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3/8/2007

Ten years ago
Amandala, Belize - 3/8/2007
From the time I was a child growing up in my beloved country, Belize, there was always one issue of such grave national importance that it became clear that ...

US military, BDF join for humanitarian projects
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/8/2007
In three months, these Belize Defence Force Soldiers and United States military service men and women will construct four, two-classroom school buildings in ...

Funeral services held for George Gabb, Belizean giant
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/8/2007
For George all of the arts are connected, so I asked him just what he thought was his most important contribution to Belize. You know he said, ...

Labour minister has no legal power to reinstate Perriott
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/8/2007
There is no provision under the law in Belize for the Minister of Labour or the Government of Belize to direct the reinstatement of any worker in a private ...

Belizeans denounce domestic violence on Intl. Women’s Day
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/8/2007
“Every time a man’s voice a joins those of women in speaking out against violence, Belize will become a safer place for all of us.” ...

Education minister explains that PSE was no set-up
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/8/2007
“There are many, many good teachers in Belize, many wonderful teachers in Standard Six, but we can’t continue down this road and I’m very disappointed with ...

3/7/2007

New bar helps tech institute train hospitality students
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/7/2007
The initiative was a collaborative effort between the Belize Tourism Board—which donated around six thousand dollars for materials—and ITVET, who provided ...

Unions demand action from government, threaten strike
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/7/2007
It started as an almost routine union protest over the dismissal of three employees at Belize Telecommunications Limited. Over a month after those initial ...

Wheelchairs given to KHMH boast appropriate technology
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/7/2007
... organization called Adral; we spoke with him about meeting some of the needs of the people in Belize City and they told us what we think that we need. ...

Scotiabank donates to women’s causes
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/7/2007
... with it for the first time last year, and this year and I can promise you that going forward we will continue pushing and assisting the women in Belize. ...

Women police officers honoured by Compol
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/7/2007
Corporal Sharmaine Robateau is just one of the one hundred and fifty police female officers on staff who help maintain law and order in Belize. ...

BELIZEAN WOMEN TO BE HONORED TONIGHT
LoveFM, Belize - 3/7/2007
... the Police Department and Haven House, WIN -Belize, YWCA, The National Women’s Commission, the National Committee for Families and Children so a number ...

SPECIAL DAY FOR THE FEMALE OFFICERS OF THE BELIZE POLICE DEPARTMENT
LoveFM, Belize - 3/7/2007
Female Officers from the Belize Police Department today visited various tourist spots in and around Belize City as part of Women’s Week activities. ...

FIRST BELIZE TRAINING BAR INAUGURATED
LoveFM, Belize - 3/7/2007
The Belize City branch of the Institute for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, IT-VET today inaugurated the first ever Belize Training Bar. ...

NEW HORIZON EXERCISE TO BE HELD IN BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 3/7/2007
Belize to host the exercise New Horizon, Force Adjutant of the Belize Defense Force Captain Lionel Cuthkelvin is directly responsible for public affairs. ...

MINISTER OF STATE ATTENDS MEETING IN EL SALVADOR
LoveFM, Belize - 3/7/2007
A Government release says Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras are the countries that have the political will and support to supply the region with ...

The Question of a Maya Homeland
Belizean - Only in Belize!, Belize - 3/7/2007
Recent skirmishes between the Government of Belize and the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM) over licenses granted for oil ...

3/6/2007

Ruta Maya kicks off tenth anniversary Friday
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/6/2007
Defending champions are Armin Lopez, Armando Cruz, and Daniel Cruz paddling under the banner of the Belize Bank. Major sponsors for this year's Ruta Maya ...

Gabb defends accomplishments at DFC
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/6/2007
The same is being recommended for loans similarly affected, Royal Palm and Belize Resorts Development. Submitted for decision and further directive.” ...

CARICOM member states agree on plan for trade facilitation
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 3/6/2007
Ministers met in Belize from February 22 to 23 to finalize the plan. They also arrived at consensus on the utilization of the relevant provision of the ...

Woman shot; third time family targeted
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/6/2007
What I want is something to be done for this to stop not only for my family, but the whole Belize because every moment of the day you here somebody is ...

Was shooting victim robber’s accomplice?
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/6/2007
Two men attending a wake in Belize City on Sunday night were wounded when a lone gunman used the event to retaliate against his enemies. ...

N. Front Street vendors have new sidewalk
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/6/2007
The twenty-five thousand dollar project is being carried out by the Belize City Council in its effort to improve conditions in the area. ...

Nigerian volunteers take up positions in health, nat. resources
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/6/2007
On Saturday, twenty-nine Nigerian professionals were hosted at the Princess Hotel for an orientation session prior to taking up positions in Belize's ...

Unions say GOB response inadequate; will announce plans Wed.
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/6/2007
"Our demands were not met," says a release from the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, which has scheduled a press conference for Wednesday to ...

19-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER
LoveFM, Belize - 3/6/2007
Franklin, an operator at Belize Water Services told Police he was standing in Fitzgibbons Alley off Victoria Street speaking with a friend when a gunman ...

BELIZE CITY MAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
LoveFM, Belize - 3/6/2007
Belize City Police have arrested and charged 22-year-old Jion Bernard of a Lovely Lane address with robbery.Bernard was caught running from the scene of a ...

BELIZE CITY DUMP SITE TO BE CLOSED
LoveFM, Belize - 3/6/2007
The Belize City garbage dump at mile three on the Western Highway will soon be closed down. Mayor Zenaida Moya says work to open a temporary dump site is ...

The Military Family Network
eMilitary.org - 3/6/2007
In all, Comfort will make port calls in Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Trinidad ...

NIGERIA TO SEND TECHNICAL AIDS AND VOLUNTEERS TO BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 3/6/2007
Nigeria has agreed to send 29 new technical aids and volunteers to Belize.Under the terms of a bi-lateral agreement between the two governments, ...

MINISTRY OF LABOUR TO MEET WITH EMPLOYEES OF COMMERCIAL FREE ZONE
LoveFM, Belize - 3/6/2007
Personnel from the Labour, Immigration & National Departments and the Belize Social Security Board will make presentations.The meeting follows a series of ...

Legal fight, new partner spur Medquest move former northwest ...
BusinessNorth.com, MN - 3/6/2007
... Medical School of the Americas-London in England and Medical University of the Americas-Belize in the town of San Pedro on the island of Ambergris Caye. ...

Honey Camp Lagoon tragedy – boat swamped, three dead Husband and ...
Amandala, Belize - 3/6/2007
A search party formed by citizens of Orange Walk District, the police and members of the Belize Defence Force (BDF) were today able to retrieve the body of ...

Belizean icon George Gabb, Sr., dies after 79th birthday
Amandala, Belize - 3/6/2007
Tony Gabb, one of George’s sons, said he was taken to Belize Medical Associates Hospital around midday on Thursday, March 1, after he contracted typhoid ...

Musa’s “FACING, FIXING, MOVING ahead” budget reaches the House
Amandala, Belize - 3/6/2007
Reporting on the performance of the Belize economy for 2006, Prime Minister Musa said that the real GDP (adjusted for inflation) grew roughly 4% (compared ...

Facey DFC faces!!
Amandala, Belize - 3/6/2007
Pictured on our front page is Glenn Godfrey as he is leaving the Belize Institute of Management where the hearings are held. He dodged Amandala’s camera and ...

Mark Seawell’s extradition hearing begins
Amandala, Belize - 3/6/2007
... Mark’s extradition, along with that of his brothers – Dwayne, presently in their custody, and Gary Seawell, still being sought by Belize police. ...

Belize Tourism Industry Association BI-Annual Meeting
Belize Tourism Industry Association (press release), Belize - 3/6/2007
BELIZE CITY, Belize (March 5, 2007) - The Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) hereby informs all members and industry partners of its upcoming BI- ...

3/5/2007

BELIZE CITY MAN DETAINED AFTER ALLEDGEDLY ATTACKING POLICE WITH KNIFE
LoveFM, Belize - 3/5/2007
Belize City Police have detained 22-year-old Oscar Videz after he allegedly attacked Police Officers with a large kitchen knife. Sometime around 10 o’clock ...

Bush Oks Aid Programs For Latin America
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 3/5/2007
-A Navy medical ship, the Comfort, will make port calls in Belize, Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Haiti, Trinidad and ...

WOMEN'S WEEK OBSERVE IN BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 3/5/2007
March third to the ninth is being observed as Women’s Week in Belize. The theme this year is “Women and Men, United to End Violence against Women”. ...

ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE IN SAN IGNACIO IN CONNECTION WITH WOMEN'S WEEK
LoveFM, Belize - 3/5/2007
“The activity was held at the Market Square with the support of the Belize Rural Development Programme. A total of fifteen women and youth groups from the ...

GOVERNMENT SCHOOL TO RECEIVE DONATION
LoveFM, Belize - 3/5/2007
The Camalote Government School will receive a donation of computers tomorrow from the Belize Universal Peace Federation. Love News spoke today with ...

3/3/2007

Extradition hearings proceed against accused drug dealer
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/3/2007
This morning a crowd gathered at Belize City's Magistrate Court as an accused drug dealer prepared to defend himself against extradition to the United ...

Boat show proceeds to benefit Rotary’s Gift of Life
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/3/2007
This weekend the Rotary Club of Belize will be hosting its second annual Boat show and sale. The event is the organization's biggest fund raising drive with ...

Unions promise “response” if BTL workers aren’t rehired
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/3/2007
Today union activists upped the ante in the continuing face off between Belize Telecommunications Limited and the local labour movement, with executives ...

Belizean icon George Gabb dead at 79
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/3/2007
In 1996, then Channel Five reporter Audrey Matura profiled Gabb's contributions to Belize. Tonight we replay that story as a special tribute in his memory. ...

PM presents “Facing, Fixing, Moving Ahead” budget
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/3/2007
“Madam Speaker, the results are now in, the Government of Belize has successfully restructured the commercial debt of Belize. ... In total, ninety-eight ...

Union activists prepare for war Perriott’s dismissal causes rage ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
The ongoing dispute between management of the Belize Telecommunications Limited and the employees’ union, the Belize Communications Workers Unions, ...

Teachers perform poorly on students PSE
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
With the first portion of the exam only weeks away, representatives from the Ministry of Education, along with the Belize National Teacher’s Union and the ...

We are Belize CD & DVD in limited release
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
After almost five months of post production the much anticipated We Are Belize the Live Recordings is on sale at $50.00 per set. ...

Is Belize prepared to face a major Flu break out?
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
... a study that shows the epidemic may have a cyclical pattern, occurring every 10 to 50 years and health officials in Belize are not taking any chances. ...

West Point Military Academy turns Belizean young woman into soldier
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
While Swift loves what she is doing today, her heart remains in Belize. Upon graduating she plans to return to Belize in the hope of serving her country. ...

Musa has been at it a long time! Consortium report of 1993 shows.
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
This included the Belize Enterprise for Sustained Technology (Best), the Belize Rural Women’s Association (BRWA), Help for Progress, The Society for the ...

Those who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
He noted that the government of Belize has suffered a loss of $7535833,38 under the Belize Citizenship Programme covering the period June 1989 to September ...

Chilean President at Rio Group Summit
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 3/3/2007
Member countries of this group include Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, ...

Busted for human trafficking,3 police officers held! One for ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
... and Lauren Flowers are out on bail after they were caught trying to transport six undocumented Salvadoran and two Honduran nationals out of Belize. ...

Frivolous fist fight between friends ends in murder
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
Keon Myvett, 24, was on Thursday arraigned on a charge of murder before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb, in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court. ...

Keith Lewis walks free of the murder of car salesman Mike Burns
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
Keith Lewis, a 19-year-old man of Belize City accused of the shooting death of Michael “Big Mike” Burns in front of his wife and eight-year old son, ...

Mark Seawell’s charges to be read today
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
... and taken to Miami where he was arrested. In the meantime Belize police are on the look-out for the youngest of the three brothers, Gary who is also wanted.

We have 31 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3/3/2007
There were others of the Cabinet who agreed that once Mr. Cal had resigned from the Belize Diplomatic Service, he ought not enjoy the privileges of a ...

WIN-BELIZE FEMALE & SENIOR BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Amandala, Belize - 3/3/2007
In games played this past week in the Win-Belize Female and Senior League, on Friday last in the female circuit, it was Maria Chang Eagles winning by ten ...

The strange case of the 1991-1994 audits SSB, DFC hustling had ...
Amandala, Belize - 3/3/2007
Ralph Fonseca, for his own electoral division, Belize Rural Central. A few were signed by the then Chief Procurement Officer, Hon. ...

PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK Karl & Dorothy Menzies
Amandala, Belize - 3/3/2007
Their paths crossed while they worked in the 1960’s at the British Honduras Distributors in the old capital, Belize City. Both had been married previously ...

Christine charges union-busting by BTL
Amandala, Belize - 3/3/2007
The management of the Belize Telecommunications Limited (BTL) has set a serious precedent by firing a lead negotiator for the Belize Communication Workers ...

355 teachers take PSE – the results are controversial!
Amandala, Belize - 3/3/2007
In October and November last year 355 teachers from across Belize got to sit the very same PSE (Primary School Examination) that Standard VI students had ...

“Sweets Galore” dead at 61
Amandala, Belize - 3/3/2007
Before working at KREM, Sweets was a technician at Radio Belize for many years. He also worked at FM 2000 as a technician, and he was one time the driver of ...

PM Musa presents budget speech today
Amandala, Belize - 3/3/2007
... allow for tourists to get licenses to marry in Belize; and (3) the Fire Arms (Amendment) Bill to provide for new categories of shooting range licenses.

3/1/2007

Politicians offer divergent views on budget
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/1/2007
And for an emerging economy like Belize it is important for us to understand that the two things are not mutually exclusive, we can have a situation where ...

BELTRAIDE launches plan of action
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/1/2007
It's no secret that Belize owes a lot of money: over a billion US dollars give or take a few million. And while the recent debt restructuring will give us a ...

Year old murder case falls apart as judge directs acquittal
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/1/2007
Fifteen months ago, the heartless murder of Belize City businessman Michael Burns in front of his nine year old son rocked the old capital. ...

Barrow demands investigation of Moises Cal
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/1/2007
“The Belize Police Department and the Financial Intelligence Unit should indicate that they are publicly investigating this matter or that they are going to ...

Angelus Press lends a hand to hopeful school
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/1/2007
“When we got the letter from Living Hope, we were very touched because I didn’t even know there was a preparatory school like that here in Belize. ...

Educators stress importance of preschool education
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/1/2007
Preschool education in Belize is growing so popular that one day soon they'll decide to just drop the "pre." But while some parents bemoan the expense and ...

Fire leaves family homeless; cops seek arsonist
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/1/2007
But the blaze that destroyed a small home this morning in Belize City had nothing to do with weather and everything to do with anger over a family dispute. ...

Suspect charged in Wednesday’s killing
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 3/1/2007
Twenty-four year old Keon Myvette Williams, also known as "Duppy", appeared with his attorney Simeon Sampson where he was arraigned in Belize City ...


San Pedro Sun
Bacalar Chico - Why Save it?
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 3/1/2007
The national park encompasses 12640 acres of land and includes the Laguna de Cantena, which is one of the largest lagoons in Northern Ambergris Caye. ...


San Pedro Sun
Spellers Begin the Battle of the Words
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 3/1/2007
The schools and their representatives were Ryan Walter and Storm Lawrence of Island Academy; Ansley Castillo and Maite Forest of Ambergris Caye Elementary; ...

El Pescador Lodge - Ambergris Caye, Belize is Now Listed with ...
PR Web (press release), WA - 3/1/2007
El Pescador Lodge is on the Bahia del Punta Arena, 2.6 miles north of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The spot is quiet and private, yet close enough to reach ...

2/28/2007

Teachers do poorly taking students exams
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/28/2007
In an effort to determine the level of quality in Belize’s educational system, last October the Ministry of Education embarked on a campaign entitled: ...

Politicians, unions lash BTL for firing Perriott
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/28/2007
President of the Belize National Teachers Union and councillor of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, Anthony Fuentes, says Perriott and the three ...

Rangers deputised to better police parks
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/28/2007
When you think of Belize's extensive system of protected areas, the first things that come to mind are majestic forests, cascading waterfalls, ...

Two arrested for Adolphus holdup
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/28/2007
... the two men accused of pointing an Uzi at Adolphus as he exited the offices of Belize Unit Trust on Central American Boulevard with the day's deposits. ...

Fight ends in fatal gunshot
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/28/2007
A Belize City man lost his life today when an argument escalated to a fistfight and then climaxed when a shot was fired. Janelle Chanona reports. ...

2/27/2007

Former prison chief foils armed robbery
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/27/2007
The drama unfolded around four just outside of Belize Unit Trust on Central American Boulevard. Today, the fifty-eight year old Adolphus explained how he ...

BES student wins top Cruise Association prize
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/27/2007
Awards come in all shapes and sizes, but the one announced today by the Belize Tourism Board is a hefty sum by any standard. ...

UNESCO science scholarship awarded to Belizean
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/27/2007
According to a press release from the Belize National Commission for UNESCO, Belmopan resident Venetia Briggs is the recipient of the UNESCO-L'OREAL ...

Michael Fox found guilty of 2005 murder
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/27/2007
Almost two years after he was accused of the crime, this afternoon a Belize City man was convicted of murder. Around four this afternoon a jury of five men ...

CITCO seeks business support for downtown paving
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/27/2007
This afternoon as part of its celebrations marking the first anniversary of being elected to office, the Belize City Council took time to honour those ...

“We are Belize” released on DVD/CD
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/27/2007
It was commissioned by the Prime Minister to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Belize's Independence ... and for three nights in September 2006, ...

Prosecution of former diplomat appears doubted
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/27/2007
... for trying to enter that country with unusually large amounts of cash it appears that he will escape criminal prosecution in both Panama and Belize. ...

Labour dispute boils over as BTL fires union official
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/27/2007
Tonight the Belize Communication Workers Union is reeling from the news that its General Secretary Christine Perriott has been fired. ...

BTL says Perriott’s behaviour crossed the line
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/27/2007
“In the aftermath, of this kind of action Karen, can you expect that relations between BTL and the Belize Communication Worker’s Union can go anywhere but ...

Living and dead fight for space in cemetery
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/27/2007
It's no secret that Belize City is running out of land. But what you may not know is just how fierce the competition has become. News Five's Janelle Chanona ...

Ladyville football tournament enters 2nd half of group stage
Amandala, Belize - 2/27/2007
In game 2, Kevin Rowland scored the only goal of the game to give Jane Usher the huge 1-0 victory over Belize Paradise. Jane Usher boasts a perfect 3-0-0 ...

Separating education from religion
Amandala, Belize - 2/27/2007
Dr. Leroy Taegar told the February 2007 monthly meeting of the UBAD Educational Foundation (UEF) that 80 of the 111 primary schools in the nation of Belize ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 2/27/2007
There is a more multilateral kind of politics emerging in Belize, though the “first past the post” system in our constitution means the established ...

Trafficking policemen!
Amandala, Belize - 2/27/2007
They appeared today in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court where they were read separate charges for human trafficking and for sexually assaulting three ...

Musa presents $700 million budget – George Frazer said he was ...
Amandala, Belize - 2/27/2007
Frazer told us today that he and a colleague, Anthony Fuentes, president of the Belize National Teachers’ Union, went to the Central Bank on Friday morning ...

Francisca Maria Habet, 45, dies in Western Highway accident Bus ...
Amandala, Belize - 2/27/2007
Police’s initial investigation has revealed that Habet was driving in her car from Belmopan towards Belize City when on reaching the fatal area, ...

Central America and the Caribbean sign new cooperation plan in Belize
Amandala, Belize - 2/27/2007
This week Belize played host to delegations from across Central America and the Caribbean for the formulation of a plan of action that pledges to bring the ...

Dr. Arlie Petters presents a labour of love – PSE Mathematics ...
Amandala, Belize - 2/27/2007
His inspiration came from seeing the recent poor PSE results in Belize. Printed by BRC Printing Ltd. of San Ignacio, the math texts are a completely ...

Security guard, Saturnino Sosa, 69, killed in traffic accident “A ...
Amandala, Belize - 2/27/2007
Saturnino was knocked down by a white Government van, driven at the time by Rudolph Smith, 45, an employee of the Belize Post Office. ...

2/26/2007
EU provides additional BZ$5.4m to support banana productivity in ...
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 2/26/2007
BELMOPAN, Belize: The European Union has approved an additional allocation of €2.11 Million (approximately 5.4 million BZD) to Belize to promote sustainable ...

Cebaldo Cowo is still Mountain Bike Cross County Champ
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/26/2007
Here in Belize City the annual BPFL Football Competition saw FC Belize play host to Tex Mar Boys from Mango Creek inside the MCC Grounds. ...

Women’s group to hold “Speak Out” on gender issues
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/26/2007
But this week, a Belize City based organisation is hoping to capitalise on that social atmosphere to create an open space for women to address the issues ...

Teachers robbed in armed holdup
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/26/2007
Meanwhile, the latest victims of armed robbery in Belize City are a couple of high school teachers. According to Saint John's College teachers Kevin Hall ...

Three police officers busted in human trafficking ring
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/26/2007
Tonight the Belize Police Department is reeling from the arrest of three officers accused in a sordid story of human trafficking and sexual assault. ...

Minor arrested for farm worker’s murder
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/26/2007
The victim's body was discovered around nine last Thursday night in an orange orchard belonging to the Citrus Company of Belize in La Democracia Village. ...

Health officials prepare for bird flu invasion
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/26/2007
A five day workshop designed to address the country's response to the impact of avian influenza and possible pandemic began this morning in Belize City. ...

Scientist hopes new look will improve Math scores
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/26/2007
Dr. Arlie Petters is counting on these two books to be the stepping stones to better scores for Belize’s primary school students. ...

TWO POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING
LoveFM, Belize - 2/26/2007
The two Officers’ 24-year-old Police Constable Lauren Flowers and 24-year-old Police Constable Allyson Muslar appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court ...

RABIES DETECTED IN THE BURRELL BOOM AREA
LoveFM, Belize - 2/26/2007
The Belize Agricultural Health Authority, BAHA issued a release alerting farmers that rabies has been detected in the Burrell Boom area. ...

SEVERAL ORGANIZATION CONDUCT FIVE-DAY WORKSHOP
LoveFM, Belize - 2/26/2007
The workshop aims at developing operational plans of action in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza in Belize. PAHO/WHO Belize Representative, ...

INTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS TO HOLD AWARDS CEREMONY
LoveFM, Belize - 2/26/2007
Special mention in Arts Rachel Lamb from Excelsior Junior High, music the best instrumental Susan Ling Belize School of Music, best vocal solo Shenellie ...

BELIZE NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE HOSTS 16TH ANNUAL DIRECTOR'S MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 2/26/2007
The Belize National Library Service is hosting the 16th Annual Director’s Meetings of “National Libraries of Central America and a Conservation and ...

YOUTH FORUM HELD THIS PAST WEEKEND
LoveFM, Belize - 2/26/2007
The Belize Youth Movement along with support from the People’s United Party Northern Caucus Committee held a youth forum yesterday. ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL CELEBRATES ONE YEAR IN OFFICE
LoveFM, Belize - 2/26/2007
The Belize City Council has put together a number of activities to mark its one year anniversary in office. The activities will start today with a Church ...

2/23/2007

SPPD’s New Officer-In-Charge is Humberto Pott
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 2/23/2007
Assistant Superintendent Pott began his police career in 1997 when he graduated from the Belize Police Academy. After graduation he was transferred to the ...

Our Belize Community – Ophelia Novelo – BelPAC’s Citizen of the ...
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 2/23/2007
Now, we are taking it one step further and including members in our country who contribute and do not sit idly wishing for a better Belize, but actually put ...

Children against crime week concludes with a parade
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 2/23/2007
Children against Crime is held annually within the country of Belize, however it is the first year that such an important event took place in San Pedro. ...

In the spirit of love – Karl and Dorothy Menzies take orphaned ...
Amandala, Belize - 2/23/2007
... Director of the Women’s Department. Others who have contributed to the children include the Belize Police Department and Saint Catherine Academy.

Courtenay says Cal abused diplomatic passport – FIU investigates
Amandala, Belize - 2/23/2007
Belizean authorities have confirmed to our newspaper that Moises Cal - the former Ambassador for Belize to Central America and former standard bearer for ...

Freedom for Russell Hyde; brother Clifford gets 3 years more - 15 ...
Amandala, Belize - 2/23/2007
Belmopan farmer Russell Hyde, 38, who was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years in prison, walked out of the Belize Court of Appeal a free man ...

BTL workers hold off on strike till March 5
Amandala, Belize - 2/23/2007
The workers of the Belize Telecommunications Limited (BTL) had been set to go on strike Friday, February 23, according to the president of the Belize ...

GOB says Dwayne Seawell should be returned to Belize for ...
Amandala, Belize - 2/23/2007
The Belize Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade issued a statement this week saying that Dwayne Seawell, one of three Belizean brothers wanted by ...

Do something about Moises Cal United Democratic Party insists
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/23/2007
The people of Belize desperately need the relief that only general elections can bring. In the meantime though, the Prime Minister must denounce and ...

People’s National Party fields 2 candidates in Toledo
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/23/2007
When the Blue was in power and the Red took over, they said they would collect Belize’s money, but not a dime was collected. ...

High schools touch gloves to begin Math Olympiad
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/23/2007
On Tuesday at 10:00 AM the first Belize Math Olympiad got underway with a South Regional finals which featured a stand off between the Delille Academy, ...

High school festival dances into the Bliss Centre
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/23/2007
Adding to Belize’s Cultural Experience is the theme of the 2nd annual National Secondary School’s Festival of Arts. It’s against this backdrop that ...

Marlon Castillo wins 2nd M&M Tour de Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/23/2007
Marlon Castillo of Team Santino’s AEG Toshiba won his second consecutive M&M Engineering’s Tour de Belize finishing 19 second ahead of his nearest rival at ...

We have 54 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/23/2007
We bring it to public notice because there appears to be a new drive afoot to recruit new citizens for Belize now that general elections are within view.

Moises Cal allegedly busted with loot in Panama
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/23/2007
Cal resigned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year as ambassador for Belize, but was allowed to keep his diplomatic passport. ...

We have 45 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/23/2007
Employees of the Belize Telecommunications Limited (BTL) who were ready to take industrial action against their employers on Thursday morning February 22, ...

Seawell bros await extradition hearings associate Chris Lewis ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/23/2007
Belize police on Saturday last, February 17, extradited Christopher Lewis, 30, an associate of Duane Seawell, to the United States of America to stand trial ...

Mahogany Heights madness - Kuo wants his 3.5 mil from GOB!
Amandala, Belize - 2/23/2007
Amandala has learned that the Government of Belize had gone to the Supreme Court to get the case settled definitively, but Johnny Kuo, the man who claims he ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 2/23/2007
This morning the heavily financed National Reform Party (NRP) held its launching in Belize City. I listened to the speech of their self-appointed leader, ...

Denzil writes Reporter to answer Bowman
Amandala, Belize - 2/23/2007
Almost half of their company, Citrus Products of Belize Ltd. [CPBL], worth over $150 million, was given away for $25 million. In addition, over 12 million ...

A 515 year old trick
Amandala, Belize - 2/23/2007
The National Reform Party (NRP), which held its official launching in Belize City on Wednesday of this week, requires a symbolic gesture from Amandala. ...

Church brings a smile to Belize girl's family
Community Press, KY - 2/23/2007
After being discovered by doctors visiting in Belize from St. Elizabeth Hospital, baby Nancy was brought to Shriners Hospital of Cincinnati and received ...

CentAm, Carib Ministers Talk Region
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 2/23/2007
The Belize report on the Multilateral Mechanism of Evaluation on human traffic was of great relevance. Also important is that the so-called Group C-4 (El ...


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