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6/11/08

BTIA meets in San Pedro
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/11/08
Spearheaded by the Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) San Pedro Chapter, stakeholders and representatives from eight organizations came together for ...

Jason De O'Campo is Chef of the Year 2008
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/11/08
The Taste of Belize is a cultural extravaganza of Belizean and Caribbean food, music, and dance: this explains why over a thousand people had to be ...

San Pedro donates to Arthur victims
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/11/08
The Government of Belize (GOB) announced that over 10 thousand people were affected in one way or the other by Tropical Storm Arthur last week. ...

No Flour means no bread
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/11/08
There was a shortage of wheat in the country earlier this year, but all indications are that Belize flour shortage has reached crisis levels. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/11/08
Belize City Police are looking for Nelson Diaz. Police say 19-year-old Dennis Mai reported that on Monday night about eight oÕclock his brother in law, ...

ILLEGAL FISHING REPORTED IN PROTECTED AREAS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/11/08
There are regulations set for the use of marine reserves in the entire country of Belize and those are set by the Belize Fisheries Department and us here at ...

NEW BELIZEAN NATIONALS SWORN IN
LoveFM, Belize - 6/11/08
ÒThe people we have here today qualify here for two area, one is being married to a Belizean and the second is by registration which is being here in Belize ...

NEW CHAMPION PRIMARY SCHOOL SPELLER CROWNED
LoveFM, Belize - 6/11/08
Ian Pelayo of Wesley Upper School in Belize City took third place after six rounds of spelling. A banner competition was also held and first place went to ...

PUP PUTS FORWARD ITS OWN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION
LoveFM, Belize - 6/11/08
The next public consultation on the Belize constitution sixth amendment bill will take place tonight at the Orange Walk Town Hall. ...

BUDGET CONSULTATION PROCESS CONTINUE
LoveFM, Belize - 6/11/08
... invest more in agriculture and rural development. The budget consultation process was funded by UNDP and UNICEF and executed by the University of Belize.

PM BARROW SAYS RICE IMPORTATION SHOULD LOWER PRICE OF THE COMMODITY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/11/08
The scarcity of rice for the past weeks led the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation to import rice from Mexico and the US Managing Director at BMDC ...

FLOUR SHORTAGE TO BE ADDRESSED
LoveFM, Belize - 6/11/08
Today President of the Belize BakerÕs Association, Andre Perez, told us that Belize Mills has promised to provide them with flour by today. ...

6/10/2008

Our Marion
Amandala, Belize - 6/10/2008
When Marion Jones visited Belize a few years ago, she was still a world track and field superstar. Everybody in Belize wanted a piece of Marion, ...

Not for sale
Amandala, Belize - 6/10/2008
Somebody somewhere told Lord Ashcroft that everything is for sale in Belize. I guess some of our leaders are. They gave this man license to plunder our ...

Arthur blamed for at least $77 million worth of damages
Amandala, Belize - 6/10/2008
Arthur dumped massive rains over Belize just at the start of the hurricane season, Sunday, June 1, flooding vast residential and agricultural acreage in ...

Belize bread crisis!
Amandala, Belize - 6/10/2008
Several sources who purchase and sell flour told our newspaper that Belize Mills has not been producing flour because it has no wheat. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 6/10/2008
It only appears to Colin that Uh Luna is throwing more barbs at the British than he is at the Spanish, because Belize is a land which has been under British ...

Crime is increasing in Hopkins – one policeman can’t do the job!
Amandala, Belize - 6/10/2008
Ten years ago, when I did my research about Belize, I came across a friendly village that was “crime free.” I believed it to be, as I rented a small house ...

6/9/2008

Ghetto Youths on 5 Day Jungle Trek
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/9/2008
18 youths from Belize inner city’s concrete jungle are tonight spending the first of their 5 nights in a real jungle. The youths are in the Caracol area in ...

PUP Now Owns Independence Hall & Belize Times
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/9/2008
It seems almost like nothing to report, the PUP now owns Independence Hall, the Belize Times, and Positive Vibes media. It’s news because when John Briceno ...

What Went Up & Down on 2008 PSE
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/9/2008
A couple of statistics not released on Friday is that the top performing school is Bernice Yorke followed at second by Hummingbird Elementary, Belize ...

South Stranded without the Kendall Bridge
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/9/2008
As we showed you on Friday, recovery efforts are reaching the affected communities in southern Belize, but there’s one part of the story that’s not been ...

Teen Assaults Uniformed Police Constable
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/9/2008
Today Head of Crimes Investigation in Belize City Aaron Guzman says the minor is not cooperating, but they are warning officers. “I would have liked though ...

Robbery Suspect Mervin Bradley Also Suspect in Madrill Murder
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/9/2008
Today Head of Crimes Investigation in Belize City Aaron Guzman says they have received credible information which says that Mervin Bradley is the man who ...

Chinese Grocer Kills Alleged Robber
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/9/2008
The body of Jermaine Gomez was placed in the back of a police pickup and then taken to the Belize City morgue. At the scene police also recovered the three ...

RICE SUPPLY SHOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL BY WEEK’S END
LoveFM, Belize - 6/9/2008
This morning Carlos Moreno of Belize Food Supply said that the rice supply should be back to normal by the end of this week. “Belize Food Supply normally ...

RECONSTRUCTION WORKS CONTINUE IN SOUTHERN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 6/9/2008
At the Manatee Bridge we have just completed repairs to that bridge; a lot of the decking had been lost and on both sides both the Stann Creek and Belize ...

EXHIBITION ON BELIZEAN BEAUTY OPENS TOMORROW NIGHT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/9/2008
Belize can boast from picturesque rivers to breathtaking valleys, from colorful coral reefs to exotic Maya temples, and with all of this a perfect ...

Belize CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DONATES TO FLOOD VICTIMS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/9/2008
Members of the Belize Chamber of Commerce have responded to the need of the victims of the flooding. The chamber says the grand total rallied from its ...

TELEMEDIA DONATES $10000 TO YBTB
LoveFM, Belize - 6/9/2008
Belize Telemedia Limited today donated 10 thousand dollars to Youth Business Trust Belize. A release from Youth Business Trust Belize says donation will be ...NJM:4289

2008 LOVE FM FAMILY TOUR COMPETITION KICKS OFF
LoveFM, Belize - 6/9/2008
This idea was born out of the idea that it was time that we start promoting Belize as a tourist destination to Belizeans. We figured well instead of just ...

INDEPENDENT EXPERT TO RELEASE FINDINGS ON PUC’S INITIAL DECISION
LoveFM, Belize - 6/9/2008
... the independent expert commissioned to review their initial decision of not granting Belize Electricity Limited request for a rate increase, ...

6/6/08

Ramon Frutos says expect another active hurricane season
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
Even though the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season has already hit us with major storm activity, unleashing massive flood waters on most of Belize, ...

AERO DISPATCH IMPROVE TO 3-0 IN INTEROFFICE BASKETBALL WITH 57-44 ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
In game three, behind Frank August 19 pts 3 rebs and Lloyd Burgess 16 pts 16 rebs, Belize Healthcare Partners was able to post their first win of the 2008 ...

Prosser still fighting GOB in US courts Ð Georgia court says ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
Jeffrey ProsserÕs Innovative Communications Corporation and Belize Telecom may have dropped off the radar in Belize, but that does not mean that they have ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
Sometime in 1994, Gerald Garbutt, who had become Ralph FonsecaÕs Belize Rural Central campaign manager in 1992 after leaving KREM, opened his own radio ...

Author: Colin bh
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
In the end nobody will testify in the courts of Belize. In the end it will be the responsibility of victimsÕ families to avenge their deaths, ...

Clinton Uh Luna discusses some politics of the new UDP GOB
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
Now you belong completely to the UDP-GOB, or the Nation of Belize? So whenever you are on an official visit in any place and you have to pass where there ...

Article search: Site Web
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
In Belize, we donÕt get hurricanes until July and August, and mostly in September and October. So the NEMO Minister was not on cock. He was loosey goosey. ...

Arthur and the floods Ð a personal account
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
While many of us were snuggling up in bed on Sunday night, and listening to natureÕs fireworks, families in Southern Belize were fighting for their lives. ...

Rice and stress!!
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
This morning angry merchants, left out after the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation sold off all 200 sacks of rice in a matter of hours, ...

Barrow breaks off negotiations with BTL
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
The Office of the Prime Minister announced today that the Government of Belize has broken off negotiations with Belize Telemedia Limited after Government ...

Author: - Amandala exclusive -
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
The YaÕaxcheÕ Conservation Trust, a community-oriented NGO in southern Belize, has forwarded to Amandala the report of a multi-agency patrol conducted in ...

Belize Bank sues PM Barrow
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
With the devastation wrought on the homes and lives of flood victims in the south of Belize by Tropical Storm Arthur, what better time would there be for ...

Just acquitted of murder, John Chessman, Jr., remanded for double ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/6/08
Belize City Criminal Investigation Branch confirmed Inspector FlowersÕ report to us this afternoon, but said investigators are not expecting to lay charges ...

Swallow CayeÕs manatees a healthy sign for cruise tourism
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/6/08
By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer The manatee population in BelizeÕs Drowned Cayes suggests that the current level of tourism in the areas is ...

Arthur puts a damper on cane farmers up north
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/6/08
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter Tropical storm Arthur, which has devastated the agricultural sector in southern Belize, is also hurting cane farmers in the ...

Internet Detective
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/6/08
Last Sunday evening I was watching the ABC news on Channel 5, when a 10 second item came on regarding a tropical storm Arthur crossing Belize and moving ...

Police split City into precincts for new anti- crime strategy!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/6/08
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter Twelve new bicycles donated by the Belize City Council, were presented to Assistant Police Commissioner Allen Whylie, ...

A landownerÕs monumental fight to hold on to his land
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/6/08
He said half of his lot at 2438 Central American Boulevard and Vernon Street, which he purchased from the Government of Belize in 2000, was subdivided and ...

Court rules Galeria Maya legal owner of Lagoon lands Arnold family ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/6/08
by Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter In a landmark case against the Government of Belize for taking over private land under the Lands Acquisition (Public ...

Barrow government tells BTL Gloves are off
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/6/08
The Barrow government announced late this week that the gloves are off now that telephone giant, Belize Telemedia Limited, has refused to pay millions in ...

Rice shortage only temporary But Belizeans will pay more!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/6/08
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter Mr. Jose E. Trejo, the Acting Director of Belize Bureau of Standards, has announced new controlled wholesale and retail ...

Arthur leaves behind death and destruction
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/6/08
by Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter The devastating effects of tropical storm Arthur, which wreaked havoc on southern Belize, Sunday night leading up to Monday ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/6/08
Certainly the worst Belize has seen in the last eighty years, and it was triggered from a massive bank of overweight rainclouds following on the heels of ...

6/5/08

Negotiations Between GOB and BTL Collapse
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/5/08
There wasnÕt much hope to begin with and talks between the Government of Belize and BTL have officially collapsed. A release from government this afternoon ...

The Rice Crisis
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/5/08
And when the Kendall Bridge was washed away, it cut off all access to and from southern BelizeÉ.and that has plenty to do with the price of rice. ...

NATIONAL SPORTS COUNCIL HAS NEW CHAIRMAN
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/08
The new council says it has been busy trying to familiarize itself with all aspects of sports in Belize in an effort to get a clear picture of the present ...

BTIA ASSISTS MEMBERS AFFECTED BY ARTHUR
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/08
ÒWe spoke with the Belize Red Cross who has been very adamant in their relief efforts. Basically we requested from them some of the things that are in need ...

CITRUS GROWERS ASSOCIATION ASSISTS AFFECTED FARMERS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/08
The second factory Belize Fruit Products was severely damage and we will hopefully make an announcement by the end of the next week in regards to that ...

NEMO UPDATES ON RELIEF EFFORTS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/08
Radar observations during the night indicated that another band of showers and thundershowers moved across Belize producing half inch to one inch of ...

KENDAL BRIDGE TO BE REPLACED SOON
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/08
Under the conditions of this offer, the US Government cannot do the assembly, the erection so that will be funded by the Belize Government and so our ...

ONE DETAINED IN LAST NIGHT SHOOTING IN Belize CITY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/08
Police in Belize City have detained one person following a shooting that left a teenager injured. 15-year-old Jermaine Bainton of West Canal reported to ...

GOB ENDS TALKS WITH TELEMEDIA REGARDING TAX ACCOMMODATION AGREEMENT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/5/08
The Government of Belize and Belize Telemedia Limited have broken off talks relating to the accommodation agreement entered into by the previous ...

Hydrological update on Belize floods - 5 Jun 2008
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - 6/5/08
By NEMO Information Unit THE SATELLITE LOOP A LINE OF MOSTLY LAYERED CLOUDS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL Belize TO THE ...

Baby dolphin found dead
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/5/08
In place, is the Belize Marine Mammal Stranding Network (BMMSN) which was formed to help gather valuable information on stranded marine mammals and turtles. ...

BERN members meet on La Isla Bonita
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/5/08
On the second day, Dr. Melanie McField of the Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative spoke about Coral Reef Conservation plans currently in Belize and ...

Hundreds of children march against child abuse
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/5/08
Over the past few weeks, Belize has been shocked with various news articles and pieces that speak loudly about child abuse. Two children, in two separate ...

Tropical Storm Arthur brings devastation and deluge
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/5/08
Arthur's fury packed maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (mph or 65 kph), as it drenched southern parts of Yucatan, Belize and neighboring ...

6/4/2008

HYDROLOGIST EXPECTS RIVER LEVELS TO PEAK BY THURSDAY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/4/2008
However, early tomorrow the lagoon water level is expected to rise as the runoff from the Macal and Mopan make its way down the Belize River. ...

MAN CHARGED FOR DOUBLE MURDER IN BERMUDIAN LANDING
LoveFM, Belize - 6/4/2008
I will say this much that they are from Belize City, we know who we are looking for but we have to be careful of releasing the names because we have not ...

BEL LOSES POWER IN Belize DISTRICT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/4/2008
Belize Electricity Limited has announced that based on their investigations reveal thatÊ the 115-KV transmission line near the West Lake Substation was ...

ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCT RELIEF EFFORTS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/4/2008
A number of families in Southern Belize have been affected by the floods. Belizeans have expressed sympathy with families who have lost their loved ones. ...

TRANSPORT MINISTER SPEAKS OF REGULATING BUS INDUSTRY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/4/2008
Tzib had reported to Police he was driving a National Transport bus from Belmopan to Belize City when another bus attempted to overtake him. ...

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STANN CREEK AND PART OF Belize DISTRICT DECLARED DISASTER AREAS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/3/08
After meeting with his Cabinet and UNICEF representative in Belize, Prime Minister this afternoon declared the Stann Creek District and parts of the Belize ...

ONE PERSON IS DEAD AS A RESULT OF A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/3/08
43-year-old bus driver Guadalupe Tzib told Police he was driving from Belmopan to Belize City when another bus attempted to overtake him. ...

CDERA MONITORS FLOODING IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 6/3/08
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency, CDERA today issued a situation report highlighting the flooding in Belize. CDERA says that they will ...

OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO DISASTER RESPONSE
LoveFM, Belize - 6/3/08
Briceno also said that the six PUP members of the House of Representatives have agreed to donate ten thousand dollars of their June salary to the Belize Red ...

RECONSTRUCTION WORKS BEGIN ON HUMMINGBIRD AND SOUTHERN HIGHWAYS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/3/08
The devastating floods associated with Tropical Depression Arthur caused major damage in southern Belize. While homes and lives have been lost, ...

STUDENTS SIT CXC AND CAPE EXAMS DESPITE CANCELLATION OF CLASSES
LoveFM, Belize - 6/3/08
ÒThe CXC exam has a pre- prepared schedule like I said, way ahead of time and on that date the sixteen territories including Belize will be sitting those ...

YOUTH BUSINESS TRUST Belize SEEKS ACCREDITATION INTO INTERNATIONAL ...
LoveFM, Belize - 6/3/08
Representatives from youth Business trust International are in Belize in an effort to assess and get Belize accredited into the Youth Business International ...NJM:4289

RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/3/08
... you can recall over the Stann Creek district and the Toledo district and up into the Belize district and produced quite a lot of rain fall in that area, ...

Mexico more Òat homeÓ in Reliant Stadium than Belize
Amandala, Belize - 6/3/08
The FFB has in the past refused to provide the Sports Council of Belize with either the Minutes of its AGM, a copy of its Constitution (Statutes), ...

Understanding globalization through LA and Boston
Amandala, Belize - 6/3/08
The excitement will be just as great in the urban quarters of Belize as it is in LA and Boston when the Lakers and the Celtics clash. ...

PUP waste of breath
Amandala, Belize - 6/3/08
To quote from the Belize Times editorial of June 1, How can it take longer than 100 days to figure out that BNE, the oil company pumping thousands of ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 6/3/08
Belize is often spoken of as a transshipment point for Colombian cocaine on the way to the United Sates. But the fact that Belize itself is a market for ...

Awful Arthur severs Belize at Kendal!
Amandala, Belize - 6/3/08
ÒThe area of low pressure located in the northwestern Caribbean became a tropical storm as it was crossing the coast of Belize early this morning. ...

Flooding in Belize: Situation Report No. 1
Amandala, Belize - 6/3/08
Message: Heavy rain across Belize causing rivers in southern and northern Belize to crest their banks. Event: Tropical Storm Arthur, formed on Saturday ...

David PookÕs accused killers walk after nolle prosequi
Amandala, Belize - 6/3/08
95 of the Laws of Belize. The witness in question, according to Sosa, could not be found, despite the best attempts of the Police Department and Office of ...

Double murder rocks peaceful Bermudian Landing!
Amandala, Belize - 6/3/08
The quiet of a Thursday night in the peaceful Belize River Valley was broken at 7:45 pm on May 29 by gunfire. When it was all over, the village of Bermudian ...

UDPÕs 100 days of failure and broken promises
Amandala, Belize - 6/3/08
After all is said and done, Mr. Speaker, the task given BelizeÕs new government by the Belizean people may be summarized in just two words: Ònational ...

6/2/08

2 CONFIRMED DEAD AND FIVE REPORTED MISSING DUE TO FLOODING
LoveFM, Belize - 6/2/08
Flooding associated with the passage of Tropical Storm Arthur has left at least two people dead in Southern Belize. Prime Minister Dean Barrow hosted a ...

WATER SAFETY IN TIME OF DISASTER
LoveFM, Belize - 20 minutes ago
In an effort to avoid the spread of water borne diseases Love News spoke this morning with Doctor Fernando Cuellar of Belize Medical Associates who shared ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/2/08
... stabbed 20 year old Teresita Vivas eight times with a knife, was charged with attempted murder when she appeared in Belize City Family Court today. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/2/08
Belize City Police are investigating an incident in which 17-year-old Jason Bradley was shot. Police say they visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital ...

RED CROSS SEEKS ASSISTANCE FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/2/08
As the National Emergency Management Organization assesses the damage brought by Tropical Storm Arthur across the country, the Belize Red Cross is asking ...

EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR ON SAN PEDRO AND CAYE CAULKER
LoveFM, Belize - 6/2/08
The medical people are taking care of her and she will be taken to Belize City for further care. There is a lot of flooding in the areas: Escalante sub ...

5/30/2008

Miss Caye Caulker Lobsterfest - Four beauties vie for the title!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/30/2008
As our committee grows, so does our pageant, and every year we tweak it and fine tune it to make it a pageant like no other in Belize. ...

BTIA hold Bi-annual General Meeting
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/30/2008
Over the past five years, the Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA), has been organizing their hurricane preparedness seminar. ...

San Pedro Lions News
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/30/2008
Held in the village of San Estevan in Orange Walk Town, Lions from San Pedro, Belize City, Belmopan, San Estevan and Chetumal rendezvoused for a weekend ...

Public outrage over power outages
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/30/2008
Belize City got back power before 6:00, Orange Walk just before 7:00 and Corozal by 8:00. Power outages or trips kept occurring during the next days and ...

AUDUBON SOCIETY HOLDS AGM
LoveFM, Belize - 5/30/2008
“Belize Audubon Society is celebrating it’s 39 years of environmental conservation at this annual general meeting that we will be hosting at the Biltmore. ...

Belize DEFENSE FORCE WELCOMES NEWEST MEMBERS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/30/2008
The ceremony began with the march on of the recruits followed by the inspection of the guard of honor by the Governor General of Belize, Sir Colville Young. ...

TROPICAL STORM ALMA BRINGS HEAVY RAINS TO SOUTHERN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 5/30/2008
However, as the storm moves northwesterly it is expected that it will bring heavy rains in most parts of the region including southern Belize. ...

NEW DIRECTORS FOR Belize CABLE TV OPERATORS ASSOCIATION
LoveFM, Belize - 5/30/2008
Nestor Vasquez of Tropical Vision Limited is the President of the Belize Cable TV operators Association. The Association held its annual general meeting on ...

Of this and that
Amandala, Belize - 5/30/2008
Well, as predatory as Ashcroft is, he would not be such a menace to the Belizean people if his bosom buddy, Musa, hadn’t signed Belize over to him, “lock, ...

BTL claims GOB owes $14 million, and still refusing to pay ...
Amandala, Belize - 5/30/2008
All of us, and especially struggling Belizean businesses, wish we could take a tax holiday, but not all of us will be as lucky as Belize Telemedia Limited ...

PM Barrow scraps preventative detention amendments
Amandala, Belize - 5/30/2008
The controversial move by the Dean Barrow administration to pass amendments to the Belize Constitution to permit the preventative detention of persons not ...

Sook refutes Sedi
Amandala, Belize - 5/30/2008
At around the same time, criminal charges were being pursued against the Belize Bank. It had been reported as early as May 6, 2008, that there were criminal ...

Second bank to face charges under Money Laundering (Prevention) Act
Amandala, Belize - 5/30/2008
The Belize Bank has been cited on 79 charges under the Money Laundering (Prevention) Act, and Prime Minister Dean Barrow told us today that the Financial ...

Partridge Street prevails over Market Square
Amandala, Belize - 5/30/2008
... involved—that is Evan and Mr. Charles Hyde, and Sagis and Belize Holdings—even if all of them thought that this was a valid transaction, it was not. ...

Smith brothers charged for Mayflower Street grenade attack
Amandala, Belize - 5/30/2008
... visible attempts at retaliation, and the police are trying to ensure that this remains the case, with increased patrols on the streets of Belize City. ...

Lois Barber new director of SJC Extension Department
Amandala, Belize - 5/30/2008
Prior to joining the St. John’s College community, Ms. Barber was a Curriculum Supervisor at the Belize District Education Center. ...

5/29/2008

FIRST TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN THE PACIFIC
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2008
We expect the storm to dissipate as the storm moves over land and this has already start to affect southern Belize and we can expect more as the storm moves ...

MEXICAN EMBASSY OPENS CHILDREN’S DRAWING CONTEST
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2008
Marcelino Miranda of the Mexican Embassy in Belize explains that the purpose of the contest is to encourage children to express what Mexico means to them. ...

SMART EXTENDS WIRELESS SERVICE TO NEW AREAS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2008
We have extend our coverage to north San Pedro all the way to Bacalar Chico and this is because of much contribution to the tourism industry in Belize. ...

ROTARIANS VISIT GIFT OF LIFE PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2008
Over the past ten years, hundred of Belizean children have been assisted through the Rotary Club of Belize’s Gift of Life Program. ...

TELEMEDIA ADOPTS PARK TO MARK 1ST ANNIVERSARY
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2008
Belize Telemedia Limited today celebrated their first year of service to the people of Belize. As a part of their anniversary ceremonies were held this ...

PM COMMENTS ON RECENT POWER OUTAGES
LoveFM, Belize - 5/29/2008
During this morning’s press conference Prime Minister Barrow also updated on discussions with Belize Telemedia Limited and the Belize Bank.

5/28/2008

More National Power Outages
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/28/2008
In Belize City, the outages went for 45 minutes to an hour, but in San Pedro, where the service industry depends on an uninterrupted power supply, ...

BTB PREPARES FOR TASTE OF Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 5/28/2008
Next weekend the Belize Tourism Board will be hosting the much anticipated Taste of Belize competition. Love News spoke with Keisha Young, Public Awareness ...

BTIA CONDUCTS MID-YEAR MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 5/28/2008
... and other interested persons are converging in San Pedro for the next two days as a part of Belize Tourism Industry Association’s mid year meeting. ...

TOLEDO STAKEHOLDERS WORKING TO ENHANCE AREA AS TOURIST DESTINATION
LoveFM, Belize - 5/28/2008
The Toledo Council for Responsible Tourism and the policy will be officially launched on Saturday May 31 st at the University of Belize, Toledo Campus ...

Belize DELEGATION TO REPRESENT AT SICA-BRAZIL MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 5/28/2008
Belize will be represented at the second SICA-Brazil meeting that will be held tomorrow in San Salvador. The delegation headed by representatives of ...

MEXICAN GOVERNMENT DONATES TO Belize SCHOOLS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/28/2008
The Mexican Government through the Embassy of Mexico to Belize has donated some Spanish books to three Belizean primary schools in the Cayo District. ...

BNE ANNOUNCES LARGER DRILLING CAPACITY
LoveFM, Belize - 5/28/2008
Belize Natural Energy and CHx, Joint Venture Partners signed a contract with Maranco Limited in March to provide an additional rig to BNE’s exploration ...

DISABILITIES WEEK OBSERVED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/28/2008
These are found in Corozal Town, Orange Walk Town, Belize City, San Pedro Town, Belmopan, Dangriga Town and Punta Gorda Town. ...

PUP LEADER COMMENTS ON POWER OUTAGES
LoveFM, Belize - 5/28/2008
“We believe that Mr. Marshal was out of line when he decided to threaten the people of Belize. I think that his company has done very well operating here in ...

5/27/2008

WORKSHOP ON HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS UNDERWAY
LoveFM, Belize - 5/27/2008
Health Information System workers from nine participating countries across the region are in Belize for a four day workshop on how to better plan, ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/27/2008
A shooting incident last night has left a Belize City man in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. Police say they visited the ...

BEL SAYS BLACKOUTS CAUSED BY TRIP ON MEXICAN TRANSMISSION LINE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/27/2008
Belize Electricity Limited says the outage was caused by a trip on the Mexican transmission line. BEL says Mexico’s Comision Federal Electricidad has ...

5/23/2008

Belize CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES PAVING OF CITY STREETS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/23/2008
The Belize City Council is today paving two more streets. Deputy Mayor and Councilor responsible for Works Anthony Michael said this is to fulfill promises ...

LAMBEY WRITES ABOUT CORRUPTION, CONSCIENCE AND A POOR WOMAN’S PRIDE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/23/2008
“Well the book in essence tries to weave the lives of four people and of more affluent people in Belize. The setting starts out in a village and then the ...

JOCKEY CLUB TO CELEBRATE ORANGE WALK DAY
LoveFM, Belize - 5/23/2008
Wood says the purpose of the event is to try to bring back the appeal of horse racing in Belize. Proceeds from the event will be used for the purses to ...

Belize YOUTH BUSINESS TRUST HOLDS SUCCESSFUL AGM
LoveFM, Belize - 5/23/2008
Youth Business Trust Belize held its first annual general meeting last night. Love news spoke with Dionne Miranda of the Trust who said the meeting was a ...NJM:4289

ST. JOHNS COLLEGE EXTENSION APPOINTS NEW DEAN
LoveFM, Belize - 5/23/2008
Prior to joining the St. John’s College community, Barber was a Curriculum Supervisor at the Belize District Education Center. A trained teacher, she taught ...

MINISTRY FOCUSES ON RICE PRODUCTION
LoveFM, Belize - 5/23/2008
Managing Director at the Belize Marketing & Development Corporation, Roque Mai explains that it is hoped that with the increase in rice payment more farmers ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/23/2008
Belize City Police have arrested a second man in connection with a report made by 32-year-old Darrel Grant. 24-year-old Robert Jones has been charged for ...

ST. IGNATIUS PREVAIL IN OVERTIME, 47-46, OVER CAYO BALLERS
Amandala, Belize - 5/23/2008
Meanwhile, in prime time it will be the Belize Bank Diamonds going up against Christ for Life for the senior title. The Saints, with their 77-65 win over ...

Belize and Guatemala Bilateral Archaeological Cooperation signed
Amandala, Belize - 5/23/2008
At a meeting on May 16 in San Ignacio, Belize, sponsored by Exploring Solutions Past, the highest authorities of archaeology from Belize and Guatemala met ...

Education for Liberation – a forum in Dangriga to commemorate ...
Amandala, Belize - 5/23/2008
The event will double as a launch for the African Advancement Association of Belize, and the Nigerian community of Dangriga and San Ignacio are slated to ...

Beaten by cops in his hospital bed!!
Amandala, Belize - 5/23/2008
Henry told us that on May 16 he was at the taxi stand talking to a car washer originally from Belize City, one Rodwell Anthony, when Cruz and Martinez ...

FIU-Belize Bank “jankunu!” dance
Amandala, Belize - 5/23/2008
Yesterday, it was announced that the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has dropped the charges it had filed against Belize Bank president, Philip Johnson. ...

Greedy BEL earns record profits, but threatens blackouts
Amandala, Belize - 5/23/2008
On Wednesday night the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) hosted its annual general meeting, reporting to shareholders on the year ended 31 December 2007. ...

We have 97 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/23/2008
We would have had more respect for the views of the Belize Bar Association if it had shown itself active and conscientious when the previous government was ...

Senate meeting - senators highlight emergency situation facing ...
Amandala, Belize - 5/23/2008
And those kept Belize peaceful all the time.” Aiden Salazar, of San Pedro, condemned the grenade attack that killed a 16-year-old boy and injured 11 other ...

Former DPP, Sooknandan, got settlement package of $175000
Amandala, Belize - 5/23/2008
The Attorney General told Amandala that he wants to put on record that while he was in front of the Belize Supreme Court in downtown Belize City, ...

Shellshock, etc …
Amandala, Belize - 5/23/2008
They reminded us of “Pillow Talk,” one of the controversial companies that were used in the takeover of the Belize Telecommunications Limited (BTL). ...

FIU withdraws charges against Philip Johnson
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/23/2008
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer The ongoing criminal proceeding against the Belize Bank and its president Philip Johnson, took another twist this past ...

FIU withdraws charges against Philip Johnson
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/23/2008
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer The ongoing criminal proceeding against the Belize Bank and its president Philip Johnson, took another twist this past ...

Rice shortage could send prices through roof
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/23/2008
A serious shortage of rice at Belize’s leading supplier of rice to the local market, the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation, could send rice ...

Black outs again!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/23/2008
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter Belize Electricity Limited, the privately owned multi-million dollar electricity company which generated some $30 million ...

Send the Trawlers home!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/23/2008
By Kenneth Gale Trawling for shrimp in Belizean waters is a destructive evil that has been continued in Belize, through political influence, ...

Hunting caye hub for management and protection of entire reserve
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/23/2008
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter The University of Belize Living Reef Center, located in the Hunting Caye area of southern Belize, which was made ...

Belize and Guatemala agree to preserve “El Pilar” Mayan ruin
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/23/2008
At a meeting in San Ignacio last week, Archeology Commissioner and Director of the Institute of Archeology of Belize, Dr. Jaime Awe and Dr. Hector Escobedo, ...

Dr. Arleigh Petters rated among US’s topmost 25
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/23/2008
He was born in Dangriga Town, Belize. He went to the United States at a young age and receiived hisBachelor’s and Master’s degree from Hunter College in New ...

Police say Shian Whyte, 21, responsible for death of 2-year-old daughter, Delcy!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/23/2008
The single mother of two, who resides in a plywood house at 4429 Zacaranda Street on south side Belize City, was in police custody last Friday morning May ...

5/22/2008

Felicita Arzu withdraws her title with Pageants Belize- Online ...
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 1 hour ago
Nine months after Felicita Arzu was crowned Miss World Belize 2008, she has decided to come out publicly and rescind or withdraw herself from Pageants ...

South Beach or Hol Chan?
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 1 hour ago
The EIA aims at minimizing those impacts to Belize’s resources while still allowing sustainable development. On May 17th, 2008, an email was sent out to ...

Hol Chan boundaries to get expanded
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 1 hour ago
Facilitated by the crew at the Hol Chan Marine office but spearheaded by the San Pedro Tour Guide Association, the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the ...

2008 5-a-side championships!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 1 hour ago
The little league finals were played first: San Pedrito Strikers went up against San Pedrito Bad Boys for the divisions first and second place. ...

More Than their Three Rs
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/22/2008
We are looking to form a swim club so we can continue to promote swimming in Belize and for our young people. Fiona Stevenson was a Challenge Volunteer and ...

This Is Just a Test
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/22/2008
The hurricane season starts in 9 days - but according to a simulation exercise there is a storm on its way to Belize tonight. Don’t panic now. ...

Post Mortem Says Soldier Didn't Drown
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/22/2008
We also understand that the Belize Defence Force is conducting an investigation to determine if indeed someone else may have caused the death of Lance ...

Another Alleged Baby Killer Charged
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/22/2008
The case is being investigated by Belize City Crimes Investigation Branch. The officer in charge is Aaron Guzman. Do the police have sufficient evidence ...

MANUAL FOR COUNSELORS TO BE PRODUCED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/22/2008
As it is Belize does not have a baseline framework as to how a school counseling program should function. This is not necessarily the answer but it will ...

RICE GROWERS TO BENEFIT FROM INCREASE IN RICE PAYMENTS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/22/2008
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has announced that for the rice crop year 2008/2009, the Belize Marketing & Development Corporation will be ...

KRIOL COUNCIL TO EMPOWER YOUTH THROUGH CULTURE IDENTITY
LoveFM, Belize - 5/22/2008
A tri-partite agreement was signed last Friday among the National Kriol Council of Belize, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Social Investment ...

MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES UPDATES ON FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/22/2008
All we want is to ensure that the people of this country get their proper share, that the people of this country get what is fair to everyone in Belize. ...

TRAFFIC MISHAP CLAIMS LIFE OF MENTALLY UNSTABLE WOMAN
LoveFM, Belize - 5/22/2008
She has been identified as 28 year old Grace Bowen of a Belize City address. Police were called out to mile 46 on the Northern Highway where they saw a ...

POLICE INVESTIGATES SHOOTING IN CAYO AND Belize CITY
LoveFM, Belize - 5/22/2008
Belize City Police are investigating an incident in which 27-year-old Twyford Smith was shot last night. Smith reported to police that around 7:30 last ...

PUC APPOINTS INDEPENDENT EXPERT TO REVIEW BEL’S ANNUAL REVIEW ...
LoveFM, Belize - 5/22/2008
The Public Utilities Commission has appointed Doctor Jonathon Lesser as the independent expert in the annual review proceeding for Belize Electricity ...

5/21/2008

INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF Belize TO BE INTRODUCED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/21/2008
The first ever Insurance Institute of Belize will be launched this evening at the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel. Carol Codd, Pro-temp Public Relations Officer ...

4H AND HECOPAB ORGANIZE WALK THE WORLD TO STOP HUNGER
LoveFM, Belize - 5/21/2008
Belize will be taking part and the Walk the World event will be held in Belmopan. Organizing the event is 4-H Youth Agent Jerry Wagner. ...

PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE REPORTS ON FIRST 100 DAYS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/21/2008
One of those problems is the rising cost of food and fuel and the other is crime with the recent unprecedented event on Mayflower street in Belize City ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/21/2008
Belize City Police are investigating an incident that has left 32-year-old Darrel Grant suffering from gunshot wounds. Police say Grant told them he was on ...

Belize ELECTRICITY LIMITED HOLDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 5/21/2008
Belize Electricity Limited last night held their annual general meeting to update shareholders on the company’s progress during 2007. ...

POLICE DEPARTMENT DESTROYS NUMBER OF FIREARMS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/21/2008
The Belize Police Department today destroyed one hundred and seventy four firearms that were confiscated off the streets around the country. ...

5/20/2008

MINISTER OF POLICE SAYS CRIME IS EVERYBODY’S PROBLEM
LoveFM, Belize - 5/20/2008
For almost two weeks the number of shootings and killings in Belize City seemed to be dormant until Sunday night when the Mayflower neighborhood was ...

MAYA ISLAND AIR PROMOTES REGIONAL TOURISM
LoveFM, Belize - 5/20/2008
That is what one of Belize’s local airlines is capitalizing on. Since August 6 th last year Maya Island Air has been flying once weekly to the neighboring ...

CITY COUNCIL UPDATES ON DOWNTOWN UPGRADE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/20/2008
Today Mayor Zenaida Moya says that they have granted an extension to Belize Water Services Limited to complete their maintenance work in the area. ...

CITY COUNCIL UPDATES ON DOWNTOWN UPGRADE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/20/2008
Today Mayor Zenaida Moya says that they have granted an extension to Belize Water Services Limited to complete their maintenance work in the area. ...

SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES RECEIVE SPORT GEARS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/20/2008
They made us proud in Guatemala and China representing Belize for international special Olympic Games and today these athletes were presented with gears to ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/20/2008
Belize City Police have arrested and charged three men for drug trafficking. Police say on Sunday evening they were patrolling on Nargusta Street when they ...

Grenade Attack Killed 1, Injured 11
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/20/2008
... be alive if he had stayed inside the vehicle of a family friend that brought him from Belmopan but stopped at the friends’ residence in Belize City. ...

Calcutta shut out Chan Chen in Choco Cup football
Amandala, Belize - 5/20/2008
In game 2 at 3:30 pm, visiting Lake-I from Belize City fell once more, this time by a burning 1-nil score to Paraiso Panchos. Paraiso’s Thomas Zetina got ...

Belize needs to develop its human capital
Amandala, Belize - 6 hours ago
Basic food prices being high continue to be a problem in Belize, especially among the poor. Belize City, by virtue of its population size, is the number one ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 5/20/2008
On the face of it, Prime Minister Dean Barrow has enough power to do whatever needs to be done to make things right in Belize. The hard reality is, however, ...

Remembering African Liberation Week 1972
Amandala, Belize - 5/20/2008
On May 29, 1972, UBAD organized a demonstration through the streets of Belize (City). Starting at the Court House Wharf (Plaza), we paraded into Queen ...

The peaceful Belizean revolution –
Amandala, Belize - 5/20/2008
The Belizean people fully expect that the UDP government will render that contract null and void, a criminal act against the nation of Belize, ...

Another toddler, 2, beaten to death – stop this craziness!!
Amandala, Belize - 5/20/2008
The toddler’s mother – Ronelle Rodriguez - was in southern Belize, while her father was in Cayo, where he lives. He reportedly had been paying Ms Budnah, ...

Grenade carnage on Mayflower!
Amandala, Belize - 5/20/2008
At approximately 8:50 last night Sunday, May 18, deadly violence in Belize City reached a new high, as the nation recorded its first grenade attack in ...

Mayflower (May 18) and Putt Putt (February 8) – EXACTLY 100 days ...
Amandala, Belize - 5/20/2008
These incidents in Belize have been blamed on gang violence, but many citizens suspect there is much more going on than they are being told, ...

Belize Bank & president Phil Johnson to face 79 charges under the ...
Amandala, Belize - 5/20/2008
The country’s largest and oldest bank, the Belize Bank, and its CEO and president, Philip Johnson, have been summoned in connection with 79 charges under ...

Tourism still Belize’s #1 foreign exchange earner
Amandala, Belize - 5/20/2008
With the almost daily complaints about rising cost of living in Belize and other parts of the world, the news about the world economy is not good these days ...

5/19/2008

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/19/2008
Police have arrested and charged one person in connection with a robbery that occurred last week in Belize City. Chinese business man Jui Liang Huang ...

NTUCB HOLDS 41ST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 5/19/2008
National Trade Union Congress of Belize, NTUCB, held its 41 st Annual general Meeting this past Saturday in Orange Walk town. This AGM was due from last ...

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT LEAVES EIGHT PEOPLE INJURED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/19/2008
They are in Belize City. We have Esther Gonzalez and Ana Doris Gonzalez. It was a head on collision. We know the other vehicle is owned by a police ...

ANOTHER CASE OF ALLEGED CHILD ABUSE RESULT IN DEATH OF 2 YEAR OLD
LoveFM, Belize - 5/19/2008
The father has been contacted in Cayo and the father is coming down to Belize City this morning and hopefully he will be able to shed some light in terms of ...

GRENADE EXPLODES ON MAYFLOWER STREET KILLING ONE AND INJURING ELEVEN
LoveFM, Belize - 5/19/2008
And while speculations are high that the grenade might have come from the Belize Defence Force, that was put to rest today when Major David Jones of the ...

5/16/2008

PM BARROW ON HIS WAY TO TAIPEI
LoveFM, Belize - 5/16/2008
During the absence of Barrow, Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega will be acting Prime Minister. Barrow and Martinez are expected back in Belize on Friday May ...

CONSULTATION PROCESS FOR AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION BEGINS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/16/2008
The National Assembly has started a nationwide consultation process on the sixth amendment to the Belize Constitution. The amendment bill proposes to ...

MISS Belize WORLD FELICITA ARZU CUTS TIES WITH PAGEANTS Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 5/16/2008
A release from Pageants Belize says it has been brought to their attention that Miss Belize World Felicita Arzu has indicated to the general public in a ...

Commentary from inside the FFB
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
It has been a few weeks since I last communicated with sports enthusiasts regarding the present status of football in Belize; so, after not hearing anything ...

CHRIST FOR LIFE AND Belize BANK DIAMONDS IN BECOL SENIOR FINALS ...
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
It will be Christ for Life going up against the Belize Bank Diamonds in the 2008 Becol Senior Basketball Finals. Last week Saturday night at the Falcon ...

Run Sammy, Run!
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
Smuggling has been a moneymaking activity for Belizeans almost from the “get go,” and I’m talking about the inception of the Belize settlement! ...

9-year-old girl sodomized by 53-year-old man
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
The sad cases of sexual violence in Belize continue, and the latest, occurring right here in the city, is a true shocker. A nine-year-old student, ...

The Agri Ministry and the food need
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
Clothing, listed as the second basic need of human beings, is not a hassle in Belize. Even the poorest people in Belize don’t have to sweat too much about ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
in the 1969-1974 period … young leftist and Black Power radicals garnered phenomenal support among young Creoles and Garinagu in Belize City and Dangriga by ...

National Transportation Services responds to “Bus driver spiteful?”
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
As we understand it, the bus belonging to the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative that broke down was on an unauthorized run that evening. ...

War of words - Barrow calls Musa “a traitor!”
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
In taking another swing at Musa, Barrow said Musa does not have a clue how hated, and reviled and disgusted he is in Belize. “…It is not personal,” said ...

Of musicians and moneylenders
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
The humble people of Belize have been trying to understand the fundamentals of the case involving Ashcroft Sagis as the claimant, and KREM Radio as the ...

Who beat the 2-year-old child to death?
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
Police were unable to confirm reports of a third child, who may be in custody of its paternal grandmother somewhere in Belize City. Police are conducting an ...

Shylock Ashcroft wants 10% KREM flesh!
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
... airwaves over a series of transactions between the former government and the Belize Bank, another Ashcroft company, which sparked major public outrage. ...

Fix the boardwalk in 10 days – or else!
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
At 10:00 am, Lumor began proceedings against Attorney General Wilfred Elrington, the Government of Belize in the person of Deputy Prime Minister and Natural ...

Gridlock on the $20 million Venezuelan grant case
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
The Belize Government’s demand for the Belize Bank to return the $20 Venezuelan money that it had used to pay back the $33 million Universal Health Services ...

PUPs want Barrow to call a referendum on constitutional changes
Amandala, Belize - 5/16/2008
Alberto Vellos is the editor of the PUP’s Belize Times newspaper; Carter is a PUP talk show host and former PUP City Council member; Yasin Shoman is the ...

CJ to decide in legal battle between Krem Radio and Sagis
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/16/2008
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter Belize’s Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh has reserved judgement - on a date to be announced - when he will rule on whether or ...

Corozal police clean out rat’s nests in Corozal Free Zone
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/16/2008
But it took strong complaints from Mexican authorities to get the Belize authorities to act. After the February 7 elections, the Minister of National ...

Education Week announcement:
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/16/2008
It means changing Belize.” Minister Faber has also appointed a new National Council for Education, and announced new criteria for the Teacher of the Year ...

Sooknandan resigns as DPP
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/16/2008
Belize City Mon. May 12 Lutchman Sooknandan, who was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions less than two years ago, resigned his post as DPP and ...

One of two toddlers dies after being admitted to KHMH with ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/16/2008
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter A Belize City mother of a two year old baby girl and a four month old baby boy, is the subject of a police investigation, ...

BTL pawns assets for US $22.5 million to Belize Bank
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/16/2008
by Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter Belize Telemedia Limited, Belize’s only major telecommunication company which boasts assets of well over $200 million, ...

Former Prime Minister Said Musa
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/16/2008
The Government majority held, however, that 60 percent of registered voters is a realistic bar to aim for in Belize, and sent the proposal on to committee ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/16/2008
By Harry Lawrence - Publisher The report about two missing containers dispatched from the Port of Belize reported by our newspaper last week has been ...

Was PC Moguel Also Involved in Shootout Last Night with Cops?
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/16/2008
But so far Belize City Police have been unable to locate the vehicle however they have detained its owner twenty six year old PC Delmar Moguel and Darren ...

Mother Accused of Killing 2 Year Old Daughter
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/16/2008
The Belize City’s Police Family Violence Unit is aggressively investigating it as a case of extreme child abuse. The mother’s story is that early Sunday ...

Unlike Indiana Jones, real archaeologists prefer libraries over a ...
TheReporter.com, CA - 5/16/2008
Jaime Awe, director of the Institute of Archaeology in Belize, is a big fan of the "Indiana Jones" movies but shows them to students as "examples of what ...

5/15/2008

Volleyball Action in SP!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/15/2008
The San Pedro Sun recaps and begins the report with games from the semi finals; teams competing were Ernest Broaster and Raul Arnold from Belize City and ...

Susie Rodriguez crowned Miss Lions 2008-2009
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/15/2008
On Friday, May 9th, 2008, as part of Mother’s Day, the San Pedro Lions Club hosted a Mother’s Day gala and took the opportunity to crown incoming San Pedro ...

Captain Morgan’s Retreat receives Premier Resort Award
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/15/2008
In an interview with Captain Morgan’s owners Ernest Olmstead and Karen Riley (third partner is Joseph Simek) The San Pedro Sun discovered that the duo have ...

Juanita Ake is Mother of the Year 2008
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/15/2008
New Horizon students put on a nice Friday show for their mommies. Upon entering the school compound they each received a beautiful red bow pin commemorating ...

MEXICO STRENGTHEN SECURITY AT Belize MEXICO BORDER
LoveFM, Belize - 5/15/2008
The Governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, Félix González Canto, has stated that the southern border of Quintana Roo with Belize is under high ...

BTB PRESENTS 10TH ANNUAL INDUSTRY PRESENTATION
LoveFM, Belize - 5/15/2008
Stakeholders of the tourism industry in Belize this morning convened at the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel this morning for the unveiling of the 10 th Annual ...

TEACHERS’ DAY CO-FOUNDER REMINISCES
LoveFM, Belize - 5/15/2008
We knew that at that time that Teachers Day was observed through out Central America and why not in Belize. So myself as the president of the Teachers Union ...

US AMBASSADOR CONCLUDES MED-RED TRAINING EXERCISE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/15/2008
US Ambassador to Belize, Robert Dieter, this morning officially saw the conclusion of the Medical Readiness Training Exercise at Bella Vista in the Stann ...

APAMO EQUIPS MEMBERS WITH ADVOCACY AND NEGOTIATION SKILLS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/15/2008
“APAMO in collaboration with partners such as OAK Foundation, the Critical Ecosystems Fund and IUCN through the Belize Audubon Society are funding a four ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/15/2008
A Belize City man watched his home go up in flames early yesterday morning. 57-year-old Levi Coffin of Rasta Street told Police he was using a fire-heart ...

5/14/2008

Sadie Vernon Teachers Sit Out in Protest
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/14/2008
Well today at Sadie Vernon High in Belize City, a similar thing happened. Except that the teachers didn’t call in sick; they showed up to school and simply ...

BTL Pays up Its Business Tax Arrears
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/14/2008
... arrangement for the payment of $20 million that as you know this government insists is owing to the government and people of Belize by the Belize Bank. ...

Said Musa's Rough Welcome to the House
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/14/2008
“60% of the total electors in Belize or in any particular area or district, as the bill says, would have to participate in this referendum in order for it ...

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT DEBATE AMENDMENTS TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
LoveFM, Belize - 5/14/2008
... Bill does not seek to punish the innocent but rather to try to curtail the serious crime situation that we have particularly in many areas of Belize City.

US Open Cup champion to participate in CONCACAF Champions League
USOpenCup.com - 5/14/2008
24 teams from Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Pamana, the Caribbean and the United States will take part in ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH FULFILLING MDG COMMITMENT
LoveFM, Belize - 5/14/2008
The equipment which was acquired with funding from the Government of Belize is worth approximately 125 thousand dollars. Doctor Beer said that one of the ...

WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS DAY OBSERVED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/14/2008
Belize Telemedia Limited today hosted an Open Day and display at the Belize City Center as a part of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. ...

BELPRO CONEX TO BE HELD IN JULY
LoveFM, Belize - 5/14/2008
The Belize Business Bureau has announced that this year’s BelPro ConEx will be held from the 25 to the 27 of July. BelPro ConEx is a trade show that aims to ...

Belize AUDUBON SOCIETY RE-OPENS SAINT HERMAN’S CAVE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/14/2008
Felicia Leal is the Cayo Parks Manager at the Belize Audubon Society. “In early March we had closed the Saint Herman Caves due to two loose rocks within the ...

Action plan presented for stewardship of Belize's natural heritage
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 5/14/2008
BELMOPAN, Belize: The Belize Tourism Board, in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, presented an Action Plan for the shared ...

5/13/2008

US ARMY REFURBISHES GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS ACROSS Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 5/13/2008
The first portion of Beyond the Horizon school project has been completed and the school to benefit is Hattieville Government School in the Belize district. ...

UNSECO OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP TO BELIZEAN FEMALE SCIENTIST
LoveFM, Belize - 5/13/2008
The Belize National Commission for UNESCO is once again inviting qualified women to apply for the annual UNESCO – L’OREAL co-sponsored fellowships for young ...

MEXICO OFFERS 41 SCHOLARSHIPS TO BELIZEAN STUDENTS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/13/2008
“We are offering more scholarships and this is in connection with an educational and cultural agreement with the Government of Belize. ...

…WHILE Belize CITY POLICE INVESTIGATE SEVERAL ROBBERIES
LoveFM, Belize - 5/13/2008
Belize City Police are investigating an incident in which a businessman was robbed of over 17 thousand dollars. 36-year-old Mukesh Makhwani told police that ...

BEL SUBMITS OBJECTION TO PUC’S INITIAL DECISION ON ARP
LoveFM, Belize - 5/13/2008
Belize Electricity Limited has submitted its objection to the Public Utilities Commission’s initial decision under the annual tariff review proceeding. ...

5/12/2008

LUTCHMAN SOOKNANDAN RESIGNS AS DPP
LoveFM, Belize - 5/12/2008
I do not want unnecessary conflict, I don’t think that as a person who served the nation of Belize twice as Director of Public Prosecutions must entertain ...

BTB LAUNCHES PLAN TO BETTER PROTECT BELIZE'S NATURAL HERITAGE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/12/2008
The Belize Tourism Board, Conservation International (CI) and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) witnessed the culmination of their 12-month ...

MINISTER SAYS PROGRESS IN EDUCATION NEEDS EVERYONE’S EFFORT
LoveFM, Belize - 5/12/2008
And this was also the message that was echoed by President of the Belize National Teachers’ Union, Jaime Panti. “As we celebrate Education Week we join in ...

NURSES’ WEEK OBSERVED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/12/2008
In order to make the work of nurses easier in Belize Bennett says they also need some attention in key areas. “Definitely opportunities for continued ...

BTL DONATES TO ALLIANCE AGAINST AIDS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/12/2008
One of Belize’s telecommunication companies this afternoon made a donation of three thousand Belize dollars to the Alliance Against AIDS. ...

NOPCAN INTRODUCES TEACHING GUIDE ON CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF A ...
LoveFM, Belize - 5/12/2008
Greene says that compared to the other guides that he has seen this one is more comprehensive and relates to Belize which makes for more interesting ...

PUP SUPPORTS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
LoveFM, Belize - 5/12/2008
The Party says the national assets of Belize should be utilized in the best interests and for the benefit of the majority of Belizeans. ...

5/9/2008

Economy andastaanding…and the VIP
Amandala, Belize - 5/9/2008
Devaluation of the Belize dollar just after World War II led to the birth of the People’s Committee. You know who they would grow up to be a short time ...

Belize Police get into Internet Technology
Amandala, Belize - 5/9/2008
Today, the Belize Police Department unveiled its new and improved presence on the World Wide Web. It is a great step in the direction of “E-Government,” ...

Of this and that
Amandala, Belize - 5/9/2008
We have to remember that what power he has over us was given to him by another enemy of Belize, Said Musa, who, unfortunately for us, was Prime Minister. ...

The discussion continues
Amandala, Belize - 5/9/2008
If this legislation becomes law, Belize, along with its fellow CARICOM countries, will have all the apparatus in place for a police state, ...

Robert Gillett, 18, remanded after judge throws out guilty plea
Amandala, Belize - 5/9/2008
2 Iguana Street in Belize City, while Chessman supposedly had the former in Ladyville. Speaking in his own defense, Gillett that afternoon extended his ...

Police raid on Jose Shoman’s house fails!
Amandala, Belize - 5/9/2008
... the residence and one young officer got involved in an accident with a Toyota Corolla being driven by Belize Electricity Limited auditor Jose Can. ...

London court rules in favor of Ashcroft
Amandala, Belize - 5/9/2008
In the mid-week edition of Amandala, we told you that the Government of Belize had gotten a late evening injunction from the Belize Supreme Court on Friday, ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11 hours ago
By Harry Lawrence - Publisher A British court in London ruled this week that it has jurisdiction to decide disputes between the Government of Belize and the ...

Fort Street Tourism Village acts like its above the law,
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11 hours ago
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter The legal battle over the wall at the Fort Street Tourism Village (FSTV) in Belize City, which has been going on for well ...

The legal battle for the Venezuelan $20 million now stretches ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11 hours ago
The battle, which stretches from Belize across the Atlantic to the United Kingdom, is over the Barrow government’s quest to have the bank return $20 million ...

Onion farming in Belize: great strides have been made!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11 hours ago
But with a promotional campaign to buy local onion by the Belize Marketing Board and improved technical help from extension officers over the years, ...

BELIZEANS PERFORM AT EXPOMAYA 2008
LoveFM, Belize - 5/9/2008
The Belize National Dance Company performed at the Artistic and Cultural Maya Summit ExpoMaya 2008 in Carillo Puerto Quintana Roo Mexico. ...

ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR EDUCATION WEEK
LoveFM, Belize - 5/9/2008
On Friday that is officially Teachers’ Day and that is celebrated at all district levels also and that is organized by the Belize National Teachers Union. ...

REGIONAL AVIATION AUTHORITIES TO MEET IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 5/9/2008
Civil Aviation Authorities from Belize, the Bahamas and Jamaica will be meeting in Belize next week for an Aviation Security Screener Certification Workshop ...

US GOVERNMENT MAKES DONATION TO Belize DEFENSE FORCE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/9/2008
Five brand new Mitsubishi trucks worth over two hundred thousand US dollars were donated to the Belize Defense Force by the US government this morning. ...

SCHOOL SECURITY GUARD ALLEGES ATTACK BY FORMER STUDENT
LoveFM, Belize - 5/9/2008
Stamp caught the bus to Belize City and a police vehicle took him to the police station when he got off the bus on Western Avenue. ...

ORANGE WALK MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR CONTRABAND CIGARETTES
LoveFM, Belize - 5/9/2008
Burke was transporting twenty five boxes of DJ cigarettes from Orange Walk to Belize City when custom officers stopped him at Sand Hill and searched his ...

COROZAL FAMILY CHARGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
LoveFM, Belize - 5/9/2008
The defendants were traveling in an Isuzu trooper from Cristo Rey Corozal to Belize City when they vehicle was stopped by the police. ...

Fort Street Tourism Village acts like its above the law,
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/9/2008
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter The legal battle over the wall at the Fort Street Tourism Village (FSTV) in Belize City, which has been going on for well ...

Learn to feed yourselves!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/9/2008
After some initial objections from the Belize Audubon Society, who are custodians of the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, Castro has obtained all clearance ...

5/8/2008

Cinco de Mayo fundraiser nets $9K+
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/8/2008
What started as something small, has now completely taken over Ambergris Caye, Belize and the world. A vision was all it took and today, Holy Cross Anglican ...

Governor General Sir Colville Young holds workshop at SPHS
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/8/2008
Governor General of Belize Sir Colville Young arrived in San Pedro Town on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 and held a one-on-one workshop with teachers at the San ...

Minister of Defense visits the San Pedro Police Formation
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/8/2008
In this endeavor, Honorable Perdomo was assisted by Area Representative of Belize Rural South and Minister of Tourism Honorable Manuel Heredia, ...

Private Investigator
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/8/2008
A: In January 2007, architecture students from the Montana State University visited Ambergris Caye as part of a foreign studies trip. ...

“Aaliyah Marlee” repeats victory in 2nd Dorado rodeo
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/8/2008
Last Sunday, a total of a hundred and one anglers and fishing aficionados embraced the second annual Dorado Rodeo Challenge...

BTL Was Warned
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/8/2008
We’ve told you about the dozens of charges that the Financial Intelligence Unit is bringing against the Belize Bank and its President Phil Johnson. ...

Belize Has Enough Food to Export
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/8/2008
But it’s not that bad in Belize. Yes, the cost of living is higher than it’s ever been and there have been flour shortages as a consequence of the worldwide ...

Melvin Hulse to Bus Owners: Deliver or Depart
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 5/8/2008
... when they leave that they know that at 3:30 in the morning there will be a bus leaving to go to Belize and they can get on it with their clean clothes ...

FAMILY OF SICK CHILD SEEKS ASSISTANCE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/8/2008
We are looking for round the line of something like three thousand dollars, Belize dollars. This money will cover all expenses for going to Guatemala and ...

INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS DAY OBSERVED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/8/2008
The Red Cross movement first became evident in Belize at the beginning of the 1900’s and as present Director General of the Belize Red Cross, Lily Bowman, ...

Belize TAKES PART IN REGIONAL TOURISM COUNCIL MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 5/8/2008
A team from Belize traveled to Nicaragua to attend the regional meetings of SICA and the Central American Tourism Council earlier this week. ...

MINISTER PERDOMO TOURS VACATED SANTA ROSA AREA
LoveFM, Belize - 5/8/2008
There are no Guatemalan villages or whatever in Belize. There might be one or two people that we meet and we have to tell them they have to move but there ...

Belize DELEGATION ATTEND WOMEN’S FORUM
LoveFM, Belize - 5/8/2008
“In the past I have worked with women’s group here in Belize and attended meetings in Central America and the Caribbean as a member of the National Garifuna ...

Belize CITY MAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER BEING SHOT
LoveFM, Belize - 5/8/2008
Police are looking for two suspects in connection with a shooting last night that left Jermaine Matura of Arlington Drive in Belize City in a critical but ...

5/6/2008

CABINET APPROVES FUNDING FOR HURRICANE SHELTER REPAIRS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/6/2008
Cabinet has approved an emergency allocation of 473 thousand dollars for repairs to hurricane shelters in Belize City, Corozal and Toledo. ...

Belize DEFENSE FORCE YOUTH CADET CORP LAUNCHED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/6/2008
The Belize Youth Cadet Corp is an initiative of the Belize Defence Force through the efforts of the Ministry of national Security. ...

FIRST EVER EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO BE HELD
LoveFM, Belize - 5/6/2008
The competition is organized by the Rotary Club of Belize in collaboration with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Protected Areas ...

GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE TO PERFORM IN MEXICO
LoveFM, Belize - 5/6/2008
“The band just returned to Belize on Sunday after a little bit of over thirty days of Criss crossing the US and they are heading to Mexico City tomorrow to ...

Belize POLICE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES WEBSITE
LoveFM, Belize - 5/6/2008
The Belize Police Department today officially unveiled their website making information on the department and other work of the police available to the ...

Belize TO HOST REGIONAL AVIATION WORKSHOP
LoveFM, Belize - 5/6/2008
Belize will be hosting a regional aviation security screener certification workshop next week. The objective of the workshop is to provide participants with ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/6/2008
Police are looking for a former employee of Belize Refrigeration Limited in connection with money that went missing from the company. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 5/6/2008
Uprisings in Belize City and Corozal Town in late March and early April of 1981 had convinced the then British Governor to call a national state of ...

The Maya in modern Belize
Amandala, Belize - 5/6/2008
George Cadle Price, began talking about the Mayan past of Belize. He referred to that past repeatedly in his speeches during the 1960’s, seemingly in an ...

The original “postman” visits
Amandala, Belize - 5/6/2008
Landivar was the dominant team in Belize during that period, and Lachi recalls a heartbreaking 1-nil loss to Landivar for the title in his last season here. ...

Belize police grab another American sexual predator!
Amandala, Belize - 5/6/2008
The details of Murphy’s arrest here in Belize have not been confirmed by Belize Police Department. The BPD prefers to make this type of announcement after ...

Russian roulette, or murder?
Amandala, Belize - 5/6/2008
A young man present at the scene, mechanic Alfredo Singh, 24, of Mahogany Street in Belize City, said that he and several friends were present, ...

Income Tax takes BTL to Revenue Court
Amandala, Belize - 5/6/2008
Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) has always maintained that the 19% business tax the Government of Belize levies on the company is “discriminate”, ...

National CIB head says he required no DPP directive to charge Joe Coye
Amandala, Belize - 5/6/2008
When former Minister and Belize City Mayor, Joe Coye, was criminally charged in the Belize Magistrate’s Court last Friday, April 25, it was clearly without ...

Senators discuss the 2006 annual report of the DFC
Amandala, Belize - 5/6/2008
Another issue he pointed to was the losses being incurred through subsidiaries of the DFC, specifically the DFC Investment Company and the Belize Mortgage ...

5/5/2008

BANDFEST WINNERS CAPTURE THIRD PLACE IN GUATEMALA
LoveFM, Belize - 5/5/2008
I would like to give thanks to all our fans here in Belize and across the borders, God bless them. Thanks to God we had a safe trip. ...

MARCIAL MES INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC INCIDENT AGAIN
LoveFM, Belize - 5/5/2008
... driving motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and damage to property which is the police vehicle property of the Government of Belize. ...

BRAILLE MANUAL AND DVD ON HIV/AIDS LAUNCHED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/5/2008
CARE Belize today launched a Braille Manual and a DVD Video on HIV/AIDS awareness. Evan Cowo is the Executive Director of CARE Belize and he told us more ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/5/2008
The 16-year-old was remanded to Youth Hostel while both 15-year-olds were remanded to Belize Central Prison. Dangriga Police have arrested and charged ...

BDF MEDIC DIES WHEN LAND ROVER OVERTURNS, 8 INJURED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/5/2008
The Belize Defense Force and relatives are mourning the passing of Corporal Zacheus Pop who died on Saturday after the land rover he was traveling in ...

5/2/2008


San Pedro Sun
What happened to the Reef Festival?
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/2/2008
Four years ago, the Lagoon Reef Eco-Challenge was welcomed at the Reef Festival at Mar de Tumbo. With the usual Reef Festival activities, the kayak race was ...

San Pedro Sun
The parcel of land for sale is adjacent to the Boca del Rio Park.
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/2/2008
Further investigation revealed that there is property close to the Boca del Rio Park that is being sold by Southwind Properties which was verified by ...
More Cubans land on San Pedro’s shores
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/2/2008
In an interview with Cuban Ambassador to Belize His Excellency Eugenio Martinez, correct protocol dictates that authorities should inform his Embassy of any ...

The Gulf of Honduras Project
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/2/2008
The Gulf of Honduras is a unique tri-national body of water that includes portions of the exclusive economic zones of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. ...

Belize Bank “Spartans” paddle to win 4th eco-challenge
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 5/2/2008
The anticipated 4th Annual Lagoon Eco-Challenge Kayak Race was a smashing hit over the weekend and saw the veteran adventure racers Armin Lopez and Amando ...

BELIZEAN INDUCTED IN SOFTBALL INTERNATIONAL HALL OF FAME
LoveFM, Belize - 5/2/2008
At an induction ceremony scheduled for 7 this evening Martinez will be recognized for his contribution to softball in the country of Belize both as a fan ...

YOUNG BELIZEAN ENTREPRENEUR RECEIVES CEO AWARD IN THE US
LoveFM, Belize - 5/2/2008
Escobar along with Project Director of Youth Business Trust Belize, Dionne Miranda left the country earlier this week to attend the award ceremony in Boston ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 5/2/2008
Belize City Police are looking for Marlon Jones also known as Fidget Bird for questioning in connection with a shooting. 23-year-old Ladrick Bell of Sanker ...

RED CROSS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 5/2/2008
The Belize Red Cross society will tomorrow be hosting their second annual Radiothon and will also be celebrating their 25 th anniversary. ...

Belize BANK DONATES TO ORANGE WALK TOWN COUNCIL
LoveFM, Belize - 5/2/2008
Today, the Orange Walk Branch of the Belize Bank handed over 10 thousand dollars to the Orange Walk Town Council to defray part of the cost for the ...

BELMOPAN SCHOOL GET COMPUTER DONATION
LoveFM, Belize - 5/2/2008
The Belize Defense Force’s IT Section setup the computer lab and loaded the necessary software. CEO in the Ministry of National Security, Brigadier General ...

PEOPLE COALITION FORMED IN STANN CREEK
LoveFM, Belize - 5/2/2008
The responsibility basically is to come together for prevention of and controlling of the level of crime in Belize. The people of Belize need the protection ...

ROTARY TO FIX UP PORT LOYOLA LIBRARY
LoveFM, Belize - 5/2/2008
The Rotary Club of Belize has undertaken a project to upgrade the Port Loyola Library on the South Side of Belize City. Victor Usher Junior, Service Project ...

HIV / AIDS MANUAL FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED INTRODUCED
LoveFM, Belize - 5/2/2008
Jackie Castillo is the Administrative Assistant at CARE Belize told us more. “Presently as far as CARE Belize knows there are no current materials in place ...

Indy-Packed Weekend Culminates In New Crystal Skull Special
VFXWorld, CA - 5/2/2008
To try to answer these questions, Sci Fi has launched an unprecedented expedition into the jungles of Belize to track down the missing skulls. ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
By Harry Lawrence - Publisher Because of the increase in the price of fuel and other raw material, Belize has been seeing some serious inflation. ...

Juan Gonzalez wins 3rd Annual Santino’s Cross-country Classic
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
... Cross Country classic for Category 4 & 5 riders, held under the auspices of the Belize Cycling Association on the Western Highway on Sunday, April 27. ...

Barrow government says fuel prices could reach $15. a gallon by ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
He laid out a plan of what his new government proposes to do about the high cost of fuel, Although Belize is now an oil producing country consumers are ...

Constitutional Reform, a top House priority!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
Prime Minister Dean Barrow introduced the Belize Constitution Sixth Amendment Bill 2008 to vest all property rights to Belize’s petroleum and mineral wealth ...

Guatemala wants ICJ to decide century old dispute
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
The century old territorial dispute between Belize and its neighbor, Guatemala, could soon be heading to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) now that ...

Belize welcomes ROC-Taiwan naval visit
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer Belize laid out a royal welcome at the Memorial Park for the visit by Rear Admiral Shin-Fa Chen, commanding the ...

Customs Mute! Tow head and container jacked
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
Manzur, who was at the Customs compound in Belize City when the container was released Tuesday morning, said Alfaro told him to have his driver take the ...

Silent before Police! Jose Coye urged to say nothing by lawyer Smith
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
The land is owned by the Government of Belize and is leased, or sub-leased to Orson Elrington, the owner of the Putt Putt Bar. The allegation of dishonesty ...

Guatemalan pasture replaces Santa Rosa’s illegal settlement
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
The last 17 Guatemalan families who occupied the area known as Santa Rosa along the Belize side of the border, were relocated on Tuesday April 15. ...

Joyce Flowers wins Miss “Y” 2008-09
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer Joyce Flowers, a 62-year-old grandmother from the Raccoon Street area of Belize City’s south side was crowned Miss ...

Rapist gets 20 jail time for brutal attack on 10 year old girl
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
The judge told Ramos that although he has no previous convictions in Belize, the court could not consider the minimum sentence of eight years for carnal ...

$10000 mid morning heist at RB’s Service Station
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5/2/2008
... have brazenly walked up to the owner/operator of RB’s Gas Station in Belize City, and robbed him of more than $10000 in cash Monday morning, April 28. ...


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