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6/7/2007

Conservationists seek to quantify reef’s economic value
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/7/2007
It's Reef Week in Belize and institutions and activists from home and abroad are focussing on our marine attractions even more than usual. ...

Consumes should report extra credit card fees
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/7/2007
... foreign purchases were being inflated by one percent and that every US dollar they spent was costing them a total of two dollars and eight cents Belize. ...

Suspect arrested in Bliss burglary
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/7/2007
Belize City police say they are still trying to find out how twenty-eight year old Lyjon Franklin may have broken into the Bliss Centre for the Performing ...

CITCO will not renew BWC garbage contract
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/7/2007
With the long delayed construction of a new access road to the dump on the Western Highway it appeared that Belize City's garbage problems were--if not ...

Inaugural Delta flight arrives Sunday from LA
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/7/2007
So I mean, actually we are gonna have three flights here in Belize.” According to Enriquez, the first flight is about three quarters full. ...

Excelsior seeks to reverse decline
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/7/2007
... however, and as News Five's Kendra Griffith discovered, the winds of change are blowing through this once troubled south side Belize City institution. ...

US EMBASSY ORGANIZES READING PROGRAM
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
“We have spoken with the University of Belize.There are a number of students who will be receiving scholarships from the government and in order to be ...

POLICE STORIES
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
The Belize court of appeal has allowed the appeal of 49-year-old Taxi driver Dennis Gabourel who was convicted of rape and ordered a retrial for him. ...

CANCER WALK HELD IN PLACENCIA
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
”The Battle Cancer event in Plancencia was one out of the need to make awareness of cancer in southern Belize.My dad past away from prostrate cancer in ...

POLICEMAN TO BE CHARGED FOR THEFT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
“I can confirm that the department is indeed running under the investigation into a matter with the misappropriation of fuel orders in Belize City and we ...

EXCELSIOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALLY OPENS READING RESOURCE CENTER
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
Since 2005 Excelsior Junior High School on Faber’s Road in Belize City has been making significant strides in improving the quality of education it offers ...

Port City adopts San Pedro, Belize in Sister City treaty
Lumina News, NC - 6/7/2007
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Charlotte arrive daily in Belize City on the Yucatan Peninsula. From there, it is a short jaunt by air or ...

6/6/2007

BDF team wins PACT challenge
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2007
The three teams, having experienced the wonders of Belize's magnificent atolls, returned to Belize City to meet the press. ...

BTL unveils plans for free internet for schools
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2007
In Belize the concept has been tried--and crashed--once before, but today the nation's largest telecommunications company says it's ready to make it a ...

PUP chairman says party will unite
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2007
... we may have internally that there is a greater objective we have, working together to ensure that we continue to work for the people of Belize. ...

Woman wounded in drive-by was not intended victim
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2007
Belize City police have detained one man in connection with a shooting incident that has left a thirty-seven year old woman hospitalised. ...

Three charged for witness intimidation
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/6/2007
Three people have been arrested for attempting to intimidate a witness in a criminal trial. Based on a report by the witness that he was accosted on ...

Our Belize Community- Sylvana Woods
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/6/2007
Belize is no longer a small, obscure country. Instead, it is garnering more international popularity every day. Belize is fast becoming a booming tourism ...

Calbert Santiago - Chef of the Year 2007!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/6/2007
The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) celebrated the senses with a pinch of spice and a dash of style at the 6th Annual Taste of Belize held at the Radisson Fort ...

PM intends to sell over 8k acres of Ambergris Caye
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/6/2007
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Belize and an unnamed company represented by Allen O. Cage, Jr. has been leaked and this ...

FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GIVES HIS VIEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
“Well I congratulate Vildo Marin for being appointed the Deputy Prime Minister of Belize.It’s an honor and a privilege to be in that position and I ...

XUX EK NOVELO TOPS THIS YEAR'S PSE
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
Xux Ek Novelo of Hummingbird Elementary School in Belize City has topped this year’s Primary School Examination. Novelo received the highest overall score ...

UB MAKES SPECIAL PRESENTATION AT ROTARY LUNCHEON
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
The University of Belize will make two special presentations this afternoon during the Belize City Rotary Club’s luncheon. We spoke to UB’s Director of ...

EXCELSIOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OPENS READING RESOURCE CENTER
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
Excelsior Junior High School in Belize City will officially open its Reading Resource Center tomorrow morning. Head teacher at Excelsior, Gayle Thompson, ...

WOMAN SHOT IN RIGHT SIDE OF ABDOMEN
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
A woman was reportedly shot in the right side of the abdomen near the corner of Ebony and Sittee Streets on the southside of Belize City last night. ...

BELIZEAN STUDENT OF UWI RECEIVES AWARD
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
Kidd is on a Professional and Technical scholarship provided by the Government of Belize. The Ministry of Education congratulates Janelle Kidd on her ...

POLICE STORIES
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
Yesterday the Belize Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of 44-year-old Kent Francis. Francis had appealed against his conviction for rape, ...

TEN-YEAR VETERAN OF POLICE DEPARTMENT HONORED
LoveFM, Belize - 6/6/2007
... veteran of the Police Department, Woman Police Sergeant, Suzette Anderson, currently attached to the Crimes Investigations Branch office in Belize City. ...

6/5/2007

New book on reef is guide for policymakers
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/5/2007
But a book launched in Belize City today is designed to help researchers interpret the reality behind their data and influence political leaders to make ...

Briceño will dedicate himself to work with constituents
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/5/2007
While Eamon Courtenay may be contemplating a career in electoral politics, John Briceño is a veteran who plies his trade in one of Belize's roughest ...

Courtenay says he will enter electoral politics
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/5/2007
We'll lead off with Courtenay, who as Foreign Minister at a time when Belize seemed to be spreading its diplomatic wings, was reaching the peak of a ...

Counterfeit blue notes continue to circulate
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/5/2007
According to the Central Bank of Belize they publish quarterly advertisements to raise awareness, but they are not aware of this latest case and they have ...

Dr. Harry Hoy succumbs to heart attack
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/5/2007
... by his wife Dr. Irma Hoy and sons Christopher and Henry. Prior to his death, Hoy was the co-owner of the Belize Diagnostic Centre on Meighan Avenue.

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL HOSTS MONTHLY MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/2007
Belize City Council is hosting its monthly meeting tonight at seven o’clock at the City Hall. Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya, tells us more. ...

THE PACT CHALLENGE ENDS TOMORROW
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/2007
“At the end they’ll have a sailboat race from Turneffe Atoll and then they will be getting into Belize City on June 6 th which is also our anniversary ...

MISS BELIZE UNIVERSE COMMENTS ON THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/2007
It’s for them to work harder because they are looking at Belize you know they are sending out great women every year so every year they’re looking at us and ...

2ND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON CANCER
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/2007
The symposium covered topics such as oncology in Belize, malignant brain tumors, cervical cancer, childhood leukemia, digestive tract cancers, ...

Big up, BREDAA
Amandala, Belize - 6/5/2007
Kremandala is energized and encouraged by the rebirth last week in Los Angeles of the Belize Rural Economic Development of Agriculture through Alliance ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 6/5/2007
Amandala became the leading newspaper in Belize because of the quality of its writing, which is in English. We were never confined to the Queen’s English, ...

Carl Gillett, 36, not guilty of raping 19-year-old high school virgin
Amandala, Belize - 6/5/2007
This evening at about 3:45, a jury of nine persons - five women and four men who had doubts about whether or not Belize City electrician, Carl Gillett, ...

BTL conspiracy continues – minority shareholders trampled!
Amandala, Belize - 6/5/2007
BTL is now a new creature, and an Internet search today led us to a revamped website that no longer says Belize Telecommunications Limited, but Belize ...

FC Belize clips Revolutionary Conquerors 1–nil at MCC in the first ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/5/2007
Having garnered three points in the first match, FC Belize needs only a draw in Dangriga to take home the title. But if Conquerors should win in regulation, ...

6/4/2007

Briceno and Courtenay out of Cabinet
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/4/2007
His replacement is Belize's ambassador to Washington and the OAS, Lisa Shoman, who will also take Courtenay's place as a Senator. Ironically, at the time of ...

FC Belize takes game one of the RFG Cup final
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/4/2007
Game one of the RFG Cup Championship was staged at the MCC Grounds yesterday where FC Belize hosted the Revolutionary Conquerors of Dangriga to kick off the ...

PACT Challenge combines competition, education
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/4/2007
The three teams include members of the Belize Defence Force, employees of Sea Sports Belize and students from the University of Belize. ...

Taste of Belize honours top foodies
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/4/2007
... aspiring amateurs ... but this weekend, they all received the same opportunity to impress the judges in the sixth annual Taste of Belize Competition. ...

Tourist injured in collision with boat
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/4/2007
On Friday, forty-three year old Thierry Roquet, A French national residing in Guatemala, arrived in Belize for a three-day visit, but his vacation became a ...

PACT HOST THREE MEGA EVENTS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/4/2007
We will also be giving out prizes for the future project which took place in Belize City schools.The Belize City schools received ten trees last year and ...

BREAK IN AT THE INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS OFFIC E
LoveFM, Belize - 6/4/2007
The Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts which houses the Institute of Creative Arts in Belize City was targeted by thieves last night. ...

BTB/LOVE FM SUMMER FAMILY TOUR PROGRAMME STARTS TODAY ON LOVE FM
LoveFM, Belize - 6/4/2007
The Belize Tourism Board and Love FM’s Family Summer Tour Program starts today on Love FM. Coordinator of the event, Brian Mossiah, tells us more. ...

DANGRIGA MAYOR VISITS BELIZEANS COUNTERPARTS IN US
LoveFM, Belize - 6/4/2007
So we are depending on those Belize-American brothers and sisters out there who have made a commitment to continue the follow up and we are from this point ...

6/2/2007

Caribbean Insurance Fund launched in time for hurricane season
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 6/2/2007
CCRIF participating governments are: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, ...

6/1/2007

Met Service prepares for hurricane season 2007
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2007
For the last six years, Belize has been spared the wrath of a hurricane, but at the start of this year's season, weather experts are predicting an active ...

Aikman describes kidnapping; refutes sceptics
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2007
Aikman was a guest on Krem Television's Wake Up Belize Morning Vibes where he shared an incredible story, beginning with how he was taken hostage. ...

School security guard attacked on duty
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2007
He is an employee of J & B's Security Service, based in Belize City. All Saints Primary School was forced to hire a night security guard following a ...

US Govt. donates 2 million in cash and kind to BDF
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 6/1/2007
The United States has been a significant ally to Belize's armed forces on land and on the high seas. Today, Uncle Sam made another major donation in cash ...

2007 HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/1/2007
Most of the activity was in the Atlantic Ocean and hence it was a fairly quiet season or a relatively quiet season for the Western Caribbean and Belize.” ...

IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT EXTENDS APOLOGY TO UB
LoveFM, Belize - 6/1/2007
The Immigration and Nationality Services Department has issued an apology to the students and faculty of the University of Belize. This follows an incident ...

PROSSER WINS RULING IN SUPREME COURT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/1/2007
Jeffrey Prosser won a ruling in the Supreme Court of Belize yesterday. The ruling was with respect to an application put forth by Prosser’s Belize Telecom ...

Last Minute: Free scuba lessons at Eiffel Tower
Los Angeles Times, CA - 6/1/2007
Deal: Free 30-minute scuba diving lessons in the four-foot pool beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Safe and open to kids age eight and older. ...

NAZARENE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
LoveFM, Belize - 6/1/2007
63 students will graduate later today from Nazarene High School in Belize City. Class valedictorian is Kemani Williams while Mishenna Longsworth is the ...

SECURITY GUARD ATTACKED ON DUTY AT ALL SAINTS PRIMARY SCHOOL
LoveFM, Belize - 6/1/2007
We just have to continue praying for Belize and praying for our schools.These men,they need a job they put themselves on the line and it’s so tough when ...

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/1/2007
Partners in developing the arts in Belize are attending a meeting hosted by the National Association for the Development of the Arts at the George Price ...

No elation in this corner
Amandala, Belize - 6/1/2007
I realize that Belize as an “independent nation” is only twenty -six years old. I grew up in a huge country that is now over 200 years old, and it’s still ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 6/1/2007
Most Belizeans will not remember this, but Derek ran as a UDP candidate in the 1980 Belize City Council elections. He was a very young man at the time, ...

UDP Leader Dean Barrow on a political roll
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
Barrow said he would clean up everything on his plate, including the claim of the Association of Concerned Belizeans against the government of Belize, ...

Senate votes 6 - 5 to approve hostile take-over of BTL by ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
The controversial Belize Telemedia Limited Vesting Bill, which is being used as a vehicle to transfer all of BTL’s assets and liabilities to a new company ...

New and disturbing discrepancies suggestP.M. cannot distinguish ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
A deeper probe into the Universal Health Services $33 million scandal is revealing that government still is indebted to the Belize Bank for $33 million not ...

More tall tales from PMOp Leader says he should resign
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
An affidavit signed by Belize Bank Chairman Philip Johnson respecting the lawsuit now before the court, Johnson stated that the March Settlement Agreement ...

“I WILL NOT BE MOVED BY THREATS,” MUSA TELLS BARROW
Amandala, Belize - 6/1/2007
On Monday, Barrow read from an extensive affidavit submitted by the chairman of the Belize Bank, Philip Johnson, in an ongoing case filed by the Association ...

Belize has new watchdog organizationCovenant Movement with ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
The Belize Covenant Movement, a recently organised non partisan body that encompasses Christian values has postponed its official launching until next week. ...

Aventura - ancient Maya city discoveredon modern papaya farm in ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
The Belize National Institute of Archaeology have said that they found what appears to be another piece of the Mayan Civilization buried beneath a Papaya ...

South Korean delegation on sister-city visit
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
A four-member delegation from the City of Yeosu, Korea made an official visit to Belize earlier this month and were guest of Her Honour the Mayor of Belize ...

Rt. Rev. Philip Wright, Anglican Bishop, sayslove of country ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
The representative democracy we have here in Belize allows for our people to choose their leaders and to hold those leaders accountable for their policies ...

Junior College pays tribute to honour students, honour alumnus.
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
Torres delivered a heavy-weight speech at the graduation expressing discontent with the political climate in Belize. “I am tired of our Prime Minister lying ...

Let Prosser In!Chief Justice orders
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
Belize’s Chief Justice Dr. Abdulai Conteh has ordered the men running BTL to back off and allow American businessman Jeffrey Prosser to hold a Special ...

People have a right to know!Court rules against Belize Bank
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
Supreme Court Justice Michelle Arana Wednesday afternoon, ordered full disclosure of the once secret GOB-Belize Bank secret agreement covering a $33 million ...

Aikman found alive, taped like a mummy!55 hours of “hell” end for ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/1/2007
Aikman was first seen by Mr. Troy Smith driving Tuesday night from Belmopan to Belize City. Smith, a Valuations Officer for the Belize City Council, ...

5/31/2007

SOCIAL SECURITY'S RIDE ACROSS BELIZE COMPLETES FIRST LEG
LoveFM, Belize - 5/31/2007
Phase one of the Belize Social Security Board’s Ride Across Belize concluded a short while ago at the Board’s compound in Belize City. ...

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY OBSERVED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/31/2007
The occasion is “World No Tobacco Day” and this morning an official ceremony was held in Belize City to discourage non-smokers from starting to smoke, ...

ROTARY CLUB OF BELZE ACQUIRE FUNDS FOR SOUTH-SIDE PRE-SCHOOLERS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/31/2007
Belize City Branch of the Rotary Club of Belize has acquired funding for south-side pre-schoolers. The money came from funds solicited by the Rotary Club ...

INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AWARDS NURSE DELSYIA GOFF
LoveFM, Belize - 5/31/2007
So this honor was not really one of my goals,my goal was to work for the people in Belize.I never anticipated I would receive this level of award from the ...

POLICE STORIES
LoveFM, Belize - 5/31/2007
This is in connection with a cheque for 450 dollars that purportedly came from Belize Western Energy Limited on Central American Boulevard. ...

ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE HOSTS HUURRICANE EXHIBITION
LoveFM, Belize - 5/31/2007
The Archives will be having a hurricane exhibition and presenting information on the effects of hurricanes that have struck Belize. ...

ACTING CHEIF METEOROLOGIST RAMON FRUTOS SPEAKS OF ACTIVE HURRICANE ...
LoveFM, Belize - 5/31/2007
We know in reality that some people,many people in Belize have it hard.When I say hard I mean it’s hard to get all the little stuff together because ...

Belize forest ravaged by beetles brought on by climate change
Plenty Magazine, NY - 5/31/2007
MOUNTAIN PINE RIDGE FOREST, Belize (Reuters) - A once-majestic pine forest in Belize is struggling to recover from a devastating plague of beetles that ...

5/30/2007

SP Sun’s Mother’s Day Extravaganza - Winner enjoys her Weekend ...
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/30/2007
Corona del Mar is one of Ambergris Caye’s most spacious and comfortable hotels. Now with twelve rooms and four apartment suites, no longer do you have to ...

Care Belize works with disabled countrywide
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2007
The CARE-Belize headquarters is located at twenty-five Gabourel Lane in Belize City. Kendra Griffith reporting for News Five.

Aikman found on road bound and gagged; otherwise safe
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2007
Belize City police say they will not be talking to the media until they have spoken to Derek Aikman who is currently hospitalized at Belize Medical ...

Musa says he doesn’t fear Barrow; Barrow renounces violence
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2007
And while Dean Barrow will continue as an attorney in the ACB claim, his comments earlier this week as Leader of the Opposition have prompted a response ...

Our Belize Community - Mr. Felipe “Tio Pil” Paz
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/30/2007
This week’s column of “Our Belize Community” is pleased to feature Mr. Felipe Paz Sr. or Tio Pil as he is known. The following is a compact version of the ...

Construction to start on Vaca Hydro Plant
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2007
According to a release from BECOL, the sister company of Belize Electricity Limited, Vaca will deliver around eighty gigawatt hours of power annually to the ...

Court orders disclosure of UHS loan documents
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2007
But Andrew Marshalleck immediately indicated that his client, the Belize Bank, would not support such a move, citing concern about how the bank documents ...

Nurse Goff honoured with highest Red Cross award
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/30/2007
This evening the Belize Red Cross recognised thirteen graduates who successfully finished a Home Nurses Course. Twelve women and one man completed a ...

5/29/2007

Barrow will put law practice on hold
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2007
... he will appear in court only to complete cases already set down for trial, including that of the ACB against the Government of Belize. ...

PACT has city schools going green
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2007
“We donated ten trees to ten Belize City schools and tasked them with coming up with a green space for their particular school.” ...

Scientists from Artic and islands plan action on climate change
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2007
“It is important work you have set upon for the next three days and I welcome you here to Belize and lend my support for this important undertaking.” ...

Fire guts bar/apartment building
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2007
Today Belize City was once again the venue of a devastating fire. MJ's on West Collet Canal was extensively damaged by the flames, smoke, and water. ...

Suspect arrested in Sunday murder
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2007
Asst. Supt., Aaron Guzman, OC, CIB Belize City. “Obviously from what we have gathered so far, it seems as if though there was some problems that had ...

Family appeals for release of Derek Aikman
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2007
It’sa sad, sad day for Belize and for us it’s hell. And the whole thing has just been like a dagger through all of our hearts, it’s just so, so senseless. ...

3 convicted for illegal fishing at Halfmoon
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2007
According to a release from the Belize Audubon Society, the trio was detained on Sunday for illegal fishing at Halfmoon Caye Natural Monument. ...

New issue of Belizean Studies published by SJC
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/29/2007
In Belize right now, seventy-five percent of our coastal land is owned by foreigners. So that is what is he looking at, an entire analysis. ...

FAMILY AND FRIENDS PLEAD FOR SAFE RETURN OF DEREK AIKMAN
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2007
Tonight’s vigil to pray for Derek Aikman’s safe return to his family will begin at seven o’clock at the Battlefield Park in Belize City.

POLICE PRESS CONFERENCE ON KIDNAPPING OF MR. AIKMAN
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2007
In Belize City Mr. Wiley was contacted,the Ladyville Police was contacted and they responded.Sometime shortly thereafter,the police visited the scene of ...

NURSES ASSOCIATION OF BELIZE SPEAKS ABOUT ADVANCE TRAINING
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2007
The Nurses Association of Belize is placing financial assistance for advance training for nurses high on its agenda of priorities. ...

PACT'S PLANT FOR THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2007
The campaign began last June when PACT gave out trees to 10 Belize City primary schools as part of their 10 th anniversary. The schools were encouraged to ...

JUNIOR BELPRO EXHIBITION POSTPONED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2007
In fact we will be however integrating it into our annual BelPro Connects that is apart of the Belize Business Bureau.And this is being held at the end of ...

PSYCHO-SOCIAL TRAINING FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2007
This activity is funded entirely by the government of Belize.This is apart of our strategic plan for this year and it’sa continuation of what we did last ...

NATIONAL EMERGENCY WEEK
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2007
“The visiting NEMO officials including Minister Godfrey Smith,BDF commander Brigadier General Dwight Gillet,Belize Coast Guard commander Brigadier General ...

The “tyrant” lingers – fix the Constitution
Amandala, Belize - 5/29/2007
The Prime Minster, then, is still insisting that WE, the Belizean people, have a debt, because of the guarantee that HE signed with the Belize Bank. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 5/29/2007
There’s been another attack made on KREM Radio by Michael Ashcroft’s Belize Telecommunications Limited. They’ve taken KREM off the Internet. ...

Pol. Appts., No trade, Pic, Iagoo, A. Marie
Amandala, Belize - 5/29/2007
There, on page 3 of Mr. Steinhauer’s Belize Times newspaper, says it all – UDP Exposure. Sometimes you have to do a couple takes to get the sense out of a ...

It’s only just begun
Amandala, Belize - 5/29/2007
The people of Belize made a good stand, and last week gained a stay of execution where the Universal Health Services debt to Belize Bank is concerned. ...

Kevin “Butto” Arnold, 21, murdered on Sunday night
Amandala, Belize - 5/29/2007
Police said that sometime around 8:00 last night, Sunday, they were called to an area near Los Cocos Club on the southside of Belize City, where there had ...

GOB commits to $12 million more for UHS – Ashcroft threatens to ...
Amandala, Belize - 5/29/2007
Said Musa, announced that he would not pursue a motion in the National Assembly to pay off a $33 million debt with the Belize Bank for Universal Health ...UHS

Derek Aikman kidnapped!
Amandala, Belize - 5/29/2007
Belize now has its first political kidnapping. In what certainly marks the beginning of a new, darker era for Belize, Derek Aikman, 47, ...

Barrow says Musa is a liar and should resign!
Amandala, Belize - 5/29/2007
Said Musa, entered into a further $12 million loan with the Belize Bank without National Assembly approval, and disclosures made via a court affidavit filed ...

Senate passes controversial Telemedia bill
Amandala, Belize - 5/29/2007
The Senate this afternoon ratified the controversial Telecommunications Undertaking (Belize Telecommunications Limited Operations) Vesting Bill, ...

5/28/2007

Conquerors advance to RFG football finals
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/28/2007
“You now face you former team FC Belize; you one a championship with them last year. I’m almost sure you saw them play last night. ...

UDP threaten “appropriate action” if PM doesn’t resign
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/28/2007
Today the United Democratic Party produced an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court by the Belize Bank in connection with the injunction sought by the ACB ...

BTL Vesting Bill passed in Senate
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/28/2007
“I rise to move the second reading of a bill for an act to provide for the vesting in Belize Telemedia Limited of the business in Belize of Belize ...

Political activist involved in bizarre kidnapping
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/28/2007
We have processed it out there initially and it as brought in to Belize City where our technicians have concluded processing that vehicle today. ...

Body of missing man found at sea
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/28/2007
On May twentieth, Batres and two friends left Belize City on a fishing trip but as they paddled their canoe home that evening, waves capsized the vessel. ...

Another youth killed in city shooting
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/28/2007
A Belize City man is dead tonight, the victim of yet another fatal city shooting. Police reports are that around eight on Sunday night, twenty-one year old ...

5/8/2007

Bz. District Festival of Arts kicks off at Bliss
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/8/2007
It was uncomfortable hot for the children, but the weather did not stop the boys and girls of the Belize District from celebrating the opening of their ...

Young Cayo artists display talent in city
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/8/2007
Before today, some of these children had never been to Belize City, but art is opening all sorts of doors for the teenagers from Cristo Rey Village in the ...

Protester stages hunger strike at Social Security
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/8/2007
Today, however, one disgruntled resident of Belize City vowed to stage his own personal protest for as long as it takes to set matters right. ...

New poll shows public displeasure with UHS debacle
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/8/2007
The usual Cabinet release won't be out until tomorrow, but sources indicate that part of the plan is to continue to pursue negotiations with the Belize Bank ...

San Pedro sewer and water system to be upgraded
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/8/2007
According to a release from Belize Water Services Limited, BWS will begin the first stage of what promises to be a thirty million dollar expansion of the ...

EU aids in rehabilitation of banana fields
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/8/2007
Two contracts, totalling over one point one million Belize dollars, were awarded locally for rehabilitation of farms. The first, granted to the University ...

Tradewinds 2007 takes on riot control
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/8/2007
Belize's military forte may be jungle warfare, but over the next two weeks the Caribbean, US, and UK troops gathered here for the annual Tradewinds Exercise ...

CONTRACTS SIGNED FOR REHABILITATION OF BANANA PLANTATIONS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/8/2007
A contract for the supply of 420 thousand tissue cultured or in vitro Meristem plants was awarded to the University of Belize for a total of approximately ...

SPEAR RELEASES RESULTS OF LATEST POLL
LoveFM, Belize - 5/8/2007
The issue was government’s guarantee of the Universal Health Services loan with the Belize Bank. The telephone poll came on the heels of a news release ...

ORANGE WALK POLICE REPORT REDUCTION IN CRIME
LoveFM, Belize - 5/8/2007
... Officer I have to do the job I am entrusted to do I will continue serving my community with loyalty and integrity upholding the Constitution of Belize.” ...

FORMER BELIZE DEFEMSE FORCE CAPTAIN PROTESTS SOCIAL SECURITY ACTIONS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/8/2007
A Belize City man is on a hunger strike while picketing in front of the Belize City Branch of the Social Security Board. He is Captain Charles Alexander ...

Southside business
Amandala, Belize - 5/8/2007
When you think about it, it is only a very powerful Southside Belize City politician, or one who believes in the power of money, who would dare to take ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 5/8/2007
Michael Finnegan, UDP area representative for Mesopotamia and one of the most powerful politicians on the Southside of Belize City, wrote a letter to the ...

Caribe Plans to Fight Money Laundering
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 5/8/2007
The members of the group are: Antigua Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, ...

David Courtenay’s horrific death
Amandala, Belize - 5/8/2007
A memorial service was scheduled to be held today at 4:00 pm at the Old Belize Cultural and Historical Center (Mile 5 Western Highway) for David Courtenay, ...

BEL studying PUC decision
Amandala, Belize - 5/8/2007
The Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) is in the process of reviewing the initial decision that the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has made on the ...

Musa no dice nada!!
Amandala, Belize - 5/8/2007
Mr. Musa returned to Belize on Sunday, May 6, after 12 days abroad – in Taiwan on state business and in Florida for his youngest son’s graduation. ...

UDP Leader demands House meeting May 18!
Amandala, Belize - 5/8/2007
Leader of the Opposition, Hon Dean Barrow, called a press conference at the Radisson Fort George Hotel in Belize City this morning, Friday, to declare that ...

Southside’s Saturday night murder
Amandala, Belize - 5/8/2007
Belize City police, besides investigating three separate shootings over this weekend, are also investigating a murder which has taken a son from yet another ...

Remijio Montejo, 56, RIP
Amandala, Belize - 5/8/2007
Montejo entered politics in 1975 and in 1981 he became the Mayor of the Belize City Council. In 1989 he was elected to the House of Representatives as the ...

5/7/2007

St. Joseph school ransacked by burglars
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/7/2007
Such was the case today at St. Joseph's Primary in Belize City. “The minute you have anybody going to sell things to you, that means it’sa stolen good. ...

One dead, teen wounded in City shooting
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/7/2007
One man is in the morgue and another in the hospital following a fatal weekend shooting in Belize City. Around eight-thirty on Saturday night twenty year ...

Eight guns stolen in robbery of security company
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/7/2007
... to us at Anchor Security, but tonight the company is without a number of its firearms following a hold up at its office on East Canal in Belize City. ...

Anita Henry in new Ms. Y
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/7/2007
... Anita Henry also won the talent competition and Ms. Personality. She has been a nurse for almost forty years and was sponsored by Belize Medical Associates.

Top bodybuilders chosen in musclemania
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/7/2007
Here in Belize City the MCC Grounds hosted the clash between FC Belize and San Pedro’s Costa Del Sol Nairi’s in a ballgame that brought with it high ...

It’s official: Lewis out, Mahung in as UB president
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/7/2007
Two weeks ago it was a rumour but tonight we can confirm that Dr. Corinth Morter-Lewis is being replaced as President of the University of Belize. ...

PM returns from Taiwan but silence is deafening
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/7/2007
Until the commitment is legally overturned, his government is obligated to pay thirty-three million dollars to the Belize Bank. But how do you squeeze all ...

Fruit distributor works to preserve an ancient mayan ruin
Miami Herald, FL - 5/7/2007
When Brooks Tropicals began work on a new headquarters for its papaya-growing operation in Belize, executives for the produce distributor in Homestead never ...

5/6/2007

Expansion of Helicopter Services in Belize
WebWire (press release), GA - 5/6/2007
Belize City, Belize, May 7, 2007 – Astrum Helicopters announced today the delivery of its new Bell 206 Long Ranger L4 helicopter. ...

5/5/2007

Cruise lines turn to private islands
Canoe.ca, Canada - 5/5/2007
This cosy beach, surrounded by coral reefs and crystal-clear balmy waters, is in an area of a proposed marine reserve on the Belize Barrier Reef. ...

5/4/2007
Corpse found on Belcan Bridge identified
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/4/2007
Belize City police have confirmed the identity of a man found dead on Belcan Bridge early Thursday morning. According to investigators, the corpse is that ...

UDP says letter proves UHS debt now GOB loan
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/4/2007
When Prime Minister Said Musa returns to Belize on Sunday, a welcoming committee will not be waiting. Many people, from all sides of the political spectrum, ...

Former Collet area rep succumbs to cancer
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/4/2007
Tonight we also regret to announce the death of former Belize City mayor, deputy speaker of the House, and Collet area representative Remijio Montejo, ...

Catamaran crashes into reef near Halfmoon Caye
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/4/2007
According to the Belize Port Authority, around ten on Wednesday night, their officers were informed that a catamaran had run aground on the reef near ...

David Courtenay dies in fiery accident
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/4/2007
He was a member of one of Belize's most prominent political families, a successful businessman, and as former Deputy Chairman of the DFC, was a key witness ...

Radar equipment installed at PGIA
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/4/2007
For the first time in Belize, planes flying above our skies will show up on a national radar. According to local officials, the state of the art technology ...

May celebrated as Cancer Awareness Month
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/4/2007
And while statistics are hard to come by in Belize, for the next four weeks, the Belize Cancer Society will be putting the illness in the spotlight as they ...

City residents reject developer’s plans for marina
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 5/4/2007
The high political drama surrounding government's unauthorized payment of a private loan was not the only conflict taking place in Belize this week. ...

OPPOSITION HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS UHS GUARANTEE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/4/2007
United Democratic Party held a Press Conference this morning in Belize City. Party Leader, Dean Barrow highlighted the Party’s concerns over the Universal ...UHS

FORMER MINISTER AND BELIZE CITY MAYOR REMIJIO MONTEJO PASSES AWAY
LoveFM, Belize - 5/4/2007
Former Government Minister and Mayor of Belize City Remijio Montejo has died. The fifty seven year old businessman passed away at the Karl Heusner Memorial ...

MINISTER OF HEALTH DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT'S GUARANTEE TO UHS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/4/2007
Minister Jose Coye who also holds the portfolio for Health, talked about Government’s guarantee of the Universal Health Services loan with the Belize Bank. ...

COCESNA INAUGURATES NEW RADAR SYSTEM
LoveFM, Belize - 5/4/2007
People who travel by air will take comfort in learning that the people involved in air traffic control in Belize have gone one step further to ensure that ...

GAME OF THE WEEK: COROZAL “RUNNIN REBELS” VS BULLDOGS TONIGHT ...
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
Tonight’s semi-pro basketball game of the week inside the Belize City Center, between the (0-2) Corozal Runnin Rebels and the (2-1) Belize Bank Bulldogs, ...

FC Belize continues unprecedented streak of 22 games unbeaten ...
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
Sunday at the Carl Ramos, Wagiya FC did something that has not been done in a long time… score 3 goals against FC Belize in a single game. ...

To be continued, Part II
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
What if Lord Lightning decided to remove all his assets from Belize? What could that do to the Belizean economy, which is already none too healthy? ...

The legal, political and economic aspects of the Pound Yard sellout
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
The UDP is in a position to champion the cause of the City and put pressure on the PUP Area Representatives in Belize City to have the government take a ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
Firstly, the honourable one writes, “Your claim that when you borrowed the money you didn’t know that you were borrowing from the Belize Bank, just doesn’t ...

Pressure, Usury, National Bank
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
The cost of money in Belize is outrageous, compared to rich countries. When you check out the offerings (mortgage rates) on television to customers in the ...

We have 86 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
People in the Plues Street, George Street West Street quadrant of southside Belize City have become accustomed to gunshots during the night, but the volleys ...

Traffic warden Rivero guilty of Dwayne Francis’ death
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
Senior Belize City traffic warden Glen Rivero Sr. on Thursday afternoon was found guilty of causing the death of Dwayne Francis, 18 who died after he was ...

Musa’s open ended guarantee stirs resentment at home!Court will ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
Hulse, the Association of Concerned Belizeans (ACB) and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) along with the Medical and Dental Union have all ...

“Horrendous act of deception” SPEAR calls Musa’s rescue plan
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
“The Society for the Promotion of Education, Advocacy, and Research (SPEAR), categorically condemns the Government of Belize’s conduct as it relates to the ...

VDefying Belize Bank threats, ACB/NTUCB/MDOUB and Godwin go to ...
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
Unfazed by a stern and threatening letter from the Belize Bank, the Association of Concerned Belizeans (ACB), the National Trade Union Congress of Belize ...

Labour dispute tribunal will proceed! Supreme Court rules against BTL
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
The Belize Telecommunications Limited has lost the latest round in the ongoing legal battle to stop a government appointed Tribunal from determining if ...

Making a fuss about copyright in Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
Belize is one of 31 countries placed on a watch list by the United States because of concerns over copyright violations as it relates to music and ...

PUP issues unity statement – calls for party convention in June!
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
The resolution also states that the Prime Minister and a team of select people from his Cabinet would negotiate with the Belize Bank to see how they could ...

West Landivar residents reject David Gegg’s marina
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
Over 300 residents of West Landivar gathered tonight at a forum organized by the Belize City Council at Dolphin Park to express their disapproval to a ...

Chief Justice lifts injunction against BTL arbitration tribunal
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
Arguing for the Government of Belize, Solicitor General Edwin Flowers said that not only did Minister Fonseca consult with the required parties, ...

PUC’s dancing with the BEL wolf!
Amandala, Belize - 5/4/2007
A month ago the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) applied to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) asking for an increase in electricity rates, ...

Woman Farmer of the Year Elnelda Scott reaps a just reward
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
... in the Stann-Creek District while Woman Farmer of the Year is Elnelda Scott of Bomba Village in the Belize Rural North Division, near Maskall Village. ...

GOB plans free textbooks by uprooting BRC leadership!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
These include a History of Belize - Nation in the Making, Geography of Belize - the Land and its People, the Environment of Belize and a Teacher’s Companion ...

Civil Aviation Dept gets its long overdue radar system
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
In 1994, the United States/Federal Aviation Administration said that flight safety in Belize was rated as a category three, which meant that Belize failed ...

Over 80000 flocked Agric Show in 104 degree heatOver 80000 flocked ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
Mamut said that consumers can find Playerade in stores in the range of $2.00 to $2.25 both in Belize and the Cayo District and the company plans to increase ...

David Gegg’s boat marina is bad business says Landivar residents ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/4/2007
At a public hearing held on Thursday, some residents in the West Landivar area of Belize City in the Caribbean Shores Constituency have collectively said no ...

Global Fleet Station Begins Training
Navy News Stand - 10 hours ago
Global Fleet Station and HSV-2 Swift are scheduled to bring their teams to Belize, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua and Panama.


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