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12/22/10

“Set The Corozal Captives Free!”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/10‎
On Monday we told you about the casino security guards - Curlin Thompson and Martin Miller who were returned to Belize in a prisoner transfer - but instead ...

GOB: Rapprochement with Channel 5?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/10‎
... back saying he would be agreeable to a meeting - and after some back and forth it was agreed they would met without a mediator in Belize City tomorrow. ...

“How Di Christmas Di Cohn?”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/10‎
It's three more days until Christmas and today down town Belize City was bustling with activity. Vehicles moved slowly as crowds of shoppers from across the ...

Ashcroft Alliance Wins Major Victory
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/10‎
The official position was that they would fight it from Belize - on the grounds that the entire accommodation agreement was unlawful under Belize law. ...

Carnal Knowledge Accused Says 13 Year Old Tricked Him
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/10‎
Thirty two year old Everal Tablada, a warehouse keeper who allegedly had sex with a 13 year old girl, was charged with carnal knowledge when he appeared ...

A High School For Georgetown Village
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/10‎
It is the first of several buildings being constructed as part of an expansion project funded by the European Union for One point Seven million Belize ...

Belize's Most Perilous Bridge Upgraded
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/10‎
The Middlesex bridge is one of the most historic crossings in Belize - dating back to 1907 when it was part of the railway system. ...

National Receiver Will Pay Workers – But He Doesn't Know Who To Pay
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/10‎
They yesterday asked for an urgent injunction seeking to block the Belize Bank from taking buses owned by Belize Transit - which is a Novelo's owned company ...

Big Tom: News Of His Death “Greatly Exaggerated”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/10‎
Authorities there say, Flowers has been deported to Belize twice. Today his family in Belize City refused comment. Big Tom rose to prominence in the Belize ...

BELIZE CITY MAN CHARGED WITH CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
LoveFM - ‎12/22/10‎
32 year old Everal Tablada, who allegedly took a 13 year old girl to his apartment for the night, was charged with carnal knowledge when he appeared in ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEE CLAIMS UNFAIR TREATMENT
LoveFM - ‎12/22/10‎
The popular Phillip Henry better known as “Fawda” who is employed at the Belize City Council as a Grade two Enforcement Officer has clashed once more with ...

VENDORS BEGIN THE MOVE TO THE MICHAEL FINNEGAN MARKET
LoveFM - ‎12/22/10‎
Michael Theus from the Belize City Council explains. “Since the inauguration of the market we've had a few glitches along the way. we sent a letter out to ...

$10 million to improve waste water management in Placencia Peninsula
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/10‎
Belize will build a new wastewater collection and treatment system in the Placencia Peninsula, its second most important tourist destination, ...

Gwen Lizarraga High School and Sadie Ver...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/10‎
The National Secondary Schools Sports Association's 2010-2011 National Basketball Championship took centre stage over the weekend at the Belize City Centre ...

Belize Holds COCESNA Presidency - Rehabi...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/10‎
Friday, December 17, was a big day for civil aviation in Belize. Officials of the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation and the Belize Airports Authority ...

Modern Educational Facility Opens in the...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/10‎
The eight classroom building is the first for Phase II of the Banana Support Programme under the European Union to the Belize Banana Industry and through ...

Belize Hands Over SICA Chairmanship to G...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/10‎
Heads of States and top government officials from across Central America flew to Belize then to the beautiful island of San Pedro for the 36th annual Summit ...

Middlesex Bridge Officially Opens
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/10‎
The reconstruction of the Middlesex Bridge cost a total of $2832800 and was financed by the European Union and the Government of Belize through a grant from ...

12/21/10

The Man Called Break Dance, A Post Script
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/10‎
The man Known as Break Dance, was killed with a gunshot to the forehead on Sunday night in Belize City. And while his family last night told us he ...

The Commercial Side of Christmas
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/10‎
Belize's economy may be finishing up its worst year in memory - but hope for a last second comeback springs eternal at Christmas time. ...

No Christmas For Gonguez's Family; He's Still In Jail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/10‎
22 year old Belize City resident Oscar Dennis Gonguez is still locked up in a Guatemalan jail tonight. As Christmas draws near, his family is getting ...

Bloodbath in Maya Mopan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/10‎
"Yes they are in the hospital in Belize City. They are saying that my father might not make it but they are trying to help him as much as they could. ...

... AND TWO FACE ARSON CHARGES IN RELATED INCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎12/21/10‎
Police reports that upon receiving information of a house fire they were dispatched to the area of University of Belize Sub-division in Maya Mopan at around ...

SIX ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE FUNDING FROM PACT
LoveFM - ‎12/21/10‎
Six local organizations received Protected Areas Conservation Trust grants this morning for their conservation efforts around Belize. ...

12/20/10

Citrus Products: Transition Tremors But No Earthquakes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/20/10‎
Over the weekend a swarm of wild rumors were spreading about activities taking place in the Pomona valley, particularly at the citrus ...

Gales Point No Water For Christmas?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/20/10‎
Michael Hutchison to see if we can maybe work with the Belize water service to get the old pump fix. If we get the old pump fix then we could operate the ...

Murder In the West
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/20/10‎
47 year old Herman Morris - the Financial Controller for the Citrus Growers Association of Belize was found dead in his vehicle in front of his home. ...

62 million In European Financing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/20/10‎
Three financing agreements totalling 62.3 million Belize Dollars in European Union Grant Funds were signed today in Belmopan by Prime Minister Dean Barrow ...

Belize Presents Documentary on the History of its Popular Music at the OAS
Media Newswire (press release) - ‎12/20/10‎
The Permanent Representative of Belize to the Organization of American States (OAS), Nestor Mendez, today presented at the OAS Columbus Memorial Library the ...

12/17/10

A Party For The Kids
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
Over two hundred and fifty children from the Port Loyola area in Belize City received a free meal along with a gift today - all courtesy ...

Shot In Front Of Sonny's
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
Dwayne Young, a resident of Belize City reported to police that he was in front of Sonny's Supermarket on Central American Boulevard along with some friends ...

Musa to Martinez: “Too Big For Your Boots”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
The same situation exists in the entire Belize City, in all the divisions as well on the Southside of Belize City including Port Loyola, Lake Independence, ...

UZI Lands Teenager In Jail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
Last night we told you that five persons were caught at a home on Curassow Street with an Uzi submachine gun. Well, that matter has been quickly resolved as ...

FFB Executive Member Resists Bertie
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
Tomorrow it is expected that the Football Federation of Belize will be holding its election for a new executive - presumably in the morning at FFB ...

Cardona A No-Show At House Meeting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
After being soundly defeated in Sunday's divisional convention - probably only the second time in Belize's political history that has happened to an ...

Canton Terminated; He Says He Is Still CEO
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
Dr. Henry Canton is CEO of CPBL no more. Today in a closed door extraordinary general meeting at CGA Headquarters on the Stann Creek Valley Road, ...

FFB Pres Chimilio: Endorsement Not Election?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
Now I have to explain that the government of Belize or the ministry of sports cannot stop any sporting organization from having an election but there is the ...

SICA Summit Swings Into Action
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
The summit comes as Belize holds the rotating chairmanship of SICA - which it will hand over at year's end. Jim McFadzean has been on San Pedro since ...

Post hurricane Funds From Red Cross
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
As a result of the Belize Red Cross international appeal for relief, the American Red Cross offered to provide help to residents of Gracie Rock and ...

Post-Hurricane Housing: Where The Two Million Went
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
It's been almost two months since Hurricane Richard battered the coast of central and south-central Belize. Roofs were blown off, steps washed away and some ...

Cops Funs An Uzi
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
... Gang Unit along with Special Branch personnel were on a joint operation in Belize City - when they conducted a search on a house on Curassow Street. ...

A Very Finny Christmas
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
The Salvation Army would like to thank sponsors: CBC, Grace Kennedy Belize Limited, The Belize City Council, The Belize Police Force, Holy Redeemer Parish, ...

Sugar: Will BSI Do Its Part?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
But I want to be real today and tell you that if BSI does not grind or mill what is committed, the government of Belize cannot lash them, the government of ...

An Upgrade For San Pedro Airstrip
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
Today in San Pedro - the Central American Presidents were making all the headlines but the Belize Airports Authority had some news of its own. ...

No Charges For Customs Personnel With Cash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
The officer with the money reportedly told police that he was simply conveying the money from Corozal to Belize for a relative and it was not his property. ...

Canton: Going, Going…Gone?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/10‎
Will the CEO of the Citrus Products of Belize Limited Henry Canton be given his walking papers by this time tomorrow? That's the question that's causing ...

"> Football elections in Belize
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
His comments go straight to the heart of the problems in Belize football and I certainly agree with them. I have long held that our country's societal ...

BBF conducts FIBA Digital Workshop
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
The Belize Basketball Federation (BBF) conducted a 3-day training on the application and use of the FIBA official basketball database - the FIBA Organizer ...

Belizean trapped in a Guat jail for ½ pound of weed
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
Oscar Dennis Gonguez, 22, and his mother, Bernadine Gonguez, both Belizeans of #8720 Curl Thompson Street, Belize City, started the Sunday morning of ...

Regional security overshadows economic woes at SICA summit
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
... Ambergris Caye, Belize, on Thursday, December 16, 2010, according to Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow, the outgoing chairman of the Central American ...

Locked down in Melchor jail for weed
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
The family of Belize City laborer Oscar Dennis Gonguez, 22, hasn't seen their son and brother for nearly three weeks, because he is in lockdown in a jail in ...

The Cancun Agreements
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
At the conference, which began on Monday, November 29, 2010, Belize was represented by Minister of Natural Resources, Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega; ...

BATSUB to downsize in 2011
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
What does that mean for British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB)? Well, it was announced today by Colonel Robert Lindsay, BATSUB's commander, ...

Talbert Mena now charged with murder of Nigerian security officer, Kalaru ...
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
... about 10 feet from the security booth at the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel compound, located at Mile 2½ on the Northern Highway in Belize City. ...

Court move fails; Canton's head still on chopping bloc
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
Banks Holdings Limited of Barbados and 350 petitioners who work for Citrus Products of Belize Limited (CPBL) have been unsuccessful in their attempts this ...

BATSUB abandons Belize
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/17/10‎
The British government's announcement this week that it is cutting the number of troops stationed in Belize to a token ...

Cops nab Ladyville businessman with body in Trooper
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/17/10‎
... Argentina Arevalo Garcia, before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie in the Belize City Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, December 15. ...

Belize Bank receivers take over National Transport
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/17/10‎
The Belize Bank's move against the Novelo's family-owned bus company, National Transport Services Limited (NTSL) last ...

From BEC to Belize Holdings – British companies, British colonies
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
“The second recollection was of Mr. Turton, one of two millionaires in Belize who had vast holdings and was also a member of the Legislative Council. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
In retrospect, I believe that in mid-1972 UBAD represented an almost perfect marriage of PUP and NIP youth in Belize City. This was an awesome power, ...

Ideas and Opinions - Crime is flourishing
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
Crime is flourishing in Belize because it is profitable and because, there are so few convictions. On the other hand, if there was a high rate of conviction ...

Stop sell unu votes, my Belizean people!
Amandala - ‎12/17/10‎
The concept of “buying votes” is nothing new to elections and politics, and particularly so in Belize. It became famous and almost rudimentary under the ...

BCC wins 2010 interoffice softball
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/17/10‎
The Belize City Council repeated as champions of the Belize City interoffice softball competition, when they won the final ...

$22 million to upgrade Belize City streets
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/17/10‎
Some Belize City streets in deplorable condition are due for an overhaul by a project to be carried out by the Ministry of ...

Placancia residents say "No" to cruise tourism
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/17/10‎
David Vernon, Vice-chairman of BTIA Placencia, said the results come as a powerful backing to the Placencia Village Council in their stance against Belize ...

Single mothers get employment training
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/17/10‎
... Project of Women's Department received certificates of completion in a ceremony at the Belize Elementary School auditorium Tuesday evening, December 14. ...

Champion for dialysis patients dies
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/17/10‎
On Friday morning he was scheduled to come to Belize City for his weekly dialysis treatment at Belize Health Care Partners (BHCP), but he asked to be taken ...

New certification role for Belize Hotel Association
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/17/10‎
The Belize Hotels Association (BHA), held its annual general meeting at the ITVET compound on Thursday, December 16. ...

Con artist Artemio Acosta convicted in absentia
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/17/10‎
Convicted con artist Artemio Acosta, 33, of #95 Neal's Pen Road in Belize City, was fined more than $7000 in the Belize ...

What can you do to help the endangered Hicatee?
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/17/10‎
Belize hosted the first Hicatee Conservation Forum and workshop at the University of Belize, Belmopan Campus last Tuesday, December 7. ...

Corozal Free Zone US dollars deposit not yet resolved
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/17/10‎
... (HSBC) stopped accepting US dollar deposits from the Belize Central Bank on behalf of the merchants of the Corozal Free Zone about three weeks ago. ...

BELIZE HOTELS ASSOCIATION HOLDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
LoveFM - ‎12/17/10‎
Members and stakeholders of the Tourism sector met at the IT-VET campus for the Belize Hotel Associations' Annual General Meeting. ...

BBB REQUESTS EMPLOYEES LIST FROM NATIONAL TRANSPORT
LoveFM - ‎12/17/10‎
The Belize Business Bureau says it has spoken to the former owners of National Transports Limited requesting a complete list of the workers and what is owed ...

LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION WEIGHS IN ON THE DOWNSIZING OF BATSUB
LoveFM - ‎12/17/10‎
The announcement was made yesterday in a joint statement issued by the Belize and United Kingdom governments. Briceno says the news of downsizing could not ...

12/16/10

Gwen Lizarraga High School girls and Sad...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
The 2010-2011 Central Region Secondary Schools Basketball Competition came to an end on Friday December 10, at the . ...

BDF remains at the top of the Caribbean ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
The Belize Premier Football League Caribbean Motors Cup Tourney continued over the weekend with three games across the country. On Saturday December 11, ...

30 Million Dollars more for Southside
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
Martinez explained that the second phase of the project will now see some major infrastructural work being done in Belize City's Southside. ...

Tour guide couple charged with possessio...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

Mexican busted with one - 9mm bullet
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

Antichrist charged for the murder of David White
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

Con artist convicted
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
Acosta, a resident of #95 Neal's Pen Road in Belize City, was found guilty of seven counts of obtaining property by deception for swindling money from ...

Southern Regional Hospital Certified as Baby Friendly
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

Addressing the Belize City's traffic problems
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
The first move in that direction came with the visit of Christopher Rose, a traffic consultant, who made assessments of the traffic problems in Belize City. ...

Nyreese Castro – Youngest USF Graduate for 2010
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

Special Envoy Hosts 300 for Christmas Concert
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

Belize Lions Hurricane Richard Relief Efforts
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

“Artisans with a Plan” Exhibit Opens at Institute of Mexico
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

Novelos on the brink again
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

KHMH's Staff Appreciation Luncheon
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

Taiwan contributes to the underprivileged children and families for Christmas ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
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. ...

A Smooth Kick Off for Sugar Crop 2011
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/16/10‎
In this regard, Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA), Mr. Alfredo Ortega, stated that all 18 ...

BATSUB ANNOUNCES IT IS DOWNSIZING ITS OPERATION IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/16/10‎
Rumors of the closure of the British Army Training Support Unit stationed in Belize have been floating around for months now. But today it was confirmed, ...

NEW SUGAR CANE CROP BEGINS
LoveFM - ‎12/16/10‎
The 2010-2011 sugar crop was officially open today at the Belize Sugar Industry's Compound. Manuela Ayuso Canton reports. An industry that has faced much ...

UNIVERSITY LEVEL EDUCATORS RECEIVED TRAINING IN RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
LoveFM - ‎12/16/10‎
Apart from Belize it includes University of Guyana, Surinam, the University of Technology in Jamaica and others. In other words we are covering the entire ...

TWENTY BELIZEANS RECEIVE MASTERS IN EDUCATION
LoveFM - ‎12/16/10‎
We have a lot of teachers in Belize but we don't have a lot of teacher trainers and these people will now we equipped to train our teachers on pedagogical ...

MEXICAN NATIONAL FACES GUN CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎12/16/10‎
25-year-old Mexican national Diego Cruz Gonzalez became an inmate of Belize Central Prison today after he was arraigned on a charge of keeping ammunition ...

Sugar Season Starts
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/10‎
The sugar crop started today after successive delays - and while the event usually passes without even a mention in the news, this year is different because ...

Employees Unite To Lobby For Canton's Job
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/10‎
This time it's the Citrus Products of Belize Limited, where the Citrus Growers Association is making moves to axe the CEO of CPBL Dr. Henry Canton. ...

Mexican Remanded For A Single Round
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/10‎
Twenty five year old Diego Cruz Gonzalez, a Mexican National residing at 6240 Buttonwood Bay, became an inmate of Belize Central Prison Today after he ...

Chiquibul: Under Sustained Attack
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/10‎
Patrols have confirmed that illegal logging has extended as far as 7 kilometers inside Belize and extends south into the Chiquibul National Park for ...

SICA Summit Starts
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/10‎
Central American dignitaries started arriving in Belize today for a Regional Leaders Summit which will be held on northern Ambergris Caye. ...

Belizean Art With Mexican Flavour
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/10‎
They are called the artisans with a plan and five Belizean artists are opening their show at the Institute of Mexico in Belize right now. ...

Major Money For Southside
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/10‎
... The Project acts as a social safety net and helps to put food on the table for many families, particularly from the South Side of Belize City. ...

BATSUB: The Short Goodbye
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/10‎
The British government of Prime Minister David Cameron says it must downsize the already minimal contingent of British Forces in Belize. ...

Customs Officers Detained for Moving Major Figures
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/10‎
Our information suggests that he was supposed to carry the money to Belize City and deliver it to another suspect individual. But the ADU nabbed the customs ...

Boots Bristles At Suggestions Of Mis-Spending
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/10‎
And while the southside project is full of promise for the battered city and those workers - are those public loan funds being used to prop up a politically ...

12/14/10

Toys For Tots going Strong At 11 Years
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/10‎
... Airlines host every years for the most needy children from all the different primary schools or most of the different primary schools in Belize City. ...

Man Kills Mother In Law; Confesses
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/10‎
"This person did not even stop and acknowledge the right away which would have been for the police into the highway heading towards ...

Conteh: From Belize to The Bahamas
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/10‎
Dr. Abdulai Conteh retired from the Belize Supreme Court at the end of September - after ten years as the head of Belize's judiciary. ...

Ship with Christmas Cargo Broken Down At Sea
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/10‎
We have confirmed that the Vessel named "ConeEast" is carrying about 90 containers which are destined for Belize. According to information from the internet ...

Novelo's & Receivership: The Sequel
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/10‎
They said they believe the decision made by the Belize Bank wasn't in good faith: "What is important about your question is that why did receivership happen ...

New funds to perk up local coffee industry
Jamaica Gleaner -  - ‎12/14/10‎
Looking on are (from left) Dr Jerome Thomas, representative to Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, and Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni, head of delegation ...

BELIZE CITY COUPLE CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
LoveFM - ‎14 hours ago‎
The police reported that when they searched a house on Antelope Street they found four counterfeit 20 dollar Belize currency notes in a room. ...

Tourism associations say new tourism zone is a “hostage” situation
Amandala -  - ‎12/14/10‎
The Fort George Tourism Zone, which was launched on Wednesday, December 8, with the objective of enhancing tourists' experience in Belize as well as ...

BTL workers' attempt to get shares stalled
Amandala -  - ‎12/14/10‎
According to Paul Perriott, vice president of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, who was also elected recently to a new term as president at the ...

“In your face!” Mr. Minister of Sports; Bertie says, “I am the boss!”
Amandala - ‎12/14/10‎
John Saldivar - the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) Secretariat today released by email a letter, dated December 7, and addressed to “all members of the ...

Blue Xmas for 275 transport workers!
Amandala -  - ‎12/14/10‎
This time, it is to the Belize Bank of 60 Market Square. The giant Novelos Bus Line, created from mergers of the Novelos with several other major bus ...

RIP Jose Cruz, dialysis advocate – dead at 41
Amandala -  - ‎12/14/10‎
The nation of Belize has lost a brave soldier and self-sacrificing healthcare advocate, Jose Cruz, 41, also known as “Fudge,” who had become known in media ...

Dr. Gayle's concerns about raising a child in Belize City
Amandala -  - ‎12/14/10‎
The Male Social Participation and Violence in Urban Belize research report recently released by Dr. Herbert Gayle, Caribbean social anthropologist and ...

12/13/10

“Jankro” In Road Caused SUV To Flip
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/13/10‎
Bernadin was driving towards Belize City and lost control of the SUV between miles 20 and 21 after hitting a vulture. ...

Con Man Sentenced
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/13/10‎
Acosta was charged with fourteen counts of obtaining property by deception for allegedly taking money from primary schools all over Belize for t-shirts ...

Citrus Mutual to Canton's Defence
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/13/10‎
Dr. Henry Canton - he's the embattled CEO of Citrus Products of Belize Limited and ever since the Citrus Growers Association took control of the company's ...

Another Figueroa Shot
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/13/10‎
There was a shooting in Belize City last night - but no one was seriously hurt. Just after 7:00 pm, 21 year old Luis Figueroa was walking behind the ...

Trio of Teenagers In Stabbing Incident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/13/10‎
She remanded McFoy into custody at the Belize Central Prison and the minors into custody at the Youth Hostel. They're to return to court on January 14, ...

275 National Transport Employees Want Their Money
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/13/10‎
It made headlines on Friday when National Transport Services was taken over by receivers Kevin Castillo and Robert Garcia acting on behalf of the Belize ...

WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT COMPLETES THIRD PHASE OF SINGLE WOMEN'S PROJECT
LoveFM - ‎12/13/10‎
The third cycle of the “Supporting Single Mothers in Belize City Project” being carried out by the Women's Department has come to a close. ...

THREE TEENAGERS FACE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎12/13/10‎
She remanded Mcfoy into custody at Belize Central Prison and the minors into custody at Youth Hostel. They are to return to court on January 4, 2011. ...

$14 THOUSAND FOR OBTAINING PROPERTY BY DECEPTION
LoveFM - ‎12/13/10‎
33-year-old Artemio Acosta, an alleged con man charged with 14 counts of obtaining property by deception for defrauding primary schools all over Belize was ...

COUNCILLOR RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAFFIC SAYS RUNS ARE AVAILABLE FOR BELIZE CITY ...
LoveFM - ‎12/13/10‎
It was reported that the Belize Bank Ltd made a drastic decision to hand over the receivership to widely known auctioneer Kevin Castillo and on Friday he ...

Birth of A Botfly Maggot
The Guardian - ‎12/13/10‎
... tells his horrifying yet humorous tale of the parasitic botfly larva that drilled its way into the back of his hand during an expedition to Belize. ...

12/10/10

Paddling through paradise
Calgary Herald - ‎12/10/10‎
This was the part that I secretly feared when my wife, Kathryn, and I planned our trip to Belize. It was clear from the information ...

National's Receivership Disaster
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/10‎
On Tuesday, we told you about the Belize Bank sending receivers to collect the assets of on Bel-Bus, a Novelo's luxury bus company. ...

Can't Knock The Hustle
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/10‎
He reported that CRISPIN LINO was hired to fix the roof of a home at #8 Simon Lamb Street, in Belize City. Must have been a mansion because Lino signed out ...

The Zone On Its Own: End Users Say They Lost Money
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/10‎
... trying to see the beautiful city of Belize or meet the taxi guys or the hair braiders, how will they exit, they will have no interest to exit any door. ...

Gonguez In Guatemalan Gaol
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/10‎
We don't really know if a phone call from over that side is $100 Belize, a 2 minute call or less. right now our only appeal is either to the government or ...

The OAS and Transparency
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/10‎
The OAS is celebrating fifteen years in Belize and today, they met with over thirty key stake holders in governmental and non-governmental organizations in ...

Champion Of the Afflicted, Jose Cruz Passes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/10‎
Collet Montejo from Belize Healthcare Partners was close to Cruz and saw him just yesterday when he came down to the hospital for a bleeding ear:… ...

New record and new female star in Alpheus Williams Classic
Amandala - ‎12/10/10‎
The last major race on the Belize Cycling Association's (BCA) calendar for 2010 took place on Sunday, December 5, and it was the 14th running of the Alpheus ...

SSB buys 20% of BTL for $50 million
Amandala - ‎12/10/10‎
The Government of Belize has closed the sale of 10 million shares in Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) to the Social Security Board (SSB)—a $50 million deal ...

Belize Country Report from United Black Association for Development ...
Amandala - ‎12/10/10‎
The United Black Association for Development was a cultural and political organization that was birthed on February 9, 1969, in Belize City, Belize. ...

Belize Bans Bottom Trawling in All Its Waters
Treehugger - ‎12/10/10‎
In a great victory on the path to more sustainable fishing, Oceana has announced Belize banned all ...

Impacts of Bottom Trawling on Fisheries, Tourism, and the Marine Environment
Justmeans - ‎12/10/10‎
Fishing is one of the most important employers and sources of protein for coastal communities in Belize. Yet bottom trawls and other kinds of unselective ...

Belize totally bans bottom trawling
Amandala - ‎12/10/10‎
Belize has joined Venezuela and the Pacific island nation of Palau to be the third country in the world to impose a complete ban of bottom-trawling in the ...

“They will all pay in court!”
Amandala - ‎12/10/10‎
Former Minister of State in the Ministry of Works and area representative for Belize Rural North, Hon. Edmond “Clear the Land” Castro, appeared unfazed by ...

$12000 missing from police exhibit room
Amandala - ‎12/10/10‎
The Belize Police Department's exhibit keeper is under investigation, because two separate sets of money, kept in a locked safe inside the exhibit room, ...

GOB boycotts Channel 5!
Amandala - ‎12/10/10‎
A late afternoon press release from Belmopan on Tuesday announced that Government has, effective immediately, “suspended normal relations” with Great Belize ...

New Tourism Zone plan not working
Amandala - ‎12/10/10‎
But stakeholders we spoke with say that the plan, unveiled to some fanfare on Saturday last at Old Belize to regularize the situation, ...

Cop impregnates girl, 14
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/10/10‎
Police are also seeking Everal Kenroy of an Antelope Street Extension, Belize City on charges of carnal knowledge and Maxwell Wade of Ladyville for ...

GOB axes Channel 5
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/10/10‎
On Thursday afternoon, Belize Broadcasting Authority Chairman Tony Leslie said, “I have no comment. I cannot make a statement. ...

New Supreme Court Judge sworn in
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/10/10‎
The Belize Supreme Court has a new temporary judge, Denis S. Hanomansingh, who took the oath of office in the chambers ...

New rules worry Tourism Village pros
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/10/10‎
Officials from BTB and the Belize City Council saw first hand how the enforcement of the new rules created a wave of ...

Greg Lovell, Kira Eiley 7 Daniel Choto win 14th annual Alpheus Williams AIDS ...
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/10/10‎
... the elite category of the 14th annual Alpheus Williams AIDS Day cycling classic from Belmopan to Belize City, while Kira Eiley won the women's race from ...

New HQ for Belize Coast Guard
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/10/10‎
The Belize National Coast Guard, first headquartered in Ladyville when it was formed 2005, has now moved into its new $4 ...

World bank lends GOB $30M for municipal development
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/10/10‎
The Government of Belize received a $30 million soft loan, from the World Bank, to be used for municipal developments ...

Belize orders deportation of American fugitive James Baker
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/10/10‎
James Donald Baker, 67, was expelled from Belize and taken back by Detectives Marlon Galvez and Arcadio Chun, ...

Arsonist strikes at Red Cross HQ
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/10/10‎
The Belize Red Cross will continue to help the most vulnerable, and continue faithfully to carry out its humanitarian mission, Red Cross Director Lily ...

UNESCO's $25000 gift helps Museum's jade exhibit
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/10/10‎
UNESCO gave the Museum of Belize $25000 specifically to help expand the museum's Maya and Jade collection on Tuesday, ...

Bottom Trawling banned
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/10/10‎
Belize has become the third country in the world to completely ban all forms of bottom trawling in the Belizean waters. ...

In Belize Rural north... Calls for Area Rep Edmund Castro to resign
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/10/10‎
Oscar Pollard, who was acquitted of an aggravated charge against Castro several months ago in the Belize City Magistrate's Court, chaired the press ...

The wait is over! Cane farmers collect Third Payment
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/10/10‎
The Belize Sugar Industry (BSI) has finally received its $10 million loan from GOB, and the company was finally able to ...

12/9/10

Free Zone Fright Deepens
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
As we've reported, the Central Bank of Belize which formerly processed the tens of millions of dollars in hard currency from the ...

Farming In A City Backyard?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
That's what an initiative from the Ministry of Agriculture and Restore Belize hopes to achive. It's called the urban agricultural project and will provide ...

Study Of Southside Domestic Abuse
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
"E Cud Happen To Any A Wi" is a report on domestic violence, which contains the findings of a survey conducted on 116 women in Belize City Southside ...

Cop Accused Of Carnal Knowledge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
Twenty-four year old Police Constable, Rodney Williams, became an inmate of Belize Central Prison today after he appeared in the #1 Magistrate's Court and ...

Gayle: Help and Healing Needed For Society's Males
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
... according to Dr. Herbert Gayle, the money should go to healing damaged men and boys - after all, they are the source of most of the violence in Belize. ...

Cops Charged For Facilitating Landing Of Drug Plane
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
That charge was forwarded today in Belize City Magistrate's court - where the police put the courthouse under highest security lockdown. ...

Francis Fonseca Says He's No Friend Of Five, But Backs Them Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
"a dangerous message and a perilous road for Belize to travel…" He urges civic, business and religious leaders to let their voices be heard on the issue.

Belize gov't muzzles TV station
Jamaica Observer - ‎12/9/10‎
In an unprecedented move, government announced Tuesday following a cabinet meeting that: "effective immediately, the Government of Belize is suspending ...

Is It Ministry Vs. FFB?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
... meeting with Club Owners, Sponsors, Coaches and footballers in an effort to get their concerns and suggestions on how to improve Football in Belize. ...

Dr. Gayle: What's Fueling The Rage In The Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
... been featuring short - and not so short - interviews with Jamaican violence Anthropologist Dr. Herbert Gayle about his epic study of crime in Belize. ...

Armed Robbery At Local Casino
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
Tonight, Belize City police are investigating a well coordinated, armed robbery that took place around 8 o'clock last night at the Boulevard Game shop ...

GOB Says Channel 5 Now A PUP Party Organ
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
"I think if you go back to what I have said, the relationship will be no different from that which prevails with the Belize Times and the Vibes Radio so ...

Rural North PUP Want Bye-Election to Replace UDP Rep
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
But a group of PUP activists in Belize Rural North want to keep it active; they are demanding answers and that Castro step down. ...

Trawling Banned In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
Belize became only the third country in the world, to completely ban bottom trawling after Minister of Fisheries, Rene Montero signed the statutory ...

“Rithm” Is Gonna Get You
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/10‎
The Youth Voice project will be carried out for a two year period and is opened to young people of ages 16-22 residing in Belize City. ...

AGRICULTURAL PROJECT INTRODUCED IN SOUTHSIDE BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/9/10‎
A new urban agriculture program was launched this morning in South Side Belize City. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the Ministry of ...

THREE PEOPLE INJURED IN TWO SEPARATE SHOOTING INCIDENTS
LoveFM - ‎12/9/10‎
Two separate shootings in Belize City occurred in the span of two hours in two different locations but none proved to be fatal. In the first incident, ...

FRANCIS FONSECA COMMENTS ON ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY GOB ON TUESDAY
LoveFM - ‎12/9/10‎
Fonseca says Government's message that if you support Channel 5 you are supporting the PUP is a dangerous message and a perilous road for Belize to travel. ...

Victory In Belize: Trawling Banned!
Care2.com (blog) - ‎12/9/10‎
On Wednesday, December 8, a ban was set on all forms of trawling in the Belize -- a major victory for ocean lovers and wildlife. ...

Gwen Liz girls and Sadie Vernon boys' ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
The championship series will continue on Wednesday December 8, Friday December 10 and on Monday December 13 at the Belize City Centre. ...

Para athletes pick up medals at CODICADE...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
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. ...

Gwen Lizarraga boys and girls, Wesley gi...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
The Central Region Secondary Schools Basketball competition Semi-finals came to an end on Saturday December 4, 2010 at the Belize City Centre. ...

Mike Sosa Completes Advanced Tennis Coac...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
As a full time tennis professional, he is a pioneer of tennis development in Belize. During the last seven years he has been actively involved in the ...

San Felipe Barcelona clip the high flyin...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
The Belize Premier Football League Caribbean Motors Cup Tournament continued over the weekend with three games across the country. Last week's games came up ...

Gregory Lovell 3 peat as Alphesus Willia...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
The Belize Cycling Association in collaboration with the Ministry of Health sponsored the 14th Annual Alpheus Williams' Aids Day Cycling Classic on Sunday ...

Government suspends normal relations wit...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
The Belizean public is hereby informed that, effective immediately, the Government of Belize is suspending normal relations with Channel 5 and Great Belize ...

THEN & NOW
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
The nation has certainly not forgotten about the 38 million dollars invested in that public asset once known as the Belize Port Authority which, ...

The Battle for OW East
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
Although the People's United Party had experienced several political setbacks in 2004, the three main blows being the massive labour protests in Belize City ...

Minister Faber on Education System in Belize Today
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
The problems facing the education system in Belize is as a result of years of neglect. The previous government failed to understand that running a quality ...

Democracy in FFB says Minister Saldivar
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
He has already made it clear that the Ministry of Sports and the Government of Belize has no interest in running football in this country- “That is for the ...

UNESCO donated to the museum of Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
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. ...

Tourist Zone Finally Established - What Will Change?
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
Belize City is the start off point for most tourists visiting our beautiful country; however, its significance has been underplayed. ...

New York Belizeans Send Gifts Back Home - 5 Organizations Benefit
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
Those groups are the Belize Chemotherapy Organization of New York, Inc, Belize Organization of New York, Inc, Friends Supporting the Anglican Diocese of ...

Oceana Celebrates GOB's Ban on Trawling
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
Considering the fact that Belize boasts the second largest barrier reef in the world, it's shocking to know that the practice actually does exist in the ...

2011 Sugar Crop to begin December 15!!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
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. ...

Prices for Belize Citrus Farms Remain Steady Despite Hurricane Damage
PR-USA.net (press release) - ‎12/9/10‎
Despite sustaining considerable damage during Hurricane Richard in late October, there is a silver lined cloud for Belize citrus farmers who are looking to ...

Belize Bank's Ponzi Scheme
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
From our previous articles on the “Virus” and his cohort companies, readers will remember that he brought in two Trinidadians to head the Belize Bank's ...

New judge sworn in
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
67-year-old newly appointed judge, Denis S. Hanomansingh, of Guyana who celebrated his 67th birthday in Belize on Monday December 6 was sworn into office at ...

Novelo's in receivership - Again!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/9/10‎
For the second time around, however, they went to the Belize Bank where again they secured millions of dollars in loans, and since old habits die hard, ...

12/8/10

Belize Banishes Destructive Trawling
Huffington Post (blog) - ‎18 hours ago‎
As of today, Belize is one of the first countries in the world to institute a complete and permanent ban on trawling in all of ...

Denis Hanomansingh appointed temporary judge in Belize
Stabroek News - ‎12/8/10‎
By Stabroek editor | View Comments Former Director of Public Prosecutions, Denis Hanomansingh, has been sworn in as a temporary judge in Belize, ...

Students explore Mayan culture in Belize
Castleton Spartan - ‎12/8/10‎
Imagine a course that combines ecology, history, and physics -- and involves a trip to Belize during Spring Break. You don't have to imagine, ...

12/7/10

Denis Hanomansingh appointed temporary judge in Belize
Stabroek News - ‎12/7/10‎
By Stabroek editor | View Comments Former Director of Public Prosecutions, Denis Hanomansingh, has been sworn in as a temporary judge in Belize by ...

Students explore Mayan culture in Belize
Castleton Spartan - ‎12/7/10‎
Imagine a course that combines ecology, history, and physics -- and involves a trip to Belize during Spring Break. You don't have to imagine, ...

Two Men Accused Of Sexual Relations With Child
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
Accompanied by her mother, 13 year old student of Belize City accompanied by her mother - reported to police that sometime between 7 o'clock on Saturday ...

Gayle Report Includes Terrifying Testimonials From Children
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
Dr. Herbert Gayle's 400 page study on the patterns of violence in Belize has been out for two weeks and one of the most compelling sections is Chapter 6. ...

Supreme Court Restrains British Caribbean Bank
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
... the British Caribbean Bank got some bad news in the Supreme Court today when Justice Oswell Legall granted the Government of Belize an injunction ...

SJC Takes A Stand Against Child Abuse
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
... so if you have your incident with child abuse, report it, take action, this is our Belize, we want to do everything in our power to make it a good one. ...

Museum Gets Money For Maya Exhibit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
The museum of Belize has been opened for 8 years and the Jades and Maya Masterpieces exhibit has been there from the start. And now it will get a boost. ...

Hurry-Cane!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
3.2 million dollars for the third payment to cane farmers was transferred form the government to BSI today - and that payment will be made to farmers ...

New Judge Sworn In
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
Before he came to work in Belize he was a judge in Barbados and also served as Director of Public Prosecutions in Guyana.

Lotto Winner Says Money Needed For Medical Bills
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
Government this evening made an unprecedented announcement, saying that, quote, "effective immediately, the Government of Belize is suspending normal ...

Free Zone Must End Dollar Dependency
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
That's a part of US anti-money-laundering banking regulations - and the effect in Belize is that upwards of 17 million US dollars is just sitting in a vault ...

Holdup Outside Hospital
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
36 year old John Frazer - a driver for Belize Health Care Partners - told police that on Monday at about 5:20, he was parked in the clinic's parking lot ...

Belize Bank Making Moves Again; Now It's The Novelo's
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
Two weeks ago we told you about the Belize Bank moving on Luke Espat's various assets and businesses. The bank, we are told, intends to put his various ...

GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS RELATIONS WITH CHANNEL 5
LoveFM - ‎12/7/10‎
The Government of Belize has suspended normal relations with Channel 5 and Great Belize Productions effective immediately. A release from the Govenrment ...

OCEANA'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/7/10‎
Oceana's Board of Directors is hosting its first ever international meeting in Belize which is taking place from December 6th to 9th. ...

CANE FARMERS TO FINALLY RECEIVE THIRD PAYMENT FOR LAST CROP SEASON
LoveFM - ‎12/7/10‎
On November twenty-fourth, government approved a loan of ten million dollars to Belize Sugar Industry for working capital for the new crop season and to pay ...

Honduras Beats Belize to Qualify for U-20 Finals
Boxscore News - ‎12/7/10‎
LA CEIBA, Honduras - Antony Lozano and Gustavo Carias both scored for a second straight game and led Honduras to a 3-0 victory over Belize on Sunday that ...

Sweet! Food Historian Spreads the Gospel of Chocolate
LiveScience.com - ‎12/7/10‎
Segan's interest in chocolate took her to Belize for two weeks in 2008 where she worked with an indigenous cacao farmer. Cacao trees grow only in the ...

Pirates attack Canadians in Honduran waters
Amandala - ‎12/7/10‎
International media report that Myda and her father had been traveling in the direction of Belize when on Thursday night they decided to dock in a lagoon ...

Tourism Zone created to restore order to city cruise industry
Amandala - ‎12/7/10‎
Representatives of the Ministry of Tourism and the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) and other key officials today met with stakeholders in Belize's fledgling ...

BTIA Board of Directors gets new prez at AGM
Amandala - ‎12/7/10‎
The tourism industry has been much in the news this week, beginning on Monday with re-organization in the Ministry of Tourism and Belize Tourism Board (BTB) ...

BTL minority shareholders probe Chairman
Amandala - ‎12/7/10‎
At the 4th Annual General Meeting of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) hosted at the Princess Hotel and Casino on Thursday, December 2, 2010, ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎12/7/10‎
In those days there were no automatic transmission vehicles in Belize, British Honduras, and you couldn't buy your driver's licence. Things have changed. ...

CGA seeking FAO to battle citrus greening
Amandala - ‎12/7/10‎
Belize citrus growers are seeking international help to implement programs to combat citrus greening, also known as yellow dragon disease – a bacterial ...

275 new HIV infection cases for January – November 2010
Amandala - ‎12/7/10‎
In Belize, the figures for January to the last week in November, 2010, are 275 new reported infections, a number less than in 2009, when the figure was at ...

The guillotine for Dr. Henry Canton?
Amandala - ‎12/7/10‎
The Citrus Growers Association (CGA) and its subsidiary—Belize Citrus Growers Association Investment Company Limited (BCGAICL), which together control a 51% ...

A triumphant homecoming for Damari Tesecum, 14
Amandala - ‎12/7/10‎
Today at around 3:20 pm, Damari and her mother, Rosalinda, arrived in Belize. Outside the Philip Goldson International Airport, Damari's family eagerly ...

Victims linked to North
Sudbury Star - ‎12/7/10‎
Once she was rescued, Myda was cared for on the ship until they reached Belize. Still terri-fied, she asked that the captain accompany her to be examined at ...

Woman who saw father killed in Honduras now home
CTV.ca - ‎12/7/10‎
Myda Egrmajer managed to flee and was taken to neighbouring Belize. A spokesman for Honduran authorities says they have no suspects.

Cruising sailor murdered
Yachting World - ‎12/7/10‎
She is safe in Belize. Miss Egrmajer was cruising the Caribbean Sea with her father. She had been on board a few weeks when bad weather forced them to dock ...

The Situation at Sadie
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
On Friday night we told you the shocking story of a female teacher at Sadie Vernon High in Belize City who was accused of punching a male student. ...

Showdown In The Shores
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
You can't base politics on family, Belize is too small. The fact of it is that you are letting down your colleague with whom you want to someday appear on a ...

Police Grab Guns
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
And back in Belize city on Saturday morning, police searched a home on Jane Usher Boulevard where they found a .357 revolver - which is prohibited firearm. ...

The New Deal In Cruise Tourism
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
The cruise tourism season starts right after Thanksgiving in the United States and this year, there's going to be a big change in Belize. ...

Canadian Woman Rescued In Belizean Waters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
Myra - his 24 year old daughter managed to chase off the assailants and piloted the boat - until she met a passing vessel that was heading to Belize. ...

Dr. Gayle: How The Seeds Of Violence Are Sown
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
... violence anthropologist Dr. Herbert is speaking about his groundbreaking work, the study on Male Social Participation and Violence in Urban Belize. ...

Burn Victim Damari Comes Home Smiling
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/10‎
She returned to Belize today and Monica Bodden was at the airport:… She came off the plane in a wheel chair -after 4 months of surgeries and therapy - there ...

12/6/10

Woman who saw father killed in Honduras now home
CTV.ca - ‎12/6/10‎
Myda Egrmajer managed to flee and was taken to neighbouring Belize. A spokesman for Honduran authorities says they have no suspects.

Cruising sailor murdered
Yachting World - ‎12/6/10‎
She is safe in Belize. Miss Egrmajer was cruising the Caribbean Sea with her father. She had been on board a few weeks when bad weather ...

The Situation at Sadie
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/6/10‎
On Friday night we told you the shocking story of a female teacher at Sadie Vernon High in Belize City who was accused of punching a male student. ...

Showdown In The Shores
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/6/10‎
You can't base politics on family, Belize is too small. The fact of it is that you are letting your colleague with whom you want to someday appear on a ...

Police Grab Guns
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/6/10‎
And back in Belize city on Saturday morning, police searched a home on Jane Usher Boulevard where they found a .357 revolver - which is prohibited firearm. ...

The New Deal In Cruise Tourism
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/6/10‎
The cruise tourism season starts right after Thanksgiving in the United States and this year, there's going to be a big change in Belize. ...

Canadian Woman Rescued In Belizean Waters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/6/10‎
Myra - his 24 year old daughter managed to chase off the assailants and piloted the boat - until she met a passing vessel that was heading to Belize. ...

Dr. Gayle: How The Seeds Of Violence Are Sown
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/6/10‎
... violence anthropologist Dr. Herbert is speaking about his groundbreaking work, the study on Male Social Participation and Violence in Urban Belize. ...

Burn Victim Damari Comes Home Smiling
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/6/10‎
She returned to Belize today and Monica Bodden was at the airport:… She came off the plane in a wheel chair -after 4 months of surgeries and therapy - there ...

CANE FARMERS RECEIVE PROCEEDS OF GRAND FUNDS
LoveFM - ‎12/6/10‎
The Belize Sugar Industry had been unable to draw on the ten million dollars loan approved by government because they are waiting for the financier ING Bank ...

CANADIAN WOMAN RESCUED AND BROUGHT TO SAFETY IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/6/10‎
A Canadian woman who witnessed her father's murder last week was brought safely to Belize on Saturday. According to international media reports, ...

BURN VICTIM RETURNS HOME AFTER RECEIVING TREATMENT IN THE US
LoveFM - ‎12/6/10‎
The smiling teenager told Love News she is happy to be back in Belize. “I am so glad after being away from my family for four months. ...

THE ROTARACT CLUB BRINGS CHRISTMAS CHEER TO CHILDREN AT THE KHMH
LoveFM - ‎12/6/10‎
Ann Pascual is the President of the Rotaract Club of Belize. “Today at 5:30 at the Karl Heusner Paediatric Ward is there will be a Rotaract Park just ...

12/3/10

BTIA: New President Confronts Old Issues
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
... because there is so inter related to what we do and hopefully get everybody excited about what tourism really brings to the table here in Belize. ...

OCEANA Wants Barrow to Follow Obama
Channel 7 Daily News  - ‎12/3/10‎
They want to ban offshore drilling in Belize and that's why Oceana Belize is applauding what it describes as President Obama's bold move to institute a new ...

Red Cross Soldiering On
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
Fire gutted the Red Cross building in Belize City at 3:30 am on Wednesday morning and organization says damages are estimated at between $275000.00 and ...

Telemedia: Dividends Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
Telemedia had its fourth annual general meeting last night at the Princess Hotel in Belize City. The company approved a resolution to pay out dividends of ...

Free Zone Foreign Currency Fright
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
Emergency meetings are underway at the Central Bank in Belize City right now to try and solve a looming crisis that could threaten business as usual at the ...

New Coast Guard Headquarters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
Only five years after it was established, the Belize National Coast Guard was boasting at official opening ceremonies this morning its spanking new ...

Gonguez Still In Guatemala
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
... to the charge he will have to pay a fine of one thousand Belize dollars and five hundred dollars for two soldiers to take him to the Melchor border. ...

FIRE DESTROYS RED CROSS BUILDING
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
An early morning fire gutted the upper story of the Belize Red Cross Headquarters and preliminary investigations suggest that the fire might have been the ...

Ervin Reneau charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
Forty year old Ervin Reneau is accused of one of the most brazen and chilling murders in what has been a record year for gun violence. ...

Sugar Update
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
One week after it was approved by the House Of Representatives, The 10 million dollar loan from the government of Belize to BSI has still not been disbursed ...

MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
Today the Government of Belize signed a thirty million dollar loan with the World Bank, for Reconstruction and Development to be carried out through a ...

Andy Palacio
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
It's called Belize Weeps Again - and it is a moving and feititng tribute to the legend. According to a release from Stonetree records, "This song is for ...

BELIZEAN LOCKED UP IN MELCHOR
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/3/10‎
A Belize City man is in a Guatemalan jail tonight - and his family is worried sick because they can't get him out. He is 22 year old Dennis Gonguez. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎12/3/10‎
Most of us Creole youth from Southside Belize City believed that Mr. Philip Goldson, the NIP Leader, was fighting for our place in Belize at a time when we ...

BTL will pay 50% of profits in dividends to shareholders
Amandala - ‎12/3/10‎
Chairman of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), Nestor Vasquez, told shareholders at the company's 4th Annual General Meeting, held at the Princess Hotel and ...
GOB pays grant of $1m to cane farmers and is ready to pay $10m loan to BSI
Amandala - ‎12/3/10‎
On Monday, November 29, 2010, the Government of Belize, in keeping its promise to support the cane farmers in their time of need, made available a grant of ...

Touch Luke, touch PUP: touch one, touch all
Amandala - ‎12/3/10‎
The laws of Belize say that you cannot be a candidate for the House of Representatives if you are a bankrupt, but Luke Espat, who has been in terrible ...

Gunman kills 2 and leaves 8 children fatherless
Amandala - ‎12/3/10‎
When asked about his occupation, Reneau, the son of Cecil “Chubby” Reneau, a former principal of the now-defunct Belize Technical College who contested the ...

“Citrus greening” threatens to wipe out Belize industry
Amandala - ‎12/3/10‎
They made it known that the representatives of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) were there to destroy the citrus seedlings. ...

In the Marin, Coye misfeasance matter, Kaseke, Lois Young appear before CCJ
Amandala - ‎12/3/10‎
Hearings were held at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in Trinidad & Tobago this week for the first Belize appeal to be brought before what is now ...

Double murder at gas station
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/3/10‎
He and Ayala were both gunned down at the Belize Diesel Center at mile 1.5 on the Northern Highway shortly after 6:30 pm on Tuesday, November 30. ...

Belize Bank appoints receiver for Novelo's Bel-Bus
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/3/10‎
Agents of the Belize Bank created quite a stir when they descended on the company's compound in Lindo's Alley at 6:30 Tuesday evening and began marking off ...

Belize Red Cross building burned – arson?
Amandala - ‎12/3/10‎
The Belize Red Cross Society, local arm of the International Society of Red Cross and Red Crescent, is well-known for its work in mitigating the plight of ...

Succotz RC boys win national volleyball championships
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/3/10‎
... won the national volleyball championships in the tournament hosted by the National Sports Council at the Belize City Center last Friday, November 26. ...

St. Alphonsus girls wins national volleyball championships
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/3/10‎
... national volleyball championship at the national tournament hosted by the National Sports Council at the Belize City Center on Friday, November 26. ...

Lindsay Garbutt succeeds as Tourism CEO. Michael Singh moves on to BELTRADE
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/3/10‎
The Ministry of Tourism is to have aa new Chief Executive Officer - Belize Tourism Board chairman Lindsay Garbutt, ...

Corozal to get state of the art surgery
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/3/10‎
Allen said the Government of Belize is funding the project, but the Belize-Mexico Border Health Commission will provide technical support and inputs for its ...

Reef could lose special status if GOB doesn't do something
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/3/10‎
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has added Belize's Barrier Reef System to its “List of World Heritage Sites in Danger” ...

Operation student rescue begins next year!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/3/10‎
Belize's primary school teachers have three years to improve their pedagogical and other teaching skills, if they want to ...

Belize honours top performing students
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/3/10‎
Kim Reyes, Director of American Airlines Belize, presented plaques recognizing outstanding achievement to Dorian Villafranco for scoring the highest grades ...

Benque Viejo voted Cleanest Township of Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/3/10‎
The Board of Directors for the Clean-up Belize Campaign and the Mayors of the nine participating communities were also present. ...

ACP countries meet in Belize; Foreign minister Elrington its new chair
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/3/10‎
Annual Meeting of the Ministers of CARIFORUM - the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries in Belize City at which Belize assumed ...

New traffic flow for north Front Street
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/3/10‎
The Belize City Council's traffic department has made traffic flow one-way along a section of North Front Street. ...

Youth at higher risk for HIV - NAC says
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/3/10‎
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 was again observed as World AIDS Day, and the National Aids Commission Belize (NAC) joined ...

Belize Bank shaking up Luke Espat: Cruise terminal still on hold!
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/3/10‎
The Belize Bank's foreclosure on Belizean businessman Luke Espat's assets last week was but the latest in a number of ...

12/2/10


SONG RELEASED IN HONOUR OF ANDY PALACIO
LoveFM - ‎12/2/10‎
Today is the birthday of Belize's former cultural ambassador Andy Palacio. He would have been 49 years old and a song titled 'Belize Weeps Yet Again' or ...

OPPOSITION PUP CHALLENGES GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE LOAN FUNDS TO ASSIST CANE FARMERS
LoveFM - ‎12/2/10‎
According to a government press release, the money was released to the Belize Sugar Industry Control Board to assist the cane farmers in meeting their ...

ARSON SUSPECTED IN FIRE AT BELIZE RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS
LoveFM - ‎12/2/10‎
An early morning fire destroyed the office spaces of the Red Cross on Gabourel Lane. The National Fire Service's Operations Officer Michael Middleton told ...

BUTANE GAS GOES UP BY EIGHT DOLLARS
LoveFM - ‎12/2/10‎
Consumers in Belize City and Corozal will now pay 122 dollars, in Orange Walk the new price is 123 dollars while consumers in Belmopan and San Ignacio will ...

GOB SIGNS $30 MILLION LOAN
LoveFM - ‎12/2/10‎
The Government of Belize today signed a 30 million dollar loan with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank, ...

Man Who Fled To Belize While On House Arrest Apprehended
WPBF West Palm Beach - ‎19 hours ago‎
James Baker, 67, landed at Miami International Airport from Belize and was delivered into the custody of US marshals. Baker is facing charges in connection ...

National Consultation with Footballers and Stakeholders
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
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. ...

Oceana founding member Ted Danson in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
Oceana's Board of Directors' first ever international meeting in Belize will see participation of many internationally known figures. ...

Ministry of Tourism, Belize Tourism Board Announce New Industry Appointments
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
Belize City, Belize - November 29, 2010 – The Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Culture and the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) proudly wishes to inform ...

Travellers' expands international market share
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
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. ...

Eric “Ghost” Myers and his common-la...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
At 5:40 am, on Saturday, acting on the strength of a search warrant police visited a home in Belize City where they found Myers and his common-law wife, ...

“Diggy Dap” and Real Estate Agent bu...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
The men, 22-year-old Real Estate Agent Julian Leslie and Fredrick Emmanuel Lynch aka “Diggy Dap”, were arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate's Court ...

Biscayne Brothers arraigned for burglary
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
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. ...

St Alphonsus girls and Succotz boys win ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
In Game 2, the Orange Walk district champions, Chan Pine Ridge Government School defeated the Belize district champions, the Belize Elementary School by the ...

14th Annual Alpheus Williams HIV/AIDS Da...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
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. ...

Central Region Basketball Competition wi...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
The Central Region Secondary Schools Basketball Competition is fast winding down at the Belize City Centre. On Friday November 26, in the female game, ...

BDF maintains lead in Caribbean Motors C...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
The Belize Premier Football League Caribbean Motors Cup Tournament continued on Sunday, November 28 with three games across the country. ...

Taiwan delivers assistance for farmers a...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
A cheque for twenty five thousand US dollars was presented to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries by the Taiwanese Ambassador in Belize. ...

Roaring Creek Grace Kennedy Charles Soli...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
The championship was opened by Mr. Owen 'Sonny' Meighan, Public Relations Officer of the Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association, and honorary ...

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
For one major PUP political head the chickens came home to roost as a significant portion of his businesses were gobbled up by the Belize Bank and placed ...

Corozalito Community Centre inaugurated
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
An upgraded community centre was inaugurated on Wednesday December 1 in Corozalito Village, located off the Old Northern Highway in the Belize District. ...

Testing on World Aids Day
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
In Belize the observance was held as it always is, with free testing being offered to the general public. All across the country booths were set up for ...

Historic CXC Performances Awarded
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/2/10‎
Belize has never been more proud of its young scholars and on Friday, November 26, the students who made Belize shine brightest in the region were honoured. ...

12/1/10

MAIN SUSPECT IN TEXACO GAS STATION DOUBLE MURDER DETAINED
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/10‎
The main suspect Ervin Reneau is in police custody tonight. He has reportedly given police a caution statement admitting to the killings - and he has also ...

THE WORLD'S BEST LITTLE ZOO REOPENS DOORS AFTER HURRICANE RICHARD WREAKED HAVOC
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/10‎
Safe to say, the most popular destination for thousands of Belize's young students and tourists alike. And so on that fateful day when tragedy struck on ...

CONCERN ABOUT RISING HIV CASES AS BELIZE CELEBRATES WORLD AIDS DAY
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/10‎
Today, December 1st marks World Aids Day and National AIDS Commission held a campaign to encourage behavioral change ...

CONCERN ABOUT RISING HIV CASES AS BELIZE CELEBRATES WORLD AIDS DAY
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/10‎
Today, December 1st marks World Aids Day and National AIDS Commission held a campaign to encourage behavioral change among young people. ...

TWO SLAINED IN COLD BLOODED SHOOTING AT TEXACO GAS STATION
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/10‎
In 2010 - Belize City has witnessed a record number of killings - but a double murder that happened last night at the Texaco gas station at mile one a half ...

SERIAL RAPIST BEATS THE RAP FOR A FOURTH TIME
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/10‎
24 year old alleged serial rapist Leroy Gomez beat his fourth case involving rape and robbery today when the complainant, a 23 year old woman, ...

POLICE INVESTIGATE DOUBLE MURDER IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/1/10‎
Belize City police are investigating a double homicide which claimed the lives of David Longsworth and Edgar Ayala last night. Love FM's reporter Patrick ...

CANE FARMERS STILL AWAIT THEIR THIRD PAYMENT
LoveFM - ‎12/1/10‎
More than 20 days after farmers had planned on receiving their third payment, the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association is asking that they remain patient. ...

WORLD AIDS DAY COMMEMORATED
LoveFM - ‎12/1/10‎
... the National AIDS Commission organized seven behavior change youth rallies across Belize to commemorate with World AIDS Day on December 1. ...

ALLEGED SERIAL RAPIST WALKS FREE
LoveFM - ‎12/1/10‎
He was sentenced to 20 years but he was acquitted by the Belize Court of Appeal. He was acquitted of another count of rape because ...


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