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6/4/10

The Spiritual Chef Serves It Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/4/10‎
In the music business releasing new CD's is generally a hit and miss proposition. Most artists sell their CD's for the cheapest, 15 dollars which is reasonable. ...

Crash Victim Needs Help
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/4/10‎
A 37 year old man from the Stann Creek District is clinging to life after he and a female friend were involved in a rollover traffic accident on the ...

The Factory At Fifteen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/4/10‎
The Image Factory contemporary art space opened up in June of 1995 and since then we've done probably upwards of 50 stories on art shows and events at the ...

She Lost Her Leg; The Jury Says He Didn't Do It
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/4/10‎
People in Belize doesn't understand that yes there is always another chance but the way we move with her to this trial it took a lot of unity, ...

Dennis Lopez: A Very Important Prisoner
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/4/10‎
Last night we told you that 41 year old Police Inspector Dennis Lopez had been charged for shooting Steven Buckley. He was charged with attempted murder and ...

Police Ready To Charge For Williams Shooting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/4/10‎
Doctors told us that when he arrived at the Belize Health Care Partners Hospital on Monday night his blood pressure and blood oxygen was zero and he had 10 ...

Paul White Is Not All Right
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/4/10‎
He already has a charge of attempted murder pending in court and today, 27 year old Paul White was charged with the robbery of a Kodak Camera form a French ...

Did A Sergeant's Miscarriage Beget a Miscarriage of Justice?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/4/10‎
That cousin, Vanessa Williams was convicted in absentia because she doesn't live in Belize. It's a case that has drawn quite a bit of attention because one ...

School Farming
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/4/10‎
The Muslim primary school in Belize City celebrated of healthy eating this week with awareness programme and special projects. Today they also had a march ...

EMPLOYEE OF BMDC ROBBED OF OVER SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS
LoveFM - ‎6/4/10‎
Salesman Carlin Lucero who is employed with the Belize Marketing Development Corporation reported to police that he and his sideman Ignacio Mai had just ...

OFFICIALS SAY 2010 CENSUS IS ON TRACK
LoveFM - ‎6/4/10‎
Communications Officer with the Statistical Institute of Belize says that if any person feels uncomfortable with a particular interviewer, they can always ...

YOUNG BOY LOSES LIFE IN TRAFFIC MISHAP
LoveFM - ‎6/4/10‎
Skeen who is an employee of the courier service BPMS was on his way back to Belize City from Orange Walk Town when the incident occurred. ...

6/3/10

A Dream Well Worth Pursing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
But in 2003 what was then called Universal Health Services introduced the first dialysis center in Belize, and since then the cases have just been coming ...

He Went “Rambo” On “Cowboy”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
Twenty eight year old Jeffrey Flowers, a remanded prisoner who allegedly stabbed ex-police officer Kevin "Cowboy" Alvarez, was charged with wounding and ...

Saldivar Supports Basketball's Olympian Effort
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
There's also a new minister of sports and John Saldivar has immediately gotten the ball rolling - so to speak - with the Belize Basketball Federation. ...

Deputy Willoughby Cleans Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
Last night on this newscast, "Please Call Me Deputy" Philloughby amply defended his council after it was rocked by the successive resignation of three ...

New Ministers Sworn In....
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
Two new ministers of government were sworn in today at the Belize house in Belmopan. First was the new Attorney General BQ Pitts - who becomes the first AG ...

48 Baymen: Chronicle of A Cancellation Foretold
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
Last week Wednesday the Ministry Of Local Government held an officious public hearing to review the liquor license granted to the business called 48 Baymen ...

Rodwell Williams: Still Holding On
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
He was rushed to the Belize Health Care Partners Hospital where a team of six doctors including two surgeons, two internal medicine specialists and one ...

Deus Ex Machina
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
But he wouldn't have needed all that blood if the doctors had one key piece of equipment that's not available in Belize. It's called an Apherisis machine. ...

Fire and Relief
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
... to render assistance with other members of the council and brought us to Belize and told us to go to the Fire Station and get the report of the fire. ...

Cleared of Murder And Then Charged Again!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
Nineteen year old Emmerson Eagan got off a murder charge yesterday, but by this afternoon, he had been charged again! Eagan was charged with the murder of ...

Nancy Gomez Gets Off.
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
It was big news in January of this year when a foursome of society kids were charged with drug trafficking. Well, Twenty one year old university student, ...

Police Inspector Jailed For Shooting Buckley
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
On the night of April 28th, construction worker Steven Buckley was shot by a Police Inspector who was leading a police strike team. ...

KIDNEY PATIENTS FINALLY GET GOOD NEWS ABOUT DIALYSIS SERVICES
LoveFM - ‎6/3/10‎
“I see the addition of this service at the KHMH as vital given our position as the only public tertiary care hospital in Belize and the only one with ...

Vail: Outdoor Reels Film Series returns for Teva Mountain Games
Vail Daily News - ‎6/3/10‎
VAIL, Colorado — Some fishermen in Belize have caught (and released) the same fish so many times, they've given them nicknames. They pull their wooden boats ...

CITY COUNCIL LOOKS TO CLEAN UP OVERGROWN LOTS
LoveFM - ‎6/3/10‎
The Belize City Council is working together with residents in an effort to clean up Belize City while at the same time producing jobs. ...

US STUDENTS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎6/3/10‎
Instead, the graduates, decided to spend their vacation working in Belize. We caught up with the group this morning as they were assisting with the clean up ...

MEXICAN EMBASSY TO HOLD DISCUSSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT
LoveFM - ‎6/3/10‎
“On Friday a Mexican specialist on environment are coming to Belize to participate in a panel on environmental cooperation Mexico Belize. ...

COROZAL RESIDENTS WORK TO PRESERVE MANGROVES
LoveFM - ‎6/3/10‎
The Corozal Town Council participated in this challenge, it was in the mangrove coastline shoreline challenge for Belize. We participated and we were ...

American Tourist Found Dead in Caye Caul...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
Information to police is that Costell who came to Belize in early April was a guest at Raul's Guest House. He had been renting a Condo and was due to return ...

Brian Vernon Acquitted of Murder
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
A healthy discussion has begun in Belize on whether or not there should be off shore drilling. The Pro's and Con's of the matter can be discussed at length, ...

UDP Tsunami devastates remnants of PUP in Corozal South East - Lenchito ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
Controlled by Lencho Sr. since its establishment in 1984 then willed to Lencho Jr in 2007, Corozal South East is going red for the first time. ...

Belize Defence Force repeats as national football champion
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
The Belize Premier Football League Caribbean Motors Cup 2009-2010 Season came to an end on Sunday May 30, at the MCC Grounds, when the defending champion ...

Philippa Griffith-Bailey inducted to the International Softball Federation ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
The Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel played host to the official Induction Ceremony of Philippa Audrey Griffith-Bailey to the International Softball Federation's ...

The Man with Oil in his Eyes
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
Not only that, but when the matter hit the fan with BP, even after fully knowing who issued the off-shore exploration rights in Belize, the PUP starts to ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL HOST “CONCERT IN T...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
On Saturday, May 29th 2010 the Belize City Council hosted its second session of “Concert in the Park” series; in front of Scotia Bank Ltd in downtown Belize ...

THEN & NOW
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
... UDP government as dishonesty inside the Belize City Council is publicly exposed and expeditiously dealt with much unlike the rampant corrupt practices ...

Ministry of Health Signs MOU with WORTH ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
The Ministry of Health, Government of Belize has embarked on an initiative to establish haemodialysis services in the public health system with units at ...

Hon. Patrick Faber up to the task
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
... of Youth in the hands of one of the most aggressive Ministers whose existing portfolio is already geared heavily towards the young people of Belize. ...

From Sketteldom - with malice towards some
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
One was in Belmopan on Tuesday, the other in Belize City on Wednesday. As expected, the real press was in attendance. And, as we have now become accustomed ...

Minister of Sports John Saldivar meets with Basketball Executive
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
The main focus of the meeting was to chart the way forward for basketball in Belize and to review the current preparations underway for Belize' ...

US Embassy Announces Visa Fee Increases Starting June 4, 2010
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
A healthy discussion has begun in Belize on whether or not there should be off shore drilling. The Pro's and Con's of the matter can be discussed at length, ...

Updated Results on Village Council Elections 2010 - UDP Winning 66% of Villages
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
The UDP won 8 out of the 9 villages in Belize Rural North; namely, Maskall, Bomba, Boston, Corozalito, Lucky Strike, Rockstone Pond, Santana and St. Ann's. ...

World Ocean Day Forum and Essay Competition Award Ceremony
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
The general public is invited to attend and participate in the discussion of off-shore drilling in Belize. As part of the forum there will be a presentation ...

Mrs. Kim Simplis Barrow To attend Global Congress In Morroco
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
Special Olympics Belize announced today that Mrs. Kim Simplis Barrow, Special Olympics Global Ambassador will travel to Morocco next month to attend the ...

Stann Creek & Toledo Districts are recipients of Medical Supplies, Equipments ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
A healthy discussion has begun in Belize on whether or not there should be off shore drilling. The Pro's and Con's of the matter can be discussed at length, ...

Community Policing Unit launches Skills Training Course
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
A healthy discussion has begun in Belize on whether or not there should be off shore drilling. The Pro's and Con's of the matter can be discussed at length, ...

DPP's Contract is Up
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
At a press conference to launch the anti-crime initiative “Restore Belize” Prime Minister Dean Barrow echoed the sentiment of confidence in the DPP and ...

Rodwell Williams - Critical but Stable at Jacksonville Memorial
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
Senior Counsel and Prime Minister Dean Barrow's law partner Rodwell Williams was flown to Jacksonville Florida Memorial Hospital on Tuesday evening ...

Steven Buckley recovering from gunshot to the Face
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/3/10‎
On Wednesday, June 2, we spoke to The Belize Police Department's Press Officer, Sgt Fitzroy Yearwood, who told us that the department has picked up ...

NEMO observing National Emergency Awareness Week!
San Pedro Sun - ‎6/3/10‎
As a result the evacuees departed San Pedro at 12:45pm, arriving in Caye Caulker at 1:20pm, further arriving in Belize City at 2:00pm. ...

Botanist working at Marco Gonzalez
San Pedro Sun - ‎6/3/10‎
Ms. Goodwin is a tropical field botanist working in Belize on the Darwin Initiative Project 17-022 – a study of the “conservation of the lowland savanna ...

Central America attracts more tourists
Travel Daily UK - ‎6/3/10‎
A total of 1515216 foreign tourists visited Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama during January- February 2010. ...

La Isla Bonita Elementary student scores highest in PSE on the island
San Pedro Sun - ‎6/3/10‎
With 364 points out of a possible 400, Isla Bonita Elementary student Brian Schweigler is the island's highest PSE scorer. The Primary School Examination ...

San Mateo Road Construction Project Receives Financial Boost
San Pedro Sun - ‎6/3/10‎
Instrumental to the cause is nine-year old Ms. Gigi Harris, who on April 17, ... Mason Elementary School near Kansas City, Missouri – Gigi Harris' School; ...

6/2/10

Police Minister Singh: "Are You Crazy?"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/2/10‎
Today we also heard from Douglas Singh - the minister of police and public safety. Singh told the press that initially he was apprehensive about taking ...

Operation Restore Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/2/10‎
It's called Restore Belize and here's what it promises. How many angels can dance on the head of a pin - that's a centuries old rhetorical putdown - but ...

Philloughby And the Many Managers Who Quit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/2/10‎
As we reported last night, three of the most senior city managers resigned between Friday and Monday. It would seem to cause dire days for the council but ...

Gonzalez Charged Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/2/10‎
30 year old boat captain and car dealer Alwyn Gonzalez who was charged with having 35 rounds of ammunition and three counts of drug trafficking last week ...

The Rodwell Williams Situation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/2/10‎
We receive patients with this kind of trauma everyday but unfortunately this kind of injury he had was one of the most severe injury we saw in Belize in 6 ...

Took The Rap For His Mom and Sisters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/2/10‎
18 year old Devon Bailey one of 5 persons charged with keeping a firearm without a gun license pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared today in the ...

Getting Kids Off The Streets, Into Schools
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/2/10‎
And while the project coordination unit will take the lead, it is a coordinated movement with, as we said, very many moving parts, and counterparts. ...

No Contract For CJ
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/2/10‎
Chief Justice Dr. Abdulai Conteh is coming up on retirement - and the prime minister today made it formal and final that he will not receive a contract ...

NEW PLAN UNVEILED TO FIGHT CRIME
LoveFM - ‎6/2/10‎
Prime Minister today unveiled, Restore Belize; Government's new anti crime plan. Prime Minister Barrow began his presentation by saying this is the first ...

PRIME MINISTER'S LAW PARTNER REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
LoveFM - ‎6/2/10‎
... year old Senior Counsel was critically wounded in a shooting incident on Monday night, just outside of his law offices on Albert Street in Belize City. ...

CITY COUNCILOR SAYS SENIOR MANAGERS RESIGNED AS A RESULT OF BETTER JOB OFFERS
LoveFM - ‎6/2/10‎
Three senior managers at the Belize City Council have resigned. They are City Administrator, Dr. Kiran Vanjani, Director of Finance Zane Castillo and ...

WOMEN'S GROUPS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY CONVERGE FOR ONE DAY CONFERENCE
LoveFM - ‎6/2/10‎
Over one hundred women convened at the Belize Elementary School Auditorium for the event. Icilda Humes, Director at the Women's Department told us that the ...

INDEPENDENCE DAY EXHIBITION OPENS TOMORROW IN COROZAL
LoveFM - ‎6/2/10‎
As a part of activities leading up to the 29 anniversary of Belize's Independence an exhibition titled “29: Artists Works Years” will open tomorrow in ...

6/1/10

TWO MEN ARE DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH OVERNIGHT SHOOTING OF RODWELL WILLIAMS
LoveFM - ‎6/1/10‎
He was transported to the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited where he went under surgery at about 9 o'clock last night. Today Love News spoke with Prime ...

ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON PREDICTED
LoveFM - ‎6/1/10‎
At the start of this year's hurricane season tropical storm Agatha has already caused flooding in the southern Belize and several parts of Central America. ...

Hurricane Season 2010
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/1/10‎
While Belize was spared Agatha's intense thrashing, the storm did produce heavy rains at times over mostly southern Belize. Meanwhile, today June 1st, ...

The Senior City Managers Resign
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/1/10‎
The situation at City Hall seems to be shaky tonight after 3 senior managers at the City Council have suddenly resigned. They are the City Administrator, ...

The PM speaks about his “Dear Friend”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/1/10‎
As we said, it is truly stunning, and a sign of a one more disturbing sea change in an already deadly crime climate. Today at a press conference to announce ...

Mash-Up At Partridge and Cemetery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/1/10‎
There was a scary traffic accident in Belize city yesterday. No one was hurt when this bus came barreling out of Partridge street unto the western highway ...

Dudus to Belize?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/1/10‎
Now CBS News in the United states has reported that he may be headed to Belize. Here's that report. Tivoli Gardens in Kingston Jamaica, a neighborhood still ...

Will BTIA join Cola?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/1/10‎
The head of the Belize Tourism Industry Association, Deon Miranda says while her organization has not yet officially come out against the issue, ...

Who Put A Hit On The PM's Law Partner?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/1/10‎
Williams is known as one of the most successful and well regarded attorneys in Belize -practicing in mostly civil matters, not known as a barrister to ...

The Hope For Youth
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/1/10‎
... so that we are able to curb many of the problems that we are seeing in Belize City but also many of the problems we have in the larger nation of Belize. ...

A New Security Minister For The Crime Crisis
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/1/10‎
The Barrow Administration was swept into office almost 28 months ago and in that time there has been no full shuffle of the cabinet. ...

Life for a Life
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/1/10‎
Twenty year old Clarence Hemmans, Jr. who was found guilty of the murder of 26 year old Kevin Arnold two weeks ago, was sentenced to life imprisonment today ...

Commentary: Operation Jaguar is only the beginning but not the end in solving ...
Caribbean Net News - Wellington C Ramos - ‎6/1/10‎
In the news last week it was reported that, since Operation Jaguar was launched in Belize, violent crimes and murders dropped in ...

5/31/10

PSE's Top Performers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/31/10‎
In terms of district performance, Orange Walk did the best, followed closely by Corozal, flowed closely by Cayo, and then Belize City. Trailing Orange Walk by ...

OMG!: Texting In Testing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/31/10‎
Earlier on we told you about he worrying scores in Mathematics on the PSE where about half of the children who took the test failed. ...

A Western Killing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/31/10‎
There was a murder in the Cayo district over the weekend. At 6:00 on Saturday morning, 48 year old Thomas Logan was found lying dead on the street side near ...

Buckley Finally Out Of Hospital.....
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/31/10‎
One month and two days ago after being hospitalized for a gunshot to the head from a police shotgun, today Steven Buckley waited in front of the KHMH to be ...

Tried To Kill “Cowboy”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/31/10‎
Kevin Cowboy Alvarez - he's the former cop who's in prison on awaiting trail for murder of an Orange Walk businessman and four charges for attempted murder ...

A Cruel Killing in Corozal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/31/10‎
The family of a 20 year old Corozal woman is getting ready to bury her tonight after she was viciously stabbed to death by her common law husband. ...

BREAKING NEWS: PM's Law Partner Rodwell Williams Shot!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/31/10‎
Williams was reportedly shot to the mid-section and was rushed to the Belize Healthcare Partners Hospital. Emergency surgery was conducted until almost ...

Hugh Meighan's Rights
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/31/10‎
Long time residents of Belize City will certainly know Hugh Meighan - called "Meegan" - a former night club owner and independent politician turned taxi-man ...

RESULTS OF THE PSE SHOW INCREASES IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS
LoveFM - ‎5/31/10‎
Deanna Gibson of Pancotto Primary had the second highest score followed by Kelsey Musa of Belize Elementary and Henry Fernandez of Santa Elena Primary with ...

STABBING INCIDENT REPORTED AT THE BELIZE CENTRAL PRISON
LoveFM - ‎5/31/10‎
An inmate at the Central Prison in Hattieville was reportedly stabbed. Prison officials say 33-year-old inmate Kevin Alvarez reported that on Saturday ...

LION BAIZER CHARGED FOR ROBBING AND BEATING TAXI MAN
LoveFM - ‎5/31/10‎
23 year old Lionel Baizar, a self proclaimed land surveyor who was chopped by sixty year old taxi driver Hugh Meighan because he allegedly stole Meighan's ...

ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON PREDICTED FOR 2010
LoveFM - ‎5/31/10‎
Love News also spoke to Minister of National Emergency, Melvin Hulse who is confident that Belize is prepared for this year's hurricane season. ...

Garbutt brothers still missing 17 days at sea; sister pleads for assistance
Amandala - ‎5/31/10‎
Joseph, 37, a fisherman, and his younger brother, Erleon, 27, also a fisherman, both residents of Belize City, left en route to Roatan Honduras in a 32-foot ...

GUN AMNESTY
Amandala - ‎5/31/10‎
It was a very large and complicated puzzle, like the crime situation in Belize. Gordion put the knot on a dais in the public square of his capital city and ...

BTL nationalization may proceed to international arbitration
Amandala - ‎5/31/10‎
Following a ruling today in the Court of Appeal, reports indicate that the former shareholders of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), from whom the Government ...

5/28/10

Graelin's Story
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/28/10‎
Well there is good news to report tonight: with the help of Belize Healthcare Partners and other contributors who came forward she has gone to Guatemala to ...

Michael Finnegan, a Cancer Survivor
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/28/10‎
I was waiting to get better to come home to Belize. Belize is the greatest country in the world. One nation, one people." Jules Vasquez "What is the thing ...

World No Smoking Day Observed In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/28/10‎
While Belize's health authorities have only spoken about banning smoking in restaurants and bars, today, the Ministry of Health sponsored an educational ...

Ashcroft's Dunkeld Still Restrained
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/28/10‎
The court of appeals lifted the injunction against Ashcroft himself and related parties barring them from proceeding with the arbitration under the Belize ...

Belize at World Cup
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/28/10‎
Belize is not among them, it's nowhere near actually - currently this country's national team is ranked in the lower hundred's. But, what if? ...

Belizean Students Improve On PSE
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/28/10‎
Third is Kelsey Musa from Belize Elementary who got 380 out of 400 points. The other top finishers are Henry Fernandez who got 379 points at St. Francis ...

Crooks Jumped, But With a Vest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/28/10‎
In 2008 Crooks was retained as advisor to Belize's Ministry of National Security and compiled an over 200 page report with 167 recommendations for reforming ...

A 'Kaczynski' Tripped Up By Belize Immigration
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/28/10‎
Sixty five year old American national, James Kaczynski who came to Belize on a Cruise ship a week ago and left a note on the ship saying he will stay in ...

Ride Across Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/28/10‎
The ride across Belize continued today with stage two which was form Belize City to San Ignacio. It started from in front of the Social Security office in ...

Babycham in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/28/10‎
Reggae artist Babycham is in Belize tonight. He'll be playing at the Princess poolside tomorrow and we met him at the airport - where this sing-jay told us ...

14TH ANNUAL CANCER WALK SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW
LoveFM - ‎5/28/10‎
There will be busses leaving at 4:30 from in front of Palloti High School and the Belize Cancer Society on Mercy Lane.

POLITICIANS AND OTHER LEADERS INVITED TO PRAY FOR BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎5/28/10‎
Several churches will come together to pray for Belize. The evening of prayer will feature a number of activities including several performances. ...

AMERICAN NATIONAL UNABLE TO PRODUCE VISITOR'S PERMIT TAKEN TO COURT
LoveFM - ‎5/28/10‎
Kazynski came to Belize on a cruise ship about a week ago and left a note in his cabin saying he will stay in Belize and do voluntary work with children. ...

Barge Sinks off Belize City's shore
San Pedro Sun - ‎5/28/10‎
According to reports coming out of the Belize Port Authority (BPS), the Authority received news on Friday May 14th that a barge had capsized. ...

Angel y Khriz confirmed for Costa Maya 2010!!
San Pedro Sun - ‎5/28/10‎
From the bevy of beauties who will be participating from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama, only one will ...

SPTC unveils vision for La Isla Bonita
San Pedro Sun - ‎5/28/10‎
Initiated by the World Bank and the Government of Belize, this move is being made throughout all nine municipalities of Belize. ...

Theft at Income Tax Department again
Amandala - ‎5/28/10‎
Unwanted publicity about the lack of security at the Charles Bartlett Hyde complex building, located on Mahogany Street, which houses three of Belize's ...

Do DOE and Geology and Petroleum have the muscle to police offshore drilling?
Amandala - ‎5/28/10‎
Asked whether their institutions have enough muscle to properly police the work of these transnational companies who have staked their bet on Belize oil, ...

Is it cold out there, Zenaida?
Amandala - < ‎5/28/10‎
Mayor of Belize City, Zenaida Moya-Flowers, has been expelled from the ruling United Democratic Party as of Friday, May 21, 2010. ...

Cellar dwellers make strong showing at end of Super League 1st Round
Amandala - ‎5/28/10‎
Week 7, this past weekend, marked the end of the 1st round in the double round-robin competition of the Belize Bank Super League Tournament 2010. ...

Insanity in Kingston
Amandala - ‎5/28/10‎
The Caribbean island of Jamaica, Belize's longstanding neighbour, continues in a state of emergency declared Sunday, May 23, for the capital, Kingston, ...

Clarence Hemmans convicted of murder
Amandala - ‎5/28/10‎
On Friday, in the Supreme Court in front of Justice John Gonzalez, 20-year-old Clarence Hemmans was convicted of the murder of 21-year-old Kevin “Butto” ...

JAMBOREE FALL TO TIGERSHARKS 80-75 DESPITE RICHARD TROYER GAME HIGH 35 PTS
Amandala - ‎5/28/10‎
Orange Walk Running Rebels kept pace with the Belize Bank Bulldogs, winning their fifth game in as many outings and setting up a show-down, come the end of ...

“I don't agree:” Prime Barrow tells Briceño, APAMO, COLA, Oceana, BELPO
Amandala - ‎5/28/10‎
He shared with us a letter he had just received from an oil executive in Belize whose view, said Barrow, almost entirely reflects his. ...

A billion dollars for BTL?
Amandala - ‎5/28/10‎
The litigation war over the re-nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), which occurred in August 2009, is not over, and latest reports from Prime ...

Belizean rappers chose San Pedro as inspiration for next rap offering
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
On Saturday, May 15th a video shoot took place on the island for a new reggaeton group from Belize named Franxel and Chamika. This is its second video from ...

Galen University has a new President She is Dr. Nancy Adamson
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
Galen University will continue to grow and serve its students, clients, and the nation of Belize, under her leadership.” Galen University, located in the ...

Samuel Haynes Institute stresses assisted self-help
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
The Samuel Haynes Institute of Excellence has stepped up efforts to reduce poverty in Belize City's south side. ...

Evangelical Churches offer gun amnesty! Will unveil social programme soon
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
The Belize Association of Evengelical Churches has announced that it will be conducting a gun amnesty exchange on behalf of ...

BDF hunt for missing grenades
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
The Police and Belize Defence Force are conducting an intense, joint investigation to find stolen hand grenades, ...

Brothers Earl and Joseph Garbutt missing at sea
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
The men are from the Lake Independence area of Belize City. They had travelled to Roatan, Honduras in a small boat on May 8 - a two hour journey and ...

Cops shoot and kill Belize man in LA
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
A Belize man originally from San Ignacio has been shot and killed by Los Angeles police, who thought he had a gun. Thirty-nine year old Ashword Clifford ...

Clarence Hemmans, 21 guilty of murder
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
The conviction of Clarence Hemmans has brought some satisfaction to two families who have been clamouring for his conviction, and to a wider Belize City ...

Couple jailed for heroine, crack, weed, pipe & ammunition
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
Alwin Gonzalez, a 30-year-old boat captain of #11 Guadeloupe Street, Belize City and Tifara Bradley, 27, a secretary at ...

Belize Rural Finance helps poor people help themselves
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
... $10000 for job creation, through Bze$5 million made available through the Belize Rural Finance Program in collaboration with the Government of Belize. ...

Foot dragging on dialysis has become major scandal
The Reporter Belize - ‎5/28/10‎
The Belize Social Security Board has donated $50000 to the Ministry of health to speed up its plan to introduce a dialysis treatment center at the Karl ...

5/27/10

Ride Across Belize Pulls the Gift Of Life Into Slipstream
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/27/10‎
In its seventh year, the Ride Across Belize is fundraising for Rotary's Gift Of Life programme. For years we've documented some of the work of this ...

A Victory For The Ashcroft Alliance
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/27/10‎
A significant ruling was handed down in the Court of Appeal this afternoon in regard to the anti-arbitration injunction the Government of Belize had secured ...

The Cohune Belt
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/27/10‎
Well that runs through the Belize river valley where the cohune palm is abundant. But the nut gives that precious oil does so only grudgingly and now the ...

God & Guns
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/27/10‎
So it's not only the Belize Association of Evangelical Churches. We've gotten good responses from the Catholics, Anglicans, Methodist and they are not ...

Bogus Bills In Botes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/27/10‎
The Diario Quintana Roo reports that dozens of counterfeit Belize dollar bills have been detected in riverside villages - like Botes and La Union and in the ...

ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICAL CHURCHES ORGANIZES GUN AMNESTY PROGRAM
LoveFM - ‎5/27/10‎
The Belize Association of Evangelical Churches has organized a gun amnesty period which began this morning in Belize City. The three drop off centres are ...

INCREASE ANNOUNCED IN US VISA APPLICATION FEES
LoveFM - ‎5/27/10‎
According to the new fee schedule; visitor and transit, Crewmember and Student visas are now 280 Belize dollars, Temporary workers, Intra-company ...

ANOTHER GROUP PREPARES TO GO ON A MISSION MIRACLE TRIP TO VENEZUELA
LoveFM - ‎5/27/10‎
We just finished some screening about ten days now; the Venezuelan Mission Miracle medical team left Belize about a week ago. We are going to be there for ...

SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD'S RIDE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ROLLS INTO BELIE CITY
LoveFM - ‎5/27/10‎
The Social Security Board's Ride across Belize started today with over fifty cyclists taking part in the first part of the ride. ...

Michael Gomez charged for fake SSB Chequ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
On Tuesday, May 25, 52-year-old Belize City resident, Michael Gomez of #18 Mopan Street, was charged with obtaining property by deception for purchasing ...

Sacred Heart School's urgent appeal for help
The Guardian, Belize - ‎‎
On a recent trip to Dangriga Town in Belize, I made it my business to visit Sacred Heart Primary School my Alma Mater which is the oldest Catholic School in ...

Mexico Announces International Children's Poetry Contest
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
Also, you can contact the Institute of Mexico in Belize at 223-1408 or write to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. ...

12 million in Financing for the Poor
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
A healthy discussion has begun in Belize on whether or not there should be off shore drilling. The Pro's and Con's of the matter can be discussed at length, ...

Pact concludes Institutional Assessment
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
... PACT must be cognizant and responsive to the dynamic circumstances surrounding the protection, conservation and financing of Belize's natural resources. ...

UB Alumni AGM on Saturday
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
A healthy discussion has begun in Belize on whether or not there should be off shore drilling. The Pro's and Con's of the matter can be discussed at length, ...

Miracle Mission International selects 273 persons for surgery in Venezuela
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
A healthy discussion has begun in Belize on whether or not there should be off shore drilling. The Pro's and Con's of the matter can be discussed at length, ...

Accused burglar Sentenced to 3 and ½ ye...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
A healthy discussion has begun in Belize on whether or not there should be off shore drilling. The Pro's and Con's of the matter can be discussed at length, ...

Sports Equipment donated to CYDP's Football and Basketball Program
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
A healthy discussion has begun in Belize on whether or not there should be off shore drilling. The Pro's and Con's of the matter can be discussed at length, ...

THEN & NOW
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
Juan Mentira, remember how, several months ago, we warned you about the dangers in dealing with that loose mouth drunken editor of your Belize Slimes rag. ...

Ashcroft's legal Pitbulls
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
Ashcroft's legal pitbulls were out of their cages once again to challenge the Government of Belize's move to nationalize BTL. Eamon Courtenay and Godfrey ...

What Comes after Operation Jaguar?
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
It is intended to provide safety and security for residents in criminally depressed areas of Belize City and restore public confidence in Government's ...

From Sketteldom - with malice towards so...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
The Economy of Belize and the Empire of Skettels are headed in opposite directions. One is obviously recovering; the other is clearly on the demise. ...

UDP ousts PUP in Sarteneja
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
Even with the financial resources that Marin always disposes of during elections Sarteneja followed the rest of the villages across Belize that are electing ...

Olympic Day Run is set for June 20th
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
The Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association is pleased to announce that the 2010 Olympic Day Run will be held on Sunday, June 20th. ...

Belize City primary schools football competition heats up
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
The on-going Belize City Primary Schools Football Competition continued at the MCC Grounds in Belize City. On Tuesday May 18, in the female game played, ...

Four Charged for Murder of Santa Elena Business Woman
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
Dennison lives at #94 Boots Crescent Ave, Tasher at #42 Mohammed Ali Street, and a 15 year old minor also of Belize City were charged for murder, ...

National Primary Schools Track and Field Meet postponed until Wednesday May 26
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
This is the first year since the mid part of this century that there will be a primary schools track meet in Belize. The primary schools Track and Field ...

SSB Gives $50000 for Haemodialysis Ward at KHMH
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
However, considering the fact that the number of patients requiring dialysis treatment continue to rise, the Government of Belize has been trying to ...

Ashcroft Challenges BTL Nationalization
The Guardian, Belize - ‎5/27/10‎
Legal arguments began on Tuesday May 25th between attorneys for Michael Ashcroft and the Government of Belize following challenges being made on the ...

5/26/10

A Victim Of The Jaguar
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/26/10‎
And while Jagaur has been holding things down, a Belize City working man Malic Martinez yesterday told us - it held him in lockdown for no reason. ...

Shot in The Jaguar Era
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/26/10‎
Operation Jaguar has been holding crime down for the past week, but there was a shooting in Belize City last night. IT happened at around 10:30 when 33 year ...

PM: Offshore Oil, A Definite Maybe
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/26/10‎
They want a ban on it, even as concessions have been granted all along Belize's coast. That's after the epic disaster of the Gulf Of Mexico where millions ...

The Battle Over Baymen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/26/10‎
Berges had his own petition and in the end the Belize district liquor licensing board sided with him. Area representative and security minister Carlos ...

PM to Mayor Moya Flowers: “It's Probably For The Best”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/26/10‎
In 2005, the then Zenaida Moya burst onto the political scene as the genuine article, a figure who'd earned her public credibility on the frontlines, ...

PM Says “No Go” To Creamy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/26/10‎
As Mike Peyrefitte alluded to, it's understandably difficult for the minister of local government to make a determination when the appellant is his cabinet ...

String Quartet Visits
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5/26/10‎
A group called the Del Agua String Quartet is in Belize this week for a pair of performances. But the trip is really about teaching and inspiring a love of ...

PM SAYS MAYOR'S EXPULSION FROM THE PARTY IS NOT PERSONAL
LoveFM - ‎5/26/10‎
Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya Flowers has been expelled from the United Democratic Party, a decision that was made last week by the Ethics and Integrity ...

PM COMMENTS ON CDB MEETING
LoveFM - ‎5/26/10‎
Prime Minister Barrow adds that Belize will be benefiting largely from additional funding from the CDB. “We are a member of the bank and we benefit from ...

BELIZEAN POETS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
LoveFM - ‎5/26/10‎
... submission is going to be July 5th so there is still time for submitting and also you can have more information at the Institute of Mexico in Belize. ...

TIDE TO REVIEW MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE PORT HONDURAS MARINE RESERVE
LoveFM - ‎5/26/10‎
... management tool known as managed access as an option for long term sustainable fisheries management and secure fishermen's livelihood in Belize. ...

SHOOTING INCIDENT LEAVES ONE MAN INJURED
LoveFM - ‎5/26/10‎
A shooting incident yesterday evening has left two men suffering from gunshot wounds. 33-year-old Melvin Rodriguez was walking on Mex Avenue with his uncle ...


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