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12/7/2006

Godfrey Smith urges Fonseca to retire
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/7/2006
If high on your list of burning questions is whether Minister of Home Affairs Ralph Fonseca will seek re-election in Belize Rural Central, then you may be in ...

14 year old bystander killed in shooting attack
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/7/2006
We won't say that the unthinkable happened Wednesday evening because when it comes to unvarnished violence in Belize, these days nothing can come as a surprise ...

New bond proposal presented to Belize’s creditors
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/7/2006
The government of Belize has made public its latest offer to its international creditors. The proposal involves the creation of ...

Agencies serving at-risk youths share plans
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/7/2006
... So that in different countries, different agencies played a significant role. In Belize, the executing agency was the Ministry of Health.”. ...

Government will buy out Universal Health Services
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/7/2006
The financially troubled private hospital, heavily indebted to the Belize Bank and Development Finance Corporation, was built largely in anticipation of the ...

HONDURAS: CONGRESS APPROVES ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAW
IFEX, Canada - 12/7/2006
... Honduras is the sixth Latin American country to pass an access to information law, joining Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama and Peru.

ONE CHARGED FOR MONDAY NIGHT'S SHOOTING
LoveFM, Belize - 12/7/2006
Belize City Police have identified two people they believe are responsible for the Monday night shooting of 24 year-old Jose Noel Barrow which occurred in the ...

Challenges run the gamut
AZ Central.com, AZ - 12/7/2006
... "Apocalypto" is in the Mayan dialect of Yucatec, which is still spoken in parts of Mexico and Belize but is different from Spanish. ...

GOVERNMENT TO ASK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO APPROVE NEW DEBT RELIEF ...
LoveFM, Belize - 12/7/2006
The National Assembly will be asked to approve financial terms of an offer to exchange most categories of Belize’ outstanding external commercial debt for ...

BELIZEAN PILOTS HONOURED
LoveFM, Belize - 12/7/2006
Just over a year ago, one of Belize’s finest pilots was killed when his plane crashed into the mountains not far from his destination at Blancaneux Lodge in ...

BELIZE TO ASSUME PRESIDENCY PRO-TEMPORE OF SICA
LoveFM, Belize - 12/7/2006
Belize will assume the Presidency Pro-Tempore of the Central American Integration System SICA for period January to June 2007. Belize ...

INTER AMERICAN BANK APPROVES TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR ...
LoveFM, Belize - 12/7/2006
The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a 25 million-dollar loan for Belize. T he fast-disbursing loan is to support Belize ...

A PORTIONOF THE NORTHERN HIGHWAY TO BE REPAIRED
LoveFM, Belize - 12/7/2006
Drivers who use the Northern Highway between the Haulover Bridge and Belize City will be relieved to hear that the Ministry of Works will begin repair work on ...

ROTARY CLUB AND THE SALVATION ARMY APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC FOR ...
LoveFM, Belize - 12/7/2006
The Rotary Club of Belize and the Salvation Army is once again making an appeal to the public to assist in the toy drive. The toys ...

BTIA Punta Gorda Elects New Board
Belize Tourism Industry Association (press release), Belize - 12/7/2006
BELIZE CITY, Belize (December 07, 2006) – The Punta Gorda Chapter of the Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) held its General Meeting on Wednesday ...

S&P revises Belize foreign currency ratings to 'SD'
Reuters - 12/7/2006
NEW YORK, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's revised Belize's foreign currency sovereign credit rating to selective default on Thursday, while revising its ...

12/6/2006

Getting a Grip
Artvoice, NY - 12/6/2006
... The tiny and impoverished nation of Belize, for example, outlawed the sale of non-biodegradable detergents. The market adapted. ...

BDF begins comprehensive AIDS initiative
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/6/2006
Belize is considered number one with reported cases of HIV in Central America and number three in the Caribbean. No matter how ...

Tourism promotion offers free hotel stays
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/6/2006
To jumpstart the tourism season, hoteliers from across Belize made an unusual offer: they gave away free four day stays at their establishments to anyone who ...

Continental Airlines throws kids party
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/6/2006
Tourists weren't the only ones receiving free goodies this week, as I found out this afternoon at the Belize City House of Culture. ...

One arrested, one sought in Conch Shell Bay murder
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/6/2006
... with murder police say they continue to look for twenty-five year old Delford Slusher aka Manatee Man who they believe is still hiding somewhere in Belize City ...

First Annual Christmas Lighted Boat Parade held in San Pedro
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 12/6/2006
... In the 26’ to 34’ power category; first and second place prize went to “Miss Belize” and “Miss Made” both sponsored by Ramon’s Village Resort. ...

National Tourism Award nominations needed
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 12/6/2006
It is that time of the year again, the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is accepting nominations for its annual BTB National Tourism Award. ...

The San Pedro Lions Club
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 12/6/2006
... and Pedro Salazar Sr. who joined the Belize City Lions Club and decided to start their own club in San Pedro. After spreading the ...

Cuba, Belize for Medical Co-op
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 12/6/2006
Belize City, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba s ambassador to Belize Eugenio Martinez Enriquez ratified the Revolution s commitment to deepen cooperation with this ...

MAN KILLED IN TRAFFIC MISHAP IDENTIFIED
LoveFM, Belize - 12/6/2006
... National Antonio Chilen. There are no other particulars about Chilen since he is believed to have no relatives in Belize. Chilen was ...

BDF JOINS 'KNOW YOUR STATUS' CAMPAIGN
LoveFM, Belize - 12/6/2006
In a ceremony this morning, the Belize Defense Force officially introduced its AIDS Initiative Campaign. Deputy Commander of the ...

Reynolds Appointed Associate Dean of the Faculty, Yao WIll Serve ...
Hamilton College News, NY - 12/6/2006/nobr>
... Reynolds has been a visiting scientist at the Smithsonian Marine Station in Caribo Cay, Belize, the National Museum of Natural History, and the Natural History ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO INTRODUCE NATIONAL HEALTH PLAN
LoveFM, Belize - 12/6/2006
This will take place at a forum on Friday at the Radisson Fort George Hotel in Belize City. The plan highlights the approach to ...

LATEST EDITION OF THE JOURNAL OF BELIZEAN STUDIES RELEASED
LoveFM, Belize - 12/6/2006
“The articles stem from looking at the feasibility of Xate plantation in Belize we have two on CSME one looking on the impact of education the other on ...

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES HOLDS CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR BELIZE CITY ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1 hour ago
Continental Airlines held a Christmas Party for Belize City children this afternoon. The party took at the House of Culture in Belize ...

MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS FOR BURGLARY
LoveFM, Belize - 12/6/2006
33 year old Lester Smith of a Mayflower Street address in Belize City was yesterday convicted of burglary and sentenced to three years in jail by Magistrate ...

GOD SEEKS COUNT OF BELIZEANS IN THE US
LoveFM, Belize - 12/6/2006
... Belizean nationals living in the US are invited to contact the nearest Belizean Consular Office or the Embassy of Belize in Washington, DC by the end of January ...

12/5/2006

Mayas delight and despair over 'Apocalypto'
Newark Star Ledger,  USA - 12/5/2006
... "There has been a lot of concern among Mayan groups from Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, because we don't know what his treatment or take on this is going to be ...

Apocalyptic film worries Mayas
DetNews.com, MI - 12/5/2006
... "There has been a lot of concern among Mayan groups from Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, because we don't know what his treatment or take on this is going to be ...

New newspaper seeks Spanish speaking audience
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/5/2006
While members of the Spanish speaking population in Belize have long enjoyed Hispanic programming on the airwaves, thanks to a new initiative by a Belize City ...

Another day, another execution style murder
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/5/2006
... were learning details of the killing of Oscar Westby on Faber's Road another homicide was being committed, this time, in the Conch Shell Bay area of Belize City ...

BTB sponsors Social Studies quiz
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/5/2006
Twelve year olds Xux Ek’ Novelo and Krystara Andrews captured first and second place respectively in the Belize District finals of the third annual Social ...

“Island Artists” hold joint exhibition
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/5/2006
... get better and better. The latest show at the Belize City House of Culture comes just in time for Christmas. The Island Artist Exhibition ...

COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT’S PROPOSAL TO INVEST MORE IN EDUCATION AND ...
Harold Doan and Associates (press release), CA - 12/5/2006
... Addressing the 34 countries represented in the Permanent Council meeting—chaired by Ambassador Lisa Shoman of Belize—the Costa Rican leader stressed that ...

SHOOTING IN BELIZE CITY LEAVES ANOTHER MAN DEAD
LoveFM, Belize - 12/5/2006
Another man has been shot to death in Belize City. Police Press Officer G Michael Reid has the details. “Sometime around 7pm last ...

MEETING ON HIV AND AIDS IN THE WORKPLACE TO BE HELD
LoveFM, Belize - 12/5/2006
The Belize Rotary Club and the Belize Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a breakfast meeting on HIV and AIDS is the workplace. The ...

BELIZE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES NEW VEHICLES
LoveFM, Belize - 12/5/2006
... One goes to Orange Walk, one o San Ignacio and one to Dangriga while the other three are assigned to the patrol branch in Belize City. ...

12/4/2006

New book published on Belize’s economic development
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/4/2006
In his eleven years as a university professor in Belize, Dr. Joseph Iyo, has certainly left his mark, not only as a teacher, but also as a researcher and ...

Six new vehicles acquired by Police
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/4/2006
... one to San Ignacio and one to Dangriga. Three of the vehicles will stay in Belize City. These vehicles have been handed out and ...

Over 800 tested on World AIDS Day
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/4/2006
... last week. Belize City saw the greatest participation with three hundred, followed by Orange Walk with one hundred and fifty. Cayo ...

Esperanza beats Dangriga in female football
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/4/2006
... With the male already scooped up by FC Belize of Belize City, Griga Ambassador headed to the Norman Broaster Stadium on Sunday to kick off the second game ...

One dead, three wounded in city shooting spree
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/4/2006
That's the situation in Belize City as this weekend saw another series of shooting incidents that left one man in the morgue and three others in the hospital. ...

Fire destroys home on Plues Street
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/4/2006
On Friday night the sound of sirens rang out across a congested part of Belize City as fire destroyed a family's home. News Five's Kendra Griffith has more. ...

Cal tops Chanona at PUP Belmopan convention
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/4/2006
... constituency. The nomination of Cal now leaves only one division without a PUP standard bearer. That is Belize Rural Central. We ...

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAND OVER KEYS TO NEW HOUSE
LoveFM, Belize - 12/4/2006
John Aranda and Norma Gary will be the new recipients of a Habitat home. The house will be dedicated this afternoon in Belize City. ...

A CONCISE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BELIZE 1981-2005
LoveFM, Belize - 12/4/2006
A book that looks at the economic developments of post independent Belize was introduced this morning in Belize City. The book entitled ...

ONE DEAD AND TWO HOSPITALIZED IN TWO SEPARATE SHOOTING INCIDENTS
LoveFM, Belize - 12/4/2006
One man is dead and another is hospitalized following a shooting incident in Belize City last night. According to police, Oscar ...

DANGRIGA YOUTHS DISCUSS ISSUES AFFECTING THEM
LoveFM, Belize - 12/4/2006
... On his visit to Dangriga the minister was accompanied by CEO corner Luke Castillo and Douglas Hyde from Youth for the future in Belize City. ...

BARBERS AND BEUTICIANS LEARN ABOUT HIV/AIDS AND SMALL BUSINESS ...
LoveFM, Belize - 12/4/2006
... The purpose is to teach barbers and beauticians in Belize City to be first line HIV AIDS educators so that the can talk to their clients about HIV and AIDS ...

HIP HOP CONCERT PLANNING UNDERWAY
LoveFM, Belize - 12/4/2006
... The concert is based on events happening in Belize different scenes ... The concert will take place at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall in Belize City on December 16. ...

12/1/2006

HURRICANE SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE
LoveFM, Belize - 12/1/2006
Deputy Chief Meteorologist Ramon Frutos says that although this year there were no hurricanes that threatened Belize, the 2006 hurricane season was an average ...

Hackers of the Caribbean
Wall Street Journal - 12/1/2006
... and up for a chance to spend a week with Apple employees and other Mac experts on a Holland America Line cruise with brief stops in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico ...

MBRS translates education campaign to Garifuna
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/1/2006
One of Belize's favourite bragging rights is the fact that eighty percent of the Western Hemisphere's longest barrier reef is in our territorial waters. ...

Belize Heart Foundation to launch w/ walkathon
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/1/2006
While today was dominated by HIV/AIDS awareness, tomorrow attention will turn to Belize's deadliest killer: cardiovascular conditions. ...

World AIDS Day activities include free testing
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/1/2006
... In Belize City checks were conducted at the Regent Street parking lot. “To promote general awareness to have people come out and get tested. ...

Crime Stoppers to hold fundraising auction on Sat.
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/1/2006
This weekend Crime Stoppers Belize is inviting the general public to a fundraising auction to support its efforts to bring criminals to justice. ...

SSB volunteers give Rockview a facelift
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 12/1/2006
The Rockview hospital, home to fifty residents, got a much needed facelift today, courtesy of the employees of the Belize Social Security Board. ...

Casey, the Ladyville menace will spend nine years in jail
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter. Casey Allen and Dennis Quilter, two of prisoners who made a daring escape from authorities while ...

Two men stranded at sea for a day are safe engine trouble cited
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
... at sea without food for some 23 hours.They are Progresso villager, Alfredo Catzim, an assistant boat captain for the University of Belize and Francisco Garcia ...

Over 1,000 soldiers prepare for Exercise Tradewinds 2007
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
Some 150 military representatives, from Belize, CARICOM, Canada, the USA and the UK gathered at the Princess Hotel in Belize City on Monday for the initial ...

Martyred Maryknoll priest may be on the way to sainthood
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
Bill Woods, who was killed in Guatemala for helping the rural Indians of Quich?, and who is the brother of Mr. John Woods of Belize, may be named a saint of ...

Christmas Cards of old Belizefrom paintings by Tiffany Burns
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
The Belize Red Cross Society announced this week the release of its special Christmas cards based on the paintings of Tiffany Burns of San Ignacio. ...

Monsignor Dorick Wright to become Bishop of Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
News of the elevation of His Lordship Auxiliary Bishop Dorick Wright to be the Roman Catholic Bishop of Belize and Belmopan, although expected, was received ...

Former Ambassador James Hyde passes on at 73
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
... John the Baptist in Belize City and the internment at Lord’s Ridge Cemetery. ... He was also one of the shrimp farming pioneers in Belize. ...

Belize & Guatemala hold bi-national meeting
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
By Armin Petzold - Staff Reporter. Belize and neighbouring Guatemala have both pledged to make both borders a little safer for residents. ...

PM attends Mexico President-elect inauguration
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
... the government for months. Mexico has been considered an important trading partner to Belize hence Musa is attending the event.

Morgan & Leela brokdong the Bliss as they face off on Dec.16
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
... Martinez is known as a live radio entertainer in Honduras. Her uncle though is known in Belize. The late Bertie Martinez has sang and composed many a tunes. ...

DPP says police planted evidence to cover killing
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter. The Director of Public Prosecutions Kirk Anderson, in a memo issued to the Police Department for ...

Judge To Decide If Perry March Is Indigent
WTVF, TN - 12/1/2006
... it. The prosecution argued Thursday the conversations show March may have secret bank accounts in Belize and possibly in Chicago. ...

Is New Orleans a good vacation spot?
Northwest Asian Weekly, WA - 12/1/2006
... food. Any suggestions? How about taking a cruise from New Orleans to see Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, my husband suggested. What ...

BD2,300 is raised by craft fair for charity
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 12/1/2006
... Charities taking part included the Bahrain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Unicef, Sneha, Belize Orphanage, Al Rafa and Al Rashad Centres and ...

We have 32 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/1/2006
... Harbou View Restaurant is a dispute that should not have emerged if both sides were genuinely interested in building a successful tourist industry for Belize. ...

WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVED TODAY
LoveFM, Belize - 12/1/2006
In observance of this day in Belize several activities are taking place across the country. ... In Belize City the testing site is at the Bliss Parking Lot. ...

IRAQI NATIONALS FINED FOR POSSESSION OF FALSE DOCUMENTS
LoveFM, Belize - 12/1/2006
... The case was presented by Woman Sergeant Assinette Pook who led evidence that the three Iraqi entered Belize through the Belize Western Border Station on ...

MISTER HERO OF THE YEAR PAGEANT NEXT WEEK
LoveFM, Belize - 12/1/2006
... Year pageant. The pageant which will feature all males is scheduled to take place on December 9 at the Belize City Center. We spoke ...

EPYORKE CELEBRATES DRUG AWARENESS WEEK
LoveFM, Belize - 12/1/2006
... I just want to say to be drug free, don’t be easily influenced and have a mind of your own and yes, you can be drug free for a healthier Belize.”. ...

INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MAKES DONATION TO MBRS
LoveFM, Belize - 12/1/2006
Noel Jacobs tells us about the work of the MBRS. “The MBRS is a five year project for countries Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. ...

11/30/2006


Belize to host military exercise
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 11/30/2006
BELMOPAN, Belize (UPI): Belize will host the multinational, two-week long Tradewinds 2007 military exercise next May. ... Belize Defense Force Chief of Staff Lt. ...

Mennonite women show off quilting skills
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/30/2006
In recent years the Mennonite communities of Belize have received increased recognition as some of the nation's most productive farmers, road builders and ...

Health Inspectors need cops to enter Princess Hotel
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/30/2006
... last month we've followed Health Department officials as they inspected, shut down, re-inspected and subsequently allowed the re-opening of a Belize City bakery ...

Journalist/Poet publishes book, CD
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/30/2006
Poetry is hot in Belize with artists of varying abilities taking to the stages, airwaves and bookshelves of the nation in record numbers. ...

Other nonprofits in credit-counseling industry under federal ...
Business Gazette, MD - 11/30/2006
... and others earlier this year, Pukke has been involved in several other businesses, including a development company that is marketing property in Belize and an ...

Coast Guard, BDF help find skiff missing at sea
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/30/2006
The Belize National Coast Guard and BDF Air Wing went into action this morning after a skiff belonging to the University of Belize failed to show up at ...

Hotel Association seeks occupancy boost
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/30/2006
Hotels are the backbone of Belize's tourism industry and today the organisation that represents that part of our economy held its annual general meeting. ...

DFC Inquiry will have only 5 more public sessions
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/30/2006
... only be five more public sessions, which will take place on December twelfth, fourteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first at the Belize Institute of ...

Shane Orio stars as Puntarenas wins CA championship
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/30/2006
He may have left Belize for the greener pastures of football in Costa Rica, but there is no denying that former BPFL star goaltender, Shane Orio, has reached ...

SEARCH FOR TWO PEOPLE MISSING AT SEA CONTINUES
LoveFM, Belize - 11/30/2006
... Members of the Belize Coast Guard and the Belize Defense Force have seen been informed and have joined in the search for the missing men. ...

DFC COMMISSION HEARINGS TO RESUME IN DECEMBER
LoveFM, Belize - 11/30/2006
... 12. The public hearings will be held on the 12, 14 and 19 through to the 21 of December at the Belize Institute of Management. The ...

UNDP HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT RELEASED
LoveFM, Belize - 11/30/2006
... UNDP’s assistant resident representative in Belize, Joseph Hendrix says the report also provides a Human Development Index that tells countries just where ...

BELIZE THEATER COMPANY’S LATEST PRODUCTION DEBUTS TONIGHT
LoveFM, Belize - 11/30/2006
The latest production from the Belize Theatre company will make its debut tonight at the Bliss Center for the performing Arts. Cyaant ...

CHICO RAMOS PERFORMANCE TO COMMEMORATE BELIZE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ...
LoveFM, Belize - 11/30/2006
... This initiative was brought about because the president of the bank wanted to celebrate and commemorate Belize 25th year anniversary of independence in some way ...

At ease in Belize
CNN - 11/30/2006
... Eighteen miles off Belize's Placencia Peninsula, this island sustains three turquoise shacks, two thatched palapas and a handful of coconut trees. ...

Our Community – Shelly Huber
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 11/30/2006
... Held at the Technical Institute for Vocation Education and Training (ITVET) in Belize City, the course was carried out from Monday, August 28th to Saturday ...

Environmental Media Workshop held in St. George’s Caye
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 11/30/2006
... Certificates were presented and reporters formed the Belize Environmental Reporters Network (BERN), a network aimed at tackling the major environmental issues ...

Belize to host military exercise
United Press International - 11/30/2006
BELMOPAN, Belize, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Belize will host the multinational, two-week long Tradewinds 2007 military exercise next May. ...

Rugged laptops brave the rainforest
ComputerWeekly.com, UK - 11/30/2006
... said this is her first rugged laptop, but she could have used it while surveying the canopy in such places as Cameroon, Africa; Australia; Peru; and Belize. ...

$1.05M grant will help migratory bird species
Toledo Blade, OH - 11/30/2006
... They’ll be asked to support projects on both ends of a major North America flyway that extends from Belize to Canada’s boreal forest. ...

11/29/2006

Taking the high road
Marco Island Sun-Times, FL - 11/29/2006
... The Mayan population was once over 20 million. They controlled the land of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, the Yucatan and much of southern Mexico. ...

The mystery of the ancient Mayans
Lumino Magazine, IL - 11/29/2006
... In fact, Sitler said the Maya people currently living in places like Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize are learning about the 2012 prediction like other people ...

EP Yorke students demonstrate against drug abuse
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/29/2006
Today another Belize City High School took to the streets ... ... They paraded under the theme, “Yes, together we can be drug free for a healthier Belize.”. ...

Tax Dept. holds raffle to boost compliance
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/29/2006
... up to ten thousand dollars.”. Who would have thunk it? The Government of Belize holding a raffle. But that’s exactly what’s ...

Ministry of Health launches “know your status” campaign
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/29/2006
... out and get tested, take advantage of this opportunity, most places will have public testing available, so if you are shopping downtown Belize City, please ...

US Embassy issues first visas from new location
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/29/2006
... According to a press release issued today, Ambassador Robert Dieter presented Belize City residents Alta Casares and her infant son Angel Castro with the ...

New play will debut at Bliss
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/29/2006
... Hard times hit the family and they have to move out of Belize City much to the girls’ chagrin and annoyance and they move to Manatee, to a farm and the girls ...

Suspects arrested in two city robberies
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/29/2006
Two men accused in separate robberies have been arraigned in Belize City Magistrate's Court. In the first case, eighteen year old ...

Govt could approve US$45mn cruise terminal projects by Jan ...
BNamericas, Chile - 11/29/2006
Belize's Department of the Environment (DOE) could give approval to two terminal construction projects at the Port of Belize worth some US$45mn by around ...

11/28/2006

Charges finally filed in diver's death ... 7 months too late
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/28/2006
... more dramatic than that chronicled in the film "Open Water." And like that dive disaster, the events that unfolded in October 2005 off Belize's coast resulted ...

Belize will host thousand strong “Tradewinds 2007”
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/28/2006
Belizeans of a certain age may recall the days when Belize's territorial integrity was bolstered by a robust contingent of over a thousand British soldiers and ...

New newspaper—short on news, long on opinions—hits stands
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/28/2006
Belize's newest entry into the journalism business, the Independent Reformer, hit the stands today. According to its inaugural editorial ...

Harpy eagle celebrates 4th anniversary at zoo
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/28/2006
Viewers of this newscast will recall that one annual event we never miss is the birthday of April the Tapir at the Belize Zoo. Well ...

Mambo: what a ride
Merimbula News Weekly, Australia - 11/28/2006
... four action-packed days which saw the best in kite-surfing and wave-sailing talent from New Zealand, USA, Germany, Norway, France and Belize hit Merimbula's ...

Felony immigration: A burden on the prison system
FinalCall.com, IL - 11/28/2006
... For instance: Antigua and Barbuda has a population of 68,320 and an annual budget of $145.9 million; the annual budget for Belize is $209 million, for a ...

Cash and cronies
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 11/28/2006
... Fearful of what moneybags like Lord Ashcroft of Belize, the former party treasurer, can do by targetting cash into winnable seats for several years before ...

Luke Stewart '07
Duke University, NC - 11/28/2006
“I feel blessed to have been able to serve Belize and I hope to continue to empower people so they can better participate in this global economy.”. ...
11/27/2006

DFC hearings will continue without chairman
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/27/2006
... sometime next week but there may be a change from the established Tuesday and Thursday pattern due to scheduling conflicts at the Belize Institute of Management ...

Seminar promotes new methods of safer sex
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/27/2006
... The consultation, hosted by the Alliance Against AIDS, should result in the formation of a core working group in Belize that will learn about the new ...

Trial delayed as defence fails to disclose evidence
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/27/2006
Belize City Magistrate's Court was under heavy security this morning following reports of a planned attack against one of today's defendants. ...

New school dedicated at Red Bank
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/27/2006
... Financing came from the Government of Belize using funds from the Caribbean Development Bank and construction was managed by the Basic Needs Trust Fund. ...

14-year-old charged with Attempted Murder
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/27/2006
... Investigations since the incident have led to the arrest of the gunman, identified as a fourteen year old resident of Belize City. ...

FC tops America for Ladyville football title
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/27/2006
... In other football news, the Belize Premier Football League will run a sixteen-team elimination tournament beginning this weekend to produce the eight teams ...

Village councils unite; seek more autonomy, respect
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/27/2006
In most countries of the world, political and economic power is cantered in metropolitan areas and Belize is no exception. This ...

Youth Week opens with efforts to end violence
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/27/2006
... planned to mark the event. In Belize City, day one was an open day at the Youth for the Future headquarters. “This week is just ...

AfroAm Communities to Meet in Honduras
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 11/27/2006
... The meeting will be attended by 21 organizations from seven countries: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and the United States. ...

Gauging the Impact of Marine Reserves
UC San Diego, CA - 11/27/2006
... They visited Jamaica, Mexico, Belize and Florida. They stayed at each site anywhere from two to six weeks and dove two to three times a day. ...

Picture this: The battle of the birds
NorthJersey.com, NJ - 11/27/2006
... "But there have been rumors ....". Rob is better than I am," says Thomas, who has birded all over the world, including regular visits to Belize. ...

Professor Named AAAS Fellow
Georgetown University News, Calendars & Events, DC - 11/27/2006
... He has conducted field research in the Corn Belt of the United States, Mexico's Yucatán, Belize, Guatemala, Syria, Turkey, and Germany. ...

SKN participates in freedom of information workshop
Sun St.Kitts/Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis - 11/27/2006
... media. Participants will come from Antigua & Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Guyana, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent ...

Poorest countries will pay highest price with global warming=
Barbados Advocate, Barbados - 11/27/2006
... These are dire prospects for the small islands in this region as well as low-lying coasts such as Guyana and Belize, she stressed. ...

Ferrari launches Shell new V-power gasoline in Barbados
Caribbean360.com, Barbados - 11/27/2006
... located at Warrens in Barbados, was formed in 2003 and two years later it purchased Shell's network in the Eastern Caribbean, Suriname, Guyana, and Belize. ...

Picture this: The battle of the birds
NorthJersey.com, NJ - 11/27/2006
... "But there have been rumors ....". Rob is better than I am," says Thomas, who has birded all over the world, including regular visits to Belize. ...

Minding Mayan mystery
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 11/27/2006
... during the classic period (roughly AD 250-900), creating a highly organized system of separate kingdoms throughout Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and El ...

BBC axing 'Holiday' after 37 years
Digital Spy, UK - 11/27/2006
... Even Cameron Diaz once appeared in a show from Belize. Former presenters paid tribute to the programme's success and said it was sad to see it go. ...

Hey, What Did You Expect for a Lousy $99?
Barron's (subscription) - 11/27/2006
... AFTER LISTENING TO this sort of material for much of 48 hours, you may not have learned how to make money in Belize property or by converting condos in Coral ...

Number of People with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean Rises ...
HealthNewsDigest.com, NY - 11/27/2006
... Status” campaigns. Countries that developed these initiatives include Brazil, El Salvador, Belize, Trinidad and Suriname. During ...

Rotary, Belize hook up
Cay Compass, Cayman Islands - 11/27/2006
The three Rotary clubs in Grand Cayman have joined with the Rotary Club of Belize to provide instruments for the Majorettes Bugle Band, a Belize youth band ...

Dominica to host workshop on freedom of information implementation ...
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 11/27/2006
... The Commonwealth Caribbean countries which have implemented Freedom of Information laws include Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. ...

Cool job: Auctioneer of ‘trophy properties
NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 11/27/2006
... He helped form National Auction Group in Gadsden, Ala. — he’s still a stockholder — and auctioned a property in Belize, Central America. ...

Thinking inside the boxSome serious, wasted, off-road panache
Toronto Star,  Canada - 11/27/2006
... boxy. Castellated front fenders, to make them easy to see when negotiating the jungles of Belize — or downtown Toronto. Details ...

A rocky road to Brussels
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 11/27/2006
... This might benefit Guyana, Belize and possibly Jamaica as each in different ways are seeking to reduce their production price and increase output. ...

Wharton: Shopping, travel an ideal team
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 11/27/2006
... home on the reservation. Her sheep are the color of my rugs. I use beer glasses purchased in Belize and Germany. A miner's lamp I ...

'Holiday' programme axed after 37 years
This is London, UK - 11/27/2006
... Cameron Diaz made her appearance in 2003 when the production team stumbled across her in Belize and persuaded her to front a report about a proposed dam ...

Belize Zoo brings animals up close, personal
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 11/27/2006
... A jaguar. Two feet away. It’s rare to spot a toucan in the wild, but at the Belize Zoo, visitors sometimes can get a better look. ...

11/24/2006

Battle over boardwalk set for December
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
Precedent over the legality a fence was set in July 2003 in the case of the Belize City Council versus Brian Brown. Authorities ...

Cops: escapee is armed and dangerous
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
Tonight Belize City police need your help in locating a fugitive from justice. Twenty-one year Ernest Hinds escaped from a prison ...

Suspect arrested for security guard murder
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
In the hours following Thursday's cold blooded killing of a young Belize City father, investigators pounded the pavement for the perpetrator. ...

Workshop to teach women business skills
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
... rural areas.”. The expo runs from eighty-thirty to four-thirty on Saturday and Sunday at the Belize Elementary School Auditorium.

Dancers put local twist on classical ballet
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
... based on a fairy tale written in 1816 but in the 2006 version, instead of a magical journey through the land of snow, the background is the rainforest of Belize ...

Activists launch campaign against violence
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
For the next two weeks the issues surrounding domestic violence will take centre stage in Belize as the Women’s Department and the Ministry of Human ...

Hafiz/Lord to deal w/ Supreme Court backlog
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
As we mentioned earlier in this newscast the civil case between the Government of Belize and the Fort Street Tourism Village has been set for trial in early ...

Final Touches for Wrightsville Beach Holiday Flotilla
WECT, NC - 11/24/2006
... Dragon," and they're working hard this year to defend that title. The stakes are high. A trip to Belize is on the line for the winner.

FERRARI FEVER HITS BIM
Barbados Advocate, Barbados - 11/24/2006
Maarten, St. Kitts and Tortola to the North, St. Lucia, Grenada and St. Vincent in the OECS, Barbados, Suriname and Guyana in the South and Belize in the West. ...

Easter Road call-up spared Fletcher a soldier's life
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 11/24/2006
... around English and German military bases with his Liverpudlian father, Sgt Kenny Fletcher, who served in the first Gulf War and on two tours of duty in Belize. ...

Venezuela to Supply Oil to Belize
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 11/24/2006
... Prensa Latina) PDV Caribe, a branch company of Venezuelan state Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), signed an agreement Friday for fuel supply to Belize as part of ...

CREDIT UNION LEAGUE PRESIDENT SAYS SIGNING OF S - I IS THE RESULT ...
LoveFM, Belize - 11/24/2006
The Belize City Council says Central Government has deprived the Council of over 40 thousand dollars in revenue. A release yesterday ...

YOUTHS ATTEND PEER EDUCATOR SEMINAR
LoveFM, Belize - 11/24/2006
... future has coordinated a number of programs and activities that positively affected over eleven thousand young people throughout the country of Belize last year ...

ONE PERSON CHARGED FOR THE MURDER OF BWSL SECURITY GUARD
LoveFM, Belize - 11/24/2006
Chun, a security guard employed with KBH reported to work at the Belize Water Service Limited’s office on Central American Boulevard at 6 o’clock yesterday ...

CARIBBEAN OPERATIONS OF COURTS SOLD TO SALVADORAN BASED REGAL ...
LoveFM, Belize - 11/24/2006
... 2005. Managing Director for Courts Belize is Keith Slater. Slater ... normal.”. Keith Slater, Managing Director for Courts Belize. Courts ...

SEMINAR TO CREATE AWARENSS TO ASIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC HELD
LoveFM, Belize - 11/24/2006
Representatives of the Center for Disease Control are in Belize conducting a seminar in which people of several agencies are being made aware of the plans for ...

ANNUAL AUTO SHOW SET FOR THIS WEEKEND
LoveFM, Belize - 11/24/2006
The Eighth Annual Auto Show takes place in Belize City this weekend. ... “It’s actually going to be the biggest that we’ve ever had in Belize. ...

RED BANK CLASSROOM BUILDING INAUGRATED
LoveFM, Belize - 11/24/2006
The building was constructed at a cost of over two hundred thousand dollars with funding from the Government of Belize through a grant from the Caribbean ...

SALVATION ARMY SAYS KETTLE APPEAL SLOW
LoveFM, Belize - 11/24/2006
The Salvation Army received a donation of two thousand dollars yesterday from the Belize City Council. The money will be put towards ...

Ferrari to demo in Barbados - 24th November 18:03pm GMT
theprancinghorse.co.uk, UK - 11/24/2006
... SOL, who acquired Shell's petroleum marketing business in 13 countries throughout the Eastern Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname and Belize in 2005, launched the ...

FC Belize wins RFG Championship
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
FC Belize held the Wagiya Football Club of Dangriga to a 1-1 draw the second game of the RFG Cup finals to win their first national football championship at ...

Team BATSUB wins Shell V-Power Corporate Triathlon
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
... The British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) team won the first ever Shell V-Power Corporate Relay Triathlon held under the auspices of the Belize ...

Undefeated KHMH rules interoffice softball
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital softball team remained undefeated a they scored another victory over the BTL team as the Belize City interoffice softball ...

Justin Usher wins U-16 Triathlon Guatemalans sweep U-20 & Sprint ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
... Newtown Barracks to the Fisheries Department and back, finishing first in 33 minutes, 57 seconds and 21 seconds to win a mountain bike prize from SOL Belize. ...

Dog lover took 5 stabs in defence of his Pit Bull
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
Police have have charged the Lemus brothers, 17-year-old Anibal and 18-year-old Mauricio both of Banak Street in Belize City with attempted murder, and ...

Another youth gunned down while hanging out
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
They are Alfred Conorque, 22, of Vernon Street and Callum Sutherland of Aloe Vera Street. Sutherland has been additionally charged ...

Protagonists hail benchmark ruling!“A great service to Belize...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
President of the Belize Printers Association Amparo Noble, this week greeted the ruling by Belize’s Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh on the government misuse of ...

Witness who protected passport mastermind faces felony and perjury ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
Ursula Hill, the star witness in Belize’s biggest passport scandal, accused of perjury and fabricating evidence has been slapped with eight additional charges ...

Threats against witnesses: Not a big deal for cops!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
A Belize City man accused of threatening an eyewitness in the April 10 murder of Mitchum Heredia, walked free on Tuesday morning when three police officers ...

Coming to grips with violence!BTIA is leading the way
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
... Ian Anderson and Bruce Hogan from the Belize Disaster Rescue Response Unit made a presentation on how to be prepared, how to manage emergencies and assess risks ...

We have 77 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
... The evidence that Fonseca tried to deceive the people of Belize and the National Assembly by claiming that the budget deficit for the year 2003/04 was 2.1% of ...

Violence against children is a dead-end street!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
... The National Committee for Fam-ilies and Children, along with more than 120 youth, including student representatives from as close as Belize City to as far as ...

Lizarraga and Flores are top CSEC students
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
... John’s College Gymnasium, in Belize City was the venue for an award ceremony held by the Belize national committee for the Caribbean Secondary Examination ...

Pen’s past and present frames beautifully in pictures
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
... The House of Culture, on Regent street in Belize City opened Pen Cayetano’s latest attraction on November 9, Ubagari Art, or life art. ...

Belizeans awarded Executive Masters in Business Administration
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
... Masters in Business Administration Degree from the University of the West Indies’ Cave Hill School of Business in collaboration with the University of Belize ...

Scotiabank announces generousYouth Education Programme
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
Scotiabank Belize launched an exciting scholarship programme aimed at helping 50 of Belize’s neediest students to get through high school. ...

On-duty security guard shot dead with his own gun
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
... a 5-year-old girl is dead after having been shot in the right side of the neck at point blank range with his own gun while on duty at the Belize Water Services ...

Belize printers give gov’ta black eyeCourt rules printing ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/24/2006
he Belize Printers Association received with satisfaction the result of their historic court battle against government abuse of power as demonstrated in ...

Our Community - Isela Graniel
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 11/24/2006
A mbergris Caye is truly the tourism Mecca of Belize. ... After graduating elementary school, Isela attended Palotti High School in Belize City. ...

Are we poised to benefit from the CSME?
Sun St.Kitts/Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis - 11/24/2006
... Vincent & the Grenadines, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Belize, Suriname, Haiti, Bahamas and Montserrat) of the Caribbean Community, so that we ...

Addressing Iraq, very carefully
Concord Monitor, NH - 11/24/2006
... and of our national security posture at home," said George Bruno, a former state Democratic Party chairman who served as ambassador to Belize under President ...

Much work remains in halting modern slavery, US official says
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 11/24/2006
... Here is a list of Tier 3 countries, or those with the worst records on human trafficking, compiled by the State Department: Belize, Burma, Cuba, Iran, Laos ...

Ferrari drivers to test drive new fuel
The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - 11/24/2006
... S OL , who acquired Shell's petroleum marketing business in 13 countries throughout the Eastern Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname and Belize in 2005, launched the ...

Slavery monitor is moving on
WFAA (subscription), TX - 11/24/2006
... Twelve – Belize, Burma, Cuba, Iran, Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe – were identified as countries that ...

Slavery monitor is moving on
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 11/24/2006
... Twelve – Belize, Burma, Cuba, Iran, Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe – were identified as countries that ...

UN expresses concern about violence against women in Mexico
People's Daily Online, China - 11/24/2006
... world body was also worried about Mexico's high military presence close to both the US border and the southern borders with Guatemala and Belize, which puts ...

CITCO makes donation to Salvation Army
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
As the Salvation Army continues to send out letters of appeal for its Christmas Drive, today it received a significant donation from the Belize City Council. ...

Top high school graduates honoured in ceremony
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
... St. John’s College, obtained ten grade ones and two grade twos in the general proficiency test to become Belize’s top student. ...

HIV :: Number of People with HIV in Latin America and the ...
SpiritIndia, India - 11/24/2006
... Status” campaigns. Countries that developed these initiatives include Brazil, El Salvador, Belize, Trinidad and Suriname. During ...

Two arrested for Damion Gordon murder
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
Five days after twenty-one year old Damion Gordon was killed, Belize City police escorted to Magistrate’s Court the two young men they believe are ...

Security guard shot to death for his gun
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/24/2006
... But the homicide that occurred in Belize City earlier today was of a different variety: cold blooded, impersonal ... and deeply disturbing. ...

CFSEU Officers Tackle Traditional Organized Crime on Several ...
Government of Canada Newsroom (press release), Canada - 18 hours ago
... Bets were made on an Internet site which used to be hosted on a server located in Belize, Central America, but since 2005 was on the Kahnawake Aboriginal ...

11/23/2006

Trade officials put forward useful lobby
AntiguaSun, Antigua and Barbuda - 11/23/2006
... concessions in the EPA for Caricom economies with special reference to the industrial/manufacturing and agricultural sectors, particularly in Belize, and the ...

Fraser's Pub listed for sale
Michigan Business Review, MI - 11/23/2006
... "I want to do something different," Fraser said. He's thought about moving to Belize. He thinks he might like to marry, maybe have a family. ...

Fighting pirates,
Trinidad News, Trinidad and Tobago - 7 hours ago
... placed on a “watch list.”. In our region, Bahamas, Belize and Jamaica have been placed on the watch list. If Trinidad and Tobago ...

Salvadoran firm bids for Courts
The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - 11/23/2006
... Courts' stores in 11 Caribbean territories including Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Belize, found themselves part of the takeover bid after Courts PLC fell ...

More People In Latin America And Caribbean With HIV, More Being ...
Medical News Today (press release), UK - 11/23/2006
... Status" campaigns. Countries that developed these initiatives include Brazil, El Salvador, Belize, Trinidad and Suriname. During ...

Seychelles joins global SIDS climate project - 23.11.06
Seychelles Nation, Seychelles - 11/23/2006
... This will include Madagascar as an Indian Ocean least developed country (LDC) and Belize and Guyana as Caribbean coastal development states. ...

Government revamps its website, expands features
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/23/2006
... reality. Today government unveiled a new initiative that it hopes will put Belize one step closer to its digital destiny. “The ...

Auto dealers show off new models this weekend
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/23/2006
It's that time of year again when Belize's official automobile dealerships suspend their competitive impulses to unite in a single exhibition of their shiny ...

PM: Debt negotiations going "reasonably well"
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/23/2006
Following this morning's ceremony, we took the opportunity to ask the Prime Minister how negotiations are proceeding with Belize's international creditors. ...

Kenji Bakery re-opens following sanitary improvements
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/23/2006
Two weeks ago News Five dropped a bombshell when we followed the health inspector into a well known Belize City bakery and found an assortment of code ...


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