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07/04/08

Gian Ochaeta wins Father’s Day elite race, Chris Reyes wins junior ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
Ochaeta rode the 85 miles from Benque Viejo del Carmen to cross the finish line solo in front of Leslie’s Imports in Belize City in three hours 44 minutes ...

Fortune Affiliates Announces Christmas in July for Online Casino ...
FOXBusiness - 07/04/08
Belize CITY, Belize, July 4, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Winning is oh-so-easy. All affiliates have to do is bring in New Active Casino Players between ...

US volunteer swept away by waters of Jacinto Creek
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
Twenty-four hours earlier, she arrived in Belize as part of a volunteer missionary team engaged in humanitarian work at the Forest Home Methodist School in ...

Mayan leaders file another land suit against the Government of Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
This new lawsuit is asking the government of Belize to protect Maya lands by suspending all unauthorized land dealings in the Maya villages of Toledo ...

Skeletal remains of baby boy found in parents’ backyard
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
The couple appeared in the Belize City Magistrate Court on Friday June 27th , where they were formally arraigned on charges of child concealment. ...

Cop faces carnal knowledge charge of 12-year-old girl
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
Police Constable, Horace Portillo, a resident of Seagull Street in Belize City, has formally been charged with a single count of carnal knowledge for ...

Court rules in favor of BELPO. Says DOE needs to do its job
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
The Belize Institute of Policy and Law Organization (BELPO), a citizen lobbying group operating out of the Cayo district, has successfully secured a Supreme ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
With colour-coded pie graphs, Belize Natural Energy Limited last week explained how it disbursed its revenue from crude oil sales last year. ...

BETSON booted out of prime piece of Northern Highway land
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
Then three months later, on October 17, 2000, acting on the recommendation from the Belize City North Lots Committee, the ministry cancelled the lease for ...

Southern Mexico prepared to share tourism pie with Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
On Saturday June 21, 2008, the first workshop and familiarization tour between Mexico and Belize ended on a high success note. This event was organized by ...

Lucia Ellis launches first book “Making a Difference for Humanity”
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
Her parents sent her and her sister Cynthia to board at the home of the late Robert and Gladys “Momsie” Panton in Belize City. She attended St. Catherine ...

City Hall has a plan for homeless!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter Belize City, July 2: The Belize City Council has embarked on what it described as an aggressive program to get the homeless ...

Prime Minister Dean Barrow in New York: Making friends and ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
In keeping with the conference’s objective of deepening ties with the Diaspora, the Belize Mission in New York organized a reception in honor of the Prime ...

Asst. Comm. Alan Whylie
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
Senior Superintendent of Police Aaron Guzman, who heads the Belize City Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIB), who is looking into Williams’ claim, ...

Jose Maria Zetina
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
... Constable from the Cayo district, who is accused of stabbing his wife to death four years ago, commenced Thursday, July 3, in the Belize Supreme Court. ...

Commission to take a bite out of food prices
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 07/04/08
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter It has taken a few months, but the government of Belize is finally coming to grips with the biggest inflationary ...

7/2/08

Belize GRAIN GROWERS ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW EXECUTIVE
LoveFM, Belize - 7/2/08
The election of officers for the Belize Grain Growers Association, Toledo Branch was held during its Annual General Meeting at the Toledo Sports Complex in ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 7/2/08
Trevor Del Valle, owner of Playa Lounge of Seagrape Drive in Belize City reported to police that shortly before 5:30pm on Monday he was at his place of ...

WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE GRADUALLY
LoveFM, Belize - 7/2/08
That tropical wave should be over our coastal waters and moving over the coast of Belize late Friday or early on Saturday. This will induce another bout of ...

YOUTH AWARENESS IS BEING OBSERVED THIS MONTH
LoveFM, Belize - 7/2/08
The Youth Advocacy Movement under the Belize Family Life Association is inviting young people to register and join in the activities that have been designed ...

ARCHAEOLOGY SYMPOSIUM OPENS IN Belize CITY
LoveFM, Belize - 7/2/08
This is a come together if you want of researchers from all over the world, who conduct archaeological work in Belize. And our symposium every year is held ...

Belize ATTENDS CARIBBEAN TOURISM SUMMIT
LoveFM, Belize - 7/2/08
Belize was represented at the first Caribbean Tourism Summit held in Washington DC last week. The Summit was designed to bring together key industry leaders ...

Migrating Birds Understand "Local Languages"
National Geographic, DC - 7/2/08
"When I first came to the jungle in Belize I was overwhelmed by the diversity of snakes," said study author Joe Nocera of Queen's University. ...

7/1/08

The City Council's Plan for the Homeless
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 7/1/08
It was overcast in the city today and while it may not have been favorable for outdoor activities, that did not stop the Belize City Council from kicking ...

Flood Waters Cut Five Communities in Toledo
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 7/1/08
Most of the rains will be concentrated in the south. Residents of southern Belize are advised to be watchful for rising waters.

Cabinet's Price Control Police
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 7/1/08
While the Government of Belize does not have any control over increasing world prices that have impacted the cost of living, GOB has taken on the challenge ...

Court Chases the Mighty George Betson off His Land
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 7/1/08
Last night, Belize City resident George Betson had to find somewhere to lay his head, somewhere that was not his home. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, ...

Police Say Crime is Down
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 7/1/08
The majority of the murders, 24 to be precise, were in Belize City. 21 of the 24 were on the south side. And while the murder rate is down – so too is the ...

Carnival Road March Scheduled for September 6th
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 7/1/08
There are lots of ideas we have that we think will help to make carnival in Belize generally bigger and better. We are not able to do them 2008 but we are ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 7/1/08
Belize City police have detained a 17-year-old minor following a report by a woman that she was robbed. 21-year-old Gena Wade told Police that Sunday night ...

Belize CITY ROTARACT CLUB ELECTS NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LoveFM, Belize - 7/1/08
The Belize City Rotaract Club has a new board of directors. President is Jason Pascual, Past President Stephanie Staine, Vice President, Tennielle Wade, ...

The celebrations
Amandala, Belize - 7/1/08
In colonial days, Belize City was the capital. It was known as Belize, and the country was called British Honduras. One third of the population lived in ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 7/1/08
Previous to that time, the Anglicans had dominated the settlement of Belize. The Methodists and the Baptists came in the 1830’s, thereabouts. ...

Politics and football – Belize loses; FFB wins
Amandala, Belize - 7/1/08
It’sa two-way thing, with both tourism and professional sports benefiting from each other, as the presence of a top foreign team in Belize is an added ...

COLA - pure democracy
Amandala, Belize - 7/1/08
Two of the ladies are active in the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU). At Saturday’s gathering, COLA appeared to be a gathering which defied ...

CJ finds for Candy Gonzalez on Chalillo challenge
Amandala, Belize - 7/1/08
The case was brought to court last July by a Cayo citizens’ group, the Belize Institute of Environmental Law and Policy (BELPO). The organization sought to ...

38 Maya villages seek injunction against GOB
Amandala, Belize - 7/1/08
She said that the villagers are asking Government to cease activity, unless they are acting in accordance with the Belize Constitution or unless the village ...

Lisa and Lois argue before CJ
Amandala, Belize - 7/1/08
The issue of whether Prime Minister Dean Barrow needs to call a national referendum on the proposed changes to the Belize Constitution 6th Amendment Bill ...

Single father loses 3 children in Belmopan Fire!
Amandala, Belize - 7/1/08
The recent history of children and fires in Belize is not a good one. Some months ago in Dangriga, two teenaged girls with a history of mental problems, ...

Musa costs Belizeans $8 million for NEWCO deal
Amandala, Belize - 7/1/08
Last week Amandala ran an in-depth article on the ruling of a Miami arbitration panel which heard a dispute between NEWCO and the Government of Belize. ...

6/30/08

MAYAN’S CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE FOR COMMUNAL LAND RIGHTS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/30/08
The Mayan People of southern Belize has been in a struggle for the past two decades in an effort to obtain communal land rights for the Mayas living in the ...

SALVATION ARMY HOLDS ANNUAL SUMMER CAMP
LoveFM, Belize - 6/30/08
Every year, the Salvation Army of Belize holds a summer camp at a different location in Belize City. The purpose of the camp is to have youths become ...

ARCHAEOLOGY SYMPOSIUM TO BE HELD IN Belize CITY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/30/08
The sixth annual Belize Archaeology Symposium will open on Wednesday in Belize City. Doctor Jaime Awe, Director of the Institute of Archaeology told us more ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/30/08
Belize City police are investigating two reports of stolen vehicle. 23-year-old Allison Cutkelvin has reported his car stolen. Cutkelvin told Police on ...

6/27/08

Sex murder in Sandhill!
Amandala, Belize - 6/27/08
Pitterson is the sixth female murdered this year, and the second woman murdered in the Belize Rural Valley in less than a month. ...

Janelle – why I resigned from Channel 5
Amandala, Belize - 6/27/08
Krohn and other shareholders sold off 100% of the company to Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), and PUP favourite Amalia Mai immediately took charge of the ...

PUC’s verdict to BEL “manly!” - NOOOOO!!!
Amandala, Belize - 6/27/08
The PUC says that copies of the Final Decision for the Annual Review Proceeding 2008 for Belize Electricity Limited are available for viewing by the general ...

Merchants sock consumers with illegal flour prices
Amandala, Belize - 6/27/08
He offered to show us his receipt, which he got from Belize Mills, and indeed, it listed his purchase of La Gitana flour at $42.50 for a 50-pound sack ...

Magistrate orders Telemedia to pay $4.6 million in back taxes ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/27/08
While the judge felt the companies are able to pay the full sum of $4663250.93 immediately, Usher ordered that Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), ...

Atrocious, Said!!
Amandala, Belize - 6/27/08
When the Said Musa administration took over control of Belize Telecommunications Limited (BTL) from Jeffrey Prosser in February 2005, and started reselling ...

Botched airport deal - GOB must pay NEWCO US$4 million plus
Amandala, Belize - 6/27/08
The Miami arbitration tribunal that held hearings in January 2008 in the dispute between the Government of Belize (GOB) and NEWCO Ltd. over the ...

Mexico humbles Belize 7-0 in World Cup qualifier
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
By william Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer The Belize national football selection exited the second qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by ...

California Belizeans raise money for Belize flood victims
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
A relief effort organized last month by the Belizean-American Society in association with other voluntary organizations and the Consulate of Belize in Los ...

The 10th Miss Lobsterfest pageant in Caye Caulker
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
The contestants, dressed in summer attire, were at the Cucumber Beach Marina at Old Belize on Tuesday, June 17, for a photo shoot with Miss Belize, ...

INTERNET DETECTIVE - Follow the Money!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
This investigation will also shed light on the involvement, or lack thereof, of the University of Belize in the management and operation of the .bz registry ...

Indian nationals say Indian boss misused
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer Belize City police have arrested Indian businessman Kamal Nandwani, after five of his employees, all Indian nationals, ...

City police raided house loaded with plastic explosives, gun and ammo
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter A sting operation by Belize City police has led to the arrest of two men and a woman, who the police say were in possession ...

Sol Gen resigns!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter Tania Herwanger, who was just barely three months into her new job as Solicitor General of Belize since the change of ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
By Harry Lawrence - Publisher In March 2004, a private organization called the Belize Printers Association took the Government of Belize to court for ...

Cheryl Lynn Branker-Taitt is Belize’s new DPP
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
Cheryl Lynn Branker-Taitt, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, is Belize’s newest Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Cheryl Lynn Branker-Taitt, ...

PUC tells BEL no to rates increase
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
Mexico is only willing to reduce power supply cost to Belize by that amount if BEL agrees to pass on the savings to consumers. ...

No tax reprieve! Court tells Telemedia
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
The Supreme Court of Belize has told Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) what the rest of the country always knows -- that a company doing business in Belize ...

Musa reneged, and now Barrow must pay
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/27/08
The Government of Belize has said that it will respect and honor the ruling of an international tribunal which earlier this week awarded compensation ...

6/26/08

Murder Wasn't The Case in Death of Cyril Coleman
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/26/08
But what appeared to be a puncture wound to the throat led to speculation that Belize City police had another murder on their hands. ...

Dorla Pitterson's Killer Arraigned in Court
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/26/08
Orlando Wade, the man accused of killing Dorla Pitterson was arraigned in Belize City Magistrate’s Court today. The 30 year Sandhill resident old faced a ...

Bigger is Better
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/26/08
“My name is Cindy Rowland and I am representing Belize. The reason why I came into this pageant is it is Miss Big and Beautiful and look at I. I am big and ...

UB Gets $1.3 million for Rural IT
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/26/08
Over the next four years the European Union will invest $17 million in rural development projects in Belize. The Belize Rural Development program is the ...

Rising Floodwaters in the South Wash Away Temporary Bridges
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/26/08
Southern Belize is tonight once again cut off from the rest of the country. That is because the temporary causeway that was built to replace the Kendall ...

New Administration Building Renamed 'Sir Edney Cain Building'
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/26/08
We’re told that following this, the other administration building in Belize City, Complex as it’s called, will soon be named the Charles Bartlett Hyde ...

The Secret Accommodation Agreement Exposed
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/26/08
... including government’s undertaking that only BTL and Speednet – which is SMART can operate as phone companies in Belize for a period of 15 years. ...

Jades of Belize, The Catalogue
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/26/08
Today the National Institute of Culture and History, NICH and the Museum of Belize launched the catalogue Jades of Belize. The colourful forty page book ...

Costa Maya Update: Presenting Miss Belize, Iris Jessie Medina
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/26/08
Belize will be well represented by Iris Jessie Medina at this year’s La Reina de la Costa Maya International 2008 pageant. The 25-year-old, five feet seven ...

2nd annual San Pedro Lobsterfest a mouth-watering success!
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/26/08
Of the many highlights during the night, the “Fire Dancers” who came all the way from our sister island Caye Caulker and “The Tumblers” from Belize City ...

Public Consultation held on proposed Town Pier
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/26/08
The tourism industry, now accounts for 28% of Belize’s gross domestic product, this is now higher than sugar, bananas and citrus, hence, the reason to ...

Ambassador and Travel Agents tour SP
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/26/08
The Iranian Ambassador resides in Mexico City and represents Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. During his visit to the country, His Excellency also took the ...

GOVERNMENT ORDERED TO PAY 8 MILLION DOLLARS TO FOREIGN COMPANY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/26/08
The Government of Belize has been ordered by an international arbitration to pay NEWCO 8 million Belize dollars in damages. NEWCO is a foreign company that ...

Belize RURAL DEVELOPMENT LAUNCHES PROJECT TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN ...
LoveFM, Belize - 6/26/08
The Belize Rural Development Program and the Government of Belize to signed three grant agreements with separate organizations for the implementation of ...

SUMMER SLAM 2008 GETS ON THE WAY ON SATURDAY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/26/08
We leave from here at 2 0’clock tomorrow and at 6 0’clock Saturday morning each team of three is responsible to make their way back to Belize City via ...

STUDENTS HONORED FOR HIV/AIDS POSTER COMPETITION
LoveFM, Belize - 6/26/08
In his remarks yesterday US Ambassador Robert Dieter acknowledged the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize and around the world sighting a need to educate children ...

MUSEUM OF Belize LAUNCHES JADE CATALOGUE
LoveFM, Belize - 6/26/08
The Museum of Belize in collaboration with NICH and House of Culture today launched Jades of Belize. The book was co-authored by Lita Khron, the Director of ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/26/08
Police are looking for an Orange Walk woman after a Belize City woman has reported that money is missing from her bank account. 33-year-old Ines Landero of ...

6/24/08

US AMBASSADOR MAKES DONATION TO Belize RED CROSS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/24/08
The United States has always been known to assist Belize in times of disaster and this morning, US ambassador, Robert Dieter, handed over a check for 25 ...

TELEMEDIA ORDERED TO PAY BUSINESS TAX
LoveFM, Belize - 6/24/08
The Government of Belize has secured the payment of millions of dollars in taxes owed by Belize Telemedia and related companies. This morning Magistrate Edd ...

INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/24/08
The Government of Belize, through the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has signed a contract for the installation of an instrument landing system and ...

YWCA TARGETS WOMEN IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
LoveFM, Belize - 6/24/08
“It’sa two year project it is funded by the European Development Fund and the Government of Belize through the Belize Rural Development Programme. ...

TROPIC AIR RESUMES FLIGHT TO FLORES, GUATEMALA
LoveFM, Belize - 6/24/08
Belize is in full compliance with all the regulations as are tropic and Maya and all the other airlines here. We will begin on the first of July and it is ...

Friends of the Maya
Amandala, Belize - 6/24/08
In October of 2007, the Supreme Court of Belize ruled in favor of customary Maya land rights where the villages of Conejo and Santa Rosa were concerned. ...

Pay your blasted taxes, BTL!
Amandala, Belize - 6/24/08
For the past three months, the Government of Belize (GOB) and Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) have been at odds over money, and the question over who owes ...

FIU director says BQ Pitts is now prepared to disclose evidence on ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/24/08
The FIU is in court prosecuting the Belize Bank for 79 charges of failure to report suspicious transactions, after receiving USD deposits in excess of US$2 ...

Police find PE4, a demolition explosive, in city home
Amandala, Belize - 6/24/08
A home at the corner of Berkeley and Plues Streets in Belize City was raided at high noon today, resulting in the discovery of a dangerous explosive and the ...

Paying tribute
Amandala, Belize - 6/24/08
They were also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the 4-H movement in Belize. At this meeting, several awards were given to ...

Brazen gunmen strike 5 times on Thursday and Friday
Amandala, Belize - 6/24/08
Then, almost six hours later, at 5:45, Dr. Silvia Parrales, 35, a radiologist at the Belize Medical Associates, and her mother became the victim of a ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 6/24/08
But when Glenn Godfrey brought him to Belize City in 1989 to set up KREM Radio, Silva was already in a serious dispute with his wife and his wife’s family. ...

6/23/08

12000 Serve in the Public Service
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/23/08
Here’s how it went in Belize City. “I have thought several times of moving on but it always has some obstacles in the way and the reward of serving the ...

Condoms Still Inaccessible to the Vulnerable
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/23/08
How do you see this information helping Belize in its fight against HIV and Aids? “This information helps us to figure out if people have access to the ...

Janelle Chanona Resigns from News 5
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/23/08
Prime Minister Dean Barrow has said that Mai issued the payment instructions authorising the funds to go to the Belize Bank.

Belize's Jaguars Return Home as Losers
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/23/08
It is dated June 19th and promises $9000 Belize dollars to each player which will be paid before July 7th. Because of the loss, a cumulative 9 goals to nil, ...

Mexico Eliminates Belize, 9 Goals to Nil
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/23/08
By now you already know the score, 7-0, in Saturday night’s second game between Belize and Mexico. It eliminated Belize from contention for the World Cup ...

Police Find Deadly PE 4 Explosive in Belize City
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/23/08
When the Mayflower Street grenade attack occurred on May 21st, it was as if something changed irreversibly in Belize: gun and gang violence changed to a ...

Gunmen Carjack Willows Bank Couple
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/23/08
Police later discovered the vehicle on Lizarraga Avenue in Belize City but they have yet to find the men who committed the crime. MacFadzean didn’t wish to ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/23/08
Police later recovered the car on Lizzaraga Avenue in Belize City. Police continue their investigations. A post mortem conducted on the body of 23-year-old ...

LA/Belize CONSULATE MAKES DONATION TO NEMO TO ASSIST FLOOD VICTIMS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/23/08
The Los Angeles Belize Consulate today made a donation to the National Emergency Management Organization. Roland Yorke, Consul General this morning ...

PUBLIC SERVICE DAY OBSERVED
LoveFM, Belize - 6/23/08
Similar activities were held across the country under the theme, “Belize Public service, informing and empowering the community with sustainable services. ...

TELEMEDIA ORDERED TO PAY GOB $15000.00 IN BUSINESS TAXES
LoveFM, Belize - 6/23/08
Belize Telemedia Limited has been ordered to pay 15 thousand dollars in business taxes owing the Government of Belize. Chief Justice, Abdulai Conteh, ...

CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE HOLDS ONE DAY SYMPOSIUM IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 6/23/08
Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh who sits as a member of the Board of Trustees for the CCJ says that being a part of the court is of huge benefit to Belize and ...

6/20/08

UB graduates 562 in Belmopan and Toledo
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
The University of Belize kicked off the first of its two major graduation ceremonies on the weekend in Belmopan on Saturday, involving students from the ...

PM Barrow to New York
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
Dean O. Barrow, leaves Belize today, Wednesday, for New York City where he will participate in the New York Conference on the Caribbean along with other ...

FFB upsets Belize national team players
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
“The 21 member Belize National Football Team left Houston today and is reportedly in Monterrey, Mexico tonight. It is big news because the players ...

Robbed, shot, and beaten up on dark Coastal Road!
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
A similar robbery involving a truck diverted through the Coastal Road from Customs in Belize City occurred in May, though no one was harmed in that ...

High noon at Market Square!
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
Reminiscent of that Biblical event, the mass of protesters went around and around Market Square, the location of the Belize Bank, for two full hours, ...

Musa gave compromise agreement to Belize Bank in January, British ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
Nigel Pleming, British attorney for the Belize Bank, argued before Chief Justice Dr. Abdulai Conteh for most of today, Thursday, trying to convince the ...

Chief Justice slaps injunction on Central Bank, telling it not to ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
The Government of Belize is involved in a tangled web of litigation with the Belize Bank over an array of money matters, and upon orders of the Supreme ...

Belize Energy Workers Union feel “chanced” by Belize Electricity ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
The Belize Energy Workers Union (BEWU) called a press conference late this evening at the Sports Council Conference Room in Belize City, to lay out its ...

FFB and Ashcroft
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
Lord Ashcroft is bad for Belize. How could our leaders sell a proud people, ask us to bow to mammon? Belizeans bow only to God! It was nostalgia time for me ...

Bread price gone up!
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
The approval follows a meeting last Thursday between the Belize Bakers Association, which had been lobbying intensely for the increase, and officials of the ...

To be king in a democracy
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
If a very wealthy individual decided that he would be king in a small country like Belize, it would be possible for him to do so. ...

Belize Bank and GOB tussle in lower and upper courts
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the Belize Bank were back in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court this morning, Wednesday, in connection with the 79 ...

COLA’s sensational aspect
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
Michael Hutchinson (Belize Rural Central). Two days before the march, on Monday, June 16, it was announced that the said Lord Ashcroft, ...

Kudos to PUC; Fortis is greedy and chancey
Amandala, Belize - 6/20/08
Or – make Fortis sell either BECOL or BEL to the Belize government. Fortis is robbing us Belizeans from a safe distance, in more ways than one. ...

Mexico wins 2-0 vs Belize in World Cup qualifier
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3 hours ago
By william Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer The Belize National Football selection demonstrated their prowess and made history as they held the mighty Mexican ...

Lifeline Foundations gives $20500 to help those in need
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3 hours ago
The charitable foundation, headed by Kim Simpliss, its founder and director, made the $20500 donations Monday morning June 16th, to the Belize Red Cross, ...

Belize Energy Workers warn of “devastating impact” on consumers
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 3 hours ago
The Belize Energy Workers Union, greatly incensed at the action of Belize Electricity Limited in firing one of its senior employees and Union Trustee, ...

Arthur’s cost estimated at over $75 million and growing
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/20/08
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter Over seventy million dollars, that’s what a preliminary assessment found that tropical storm Arthur did to Belize’s ...

Bread now $1.75! Flour $0.88 per pound
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/20/08
Moreover, there continues a shortfall in supply, even though on Wednesday June 18, the Belize Mills received a supply of wheat to meet the demand of flour. ...

Mexico deal could save electricity consumers $7million
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/20/08
Esquivel explained that the current agreement provides for Mexico to give just an hour notice when it is unable to provide economic energy to Belize. ...

Citizens’ protest targets British billionaire Michael Ashcroft
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/20/08
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter Some three hundred plus citizens took to the streets of Belize City in 95 degree heat Wednesday afternoon to express their ...

Maya Leaders’ Alliance and GOB continue battle over customary land ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/20/08
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter Maya Leaders Alliance of Southern Belize (MLA) appeared in the Supreme Court seeking to obtain an interloctory ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/20/08
By Harry Lawrence - Publisher The announcement this week that Mr. Stuart Krohn has sold his financial interest in Great Belize Productions (Channel 5) to an ...

Orange Walk Mayor out on $6000 bail for fatal traffic accident
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/20/08
Gonzalez appeared in front of senior magistrate, Dorothy Flowers, on Thursday morning in Belize City, four days after the accident, when he was read the two ...

6/19/08

Magnum Belize presents award in SP
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/19/08
For the past three years, The San Pedro Sun has been the invited guest for the presentation of Magnum Belize Tours' Outstanding Performance Award. ...

San Pedro High School graduates 57
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/19/08
The San Pedro High School (SPHS) completed yet another milestone this past weekend. Held over the course of two days, SPHS's 33rd Graduation Commencement ...

Armed robbers hold up Caribeña employees
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/19/08
One person was shot in an armed robbery on Caribeña Street in San Pedro Town. She is Zoila Garcia, an employee of Caribeña Enterprise Gas Station. ...

Mexico's unconvincing 2-0 win over Belize
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 6/19/08
Team Belize considered a winner in many aspects! Sunday's World Cup game between Belize and Mexico was a triumphant return of football in the international ...

UNDP Donates Skiff to NEMO
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/19/08
We will have it under the care of the Belize National Coast Guard simply because we believe they are the most fit to service, maintain, and operate this ...

Police Bust Ian Arthurs with Prohibited .45
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/19/08
A .45 pistol is one of the deadliest weapons made and that’s why it’s classed as a prohibited firearm in Belize. But on Saturday night police busted 28 year ...

Team Belize in Monterrey
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/19/08
Reports are that they were going to strike but Belize’s National Football Team is in Monterrey Mexico and will play game 2 against Mexico on Saturday. ...

Generating Income in Bomba
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/19/08
Almost one year after Hurricane Dean delivered a devastating blow to Northern Belize, help has come to some villagers affected in Belize Rural North. ...

Energy Workers Lash Out at BEL Management
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/19/08
Last week Friday, the Belize Energy Workers’ Union sent out a fiery release, and today they held a press conference. The union has demanded a 4.5% increase ...

Orange Walk Mayor Charged for Causing Death by Careless Conduct
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/19/08
The Mayor, who has made no public statement since the tragic accident, was arraigned in Belize City’s Magistrate’s Court this morning. ...

AP Weekly Sports Calendar
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 6/19/08
Belize, Costa Rica vs. Grenada. OCEANIA: New Caledonia vs. Vanuatu. Christchurch, New Zealand _ rugby, New Zealand vs. England, 2nd test. ...

ONE PERSON DETAINED IN CAR ROBBERY
LoveFM, Belize - 2 hours ago
“It all started in Belize City in the Cleghorn Street vicinity and this lady in her ‘nice ride’ a lit and she was jacked by these two robbers who took ...

SUSPECTED COLUMBIAN BOAT FOUND OFF SAN PEDRO COAST
LoveFM, Belize - 6/19/08
Police say that they conducted searches in the area where the boat was found and up to Xcalac on the Mexico Belize border but could not find anything that ...

Belize HAS NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT OAS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/19/08
In his address during the presentation, Ambassador Mendez expressed profound appreciation on behalf of the Government of Belize for the invaluable role that ...

6/18/08

Belize COMMITS TO CONTINUE STRUGGLE AGAINST HIV/AIDS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/18/08
Belize has committed to work with UNAIDS and other partners to reach universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010. ...

BELIZEAN AUTHOR RELEASES CRIME NOVEL
LoveFM, Belize - 6/18/08
“It is a book about Belize and we also ways to hear about our country. Many times we are overlooked in world news and sometimes you hear people ask the ...

BELIZEAN ART SUBMITTED TO REGIONAL COMPETITION
LoveFM, Belize - 6/18/08
Program Coordinator at UNICEF Belize is Anita Zetina. “It is the regional organization that looks at art in the region and this is to promote the art ...

BOMBA VILLAGERS BENEFIT FROM BEEKEEPING AND CARVING PROJECT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/18/08
Fourteen families in Bomba Village in the Belize District will receive beehives, equipment and supplies from the Ministry of Economic Development, Commerce, ...

CITIZENS GROUP HOLDS DEMONSTRATION
LoveFM, Belize - 6/18/08
A number of Belizeans demonstrated in front of the Belize Bank downtown Belize City this afternoon. Elena Smith, Union Activist and President of COLA told ...

GOVERNMENT MAKE PROPOSALS TO MEXICAN ELECTRIC COMPANY
LoveFM, Belize - 6/18/08
These proposals come forth as the government of Belize tries to seek ways to lower the cost of electricity for Belizean customers. This afternoon at a press ...

TEENAGER CHARGED FOR MURDER
LoveFM, Belize - 6/18/08
... head and was pronounced dead on arrival at the KHMH Castillo appeared in Family Court today and was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until July 4 th .

6/17/2008

NDACC ENDS LIFE SKILL PROGRAM
LoveFM, Belize - 6/17/2008
“You Got Game Program is an after school program for young men in the Belize City area. The idea is to try and provide a positive outlet and a healthy ...

BLACKLEG CATTLE DISEASE DETECTED IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 6/17/2008
The Ministry of Agriculture and the Belize Agriculture Health Authority have informed that Blackleg, a cattle disease, in on the increase in the country. ...

FESTIVAL OF ARTS COMMITTEE TO DONATE TO FLOOD VICTIMS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/17/2008
The National Secondary and Belize District Festival of Arts committee has announced they will be making a donation to the flood victims of the south. ...

IDB VICE PRESIDENT CONCLUDES VISIT TO Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 6/17/2008
He took the opportunity to discuss the priorities of the Belize Government and the way the IDB would be able to assist. Discussions centered on the ...

BTL AND Belize BANK FILE FOR INJUNCTION
LoveFM, Belize - 6/17/2008
Sister companies Telemedia and The Belize Bank were in court today seeking injunctions. In the case of Telemedia, which case has been part heard, ...

Citizens of FIFA
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
On the football field at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, the Belize selection had a very good day on Sunday afternoon. Coach Ian Mork had his team play ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
In Britain, Lord Ashcroft behaves differently from the way he does in Belize, where he gives money to his political favorites in both the UDP and the PUP. ...

Goodbye, my friend, Harry Kuylen
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
A friend of mine died in Belize, and I want to recognize him. I wonder if you might consider running the note I have written on his behalf. ...

Maya take GOB to court again!
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
Due to an adjournment, the case of the Belize Bank against the Prime Minister didn’t take off this Friday morning, as had been planned, but another very ...

Futsal (five-a-side) - What is Belize waiting for?
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
Five-a-side was played at Bird’s Isle in Belize City back in the late 1970’s and was quite popular as an off season spectacle. It also helped to improve the ...

Channel 5 sold to Chichester!
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
Through Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), British billionaire Michael Ashcroft is taking control of Channel 5 TV as of Tuesday, and Amalia Mai, former Belize ...

Lesser’s report says electricity rates should go up, and $6 ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
While Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) has issued an immediate statement lauding the report, we are sure consumers – who unanimously rejected BEL’s rate ...

Will bread price increase Wednesday?
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
The Belize Bakers Association and Government officials met again on Thursday, June 12, to discuss their demand for a 50-cent increase in the price of the ...

BEWU “cuss up” BEL over salaries
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
The Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) and the Belize Energy Workers Union (BEWU) – the union that represents its workers, are at odds over salaries and the ...

6/16/2008

BTIA LOOKS FOR GREATER NUMBER OF MEXICAN TOURISTS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/16/2008
It is because of this that the Belize Tourism Industry Association, BTIA is holding the first ever Belize Mexico Familiarization workshop with the purpose ...

PESTICIDES CONTROL BOARD CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/16/2008
This year the Pesticides Control Board of Belize is celebrating 20 years since its establishment. The pesticides control act came into effect in 1988 ...

Belize NURSES ASSOCIATION HAS NEW EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/16/2008
Lydia Alpuche Blake has replaced Isabel Bennett as the President of the Nurses Association of Belize. The other executives are Vice President Alice Lewis, ...

LIFELINE FOUNDATION MAKES DONATION OF OVER $20000
LoveFM, Belize - 6/16/2008
The Belize Red Cross received the largest amount of 10 thousand dollars. Love News spoke to President Karen Diaz who told us more about what the funds will ...

MORE NEWS at http://www.BelizeNews.com/todaysnews.html 6/17/2008

NDACC ENDS LIFE SKILL PROGRAM
LoveFM, Belize - 6/17/2008
ìYou Got Game Program is an after school program for young men in the Belize City area. The idea is to try and provide a positive outlet and a healthy ...

BLACKLEG CATTLE DISEASE DETECTED IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 6/17/2008
The Ministry of Agriculture and the Belize Agriculture Health Authority have informed that Blackleg, a cattle disease, in on the increase in the country. ...

FESTIVAL OF ARTS COMMITTEE TO DONATE TO FLOOD VICTIMS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/17/2008
The National Secondary and Belize District Festival of Arts committee has announced they will be making a donation to the flood victims of the south. ...

IDB VICE PRESIDENT CONCLUDES VISIT TO Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 6/17/2008
He took the opportunity to discuss the priorities of the Belize Government and the way the IDB would be able to assist. Discussions centered on the ...

BTL AND Belize BANK FILE FOR INJUNCTION
LoveFM, Belize - 6/17/2008
Sister companies Telemedia and The Belize Bank were in court today seeking injunctions. In the case of Telemedia, which case has been part heard, ...

Citizens of FIFA
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
On the football field at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, the Belize selection had a very good day on Sunday afternoon. Coach Ian Mork had his team play ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
In Britain, Lord Ashcroft behaves differently from the way he does in Belize, where he gives money to his political favorites in both the UDP and the PUP. ...

Goodbye, my friend, Harry Kuylen
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
A friend of mine died in Belize, and I want to recognize him. I wonder if you might consider running the note I have written on his behalf. ...

Maya take GOB to court again!
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
Due to an adjournment, the case of the Belize Bank against the Prime Minister didnít take off this Friday morning, as had been planned, but another very ...

Futsal (five-a-side) - What is Belize waiting for?
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
Five-a-side was played at Birdís Isle in Belize City back in the late 1970ís and was quite popular as an off season spectacle. It also helped to improve the ...

Channel 5 sold to Chichester!
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
Through Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), British billionaire Michael Ashcroft is taking control of Channel 5 TV as of Tuesday, and Amalia Mai, former Belize ...

Lesserís report says electricity rates should go up, and $6 ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
While Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) has issued an immediate statement lauding the report, we are sure consumers ñ who unanimously rejected BELís rate ...

Will bread price increase Wednesday?
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
The Belize Bakers Association and Government officials met again on Thursday, June 12, to discuss their demand for a 50-cent increase in the price of the ...

BEWU ìcuss upî BEL over salaries
Amandala, Belize - 6/17/2008
The Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) and the Belize Energy Workers Union (BEWU) ñ the union that represents its workers, are at odds over salaries and the ...

6/16/2008

BTIA LOOKS FOR GREATER NUMBER OF MEXICAN TOURISTS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/16/2008
It is because of this that the Belize Tourism Industry Association, BTIA is holding the first ever Belize Mexico Familiarization workshop with the purpose ...

PESTICIDES CONTROL BOARD CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/16/2008
This year the Pesticides Control Board of Belize is celebrating 20 years since its establishment. The pesticides control act came into effect in 1988 ...

Belize NURSES ASSOCIATION HAS NEW EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/16/2008
Lydia Alpuche Blake has replaced Isabel Bennett as the President of the Nurses Association of Belize. The other executives are Vice President Alice Lewis, ...

LIFELINE FOUNDATION MAKES DONATION OF OVER $20000
LoveFM, Belize - 6/16/2008
The Belize Red Cross received the largest amount of 10 thousand dollars. Love News spoke to President Karen Diaz who told us more about what the funds will ...

6/13/2008

BUREAU OF STANDARDS HOLD EDUCATIONAL SESSION
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2008
... Industry and Consumer Protection in partnership with the Public Health Department and the Belize Agricultural Health Authority in order to provide the ...

REGIONAL PESTICIDES CONTROL BOARDS TO MEET IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2008
The meeting will begin next Monday at the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel. The Pesticides Control Board is a statutory Board under the Ministry of Agriculture, ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2008
Belize City Police conducted a search of an open yard on East Collet Canal and found a homemade sawed off shotgun with one twelve gauge Winchester live ...

Belize ENERGY WORKERS UNION CONDEMNS BEL REQUEST FOR RATE INCREASE
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2008
The Belize Energy Workers Union issued a release condemning Belize Electricity Limited for requesting a rate increase as well as terminating a union trustee ...

TEENAGER DROWNS IN Belize RIVER
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2008
Police say seven young men went to swim in the Belize River at Isabella bank yesterday afternoon. One member of the group, Clive Rivers Junior reportedly ...

COURT UPHOLDS INJUNCTION REQUEST BY MAYA LEADERS OF TOLEDO
LoveFM, Belize - 6/13/2008
Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh has upheld the request from the Maya Leaders of Toledo in granting an interim injunction against the government of Belize to ...

Canadian power company threatens blackouts in Belize if rates don ...
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
In his address to Belize Electricity Limited shareholders last month, Fortis CEO Stanley Marshall said a rate increase is needed to ensure the company has ...

Of this and that
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
But the law, as it exists in Belize today, gives Ashcroft the edge. He will tie us up for years in legal battles, and remember, the money for us to fight ...

Clinton Uh cries out against privatization
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
By doing so, they sold out our wealth untold; they gave away our sovereignty; they gave away what belonged to the people of Belize. ...

Barrow to Ashcroft – “The gloves are off!”
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
The Belize Bank is taking Prime Minister Dean Barrow and his government (along with members of the Banks and Financial Institution Appeals Board) to court ...

179 new Belizeans - 64 of them Guatemalans!
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
Director Murrillo is quoted as saying that most of the new citizens either married a Belizean or registered for citizenship after living in Belize for five ...

More rice panic …
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
Belize is a country that has long been self-sufficient in rice production, but this week the Belize Marketing Development Corporation (BMDC), ...

GOB and BNE meet over windfall tax Friday, June 13
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
Many Belizeans are of the thinking that there is much more that should go to the public purse from the country’s oil, and the Government of Belize has ...

Author: Adele Ramos
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
The Committee to Oust Lord Ashcroft (COLA) says it is calling upon patriotic Belizeans to converge on Market Square, the home of the Belize Bank, ...

CENTRAL BANK STAYS IN PLAYOFF HUNT WITH 44-43 WIN OVER MILO
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
In division A, Belize City Council continue to pursue that elusive championship, and are playing with an obvious sense of urgency. They know fully well that ...

Barrow’s 2008 budget coming in July
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
After about a month of consultations across the country, the Ministry of Finance, in collaboration with the University of Belize and United Nations ...

Smiling wins appeal; American Marianne Holt reinstated
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
Today, our sports desk received a Belize Cycling Association letter indicating that the Acros Guinness Smiling Cycling Team was successful in its appeal ...

GOB issues permits to import rice and flour
Amandala, Belize - 6/13/2008
Agriculture has generally been one of the important pillars in the Belize economy, but the recent crises facing the food market have not only been hurting ...

Ecotourism in Belize is Damaging Environmentally Sensitive Sites
Newswise (press release) - 6/13/2008
Newswise — Belize is an unforgettable mix of tropical waterfalls, ancient Mayan ruins and deep limestone caves, making it one of the world’s most popular ...

Work with jaguars nets federal honor for Douglas man
Sierra Vista Herald, AZ - 6/13/2008
... and has helped secure an additional $300000 in financial support for on-the-ground jaguar recovery projects in Mexico, Belize, Brazil and Argentina. ...

Philip Goldson’s bust on roadside for sale
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
... and with the blessing of the United Democratic Party (UDP). that controls the Belize City Council, conducted what he described as an official display of ...

Lack of Education leads to crime in Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
Education is one of the most important steps Belize can take to reduce crime. Youth in schools are not youth on the streets seeking membership in street ...

Relief efforts well on its way down south
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer After Tropical Storm Arthur quickly moved into Belize and caused massive devastation to Southern and Northern Belize ...

Downtown area to be converted to Tourist Zone
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
The idea presently being worked on by the Belize City Council, the Belize Tourism Board and other government bodies, is part of the new government’s tourism ...

Reporter helps Red Cross relief efforts
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
The Reporter Press has donated $1000.00 to the relief efforts of the Belize Red Cross to assist the victims of flood-stricken areas of Belize. ...

PUP on constitutional changes: We will support some & oppose some!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
The PUP supports in principle the vesting of petroleum and mineral rights in the Government of Belize for and on behalf of the people ofBelize, ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
By Harry Lawrence - Publisher The recent judgement of the Supreme Court declaring in effect that it was all right for the Government of Belize to take away ...

People’s budget calls for lower taxes
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
Belize , like so many other countries, has felt the effects of this. He committed his government to find innovative ways to stem the tide. ...

Boy 15, pistol-whips cop just for the hell of it!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter Violent criminal activity on Belize City streets reached a new peak this week, when three teenage boys held up a uniformed ...

All eyes on Houston
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
By william Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer The 21 players of the Belize national football selection left Belize today, for Houston, Texas USA, ...

Independent Expert says consumers should pay BEL more
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 6/13/2008
Jonathan A. Lesser, the independent expert hired by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to review its initial decision on the Belize Electricity Limited’s ...

6/12/2008

Thieves Hit Canadian Consulate
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/12/2008
According to the Honorary Canadian Consular in Belize Pat Andrews, when his staff reported to work on Monday morning they found that the place had been ...
At Risk Youths Attack the Stigma
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/12/2008
The fight to end stigma and discrimination against persons living with HIV and Aids continued today in Belize City where sixty at-risk youths gathered for ...
Are Belize's Boys Ready for the Big Time in H-Town?
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/12/2008
Belize’s 21 member national football selection is in Houston, Texas tonight. On Sunday they will play against Mexico’s national football selection at the ...
Stackles Monsanto Shot in Act Again
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/12/2008
Almost one year after one of Belize City’s most notorious criminals Stackles Monsanto was shot in the back by a Chinese business woman during a robbery at ...
BNE Fires Back at DOE
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/12/2008
Last night on this newscast, you heard Chief Environment Officer Martin Allegria explaining the stop order he issued against Belize Natural Energy. ...
Two Accused Killers Will Walk
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 6/12/2008
His body was found on January 18 of 2006 in an area known as Rhaburn's Ridge at the border between the Belize and Orange Walk Districts. ...
INDEPENDENT EXPERT RECOMMENDS RATE INCREASE FOR BEL
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2008
Love News spoke to Chairman and CEO of Belize Electricity Limited Lynn Young to get the companyís position on the recommendations. ...

AGRICULTURE AND TRADE SHOW A SUCCESS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2008
A release from the Belize Press Office says the government of Belize provided a grant of 30 thousand dollars in April as the past committee did not hand ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2008
Belize City police are investigating a number of robberies that occurred in the city this past week. In the first incident, the Canadian Consulate on ...

CRIME CONTROL COUNCIL HOLDS SECOND MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2008
The Minister of National Security in his keynote address at the passing out of Recruit Squad number 84 of the Belize Police Department says that the ...

NEW OFFICERS JOIN THE RANKS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2008
The 64 men and 4 women took part in 6 months of training before being officially welcomed into the Belize Police Department. Minister of National Security, ...

OIL COMPANY ASSISTS STUDENTS PERFORM WELL IN PSE
LoveFM, Belize - 6/12/2008
ìThe executive director and president of CHx, Alex Cranberg, is committed to education; CHx is committed to Belize. So together they decided to offer online ...


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