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9/8/2006

US embassy remembers 9-11 tragedy in ceremony
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/8/2006
In the midst of preparations for the long holiday weekend, today a solemn ceremony was held in Belize City to mark the tragedy that changed the world forever. ...


Las Vegas Casino officially opened in Corozal
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/8/2006
... restaurant. “It’sa great opportunity to work here at this company. I think it will be one of Belize’s finest dining room. I ...


Southside revellers countdown to road march
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/8/2006
following our broadcast of carnival bands from the north side of Belize City preparing for the road march on Saturday, last night south side camps were ...


Multi-Cultural Festival schedule for this weekend
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/8/2006
With no shortage of activities scheduled for this weekend, the Belize City Council is hoping that Belizeans from across the country will show up in force for ...


Sunday stabbing ends in attempted murder charges
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/8/2006
A Belize City man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder following a stabbing incident last Sunday. According to police ...


Park to offer bird program today
Washington Daily News, NC - 9/8/2006
... That interest deepened after he spent a semester studying in Belize. “That opened my eyes to the diversity of birds,” Dykstra said. ...


Creator of Crittercam to visit area
Journal Inquirer, CT - 9/8/2006
... According to a Web site about Marshall, who also is a marine biologist, he was inspired while swimming in a coral reef off the coast of Belize in 1986 when he ...


DR. MIGUEL ROSADO CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
LoveFM, Belize - 9/8/2006
His condition, while it continues to improve, remains critical at Universal Health Services Intensive Care Unit in Belize City. ...


SU athlete to help runners around world
Carlisle Sentinel, PA - 9/8/2006
... Rineer and the volunteers will send their first shipment of shoes to Belize around Christmas and their following shipment to Kenya in February. ...


Breathe easy over the kids in the Maldives
Times Online, UK - 9/8/2006
But for most, the call of the “underwater world”, as my dive instructor (Belize 1998) insisted on calling it, is usually drowned out by nappies and routines ...

New Guatemalan Foreign Minister makes 1st visit to Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
... Gert Rosenthal, accompanied by the Executive Secretary of the Comision de Belice Antonio Matta Fahsen, made the first of many more visits to Belize on Monday. ...

Chebat takes over as SSB Chair
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
... He is also the President of the Belize Bar Association and a member of the National Drug Abuse Control Council and the Public Sector Reform Council.

Coppola: Keeping it casual in Geyserville
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 9/8/2006
... The vibe: With the staff giving simple explanations to a wine-novice clientele, and a publicity DVD running for Coppola's inns in Belize, it feels like a ...

Belizean Kriol Museum & Gallery opens
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
... The museum is housed in the Burnham Manse, at #88 Albert Street in Belize City, an area once known as Ibo Town.The building, which dates back to the 1930s, is ...

UNF Awards Inaugural Sir Colville Young Endowed Scholarship
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
... Florida announces Amelia Williams as the first recipient of the Sir Colville Young Endowed Scholarship, which is awarded to UNF students from Belize who have ...

Tear gas bates Carnival Fever?
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
By Joseph Stamp Romero - Staff Reporter. 14-year-old Ashman Wiltshire wears the "Drums of Freedom" costume which took ist place in the Junior King competition. ...

1798: An event of visceral importance
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
... little book Brief Sketch of British Honduras the late Governor John Burdon, MA, quotes actual extracts of diplomatic dispatches between Belize, Jamaica and ...

Belizeans play mas on Saturday, Sept. 9
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
... The Masqueraders theme is entitled symbols of Belize. “We will bring a lot of energy and a great theme for the celebration.” contends Avila. ...

Thomas Paslow, Belizean Hero
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
... Paslow was one of those whom distinguished himself in the Battle of St.George’s Caye, and his tombstone at the Yarborough Cemetery in Belize City confirms ...

Minimum Wage task force looking for fair new level
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
The Belize Labour Department announced this week the Belize Minimum Wages Council will commence its field work with visits to workplaces around the country ...

Interdiction Initiative Results Obscure
Arms Control Today - 9/8/2006
... Six countries have signed such agreements, although the last to do so was Belize in August 2005. A US official involved in PSI told Arms Control Today Aug. ...

Shadene Ottley is the new Queen of the Bay designate
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
A modest crowd at the Belize City Centre on Saturday last witnessed what will certainly go down in the annals of history as the longest Queen of the Bay ...

We have 53 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
... The Belize Archives Department in Belmopan has many documents which help tell the story of how the Baymen, the early Settlers, stood up to a formidable Spanish ...

Boys 6 and 2 die in Orange Walk fire!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter. Lavern Alvarez a mother of 11 children was on Monday arraigned in the Orange Walk Magistrate court ...

Bank hit aims at night deposit. Cops seize two .38 pistols
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
Belize Monday, Sept. 4: Three Belize City men are behind bars after having been denied bail in connection with a foiled robbery. ...

All City Magistrates’ Court opens in Judicial Square
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
The Magistrate’s Court headquarters housed at the Treasury Building on Treasury Lane in Belize City was officially opened on Wednesday morning September 6. ...

The famous Kinich Ahau
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
In celebrating the nation’s 25 anniversary, the National Institute of Culture and History, through the Museum of Belize and the Institute of Archaeology has ...

BTL’s $5.8M tax write-off: Another can of worms for Musa
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/8/2006
... Reporter investigation has revealed Fonseca, on July 29, 2004, signed an agreement with Prosser, to cover Prosser’s loan with the Alliance Bank of Belize. ...

Investigators turn to treasure islands
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 9/8/2006
... From the comfort of Dallas, Congdon mass-marketed a package that included an offshore company in Belize, an offshore trust in the Bahamas, two offshore ...

Govt, IDB in food talks
Trinidad News, Trinidad and Tobago - 9/8/2006
... Robinson-Regis said local energy expertise that was provided to assist Belize after that country recently discovered oil came through the Caribbean Development ...

A chronicle of rum's history, straight up
MSNBC - 9/8/2006
... On a recent day, he lined up a dozen or so bottles on his kitchen counter that came from Barbados, Cuba, Belize, the Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Martinique ...

9/7/2006

Efforts to relax produce ban welcomed on Sister Islands
Cayman Net News, Cayman Islands - 9/7/2006
... speaking, the wholesaler in question had followed the rules for the importation of bananas, the DoA had discovered that bananas imported from Belize had been ...

CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS SEPTEMBER CELEBRATIONS
LoveFM, Belize - 58 minutes ago
September 1st marked the official opening of the celebrations across Belize. ... In Belize City, there is a September Celebrations Committee. ...

GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT POSITIVE SAYS PM MUSA
LoveFM, Belize - 9/7/2006
Leaving Belize recently after a short visit was Guatemalan Foreign Minister, Gert Rosenthal. We asked Prime Minister Musa what the nature of his visit was. ...

NATIONAL TERTIARY EDUCATION CONFERENCE COMMENCES
LoveFM, Belize - 9/7/2006
People engaged in the delivery of tertiary level education in Belize will for the next two days look at ways of improving that service. ...

HANDS BELIZE AIDS STANN CREEK STUDENTS
LoveFM, Belize - 9/7/2006
HANDS Belize Foundation has once again come to the aid of students of the Stann Creek District. A cheque was handed over yesterday ...

Messenger charged with theft of deposits
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/7/2006
A Belize City messenger missing from work for the past three months has been arrested and charged with theft. According to court ...

Creole festival highlights preservation of culture
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/7/2006
... National Kriol Council president Myrna Manzanares says that at this time as we reflect on just how far Belize has come as an independent nation we should not ...

Latest HIV/AIDS statistics show increased infection
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/7/2006
... HIV stakeholders maintain that Belize is currently experiencing a plateau in the epidemic and in another couple of year the country should start seeing a ...

Mas camps count down to carnival
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/7/2006
... “The theme for this year for Erotic Mas Band is “Que Viva Belize!” And since we are celebrating our twenty-fifth year of anniversary, we have a special ...

Scotiabank teams with city to improve park
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/7/2006
With the Belize City Council strapped for funds, municipal officials are finding unique ways to move forward with improvements in the old capital. ...

Experts plan future of tertiary education
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/7/2006
This week our best and brightest in the field are taking a close look at the top level of the Belize's educational pyramid. News Five's Alyssa Noble reports. ...

Our Community: Gonzalo “Chalo” Valdez Sr.
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 9/7/2006
... Some of the catch would be sold to the residents of the island and what was left would be salted (as a preservative) before being shipped out to Belize City or ...

Flora Ancona to be honored
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 9/7/2006
Mrs. Flora Ancona was one of the seventeen Belizeans who were honored at the Turton Library Center in Belize City, of which she was the only resident of San ...

Liliana Nuñez is Miss San Pedro 2006-2007!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 9/7/2006
... grace, poise and glamour, but it was also a night filled with celebration – a celebration of Belizean Culture as the theme for the night was Belize at 25 in ...

9/6/2006

Caribbean Way Behind As Top Business Destinations
Hardbeatnews.com, NY - 9/6/2006
... The troubled Caricom nation of Belize was put at 56, but it was higher than the oil rich nation of Trinidad and Tobago, which came in at only 59th. ...

Special to The Winchester Star
Winchester Star, VA - 9/6/2006
... guests will enjoy drinks and a buffet, much of it provided and served by volunteers, and an auction to include a week in Nevis, a week in Belize, and an ...

Government formulates anti-poverty strategy
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/6/2006
... The figures might sound unbelievable and the measures used to assess poverty may not apply to every single case in Belize, but a drive through Port Loyola on ...

Outspoken citrus veteran calls deal a sellout
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/6/2006
Concerns over the proposed sale of shares in Belize's sole citrus processor continued today with one director of the Citrus Growers Association claiming that ...

Fortis buys Turks & Caicos electric companies
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/6/2006
Fortis, the Canadian parent company of Belize Electricity Limited, has expanded it's stake in the Caribbean. According to a press ...

Canton moves from PUC to oil company
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/6/2006
... It has been confirmed that Canton will not be renewing his contract at the PUC, which ends next week, and has accepted the post of CEO at Belize Natural Energy ...

Exhibition highlights Jades of Belize
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/6/2006
... civilisation. I'm talking about jade and for the next six months the nation's best pieces will be on display at the Museum of Belize. ...

UWI open schols for 31 students
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 9/6/2006
... Ten students, nine from Jamaica and one from Belize, have chosen to attend Mona campus, with three in Medical Sciences, three in Pure and Applied Sciences ...

Bonding on Family Trips (Without the Parents)
New York Times, United States - 9/6/2006
... Four of Ms. Larson’s trips were with Linblad Expeditions — to Belize, the Galápagos, Alaska and Costa Rica, where activities included snorkeling, hiking ...

Shake up history with a shot of rum
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 9/6/2006
... On a recent day, he lined up a dozen or so bottles on his kitchen counter that came from Barbados, Cuba, Belize, the Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Martinique ...

Caribbean Workshop on Nutrition and Physical Activity Opens in ...
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release), Barbados - 9/6/2006
... Health in India. She mentioned that the workshop tomorrow and Friday will bring together investigators from Belize, St. Vincent and ...

MAGISTRATE’S COURTS OFFICIALLY INAUGURATED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM, Belize - 9/6/2006
A ceremony took place this morning for a permanent dwelling for the Belize City Magistrates Courts. The opening at the former Prime ...

JADES OF BELIZE EXHIBITION UNDERWAY
LoveFM, Belize - 9/6/2006
The Jades of Belize, an exhibition showcasing some of Belize's most famous pieces of jade, was opened this morning at the Museum of Belize. ...

ROTARY DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITS BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 9/6/2006
The Governor of Rotary District 4250, Carlos Ernesto Andrade is on an official visit to Belize. Governor Andrade visited the Corozal Rotary Club yesterday. ...

BABY AND MINOR IN PRAM KNOCKED OVER BY CELL PHONE THIEF
LoveFM, Belize - 9/6/2006
Belize City Police are looking for a man who in the process of robbing a cell phone knocked over a four year old boy and a baby in a pram. ...

The State Partnership Program
United States Army (press release) - 9/6/2006
... Louisiana-Belize Emergency Response and Search/Rescue Activities. Louisiana's SPP was established in 1996 with two partner nations, Belize and Uzbekistan. ...

9/5/2006

Caribrake 'good fit' with Tropical Battery - Melvilles expect ...
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 9/5/2006
... 35, chairman of Tropical Battery, are the key figures in the family business Melville Enterprises, which includes tourism attractions in Jamaica and Belize. ...

Creole Museum recreates bygone era
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/5/2006
Numerous census exercises over the last three decades tell us that Belize's Creoles are no longer the nation's largest ethnic group. But Creole culture ... ...

Deer dance will complement Jade exhibition
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/5/2006
... Those artists will be performing the ceremonial deer dance tomorrow at the Museum of Belize and according to NICH's Froyla Tzalam, the performance demonstrates ...

Citrus growers quarrel over sale of company
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/5/2006
With world prices for orange and grapefruit rising dramatically, Belize's Citrus Industry is in the best shape in over a decade. ...

BETEX prepares for large attendance
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/5/2006
The Belize Tourism Expo is a week away and event organizers say anticipated attendance from travel agents interested in selling Belize is up twenty percent ...

Guatemalan foreign minister visits Belize
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/5/2006
... coverage. But on Monday Guatemala's newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gert Rosenthal, paid a quick visit to Belize. According ...

BTIA Announces Belize Tourism Expo 2006
Belize Tourism Industry Association (press release), Belize - 9/5/2006
BELIZE CITY, Belize (September 5, 2006) - BETEX 2006 is now only one week away, and the Belize Tourism Industry Association is excited to announce that the ...

Fight for UN Security Council seat divides Latin America ...
North County Times, CA - 9/5/2006
... expected supporters. A border dispute with the sixth, Caricom member Belize, is part of the reason it is losing the Caribbean. A ...

QJ Interview: Pirates of the Burning Sea
MMORPG blog - 9/5/2006
... For example, let’s say the magistrate lends you a well-armed ship to use in defeating the scallywags attacking Belize, but instead of defending the town you ...

Stingray tours continue despite Irwin death
CNN - 9/5/2006
... group. Though competitors have tried to set up similar sites off Belize and the Bahamas, none has been successful, he said. Pat ...

Postcard from Central America
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 9/5/2006
... When I was hospitalised because of a reaction to tablets for food poisining, I learnt that the public health system in Belize is a disaster. ...

Organic entrepreneur Craig Sams looks to the future
just-food.com (subscription), UK - 9/5/2006
... says. “They’d been helping extensively in Belize with our Maya Gold project to extend the capacity of the farmers there. We ...

"Diving the World" The Review
DeeperBlue.net, UK - 9/5/2006
... meat of the book describes and compares over 200 of the world's top dive sites, including Australia, PNG, Solomons, Fiji, Galápagos, Belize, Mexico, Honduras ...

UN seat contest heating up
Miami Herald, FL - 19/5/2006
... expected supporters. A border dispute with the sixth, Belize, is part of the reason it is losing the Caribbean. Washington distributes ...

Acergy Awarded $150 Million Contract In Angola -2-
Easy Bourse (Communiqués de presse), France - 19/5/2006
... for the installation and tie-in of two export pipelines that will connect the Tombua Landana drilling and production platform and the Benguela Belize oil and ...

9/4/2006

Acros and OW Alpha fight to football draw
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/4/2006
... Week four of the RFG Cup Tournament brought Alpha of Orange Walk to the MCC Grounds against Acros Lake of Belize City, as both teams continue to search for win ...

Belizean poets launch audio-visual exhibit
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/4/2006
Poetry has been a budding form of artistic expression in Belize and this week, organizers of a new show are hoping to cultivate a whole new bunch of writers. ...

Rogue teargas canister disrupts Carnival competition
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/4/2006
... “I must tell you that it is not usual that CS gas be issued or out there in the public and we are doing internal investigations, and the Belize Defence Force ...

Crimestoppers looks to re-enactments for success
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/4/2006
... with Crimesoppers International continues to bring support to the programme, the Miami-Dade call centre, which handles anonymous calls from Belize continues to ...

Shadene Ottley is Queen of the Bay
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/4/2006
... Angela Lozano. And the new Queen of the Bay is no other than candidate from the City of Belize, Miss Shadene Ottley.”. Shadene ...

Third suspect charged in Pook murder
Channel5Belize.com, Belize -
... while the accused mastermind behind the deadly attack, Ronell Gonzalez, remains in police detention in Los Angeles, pending extradition to Belize later this ...

Fonseca defends policies from foes within & without
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 9/4/2006
... Fonseca the individual, who the party has entrusted the national campaign management with for almost twenty years, and the people of Rural Belize Central have ...

TEAR GAS CANCELS KING AND QUEEN COMPETITION
LoveFM, Belize - 9/4/2006
... Edith Tesecum, Public Relations Officer for the Carnival Committee. The Belize Police Department held a press briefing this morning. ...

MINISTER FRALPH FONSECA TALKS ABOUT CORRUPTION
LoveFM, Belize - 9/4/2006
... I don’t think that there is any politician in Belize that has been investigated more than Ralph Fonseca, of all people you should know that you were there ...

SECOND JUMBELAYA CARNIVAL PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY
LoveFM, Belize - 9/4/2006
... Better than last year. And we have also been getting support from businesses in Belize City and other parts of the country as well. ...

CRIME STOPPERS LAUNCH UNSOLVED MYSTERIES VIDEO
LoveFM, Belize - 9/4/2006
... over the past two years. Chairman of the Crime Stoppers Belize programme, is Alberto Young. Alberto Young. “Crime Stoppers is now ...

BELIZE JOINS IN TRAVELING CARIBBEAN FILM SHOWCASE
LoveFM, Belize - 9/4/2006
Belize is preparing to be a part of the first ever traveling Caribbean film showcase. Love news spoke with member of the Belize ...

BELIZEAN POETS EXHIBITION PART OF SEPTEMBER CELEBRATIONS
LoveFM, Belize - 9/4/2006
The works of several Belizean Poets will be on display at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts in Belize City. The exhibition forms ...

RESIDENT CONCERNED OVER WATER COLOUR AND QUALITY
LoveFM, Belize - 9/4/2006
A release from Belize Water Services Limited says they have confirmed that there is some discolouration in the water but that the water is properly treated and ...

POLICE AND COURT NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 9/4/2006
Belize City Police are investigating the shooting of 31 year old Egbert Meighan of a Mayflower Street address. Meighan told police ...

Fight for UN Security Council seat divides Latin America ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 9/4/2006
... expected supporters. A border dispute with the sixth, Caricom member Belize, is part of the reason it is losing the Caribbean. A ...

Belize government on the road to controlling debt
radiojamaica.com, Jamaica - 9/4/2006
There is good news for Belize as word has come that the government is on the road to controlling the country's high debt. According ...

Millions Celebrate West Indian-American Day
WCBS-TV New York, NY - 9/4/2006
... It's all good.". People brought colorful flags and banners to represent their heritage, representing Jamaica, Belize, Trinadad and Tobago, and other nations. ...


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