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8/28/2006

Western Hway accident kills one, injuries doctor
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/28/2006
A traffic accident on Belize's deadliest highway has claimed yet another life and left a well-known doctor in critical condition. ...

Marine campaign to protect local manatees
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/28/2006
... but with approximately a thousand of these gentle giants swimming in our waters, Belize has one of the largest populations of Antillean manatees in the world. ...

ATM robbery leaves victim tied to tree
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/28/2006
Separate robberies in Belize City and Belmopan have netted thieves more than sixteen thousand dollars in loot and more disturbingly, left one victim tied to a ...

Corozal resident charged for gun in parcel post
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/28/2006
... The factory sent the new gun to his daughter in the US by mail and she thought it would be okay to post the weapon to Belize. It's not. ...

Paul Trapp tops "Impossible" Mountain Bike race
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/28/2006
... In football news scene, week three of the RFG Insurance Cup Tournament saw FC Belize derby as FC Belize and Acros Lakes clashed inside the MCC Ground with both ...

Local land for everyone
Barbados Advocate, Barbados - 8/28/2006
... able to buy land in other Caribbean countries, among these is Sagicor, and he added Barbados Shipping & Trading (BS&T) is making an investment in Belize to be ...

Cruising for some hints
Macworld, CA - 8/28/2006
I’m quite excited about the upcoming cruise. And no, not just because it’s going to some really cool destinations, such as Belize and Cozumel. ...

Fortis Inc. Acquires Electric Utilities in the Turks and Caicos ...
CCNMatthews (press release), Canada - 8/28/2006
... "With well-established electric utility operations in Belize and Grand Cayman, Fortis has considerable experience meeting the electricity needs of growing ...

Garbage piles high in the city as Waste Control goes slow
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
Northside residents know the Belize Waste Control (BWS) went on a go-slow from Monday and on Thursday, (yesterday) only collected a handful of residential ...

University land going cheap
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
By Ann-Marie Williams - News Editor. Earlier this year the University of Belize (UB) advertised 10 of its 24 acres of land behind its science complex for sale. ...

Former Peace Corp volunteer stabbed to death in Cayo
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
... He has been a teacher at Mount Carmel High School in Benque Viejo since 1994, after he completed his Peace Corp tour of duty in Belize. ...

Media photographer Norman Belisle laid to rest Nephew-in-law held ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
By Ann-Marie Williams - News Editor. Media photographer Norman Belisle who would have celebrated his 40th birthday on September 22 ...

Treasury Building will be home to cluster of Magistrate’s Court
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
Staff and magistrates at the four Belize City Magistrates Courts are breathing a collective sigh of relief this week after receiving news that they will be ...

False claim lands British tourist in court
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
A British tourist who admitted to making a false claim about a stolen camera found out this week that it’s not so easy to fool the Belize police. ...

Vaca Reserve under seige! PUP hopeful taking over
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
... Barefoot Belize is proposing to construct a resort on 70 acres of land in the Vaca Plateau Forest Reserve near the Macal River. ...

Noreen Fairweather takes over as Lands Commissioner
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
... As part of her many accomplishments, Fairweather had represented Belize on the Permanent Committee on Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Americas and served ...

Mile 8 Community up in arms. New scrapyard too close for comfort!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
Belize’s Department of the Environment, still reeling from a government stop order to prevent it from taking court action against environmental offender Luke ...

Belize celebrates in grand style on Sept. 10&21
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
As the country of Belize embarks on its 25th anniversary as an independent nation and the 208th anniversary of the battle of St. ...

Dad drowns while trying to save son
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
A San Pedrano fisherman, Isaul Coba, drowned at sea near the barrier reef on Wednesday, morning, August 23, while trying to rescue his eight-year-old son who ...

Downgraded Ernesto still packs a wallop
Travel Weekly (subscription), NJ - 8/28/2006
... on Aug. 27. Revised port calls include Belize City on Aug. 30; Costa Maya, Mexico on Aug. 31; and Cozumel on Sept. 1. To contact ...

Consolidated Water Declares Third Quarter Dividend of $0.06 Per ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - 8/28/2006
... Consolidated currently operates water production and/or distribution facilities in the Cayman Islands, The British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Belize and The ...

Fortis Inc. Acquires Electric Utilities in the Turks and Caicos ...
Market Wire (press release) - 8/28/2006
... "With well-established electric utility operations in Belize and Grand Cayman, Fortis has considerable experience meeting the electricity needs of growing ...

Editorial (27.08.06)
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/28/2006
... As the economic noose tightens around Belize and as the Prime Minister struggles to maintain his balance on the tilting deck of a capsising ship of state ...

From the ruin comes a meaning for life
Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA - 8/28/2006
... Ben was a bicycle messenger. Charlie was a cook at a steakhouse. Armando was a former Mennonite from Belize, a cowboy, a fisherman and a carpenter. ...

8/27/2006

Amazing monarch butterflies in full force in Maine this summer
MaineToday.com, ME - 8/27/2006
... capture and report it. To date, only one tag from Maine has been returned. That butterfly had flown to Belize. "Mother Nature has a ...

US identifies trouble spots
PeaceJournalism.com, Nepal - 8/27/2006
... the travel-warning level. An example would be the cautionary note about a ``growing'' problem of crime against tourists in Belize.

MAYAN MARVEL
OCRegister, CA - 8/27/2006
... They built a series of extraordinary city-states throughout Mexico, Belize and Guatemala that still stand today, all constructed without using metal tools or ...

US identifies trouble spots
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 8/27/2006
... the travel-warning level. An example would be the cautionary note about a ``growing'' problem of crime against tourists in Belize.

Loverly landscapes
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 8/27/2006
... which opens Tuesday and continues through the run of "My Fair Lady," includes paintings inspired by Burnley's trips to France, Spain, Italy and Belize, and by ...

"Arkansas' Voice on the Internet"
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), AR - 8/27/2006
... Honor attendants were Mindy Dees and Woody Harrelson. After a honeymoon in Belize, the couple will make their home in Little Rock. ...

Writer describes his love affair with Turkey
Boston Globe, United States - 8/27/2006
... the information," he said. ``I can remember being in these tiny little towns in Belize with the pedometer . . . I would draw the ...

Port of New Orleans ready for major luxury cruise ships
2TheAdvocate, LA - 8/27/2006
... The Triumph’s seven-day itineraries will offer ports of call at Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios and Belize, Cozumel and Progreso on an alternating basis ...

Maya civilization collapsed upon learning kings weren't gods
MercoPress, Uruguay - 8/27/2006
... The inhabitants of Mayan lands, which extended through much of what is now Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras and Mexico, at some point understood there ...

8/26/2006

Amazing monarch butterflies in full force in Maine this summer
Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME - 8/26/2006
... capture and report it. To date, only one tag from Maine has been returned. That butterfly had flown to Belize. "Mother Nature has a ...

Circle of Hope Tea and Silent Auction The third annual Circle
Signal, CA - 8/26/2006
... The club's 100-plus members schedule local beach dives and boat trips, dive trips to Monterey, Honduras, Belize, Ecuador, Fiji, Tahiti and more. ...

Wonders under the Yucatan sun
WorldNetDaily, OR - 8/26/2006
... Along with Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand, and Ambergris Caye, Belize, Isla Muerjes ("The Island of Women") is considered to be one of the most spectacular islands in ...

8/25/2006

Building in Belize
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription), TN - 8/25/2006
... The photograph is of a collapsed grass hut in the back jungles of Belize: A naked child and stick-figure mother sit in the dirt, a kind of resigned despair ...

Income tax on petroleum set at 40%
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/25/2006
It's been a sticky point between Belmopan and Belize Natural Energy but tonight the law of the land is that income tax on petroleum products is forty percent ...

Opposition claims Belizean nationality still on sale
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/25/2006
... to whom the cards have been issued with a picture of the front of the cards making it plain that these are cards that confer permission to reside in Belize. ...

Ms. Ladyville pageant scheduled for Saturday
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/25/2006
... largest village. And when you have the title of "laage" in Belize you just have to have your very own beauty queen. On Saturday ...

Made in the USA exhibition opens at Princess
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/25/2006
Trade shows like BelPro Connex and Expo Belize highlights local products on the market but this weekend, Belizeans will get a chance to see what's new on ...

Ralph Fonseca will run in 2008 elections
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 19 minutes ago
... representative was upbeat. “How about your re-election plans, are you going to run again for Belize Rural Central?”. “We haven ...

Santa Elena woman caught w/ fake US money
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/25/2006
... A town grocer took the phoney money to the cops on August tenth and alleged that Garnett had asked him to give her the equivalent Belize currency. ...

Charities thrive with online volunteers
MSNBC - 8/25/2006
... Lacking funds to travel, she built Web sites for groups in Kenya and Belize from Montreal; InterConnection hosts the sites in Seattle. ...

ROTARY ASK FOR THE RETURN OF VITAL PEICE OF EQUIPEMENT FOR HEART ...
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
The Rotary Club of Belize is offering a reward for the return of an echo cardiogram machine. ... Yvette Burks of the rotary Club of Belize. ...

LUKE ESPAT RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
... The Government of Belize ensured us that the environmental issue as it relates to the development of the project would have been dealt with and what is the ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
The Belize City Magistrate Courts will be moving to its new location at the public building. ... Belize City Police are investigating a report of a robbery. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
Belize City police are looking for a suspect following a stabbing that has left a man hospitalized with stab wounds. Police say ...

THE THIRD NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH CONFERNCE SLATED FOR TOMORROW IN ...
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
The third annual neighborhood - watch conference will be held tomorrow in Belize City. National Neighborhood Watch coordinator Joe ...

BDF TO HOLD ANNUAL FAMILY AND SPORTS DAY TOMORROW
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
The Belize Defense force will be having their annual family and sports day tomorrow. The event will take place at the Marion Jones ...

Ellen Trout Zoo Makes an International Donation
KTRE, TX - 8/25/2006
Zookeepers sent two spectacled owls to a zoo in Belize. The Belize zoo contacted Ellen Trout about displaying the animals. Zookeeper ...

Children and the law
Nassau Guardian, Bahamas - 8/25/2006
... infringed the penal law..." In the Caribbean, whether the law relating to child offenders is called a Criminal Code (as is the case in Belize, Grenada, St. ...

Harbor Branch offers land for sale; cruise dock in Grand Cayman ...
Megayacht & Superyacht News, FL - 8/25/2006
... ratios. All three were added in June. At the same time, Belize, India and Turkey were removed from this year’s list. US Coast ...

BACK TO SCHOOL JAM TO BE HELD
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
“The program will include musical performance by visiting minorettes band from Belize City, Wumalali Dance Group, Children of the Most High Cultural Dance ...

BELIZE CITY MAYOR RESPONDES TO COMMENTS MADE BY TOURISM DIRECTOR
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya has responded to comments we aired yesterday by Director of Tourism Tracy Panton. Moya said while ...

PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TAKE PART IN FIRST AID TRAINING
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
Teachers from three Belize City primary schools will go back to their class rooms with better first aid skills. This summer, teachers ...

DFC HEARINGS CONTINUE
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
Richard Merrill reports that Anne Wiltshire testified this morning. “She was questioned again about the Belize Social Security Board regarding a deal of ...

REPORT PRESENTED ON THREE WEEK EXERCISE
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
... today and we had representation from PAHO, from UNICEF, from UNTD, from Red Cross, from a number of governmental agencies which include Belize Defense Force ...

BELIZE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RAISE FUNDS TO AID POLICE OFFICER
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
The Belize Police Department is trying to raise funds to provide financial assistance to one of its own who is seriously ill. Woman ...

BELIZE CITY MAYOR AND COUNCILORS MEET WITH FINANCIAL ADVISORS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
Belize City Mayor and her Councilors met last evening with financial advisors of her party to further discuss City Hall’s financial burdens and their ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/25/2006
Belize City Police are investigating a report of a robbery. 27 year old Rennick Reneau, employee of Belize Times Press told Police ...

Haiti rejoins CARICOM
SKNVibes.com, St. Kitts and Nevis - 8/25/2006
... It came into existence at the end of January 2006 when six Caribbean states - Jamaica, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago - signed an ...

Fayetteville showcases itself to travel writers
Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville NC - 8/25/2006
... Botanical Garden. Caterers wore national attire from Belize, Columbia, Greece, India, Japan, Nigeria and the Philippines. The Heritage ...

'We're not as clever as we think we are'
The Northern Echo, UK - 8/25/2006
... wheel. Nonetheless, they worshipped their gods, and built wonderful pyramids and temples in what is now Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. ...

Moody's maintains stable outlook on Jamaica but the spectre of ...
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 8/25/2006
... Subsequent to the debt-restructuring announcement by the Belize Government, S&P executed a downgrade to the country's long-term foreign-currency rating to CC ...

8/24/2006

Decision nears in Fraser wrongful-death suit
Hilton Head Island Packet, SC - 8/24/2006
... defendants. It also names Denys W. Bradley and his Belize Fiberglass Products company, which helped manufacture the boat. The suit ...

Junesville pageant raises money for school expenses
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/24/2006
... But one set of residents in the Lake I area of Belize City has gotten very creative, and are holding the first ever Little Miss Junesville Pageant in an effort ...

Magistrates move to new courtrooms
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/24/2006
Even the magistrates themselves took an active part as the Belize City Magistrate’s and Family Courts relocate to new offices in the old treasury building ...

Big money in BDF running festival
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/24/2006
Haul out your most comfortable shoes because come this Saturday, the Belize Defence Force will be hosting its fourth annual Running Festival. ...

Visiting scouts lend a hand in Valley of Peace
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/24/2006
... clinic.”. The visitors will leave Belize later this week but the experience has broadened their personalities ... and their palates. ...

See world, stay in shape
Arizona Republic, AZ - 8/24/2006
... Those taking part in the regional competition come from such places as Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El ...

Petrocaribe, the curse of a dead agreement
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 8/24/2006
... Three out of the other ten islands (Belize, Grenada and Saint Kitts and Nevis) are on their way to implementing the agreement in the medium term, whereas the ...

Haiti rejoins CARICOM
AlterPresse-Haïti, Haiti - 8/24/2006
... It came into existence at the end of January 2006 when six Caribbean states - Jamaica, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago - signed an ...

LU students establish Camp Believe in Belize
Lamar University, TX - 8/24/2006
Four Lamar University students recently spent 10 days in Belize where they established Camp Believe. The students, members of Rotaract ...

Mission to Belize
Channel 4 News, UK - 8/24/2006
... name of charity. But not in Belize. There the ... rejected here in the UK. George Waldrum sent us this report from Hattiesville in Belize.

Wesleyans to extend reach into community
AntiguaSun, Antigua and Barbuda - 8/24/2006
... in drafting a 10-year development plan with one of the radical decisions taken to commit itself to the support and expansion of the work in Belize and sourcing ...

8/23/2006

New publication puts together old essays on 1798
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/23/2006
... George’s Caye. “We need to realise that any historical event that occurred in Belize is very critical and is very important. The battle of St. ...

Death of baby highlights problems of teen pregnancy
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/23/2006
... disastrous decisions. The thirteen year old, who was born in El Salvador, says she has been living in Belize since she was a baby. She ...

Queen of the Bay happy at Air Force Academy
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/23/2006
Carrie, a member of the Belize Defence Force, was one of three Belizeans this year to earn a coveted scholarship to US Military academies. ...

Trinis, Bajans to buy 47% of citrus company
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/23/2006
In news from the Stann Creek Valley officials have confirmed that two international companies will be making significant investments in Belize's citrus industry ...

Calendar released for September Celebrations
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/23/2006
... meaningful. This morning, the September Celebrations Committee launched its official calendar of events at the Belize House of Culture. ...

Port Authority holds summer camp
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/23/2006
In collaboration with the Belize Port Authority, PACT (Protected Areas Conservation Trust) hosted its youth Maritime summer camp for the first time in San Pedro ...

Thumbs Up - Protech Dive Shop
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/23/2006
The beautiful marine life found off of Ambergris Caye and the country of Belize is one of the primary reasons people travel to our gorgeous shores. ...

Profiting from Water with PowerShares Water Resources ETF
Seeking Alpha, NY - 8/23/2006
... I like is Consolidated Water (CWCO) which has more of a global presence by providing water services and products to the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and Cayman ...

SEPTEMBER CELEBRATIONS CALENDER PRESENTED
LoveFM, Belize - 8/23/2006
A ceremony took place this morning at the House of Culture in Belize City to introduce the September celebrations program of events for all the various ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/23/2006
Belize City Police are investigating a robbery at YAN LEE SNACK SHOP in Belize City. Owner of the store, Judy Lee told Police that ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL NOT SATISFIED WITH BTB OFFER
LoveFM, Belize - 8/23/2006
Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya said the Belize City Council has been doing its best to meet their commitments to the sanitation companies. ...

BODY OF MAN RETRIEVED FROM SEA
LoveFM, Belize - 8/23/2006
A search team consisting of the police, the BDF, the Coast Guard and TIDE Belize searched for two days before finally locating the body. ...

The War of USA Against Terror is not Achievable
Zaman Online, Turkey - 8/23/2006
... border. Or for the Mayas in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize. One nation, several states. Not one border has to be moved. But ...


Caricom youth trained in AIDS project development
AntiguaSun, Antigua and Barbuda - 8/23/2006
... Participants were drawn from Grenada, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Lucia, St. Kitts/Nevis, Belize, the Bahamas and Trinidad & Tobago. ...

: Coppola Reveals His Hideaway Secrets
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - 8/23/2006
... in Hideaways Life, Academy Award®-winning director Francis Ford Coppola shares his preferred way to hide away: escaping to his two personal getaways in Belize ...

8/22/2006

Three arrested in connection with crime spree
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/22/2006
Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of fuel from a Belize City gas station as well as armed robbery ... ...

Women appointed to top posts in Lands Dept.
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/22/2006
... candidates. They are the PUP's Mel Spain and Carolyn Trench-Sandiford, running in Belize Rural South and Collet respectively. In ...

Police and Yabra citizens share regional award
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/22/2006
While certainty often proves elusive in solving crimes there were no doubts today about giving praise to an effort involving the Belize Police Department. ...

Big loans, small collateral at DFC
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/22/2006
News Five's Janelle Chanona reports from her twice weekly beat at the Belize Institute of Management. ... “So Belize Bank also holds first. ...

Hankook Verdes routed by Costa Rica’s Puntarenas
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/22/2006
... About the only good thing to be said for Belize was the outstanding performance of Belizean transplant Shane Orio, star goalie for Puntarenas. ...

BDF leads formulation of long-term security strategy
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/22/2006
It's called Belize: 2021 and though it may sound like the name of a new movie, it's actually the government's fifteen year vision for the nation's security. ...

Museum nurtures young artists
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/22/2006
... News Five's Alyssa Noble reports from the Museum of Belize. ... “Everyone should come to the museum of Belize because it’s really fun. ...

Lorne captures Bahamas Invitational tournament
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 8/22/2006
... on the international chess stage, as they were one of only two countries in the region without internationally rated players, the other country is Belize. ...

Study Abroad Soars
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily, VA - 8/22/2006
... In addition to last year's Ireland, Italy, Nicaragua and Spain programs, the University has added January Term programs in Belize, Berlin, Ghana and Tanzania ...

Cayman darts team in international competition
Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands - 8/22/2006
... In the team event Cayman beat host country Barbados and Brazil, both contests ending 8-4. They also drew 6-6 against Guyana and Belize. ...

NOREEN FAIRWEATHER ACTING COMMISIONER OF LANDS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/22/2006
... As part of her list of accomplishments, she had represented Belize on the Permanent Committee on Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Americas and served as ...


LOCAL CHAPTER OF GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS TO HOLD INAUGURAL MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 8/22/2006
A local chapter of Gamblers Anonymous will hold its inaugural meeting in Belize on Sunday. Gamblers Anonymous is an international ...


BTB APPROVED PAYMENT TO BELIZE CITY COUNCIL
LoveFM, Belize - 8/22/2006
The Board of Directors of the Belize Tourism Board has agreed to assist the Belize City Council with a million dollars. A news release ...


EMPLOYEES SAY THEY ARE NOT BEING PAID
LoveFM, Belize - 8/22/2006
“Yesterday I received a fax form the Chairman of the Indian Creek Village making reference to non payments by Belize Excursion Lodge Limited fro some six ...


SEPTEMBER CELEBRATIONS CALENDER OF EVENTS TO BE PRESENTED
LoveFM, Belize - 8/22/2006
The National September Celebrations Committee will make its presentation during a ceremony at the House of Culture in Belize City at 10 o’clock in the morning ...


TEACHERS AND MANAGERS TAKE PART IN TRAINING
LoveFM, Belize - 8/22/2006
40 teachers and education managers will this week be taking part in a training workshop on Belize’s Environmental Issues. Standard ...


Charities thrive with online volunteers
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 8/22/2006
... Lacking funds to travel, she built Web sites for groups in Kenya and Belize from Montreal; InterConnection hosts the sites in Seattle. ...


As access improves worldwide, online volunteering on the rise
Audio Video Producer (press release), CA - 8/22/2006
... Lacking funds to travel, she built Web sites for groups in Kenya and Belize from Montreal; InterConnection hosts the sites in Seattle. ...


Hurricane Season - Know Before You Go
Community Dispatch (press release) - 8/22/2006
... Hurricanes can strike the islands of the Caribbean, the northern coast of South America, Central America including Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, as well as the ...


“Impossible is Nothing” cops mountain bike crown
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/22/2006
... In other action around the league Wagiya blanked Alpha 3-zip, while Hankook Verdes stunned FC Belize by that same score. Peaking ...


8/21/2006

PASMO office burgled twice in one weekend
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/21/2006
An NGO working to prevent the spread of AIDS in Belize has become the latest victim of burglary. The Pan American Social Marketing ...


Trio detained for string of robberies
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/21/2006
... loaded with five rounds of ammunition, also noticed that the three men fit the description of the suspects responsible for six robberies in Belize City and one ...


Human trafficking seminar focuses on helping victims
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/21/2006
Belize may not have much of a problem with human trafficking but, according to officials, that does not mean we should fail to prepare. ...


BTB pledges a million to CITCO...but with tight strings
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 8/21/2006
The Belize City Council will be receiving some badly needed funds from the Belize Tourism Board ... but the strings attached to ...


Norway Fails to Fulfil Whaling Quota
Buzzle, CA - 8/21/2006
... aid money. Many of these nations, such as Mongolia, Mali or Belize, are either landlocked or do not have a whaling tradition. The ...


POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/21/2006
Belize City police have detained three people pending gun-related charges and investigations into a number of robberies in Belize City and in Ladyville. ...


GOVERMENT AND NON GOVERMENT TOOK PART IN TRAINING SESSION
LoveFM, Belize - 8/21/2006
The Training was part of the Joint Civil Military Cooperation Group, CEMIC training exercise that assesses Belize’s hurricane Plan. ...


ORGANIZATION TEAM UP TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/21/2006
Several organizations have teamed up to fight trafficking in persons or human trafficking in Belize. Today those agencies began ...


BELIZE RED CROSS INTENSIFIES FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS
LoveFM, Belize - 8/21/2006
The Belize Red Cross Society is intensifying its fight against HIV/AIDS. The Society will introduce a social mobilization program called “Faces”. ...


EDUCATORS FROM FOURTEEN COUNTRIES TO MEET
LoveFM, Belize - 8/21/2006
Educators from 14 countries, including Belize, are meeting in Mauritius. The Commonwealth of Learning is helping to form a network ...


REPRESENTATIVE FROM MOTOROLA TO PRESENT AWARD
LoveFM, Belize - 8/21/2006
... Community, Luz Longsworth. The ceremony will take place at the Yabra Citizens Committee Centre on Queen Charlotte Street in Belize City.


NGO RECEIVES GRANT FROM PACT
LoveFM, Belize - 8/21/2006
A non-government organization called Plenty Belize has received a grant from The Protected Areas Conservation Trust, PACT.The amount of 49 thousand dollars ...


CATTLE INDUSTRY GROWING IN THE TOLEDO DISTRICT
LoveFM, Belize - 8/21/2006
... In regard to that we are looking at incorporating especially the Belize Rural Development Project, which is a nationwide project and we believe this one area ...


An American Girl for every girl — almost
Marketplace, CA - 8/21/2006
... For instance, this year's doll is Jess. Half Irish-American, half Japanese-American, her family loves archaeology, they all can't wait to explore Belize. ...


AOL wants spammer's gold
p2pnet.net, Canada - 8/21/2006
... he was born Andrew Britt Greenbaum and, “changed his name to hide his Jewish heritage, according to his mother, who says she thinks he's in Belize,” it says ...


Cabinda Memorandum To Enlarge Government
AngolaPress, Angola - 8/21/2006
... of Cabinda province and will also win three provincial deputy directors and deputy administrators for the districts of Cabinda, Cacongo, Buco-Zau and Belize. ...


The Dears: A gloom of their own
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 8/21/2006
... 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 ...


Norway fails to fulfil whaling quota
The Observer Blog, UK - 8/21/2006
... aid money. Many of these nations, such as Mongolia, Mali or Belize, are either landlocked or do not have a whaling tradition. The ...


Norway fails to fulfil whaling quota
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 8/21/2006
... aid money. Many of these nations, such as Mongolia, Mali or Belize, are either landlocked or do not have a whaling tradition. The ...


Study abroad growing in nontraditional places
Red and Black, GA - 8/21/2006
... Miller, a cognitive science major, said she traveled to Belize two years in a row because the country had always interested her. ...


Couple object to AOL search for spammer's gold
ZDNet UK, UK - 8/21/2006
... a neo-Nazi group, was born Andrew Britt Greenbaum and changed his name to hide his Jewish heritage, according to his mother, who says she thinks he's in Belize ...


International agreements for regulatory cooperation
Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands - 8/21/2006
This recent MOU adds to a long list of agreements including Brazil, US, Island of Man, Jamaica, Panama, Barbados the Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands ...


8/20/2006

Special Feature
AntiguaSun, Antigua and Barbuda - 8/20/2006
... 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 ...


Three local islands for sale
Grenada Today, Grenada - 8/20/2006
... Earlier in the week, two Caribbean islands were placed on the internet auction block for sale by Sheldon Good & Company - one in Belize and the other in the US ...


8/19/2006

Women in the frontline
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 8/19/2006
... Currently there are 59 foreign cadets at West Point, five of whom are female - one from Taiwan, two from Cameroon and two from Belize. ...


Britain's kindest dessert
The Observer, UK - 8/19/2006
During a recent trip to Belize, OFM's Andrew Purvis saw the impact Fairtrade has had on the farmers who grow the cocoa used in Green & Black's Maya Gold. ...


Mauritius to save world’s top sites from Climate Change
African News Dimension (subscription), South Africa - 8/19/2006
... These sites include; Mount Everest (glaciers), the Peruvian Andes (glaciers), US and Canadian glaciers, the Great Barrier and Belize Barrier (coral) Reefs. ...


Trinidad & Tobago's Chief of Defence Staff says Caribbean Defence ...
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release), Barbados - 8/19/2006
... brought together senior security personnel from countries throughout the region, including Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada ...


Prime Minister Musa Meets With Belize Mayors Association
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release), Barbados - 8/19/2006
Belmopan, August 19, 2006...A special meeting was held at the Central Bank of Belize conference room between Prime Minister Said Musa and members of the Belize ...


Register now for Great Milk, Great Markets
Monroe Times, WI - 8/19/2006
... Additional sessions will discuss international dairy methods with speakers from the Netherlands and Belize, a session on producing products from grazing dairy ...


Green Slams Cuomo Over Debate Performance, But Green May Have ...
NY1, NY - 8/19/2006
... Back when Green was the city's consumer affairs commissioner, he and his wife hired an undocumented woman from Belize to care for their two children. ...


Caribbean Defence Force equal
Trinidad News, Trinidad and Tobago - 8/19/2006
... brought together senior security personnel from countries throughout the region, including Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada ...


SATURDAY'S CHILD: Flour power and Bajan pride
The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - 8/19/2006
... 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 ...


Cruisin' Classics
Opinion250 News, Canada - 8/19/2006
... For a real buzz, join the Coffee Cruise on the Norwegian Sun next March, featuring tours of coffee plantations in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, not to mention ...


No easy turns on this road
Toronto Star,  Canada - 8/19/2006
... Kelowna, Tofino, Tokyo, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, Santa Barbara, Nashville, Switzerland, Germany, Vancouver, Italy, Santa Fe, Belize and Las Vegas ...



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