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1/5/10

....MINISTRY OF HEALTH RESPONDS
LoveFM - ‎1/5/10‎
... Belize Healthcare Partners Limited and the Office of the Solicitor General to address concerns raised over the delivery of dialysis services at BHPL. ...

MOTHERS FIGHT OVER CUSTODY OF EIGHT YEAR OLD
LoveFM - ‎1/5/10‎
The next day she asked if she could take Chelsey with her to Belize City for two days. Bejerano says that she was unable to locate Gentle or Chelsey and ...

BELIZE HEALTH CARE PARTNERS RESPONDS TO DIALYSIS PATIENTS' CONCERNS
LoveFM - ‎1/5/10‎
News has been reporting the ongoing conflict between the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited and kidney patients who receive dialysis treatment at the ...

Survivor pleads to have remaining grenades removed from streets
channel5belize - ‎1/5/10‎
There are at least eighteen fragment grenades on the streets of Belize. Upon explosion, hundreds of pellets shoot out and penetrate walls and innocent ...

Ugly Custody Dispute: Biological Mother Vs. Adopted Mother
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/10‎
Kelanie Gillett was tracked down in Belize City this afternoon and Lupita Bejerano and her daughter rushed to Belize City to retrieve Chelsey. ...

The Dialysis Dilemma
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/10‎
Ministry of Health officials met with management of the Healthcare Partners Hospital today. As we've been reporting since last week, kidney patients have ...

Cpl. Mark August Charged for Assaulting Mechanic
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/10‎
Corporal August, who is attached to the Patrol Branch in Belize City, was charged for wounding, 2 counts of threatening words, 2 counts of common assault, ...

Cabinet Decides to Open School in Belama
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/10‎
There's been a decision to open a primary school in that expanding part of Belize City. And while the decision is there, not much else is known as the ...

Brutal Attack on Crippled Young Man
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/10‎
Nineteen year old Kenrick Augustus better known as bolo is a familiar face around Belize City. Kenrick, who has cerebral palsy, is mute and partially ...

Female lawyers battle for Belize
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
While the men lawyers line up to follow di money, women lawyers in Belize battle for justice. Add the name of Mrs. Audrey Matura Shepperd alongside Ms. Lois ...

Foreigners sweep 2010 KREM Classic
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
70 riders began the 93-mile race from the Belize/Mexican border, and 54 finished inside the race limit of 30 minutes after the first place finisher. ...

Vichy Belize?
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
The Foreign Minister of Belize, Hon. Wilfred Elrington, has refused to retract statements he made in Washington, DC, to the effect that the border between ...

Crooked tree mother, Alda Mae Jex, bludgeoned on New Year's Day
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
According to Alda Mae's husband, he was told that his wife needs to be transferred to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City, because only one ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
By contrast, this Friday morning's get together was more focused, in view of the fact that two major and critical matters have emerged in Belize, ...

Standstill at Tower Hill
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
Sugar cane deliveries are again at a standstill today, as things took an unfortunate turn at about 1:10 this afternoon, when the Belize Sugar Industries at ...

“Panta” gunned down at family's apartment during evening news
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
Area residents were unanimous in praising Hinks, a clerk at the Belize City Council, as a stellar athlete – with credits in interoffice basketball, ...

Gold, silver, lead at Chiquibul
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
Belize, particularly the Cayo District, is being explored for its store of precious metals, such as gold and silver, as well as lead and other associated ...

Lusby Martinez, 25, the alleged grenade thrower, is charged with murder
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
He was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until his next court appearance on February 4, 2010. Authorities were able to determine the type of grenade ...

More questions than answers in murder of Christopher Galvez, 23
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
Following the revelations made on KREM Radio's “Wake Up Belize Morning Vibes” on Tuesday morning, December 29 (Martin and Yolanda had spoken to Channel 7 ...

Jim Baxter, rest in peace
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
Cuello was from Orange Walk, and he wanted to feature Enrique Carballo and give Belize City the sense. While attending the Zamorano School of Agriculture in ...

1/4/10

James Adderley has the winners of the New Year sporting events
channel5belize - ‎1/4/10‎
Defending champion, Marlon Castillo formerly of Santino's, now riding for Zamir Cycling Team, seeks to be the biggest man in Belize on New Year's Day for a ...

Suspect charged for grenade attack that terrorized Kraal Road
channel5belize - ‎1/4/10‎
It is believed the grenade originated from a batch gone missing a few years ago from the British Forces and is the sixth to surface in the streets of Belize ...

6 Kilos of Weed in Newtown Barracks Apartment
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/10‎
There was a large drug bust in Belize City last night. Police say that at around 10:30 they searched an apartment at 134 Newtown Barracks and inside a kit ...

Kareem Arnold Wanted in Belmopan for Burglary
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/10‎
20 year old Kareem Arnold was today charged in the Belize City magistrate's court for possession of unlicensed ammunition. But he and a 16 year old minor ...

Lusby Martinez Charged for Grenade Blast
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/10‎
The final murder count for 2009 is 94 – four less than the previous year which means that Belize's murder rate is 32 per one hundred thousand – two less ...

Woman Viciously Attacked in Crooked Tree
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/10‎
Today Alda Mae Gillett underwent surgery at a private clinic in Belize City to repair her broken jaw. When 7News contacted Ladyville Police they told us ...

Foreigners Dominate New Year's Day Cycling Race
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/10‎
68 of Belize's elite riders lined up for the 20th. Annual KREM New Year's Day Cycling Classic. 2007 Champ Shane Vasquez-Aburto was present. ...

BELIZE CITY MAN CHARGED FOR GRENADE ATTACK
LoveFM - ‎1/4/10‎
It is believed that the act was part of an ongoing rivalry between two feuding Belize City Gangs. Is he affiliated to any group at all? ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎1/4/10‎
Three men and a woman were charged with drug trafficking for six thousand 560 grams of cannabis when they appeared in court today. ...

KIDNEY PATIENTS PROTEST OUTSIDE BELIZE HEALTH CARE PARTNERS
LoveFM - ‎1/4/10‎
Last week Jose Cruz along with other Kidney patients held a protest outside the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited demanding a doctor for the Dialysis Unit ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎1/4/10‎
Belize City police say they conducted a search on Arnold on Sunday morning. According to Police they found a small box containing 20 nine millimetre Smith ...

12/31/09

Former PM Esquivel Knighted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
It means "Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George" and in Belize it is the most senior appointment in the queen's honour system bestowed ...

2009: The Year That Was
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers! She was at the center of close to 100 news stories! The Swine Flu scare also made a lot of headlines! ...

Things Normal Again at Tower Hill
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
Yesterday afternoon, Caneros from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association briefly blocked the entrance to the factory. They did it to protest the very low ...

Inquiry Team Investigating Chris Galvez Case
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
They have been charged to Investigate the allegations of unprofessional conduct made against personnel of the Belize Police Department in their handling of ...

Corporal August Will Be Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
Last night on this newscast, Belize City mechanic Fernando Searle and his girlfriend Tanya Pitts accused Police Corporal Mark August of viciously attacking ...

Roots Rock Reggae & Peace
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
We have Belize's best elite selectors: Madrocker Mose, Kwame Scott, Ras Buck, me Lindy D, International DJ Busch, Lifeline, DJ Chris, Brown Sugar, Tony G, ...

Rival Gang Leaders Discuss Truce
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
But tonight in Belize City there is a palpable sense of foreboding and people are telling us they are afraid to go out because there are grenades out there ...

Belikin's Revealing 2010 Calendar
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
Miss March Michelle Swift is a student of the University of Belize and Miss October Samantha Gillett is a student of Orange Walk Technical High. ...

The Return of Ras Indio
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
The hand grenade thing is kind of far fetched to think that hand grenades could end up on the street of Belize injuring several and many. ...

A CARGO TRUCK FULL OF MERCHANDIZE GOES MISSING IN INDEPENDENCE VILLAGE
LoveFM - ‎12/31/09‎
While Belize City has been the epicenter of the recent crime wave, in the south, there is a troubling scenario unfolding. And it involves an apparent well ...

ROTARY ANNOUNCES RESCHEDULING OF THEIR VEHICLE RAFFLE
LoveFM - ‎12/31/09‎
The Rotary Club of Belize has announced the rescheduling of their vehicle raffle. The new date for the draw is now February twenty sixth, which a release ...

CANE FAMERS AND BSI REACH TEMPORARY RESOLUTION
LoveFM - ‎12/31/09‎
A temporary resolution has been met regarding the issue of impurities in sugar being milled since the start of the 2009/2010 production season at Belize ...

FORMER PRIME MINISTER ESQUIVEL LEADS THE 2010 CLASS OF QUEEN'S NEW YEAR'S HONORS
LoveFM - ‎12/31/09‎
The list was published today, and although Belize House in Belmopan has not yet release the names, our contact in London has provided us with the list of ...

Fourth Grenade Explodes!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
This is the third hand grenade explosion in Belize City in less than two years and the fifth incident involving these horrific devices. ...

KREM TV cancels Belizean Exposure
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Hyde has been an outspoken public critic of Elrington for his use of the word “Artificial” to describe Belize's border with Guatemala. ...

City woman is the big Lotto Winner!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
The Belize Lotto game, with a hot prize of $110000, was drawn on Wednesday, December 23, and one lucky Belize City woman ...

Low cost dialysis soon!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
The Government of Belize is now making a serious move to bring in an organization that will provide affordable dialysis ...

MonArc Corp. (MONA:PK) Acquires GoIP Global (GOIP) China Assets
RTT News (press release) - ‎12/31/09‎
The Belize SPC consists of Wuhan Media and Yezhifeng Media. Wuhan Media operates the China based Wang Mai Mai English educational publishing and English ...

Prisoner killed behind bars
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Swasey was rushed to the Prison Health Facility then to the Karl Heusner Hospital in Belize City where he was declared dead on arrival. ...

Taiwan donates motorcycles to pOlice Department
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Ten motor cycles were donated to the Belize Police Department by the Government of Taiwan last week Monday, December 14. ...

Cruise Ship Ryndam brings Christmas Cheer to Liberty Orphanage
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Children from Liberty Orphanage received Christmas cheer with a 'Fun Day' aboard the Ryndam cruise ship in Belize City on ...

Labour Department burglarized
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
The Labor Office situated on Albert Street in Belize City has been hit by burglars, and an assortment of computers and ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Last year and the year before, thousands of people in Belize lost their homes, their jobs and their business. They became poorer because of the double ...

United Cane Farmers Association now official
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Caneros from Belize's north who brok away from the Belize Cane Farmers Assoiation are now officially recognized with their ...

Channel 5 moves to Coney Drive
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Channel 5 was off the air since Monday, December 29th, to facilitate their move to their new newsroom and studio located on Coney Drive in Belize City. ...

12/30/09

Police Ready to Charge Suspect for Grenade Attack
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
Police have two persons in custody in connection with their investigation into the grenade attack on Kraal Road. There were rumours that one man would be ...

Cane Farmers Block Entrance to Tower Hill
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
This afternoon at about 2:30, members of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association blocked the entrance to the Tower Hill Factory as an act of protest ...

Couple Accuses Corporal of Assault
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
So I want all Belize people to help try and do something about this man. I went to internal affairs and I hope they help me but I want Belize people to know ...

Home Invasion Murder in Apartment #2
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
So let's try forgiveness with one another and make Belize a better place.” “All I want to do is talk to the youths: stop the violence. ...

18 Grenades Still on the Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
Since May of 2008 – four grenades have exploded in Belize – two teenagers have been killed: the first was 16 year old Sixteen year old Darren Trapp in May ...

Dialysis Patients Protest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
Two weeks ago the president of the Kidney Association of Belize, Andrea Cox told the Amandala newspaper that Belize's dialysis patients are facing multiple ...

Lagoon side construction raises eyebrows
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/30/09‎
... Utilization Authority, Fisheries Department and the Belize Port Authority as is required for the approval of construction of over the water structure. ...

Crocodile attacks pet during holiday weekend
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/30/09‎
Feeding crocodiles has been a dangerous practice in years past. The dangers of it have been explained on countless occasions and performing this action has ...

FMS Celebrates Christmas
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/30/09‎
If you are able, please donate much-needed musical instruments through Colville Young's Music Store in Belize City or Wings in San Pedro Town. ...

Students and volunteer paint mural at SPRCS
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/30/09‎
Her wish was to return on her vacation to Belize and get children motivated and involved in art work. Mills stated that after she managed to acquire some ...

OVERNIGHT SHOOTING INCIDENT CLAIMS ONE LIFE AND INJURES TWO PEOPLE
LoveFM - ‎12/30/09‎
A shooting incident last night in Belize City has claimed the life of one person and left two people injured. Thirty year old Randolph Hinks, also known as ...

2009 in Review (New Faces-New Places)
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
The President of China-Taiwan Ma Ying Jeou made a historical and symbolic visit to Belize on Wednesday, May 27. While he was in Belize, the Minister of ...

2009 in Review (PUP Scams Exposed - Leaders Criminally Charged)
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
On August 24, the Prime Minister of Belize introduced a bill to have government assume control of Belize Telemedia Limited. The reasons for the necessity of ...

2009 in Review (Some of Many Great Accomplishments)
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
The results for Belize City took some time to come in because of the ten constituencies which were counted. However, from earlier on it had become clear ...

The Depths of Ignominy
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
My final question today is: Musa messed up our country so bad, and now he wants to return to the highest office in Belize? Hath that man no shame?

New Year's Message from the Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
This will be most welcome in Belize as our country steels itself to deal with the challenges of 2010. The worldwide recession, which bore fully down on us ...

Corozal Celebrates Christmas
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
There is going to be a Grand Dance to bring in the New Year at Dreams Ball Room with the New Creation Band of Belize City. There will also be a massive ...

21-Year-Old Keon Swasey Stabbed to Death in Prison
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
Sources tells us that Swasey's younger brother is accused of being the shooter in the recent murder of a Belize City man who was gunned down in the Kraal ...

Lotto Player Wins Christmas Jackpot!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Christopher Galvez lured to his death
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
He has since been transferred from Belize City to carry out his duties outside of the city. Meanwhile, the Galvez family is not pleased at the way the ...

Medina family charged with burglary -com...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
... Street and stealing a number of items including a laptop, two cell phones, $600 US currency, $200 in Belize currency and a quart of Whisky valued $140. ...

Father fined $1000 for beating 7-year-o...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
This morning a father was lucky not to be jailed after he was charged for beating his 7-year-old son so badly with a piece of metal object that the boy had ...

Wife kills husband - DPP says no charges for her
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Christmas Shows Height of Consumer Confidence
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
Here in Belize we have only recently begun feeling the effects of the global economic crisis but, unlike other parts of the world, the word recession does ...

Significant Crime Decrease in 2009
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
Those monthly meetings have certainly improved the relationship between the Belize Police Department and the media, so much so that the press briefing on ...

Grenade Explosion Leaves Community Shaken and Gangsters Outraged
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
In most areas of Belize residents would be wondering what could have caused the explosion; however, the Kraal Road area has been under fire recently and ...

Seven Belize Police Officers Attend Community Policing Course
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

12/29/09

Chris Galvez Family Accuses Police of Cover-Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
23 year old Christopher Galvez was killed in an area near Faber's Road in Belize City on the night of Tuesday, 22nd December. ...

Deadly Grenade Attack on Kraal Road
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
There was another grenade blast in Belize City last night – it is the fourth such explosion since May of 2008 – and the fifth grenade incident since that ...

Security Tightened at Phillip Goldson International Airport
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
And that includes Belize where as I found at the Phillip Goldson International today – security has tightened up. Here's more. ...

3 Shootings in Long Christmas Weekend
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
Forty four year old Bruce Faber of Belize City is back home recovering after someone tried to kill him on Christmas Eve night. Police report that around ...

James Locario Charged for Wounding 7 Year Old Son
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
Today the father appeared in Belize City Magistrate's Court where he was fined one thousand dollars. James Locario pleaded not guilty to the charge of ...

Grenade Blast Killed 1, Injured 2, Shook All
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
And while the residents of Kraal Road were plunged into terror last night – today they are living with the aftermath – the post traumatic realization that ...

Grenade Was of British Origin
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
Late this afternoon, the Police and BDF had a press conference to discuss the wider issues surrounding the grenade attack. ...

Caroline Polonio Wins $110000 LOTTO Jackpot
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
Tonight 33 year old Caroline Polonio is $110000 richer. The self-described “Jill of All Trades” matched all 5 numbers to win last Wednesday's 110 thousand ...

Police Appeal for Information on Other Grenades
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
“Well before 2009, those grenades were on the streets of Belize City. Offers were made and people turned down those offers to buy those grenades at $50 off ...

TOLEDO VILLAGERS DISCUSS PROPOSED DAM
LoveFM - ‎12/29/09‎
This includes the concerns of the committee and other Belizeans regarding the activities conducted by Belize Hydroelectric Development and Management ...

BELIZE CITY WOMAN WINS BIG LOTTO JACKPOT
LoveFM - ‎12/29/09‎
But on December twenty third, Belize City resident Carline Polonio's numbers played and today she walked into the Tropical Gaming office on Queen Street to ...

OVERNIGHT GRENADE ATTACK CLAIMS THE LIFE OF A TEENAGED BOY
LoveFM - ‎12/29/09‎
A teenage boy was killed and two men slightly injured in a grenade attack last night in Belize City. The victim has been identified as fourteen year old ...

BELIZE CITY WOMAN WINS BIG LOTTO JACKPOT
LoveFM - ‎12/29/09‎
But on December twenty third, Belize City resident Carline Polonio's numbers played and today she walked into the Tropical Gaming office on Queen Street to ...

12/28/09

Scott Storch To Work On Shyne's New Album
24hourhiphop - ‎12/28/09‎
... scheduled to be on board in the musical comeback of rapper Shyne, who was recently deported to his native Belize after over nine years of jail sentence. ...

Belizean killed in prison
Caribbean360.com - ‎12/28/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize, December 28, 2009 - The authorities in Belize are investigating the stabbing death of a prisoner in Belize. Keon Swasey, 21, who was on ...

12/24/09

KREM Cancels Sedi Elrington's Show
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/09‎
Mose Hyde has been the most outspoken public critic of Elrington for his use of the word “Artificial” to describe Belize's border with Guatemala.

No Charges for Audrey Morgan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/09‎
Audrey Morgan killed her husband Albert Morgan Jr. she stabbed him to death. But she's a free woman because Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl Lyn Vidal ...

SMART Appeals Before PUC Decides
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/09‎
The appeal claims that, “the PUC sought...to advance the stated position of the Government of Belize.” Today Chairman John Avery said that the appeal is ...

The Armed Robbery at Mirab
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/09‎
In last night's newscast we told you about the armed robbery at Mirab's Furniture at mile one on the Western Highway. Police have released scant details ...

Keon Swasey Murdered at Belize Central Prison
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/09‎
It may be Christmas for law abiding citizens, but it's the killing season for Belize City's gangs. Gang warfare is raging in the city's streets and today it ...

Three shootings in south side in one night
channel5belize - ‎12/24/09‎
On Wednesday night rival gangs in the south side of the city were on a shooting spree. It has not been confirmed if there's a link to the murder of ...

Christmas Eve murder inside prison
channel5belize - ‎12/24/09‎
Earlier this week Swasey was on trial along with a minor at the Belize City Magistrates' Court for three counts of Aggravated Assault, ...

Natl Basketball Team closer to judgment for COCABA case
channel5belize - ‎12/24/09‎
There is an update to the ongoing challenges of the Belize National Basketball Team who won silver at the August COCABA Games held in Cancun, Mexico. ...

YOUNG MAN KILLED EXECUTION STYLE
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
The family of twenty three year old Christophe Galvez, a resident of the Conch Shelll Bay AREA of Belize City, is grieving his tragic loss. ...

SEVERAL SHOOTING INCIDENTS REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
A spate of overnight shootings in Belize City has prompted the police department to remain on high alert going into the Christmas weekend. ...

CONCERNS RAISED OVER GARBAGE AT THE TEMPORARY QUEEN SQUARE MARKET AT THE POUND ...
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
Vendors at the Temporary Queen Square Market situated at the Pound Yard in Belize City, are complaining about the garbage situation out at the marketplace. ...

LIBERTY FOUNDATION RECEIVES TIMELY DONATION FROM FORTIS INCORPORATED
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
Fortis Incorporated, the parent company for Belize Electricity Limited has made a donation to the Liberty Children's Home in Ladyville village in the Belize ...

RESIDENTS OF THE TOLEDO DISTRICT RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM GOB ON CONTROVERSIAL ...
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
"I think one of the most important things here is the fact that the Forestry Department issued a permit allowing or giving permission to Belize ...

FIRE IN BURREL BOOM LEAVES ELDERLY COUPLE HOMELESS
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
The couple, who live in Belize City, uses the building on weekends and special occasions and had entrusted the care of the house to a neighbor who lives ...

US EMBASSY ISSUES ALERT ON HOLIDAY SAFETY FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
In the message, the embassy advises US citizens who travel to Belize or are resident in the country that similar incidents may increase during the holiday ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
Two people were injured in an altercation on Tuesday night in Belize City. Reports are that police visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital around ...

Brothers Operated Busted Online Gambling Site From Belize
Gambling911.com - ‎12/24/09‎
The Raviv Brothers operated their business from a remote "tax-free" zone outside of Belize City, an area that at one time was going to be designated for ...

12/23/09

In Memoriam: Bruce Collins
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/23/09‎
In 1988, he and the love of his life, Victoria, sold their real estate company and moved to Ambergris Caye, Belize where they founded the newspaper The San ...

Holiday lights shine for the 5th Annual Caribbean Christmas Colors Contest!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/23/09‎
... to the Lorie Morgan show from the Reef Village Boutique, 24 hour golf cart rental from Carts Belize, two (2) bottles of wine from Rendezvous Winery. ...

SP Lions treat Seniors to Christmas Dinner and Dancing!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/23/09‎
In addition, they also received a gift donated by the Lions members and the Belize Bank Limited. Paz stated that she is very grateful to everyone who made ...

Israelis Operated Illegal Internet Gaming Site from Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
It is news in Belize because part of the operation was based in Belize. Israeli media report that the masterminds were brothers Idan and Shai Raviv who had ...

Murder Suspect Audrey Morgan Claims Self Defense
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
Tonight Audrey Morgan, the wife of Albert Hendrick Morgan Jr. remains in police custody and police have now handed the file to the Director of Public ...

...And on Holy Emmanuel Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
... throwing their garbage in the back there evading the dumpsite and not utilizing the service of Belize Waste Control Limited, damaging the fee probably. ...

Arson at Vernon Street Bridge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
There have been two fires in Belize City and one on the Burrell Boom Road in the last 24 hours. This comes after the Fire Department went on an all out ...

Robbery at Mirab Furniture Gallery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
There was a robbery today at the Mirab Furniture Gallery at mile one on the Western Highway. Not much is known at this time as police have not provided ...

Stabbing Then Fire on Pelican Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
And that was only the beginning of a night of fires. The next one would be on Pelican Street. Again it appears to be arson, and again, it appears to have ...

Execution of Chris Galvez
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
The year's 92nd murder occurred last night in Belize City and it appears to have been a hit. The victim is 23 year old Vincent Galvez – a young businessman ...

Israeli gambling site uses Belize as pawn in web of deceit
channel5belize - ‎12/23/09‎
International scams have reached Belize in a variety of forms from money orders to phantom universities. In the most recent known case, Belize is being ...

Christopher Galvez murdered after being picked up by friend
channel5belize - ‎12/23/09‎
We don't need that; Belize doesn't need that at this point.” “I just want the violence to stop. These young people have to stop.” Aside from his father, ...

DPP orders release of woman accused in husband's death
channel5belize - ‎12/23/09‎
But in Tuesday morning's murder of Albert Morgan, his wife, a mother of four has been released from police custody. Audrey Morgan was being questioned as ...

One brother shot; then fire destroys siblings' home
channel5belize - ‎12/23/09‎
It was double whammy for two Belize City brothers. One of the siblings was stabbed earlier in the evening and later in the night, a fire destroyed their ...

Gunman steals cash from Mirab Furniture Gallery
channel5belize - ‎12/23/09‎
But earlier, one of Belize's largest furniture and appliance outlet was robbed today. Mirab operates out of a large store on North Front Street, ...

Showdown at Commission of Inquiry – Fabro maintains innocence; Sosa says ...
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
... deposed chairman of the Board of Governors, and Dr. John Sosa, president of the Belize Medical and Dental Union (BMDU), whose rivalry precipitated the ...

Chiller nightmare
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
And six torrid months to the day of the first revolt of the doctors under the Belize Medical and Dental Union (BMDU), the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital can ...

Russell “Chiste” Garcia, former UDP politician of Dangriga, loses battle with ...
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
... through which patients get free dialysis treatment at the Belize Healthcare Partners in Belize City, while the government pays $150000 a month to the ...

PNP condemns artificial border statement and calls for apology
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
... of Defense deploy more soldiers along our border so that we can rest assured that every square centimeter of Belize remains in the hands of Belizeans. ...

Police question wife over husband's stabbing death
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
... the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, and the family says the funeral will be held on Saturday at St. John's Vianney Roman Catholic Church in Belize City.

Kenrick “Bendigo” Williams found guilty of the 2004 murder of Elia Gonzalez, 16
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
But now it remains to be seen what will become of this guilty verdict when the case inevitably goes to the Belize Court of Appeal, as all murder convictions ...

Sedi under fire!
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
“The same would be true of the departments of Guatemala or the districts of Belize, within the country of Guatemala and Belize, respectively, ...

Israel, Chiquibul, lead and silver
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
He also mentioned that these people were smart and that Belize could benefit from this arrangement. He, however, failed to name some of the Third World ...

Citrus growers find unity at special meeting
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
These are good times for Belize citrus, with prices high and competitors in Florida reeling from citrus greening and other ailments. Belize has its own ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
Yet in Belize, Lord Michael Ashcroft's business and his politics are so intertwined that sometimes they are inseparable. So, I guess you can mix politics ...

Carlos Perrote rocks Belize!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
For those too restrained to leave their seats, the Belize Dance company took the stage to perform what the audience was tapping it feet to, and while the ...

KHMH inquiry wraps up
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
So Perera did not know to follow up with Customs, and Ports Belize Ltd had already auctioned the parts to Hamaz when Perera first became aware they were in ...

Belize was a part of a human smuggling ring to the US
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
Rampersad and her co-conspirators fraudulently obtained Belizean visas for the Indians and escorted them from India to Belize, moving through various ...

Russell "Chiste" Garcia passes
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
The former minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Dangriga Area Representative, Russell Alexander Garcia, ...

Belize Chess Club & BNYCF hosts family Chess Day
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
Young chess players from all over the country tested their wits at a Family Chess Day hosted by the Belize City ...

Do the right thing, Mr. Minister! Ban the gill nets
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
Was it the Rio Grande Co-op's opinion that the Guatemalans have not done a good enough job in destroying Belize's Fisheries, and so they need, the Jamaicans ...

Crooked Tree, oldest village in Belize, finally gets potable water
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
The use of hand-dug wells in Crooked Tree Village, one of the oldest settlements in the Belize District, is now history, ...

First Caribbean donates to YBTB
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
Youth Business Trust Belize isa program offering young persons between the ages of 18-35 assistance in starting their own businesses. ...

Cane trash converted to electrical power
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
The project, undertaken by the Belize Cogeneration Energy Limited, (BELCOGEN), will produce around 30 Megawatts of electricity. 25 megawatts will be sold ...

Jamaican fishing boats leave, but that's not the end of it!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
The Jamaican fishing vessels whose presence in Belizean waters caused such an uproar among Belizeans nationwide, ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
It is the best of times and the worst of times for journalism in Belize. It is a good time because today the media has ...

BELIZE AND GUATEMALA TO SETTLE BORDER DISPUTE
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm - ‎12/23/09‎
BELMOPAN, Dec 23 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Belize and Guatemala will form a working party to promote communication between the two countries to solve the long ...

12/22/09

North Creek Security Guard Murdered Inside Home
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/09‎
The 91st. murder of 2009 occurred early this morning in Belize City. 26 year old security guard Albert Morgan Jr. was stabbed to death inside his home. ...

Major Change in Policy on Harvesting of Xate
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/09‎
As we come up on Christmas, Belize – Guatemala issues are at the forefront of the public discourse. And one year ago – it was about the same when Guatemalan ...

MOH Complete Dialysis MOU
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/09‎
WORTH is an organization that has offered to provide Belize with free dialysis machines. They threatened to also withdrew the offer earlier this year ...

Bureau of Standards Rates Supermarkets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/09‎
Sixteen stores in Corozal, Orange Walk and Belize City received five stars, four got four stars in Belmopan, San Ignacio and Santa Elena and nine received ...

How Di Christmas Di Come?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/09‎
This afternoon downtown Belize City was busy – teeming with Christmas shoppers filling stores and walking out of stores with filled bags. ...

2009's ninety-first murder; wife accused of killing husband
channel5belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The body of twenty-six year old Albert Morgan was discovered at around three this morning on the steps of his Belize City home on North Creek. ...

Rescued Sailor Reunites With Boat
MyFox Houston - ‎12/22/09‎
Despite the sailor's trouble hearing and seeing, Ketchum plans to continue with his original plan to sail to Mexico and then to Belize. ...

NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE PREPARES TO LAUNCH HOLIDAY SAFETY CAMPAIGN
LoveFM - ‎12/22/09‎
Smith says that members of the department will be on Queen Street in Belize City and other parts of the country issuing pamphlets to passers by. ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH ANNOUNCES PROGRESS IN DIALYSIS TREATMENT IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/22/09‎
... by saying that a Cabinet paper will be submitted next week, which presents the Memorandum of Understanding as an option for dialysis services in Belize.

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/22/09‎
Immigration records revealed that the couple entered Belize via the port in Punta Gorda on September 11. They were given visitor's permits until October 10 ...

BELIZE CITY WOMAN ADMITS TO KILLING HER HUSBAND
LoveFM - ‎12/22/09‎
An early morning murder was reported in Belize City today. The victim has been identified as twenty three year old Albert Morgan, Junior. ...

Blessings for the Christmas - Prosperity in the New Year
The Guardian, Belize -  - ‎12/22/09‎
Towards the latter part of 2009, the Government of Belize launched a new television program titled Belmopan Weekly, which we have every intention to ...

2009 Christmas Message from the Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
The Guardian, Belize -  - ‎12/22/09‎
I take this opportunity then, on behalf of myself and family, the United Democratic Party family, and indeed the entire nation of Belize to wish you all a ...

BPD Receives 10 Power Motor Cycles from Government of Taiwan
The Guardian, Belize -  - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

BTB Treats 200 Kids for Christmas
The Guardian, Belize -  - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Crooked Tree, Oldest Village in Belize, gets New Water System
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Quinton Hamilton reinstated in cycling
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Caye Caulker Roman Catholic boys - current leader in primary schools ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition continued at the Belize City Centre over the last week of school, December 14-17, with 30 games on ...

17-Year-Old Charged for Attempted Robbery
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Baby Daddy Argument Leads to Stabbing Incident
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Rivero Street Shop Keeper convicted of drug trafficking
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Written by Administrator
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
One of the United Democratic Party's finest passed away on Saturday in his hometown of Dangriga. Russell “Chiste” Garcia died at 11 on Saturday Morning ...

Rosado and Knowles - Baffu and Gamma
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
It must be noted that as we understand it Flamingo had a business relationship with the University of Belize during Rosado's tenure there before his arrival ...

12/21/09

James Adderley has the latest in sporting news
channel5belize - ‎12/21/09‎
In cycling news, the Belize Cycling Association race staged on Saturday saw Junior rider Austin Armstrong of Vega Crystal, write his name into the history ...

Mayor may still be subject to disciplinary proceedings
channel5belize - ‎12/21/09‎
The court awarded Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers two of three injunctions she filed against the United Democratic Party. On December seventeenth ...

Former Belize Minister of Agriculture Passes Away
Belizean (blog) - ‎12/21/09‎
By The Founder, Belmopan, Belize 21 December (Belizean.com) Former Minister of Agriculture in the UDP ...

Crooked Tree Gets Potable Water
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
Crooked Tree Village may be only thirty four miles away from Belize City but today is the first time the residents who live in one of the country's oldest ...

Sedi Elrington Defends "Artificial Border" Comment
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
Last week at the OAS in Washington DC, Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington called the Belize Guatemala border “artificial”. The use of that single word that ...

Former Minister Russell Chiste Garcia, Dead at 59
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
Former Minister of Agriculture Chiste Garcia has passed away. The former UDP minister of agriculture died on Saturday December 19th three days after his ...

The Peten Situation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
That's the area that adjoins the western part of Belize. As Ambassador Martinez explained the population in the area is being systematically pushed eastward ...

Darrington Lauriano Back in Jail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
Darrington Lauriano was then remanded to the Belize Central Prison until January twenty second, 2010. The robbery occurred around one on Thursday, ...

$1.5 million Bail Offered to Fugitive Sex Offender
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
US Fugitive child molestor Robert Snyder was caught in Belize under the name Augustin Rios – but on Friday he was back before a judge in his home state of ...

WHO WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WRONGDOING AT KHMH?
LoveFM - ‎12/21/09‎
Among the particulars is the status of the Belize Health Information System. Under oath both Ministry of Health CEO Peter Allen and KHMH Executive Francis ...

JAMAICAN FISHERMEN RETURN HOME
LoveFM - ‎12/21/09‎
Last week it was announced that the fishermen and the vessels that arrived in Belize about two weeks ago would be returning to Jamaica. ...

UDP LAWYER OFFERS OPINION ON MOYA V UDP
LoveFM - ‎12/21/09‎
Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers had filed several injunctions against the UDP to prevent her expulsion from the party following an ad hoc press ...

DEPORTED SEX OFFENDER NOW FACES A CHARGE OF FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER
LoveFM - ‎12/21/09‎
Snyder was deported from Belize earlier this month after he was featured on the “America's Most Wanted” television program and identified by a parent as a ...

THE EMBASSY OF BELIZE IN TAIPEI HOSTS CHRISTMAS PART FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
LoveFM - ‎12/21/09‎
The Embassy of Belize in the republic of China, Taiwan has hosted a Christmas party for physically and mentally challenged children. ...

Rainbows underwater in Belize even if sky is gray
Palm Beach Post - ‎12/21/09‎
By PAT WELLENBACH The Associated Press CAYE CAULKER, Belize — It was a dark, rainy, gray day. We don't go for monochrome excursions during our tropical ...

12/18/09

Poor climate and outlook for developing nations at Copenhagen
channel5belize - ‎12/18/09‎
“Why is it important for Belize to attend this climate change conference?” “Well, Belize is acknowledged and recognized as one of the most vulnerable ...

Current Director of Finance gets last word
channel5belize - ‎12/18/09‎
The last person to testify was Carlos Perrera, one of the persons singled out by the Belize Medical and Dental Union when the scandal first broke. ...

KHMH Commission of Inquiry comes to an end
channel5belize - ‎12/18/09‎
By that time, when we did that investigation items had already been auctioned by the Port of Belize because the assumption from management was that we went ...

A NATIONAL LIVESTOCK REGISTRY DATABASE FOR BELIZE HAS BEEN CREATED
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture has handed over to local authorities the National Livestock Registry Database of Belize. ...

BELIZE AND GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN WASHINGTON
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
Belize and Guatemala have agreed to allow the Organization of American States to assist in maintaining harmony along the common border between the two ...

NEW WATER SYSTEM INAUGURATED IN CROOKED TREE VILLAGE
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
A new water system for Crooked tree village in the Belize district will be inaugurated on Saturday morning. The new water system, which will greatly improve ...

YOUTH BUSINESS TRUST RECEIVES SIZEABLE DONATION FROM FCIB
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
Earlier this week Youth Business Trust received a 20 thousand Belize dollars donation from First Caribbean International Bank. ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
Instead of being released on bail Pineda was kept in custody until her immigration status in Belize can be determined. The incident occurred midday on ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
An armed robbery was reported in Belize City on Thursday morning. According to a fruit vendor of Faber's Road, the incident happened around ten o'clock ...

7News Ventures Above the Chiquibul
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
And the satellite image shows that there are areas like this all along Belize's western border with Guatemala– and there's no way to hike to all of them. ...

Scandalous Revelations at Final Day of KHMH Hearings
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
But apparently not urgent enough because the parts sat inside the Port of Belize compound until they were sold at an auction. ...

Sedi Elrington Under Scrutiny for Belize-Guatemala Remark
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington met with his Guatemalan counterpart Haroldo Rodas at the OAS in Washington on Tuesday – and Elrington is under scrutiny ...

Drug Addicts Graduate from Rehab at Hattieville Prison
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
Lorenzo Neiggs is presently serving out a sentence at the Belize Central Prison. He and ninety six other inmates volunteered to receive ninety days of ...

More Trouble for Australian Chef
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
He should've been a happy man, but not for long because during the investigation police noted that his Belize visitor's permit expired at the end of June, ...

Guyanese Human Smuggler Linked to Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
Why is that news in Belize? Well according to a report by United Press International, the accused identified as fifty two year old Guyanese national Annita ...

Power from the sun
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
Ambassador Hiroshi Yamaguchi was in Belize last week to sign a grant agreement which will involve the transfer of about ten ...

Hope the Harpy released at Rio Bravo
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
According to Executive Director of Programme for Belize, Edilberto Romero, the Harpy Eagle, which was flown into Belize from Panama last week, was released ...

Belize and Guatemala meet. ICJ commitment still on track
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
Belize held diplomatic talks with Guatemala this week to look at developments in the Border Adjacency Zone and to review plans to take the territorial ...

Toledans reject the idea of a dam in their Bladden Nature Reserve
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
“We hereby call upon the Government of Belize to revoke the concession agreement granted to Belize Hydro-electric Development and Management Ltd (BHD) on ...

Mexico presents National Livestock Registry to Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
Due to the importance of the subject for Belize, IICA provided the appropriate support for the installation and operation of the Livestock Registry. ...

Crime Down almost 10%, says Commissioner Jeffries
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
He made the announcement at a press conference at the Raccoon Street Police Station, on Thursday, December 17. ...

Reshuffling at Cityhall
The Reporter Belize - ‎5 hours ago‎
A portfolio shuffle is to take effect for the New Year of 2010 at the Belize City Council. Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers, ...

Zenaida - 2 UDP - 1
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
For the first time in the legal history of Belize, a political party has been taken to court, and a judgement has been made ...

Bureau of Standards issues 5-Star grocery store ratings
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
Some 169 stores across Belize were examined. The stores ratings were made to assist consumers and to give them sound information which will help them with ...

Love FM Christmas parade biggest ever!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
Recession or not, the Belize business community heartily embraced the Christmas spirit that “it is better to give ...

The Jewel gets a new name - from a book of pictures
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
This is the name pilot-photographer Marius Jovaisa chose for his book of photographs about Belize. ...

San Felipe Barcelona wins 1st Superleague finals
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
San Felipe Barcelona upset the 2007 Superleague champion Tex Mar United 3-2 in the first game of the Belize Bank ...

Triple B's are women's football champs
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
The Belize City United girls won the third place trophy. The Las Flores FC girls won the FIFA Fair Play award. Belize City United's Ermine Ferguson won the ...

Accident victim with broken leg dies of unsuspected blood clot
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
A man died while receiving treatment for a broken right leg at the Belize Health Partners Hospital in Belize City on ...

GOB will consider deep sea fishing licenses
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
A joint agreement between Belize and Jamaican investors provides for Jamaica to buy Belizean fish and for a processing and ice-making plant to be ...

Women have a role in Belize's Coast Guard
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
The Coast Guard of Belize has recruited women to be coast guard officers for the first time. There were six women among the graduating class of 35 last ...

Ban the gill nets! Restore prosperity to Belizean fisheries
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
During earlier years Belize's fisheries was one of Belize's finest assets. It processed many species of sea life that bolstered ...

Bill Lindo
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
Belize is in a critical time where our economy and finances are concerned, and this newspaper over the years has taken advantage of Bill Lindo's formidable ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
Nigel's father was Edward Miguel, a four-time Crosscountry champion, and his mother is a sister of Odinga Lumumba, one of Belize's most famous ...

Toledoans fed up with Belize Hydroelectric and GOB!
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
Roughly 300 Toledo villagers this weekend passed a resolution at a public meeting, calling on the Government of Belize to revoke a 15-year concession ...

Supreme Court grants Zenaida Moya-Flowers 2 out of 3 injunctions
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
On October 1, Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya-Flowers, along with her financial managers from the Belize City Council, was arraigned on criminal charges in ...

More allegations of hustling on KHMH's 10th day of inquiry
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
These and other startling allegations were presented on the tenth day of public hearings at the Belize Institute of Management on Wednesday morning. ...

Musa and Barrow face off over recession
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
Referring to a recent interview with the British press, Barrow said, “They asked me whether I was present at a Belize Bank Christmas party when an assembled ...

Belize-Guatemala border “artificial”; Belize and Guatemala “same” -- Belize ...
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
Still holding ministerial talks over their territorial dispute, Belize and Guatemala met in Washington, DC, USA, on Wednesday, and reports coming out of the ...

Belize is 'peppering' up its agro industry for large scale export
Caribbean Net News - ‎12/18/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize -- Belize is taking positive steps to boost its agro-industry especially in pepper and is trying to uprade its product to ...

12/17/09

Carlos Perrote & Friends Prep for Big Concert
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
“It is to show Belize who we are so we try and bring musicians from different corners, different talents. We have the Pantempters Steel Band, we have Junie ...

Supreme Court Orders Reinstatement of Mayor Moya in UDP
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
... this case is a landmark legal case in the history of Belize and in the history of Belize's politics in that it establishes for the very first time that ...

Monkey River Gets Electricity
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
Monkey River's coastline has been swallowed by erosion and it was rocked by an earthquake in May but tonight there is good news out of the village because ...

Belize and Guatemala Meet with OAS
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
Belize's Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington met with his Guatemalan counterpart Haroldo Rodas at the OAS in Washington yesterday. The meeting was arranged ...

Woman Shot on Albert Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
A woman was shot last night in downtown Belize City. The barrage of gunshots rang out at around 9:30 near the corner of Albert and South Streets -which is ...

Friends for Conservation Discuss Management
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
It does provide for a wonderful opportunity for many of these forest areas to remain in Belize because if not, I would say that for the Maya Mountain ...

Woman Attacks Woman on East Canal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
There was a stabbing this morning in downtown Belize City. It occurred near the bustling corner of East Canal and Church Streets across from Public's ...

Police Commissioner Jeffries Says Crime in 2009 Down by 9%
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
Earlier we told you about the year's 90th murder victim, 27 year old Dewayne Lopez. He is the 5th murder victim for December and even with 16 days to go in ...

Police say crime is down… but is it?
channel5belize - ‎12/17/09‎
Earlier this week, part of a study called the Male Social Participation and Violence Study in Belize, was released. The research will not be completed until ...

Guyanese national charged in US for human trafficking via Belize
channel5belize - ‎12/17/09‎
Belize's strategic location makes it a common port for transnational smuggling of illegal drugs, weapons and human trafficking. ...

SHOOTING INCIDENT LEAVES BELIZE CITY HOUSEWIFE INJURED
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
A shooting incident in Belize City yesterday has left a housewife injured. According to police reports, the woman, whom has not been identified, ...

SALVATION ARMY SPREADS CHRISTMAS CHEER
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
The Salvation Army of Belize is Spreading Christmas Cheer today to the less fortunate with their annual giving away of groceries to the elderly. ...

AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS PROMOTE IMPROVEMENT OF HOT PEPPER INDUSTRY
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
... and I believe these were commodities to the different countries and one of those selected commodities was hot pepper to actually be pursued in Belize. ...

COMPOL HAS LUNCH WITH JOURNALISTS
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
Despite the recent spate of murders on Belize City's Southside the police department maintains that the latter part of this year has seen a decline in the ...

SEVEN VILLAGES IN SOUTHERN BELIZE TO RECEIVE ELECTRICITY
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
Monkey River is the second of seven villages in the banana belt to receive electrification as a part of a European Union project implemented by Belize ...

GALEN UNIVERSITY CHANGES OWNERSHIP
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
... its launch Galen University was a fledgling tertiary level institution entering an undergraduate market controlled locally by the University of Belize. ...

ALLEGED INTERNATIONAL ALIEN SMUGGLER ACCUSED OF USING BELIZE AS A STAGING GROUND
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
Gerald and her co-conspirators then allegedly escorted the four from India to Belize, moving through various countries in South and Central America. ...

Man of the Year - An Outstanding Leader
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
Dean Barrow was honoured for his commitment and support to the Belize City Urban Rejuvenation Project which has provided sustained employment for hundreds ...

Three classroom extension for Armenia Go...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
Ramon Witz and Hiroshi Yamaguchi, the Japanese Ambassador to Belize, as well as the Social Investment fund's Daniel Cano, officially inaugurated a three ...

Belize Country Statement at Copenhagen
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
Belize is a country blessed with the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, the second longest in the world, thousands of beautiful coral islands, ...

BDF's soldiers served by commanders
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The Belize Defense Force held its annual Christmas luncheon at midday on Tuesday December 16 at Price Barracks in Ladyville. It is a force tradition, ...

Hon. Castro and Hon. Montero improve plantain stock in Rural North
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

2009 Christmas Message from the Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

First reading of Education and Training Bill at National Assembly
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
As he stood up to introduce the Education and Training Bill, 2009, which is an Act to repeal the Education Act, Chapter 36 of the Substantive Laws of Belize ...

Man loses arm in motorcycle collision
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The catastrophe came in the form of a four door Honda Accord driven by Douglas Rodriquez, 28, a resident of Belize City who was driving in the opposite ...

Althea Baldwin Receives New Home
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

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South Florida Caribbean News - ‎12/17/09‎
He highlighted: Geo-thermal endowments of St. Kitts/Nevis and Dominica; the hydropower supplies and potential of Suriname, Belize, Jamaica, Dominica and ...

Regional Consultation on the development of the Sports Tourism sector underway ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Mechanical malfunction claims life of BDF Soldier
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The Belize Defence Force lost one of its own in a disastrous crash on Saturday morning. Eight soldiers were returning from patrol in the dangerous jungle ...

The Legacy of Simon Quan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
He will be dearly missed by his family who have lost a patriarch and by Belize who has lost a patriot. We can only hope that his children will carry on his ...

St. Luke girls, Stella Maris and Wesley ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The 2009-2010 Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition rolls on at the Belize City Centre. The competition continued on Monday December 14, ...

$10M Grant Agreement signed with Japan for Solar Energy
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The Note provides a framework for Japanese economic cooperation to be extended to Belize with a view to strengthening friendly and cooperative relations ...

12/16/09

Minister Rene Montero in the middle of land controversy
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/16/09‎
In 2005, the same island, known as Cayo Frances, was granted to the Social Security Board (SSB) by the Government of Belize. Minister's Fiat Grant number ...

Coral Reef replanting
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/16/09‎
These studies proved valuable in explaining which species of coral would survive better in what part of Belize's marine ecosystem. ...

'Tis the season for giving!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/16/09‎
The donation was in the amount of Belize $1000. The San Pedro Town Council (SPTC) decked out in full red, visited island schools to share the Christmas ...

RC School Cafeteria needs your help
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/16/09‎
IIn January 22nd, 2009 (Volume 19 #3) of The San Pedro Sun, the Calendar Girls, San Pedro Roman Catholic School staff and students all rejoiced at the ...

KHMH CEO Gary Longsworth Testifies
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
He minced no words and went directly after the leadership of the Belize Medical and Dental Union. Keith Swift has the highlights. ...

Mother of Rape Victim Outraged at Acquittal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
But while he was able to free himself from the charge of carnal knowledge, he remains behind bars at the Belize Central Prison where he is serving a three ...

Galen University Under New Owner and Management
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
You can get a quality education here in Belize. Many parents contemplate whether or not they will have their students study here in Belize. ...

PM Barrow Speaks in Copenhagen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
According to European studies, Belize is of the ten countries in the world most affected by climate change. He said relief must come in real terms and it ...

BTB Hosts Children's Christmas Party
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
For 9 years, the Belize Tourism Board along with the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association has been hosting a Christmas party. The annual tradition continued ...

Grand Prize Drawn in CTC Sweepstakes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
As we've said before, contraband is a huge problem for our products here in Belize. There is a large illlegitmate trade in contraband cigarettes. ...

EU Reduces Tariffs on Banana Imports
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
It is news to Belize – and make that bad news – because it is just one more signal of the end of preferential treatment – Belize's banana exports will now ...

Rudolph Godoy Jailed for Attempted Murder of Cop
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
Twenty four year old Independence Village resident Rudolph Godoy will be spending his Christmas and New Year behind bars at the Belize Central Prison after ...

Dietary Supervisor doesn't know why vegetable contract ended
channel5belize - ‎12/16/09‎
But before Longsworth testified at this morning's hearing, the hospital's Dietary Supervisor, Miriam Coleman and Central Sterilization Unit's Merlene ...

CEO says he doesn't know why supply prices skyrocketed
channel5belize - ‎12/16/09‎
In addition, Longsworth said that the Belize Medical and Dental Union was aware that certain employees of the institution were doing business with the ...

KHMH CEO comes out swinging at Commission of Inquiry
channel5belize - ‎12/16/09‎
... us and that the recommendations from it will aid and promote our mandate to become the premiere tertiary care institution for the country of Belize. ...

TEXT BOOKS THAT ARRIVED LAST MONTH NOW BEING DISTRIBUTED
LoveFM - ‎12/16/09‎
Free text books, shipped to Belize last month, are now available for pick up at the San Ignacio Culture Center. The books were brought to Belize aboard the ...

12/15/09

Doctors Sosa and Fabro Face-off at KHMH Inquiry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/15/09‎
... Guerra – the obstetrician who does business with the hospital followed by Dr. John Sosa – the firebrand leader of the Belize Medical and Dental Union. ...

Japan Gives Belize $10 million for Solar Energy Project
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/15/09‎
The Japanese government is helping the Government of Belize with a solar energy project. It's in the spirit of combating climate change and US$5 million ...

Wistful Mood at BDF Christmas Lunch
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/15/09‎
The BDF Christmas lunch - it's an annual tradition where usually the Prime Minister serves lunch to the men and women of Belize's army. ...

Shuffle at City Hall
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/15/09‎
There's been a shuffle of portfolios at City Hall, which in actual terms means very little – considering the council's financial state and its low public ...

Shocking Findings in Study on Crime and Violence
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/15/09‎
In Belize – that rate was 34 in 2008 – meaning for every one hundred thousand citizens, 34 were murdered. That's legitimately worrying, but it's not nearly ...

Belize City Councillors' portfolios shuffled
channel5belize - ‎12/15/09‎
So I think by that happening now we have two councilors to identify and look in debt into each company and to be behind them to making sure Belize City gets ...

Doctor Ricardo Fabro responds to allegations against him
channel5belize - ‎12/15/09‎
Earlier in the newscast we reported on the testimonies of Doctors Jose Guerra and John Sosa in the ongoing Commission of Inquiry. The last to testify today ...

Doctors testify at KHMH Commission of Inquiry
channel5belize - ‎12/15/09‎
The City Council is not the only body plagued by controversy. The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has also been making the news with its own share of ...

Whistleblower has his say at inquiry
channel5belize - ‎12/15/09‎
Dr. Jose Guerra was followed by the President of the Belize Medical and Dental Union, Dr. John Sosa. Sosa led the charge back in June against the alleged ...

Researchers look into male participation in violence
channel5belize - ‎12/15/09‎
In 2008, the turbulence in the streets of Belize was aggravated by the introduction of fragment grenades. After the infamous explosion on Mayflower Street, ...

MEDICAL SUPPLIES DONATED TO WESTERN REGIONAL HOSPITAL
LoveFM - ‎12/15/09‎
“My wife and I started a foundation in California and we're going to start a sister organization here in Belize, an NGO, and we have gathered supplies, ...

CHANGES AT CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCED
LoveFM - ‎12/15/09‎
The Belize City Council today announced changes to the portfolio assignments of councilors, effective January First. According to a press release from City ...

BELIZE SENDS MESSAGE THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
LoveFM - ‎12/15/09‎
And as world leaders haggle about the issue of Climate Change, small nations like Belize are trying to make their voices heard. ...

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF A STUDY ON VIOLENCE PRESENTED THIS MORNING
LoveFM - ‎12/15/09‎
A press conference to present the preliminary findings of a study called Male Social Participation and Violence in Urban Belize was held this morning in ...

OCEANA CALLS FOR THE SUSPENSION OF PROPOSED HIGH SEAS FISHING BY GOVERNMENT
LoveFM - ‎12/15/09‎
The newly established office of Oceana in Belize has issued a statement calling on the Government of Belize to suspend all plans and proposals to allow ...

Evidence of Ancient Maya Colonial Expansion
U.S. News & World Report - ‎12/15/09‎
... the new evidence suggests that the site's first king was born into a ruling family at Caracol, a powerful lowland kingdom in Belize. ...

Shyne Recording New Music In Belize
Hip-Hop Wired - ‎12/15/09‎
Big producers and big execs been flying to Belize and music is coming! " No word on exactly what he's recording but I'd pay money to hear a Diddy diss track ...

House hassle
Amandala - ‎12/15/09‎
They believe that the two-party system in Belize is so predictable, that the electorate will be severely tempted to return to the PUP three years from now. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎12/15/09‎
His subject was provocative: are the athletes and teams Belize sends to international competitions being properly prepared? I think the young man's thesis ...

Director of Finance rebuts “misrepresentations” by previous witnesses at KHMH ...
Amandala - ‎12/15/09‎
Perrera, who was raised in Belize City's Southside but resides in Orange Walk, is a former town councilor for the United Democratic Party in Orange Walk ...

Shuffle at City Hall
Amandala - ‎12/15/09‎
CitCo deducted monies for workers' payments to Belize Bank, Courts, the credit unions, and of all places—the Family Court and Social Security, ...

Labour MP Calls For Inquiry Into Ashcroft
Sky News - ‎12/15/09‎
He said the public had the right to "full knowledge of the facts" because Mayfair Limited is incorporated in Belize, and the peer has asked questions in the ...

Alleged Sikh extremist, deported to Belize, vanishes
South Asian Observer - ‎12/15/09‎
While in jail Singh applied to immigrate to Belize in exchange for investing in the country. He was deported to Belize where he lived until media reports ...

12/14/09

Jamaican vessel seized by Belizean authorities
Jamaica Gleaner - ‎12/14/09‎
The Belize government has been outlining reasons why it impounded a Jamaican vessel involved in deep-sea fishing under a joint initiative with a local ...

Finance director Carlos Perrera refutes allegations at inquiry
channel5belize - ‎12/14/09‎
The Finance Director of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Carlos Perrera, whose name has been called numerous times during the ongoing Commission of ...

Gwen Liz girls take national basketball title
channel5belize - ‎12/14/09‎
The Belize Bank Super League Tournament kicked off its championship series as San Felipe Barcelona hosted Texmar United of Independence up north inside ...

Is the PM's stimulus package smoke and mirrors?
channel5belize - ‎12/14/09‎
“Next year ten US million dollars more on top of the forty million we've already had to pay this year; twenty million Belize more must be added to our ...

Further Delay in Sugar Cane Season
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
On Friday we told you that the sugar cane season in northern Belize would open today. Well it didn't. The start day –we are now told – has been pushed back ...

Simon Quan, Dead at 79
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
The 79 year old Quan had first been hospitalized in Belize on Sunday December sixth and was then taken to Mexico for treatment when his condition did not ...

Basketball Federation Takes Appeal to Lausanne
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
The Belize Basketball Federation will have its appeal heard by The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. In November we told you that the ...

A Resurfaced Mile 31
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
That stretch of road at mile 31 on the Western Highway is considered one of the most dangerous in Belize. The surface is quartz and the slightest rain ...

The Importance of Hope, the Harpy Eagle
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
Through habitat – loss – the Harpy was on the verge of extinction, but through a programme by the peregrine fund with partnership of the Belize Zoo, ...

Finance Director Carlos Perrera Testifies at KHMH Inquiry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
It would be ridiculous of my office to purchase fish from outside Belize City limits. There is no time that myself, Carlos Perrera, Director of Finance for ...

Liston Myers Loses Arm in Traffic Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
Hattieville Police initial investigation is that Liston Myers was travelling from Belize City to Gales Point Manatee but between miles seven and eight on ...

TROUBLE BREWING IN THE SUGAR INDUSTRY
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
A press release sent to the RSV Media Centre this afternoon announced that a group of concerned cane farmers belonging to the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers ...

TOLEDO RESIDENTS OPPOSE BUILDING OF DAM FACILITY IN RESERVE
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
We hereby call upon the Government of Belize to revoke the connection agreement granted to Belize Hydro Development and Management Limited BHD on December 5 ...

KHMH DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TESTIFIES AT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY HEARING
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
This morning inside the training room of the Belize Institute of Management where an official review is being held into purported financial negligence at ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
He is serving a sentence of three months in default of payment of a fine of 755 dollars for a judgment at Belize Family Court. ...

GOB TO RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SOLAR GRID
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
The note provides a framework for Japanese economic cooperation to be extended to Belize with a view to strengthening friendly and cooperative relations ...

BDF SOLDIER KILLED IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IDENTIFIED
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
Belize Defence Force officials are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of 32-year-old Private Lucas Teck. Teck died after a four ton BDF ...

12/11/09

Teaching Services Bill Tabled in House
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
“The draft bill proposes to establish a Belize Teaching Services Commission. This commission should be an independent body comprising of representatives ...

Trouble Over Detained Xatero
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
It happened on Saturday at the extreme western edge of Belize's territory in the Caracol Archaeological Reserve – just 500 meters from the Guatemalan border ...

Fisheries Minister Cornered About Jamaican Fishing Contracts
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
And while the issue between the PUC and the Supreme Court is turf and regulation, it's pretty much the same in Punta Gorda. As we've told you fisher-folk in ...

American John Gibson in Trouble Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
Well guess what, John Gibson could not meet his bail and so for the next two months he will be a guest at the Belize Central Prison.

The Delay at Tower Hill
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
7News tried to reach both bsi's Chief Executive Officer Joey Montalvo for comment and the Belize Cane Farmers Association's Chairman Ismael Carillo but both ...

Barrow and Musa Spar in House
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
Prime Minister finally acknowledged that the economy of Belize was well and truly in a recession. The economy has slowed down, not only slowed down but has ...

Min. of Agriculture babbles on Jamaican fishing companies
channel5belize - ‎12/11/09‎
“Well, the rainforest seafood came and consulted with us that that they want to invest in Belize; that's all. We have not made any formal agreement; ...

Education Act Amended to with Teaching Services Commission
channel5belize - ‎12/11/09‎
It has been a highly contentious amendment and it sparked emotions from the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU) and the church, which felt that its ...

Municipal discounts/trade-offs to business now legitimate
channel5belize - ‎12/11/09‎
There are discussions on the implementation of a garbage tax for Belize City residents. And while residents might soon feel an additional financial pinch, ...

Prime Minister and Fort George Rep war over recession
channel5belize - ‎12/11/09‎
“On the twenty-ninth of October the honourable prime minister finally acknowledged that the economy of Belize was well and truly in recession. ...

FORMER KHMH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TESTIFIES AT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY HEARING
LoveFM - ‎12/11/09‎
His statements under oath before the commission were focused on monies granted to Belize by the Venezuelan government in 2007." "I was informed as the CEO ...

NEW ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE INTRODUCED IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/11/09‎
Because of the proximity they offer us better support and believe that the instant internet support 24/7 and they are setting up and establishing a Belize ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/11/09‎
Police are investigating a shooting incident early this morning in Belize City. According to authorities, the security guards on duty at Belize water ...

12/10/09

Figures show decline in tourism arrivals
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/10/09‎
In most parts of the country, people are complaining about the crippling economic condition Belize is struggling to paddle its way out. ...

International Wheelchair Foundation donates 35 wheelchairs to SP
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/10/09‎
Since 2006, The International Wheelchair Foundation has been visiting Belize and this year 206 wheelchairs will be distributed countrywide. ...

Special Grouper regulation comes into effect
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/10/09‎
For that reason, the Government of Belize through the Fisheries Department introduced a special regulation that came into effect on December 1st which is ...

Lighting up the seas!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/10/09‎
A panel of judges comprising of Joyce McCoy from the Belize Tourism Board, Miss San Pedro Raquel Badillo, Canadian tourist Rose Kimberley, island resident ...

PM Dean Barrow Heading to Copenhagen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
As one of the so called most vulnerable countries, Belize is part of a group that will get special consideration. But we also fit into another special group ...

3 Witnesses Testify at KHMH Inquiry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
The corruption inquiry into the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital resumed its public hearings this morning and it was a full day of testimony. ...

Free Clinic from Taiwan Medical Corps
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
Clinics were held at the Corozal Hospital and in Belize City where Jacqueline Godwin caught up with the group of visiting specialists hard at work. ...

Aziatic Returns
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
Well, now he's back in Belize for a homecoming concert – and we mean all the way home. The youth born in Hopkins as Vince Lewis is having a beach bash in ...

Two Suspects Charged for Market Shooting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
Belize City Police have charged twenty three year old Osman Mitchell and a sixteen year old minor for shooting market vendor Osmin Garrido. ...

Azizi Plans Benefit Concert for Tarrell Sutherland
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
Tarrell's mom Nicole McDougal says they still are in Belize but hope to fly to Louisiana within the coming weeks. Tarrell will receive free medical ...

Chiquibul: The Final Chapter
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
... hills that's Guatemala, and we watched form what is now a bald hill in Belize, and I wonder will it someday be that what is over there is over here. ...

More revelations in KHMH Commission of Inquiry
channel5belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The Commission of Inquiry into irregularities at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital resumed proceedings today in Belize City. First to testify was the ...

Oceana speaks out against large scale fishing in Belize
channel5belize - ‎12/10/09‎
... is proposing to build a multimillion dollar facility in southern Belize that would process at least two million pounds of seafood for export annually; ...

Matura Shepherd says GOB vague about Jamaican fishermen
channel5belize - ‎12/10/09‎
Also of Jamaican origin, its boats arrived over the weekend intending to conduct fishing operations in southern Belize. The Fisheries and Environment ...

MOBILE CINEMA MAKES STOP IN DANGRIGA
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
The first stop in Belize is in Dangriga. We spoke today with photo journalist, Griselda Moreno. “We are bringing to Belize a cinema that we bring from all ...

FORMER RADIO ANNOUNCER PASSES AWAY
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
... including Love FM and Estereo Amor and at one time, he edited the weekly Belize Observer Newspaper which was owned and operated by RSV Limited.

RESIDENTS OF THE BELIZE RIVER VALLEY AREA GET AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
The area representative of Belize Rural North and junior Minister of Works Edmund Castro continues to provide assistance to residents of the twenty seven ...

FORMER KHMH FINANCE DIRECTOR TESTIFIES AT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
The commission of inquiry into financial improprieties at Belize's largest public healthcare provider, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, resumed this ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
A mobile patrol in the Lord's Bank area of the Belize District on Wednesday morning intercepted Tyric Noralez and conducted a search of his person. ...

MEETING HELD TO PLAN NATIONALIZATION OF THE YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
The Belize Cultural Foundation and the National Drug Abuse Control Council have collaborated to develop a strategy to nationalize the Youth Football League. ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
Cabinet approved the establishment of necessary “environmental guidelines” for the continued construction of Overwater Structures and for Marinas in Belize. ...

PM to Attend Climate Change Conference i...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
On Thursday, July 30, the United Nations Development Fund released a publication called “Belize and Climate Change: The Cost of Inaction”. ...

“Heavenly Belize” In Stores Now!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
On Wednesday, December 9, the long awaited publication, “Heavenly Belize”, was released. Ahmen Bedran explained how the project got started. ...

Clifton Flores Charged with Robbery
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
At about 1:40 pm on Friday, November 27, four gun men on bicycles rode up onto the compound of Belize Engineering Co. Ltd, located at the Belize Port ...

Michael Henry Charged with Attempted Murder
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Nelson Leroy Henry Relieved of Double Murder Charge
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Primary Schools Basketball Competition opens with a bang
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The 2009-2010 Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition opened on Monday December 7, 2009, at the Belize City Centre with a bang. ...

Softballers to attend funeral
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Belize Defence Force - National Football Champion of Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League Opening Season came to an end on Sunday December 6, 2009, at the MCC Grounds with the second and final game in the ...

Belize City Over 35 Football Tournament rolls on at the MCC
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

No defending male champion for National Secondary Schools Basketball Championship
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Latest Ashcroft legal wrangling scares no one
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The salvo comes after the British Billionaire is seeking to take the government of Belize to Court under an investment protection treaty signed between ...

Belize City Councillors to take pay cut
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow has made the announcement that there is a possibility that Belize City Councillors may have to take a salary cut. ...

12/9/09

Pay Cut for Belize City Councillors
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
And while the Ashcroft affair is consuming the Prime Minister's executive energies, what about the City Council. They can't pay their bills – it's the ...

Chiquibul: The Paradise At Risk
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
The truth is while he was caught red handed – he's just another poor Guatemalan looking to the green resource rich lands of Belize for a means of survival. ...

Toledo Fisher Folk Up in Arms over Jamaicans
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
“My concern is about these fishermen and the boat from Jamaica coming into the waters of Belize for fishing. I don't think we need any more fishermen, ...

Jason Flores Gunned Down at 6:20 am
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
And then – also an hour later – another Belize City male was killed on the street – a short distance from where Flores had been shot. ...

PM Barrow Plans to Chase Ashcroft out of Town
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
Well, actually it was a covering release with the full, tedious text of a notice of arbitration taken out against the government of Belize. ...

Citrus Products Driver Killed in Traffic Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
... twenty seven year old Nigel Arzu, a driver for Citrus Products of Belize Limited died on Tuesday from injuries he sustained in a road traffic accident. ...

Dean Tillett Killed in Morning Hail of Gunfire
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
And just as Flores was expiring at the KHMH – a hail of gunfire resounded in the area of Faber's Road and Kraal Road. The frightening sound sent residents ...

Early Christmas Gift for PM Barrow from Boots Martinez
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
They informally call themselves the Keep Belize Clean crew – a group of about 150 workers deployed by the Ministry of Works to fill in where the sanitation ...

Francis Ford Coppola and His Eco Friendly Resorts
Sustainability Ninja - < ‎12/9/09‎
With multiple luxury resorts under their belts and the recent acclimation of having the world's best resorts in Belize and the number one resort in Central ...

Protected Areas Conservation Trust boldly moving forward
channel5belize - ‎12/9/09‎
While the review is the first of its kind by any statutory body in Belize, the organization constantly provides funding for environmental projects. ...

Belizean delegation headed to climate change summit in Denmark
channel5belize - ‎12/9/09‎
... we're talking about the possibility of sea level rising that can inundate places like Ambergris Caye, we're talking about the fact that Belize City, ...

Christmas crime begins; two murders in Belize City
channel5belize - ‎12/9/09‎
Nobody eena Belize or eena di world cud seh dat he do dehn something.” Police are pursuing a number of suspects in connection with this first killing. ...

Dean Tillett killed during ride-by shooting
channel5belize - ‎12/9/09‎
The shooter was so brazen to carry out his act that armed Belize Defense Force and uniformed police officers patrolling nearby did not deter him. ...

SEPARATE SHOOTINGS MINUTES APART IN BELIZE CITY CLAIM THE LIVES OF TWO MEN
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
Separate shooting incidents in Belize City this morning have left two men dead. A short while ago, we got the details of the double homicide from Police ...

PACT ANNOUNCES GRANT AWARDEES
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
The Protected Areas Conservation Trust this morning announced and awarded grants to six organizations. Love News spoke with Sharon Perera Executive Director ...

RESOURCES PROVIDED TO HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CITRUS GREENING
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
The Citrus Greening project coordinated of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority received three new 2010 Nissan Frontier pickups and laptop computers ...

PUBLIC FORUM ON DAM BREAK WARNING SYSTEM SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEKEND IN CAYO
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
Residents of the Cayo district who live downstream from the hydro electric facility operated by Belize Electric Company Limited are being invited to a ...

MINISTRY OF WORLDS HOSTS PRESS CONFERENCE
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
This morning in Belize City a little over three hundred employees of the Urban Rejuvenation Project under the Ministry of Works gathered inside the King's ...

STAY IN SCHOOL PROJECT 2009 OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
The initiative consists of two elements: a collection of twelve jingles and a short video which features children from various Belize City schools. ...

HEALTH OUTCOMES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME LAUNCHED IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
A meeting to design and launch the Caribbean Health Outcomes Improvement Programme will be held over the next two days in Belize. The programme will support ...

ACCIDENT VICTIMS SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
One week after he was involved in a traffic accident, a Dangriga resident has succumbed injuries received. The victim has been identified as twenty seven ...

12/8/09

Lorrie Morgan: Do You “Belize” in Santa Claus?
Great American Country - ‎12/8/09‎
But before she hits the stage, she's hitting the beaches of Belize – and inviting her fans to join her. If you're a Lorrie fan — or know someone who is ...

PM Dean Barrow Heading Delegation to Copenhagen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
The Prime Minister will head the Belize delegation which includes CEO in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, Beverly Castillo, ...

Jamaican Cement Now on Sale in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
Indeed, Belize's post – modern construction boom was driven by materials these companies. But now there's a new players on the market – and what makes it ...

The Silent Invasion of Chiquibul
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
And, because it sits at the western edge of Belize's territory – the park is under constant pressure from Guatemalans encroaching upon Belizean territory ...

Dr. Louis Zabaneh Assumes Control of Galen University
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
Zabaneh is the former Chair of the University of Belize's Board of Trustees. According to a release Dr. Zabaneh will focus on making the business programs ...

Safe & Sound Song Competition
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
Sebastian Voelker who is from Germany but now based in Belize told us more. “You are totally free in writing your song. The only thing we have to say is ...

Belize Joins Global Sing-A-Long
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
Leslie Jenkins who you may recall from the Next levelpproject did the honours in Belize and Brent Toombs from Oxa Productions filmed and streamed it. ...

Caye Caulker Water Taxi Boat Mishap
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
A report was filed with the Belize Port Authority and they are investigating. Again we tried numerous times to get comment from the Caye Caulker Water Taxi ...

Northside Mechanic Found Murdered in Southside Neighbourhood
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
There was a murder last night in the city and the bizarre circumstances have left police puzzled. 20 year old Leonel Jose Donaire was found dead this ...

Commentary: More countries showing interest in joining CCJ
Caribbean Net News - ‎12/8/09‎
Belize will soon join the regional court. Jamaica has reconsidered its position and will soon put the mechanism in place to do so and a few OECS states ...

Commentary: Working Together to Combat HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean
Caribbean Net News - ‎12/8/09‎
... St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname and Belize, ...

Businesses help public cope with financial downturn
channel5belize - ‎12/8/09‎
It's an initiative that has triggered the Belize Chamber of Commerce to react. “The recent initiative that they took, the credit relief program that they ...

DOE hasn't been consulted about Jamaican fishing company
channel5belize - ‎12/8/09‎
On Monday night we reported that the vessels of a Jamaican Fishing company had docked in southern Belize to, among other things, begin fishing for the ...

Leonel Donaire bound and executed
channel5belize - ‎12/8/09‎
There was an execution style homicide in the City between Monday night and Tuesday morning. It involves a mechanic who was brutally murdered some time ...

US NAVY PERSONNEL MAKE $100000 CONTRIBUTIONS TO BELMOPAN INSTITUTIONS
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
The Garden City Primary School in Belmopan today received a donation of school supplies from the United States embassy in Belize. ...

KENNETH MORTIS GIVES FIRE SAFETY TIPS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
“For probably the past two months we have had structural fires throughout the country, especially Belize City; Caye Caulker. ...

APPARENT MURDER REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
The body of a man was found on Rio Grande Crescent in the Fabers Road area of Belize City early this morning. It has been identified as that of twenty one ...

CUBA-CARICOM DAY CELEBRATED
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
Belize came on board in 1995 and since 1998 both Belize and Cuba established Embassies in their respective capitals and have established bilateral ...

PRIME MINISTER BARROW COMMENTS ON LEGAL WRANGLING OVER TELEMEDIA
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
The British Caribbean Bank, formerly Belize Bank Turks & Caicos, has served notice on the government of Prime Minster Dean Barrow that the institution ...

US EMBASSY DONATES COMPUTER OF BELMOPAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
Information Technology and Communications Officer with the Belize Defence Force, Lieutenant Andrea Bosch spoke with Love News about the donation. ...

12/7/09

Can PM nationalize Telemedia loan without house approval?
channel5belize - ‎12/7/09‎
For at least two weeks the status of British Caribbean Bank (Turks & Caicos) Limited's forty-five million dollar loan to Belize Telemedia has been in the ...

Two shootings in Belize City
channel5belize - ‎12/7/09‎
And in Belize City this afternoon a shooting took place under the nose of the police. The victim, Oming Veliz, is tonight hospitalized under stable ...

Football and cycling in weekend sports report
channel5belize - ‎12/7/09‎
Yesterday brought money time to the MCC Grounds as the Belize Premier Football League staged its final game in the home and away championship series between ...

Jason Lawrence Charged for Murder of Girlfriend
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
Jason Lawrence was then remanded to Belize Central Prison until January seventh, 2010. Mercedes Carillo was stabbed around one on Friday morning inside her ...

Ashcroft Launches New Offensive Against Government
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
First, the law firm of Allen and Overy has applied for protection form the government of belize for its client the British Caribbean bank in connection with ...

George Hardie Jr. Free Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
After a year and four months in jail, Hardie and Gomez returned to Belize free on Friday afternoon. As we've been reporting, on Tuesday a Mexico appeal ...

Wheelchair Foundation Donates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
“From the establishment of CARE Belize we have referred, we have referrals to the Wheelchair Foundation for the more than 100 persons who have come to CARE ...

Two Women Robbed at Gunpoint
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
On Friday night two robberies happened within one hour of each other but Belize City police say the incidents were unrelated. The victims are women, ...

Fire Forces Closure of Immigration Department
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
There was a fire this morning at the CB Hyde Government Building on Mahogany Street. It was a small fire but it its big news because the Complex Building, ...

Robert Snyder Shipped Back to the US
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
Convicted US Child molester Robert Snyder – who went by the name Augustin Rios in Belize was sent back to the United States today where he will be treated ...

Man Shot near Queen's Square Market
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
There was another broad daylight shooting in Belize City today – and this time it happened at the crowded Queen Square Market. ...

Illegal Xatero in Chiquibul Busted on Camera
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
Benigno Garcia was found at the western edge of Belize within the Caracol Archaeological reserve; he had been hunting, and he carried weapons. ...

AMERICAN FUGITIVE DEPORTED
LoveFM - ‎12/7/09‎
Snyder reportedly left the US and eventually made his way to Belize. Snyder now faces another decade behind bars. In related news, The Belize National Youth ...

FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRES CAUSE ANOTHER FIRE IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/7/09‎
Business was interrupted at the Immigration Department in the Charles Bartlett Hyde Building on Mahogany Street this morning as a result of a fire. ...

FISHERIES OFFICIALS COMMENT ON CONTROVERSY IN PUNTA GORDA
LoveFM - ‎12/7/09‎
... the fishing resources of Belize in order to generate sustained and additional foreign exchange for the country and to create employment opportunities.

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/7/09‎
One person was killed and another injured in a traffic accident on Saturday near Burrel Boom village in the Belize District. According to reports, a man and ...

Scientist says fish can save coral reefs
Providence Journal - ‎12/7/09‎
There are exceptions off Cuba, Belize, Costa Rica and Mexico. The way to bring back the reefs, he said, is to create marine reserves that allow for the ...

12/5/09

AMERICA'S MOST WANTED ARRESTED IN BELIZE
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm - ‎12/5/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize, Dec 6 (NNN-CARIBBEAN NET NEWS) — A child molester, who is listed as America's most wanted man, was arrested in Belize on Friday. ...

Guest Editorial: Belize Pol Backpedals After Lecturing Future British PM Cameron
Belizean (blog) - ‎12/5/09‎
By The Founder ,Belmopan, Belize (Belizean.com) Prime Minister Dean Barrow recently spent ...

Nova scientists develop shark identification tool
MiamiHerald.com -  - ‎12/5/09‎
... from the Western Atlantic to three distinct stocks -- northern (US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico); central (Belize and Panama); and southern (Brazil). ...

12/4/09

Belize City Council holds Economic Summit
channel5belize - ‎12/4/09‎
The recession that has hit the country has not gone unnoticed by the Belize City Council. Revenue collection has been, to say the least, difficult. ...

Breaking news: 1 of Americas Most Wanted captured in Belize
channel5belize - ‎12/4/09‎
There is a report that a convicted sex offender who was wanted in the US has been apprehended in Belize. Robert Snyder, who has been in Belize since August ...

Woman murdered in front of kids in Burrell Boom
channel5belize - ‎12/4/09‎
Carrillo, who was a nurse at Belize Health Care Partners, was at home with her three kids when the door to her apartment was broken in by her boyfriend. ...

Woman Murdered by Jealous Boyfriend in Boom
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
A domestic dispute ended in murder last night in Burrell Boom Village. Police report that 40 year old Mercedes Carrillo and her boyfriend of 10 years Jason ...

Benefit Concert for Wheelchair Foundation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
Diabetes is the number one killer in Belize but what you may not know is that there is a growing number of Belizeans who have been left disabled because of ...

Boat Ran Aground on Hunting Caye
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
A vessel reportedly ran aground on Hunting Caye in the Sapodilla Caye Range – which is a marine reserve - in southern Belize earlier this week. ...

American Fugitive Sex Offender Captured in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
One of America's most wanted has been caught in Belize. His name is Robert Snyder and he is a convicted child molester who draws in children by acting as a ...

City Council Holds Economic Summit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
When it comes to sound fiscal management – the Belize City Council would be the last place one to turn to for advice. And perhaps that is why today the ...

The Unique Vision of Joseph Chiang
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
If you live in Belize City or have passed through from the Western Highway you had to notice the twenty foot monument the visible hand, which is perched at ...

Commentary: Time to teach Garifuna, Maya and other indigenous languages in ...
Caribbean Net News - ‎12/4/09‎
Belize is a multiethnic country with various ethnic groups such as Mayas, Garifunas, Creoles, Germans, East Indians, ...

BWS OBJECTS TO PUC'S INITIAL DECISION
LoveFM - ‎12/4/09‎
Belize Water Services Limited has objected to the puc's initial decision in the company's full tariff review proceeding. As a result of the objection, ...

BURRELL BOOM WOMAN KILLED BY HER BOYFRIEND
LoveFM - ‎12/4/09‎
A domestic dispute in the wee hours of today has left a Burrel Boom woman dead. The victim has been identified as Mercedes Carrillo. ...

KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY CONTINUED TODAY IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/4/09‎
Testifying this morning before Commissioners Adolph Lucas, Julia Castillo and Orvin Nicholas were two employees of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. ...

YET ANOTHER FIRE REPORTED ON CAYE CAULKER
LoveFM - ‎12/4/09‎
No one was hurt in the fire. None of the buildings were insured. The total estimated loss is over $200 thousand Belize dollars.

12/3/09

Bruised Ears
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The group was structured similar in purpose to the Youth Popular Front (YPF) in Belize City, which was headed at the time by the present Prime Minister, ...

CITCO hosts Sixth Public Meeting
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Belize City Council held its sixth public meeting for the current fiscal year at City Hall on Monday, 30 November 2009. The room was packed to capacity ...

Major drainage project to address flood-...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
... of the Ministry of Economic Development, and will be financed by the Government of Belize through a $0.5M loan from the Caribbean Development Bank. ...

BTL Board discloses murderous bleeding of Telemedia
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
In a packed conference room at the Esquivel telecommunications building, Belize Telemedia this morning updated the press on activities of the company after ...

New Water System for Trio Village, Toled...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
Of this amount, the European Union has provided $291006 and the Government of Belize is providing the remaining $97000.00 in counterpart funding. ...

Eusebio Cal charged for stabbing a cop
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
He was also charged with damage to property for breaking the windshield, valued at $750, of a vehicle belonging to the Government of Belize. ...

Gas explosion shreds boat to bits
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
He normally leaves the Ardeni docked in Belize City and did so late on Wednesday night in the care of his watchman who he knows only as, “Baygon”. ...

No Case against Alleged Robber in National Transport Heist
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Fire Leaves Family Empty Handed
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Belize Fire Department has not concluded their investigation as yet. Altia said that she has no idea what could have caused the fire. ...

Edward Smith turns from saviour to victim
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Delille Academy to host National Secondary Schools Basketball Championship
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Central Region enters basketball semi-final round
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Central Region Secondary Schools Basketball competition enters its semi-final round of Monday November 30 at the Belize City Centre. ...

Belize City Primary Schools Basketball to open on Monday
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The 2009-2010 Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition is scheduled to commence on Monday December 7, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. ...

Softball Federation hosted Softball Week
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation played host to a number of schools over the past week as the Federation observed Softball Week in Belize. ...

FC Belize leads in championship round
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League entered its championship round on Sunday November 30, 2009, at the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio Town between FC ...

Softball Federation honours eight Belize...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Lagoon Area to receive $6.5 million facelift
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/3/09‎
Last week on November 26th, the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) presented its idea for improving the San Pedro lagoon waterfront. ...

Islanders protest initial 10.6% water increase approved by PUC
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/3/09‎
On Wednesday, December 2nd the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) closed the date for submission of objection for the initial approval of 10.6% increase in ...

San Pedro celebrates 25 years with pride!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/3/09‎
San Pedro Town is the youngest municipality in Belize and on Friday evening, Sanpedranos came out in numbers to celebrate with much pride, 25 years of being ...

ACCSD to file injunction against SPTC
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/3/09‎
The Ambergris Caye Citizens for Sustainable Development (ACCSD) on Friday, was back before Honorable Justice Hafiz in Belize's Supreme Court where they were ...

KHMH Commission reveals $2M in savings at Ministry of Health
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
Now we have the Belize Health Information System, which has been dubbed by the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation as the best system of its type in the world. ...

BWSL Objects to puc's 10.6% water rate increase
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission has received a letter from the Belize Water Services Limited objecting to the 10.6 rate increase which the regulator had ...

British Caribbean Bank Seeking to Shut Down Belize Telemedia
Cellular-News - ‎12/3/09‎
Latin America based telecoms operator, Belize Telemedia says that it has learned that the British Caribbean Bank is seeking to wind up the company, ...

12/2/09

Ashcroft Seeking to Windup BTL
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
The government-appointed Board of Directors of BTL held a press conference today – their first since taking over the company at the end of August. ...

GS COM Jacked
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
Around three thirty this evening GS Com at number eight Baymen Avenue was robbed of what we believe to be an undisclosed amount of cash. ...

Creative Recycling at Our Lady of Guadalupe RC High
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
That is because they say they sent to a box of ornaments to Bowen and Bowen in Belize City but they didn't get a satisfactory response. ...

Freed Casino Boss Awaiting Release from Mexican Immigration
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
After one year and four months in a Mexican federal jail, yesterday a Mexican court of appeal judge ordered the release of Las Vegas Casino boss George ...

BTL Says Loan from Ashcroft Unlawful and Void
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
“In July 2007 BTL took out a loan of US$22.5 million from the Belize Bank Turks and Caicos at a rate of interest of 12% to be repaid over four years; ...

Central American Blacks Meet in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
CABO - the Central American Black Organization is meeting in Belize this week. Its 15th annual general assembly starts this evening at the Bliss Center for ...

More Cons by Alleged Conman Artemio Acosta
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
Artemio Acosta is alleged to be a con man posing as a graphic designer who's now been linked to t-shirt scams in the Belize, Corozal and Cayo districts. ...

Fire Leaves Victims Hopeless and Desperate
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
There was a fire in Belize City this morning and it left a family of five homeless. These situations are always desperate but they are even more so at ...

Robbery at GS-COM caught on video
channel5belize - ‎12/2/09‎
In Belize City, robbers jacked a computer business and made away with thousands of dollars. GS-COM, a computer and accessories outlet on Baymen Avenue was ...

BTIA's says it's hopeful amidst bleak tourism season
channel5belize - ‎12/2/09‎
The number of visitors to Belize has declined by five point two percent and stakeholders in the Tourism Industry are feeling the pinch of the economic ...

FIRE IN BELIZE CITY LEAVES ONE FAMILY HOMELESS
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
A fire in Belize City this morning has left a family of four homeless. Around ten o'clock this morning, a wooden house at number 762 Ebony Street caught on ...

MORE TROUBLES FOR BELIZE TELEMEDIA LIMITED
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
Three months following the wresting of Telemedia by the Government of Belize its interim Board of Directors today held a press conference to update the ...

LAS VEGAS CASINO VICE PRESIDENT RELEASED
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
Las Vegas Casino Vice President, George Hardie Junior and casino security guard David Gomez are expected back in Belize within the next couple days. ...

ORANGE WALK BOLEDO AND LOTTERY SELLERS ASSOCIATION PREPARES TO PROTEST
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
Three weeks ago, the government of Belize announced the awarding of the contract to operate the national lottery to Brads Gaming Company, also known as ...

BELIZE PREPARES TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL DISABILITIES DAY
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
Tomorrow is International Disabilities Day and two NGO's, Care Belize and the Belize Assembly for Persons with Diverse Abilities, have collaborated to ...

BTIA HOSTS ITS AGM
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
The Belize Tourism Industry Association is hosting its Annual General Meeting at the Radisson today. The objective of the meeting is to report to its ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
Immigration Department records show that Francis entered Belize on November 8, 2008 and he was given a visitor's permit to last until March 7, 2009. ...

12/1/09

Las Vegas Casino Boss Released from Mexican Jail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/09‎
The attempted murder of a Mexican national although the man was shot in Belize territory. They were also charged with smuggling of firearms in Mexico when ...

US Ambassador Takes the Test for World Aids Day
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/09‎
Today is World Aids Day and by now you know probably the hard reality: Belize has the highest prevalence rate in Central America and the fifth highest in ...

Nigerians Busted with Counterfeit Passports
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/09‎
Francis Njimgoy and Prince Arzutory – both 30 years old – were charged with 6 counts of unlawful possession of passports when they appeared in Belize City ...

Murder of Edward Barrow Smith Looks Like Revenge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/09‎
Last night at around 7:00, a 24 year old man was hunted down and killed in Belize City. This was no random act, no errant bullet that found Edward Barrow ...

San Pedro feeling the pinch of declining tourist arrivals
channel5belize - ‎12/1/09‎
Tourists, Sherry and Jeff Fink are among the dwindling number of visitors to Belize over the past few months. Like many other travellers, the couple is ...

World AIDS Day… get tested
channel5belize - ‎12/1/09‎
There are over five thousand persons living with HIV/AIDS in Belize. With the high rate of infection, organizations countrywide offer education, ...

SPECIAL REGULATION FOR THE FISHING OF NASSAU GROUPER GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY
LoveFM - ‎12/1/09‎
That is why in Belize, a special regulation went into effect today with the closure of the Nassau Grouper season. According to the Acting Fisheries ...

MURDER REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/1/09‎
"Yesterday the police visited the KHMH where Edward Bol of Belize City was seen with a gunshot wound to his body. The victim was in an unconscious state and ...

BARROW DISCUSSES ASHCROFT WITH BRITAIN OPPOSITION LEADER
LoveFM - ‎12/1/09‎
Reports in a British newspaper says Prime Minister Dean Barrow has warned David Cameron that he risks damaging relations between Britain and Belize if he ...

HIV SONG COMPETITION LAUNCHED
LoveFM - ‎12/1/09‎
"It is part of my studies; I have to realize a project within my studying and we are trying to encourage musicians from Belize write a song about HIV and to ...

COUNSELOR ROGER ESPEJO COMMENTS ON PUBLIC MEETING
LoveFM - ‎12/1/09‎
The sixth Monthly Public Meeting of the Belize City Council was held last night. Following a presentation from Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers and her councilors ...

Probe International wants answers on the Chalillo dam's pollution of the Macal ...
Probe International - ‎12/1/09‎
A tragedy is unfolding in Belize's breathtaking Macal River valley, until recently one of the most unspoiled places remaining in this hemisphere. ...

11/30/09

More questions arise at KHMH Commission of Inquiry
channel5belize - ‎11/30/09‎
It says one million Belize dollars was allotted to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and that amount was to be used for rehabilitation of facilities and ...

Northern Highway at Mile 7 Collapses
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
The Northern Highway at mile 7 has been converted to a one lane highway. That is because sometime last night the edge of the highway gave way when it ...

SMART Accuses BTL of Deceit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
Smart service is still spotty between Ladyville and Belize City and their international service isn't online. You can still send and receive international ...

Channel 7 Snags Platinum & Silver at UNFPA Awards
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
With those three of 10 media awards that were given out, Channel 7 won more awards than any other single Caribbean media house and Belize more than any ...

Dr. Peter Allen Testifies at KHMH Commission of Inquiry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
The public hearing into the allegation of corruption at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital resumed. This morning Laurel Grant, the former Director of Human ...

2 Men Injured in Majestic Alley Brawl
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
The drama unfolded inside the woman's home situated through Majestic Alley in Belize City. Police report that twenty five year old George Matthews entered ...

Friday Night Explosion Rattles City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
There was an explosion near downtown Belize City on Friday night. It wasn'ta grenade but the blast which occurred on North Front Street reverberated through ...

CEO DR. PETER ALLEN TESTIFIES IN KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
LoveFM - ‎11/30/09‎
”One million Belize dollars was allotted to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and that amount was to be used for rehabilitation of facilities and equipment. ...

SMART AND BTL STILL AT IT
LoveFM - ‎11/30/09‎
The seemingly never-ending saga continues between Smart and Belize Telemedia. On Friday of last week General Manager of Business Development and Marketing ...

YOUTH AWARD RESULTS RELEASED
LoveFM - ‎11/30/09‎
The Belize Youth Award acknowledges the achievement of exceptional young people countrywide. We recognize their contribution but the process culminated with ...

COLLAPSING RETAINER WALL REDUCES TRAFFIC TO SINGLE LANE ON NORTHERN HIGHWAY
LoveFM - ‎11/30/09‎
Engineers and personnel of the Ministry of Public Works moved quickly overnight to affect emergency measures in order to keep the Belize River from further ...

Shyne Goes Back To Prison For Thanksgiving
Gaea Times - ‎11/30/09‎
By WENN Recently-freed rapper SHYNE went back to prison on Thanksgiving Day (26Nov09) to give a motivational speech to inmates in his native Belize. ...

Belize PM claims billionaire backer Michael Ashcroft will rip off Britain if ...
Mirror.co.uk - ‎11/30/09‎
Belize PM Dean Barrow accused the secretive peer of exploiting his country "like a colonial ruler". And he predicted Lord Ashcroft will attempt to do the ...

11/27/09

Guest Editorial: Barrow & Belize Telecommunications Ltd.
Belizean (blog) - ‎11/27/09‎
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Teacher Jailed on Committal Warrants
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
Eden Rowley was detained yesterday on the strength of three committal warrants for $3000 owed to Courts Belize Limited. He was in the holding cell at the ...

San Pedranos March Against Water Rate Increase
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
Last week the Public Utilities Commission approved a 10.6% increase in the cost of water as part of a business plan by Belize Water Services Limited. ...

Dep. Auditor General Concludes Testimony at KHMH Hearing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
It surely is a irregularity because when you go and make purchases at high prices it costs the government of Belize a considerable amount of funds. ...

Karate Champion of Champions
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
There will be a champion of champions karate competition on Sunday in Belize City. It is the 14th annual open competition which in preparation for the ...

The March Against Gender Violence
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
“Actually I am because we have a tendency in Belize that as soon as a few drops start to fall we run indoors but definitely we are seeing people getting ...

BTL Says SMART Had Illegal Connection
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
Since Wednesday, there has been a partial blackout of Smart cell phone service between Belize City and Ladyville. That is because on Wednesday, ...

35 Sailors Join Coast Guard
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
I have seen the Coast Guard grow in a very short period into trustworthy and viable force that was respected and recognized not only in Belize but ...

Rapper Shyne Pays Visit To Belize Prison
CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM - ‎11/27/09‎
CaribWorldNews, BELMOPAN, Belize, Sat. Nov. 28, 2009: Moses Michael Levivy, better known as the Rapper Shyne, is sharing his experience in a New York prison ...

Laptop with country's birth certificate information stolen
channel5belize - ‎11/27/09‎
That's because the stolen computer belongs to the Government of Belize and was issued to the head of the Vital Statistics Unit, Lovina Daniels. ...

Table tennis enthusiasts work up a sweat in workshop
channel5belize - ‎11/27/09‎
A workshop started today at the auditorium of the Belize Elementary School (BES) to teach coaches the proper techniques of the sport. ...

Audit team did not receive all necessary documents
channel5belize - ‎11/27/09‎
The hearing will break on Tuesday and Wednesday since the venue, the Belize Institute of Management, is booked and will resume next Thursday and Friday. ...

Day 2 of KHMH Commission of Inquiry
channel5belize - ‎11/27/09‎
It surely is an irregularity because when you go and make purchases at higher prices it costs the Government of Belize a considerable amount of funds while ...

khmh's weakest link is its revenues department
channel5belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Throughout today's session there were a number of irregularities that came to light. Deputy Auditor General, Wayne Simon, pointed out that one of the khmh's ...

Letter: Impartiality of the Caribbean Court of Justice
Caribbean Net News - ‎11/27/09‎
... that a few more countries including Belize, Jamaica, Grenada, and St. Lucia are contemplating joining the Caribbean Court of Justice. ...

Commentary: The future of the Garifuna race
Caribbean Net News - ‎11/27/09‎
As the Garinagu in Belize celebrate their 186th anniversary, they must look back at the years of struggles in the past and to develop ...

KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY COMPLETES DAY TWO ON PUBLIC HEARINGS
LoveFM - ‎11/27/09‎
... hearings into the operations of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital at the executive level is underway at the Belize Institute of Management Building. ...

RESIDENTS BLESS PLACENCIA LAGOON
LoveFM - ‎11/27/09‎
According to organizers of the event, members of the clergy and pastors from around Belize will be addressing the issue of stewardship of the earth, ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/27/09‎
A police officer is hospitalized in Belize City after he was stabbed in the abdomen during an altercation. According to police reports, Constable Eric Patt ...

THE BELIZE NATIONAL COAST GUARD CELEBRATES ITS ANNIVERSARY
LoveFM - ‎11/27/09‎
Today the Belize Coast Guard commemorated its fourth anniversary after serving the country since November twenty eight 2005. In addition thirty five young ...

Attorneys make summary addresses in Westerhaven case
Amandala  - ‎11/27/09‎
Tomorrow in the Supreme Court, attorneys for the Attorney General of Belize and the owners of Dutch cargo ship Westerhaven are expected to finish making ...

Smart claims BTL sabotage
Amandala - ‎11/27/09‎
Smart (a SpeedNet Communications service brand) called a rare press conference at its Belize City headquarters this evening, to publicly decry what it ...

Simon says - Do it right!
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
A Commission of Inquiry hearings commenced on Thursday, November 26, at the Belize Institute of Management in the West Landivar. Justice Adolph Lucas Sr. ...

San Pedranos protest against BWSL Rare Increase
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
... to the recent proposal by the Public Utilities Commision (PUC) to increase rates for Belize Water Services Ltd. (BWSL), are heard loud and clear. ...

Paul Nabor recoveiring from stroke
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Nabor had performed in Belize last week Tuesday, but on Wednesday, November 18th, on the eve of the Garifuna Settlement Day celebrations, he was admitted to ...

Belizean writer Ian Vasquez wins award for successful 1st novel
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Crime writer Ian Vasquez of Belize has been honored by the Private Eye Writers of America for his first published novel In the Heat. ...

Crackdown on service station cheating. Bureau of Standards starts pump inspections
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
A Bureau official told the Reporter that all pumps in Belize City will be re-calibrated, and service station owners who are not conforming to the law will ...

Investors warned of Texas-based oil and gas investment scheme
Investment Executive - ‎11/27/09‎
The firm is trying to raise investment capital for Black Gold International Ltd., a company registered in Belize, with an office in Nassau, Bahamas. ...

Consumer pay more for city water. PUC allow 10 percent hike!
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Belize Water Services had asked for a 25 percent increase, but after hearing from the public and doing its own calculations ...

Watch out for counterfeit pesos
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
A report from Corozal Police states that last Saturday, at around 11:30 am, one Priscilla Beet, 26, a woman from Belize City, converted $600 Belize dollars ...

Youth survives assassin's attack
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
A man from Belize City's south side has survived a barrage of bullets from a assasin who tried to gun him down on Mex ...

Resort complex for PG hits snag from local residents
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Astera Retreat plans to develop a 33 acre plot of land just south of Punta Negra, along one of Belize's most beautiful and pristine stretches of coastline.

Garinagu celebrate 177 years in Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
The day marking 177 years of Garifuna presence in Belize was celebrated under the theme “Gunfuli Wamei Hayamahu Wayunagu” (Let us answer the call of our ...

CAPE and CSEC top students honored
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Grinage, now a history student at the University of Belize, said she plans to study law at the University of the West Indies and return to practice law in ...

Reporter replies to accusations of untruth by GOB
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
In its lead story last week this newspaper reported that Belize Telemedia Limited had fallen into arrears on a loan with the Belize Bank for US $22.5 ...

11/26/09

MONSTER OF THE CARIBBEAN
Mirror.co.uk - ‎11/26/09‎
Labour MP Denis MacShane demanded an emergency debate over the "corrupt" influence of the Belize-based Tory deputy chairman - who is running a propaganda ...

NEMO donates relief supplies to Salvador
ReliefWeb (press release) - ‎11/26/09‎
Belize was lucky to be spared from any damages delivered by Hurricane Ida earlier this month but the same cannot be said for our Central ...

Businessman robbed of twenty thousand dollars
channel5belize - ‎11/26/09‎
Belmopan resident, Carlos Moreno, the owner of Belize Food Supply located at Mile four on the Northern Highway was robbed this past Wednesday at about ...

Wastage and conflict of interests also revealed
channel5belize - ‎11/26/09‎
But in a telephone interview, President of the Belize Medical and Dental Union, Doctor John Sosa, said he will comment when the testimonies are over. ...

KHMH Commission of Inquiry; overpaid suppliers revealed
channel5belize - ‎11/26/09‎
... of Inquiry into the procurement of medical and pharmaceutical supplies at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital began this morning in Belize City. ...

Audit team confirm irregularities in KHMH supply purchases
channel5belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The inquiry is seeking to determine whether any fraud or improprieties occurred in the procedures and processes for procurements during the eighteen month ...

Healthy Living cuts deep into Appendicitis
channel5belize - ‎11/26/09‎
According to Dr. Lizarraga, more men suffer with appendicitis than women and in Belize, approximately three hundred cases of appendicitis are detected per ...

Afternoon Fire Destroys Home in Cholera Burying Ground
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
A house was destroyed by fire this afternoon in Belize City. Shedrick Banner and his wife are homeless after the early afternoon gutted the house they ...

A Free Night of Fine Music
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
Today Jacqueline Godwin spoke to Jorge Luis Hidalgo, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Mexican Embassy in Belize about the artists and this weekend's ...

Day 1: The Conflicts at KHMH
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
More disturbing, according to Simon is that the audit report found instances where the KHMH both pharmaceuticals which had already been supplied by ...

PM Barrow Weighs In on the Interest Rates Debate
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
That's of course for existing customers and it is clear that the Belize Bank is prepared to talk about lower interest rates for particular sectors in return ...

Day 1 of KHMH Commission of Inquiry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
... corrupt practices at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital began its public hearings this morning at the Belize Institute of Management's conference room. ...

Telemedia Accuses Smart of Trespassing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
As we told you earlier, the PUC has ordered both BTL and Smart to renegotiate an agreement for the rental of BTL's E-1 service. BTL sent out a release this ...

The Tale of the US$22.5 million Loan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
Last night on this newscast you heard Prime Minister Dean Barrow saying that he isn't playing with Michael Ashcroft and the Belize Bank. The Belize Bank as ...

PUC to BTL & SMART: Make a Deal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
Yesterday evening we promised to tell you what the PUC had decided in the dispute between BTL and Smart but we had to change that at the last minute because ...

FIRE IN BELIZE CITY DESTROYS TWO STOREY HOME
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
Our newsroom was first informed about a fire at # 3 Barracat Street sometime around 2:30 this afternoon. When we arrived there shortly after we found this ...

OVERNIGHT ARMED HOLD UP LEAVES ONE MAN INJURED
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
A Belize City man was wounded in an armed hold up last night. Reports are that twenty year old Hitesh Purushwano was shot in the knee, allegedly by a pair ...

THE INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS PRESENTS “DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA”
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
There is also the Belize Cabaret Dancers. What the Bliss tries to do now is to integrate various styles of dances and give it an opportunity to showcase the ...

DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL TESTIFIES AT KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
Day one of a series of public hearings into the financial affairs of the management of Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital concluded this evening at the Belize ...

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS AVIATION SAFETY AUDIT IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
The International Civil Aviation Organization is currently carrying out an aviation safety audit in Belize in accordance with its universal safety oversight ...

TWO WORLD RENOWNED MUSICIANS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN BELIZE TOMORROW
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
This is and event that we want to present to the Belizean public in Belize City and Belmopan. The Embassy of Mexico has a cultural program every year in ...

From Skettledom - with malice towards so...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
Well, the infighting has re-intensified over what is left of the skettel party, and we all know there isn't much that is left of it. ...

3 acres of land wrongfully sold
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
That's where the Belize City Council stepped in and in February of 2005 the municipal court decided to sell the property at a public auction which ...

Mr. $10000 in the Bank
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
Except for the routine and predictable rant from the Times each week, the political landscape in Belize is mostly quiet. There was a small flicker in the ...

Case of GOB vs. Westerhaven Concludes
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The ship, Westernhaven, docked in Belize for about four hours on Tuesday, January 13, to unload a few containers. It then left Belize at about eight o' ...

Belize's Legal Opposition
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
To the average person, then, it would seem that Belize's main opposition political party is more engaged in creating legal challenges against the government ...

The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of our Youth
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
An old quotation indeed, but it is most pertinent in these modern times, and particularly applicable to us here in Belize where the posterity of our nation ...

Hutchy donates again
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Waste control overbills KHMH nearly $8,0...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

PUC approves 10.6% increase for BWS
The Guardian, Belize - 11/26/09 ‎11/26/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) held a press conference on Monday, October 5, to inform the public that Belize Water Services Limited had made a ...

Ministry of Works Acquires New Line Marking Machine
The Guardian, Belize - 11/26/09 ‎11/26/09‎
For those of us who have been on the major highways of our neighbouring countries, it was clear that our roads here in Belize could be made a lot safer with ...

Magistrate Commits Coye family to face Money Laundering Charges
The Guardian, Belize - 11/26/09 ‎11/26/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Belize Elementary female and Queen Square male to defend Belize City Primary ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

FC Belize to face Belize Defence Force for Football Supremacy
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League Semi-final round continued on Sunday November 22, with the second and final games in the home and away series between the ...

Softball Federation honours outstanding softball personalities
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation will honour nine outstanding softball personalities on Sunday November 29, 2009, at Rogers Stadium as part of its Softball ...

Sadie Vernon Technical remains perfect in high school basketball
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The Central Region Secondary Schools Basketball Competition is fast winding down at the Belize City Centre. On Monday November 23, there were two games in ...

Over 500 students to benefit from New Holy Ghost RC School, Dangriga
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
Of this amount, $472911.00 was financed by the Government of Belize through a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and $680708.00 was a grant from ...

Oceana in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - 11/26/09 ‎11/26/09‎
Now Oceana has established a base in Belize. Four top board members of Oceana are in Belize to celebrate the official opening of Oceana Belize. ...

KHMH Commission of Inquiry Commences Today
The Guardian, Belize - 11/26/09 ‎11/26/09‎
The Guardian Newspaper reported two weeks ago that the Auditor General of Belize, Edmund Zuniga, had delivered the final Audit report of Karl Heusner ...

Teaching English on Caye Caulker
Fairview Post - ‎11/26/09‎
In August of 2009, I had to opportunity to be part of a Literacy Project in Belize which was sponsored by the Rotary Club. That experience connected me to ...

11/25/09

Shyne Visits the Hattieville Prison
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
Moses Leviy, or Shyne as you may know him, was deported to Belize on October 28th and made his first public comments at Wesley College on Monday November ...

PM Barrow Ready to Fight "Nuisance Litigation"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
And while PM Barrow is satisfied with the government's position, that hasn't stopped the Belize Bank from making claims in court against BTL for the US$22.5 ...

West Landivar Zoned as Strictly Residential
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
It is the area that starts from University Drive coming southward to Teacher's Street, unto Teacher's Street back in front of what's Belize Healthcare ...

KHMH Commission Hearings Start at 9 am
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
As we told you, the Commission of Inquiry into the KHMH will have its first public meeting tomorrow morning at 9:00 at the Belize Institute of Management in ...

Outstanding Students Shine at CXC & CAPE Awards Ceremony
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
Today Belize's brightest high school and tertiary level students were honoured at the CXC and CAPE awards ceremony. Jacqueline Godwin was there. ...

NEMO Donates Relief Supplies to Salvador
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
Belize was lucky to be spared from any damages delivered by Hurricane Ida earlier this month but the same cannot be said for our Central American neighbour ...

PM Barrow: GOB Didn't Assume $45 million Debt
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
Over the past week much has been made about a US$22.5 million outstanding loan the Belize Bank had made to BTL. When BTL was expropriated on August 24th, ...

Education Commission going full steam ahead
channel5belize - ‎11/25/09‎
Since the proposal was introduced, the Belize National Teachers Union and the Ministry of Education have been conducting countrywide consultations on the ...

Students awarded for outstanding CSEC and CAPE scores
channel5belize - ‎11/25/09‎
I plan to attend the University of the West Indies to study law and become a lawyer in Belize and right now I am a student at the University of Belize ...

Children's Day Celebration in SP
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/25/09‎
The parade started at 9:00 am and students depicted Belize's flora and fauna, the culture, children and colors in the outfits which they wore and the ...

5k Walk for Liberty Children's Home
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/25/09‎
Liberty Children's Home is situated in Ladyville, on the outskirts of Belize City, and was opened in the summer of 2005. Liberty Children's Home cares for ...

Food, drumming and dancing - The Garifuna celebrate!
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/25/09‎
... proceeded to the beach side where they boarded boats with palms in hand, for the reenactment of the arrival of the Garifuna to the shores of Belize. ...

Four buildings consumed and three damaged in Caye Caulker fire
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/25/09‎
Leading the investigation for the Fire Department is Belize City Training Officer Kenneth Mortis. In a press conference held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, ...

Guest Editorial - Thoughts on GOB, BTL and SMART
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/25/09‎
On Friday, November 20th, 2009 Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), which is now owned and controlled by the Government of Belize (GOB), pulled the plug on ...

Blacks in Central and South America
Amandala - ‎11/25/09‎
In all of the Caribbean slave societies and in Belize, black slaves outnumbered their European slavemasters. An incredible leader emerged in Haiti by the ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/25/09‎
There were days, perhaps even weeks, during the time of the Heads of Agreement uprisings (1981) in Belize when it appeared to me that Belize had been cut ...

Article search: Site Web
Amandala - ‎11/25/09‎
There was no surprise out at Ambergris Caye yesterday, where Belize Defence Force (BDF), riding a 4-1 victory margin from Wednesday last, easily secured ...

KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY PREPARES TO CALL ITS FIRST WITNESS
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
The public hearings, which will be held at the Belize Institute of Management Building in Belize City will be aired live right here on Love FM as well as on ...

THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH GETS A MILLION DOLLARS GRANT TO AID IN THE FIGHT ...
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
As part of the Central American Council for Agriculture, Belize will get just over a million dollars to under a project entitled: Reinforcement of seed ...

PM BARROW TO ATTEND COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
... Wilfred Elrington, Ayesha Borland from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Lou Anne Burns of the Belize High Commission in London. ...

TOP CXC PERFORMERS AWARDED TODAY
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
The mark of distinction went to Stacey Grinage, now a student at the University of Belize, who garnered the highest grades in the CAPE exams. ...

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LOCAL GOVERNANCE HELD IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
The Ministry of Labour, Local Government and Rural Development is hosting the Second National Symposium on Local Governance in Belize. ...

WEST LANDIVAR ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING A RESIDENTIAL ZONE
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
Residents of the West Landivar area of Belize City will soon have new guidelines for the development of this part of the old capital. ...

TRAVELING EXHIBITION OPENS THIS EVENING AT THE BLISS
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
"In Her Shoes is symbolic of the plight of domestic violence in Belize. The exhibition opens this evening in the rotunda of the Bliss Center for the ...

MEXICAN EMBASSY TO HOST A SERIES OF PIANO RECITALS
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
The Mexican Embassy in Belize will be sponsoring two free piano recitals this weekend. According to a press release from the Embassy, musicians Marieli Sosa ...

' 11/24/09

BHA Wants Heads in Beds
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
The Belize Hotel Association held its annual general meeting this afternoon at the Belize Biltmore Plaza. It's hard times for the overnight tourism industry ...

BEL Challenges Impartiality of Justice Denys Barrow
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
Justice Denys Barrow – he's one of the most well respected and well liked personalities in Belize's legal community; he's also an internationally respected ...

KHMH Commission of Inquiry Schedules Public Hearings
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
The hearings start this Thursday morning at 9:00 at the Belize Institute Of Management in Belize City. All hearings will be open to the public but the ...

City Council Broke Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
So then, why isn't Belize Maintenance Limited which cleans the city getting paid? Yesterday the Mayor Zenaida Moya and councilor with responsibility for ...

Alliance Bank Chooses "Heritage Bank" As New Name
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
The Alliance Bank of Belize has gone though an ownership change and now, it's re-branding – meaning, taking on a new name. For some time, the bank has been ...

Cpl. Sam Bonilla Charged for Attempted Rape
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
Three weeks ago, we told you about Sam Bonilla, the police corporal who received a ten thousand dollar out of court settlement from a Belize City ...

Peter Myvette Shot at Corner of Mex and Amara Avenues
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
Myvette was rushed to the KHMH and is recovering at the KHMH. He declined an interview and Belize City police have no leads in this case.

Coaches Receive Training from FIBA Instructor
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
The Belize Basketball Federation is in a tangle with FIBA, the world's governing body of basketball. They're fighting to preserve the eligibility of ...

FIBA will present submissions on nationality appeal
channel5belize - ‎11/24/09‎
It's been three months since the games that ensured Belize a spot in the Pan American Games and a shot at the 2012 Olympics. Belize Basketball Federation ...

BBF launches training program for coaches and players
channel5belize - ‎11/24/09‎
The Belize Basketball Federation has embarked on an ambitious training program targeting four areas: discipline, increased competition, promoting and ...

KHMH Commission of Inquiry set to start next week
channel5belize - ‎11/24/09‎
The hearing will take place at the Belize Institute of Management on Thursday starting at nine in the morning. Justice Adolph Lucas, Orvin Nicholas and ...

KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO BEGIN ON THURSDAY
LoveFM - ‎11/24/09‎
Word from the Prime Minister's office is that the public hearings of the Commission will begin this Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at the Belize Institute of ...

US Airways Expands Central and South America for Customers Through TACA ...
Business Wire - ‎11/24/09‎
The codeshare agreement will complement existing US Airways flying to Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize and beginning Dec. 15—Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—from its ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL FAILS TO PAY BELIZE MAINTENANCE LIMITED
LoveFM - ‎11/24/09‎
The Belize City Council has reneged on an agreement with Belize Maintenance Limited, BML. That's according to the owner and manager of the sanitation ...

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CONTINUES COUNTRYWIDE CONSULTATIONS
LoveFM - ‎11/24/09‎
The Orange Walk Branch of the Belize National Teachers Union has flatly rejected the proposed Teaching Services Commission. Yesterday the Corozal Rural ...

Zenaida and the UDP “making up?”
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
A hearing involving Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers and the United Democratic Party, (UDP) had been scheduled to take place in the Supreme Court of ...

Climate change costing Central America US$105 billion and counting...
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
Right next door in Guatemala last week, the Ministers of the Environment of Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and ...

Henry writes Wilmot on Iguana Paradise Restaurant
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
It has been brought to my attention following my conversation with you this morning and with Mr. Troy Smith from the Belize City Council, ...

$1.5 million money laundering case bound for the Supreme Court
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
Seven accused persons who were charged with money laundering by the Finance Intelligence Unit (FIU) will have to stand trial in the Supreme Court of Belize, ...

Ashcroft wants his pound of flesh!
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
There is more contention over the nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) as we go to press tonight, and it centers on recent reports of lawsuits ...

Chief Justice grants leave for judicial review in Mrs. Good's case against GOB
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
... is bringing against the Government of Belize for wrongfully terminating her from her job as a school warden in August of this year. ...

James Bus Line owner, James Williams, Sr., dead at 57 from heart attack
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
Belize has lost one of its greatest and most resilient entrepreneurs. Reports reaching Amandala this morning are that James Williams, Sr., 57, proprietor of ...

11/23/09

Gotta Love Barracudas
Field and Stream - ‎11/23/09‎
Greetings from the southern coast of Belize, and the "Geez, why hadn't I thought of this before?" department... I've stumbled onto a fairly remarkable game ...

Champagne Chef Shoots Cooking Show in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News -  - ‎11/23/09‎
For the last week and a half he's been doing just that in Belize. He spent the last ten days or so on the islands of Caye Caulker and San Pedro shooting 5 ...

Eco-Friendly Solution at the City Dump
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
Belize City has more garbage than the City Council knows how to deal with it and Eco-Friendly Solutions says it has the solution. ...

Rizden Clare Publishes 'The Hot Zone'
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
He bills it as the stethoscope to the pulse in Belize's streets. He told us it is geared towards youths and so instead of the diet of crime and politics ...

Mass Layoff of Sanitation Workers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
This morning Belize Maintenance Limited – the company that cuts the grass and cleans the streets in the city slashed its staff by 60%. ...

Moneygram Case Committed to Trial in Supreme Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
Following the family's departure from the Belize City Magistrate's Court I approached the former director of Moneygram Melonie Coye. ...

JUST IN: Late Evening Shooting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
We have breaking news of a shooting in Belize City. It occurred at the corner of Mex and Amara Avenues. Residents tell us the gunshots rang out at around ...

Alleged Conman Busted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
Last week Acosta was charged with 10 counts of obtaining property by deception in Belize City Magistrate's Court. He's accused of collecting money from ...

Citrus greening detected in Hopkins
channel5belize - ‎11/23/09‎
So now, the Belize Agricultural Health Authority and the Citrus Growers Association are taking a more aggressive approach to control this dangerous threat ...

…And another officer escapes gunshots
channel5belize - ‎11/23/09‎
While one San Ignacio cop is facing charges of Attempted Rape, a shooting incident involving two Belize City Officers on Sunday night is still up in the air ...

Peter Myvette shot twice on Mex Avenue
channel5belize - ‎11/23/09‎
In a report just in to the newsroom, a young man was shot this evening in Belize City. The incident occurred at the corner of Mex and Amara Avenues around ...

Commentary: Jamaica and the Caribbean Court of Justice and regional integration
Caribbean Net News -  - ‎11/23/09‎
In fact the Belize Government, although there is no need for a referendum to effect the change, has launched public aware consultations throughout the ...

YOUTH FOR THE FUTURES OPENS NEW OFFICE IN DANGRIGA
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
Since the late 1980's a week has been set aside to celebrate the contributions of young people to Belize's development. As the Department of the Ministry of ...

THREE BELIZE CITY MEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH WEEKEND ARMED HOLD UP
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
Police have detained a sixteen year old boy in connection with an armed robbery on Friday afternoon. Reports are that around three forty five on Friday ...

BELIZE RED CROSS TREASURER APPOINTED TO THE RED CROSS FINANCE COMMISSION
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
The treasurer of the Belize Red Cross Betty Tam has been appointed to the Finance Commission of the governing board of the International Federation of Red ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
According to Belize City resident Dean Meyers, his twenty three-foot fiber glass skiff that was docked at Moho Caye Marina and its forty horse power ...

ANOTHER ARMED ROBBERY REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
There was another armed robbery reported on Friday evening in Belize City, this time on the north side of town. Businessman Zan Chu Chen told police that he ...

PROMINENT TOLEDO BUSINESSMAN DIES SUDDENLY
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
He generously rendered assistance with bus transportation to the Toledo District and other parts of Belize even when the funding was not easy to come by. ...

11/20/09

Settlement Day Stabbing in Dangriga
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
While people in Dangriga were still celebrating National Garifuna Day on the night of November nineteenth, a misunderstanding between two men has landed one ...

Belize City Celebrates Garifuna Settlement Day
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
History now tells us that the first Garifuna came to Belize from Honduras in 1802 – though 1823 is the acknowledged date because it was the first mass ...

The Call for Renewal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
That march led to the Memorial Park for the official ceremony to commemorate Garifuna Settlement Day. November 19th has been an official holiday since 1977 ...

Paul Nabor Recovering from Mild Stroke
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
Shortly after eleven this morning he was air ambulanced by Wings of Hope from Dangriga to Belize City. He was accompanied by his niece Phyllis Cacho and met ...

BTL Pulls the Plug on Smart's Long Distance Service
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
Belize Telemedia gave Smart's parent company, Speednet, notice of its intention to pull the plug a week ago and so today as promised Telemedia disconnected ...

Cop chopped on the hand in Dangriga
channel5belize - ‎11/20/09‎
A police officer attached to the Dangriga precinct is tonight admitted in the medical ward at the KHMH recovering from a cut wound to his hand. ...

PRIME MINISTER COMMENTS ON SPEEDNET/BTL SAGA
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
Telemedia has been nationalized by the Government of Belize; compensation would have to be paid to the previous owners. That compensation must clearly come ...

Nations to demand billions in climate damages
Daily Telegraph - ‎11/20/09‎
... estimate" of the damage done by climate change across 16 sectors in Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama. ...

… WHILE SPEEDNET SEEKS SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
That cable is there to be used in Belize for legitimate purposes by specially license carriers and there is no reason why that should be denied. ...

BTIA TO HOLD ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SHORTLY
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
The Belize Tourism Industry Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting early next month in Belize City. According to a notice emailed to members ...

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE RETURNS FROM ITALY
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
In closing the minister stated that developing countries such as Belize are not longer interested in listening to the words but demanding actions, ...

UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S RIGHTS DAY BEING OBSERVED TODAY
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
Today Belize and the rest of the global community is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
A chopping incident on Garifuna Settlement day in Dangriga has left a man hospitalized in Belize City. The victim has been identified as Santiago Ciau, ...

Taxpayers acquire btl's $45 million debt with Belize Bank (Turks & Caicos)
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
Central Government has taken over the $45 million Belize Bank debt that Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) took out with the Turks and Caicos branch of the bank ...

Public auction appeared to be “private treaty:” Chief Justice Conteh
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
“The sale strikes me more like one by private treaty between the supposed highest bidder, the licensed auctioneer and possibly officials in the Belize City ...

PUC approves 10.6% increase in water bills
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
At a press conference held Wednesday afternoon at its office in Belize City, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced that it had issued an initial ...

KREM Radio celebrates 20 years
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
After the release of Wright's “Big Inna Di Country” in 1991, he met JC and pitched the idea for what would become Belize Musicians Past and Present. ...

BTL threatens to pull the plug on smart's international calls
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
speednet Communications, owner of the SMART brand, and Belize Telemedia Limited, owner of the Digicell brand, today fired off press releases in their latest ...

Garinagu celebrate 186th anniversary
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
The Garifuna people have had many crosses to bear, many injustices to face, and one of the toughest battles of any ethnic group in Belize to keep what is ...

In pictures: Belize's 'Thanksgiving Day'
BBC News - ‎11/20/09‎
But each November it provides the backdrop to Belize's flamboyant brand of thanksgiving. Garifuna Settlement Day celebrates the arrival of this little-known ...

11/18/09

Castro-Saldivar War of Words
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
Edmund Castro, Belize Rural North Area Rep. “They owe a lot of taxes and this parcel of land is approximately 1923 acres of land. We are not looking to take ...

Flores Bus Takes Protest to UDP Headquarters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
Flores says that the scheduling of the busses is unmanageable because it only allows operators to take 45 minutes from Belize City to Lord's Bank and that's ...

PUC Approves 10% Increase in Water Rates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
An interesting note is that water loss, known as non revenue water is just below 40% in Belize City – the highest in the country.

14000 Cruise Passengers Descend on Belize City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
5 cruise ships sailed in this morning, bringing with them as many as 14000 cruise visitors to Belize City. It's not a record arrival but in a year in which ...

Angela Gegg's World of Enhanced Perception
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
On Friday of last week we told you about the opening of Angela Gegg's provocative art show, Impulse. But pushing the envelope is her thing, ...

NATIONALS ABROAD WILL SOON BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
Belize introduced the new machine-readable passport system domestically in 2005 in order to comply with international standards for travel documents. ...

BUS OPERATOR PROTESTS SUSPENSION OF ROAD SERVICE PERMITS
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
For the past several weeks it has been sheer chaos along the Belize City - Ladyville route as buses compete fiercely with other companies for runs in that ...

PARTIAL SCOPE AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA DISCUSSED
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade held the second of two consultations on the Belize – Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement. ...

SANTA ELENA AND SAN IGNACIO TO RECEIVE NEW RESOURCE CENTRE
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
We have looked at some statistics and according to the 2008 population estimates produced by the Statistical Institute of Belize San Ignacio and Santa Elena ...

BTB REPRESENTED AT 2009 TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FAIR
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
The Belize Tourism Board had representation at the 2009 Taipei International Travel Fair which was held Taipei at the end of last month. ...

PUC amends BWSL business plan and rates proposal
channel5belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission has reviewed a multi-million dollar business plan submitted by the Belize Water Services Limited and has approved a water ...

The funny money
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
To understand our dilemma, you have to examine the nature and modus operandi of Belize's dominant political parties – the UDP and the PUP. ...

DANGRIGA TITANS HOST BELIZE BANK BULLDOGS U-15 & U-17 CLUBS TOMORROW NIGHT AT ...
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
In commemorating the first anniversary of the Belize Bank Bulldogs Basketball Club, members of the U-15 and U-17 programs will be participating in a ...

Secondary school principals seek media assistance in anti-crime fight
Amandala -- ‎11/18/09‎
The fight against violence in Belize is being fought in all sectors, by all manner of people. One of the groups in the forefront of the fight is the Belize ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
He came there straight from the Belize Technical College's sixth form. He was just a teenager, and the relationship between him and me was still touchy, ...

More questions about the boledo!
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
I was very surprised to know that after my article was published, less than 72 hours, Monday, November 9, the Government of Belize awarded a ten-year ...

Angela Gegg provokes with art exhibition
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Her latest exhibit, Impulse, is billed as “her most provocative show to date” and runs from November 13 - 27 at the Institute of Mexico in Belize. ...

$45 million for Education, Health and Agriculture. IDB help boost Belize's ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Government of Belize has negotiated three loan agreements with the Inter-American Development Bank for a total $45 ...

Oceana to protect Belize's unique Reefs
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Oceana, an NGO campaigner, kicked off the opening of their Central American office in Belize with 3 days of events, ...

Hurl Hamilton, new Magistrate for Belize City court system
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Magistrates Court in Belize City has been further strengthened by the addition of a another magistrate, ...

Caye Caulker establishes separate police formation for tourism work
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The number of Caye Caulker Tourism Police officers have been increased from two to eight officers. and they will now ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Since they came to Belize in 1823 their talent and ingenuity have come to the fore, making them leaders in education, religion and philosophy, ...

BTL in arrears
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Belize Telemedia Ltd. may be owned and operated by the Government of Belize but new information reaching the Reporter places the word ...

City Financial Controller Dwain Davis is dead
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Financial Controller of the Belize City Council, Dwain Davis, has died, eleven days after he suffered a massive stroke ...

Court will decide custody battle
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Donald Richard, the girl's dad, had taken the child out of Belize to the United States without her mother's permission. In October of last year, ...

Isreal and Belize lift mutual visa requirements
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Present at the signing ceremony at the Radisson Hotel for Belize was Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. ...

11/17/09

Serious Consultation about Belize's Youths
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
The assessments were done with 6 thousand CARICOM citizens from 12 countries including Belize. The draft report was presented today, in the morning, ...

Sudden & Unfortunate Death of Elena Paige
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
“So we as the loved ones, we are at a situation of whose really telling the truth and I think that this is something that's going in Belize so many times. ...

Belize's Corruption Perception Off the Chart
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
In 2008 Belize was ranked 109 on the corruption perception index – that was a sharp and embarrassing fall from 90th in 2007. So what is the finding for 2009 ...

Thieves Burglarize Ombudsman's Office
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
The Ombudsman's office on Douglas Jones Street was burglarized over the weekend. A thief or thieves peeled open the burglar bar on window and pried open two ...

Contention in Baker's Ranch
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
And that's why it's news that Belize Rural North Area Rep. Edmund Castro is moving ahead with plans to acquire a portion of Baker's Ranch against the wishes ...

Simulated Chaos and Confusion
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
There was chaos and confusion in Belize City this morning when a butane truck stopped on Albert Street between King and Prince Streets and smoke started ...

Dean Fuller's Millions Remain on Ice
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
Fuller was the Managing Director for Omni which was the master agent for Moneygram in Belize. But Fuller said there was no taint, the FIU had it all wrong ...

Refresher Course for Guatemala Partial Scope
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize exports $5 million in goods to Guatemala annually but we import $140 million in goods from Guatemala. So there is a trade imbalance and Belize and ...

Father Charged for Incest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
His daughter a 12 year old reported that that cases occurred at their home in a rural area of the Belize District. The child claims that in the first ...

Cultural Awareness Day celebrated at ACC
channel5belize - ‎11/17/09‎
In Belize City today, the vibrant Garifuna culture was among the many displays at the Anglican Cathedral College school grounds. That's because the students ...

ZONING CONSULTATION HELD IN KING'S PARK
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize City Council will tonight be hosting a consultation for residents of the King's Park Area. According to a brief release from City Hall, ...

THIEVES TARGET THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
The office of the Ombudsman in Belize City was the target of a burglary this past weekend. According to police reports, the office located on Douglas Jones ...

DRAFT REPORT OF CARICOM COMMISSION ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSED
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
A meeting on the Draft of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development is underway at the Sports Council Conference Room in Belize City. ...

INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS ANNOUNCES THE ANNUAL BROKDONG COMPETITION AND BRAM
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
And this year's bram promises to feature some of the mainstays of the Belize Creole culture. “What we have, of course you know we have to include the ...

BTB meets with Cruise Sector Stakeholder...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎17 hours ago‎
Belize City, Friday, November 13, 2009 – The Belize Tourism Board brought together all stakeholders involved in the cruise tourism sector last week Monday. ...

Regional tourism fostered
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize City, Friday November 13, 2009 – In an effort to Promote the trade relationship between Mexico and Belize, an invitation was extended through the ...

Closer Relations - No Visa Needed for Trips to Israel
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize's history is highlighted by a territorial dispute with Guatemala, and as Belizeans we often think about how horrible it would be for the dispute to ...

Toledo Christian Academy and Bishop Martin primary schools are National ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The 2009-2010 National Primary Schools Volleyball Championship came to an end on Friday November 13, at the Belize City Centre. In the female championship ...

The Belize Youth Award
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize Youth Award, for the most exceptional and deserving youth throughout Belize. The Belize Youth Award seeks to highlight and acknowledge the ...

Hankook Verdes lead in series against FC Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League entered its semi-final round on Sunday November 15, with its home and away series between Hankook Verdes and FC Belize. ...

Softball Federation to celebrate Softball Week
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation released the programme of activities for Softball Week, which is scheduled for November 22-29, 2009. ...

City Council Remains the Only Undefeated...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize City Softball Interoffice competition is heating up as teams are improving rapidly. The competition has officially passed the halfway mark and ...

BELCOGEN provides power to Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
At a total investment cost of US$63 million, BELCOGEN is owned by Belize Sugar Industries (BSI); US$35 million of the initial investment was secured through ...

Biggest Bash of the Year - Wave's Punta Fest May be Coming to Your Town
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The show consisted of performances from Belize's best Punta artists like Consigo, Danger Zone Band, New Rebels Band, Titiman Flores and the General, ...

Written by Alfonso Noble
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
They had gotten up at the crack of dawn and travelled from Belize City to the Southern district to consult with Dr. Allan Burke, a plastic surgeon who ...

Grief and pathos, triumph and celebration
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
The experiences of Belize's other fundamentally African tribe, the Giao, were different, and these experiences were different during precisely the same ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Black people in Belize have always felt especially threatened by the Guatemalan claim, because of its ethnic undercurrents, and having remained loyal to Mr. ...

Dwain Davis' parents pull the plug
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Although he did not come to the public via the media to complain or to blame anyone, after the Belize City Council voted to terminate his service as ...

Three single mothers homeless after Pen Road fire
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
By the time it was put out by the Belize National Fire Service, the small wooden structure that had been a home for three single mothers and their five ...

Open doors for Israelis …Belize waives visa requirement
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Attorney General of Belize, Wilfred Elrington, and Ambassador for Israel, Mattanya Cohen, who is based in San Salvador, ...

Belize way behind in the region on closing gender gap
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize has been listed 88th on the global scale on the World Economic Forum's (WEC) global gender gap index, on which 137 countries appear. ...

Finally, the KHMH Commission of Inquiry
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
In June, the hospital buckled under a two-day 'go-slow' initiated by members of the Belize Medical and Dental Union (BMDU), who worked there. ...

Tio John and Right Now collide – one dead
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Mayor Paz also told us that she has been after the Belize Port Authority to enforce the law on lights for boats operating on the island, to avoid incidents ...

11/16/09

Deadly Boat Collision in San Pedro
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Two boats collided on the open seas in San Pedro last night and it was deadly. 33 year old Cesar Scott was killed in the collision which occurred on the ...

BOATING ACCIDENT NEAR SAN PEDRO LEAVES ONE DEAD AND ANOTHER HOSPITALIZED
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
One person was killed in a serious boat accident in San Pedro Town on Sunday night. The victim has been identified as 33-year-old Cesar Scott, ...

OCEANA makes waves and opens office in Belize
channel5belize - ‎11/16/09‎
This wave making NGO is a worldwide force to reckon with and this morning Oceana opened an office on Regent Street in Belize City. ...

Football, table tennis and cycling in weekend sports
channel5belize - ‎11/16/09‎
The Belize Bank Super League kicked off its playoff round with the divisional elimination this weekend as Kraal Road, leader of the South Zone, ...

2012 doomsday prophecy false, says Canadian archeologist
Malaysia Sun - ‎11/16/09‎
The doomsday prophecy comes from an ancient carved monument found from the Maya region which covers the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize, ...

IDB Signs Over US$2.5 million in Loans
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
“We signed today three loans, very important for the bank strategy with Belize and very timely because these loans are going to the fiscal stimulus that you ...

Teen Charged for Armed Robbery at Bel-Taco
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Today one of those accused in the robbery appeared in the Belize Family Court. The sixteen year old boy pled not guilty to the charge but because in March ...

Belize & Israel Cement Diplomatic Relations
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Israel and Belize have long had an uneasy relationship. That's because it is widely held that Israel strongly supports Guatemala in its claim against Belize ...

2 Single Mothers & 6 Kids Homeless by Fire
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
There was a fire this morning in Belize City. No lives were lost but two single mothers and their children are homeless. They lost all their possessions and ...

Oceana Belize Officially Launched
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
We've heard more about the Oceana Foundation in the past month than we have about any other conservation group and that's because it hasn't even started up ...

Dwain Davis Passes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Tonight we note the passing of the former financial director at the Belize City Council Dwain Davis. The 55 year old died at 9:55 this morning at the Karl ...

Chef Busted with Counterfeit Cash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Arzu was charged with the possession of eight fifty dollar counterfeit Belize currency. Fredrick Arzu claimed that he sold a gold chain to a friend in ...

HOLY GHOST RC SCHOOL RECEIVES NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
The funding was provided by the Social Investment Fund's Basic Needs Trust Fund, the Canadian International Development Agency and the Government of Belize ...

BELIZE AND ISRAEL SIGN VISA AGREEMENT
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
Belize and Israel this morning signed a visa waiver agreement which, for a limited time, will allow residents of both countries to visit without requiring ...

OCEANA INTERNATIONAL OPENS SECOND REGIONAL OFFICE IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
The worldwide international organization known as Oceana is today officially opening its office in Belize. Ceremonies are scheduled for three this afternoon ...

FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF ELDERLY WOMAN
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
I sent a text to her daughter living in Belize City asking her to text me back or call me. She called me immediately. We did not hear anything. ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL'S FINANCE DIRECTOR PASSES AWAY
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
On November fifth, David, who was a defendant in a corruption case brought against officials of the Belize City Council in connection with a so-called under ...

RIDE OUT DIABETES HELD OVER THE WEEKEND
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
Diabetes, unfortunately, is on the rise not only in Belize but globally and we think that more should be done to inform and educate Belizeans on the ...

11/13/09

Proshka launches new book and artwork
channel5belize - ‎11/13/09‎
She has been featured in over twenty joint and solo art shows and has been a part of art exhibits in Belize, Texas, New York, Miami and Trinidad. ...

$17000 Jacked from Money Changer in Corozal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
The man left with a total of seventeen thousand, seven hundred Belize dollars. Luckily no one was injured but because the crime was committed with a weapon ...

Belize Dance Company Creates Fusion
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
The Belize Dance Company's annual show takes place this weekend. It's called Fusion which is also the theme because the performance will fuse classic dance ...

Aunt Terry Celebrates 102nd Birthday
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
Today she was surrounded by her close friends from Helpage Belize who celebrated her birthday. It was a joy sitting down with Aunt Terry who told me it was ...

Primary School Volleyball Champion of Champions
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
The National Primary School Volleyball Championship was held today at the City Center in Belize City. Boys and Girls teams from all six districts converged ...

Big Bucks Jacked from Marketing Board
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
More than $26000 was stolen in yesterday's armed robbery at the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation, which was formerly the Belize Marketing Board. ...

Jason Coombs' Mother Makes Desperate Plea
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
She lived in Belize in the 70's and 80's and built her family and her life here. Now, she lives in the United States but has returned to pick up her son's ...

Salvation Army Launches Kettle Appeal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
“Okay right after the officially launching, the Salvation Army will then have its kettle at various spots throughout Belize City, of course in Belmopan as ...

Provoking Proshka
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
So they say, so you people say in Belize. I personally don't think so but they say it is provocative what I do so it is.” But it is provocation says the ...

POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO BMDC ROBBERY
LoveFM - ‎11/13/09‎
Twenty four hours after a long gunman walked into the Belize Marketing Board offices on North Front Street and cleaned out the cash register, ...

95% of major crimes are economic crimes - theft, robbery, burglary
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
In the Laws of Belize, Criminal Code (Chapter 101), theft is defined as dishonestly taking property belonging to another with the intention of permanently ...

Doctors' faulty diagnosis caused patient's death?
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
According to Ruel, as soon as his father arrived in Belize City, doctors at the KHMH rushed him into surgery. The attending physician, Dr. Emerson Munguia, ...

Westerhaven's reef grounding case goes to court
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Closing arguments were heard today in the courtroom of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh in the case of the Government of Belize vs. the ship Westerhaven, ...

Two senior officials exit UB – scapegoats for mistaken financial reports?
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Harry Lui, Jr., and Yura Monsanto, senior administration officials of the University of Belize (UB), have been relieved of their posts as, respectively, ...

KHMH hires Dr. Bernard Bulwer to head medical team
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Belize's most prolific medical author and Harvard-trained cardiologist, Bernard E. Bulwer, MD, MSc., FASE, has been appointed as the new Medical Chief of ...

Jason Coombs, 38, executed
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Prior to this, there had not been a murder in the month of November in the cruel streets of Belize City. And now this: a hard-working businessman—gunned ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
A lone gunman walked into the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation, formerly known as the Belize Marketing ...

Bishop Philip Wright takes bride in Trinidad
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
The Anglican Diocese of Belize announces with pleasure and pride the recent nuptials of the Rt. Rev. Philip Silvin Wright, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese, ...

Brads Gaming Co. Ltd wins Boledo contract
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
This company was chosen from among two other contenders namely, Print Belize Limited and Tropical Gaming. The objective of the new gaming provider, Brads, ...

Trapped in a raging flash flood, Corozal car dealer muddled through
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Castillo was driving back to Belize from the United States in his Toyota Previa van while towing a Mazda pickup last Saturday, Nov. 7th. ...

The incredible, edible egg regains lost status in Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Orlando Habet, President of the Belize Poultry Association, announced that the aim of the symposium was to tell people about the nutritional value of eggs. ...

Court prescribes fine for concealing baby's death
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
In a fit of rage Tesecum seized Therese's months old baby and smashed the infant against a wall of their home in southside Belize City. ...

Court will determine Westerhaven reef damage. Compensation will be in the millions
The Reporter Belize  - ‎11/13/09‎
Westerhaven owners have agreed to pay for damage to Belize's Barrier Reef near Caye Glory, where the ocean freighter, ...

Houston, TX establishes "Andy Palacio Day"
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
“Andy Palacio, of Belize, was a notable example of a poet, musician and activist,” White said. The Mayor recalled that Andy Palacio was the first musical ...

BNE making its first returns to investors
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Belize Natural Energy (BNE), Belize's only petroleum-producing company, has announced that it is to begin distributing returns totalling about $10 million ...

Hirian Good to sue GOB "Excessive force caused wrongful death?"
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
... November 2, has taken on the Government of Belize - that is the Ministry of National Security - for causing the death of her 62 year-old husband. ...

Precon owner gunned down
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
A businessman is dead after he was shot four times by unknown gunmen, inside his business compound of Precon Limited, ...

Academic promise for 113 high school students
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Peacework is an international non-profit organization which has been working in Belize since 1995. The Academic Promise Program offers two types of awards ...

11/12/09

PUP Leader addresses the Ambergris Caye Chamber of Commerce
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
all factors played a significant role in the erosion of investor confidence in Belize,” stated Briceño. His comments came after Prime Minister Dean Barrow ...

CFE to cancel guarantee power supply to Belize
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
There is bad news coming from the sole public power supply company in Belize. The bad news is that Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) informed the ...

C's wins local SP Basketball league championship!
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
After many weeks of battle, players from Belize City, Caye Caulker and San Pedro, enjoyed the Championship match which was held at the Angel Nunez ...

Belize featured in three travel destination shows around the world
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
Belize has been marketed in major travel shows in three different parts of the world. Those events include the International Travel Fair in Taiwan, ...

Price of 100lb cylinder of butane goes up
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
... government announced today the price hike which catapults the prices in this manner: in Belize City and Corozal Town, it will sell at one hundred and ...

Police recover getaway vehicle used in murder of businessman
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The nation's eighty-fourth murder occurred on Wednesday evening in Belize City when a brazen gunman drove a vehicle to a busy construction site and opened ...

Over $26000 robbed from Marketing Board
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Sometime after four this evening, the Belize Marketing Board, which is downstairs of the Education Department and next door to the Conscious Youth ...

BNTU Supports Teaching Services Commission in Principle
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
So how does that sit with the teacher's union? Well national president Jaime Panti says that while teachers agree in principle with the teaching commission, ...

Revolutionary Solution for Plastics in the Dump
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
Belize City has a garbage problem and the city councillor in charge of sanitation Phillip Willoughby says he has found a businessman who can help. ...

$7 Increase in Butane Prices
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
The controlled price for a one hundred pound cylinder is going up from one hundred to one hundred and seven dollars in Belize City. ...

Dr. Bernard Bulwer is new Chief of Medical Staff at KHMH
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
But for sometime now we have not heard much about Doctor Edward Bulwer who in 1991 was the President of The Belize Diabetes Association and from 1997 to ...

tempers Flare at BNTU Meeting with Education Minister Faber
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
... his Chief Education Officer and the two deputy Chief Education Officers met with hundreds of Belize City teachers at the Parish Hall. ...

Late Evening Robbery at Marketing Board
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
There have also been no arrested in an armed robbery that is reported to have happened this evening at the Marketing Board on North Front Street. ...

Jason Coombs' Murder Looks Like Professional Hit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
The Southside of Belize City has the highest murder rate in the country – it is at least one and a half times higher than the national average. ...

PM Barrow Leaves for Miami Gala
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
The event is described as a “gala” – and will see the premiere of a seven-minute video presentation on Belize. 7 minutes!? We're not sure quite what to say ...

Oceana Opens Office in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
In May we told you about the organization called Oceana – a big money, high profile conservation group that was coming to Belize. Well, it's here and the ...

Why are university finance and HR personnel being replaced?
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
In October of this year, the Board of Trustees of the University of Belize reported that a draft audit of the university's finances revealed that millions ...

BERNARD BULWER SAYS HE WILL MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES AT THE KHMH
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Dr. Bernard Bulwer was the founding president of the Belize Diabetes Association in 1991. He has been away for the past seven years and has returned to ...

ROBBER TARGETS BMDC
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Just after four o'clock this evening a lone gunman entered the offices of the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation on North Front Street and made ...

BUSINESS MAN MURDERED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating another murder. The latest murder occurred yesterday evening sometime around five o'clock. Reports are 38-year-old ...

INCREASE IN PRICE OF BUTANE GAS ANNOUNCED
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
In Corozal and Belize City customers will now pay 107 dollars; in Orange Walk 108 dollars; in Belmopan and San Ignacio 109 dollars, Benque Viejo del Carmen ...

CANE FARMERS SEEK COMPENSATION FOR SUGARCANE BYPRODUCTS
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Producing energy from biomass is now a reality in Belize. Belize Cogeneration Energy Limited, BELCOGEN is already selling test power to Belize Electricity ...

Hummingbird Elementary and St. John Vianney repeat as Belize District champions
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The district championship featured the champions and sub-champions from Belize Rural and Belize City with the winners in both the male and female categories ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
A Belize City business establishment was burglarized last night. According to police reports, the proprietor of the Favourite restaurant was held up around ...

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN CAYO LANDS A TEAKETTLE STUDENT IN THE HOSPITAL
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
A twelve year old student of Teakettle village is hospitalized in Belize City after she was knocked down after class yesterday evening. ...

ORANGE WALK BASED GROUP EMBARKS ON DIABETES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Diabetes is the number one killer of people in Belize. World Diabetes Day will be observed this Saturday and organizations across the country are planning ...

ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY IN PREPARATION FOR GARIFUNA SETTLEMENT DAY
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Matthew Martinez, President of the Belize City Branch of the National Garifuna Council explains this year's theme. “We are celebrating this year under the ...

BDF OFFICER CADET EXCELLED ON INITIAL OFFICER TRAINING COURSE
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Mark Babalola, an officer Cadet from the Belize Defense Force, has been awarded the prize for Best Overseas Student by the Royal Air Force Academy in the UK ...

Toledo Christian Academy and St. Alphonsus RC to defend national title
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The championship will feature the champion in both the female and male categories from all six districts of Belize. The National Primary School Volleyball ...

St. Catherine Academy and Toledo Community College are National Volleyball ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
... Schools Sports Association National Volleyball Championship was played on Friday November 6 and Saturday November 7, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. ...

Moon Belize Giveaway
Gadling (blog) - ‎11/12/09‎
A few days ago I reviewed Moon Belize (8th edition), written by Joshua Berman, who is familiar not only with Belize but also Nicaragua and other parts of ...

7000 Scholarships for students through ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Stephen Darr, Executive Director of Peacework, fell in love with Belize the first time he came to visit with his three children. ...

In Recession but NOT in Retreat
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Contracts will soon be awarded for reconstruction of the road from Little Belize to Chunox, Progresso to Little Belize, and the Copper Bank Road. ...

Remembrance Day in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
At 9 on Sunday November 8, Belize joined other countries throughout the world in the observance of Remembrance Day. Every year on November 11 or the nearest ...

From Sketteldom - with malice towards so...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Everyone in Belize knows that in Telecommunications, the Bricenos are no entrepreneurs but were just fronting for the ubiquitous Predator. ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The purpose of establishing the Office is to comply with Belize's international obligations, and is aimed at promoting international cooperation and at ...

Jason Coombs killed where he worked
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Well known and liked Belize City Businessman and owner of Pre-Con Limited, 38-year-old Jason Coombs was killed at around 5 on Wednesday November 11. ...

Fortis Inc. - Alternative Energy - Deals and Alliances Profile - new report ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - ‎11/12/09‎
The company also owns unregulated hydroelectric generation plants in Canada, Belize and upper New York State. In addition, it owns hotels and commercial ...

Double tragedy in Santa Clara: two frien...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
They apparently went grocery shopping in Chetumal and attempted to re-enter Belize via a dory, which is a way of life for those in the north who smuggle ...

Softball Federation to celebrate Softball Week
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation released the programme of activities for Softball Week, which is scheduled for November 22-29, 2009. ...

Sugar City Starz and Team Zamir Excel in Chiapas - Giovanni Choto 1st U-23
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
This past Sunday, November 1, 2009, two of Belize's primer cycling teams participated in the 1st Clasic de Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiapas, Mexico. ...

Prime Minister Barrow Receives Audit Report on KHMH
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
After allegations of improprieties at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital surfaced, Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. Dean Barrow ordered that a thorough audit ...

Busta Rhymes visits Shyne in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Though Moses did not go on air, the telephone lines were busy with supporters who wanted to welcome Busta and Angie to Belize and wish Moses a happy ...

More streets paved in Belize City
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
4th street is one of two streets that were paved on Wednesday November 11 in the Buttonwood Bay area of Belize City as part of the Urban Rejuvenation ...

160 Lots delivered to Corozalenos
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
... like the one being demonstrated by Hon. Pablo Marin, instances like this one will be repeated over and over across the entire country of Belize.

11/11/09

UB Fires Its Chief Financial Officer
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
Still recovering from the embarrassment of the salary and tuition fiasco in Mid October, 7news has confirmed that the University of Belize has given its ...

Brukdong Time Approaching
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
“Why do you believe this type of music is dying in Belize?” “Because it is a part of the Kriol culture and lately we haven't been seeing our youths, ...

The Interconnection of Coral Reefs
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
“In Belize our reefs are very very well interconnected. For example from Glover's Reef we are seeing that the larvae of corals are actually recruiting ...

Westerhaven Disputes Damage Assessment of US$18 million
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
The ship ran aground on Belize's reef in January and the Port Authority says it was due to negligence. 6000 square meters of reef was damaged and more than ...

JUST IN: Police Find Car Used in Jason Coombs Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
And in a late breaking development to our top story about this evening's murder of businessman Jason Coombs, police have reportedly found the car that ...

Businessman Jason Coombs Murdered in Late Evening Attack
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
The community has been rocked by news of another killing tonight – and this time, a businessman was the victim. This evening around five, 38 year old Jason ...

International legal co-operation office established in Belize
Caribbean Net News - ‎11/11/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize -- The Belize government has created an office of International Legal Cooperation in order to comply with the country's international ...

Businessman murdered in Port Loyola
channel5belize - ‎11/11/09‎
... the owner and operator of a construction site her right adjacent to the Customs Department in the Port Authority area of Belize City. ...

Crime stats show figures going down
channel5belize - ‎11/11/09‎
As per norm, the Belize District reported the majority of those incidents, one hundred and fifty-four of the overall figure. Cayo had the second highest ...

Orange Walk man chopped in the head
channel5belize - ‎11/11/09‎
And in Belize City, a man is clinging to life tonight after he underwent surgery for injuries he sustained early this morning. ...

UB Financial Controller and HR Director being replaced
channel5belize - ‎11/11/09‎
Following the upheaval in October at the University of Belize, changes are apparently afoot in respect of two posts: the Financial Controller, held by Harry ...

BURRELL BOOM WATER TANK RE-COMMISSIONED
LoveFM - ‎11/11/09‎
Area representative for Belize Rural North Edmund Castro says that while the reservoir solves one problem it is the beginning of bigger water system project ...

CANE FARMERS RECEIVE FINAL PAYMENT
LoveFM - ‎11/11/09‎
The payment which was to be received on November ninth was delayed by the Belize Sugar Industries Limited. According to BSI their new financing facility ...

TOURISTS PAINT PAEDIATRIC WARD AT KHMH
LoveFM - ‎11/11/09‎
Shannon Wentworth, the organization's co-founder, tells us how they decided on volunteering in Belize. ”When Sweet decided to come to Belize City we asked ...

AUDITOR GENERAL EXPLAINS PRIVATIZATION OF LOTTERY AND BOLEDO PROCESS
LoveFM - ‎11/11/09‎
The decision by the government of Belize to put the public Lottery and Boledo into private management has been the subject of scrutiny from various sections ...

VETERANS DAY OBSERVED
LoveFM - ‎11/11/09‎
Each year at this time poppies are sold in Belize as in the rest of CARICOM and Common Wealth. Funds raised are used to assist ex-servicemen and women who ...

11/10/09

COUNTERFEIT HUNDRED DOLLAR NOTE FOUND
LoveFM - ‎11/10/09‎
As we approach the Christmas shopping season, one Belize City business establishment is sounding the alarm for businesses and the general public to be on ...

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT REWARDED FOR “DOING THE RIGHT THING”
LoveFM - ‎11/10/09‎
... is the latest recipient of the 'Do The Right Thing Award; an honor afforded to exemplary secondary school students by the Belize Police Department. ...

OVER A HUNDRED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARD TODAY
LoveFM - ‎11/10/09‎
Peacework International has been active in community development in Belize for the past fifteen years. Present on behalf of the non-profit organization was ...

Cabinet Votes to Refurbish Sports Facilities in the City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
That news is that government has set aside the not-so-munificent-sum of forty thousand dollars for the refurbishment of twenty sporting facilities in Belize ...

Hefty Stash of Stolen Items Found Hidden Behind Church
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
The stolen property recovered is considered one of the largest finds in recent memory from the Belize District and it includes a range of items from weapons ...

Communications Blackout South of Belmopan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
Southern Belize was under a communications blackout for two hours last night. That means there was no cellular service, no cable and no internet being ...

Fundamental Changes Needed in Insurance Industry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
And then on Monday we heard from the President of the Belize Association of Insurance Companies Judy McCudeon that due to the high cost of health care, ...

Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Peacework Award Promise Scholarships
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
So their donation of $70000 to high school students in Belize probably isn'ta big deal to the firm. But it was the best news to the 113 first form students ...

Cannon Obispo Charged for Rape
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
... the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital before the police brought him to court. Tonight he is on remand at the Belize Central Prison until December twenty third.

Westerhaven Admits It Damaged Reef; GOB Wants US$18 million
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
In January the Westerhaven cargo ship ran aground on Belize's barrier reef – 32 miles from Belize City The ship was exiting Belize through the English Caye ...

Deisy Avila is Doing the Right Thing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
Sgt. Dianne Williams who is in charge of Community Policing in Belize City believes it may be the result of a lack of interest on behalf of secondary ...

PUBLIC SERVICES TRAINS NEW EMPLOYEES
LoveFM - ‎11/10/09‎
An induction training seminar is currently being held in Belize City by the Ministry of the Public Service. The annual exercise is conducted to familiarize ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/10/09‎
Two men, one in Belize City and the other in Dangriga have been busted unlicensed firearms and ammunition in separate incidents on Sunday. ...

11/8/09

Father Observed Post Mortem on His Dead Newborn
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
On Thursday we told you about the tragic death of a newborn at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. His parents Judith Moody and Rudy Faber told us that on ...

Central Bank Governor Answers Tough Questions about High Interest Rates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
Belize has had that in this year, but a review of the records at the Statistical Institute of Belize will show that the there were two such quarters at the ...

Insurance Awareness Week Opens with Forum
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
Judy McCutcheon, the President of the Belize Association of Insurance Companies believes that everyone should be able to afford some type of insurance ...

Arreni Flores Wins Miss Garifuna
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
She was closely followed by Miss Dangriga Lawani Marin who came in second and Miss Belize City Keila Martinez who walked off with third place. ...

Transport Dept. Refuses to License Alton Flores' Bus
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
Alton Flores who operates runs from Belize City to Ladyville says the Department of Transport is refusing to re-license one of his busses. ...

Shyne Celebrates 31st Birthday with Busta Rhymes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
They returned to Belize City yesterday for what one family member described as a quiet and emotional dinner. Busta Rhymes and Angie Martinez made an ...

Ida Kills More than 100 in Salvador
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
Hurricane Ida blew right past Belize, causing no damage at all. There was steady rain across the country, but water levels were only slightly elevated. ...

Computer Repair Man Fined for Stealing Laptop
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
If fifty one year old Frank Conorquie is unable to make the payments he will spend eighteen months at the Belize Central Prison. According to court reports ...

Double Tragedy in Santa Clara
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
He says the men were trying to illegally cross back into Belize territory via a dory but were unsuccessful. Information to Filiberto Aban is that two then ...

James Adderley with the latest in sporting news
channel5belize - ‎11/8/09‎
With Ida gone, the Belize Premier Football League staged week eleven of its annual competition as advertised going into the weekend. ...

KHMH gets new Chief of Staff
channel5belize - ‎11/8/09‎
Bulwer has practiced medicine in Belize for years and is also an accomplished writer. In 2002, he wrote and published a health book “Your Doctor Can't Make ...

ACTIVITIES FOR INSURANCE WEEK UNDERWAY
LoveFM - ‎11/8/09‎
The Supervisor of Insurance in Belize is Alma Gomez. “The Belize policyholders are in a far better position than their counterparts in the rest of the ...

FIRE LEAVES BELMOPAN FAMILY HOMELESS
LoveFM - ‎11/8/09‎
Love News spoke with Kenneth Mortis, Training Officer at the Belize Fire Service. "What we gathered from our personnel in Belmopan was that a fire took ...

11/7/09

Commentary: Slick But No Shyne
Belizean - ‎11/7/09‎
Belize opened its arms last week to welcome home a man described as the country's most famous deportee.  Accomplished "hip-hop" artist Jamaal "Shyne" Barrow was handed over...

11/6/09

NEMO on Flood Alert
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/6/09‎
“They keep advising us, 'guys we got twenty odd inches of rain that may reach Belize, may.' We are not certain to what extent it will survive once it ...

BNTU PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO STANCE TAKEN BY ORANGE WALK BRANCH
LoveFM - ‎11/6/09‎
"As the Belize National Teachers Union Executive and Council of Management we had requested earlier, weeks ago, to have a series of consolations because ...

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK APPROVES LOAN FOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
LoveFM - ‎11/6/09‎
The loan was given to promote Belize's agricultural innovation and animal and plant health protection to boost competitiveness, stimulate growth and expand ...

Harrison Roches Wins MVP in Honduras
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/6/09‎
He scored 9 goals for that team. Rocahes played with the Belize selection when they played Mexico in the reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.

RECORD THIRD PAYMENT FOR CANE FARMERS DELAYED
LoveFM - ‎11/6/09‎
While farmers expected to receive their third and final payment for the 2008/2009 crop on Monday Belize Sugar Industries says it will not be able to meet ...

Couple Fined for Concealing Death of Son
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/6/09‎
They buried their 18 month old child in a pigtail bucket in their back yard in 2004 and after pleading guilty to that on Wednesday, 32 year old Michael ...

Contestants Prep for National Miss Garifuna Pageant
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/6/09‎
Last week Friday we showed you the contestants for Ms. Garifuna Belize City. Well that was like the playoffs, and tomorrow, the winner of similar pageants ...

BELIZE CITY COUPLE FINED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CONCEALMENT OF THEIR CHILD'S ...
LoveFM - ‎11/6/09‎
A Belize City couple who had pleaded guilty to concealing the death of their child were each fined two thousand 500 dollars. They were given until November ...

Businessman swindled out of thousands of dollars
channel5belize - ‎11/6/09‎
Police are looking for the man with sticky fingers who has left a Belize City businessman short of thousands of dollars. Murli Mahitani, owner of Delta ...

Ida Down to Tropical Depression
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/6/09‎
Belize remains mostly out of the projected storm track. We say mostly because according to the computer models, northern Belize could experience some of the ...

11/5/09

Take Your Best Shot Competition III
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/5/09‎
What started in 2007, has turned into an annual event wherein Belize is celebrated. It is a photography competition with all images being captured within ...

3 San Pedro men freed after lifetime conviction
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/5/09‎
They subsequently appealed their conviction and by August of 2005, the Court of Appeals in Belize dismissed their appeal. After retaining the services of ...

Taking a look at responsible tourism
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/5/09‎
So far there have been two similar tourism related policies, the 1998 Blackstone Strategy and the Belize Tourism Policy 2005. ...

Coastal Living Magazine features Belize
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/5/09‎
Well, Belize, of course. “Al and I did some research, and we actually gave each other a high-five in our kitchen when we read an article about Belize,” ...

Shyne Moving On Up to Renaissance Tower
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/09‎
7News has confirmed reports that Shyne Barrow, now known as Moses Leviy is finalizing negotiations to live in the poshest penthouse in Belize. ...

Orange Walk BNTU Rejects Teaching Services Commission
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/09‎
Last week the Belize National Teacher's Union and Minister of Education Patrick Faber made peace when government agreed to provide clarifications about the ...

Orange Walk union against Teaching Services Commission
channel5belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Orange Walk Branch of the Belize National Teachers Union has taken a different position than its parent organization, the BNTU Late this evening it held a ...

Ida Weakens
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/09‎
And while those countries are sure to experience some kind of extreme weather event, Belize has its own concerns: specifically will Ida make it out into the ...

Dwain Davis Critical
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/09‎
Former City Council Financial Controller Dwain Davis is in a critical condition tonight – after experiencing a stroke this morning. ...

San Pedro Columbia villagers upset about proposed dam
channel5belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Research work has already begun by the company, Belize Hydro-electric Company, and at a meeting last Sunday called by the Ya'axche Conservation Trust, ...

Healthy Living looks at commercial sexual exploitation
channel5belize - ‎11/5/09‎
In Belize like most other countries, children are regarded as our most precious resource. They are offered special protection under the laws catering to ...

2 Teenagers charged with Attempted Murder of Mark Lord
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
On Sunday, October 25, Mark Lord was pursued and shot five times near an alley on Hydes Lane in Belize City. Since then police investigations led to the ...

Hummingbird Elementary girls and St. John Vianney boys are Belize City Champions
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Belize City Primary Schools Volleyball Championship came to an end on Monday November 2, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. In the male championship game, ...

Philippa Griffith-Bailey MBE, JP.S newest Belizean elected to the ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation is pleased to inform the general public that Mrs. Philippa Griffith-Bailey MBE, JPS has been elected to the International ...

BWS PROVIDES INSIDE LOOK AT REASONS FOR WATER INTERRUPTION
LoveFM - ‎11/5/09‎
Today I decided to follow the trail of a release issued by Belize Water Services Ltd. regarding low water pressure in Belama phases three and four. ...

DWAIN DAVIS RECOVERS FROM STROKE AT KHMH
LoveFM - ‎11/5/09‎
Director of Finance at the Belize City Council, Dwain Davis, is tonight in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after suffering a ...

YFF PREPARES FOR YOUTH AWARDS
LoveFM - ‎11/5/09‎
The Ministry of Youth, Sports, Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with Youth for the Future will be hosting an awards show called the Belize ...

CATHOLIC MISSION PREPARES FOR ANNUAL CHARISMATIC CONVENTION
LoveFM - ‎11/5/09‎
The thirty third annual Catholic Charismatic Convention will be taking place this weekend at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall in Belize City. ...

BELTRAIDE FACILITATES WORKSHOP ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LoveFM - ‎11/5/09‎
The two-day forum is being facilitated by the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, as part of the organization's commitment to ...

OVER 10000 Made the Switch to BTL!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
In every district throughout Belize, BTL offices were jammed pack from early Saturday morning for customers to make the switch to BTL. ...

Waak Eena fi Shee Shooz
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Haven House is one of the primary organizations in Belize working to bring an end to violence against women in our dearly beloved Belize. ...

Sound of Music Academy rouses audience at UWI
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
If this first show is any indication of the future of this institution and its students, then Belize can look forward to many more inspiring performances by ...

Tropical Storm Ida Threatens Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The storm which on Wednesday night was packing winds of up to 60 miles an hour is not yet a threat to Belize, but the projected path has it making its way ...

Belize City Council partners with Home Protector for North-side Park
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Police Department recently announced, despite what is being perceived, that there is a reduction in crime in the country. ...

New Water System for Three Villages
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Water has always been a problem for villages in that part of the Belize District. The only sources of water are old rustic hand pumps and hand dug wells ...

Auditor General Finalizing Audit Report on KHMH Commission of Inquiry to Follow
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
After allegations of corruption at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital surfaced, Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. Dean Barrow ordered that a thorough audit be ...

Minister of Sports recognizes young athletes
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Elvin Penner, Minister of Sports, invited a group of athletes to the Conference Room of the Belize City Center for a public award ceremony. ...

Government praised for catch and release...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The government of Belize in its effort to protect Belize's marine resources has signed two statutory instruments indicating its progressive and innovative ...

Sugar Shortage
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Belize consumes only ten percent of the sugar produced in a normal year and because of that any unofficial exporting of sugar affects the availability of ...

Super Bond Villain of the Week: Glenn Go...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Too often, the memory is short on how Belize got to owing over one billion dollars. This incredible debt was built up over ten years by a series of bad ...

Couple charged for killing Santa Elena taximan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
A man and a woman are behind bars at the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville for last month's murder of 30-year-old taxi driver from Santa Elena, ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Cabinet has agreed that Belize join the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE. OLADE is an inter-governmental agency that contributes to the integration ...

Fortis earnings decline in the third quarter as revenue falls $63M to $664M
Metro Canada - Halifax - ‎11/5/09‎
The company said Fortis Generation, operator of non-regulated generating in upper New York state and Belize, contributed just $4 million to earnings in the ...

Caught after paying prostitute with counterfeit bills
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
That is about thirty six thousand pesos which is roughly seven thousand Belize dollars. The bills were noted to have been printed on a high quality printer ...

Belize Defence Force and Hankook Verdes wins over the weekend
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League Opening Season continued on Sunday November 1, with games across the country. At the Carl Ramos Stadium in Dangriga town, ...

Junior female softballers to Pan Am Championship
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Management Council (the supreme power) of softball in Belize gave its approval for the National Junior Female Softball Team to participate in the III ...

CFE Cancels Power supply to Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Belize Electricity limited has issued a press release stating that the Mexican power supplier to Belize - Comisi?n Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has advised ...

Softball week to be celebrated from November 22-29, 2009
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Management Council of the Belize Softball Federation has confirmed that it will be celebrating Softball Week in Belize from November 22-29, 2009, ...

Shyne Dedicates Himself to Service
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
After spending almost nine years in prison he has returned to Belize as Moses Michael Levy. An older and more enlightened Moses has embraced the Judaism ...

Top CAPE and CSEC Performers Revealed
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
On Monday, November 2, the Ministry of Education and the CXC National Committee of Belize announced the names of the top performers in the 2009 Caribbean ...

Another Lotto Draw, Another Lotto Winner!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
On Tuesday, October 27, Albertine Myvette, a Nurse of Belize Medical Associates, made a very familiar journey to the Lotto office at the corner of Barrack ...

11/4/09

Public consultations on Belize-Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement
ISRIA - ‎11/4/09‎
The Directorate for Foreign Trade in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture, BAHA, Customs and representation from the Belize Agroproductive Sector ...

Belize - Assessment of the Needs of Consumer Organizations in CARICOM Member ...
ISRIA - ‎11/4/09‎
Mr. John Lawrance, a consumer affairs expert appointed by CARICOM, will be in Belize on November 12th, 13th and 16th to carry out a needs assessment of the ...

Tropical Storm Ida Eyes Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
After a blessedly slow hurricane season, with November here, it was just beginning to look like Belize might be home free....but it won't be that easy to ...

Scouts Launch Recycling Project
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
500 scouts have joined the fight to keep Belize clean. They will be doing so through a new recycling program launched earlier this year. ...

Miranda Brothers Convicted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
Today the Mirandas were convicted of handling stolen items from the University of Belize's teacher kitchen on Freetown Road. The break-in occurred between ...

Bustle and Hustle at Tourism Village
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
It got off to a promising start because for the first time in a long while, three cruise ships docked off the coast of Belize City on a Wednesday. ...

Hummingbird & St. John's Vianney are District Volleyball Champs
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
The occasion was the Belize District volleyball finals and teams competed in both male and female disciplines. In the end Hummingbird Elementary won the ...

Mexico Cuts Off BEL's Power Supply
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
CFE has, though, opened the door for a new contract to provide 50 Megawatts of economic and emergency power to Belize. Needless to say, this power would be ...

Basketball Federation Appeals to World Court of Sports
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
The Belize Basketball Federations had 30 days to file an appeal of the decision handed down to it at FIBA. You will recall that the judge in that case had ...

Privy Council Orders Release of Convicted Killers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
For the last seven years they've been behind bars serving time for murder but following a decision handed down by the Privy Council in London this morning, ...

Opposition Leader speaks about Belize's economic crisis
channel5belize - ‎11/4/09‎
We could use that money to bring in fresh capital into Belize and then target it specifically to the productive sector. That is one. ...

Scout Association encourages youths to recycle
channel5belize - ‎11/4/09‎
The Scouts Association of Belize has embarked on a recycle project as their contribution to the protection of the environment. The project started last ...

Athina Swasey is CXC top scorer
channel5belize - ‎11/4/09‎
The names of the three students that placed highest in the CXC exams were released this week and all three are from Belize City schools. ...

Belize murder convictions quashed by Privy Council
Caribbean Net News - ‎11/4/09‎
Eiley, Savery and Polonio, who have always maintained their innocence, had been convicted of the murder of Justo Jario Perez in the Supreme Court of Belize ...

PRIVY COUNCIL OVERTURNS MURDER CONVICTION OF THREE MEN
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
The Judicial Council of the Privy Council in London has overturned the conviction of three men convicted of the 2002 brutal murder of sixty two year old ...

CFE PULLS THE PLUG ON BEL
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
Comisiün Federal de Electricidad, CFE, has advised Belize Electricity Limited that it is cancelling the guaranteed power supply contract (Firm Contract) ...

PUC GETS LIMITED FEEDBACK FROM BWS RATE INCREASE APPLICATION
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission received four written comments from Interested Parties in relation to the submission by Belize Water Services for a Full ...

BELIZEANS ADVISED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
Tropical Storm Ida is headed in the direction of the Nicaraguan coastline; but all interest in the region as far north as Belize is keeping a wary eye on ...

OPPOSITION LEADER CRITICIZES PM'S STIMULUS PACKAGE
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow in his most recent quarterly press conference stated what many would agree was the obvious: Belize's economy is in recession. ...

VILLAGES IN THE BELIZE RIVER VALLEY TO RECEIVE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
Three of the oldest villages in the Belize District will soon have quality potable water. Thanks to the efforts of the Social Investment Fund Santana, ...

SHYNE DENIES HE CONVERTED TO JUDAISM
Contactmusic.com - ‎11/4/09‎
The hip-hop star returned to his native Belize, Central America last month (Oct09) after spending more than eight years in a New York jail for his part in a ...

Belize - Intellectual Property Workshop for Small & Medium Enterprises
ISRIA - ‎11/4/09‎
As part of our commitment to develop and enhance capacity and competiveness of Small & Medium Enterprises (smes) in Belize, the Belize Trade and Investment ...

Belize - Cabinet Release
ISRIA - ‎11/4/09‎
Cabinet has agreed that Belize join the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE. OLADE is an inter-governmental agency that contributes to the integration ...

Belize - Quality Potable Water for oldest villages in the Belize District
ISRIA - ‎11/4/09‎
Santana, Corozalito and St Ann's, three of the oldest villages in the Belize District, will soon have quality potable water to be supplied by a new water ...

SHYNE URGES KIDS TO STAY IN SCHOOL
Contactmusic.com - ‎11/4/09‎
The hip-hop star returned to his native Belize last month (Oct09) after spending over eight years behind bars in New York for his part in a 1999 club ...

11/3/09

Give us plane truth on Tory billionaire's taxes
Mirror.co.uk - ‎11/3/09‎
The tycoon who made a fortune in the Central American state of Belize is arguably the second most important figure in the Tory ...

Andrew Zimmern tells the 'Bizarre Truth' about food and travel
nwitimes.com - ‎11/3/09‎
"If you're going to a place like Belize, many people go to a luxury all-inclusive on Ambergris Caye and plop down by the beautiful pool for a week and come ...

"Angels Says: Read" Launched
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Many of the businesses in Belize are serving as collection points, the hotels, the lodges, the jungle lodges, the tourism village, there will be a box there ...

The Death of Capt. Charlie Good
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Charlie Good later enlisted in the Belize Police Special Force and in 1978 it became the Belize Defense Force. He worked his way up in the BDF from a 2nd ...

Cabinet Ministers Meet Gang Members
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Our sources tell us that the meeting lasted five to six hours and was staged at Bird's Isle in Belize City. According to a Cabinet release, the meeting is ...

Only 4 Oppose BWSL Rate Increase
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Belize Water Services has asked for a rate increase, and the PUC will announce its initial decision on November 17th. The deadline for the public to send in ...

Cruise Season Off to Promising Start
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Belize is in a recession, but one thing that has proven to be recession proof is cruise tourism. Sure, overnight tourism has taken a sharp downturn in 2009, ...

Product of the Southside Wins Open Scholarship
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Last night you heard from Athina Swasey the sixth former who topped the CXC results for Belize, earning a “grade one” in 11 subjects. ...

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Two Children Burnt in Georgeville Fire
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Two children are listed as critical in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight after they were injured in a house fire last night. ...

Police officer recovering from gunshot wound
channel5belize - ‎11/3/09‎
Pinelo was shot last Saturday in the Calla Creek Area near Arenal Village adjacent to the Belize-Guatemalan border in the west. Following reports of armed ...

BERT teaches Kolbe officers and inmates first aid
channel5belize - ‎11/3/09‎
That is why Kolbe's in house doctor invited the Belize Emergency Response Team to conduct a First Responders training course to some of its employees. ...

Statistical Institute confirms economy's decline
channel5belize - ‎11/3/09‎
The Statistical Institute of Belize has just released the Second Quarter 2009 Gross Domestic Product results. The results were poor. ...

Only 4 respond to PUC on proposed water rates increase
channel5belize - ‎11/3/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission, PUC, reports that it has received only four written comments on a submission by the Belize Water Services for a twenty-five ...

FIRE IN GEORGEVILLE VILLAGE LEAVES TWO CHILDREN INJURED
LoveFM - ‎11/3/09‎
Two children, one of them a five month old baby are hospitalized in Belize City following fire last night in Georgeville village. ...

CABINET AGREES TO JOIN OLADE
LoveFM - ‎11/3/09‎
During its regular session today Cabinet agreed that Belize join the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE. OLADE is an inter-governmental agency that ...

RETIRED BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE CAPTAIN CHARLES GOOD DEAD AT 62
LoveFM - ‎11/3/09‎
A man of humble beginnings Good was a Belizean patriot and as a former Belize Defense Force Captain he stressed the need for his children to be disciplined, ...

NEW ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED
LoveFM - ‎11/3/09‎
A new organization called “Angel Says: Read” is collecting books from tourists to donate to the public libraries in Belize. The project which was launched ...

MAJOR CHANGES TO TAKE PLACE AT BTB
LoveFM - ‎11/3/09‎
Yesterday, Executive Director of the Belize Tourism Board Tracy Panton and Director of Finance Even Tillett were informed that when their contracts which ...

11/2/09

LU student earns full scholarship, $10000 to run own study in Belize
Beaumont Enterprise  - ‎11/2/09‎
Zarzosa plans to spend next summer in Ambergris Caye, Belize, to survey parasites common to domestic dogs and study the probability of transfer to humans. ...

Shyne Speaks:
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
It wasn'ta random stop-in, Shyne was visiting the school he attended briefly in 1993 when he last lived in Belize. 16 years have passed since then and in ...

Bitter Loss for National Cricket Team
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
Belize's National Cricket Team returned from Chile with silver medals. They say the competition was stiff and the loss against Brazil was bitter. ...

Athina Swasey Passed 11 cxcs
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
The CXC results are in and Belize's top finisher is the quite brilliant Athina Swasey. The 17 year old graduate of Edward P. Yorke High School received ...

Trick or Treaters Run the Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
[Children Shouting “Trick or treat in Belize City.”] “We come trick or treat right now. Today is devil's birthday right. I like Halloween because it is fun. ...

Policeman Shot by Bandits in Cayo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
Police in western Belize suspect that a group of Guatemalan bandits targeted a police patrol outside of Benque Viejo on Saturday. ...

Hope Creek Gets Potable Water
Channel 7 Daily News - < ‎11/2/09‎
The Hope Creek Water System was funded by the Caribbean Development Bank, Canadian International Development Agency and the Government of Belize. ...

Junior Athletes Get Trophies for CODICADER Games
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
More than one hundred junior athletes represented Belize in last month's Central American Council for Sports and Recreation Games in Costa Rica. ...

Masked men invade home of 81 year old retiree
channel5belize - ‎11/2/09‎
A retired woman who shuttles between New York and Belize, got a shocking welcome when she came back home over the weekend. The woman arrived on Saturday and ...

Policeman shot by Guatemalan bandits
channel5belize - ‎11/2/09‎
His condition is being described by the doctor as stable in the hospital in Belize City.” “It's possible that the bandits are from Guatemala?”

Belizean in LAPD busted shipping illegal guns
channel5belize - ‎11/2/09‎
And a cop believed to be a Belizean with the LAPD who allegedly owns a private security firm in Belize surrendered to US authorities today after he was ...

Student athletes awarded for endurance under pressure
channel5belize - ‎11/2/09‎
The students returned to Belize by plane and were again in the news because their performance was not up to par. Well, tonight the story is on a more ...

Excellence is the Champion of Champions in cricket
channel5belize - ‎11/2/09‎
Week ten of the BPFL competition brought League Leading Hankook Verdes to the MCC Grounds to face a floundering FC Belize who came in yesterday after losing ...

The Maya forest
Barbados Advocate - ‎11/2/09‎
... outside Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula (south-eastern Mexico which separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico) borders, into Guatemala and Belize. ...

TOP STUDENTS TO BE HONORED
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
Stacey Karyn Grinage of St. John's College Junior College is winner of the Belize Scholarship for this year. Grinage was the most outstanding candidate in ...

TEENAGER BADLY INJURED IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
Williams was taken first to the Loma Luz Hospital in Santa Elena town and later transferred to the KHMH in Belize City. The chairman of the Georgeville ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
Steven Bain, an office assistant at Belize City Council was charged with drug trafficking when he appeared in court today. Bain pleaded not guilty to the ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
Police Constable Donald Pinelo remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in a stable condition. PC Pinelo was injured while on a routine ...

BUSINESSMAN ATTEMPTS TO ILLEGALLY SHIP TEN GUNS TO BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
A Los Angeles police officer has been indicted in that California city for attempting to illegally export guns to his security firm in Belize. ...

MEXICAN EMBASSY CELEBRATES THE DAY OF THE DEAD
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
The opening ceremony will be held on this afternoon at the Regional Language Center building of the University of Belize Belmopan campus. ...

RED CROSS HOSTS TWO DAY TRAINING
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
The Belize Red Cross conducted an information sharing workshop at the Best Western Biltmore Plaza for first aid instructors over the weekend. ...

Belize - Over 950 Residents of Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek Dist, will ...
ISRIA - ‎11/2/09‎
The Government of Belize contributed ,000 in counterpart funding while the community of Hope Creek provided the labour for the trenching and laying of the ...

10/30/09

Ashcroft 'is sure to ask for favours'
Mirror.co.uk - ‎10/30/09‎
But Dean Barrow, who was elected PM of Belize with the tycoon's support, claimed Ashcroft will expect favours. Mr Barrow told The Independent newspaper: "He ...

Supreme Court Rules Against Education Minister Patrick Faber
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
... Faber, then an Opposition Area Representative, was unceremoniously dragged across the University of Belize's Belmopan campus after he broke through a ...

Teens Charged for Shooting Mark Lord
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
The shooting of Mark Lord on Sunday has generated a fair deal of criticism for the police department – which is accused of first, depositing him on George ...

Contestants for Miss Garifuna Belize City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
Miss Garifuna Belize City will be chosen tomorrow night at the Bliss Center. It will officially kick off activities leading up to November 19th. ...

Armed Robbery at Belize Logistics
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
There was an early afternoon robbery in downtown Belize City today. The target was Belize Logistics Services on Albert Street. ...

Smart Fires Back at PM Dean Barrow
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
... public opinion against Speednet in order to create a competitive advantage in favour of the now Government controlled Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Belizean Busted in Mexico with Throve of Counterfeit Pesos
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
He said he paid one Jose Luis $4000 Belize dollars in exchange for the counterfeit pesos. The men were detained pending charges of counterfeit. ...


Wife Killer Cecil Gabourel Sentenced
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
On Monday Cecil Gabourel pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing his wife on Christmas day of 2006. Today was sentencing day and Justice Adolph Lucas ...

OPPOSITION LEADER RESPONDS TO PRIME MINISTER'S PRONOUNCEMENT ON THE ECONOMIC ...
LoveFM - ‎10/30/09‎
Yesterday Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that Belize's Economy is in recession. It is certainly not good news particularly as the prospects of ...

Wife calls husband's arrest a case of mistaken identity
channel5belize  - ‎10/30/09‎
But according to his wife, Marilyn Lopez, and his mother, Lucia Perez, not only was Wilbert at home when the robbery occurred, he was in Belize City. ...

Salvation Army primary school gets musical donation
channel5belize - ‎10/30/09‎
“What we would hope that the kids would do, is a lot of our local music because we have noticed too that Belize has been bombarded by foreign artists and ...

Jia Cheng Wu's art exhibit opens at Image Factory
channel5belize - ‎10/30/09‎
Opening tonight at the Image Factory is an art exhibition by twenty-three year old Jia Cheng Wu, an employee of Belize Bank. Wu, originally from China, ...

Is there sweet crude oil in Gallon Jug?
channel5belize - ‎10/30/09‎
But the government still has royalties that it collects from Belize Natural Energy. The Prime Minister announced on Wednesday that revenues are down by at ...

MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
LoveFM - ‎10/30/09‎
... 32-year-old Carol Gabourel, once in the region on her left collar bone on December 25, 2006, at their home on Neal Pen Road in Belize City. ...

TWO TEENAGERS CHARGED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER
LoveFM - ‎10/30/09‎
The teenager said he was detained by Police and instead of taking him to the Police Station he was taken to the Southside of Belize City in a rival ...

SIF CONTINUES TO MEET BASIC NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES COUNTRYWIDE
LoveFM - ‎10/30/09‎
Of that amount about $287 thousand was in the form of a grant from CDB and the Government of Belize contributed the counterpart funding. ...

Belizean Librarians At Bainbridge College
BainbridgeGa.com - ‎10/30/099‎
Bainbridge College (BC) hosted two librarians from Belize in October as part of an on-going cooperative program between the college and Belizean schools and ...

Shark Tagging Expedition Deemed a Toothy Success
PR-AU.com... (press release) - ‎10/30/099‎
The tags were attached by Dr. Rachel T. Graham of the Wildlife Conservation Society of Belize. After photo identifying and determining the sex of the sharks ...

Belize: Prime Minister Says Country in Recession
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release) - ‎10/30/09‎
I think that we all in this country, including the experts, underestimated the effects of the global economic crisis on Belize. Of most importance is what ...

Jamal “Shyne” Barrow, Belizean rapper, arrives home after US deportation
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
He was born in Belize as Jamal Barrow, the son of Imeon Myvett and Dean Barrow. But when he began making the rounds in New York's big rappers circles, ...

Belize Hydroelectric spanked with $33500 levy for illegal entry, damages to ...
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
Chief Forestry Officer, Wilber Sabido, told Amandala yesterday,Wednesday, that the Belize Hydroelectric Development and Management Company Ltd. (BHD) had ...

“Our economy is in recession:” PM Barrow
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
While the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) has yet to release new data on the gross domestic product (GDP), the SIB on Wednesday released trade ...

Cecil Gabourel, 42, pleads guilty to manslaughter
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
Christmas Day 2006 ended in tragedy for one Belize City family, when Cecil Gabourel, 42, stabbed his wife, Carol Gabourel, 32, to death. ...

Top GOB officials pledge support for WORTH dialysis project
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
Marin said they are hoping that by April 2010 they can implement the dialysis program at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City and La Loma Luz ...

Reggie Jex writes from the Big Apple
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
The situation in Belize is keeping away a lot of us from coming back home. Guatemala will take over because they will be the ones to come in and face the ...

UB teachers ask Board of Trustees for assurances on increment freeze
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
The pitched battle between the students and lecturers of the University of Belize on one hand, and the Board of Trustees on the other, continues apace ...

Shot in the chest, man enters police station; police refuse him aid
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
Kings Park resident Mark Lord, 18, is a victim of most unusual circumstances. He was shot five times in the left arm and chest and currently lies in stable ...

Honoring an education giant - St. Michael's College becomes Maud Williams High ...
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
In recognition of a half-century of service to the field of education in Belize through teaching and administration, the Ministry of Education on Wednesday ...

Recsession! But no IMF, says PM Barrow
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/30/09‎
But the Government of Belize will not go to the IMF for a bail-out and will not submit to IMF controls, Barrow said, at his quarterly press conference held ...

MoneyGram Money Laundering Inquiry Begins
The Reporter Belize  - ‎10/30/09‎
... she stated that MoneyGram International was misusing local driver's'license information, having people send money to Belize under false names such as, ...

UWI Honours Zee Edgell Doctor of Literature
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
A native of Belize, this accomplished novelist began her career as a reporter for the Jamaica Gleaner. She also became the Reporter's first Editor. ...

Needed: a Usury Law to prevent exploitation! High interest rates enterprise ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/30/09‎
It has been made clear, that without a usury law that limits the interest rates that Belize's Banks can charge, that Belize's economy ...

Kreig, Bradley are Local Unsung Heroes
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
According to Rosanna Villanueva, Local Coordinator of the Unsung Heroes Programme in Belize, Krieg and Bradley's names and their profiles have been ...

$800000 to be spent on village improvements in the Toledo District
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/30/09‎
The Government of Belize is to spend more than $800000 in Santa Vicente and Sunday Wood, two remote villages in the Toledo District on schools and a water ...

Daniella shines in El Salvador - voted Miss Photogenic
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
Later Daniella said it was an honor and pleasure for her to represent Belize since it was the first time in history that a Belizean had participated in the ...

Orange Walk cops torch marijuana crop worth seven million
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
Police say that the marijuana trade is responsible for the guns and the crime in Belize and have vowed to carry out sustained eradication measures. ...

DNA important in crime detection. Cayo Police take crash course
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/30/09‎
He said the Belize police could solve many more crimes which would lead to more guilty persons being convicted in court, as well establish innocence in.

Paraquat poisoning claims teenage student in Corozal
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/30/09‎
(In Belize, 1 liter costs about $15, and Pro-quat, another formulation from the same herbicide, costs even less.) When Paraquat is ingested, ...

Man killed by electrocution in Orange Walk
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
A man is dead after he was electrocuted around 4:30 pm on Tuesday, October 27th, while he was welding a boat near the New ...

St. Michael's is now Maud Williams High School
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
St. Michael's College in Belize City was renamed the Maud Williams High School in honor of career educator 80 year old Maud ...

10/29/09

Councilor Pablo Ico travels to Cuba
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/29/09‎
The 12th Session of the Belize/Cuba Mixed Commisssion was held in Havana, Cuba on October 22nd and 23rd. The Belize delegation was headed by the Minister of ...

SP Lions Celebrate 34th Anniversary
San Pedro Sun  ‎10/29/09‎
Also receiving an award was Lion Ali Kisling for his dedication to Lionism in Belize. Rompe Raja was presented with a gift in the form of a high quality ...

New Salvadoran Ambassador visits San Pedro
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/29/09‎
His Excellency (HE) Julio Milton Parada presented his credentials to the Governor General of Belize HE Sir Colvin Young and Prime Minister of Belize ...

Justices of the Peace convene in SP
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/29/09‎
The Association is seriously concerned about the crime situation on the country of Belize as a whole. As such, working together with the Supreme Court, ...

Prime minister says economy is in recession
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
On the day the US announced its recession may be over, in Belize, Prime Minister Barrow admitted that we are now in the grips of a recession. ...

BNTU and Ministry of Education make new agreement
channel5belize - ‎10/29/09‎
... to Cabinet this Tuesday and got its green light despite a request by the Belize National Teacher's Union's for an extension of the consultation period. ...

PM Barrow Declares A Recession
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
PM Barrow was talking about the economy – all indicators are down and Belize. “It has to be well and truly said that our economy is in recession. ...

PM Barrow Comments on Return of Son, Shyne
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
But it was wonderful to see that he is free at last and good to have him in Belize. Although he appeared physically frail, it was obvious that he is ...

Blazer & Motorbike Collide
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
“I was coming from Belize City to get to the burying ground with my indicator light on and everything and when I turned there, the guy on the motorcycle was ...

More Skeletons from BTL
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
And while the Prime Minister was glum about the fuel pronouncement, he was visibly angry when he discussed the issue of BTL and SMART. ...

Violence Anthropologists Researching Crime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
Belize has the second highest murder rate in the Caribbean and at 34 murders for every 100000 residents, we are above the average murder rate in Central ...

BTL Will Sue for Channel 5
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
And because of those contracts and other questionable arrangements, the Prime Minister says the fight with Lord Ashcroft and his multiple corporate entities ...

Minister Faber Moving Ahead with Teaching Commission
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
As we showed you earlier, the Prime Minister appeared at the press conference flanked by Ministers Faber, Perdomo, Marin and Martinez. ...

UDP's process against mayor shows accountability says PM
channel5belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers has a number of legal battles in court. Attorney Hubert Elrington is challenging on her behalf, the legality of ...

PM supports Returnable Containers Bill
channel5belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Association of Protected Areas Management Organization and the Belize Chamber of Chamber of Commerce recently held a joint press conference asking the ...

PRIME MINISTER SAYS ECONOMY IS IN RECESSION BUT HE IS NOT GOING TO THE IMF FOR ...
LoveFM - ‎10/29/09‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow this morning held his quarterly press conference in Belize City. Various issues were discussed during the almost two hour long ...

STATUTORY INSTRUMENT RESTRICTING MOVEMENT OF CITRUS PLANTING MATERIAL SIGNED ...
LoveFM - ‎10/29/09‎
The law requires anyone wishing to move citrus planting material within the country to apply for a permit from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/29/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at the Transport Department in Belize City. The cashier reported that on Wednesday while inside ...

Ashcroft & Belize: 'The only thing he respects is dollars'
Independent - ‎10/29/09‎
Stephen Foley tests the mood in Belize City "Lord Ashcroft? I can tell you about Lord Ashcroft. Let me tell you all about that man. ...

OAS FUNDS A PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMUNICATION NETWORK IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/29/09‎
The Organization of American States has provided Belize with funding for the development of a Public Affairs Communication Network. ...

No Place Like Home - Jamal “Shyne” Barrow is Back
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
After being incarcerated for almost nine years, Jamal Barrow, AKA Shyne, is now a free man in his home country, Belize. His plane landed at about 2:30 pm on ...

Unsung Heroes Nominated
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
She was born and raised in Belize City but moved to the USA to make a life for herself. Five years ago the former registered critical care nurse moved to ...

Intelligent & Civilized
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
... “make the toaster so hot that it instantly converts bread to tar which can be used to fill potholes” (but who needs that since Belize has no potholes). ...

Livestock Producers Association holds AGM
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Belize Livestock Producers' Association (BLPA) held its 32nd Annual General Meeting on Saturday October 24, 2009 at the Livestock Central Market ...

Government Officials Complete Land Policy for Sustainable Rural Development ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) October 26, 2009 – Three Government of Belize officials returned to Belize on October 24 after completing a six-week ...

New Storybook for Children to Launch in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
A new Caribbean storybook was launched in Belize as part of the national consultation on family learning on October 28, 2009. The book was unveiled by Mrs. ...

Los Angeles To Host Fundraiser for the Belize Cancer Center – Dangriga
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
(Los Angeles) The Consulate of Belize in Los Angeles and Blissfulsage Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of services ...

Citco Promotes Civic Pride
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Belize City Council has been determined to galvanize the residents of Belize City to take up more responsibility in the beautification and overall ...

New Chan Chen Government School to be inaugurated
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Of this amount, $287698.14 was a grant from the CDB and the Government of Belize contributed $64889.54. The Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF 5) is a program ...

Guatemala prepares for ICJ
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
... in the judicial process on the territorial, insular and maritime differendum with Belize to be settled before the International Court of Justice. ...

Sanitation Councillor says “Proceed with Returnable Containers”
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Sanitation Department of the Belize City Council during a press conference held by the Belize Chamber of Commerce On Tuesday, 13 October, expressed its ...

The Master of Control
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
... or the prompt return of their assets, namely the Belize Times, Independence Hall and Positive Vibes Radio (once thought to be the property of the PUP) ...

Hope Creek Village gets new Water System
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Government of Belize contributed $65000 in counterpart funding while the community of Hope Creek provided the labour for the trenching and laying of the ...

Aldo Ayuso Fighting Dismissal from Polic...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Aldo Ayuso was dismissed from the Belize Police Department in 2005, and on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 he filed an application for a judicial review into ...

Cecil Gabourel Confesses to Killing his ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
On Tuesday, October 27, Cecil Gabourel appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas in the Belize Supreme Court to face a charge of murder for the stabbing death of ...

Primary Schools Volleyball Competition e...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Belize City Primary Schools Volleyball Competition entered its Semi-Final round on Monday October 26, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. ...

Retiree killed in Hattieville
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
A retiree living in Hattieville died a brutal death on Friday afternoon. Around 4 pm, a family member found 59-year-old Hubert Tillett floating face up in a ...

Sweeping changes at XXIV ISF Congress in...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Fifty-two National Federations including Belize attended the congress, which is the highest power of the International Softball Federation. ...

Central Region High Schools Basketball o...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The 2009 Central Region Secondary Schools Basketball Competition opened on Monday October 26, at the Belize City Centre. This year's competition will ...

Hankook Verdes leads in BPFL championshi...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
At the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio Town, the league's leading team Hankook Verdes defeated FC Belize by the score of 1-0. ...

Kenneth Butler captures Bunas' birthda...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Belize Cycling Association in conjunction with the Guinness/Leslie's Imports Cycling team sponsored the Bunas' Birthday Race on Saturday October 24, ...

Old School Trial Farm Vega's Cup Tourn...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Gaspar Vega the Deputy Prime Minister of Belize and sponsor of the championship. The champions Old School received $3000.00 plus a trophy, sub-champion La ...

Maude Williams Recognized for Contribution to education
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
... of Education formally recognized the contributions that Maud Williams has made for the better part of 60 years to the education system in Belize. ...

Obama's Representative Hopes to Make Big Impact
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
He has been in Belize a little over a month and on Tuesday, October 27, the United States Ambassador to Belize, Vinai Thummalapally, held a press conference ...

Channel 5 sued
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Guardian is reliably informed that the same individual was seen entering the Belize City Council on Tuesday October 27 and leaving three and a half ...

Teacher Services Commission moving ahead
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Faber explains that he has received correspondence from the Belize National Teacher's Union to have further consultations and says that “we are always ...

10/28/09

Belize Livestock Producers Association 2009 Annual General Meeting
ISRIA - ‎10/28/09‎
The Belize Livestock Producers' Association (BLPA) held its 32nd Annual General Meeting on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at the Livestock Central Market ...

Belize - Speech by Minister Montero at Belize Livestock Producers Association AGM
ISRIA - ‎10/28/09‎
It is with pleasure that I am addressing you on this the thirty second annual general meeting of the Belize Livestock Producers Association. ...

St. Michael's College Renamed Maud Williams High
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
“We hope that we will continue to do the things that we are doing in terms of serving the entire population of Belize and not discriminating against ...

Can Diego Dish and Carlotta Spoon Get Kids to Read?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
When TV was first introduced in Belize in 1981 it is fair to say that this medium has had a negative effect on early childhood learning. ...

Minister Faber Not Afraid of BNTU
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
Yesterday Cabinet approved the proposal for the establishment of the Teacher's Service Commission. It was submitted and approved despite vocal opposition ...

Shyne Visits Youth Hostel
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
As we reported at the top of the news, Jamal Shyne Barrow – or Moses Michael Leviy, as he is now known is in Belize tonight. He was deported today after 9 ...

BTL Employee Charged for Burglary
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
Today the island authorities told 7News that on Sunday night the accused who does not live in San Pedro but Belize City gained access into the building by ...

An Egg A Day...
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
But the Belize Poultry Association today put the egg before the chicken and held a special event to say, eggs are good for you. Is it just self promotion or ...

Jamal Shyne Barrow Back in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
Jamal Shyne Barrow was deported to Belize today – ending two decades of residence in the United States and close to 9 years of imprisonment for felony ...

Sister of Hubert Tillett says he was tortured before his murder
channel5belize - ‎10/28/09‎
According to Tillett-Kinnard, Hubert is the second brother that has been murdered in Belize and it has been difficult to cope with the loss. ...

NEW CHILDREN STORYBOOK LAUNCHED IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
A ceremony to introduce a project aimed at boosting parent and child literacy in Belize was held this morning at the Princess Hotel. ...

ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE OFFICIALLY RENAMED
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
It is not often that we get to honor educators in Belize much less those who have contributed so much for so long as Mrs. Maud Williams has. ...

GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE COMPLETES PAYMENT FOR BELIZE WATER SERVICES LIMITED
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
The government of Belize has made the final payment for shares in the Belize Water Services. Former owners, Cascal, today reported on its website that the ...

BELIZE POULTRY ASSOCIATION HOSTS EGG SYMPOSIUM
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
Representatives from the Belize Poultry Association, Doctors and representatives from the Belize Agriculture Health Authority are giving presentations on ...

St. Michael's renamed Maud Williams High School
channel5belize - ‎10/28/09‎
The high school was re-opened in 2000 and the enrollment currently stands at two hundred and seventy-six students. Saint Michael's High School was today ...

SALVATION ARMY PRIMARY SCHOOL RECEIVED NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
The Salvation Army Primary School in Belize City today received a donation of musical instruments. Fifteen recorders were presented to school during brief ...

PM'S SON RETURNS HOME
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
Jamal Shyne Barrow, son of Prime Minister Dean Barrow returned to Belize this afternoon. On October six Barrow was released from a federal prison in New ...

Regional cruise tourism up in a down economy
Caribbean Net News - ‎10/28/09‎
... Cozumel, Ensenada and Huatulco in Mexico; Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua in Central America, and Cartagena, Colombia, in South America. ...

10/27/09

Belize - Three Government Officials Complete Land Policy for Sustainable Rural ...
ISRIA - ‎10/27/09‎
Three Government of Belize officials returned to Belize on October 24 after completing a six-week training course on land policy in the Republic of China ...

Project Pride Launched
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/09‎
A new initiative by the Belize City Council will target a specific group of persons, who despite their young age should make a big difference in motivating ...

Nurse Myvette Hits LOTTO Jackpot
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/09‎
If you have even been to Belize Medical Associates you may know her as Nurse Myvette, regarded as one of the most friendly faces and helpful employees at ...

Hubert Tillett's Killer Still on the Loose
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/09‎
Robbery appears to have been the motive as the house was ransacked and his DVD player, TV, and radio were stolen. Hubert Tillett was a retiree living in Belize.
New US Ambassador Faces the Press
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/09‎
He said Belize and the United States have much in common. “I feel Belize and the United States are sort of joined at the hip. If you look at the numbers, ...

Shyne Will Touch Down at 2:40
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/09‎
He is scheduled to arrive in Belize at 2:40 tomorrow afternoon. Word is that he is being accompanied by his legal advisor Charles Ogletree. ...

Leader of Opposition speaks on crime and evidence bill
channel5belize - ‎10/27/09‎
The People's United Party met on Saturday in San Ignacio and settled an agreement to transfer the ownership of Belize Times, Vibes Radio and Independence ...

Article search: Site Web
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
The question has to be asked: Is someone profiting from the subverting of dialysis treatments from the KHMH to Belize Healthcare Partners? ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
In Belize's modern political era, Mrs. Gwendolyn Lizarraga had Pickstock as her power base, easily winning the seat in three consecutive general elections, ...

Musa goes to San Ignacio
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
Still, whatever modicum of say that we, the people, have in Belize, we have used at times of election to choose whomever we consider our best hope. ...
US AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH BELIZEAN MEDIA
LoveFM - ‎10/27/09‎
Ambassador Thummalapally told reporters that his government remains committed to the friendship and partnership that have developed between Belize and the ...

CITY COUNCIL LAUNCHES PROJECT PRIDE
LoveFM - ‎10/27/09‎
The Belize City Council is launching a new project called Project Pride. Project Pride is the latest initiative of the Councils 'Sister City' and 'After ...

LATEST LOTTO WINNER PICKS UP PRIZE MONEY
LoveFM - ‎10/27/09‎
Since it's introduction over a decade ago nurse Albertine Myvette of Belize City has been playing lotto. Today after years of taking a gamble on the lucky ...

Belize - Improving Quality in the Production of Goods and Services Workshop
ISRIA - ‎10/27/09‎
The Belize Bureau of Standards in collaboration with the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and the Inter-American Development ...

Belize - Promoting Competitiveness in the Agriculture Sector Workshop
ISRIA - ‎10/27/09‎
The Belize Bureau of Standards in collaboration with the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and the Inter-American Development ...

Belize - New Ambassador of El Salvador to Belize
ISRIA - ‎10/27/09‎
The Ambassador of El Salvador to Belize, His Excellency Julio Milton Parado Dominguez this morning presented his letters of credence to the Governor General ...
Belize - DANA Capacity Building Workshop
ISRIA - ‎10/27/09‎
... leaders will be held at the University of Belize, Department of Agriculture in Central Farm on October 27th, 28th and 29th, 2009 commencing at 8:30 AM. ...

Citrus war takes new turn
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
According to chairman of the Citrus Growers Association (CGA), Bryon Bowman, the Citrus Products of Belize Limited (CPBL) issued a notice today retracting a ...

Johnny and Said “shake hands” – one PUP again
Amandala  - ‎10/27/09‎
John Briceno, took a hard line on the position of the party's key communication and organizational assets, namely the Belize Times newspaper, ...

Darrell Carter “overnights” in Kolbe
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
Carter alleged that the Belize City Council owes $70000 to SSB; the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), $40000 to SSB. Meanwhile, owners of small ...

National draft for repeat offenders and “at risk” youth?
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
With even more incidences of violent crime reported over the weekend, there continues to be public outcry for the Government of Belize to put effective ...

Orange Walk teachers reject Teaching Services Commission, says branch president
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
President of the Orange Walk branch of the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU), Susana Vega, told Amandala after the meeting concluded tonight that all ...

Belize Hydroelectric Development and Management should pay at least 50-grand ...
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
The Ya'axché Conservation Trust (YCT), which co-manages the Bladen Nature Reserve in Toledo, says that Belize Hydroelectric Development and Management ...

Leila sues Channel 5 for libel
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
UDP Belize City Councilor Leila Peyrefitte, in a release to the media today, has announced that her attorneys are suing television company Great Belize ...
10/26/09

More Courtroom Bickering Over Land Rights
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
According to attorneys representing Barry Bowen and the Belize Landowners Association respectively, the new Bill is still unconstitutional. ...

Shyne Returns Home to Belize on Wednesday
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
Shyne is coming home on Wednesday. 7News has confirmed that Jamal Shyne Barrow, who now calls himself Moses Michael Levy will be deported from New York and ...

Mesoamerican Society Meeting in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
The Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation is meeting in Belize for its 13th Congress. The group's membership is vast: it numbers all ...

Overloaded Extension Cord Blamed for House Fire
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
“Which is a common practice here in Belize.” “A common practice that we at the Fire Department try to stress to homeowners not to practice. ...

Home invasion in Burrell Boom
channel5belize - ‎10/26/09‎
The businessman requested to have his name and face withheld on camera when he related the experience which is becoming too common in the Belize District. ...

$20000 Heist at Dangriga Airstrip
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
They must have known he was carrying cash because they robbed him of a package containing twenty thousand Belize dollars. And for those of you who haven't ...

Police Refused to Help Shooting Victim
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
That is what eighteen year old Mark Lord and his family are claiming happened in Belize City around noon on Sunday. According to Mark Lord he and a friend ...

7 countries attend Mesoamerican conservation congress
channel5belize - ‎10/26/09‎
For the first time in thirteen years, the congress is being held in Belize. Students, professors and scientists from across the region gathered for a full ...

James Adderley analyzes the weekend sports activities
channel5belize - ‎10/26/09‎
Kraal road of Belize City went into week twelve of the Belize Bank Super League with a four point lead in the standings of the north zone, already assured ...

Compromise at PUP Meeting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
Both major political parties held important high-level meetings to consider weighty matters on Saturday. The PUP National Executive met at Cahal Pech met to ...

PUP agrees to keep the peace over party assets
channel5belize - ‎10/26/09‎
In the west, the contentious issue of ownership of the Belize Times, Independence Hall and Positive Vibes Radio, was ventilated. ...

Will mayor be kicked out of UDP? Ethics committee set up
channel5belize - ‎10/26/09‎
“Does this have anything to do with the party's objection to the Belize City Mayor's recent comments? And the penalties that she faces by the party? ...

PUP ARRIVES AT A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE REACQUISITION OF THE PARTY'S ASSETS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
The National Executive of the People's United Party met in closed session in San Ignacio Town on Saturday to discuss internal issues pertaining to the ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating a shooting incident. Mark Lord told Police on Sunday he was walking on Hyde's Lane when he was approached by two male ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
Apart from the shotgun, the items that were stolen included three thousand Belize dollars, 800 US dollars, one laptop computer, one pair of gold earrings, ...

FIRE LEAVES BELIZE CITY FAMILY HOMELESS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
A late night fire in Belize City has left a man and his child homeless. According to Training Officer at the National Fire Service, Kenneth Mortis, ...

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION RESPONDS TO BNTU
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
The Ministry of Education has responded to the Belize National Teachers Union. Last week BNTU had written to Minister of Education Patrick Faber requesting ...

NEW SALVADORAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
The Government of El Salvador now has a new representative in Belize. Ambassador Julio Milton Parado Dominguez this morning presented his letters of ...

EXCELSIOR HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATES DRUG AWARENESS WEEK
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
Excelsior High School in Belize City is celebrating its annual drug awareness week. According to Principal of the High School, Gale Thompson, ...

10/23/09

Nursing students offer health to Ladyville residents
channel5belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The University of Belize's Rural Health Nursing students made an early start in their careers of helping people. Today, the nurses in training offered a ...

Sunrise Rotary Club donates 12 computers to schools
channel5belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The Sunrise Rotary Club of Belize handed out twelve computers to Belize City primary schools on Thursday. The donations kicked off their Computer Aid ...

Will Said Musa be expelled from the PUP?
channel5belize - ‎10/23/09‎
To make that point, a guest editorial in today's BELIZE TIMES, one of the assets on claim, says that the fight is now global... that the posture of this new ...

…And personal employees also collect from council funds
channel5belize - ‎10/23/09‎
What is it that my business can offer to Belize City Council? There is nothing that business have than they cans do a trade-off with belie City Council. ...

Councillor Peyrefitte denies breaking CitCo regulations...
channel5belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The Belize City Council is known to be broke and unable to pay bills. The mayor has been criminally charged and while she was out of the country, ...

Did Councillor Peyrefitte Play Favourites with Family Business?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/23/09‎
Any business owner in Belize City who has a business that downsizes has a right to request a reassessment. I never gave Peyrefitte brothers any discount for ...

Margaret Flores Falls on Hard Luck
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/23/09‎
It is the plight of the underprivileged in Belize. Just across from number 4381 Faber's Road Extension is another neighbor's house also badly in need of ...

Councillor Leila Peyrefitte Accused of Under-Collecting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/23/09‎
We went to businesses in Belize to get motorcycles, raincoats, whistles, rubber boots, so it was not only Santiago Castillo that got these discounts. ...

Gun Misfired in Tienda Diamond Ent. Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/23/09‎
Two hours after the armed robbery at Tienda Melchor, armed gunmen struck again, this time on the north side at Diamond Entertainment, a game room on Saint ...

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎10/23/09‎
Sometime after two o'clock this afternoon Diamond Entertainment game shop on St Thomas Street was held up by two armed robbers. According to the Manager of ...

NGC BELIZE CITY BRANCH TO RELEASE CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
LoveFM - ‎10/23/09‎
The National Garifuna Council Belize City branch is launching it calendar of activities leading up to Garifuna Settlement Day. ...

KIDNEY PATIENT LOOKS FOR ASSISTANCE
LoveFM - ‎10/23/09‎
It is something that is becoming really common around Belize. We have lost more patients to renal failure in the past year more than AIDS and I more than ...

FOREIGN MINISTER WILFRED ELRINGTON IN CUBA
LoveFM - ‎10/23/09‎
Belize's Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla met today in Havana. Mr. Elrington arrived in the ...

Guatemala Congress approves agreement to increase access to Belize and CARICOM ...
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
Notwithstanding an unresolved territorial dispute, Belize and Guatemala are about to implement an agreement to partially liberalize trade between the two ...

Lesbian “voluntouristas” headed for Belize
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
Since the uproar over the gay cruise coming ashore to Belize in the late 1990's, many others have come and gone without much attention, but a new lesbian ...

Record 20 Lotto winners split $50000 jackpot between them
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
The exploits of winners of the Lotto jackpot from Tropical Gaming Company, drawn twice weekly, are not usually covered in this newspaper. ...

Appeal Court orders new trial for convicted murderer, Tiffara Smith, 21
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
On its last day of hearing today, the Belize Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of convicted murderer Tiffara Smith, represented by attorney Simeon Sampson. ...

“Let me tell you about the few troubles I've had …”
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
Allegations that Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers—reportedly away in England at the time of this report—had overpaid herself nearly $3000 a month from ...

Is Zenaida and the UDP now “oil and water?”
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
Almost from the time she was elected UDP Mayor of Belize City in March 2006, Zenaida Moya-Flowers paid scant attention to criticism from her party, ...

Said “lay pipe” pan Johnny!
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
They had all thought that The Belize Times, the radio station Positive Vibes and Independence Hall were owned by the party. “…The (PUP) secretariat issued a ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
Women's organizations all over Belize were outraged last week after hearing that the Appeals Court had overturned a jury ...

Auditor General wants explanation from Mayor Moya
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
Her legal team had earlier filed a suit and an injunction at the Supreme Court of Belize, the former challenging her removal from the Party Council, ...

Party conflicts reveal need for law
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
... Musa to return certain assets to the PUP party led Reporter to an interesting find - political parties in Belize are not governed by any legislation. ...

Women in Politics initiative launched
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
Since Belize's Independence in 1981, each administration has had only one (sometimes none) token woman minister, but 53 Belizean women of all ages, ...

Julian Cho students get potable water
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
... “The Board of Julian Cho Technical High School over the years lobbied the Government of Belize for potable and safe drinking water for the students. ...

Unlimited number of Mexican scholarships available
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
Mexico, a country that has long been one of Belize's biggest benefactors, gave us one more reason last week to feel indebted, with an offer of an “unlimited ...

Samuel Haynes Institute of Excellence a beacon for those who want to succeed
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The Samuel Haynes Institute of Excellence on Mahogany Street, Belize City is impacting the lives of residents of the Lake ...

Guatemalan Congress Approves 2006 Trade Agreement with Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
A precedent-setting trade agreement between Belize and Guatemala, signed nearly three-and-a-half years ago, ...

Foreign Ministers from Cuba Guyana Meet in Havana
Cuba News - ‎10/23/09‎
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 22 (acn) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held official talks on Thursday with his Guyanese counterpart, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, ...

Liberty Children's Home needs your support
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The American Friends of Belize, based in Mobile Alabama have donated the sum of $3000 to the Liberty Foundation Children's Home in Belize. ...

Horrific road accident ends fatally for married couple
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
He said that all Flowers has told him is that he lost control of the vehicle, and that's what caused them to drive off the highway and into the Belize River ...

Lord Ridge Cemetery to be expanded
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The final resting place for many Belize City residents is the Lord's Ridge Cemetery, but space in that hallowed ground is ...

Low cost Dialysis delayed
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
An agreement was made between the parties, however the Government of Belize did not honor the Memorandom of Understanding, and missed several deadlines ...

20 Lotto winners to share $50000 prize
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
Thirteen winners from Belize City Corozal, Cayo, Orange Walk, Punta Gorda and Belmopan converged on the Lotto Office on Queen Street in Belize City last ...

10/22/09

Women Demand Fair Share in Politics
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
Second, Belize City's first female mayor is under unprecedented attack and is facing the prospect of expulsion from her party. So what's the future look ...

Mayor Angry and Passionate
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
It has raised the eyebrows of her opponents that the travel allowance for the four day conference is one thousand Belize dollars – not quite a King's Ransom ...

BNTU Asks Minister Faber for More Time
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
Next week Tuesday, Education Minister Patrick Faber is expected to take the proposal for the “Teaching Services Commission” to Cabinet for approval. ...

Shyne Awaiting Deportation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
Jamal Shyne Barrow is awaiting deportation to Belize, but when is it going to happen? That's the question no one seems to have a definite answer to. ...

A Good Meal Can Prevent Crime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
Sgt. Dianne Williams, Community Police Unit – Belize City “These feeding programs go for eight months during school time, three times for the week; ...

War in the PUP Over Party Assets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
Those assets include Positive Vibes Radio, the Belize Times and the party's headquarters, Independence Hall on Queen Street. Well, guess what? ...

Rotary Sunrise Donates Computers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
And so of all the schools that we surveyed, there were about over 2000 children in elementary schools in Belize City without a single computer or access to ...

Bruce Harvey Pleads Guilty to Ammunition Possession
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
They were remanded into custody until tomorrow when they are scheduled to reappear again in Belize City Magistrate's Court. All four got into trouble around ...

A Lesson for Lindy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
The National Preschool Teachers' Storytelling Competition was held this afternoon at the Bliss Center in Belize City. The event is designed to help teachers ...

UB Students Host Community Health Fair
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
It is hosted by the rural health nursing students of the University of Belize. Alisha Solis told us what will be offered. “We will be offering free pap ...

City Hall's latest scandal: $400000 unaccounted for
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
The wave of scandalous reports about Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya Flowers, has left a putrid smell at City Hall. On Wednesday night we reported that a ...

Women brace for a life in politics
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
“My mom and dad, they motivated me and like I said, we are the future so we have to make a move to try to change Belize.” “What do you feel you would do if ...

PUP leader ready to battle for party assets
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
These include the Belize Times, Positive Vibes and Independence Hall that are in the name of both Musa and former campaign manager, Ralph Fonseca and have ...

Education minister needs to hold off Cabinet presentation
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Turning to the thorny issue of the proposed teacher's commission, the Belize National Teacher's Union has written to the Minister of Education imploring ...

Dengue still sending patients to hospital
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
What makes it a bit more frightening, and I want to chose that word carefully, is that to treat that complication is very difficult in Belize because we ...

Influenza cases rises after independence celebrations
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Doctor Fernando Cuellar of the Belize Medical Associates believes the public needs to keep informed about the disease. “By no means we think that the ...

WOMEN IN POLITICS PROJECT INTRODUCED
LoveFM - ‎10/22/09‎
The political history of a fledgling nation such as Belize has seen very few women at the forefront of electoral politics. Sure there are the familiar names ...

BELIZE CITY PRIMARY SCHOOL GETS NEW COMPUTERS
LoveFM - ‎10/22/09‎
As a part of its new Computer Aid program, Sunrise Rotary Club of Belize has donated twelve new computers complete with monitors and accessories to four ...

UB NURSING STUDENTS HOST HEALTH FAIR
LoveFM - ‎10/22/09‎
The Rural Health Nursing students of the University of Belize are hosting a free health fair tomorrow in Ladyville. There will be an information booth ...

TOLEDO VILLAGERS TO BENEFIT FROM PROJECTS BY SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND
LoveFM - ‎10/22/09‎
The project in San Vicente was funded through the Basic Needs Trust Fund and the Sunday Wood project is being funded by the government of Belize through a ...

Joint Press Release from Association of Student Governments and the Board of ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Representatives of the Board of Trustees and the Association of Student Governments of the University of Belize met on Monday October 19, 2009. ...

Moringa Tree Nutrition Project extended to the Belize River Valley
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
In March, 2009, the Belize-Michigan Partners implemented a Nutrition Project, using the Moringa Tree in the Toledo District. In that Project, 9000 Moringa ...

Super Bond Villain of the Week: Carolyn ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Thanks to Said Musa, Ralph Fonseca, the past PUP administration and all their cronies, the people of Belize are paying back over one billion dollars in ...

Post Graduate Scholarships for All Quali...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
On Thursday, October 16, the Embassy of Mexico to Belize held a press conference at the Institute of Mexico to make a huge public announcement. ...

Belize Economists Trained in Debt and Strategic Analysis
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Thirteen economists from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Belize are currently participating in a Debt and Strategic Analysis Workshop being ...

Confusing Times
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
... in addition to reducing the negative impact on the environment, also help to reduce importation of goods that offer no recycling program here in Belize. ...

BEL and BEWU Sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
On October 14, 2009, Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) and Belize Energy Workers Union (BEWU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), under the auspices ...

UDP on Moya
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
The Police Department recently announced, despite what is being perceived, that there is a reduction in crime in the country. ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Cabinet was briefed on the approval by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala of the Partial Scope Agreement signed by Belize and Guatemala in 2006. ...

River claims life of Kendra Smith-Flowers
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
... wed couple dreamt of came to a crashing end on Sunday morning on the Northern Highway when their SUV veered off the road and into the Belize River. ...

Guatemala Congress Approves Belize-Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
News over the weekend has confirmed that the Congress of Guatemala has approved the Belize- Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement that was signed on June 26, ...

Fugitive captured in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
A warrant was issued in Los Angeles for his arrest but Sutherland managed to elude capture and came home to Belize. His run from the law however ended on ...

Belize City Interoffice Softball Tournament is Back!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Fourteen teams participated in last weekend's Belize City Interoffice Softball Marathon at the Rodger's Stadium. Interoffice players and fans packed the ...

Central Region Secondary Schools Volleyball enters semi-final round
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
The Central Region Secondary Schools Volleyball Competition is fast winding down at the Belize City Centre. On Friday October 16, in the first female game, ...

Lifeline Foundation Continues the Great Work
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
... enabled to view it or visiting the website at www.lifelinebelize.com. 100% of the proceeds go directly to the development of the children of Belize.

Hankook Verdes and Belize Defence Force at top of the standings
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League Opening Season continued on Sunday October 18, 2009, with two games across the country of Belize. ...

Old School (Trial Farm) and La Costena (San Antonio) face off for Vega's Cup ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Gaspar Vega, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belize will come to an end on Sunday October 25, 2009, at the People's Stadium in Orange Walk Town. ...

$200000 worth of New Equipment now at KHMH
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
The Guardian Newspaper visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where significant efforts are being made at the institution to strengthen and improve the ...

Moya hires PUP lawyers to sue UDP
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
In keeping with that mandate, when allegations of financial irregularities surfaced at the Belize City Council, the UDP government instituted measures that ...

Government Moving ahead with Dialysis program
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Government's point man on the project Dr. Michael Pitts along with KHMH CEO Dr. Francis Longsworth, Emerson Guild from the Belize Advocacy for Renal Therapy ...

Environmental seminar speaker to put focus on saving jaguars
AU News - ‎10/22/09‎
Sharon Matola, founding director of The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center, will host the next Alfred University Environmental Studies Speaker Series ...

Belize - A new school for San Vicente and potable water for Sunday Wood ...
ISRIA - ‎10/22/09‎
The Government of Belize is contributing BZ,000 in counterpart funding. Meanwhile, the water project in Sunday Wood village is being financed by the ...

10/21/09

Responsible Tour Guide Seminars by Marine Reserves
San Pedro Sun - ‎14 hours ago‎
Over ten dive shops from Ambergris Caye and nine in Caye Caulker took advantage of this great opportunity to learn more about the country's most popular ...

Project AWARE: Inspiring environmental awareness
San Pedro Sun - ‎14 hours ago‎
The campaign adopted a mile of Ambergris Caye's beach. The mile of beach begins at Las Terrazas/Journeys End Resort and extends Northward to Mata Grande. ...

Belize hosts International Responsible Tourism Conference
San Pedro Sun - ‎14 hours ago‎
... of International Center of Responsible Tourism Doctor Harold Goodwin. Over 150 people from 25 countries including Belize participated in the conference.

Belize Mission Project is back
San Pedro Sun - ‎14 hours ago‎
For the past 18 years, the Belize Mission Project has been brightening smiles across the country of Belize. 2009 was no different as the group of dental ...

Nurse and Farmer are 2009 Unsung Heroes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
“Mr. Paul Bradley is a man of few words and in truth he is not really known outside the Belize River Valley area which is where he has been working for many ...

Bartenders Get the Grand Tour
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
They go to the bartenders to say well what is the best rum you have or what kind of drink is a signature drink of Belize and that sort of thing and they ...

Shyne Will Be Deported to Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Shyne Barrow is coming home to Belize; he is expected to be deported from New York soon – that's what US media reports say. Leading hip-hop radio station in ...

Liberty Foundation Caregiver Fondled Female Minor
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
... Home in Ladyville Village but for the next two years forty year old Herbert Stuart will be spending time behind bars inside the Belize Central Prison. ...

City Hall Creating More Room for Graves
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Eventually Jules, we will have to find another spot for another Belize City cemetery. This one will eventually outgrow itself because of the housing ...

The Virtue of Chess
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Still, many see it as a game for the elite – but a new programme is trying to make it widely accessible to youth across Belize as an alternative to ...

Ralph & Said Threaten to Tek It Bak
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Those assets are Positive Vibes Radio, the Belize Times and the party headquarters, Independence Hall on Queen Street. It's not the first time that the ...

Gloves are Off between Mayor Moya and the UDP
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
The audit which is dated October 6th has been obtained by 7News and is labelled “overpayment of salary – Zenaida Moya, Mayor, Belize City Council. ...

Said Musa reminds PUP exec. to pay for assets
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
That's the party assets, which include the Belize Times, Positive Vibes and Independence Hall that has been in dispute since the change of leadership last ...

UDP distances itself from city mayor as new allegations arise
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
It's open season on Belize City's first female Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers. First, the government has charged her with twenty-two counts of Uttering a False ...

No one charged for Brandon Jones' murder
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
He succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. But Jones' roommate is distressed that his friend's life was ...

Association of principals meets to discuss crime problem
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
Belize has been dubbed murder capital number one because of the per capita murder rate. On October fifth to the ninth, Channel Five's Open Your Eyes ...

EDUCATORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS MEET TO DISCUSS CRIME
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
The Principals of Secondary Schools in Belize City held a special meeting this morning to address crime committed by and against young people. ...

MINISTRY OF YOUTH, SPORTS AND CULTURE TO HONOR 10 YOUNG BELIZEANS
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
The Belize Youth Awards seek to highlight and acknowledge the efforts of young people in various fields. The awards will be handed out in the following ...

NATIONAL UNSUNG HEROES RECOGNIZED
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
A ceremony honoring Paul Bradley and Nurse Judith Cuellar-Krieg organized by First Caribbean International Bank was held this afternoon at the Belize ...

IDB APPROVES HALF MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR GOB
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
The IDB today announced that it had approved the loan, which will assist the government of Belize in establishing a more dynamic and efficient land market ...

BELIZE: Leader pleads with US not to deport son
The Voice - ‎15 hours ago‎
BELIZE'S PRIME Minister, whose rapper son spent 10 years in jail over a shoot out at a club he attended with P. Diddy and then girlfriend Jennifer Lopez, ...

10/20/09

Shyne is Getting Deported
Hip-Hop Wired - ‎50 minutes ago‎
After serving close to a decade for the state, it is now official that he will be deported back to Belize. As a close friend of the rapper, Angie Martinez ...

Tourists Donate Books to Belize
Home and Away - ‎10/20/09‎
"The libraries in Belize genuinely need books, and this is an easy way for tourists to help promote literacy, an apolitical cause we all can support," said ...

Belize - Cabinet Release
ISRIA - ‎10/20/09‎
Cabinet was briefed on the approval by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala of the Partial Scope Agreement signed by Belize and Guatemala in 2006. ...

High Interest Rates are Crushing the Working Class
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/09‎
If you've taken even a casual skim through the newspapers in the last few years, you'll know that Belize has gone through its own version of what the ...

Ministry of Work Comes Correct on WORTH
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/09‎
The World Organization of Renal Therapies, WORTH, wants to give Belize 8 hemodialysis machines for free. But as we reported on Friday, WORTH was withdrawing ...

UB Students Reject Agreement
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/09‎
On Thursday, UB's student body issued an ultimatum: the University of Belize's Board of Trustees had until noon today to take the possibility of a tuition ...

Dialysis Won't Cost $8
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/09‎
Emerson Guild from BART, the Belize Advocacy for Renal Therapy says US$4 is the cost for treatment in Cameroon. But that's in Africa and Guild says we are ...

Ministry of Health finds partners to get dialysis machines
channel5belize - ‎10/20/09‎
The cost of dialysis treatment is exorbitant in Belize. Currently one dialysis treatment costs five hundred dollars and patients regularly require three ...

US police find heroin in mail with Belize return address
channel5belize - ‎10/20/09‎
Chicago police have a half kilo of heroin in their possession and it might be linked to Belize. Thirty-seven year old US citizen, Ryan Jaime, ...

UB Belmopan student government agrees with board
channel5belize - ‎10/20/09‎
Things have simmered down between the faculty and students of the University of Belize and its board of trustees. The increment freeze for the faculty and ...

Eight percent inflation proves cost of living is going way up
channel5belize - ‎10/20/09‎
But just in case you weren't sure about the inflation figures, a release from the Statistical Institute of Belize confirms an overall increase in price of ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH COMMENTS ON PROPOSED DIALYSIS PROGRAMME
LoveFM - ‎10/20/09‎
Since then they have been making strides to get WORTH in Belize. “They have a mission to deliver hemodialysis to patients around the world. ...

MOH PARTICIPATES IN TWO DAY WORKSHOP
LoveFM - ‎10/20/09‎
Belize's healthcare system, as in other parts of the world, has long been at a severe disadvantage where it concerns the ratio of caregivers to seekers. ...

COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO GO UP
LoveFM - ‎10/20/09‎
Most people already know that but confirmation came today from the Statistical Institute of Belize, which released the latest consumer price Index. ...

US Forex Market Commentary
FXstreet.com The Futures Market - ‎110/20/09‎
GCI Financial Ltd. | 831 Coney Drive, Belize City, Belize GCI Weekly Highlights is provided for informational purposes only. The information contained in ...

She's dead – who is to blame?
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
She required two dialysis treatments a week that cost $530 a treatment at Belize Healthcare Partners Ltd. (BHP). It was $1060 a week that she could not ...

UB directors/trustees unprofessional and untrustworthy
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
Students from Punta Gorda, Central Farm, Toledo, and Belize City travelled to Belmopan for a no-show. How do they expect that students were not going to be ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
What happened at the University of Belize during my board chairman time there from 2000 to 2004 was classic black versus black. ...

Man, mind and muscle
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
There are Belizeans who believe that we emphasize the religious issue too much in our analysis of Belize's educational system. ...

Diabetes, Belize's #1 killer
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
From anecdotal accounts, we know that fibroids afflict many Belizean women, and diabetes remains the leading cause of death in Belize, as confirmed by ...

Gravedigger complains Family Court shafted him
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
Bernard Richards, 41, of Belize City, considers himself an example of the Court's justice, or lack thereof, in his view. He visited Amandala last week to ...

Belize water analyst says there is need for continued monitoring
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
At a press conference in August, Senior Public Health Inspector, John Bodden, currently on leave, had given the press an overview of Belize's water quality ...

Trapped woman drowns in Belize River
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
When the Belize Coast Guard arrived on the scene quite a long time after the vehicle had gone down, they came without the necessary equipment to execute a ...

10/19/09

Belize - Ministry of Housing Issues Grants for New Homes and Home Repairs in ...
ISRIA - ‎10/19/09‎
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development today issued purchase orders for home improvement and home construction in the Fort George Area of Belize City ...

12th Belize/Cuba Mixed Commission will be held in Havana Cuba
ISRIA - ‎10/19/09‎
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is pleased to announce that the 12th Session of the Belize/Cuba Mixed Commission will be held in Havana, ...

Belize - Memorandum of Understanding signed between Minister of Health ...
ISRIA - ‎10/19/09‎
Minister of Health of Belize, Hon. Pablo Marin headed a delegation on a three-day working visit to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, Federative Republic of ...

Belize - Los Angeles To Host Fundraiser for the Belize Cancer Center – Dangriga
ISRIA - ‎10/19/09‎
The Consulate of Belize in Los Angeles and Blissfulsage Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of services to hospice ...

Belize - Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement
ISRIA - ‎10/19/09‎
The Government of Belize welcomes the news over the weekend that the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala has approved the Partial Scope Agreement that was ...

James Adderley with the latest sporting and football news
channel5belize - ‎10/19/09‎
Week nine of the BPFL regular season brought the internecine struggle between FC Belize and the Belize Defence Force to the MCC Grounds yesterday and indeed ...

Ministry of Housing give's to Musa's Fort George
channel5belize - ‎10/19/09‎
The Venezuelan Housing fund made the headlines for over a year, not because of the good it would have done for Belizeans, but because the UDP administration ...

Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers answers the tough questions
channel5belize - ‎10/19/09‎
In political news, she had a meteoric rise, but today Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya Flowers, appears a falling star. On October first Moya-Flowers was ...

Odway Flowers Still in Shock over Accident & Death of Wife
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/09‎
As noted in the story, reports from the crash scene are that Kendra and Odway Flowers were arguing at the time and the wife allegedly grabbed the steering ...

Finnegan Gives Musa $413000 from Housing Money
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/09‎
But while theft was never established, it is – at least - money he – as Minister of Finance - assigned to pay part of the Universal Debt at the Belize Bank. ...

suv's Deadly Plunge in Belize River
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/09‎
At that time Steffi Lupp, a Belize City resident and former emergency care worker was on her way back from the Philip Goldson International Airport sometime ...

Julian Cho Technical High Gets Potable Water
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/09‎
In Belize City where we take water supply for granted – it's hard to imagine that getting running water in a school compound would be used. ...

Belize-Cuba Mixed Commission to be held in Havana
Caribbean Net News - ‎10/19/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Belize has announced that the 12th Session of the Belize/Cuba Mixed Commission will ...

Guatemala congress approves Partial Scope Agreement with Belize
Caribbean Net News - ‎10/19/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize -- The government of Belize has welcomed the news over the weekend that the Guatemala Congress has approved the Partial Scope Agreement ...

BTIA AND HOTELIERS RETURN FROM REGIONAL TRADE SHOW
LoveFM - ‎10/19/09‎
The Belize Tourism Industry Association organized a large private sector delegation earlier this month for the Central American Travel Market. ...

JP'S MEET IN PUNTA GORDA
LoveFM - ‎10/19/09‎
People from the Punta Gorda chapter came out in full force; people from Dangriga were also in Punta Gorda as well as people from Belize City. ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/19/09‎
39-year-old Ernest Vasquez, a labourer of Belize City, charged with the theft of several items from his neighbour's car was sentenced to one year today in ...

12TH BELIZE CUBA MIXED COMMISSION TO BE HELD LATER THIS WEEK
LoveFM - ‎10/19/09‎
The twelfth session of the Belize-Cuba Mixed Commission opens on Thursday in Havana. The two-day meeting on Thursday and Friday will give the Belizean ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/19/09‎
39-year-old Judith Willaims of Ladyville reported to Police that someone broke into her vehicle while it was parked on Handyside Street in Belize City and ...

10/16/09

Scholarships Available to Mexican Polytechnic Institute
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/16/09‎
Today the relationship between Belize and Mexico was strengthened as for the first time a team representing one of the oldest and most recognized ...

US Fugitive Michael Sutherland Flown Out
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/16/09‎
Sutherland was apprehended near Isabella Bank in the Belize River Valley area on Wednesday evening. He has been in police custody since then and the ...

Dungu Burns Down Her Palace
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/16/09‎
A fire this morning destroyed a home on Gladden Street in the Lake Independence area. But the Fire Department isn't investigating its cause because it was a ...

Oscar Usher Charged for Shooting Minor
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/16/09‎
Longsworth was shot on Wednesday night at the corner of Victoria Street and Lovely lane in the Pickstock area of Belize City. Oscar Usher has been charged ...

Jose Cruz Cries Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/16/09‎
Earlier this year we told you about a proposal the government of Belize received from the World Organization of Renal Therapies – WORTH. ...

Michael Forman Charged for Eddy Mac's Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/16/09‎
... today his accused killer twenty one year old Michael Forman was taken over to Belize City Magistrate's Court and arraigned on the charge of murder. ...

3rd BTB Employees Fingered
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/16/09‎
And tonight we have another update on that suitcase filled with 200 high end cell phones that was found in the Belize tourism Board's booth at the arrival ...

New Trial for Sister Convicted of Killing Brother
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/16/09‎
She killed her own brother and was sentenced to life for it, but now that conviction has been thrown out and Corozal resident Tifara Smith will have a ...

Guatemalan Congress Approves Trade Agreement
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/16/09‎
It took 41 months – almost three and a half years – but the Guatemalan Congress has finally approved a partial scope trade agreement with Belize. ...

Scope of UB audit extended
channel5belize - ‎10/16/09‎
The financial situation at the University of Belize is still under investigation by the board. The board doesn't run the day to day operations of the school ...

Belize receives scholarships from Mexican university
channel5belize - ‎10/16/09‎
We want to have more Belizean students to come to Mexico to take advantage of these big institutions and to come back to Belize and to apply their knowledge ...

Who was responsible for flawed UB financial reports?
channel5belize - ‎10/16/09‎
It has been a bad week for the University of Belize. A financial crisis brought the university to its knees when the current Board of Trustees received ...

Educators learn new teaching strategies
channel5belize - ‎10/16/09‎
Educators from the Americas and elsewhere are conferring in Belize City. And from the looks of it, the educators are learning new teaching strategies and ...

ONE CHARGED WITH EDDY NEAL'S MURDER
LoveFM - ‎10/16/09‎
Neal, a resident of Belize City, was shot and killed around nine-30 pm on Monday October 12. Police reports are that he was at the corner of Central ...

BELIZEANS CELEBRATE WORLD FOOD DAY
LoveFM - ‎10/16/09‎
The Ministry of Agriculture here in Belize is working very hard; vigorously with the farmers in development to ensure that our farming community and the ...

GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES PARTIAL SCOPE AGREEMENT
LoveFM - ‎10/16/09‎
The Embassy of Guatemala in Belize today sent out a press release announcing that the Guatemalan Congress has approved the partial scope agreement signed by ...

BEL AND BEWU SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
LoveFM - ‎10/16/09‎
Earlier this year BEL was accused of union busting by its employees who collectively form the Belize Energy Workers Union. The point of contention stemmed ...

BELIZE CITY WOMAN CHARGED WITH ARSON
LoveFM - ‎10/16/09‎
51-year-old Lorriane Harris, also known as “Dungu”, a domestic worker of Gladden Street, was charged with arson when she appeared today in Magistrate's ...

APPEAL GRANTED TO WOMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE
LoveFM - ‎10/16/09‎
... old Tiffara Smith, convicted of the murder of her brother and sentenced to life, was allowed today and a retrial was ordered by Belize Court of Appeal. ...

House debates and passes bills to admit witness statements into court evidence
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
In line with public expressions of frustration and outrage over the current state of affairs, the recent cold-blooded murders occurring in Belize City, ...

Chamber of Commerce and environmental organizations call for proper ...
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has joined forces with the Belize Audubon Society (BAS) and the Association of Protected Areas Management ...

Eddie “Mac” Neal, 27, cut down at corner North Creek and CA Boulevard
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
It appeared that the mean streets of Belize City would take a holiday from the blood-letting for the long Pan American holiday weekend. ...

Five alleged “burial ground” murderers arraigned
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
... Court to be arraigned in connection with the “burial ground” murder of Randy Coye, which occurred sometime last Friday night in Belize City. ...

Angry UB students confront the Board!
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
The anticipated showdown between students and faculty of the University of Belize (UB), on one hand, and its Board of Trustees, on the other, ...

Senate approves legislative amendments to admit witness statements as evidence ...
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
... questioning whether the changes would have a real effect on improving the conviction rate and reducing the worrying rates of violent crimes in Belize. ...

Life or death: KHMH dialysis project at risk
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
Dialysis patient, Jose Miguel Cruz, one of the founders of Belize Advocates for Renal Therapy (BART), and the public relations representative for the Kidney ...

Caye Caulker police corrupt, alleges BTIA
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
According to president of the Caye Caulker branch of the Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA), Louis Aguilar, this is just the latest in a string of ...

Proposed hydro dam in Maya Mountain Massif provokes critical questions
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
The Chief Environmental Officer also told us that if the Belize Hydroelectric Development and Management Company were to build a second dam in Toledo, ...

2009 University Crisis: Déjà Vu
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
(The following is extracted from 2004 dissertation, Postcolonial Institution Building in Higher Education, Belize—A Narrative Study that examined the ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/16/09‎
In the course of the said sixties, there were other American businessmen who appeared in Belize who gave off the aura of gangsterism. But, as a people, ...

GOB ponders new future for open and innovative BTL
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
By Niall Gillett & Adolph Lucas Jr. The Government of Belize is moving forward with plans to create a new telecommunication climate for Belize, ...

Belize combats Ozone Layer Depletion
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
Belize has an obligation to reduce Ozone Depletion and Global warming, in keeping with a mandate by the Montreal Protocol. ...

San Antonio will show the way to abundant vegetable production
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
... undertaken by a group calling itself the Maya Green Growers Association gets off the ground, those vegetables and more will soon be plentiful in Belize. ...

California Belizean accused of sexual molestation, on the run
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
Detectives believe that Richard Arnold Broyles, also known as Michael Sutherland, 49, may be heading to Belize. He is being described as a black male, ...

Four Belizeans honoured
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
Mr. Lindsay Wade Jr., received the insignia as Member of the British Empire for thirty years of dedicated service to the people and government of Belize. ...

Tarpon, Bonefish and Permit go on protected list
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
The Belize Sports Fishing industry is applauding the action taken by Fisheries Minister Rene Montejo, to protect high value sports fish like Tarpon, ...

Cocoa Farmers celebrates at Fairtrade UK 15 Anniversary
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
Belize cocoa farmer and Chairman of the Toledo Cacao Growers Association (TCGA), Justino Peck, was guest of honour at a special birthday tea party hosted by ...

Belize now has its own Hydrographic Vessel
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
Belize will no longer need to depend on American and British naval services to conduct surveys of the sea floor in its ...

Venezuela seeks to strengthen ties with PG
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
The Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Belize, Alexander Yánez Deleuze, along with the community leader of Punta ...

Lifeline Foundation makes a difference in Children's lives
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
Three primary schools in Belize City were awarded $5000.00 each by Lifeline Foundation to carry out their feeding programs ...

href="http://www.reporter.bz/article/Social/3813/">Catholic faithful put their trust in the Rosary to end violence
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
Roman Catholics in Belize City have added another prayer pilgrimage to the already famous Guadaloupe Candlelight procession for protection against ...

Joint Chamber of Commerce formed between Belize and Chetumal
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
Earlier this week, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) met with its Mexican counterpart in neighbouring ...

Salvation Army has its first woman commander
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
A woman is now in charge of the Belize Salvation Army, a post which has been held by men since the beginning of the ...

University of Belize Board reverses decision!
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/16/09‎
The news media was awash this week in reports from the University of Belize. These had to do with the action taken by the ...


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