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1/6/11

Calling All Ballers…
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/6/11‎
Today President of the Federation - Paul Thompson, told Seven News how your team can get involved: "Sponsorship from Belize Telemedia, the Belize ...

Bravo! Belize Butane!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/6/11‎
News came out today that Belize Natural Energy is now producing butane gas that's ready to fuel your stove. The company has entered a new phase of producing ...

The Coast Guard On The Man Who Tumbled from Cruise Ship
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/6/11‎
Ongoing search and rescue efforts for Tello's recovery are being carried out by the Belize National Coast Guard. Roque Canul gave us an update on the search ...

The Fantastic Four; Can they Bend Carnival Corporation's Will?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/6/11‎
Tender operators worked as normal today in the Belize Harbour - but there are grave concerns for their future as Carnival Cruise Lines has changed its ...

Carlos Espat's Alleged Killer To Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/6/11‎
The man accused of killing Carlos Espat was arraigned in Magistrate's Court today. 22 year old Nicaraguan Silvio Javier Espinosa - an unemployed residing at ...

The Juice Wars
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/6/11‎
... to the body and to bring natural juice to the people of Belize is what's really important because people are getting diabetes and different sickness and ...

Arbitral Award Appeal Afoot
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/6/11‎
What we didn't air though were his comments on the 43 million dollar arbitral award which is pending enforcement by the Belize and British Caribbean Banks. ...

BODY OF CRUISE PASSENGER STILL NOT RECOVERED
LoveFM - ‎1/6/11‎
Search efforts for a missing cruise ship passenger were halted today as the Port Authority of Belize and National Coast Guard Service were given directives ...

PRIME MINISTER TO LEADS A DELEGATION TO MIAMI
LoveFM - ‎1/6/11‎
According to the BTB several conference calls involving the Belize delegation and Carnival also took place throughout Wednesday, which has now resulted in ...

MAN CHARGED FOR THE MURDER OF FORMER PUP SECRETARY GENERAL
LoveFM - ‎1/6/11‎
22-year-old Nicaraguan national Silvio Javier Espinosa, an unemployed resident of Belize City, was charged with the murder of former Secretary General of ...

Harpy eagles nest in Belize for the first time in over 60 years (pictures)
Mongabay.com - < ‎15 hours ago‎
Scientists have confirmed the presence of a harpy eagle nest in the Maya Mountains of Belize. The discovery represents the most northerly breeding pair in ...

Linda Lewis-Brown honours by Queen Elizabeth II
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
Linda Lewis-Brown, ISF Hall of Fame member, Honorary Life Member of the Belize Softball Federation and former pitching ace of the National Women's Softball ...

Caribbean Motors Cup Football Tourney enters semi-final round
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
The Belize Premier Football League Caribbean Motors Cup Tourney completed its quarter-final round on Sunday January 2, 2011, with two games across the ...

Year in Review Outline- July to December
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
He says that it was with a sense of having them reconnect to their home country and appealing for them to contribute to the development of Belize and ...

Government normalizes relations with Channel 5
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
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. ...

No Budge from Commercial Banks after PM's Generous Gesture
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
At the Friday, February 19, 2010 session of the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister of Belize introduced a package of bills that included the ...

Justice Manuel Sosa is the New President of Court of Appeal
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
On January 3, Justice Manuel Sosa was sworn in as President of the Court of Appeal by the Governor General, Sir Colville Young, at the Belize House in ...

#1 Problem at New Market? Lack of Communication!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
Of this amount, the Government of Belize provided $270000.00 in counterpart funding and residents of Belize City contributed the labor. ...

New PR officer for Ministry of Police and Public Safety
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
... Police Department, the National Forensic Science Service, the Belize Central Prisons and the Headquarters of the Ministry of Police and Public Safety. ...

Traffic Department establishes bus routes in Belize City
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
In the middle of December, the Belize City Traffic Department issued out notices to the general public and to four bus service providers in Belize City that ...

6 million dollars for Health Improvement in the South
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
This will be directly used to support the provision of greater access to quality health services for Belize's children and to encourage healthy lifestyle ...

MINISTRY OF SPORTS Investigates FFB Elections
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
His plan is to take the ideas from the consultations and incorporate them in the national strategic plan for sports in Belize. One major problem facing the ...

54.5 Million Dollars in BTL Shares Sold
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/6/11‎
It is of note that the company has been insulated from any litigation as the government of Belize is the sole entity that will bear any liability if any ...

1/5/11

Man Falls From Cruise Ship to His Death
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/11‎
A 21 year old cruise visitor to Belize never made it to shore today because he either jumped or fell to his death from the 12th. level of a ...

GONGUEZ FREE TO GO
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/11‎
Budna who appeared in court on Gonguez' behalf today, and who chided the Belize Foreign Ministry for their inaction, says he did not have to put up any ...

Prime Minister On Petrol Pump Price
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/11‎
"But locally though can Belize have a plan B, how far away from the possibility...." "Plan B is to refine. We have two proposals, some Mexicans have ...

PM Clueless About Football Law
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/11‎
This unusual instrument appoints a Committee to investigate specific matters relating to elections of the Football Federation of Belize. ...

Immigration Amnesty “Shelved”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/11‎
... that the programme would start early in 2011 and would grant permanent resident status to 20 thousand illegal immigrants who are living in Belize. ...

BTL Shares Will Be Offered For 45 Days More
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/11‎
It's something we have research for over 5 years, trying to find out not just how to start a good business but small business that you can start in Belize ...

My oh Mayan
Baptists Today (subscription) (blog) - ‎10 hours ago‎
I'm teaching at the Baptist Bible School of Belize at the Baptist Training Center in Camalote this week. The school was developed by Baptists from North ...

BELIZEAN MAN FREED OF CHARGES IN GUATEMALA
LoveFM - ‎1/5/11‎
When Love News spoke to Gonguez in the front yard of his family's two-storey home deep in the Port Loyola area of Belize City on December 30th, ...

BELIZEANS TO PURSUE VARIOUS FIELDS OF STUDY IN MEXICO
LoveFM - ‎1/5/11‎
“Most of them come from Orange Walk, Corozal and Cayo District and other districts in Belize. There are different studies they are going to follow in Mexico ...

PHOTOGRAPHER TO DOCUMENT CROCODILES IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎1/5/11‎
An American photographer is visiting Belize to document the American Crocodilian in at least two areas of the country. “Many scientists believe that Belize ...

1/4/11

Tenders Operators Say Carnival Is Squeezing Them Out
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/11‎
"Do any of our tenders in Belize meet that requirement?" "It's just like if somebody tells you you are fired.

Education Symposium In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/11‎
The second annual Belize International Symposium on Education started today and it brought together educators from across the country and . ...

For The Record: Sosa's Swearing In
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/11‎
"I Manuel Sosa do swear that I will bare true faith and allegiance to Belize and will uphold the constitution and the law and that I will , ...

The New Face Of The Police Department
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/11‎
We note that unlike his predecessor, Martinez will be responsible for Public Relations extending beyond the Police Department to the Belize Central Prisons ...

National Transport Workers, Still Out In The Cold
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/11‎
... on behalf of Belize Bank for the two weeks' pay was for workers only to receive two weeks pay due to the fact they will be resuming runs on the 28. ...

Belize Murder Rate Among World's Highest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/11‎
And even more alarming is that the 132 murders pushes Belize's murder rate per one hundred thousand to 40. That puts Belize officially among the highest in ...

SIX MILLION DOLLAR GRANT AWARDED TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH
LoveFM - ‎1/4/11‎
According to a release from the Ministry the funding will be used to support the provision of greater access to quality health services of Belize's children ...

THE SECOND BELIZEAN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EDUCATION HELD TODAY
LoveFM - ‎1/4/11‎
Participants include educational professionals from the University of Belize and twelve undergraduate students from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. ...

MINISTRY OF POLICE GETS NEW PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
LoveFM - ‎1/4/11‎
Martinez will be responsible for all public relations matters related to the Polie Departmet, the National Forensic Science Service, the Belize Central ...

Belize's crime crisis – the stories behind the stories
Amandala - ‎1/4/11‎
Our analysis of the figures makes one point crystal clear: The crime problem is largely a Belize City male youth crisis. More than half the murder victims ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎1/4/11‎
These were the Tet offensive in January of 1968 in South Vietnam, the Seventeen Proposals in March of that year in Belize, and then the assassinations of ...

Citco gives “Fawda” Henry the axe!
Amandala - ‎1/4/11‎
Philip “Fawda” Henry, the outspoken Grade II Enforcement Officer of the Belize City Council indicted by his superiors for an interview he did with 7 News at ...

Dennis Gonguez returns home after month in Melchor jail
Amandala - ‎1/4/11‎
An odder setting for a press conference can hardly be imagined – the front yard of a humble two-storey home deep in the Port Loyola area of Belize City, ...

1/3/11

Home For The Holidays; Drowned In Jet Ski Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/3/11‎
Head of the team, William Swan told us that he was in Belize when he got a call for help: "I left from Belize and respond to the Cayo District where I ...

First Belizean President Of The Court Of Appeal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/3/11‎
The court of appeal has its first Belizean President. He is 60 year old Justice Manuel Sosa and he was sworn in today by Governor General ...

“Sugar And Cream” Leaves A Bitter Taste
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/3/11‎
Krem New Year's classic - 84 riders started the race - 73 Belizeans and 11 foreigners, Shane Vasquez was there, he is Belize's last cross country champion ...

The First Baby Of 2011
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/3/11‎
But this year's child is extra special: her family is all the way form Chan Chen, which is the northern-most village in Belize; and hers was not ...

JUSTICE MANUEL SOSA SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF APPEAL
LoveFM - ‎13 hours ago‎
In 1993 he was appointed temporary Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize and substantive Justice in 1998. That same year Her Majesty the Queen awarded him ...

12/31/10

Liberty Children's Home
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/10‎
A group of college students from the University of Southern California is in Belize - helping out at the Liberty Children's Home ...

Fawda fired
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/10‎
He cited the constitution of Belize which guarantees freedom of speech to all citizens. Well, they didn't buy it, and today - On New Year's Eve - he was ...

Shooting in Arenal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/10‎
And then, yesterday in extreme Western Belize on the Arenal Road Ubildo Howe, a taxi driver of Benque Viejo was driving when about a mile away from the ...

Vendors Complain
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/10‎
This morning there was a commotion again near the Queen's Square Market but this time it was with the farmers from Belize Rural North. ...

Tarrell returns
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/10‎
Five year old Tarrell Sutherland left Belize in mid July in a world of woe - his rare skin condition known as icthyosis had a nasty flare up - and he needed ...

Chukwu Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/10‎
Chukwu was the single father of three boys and had been in Belize for 8 years. He was well known in the Pen Road area where he lived and was killed…..

Cuban castaways released despite agreement
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/10‎
Seven Cuban castaways landed on Ambergris Caye, on Wednesday, December 29, and despite agreements between Belize and ...

Belizean Oscar Dennis Gonguez released from Guatemalan prison
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/10‎
Budna lobbied with the Guatemalan authorities and convinced them to release him into his care and Budna brought Gonguez home to his family in Belize City. ...

Justice Manuel Sosa appointed president of the Court of Appeal
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/31/10‎
Appeals Court Justice Manuel Sosa has been appointed President of The Belize Court of Appeal with effect from January 1 ...

Perfect Storm wins Caribbean Gold Mile
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/10‎
Perfect Storm ridden by Earl Budd won the Caribbean Gold mile when the Belize National Horse Racing Association organized ...

Belize is off OECD blacklist
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/10‎
Belize was expunged from the blacklist, because it had completed Tax Information Sharing Agreements (TIEAs) with at least 12 with other developed countries, ...

New bridge at Middlesex
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/10‎
Southern Belize has been made more accessible by the construction of a brand new $2.2 million bridge in Middlesex at mile ...

Janice Young - Belizean Artisan with a plan
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/10‎
Janice grew up in Gales Point, Belize district and has been creating bamboo furniture and other decor since 1986, and now has a company, Exotic Bamboo Works ...

GOB reconciles with Channel 5 for 2011
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/10‎
The Government of Belize will resume normal relations with Channel 5 television, after Prime Minister Hon. ...

Ronald Bradley remanded for prison officer's murder
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/10‎
Ronald Bradley, 19, of Belize City, has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville for the murder of Prison ...

Supreme Court orders GOB to pay BBL $43 million
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/31/10‎
Departing Supreme Court Justice Sir John Muria has ordered the Government of Belize to pay the Ashcroft affiliated ...

Fuel prices skyrocket
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/31/10‎
The world price of oil has climbed to $91.00 per barrel, and the fuel tanker which arrived in Belize on December 27 brought the bad news of the second fuel ...

Seismic Researcher predicts major Caribbean earthquake
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/10‎
According to Belize's Geology and Petroleum Department (GPD), Belize's geography doesn't make it likely to be the epicenter of an earthquake; therefore, ...

False bomb triggers scare in the west
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/31/10‎
The scare resulted in all traffic in the area being stopped until Belize's bomb expert, Lieutenant Colonel David Jones, arrived to assess the device. ...

Two remanded for Ladyville robbery
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/31/10‎
Wababa Noralez, and Roger Bowen, both 23 and of Belize City, have been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after they ...

12/30/10

Sierra Leone's legal giant Dr. Abdulai Conteh left a rich legacy in Belize
Cocorioko - ‎12/30/10‎
Sierra Leonean-born legal luminary, Dr. Abdulai Conteh , recently retired as Chief Justice of the Caribbean Island nation of Belize. Though he was ...

Trinity Street Fire Leaves Family Of Four Homeless
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/10‎
Tonight a family of four is homeless after a fire destroyed their home on Trinity street in Belize city. Carla Gamboa a Police Sergeant, ...

I Saw Five Ships Come Sailing In
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/10‎
The city and nearby tourist sites were bustling today as five cruise ships made a call in Belize. That's a total of 15007 cruise passengers between those ...

Botes, A Slight Return
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/10‎
For many - particularly in northern Belize - stretching resources often means smuggling low cost goods from Mexico into Belize - and we don't mean through ...

Cuban Boat-People “Se Fue”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/10‎
The Sun reports they had been at sea for about 15 days, en route to Grand Cayman when they experienced difficulty at sea and drifted to Belize.

Gonguez Gets Out Of Guatemalan Jail!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/10‎
It was Budna who escorted Gonguez back to Belize City today - after numerous negotiations with the judge and prosecutor. An agreement was made yesterday and ...

The Resurgence Of The Sailing Sport
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/10‎
But in the 1960's and 70's Belize had a healthy cadre of sailing enthusiasts led by the likes of former Chief Justice Sir George Brown. ...

New Year, New Champion?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/10‎
On Saturday Belize's elite cyclists will start the year as they have for the past 21 years, at the Santa Elena border, lining up for the Annual KREM New ...

BELIZEAN IMPRISONED IN GUATEMALA RETURNS HOME
LoveFM - ‎12/30/10‎
However, this was the bitter case for twenty-two year old Oscar Dennis Gonguez, a Belize City resident. Gonguez was detained on November 28th in Melchor de ...

RICE FARMER IN TOLEDO RECEIVE THEIR SECOND PAYMENT
LoveFM - ‎12/30/10‎
Over the next two days mechanized rice farmers in the Toledo District are receiving their second payment from the Belize Marketing Development Corporation. ...

CUBAN BOAT PEOPLE SENT AWAY FROM BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/30/10‎
... because they were allowed to continue to sail through their journey after they were escorted across Belize's Barrier Reef and into international waters. ...

OVERNIGHT FIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYS BELIZE CITY HOME
LoveFM - ‎12/30/10‎
A fire has left two Belize City families homeless. Fire officials responded to a call for assistance just before ten on Trinity Street last night. ...

The year that was in sports
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/10‎
The sporting year in Belize started out with the running of the 20th Annual Krem Radio New Year's Day Cycling Classic which was held on January 1st, 2010. ...

Year in Review 2010 Outline - January to June
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/10‎
The Former Prime Minister of Belize and Leader of the United Democratic Party, Rt. Hon. Manuel Esquivel, was among Commonwealth Caribbean nationals ...

Prime Minister's Message of Growth and Prosperity for 2011
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/10‎
I said then that the worldwide recession, which had begun to swamp Belize in the second half of 2009, would run its course; that our economic difficulties ...

Tim Kennedy Shriver Applauds Belize's Commitment to Children with Disabilities
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/10‎
Dr. Timothy Kennedy Shriver, Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics, chose Belize as his vacation destination for multiple reasons. ...

Patrick Welch Kerr, 32, gunned down on Christmas Eve
Amandala - ‎12/30/10‎
While families all across Belize were getting ready for Christmas, Patrick Kerr, a 32-year-old family man and father of 10, was gunned down as he waited for ...

2010 Review: 1st Installment (January to June)
Amandala - ‎12/30/10‎
2010 was a significant year for Belize. Belize City (along with much of Central Belize, all the way through Belmopan) took its first direct hit from a major ...

The $43 mil Muria arbitration decision
Amandala - ‎12/30/10‎
In one of his last judgments before his departure from Belize, Supreme Court Justice John Muria ruled that Government should pay BCB Holdings and its ...

A “red” Christmas -- 7 murders in 7 days!
Amandala - ‎12/30/10‎
The Christmas holidays have ended, but for several families in Belize who lost loved ones during the holiday to the murderous violence that seems to have ...

12/29/10

Citrus Mutual: Canton Ouster Illegal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/10‎
We've told you before about Belize Citrus Mutual - that's the citrus growers group which has successfully - in court at least - challenged the ...

Shyne In Jerusalem
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/10‎
And while Gaza Kim is in Belize, Shyne Barrow is in Israel, not far from the real Gaza, that's the Gaza Strip in the Palestinian territories. ...

PM Barrow On Damaging Belize Bank Judgment
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/10‎
Last week we told you that Lord Ashcroft's British Caribbean Bank and the Belize Bank had won a major victory in the Supreme Court. ...

Gaza Kym In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/10‎
The 20 year old newly signed artist has earned superstar status after releasing one of the biggest dancehall hits for 2010, the song named Amen. ...

Marijuana Trafficker Will Do The Time
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/10‎
He was driving the Wagoneer on the Northern Highway, coming from Corozal Town and heading for Belize City, when he was stopped at a police checkpoint at the ...

SUV Flips On Northern Highway
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/10‎
The early part of the northern highway was witness to a serious accident yesterday evening. It happened around 5:30 between miles four and five nearing the ...

Special Olympics CEO In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/10‎
During the summer with the assistance of Care Belize and Special Olympics Belize we approach 12 differently able children from across the country and ask ...

He saw lifestyles of the fish and famous
The News-Press - ‎12/29/10‎
... bonefish and tarpon in Belize, the Keys and Lee County for a seven-part television fishing series that will premiere Friday on the Outdoor Channel. ...

DANGRIGA FIRE LEAVES TWO FAMILIES HOMELESS
LoveFM - ‎12/29/10‎
The owner is deceased but it had a care taker named Harrison Bevans who is not in Dangriga at this time but in is Belize City. There were six occupants ...

...WHILE LIONEL TILLETT PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING
LoveFM - ‎12/29/10‎
Police found the cannabis in 32 sacks which were in a metal compartment underneath the Wagoneer. Tillett was travelling from Corozal to Belize City.

BELIZE CITY WOMAN HURT IN A ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT NEAR THE HAULOVER BRIDGE
LoveFM - ‎12/29/10‎
A freight truck and an SUV collided on the Northern Highway shortly after six yesterday evening. A shaken but unhurt driver of the truck, fifty two year old ...

SPECIAL OLYMPICS LAUNCHES 2011 CALENDAR
LoveFM - ‎12/29/10‎
Chairman of Special Olympics, Dr. Timothy Shriver is in Belize City today and appeared at a press conference this morning along with Special Envoy for Women ...

12/28/10

One Man Escapes Death In City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/28/10‎
And there is one more shooting to report - it happened in the city last night. 28 year old Harry Beeks was walking on North Front ...

Cabbie Killed Mysteriously
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/28/10‎
Chukwu who had been in Belize for two years was well known in the area. He was also the single father of three, and his sons - the eldest only 9 years old ...

Christmas Killing In The City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/28/10‎
The murders happened in the Belize and Orange Walk districts. We start here in the city - at 7:30 on Friday night, Christmas Eve when 32 year old Patrick ...

Ladyville Armed Robbers Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/28/10‎
Police detained Norales and Bowen in Belize City shortly after the incident. Bowen claims he was beaten by the police. He said the police jumped on his back ...

72 Year Old Killed by Stepson
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/28/10‎
According to them there was no driver available for the ambulance to transport Rowley to Belize City. "From there I reach at the hospital, ...

Tarrell Coming Home For The New Year
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/28/10‎
... meet him at the airport, so lookout for that on Friday…. Tarrell left Belize on August fourth in quite a state, after being home for less than a month.

BELIZE CITY MAN HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING SHOOTING INCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎12/28/10‎
Belize City Police are looking for Mark Yearwood also known as Big Mac for questioning in connection with a shooting incident on Monday night. ...

MEXICO'S AMBASSADOR SAYS GOODBYE TO BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/28/10‎
Mexico's outgoing ambassador to Belize Luis Lopez Moreno today held at working breakfast with media workers and journalists in Belize City. ...

MISUNDERSTANDING LEAVES ONE MAN DEAD AND ANOTHER CRITICALLY INJURED
LoveFM - ‎12/28/10‎
Police also saw 27-year-old Anastacio O'Campos of an East Collet Canal address in Belize City with cut wounds to his head and elbow. ...

MAN CHARGED FOR MURDER OF HIS STEPFATHER
LoveFM - ‎12/28/10‎
Rowley was transferred to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City where he later succumbed to his injuries.

Salt Lake murder suspect a familiar face in Belize
Salt Lake Tribune - ‎12/28/10‎
Prosecutors have also charged him with being a restricted person in possession of a firearm, because he was twice been deported to Belize. ...

12/24/10

Belizean American Comes Home, Gets Hurt
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/10‎
An ambulance came shortly after and Thompson was rushed to Belize Medical Associates. "The doctor could not believe it he said that he had to ...

Santos Charged for Ontario Village Killing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/10‎
Police have arrested and charged 39 year old Godwin Santos - a construction worker of Ontario Village for the murder of 22 year old Justin Jones. ...

Alleged Teenage Ambush Killer To Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/10‎
Last night we told you that 19 year old Ronald Bradley had been charged for the murder of 32 year old prison officer Miriam Gillett. ...

(Some) National Transport Workers Paid
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/10‎
83 workers from National Transport won't be having such a blue Christmas after they got paid today. It came through the intercession of the Labor Department ...

Armed Robbery On Dangriga Sidewalk
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/10‎
She was carrying a white plastic bag containing $6660 dollars - which was the day's sales - to deposit at the Belize Bank. Whilst on their way, ...

Ladyville Cops Nab Robbers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/10‎
The good police work continued as Ladyville police called their Belize City counterparts who caught up with two other mean in Belize City who had an ...

ONTARIO RESIDENT CHARGED FOR THE MURDER OF BELIZE CITY YOUTH
LoveFM - ‎12/24/10‎
Justin Jones, a twenty year old of Belize City had traveled to Ontario Village along with his common-law wife, Nisa Sutherland and one year old baby to ...

TEENAGER CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A PRISON OFFICER
LoveFM - ‎12/24/10‎
19 year old Ronald Bradley a resident of Belize City was charged with the murder of prison officer Miriam Gillett when he appeared today in Magistrate's ...

12/23/10

“I Can't Drive (with) 55!”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/10‎
Villanueva, who resides at 75 Cemetery Road, reported to the police that at about 4:30p.m on Tuesday, November 30, sergeant Dianne Brown and Belize Bank ...

Killing At Wake Triggers Avalanche Of Grief
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/10‎
But an already sad event turned tragic when Jones - who was getting ready to leave the wake with his family to head back to Belize City - was attacked and ...

Bradley Charged For Prison Warden Ambush Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/10‎
Today police formally charged and arrested 19 year old Ronald Richard Bradley of Belize City for the murder of prison warden -Miriam Gillett. ...

“Fawda” Speaks From the Public Relations Pulpit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/10‎
Phillip Fawda Henry - he's one of the most colorful characters on Belize City's political landscape. He is a glib, outspoken supporter of the UDP and a ...

A Remembrance Of Things Past: Christmas Bram
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/10‎
That is one the Christmas traditions explored in a new programme called "Belize Kolcha which premieres tonight at 8:00 pm on Channel 7. ...

National Bus Workers Still Waiting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/10‎
... that something will come through on Christmas Eve -former Operations Manager Phillip Jones says they will go and protest in front of the Belize Bank….

GOB: Cabinet Will Review Channel 5 Position
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/10‎
Government said it was suspending normal relations with Channel 5 two weeks ago - but last week, the Prime Minister indicated that might be a softening of ...

JUSTICE JOHN MURIA UPHOLDS VALIDITY OF AWARD GRANTED TO BCB
LoveFM - ‎12/23/10‎
Prime Minister Barrow maintains that to ask the people of Belize to bear the burden of a judgment which he says is based on an immoral and illegal policy of ...

PRIME MINISTER BARROW SAYS RULING ON SUPREME COURT JUDICATURE ACT IS A VICTORY
LoveFM - ‎12/23/10‎
... in two instances against the Ashcroft people and a range of service abroad because you know it is always difficult to get this cheaply here in Belize. ...

STABBING INCIDENT LEAVES BELIZE CITY YOUTH DEAD
LoveFM - ‎12/23/10‎
When Police visited the Western Regional Hospital they saw Jones, a resident of Arlington Drive in Belize City suffering from a single stab wound to the ...

BELIZE ELECTRICITY LIMITED GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
LoveFM - ‎12/23/10‎
The Belize Electricity Ltd is giving back to the communities around Belize as they distributed Christmas hampers filled with grocery items including turkey, ...

Belizean Kenneth "Big Tom" Flowers accused of murder in the US
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/10‎
He has also been charged with possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a third-degree felony, because he has twice been deported to Belize.

Gwen Liz girls win 5X national basketball champs
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/10‎
... and will be representing the Belize once more at the 16th CODICADER Central American Student's Games in San Salvador, El Salvador next September. ...

Justice John Muria's tenure in Belize ends
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/10‎
Justice Awich thanked Justice Muria for his short, but solid contribution he has made to the high court in Belize and noted that none of judgments have been ...

Sadie Vernon Boys win national basketball champs
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/10‎
... and will be representing Belize once more at the 16th CODICADER Central American Student's Games in San Salvador, El Salvador next September. ...

FFB holds its “elections”
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
The Football Federation of Belize held our Extra Ordinary Congress on the 18th December, 2010 at the headquarters in Belmopan. The candidates elected are as ...

$62 million for Rural Development
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/10‎
Three grants totaling $62.3 million and set for rural development projects throughout Belize were signed over to Belize ...

Sugar cane crop begins with hope and a prayer
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/10‎
The crop opening was livelier than normal because both BSI, the Belize Sugar Industries, and cane farmers in Corozal and Orange Walk began the crop with a ...

Gwen Liz girls and Sadie Vernon boys are 2010 National Secondary Schools ...
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
The National Secondary Schools Sports Association (NSSSA) held its national basketball tournament on Friday and Saturday, December 17 and 18, at the Belize ...

Rice farmers reject TGGA membership forms
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/10‎
The farmers protested that they were being forced to sign the membership forms on the threat that the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation (BMDC) ...

San Pedro Airport to get along overdue upgrade
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/10‎
General Manager of Belize Airport Authority, Kenworth Tillett, said the rehabilitation is to be completed by June 2011 and the funds will be disbursed in ...

Veteran boss midfielder “Chubby” Jones visits
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
Leaving Belize this afternoon for New York City after a two-week visit to his old home town is Belizean football star of the mid '80's, Evan “Chubby ...

BPFL closes out 2010 with final regular season games
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
On Sunday afternoon, down at the Carl Ramos Stadium, the leagues hottest striker Christian Okonkwo equalized the score for visiting FC Belize at the 42nd ...

Washington champions press freedom to Belmopan
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/23/10‎
The Barrow administration's boycott of Channel 5 and its parent company Great Belize Production has prompted the US government, through its embassy in ...

Belize adopts 9 tax information exchange agreements
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), based in France, had listed Belize for not having entered into the string of agreements ...

PUP sneers at Barrow's tax breaks for workers and BTL
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/10‎
John Briceno, described the proposed income tax structures as infeasible, then went on to maul the proposed Business Tax decrease for Belize Telemedia ...

Free Zone's monies freed
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎12/23/10‎
Barrow went on to explain that Belize's experience wasn't isolated, but was one experienced all over Latin and Central America by countries who had been ...

Dean Barrow agrees to tête-à-tête with Amalia Mai
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
Statements have been issued by the US Embassy in Belize, the CBU, the Citizens Organized for Liberty Through Action, Vision Inspired by the People, ...

Oscar Rosado quits PUP over “death threats”
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
Anthony “Boots” Martinez in the 2008 election, and was also part of the defeated 2006 City Council slate for the PUP in Belize City which lost to the UDP ...

Canton “thumbs nose” at Citrus Growers Association
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
Tensions within the citrus industry, one of the main pillars of the Belize economy, heightened again over the weekend, as the Citrus Growers Association ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
It was a very low point in my young public life, and I suppose I was fighting to prove to the people of Belize that I knew what I was doing, that there had ...

No Siegfried, no Maginot – free for all
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
49, Empire's Workshop, by Greg Grandin, Owl Books, New York, 2006 In order to understand better what is going on in Belize with reference to security ...

GOB has +$43mil for Belize Bank
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
Supreme Court Justice John Muria today handed down a 52-page judgment agreeing that a multimillion arbitral award against the Government of Belize and in ...

Big Tom “back from the dead”
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
He was accused of the 2002 murder of William Osmond, 36, on Mahogany Street in Belize City, while a demonstration against crime was in progress downtown. ...

Free Zone crisis over: Prime Minister Barrow
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
The Central Bank of Belize has confirmed that it has been able to intervene to avert economic crisis inside the Commercial Free Zone, after a backlog of ...

CitCo wants to fire “Fawda” for Ch. 7 interview
Amandala - ‎12/23/10‎
Acting Director of Human Resources and the PR officer for the Belize City Council, Sharlene Rudon, wrote Henry a memo on Thursday, ...


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