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5/18/09

Coast Guard Calls Off Search for Missing American
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9 hours ago‎
Authorities in Honduras and Belize had been looking for Joseph Dunsavage for a week – and yesterday, it was announced that the official search was ended ...

Fire at the Dump Continues to Rage
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/18/09‎
The fire at the Belize City dump – it's been burning off and on since early April. And while the Fire Department and the City Council have put in a ...

Taiwanese President Will Visit Belize Next Week
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/18/09‎
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-Jeou will be making his first official visit to Belize from Wednesday to Friday of next week. On the ceremonial side, ...

10% Decrease in Price of Flour
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/18/09‎
So now, the retail price per pound in Belize City should be 73 cents, down from 79 cents; 74 cents in Orange Walk and San Ignacio, 78 cents in Punta Gorda ...

YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION HOLDS ANNUAL AGM
LoveFM - ‎5/18/09‎
The Young Women's Christian Association this weekend held their 18 th annual general meeting at the YWCA Headquarters on Saint Thomas Street in Belize City. ...

CYDP HOLDS JOB PLACEMENT TRAINING FOR AT RISK YOUTHS
LoveFM - ‎5/18/09‎
Facilitator, Jackie Willoughby did a PowerPoint presentation and issued hand outs that highlighted sections of the laws of Belize and focused on areas such ...

5/15/09

Deadly School Bus Collision on the Hummingbird Highway
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/15/09‎
One of them should go on to Belize City at the KHMH to get a second opinion of probably a fractured or broken bone somewhere else and he was probably the ...

Men Protest Again Child Abuse
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/15/09‎
... Kendra Madrill was being bailed, the fathers against sexual exploitation and abuse of children were starting up their march in downtown Belize City. ...

Armed Robbers Hit Esso Tiger Mart
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/15/09‎
Esso Tiger Mart on Freetown Road in Belize City – it's one of the most heavily trafficked and well – lit gas stations, but all that didn't matter last night ...

Jerome Flores' New Recumbent Trike
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/15/09‎
He's taking his recumbent tricycle on a fundraising road trip from Corozal to Belize. But he can't do it on the old one – after all that's made of exhaust ...

Mario Zelaya Jr. Accused of Sexually Assaulting Primary School Girl
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/15/09‎
A 14-year-old primary school girl has accused a Belize City man of assaulting her in an indecent manner and today that man almost found himself behind bars ...

Deadly School Bus Collision on the Hummingbird Highway
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/15/09‎
One of them should go on to Belize City at the KHMH to get a second opinion of probably a fractured or broken bone somewhere else and he was probably the ...

Kendra Madrill Charged for Dangerous Harm of Cousin
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/15/09‎
A 20 year old Belize City woman was held by police overnight after she was accused of beating her primary school aged cousin so badly that he had to be ...

The Sweet Taste of Cacao
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/15/09‎
You may not know it, but the cacao fruit grown in Belize is one of the tastiest in the world, and more than that, it fetches a premium price on the export ...

City Dump on Fire Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/15/09‎
The fire at the old Belize City dump is under control tonight after it flared up last night. It was ignited yesterday afternoon and by this morning it was ...

FACEAC MARCHES AGAINST CHILD ABUSE AND MOLESTATION
LoveFM - ‎5/15/09‎
... like a petition form, if can be downloaded at http://www.ncfc.org.bz/. After the forms are signed it must be sent to post office box 1-2-2-8 in Belize City.

BNE EMPLOYEE GROUP PROVIDES ELECTRICITY TO LA GRACIA GOVERNMENT SCHOOL
LoveFM - ‎5/15/09‎
With the assistance of Energy for life, a subsidiary of Belize Natural Energy, the village today received a donation that will literally light up their ...

SAN PEDRO ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL TO RECEIVE BOOK DONATION
LoveFM - ‎14 hours ago‎
The project was initiated by President of Haas Media, Kim Haas, who came to Belize in January of this year. “When I travel I like to try and visit schools, ...

IMF CONCLUDES ARTICLE FOUR CONSULTATION WITH BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎5/15/09‎
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has concluded the Article four Consultation with Belize. The article in and of itself outlines ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL GRAPPLES WITH FIRE AT CITY DUMP
LoveFM - ‎5/15/09‎
Is it the property of Port of Belize, is it Luke Espat, is it the Government of Belize and we need to establish who owns it so that we can get the resources ...

TAMIFLU vaccines are here, thanks to WHO
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
Thanks to the diligence and generosity of the World Health Organization, Belize has been given a shipment of Tamiflu medication worth $100000 to help fight ...

Marion Jones Stadium upgrade back on track
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer Belize City, May 14, 2008 The project to upgrade the Marion Jones Sports Complex into a world class sports facility ...

Motorist wanted in hit & run fatality
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
... and caused damage to its door and right side. One witness told police that the pickup truck slowed down momentarily, and then sped away toward Belize City.

Home This weeks stories Politics GOB's fight with utility ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
Barrow noted that Digicel, a Caribbean based telephone company has expressed an interest to invest in Belize's telecommunication industry and buy out ...

American rapist found hiding out in Belize, but cops decline comment
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
Police press officer Clement Palacio says he has no knowledge that Perry has been captured in Belize, but does know that he was a wanted man. ...

Accused murderer fires his attorney “I want an attorney to defend ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
Pandy is accused of killing Belize City resident 18-year-old Allen Sutherland. Sutherland was fatally wounded on the night of November 11th 2006. ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
In the longer run a deep water port in Toledo will make that district the most productive part of all of Belize because large ocean-going ships will be able ...

Guatemalan Paola Salazar wins Female Cross Country
Amandala - ‎5/15/09‎
Team Sagitun boasted two of the foreigners, Guatemalan Paola Salazar and American Nicole Johnson, along with the defending champion, Belize's Shalini ...

No confirmed cases at end of second week of “swine flu” alert
Amandala - ‎5/15/09‎
At the end of two weeks under the gun of the contagious and potentially lethal swine flu virus (influenza A H1N1), Belize had no confirmed cases in 36 of 39 ...

Food for thought!
Amandala - ‎5/15/09‎
It is an atrocity that should not exist in a land so verdant as Belize. Some schools are accused of taking donations granted to them to feed poor children ...

Police looking for suspect in hit-and-run
Amandala - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Failure to stop and render aid is an offence under Belize's traffic laws, as is fleeing the scene of an accident, and police have impounded the suspect's ...

The sour taste that lingers
Amandala - ‎23 minutes ago‎
One surprising thing I found out when I left Belize City/Belmopan as a young man, and went to live and work in rural areas, is that while there is no ethnic ...

Five prisoners sent home! One, former Customs officer turned drug ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
He and another deportee identified as Ronald Smith, were whisked off to the Belize City magistrate court Thursday morning where they were formally ordered ...

Under the table land deals: Expose them and be rewarded $20000
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
Reports of continued wide spread corruption within the Lands Department at the Ministry of Natural Resources, has prompted local media houses in Belize to ...

Citizens take to the street anger by sex offences on minors
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
... Children (FASEAC), is scheduled to take to the streets of downtown Belize City Friday morning to protest the ongoing sexual assault on minors and women. ...

The fence at Tourist Village GOB and Citco to blame, says litigants
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/15/09‎
The ongoing legal battle between two major players in Belize's fragile tourism industry over a fence that separates the Michael Collins Gallery Duty Free ...

5/14/09

Disabled but Determined
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/14/09‎
He's become a master at it, and is now planning a fund-raising three day ride from Corozal to Belize City. 90 miles on the road for a man who's paralysed? ...

Private Plane Bound for Belize Crashes in Guatemala
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/14/09‎
A small private plane bound for Belize crashed this afternoon in Guatemala City. All five passengers on board and the pilot were killed. ...

Customs Officer Busted With Colombians Returns Home
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/14/09‎
We can't say, but know that these are the first two convicted persons being sent back to Belize from the United States under this convention. ...

Marlon Garnett Will Play for Team Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/14/09‎
He was supposed to represent Belize for the first time in Cuba ten years ago – but mix-ups with his plane tickets prevented that and also partly accounted ...

Social Security Tells City Council: Run Di Money
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/14/09‎
Lawrence Ellis who owns the other sanitation company, Belize Maintenance Limited, says that in January of 2008 he bought SEL's contract and not the company. ...

Agriculture Stakeholders Meet
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/14/09‎
Today's consultation was the final phase of an assessment of the supply and demand aspects of the extension services in Belize. The emphasis was on the ...

Belize Coast Guard Joins Search for American Missing At Sea
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/14/09‎
An extensive search by the Honduran Navy, the United States Military and Coast Guard as well as the Belize National Coast Guard has been underway since the ...

BELIZEAN ARTISTS GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
LoveFM - ‎5/14/09‎
Over the next few months the artists will be touring different communities in Belize City and refurbishing the facilities they'll be performing in. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎5/14/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating reports of a burglary. 43-year-old Keith Burn Drury of a Santa Barbara Street address reported to Police that his home ...

CAYE CAULKER FIRE SERVICE TO RECEIVE A NEW TRUCK
LoveFM - ‎5/14/09‎
This truck was purchased through the Government of Belize for the fiscal year 2008/2009 at a rough figure of BZ$39000. The frame is being customized by our ...

Chi behind the wheel of controversy
San Pedro Sun - ‎5/14/09‎
... and that it was used as collateral for a bank loan. Should the land be contested the matter would then have to be taken up with the Government of Belize.

Elvia Staines celebrates her “Lifetime Achievement Award” with ...
San Pedro Sun - ‎5/14/09‎
She has walked the walk, been there and done that, and for her outstanding lifetime contribution to the tourism sector in Belize, Elvia Staines received ...

Hol Chan celebrates Reef Week 2009
San Pedro Sun - ‎5/14/09‎
... a round trip ticket to Belize City donated by Tropic Air and a set of books on Belize's natural resources and history, donated by Coral Reef Alliance. ...

San Pedro Mothers celebrated...
San Pedro Sun - ‎5/14/09‎
Over a hundred volunteers including members from the, the San Pedro Town Council employees, community members and students from the San Pedro High School ...

5/13/09

How Much PM Barrow's Suit In Trinidad Cost & Who Paid
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/13/09‎
... the PUP Foreign Minister who went to Taiwan, had suits made, and then billed the government of Belize, had the government of Belize pay for those suits. ...

Audrey Matura, The Environmentalist
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/13/09‎
That's right, she's left the Legal Aid Office and was today named the Vice President of the new Oceana Office in Belize. And Jules Vasquez asked her, ...

Delford Slusher Walks Free from Murder Rap
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/13/09‎
In December of 2006, 24-year-old fisherman, Jose Noe Barrow was gunned down in the Conch Shell Bay area of Belize City. Two men were originally charged for ...

Police Receive Training in Case Handling
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/13/09‎
She is a Belizean and her first job in Belize was coincidentally at CYDP. She also worked at the YMCA prior to leaving to obtaining her doctorate.

Fathers Against Abuse Will Picket Supreme Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/13/09‎
In fact on Friday, the group will be holding a peaceful demonstration against what they say has been a consistent injustice towards Belize's youngest ...

Inside the Life of a Kidney Dialysis Patient
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/13/09‎
He he's had to leave home in Mango Creek and relocate to Belize City because right now for this 22 year old – this machine is all that matters. ...

Education Week Expo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/13/09‎
Jacqueline Godwin visited the Belize City event and found that there were some big ideas being promoted. The crowd at the Memorial Park may have appeared to ...

LA GRACIA GOVERNMENT SCHOOL RECEIVES SOLAR ELECTRICITY
LoveFM - ‎5/13/09‎
Energy for Life, a non profit employee organization of Belize Natural Energy Limited will tomorrow inaugurate an electrification project at the La Gracia ...

DELFORD SLUSHER FREED OF THE CHARGE OF MURDER
LoveFM - ‎5/13/09‎
27-year-old Delford Slusher, charged with the murder of Jose Barrow, was freed of the charge today in the court of Justice Adolph Lucas when a nolle ...

EDUCATION EXPO HELD COUNTRYWIDE
LoveFM - ‎5/13/09‎
Hundreds of primary and high school students from the Belize District converged on the Memorial Park this morning where presentations from different schools ...

FACEAC MARCHES AGAINST CHILD ABUSE
LoveFM - ‎5/13/09‎
The Fathers Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Children have coordinated a picket for this Friday to denounce the not-guilty verdict in a recently ...

5/12/09

30000 Doses of Tamiflu Arrives in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/12/09‎
Honduras, Nicaragua and Belize are now the only countries in Central and North America that have still not recorded any positive cases of the H1N1 virus. ...

Measuring Belize's Children
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/12/09‎
Three years ago when the first national height census of school children in Belize was carried out, 3454 school children measured showed growth retardation. ...

Ya Ya Returns Home as A Deportee
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/12/09‎
She's been a long time coming, but 42 year old Ya-Ya Marin Coleman is back in Belize. 7News confirmed that Marin Coleman arrived in the country this morning ...

Linda Wade Can Now Eat
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/12/09‎
It was the first time the surgery was being performed in Belize. “The surgery basically involves dividing the muscles of the lower esophagus and you always ...

BELIZE RECEIVES 30 THOUSAND DOSES OF TAMI FLU
LoveFM - ‎5/12/09‎
While there has still not been any confirmed cases of the “A” H1N1 Influenza in Belize, health officials saw it necessary to have the medication on hand in ...

NINE THOUSAND STUDENT MEASURED AS PART OF NATIONAL HEIGHT CENSUS
LoveFM - ‎5/12/09‎
It's been thirteen years since the first National Height Census of School Children was conducted in Belize. Subsequently what should have been a routine ...

….. AND FIVE THOUSAND FIRST RESPONDERS KITS
LoveFM - ‎5/12/09‎
And Belize's fight to stave off infection is being bolstered by a generous donation of supplies to be used in the fight. According to reports monitored from ...

SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN REGIONAL GAMES HELD TODAY
LoveFM - ‎5/12/09‎
Special Olympics Belize held their first regional games in southern Belize today. Special athletes from the Stann Creek and Toledo Districts are ...

BAHA AND HUMANE SOCIETY SEEK WAYS TO CONTROL STRAY DOGS AND CATS
LoveFM - ‎5/12/09‎
The Belize Agricultural Health Authority along with the Humane Society and the Veterinarian Association this morning held a half day workshop to introduce ...

CGA HOST COUNTRYWIDE WORKSHOPS ON CITRUS GREENING DISEASE
LoveFM - ‎5/12/09‎
“Because it was in the reason and people traffic back and forth we decided that we better continue to look to see whether it is present in Belize. ...

HEAVY RAINS CAUSES SCARE AT KENDAL CROSSING
LoveFM - ‎5/12/09‎
Officials of the Ministry of Works are monitoring water levels in the south as some localized flooding has been reported in some areas. ...

ROBERT LORD RETURNS HOME AND FAMILY RAISES FUNDS FOR THE BURNT ...
LoveFM - ‎5/12/09‎
Anyone wishing to assist the Lord Family can call Anis or Marvin Lord at telephone number 666-7121 or 624 -8870; or make a deposit to Belize Bank account ...

Heavy rains put Kendal under watch
Amandala - ‎5/12/09‎
The rainy season is not set to start until June, but already the southern part of Belize is being drenched by heavy rains, nudging the Ministry of Works to ...

Wage dispute at Maya Rio
Amandala - ‎5/12/09‎
... and he intends to make specific recommendations to the management, in line with Belize labour laws, but also in line with previous agreements the ...

Levi Jackson, 39, sentenced to 12 years for rape
Amandala - ‎5/12/09‎
The young woman, after recognizing Jackson as a former co-worker, who once worked at Old Belize with her, decided to accept his offer of a ride to take her ...

Nathaniel Alexander Bowen, Jr., 18, arraigned on twelve indictable ...
Amandala - ‎5/12/09‎
Nathaniel Alexander Bowen, Jr., who lives near Mile 12 on the Western Highway, appeared in the #1 Magistrate's Court this afternoon, where Chief Magistrate ...

CONCACAF axes Belize
Amandala - ‎5/12/09‎
The Football Federation of Belize (FFB) sent out a press release today cancelling a press conference it had previously scheduled for today at 4:00 pm at its ...

54% of confirmed swine flu cases in the US
Amandala - ‎5/12/09‎
As the world continues on the swine flu A(H1N1) virus watch, officials in Belize have yet to report the results of three outstanding samples sent to the ...

5/11/09

Burn Victim Robert Lord on Road to Recovery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/11/09‎
Belize Police have yet to determine if indeed the fire was deliberately set by someone out to get the homeowner as is strongly suspected. ...

Agric Rescheduled to May 29th to 31st
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/11/09‎
... could change it now is a sudden outbreak of the swine flu – and as we've reported, so far all tests from Belize has come back negative for the H1N1 virus.

Guatemalan Wins Female Cross Country
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/11/09‎
In April, a Mexican rider grabbed the garland in Belize's male cross country, and yesterday a Guatemalan woman snagged first place in the female Cross ...

Teen Charged for Arrmed Robbery of Sandhill Gas Station
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/11/09‎
While police believe the armed robbery was committed by a group of men, today one of those suspects was escorted to the Belize City Magistrate's Court where ...

Drop Everything And Read
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/11/09‎
Starting today right through Friday the Belize Reading Council is hosting a book drive for a programme to be launched in September. ...

Hit & Run Driver Kills Father of 5
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/11/09‎
“We were coming from a fishing trip going towards Belize City and when we got by Los Lagos, we saw a pickup just fly past us, scraped us, and knocked down ...

Elias Vargas Drowns in Rio Hondo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/11/09‎
... border village in Mexico and he was drunk. Still, he tried to swim across the Rio Hondo into Belize but went beneath the depths and never resurfaced.

EDUCATION WEEK FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
LoveFM - ‎5/11/09‎
It is known as Education Week and it is being celebrated under the theme, “Better Schools, Better Citizens, Better Belize; whatever It Takes, ...

Honduras to get third team after Belize exclusion
eTaiwan News - ‎5/11/09‎
AP Honduras will be granted a third team in next season's CONCACAF Champions League after Belize failed to meet the tournament's stadium standards, ...

TEENAGER ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR SANDHILL GAS STATION ROBBERY
LoveFM - ‎5/11/09‎
18 year old Nathaniel Bowen is one of several persons who police believed was involved in the attempted robbery of Sand Hill Gas Station and grocery store. ...

WANTED US NATIONAL FOUND IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎5/11/09‎
A man who was wanted in the United States has reportedly been found in Belize. Brian Perry reportedly disappeared last year while he was on trial in ...

HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT LEAVES ONE PERSON DEAD
LoveFM - ‎5/11/09‎
... they observed a Hispanic male person lying on the right hand side of the road when heading from the direction of Orange Walk towards Belize City. ...

5/8/09

Belize Still Swine Flu Free
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/8/09‎
“To date we have still not confirmed any case of H1N1 influenza A in Belize which is a very good milestone. We have sent out 39 samples of which 21 were ...

Mobile Home Arson
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/8/09‎
Belize City Police are trying to find the person or persons who deliberately set on fire a mobile home, the residence of forty eight year old Canadian ...

Gunman Jacks Creative Marketing's Payroll
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/8/09‎
A gunman on a bike jacked a company's payroll this evening in Belize City. Sometime close to 5 pm, Jose Ketz -the owner of Creative Marketing returned from ...

NBA Star Baron Davis in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/8/09‎
NBA star Baron Davis arrived in Belize today and is in San Pedro tonight. The 6 foot 3 inches tall guard for the Los Angeles Clippers slipped into Belize ...

VOICE TO CONDUCT NATIONWIDE SURVEY ON THE ELDERLY
LoveFM - ‎5/8/09‎
VOICE a representative organization of older people in Belize is getting ready to conduct a nationwide survey. In Orange Walk, this group has planned a ...

Did Belize Overreact?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/8/09‎
... the probability could have been that if we had the Agriculture Fair we might be where we would have had cases confirmed in Belize because you're saying ...

Former PM Esquivel Recovering in Miami
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/8/09‎
On March thirteenth former Prime Minister of Belize Rt. Hon. Manuel Esquivel suffered serious injuries after the vehicle he and his driver William Schnarr ...

Privy Council Rules Against Santiago Castillo Ltd.
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/8/09‎
By now we believe that land is the value of it is reaching $1.5 million to $2 million Belize dollars.” Do you anticipate that Mr. Castillo will voluntarily ...

The Mayoral Nuptials
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/8/09‎
And while there were many stars from political and social spheres, the main attraction were Belize's those who had been most well known un-married couple, ...

12 Years for Convicted Rapist Levi Jackson
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/8/09‎
Twelve years - that is the number of years thirty nine year old Levi Jackson will spend behind bars for the rape of a twenty nine year old woman. ...

FIRST ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESERVE OPENED IN SOUTHERN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎5/8/09‎
The cultural diversity of Belize is astounding and I think that Serpon goes a long way to demonstrate that here is a park that focuses on a whole different ...

GEF Small Grants Programme Awards Grants for Green Wave Initiative
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
On this day, students in Belize and around the world will plant a locally important native tree species, thereby creating a figurative "Green Wave" starting ...

Belize City Council & Freetown Working Together!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
As Chang prepares to facilitate the installation of public electricity, the Belize City Council assisted in a street upgrade of the main front street as ...

Ryan Walker shot inside a friend's car
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
... which some major concessions were given to BB Holdings after Michael Ashcroft related entities purchased BTL from the Government of Belize back in 2005. ...

Brothers Charged with Robbery and Kept of Unlicensed Firearm
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
... which some major concessions were given to BB Holdings after Michael Ashcroft related entities purchased BTL from the Government of Belize back in 2005. ...

Cadets return to Belize after completing officer course
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
By Lisbeth Ayuso Two members of the Volunteer Unit of the Belize Defense Force have returned to Belize after completing a three month accelerated Officer ...

Belizean Sean Coulton on North American motorbike tour
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
A young Belizean aviator, Sean Coulton, is expected to arrive in Belize later this week after making a historic land tour, circumcycling the United States ...

Belize still is swine flu free. But its getting closer
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
Health authorities in Belize say they continue to monitor the developments in the nearby Mexican state, but believe that it is safe enough to reopen the ...

Crispen Jeffries now Police Commissioner
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter Crispen Jeffries, a 35 year veteran of the Belize Police Department, was officially sworn in as Commissioner of Police by ...

Another eye witness shot dead
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter A 19-year-old man of Belize City who was the main witness to an up coming murder trial in the Supreme Court, ...

Privy Council rules that land next to Save-U belongs to Gonzalo ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
“When it (the Torrens system of land registration) was introduced in Belize the Land Registry was not provided with the resources needed to implement it. ...

Former City Engineer, Ricardo Magaña, found dead
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
... Marlon Skeen of Security and Intelligence Solutions Limited, a private investigation company located at the Omni Building on Coney Drive in Belize City. ...

Attempted robbery at Western Union leaves three injured, including cop
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
By Angel Novelo Belize City police are on the hunt for three bandits who shot a uniformed police officer and two other men during an attempted robbery of ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/8/09‎
By Harry Lawrence - Publisher The recent ruling by the Privy Council addresses a serious problem in the Belize Lands Department. A woman who had no claim to ...

5/7/09

Results of H1N1 Testing Unknown
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/7/09‎
The results of an accumulated twenty-four samples which were sent from Belize to CAREC in Trinidad for H1N1 testing are still not known tonight. ...

100 Years of Southern Sugar History Preserved
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/7/09‎
That's right - in the 19th century, Belize was exporting sugar from the south. It was specifically from the village of Sittee River where Belize's first ...

Supreme Court Says Cuban Refugees Can Stay
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/7/09‎
On February 16th, over a dozen Cubans and one Somali ended up in Belizean waters: two of them died as a result of their perilous journey from Cuba to Belize ...

....And Automatic Voucher Tickets for Graduating Standard 6 Students
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/7/09‎
More than half of the funding was provided by the Social Investment Fund through the Government of Belize. Other assistance was given by the European Union ...

Mayor Moya Gets Married
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/7/09‎
Belize's most well known unmarried couple tied the knot this evening at the St. Ignatius Church. Troy Dalla Flowers and Mayor Zenaida Moya were wed in a ...

BEWU DEMANDS REINSTATEMENT OF SIX EMPLOYEES THAT WERE MADE REDUNDANT
LoveFM - ‎5/7/09‎
The Belize Energy Workers Union is once again calling on Belize Electricity Limited to re-hire the six workers that were made redundant late last year. ...

GOVERNMENT TO OFFER $300 DOLLARS SUBSIDY TO ALL STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH
LoveFM - ‎5/7/09‎
With this new assistance from the Government of Belize more students will be able to attend high school; this according to the Minister will create a need ...

IRENE MEDINA WINS NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND TRADE SHOW ESSAY ...
LoveFM - ‎5/7/09‎
Medina will receive her prize of 500 dollars which was sponsored by Belize Electricity Limited during the award ceremony of the show whenever the new date ...

PETTER'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND DUKE UNIVERSITY OFFERS SUMMER ...
LoveFM - ‎5/7/09‎
The Petters Research Institute of Belize along with Duke University in North Carolina is offering Belizean High School students an opportunity to enroll in ...

ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVES FUNDING FOR GREENING ...
LoveFM - ‎5/7/09‎
This morning at the Coastal Zone headquarters in Belize City a brief handing over ceremony was held where checks were presented to various local ...

5/6/09

San Pedro Sun

Mexico to cut of BEL’s power supply for 4 months
Fidel Ancona to be new ACLBA chairman
Festival of Arts Zone 5 held in SP
Quarrying on north Ambergris Caye may start in September
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Rapid H1N1 Test Available at Medical Associates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/6/09‎
On Monday the Belize Medical Associates took the initiative to acquire the rapid test kit. According to the Chairman, Dr. Marcelo Coyi while samples will ...

DJ Dalla and Mayor Moya Getting Married
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/6/09‎
They've been one of Belize's most well known couples for about four years and now Mayor Zenaida Moya and her DJ boyfriend Troy Dalla Flowers are tying the ...

The Crispin Jeffries Retrospective
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/6/09‎
... isn'ta Belizean who doesn't have an opinion about Crispin Jeffries - in fact we'd venture to say he is the most well-known police officer in Belize. ...

H1N1 Closing In On Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/6/09‎
There are still no confirmed cases of swine flu in Belize tonight. The results of the ten tests still outstanding are not expected to be relayed to the ...

The North Wants Its Share of the Tourism Advertising Dollar
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/6/09‎
The Belize Tourism Board has budgeted to spend $8 million on marketing this year. Most of that money will be spent on advertisements for San Pedro, ...

NO CONFIRMED CASES OF INFLUENZA “A” H1N1 INFECTION IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎5/6/09‎
There have still not been any confirmed cases of the H1N1 Influenza “A” virus in Belize but according to the Ministry of Health, surveillance remains high ...

BDF AND US SOLDIERS PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICE IN THE NORTH
LoveFM - ‎5/6/09‎
The Belize Defence Force has concluded a Medical Readiness and Training Exercise in conjunction with the United States Army Detachment 7212 MSU in the ...

BELIZE TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY
LoveFM - ‎5/6/09‎
International Nurses' Day is celebrated around the world on May 12 and every year the Nurses' Association of Belize plans a week of activity to highlight ...

UB STUDENTS AND STAFF RECEIVES CERTIFICATES IN BASIC SIGN LANGUAGE ...
LoveFM - ‎5/6/09‎
Thirteen students and members of staff from the University of Belize this afternoon received certificates after completing a thirteen week beginner's course ...

In search of TRUTH - The Belize Constitution - - the Rule of Law ...
Amandala - ‎5/6/09‎
This Constitution is the supreme law of Belize and if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution that other law shall, to the extent of the ...

Chinese man who is riding around the world on bicycle arrives in ...
Amandala - ‎5/6/09‎
So after all these years and many passports later, Chinese national Guo Dahau has arrived in Belize—the ninety-first country that his great world ride has ...

Monkey River still needs more tires for defense against ...
Amandala - ‎5/6/09‎
Caribbean Tire Wholesale Limited in Belize City had pledged to supply the used tires it collects in each week's course of business to the Monkey River ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎5/6/09‎
Needless to say, in colonial Belize, we were taught nothing about the Haitian Revolution, which began in 1791 and crowned its success as a black republic, ...

5/5/09

Brukdong Rises Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/5/09‎
“We know what is happening in Belize, all kinds of rudeness and badness, things get hard, and a lot of pickni naked and half naked and out of school and so ...

Muscle Mania Preview
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/5/09‎
Belize's buffest and fittest bodies will compete at the Bliss Center next month in the Muscle Mania 2009. The competition isn't until June 28th but the ...

14 Suspect Cases Sent to CAREC
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/5/09‎
It's been 6 days since PAHO upgraded to a phase 5 alert and the H1N1 virus has still not been detected in Belize. Health authorities are awaiting the ...

Suspect Case of H1N1 at Medical Associates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/5/09‎
Earlier we told you about the general situation with the H1N1 virus in Belize: there are no confirmed tests. But there was a suspected case at Belize ...

9 Companies Sign Onto Aids in the Workplace Policy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/5/09‎
The private companies and organizations who now have in place an HIV and Aids workplace policy are the Belize Red Cross, the Angelus Press Limited, Sagicor, ...

Levi Jackson Guilty of Rape
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/5/09‎
39 year old Levi Jackson could spend a maximum of life behind bars after he was convicted of rape today. A jury of 7 women and two men took two hours to ...

HARD WORKING SINGLE MOTHER RECIEVES NEW HOME
LoveFM - ‎5/5/09‎
Construction of the home valued at fifteen thousand dollars was made possible with financial assistance and labor from the Rotary Club of Belize. ...

COROZAL FREE ZONE TO REOPEN TOMORROW
LoveFM - ‎5/5/09‎
14 new samples were sent to CAREC yesterday from the Belize, Orange Walk and Cayo Districts. For more information you can visit the Ministry's website at ...

PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION ORGANIZED BY BNTU HELD IN DANGRIGA
LoveFM - ‎5/5/09‎
In an interview with Love News the national president said that the Belize National Teachers Union says that what they are asking for is tougher legislation ...

BELIZEAN TOUR GUIDES ARE BEING REFUSED ENTRY INTO GUATEMALA
LoveFM - ‎5/5/09‎
Since the implementation of the new transport laws as it relates to foreign busses coming into the country, tour operators and tour guides from Belize say ...

MORE COMPANIES SIGN ON THE NATIONAL HIV/AIDS WORKPLACE POLICY
LoveFM - ‎5/5/09‎
Speaking with Love News on the importance of this exercise is Alberto Young, General Manager, Grace Kennedy Belize Ltd. “HR and employees are very important ...

TOURISM AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES TAKE PART IN PROJECT ...
LoveFM - ‎5/5/09‎
Representatives from the Belize Tourism Board and other government offices last week attended a three day training session that was held in Belize City. ...

5/4/09

Swine Flu at Belize's Front Door
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/4/09‎
No cases of H1N1 have been confirmed on San Pedro or anywhere in Belize. Interestingly of the 25 samples gathered so far, none have been collected from the ...

GOB Pressing Belize Bank to Run the $10 million from Taiwan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/4/09‎
On Thursday we told you about Justice Minnette Hafiz's decision on the loan note and settlement deed between the Belize Bank and the Musa administration. ...

Belize City Man Abducts & Rapes 12 Year Old Girl from Toledo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/4/09‎
She lives in a village in the Toledo District, but a 12 year old girl says she was abducted from King Street in Belize City and drugged, raped, ...

4 Injured in Saturday Morning Shootout on Regent Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/4/09‎
... very close to Belize, but we begin with what had to be the weekend's most shocking crime: a shootout in downtown Belize City on Saturday morning. ...

Ryan Walker Executed Inside His Car
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/4/09‎
When 7News arrived on Gyles Street in the St. Martin De Porres area Belize City police had already placed the body of twenty seven year old Ryan Walker in ...

TWO MURDERS REPORTED DURING LONG WEEKEND IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎5/4/09‎
Two murders were reported over the weekend in Belize City; the first murder was reported on Thursday night where twenty seven year old Ryan Walker sustained ...

Ten More Suspect Cases of Swine Flu Sent for Testing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/4/09‎
Belize has no confirmed cases of swine flu, now called the H1N1 virus. That's after 16 tests were sent to the Caribbean Epidemiological Center in Trinidad ...

And while the flu fear has dominated the news recently, crime – as evidenced by this weekend's mayhem and murder – crime continues to be a national ...

NO CONFIRMED CASE OF TYPE “A” H1N1 INFLUENZA IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎5/4/09‎
While there still have not been any confirmed cases of the epidemic in Belize health officials remain on high alert and are advising the public to continue ...

THREE MEN SHOT IN ATTEMPTED ARMED HOLD UP AT WESTERN UNION
LoveFM - ‎5/4/09‎
The Belize Western Union located on number sixty three Regent Street was held up on Saturday morning. The incident occurred shortly after eleven thirty ...

5 NEW ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE NAMED
LoveFM - ‎5/4/09‎
The Minister of National Security today hosted a press conference in Belize City. The focus of this morning's media event was to introduce the newly ...

World traveler on bike in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/4/09‎
His guide while in Belize has been City Councillor Eric Chang. Chang says that he was contacted by the Taiwanese Embassy to assist Guo Dahao as he made his ...

SUPREME COURT JUDGE DECLARES LOAN NOTE ILLEGAL
LoveFM - ‎5/4/09‎
The Supreme Court of Belize has declared that a loan note issued to the Belize Bank in 2007 and signed by former Prime Minister Said Musa was unlawfully ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎5/4/09‎
39-year-old Vanzie Lamb of a Jane Usher Boulevard was charged with rape and an unnatural crime when he appeared in court today. No plea was taken from him ...

Suga Boys Juventus wins first game in BP...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/4/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League championship games continued over the last week with a number of games across the country. In the North Zone, ...

Softball Federation to host veteran soft...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/4/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a veteran female and male softball game on Friday May 8 at Rogers Stadium in ...

Leroy Casasola captures Red Bull Cross C...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/4/09‎
... which some major concessions were given to BB Holdings after Michael Ashcroft related entities purchased BTL from the Government of Belize back in 2005. ...

Interoffice Basketball competition rolls...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/4/09‎
The Belize City Interoffice Basketball Competition continued at the Belize City Centre with a number of games over the last week of play. ...

Caught with Three Bags of Weed in His Br...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/4/09‎
... which some major concessions were given to BB Holdings after Michael Ashcroft related entities purchased BTL from the Government of Belize back in 2005. ...

5/1/09

Mayas vexed with Barrow

Amandala - ‎5/1/09‎
... for Indigenous Management (SATIIM) has recorded its “outrage” and “shock” at the “unilateral and secret manner” in which the Government of Belize, ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎5/1/09‎
All his life, Paady was your classic working man – one of Belize's original welders, from the days of Stretch Lightburn and Basil Bernard. ...

Politicians refuse concept of “National Commission of People ...
Amandala - ‎5/1/09‎
On many occasions I have suggested to the different political parties in power, as the Government of Belize, the setting up of a “National Commission of ...

4/30/09

San Pedro Sun

Galen Warriors win 5th Annual Eco-challenge, Education and fun combine at the Reef Festival
Cristian Castro to headline Costa Maya
SP captures four BTB Awards!
Possible Swine Flu Pandemic puts the Health Department on high alert
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The Swine Flu Situation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/30/09‎
The important thing yesterday is we have identified four cases of interests; one in San Pedro, one in Orange Walk, two in Belize City. For the two in Belize ...

MOH Discouraging Public Events
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/30/09‎
... can call to ask any questions you may have on what is happening in Belize pertaining to the swine flu and what the public can do to protect themselves. ...

Signs of the Swine
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/30/09‎
There are still no confirmed cases of swine flu in Belize but just the talk of a possible pandemic is causing a panic. Belize Elementary School cancelled ...

What About the Cruise Ships?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/30/09‎
There is also the concern that any case of swine flu confirmed for Belize will have some effect on the tourism industry in particular cruise tourism. ...

SATIIM Lays Out Its Case
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/30/09‎
Since the incorporation of SATIIM we have complied with the terms of our management agreement and the laws of Belize, including the NGO Act and the ...

ACB Scores Big Legal Victory
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/30/09‎
There was a significant ruling handed down in the Belize Supreme Court and the judgment could have far reaching effects in the battle between Michael ...

CONCERNS CONTINUE TO GROW OVER THE INCREASING NUMBER OF SWINE FLU ...
LoveFM - ‎4/30/09‎
We are forming a team between Belize and Mexico to have a 24 hour vigilance of the flow of people from Mexico to Belize and from Belize to Mexico. ...

CFE UNABLE TO PROVIDE BEL WITH FIRM ENERGY
LoveFM - ‎4/30/09‎
Belize Electricity Limited says it is working to secure sufficient energy supply to meet the country's peak demand of over 74 megawatts after the company ...

APAMO HELD 2ND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
LoveFM - ‎4/30/09‎
... commitment in working with APAMO for the proper management of protected areas and to ensure the long term integrity of the protected areas of Belize. ...

AMERICAN AUTHOR ROBIN WEIDNER VISITS BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎4/30/09‎
Robin Weidner, a writer from Chicago Illinois, is here in Belize to promote her book titled “Secure in Heart: Overcoming Insecurities in a Woman's Life”. ...

YWCA RECEIVES DONATION FROM BELIZEAN AMERICAN
LoveFM - ‎4/30/09‎
Today the Belize Association of Florida donated two brand new Dell computers to the continuation school. While it might not seem much for the faculty it ...

PSE & CXC Exams Still On for Monday
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/30/09‎
At news time tonight, no cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Belize. There are 9 cases of interest – those are cases that present symptoms that could ...

Musa's Judicial Review
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/30/09‎
... which some major concessions were given to BB Holdings after Michael Ashcroft related entities purchased BTL from the Government of Belize back in 2005. ...

First Caribbean International Bank Delivers 2nd Tranche to YBTB
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/30/09‎
April 24, 2009 - Youth Business Trust Belize received its second tranche of BZ $10000 from First Caribbean International Bank. Glen Smith, representing the ...

Be one in Tourism, Be one with Belize - BTB's Action Plan 2009-2010
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/30/09‎
On Wednesday, April 22, 2009, the Belize Tourism Board held its 11 th annual presentation to the Belizean public on the status of tourism in Belize. ...

Battle against Sexual Exploitation
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/30/09‎
The First Lady of Belize, Mrs. Kim Simplis-Barrow, was the Guest Speaker at the event. She reiterated her passion for children and said that programs like ...

BTB Honours Key Tourism Pioneers at its Ninth Annual Tourism ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/30/09‎
Belize City, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - On Wednesday evening, April 22, a host of industry stakeholders, distinguished guests and tourism friends gathered ...

An Appeal to Civic Pride
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/30/09‎
Municipal and village councils all over the country of Belize have witnessed an increase in illegal dumpsites throughout the country. ...

Salvadoran President Visits
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/30/09‎
President of the Republic of El Salvador Elias Antonio Saca Gonzalez will be visiting Belize on April 29, 2009. The visit comes as part of an official ...

Health authorities respond to 3 Flu-like cases in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/30/09‎
Allen says there is no reason for alarm and explained that of the three cases one occurred in Belize City, one in San Pedro and the other in Corozal. ...

George + Said + John = 0
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/30/09‎
Not having paid for the support given the last time has resulted in no one coming out in Belize City. The rationale here is that the PUP only pays people to ...

4/29/09

The Madrills Tag Team Armed Robbers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/29/09‎
Belize City residents will know Modesto Madrill of Magazine Road; he's called Muddy because he sells spuddy, a tasty and inexpensive local wine that carries ...

Morgan Heritage in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/29/09‎
Morgan Heritage arrived in Belize today and the buzz was high until the World Health Organization increased its stage of alert to stage 5 and by Ministry of ...

Swine Flu Fear Flooding Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/29/09‎
Tonight, the swine flu fear is flooding Belize after the Pan American Health Organization this afternoon raised its alert level from 4 to 5 meaning that “a ...

Swine Flu Fear Hits The Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/29/09‎
As we stressed earlier there are four suspected cases of swine flu in Belize. But just the specter of it has the streets buzzing- and when we hit downtown ...

Salvador President Visits Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/29/09‎
That meant a whirlwind 5 hour tour of Belize today where he arrived at 10:00 am and left at 3:00. The highlight of his visit was being conferred with the ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH CANCELS ALL MAJOR PUBLIC EVENTS DUE TO ...
LoveFM - ‎4/29/09‎
One case from San Pedro Ambergris Caye, two cases from Belize City and one from Orange Walk. The Ministry says it is working closely with the Pan American ...

SEVEN CONFIRMED SWINE FLU RELATED DEATHS REPORTED IN MEXICO
LoveFM - ‎4/29/09‎
According to Mexican Embassy Public Relations Officer in Belize, Marcelino Miranda, officials are still trying to confirm the exact cause of the other ...

BELIZE SENDS SUSPECTED SAMPLES FOR TESTING
LoveFM - ‎4/29/09‎
Love News spoke the Deputy Director of Health Services at the Ministry of Health, Doctor Jorge Polanco, who gave us and update of the Ministry's ...

SATIIM OUTLINES THEIR POSITION ON US CAPITAL ENERGY OIL ...
LoveFM - ‎4/29/09‎
We want to build a new relationship even if SATIM or the government decides to do what is in the interest of the Belize. Certainly, that cannot remove the ...

BNTU CONDEMNS ATTACK OF A TEACHER BY A PARENT IN DANGRIGA
LoveFM - ‎4/29/09‎
The Belize National Teachers' Union has condemned the attack by a parent on a teacher at Solid Rock Academy in Dangriga last week. ...

PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR VISITS BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎4/29/09‎
President Saca and Mrs. Saca were in Belize earlier today. He met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow and the two leaders discussed as number of issues. ...

SHOOTING IN BELIZE CITY LEAVES ONE PERSON INJURED
LoveFM - ‎4/29/09‎
Police are investigating an incident in which 44-year-old Gerald Egan was shot. Police say they visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where they saw ...

Play ball!
Amandala - ‎4/29/09‎
A couple hundred football fans turned out yesterday afternoon at the MCC Grounds in Belize City to witness the clash of City rivals, Belize Defence Force ...

Deadly swine flu knocks on Belize's door
Amandala - ‎4/29/09‎
At press time tonight, some 152 persons are suspected to have died in connection with the epidemic of swine influenza type A (H1N1) in Belize's northern ...

CLICO (Belize) negotiating transfer of over 10800 policies
Amandala - ‎4/29/09‎
Supervisor of Insurance, Alma Gomez, told Amandala today that negotiations are currently underway with insurance companies in Belize, to see what could be ...

Health officials in Belize urge precaution and calm amid spreading ...
Amandala - ‎4/29/09‎
The bbc's numbers were confirmed in a press release sent this morning by the Mexican Embassy in Belize The World Health Organization (WHO) raised its ...

Ashcroft's BTL“crow-foots” Christine Perriott's assets
Amandala - ‎4/29/09‎
Belize celebrates Labor Day on Friday, May 1, but even as the contribution of workers will be celebrated across the Jewel, there are major unresolved labor ...

Chief Magistrate rules against Mark Seawell
Amandala - ‎4/29/09‎
“Counsel for the defendant, in his submission, urged the Court to look at Section 9 of the Extradition Act of Belize and to make a determination as to ...

Are our children too short for their age?
Amandala - ‎4/29/09‎
It's been 13 years since the first height census was done in Belize, measuring a total of 22426 children across 262 primary schools. ...

Show some love
Amandala - ‎4/29/09‎
We don't have many expert social scientists in Belize; or at least they are not talking much. But that doesn't mean the rest of us can't figure out ...

Thoughts provoked by the pig flu
Amandala - ‎4/29/09‎
The extra year in Belize is the straw that killed the camel. It's rated exponential. Put that extra year on a scale and you will find it is ten times ...

4/28/09

2009 Farmers of the Year
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/28/09‎
I just feel I should do this job because it is something very good for Belize too that one day we could depend only from all the local farmers and not from ...

Swine Flu Forces Cancellation of Garifuna All Stars' Mexico Tour
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/28/09‎
Belize's Garifuna All Star Band – they got to Mexico City on Thursday to prepare for six shows in and around that massive metropolis. ...

Belize Bracing for Swine Flu
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/28/09‎
Tonight, there are no cases of confirmed swine flu in Belize, but vigilance is very high. Public hospitals and health centers are treating every person that ...

Armed Robbery & Shooting at OK Store
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/28/09‎
Belize City police are on the lookout for three armed young men who used a stick to knock out a Chinese businessman. The hold-up and robbery occurred around ...

Jeffries Assumes Command Thursday at Noon
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/28/09‎
... while the command structure at the Eastern Division in Belize City is also changing with Russell Blackett being brought in as second in command.

NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND TRADE SHOW WILL GO ON
LoveFM - ‎4/28/09‎
The release went on the say the show will only be cancelled if the swine flu becomes a pandemic in Belize. Love News spoke to Chairman of the Trade Show ...

IT-VET AND CYDP TO HOSTS OPEN DAY TOMORROW
LoveFM - ‎4/28/09‎
We do have follow up to ensure that our programs improve with time.” The Open Day will be held at the ITVET Compound in Belize City and will start at 1:30pm.

UNESCO COMMISSION HOLDS FIRST INAUGURAL MEETING
LoveFM - ‎4/28/09‎
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in January formed its National Commission in Belize. The task of the commission ...

BAHA Says Pigs & Pork are Safe
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/28/09‎
Truth is, that the virus isn't caused or carried by pigs and so the Belize Agricultural and Health Authority says you can safely eat well-cooked pork. ...

Eddie Herrera Wins Human Rights Quiz-a-thon
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/28/09‎
Emmanuel Polanco from Ecumenical High School placed third. The competition was sponsored by WIN-Belize, NCFC, and UNICEF.

BELIZEAN HEALTH OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE OUTBREAK OF ...
LoveFM - ‎4/28/09‎
There have so far been no reported cases in Belize and as local health authorities continue to monitor the situation their advice to Belizeans is to ...

EDDIE HERRERA OF ORANGE WALK WINS THE FIRST NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ...
LoveFM - ‎4/28/09‎
... for Families and Children and Antoinette Moore of the Human Rights Commission of Belize highlighted the International Declaration of Human Rights. ...

BSI EMPLOYEES RECEIVES 7% WAGE INCREASE
LoveFM - ‎4/28/09‎
150 employees of the Belize Sugar Industries have been granted a 7% wage increase. The hourly paid workers are being given the pay raise retroactive to from ...

SECOND ANNUAL HEIGHT CENSUS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎4/28/09‎
The First National Height Census of School Children was conducted in Belize over thirteen years ago and today health and education officials are preparing ...

4/27/09

Day 1 of Said Musa's Judicial ReviewChannel 7 Daily News - ‎4/27/09‎
From Supreme Court in Belize City, I am Janelle Chanona for 7News. And what will the DPP say in defence of her deposition? We'll be in court and have the ...

Vendors Under Attack at Queen SquareChannel 7 Daily News - ‎4/27/09‎
The Queen's Square Market – its Belize's most popular outlet for fresh produce and it starts to bustle from very early in the morning, well before dawn. ...

The Chess OlympiadChannel 7 Daily News - ‎4/27/09‎
The second annual Belize Chess Olympiad was held at the UB gym in Belmopan this weekend. If it sounds like an elite event, it certainly wasn't. ...

Belize Responds to Swine Flu ThreatChannel 7 Daily News - ‎4/27/09‎
With 47 confirmed cases in the US and 26 in Mexico, what is Belize's position? At this time there are no reported cases of swine flu in Belize but the ...

Business As Usual at Corozal Free ZoneChannel 7 Daily News - ‎4/27/09‎
And Ground Zero for any campaign against the cross border transmission of swine flu has to be the Santa Elena border and the Corozal Free Zone. ...

UNESCO COMMISSION TO HOLD INAUGURAL MEETINGLoveFM - ‎4/27/09‎
... culture, communication and information and in Belize the commission is headed by Doctor David Brown and the Minister of Education act as its president. ...

CARE BELIZE TO HOST OPEN DAY TOMORROWLoveFM - ‎4/27/09‎
Care Belize is hosting an open day tomorrow at its office on Gabourel Lane to educate pre-school and day care centers on the prospect of accepting children ...

PUP's Old & New Guards MergeChannel 7 Daily News - ‎4/27/09‎
We're preparing many cases, both in the north in Corozal, in Orange Walk, in Cayo, here in Belize City, and we are going to stand up for everybody. ...

WHILE MEXICAN HEALTH OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE TRANSMISSIONLoveFM - ‎4/27/09‎
We also spoke to Public Relations Officer at the Mexican Embassy in Belize; Marcelino Miranda gave us an update of the outbreak in Mexico. ...

4/24/09

Around the World on a Mountain Bike
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/24/09‎
His 91st country was Belize and he stopped by our studios today to tell us about his trip around the world. “I am travelling around the world by mountain ...

Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/24/09‎
Now what's the threat to Belize? Well, the Belize Agricultural Health Authority has not issued any notice and at this time, we don't know of any threat as ...

150 Square Foot Area Cleared from Victoria Peak's Summit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/24/09‎
First off, it's illegal; as the highest point in Belize, Victoria Peak in the cockscomb basin is a national monument – that means, by law, no one is allowed ...

April Turns 26
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/24/09‎
The national animal of Belize is the tapir but just how many of these mountain cows can be found in the country remains unknown and quite possibly if it was ...

ICA's Stage Play Competition
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/24/09‎
... so that everybody is on the same playing field and we are hoping to bring the creative writing sections alive in Belize as well as the dramatic parts. ...

An Award But No Legislation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/24/09‎
That's right, it's an apparently widely propagated falsehood that Belize has passed catch and release legislation – when it has not. ...

THIRD BI NATIONAL MEETING BETWEEN MEXICO AND BELIZE HELD
LoveFM - ‎4/24/09‎
The third Bi national meeting involving Belize and Mexico ended this after noon in Corozal. Among the issues discussed were crime and violence and ...

FIRST PHASE OF SINGLE MOTHER SUPPORT PROJECT CONCLUDES WITH GRADUATION
LoveFM - ‎4/24/09‎
Fifty eight single mothers from the Belize District will today receive certificates after completing the first cycle of the Supporting Single Mother's in ...

SALVATION ARMY HOSTS ANNUAL YOUTH COUNCIL
LoveFM - ‎4/24/09‎
The Salvation Army will be hosting their annual Youth Counsel this weekend in Belize City. The youth council is an event that brings together young people ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎4/24/09‎
64-year-old Wilfred Bonner of Benbow Street in Belize City told Police he left home on April 7 leaving his wife behind. Bonner said since then he has not ...

BELIPO ORGANIZES ONE DAY WORKSHOP BELIZE PATENT ACT
LoveFM - ‎4/24/09‎
The Belize Intellectual Property Office is hosting a one day Public Education Seminar for members of the Belize Bar Association. ...

YOUTH BUSINESS TRUST BELIZE RECEIVES $10000.00 FROM FIRST ...
LoveFM - ‎4/24/09‎
First Caribbean International Bank today handed over a cheque of ten thousand dollars to the Chairman of Youth Business Trust Belize Shawn Finnity. ...

INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF BELIZE TO HOST FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
LoveFM - ‎4/24/09‎
The Insurance Institute of Belize was first introduced back in May of last year. The institute has been operating under a pro-tem committee and will ...

ROTARY CLUB OF BELIZE ORGANIZES FIRST POLIO WALK
LoveFM - ‎4/24/09‎
The Rotary Club of Belize and its partners are embarking on an awareness campaign with the aim of eradicating polio. Though polio has been eradicated in ...

Here we go again
Amandala - ‎4/24/09‎
Ten teams each in the BPFL and the Super League had obviously diluted the talent in Belize too far to retain the top quality football in either league that ...

THE CUBA DEBATE – WHAT REGIONAL LEADERS ARE SAYING
Amandala - ‎4/24/09‎
... initial measures that he has announced,” Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow told Amandala when the Port of Spain Summit of the Americas was closing. ...

“IF” - the ultimate insult
Amandala - ‎4/24/09‎
Yesterday, broadcast on all the major radio stations in Belize, various speakers at the Tourism Summit were heard lauding the wonderful achievements and the ...

Pump prices climbing -- PM Barrow shifts position on new gas tax
Amandala - ‎4/24/09‎
... developments on the world market indicate that when the next shipment of fuel comes in, Belize will likely experience a fall in prices at the pumps. ...

Lois, Godwin (the people) vs Eamon (Ashcroft)
Amandala - ‎4/24/09‎
Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) scored a victory at the end of arbitration proceedings in the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) in March, ...

Guatemalan gunman found bottom of the Mopan River
Amandala - ‎4/24/09‎
... have been murdered in the last few months across the border in Melchor, this is the Benque Viejo formation's first reported murder in Belize for 2009. ...

Jeffries assumes ComPol position May 1
Amandala - ‎4/24/09‎
According to Jeffries, the new management officers will receive management training from the University of Belize and law enforcement-related training. ...

Supreme Court admits jury list mistake
Amandala - ‎4/24/09‎
(2) The list of common jurors and the list of special jurors for the Central District shall be subdivided into the following divisions - (a) the Belize ...

Amidst claims of threats from both sides, the six alleged plotters ...
Amandala - ‎4/24/09‎
On December 13, Belize City police were tipped off about a plot to invade the home of businessman Jose Shoman, located around Mile 2 on the Northern Highway ...

Difference in serial numbers may allow Raymond Jr. to walk
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
Belize City magistrate Ed Usher will make an unusual ruling come Monday, April 27 during the gun possession trial of Ernest Raymond Jr. On that date he is ...

Single mom gets new home. Thanks to Rotaract and Hand in Hand ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter A single mother of two is the proud recipient of a brand new house financed by the Rotaract Club of Belize this past ...

Aldebaran: ship of hope for Belize Barrier Reef
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer The Aldebaran crew is in Belizean water studying marine life, including the Belize Barrier Reef. ...

GOB & UNICEF sign US$1.3 million child development work plan
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
This year, the work plan will focus on promoting child friendly schools and communities in south-side Belize City and the Toledo District. ...

CJ gets special award from Brazil
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter The Ambassador of Brazil HE Roberto Coutinho presented a medal of merit to Belize's Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh in ...

Fuel and butane prices up again
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
He noted that should prices on the international market increase, so will government revenue from the sale of crude oil in Belize. ...

Jeffries gets Compol but Whylie got CEO
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
Jeffries is described by his peers as a confrontational, no- nonsense police officer, inclined bravely to the tough streets of Belize City. ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
... CARICOM and Belize with style and suave eloquence, giving the American President his first real taste of Caribbean hospitality and statesmanship. ...

Chinese businessman busted with stolen laptop
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter A Belize City Chinese businessman who is accused of having in his possession a stolen laptop computer when police raided ...

The accused finger the accuser. Say businessman threatened them in ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer A case which alleged that six men conspired and plotted to murder Belize City businessman, Jose Shoman and his entire ...
The gloves are off. PM Barrow and Maya leader go head to head
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/24/09‎
SATIIM and the Government of Belize had entered a co-management agreement for the park, but that agreement expired last year and Choq argued that his ...

4/23/09

9TH ANNUAL TOURISM AWARD CEREMONY HELD LAST NIGHT
LoveFM - ‎4/23/09‎
The ninth annual Belize Tourism Board National Award Ceremony was held at the Old Belize Jungle Pavilion on Wednesday night. A total of fourteen awards ...

POSITIVE VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES REINTRODUCED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎4/23/09‎
A program aimed at training unit leaders to guide young people into positive volunteer activities was re-introduced this afternoon in Belize City. ...

TRI COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETS WITH TOLEDO BUSINESS GROUP
LoveFM - ‎4/23/09‎
They will be linking up the other Garifuna groups throughout the country of Belize to teach the amazing dances that they shared last night. ...

FOUR NGO'S JOIN FORCES TO COMBAT COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF ...
LoveFM - ‎4/23/09‎
As severe a violation of one's right as it is in Belize there is no law that recognizes it as a criminal act. However, the National Committee for Families ...

4/22/09

SPTC approved dredging on north Ambergris Caye
ACCSD meets with Ministry of Natural Resources
Blue Water Grill: Three-peat Softball Champs
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Benque Killer Turns Up Dead in River
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/22/09‎
A post mortem on Juan Noe Suchite will be conducted tomorrow in Belize City. He is a Guatemalan national from Melchor and he had his Guatemalan cedula on ...

A Taste of Trinidad
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/22/09‎
... it is the first stop. You must have a pineapple chow.” Kevin you've lived in Belize, what is Shadow Benny, what do you associate it closely with?

Coast Guard Still Searching for Desmond Kerr's Body
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/22/09‎
As we told you last night, Kerr made an ill-fated attempted to swim across the Belize Old River yesterday in the village of Bainton Bank. ...

11TH ANNUAL INDUSTRY PRESENTATION SHOWCASED TODAY BY THE BTB
LoveFM - ‎4/22/09‎
The Ministry of Tourism through the Belize Tourism Board today held its eleventh annual industry presentation at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza. ...
MASSIVE CHANGES TO TAKE PLACE AT THE HIGHER RANKS OF THE POLICE ...
LoveFM - ‎4/22/09‎
In Belize City personnel changes will take place at Eastern Division since it is conceded that the biggest policing problems are here in the old capital. ...
VENEZUELA GRANT FUNDS TO BE DISBURSED SHORTLY
LoveFM - ‎4/22/09‎
I know that the central committee which deals with Belize City and the Belize District was meeting today and that committee will approve so many of the ...
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON THE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST FIRES LAUNCHED
LoveFM - ‎4/22/09‎
A project entitled ‘Strengthening Public Policy Related to Forest Fire Management in Belize” is in the planning process. Actors in civil society in Belize ...
BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES FORM TOLEDO AND TEXAS DISCUSS TRADE ...
LoveFM - ‎4/22/09‎
Officials from the Tri Country Black Chamber of Commerce in Houston Texas are back in Belize this week. A delegation of ten business representatives from ...
4/21/09

San Antonio Gets Polyclinic
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/21/09‎
It is part of the Health Sector Reform Project and is named after career nurse Isabel Palma, whose daughter Kamela Palma is now Belize's High Commissioner ...

Desmond Kerr Drowns in Belize Old River; Body Still Unrecovered
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/21/09‎
At news time, the Coast Guard was still searching the Belize Old River in the vicinity of Bainton Bank for a missing man that's tonight presumed dead. ...

UNICEF Signs Over $2.6 million
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/21/09‎
She says this year the annual work plan will focus on the south side of Belize City – and southern Belize. “We're attempting to build the results for the ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎4/21/09‎
A man was shot in the calf after he was suspected of breaking into two vehicles that were parked in the compound of the Belize City Center. ...

JUNIOR COLLEGE TEACHERS TAKE PART IN ICP WORKSHOP
LoveFM - ‎4/21/09‎
The teachers from Corozal, Sacred Heart, St. John's and Ecumenical Junior Colleges as well as the University of Belize learnt about ICP'sa popular term for ...

Teen Charged for Gary Thompson's Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/21/09‎
Talbert was further remanded to the Hattieville Booth Camp until May 20, the date set for his next court appearance at the Belize Family Court. ...

Forestry Department Lashes Back at SATIIM
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/21/09‎
Last night we told you what Greg Cho'c and his organization SATIIM had to say about the issuance of a permit for seismic testing in the Sarstoon Temash ...

PM Barrow Says President Obama Wants to Come to Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/21/09‎
US President Barack Obama and Belize's Prime Minister Dean Barrow shared a table at the official Summit of the Americas dinner in Port of Spain, ...

Benque Viejo Shop Assistant Killed in Armed Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/21/09‎
We often hear of murder in Belize City, Belmopan, Orange Walk, and Cayo, but rarely in Benque Viejo. But last night at 7:15, a robbery attempt in that ...

PRIME MINISTER DEAN BARROW RETURNS FROM THE 5TH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
LoveFM - ‎4/21/09‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow returned to Belize today following the Fifth Summit of the Americas held in Port of Spain, Trinidad over the past weekend. ...

UNICEF SIGNS 2009 WORK PLAN DOCUMENT
LoveFM - ‎4/21/09‎
The programming will commence and it will run for about the next 12 months and we are looking at least 2.6 million Belize dollars in the work plans that we ...

GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO SATIIM'S CONCERNS
LoveFM - ‎4/21/09‎
... the communal lands claimed by Conejo Village. US Capital Energy has received a permit from the Government of Belize to conduct seismic testing in the area.

TEENAGER CHARGED FOR MURDER OF SHAWN THOMPSON
LoveFM - ‎4/21/09‎
A 16-year-old boy was charged with murder, robbery and aggravated burglary when he appeared in Family Court today. Police believe the minor was one of two ...

BENQUE VIEJO RESIDENT MURDERED DURING ARMED HOLD UP
LoveFM - ‎4/21/09‎
A murder was reported in Benque Viejo last night. Reports are that around 7:45 last night, a man known only as Jesus was socializing with other friends at ...

Sugar City's Team ZAMIR brings home 1st Belizean in Cross Country
Amandala - ‎4/21/09‎
The same has been done in semi-pro football and semi-pro basketball in Belize. It is for this reason that we not only welcome foreign participation in open ...

The joke's on us
Amandala - ‎4/21/09‎
We've got it all wrong in Belize. And it is time for our economics experts to speak out, “spill the beans,” if you will. “The king is naked,” and it's about ...

New permit requirements for foreign bus companies and tour ...
Amandala - ‎4/21/09‎
Any vehicles originating from Belize (whether private or public) crossing over into a bordering country are subject to the regulations of the Transport ...

Article search: Site Web
Amandala - ‎4/21/09‎
The People of Belize recognize that men and institutions remain free only when freedom is founded upon moral and spiritual values and upon the rule of law. ...

National PUP woes
Amandala - ‎4/21/09‎
Like former PM, RH Manuel Esquivel (may he get well soon because Belize needs tough men in these tough times), who took the UDP down with him in 1989, ...

4/20/09

Another Increase at the Gas Pump
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/20/09‎
So the new price for a gallon of premium gas in Belize City is $7.60. That is a 25 cent increase. A gallon of regular gas is now at $7.30 which is a 31 cent ...

Belize Needs to Measure Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/20/09‎
The Bureau of Standards held a workshop today for producers and sellers discussing accurate measurement of bulk quantities. Sounds simple enough right? ...

Godwin Hulse & ACB Challenge Accommodation Agreement
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/20/09‎
A London Court has ordered the Government of Belize to pay Belize Telemedia $38.5 million that it owes the company because of the Accommodation Agreement. ...

The 5th Summit of the Americas
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/20/09‎
According to Belize's Ambassador to the Organization of American States Nestor Mendez, the signed Port of Spain declaration will have a direct effect on ...

Acid Dawson Charged for Trying to Kill His Wife
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/20/09‎
A 43-year-old domestic of southside Belize City claims her husband tried to kill her because she refuse him sex. And because of that complaint, tonight, ...

CHINESE BUSINESSMAN ASSAULTED AND ROBBED IN BELMOPAN
LoveFM - ‎4/20/09‎
He was admitted to Belmopan and later transferred to Belize City. He is under police guard. Lui Di Kae was treated at the Belmopan Hospital and after a ...

FIRST EVER NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY SUB-COMMITTEE ...
LoveFM - ‎4/20/09‎
In Belize today the very same issue was addressed on a local level at the launching of the Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Sub-Committee (NREPS). ...

BELIZE AUDUBON SOCIETY HOLDS 40TH AGM
LoveFM - ‎4/20/09‎
The Belize Audubon Society this weekend hosted its 40 th Annual General Meeting at the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. The purpose of the meeting was to ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎4/20/09‎
A twelve gauge shotgun was recovered off Coney Drive in Belize City over the weekend. Police on mobile patrol shortly after six on Saturday afternoon ...

MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER GROUP MEET TO DISCUSS MENTAL HEALTH ...
LoveFM - ‎4/20/09‎
Ombudsman Cynthia Pitts made a presentation providing an overview of Belize's law in relation to mental health. Pitts told participants the country's laws ...

METROLOGY IN TRADE COMMODITIES DISCUSSED IN ONE DAY WORKSHOP
LoveFM - ‎4/20/09‎
One of Belize's chief exports, sugar, is weighed in metric tons while another newly exported commodity, oil, is measured in barrels. ...

PM Barrow: President Obama to Visit Belize
Belizean - Only in Belize! - ‎4/20/09‎
The Belize Prime Minister who was attending the Fifth Summit of the America's In Trinidad, was interviewed by KREM radio reporter Adele Ramos. ...


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