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4/30/2008

SAN IGNACIO ROTARY CLUB GETS MONETARY ASSISTANCE LoveFM, Belize - 4/30/2008 We will hold workshops and we have held workshops in all the six districts in Belize and the concept is to train 45 master teachers in each of the six ...

US AMBASSADOR DONATES TO YOUTH BUSINESS TRUST PROGRAM LoveFM, Belize - 4/30/2008 This afternoon in Belize City, US Ambassador Robert Dieter will visit the office of Youth Business Trust Belize to donate business books in support of the ...NJM:4289

FIRST CARIBBEAN DONATE 10 GRAND TO Belize LoveFM, Belize - 4/30/2008 On its fifth anniversary of existence in Belize today First Caribbean Bank made a monetary donation to the Belize City Council to assist in the ...

CYDP DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON EFFORTS TO FIGHT CRIME LoveFM, Belize - 4/30/2008 We also have a Lieutenant from the Belize Defense Force. We will be making up the outdoor challenge program where we will take young people form different ...

GUATEMALA WILLING TO GO TO ICJ FOR Belize-GUATEMALA DIFFERENDUM LoveFM, Belize - 4/30/2008 Press reports are that the Government of Guatemala is willing to the take the Belize Guatemala Territorial differendum before the international court of ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 4/30/2008 Police are investigating an incident in which a Police Officer shot a Belize City youth just after midnight. Police say they visited an area of Iguana ...

Of this and that Amandala, Belize - 4/30/2008 The Minister of Police has my support, but he has to understand that in Belize, in 2008, being a Minister of Police is a rough, tough job. ...

The new Senate debates for the first time Tuesday morning Amandala, Belize - 4/30/2008 He said that care should be taken that the facility meets international standards, as it is about time we stop hearing on the news that Belize has to play ...

From The Publisher Amandala, Belize - 4/30/2008 “Nora Parham, the first woman ever executed by the state in Belize, was hanged on 5 June 1963, in a rare display of the hybrid colonial/neocolonial state’s ...

I couldn’t let it pass Amandala, Belize - 4/30/2008 All that mayhem and murder in south side Belize City are the signs of a failed state. Sometime in the seventies and early eighties, there was this sudden ...

Trust and betrayal Amandala, Belize - 4/30/2008 We are saying that there was a betrayal of the working people of Belize, and the PUP Leader Emeritus has some explaining to do. In 1950, the equivalent of ...

BTL refuses to pay $6 million business tax!! Amandala, Belize - 4/30/2008 We wanted to know on what financial basis BTL is withholding business tax from the Government of Belize, and Barrow told us that he has not seen the ...

House gets off to a serious start! Amandala, Belize - 4/30/2008 Even as a former member of the House of Representatives was being arraigned after 10:00 on Friday morning in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court on criminal ...

Belize’s 34th murder sets triple-digit pace for year! Amandala, Belize - 4/30/2008 Belize is on pace to record about 102 murders for the year with only four months complete following gunshots in the dead of night early Monday morning in ...

Badder than Jet Li! Nicer than Bruce Lee! And More Entertaining ... Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4/30/2008 And tomorrow, a basketball match is scheduled between the Taiwanese basketball team and the Belize Defence Force team.

Alaine & Demarco in Belize for Pre-Labor Day Bash Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4/30/2008 Labor Day is Thursday which will be a holiday – which is why tonight one of reggae’s leading ladies and one of its rising stars are in Belize. ...

Construction, Confusion, & Chaos in Downtown Belize City Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4/30/2008 For the last two weeks downtown Belize City has resembled mini-Baghdad. The three utility companies are hard at work preparing the downtown area to be paved ...

Santino Castillo Withdraws from Cycling! Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4/30/2008 He is the biggest name in cycling in Belize and has some of the best riders on his team - but today Santino Castillo announced that after 29 years he is ...

3 Taiwan Warships With 800 Sailors Dock in Belize Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4/30/2008 Presently on a three day goodwill visit to Belize is the Taiwan’s Midshipman Training and Cruising Squadron. It consists of eight hundred officers and ...

4/28/2008

Belize CITY MAN GUNNED DOWN LoveFM, Belize - 4/28/2008 Belize City ’s latest murder occurred this morning around 3:15 in the Yarbrough Area. Shot and killed was 35-year-old Stephen Maxwell Arnold, also known as ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 4/28/2008 Belize City Police today deported US national Dennis Wayne Fleming. Fleming was detained last Friday on the strength of a warrant from the state of Oregon. ...

JOYCE FLOWERS IS NEW MISS Y LoveFM, Belize - 4/28/2008 The fifteenth annual Miss Y Pageant was held this past Saturday at the Belize City Center. Birdie Francis one of the organizer of the pageant gave us the ...

90 PRISON INMATES GRADUATE ! LoveFM, Belize - 4/28/2008 As you know crime and criminal activity is undoubtedly the single most pressing concern in Belize today. And it must be defeated by all means possible and ...

PLACENCIA CHAIRMAN SPEAKS ON GARBAGE PROBLEM LoveFM, Belize - 4/28/2008 Some parts of the truck were broken and we had to send it to the US as the parts are not readily available in Belize and then it takes a little time for it ...

Will Corals Survive The Stormy Future? Science Daily (press release) - 4/28/2008 ScienceDaily (Apr. 28, 2008) — Hurricanes and storms limit the ability of corals in Belize to “recruit” new coral into their communities, according to an ...

4/25/2008

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 4/25/2008 Belize City Police have arrested and charged 27-year-old Steven Lemoine of Kelly Street and 22-year-old Vanessa Bodden of Hunter’s Lane with conspiracy to ...

UB ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TO HOLD AGM LoveFM, Belize - 4/25/2008 ... namely the Belize Teachers’ College, the Belize Technical College, the Belize School of Nursing, the Belize School of Agriculture and the University ...

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS 88TH AGM LoveFM, Belize - 4/25/2008 The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry held its 88th annual general meeting yesterday. General Manager of the Chamber Kevin Herrera told Love News the ...

GROUP TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE LoveFM, Belize - 4/25/2008 The fathers alone that give me the courage, so many fathers call me on the phone even people in Belize City. I’m just sorry that I cannot afford a bus to ...

CHICKEN PRICE GOES UP! LoveFM, Belize - 4/25/2008 The Belize Poultry Association says the wholesale price of whole, dressed chicken will increase from two dollars six cents per pound to two dollars eighteen ...

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEET LoveFM, Belize - 4/25/2008 He said that Belize is self-sufficient in various basic grains; many of the basic commodities that we rely on. He listed a number of things like rice, ...

Trio busted for Renaissance $45000 heist The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/25/2008 ... in the Newtown Barracks area of north side Belize City, has led to the arrest of three suspects and the recovery of a safe taken from the scene. ...

We have 56 guests online The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/25/2008 ... of the related documentation (for land ownership) was “highly irregular, and that fraud may have been committed against the Government of Belize. ...

We have 53 guests online The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/25/2008 In a 39 page judgement on April 16 the Chief Justice of Belize, Dr. Abdulai Conteh dismissed the application with these words: “I am forced to conclude that ...

ABORTION! A slaughter of the innocents The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/25/2008 By Justin Nelson Right now, somewhere in Belize, a baby is being murdered. No police will come to save him or her, and it won’t be reported on the news. ...

ROC Navy ships to visit Belize The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/25/2008 The new Government in Taiwan is sending three of its navy ships to Belize next week under the command of Rear Admiral Commander Shin-Fa Chen as part of a ...

The wall war The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/25/2008 Both Brown Sugar and Colin Gallery Duty Free Shop have maintained that they have put in place proper security measures as stipulated by the Belize Port ...

Wesley student wins BAS Earth Day essay contest The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/25/2008 By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer Thaedra Mohamed Ali of Wesley College won the Belize Audubon Society’s Earth Day essay contest on the theme ...

Admiral Stavridis of USSC on visit The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/25/2008 The Commander of the United States Southern Command, Admiral James Stavridis, was on a two day official visit to Belize on April 18 and 19. ...

Girl Guides Association looks to the future with plans to expand ... The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/25/2008 The Girl Guides Association of Belize last week hosted a visit by officials of the Western Hemisphere Committee of the World Association of Girl Guides and ...

A Search for Quiet Heroes Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4/25/2008 But Belize has been doing well: four out of the five Regional Unsung Heroes have come from this country and this year they hope to make it a fifth. ...

Sampson Boateng Smuggled Africans to USA thru Belize Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4/25/2008 After he was busted in Belize last November with a stash of travel documents, Ghanaian Sampson Boateng was handed over to American authorities. ...

Hon. Edmund Castro Says Oscar Pollard Insulted Him Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4/25/2008 As we’ve reported, Belize Rural North Area Representative Edmund Castro says Pollard’s $93000 contract to renovate the clinic is bloated. ...

Steve Lemoine Detained for Chopping Student Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4/25/2008 Two days after police set chase after two armed suspects in Belize City tonight the cops have one of the men they believe was involved. ...

War at Tourism Village Now Over the Boardwalk Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4/25/2008 He says the board walk is the property of the government of Belize. “The license provides that building the boardwalk on the shoreline doesn’t make you the ...

4/24/2008

BELIZE AUDUBON SOCIETY PRESENTS ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA LoveFM, Belize - 4/24/2008 The BELIZE Audubon Society earlier this week launched their environmental agenda for the next five years. At a ceremony held at the Radisson the agenda was ...

BELIZE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS AGM LoveFM, Belize - 4/24/2008 The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be hosting their 88 th Annual General Meeting later today at the Biltmore Plaza. Kim Aikman of the Chamber ...

APAMO HOLDS FIRST AGM LoveFM, Belize - 4/24/2008 APAMO chairperson, Edilberto Romero explained that one of the major resolutions discussed at the meeting was issue of the Pelican Cays in southern Belize. ...

BELIZE LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS DISCUSSES WAY FORWARD LoveFM, Belize - 4/24/2008 The Belize Livestock Producers Association held a special meeting last Sunday. The BLPA says the meeting was to present a plan for the sustainable ...

2008 UNSUNG HEROES PROGRAM LAUNCHED LoveFM, Belize - 4/24/2008 Since the inception of the program in 2003 Belize has captured the regional title four times. Shaeleen Castillo, Branch Manager at Albert Street says that ...

SPECIAL OLYMPICS SEEKS PUBLIC’S SUPPORT LoveFM, Belize - 4/24/2008 Special Olympics Belize is today launching a nationwide campaign tagged Special Olympics: Be A Fan. Akintade Atkins is the national director of Special ...

CONTROVERSY OVER WALL AT TOURISM VILLAGE CONTINUES LoveFM, Belize - 4/24/2008 The shoreline is owned by the Government of Belize under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Natural Resources. The Minister of Natural resources gave the ...

BELIZE AND MEXICO HEALTH MINISTRIES HOLD VACCINATION AWARENESS ... LoveFM, Belize - 4/24/2008 The Ministries of Health from Belize and Mexico are hosting a two day awareness campaign at the Corozal Free Zone in connection with Vaccination Week in the ...

4/23/2008

Re-distribution of Maseca license causes corn flour shortage San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/23/2008 Frank Redmond is the owner of Bell Myers, the company that has been exporting and importing corn products to and from Belize for over 10 years. ...

Justices of the Peace hold first quarterly meeting in San Pedro San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/23/2008 ... of the country convened in San Pedro Town for the first quarterly meeting of JP’s and Commissioners of the Supreme Court of Belize for the year 2008. ...

Reef Week 2008 celebrated San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/23/2008 Mirsa Sanchez took a handsome prize of $600 in cash, a roundtrip to Belize City courtesy of Tropic Air and a Snorkeler kit. Other participants in the ...

San Pedro’s own Eiden Salazar Jr. appointed Senator San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/23/2008 One member with the advice of the Belize Council of Churches and Evangelical Association of Churches. One member with the advice of the Belize Chamber of ...

NEW SOURCE OF VEHICLE FUEL INTRODUCED IN PUNTA GORDA LoveFM, Belize - 4/23/2008 Before you came to Belize where did you reside and how long are you in Belize now. “I first started coming to Punta Gorda in 1993. I was living in Northeast ...

COURT OF APPEAL UPHELD JUDGMENT OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE LoveFM, Belize - 4/23/2008 Justice of the Court of Appeal Justice John Muria today upheld the ruling of the chief Justice of Belize as it relates to the removal of the wall at the ...

SCOUTS PARTICIPATE IN RETREAT IN CAYO DISTRICT LoveFM, Belize - 4/23/2008 Love news spoke with Senior Field Executive of the Scouts Association of Belize, Orlando Garcia. “The Scouts Association of Belize in conjunction with the ...

Belize’S HEALTH MINISTER CHAIRS 10TH ANNUAL PANCAP MEETING LoveFM, Belize - 4/23/2008 Minister of Health Pablo Marin recently chaired the tenth meeting of CARICOM and the Partnership Against HIV and AIDS, PANCAP, Regional coordinating ...

NEW SOURCE OF VEHICLE FUEL INTRODUCED IN PUNTA GORDA LoveFM, Belize - 4/23/2008 Paul Mahung Before you came to Belize where did you reside and how long are you in Belize now. Bruce Carroll “I first started coming to Punta Gorda in 1993. ...

AREA REP FOR Belize RURAL NORTH NOT SATISFIED WITH WORK BEING DONE ... LoveFM, Belize - 4/23/2008 The contract for the retrofitting of the Maskall Health Center was issued late last year to a contractor from the Belize Rural North area. ...

WINNERS OF EARTH DAY ESSAY COMPETITION AWARDED LoveFM, Belize - 4/23/2008 ... Organization/World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Program, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust and the Belize Audubon Society.

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 4/23/2008 Belize City Police have made further arrests in the burglary of businessman Luke Espat’s penthouse last week. Police have arrested and charged 29-year-old ...

4/22/2008

POLICE ON LOOKOUT FOR CAR THIEF LoveFM, Belize - 4/22/2008 The trooper bears license plate number CYC-2-3-8-8-4 valued at 10 thousand Belize dollars. Flowers also told police that she had received a threatening ...

COAST GUARD ARRESTS DRUG TRAFFICKERS AT SEA LoveFM, Belize - 4/22/2008 According to the Belize National Coast Guard yesterday while doing their frequent patrols in the Lighthouse Reef Atoll they came across a fishing vessel ...

Belize PARTICIPATES IN REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY MEETING LoveFM, Belize - 4/22/2008 Belize was represented at a regional inter-sectoral meeting on Food security held in El Salvador last Friday. The purpose of the meeting was to sensitize ...

MEDFLY DETECTED IN SOUTHERN Belize LoveFM, Belize - 4/22/2008 Farmers in Southern Belize have expressed some concerns over the detection of med fly in the area. Love News spoke Ornan Zetina, Coordinator of the Medfly ...

NEMO PREPARES FOR HURRICANE SEASON LoveFM, Belize - 4/22/2008 ... Belmopan, Belize, Stann Creek, etc to make sure that the shelters that will undergo repair will have the funding to make sure it is done. ...

ANOTHER MURDER IN Belize CITY LoveFM, Belize - 4/22/2008 Six men have been detained in connection with the latest murder in Belize City which claimed the life of 26-year-old boat captain Christino Madrill. ...

PUC TO ANNOUNCE INITIAL DECISION ON BEL RATE INCREASE LoveFM, Belize - 4/22/2008 ... regarding the Annual Review Proceeding (ARP) in which Belize Electricity Limited have applied for an increase of 13.4 percent in electricity rates. ...

4/21/2008

SEVERAL SHOOTINGS IN Belize CITY, ONE DEAD AS A RESULT LoveFM, Belize - 4/21/2008 A shooting in Belize City on Friday night has left one person injured. Police reports are that shortly after seven officers visited the trauma room at the ...

Belize AUDUBON SOCIETY TO INTRODUCE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA LoveFM, Belize - 4/21/2008 The Belize Audubon Society will be launching their environmental agenda tomorrow as a part of activities in connection with World Earth Day. ...

LACASSO AND AAA WORK TO FORM HIV NETWORK LoveFM, Belize - 4/21/2008 Over fifteen men and women from various agencies and government departments working with the epidemic HIV are taking part in a two day workshop in Belize ...

BELTRADE TO HOST AGRI-BUSINESS INVESTMENT FORUM LoveFM, Belize - 4/21/2008 The Belize Trade and Investment Development Service will be hosting an “Agri-Business Investment Forum” meeting tomorrow on behalf of the CARICOM ...

4/18/2008

MINISTERS MEET WITH TIDE LoveFM, Belize - 4/18/2008 As well as we would like to see the school gardens there is a project presently underway with Plenty Belize, they are one of our partners that we are ...

ACTIVITIES GEAR UP FOR EARTH DAY 2008 LoveFM, Belize - 4/18/2008 The Belize Audubon Society will be joining a number of different organizations and businesses in celebrating Earth Day 2008. ...

BRITISH MINISTER DISCUSSES WITH PM GUATEMALA CLAIM OVER Belize LoveFM, Belize - 4/18/2008 Earlier this week Parliamentary Undersecretary of State of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office was on a two day working visit to Belize. ...

MINISTER FABER CONTINUES TOUR IN Belize DISTRICT LoveFM, Belize - 4/18/2008 Minister of Education Patrick Faber visited schools in the Belize River Valley area as part of his nationwide tour of schools. Yesterday he visited several ...

ICB ASSISTS NEEDY PERSON WITH MEDICAL ATTENTION LoveFM, Belize - 4/18/2008 One company that has tried to assist in this area is the Insurance Corporation of Belize. “ICB has contributed a great deal to many people which are in need ...

US SOUTH-COM COMMANDER ON WORKING VISIT TO Belize LoveFM, Belize - 4/18/2008 Admiral James Stavridis is the first admiral to become combatant commander of the US South-Com and today he arrived in Belize for the first time on a ...

CANADIAN STUDENTS IN Belize TO LEARN ECO-TOURISM LoveFM, Belize - 4/18/2008 They are visiting and they will be doing some volunteer work in the southern region of Belize. The students basically will be learning g about environmental ...

San Pedro High School wins national nutrition quiz The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer ADM Belize Ltd general manager Philip Milliken presented the 1st place trophy to SHS principal Emil Vasquez and Enid ...

Toledo $2.5 million solar panel project under investigation The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter The Government of Belize through the Ministry of Works has embarked on an investigation into reports that some of the $2.5 ...

ITVET Orange Walk Bringing the future to today’s young people The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 The officials were in Belize to talk about additional help for the CDB’s Special Development Fund for Belize, whose money was spent to construct the ITVET ...

What does Belize have in common with sea turtles? The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 The World Wildlife Fund is also organizing a regional workshop in Belize next month in which journalists from Belize, Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras will be ...

After 14 years faithful Mom still makes pilgrimage to Belize The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 This will be her ninth visit to Belize since her son, Julian Pooley, who served in Belize as a helicopter pilot with the British Army, was killed in a ...

Colonel Dario Tapia is the new Commandant of the BDF The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter Belize has a new Commandant of the Belize Defence Force. He is veteran soldier Colonel Dario Tapia, who took over command ...

New PUP executive named, despite threat of legal action by ousted ... The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 The party meanwhile, says Courtenay, will embarked on a move to regain back ownership of the party’s headquarters, its newspaper, The Belize Times and its ...

Progress brings problems:BAS wants to see an EIA study The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 The proposed bridge across the New River and the road would cut 60 miles from the route from Blue Creek and Shipyard to Belize City via Orange Walk. ...

Barrow government facing serious challenges over rise in cost of ... The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 “The Government of Belize anticipates that the current price trend for wheat will continue with the prices tapering off at a higher level than desirable in ...

Cops hold Copo But no cocaine! The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 It is generally believed that the pilot and copilot both made it safely out of Belize. Armed men wielding AK 47 assault rifles emerged out of the darkness ...

Editorial The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/18/2008 If the drugs are still in Belize, they need to find it and destroy it! For these and other reasons we are unhappy with the police. We know that some bizarre ...

4/16/2008

Our Belize Community: Javier & Yaneisy Zuniga San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/16/2008 Because of that and much more we proudly introduce them to “Our Belize Community”. Yaneisy Perez Nodarse was born in Cabaiguan, Sancti Spiritus, ...

Real Verdes stun BDF to take Championship crown! San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/16/2008 Eight months ago, the Belize Premier Football League kicked off its season with nine teams and after stoppages from the ‘Green Machine’; the Hankook Real ...

SPHS wins 9th Annual Nutrition Competition San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/16/2008 On Friday, April 11th, senior students from the San Pedro High School were the victors in this year’s ninth annual ADM Belize Mills National Competition. ...

American Citizen still wanted in the US San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/16/2008 The couple’s agreement includes allowing the boys visitation rights to Belize during certain periods of the year. Peterson claims that approximately two ...

Belize TO BE REPRESENTED AT REGIONAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS MEETING LoveFM, Belize - 4/16/2008 Belize will be represented at the annual Caribbean Business Meeting of the Special Olympics Caribbean in Saint Maarten Netherlands. ...

REGIONAL JOURNALISTS ATTEND CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOP IN CUBA LoveFM, Belize - 4/16/2008 Delegates from Mexico, Guatemala, Saint Lucia, the Bahamas, Belize, Dominican Republic and Cuba are attending this event that is taking place under the ...

NINE BELIZEANS HONORED AT Belize HOUSE LoveFM, Belize - 4/16/2008 The announcement was made on New Year’s Day and today nine Belizeans received insignias from Governor General Sir Colville Young during an investiture ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 4/16/2008 40-year-old Eneida Medina of Bullet Tree Village in the Cayo District told Police her son 20-year-old Armin Medina, a student of the University of Belize, ...

Belize CITY POLICE INVESTIGATE SEVERAL ROBBERIES LoveFM, Belize - 4/16/2008 A Belize City businessman was robbed yesterday. 38-year-old businessman Ruben Perez reported to Police he was at his business, Perez Hardware when two dark ...

CONTROVERSY OVER REMOVAL OF WALL AT FORT STREET TOURISM VILLAGE ... LoveFM, Belize - 4/16/2008 “The walls have not been taken down and the position is that the lawyers for the Fort Street Tourism Village and the Government of Belize and the Belize ...

Belize CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES WORK ON CITY STREETS LoveFM, Belize - 4/16/2008 The Belize City Council is trying to make good on their promise of uplifting the look of the city by paving a street in each division. ...

BDF LOOKS AT UPGRADING WEAPON SYSTEM LoveFM, Belize - 4/16/2008 Although Belize may not be at war that does not mean that keeping the Belize Defense Force up to par with technology is not a priority. ...

4/15/2008

BAKERS SAY THEY WANT TO CONTROL PRICE OF BREAD LoveFM, Belize - 4/15/2008 President of the Belize Bakers’ Association Andre Perez said this is not so. “For the moment there was a decision, and agreement because they were advising ...

THIEVES TARGET TOLEDO DISTRICT PRIMARY SCHOOL LoveFM, Belize - 4/15/2008 Another primary school has been the target of thieves, this time in Southern Belize. Julietta Paquiel is the Principal of Little Flower RC School in Forest ...

CITY SHOOTING LEAVES BUS CONDUCTOR HOSPITALIZED LoveFM, Belize - 4/15/2008 “I was in Belize City yesterday when one of my drivers called me and said that three young guys got in the bus and attacked two conductors and a bus driver; ...

GIRL GUIDES ON RECRUITMENT DRIVE LoveFM, Belize - 4/15/2008 Representatives from the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts are in Belize this week promoting the association and recruiting new guiders. ...

INSURANCE COMPANY DONATES TO KIDNEY PATIENT LoveFM, Belize - 4/15/2008 The way we are heading in Belize, I really felt that we the young people have to educate ourselves, prepare ourselves so that we could take our country and ...

US EMBASSY HOLDS POSTER EXHIBITION LoveFM, Belize - 4/15/2008 The US Embassy in Belize is hosting a one week poster show at the George Price Center in Belmopan. Suzan Puester, Political Officer at the Embassy spoke to ...

BANDS PREPARE FOR SHOWDOWN IN ORANGE WALK LoveFM, Belize - 4/15/2008 This year we are holding Bad Fest in Orange Walk as oppose to Belize City where we have been holding it for the past two years. This is because the Marion ...

Belize Audubon Society's (BAS) Position on Infrastructural ... Belize Tourism Industry Association (press release), Belize - 4/15/2008 The Belize Audubon Society (BAS) is the co-manager of the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (CTWS) along with the Forest Department. On Thursday, April 3, ...

ON THE ROAD IN Belize: They Call It 'The Best Little Zoo in the ... HNN Huntingtonnews.net,  USA - 4/15/2008 By David M. Kinchen Belize, Central America (HNN) -- I'm not a big fan of zoos, the traditional kind, at least, but I'll make an exception for The Belize ...

4/11/2008

Belize SUGAR INDUSTRIES AND CANE FARMERS LOOK TO IMPROVE CANE QUALITY LoveFM, Belize - 4/11/2008 The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the Belize Sugar Industry have agreed to begin a rejection program to improve the quality of cane being ...

ALBERT AREA REPRESENTATIVE COMMENTS ON UPCOMING PUP CONVENTION LoveFM, Belize - 4/11/2008 ... whether it was the Belize Times, the PUP’s radio station, the PUP headquarters and that those who are apparently in possession of it would use those as ...

Editorial The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/11/2008 We in Belize are familiar with reclamation works, such as the dredging that helped to expand Fort George and Newtown Barracks and the most recent work to ...

Put down the guns! There’s a better way! The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/11/2008 The team visited hot spots in the Belize City area, known as gang hangouts and spoke with youths there. A multi-tasked crime fighting agency including ...

4/10/2008

Private Investigator San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/10/2008 Private Investigator: Dock Taxes Q: The San Pedro Town Council (SPTC) is lobbying government to implement a new dock tax to be collected yearly by the SPTC. ...

Fires rage in San Pedro - Officials cite neglect as cause San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/10/2008 On Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 at approximately 5:40 am, San Pedro Fire Department employees got a call informing them of an ongoing fire at the San Pedro ...

Murder by numbers San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/10/2008 However, San Pedro residents have seen their share of murder with two cases reported already in 2008. These two are yet to be solved. ...

Neighborhood Watch forms Board San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/10/2008 A meeting, between Presidents of all five watches, Elito Arceo of the San Pedro Business Association and Steve Spiro, Chairman of the Ambergris Caye ...

Mexican Press visits San Pedro San Pedro Sun, Belize - 4/10/2008 A number of media professionals from Mexico are in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye to document and increase awareness to the Mexican market on what San Pedro has to offer. The visit is been coordinated by the San Pedro Belize Tourism Industry ...

TRAFFIC LIGHT TO BE INSTALLED IN ORANGE WALK TOWN LoveFM, Belize - 4/10/2008 We have the first interception on Belize Corozal road and the San Antonio Road which in particular is the interception with several accidents, ...

PRIME MINISTER SUGGESTS ALTERING CONSTITUTION TO ADDRESS CRIME LoveFM, Belize - 4/10/2008 They will re-start the lending program with Belize of course there are bureaucratic things to go through. They will send down a mission in about May or so ...

PUP DRAMA CONTINUES… LoveFM, Belize - 4/10/2008 After meeting this morning at the party’s headquarters in Belize City to discuss the national convention proposed by Briceno which he claims a large number ...

BELIZEAN FILM MAKERS INVITED TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK REGIONALLY LoveFM, Belize - 4/10/2008 Film and Movie making has never been a major business in Belize, but with the implementation of a regional film showcase this is hoped to change. ...

CITRUS GROWERS TO HOLD AGM LoveFM, Belize - 4/10/2008 The proxy must be duly stamped in accordance with the Stamp Duties Act of Belize. The annual AGM will be held on Saturday April 26 starting at 9:30 in the ...

SALVATION ARMY HOSTS YOUTH COUNCIL LoveFM, Belize - 4/10/2008 The Salvation Army Regional Headquarters in Belize is this week hosting its annual Youth Council. Love News spoke to Regional Commander Major Errol Robateau ...

Belize SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN LoveFM, Belize - 4/10/2008 The Government of Belize and the Government of Spain have recently signed two memorandum of understanding through Belize’s Ministry of Agriculture. ...

EUROPEAN BANK ASSISTS CITRUS GROWERS OF STANN CREEK LoveFM, Belize - 4/10/2008 We do still have about two thousand Euro which is approximately six million Belize dollars that we will be handling now that will be issued to our growers. ...

4/9/2008

GOB TO FILE CIVIL SUIT AGAINST Belize BANK LoveFM, Belize - 4/9/2008 Last Friday attorneys for the Government of Belize sent a letter to the Belize Bank demanding that the Bank return the 10 million US dollars received from ...

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND LABOR DEPARTMENT HOLD WORKSHOP ON HIV/AIDS LoveFM, Belize - 4/9/2008 The Labor Department in collaboration with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is hosting a HIV and AIDS Workplace Policy Development training ...

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ASSISTS CHILDREN’S HOME LoveFM, Belize - 4/9/2008 Liberty Children’s Home in Ladyville has received a donation from the Belize Chamber of Commerce, Western Union. Love News spoke to Delfina Mitchell, ...

ACTING YOUTH DIRECTOR TALKS ON WAY FORWARD FOR YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE LoveFM, Belize - 4/9/2008 Finnegan says that in taking the post for directing the way forward for the youth of Belize she wants to empower the young population and make them know how ...

SECOND VICTIM OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DIES LoveFM, Belize - 4/9/2008 A second person has lost his life as a result of a traffic accident that occurred last Friday night on Coney Drive in Belize City. This morning 19-year-old ...

PUP LEADER SPEAKS ON UPCOMING CONVENTION LoveFM, Belize - 4/9/2008 The Belize Times has a history of 56 years that whenever you think Belize Times you think PUP and it belongs in the hands of the PUP. ...

4/8/2008

CARICOM JOINS STRUGGLE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEMS LoveFM, Belize - 4/8/2008 Doctor Ken Leslie, executive director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center in Belize will be signing the agreement along with the Secretary ...

METEOROLOGIST FORECAST A WEAK DRY SEASON LoveFM, Belize - 4/8/2008 Based on records, Frutos says that the month of April has always been the hottest month of the year in Belize. During the past week the National ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 4/8/2008 Belize City Police have arrested and charged 20-year-old Jason Joseph for murder. Police believe Joseph is the man who shot and killed Jason Munnings on the ...

EX COMMANDER OF BDF INDUCTED TO HALL OF FAME LoveFM, Belize - 4/8/2008 Gillett served as the commander of the Belize Defense Force and is now serving as the chief executive officer in the Ministry of National Security. ...

4/7/2008

WORLD HEALTH DAY OBSERVED LoveFM, Belize - 4/7/2008 “In Belize maybe what we are talking about shifts in rainfall patterns. Some areas will get drier, some areas will get wetter, but one of the most important ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 4/7/2008 The first incident occurred after seven on Friday evening in the area of Rocky Road in Belize City. Officer in charge of Eastern Division, Allen Whylie gave ...

SHOOTING INCIDENT LEAVES TWO MEN INJURED LoveFM, Belize - 4/7/2008 A robbery incident in Belize City this morning has left two employees of Atlantic Bank suffering from gunshot wounds. Both men, twenty year old Germaine ...

FAMILY WANTS JUSTICE FOR DEATH OF WOMAN SET ON FIRE LoveFM, Belize - 4/7/2008 When asked about charges against Guzman, ASP Moody said the lead investigator in the case would be traveling to Belize City tomorrow to meet with Director ...

4/4/2008

COURT NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 4/4/2008 The others were 39-year-old Carmen Robles, Supervisor of Belize Recycling Company and two employees, 26-year-old Isa Nunez and 22-year-old Darren McGregor. ...

WOMEN OF THE NORTH LEARN TO PROCESS SOYA LoveFM, Belize - 4/4/2008 Soy bread and tofu is being carried out with the assistance of the Taiwanese Technical Mission to Belize. Cheng Lin Hsuing, Chief Taiwan Technical Mission ...

IT-VET MAKES STUDYING EASIER LoveFM, Belize - 4/4/2008 IT-VET Belize City is embarking on new short term courses to facilitate students who might not have the time to attend classes full time over a period of ...

UB HOLDS OPEN DAY COUNTRYWIDE LoveFM, Belize - 4/4/2008 It is the biggest education institution in the country and on its eight year of service to Belizean students the University of Belize continues to open its ...

FAMILIES TO BENEFIT FROM 4H LoveFM, Belize - 4/4/2008 Peace Corp Volunteer, Marcel Coppolino has been working with the Small Business Enterprise Group in Santa Martha since his arrival in Belize. ...

Editorial The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/4/2008 Mr. Brice?o has become the first Party Leader from outside Belize City, and all of Orange Walk can be proud of that. He faced huge odds from the party ...

Briceno has it! Jubilation in Orange Walk The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/4/2008 BELMOPAN, Belize – Orange Walk’s Area Representative Johnny Briceno made history last weekend by becoming the first politician outside of Belize City to be ...

Chinese grocer booked on murder charge The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/4/2008 By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter A Chinese grocery store owner who police say walked into the business establishment of Belize Aluminium and Glass Company ...

Disgraced cops get walking papers The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/4/2008 By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter Three rogue cops who turned a blind eye on justice when they refused to identify under oath, Belize City businessman ...

Citizens fed up with street violence are coming forward to assist ... The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/4/2008 By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter Belize City police have arrested a number suspects who they say are responsible for the many shootings that have been ...

Legal action imminent against Musa, Fonseca and Mai The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/4/2008 The money was used to pay off a private loan by Universal Health Services (UHS) to the Belize Bank. Senior attorney-at-law Michael Young has been retained ...

GOB to BEL “the gloves are off” The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/4/2008 The Government of Belize, under the leadership of Prime Minister Dean Barrow, announced this week that the cooperate utility giant, Belize Electricity ...

Belize misses big chance for home game! The Reporter Belize, Belize - 4/4/2008 By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer FIFA’s man in Belize, Bertie Chimilio, is in the hot seat again this week - this time because of criticism from the ...

4/3/2008

BEL APPLIES FOR RATE INCREASE DURING ANNUAL REVIEW PROCEEDING LoveFM, Belize - 4/3/2008 Belize Electricity Limited yesterday submitted a tariff application to the Public Utilities Commission for five point nine cents per kilowatt hour or 13 ...

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE STRENGTHENS RELATIONS WITH US COUNTERPARTS LoveFM, Belize - 4/3/2008 An invitation was also extended for Belize to participate in the US Annual vice Ministers’ Meeting in San Francisco this August.

EUROPEAN AMBASSADORS PRESENT CREDENTIALS TO GG LoveFM, Belize - 4/3/2008 Ambassador Michev of Bulgaria told the Governor General that both Bulgaria and Belize have and share common views and active positions on the important and ...

TWO MEN CHARGED FOR INCEST IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS LoveFM, Belize - 4/3/2008 Meanwhile, a 15-year-old female of Belize City, accompanied by her guardian yesterday reported to police that on December 17 last year she visited her ...

3/12/2008

NEW REVELATIONS MADE IN PAYMENT OF UHS LOAN LoveFM, Belize - 3/12/2008 Prime Minister Barrow said things were more complicated than they originally imagined as it related to payments to the Belize Bank for Universal Health ...UHS

BAHA HOLDS WORKSHOPS ON AGREEMENTS OF SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY ... LoveFM, Belize - 3/12/2008 The Belize Agricultural Health Authority and the Belize Bureau of Standards is this week holding the World Trade Organization, WTO, National Workshop on the ...

BTIA HAS NEW CHAPTER IN ORANGE WALK AND COROZAL LoveFM, Belize - 3/12/2008 Orange Walk and Corozal Chapters of Belize Tourism Industry Association held their annual destination meeting last week to elect their new board members. ...

LIBERTY CHILDREN’S HOME NEEDS HELP LoveFM, Belize - 3/12/2008 According to director at Liberty Children’s Home, Delfena Mitchell who has run the institution for the past nine months, in 2006 Belize had the highest ...

HEALTH MINISTRY RECEIVES DONATION FROM INTERVOL LoveFM, Belize - 3/12/2008 ... administrative tele-conferencing for managers. A second tele-health unit will be given to Belize under the grant to support intra-national communication.

UWI COMMEMORATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY LoveFM, Belize - 3/12/2008 And with the initiative of the Open Campus to be launched in Belize, Vice Chancellor and Principal of UWI’s Open Campus will be visiting Belize later this ...

3/11/2008

WEEKEND SHOOTING LEAVES ONE DEAD LoveFM, Belize - 3/11/2008 A Belize City man is dead as the result of a shooting incident on Saturday night. He is 31-year-old Raymond Mark Thompson Junior. ...

Belize COCOA GROWERS TO BENEFIT FROM COSTA RICAN FUND LoveFM, Belize - 3/11/2008 ... Association during a period of four years for a cocoa project that will help me improve sustainable production of cocoa in Belize and Central America. ...

PRE-SCHOOL FESTIVAL OF ARTS OPENS LoveFM, Belize - 3/11/2008 Why they are so ahead of us here in Belize is because from an early age they are thought the arts in the primary school so we are thinking why not in Belize ...

EXHIBITION ON BELIZEAN WOMEN’S ART OPENS LoveFM, Belize - 3/11/2008 The US embassy in Belize in collaboration with the George Price Center for Peace and Development opened an exhibition this afternoon in Belmopan on the ...

SCOTIA BANK DONATES TO FIGHT AGAINST CANCER LoveFM, Belize - 3/11/2008 In connection with International Women’s Day this past Saturday, today Scotia Bank Belize made a monetary contribution to the Belize Cancer Society. ...

LANDOWNERS TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS BROUGHT BY OIL INDUSTRY LoveFM, Belize - 3/11/2008 The idea is what’s best for the landowners of Belize.” Following the meeting of all landowners there will be another meeting for landowners in the Never ...

Wonderful world of gardening Amandala, Belize - 3/11/2008 Their first major project was to bring Mrs. Jean Shaw, an instructor in Ikebana (Japanese art of floral arranging) to Belize, to conduct a 7-10 day teaching ...

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