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10/31/11

How To Pass 15 CXC's
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/31/11‎
Belize's top finishers in the CSEC or Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Exams, and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination, formerly known as CXC's, have been released by the CXC National Committee. It shows three SJC students ...

Multiple Aspirants For Caribbean Shores
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/31/11‎
Meanwhile, Santino Castillo - who has been itching to re-enter politics after narrowly losing in 1993 in Belize Rural South - says he is assembling his team which will include Roger Espejo - who lost to Perdomo in a convention eleven months ago. ...

New Chairman for BSI Workers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/31/11‎
The Orange Walk Branch of the Belize Workers' Union - which is the union that represents BSI workers - has elected a new executive. At its AGM on Friday, at Union Headquarters in Orange Walk Town, Julio Gongora was elected as Chairman taking the place ...

San Pedranos Protest Town Clock
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/31/11‎
The San Pedro Branch of the Belize Tourism Industry Association has also lent its voice to the howls of protest. And while we can see that a fair number of residents really don't want the clock, Mayor Paz - who is not seeking re-election - is not fazed ...

Mexicans Call It Dia De Los Muertos
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/31/11‎
Tonight there will be a lot of trick or treaters out and about - but Belize's northern communities are not as much into Halloween as they are into their tradition called - Day of the Dead which is celebrated on the first and second of November. ...

CITRUS INDUSTRY STILL EMBROILED IN CONTROVERSY
LoveFM - ‎10/31/11‎
Citrus farmers are voicing concerns that a decision taken by the Citrus Products of Belize Limited to only accept grapefruits when the factory opens on Wednesday will end up hurting them. Love News understands that there is an early harvest of oranges ...

DENTAL HEALTH WEEK OBSERVED
LoveFM - ‎10/31/11‎
In Belize, people can still access basic dental examinations, cleaning and extractions for a fee of a dollar. In Belize City, that service is available at the Central Health Region's Office on Princess Margaret Drive next to the Social Security ...

NEW PROJECT FOR BUENA VISTA GOVERNMENT SCHOOL
LoveFM - ‎10/31/11‎
The Government of Belize will contribute approximately $97255.00 while the community of Buena Vista will provide $5300.00 in furniture for the school. The project will entail the construction of a four-classroom single-storey Ferro-concrete facility, ...
10/29/11

BOOK REVIEW: 'ZooBorns Cats!: The Newest, Cutest Kittens and Cubs from the ...
HNN Huntingtonnews.net - ‎10/29/11‎
I first saw Jaguars at the wonderful, fun and educational Belize Zoo several miles from Belize City in the central American country when we lived there for several months in 2008. Melanistic jaguars represent about 6 percent of the elusive big cats, ...

Stann Creek children get new pre-school
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/29/11‎
The Social Investment Fund implemented the project, which the Government of Belize financed through the Commonwealth Debt Initiative (CDI) at a total cost of $104000. A one-classroom ferro-concrete building with zinc roof was built of reinforced ...

Students to benefit from e-library service
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/29/11‎
Students all across Belize now have free access to more than 20000 online publications, because the Government of Belize has added EBSCO Publishing's extensive e-library program to the list of educational resources available . ...

House of Shotokan hosts international championships
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/11‎
Belizean karatekas battled it out in some hot action when the House of Shotokan Karate hosted its first international martial arts championship at the Belize Elementary School Auditorium on Saturday, October 22. Juan Adalberto Altamirano Olarte of the ...

Fortis files claim against GOB
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/11‎
Canada-based multinational energy conglomerate, Fortis Inc., former owners of Belize Electricity Limited, filed a claim in the Belize Supreme Court last Friday, October 21, challenging the constitutionality of the Government of Belize's June 20 ...

Court of Appeal rejects move to delay 9th.
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/29/11‎
Immediately after the Chief Justice announced his ruling, attorneys for Friends of Belize, the new NGO which claims it has gathered 21000 signatures to trigger the referendum process, filed appeal papers with the Registrar General for an urgent hearing ...

Ninth passes with flying colours!
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/29/11‎
The 9th Amendment (actually the 8th to the Constitution of Belize), enshrining the public ownership of essential utilities in the Constitution, became law after the Governor General Sir Colville Young Sr. signed it on Tuesday, October 25. ...

DeAnna Pappas and Stephen Stagliano Move to New Location for Honeymoon
Gather Celebs News Channel - ‎10/29/11‎
DeAnna Pappas and Stephen Stagliano are enjoying their honeymoon in Belize. The two are now moving on to a new place, but not coming home yet. They have been talking about the fun they are having on Twitter and sharing pictures with fans. ...

10/28/11

Rt. Hon. Musa: "Vindicated" By Privy Council Over Universal Debt
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/11‎
The Belize Bank has been paid, satisfied, and that is the end, in our minds, of that matter." [March 12th, 2008] "The enormity of what Musa and Fonseca did and Amalia Mai, although I suppose she may be able to resort to the Nuremburg , ...

Francis Fonseca: Ready To Become Sixth Leader Of PUP, But Who's With Him
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/11‎
Tomorrow morning, Francis Fonseca will be sworn in as the sixth leader of the PUP. It will happen at what is being called a special convention at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall set for ten am. An advertisement bills the Freetown Representative as a PUP ...

Belize Man Pleads Guilty To Wife Killing In Chicago
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/11‎
He was a dive instructor at Tobacco Caye and in 2002, Ian Alamilla met and married an American woman who was vacationing in Belize. But now, after pleading guilty to murdering her in Chicago in 2010, the 35 year old Alamilla will spend a maximum of 50 ...

British Cruise Tourist Guilty Of Drug Trafficking
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/11‎
He came to Belize as a carefree cruise tourist yesterday, but tonight, 27 year old British National Paul Smith is in police custody - and to get out of it, he has to find ten thousand dollars, and quick or go to jail. That's after he pleaded guilty to ...

Online Respondents Not Impressed with Triple X Sculpture
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/11‎
And while that proposed structure is attracting heat for Mayor Elsa Paz, the same goes for Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya and the triple X sculpture on the seawall near Sandlighter's Promenade. We told you about it last week - and asked you to vote in ...

A Town Clock For San Pedro?; BWSL Says Maybe Not
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/11‎
Belize Water Services has gone on record that any such construction immediately above their water and sewer lines could pose great risk to the islands utility infrastructure. "The way it was explain to me on site last week Friday that there would be 4 ...

Belize's Shrimp's In Danger Of Being Blacklisted By the EU
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/11‎
Belize's aquaculture industry is in peril, because in three weeks' time - the European Union may choose to identify Belize as what they call a non-co-operating third country" and refuse to accept fish and shrimp imports from Belize. ...

GOB's eavesdropping. Legal or illegal?
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/28/11‎
Prepaid cell phone users were informed several weeks ago that they would need to be registered with their service provider - Belize Telemedia Limited or Smart Speednet. What they were not told is that all calls, voice mails and text messages would be ...

EX-COP, 36, jailed for bigamy!
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/28/11‎
In February 2008 Peña married Guzman-Vasquez in a civil ceremony at the Belize City Supreme Court. Mr. Edmund O. Pennil, a former Deputy Registrar General, remembered the incident and testified that he presided over the civil ceremony as Marriage ...

BELIZE WATER SERVICES SAYS SAN PEDRO PROJECT COULD POSE PROBLEMS
LoveFM - ‎10/28/11‎
The project entails digging holes over infrastructure that the Belize Water Services has already installed at the site. In the previous interview on the matter San Pedro Mayor, Elsa Paz, has said that BWS Operations Manager, Dave Pascacio had only ...

PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY PREPARES FOR SPECIAL MEETING
LoveFM - ‎10/28/11‎
It will take place at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall in Belize City starting at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. Francis Fonseca's ascension to the leadership of Belize's oldest political party followed the abrupt resignation of John Briceño for ...

BRITISH NATIONAL FOUND IN POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE
LoveFM - ‎10/28/11‎
27-year-old British national Paul Smith, a tourist who came to Belize City yesterday on a cruise ship, was charged with drug trafficking for two point three grams of crack cocaine when he appeared in court today. Smith pleaded guilty to the charge. ...

More From the Honeymoon! DeAnna and Stephen Stagliano Tweet Photos From Belize
Wetpaint - ‎10/28/11‎
DeAnna posted the pic below on October 27, noting that the harsh rains of Hurricane Rina had finally abated. So, is the couple having a good time on their island getaway? To quote an earlier tweet from Stephen: “You better Belize it!”

Rina deflates as it sweeps past Cancun
Gulf Times - ‎10/28/11‎
Rina had swirled toward the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula as a category two hurricane earlier in the week, putting Mexican and Belize authorities on high alert, prompting thousands of tourists to flee, and leading to mandatory evacuation orders in ...

Standoff in Athletic Association
Amandala - ‎10/28/11‎
After being declared expelled by a Special Meeting of the Belize Amateur Athletic Association (BAAA) held on Saturday, October 15, at the Bishop Sylvester Memorial Center in Belize City, at which a reported twenty-seven BAAA members voted unanimously ...

Manu and Tilliman leading goleadors in Over-40 football
Amandala - ‎10/28/11‎
At the completion of Round 1 in the Belize District Over-40 Football Competition on Monday, Kulture Yabra remains undefeated to lead the standings, with their two veteran midfield stars David “Manu” McCaulay and Norman “Tilliman” Pipersburg at the top ...

David Henderson (Elite) and Preston Martinez (Masters) repeat as champions in ...
Amandala - ‎10/28/11‎
Marlon “Diesel” Castillo (Santino's) had lapped the field in the last criterium race, a 35 lap (35 miles) affair in downtown Belize City back on September 11, but there was no lapping of the field in the shorter 20-lap (20 miles) race around the Marine ...

A bit of sailing history from John Longsworth
Amandala - ‎10/28/11‎
A week ago, Belize Sailing Association Secretary Alan Usher forwarded to us an e-mail he received from a fellow sailing enthusiast, Eddie Bouloy, which contained a copy of an article which we thought our readers would find interesting. ...

“9th” Amendment is now law!
Amandala - ‎10/28/11‎
After four days of Court of Appeal sittings and a temporary injunction barring the Attorney General, Bernard Q. Pitts, from passing the Belize Constitution, the “9th” Amendment Bill (now 8th because the original 8th Amendment was “put to rest”) was ...

Ian Alamilla pleads guilty - strangled American wife
Amandala - ‎10/28/11‎
Alamilla's brother, who he had reportedly called in Belize, dissuaded him from killing himself and advised him to turn himself into police. Hours after the murder, Alamilla surrendered to Chicago police, who contacted the Westmont Police Department. ...

Cop convicted of bigamy; he abandoned his first wife and married a second
Amandala - ‎10/28/11‎
On Wednesday in the Supreme Court, a jury of six women and three men found Luciano Jaime Peña, an interdicted police officer attached to the Caribbean Shores police precinct station in Belize City but who is originally from Corozal, guilty of bigamy ...

Bank strikes out in final Privy Council case
Amandala - ‎10/28/11‎
In the final Belize appeal heard at the Privy Council in London, which has since been replaced by the Caribbean Court of Justice as the country's final appellate court, the Government scored a victory when the panel of judges—with the exception of ...

Northern Highway claims mother and 4-month baby
Amandala - ‎10/28/11‎
The mother and her daughter were the passengers in a blue Toyota Prado, L/P CZL-C-00416, which was heading towards Belize City. At the time of the mishap, the vehicle was being driven by her spouse, Xin Yu Jiang, 28, who survived the horrible accident ...

10/27/11

TV explorer aims to spark interest in discovery
Reuters Africa - ‎10/27/11‎
They include traveling to Belize to meet the scientists and communities determined to protect the manatee, and a sojourn to the mountains and communities in the far reaches of Canada where black bears and polar ...

A Ripe Citrus Industry Dispute Before The Season Even Starts
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/11‎
When Hurricane Richard swept thru Belize last October, it decimated hundreds of acres of citrus orchards in the south, leaving dozens of growers in near financial ruin. It was a major setback for the industry that was already hurting from low prices. ...

Another Burglar Caught In Major Home Heist
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/11‎
The items stolen included a gold wrist watch with diamonds valued at 20 Thousand dollars, and one white metal safe that contained 20 Thousand US dollars, and 5 Thousand Belize dollars. Last week 34 year old Anthony Morris, Jr. was charged with burglary ...

Youth, Gangs and Violence: Is There An Answer?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/11‎
Now, experts from CARICOM are in Belize to lend their assistance. Today the Belize Police Department's Community Policing Unit along with the CARICOM Secretariat held a one day national stakeholders consultation on Youth, gangs and violence. ...

Port Of Honduras
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/11‎
You may not have heard of the Gulf Of Honduras project but it's a tri-national plan between Belize, Guatemala and Honduras to protect the environment in the Gulf. Now if that sounds remote, just think about the mountains of garbage and filth that wash ...

Four Month Old Accident Victim Dies
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/11‎
The SUV was heading towards Belize City when, it is believed, the ball joint broke and the driver lost control. The driver and father of the child, Xin Yu Jiang, remains in a serious but stable condition at the KHMH. He was not flung from the vehicle ...

Man Swindles Belize Bank of 24K!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/11‎
Management at the Belize Bank Dangriga branch has uncovered a fraudulent set of bank transactions that have set the bank back in the thousands of dollars. Six credit card cash advances totaling Twenty four thousand and Ninety dollars were carried out ...

Maersk inks deal on Belize service
Freshinfo - ‎10/27/11‎
The service will go from Belize where Fyffes takes 100 per cent of its volume, through Costa Rica, Panama, Cork, Tilbury, Rotterdam and ending at Bremerhaven. One source told FPJ: “A three year deal with is very unusual in containerised shipping. ...

Tropical Storm Rina Turns Away From Florida, No Longer Seen As Threat
Sunshine Slate - ‎10/27/11‎
[Miami, FL] The National Hurricane Center's 5-day forecast for Tropical Storm Rina shows a storm that is determined to dump rain and blow heavy winds through Belize and Guatemala, but not much else. Whatever the case, Florida is safe for now as Rina is ...

CANCER SOCIETY TO HOLD CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL
LoveFM - ‎10/27/11‎
The Belize Cancer Society has planned a vigil for Friday night on Princess Margaret Drive. Vice President of the Belize Cancer Society, Luverta Medina, told Love News the vigil is to offer cancer patients comfort in knowing that they are not alone. ...

RICE FARMERS QUESTION DELAY IN PAYMENT
LoveFM - ‎10/27/11‎
Managing Director of the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation says that the payments were not made due to administrative delays, but the payments were eventually processed around midday today. In reference to the payments of fifteen cents per ...

INFANT SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES SUSTAINED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎10/27/11‎
The child, Xy Li Jiang was traveling along with her parents Xin Yu Jiang and Ning Jiang Cuiyo in a blue Toyota Prado heading towards Belize City. The Prado was being driven by Xin Yu Jiang and between miles sixteen and seventeen on the Northern Highway ...

MAN CHARGED FOR BURGLARY
LoveFM - ‎10/27/11‎
... residence on Barrack Road and stole one gold wristwatch with diamonds valued at $20.000.00 US dollars, one Apple I Pod, one laptop computer, another wristwatch and one white metal safe containing $20000.00 US currency and $5000.00 Belize dollars. ...

GANG, YOUTH AND VIOLENCE DISCUSSED
LoveFM - ‎10/27/11‎
Gang violence is an unending problem that has been plaguing not only the streets of Belize, but the country's serenity. In an attempt to put an end to the darkness that is making its mark negatively in the Belizean Community, regional partners have ...

TWO DANGRIGA RESIDENTS CHARGED FOR OBTAINING PROPERTY BY DECEPTION
LoveFM - ‎10/27/11‎
Police reports say the illegal transactions breached the Belize Bank's procedure as a California driver's license was used for identification purposes and it did not appear to be genuine. Palacio and Alvarez have been charged with counts of Obtaining ...

THIEVES TARGET BELIZE WATER SERVICES
LoveFM - ‎10/27/11‎
Belize City police are investigating the theft of some expensive equipment from Belize Water Services Limited. According to foreman for the company Karim Thompson, sometime between the hours of 4:00pm on October twenty fourth and 8:25 on Wednesday ...

CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND E-GOVERNMENT UNDERWAY
LoveFM - ‎10/27/11‎
The conference is jointly sponsored by the Government of Belize and the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund-Taiwan ICDF. Participants are from CARICOM nations and Central American countries.

BELIZE NATIONAL ANTHEM IN KRIOL
LoveFM - ‎10/27/11‎
The words of Belize's National Anthem dates back to a 1960's protest song written by Samuel Hynes and set to music by Selwyn Young. It has always been sung in English … that is, until now. The Queen of brukdown Leela Vernon of Punta Gorda town has ...

Danny Anderson, to stand trial for the m...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
On Thursday October 20th , Danny Anderson, a known associate of a street gang in Belize City saw his murder case committed to the Supreme Court for trail at the January 2012 session of the Supreme Court. He will be tried for the murder of 19-year-old ...

Two charged in connection with shooting ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
A minor was shot on September 27th in Belize City on a busy and heavily trafficked street and his prognosis for recovery was grim as he was shot to the head. The 16-year-old, Justin Stevens, also known as “Justin Teck”, a resident of the Freetown area ...

Telemedia valuation complete
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
The Prime Minister explained that the value of 71.3 million dollars is arrived at if it is determined that a 25 million dollar loan made to BTL by the Belize Bank is determined to be legal. For now all legal advice on the matter given to government has ...

Update on November Nine Players Bounahra and Statszko
OnlinePokerNews.org - ‎10/27/11‎
Being the first poker player from Belize to make the WSOP Main Event Final Table, 49-year-old Badih Bounahra owns a poker room (in the Princess Casino) and a grocery store in Belize City. Bounahra will sit in Seat 2 with the sixth largest chip stack at ...

Young Belizean called to the Bar of England
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
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. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

BTB focuses on boat safety
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
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. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Not the Law but the Lawyers are the Asses. $2 Petition Too Late to Matter
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
In the House of Representatives on Friday, October 21st, Prime Minister Barrow provided very expensive legal advice to the group called “Friends of Belize” and did so free of cost. He explained to them that in order to have moved the referendum process ...

$4.5M for business development in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
Caribbean Export is a regional trade and investment promotion organization which assists in development in fifteen member-states which includes Belize. These fifteen member-states make up the CARIFORUM (or Caribbean Forum) of African, Caribbean and ...

Belize in CATM 2011
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
Belize, like all Central American countries, participated in the 2011Central American Travel Market (CATM) on October 20th and 21st. The show got underway in Panama City on Thursday, October 20th at the Centro Figali with a press conference where the ...

Belize Law Society at Cavehill position on the Ninth Amendment to the Belize ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
The Belize Law Society at Cavehill is an association that comprises of primarily law students attending University of the West Indies (UWI). We recognize that as the future and current leaders in our societies we must make a meaningful contribution to ...

Sea, sand & sharks in Belize
gulfnews.com - ‎10/27/11‎
When in Belize, experiencing the "shark and ray alley", a reserve based at the southern tip of Ambergris Caye, is a must. At first glance, jumping into shark-infested waters might not seem like the most sensible thing ...

NEMO well prepared for Rina - Evacuation started on Tuesday morning
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
Hurricane Rina which was forecasted to pass over the Yucatan Peninsula and Southern Mexico, sections of Belize City to the Northern tip of Corozal remains under a hurricane watch. On Tuesday, the storm had strengthened to a category 2 hurricane with ...

Neither a Smith nor a Goldsmith. Barrow & Young Beat 2 Former Attorney Generals
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
The case is of such significance to the Ashcroft Alliance that the lord chose not to rely on the legal skills of Belize's former Attorney General, Smith; therefore, he went for Goldsmith. British QC Lord Peter Goldsmith, former Attorney General of ...

Westmont man pleads guilty to strangling wife
WAND - ‎10/27/11‎
Alamilla later turned himself in at a Chicago police station. He will receive a sentence of no more than 50 years in prison as part of a plea agreement. Prosecutors say Tara Alamilla had filed for divorce. Ian Alamilla is from Belize and the couple met ...

Thousands say aye to the Ninth Amendment. The story outside the House
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
“The single most important event in Belize since Independence Day,” is what some have dubbed October 21st, 2011 to be. Some have even called it Economic Independence Day. The buses started arriving around 8:30 am Belizeans from Orange Walk Central were ...

Rick and Vaughn should pay Goldsmith's taxes!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
Under the Business Tax Act chapter 55 of the laws of Belize:“Every person who pays any management fees, rental of plant or equipment, or charges for technical services and insurance premium to a non-resident shall deduct there from tax at the rate of ...

Casual Player Wins Lotto's Huge Jackpot
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/27/11‎
She travelled to Belize City on Monday, October 17, to claim her prize for winning the Lotto. Shaw said that it was her girlfriend who bought her ticket. She usually purchases three sets of numbers but decided to include three quick picks as well since ...

10/26/11

Rina Threat Downgraded But Islanders Still Sought Shelter
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/11‎
"Well you know, they say that if - at all - the storm should affect Belize, it's going to affect the north. Why go north, when you are actually leaving to get away from the storm?" "Because my family is big and maybe over there, I don't have a ...

Hon. Perdomo Will Step Down In Caribbean Shores
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/11‎
Tonight, the good news is that Hurricane Rina is no longer a threat to Belize and NEMO has given the all clear. We'll get to that shortly, but first, a juicy political story: There are multiple, reliable reports from within the UDP tonight which say ...

Another Cruise Shipper Caught With Weed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/11‎
"Cruise Ship Tourist caught with weed in Belize": it's becoming a kind of tired story since we hear of it so often. But 49 year old American Douglas Magnusson had a different twist on it today. The Wisconsin Trucker - who was caught with 2.5 grammes ...

No Bed Of Roses At UB Shelter In Belmopan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/11‎
Around 3 yesterday afternoon, the storm track suddenly shifted from northwest to west - and hurricane Rina seemed to be heading directly for the Northern parts of Belize with winds of at least one hundred and ten miles an hour. ...

Belize All Clear As Rina Retreats
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/11‎
Very thankfully, though, Rina did exactly as the forecasters said she would: this morning between three and 6:00 am, she started jogging northwest; she's continued in that direction - and tonight, an all-clear has been declared for Belize as the storm ...

Serious Accident On Western Claims No Lives
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/11‎
34 year old Randy Hyde told police, he was driving his green Toyota 4Runner - traveling from the direction of Belize City to Belmopan -when he experienced a blowout on the right front wheel of his vehicle. He lost control of the vehicle and collided ...

A Sea Of Shrimps On The Shoulder Of The Road
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/11‎
The truck with its cargo of 21 Thousand pounds of shrimp loaded at 6:30 this morning at the Aquamar Shrimp facility in Mango Creek, was headed to the Belize-Mexico border for exportation to Mexico. Ricardo Sanchez-Nunez, the Operations Manager of ...

US NATIONAL FINED FOR DRUG POSSESSION
LoveFM - ‎10/26/11‎
49-year-old US national Douglas Edward Magnuson, a trucker from Wisconsin who came to Belize City yesterday on a cruise ship was fined $250.00 today in court after he pleaded guilty to possession of two point five grams of cannabis. ...

FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON NORTHERN HIGHWAY
LoveFM - ‎10/26/11‎
A blue Toyota Prado was travelling from Orange Walk towards Belize City when the driver Xin Yu Jiang, a twenty eight year old businessman of the Hummingbird Highway lost control of the vehicle and overturned. Eyewitnesses say the vehicle overturned at ...

NEMO ISSUES ALL CLEAR
LoveFM - ‎10/26/11‎
Tonight the news is that Rina is no longer a threat to Belize. At four o'clock this afternoon the National Emergency Management Organization declared the ALL CLEAR. As a result classes that were suspended because of the threat of the hurricane will now ...

HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎10/26/11‎
A house on Cesar Ridge Road in Belize City was this morning engulfed in flames. Firefighters received a call this morning sometime after 11 o'clock. They responded to the scene where they saw a three bedroom plycem structure engulfed in flames. ...

Boxes of boots for Belize…
Mukilteo Beacon - ‎10/26/11‎
A second shipment of children's soccer cleats donated to the Boots for Belize drive from Mukilteo to San Pedro, Belize were recently “will-called” in person by Dave Soukup (left), president of the San Pedro Little League Football Association. ...

Stop, and think this over
Amandala - ‎10/26/11‎
In Belize, It has been hitherto thought, especially outside the realm of possibility, or reality, that a single citizen should own more financial resources than the Government of Belize itself, allowing that citizen to continue appealing every decision ...

10/25/11

Hurricane Rina: A Real Risk For Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/25/11‎
Tonight Hurricane Rina poses a significant threat to Belize. It is a slow moving, category two storm with maximum winds of 110 miles per hour and it is 255 miles almost due west of Belize City. The problem tonight is that - while forecasters ...

San Pedro Readies For Rina
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/25/11‎
And while the evacuees who got to Belize City were in no hurry to go to their assigned shelter at UB in Belmopan, on san Pedro, residents were taking precautions. Monica Bodden was there and she has this report:.. San Pedro residents are responding to ...

The Value Of Telemedia Under Ashcroft Alliance? 72 Million BZE!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/25/11‎
Those local agents have been warning of a compensation package of six hundred million Belize dollars. At Friday's House Sitting, The Prime Minister said it is a far, far cry from that:.. "The final valuation report is just in and it's been sent to the ...

Island Communities Evacuate For Rina
Channel 7 Daily News - Jules Vasquez - ‎10/25/11‎
Hurricane Rina is 255 miles due west of Belize City tonight - which puts Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker within the storm track. The Voluntary evacuation of those islands started this morning and we had one team in the city and another on San Pedro to ...

It Is Finished!: The Ninth Is The Law
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/25/11‎
I am one of the most expensive attorneys in Belize and I don't think I charge 1/3 of what the attorney that they brought from England charges." "So can we speak clearly now - the matter having been exhausted - the 9 being a statuary instrument? ...

Digital Camo Without Permission Is A Crime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/25/11‎
It was found inside TALBERT's apartment in Belize City last week Thursday along with a significant stash of weed. He was initially charged only for the drugs but yesterday he was charged for the offence of "unlawful purchase of military stores". ...

Remembering Richard, With Dread
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/25/11‎
The truth is that tonight Hurricane Rina is staring down at Belize from 250 miles out in the Caribbean. Is she doesn't take a northwest track soon, by Friday night, this newscast could be very different. How different? To show you we only need to go ...

Teenager Molested, Pregnant
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/25/11‎
A 13 year old minor is accusing a Belize City man - of impregnating her. The 13 year old student of Roaring Creek Village reported to police that sometime in the month of June, she went to her uncle's home in Belize City, where the man who she has ...

MAN FOUND WITH BDF UNIFORM CHARGED
LoveFM - ‎10/25/11‎
... on Maskall Street and the search resulted in the discovery of a green battle dress uniform. Talbert was asked if he is a serving member of the Belize Defence Force and he replied, no. Talbert said he bought the uniform from a BDF soldier for$50.00.

HURRICANE RINA FORCES CLOSURE OF PROTECTED AREAS
LoveFM - ‎10/25/11‎
The Belize Audubon Society today announced the closure of two of its Co-managed protected areas as the country prepares for the effects of Hurricane Rina. Dominique Lizama is the protected areas Manager for the Audubon Society. ...

WOMEN'S COMMISSION SPEAKS ON IMPENDING CLOSURE OF BFLA
LoveFM - ‎10/25/11‎
The Belize Family Life Association was instituted in 1985 in Dangriga Town and is an accredited member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation and an affiliate member of the Caribbean Family Planning Association. On the 18th of October, ...

SEVERAL PEOPLE CHARGED FOR FISHERIES VIOLATION
LoveFM - ‎10/25/11‎
“The Belize Fisheries Department carried out an operation between Friday September 23 and Friday September 30 just before the opening of the conch season which started on October 1. As a result a number of persons were arrested and they arraigned in ...

Privy Council issues ruling on $33 million UHS debt
Amandala - Adele Trapp - ‎10/25/11‎
The controversy over a $33 million debt that the Musa administration had guaranteed for the Universal Health Services, now Belize Healthcare Partners, has been catapulted back into the public spotlight after the London-based Privy Council ruled ...

Bold xatéros set up 6-tent camp 12.4 miles inside Belize at Bladen
Amandala - Adele Trapp - ‎10/25/11‎
The Bladen Nature Reserve, comprising nearly 100000 acres of prized natural forest in southern Belize, is described as “the crown jewel of Belize's protected areas.” Its status is so high among the nation's protected areas that by law, it is ascribed ...

Hurricane Rina skulking at Belize's door
Amandala - Adele Trapp - ‎10/25/11‎
According to Gonguez, the NHC projects that landfall will occur around midday Thursday between the Belize-Mexico border and Cancun, Mexico, midway on the eastern Yucatan Peninsula. If the storm heads more west, however, landfall will be earlier than ...

“A whirlwind over nonsense!” – Lois Young
Amandala - Stacey Kelly - ‎10/25/11‎
When Prime Minister Dean Barrow proclaimed in the House of Representatives last Friday, that the passage of the Belize Constitution 9th Amendment Bill in the House was his party's “finest hour,” he may have spoken prematurely. Opponents of the bill, ...

Belize Hosts Meeting of Caribbean Statisticians
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release) - ‎10/25/11‎
By S Coward Oct. 25, 2011 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) statisticians are in Belize City, Belize, for a three-day meeting that will continue efforts to harmonise statistical systems in the Region. The statisticians, in Belize for the Thirty-Sixth ...

10/24/11

Hurricane Rina Strengthens in the Caribbean
Voice of America - ‎10/24/11‎
Authorities in Belize and the east coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula have been urged to monitor the progress of the storm. A hurricane watch has been issued along the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula for areas as far north as Cancun. ...

Nicaraguan naval vessel missing as Rina bears down
Victoria Times Colonist - ‎10/24/11‎
A Nicaraguan naval vessel on an evacuation mission went missing in the Caribbean Monday as nearby hurricane Rina took aim at the popular tourist resort beaches of Belize and Mexico. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega had ordered ...

Court Of Appeal Hold Court On Sunday To Freeze GOB On "The Ninth"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/24/11‎
No Belizean court had never convened so early in the morning - as none had ever convened on Sunday either and while they had gotten the hearing Goldsmith and Smith knew it would be hard to get an injunction restraining the executive. ...

Xate Camp Found Deep Within Southern Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/24/11‎
Shockingly, the camp is almost 20 kilometers, about 12 miles inside Belize's territory and shows the extent to which illegal Guatemalan Xateros are harvesting and selling the ornamental leaf. The camp was discovered during a 10 day research expedition, ...

Belize Under Watch For Hurricane Rina
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/24/11‎
Exactly one year ago, on October 24th, 2010, Hurricane Richard mauled and mashed up south-central and western Belize. And tonight on the anniversary of that terrible storm, Belize is under hurricane watch for another: Rina. Tonight Rina is a category ...

Teenager Shot In City Residential Area
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/24/11‎
The quiet residential neighborhood of Belama was shattered on Saturday night when two 17 year old Belize City minors were shot. It happened at the corner of Maurice Bishop and Albert Hoy streets, just walking distance from the police substation. ...

Full Panel Of Court Will Decide On The Ninth, Tomorrow
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/24/11‎
"I will not deny that it is not the easiest of cases but I thought that our side made sufficient points to distinguish the one Privy Council case that everybody refers to which is the decision of "Vellos" that started here in Belize, but we believe ...

Early Elections?
Channel 7 Daily News - Dean Barrow - ‎10/24/11‎
And of course we can't call it now because the Belizean people feels so sorry for you all and they will feel like we are taking advantage of you all if we call the elections now, because you all are in such a shambles, you all are so hopeless and ...

Hurricane Rina strengthens, aims for Yucatan
Summit County Citizens Voice - Bob Berwyn - ‎10/24/11‎
Rina could become a major hurricane by Wednesday, as more intensification is forecast for the next 48 hours, with winds forecast to reach 115 mph by late Wednesday when the predicted track brings it near northern Belize, according to the National ...

CDB AND UNDP HOLD CONSULTATION WORKSHOP
LoveFM - ‎10/24/11‎
The CDB is carrying out a strategic gender assessment around the region and Belize is among the first countries to be assessed and the UNDP is also undertaking a Gender Equality and empowerment needs assessment initiative as part of the Millennium ...

SHOOTING INCIDENT LEAVES TWO TEENAGERS INJURED
LoveFM - ‎10/24/11‎
Belize City Police are looking for Kent Moss of a Freedom Street address following a shooting incident that left two teenagers injured. Police say they visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on Saturday where they saw two teenagers suffering from ...

GUATEMALAN XATERO CAMP FOUND IN SOUTHERN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/24/11‎
Over the years Belize's forests have been victims of Guatemalan Xateros who come to rob us of our healthy environment. This time a research team consisting of members of the Ya'axche Conservation Trust, BDF soldiers, guides from San Jose and lead ...

OFFICIALS MONITOR PATH OF HURRICANE RINA
LoveFM - ‎10/24/11‎
At three o'clock NEMO declared phase two red one which is a Hurricane watch from Belize City north to the Belize Mexican border. Water taxi operations will be suspended tomorrow due to the possible evacuation of San Pedro and Caye Caulker and the ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH GETS GRANT FUNDING FROM JAPANESE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
LoveFM - ‎10/24/11‎
Belize has been awarded approximately six million Belize dollars in grant funding from the Japanese Social Development Fund (JSDF) through the World Bank. Minister of Health Pablo Marin, explained that this will fund a project that will improve the ...

10/21/11

Man Caught, Accused Of Huge Heist
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/11‎
... and stole Rolex watch with diamonds valued at Twenty Thousand US dollars, one lap top computer, one apple I-pod, one Sony game, a second wrist watch, and a white metal safe containing Twenty Thousand US dollars, and Five Thousand Belize dollars. ...

Barrow Winds Up Debates With Multiple Blasts
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/11‎
And while he had jokes about the PUP millionaires, the PM had contempt bordering on venom for the Friends Of Belize push for a late referendum. PM Dean Barrow "The exercise to collect those signatures had been done at the time when it ...

The House Passes The Ninth
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/11‎
Explain to me how making it not liable to challenge takes away the right of any Belizean. The Bill speaks for nothing else at all. It was always a straw man of first argument - a stalking horse for the Ashcroft Alliance to say that the Bill is eroding ...

BELIZE CITY MAN CHARGED WITH BURGLARY
LoveFM - ‎10/21/11‎
According to the allegation on October 7 Morris entered as a trespasser the dwelling house of Chinese businessman Jian Lin He on Barrack Road and stole a safe containing $20000.00 US currency and $5000.00 Belize currency, a wristwatch with gold and ...

NINTH AMENDMENT DEBATED
LoveFM - ‎10/21/11‎
“Why is the government doing this, when their very first takeover of BTL has been declared unlawful and invalid by the Court of Appeal. and if they felt that the court was wrong, the Court of Appeal, the highest court in Belize, if they felt that that ...

CJ REFUSES REQUEST TO DELAY IMPLEMENTATION OF NINTH AMENDMENT
LoveFM - ‎10/21/11‎
A petition organized by Friends of Belize had garnered the required signatures from the electorate to trigger a referendum on the ninth amendment Bill. Attorney Godfrey Smith spoke with the media shortly after the Chief Justice's ruling. ...

WIN BELIZE TO HOLD LEADERSHIP FORUM
LoveFM - ‎10/21/11‎
A forum entitled “From the Kitchen to Parliament: Are Women Really Participating” will take place next week in Belize City. Executive Director of the Women's Issues Network Belize, Carolyn Reynolds told Love News more about the upcoming event. ...

Check Out Pics of the Next Bachelor Ben Flajnik and His Beauties In Belize
Wetpaint - Gina Carbone - ‎10/21/11‎
Representatives from the Belize Tourism Board were on hand at the John Greif II Airport to greet the entourage that was also taken to Ramon's Village. The Bachelor's TV show host Chris Harrison was also in the mix of things. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/21/11‎
Hence, I will always wonder if America brought extra pressure on Marion because, at her moment of greatest glory, she waved a Belize flag in Australia. If that is so, if Marion paid a price for her love for Belize, then we Belizeans owe Marion Jones a ...

Ideas and Opinions - Unibam vs People of Belize
Amandala - ‎10/21/11‎
The legal documents filed in the lawsuit being brought by the homosexual community, henceforth to be referred to as HMSC, say differently but, in reality it is HMSC against the people of Belize. If their suit succeeds, the people lose; and if it fails, ...

Belizean athletes at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico
Amandala - ‎10/21/11‎
Official information received from the Interim President Deon Sutherland of the Belize Amateur Athletic Association indicates that Belize will be represented at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico by nine (9) athletes, five (5) males and four ...

Day of judgement near for certain football executives
Amandala - ‎10/21/11‎
As the day nears for FIFA prescribed elections to various affiliated bodies in the Football Federation of Belize (FFB), the names of a number of candidates for executive posts will be brought before the football clubs, who will cast their votes to ...

BAAA - Belize City Council 5k Race
Amandala - ‎10/21/11‎
We apologize for the delayed report on the BAAA Belize City Council 5k Race which took place on Sunday, October 9, in downtown Belize City around the Regent Street – Albert Street circuit, including going all the way around the Yarborough Cemetery. ...

Turmoil ends, new PUP leader chosen
Caribbean360.com - ‎10/21/11‎
It was a long thought out decision but I thought it was in the best interest of the party and I feel as I did years ago when I first offered myself for party leader that I have a contribution to make to the PUP and to the country of Belize,” he ...

CJ to issue judgment on 9th Amendment injunction on Friday morning
Amandala - Stacey Kelly - ‎10/21/11‎
On Friday, October 21, the Government of Belize will seek to pass the Belize Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2011 into law at the House of Representatives meeting in Belmopan. Opponents of the bill, however, seeking to stop the passage of the bill ...

PUP turmoil
Amandala - ‎10/21/11‎
The PUP's growth economics made it appear that development was taking place in Belize between 1998 and 2004, but it had become clear by the time of the G-7 in August of 2004, that whatever development was taking place was not sustainable, ...

Biblical morality is the “gold standard” we should live by
Amandala - Christine Vellos - ‎10/21/11‎
We, the Christians of Belize, cannot and will not concede any ground to UNIBAM. To do so would be suicidal as has been made clear in all the so-called “progressive” countries that have caved in to this battering ram of immorality. ...
9th Amendment returns to House Friday, amid fierce controversy
Amandala - Aaron Humes - ‎10/21/11‎
The Belize Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2011, returns for its second and third readings tomorrow at the House of Representatives in Belmopan. The bill, which seeks, if made law, to place majority ownership of the major public utilities – Belize ...

Francis to the PUP rescue!
Amandala - Aaron Humes - ‎10/21/11‎
The party was to have confirmed the candidate list following today's meeting; the listed names announced by the local television stations during Wednesday night's newscasts, confirmed by Usher in today's briefing, are Arthur Saldivar, Belize Rural ...

Stephen Okeke is running for Mayor
Amandala - Aaron Humes - ‎10/21/11‎
Stephen Okeke, businessman, artist and entrepreneur, is seeking a new title – Mayor of Belize City. But he's never been one to think inside the box, and when he spoke with Amandala earlier this week about his candidacy, he was keen to insist that he is ...

10/20/11

Ohio man sues after wife dies on cruise in Belize
The Seattle Times - Manuel Valdes - ‎10/20/11‎
Tourist Diana Mechling jumped from the back of a boat last February into the warm waters off the coast of Belize to start snorkeling. By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press That something like this happened on a cruise shore excursion is very . ...

Local Cruise Operator In For Law Suit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/11‎
In February Diane Mechling was killed when she was sucked into a boat's propeller at Goff's Caye. Now, a Seattle newspaper reports that her husband has filed a lawsuit against Seattle-based cruise line Holland America and the Belize-based operator of ...

New City Public Sculpture: X Rated?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/11‎
Well, a few people have called us about the Belize City Council's latest venture - which is a more modest installation, but it seems, equally disturbing to a fair number of city residents. It's three X's - not some pornographic denotation, ...

NTUCB To Hon. Perriot: "Nonfunctional"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/11‎
On October fourth, the National Trade Union Congress Of Belize has written to Perriot telling him that he is nonfunctional in office due to non-attendance at meetings and non-performance of duties. Based on that they have decided to replace him as ...

Hattie 50th Anniversary Commemorated
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/11‎
Fifty years ago, one of the most powerful hurricanes of the last century veered off its northerly predicted course, and slammed into the country of Belize, killing hundreds, displacing thousands, and crippling the economy of the country. ...

Ann Marie Getting More Women In Politics
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/11‎
In August of this year, the Women's National Commission sent out a call for women interested in a political career. To qualify, all you needed was to be 21 years of age, and have the guts to stomach entering one of the most distrusted professions in ...

Francis Will Lead The PUP
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/11‎
The Freetown Area representative was endorsed at a meeting of the party's National Executive in Belize City this morning. Yesterday evening when we told you of the three candidates for leader: Arthur Saldivar, Mike Espat and Julius Espat, ...

Teenager Could Lose Child After Being Knocked Down By Cop
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/11‎
There was a traffic accident last night involving two UB students. It happened in Belmopan on the South Ring Road near Belmopan Comprehensive High School. Around 6:15 yesterday evening, 18 year old Gladys Chiac and 19 year old Tiffany Herrera were ...

The Privy Council's Last Judgment Gives Government A Headache
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/11‎
They won in the Supreme Court and when the Belize Bank Challenged in the Court Appeals, the ACB won that one too. But, with so many millions are at stake, the Bank took it to the hilt, all the way to the Privy Council - the first to last case from ...

No Leader Of The Opposition In the House
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/11‎
First is the matter of the Leader Of The Opposition in the House of Representatives. There is none tonight and none will be in place for tomorrow's house meeting. That's right. Despite the fancies of the PUP National Executive, the fact remains that ...

Us Military Humanitarian Assistance
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/11‎
Yesterday there was a groundbreaking at the Dorothy Menzies Childcare center in Belize City. It's for the construction of a family care building which is part of the Humanitarian Assistance Program of the US Army Southcom. ...

NEW LEADER FOR PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY
LoveFM - ‎10/20/11‎
I feel like I did years ago when I first offered myself for party leader that I have a contribution to make to the People's United Party and to the country of Belize. Today at the national executive meeting we held, as you all know there were three ...

THIRD COHORT OF WOMEN IN POLITICS PROJECT TO BEGIN TRAINING
LoveFM - ‎10/20/11‎
A majority of the participants this year are from Belize City; one of them is from San Ignacio. Executive Director, Ann-Marie Williams tells us more about the project. “We have successfully trained 53 women from the first cohort, 25 from the second and ...

TEENAGER HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM - Fem Cruz - ‎10/20/11‎
Gladys Chiac suffered injuries to the back of the head, chest and also complained of pain to the stomach, she was later transported to Belize Medical Associates while Stephanie Herrera received wounds to the forehead, left hand and toe; ...

MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES LISTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
LoveFM - ‎10/20/11‎
It highlights key areas, solid waste management currently we have a US $15 million project that is ongoing and it is significantly advanced, we are now at the design, build and operate stage to get solid waste management up and running in Belize. ...

BELIZE PREPARES FOR HEADS OF STATE MEETING
LoveFM - ‎10/20/11‎
Belize had representation at the ministerial level meeting in advance of the thirteenth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Tuxtla Mechanism for Dialogue and Coordination. The meeting ended on Monday in Chiapas, Mexico and Belize was ...

News briefs from around Kentucky at 3:58 pm EDT
San Antonio Express - ‎12 hours ago‎
Ky. missionary faces sex abuse charges in Belize SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — A Christian missionary from Kentucky has been jailed in Central America on charges he sexually abused three teenagers. Bryan Sears, 35, is facing sex abuse charges in Belize. ...

Enshrined: Forever ours!!!
The Guardian, Belize - Shane D. Williams - ‎10/20/11‎
On Friday, October 21st, the people of Belize will make their way to Belmopan City to celebrate our strongest step towards economic independence. Thousands of Belizeans of various race, religion and socio-economic backgrounds- both on site and at ...

Messenger Pleads Guilty to Handling Stolen US Imports Goods
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
US Imports, located on Cleghorn Street, was one of two businesses burglarized last week and on Tuesday, October 18th, police levied charges of handling stolen goods upon two Belize City residents. 30-year-old Kenrick Sanchez, a messenger and resident ...

Willard Young granted bail after remande...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
Willard Young granted bail after remanded for discharging firearm in public On Monday, October 17th, he was charged in the Belize City Magistrate's Court with one count of discharging a firearm in public. Young is a student and resident of 4 ½ Miles on ...

Moses Gonguez Charged for Attempted Murder of Nelson Kareem Bowen
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
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. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Marlon Harris Charged for Pulling Gun at Jolene Petillo
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
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. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Mario Cunil pleads guilty to Drug Trafficking
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
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. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Tourist Busted with Weed
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
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. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Arturo Ek's fate to be decided by Appeals Court Judges
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
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. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Conspiracy Theorist
The Guardian, Belize - Jamil Matar - ‎10/20/11‎
The first blows were thrown at him when he was informed that all the Party's assets, including Independence Hall, Positive Vibes and the Belize Times, were actually privately owned and he had to pay for their use. At the National Assembly, ...

American man takes advantage of children in Rancho Dolores
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
It has recently been amalgamated to other primary educational institutions in the Belize River Valley, and it is now known a section of the Belize Rural Primary School. Ministry of Education has facilitated a fully functional feeding program for the ...

Mexico introduces a Registration System for Mexicans Abroad
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
Belmopan, Belize, 6th October 2011.- The Mexican Embassy informs that the Mexican Government has made available for Mexicans in Belize the Registration System for Mexicans Abroad (SIRME). The objective of this system is to assist Mexican citizens ...
CITCO battling foul stench plaguing Cit...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
Belize City residents have been plagued by a foul smell which has originated at the dumpsite on the Western Highway. Some residents have complained to the media about the situation and the Belize City Council heard those complaints. ...

Ministry of Education on Unpaid Teachers No person shall be employed as a ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
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. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Belizean Artifact repatriated
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
United States agencies over the years have repatriated several prehistoric artifacts to Belize under the Hold Harmless Release Agreement between the United States and Belize, and reflect efforts by both countries to collaborate in matters regarding the ...

Two charged jointly with robbery, handling stolen goods and wounding
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/20/11‎
A man and a minor were jointly arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate's Court before the newly appointed Chief Magistrate on a charge of robbery and handling stolen goods as well as wounding after they were accused of robbing Justin Castillo. ...

Belize Diabetes Association of New York Sponsors Podiatric Clinic at KHMH
The Guardian, Belize - Shane D. Williams - ‎10/20/11‎
Members of the Belize Diabetes Association of New York are currently in the country and they brought along two podiatrists to hold a clinic at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The Belize Diabetes Association of New York has been operating since ...

Black Summit Speech – September 2003
The Guardian, Belize - Leroy Taegar - ‎10/20/11‎
I must express my appreciation for being invited to be a part of this historic meeting of solidarity of the Black Community of Belize, and I thank Professor Molefi Asante and Dr. Rashidi Ruokono for joining us to share their considerable experiences. ...

10/19/11

Faber Says Unpaid Teachers Are To Blame For Their Fates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/11‎
... them aware that the Teaching Services Commission really took that responsibility out of the hands of the Ministry and placed it in a body that is made of representatives of the various stakeholders, including the Belize National Teachers Union. ...

PUP In The Throes OF Transition: Three Emerge For Leader
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/11‎
And while Treasurer Espat downplays the debt, we do know that the PUP has significant commercial debts including 440 thousand dollars to the Holy Redeemer Credit Union, 1.8 million dollars to the Belize Bank, 800 thousand dollars in over draft and 2.3 ...

GSU Recovers BDU
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/11‎
This morning the GSU searched the single room apartment of 38 year old Albert TALBERT known as CAT on Maskal Street in Belize City. When polcie got into the apartment, TALBERT was seen throwing a black plastic bag through the apartment's front door. ...

Nationwide Access To EBSCO
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/11‎
"EBSCO is now available in Belize, and this is one of the search databases that is used across the world - in many Universities, one of the larger one that can be accessed. And what is happening here today is that the Government of Belize is making ...

Belize opposition party in leadership crisis
Caribbean360.com - ‎10/19/11‎
(Photo: electionsmeter.com) BELMOPAN, Belize, October 19, 2011 - The search is on for a new leader of the People's United Party (PUP) after John Briceño officially resigned as Opposition Leader Tuesday and the top contender for the post said he ...

10/18/11

The Uncovering of Mayan Ruins
Eva-News (press release) - Frank D. Gardner - ‎10/18/11‎
An advanced civilization inhabiting the lands of the Yucatan Peninsula along with Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Guatemala some time between 300 CE to 900 CE. Just a few centuries later, archaeologists have discovered brilliantly erected pyramids ...

BFLA Must Close Its Doors; Can It Be Saved?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
The Belize Family Life Association - BFLA- first opened its door 26 years ago - and ever since has been providing Belizeans with critical sexual and reproductive health services as well as advocating for the rights of individuals. ...

There Is No Leader Of The Opposition
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
It is, to our knowledge, the very first time in Belize's Parliamentary history that a leader of the opposition has unilaterally stepped down - with no immediate successor in place. It is a virtual certainty that senior Deputy Espat will not step into ...

City's First Cement Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
"Now this, come on, Chetumal and Belize is nearly the same now. Watch the difference right." "Now you all have a sense of pride to say well 'this street, Pinks Alley build this.'" "Yes, this is part of Majestic. According to some people it's only bad ...

Car Crashes Into Parked Bus; Whose Fault?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
"I was driving my car home with my two kids Antoine and Amber and just after passing mile 10 around Almond Hill hitting that main stretch I just saw a light on the opposite side of the road going towards Belize City but it seems stagnant like not ...

Cruise Tourist Sells Chain To Pay Fine For Weed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
When 22 year old American National Ervin Conner came to Belize City today on a cruise ship he had thick link silver chain with a cross medal around his neck. But when he left Belize City it was minus the chain. Why? Because Conner was busted with 1.2 ...

Willoughby On Dump: Solution At Hand
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
ADM Belize Mills disposed of the fish meal because it had moisture and heat damage, but it was not properly disposed of. So measures were taken yesterday to try and cover it up - but it wasn't enough and the horrible odour was still affecting area ...

Marion Jones' Mexican Contractor Killed In Cancun
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
His family lives in Belmopan and they have left to Mexico to attend to his affairs. He was scheduled to return to Belize today and had gone to Cancun to get some equipment. According to his local partner in the venture, the work on Marion Jones will ...

Would E-Government Eliminate Need For "Minister's Signature"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
He is hosting a workshop on Communications Technology for Public Sector Reform, at the Belize Biltmore Plaza - and he told us about the idea to radically redesign the bureaucracy:.. "So this will be a five week workshop where I will teach the ...

PUP's Terrible Tuesday; Espat Declines Leadership; Briceno Steps Down As ...
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
I am profoundly grateful for the numerous expressions of support for my leadership from Standard Bearers, Party branches, Party members and from the general citizenry of Belize. Working along with our Deputy Leaders and National Executive and in ...

Mayoral Hopeful Schackron Adds To The PUP Woes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
And if all that wasn't bad enough for Belize's Grand Old Party reduced now to a leader-less band, one more lesser blow came this morning. Yolanda Schackron who intended to run for mayor - has formally withdrawn her candidacy. ...

St. Martin's Kids Get Dental Care
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/11‎
This afternoon a group of American volunteers from the Belize Mission Project offered their dental care services to over two hundred students of the St Martin's De Pores Primary school. Their visit included educating the children on the importance of ...

MARK ESPAT SAYS HE WILL NOT SEEK LEADERSHIP OF PUP
LoveFM - ‎10/18/11‎
The deadline for nominations for leadership of the party is five pm on Wednesday, and the only man so far whose name appears on the nominations list is Arthur Saldivar, an attorney and PUP aspirant for Belize Rural North who came out swinging at Espat ...

CABINET APPROVES PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENT TO PERENCO LTD.
LoveFM - ‎10/18/11‎
The applications were for exploration blocks recently given up by Belize Natural Energy Limited. The public now has ten days to make representation and offer any objections to the award. Objections should be submitted in writing to the Geology and ...

BELIZE FAMILY LIFE ASSOCIATION FIGHTS TO KEEP DOORS OPEN
LoveFM - ‎10/18/11‎
The Belize Family Life Association has been a fixture on the NGO scene for upwards of two decades offering crucial support services for young people in the area of sexual and reproductive health. But tonight, the news is that BFLA is on life support. ...

BELIZE CITY STREET GETS MUCH NEEDED FACELIFT
LoveFM - ‎10/18/11‎
A new initiative to pave the streets of Belize is being undertaken by various parties. The pilot project, which saw the paving of a part of Bishop Street, approximately two hundred feet between BTL and Scotia Bank using concrete slabs, ...

BNTU SAYS NO TO THE NINTH AMENDMENT
LoveFM - ‎10/18/11‎
The Belize National Teachers Union is the latest organization to say no to the Proposed Ninth Amendment to the Belize Constitution. The BNTU decision arose out of a Council of Management Meeting held over the weekend in Belize City. ...

TEACHERS AWAITING PAYMENT
LoveFM - ‎10/18/11‎
Minister Faber added that people need to understand that there needs to be adherence of the system and that practices of the past won't any longer be accepted, and that it is all for the good of education in Belize. It is hoped that when the paperwork ...

Mexico Hosts International Clown Convention
Fox News - ‎10/18/11‎
Clowns from Peru, El Salvador, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Belize, the United States and Mexico are attending the convention, where they can discuss their experiences at meetings and workshops. One of the most anticipated events is the ...

Athletes vote to expel BAAA President Saturday, travel to Pan American Games ...
Amandala - ‎10/18/11‎
Belize Amateur Athletics Association President Ian Gray did not make an appearance at the Special General Meeting called by six of his Management Committee members on Saturday, October 15, at the Bishop Sylvester Memorial Center on Regent Street in ...

US$61500 is a joke!
Amandala - Lincoln Eiley - ‎10/18/11‎
It is not the business of a foreign diplomat to support financially and politically an organization that is changing the morals within Belize. I am not anti-American, but I am against the agenda of the UNIBAM movement which defies our Constitution and ...

The 1992 Civic contract
Amandala - ‎10/18/11‎
1 sport for Belize City youth. Traditional football fields in the old capital, such as the Hostel field, the BEC field, and the Newtown Barracks fields, had been “privatized.” Real estate in the old capital was becoming very valuable. ...

Price Barracks under assault!!
Amandala - ‎10/18/11‎
In what is fast being seen as a national disgrace, the security of Price Barracks in Ladyville - the headquarters of Belize's army, and the remnants of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in Belize, has been breached twice in just two or three days. ...

Antonio Moguel, 59, executed in his chair
Amandala - Janine I. Crawford - ‎10/18/11‎
Orange Walk's most recent fatal shooting incident took place at a gas station situated on the Belize Corozal Road, in the wee hours of Saturday, October 15, 2011. The victim, Antonio Moguel, 59, a watchman at the Shell gas station and the younger ...

Reeking smell from dumpsite torments city residents
Amandala - Daniel Ortiz - ‎10/18/11‎
In the past week, residents of Belize City who live around the garbage dumpsite at Mile 3 on the Western Highway have been overwhelmed by a terrible odor that has permeated the entire area within a 5-mile radius. Some of these residents have complained ...

Mexico City welcomes 16th annual international clown convention
Metro - ‎10/18/11‎
All attendees sport full clown get-up for the event, with the majority hailing from Peru, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala, as well as Mexico. The funny men and women congregate in Mexico City each year in a bid to make the rest of the world ...

10/17/11

Study: Hurricanes are clustered, not random
Summit County Citizens Voice - Bob Berwyn - ‎10/17/11‎
The trend was most pronounced in the Caribbean, with strong clustering in Florida, the Bahamas, Belize, Honduras, Haiti and Jamaica. The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could have ...

Man Caught With Almost "Two Keys" Of Cannabis
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/17/11‎
The bust occurred around 12:30a.m today in Belize City. Grinage, with Cunil beside him, was driving a Toyota pick-up on Vernon Street contrary to traffic when he was stopped by the police. A search of the pick-up truck resulted in the discovery of the ...

Stopping Violence Before It Starts
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/17/11‎
Pre-emptive conflict management was being taught today at UB's West Landivar Campus, Belize City. It's part of a workshop called The "Alternative to Violence Project Training" and the idea is to identify the root causes of violence, in an attempt to ...

Almost Unanimous Support For Espat, But Will He Run For Leader?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/17/11‎
So, Espat has now gotten endorsements from all four caucuses of the party and declarations of divisional support from 30 of the party's 31 constituency leaders - with the notable exception of Belize Rural North - which is supporting its candidate, ...

Putrid Stench Coming From City Dump
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/17/11‎
"There was an unfortunate incident due to the weather over the past few days that wet bi-product that is being stored by the Belize Mills. Due to the weather the product got wet, it is a fish staple and because it got wet it became contaminated. ...

Gonguez Charged For August Shooting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/17/11‎
... on a charge of attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm. Because of the nature of the offence, remand was automatic and his next court date is November 18th. Gonguez was detained on October Friday October 14th. 7 News Belize.

Teachers Unions Takes Final Position On The Ninth
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/17/11‎
Tonight we can confirm that it will do so without the support of the Belize National Teachers Union. The BNTU held a council meeting at its Belize City Headquarters on Saturday where all ten branches were slated to present their position on the Ninth ...

DISC JOCKEY STABBED
LoveFM - ‎10/17/11‎
A Belize City disc jockey was injured in a stabbing incident over the weekend. Mauricio Lemus was stabbed to the right side of the abdomen. According to police, initial investigations revealed that Lemus was inside a taxi that was parked in front of a ...

TWO MEN CHARGED FOR HANDLING STOLEN GOODS
LoveFM - ‎10/17/11‎
Two days after the proprietor of US Imports reported a burglary at his business establishment on Cleghorn Street in Belize City, police have arrested and charged two people for the crime of handling stolen goods. They are thirty year old Kenrick ...

GALEN UNIVERSITY HOLDS GRADUATION EXERCISE
LoveFM - Vinai Thummalapally - ‎10/17/11‎
The sixth graduation exercise for Galen University was held on Sunday in Belize City. Sixty seen men and women received degrees in the private university's Associates, Bachelors and Masters Degrees programs. Sunday's commencement exercises were held at ...

MAN FINED AND CONFINED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING
LoveFM - ‎10/17/11‎
The bust occurred around 12:30 am today in Belize City. Grinage was driving a Toyota pickup truck on Vernon Street contrary to traffic when the vehicle was stopped by the police. A search of the pickup truck resulted in the discovery of the cannabis ...

BELIZE CITY MAN MURDERED
LoveFM - ‎10/17/11‎
Police have detained a few persons pending investigations into the shooting murder of thirty-three year old Karl Galvez, a labourer who lived on Fourth Street, Kings Park. Galvez was reportedly crossing the bridge that spans South Creek and Curassow ...

STUDENTS OBSERVE DRUG AWARENESS WEEK
LoveFM - ‎10/17/11‎
Students took part in a short parade in Belize City to increase awareness of drug use and its negative impact on young people to start off Drug Awareness Week. The school is observing the week under the theme, “We must unite in Peace as we aspire for ...

ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST BELIZE CITY MAN
LoveFM - ‎10/17/11‎
35-year-old Moses Gonguez, a resident of 10 York Street was charged with attempted murder when he appeared in court today. Gonguez was also charged with dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm. Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith explained to him ...

Caribbean Hurricanes Cluster, Letting Coral Reefs Mend
Our Amazing Planet - ‎10/17/11‎
The clustering was particularly strong in Florida, the Bahamas, Belize, Honduras, Haiti and Jamaica. This clustering can be tough on coastal communities because they don't get a chance to recover from one storm before . ...


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