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10/4/10

Shyne Wants To Raise Belize's profile
MTV UK - ‎10/4/10‎
And part of that Shyne experience is being in Belize. “And that's what I hope I can do. The exposure, attracting the tourism, but more so being an ...

Mercury Falling But Still Deadly In Macal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/4/10‎
The ministry of health this evening issued a disturbing release about mercury levels in the Macal river. The public advisory deal specifically with Bay ...

Marelco Employee Accused
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/4/10‎
Police are investigating a report of theft at Madisco Belize Limited - which involves one of their employees. John Nicholson - Operation Manager of the ...

City Hall Battles Back Against Pawn Shop
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/4/10‎
He is disputing what I said and want to make the public know that first had Willoughby knows exactly what is going on at the Belize City because I ...

Home Invaders Attack Care-taker; Leave With Nothing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/4/10‎
Andrea Verduci - a retired caretaker of Royal Palm Estate in Burrell Boom Village reported to police that on September 30th - around 10 o'clock in the night ...

Prisoners Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/4/10‎
Police are trying to bring closure to three cold cases - and have brought charges against three men who are currently on remand. ...

Moves Made To Preserve Protected Areas
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/4/10‎
The idea behind it all is figuring out how to manage the 26% of Belize's land and sea that is under protected status while also meeting the demands for land ...

Barrow Makes His Case on BTL To Unions
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/4/10‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow met with the leaders of the national trade union congress of Belize today. A release from the government this evening said that ...

Detainee Caught Stealing (his own) Marijuana From Police
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/4/10‎
25 year old Adrian Myvette, a resident of Burrell Boom Village who was caught by police with 30.1 grams of cannabis and allegedly escaped from Burrell Boom ...

Court Of Appeals Convenes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/4/10‎
Last week, President of The Bar Association Jackie Marshalleck told 7news that they had written a letter to Justice of Appeal Morrisson and Mottley urging ...

The Slaughter Of A Manatee
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/4/10‎
"It's an animal that tourist come from all over the world to see and tourism is one of Belize's income. We need to have stiffer penalties for such crime ...

CONVICTED RAPIST HAS CHARGES QUASHED BY THE BELIZE COURT OF APPEAL
LoveFM - ‎10/4/10‎
An appeal by 24-year-old Leroy Gomez who was convicted of rape and two other offences and was sentenced to 20 years was allowed today by Belize Court of ...

BELIZE DISTRICT PRIMARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN WEEK OF ANTI VIOLENCE ACTIVITIES
LoveFM - ‎10/4/10‎
The Belize District Association of Principals of Primary Schools today starts a week of activities under the theme, “Schools against violence for a safer ...

MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES INTRODUCES TWO NEW PROJECTS
LoveFM - ‎10/4/10‎
Dr. Colin Young; Program Director, National Protected Areas Policy “We are informing our stakeholders of the Government of Belize via the Ministry of ...

CRISIS INTERVENTION IN SAN MARTIN VILLAGE
LoveFM - ‎10/4/10‎
A program titled “Sacred Children: Jewels of Belize” is being carried out by the St. Peter Claver Outreach Ministry. At present the organizers are focusing ...

BELIZE CITY MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH 2009 SHOOTING
LoveFM - ‎10/4/10‎
In May 2009 Elton Bradley was shot. Bradley was on Bishop Street when he was approached by gunmen who fired 15 shots at him, four of the shots hit him. ...

ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE SWORN IN
LoveFM - ‎10/4/10‎
Justice Awich has been on the bench in Belize as a puisne judge since 2001. He has, on several occasions previously acted as Chief Justice when the ...

10/1/10

CARSI At Work
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
In that vein the US embassy ahs announced the award of a grant for the Rule of Law Initiative a two-year program to be implemented in Belize by the American ...

Senior Citizens Take A Stand
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
Today - to commemorate the international day for older persons - over one hundred elderly Belizean Citizens marched through the streets of Belize City. ...

PM Says His Law Firm Does Work For Belize Bank
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
"I bawl on behalf of the people of this country and Mr. Smith must accept that what he has done is outrageously against the interest of Belize. ...

The Streets' Most Wanted Narrowly Escapes Death
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
3 months later in 2007 he was accused for the murder of George Junie Balls Mackenzie -the most notorious gangster in the history of Belize. ...

Report: Belizean Fugitives Were Executed By Honduran Cops
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
Belize police are "99% sure" he is Gabriel Salazar - while the press report from Honduras would only say that, quote: The men were identified as Benjamín ...

Weed Movements at Magistrate's
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
She was trying to smuggle weed at the courthouse and today Twenty one year old Desiree Flowers was remanded for it. She allegedly gave remanded prisoner ...

Half Moon Lighthouse Took Matthew Full-On
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
And, because of its historical significance to that island, and the role it played as one of the major tourist attraction, the Belize Audubon Society, ...

BNE Trust Gov't Directors: “Sayonara Ms. Sewell”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
And while BNE has its own apparent internal fight, there's also friction with government. The dispute is over the BNE Charitable trust - which is co managed ...

Barrow: The Unions & Chamber Should Have Been Given A Prospectus
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
Barrow also discussed the news that both the Chamber of Commerce and the National Trade Union congress - who sit on the Social security investment committee ...

Tarrell Makes Strides
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
The 5 year old left Belize in mid August and since then we haven't reported much on him. But his problems started to alleviate form the third day after he ...

Evening Standoff On New Road
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
This was what it looked like on New Road late this evening as BDF soldiers and police officers blocked the entire area. The residents looked on from the ...

Police: Sheila McCaffrey Wanted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/10‎
Belize Natural Energy has been under sustained attack on talk shows and the public discourse, but the company is having its own internal war. ...

CHANGE ANNOUNCED AT THE TOP FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/1/10‎
As of today Doctor Santos Mahung will no longer serve as President at the University of Belize. According to a press release from the Office of the Prime ...

BELIZE SUGAR CANE FARMERS ASSOCIATION FIRES ITS CEO
LoveFM - ‎10/1/10‎
Today news was received that the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association has parted ways with its Chief Executive Officer. Our Orange Walk Bureau Chief ...

BELIZE RECEIVES ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH CARSI INITIATIVE
LoveFM - ‎10/1/10‎
During the first three years of this initiative, the United States of America has provided five point six US dollars to the Government of Belize to ...

Cash-strapped Northern Spirit sells Belize petroleum interests in Orange Walk ...
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
Northern Spirit Resources Inc. of Canada, the last company to have been granted petroleum concessions in Belize by the Dean Barrow administration in early ...

Central Bank Governor on “Some points for the Central Bank Governor's perusal”
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
Since the Central Bank's (CB) outlook on the global financial and economic crises and their implications on Belize were clearly documented in our October 15 ...

At 60, Opposition PUP in “deep electoral hole:” Deputy Leader Mark Espat
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
Belize has no laws to address this, and until that is transparent, he said, people would not be able to hold party decisions to account. ...

Food subsidy program to target Southside's poor
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
Dean Barrow announced that a food subsidy program coordinated by the Salvation Army and Government of Belize was scheduled to begin in October, ...

Cricket star, Gilbert “Bertie” Ellis, 94, chats with Amandala
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
In a sit-down with Amandala on Tuesday, September 28, Mr. Ellis recounted his life story, and also commented on the current state of sports in Belize, ...

Ideas and Opinions - About Work
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
In Government's program to Restore Belize, I should like to recommend that it be declared as a national policy, that we will no longer tolerate idleness and ...

Moral reform – do we have the courage?
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
This is wise and appropriate, because what ails Belize belongs primarily to the sphere of the spiritual, religious and the moral. To combat the destructive ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
When my class began high school at St. John's College in 1959, Belize was still British Honduras, and we who lived here were “British subjects. ...

Face of brass
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
A personality cult began to grow around Mr. Price in the middle 1970's, and by the time he led Belize to political independence in 1981, Mr. Price was a ...

The end of an era: Chief Justice Dr. Abdulai Conteh retires
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
The 28th Chief Justice of Belize, Dr. Abdulai Conteh, today retired after ten years and eight months on the bench in a special sitting of the Supreme Court ...

Butane price up!
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/1/10‎
The regulated price in Belize City and Corozal is now $112 per a 100lb. In Orange Walk, the price is $113 per 100lbs. while in Belmopan and San Ignacio the ...

Godfrey Smith throws down the gauntlet
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/1/10‎
The Government of Belize's move to sell off shares in Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) to Belizeans and to at least one ...

Godfrey bad-mouths Belize!
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
On Wednesday evening, September 29, the Government of Belize fired off a press release stating, “For a former parliamentarian and practicing attorney, born, ...

99th recorded murder for 2010
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
The deadly gun violence that has been plaguing the City for so long continued as twenty-five-year-old Bejohn Martinez of Belize City was killed — execution ...

Ashcroft, BCB Holdings and affiliates bring heavyweights to challenge Belize law
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
In an unending tangle of foreign and local litigation between the Michael Ashcroft group and the Government of Belize, a team of legal heavyweights ...

In Coye family money laundering trial, conflicts in testimony regarding police ...
Amandala - ‎10/1/10‎
At about the same time, a search was also in progress at the residence of Michael and Marlene Coye at Johnson Street in Belize City, led by Det. ...

New areas of non-traditional exports promise secure future in agriculture
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/1/10‎
Caricom is now taking all the peas and beans that Belize produces for export. Jamaica is buying Belize's corn meal; Guatemala is buying our yellow corn and ...

Manatee population in Belize need to mix and marry
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/1/10‎
The first genetic study to compare nuclear DNA of endangered Antillean manatees in Belize with Florida manatees confirmed their designation as separate ...

T. Storm Matthew left only water in its wake
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/1/10‎
NEMO's communications officer, Jeanine Neal, told Reporter the storm itself didn't cause much damage to Belize. Rice farms in the south didn't suffer any ...

GOB offers to forego Land Tax arrears
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎23 hours ago‎
The government of Belize tabled one new Bill, the Land Tax Partial Remission of Arrears Bill, at last Friday's sitting of ...

Wiretapping Bill and new Crime measures passed
The Reporter Belize - ‎Oct 1, 2010‎
... had provided the government with a long list of wiretap activities dating back to October 1981, shortly after Belize had gotten political independence. ...

12 proud winners for Penta Paint Poster Contest
The Reporter Belize - ‎Oct 1, 2010‎
Naomi and Oscar Flores, two students from St. Joseph's Primary School in Belize City, won the $500 first prize in the Penta ...

Arab Emirates help NEMO
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎Oct 1, 2010‎
The National Emergency Management Organization and the people of Belize will benefit from food equipment and supplies for ...

Chief Justice rules boys under 18 cannot be imprisoned for life
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎Oct 1, 2010‎
Dr. Conteh stressed the importance of rationalizing the sentencing of juveniles in keeping with Belize's obligations under the United Nations Convention on ...

Team Belize travels to XIX Commonwealth Games
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎Oct 1, 2010‎
She will also represent Belize in the 100m, 200m and long jump, while Kay De Vaughn will compete in the high jump and triple jump, and Katy Sealy will also ...

Bureau of Standards checks fuel pumps
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎Oct 1, 2010‎
The Belize Bureau of Standards (BBS) has completed inspections of fuel pumps in ten municipalities to determine whether ...

UB President Santos Mahung steps down
The Reporter Belize - ‎Oct 1, 2010‎
The government and the Board of the University also recognize Dr Mahung's legacy of contribution to education development in Belize and acknowledge his ...

Unsung Hero Zebedee Peterson reaches out to Southside poor
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎Oct 1, 2010‎
Zebedee Peterson founded his Sunnyside Bakery 30 years ago and quickly became the leading baker of Belize. His famous Sunnyside heavy buns are a favourite ...

Foreign Minister Sedi Elrington chides UN on policy of debt-led development
The Reporter Belize - ‎Oct 1, 2010‎
The United Nations needs reform, affirmed Belize's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington, when he addressed the ...

9/30/10

SIDA Spike on San Pedro
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
Belize remains high on the list of countries in the western hemisphere with a high rate of HIV infection ...

Accused Sextuple Murderer Gets Off
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
It was one of the most monstrous acts of murder we've ever reported on. In October of 2006, a man was accused of killing an entire family by burning down ...

Godfrey Smith, Eamon Courtenay Lash PM
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
As we told you government release concluded thusly: "for a former parliamentarian and practicing attorney, born, bred and fed in Belize, to so deliberately ...

Lucky Lotto Winner Mostly Speechless
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
And while Scotia was distributing computers at liber rates - which is to say - two at a time - the Lotto Office was giving out cash money in the tens of ...

Scotiabank Donates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
This morning the two branches of Scotia Bank in Belize City each donated a brand new computer to a couple of the city's needy schools. ...

Mad As Hell, And Not Going To Take It Anymore
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
A group of angry and frustrated Lake I residents from Tibruce Street are up in arms tonight about what they call "outright neglect and indifference to their ...

NTUCB/Chamber vs. BTL
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
The Trade Union Congress of Belize also issued a release this evening stating that their representative Lorelei Westby could not vote for the purchase of ...

A Sendoff For Santos
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
President of the University of Belize, Dr. Santos Mahung has been in the crosshairs of his board of directors from the end of January when the chairman ...

SIDA Spike on San Pedro
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
Belize remains high on the list of countries in the western hemisphere with a high rate of HIV infection. And one community that's been greatly affected is ...

Once More Unto The Bench
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
The bench and bar then moved into the Chief Justice's courtroom where invited speakers pronounced judgement on Dr. Conteh's legal legacy in Belize. ...

FM Elrington At UN
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
And while Deputy Assistant Reynosso was in Belize today - Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington was in New York yesterday for the UN General Assembly. ...

Contempt For Gov't's New Contempt Law
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
... led by British Caribbean Bank and Belize Bank, have retained human rights lawyer QC Edward Fitzgerald and local attorney Godfrey Smith. ...

US Asst. Sec'y Of State Visits
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/10‎
Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State for Central America and the Caribbean Julissa Reynoso is on a two day visit to Belize. She held a press briefing at the ...


SPECIAL SESSION HELD IN HONOUR OF DOCTOR ABDULI CONTEH
LoveFM - ‎9/30/10‎
The sitting was held in the Honorable Chief Justice's Court Room where Dr. Conteh took on some of the most complex and controversial cases in Belize. ...

DEPUTY US ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN ON A ...
LoveFM - ‎9/30/10‎
The United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central America and the Caribbean, Julissa Reynoso is on a three-day working visit to Belize. ...

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS MORE INFORMATION NEEDED ON PURCHASE OF BTL SHARES
LoveFM - ‎9/30/10‎
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry today confirmed its position on the purchase of Belize Telemedia Limited shares by the Social Security Board. ...

... NTUCB ALSO MAKES INQUIRIES REGARDING BTL INVESTMENT
LoveFM - ‎9/30/10‎
In related news the National Trade Union Congress of Belize says it cannot support the use of Social Security funds for the purchase of shares in Belize ...

Mirage Lady Rebels to defend Charles Sol...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
The Belize Softball Federation will play host to the 3rd Annual Charles Solis Memorial Softball Championship at Rogers Stadium on Sunday October 3, 2010. ...

6th Annual Bypass Criterium
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
The 6TH ANNUAL BYPASS CRITERIUM is organized by the Orange Walk Central Sporting Committee in conjunction with the Belize Cycling Association under the ...

Kiana Martinez will carry Belizean Flag at the Opening of the XIX Commonwealth ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
Belize's Flag bearer to the XIX Commonwealth Games opening ceremony is Kiana Martinez, the double gold medallist from the recently concluded Central ...

5 years in jail for Freddy Fuller
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
The deadline for payment had expired years ago and all records even those of the Belize Central Prison showed that Fuller did not pay the fine and neither ...

UDP Village Councils Fulfilling Manifesto Promises in Corozal South East
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Then and Now
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
He is bad even for Sketteldom and much worse for all of Belize. Is there anyone still wondering why Gordon Smith and his gang of corrupt Skettels is sitting ...

Crime Bills Passed Despite PUP Opposition
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
Sadly, in Belize we have a failing Opposition. Belize has an Opposition with no ideas, no accountability and no respect for the job. ...

GOB condemns Godfrey Smith
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
The Government of Belize registers its strongest condemnation against the actions of a Belizean attorney and former parliamentarian deliberately intended to ...

PM Reveals PUP Intrusion of Civilians Privacy
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
... explained to the Leader of the Opposition that, just as the criminal bills he opposed were not new, interception of communications in Belize is not new. ...

CISCo Awarded Contract for Construction of New Kendal Bridge
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
On Tuesday, September 28, the contract was signed between CISCo Construction and the Government of Belize. Signing on behalf of the government was Minister ...

Recall Bill to Take Effect Immediately
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
The Prime Minister of Belize explained that the law will take effect immediately after it is passed and all Members of the House are subject to being ...

Ashcroft insists on owning BTL – No Way says PM
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
It may be a round-and-about way but Michael Ashcroft is apparently still attempting to purchase shares and be a majority shareholder in Belize Telemedia. ...

NTUCB's Irrational 'NO' vote
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/30/10‎
Last week, the National Trade Union Congress of Belize along with other members of the Social Security Investment Committee voted on whether or not Social ...

9/29/10

COLA Wants Windfall Threshold Lowered
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
... to review the windfall tax and bring it down to a level whereby it si more equitable for the people of Belize where the people of Belize can benefit."

Gun Charge Dropped Against Woman
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
The young mother of two charged in February of this year with threatening to shoot her neighbor walked out of court a free woman today. ...

Palm Island Car Jacking Supects Caught
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
Last night we told you about a carjacking at Palm Island - well tonight the news is that police have charged two men for the crime. ...

The Bar Is Not Backing Down
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
The Bar association of Belize doesn't do anything half cocked, this is a very serious matter for us and one that we have given quite a lot of consideration ...

Armed Men Storm National Transport Office
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
And while that violent crime ended in murder - no one was hurt in an armed robbery last night that was executed with ruthless efficiency. ...

Credit Agent Complains About City Hall
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
"For each month we lend the Belize City Council workers something like $20 - $25000 and the deduction should be made bi-weekly; 15 and the ending. ...

Fugitives Dead In San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
Alexander Edwards and Bejamin Peters were two men wanted for the March 31st armed robbery at Scotiabank in Spanish lookout. Police said it was a massive ...

The PUP Is 60
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
... party leader John Briceno made a special visit to the place where it all started, George Price's home on Pickstock Street in Belize City. ...

GOB vs. Godfrey
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
On Monday we told you about the wrangle between the government of Belize and the Ashcroft Affiliated Employees Trust. And we also mentioned a letter ...

Espat Says It's not Looking Good For His Party
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
We did not win any of the 9 municipalities, the 2 cities Belize and Belmopan or the 7 towns and we lost a significant majority of the villages. ...

Recruits Can-Do Taekwondo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
The issue of skills, battle and tactical skills will not go unsaid at a time when tis ceremony fits snugly behind yet another heinous crime in Belize City. ...

Gunshot Victim Dumped On A Deadly Road
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/10‎
Crime in the city had slowed since the bloody Sunday of September 12th., but after that lull…this morning, city residents were violently jolted back into ...

CHARGES AGAINST BELIZE CITY WOMAN DISMISSED
LoveFM - ‎9/29/10‎
21-year-old Thiffara Waight who was charged with aggravated assault upon another woman was freed of the charge when it was dismissed for want of prosecution ...

UPDATE ON THE KILLING OF SPANISH LOOKOUT ROBBERS
LoveFM - ‎9/29/10‎
Benjamin Peters and Alex Edwards, along with Gabriel Salazar are wanted by the Belize Police Department for the brazen Scotia Bank branch heist in Spanish ...

BUREAU OF STANDARDS ISSUES CONSUMER WARNINGS
LoveFM - ‎9/29/10‎
The Belize Bureau of Standards is carrying out routine inspections of fuels station countrywide ...

9/28/10

Matthew Mauling Mexico
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
Last night we were counting our blessings after Matthew swooshed over Belize without causing any major damage, loss of property, or loss of life. ...

Police Say They Didn't Knock Down Eight Year Old Girl
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
In yesterday's newscast we told you about an 8 year old girl whose mother claimed she was knocked down by a police truck that never stopped to render aid. ...

From Prison Sports Coordinator To Inmate
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
The Thirty eight year old was the sports coordinator at Belize Central Prison and police say he tried to smuggle 83.3 grams of cannabis into the jail. ...

Sergio Guerra Accused
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
A man who allegedly attempted to burn down a house in Lord's Bank was charged with attempted arson when he appeared today in the #6 Magistrate's Court. ...

Community Police In Focus
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
The Belize Police Department alongside the United States Embassy is hosting two Community Policing Workshops with participation from over 40 police officers ...

Car Jacked at Palm Island
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
In the early hours of September 22nd., the owner of Palm Island Nightclub was robbed by four armed men. A few days later one of his patrons was car-jacked ...

Bank Robbery Fugitives May Have Been Killed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
There are unconfirmed but credible reports tonight that two of the men wanted for the Scotiabank Spanish Lookout armed robbery in March have been killed in ...

Belizean Athletes To New Dehli
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
But Belize isn't one of those countries pulling out. Our team comprising 9 athletes, 2 coaches and two officials is going boldly forward to Dehli and will ...

Police Can't Say Who Killed Sherlock Syfox
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
Who or what killed 23 year old deportee Sherlock Syfox? This evening, police still don't have answers. His body was found washed up against the southern ...

Tourists Almost Lost To Currents On Macal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
A trio of European tourists almost drowned in the Macal River today and a Cayo tour guide faces charges after putting them to canoe down a roaring river. ...

Kendal, Contract Signed, Completion Next
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
The Kendal Bridge had an epic collapse in the floods of June, 2008 - and since then a third of the country has been under sustained threat of being cut off ...

Pink Teddy Worth Thousands
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
They searched the home of Marcelo Reina of # 8713 Curl Thompson Street, which is in the Port Loyola Area of Belize City. Police found seven bundles of 20.00 ...

Woman Robbed In Independence Village
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/10‎
Thirty seven year old Leticia Aldana, a businesswoman of Independence Village, reported to police that on September 24 around 10:30 pm she was robbed in her ...

BELIZE CENTRAL PRISON EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING
LoveFM - ‎9/28/10‎
38 year old Freddy Fuller, a sports coordinator at the Belize Central Prison, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking when he appeared in Magistrate's Court ...

NEMO CONTINUES TO MONITOR RISING RIVERS
LoveFM - ‎9/28/10‎
National Operations Officer Roberto Ramirez says that NEMO is currently keeping a close watch of the area where the Mopan River runs into the Belize Old ...

POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS SEPTEMBER YIELDED MANY ARRESTS
LoveFM - ‎9/28/10‎
The Belize Police Department says it is working diligently to reduce the incidents of crime and bring criminals to justice. For the month of September ...

CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BRIDGE AT KENDALL SIGNED
LoveFM - ‎9/28/10‎
I know the bridge procurement is a lengthy process in terms of getting the steel structure fabricated and shipped to Belize. ...

DIFFICULTIES WITH CENSUS 2010
LoveFM - ‎9/28/10‎
According to Areini Palacio Morgan Communications and Marketing Officer at the Statistical Institute many Belize City residents have simply not been ...

Unions and private sector vote “no” on purchase of BTL shares by SSB
Amandala - ‎9/28/10‎
As we have reported weeks ago, the Social Security Board (SSB)—which had sold off its 26% interest in Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) back in 2004—has been ...

KREM TV's baptism of fire
Amandala - ‎9/28/10‎
In the first ten years of KREM Radio's existence, three different physical attacks were made on our broadcast installations – twice in Belize City and once ...

Cyclist Kristopher “Spermy” Chuc, 17, dies in road accident
Amandala - ‎9/28/10‎
One of Belize's up-and-coming cyclists, Kristopher “Spermy” Chuc, 17, a member of the Cayo High Road Cycling Team, was knocked down and killed on Thursday, ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎9/28/10‎
As the most high profile personality involved with that black consciousness process in Belize, mainstream, respectable Belizean society decided that I had ...

Matthew cometh …and goeth!
Amandala - ‎9/28/10‎
There had been worries on Friday that the storm would intensify to hurricane status and cause significant damage to Belize, but Matthew, with top wind ...

Sherlock Syfox found floating at Southern Foreshore
Amandala - ‎9/28/10‎
Amandala has since spoken to a friend of Syfox, Arrilon Young, 31, of Belize City, who claims that they [he and Syfox] were both out celebrating his ...

Contention over crime measures – wire tapping orders go back to 1981, Barrow says
Amandala - ‎9/28/10‎
In his Independence Day address on Tuesday, September 21, Leader of the Opposition Johnny Briceño had said that crime stalks Belize and never before have ...

9/27/10

Death Threats From An Ex
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/27/10‎
An angry Gracela Castillo, a 29 year old school warden visited us today to complain about some very disturbing and threatening text messages she ...

Barrow vs. The Bar, Again!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/27/10‎
Having high court judges on contract is never a good thing - because it allows the executive to lean on the judiciary - in an ever so subtle manner - when ...

A Mysterious Drowning Death
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/27/10‎
He is in Belize for 10 months and they are trying to say that he is a deportee; yes he is a deportee but he is just a deportee being in America illegal, ...

Matthew Pounded Placencia
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/27/10‎
At the top of the newscast we told you that Tropical Depression Matthew spared Belize: nothing was seriously damaged and no one was hurt. ...

Matthew Was Merciful
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/27/10‎
On Friday and Saturday Belizeans from the south to the Belize district were tense - awaiting the arrival of a storm - we didn't know if it would be a ...

Police Knocked Down My Child
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/27/10‎
Today Catherine Michael, mother of 8 year old Mikiesha Palacio, visited us to complain that police knocked down her daughter. The distraught mother told us ...

Man Charged For Jacking Security Guard's Gun
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/27/10‎
... who allegedly stole a .38 pistol from twenty seven year old Triple A Security Guard Paul Valerio at Belize Medical Associates Clinic on Regent Street. ...

“The Trust” Wants To Buy BTL
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/27/10‎
... the trust would own by Ashcroft cohorts by the Belize Bank who is protector of the trust and by Dean Boyce and Keith Arnold who in fact the trustees. ...

Police Make Cold Case Arrest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/27/10‎
Police have made an arrest in a case dating back to December of last year. Twenty year old Akeem Humes, a carpenter of 102 East Canal was charged with the ...

BODY OF MAN FOUND AT SEA IDENTIFIED
LoveFM - ‎9/27/10‎
The body was later identified as that of Syfox, a construction worker of Elston Kerr Street in Belize City. Police say Syfox was last seen alive at a bar at ...

TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW FIZZLES AND BELIZEANS HEAVE A COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF
LoveFM - ‎9/27/10‎
The thirteenth named storm of the season was expected to make landfall in southern Belize on Saturday evening. However, when it emerged from the Honduras ...

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR LAWS ARE HEADED TO GOVERNMENT
LoveFM - ‎9/27/10‎
The Belize chamber of commerce wants to continue to represent enterprises that employ people ion the labour force and we will continue to do so while we ...

BRYANT GENTLE PLEADS GUILTY TO GUN CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎9/27/10‎
Valerio reported to the police that he was on duty at Belize medical Associates Clinic on Regent Street when he saw two men; one of dark complexion and the ...

PRESS OFFICER SAYS INVESTIGATION INTO RECENT MURDERS CONTINUE
LoveFM - ‎9/27/10‎
The new heights that crime reached in Belize City on September twelfth sent the Police Department into a new string of investigations. ...

PRESS OFFICER SAYS INVESTIGATION INTO RECENT MURDERS CONTINUE
LoveFM - ‎9/27/10‎
The new heights that crime reached in Belize City on September twelfth sent the Police Department into a new string of investigations. ...

9/24/10

Tropical Storm Matthew drenching Honduras
CNN International - ‎9/24/10‎
The government of Belize has issued a tropical storm warning for the coast of Belize from Belize City southward, the center said. A tropical storm warning ...

Serious Accident On Coney Drive
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/24/10‎
There was a traffic accident on Coney Drive early this morning. It happened at around 9:30. It involved a 17 year old minor. The minor was driving a white ...

NEMO's Outlook For Storm
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/24/10‎
Tropical Storm Matthew is located three hundred and eleven miles away from Southern Belize and is expected to make landfall in Belize sometime on Saturday. ...

Cop Flees Accident on Dean Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/24/10‎
Another accident that happened last night in front of our office was just strange. It happened around 10:00 pm when a minivan barreled around the corner ...

Get Tough Crime Laws Passed By House
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/24/10‎
... issues Mr. Speaker we could pass 100 more laws or 1000 more laws and they are still going to have the criminal acts that is happening in Belize City. ...

Barrow: “Big Brother” Was Always There
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/24/10‎
And while mild storm related panic percolated across the country - it was politics as usual in the National Assembly which - for the first time in our ...

Play Pan Yaad, Play
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/24/10‎
The September celebration season is finished and as we close tonight we look back at one of the most celebratory events - the pan yaad concert. ...

17 Year Old Cyclist Mourned
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/24/10‎
Only a little over a month ago, Belize celebrated the return of a group of triumphant young cyclists who had taken part in the Tour de Guatemala, ...

City Prepared For All Contingencies
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/24/10‎
And while that is the plan for the city, there is a much more elaborate plan for southern Belize - which has equally vulnerable communities - and its ...

Matthew Still A Threat
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/24/10‎
Belize remains under a tropical storm watch. Today Seven News caught up with the forecaster who told us what Belizeans can expect over the weekend. ...

RENE CASTELLANOS FACES DRUG CHARGED
LoveFM - ‎9/24/10‎
... and two black bags which all contained cannabis. Castellanos who was a passenger on the bus which was travelling to Belize City was detained and charged.

BELIZEANS ADVISED TO PREPARE FOR INCREASE RAINS AND FLASH FLOODS
LoveFM - ‎9/24/10‎
Although it will be a depression by the time it nears Belize's coastline, Meteorologist, Catherine Cumberbatch at the Meteorological office tells us that we ...

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERS IMPORTANT PIECES OF LEGISLATIONS
LoveFM - ‎9/24/10‎
Belize does not enjoy any immunity from this economic crisis. We on this side of the house have listened to the cries of our people. ...

PROTECTED AREAS CLOSE DUE TO APPROACHING WEATHER
LoveFM - ‎9/24/10‎
The Belize Audubon Society has announced the closure of all nine protected areas. This includes the Halfmoon Caye Natural Monument, Blue Hole Natural ...

Barrow announces Poor People's Store
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/24/10‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow moved resolutely this week to define his fight to reduce poverty in Belize by announcing that the government is opening two ...

Belize Telemedia shares for sale! Belizeans will get first lick
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/24/10‎
Shares in Belize Telemedia Limited will go on sale to the Belizean public on Friday, October 15. The company prospectus has been prepared, and Belizeans ...

Cpl. Bradford Berry threatens KREM!
Amandala - ‎9/24/10‎
Mose Hyde: “I was informed of Corporal Berry's disrespectful behavior to the staff [Kremandala Staff], to our broadcast, and to Belize Telemedia personnel. ...

Guats kidnapped taximan; were planning to rob Belize Bank in PG!
Amandala - ‎9/24/10‎
Incredible but reliable reports reaching Amandala are that three Guatemalans crossed the Belize border illegally on the eve of Independence Day with the ...

“Crazy” charged with another rape
Amandala - ‎9/24/10‎
Now, Arnold, who was currently out on bail for rape, is accused of raping another woman, of a Belize City address, and additionally, is accused of later ...

City Boys wins 2010 Belize Bank Superleague championship
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/24/10‎
City Boys of Belize City won the 2010 Belize Bank Super League football championship by outgunning Corozal Nizhee 3-1 in a ...

At September 21 official ceremonies, national leaders debate the state of the ...
Amandala - ‎9/24/10‎
John Briceño painted two starkly differing pictures of Belize at 29. Briceño stated that Belize began, not in 1981, but as an “idea,” an idea that started ...

World Bank approves US$15 million loan for Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/24/10‎
He said this act signifies the World Bank's continued commitment to the development process in Belize, and is a clear indication of the bank's interest in ...

Heritage coalition calls for referendum on offshore drilling
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/24/10‎
The Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage, the country's most vocal opposition to offshore drilling, ...

Barrow pioneers 8% loans! IDB expected to do more to jump start
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/24/10‎
In his Independence Day address on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow spoke of a mini recovery in Belize - a growth pattern averaging 2.4 percent during ...

Matthew cometh!
Amandala - ‎9/24/10‎
In an active hurricane season, in which Belize has already been struck by two tropical storms, Alex in June (which made landfall just north of Belize City) ...

Mini massacre at Indian Church believed to be a revenge killing
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/24/10‎
Coc said he assumed the men were Belize Defense Force soldiers, or maybe a special unit of the Police Department. Coc said the men flogged him with machete ...

Belize it is, not Belice!
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/24/10‎
Belize, with its original inhabitants and immigrant population as well needs to forge common ground to ensure its survival in the new global environment. ...

New spending on roads & much needed infrastructure
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/24/10‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow gave details of this and four other works which will have a large impact on Belize's transportation network. ...

TS Matthew Heads Toward Central America
CBS 4 - ‎9/24/10‎
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the coast of Belize. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Limon, Honduras to the Guatemala border. ...

9/23/10

Obstruction Charge Drummed Out Of Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/10‎
On June seventh we told you about well known drummer Joshua Arana. He was arrested and charged for obstruction of justice after casually taking a walk in ...

17 Year Old Cyclist Killed In Cayo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/10‎
We do know that Chuc was an ambitious young cyclist for the Cayo high road team who had represented Belize competently in the recently concluded juniour ...

Heavenly Belize: The Song + Video
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/10‎
Marius Jovaisa, a Lithuanian businessman is a visitor who fell in love with Belize. He liked it so much, he wrote a book called Heavenly Belize. ...

Palm Island Nightclub Targetted By Armed Men
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/10‎
One of Belize City's most popular night sports was targeted in a coordinated attack by armed gunmen early Wednesday morning. It happened around 3:45 am at ...

“Crazy” Accused Of Another Rape
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/10‎
a Belize City woman - and it happened right before he went on the alleged spree of assaults in Ladyville. It occurred in the Belize City apartments where ...

Gun Jacker Nabbed By Cops
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/10‎
Today The Belize Medical Associates NHI South Side Clinic was the target of a robber. Sometime after two this afternoon a man approached the security guard ...

Shot In Face, City Shooting Victim Survives
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/10‎
32 year old Abdul Theus is lucky to be alive after being shot in the face last night. As we reported last night, the construction worker of a Pitter Street ...

Penta Brings Out Artistic Talent In Children
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/10‎
"I did Belize nature like flowers. I really like Belizean flower; they have plenty of flowers in Belize and I think Belize is as beautiful as those flowers. ...

Fined 10 Grand For $50 dollars Worth Of Weed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/10‎
19 year old Julian Vaccaro was charged with attempting to smuggle 55 grams about two ounces of marijuana into the prison in April. ...

UNESCO MAKES SIZEABLE DONATION TO BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎9/23/10‎
Liaising on Behalf of Belize was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Wilfred Elrington. “These were made possible through the assistance of our ...

TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW CONTINUES WESTWARD TRACK
LoveFM - ‎9/23/10‎
Forecast models show Mathew heading straight for Belize and should reach our coastal waters by midday on Sunday. Forecaster Michael Gentle is on duty at the ...

PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS DOMINATE PENTA PAINT UP DI PLACE COMPLETION
LoveFM - ‎9/23/10‎
A brother and sister duo Noemi and Oscar Flores from St. Joseph Primary School in Belize City has been chosen as the winners of third annual Penta Paint Up ...

Prison Officer pleads guilty to drug trafficking
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
As a result of the discovery, Alamilla was arraigned in Belize City Magistrate's Court before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers where he pleaded guilty to the ...

Michael “Crazy” Arnold charged with ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
Michael Arnold, who is no stranger to police, has a rape charge pending a Preliminary Inquiry in the Belize City Magistrate's Court. ...

Herman Torres busted with loaded 9mm
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
On September 21, Independence Day, shopkeeper Herman Torres who lives on Morning Glory Street in Belize City was busted with a 9 millimeter pistol loaded ...

Liam Stewart captures M&M Engineerin...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
The 2010 M&M Engineering Weekend Warrior Category 4 and 5 Masters four day tour came to an end on Sunday September 19. The event started on Thursday ...

Nestle's Oh Henry pulls off upset in interoffice softball competition
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
The Belize City Interoffice Softball Competition continued at Rogers Stadium on Saturday September 18, with two more games on the schedule. ...

Sacred Heart College male basketball team captures silver medal at CODICADER
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
Belize was represented in male basketball by Sacred Heart College of San Ignacio Town. In the championship game, Costa Rica defeated Sacred Heart College ...

Costa Rica captures Central American Senior Male Volleyball Championship in El ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
Belize's National Male Volleyball Team participated in the XVI Central American Men's Championships that is currently being played in San Salvador, ...

Kaina Martinez double gold in Central Am...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
Belize participated in the XXI Central American Athletics Championship held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from September 17 to 18, 2010. ...

Lighting a Candle
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
I have mentioned more than once that criticism is easy to dispense, and in Belize one does not even have to prove the accusation. ...

PM Announces New Stimulus, Sale of BTL Shares - And New Measures to Improve ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
The government is also committing two million of its own funds to move the Restore Belize Program forward until special funding can be identified. ...

From Sketteldom - with malice towards some
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
Nor should anyone wonder why he refuses to acknowledge that the nation is moving forward when his skettel party is the only thing going backwards in Belize ...

Prime Minister Dean Barrow's Independence Day Speech
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
And let me say straight off how pleased I am to see the notion of the "Three Capitals of Belize" now firmly enshrined in the September calendar. ...

PUP's high stakes poker, the Demon ahead
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
He has also been the lawyer of record for Mr. Ashcroft's Belize Bank. It is noteworthy that the name Courtenay comes with some serious baggage and many ...

FECTAB Prawns and press conference
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
On Wednesday September 22, the Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize (FECTAB) yet again held a press conference in Belize City. ...

Heineken Expo: Chamber of Commerce Snubs Belikin
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
Members of the Belize Chamber of Commerce need to demand fair play in their organization. The Chamber was not developed to be the marketing agency of a few ...

Civil Society Organizations: United and Proud. Moving Forward!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
Groups like the Association of National Development Agencies (ANDA) and the Belize Coalition of Networks (BELCON) which were originally developed to oversee ...

Belize Hosts SICA Tourism Forum
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
SICA was established on December 13, 1991, and Belize became an official member in 2000. Other members include Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, ...

A Look Back at Carnival 2010
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
Mother Nature's Creation also defended their crown and retained the title as the best senior carnival band in Belize. Jam Jam Carnival Band and Eternity ...

Condolences to the family of Senator Silas Cayetano
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
He dedicated most of his early years to classrooms across the country of Belize before he got involved with the Department of Cooperatives and Credit Unions ...

Flash Flood Watch Discontinued, T.D 13 not threat to Jamaica.
Caribbean Hurricane Network - ‎9/23/10‎
Our neighbors to the West and South should monitor TD 15 , especially with the models hinting It may be meandering in the Belize-Yucatan-Western Cuba ...

Food supplies at half price
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
During his Independence Day Address, the Prime Minister announced that the Government of Belize will be introducing shortly a Food Subsidy Pilot Project ...

Somber Tribute to Belizean Patriots
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/23/10‎
The Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. Dean Barrow, honoured twenty-five distinguished Belizeans at the Tribute to Belizean Patriots ceremony on Thursday, ...

9/22/10

Digicel believes in Belize?
TeleGeography - ‎9/22/10‎
The executive chairman of state-owned Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), Nestor Vasquez, told local newspaper Amandala yesterday that pan-Caribbean cellular ...

Matthew Could Brew in the Caribbean
AccuWeather.com (blog) - ‎9/22/10‎
The track of the system is still uncertain after it unleashes torrential rainfall over portions of Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and southeastern ...

What to With Out For With New Weather System
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/10‎
As you saw in the weather report a few minutes ago, there's a tropical system in the eastern Caribbean which could have implications for Belize. ...

Stabbing in San Ignacio
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/10‎
Yesterday San Ignacio police were called to the hospital of that town where they saw Leonardo Velasquez suffering from two stab wounds to the left side of ...

Church Burglarized
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/10‎
Over the past weeks the heat has been unbearable for many Belizeans - and it seems it was even that way for a set of thieves who broke into Wesley Methodist ...

High School Gets Laptops
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/10‎
Last September the Belize City Council and Serving Saints International signed an agreement for the organization to adopt the then St Michael's College now ...

The Birdman In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/10‎
Well, he's coming to Belize tomorrow. Belize Natural Energy is bringing him for what is being called a goodwill visit. They are partnering with the Belize ...

A Vile, Wild Attack
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/10‎
Michael Crazy Arnold - he is one of the most notorious crime figures in the Ladyville area. Over the years he has been charged for burglary, ...

FECTAB still Fiery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/10‎
Last month, FECTAB, the Federation Of Cruise Tourism Associations Of Belize raised a righteous uproar against Jamaican based Chukka Tours and its local ...

A Champion Of Workers' Rights Restored
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/10‎
"It's significant to the Salvation Army as well because back then in 1913 we move back from 1638 now to 1915 when the Salvation arrive in Belize they ...

Tony pulls out all the stops for marathon duo
Leigh Journal - ‎9/22/10‎
Starting in Canada the couple plan to ride overland through the US to Mexico and Central America including Belize, Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica. ...

Chaa Creek Explores 2012 Maya Prophesy
PR Web (press release) - ‎9/22/10‎
The Lodge at Chaa Creek, situated in Belize's Heartland of the Maya, is providing an authentic Maya travel adventure experience that should put to rest ...

PM BARROW HIGHLIGHTS A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES IN THE PIPE LINE
LoveFM - ‎9/22/10‎
He highlighted works to be done on the Orange Walk to San Lazaro Road, Orange Walk to San Estevan to Progresso Road, roads in Belize City as well as the ...

THIEVES TARGET WESLEY CHURCH ON ALBERT STREET
LoveFM - ‎9/22/10‎
Wesley Church on Albert Street is the latest victim of burglary in Belize City. Reports are that sometime between Monday night and early this morning ...

MAUDE WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVES NEW COMPUTERS
LoveFM - ‎9/22/10‎
We are here we are committed and we are going to do what we need to do to help the children of Belize.” Today's donation was made possible in part by the ...

POLICE RECOVER STOLEN VEHICLE
LoveFM - ‎9/22/10‎
Police have recovered a motor vehicle reported stolen on Independence Day in Belize City. According to Dorla Williams, someone stole her Isuzu Rodeo from in ...

POLICE INVESTIGATE INDEPENDENCE DAY SCUFFLE
LoveFM - ‎9/22/10‎
Police in Belize City are investigating an aggravated assault report made by a couple. According to Donald Enriquez, he and his girlfriend arrived at their ...

TOUR OPERATORS CONTINUE TO OPPOSE BAK-A-BUSH OPERATIONS IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎9/22/10‎
The Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize continues to stand firm in their opposition against Chukka Caribbean/Bak-A-Bush operations in Belize ...

9/21/10

280 Crocodiles Escape in Mexico After Hurricane Karl
Gather.com - ‎9/21/10‎
Their strategy is to send a group of crocodile experts to areas in and around Belize and Guatemala. There, the experts can locate and capture the roaming ...

17 Year Old Killed In Lord's Bank
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/21/10‎
And while Orange Walk district is reeling from those murders - residents of the quiet village of Lord's Bank outside Ladyville were stunned yesterday to ...

Two Drownings Reported
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/21/10‎
On Saturday a little after 10, Belize City police responded to a call at the Belize River near Conch Shell Bay where they saw the lifeless body of a man ...

Cancer in Children in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/21/10‎
For adults, accessing cancer treatment within Belize is extremely limited but significant process has been made with the launch of the Dangriga Cancer ...

Machete Murder In The South
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/21/10‎
And the 98th. murder was recorded yesterday evening in Independence village where a machete brawl proved fatal. 28 year old William Armando Quintanilla ...

Kraal Road – Finally Something to Cheer About
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/21/10‎
Yesterday City Boys United formerly Kraal Road, beat out Nizhee Corozal at the People's stadium In Orange Walk to claim the championship in The Belize Bank ...

Two teenagers Killed In Remote Reaches of OW
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/21/10‎
Two minors were killed in the Orange Walk District yesterday. It happened in a small village in the western part of the district where the killers were ...

Alleged Shotgun Man Talbert Detained
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/21/10‎
Eighteen year old Andrew Talbert, an unemployed of 79 Allenby Street who allegedly tried to rob a 50 year old market vendor Concepcion Guardado, ...

Going Equipped For Home Invasion?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/21/10‎
On Friday night, police arrested a group of men who they believe were going on a major home invasion move in the King's Park area. ...

Expo: New Venue, New Energy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/21/10‎
The 2010 Expo was held on Saturday at the ITVET compound in Belize City. We visited to find out if the new venue was enough to breathe new life into this ...

Rodwell Williams Is Home
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/21/10‎
On Monday May first, the Prime Minister's law partner Rodwell Williams was shot as he left his office on Albert Street. It was planned as an execution ...

OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS MUCH MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE
LoveFM - ‎9/21/10‎
Today marks the 29th anniversary of Belize's Independence from Great Britain. Official ceremonies were held across the country. The national ceremony took ...

PRIME MINISTER DEAN BARROW SAYS COUNTRY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
LoveFM - ‎9/21/10‎
In his Independence Day address Prime Minister Dean Barrow said the advances made by Belize despite the global crisis came as a result of a creative and ...

9/20/10

Battle Regatta In Beautiful Belize
International Sailing Federation - ‎9/20/10‎
Sunshine, sea breezes, turquoise sea, and great racing, the St George's Caye - Battle Regatta in Belize was certainly the place to be on 12 September. ...

BELIZE DIABETES ASSOCIATIONS OPENS NEW OFFICE
LoveFM - ‎9/20/10‎
The official opening of the Belize Diabetes Association office will be held today at the Commercial Center in Belize City. Anthony Castillo is the President ...

BELIZEANS PREPARE TO CELEBRATE 29TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
LoveFM - ‎9/20/10‎
Today is the eve of Belize's 29th year of Independence and a number of activities are lined up countrywide to usher in another year as an independent nation ...

RAISE U FLAG AND WIN 2010 DEEMED A SUCCESS
LoveFM - ‎9/20/10‎
For the Month of September, the Raise Yu Flag and Win with Love Competition has been taking Belize by storm as homes and businesses were decked out in the ...

9/17/10

Sica Tourism Ministers Meet
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/10‎
Belize is holding the interim presidency of the Central American Integration system, SICA and today tourism ministers from Salvador, Honduras and Belize led ...

Children's Rally Was Ready!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/10‎
I am Belize, it was a special occasion for the students to come together to celebrate our country's 29th Birthday. Over half of the city's primary schools ...

Patriots Honoured
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/10‎
19 received awards for Meritorious Service, 4 For Order Of Distinction, and Two For Order Of Belize. Prime Minister Barrow praised them for their steadfast ...

PM Weary On Crime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/10‎
Certainly here in Belize City since Sunday we have been plunged in grief because particularly of the senseless murder of the young school girl Eyannie Nunez ...

Bill Lindo Says Someone Is Hijacking The PUP
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/10‎
They cannot do that. I will bet you the whole of Belize that they cannot do that because it's not true, it's a made up thing."

Robbed and Stabbed A Disabled Man
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/10‎
He stabbed and robbed a disabled man and Twenty four year old Andre Cadle was charged with robbery and wounding when he appeared today in the #8 ...

Teenager Drowns in Griga
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/10‎
A teenager drowned yesterday morning in Dangriga. It happened between 10:00 and 10:30 when 15 year old David Mejia, a Honduran National who reportedly ...

The Marketplace Of Madness
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/10‎
For the past 8 days we've been covering the ongoing conflict at the queen square market. The dispute is between wholesale vendors and the City Council. ...

GERMAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS
LoveFM - ‎9/17/10‎
The Ambassador of Germany to Belize His Excellency Thomas Schafer presented his letters of credence to Governor-General His Excellency Sir Colville Young at ...

CENTRAL AMERICA TOURISM MINISTERS MEET IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎9/17/10‎
Members of the Central American Integration System, SICA, met yesterday in the eightieth meeting of the Central American Tourism Council at San Pedro ...

PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
LoveFM - ‎9/17/10‎
“PricewaterhouseCoopers has so generously donated school supplies and scholarships for schools in Belize City. We have worked with them over the past three ...

WORLD BANK APPROVES LOAN FOR BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎9/17/10‎
The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved a 15 million US dollar loan for Belize to improve service delivery in several municipalities. ...

SEPTEMBER CELEBRATIONS ACTIVITIES CONTINUE WITH ANNUAL CHILDREN'S RALLY
LoveFM - ‎9/17/10‎
This morning more than three thousand primary school students congregated at the MCC Grounds in Belize City for their annual Children's Rally. ...

COALITION TO SAVE BELIZEAN HERITAGE LOOKS TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP
LoveFM - ‎9/17/10‎
The Belize Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage was officially launched as an organization on June eighth this year and has been very vocal in expressing ...

Reality of Chess in Belize – Part 1
Amandala - ‎9/17/10‎
Chess has come a long way in Belize, since it was first played in British Honduras during WWII. Chess was played long before the recently re-constituted ...

Changing the Coat of Arms
Amandala - ‎9/17/10‎
According to the History of Belize, Chapter 5, “Slaves in Belize were initially used to cut logwood.” British Honduras was built up on the trade of logwood ...

Eyannie's funeral draws 4000
Amandala - ‎9/17/10‎
Roches: “Eyannie Annika Beyonce Nunez, sunrise was on July 17, 2002 to Ian Nunez and Francine Pitts in Belize, with a birth weight of 6 pounds 5 ounces. ...

Irish Digicel, based in Jamaica, eyes BTL
Amandala - ‎9/17/10‎
Executive chairman of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), Nestor Vasquez, told Amandala Wednesday that the company is finalizing the prospectus for the sale of ...

Belizeans for Justice leads Thursday business shutdown
Amandala - ‎9/17/10‎
On one of the darkest days in Belize since the brutal murder of two other minors, Marquis Mahler, 8, and Helen Yue, 14, the latest child victim of gun ...

Witness Protection Unit established; murders up 31 per cent
Amandala - ‎9/17/10‎
Singh commented on the possibility of instituting an exchange of witnesses between Belize and Mexico. He has spoken about the issue with the Mexican ...

Is your Belizean flag a fake?
Amandala - ‎9/17/10‎
Belize is the only independent nation having a flag with human beings, says the World CIA Factbook. Most people will tell you that the color of the men on ...

No place to hide! Belizeans turn against urban terrorists
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/17/10‎
Yolanda Shackron and the Belizeans For Justice made a move to shut down the Belize City Business District in protest over ...

Guatemala votes "Yes" to Consultation on Belize! Next step: same-day ...
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/17/10‎
The Guatemalan Congress has voted unanimously to put the question of its territorial claim over Belize to the test of a ...

At last... A Witness Protection Plan for Belize
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/17/10‎
Belize's Minister of Police Douglas Singh announced on Wednesday that the police would begin immediately a witness ...

Belize draws 0-0 with Trinidad & Tobago in Football friendly
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/17/10‎
The Belize national football team played to a scoreless draw with the Soca Warriors of Trinidad and Tobago in a friendly ...

Belize celebrates Battle of St. George's Caye 212th Anniversary
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/17/10‎
Thousands of Belize City residents took to the streets of the old capital to parade and jump up in celebration of the ...

Carnival 2010 - jamming!
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/17/10‎
The Pantempters of Belize City and Panerrifix of Belmopan and teamed up for a pan-tastic carnival sound, and their lively tempo set the pace for the ...

Fuel prices up, foodstuff's down! But cost of living is up overall
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/17/10‎
People in Belize are paying more for goods and services over the period January to May this year compared to the same ...

Belize getting ready for integrated farming. New techniques promise huge gains ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/17/10‎
Farmers of Belize will be introduced to integrated farming practices on their farms for increased production and diversity ...

Eight year old girl shot in her sleep!
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/17/10‎
A number of shooting incidents in Belize City on September 12, has claimed several lives. But the most tragic case of ...

Twenty-five Belizeans honoured for service to Belize
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/17/10‎
The honors come in four primary categories: The Order of Belize, the Order of Distinction, and the Meritorious Service Award. Dr. Lennox A. Pike, ...

Market Vendors and CitCo butt heads... again
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/17/10‎
This week the Belize City Council set off a firestorm of protest by issuing an order confining truck and wholesale ...

Belize Economy recovering - Statistical Institute says
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/17/10‎
The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) says that Belize's economy is finally showing signs of recovery after having endured the pounding from the ...

Boat Captain charged for fatal collision at sea
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/17/10‎
The Belize Port Authority worked with the San Pedro Police to investigate the cause of the collision. Collisions in the open waters of Belize are extremely ...

Search goes on for missing San Marcos children
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/17/10‎
The story of the missing children has rocked Belize and the police in the south have been on full alert. The officer commanding the Toledo Police Department ...

Bomb scare clears the Courts
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/17/10‎
The first ever bomb scare to threaten a court in Belize. forced the evacuation of every court,on Court House Square ...

T. Storm Karl brushes Corozal & Chetumal
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎9/17/10‎
Tropical Storm Karl sneaked up on the coast of Belize and made landfall just north of Cuidad Chetumal last Monday night with winds ...

9/16/10

PUP Showdown
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/10‎
The Opposition PUP should be getting ready for its convention on October 17th. in Dangriga, but tonight there is great unease within the party's ...

So Called Serial Rapist Gets Off Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/10‎
He was once dubbed the serial rapist - and was recently sentenced to 18 years in prison for rape, robbery and aggravated assault but since then Leroy Gomez ...

A Society's Sadness: Eyannie's Funeral
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/10‎
8 year old Eyannie Nunez was killed while she slept at 5:00 on Sunday morning in a early morning shooting on Zericote street. Since then, this particularly ...

Caught at Queen Square
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/10‎
50 year old market vendor - Concepcion Guardado - reported to police that about 7:30 this morning while at his stall at the temporary Queen Square Market ...

Cowboy A No-Go For Dad's Funeral
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/10‎
And we stay on the news of funerals of those killed in Sunday's ruthless spree…. The funeral for 69 year old Apolonio Cowboy Hernandez will be held tomorrow ...

Money Laundering Case Going To Trial
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/10‎
It's the most high profile, most enduring case of money laundering ever to come to public attention - and finally, the Coye's of Moneygram fame are going to ...

The Shutdown
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/10‎
Today downtown Belize City seemed almost liked a Sunday as few people were seen in the streets and most taxis were parked. Most importantly shutters were ...

No 94 is Fratricide In Griga
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/10‎
Denver Garcia had just returned home from Belize City after spending vacation with his older brother. The family says there was a drastic change in his ...

DENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOP HELD UP NORTH
LoveFM - ‎9/16/10‎
The event is aimed at improving oral health care in Belize and is being held at the Corozal Freezone. The seminar commenced today and Senior Dental Surgeon ...

EIGHT YEAR OLD SHOOTING VICTIM EYANNIE NUNEZ LAID TO REST
LoveFM - ‎9/16/10‎
Today many business establishments in various Districts chose to shutdown condemning the senseless killings in Belize City. ...

TAIWANESE AMBASSADOR MAKES DONATION TO SEPTEMBER CELEBRATIONS COMMISSION
LoveFM - ‎9/16/10‎
In his presentation Ambassador Wu voiced his nation's continued support of Belize's September Celebrations. Accepting the donation was Co-Chairman of the ...

Vega's Cup Tournament continues in Ora...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
Gaspar Vega Deputy Prime Minister of Belize continued on Sunday September 12 with four games played out in Trial Farm Village. In the first game played, ...

Interoffice Softball opens at Rogers Stadium
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
The 2010 Belize City Interoffice Softball Competitions regular season opened at Rogers Stadium on Wednesday September 8, between the defending champion ...

Roaring Creek Grace Kennedy repeat as Cayo Softball Champions
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
The Cayo Softball Association as an affiliate of the Belize Softball Federation 2010 competition came to an end at the Joan Garbutt Stadium in Esperanza ...

Belize Defence Force maintains lead in Caribbean Motors Cup Tournament
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
The Belize Premier Football League Caribbean Motors Cup Opening Season continued over the weekend with games across the country. ...

Christian McNish captures Councilor Leslie September Criterium
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
The Belize Cycling Association in connection with Leslie's Imports and Councilor Dion Leslie sponsored the September Criterium Race on Albert and Regents ...

Belizean student-athletes in Nicaragua for Central American Scholar Games
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
On Friday September 10, in male basketball, Belize defeated Honduras by the score of 50 to 44. The top scorer for Belize was Kaschief Thomas with 22 points. ...

The Protest that never Was
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
Most protests in Belize are programmed to cause embarrassment to the government, especially when initiated by a PUP radio station. ...

From Sketteldom - with malice towards some
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
For her we won't shed a tear though, as the people of Belize are a million times safer and better off without those crooks having an iota of a chance to ...

Then & Now
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
The Belize Slimes headline shouted MURDER NATION and it went on to decry the week's murders but interestingly not even a single word was in that headline ...

Taiwanese Government Makes Donation towards September Celebrations
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
The Republic of China-Taiwan is one of Belize's closest allies. Their contribution in areas of agriculture, technology, culture, infrastructure, ...

Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Celebrates 15 Year Anniversary
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
The KHMHA opened its doors on September 15, 1995 and replaced the Belize City Hospital as the country's flagship hospital. In honour of its 15th anniversary ...

Belize's economy rebounds from recession
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
The Statistical Institute of Belize has released the latest figures on Belize's Gross Domestic Product and it shows that the Belizean economy is rebounding. ...

Guatemalan congress approves 2008 Special Agreement
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/16/10‎
On Thursday September 9, the Guatemalan congress, through a majority vote, approved the Special Agreement signed by Belize and Guatemala on December 8, ...

Belize's Independence Day
US Department of State - ‎9/16/10‎
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Belize on 29 years of independence this September 21. ...


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