity and ...
Turkmenistan.ru, Turkmenistan - 8/14/2006
... product. Iranian, Azeri and Belize businessmen bought Portland cement M-400, M-500 and potassium iodide made in Turkmenistan. Businessmen ...

Belize belies idea of world's disappearing true paradise
Reading Eagle, PA - 8/14/2006
By Anne Chalfant. Belize memories float to mind like dream fragments. A ... experience. Belize is a tiny nation, population 276,000. ...

Crumbs from the table
The Charter, Canada - 8/14/2006
... shelf. They are from Belize, Dominica, Cyprus, Principe, Panama, Sao Tome, Honduras, Sierra Leone, and the Dominican Republic. They ...

Atlantic Bank & Home Protector lead Interoffice Basketball ...
Amandala, Belize - 8/14/2006
... The games continue this Sunday with key playoff-implication games when (3-2) Belizean Shores/Tufenuf face (4-2) Belize City Council in game one, while game two ...

Newfoundlanders are fed the crumbs from the table
Packet, Canada - 8/14/2006
... shelf. They are from Belize, Dominica, Cyprus, Principe, Panama, Sao Tome, Honduras, Sierra Leone, and the Dominican Republic. They ...

Newfoundlanders are fed the crumbs from the table
Southern Gazette, Canada - 8/14/2006
... shelf. They are from Belize, Dominica, Cyprus, Principe, Panama, Sao Tome, Honduras, Sierra Leone, and the Dominican Republic. They ...

THE COSMIC MAYA
Artnet, NY - 8/14/2006
... Maya lived in sites scattered across the Yucatan Peninsula from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific, in what is present day southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El ...

Jeff Haney on a dying scheme to hustle online casinos
Las Vegas Sun, NV - 8/14/2006
... Others, cognizant that people might be hesitant to send off hundreds of dollars to someplace like Belize, tried to stress safety and security. ...

Heather Michael '07 and Nikola Banishki '07 Working With DNA ...
Hamilton College News, NY - 8/14/2006
... She does peer tutoring and works at the quantitative literacy center but is not limited to numbers: she has just returned from Belize, where she participated ...

Abusive fliers deserve to walk
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 8/14/2006
First incident: I was in the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport trying to make a tight connection, having flown in from Belize and scheduled to take a ...

Scholar leery of Gibson movie's effect
Las Cruces Sun-News, NM - 8/14/2006
... Even though several differences existed between the Maya, who abandoned their centers in southeast Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Belize by AD 900 ...

All-inclusive (ahem) trips
Toronto Sun, Canada - 8/14/2006
... Or they can, as Martin recalls one S&M group did in Belize, book a complete hotel in order to get the necessary privacy for their activities. ...

A whole new category of 'hot' vacations
Toronto Sun, Canada - 8/14/2006
... Or they can, as Martin recalls one S&M group did in Belize, book a complete hotel in order to get the necessary privacy for their activities. ...

Belize Government Bonds Tumble Amid Debt Default Fears
Tax-news.com (subscription), UK - 8/14/2006
The prices of Belize's international bonds have tumbled in recent days after it emerged that the government was struggling to keep up repayments on its foreign ...

8/13/2006


Cozumel is on the comeback trail
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 8/13/2006
... Cozumel Country Club. "Grand Cayman, Belize, Costa Maya -- Cozumel is still the best. There's just so much to do.". On a December ...

Airport, not seaport, will dictate when to go, what to take
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 8/13/2006
... checked luggage. Same goes for that delicate trinket you bought in Belize. -- Going on a cruise through a British airport? If it ...

Airport, not seaport, will dictate when to go, what to take
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 8/13/2006
... checked luggage. Same goes for that delicate trinket you bought in Belize. -- Going on a cruise through a British airport? If it ...

Tourists go to Roatan for that sinking feeling
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - 8/13/2006
... Roatan is part of the Western Coral System, the second-largest reef system in the world, running from Cancun, Mexico, past Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and ...

8/12/2006

Area agents say 2007's prices for cruising are reasonable
Patriot-News, PA - 8/12/2006
... 28, 7 nights: Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas departing from Miami. Ports of call include Belize, Costa Maya, Cozumel and Grand Cayman. ...

Selling secret accounts draws scrutiny
WFAA (subscription), TX - 8/12/2006
A corporation in Belize, a trust in the Bahamas and two offshore accounts, with either banks or brokerages, are all included in Equity Development Group's ...

Venezuela’s Candidacy for the UN Security Council Appears on ...
Venezuelanalysis.com, Venezuela - 8/12/2006
... bill, their pro-Venezuela vote more likely resulted from Washington’s harsh bargaining tactics and Guatemala’s continuing territorial claim against Belize. ...

Belize official to NWI: Please invest in our nation Deputy prime ...
nwitimes.com, IN - 8/12/2006
... John Briceno is trying to change that, so he is making speeches to entrepreneurs all over the United States in an effort to persuade them to invest in Belize. ...

Festival cool as folk
Regina Leader-Post, Canada - 8/12/2006
... vibes from Lal, reggae-influenced soul rockers Bedouin Soundclash, "pregressive, ecclectric, rocktronica" from Regina's own Lazerblade, and Belize hip-hip poet ...

8/11/2006

Belize official to NWI: Please invest in our nation
Munster Times, IN - 8/11/2006
... John Briceno is trying to change that, so he is making speeches to entrepreneurs all over the United States in an effort to persuade them to invest in Belize. ...

Belize and Mexico talk border security issues
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/11/2006
Diplomatic ties between Belize and Mexico are strengthened tonight thanks to a bi-lateral programme designed to curb illegal activities in border areas. ...

IOC seminar under way
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 8/11/2006
... The delegates include representatives from Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands ...

Belize CitCo comes clean w/ sanitation workers
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/11/2006
For weeks, the Belize City Council has publicized the rapidly deteriorating health of its finances but today, the administration claims to be on the brink of ...

Muscle men to street stuff for a good cause
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/11/2006
... I am pretty sure that this is first event of its kind in Belize, where you ... Tickets are available at Old Belize, adults five dollars and children two dollars.

Jamaican artists miss flight, but show good to go
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/11/2006
According to Revolutionary Entertainment representative Martin Reyes, I-Wayne and Bascom X's arrival in Belize was delayed due to heightened security measures ...

Pallotti music concert scheduled for Sunday
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/11/2006
According to organizer Mamie Martinez, the combination of world renowned musicians and Belize's best should turn Sunday's programme into a magical night of ...

Ralph Fonseca: no comment on election plan
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/11/2006
... Airport this morning, our News Five crew spotted Fonseca arriving from Miami and took the opportunity to ask him about his plans in Belize Rural Central. ...

DRIVER CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH ACCIDENT THAT CLAIMS FIVE LIVES
LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/2006
Belmopan Police formally arrested and charged 57 year old, Carlos Correa Fernandez, of Cleghorn Street, Belize City, in connection with a fatal traffic ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL STILL AWAITING ACTION FROM GOB TO MEET ...
LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/2006
Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya, says she still has not gotten any assistance from Central Government to meet the urgent financial deadlines that the Council ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO IMPLEMENT ...
LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/2006
... is a lot of parents have been concerned about white spots we have been seeing on children’s teeth and unfortunately we don’t have the funds in Belize to do ...

PACT MAKES CALL FOR SMALL GRANT PROPOSALS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/2006
“Small Grants are projects ranging between ten thousand and sixty thousand dollars Belize and any organizations, CBOs and community based organizations, NGOs ...

ANGLICAN TEACHERS TO TAKE PART IN DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/2006
Teachers from Anglican schools will take part next week in a Professional Development Workshop in Belize City. The forum, according ...

YWCA SUMMER PROGRAM ENDS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/2006
... and the Blue Hole and they also had an event where they were able to tour the city and visit the museum and the House of Culture and learn more about Belize. ...

BELIZEANS POETS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN CONTEST
LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/2006
“ There should be two commemorative pieces, one about the battle of Saint George’s Caye, the other, Belize at 25 and so we’re looking for pieces that ...

COHA: Venezuela’s candidacy for the UN Security Council appears ...
VHeadline.com, IL - 8/11/2006
... bill, their pro-Venezuela vote more likely resulted from Washington’s harsh bargaining tactics and Guatemala’s continuing territorial claim against Belize. ...

Smiling wins lst. round of Zone dispute
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/2006
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter. Supreme Court Justice Sam Lungole Awich has granted free zone businessmen Winston Smiling and Gulab ...

TUC supports work of DFC Commission. Says GOB has been dragging ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/2006
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize, the umbrella organisation for all trade and labour unions in Belize, has expressed its support for all members of ...

City Council shames tax dodgers. $7 million owed in back taxes!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/2006
Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya held an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Said Musa and Minister of Local Government, Jos? Coye ...

Cacao growers concerned about seismic testing; Promise fuller ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/2006
... The Sarstoon-Temash Institute for Independent Management has taken the Government of Belize to court to enforce its authority over the park. ...

Money crunch at City Hall:Government squeezes City Council with ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/2006
... of sanitation workers employed with Sanitation Enterprises Limited (SEL), are on the verge of losing their jobs because of a cash-starved Belize City Council ...

Renewed vitality for Northern Highway
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/2006
... project to repair the old Northern Highway/Maskall Road got under way this week spearheaded by Edmund Castro, UDP standard bearer for Belize Rural North. ...

BEL awards 8 scholarships to University of Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/2006
Belize Electricity Limited this week announced the names of its eight scholarship winners. This is the sixth year that BEL has awarded ...

Belize Medical Centre adds another feather to its cap
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/2006
Belize Medical Associates will officially open its Centre for Studies and Advanced Cardiac Care next week and at the same time welcome its newest member of the ...

Cayo teachers flock to summer programme
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/2006
... the Cayo District who gathered at Sacred Heart Junior College in San Ignacio for the opening ceremony of the third annual “Belize Teachers’ Professional ...

Bella Vista youth gets kidney surgery in US
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/2006
It’s 2,100 miles from Bella Vista, Belize to Lancaster County ,Pennsylvania - a long distance for a little boy with a pain in his back. ...

Latin America Apostolate marks 50 years of outreach
St.Louis Review, Missouri - 8/11/2006
... Today the archdiocese has six priests serving in Bolivia and two in Belize. The apostolate serves more than 80,000 people in Bolivia ...

8/10/2006

Project will enhance job training in Central America
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
As a Caribbean nation firmly situated on the Central American mainland, Belize is in a unique position to take advantage of development programmes in both sub ...

Artists seek to collect licensing fees
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
At a press conference held this morning at the Belize City House of Culture, BSCAP declared its campaign to seriously reshuffle the way Belizeans and Belizean ...

DFC hearings: more hints of scandal
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
... DFC was owned by the government of Belize.”. “Was that ever explicitly expressed that the proceeds from securitization were to fund housing?”. ...

UK terror plot brings heightened security to PGIA
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
They say that when Uncle Sam sneezes, Belize catches a cold. ... and within hours those travelling to and from Belize were stricken by acute air sickness. ...

Burglar gets stuck in burglar bars
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
... He had apparently entered the Riverside Patio Restaurant at the Belize City Commercial Centre easily enough, but getting out was the problem. ...

FB Heliservices awarded £7.5m three year contract extension with ...
Rotorhub (press release), UK - 8/10/2006
... has been awarded a £7.5m extension to its contract to provide helicopters and support to the British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) and the ...

Caribbean islands auctioned
Caribbean360.com, Barbados - 8/10/2006
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 11, 2006 - Two Caribbean islands were placed on the auction block yesterday - one in Belize and the other in the US Virgin Islands ...

Belize Economy In Trouble
Hardbeatnews.com, NY - 8/10/2006
Aug. 11, 2006: The Central American nation of Belize is in major financial trouble as it struggles to repay nearly US $1 billion in foreign debt. ...

Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press
Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands - 8/10/2006
... The tax shelters were set up in locations with weak or nonexistent financial reporting laws, including the Cayman Islands, Belize, the British Virgin Islands ...

Tainted money: Proposals for reform of electoral funding in ...
NewMatilda.com (subscription), Australia - 8/10/2006
... the last financial year for which the AEC has data, Lord Michael Ashcroft, who has dual citizenship in Britain and the tax haven of Belize, contributed $1 ...

How To Help Mexico—Close The Border!
VDARE.com, Virginia - 8/10/2006
... Mexico ranks # 53, above some eastern European countries. Mexico has a higher score than neighbors Belize (#91) and Guatemala (#117). ...

Foiled terror plot makes for tough day for US travelers ...
WHDH-TV, MA - 8/10/2006
... Brandon Usher, flying to Belize from Miami International Airport, may have had the worst timing: He was bringing large amounts of mouthwash and toothpaste to ...

DIRECTOR OF TOURISM RESPONDS TO MAYOR'S COMMENTS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/10/2006
The Belize Tourism Board has responded to comments made by Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya on Love FM’s morning show yesterday. ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL MEET
LoveFM, Belize - 8/10/2006
A meeting took place yesterday between Prime Minister, Said Musa, Minister of Local Government, Jose Coye, Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya and Deputy Mayor ...

REPAIRS ON OLD NORTHERN HIGHWAY UNDERWAY
LoveFM, Belize - 8/10/2006
... on Tuesday. Love News spoke with UDP Standard Bearer for Belize Rural North Edmond Castro who is a part of the project. “ We get ...

ROTARIANS TO STAGE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT
LoveFM, Belize - 8/10/2006
Rotarians will again take to the stage tonight in Belize City to present another play.The purpose behind the performance, “Fi Me Posse” is twofold.The main ...

BELIZE CITY MAYOR MEETS WITH INVESTORS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/10/2006
A meeting took place yesterday between investors from the Houston Tri-County Black Chamber of Commerce and Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya. ...

BTIA Introduces Code of Conduct
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/10/2006
Press Release – Belize Tourism Industry Association – August 8th, 2006 – The Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) and ECPAT-USA launched the ...

Buyer beware: Purchasing islands not for everyone
The State, SC - 8/10/2006
... is auctioning off three islands today and a pair later this month: two in the Hudson River, one off Belize, one in the Virgin Islands and another -- a 23 ...

Reform still unfinished
Nassau Guardian, Bahamas - 8/10/2006
... Even now Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Belize have all actively pursued or are pursuing Republic status. Some have had referendums. ...

Belize Tourism Board hosts Safety and Security Workshop
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release), Barbados - 8/10/2006
Belize City, Wednesday, August 9th, 2006 – The Belize Tourism Board hosted a Safety and Security Workshop on Monday, August 7th at the Radisson Fort George ...

Close door on illegal tax shelters
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - 8/10/2006
... The tax shelters were set up in locations with weak or nonexistent financial reporting laws, including the Cayman Islands, Belize, the British Virgin Islands ...

NAMES & FACES
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - 8/10/2006
... Erika Steele, Sweet Valley, was one of 1 1 Susquehanna University students that spent 10 days working with a medical team in two remote villages in Belize. ...

ISLANDS ARE PRIME REAL ESTATE PIECES, BUT BUYERS NEED TO BEWARE ...
Miami Herald, FL - 8/10/2006
... is auctioning off three islands today and a pair later this month: two in the Hudson River, one off Belize, one in the Virgin Islands and another -- a 23 ...

Meetings, meetings
Medford Transcript, MA - 8/10/2006
... Andes. She will play her drum, rainstick and gourd and tell stories from Ecuador, Peru Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Brazil. Participants ...

Yellowman pleads guilty to Harm
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
And while the fleet footed messenger managed to evade his captors in the nation's capital, today he was tripped up in Belize City Magistrate's Court following ...

Rotarians stage comedy for a cause
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
... But in a third world country, even though Belize isn’t as bad as many of the third world countries around the world, we do have infectious diseases which are ...

City and Central Government discuss cash crunch
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
The Belize Mayors Association put it all on the table ... the country's municipalities are in the red and party colours have nothing to do with it. ...

Mothers organise fundraising basketball tournament
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
As its second official event, this weekend Mothers Organized for Peace are coordinating a basketball tournament in an attempt to reduce tensions in Belize City ...

Camp promotes football, fights crime
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
... Makin and several other boys and girls between the ages of six and seventeen years old are part of an effort by the Belize City Council to provide ...

Heartless cowards snatch purse of 82 year old woman
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/10/2006
Yes, there have been more heartless crimes committed in Belize ... and no, this particular incident did not leave its victim injured or dead ... ...

Heroic marine dies aged 57
Devon 24, UK - 8/10/2006
... Mountbatten in India. He joined the marines in 1967 and also served in Northern Ireland, Belize and the Falklands War. After leading ...

Ethiopia ratifies Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 8/10/2006
... Algeria*, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina*, Armenia, Australia*, Austria*, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh*, Belarus, Belgium*, Belize, Benin, Bolivia ...

Belize bonds tumble on default concern
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 8/10/2006
Belize's international bonds have tumbled 25 percent this year on concerns the government will default on $960 million of foreign currency debt. ...

8/9/2006

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL TAKES ACTIVE ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV ...
LoveFM, Belize - 8/9/2006
The Belize City Council has taken an active part in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Deputy Mayor Wayne Usher whose portfolio includes ...

MAYORS DISCUSS FINANCIAL PROBLEMS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/9/2006
The Mayors’ Association of Belize met yesterday to discuss their financial problems in meeting their monthly operational costs. ...

BEL AWARDS SCHOLRSHIPS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/9/2006
Belize Electricity Limited yesterday held a ceremony to announce the eight recipients of its 2006 scholarship awards. Love News ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/9/2006
... Taylor’s Alley. Three Belize City men have been arrested and charged for robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. 34 year old ...

FIVE BELIZEAN YOUTHS TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL CONFERNCE
LoveFM, Belize - 8/9/2006
“Youth for the Future in collaboration with the Commonwealth Youth Program has afforded five young people with the privilege of representing Belize at the ...

CABINET NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/9/2006
... running by the time schools re-open in September.----Cabinet agreed to the appointment of a new Board of Directors of the Belize Marketing and ...

Bridgetown Cruise Terminal and Interspace Advertising enter ...
Barbados Advocate, Barbados - 8/9/2006
... in the operations of a duty-free retail facility and has an interest in associated companies in the area of tourism attractions in Belize and Barbados.

Community moves to ensure closer collaboration on climate change ...
Barbados Advocate, Barbados - 8/9/2006
... the official opening of the CCCCC. Both the Centre and the MACC Project are located in Belize. The MOU provides for, among other ...

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Reports 70% Increase in Second Quarter ...
MSN Money - 8/9/2006
... Consolidated currently operates water production and/or distribution facilities in the Cayman Islands, The British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Belize and The ...

Cruise the Caribbean with Norwegian Spirit
Go Travel Insurance, UK - 8/9/2006
The ship will call at Belize City, Santo Tomas, Guatemala and Mexico on its itinerary and will replace the company's Norwegian Sun, which moves from the Big ...

Belize International Bonds Tumble on Default Concern (Correct)
Bloomberg - 8/9/2006
9 (Bloomberg) -- Belize's international bonds have tumbled 25 percent this year on concerns the government will default on $960 million of foreign currency debt ...

Belize International Bonds Tumble on Government Default Concern
Bloomberg - 8/9/2006
9 (Bloomberg) -- Belize's international bonds have tumbled 25 percent this year on concerns the government will default on $960 billion of foreign currency debt ...

St. Kitts and Nevis square off with Antigua and Barbuda for ...
SKNVibes.com, St. Kitts and Nevis - 8/9/2006
... host Saint Martin. El Salvador eliminated Belize from Group One of the Central American under-20 playoff after defeating them 5-1.

Ethiopia Ratifies Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Secrecy News, DC - 8/9/2006
... Algeria*, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina*, Armenia, Australia*, Austria*, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh*, Belarus, Belgium*, Belize, Benin, Bolivia ...

Close door on illegal tax shelters
Kansas City Star, MO - 8/9/2006
... The tax shelters were set up in locations with weak or nonexistent financial reporting laws, including the Cayman Islands, Belize, the British Virgin Islands ...

Suspect charged in latest city murder
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/9/2006
There is no shortage of efforts being made--both public and private--to bring down the level of fatal violence in Belize, particularly in the old capital. ...

Teen charged in St. Paul’s burglary
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/9/2006
Life in Belize's many picturesque villages is often viewed by harassed urban dwellers as a peaceful and carefree existence untouched by the perils of crime and ...

Three gunmen jack $5,000 from shopkeeper
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/9/2006
A robbery last night in Belize City has left a shopkeeper five thousand dollars poorer. According to police reports, around nine ...

BEL helps eight students attend UB
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/9/2006
Belize Electricity Limited, today, awarded eight students from across the country with tuition scholarships to the University of Belize. ...

DFC hearings: some borrowers more equal than others
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/9/2006
... One particular case that stands out is that of the Belize Resorts and Development Company Limited with relatively inaccessible swamp land being valued at seven ...

Two Belizeans grab prestigious UWI scholarships
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/9/2006
... I just took it hoping like everybody else.”. “I just want to go there and get the skills that I need to come back here and help Belize. ...

Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press
Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands - 8/9/2006
... To avoid paying capital gains and other taxes, they establish accounts and create paper corporations in places like the Cayman Islands, Belize, Nevis and the ...


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