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news 2/8/10

Lord Ashcroft: does he pay tax in Britain?
The Guardian - ‎2/8/10‎
Ashcroft, a deputy chairman of the party, was granted a seat in the Lords in March 2000 after promising to return to the UK from his home in Belize and pay ...

Murder conviction rate dismal—available figures say 7%
Amandala - ‎2/8/10‎
Information that Amandala has obtained from the Police Department and the Kolbe Foundation (which manages the Belize Central Prison) signals a persistent ...

Darrel Williams' family pulls the plug
Amandala - ‎2/8/10‎
Moguel is still hospitalized at Belize Health Care Partners, where she is undergoing intensive treatment. But doctors there said that there is a possibility ...

More tax, same bite
Amandala - ‎2/8/10‎
Ironically, it turns out, however, that the Government and people of Belize are still getting the same cut of gross revenues as they were receiving before ...

17 companies contracted to look for oil in Belize
Amandala - ‎2/8/10‎
Most of Belize's 8867 square miles of territory and much of the waters offshore have been parceled out in petroleum contracts (concessions) to 17 different ...

“We were screwed!” says BNE oil investor of Ireland
Amandala - ‎2/8/10‎
The situation with Belize Natural Energy (BNE) is no exception, as the $600 million plus, which the company has earned in revenues since it struck oil in ...

Brazen Guate thieves steal $350000 Works grader
Amandala - ‎2/8/10‎
As soon as Arthurs reported the theft to Henderson, Henderson went to the scene, and requested assistance from the Belize Defence Force (BDF), ...

CHx, partner of BNE, serves GOB with arbitration letter
Amandala - ‎2/8/10‎
Amandala has confirmed that CHx Belize LP and its partner, West Bay Belize Limited, are challenging the Government of Belize over a recent decision not to ...

2/5/10

America's Most Wanted films in San Pedro
San Pedro Sun - ‎2/5/10‎
Indeed, it was the host of America's Most Wanted (AMW), John Walsh and crew, filming in San Pedro as part of a show on Belize. AMW is viewed in 45 countries ...

DOE descends on Coco Beach Resort and halts construction
San Pedro Sun - ‎2/5/10‎
The letter continues to state that construction violates the Environmental Protection Act Chapter 328 of the Laws of Belize and the Amended Environmental ...

Rewards posted for animal eradication
San Pedro Sun - ‎2/5/10‎
However, he did state that Belize does not have the proper equipment to determine the cause of death of the fish. Without a proper determination as to the ...

SP Mayor and Liquor License Board under scrutiny
San Pedro Sun - ‎2/5/10‎
Other members include Ramon Calderon, Severito Guerrero Jr., George Paz, Roberto Canul and a representative from the Police, Health and Fire Departments ...

BEL'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RESPONDS TO RECENT COURT ACTION BY PUC
LoveFM - ‎2/5/10‎
The Public Utilities Commission and Belize Electricity Limited have since 2008 been engaged in a drawn out dispute over rate increase. ...

MISS DAWG 2010 “AIN'T SHHE SWEET”
Kilgore News Herald - ‎2/5/10‎
... Grayson “Gracy Lu Freebush”Armontroutt, Jake“La'K'naisha Koolaid” Pierce, Shadow“Shadella” Stokes, the sultry dance of Eric “BayBay Belize” and Landon ...

GOB RESPONDS TO BNTU PRESS CONFERENCE
LoveFM - ‎2/5/10‎
On Wednesday President of the Belize National Teachers Union Jaime Panti issued an ultimatum to the Government of Belize regarding the Collective Bargaining ...

BELIZE CITY MAN CHARGED WITH CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
LoveFM - ‎2/5/10‎
Thirty eight year old Niccanor Fermin, a fisherman of Meighan Avenue who allegedly had sex with a girl when she was nine and when she was fourteen, ...

PHILLIP WALLACE CHARGED FOR MONDAY NIGHT MURDER
LoveFM - ‎2/5/10‎
21-year-old Phillip Wallace and a 17 year old boy have been charged in connection with a shooting incident which occurred on Monday night February 1st in ...

Education Minister Faber Responds to BNTU Ultimatum
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/5/10‎
Earlier this week the Belize National Teachers' Union held a press conference to – among other things – demand a pay raise. Today we got a response on that ...

Valerie Coombs Lashes Out Against Belize on ABC
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/5/10‎
Jason Coombs lived and worked in Belize. His murder has made headlines there. “Pre-Con owner gunned down. Businessman gunned down. ...

Janay's Condition Now Stable
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/5/10‎
The seven year old Standard One student is still in the intensive care unit at the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited tonight where the news is not at all ...

MOE Signs Exchange Agreement with Bridgewater State University
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/5/10‎
The courses will be offered on site in Belize In August, Bridgewater State will accept 5 Belizean students in the program. And in exchange in January of ...

Businessman Executed in Sugar City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/5/10‎
“It frightened me because according to what I heard it is not boys from Orange Walk, it is boys from Belize City.” “We never thought this would happen to us ...

Logistics Worked Out for Anvil Point
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/5/10‎
Chairman of the Port of Belize Limited Luke Espat would only say that his people ironed out any misunderstandings and the vessel has been offloaded at the ...

Ambassador of Hip-Hop in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/5/10‎
And what does all that have to do with a globe trotting American rapper who is in Belize? A whole lot if that rapper is George Martinez known as "RITHM". ...

Phillip Wallace Charged for Murder & Shooting Janay Moguel
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/5/10‎
Well, Belize City police did say following the Central American shooting spree on Central American Boulevard on Monday evening that they knew who fired the ...

Fisherman Charged for Carnal Knowledge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/5/10‎
There is no statute of limitations on carnal knowledge and that was proven today in Belize City Magistrate's Court. Court reports are that the accused a ...

BNTU demands pay raise
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
Belize National Teachers Union president Jaime Panti has issued an ultimatum to the government to urgently address ...

City Council Audit a mess!
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
A review of the Belize City Council's books revealed many accounting practices and loopholes lending themselves to financial misappropriation, ...

Port of Belize granted injunction
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
The Supreme Court has granted an injunction filed by Port of Belize Limited to stop the Port Authority, Caribbean Shipping ...

Galvez family accuses police cover-up
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
... loved ones to demonstrate their demand for justice against police corruption, by putting up the Belize flag on their homes, vehicles and businesses. ...

BDF Assault rifle stolen from guardroom
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
Over three weeks after a 5.56mm calibre M4 assault rifle was reported stolen from the Belize Defense Force guardroom on ...

CEMO discusses disaster response
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
The Belize City Emergency Committee Organization (CEMO) examined ways to improve the City's emergency response to ...

SIF helps Gracie Rock tap into Tourism
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
Gracie Rock is a small scenic village located on the banks of the Sibun River near the Pecarry Hills of Belize; its 250 inhabitants have traditionally ...

Belize Police Department benefits from Community Policing Training
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
Belize police officers' recent training in Community Policing will now have wider impact throughout the Belize Police ...

Two men charged with failure to declare money
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
Within a 24 hour period, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) along with the Belize Police Department and Custom's ...

Dean Fuller's Preliminary Inquiry set fro March 26
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
The Belize City Magistrate Court has ordered a preliminary Inquiry into the money laundering case involving Dean Fuller ...

Sailor missing, believed to be dead
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
The Belize Defence Force along with the National Coast Guard, the Fisheries Department, Toledo Institute for Development and the Environment (TIDE) and ...

UB host Boarding meeting of Erasmus Mundus lot 10
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
She did her Master's Degree in Berlin in 2008 and returned to Belize last December. She said, “It was a full and challenging experience. ...

Western Union inaugurates new location
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
Money transfer giant, the Western Union of Belize inaugurated its new location at Coney Drive Business Plaza, at 4792 Coney ...

DOE salvages Great Escape's fuel
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
The yacht's captain and owner is an American national Albert Barscroft, who was leaving Belize when he ran aground. He was allowed to leave the country for ...

Mexico implements Gamma Ray Screening
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
Buses, cargo containers and trucks from Belize are no longer allowed to enter Mexico during the weekends as all vehicles ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎2/5/10‎
We need the commercial banks to show their goodwill, their solidarity with Belize and her people, and bring down their rates. Banks need to reduce their ...

2/4/10

Anvil Point Still Unable to Offload Cargo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/4/10‎
The British Military supply vessel, the Anvil Point is still docked in the waters of the coast of Belize City and the Supreme Court injunction still stands ...

PM Dean Barrow Comments on Poverty Assessment...
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/4/10‎
According to the 2009 Country Poverty Assessment, more Belizeans are poor than ever before or at least when compared to 2002. The figures released last week ...

Caye Caulker Cop Charged for Sexually Assaulting Underage Tourist
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/4/10‎
The child's mother said the constable abused his authority in directing the child to go behind the bar. She told us they have been visiting Belize for two ...

Master's Degree Opportunities at Erasmus Mundus Universities
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/4/10‎
From February third to the fifth the University of Belize hosted the board meeting of officials of the European Commission and representatives of fifteen ...

PUC Charges BEL Criminally
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/4/10‎
The Public Utilities Commission has brought criminal charges against Belize Electricity Limited. That's right criminal charges against your power provider. ...

Belizeans Chefs Graduate As Certified Culinarians
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/4/10‎
Yesterday they officially became certified culinarians at a graduation ceremony at the ITVET in Belize City. The Prime Minister was there and so was 7News. ...

Court Day Set in Switzerland for National Basketball Team
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/4/10‎
The case of Belize's national men's senior basketball team is going before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne Switzerland at 2:00 in the ...

The Moment Janay Got Shot
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/4/10‎
And now, his precious seven year old grand-daughter Janay Moguel is in the Intensive Care Unit at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited. ...

PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE HAS FULL CONFIDENCE IN POLICE COMMISSIONER
LoveFM - ‎2/4/10‎
The crime situation in Belize continues to be a growing concern for residents all over the country; but particularly in Belize City. ...

OPPOSITION LEADER WEIGHS IN ON POVERTY ASSESSMENT REPORT
LoveFM - ‎2/4/10‎
We were doing the necessary investments in Belize to start to turn things around. We grew the economy; jobs started to increase; more and more Belizeans ...

MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO OBTAINING PROPERTY BY DECEPTION
LoveFM - ‎2/4/10‎
On September 3, 2009 Noralez wernt to Belize Bank and cashed the cheque which was in the name of Phillip Zuniga. After Noralez left with the money Fonseca ...

MATH OLYMPIAD BACK FOR 2010 ROUND OF COMPETITION
LoveFM - ‎2/4/10‎
The fourth annual Belize Math Olympiad began yesterday with the Southern Regional Finals. As was the case last year, the students of Stann Creek Ecumenical ...

ERASMUS MUNDUS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO BENEFIT MANY BELIZEANS
LoveFM - ‎2/4/10‎
The University of Belize joined the consortium of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries two years ago and since then has secured nine scholarships for its ...

BELMOPAN POLICE INVESTIGATE NUMBER OF ROBBERIES
LoveFM - ‎2/4/10‎
That same day John Emmanuel, a mechanic of Belize City, reported that he locked his tool room on Monday evening and when he returned the following morning ...

WORLD CANCER DAY OBSERVED
LoveFM - ‎2/4/10‎
Today the Belize Cancer Society joins the world in celebrating World Cancer Day. World Cancer Day is observed each year on February 4th to raise awareness ...

CITRUS GREENING PROJECTS GETS BOOST
LoveFM - ‎2/4/10‎
... impacts of Huanglongbing and the citrus greening disease in Belize and to help us to maintain the viability and the sustainability of the citrus sector. ...

Belize Delegation returns from Youth Con...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
Joining Mr. Vellos on the Belize Delegation was Anita Zetina, Officer in Charge of UNICEF in Belize, Sherlene Tablada, youth representative of UNICEF and ...

Ministry of Education 2010
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
There are 1220 students on scholarships at the University of Belize and an additional two thousand nine hundred and fourteen are presently receiving ...

SIF hosts World Bank Workshops
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
The Social Investment Fund and its consultants responsible for the execution of the social assessment of the Belize Municipal Development Project(BMDP), ...

Umpires Association to reorganize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
It has not been since 2002 that a Country Poverty Assessment (CPA) has been conducted in Belize. There may well be a good reason why the People's United ...

St. Martin's girls and Grace Primary boys are Belize District Basketball Champions
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
The 2009-2010 Belize District Primary Schools Basketball Championship came to an end on Tuesday February 2, 2010, at the Belize City Centre where the ...

2 Charged for Failure to declare Funds i...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
Within a 24-hour period FIU, along with the Belize Police Department and Custom's personnel, have made two arrests for failure to declare money in excess of ...

15-year-old accused of killing tour guid...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
It has not been since 2002 that a Country Poverty Assessment (CPA) has been conducted in Belize. There may well be a good reason why the People's United ...

Arrests in Keith Sambula's Murder
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
Police say the killers then attempted to conceal the crime by taking Sambula's body to the banks of the Belize River that runs through the village and ...

Dean Fuller's Money Laundering Case Se...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
In June 2009, Dean Fuller, a well-known businessman of Belize City who is attached to Omni Networks, and Fultec was charged with the money laundering of ...

Super-bond Straps Budget
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
On February 20, the Government of Belize will be making a US$11877711.11 payment to service the Super-bond which it inherited from the PUP administration. ...

Cabinet Shuffle?
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
It has not been since 2002 that a Country Poverty Assessment (CPA) has been conducted in Belize. There may well be a good reason why the People's United ...

Thousands Missing - PUP Village Chairman...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
On Monday, February 1, 40-year-old PUP Village Chairman, Walter Gillett, was charged in the Belize City Magistrate's Court with four counts of obtaining ...

PUC Charges BEL Criminally
The Guardian, Belize - ‎2/4/10‎
... Proceeding (FTRP) to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was read in Magistrate's Court today as the PUC took Belize Electricity Limited to court. ...

IPFW prof receives grant to explore lost city
fwdailynews.com - ‎2/4/10‎
In June 2009, Andres and Wrobel traveled to the Cayo District of Belize for their research project, the Caves Branch Archaeological Survey. ...

2/3/10

AMW On The Road
America's Most Wanted - ‎2/3/10‎
John Walsh and the AMW crew are currently shooting in Belize, in Central America, for an episode that will highlight the global reach of our manhunt. ...

Belize Rapper Shyne Denied Entry Into UK
Belizean (blog) - ‎2/3/10‎
By The Founder on February 4, 2010 5:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) Belmopan, Belize 3 February - Belize Rapper Shyne has reportedly been denied entry ...

PM Barrow Won't Touch BNE Contract
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/3/10‎
... Minister about another burning issue – the matter of oil and specifically the revenues that government has been collecting from Belize Natural Energy. ...

British Military Ship in Middle of War at Port of Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/3/10‎
Tonight a British Military vessel called Anvil Point is anchored off the coast of Belize City awaiting further orders. The vessel is here with a shipment ...

BSI Burn Victim Succumbs
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/3/10‎
Long time employee of Belize Sugar Industries Edward Robinson, who received second degree burns to ninety percent of his body in an accident at the BSI ...

America's Most Wanted Films Episode in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/3/10‎
It made international headlines in December when American fugitive Robert Snyder was captured in Belize. It was big news because he was the subject of an ...

Teenager Charged for Glenstine Martinez Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/3/10‎
In the presence of his mother, today a 15 year old boy was charged for Tuesday morning's murder of tour guide Glenstine Martinez. ...

Teacher's Union Gives GOB Ultimatum
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/3/10‎
The Belize National Teacher's Union held a press conference in Belize City this afternoon to make public their ultimatum to government about the collective ...

7 Year Old Shooting Victim Faces Paralysis
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/3/10‎
For the past two and half days Janay Moguel has been in the intensive care unit at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited – Jacqueline Godwin visited today and ...

Residents in San Pedro's Underbelly Need Help from GOB
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/3/10‎
Seeing a scene like this, you'd think it was the Collet or Port Loyola area in Belize City but this is San Pedro – the underbelly of La Isla Bonita. ...

BNTU DISCUSS PROPOSED CHANGES IN EDUCATION SYSTEM
LoveFM - ‎2/3/10‎
This afternoon at the BIM conference room in Belize City members of the Belize National Teachers Union convened a meeting of their own to address several ...

BNTU DISCUSS PROPOSED CHANGES IN EDUCATION SYSTEM
LoveFM - ‎2/3/10‎
This afternoon at the BIM conference room in Belize City members of the Belize National Teachers Union convened a meeting of their own to address several ...

UB TO HOST EDUCATION PRESS CONFERENCE
LoveFM - ‎2/3/10‎
Members of the European Commission are in Belize along with representatives from 14 universities from African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries. ...

SHOOTING VICTIM SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
LoveFM - ‎2/3/10‎
A man who was among a group of four who was shot on Monday night in Belize City has died. According to police reports, nineteen year old Darrell Williams, ...

ANOTHER MAN APPEARS IN COURT AFTER FAILING TO DECLARE US CASH
LoveFM - ‎2/3/10‎
36-year-old businessman Wei Quan Zheng charged with failure to declare 23 thousand US dollars when leaving Belize with more than 10 thousand dollars in cash ...

INJURED BSI EMPLOYEE SUCCUMBS TO BURN INJURIES
LoveFM - ‎2/3/10‎
Robinson was first taken to the Northern Regional hospital for treatment, and was later transferred to the Belize Health Care Partners Hospital. ...

TEENAGER CHARGED WITH GLENSTEIN MARTINEZ'S MURDER
LoveFM - ‎2/3/10‎
No plea was taken from the boy when he was arraigned today in Belize Family Court. Magistrate Alberta Perez remanded him into custody at Boot Camp until ...

HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE
LoveFM - ‎2/3/10‎
A house was destroyed by fire early on Tuesday morning in Belize City. Police reports say the plycem building located on Haulze Street, was the property of ...

“Share the wealth!” COLA's message to GOB!
Amandala - ‎2/3/10‎
The group Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA) staged a street protest this morning organized around the Belize oil industry and the ...

Belizean buses can't cross Mexican border on weekends
Amandala - ‎2/3/10‎
... that our neighbor to the North, Mexico, had closed its borders without warning, today the Mexican Embassy in Belize stepped forward for clarification. ...

Kudos to officers Moody and Salam
Amandala - ‎2/3/10‎
On the night of December 16, 2009, two women friends and I were driving back from Belize City to Bullet Tree Falls when we experienced car trouble and had ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎2/3/10‎
The day before, Monday, January 11, 2010, a grenade blast on Caesar Ridge Road in Yarborough essentially shattered a four-day-old truce between the Belize ...

As it was in the beginning …
Amandala - ‎2/3/10‎
The NIP offered six candidates and the UBAD Party three (Evan X Hyde, Ismail Omar Shabazz and the late Clifford Leslie) in an NIP/UBAD coalition for Belize ...

Sugar isn't so sweet right now!
Amandala - ‎2/3/10‎
The new $126 million bagasse cogeneration facility, Belize Cogeneration Energy Limited (BELCOGEN), sits atop Tower Hill in all its majesty — the realization ...

In Roaring Creek, a murder and a mysterious death
Amandala - ‎2/3/10‎
That day Ho told his wife that he wanted to take his youngest child to the Belize Zoo. Herrera said that she learned that Ho was dead from her second ...

7 shootings in 5 days - two dead!
Amandala - ‎2/3/10‎
The baby, condition unknown at this time, was later taken to the Belize Healthcare Partners. The grandfather, name unknown at this time, was treated and ...

Santa Teresa, Toledo, gets 20-year forestry license, said Chief Forest Officer
Amandala - ‎2/3/10‎
Sabido also revealed, “The Toledo District, next to the Cayo District, is arguably the District with the highest forest cover in Belize. ...

Neville “Tete” Thomas shot to death in home invasion
Amandala - ‎2/3/10‎
Neville Thomas, Jr., 53, of Orange and West Streets in Belize City, was a US Army veteran and devout Rastafarian who was not known to be involved in the ...

2/2/10

800 Gallons of Fuel Removed from Great Escape
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/2/10‎
The yacht's captain and owner American national Albert Barscroft was exiting Belize when he ran aground. He was allowed to leave the country for medical ...

Ralton Usher Executed with 2 Bullets to the Head
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/2/10‎
And while that killing happened early this morning, late last night there was another – also on Central American Boulevard. The victim was 31 year old ...

Duo Arrested for Roaring Creek Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/2/10‎
... Creek on Friday night when an argument started. Sambula was chopped with a machete after which his killers tried to discard his body into the Belize River.

Teenager on Life Support After Wild Shooting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/2/10‎
Two Belize City men were killed in the last 24 hours and the third to receive serious injury is a teenager and he's on life support. ...

Eyewitness: Police Officer Killed Chris Galvez
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/2/10‎
The witness has been in hiding since the murder but slipped into Belize City today and spoke to 7News. We distorted his face to conceal his identity but he ...

Belizean American Busted at PGIA with US$50000 in Undeclared Cash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/2/10‎
On Monday McKoy appeared before the Belize City Magistrate's Court where he pleaded guilty to the charge of “failure to declare when entering Belize with ...

Yolanda Schakron In it for the Long Haul
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/2/10‎
Everybody in Belize Keith, everybody knows who killed my nephew Christopher Galvez but the Police refuses to act. We are working on a big banner of all the ...

6 People Shot in 12 Hours: 2 Dead, 1 on Life Support
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/2/10‎
So I am appealing to the Police Department to do something about the situation in Belize. What would it take for them to stop the crime in Belize, ...

The Staggering Spike in Gun Violence
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎2/2/10‎
In the 124 hours since Thursday afternoon – 13 people have been shot in Belize City – 3 of them fatally and the life of a fourth hangs precariously in the ...

MEN CHARGED FOR ROARING CREEK MURDER
LoveFM - ‎2/2/10‎
And regarding the murder of Keith Sambula over the weekend, Belmopan police have arrested and charged twenty seven year old Felipe Reyes and forty seven ...

ANOTHER BELIZE CITY MAN GUNNED DOWN
LoveFM - ‎2/2/10‎
The crime wave that has gripped Belize City since last Friday continued today. An early morning shooting on Central American Boulevard, has claimed the life ...

TWO SHOOTING INCIDENTS; ONE DEAD, FOUR INJURED
LoveFM - ‎2/2/10‎
A drive-by shooting late last night has claimed the life of a Belize City man. Thirty one year old Ralton Usher was fatally wounded, reportedly when shots ...

PHASE ONE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT COMPLETE
LoveFM - ‎2/2/10‎
The project, financed by the European Union and GOB under the Belize Rural Development Program, has seen 22 projects implemented in the Belize and Corozal ...

BELIZEAN-AMERICAN CHARGED FOR FAILURE TO DECLARE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY
LoveFM - ‎2/2/10‎
The Customs Department also handed over McKoy when he entered Belize who entered Belize with the money via the Phillip Goldson International Airport. ...

BSI SAYS THERE IS NO SUGAR SHORTAGE
LoveFM - ‎2/2/10‎
The Belize Sugar Industries says there is no shortage of sugar on the local market. Recently, Love FM listeners have been calling into the morning show to ...

PNP TO HOST FUND RAISING EVENT TO AID HAITI
LoveFM - ‎2/2/10‎
And while it will be a real challenge for those of you who are interested in taking part, the funds raised will go directly to the Belize Red Cross to help ...

CANE FARMERS REMEMBER ANASTACIO GUTIERREZ
LoveFM - ‎2/2/10‎
Today both branches of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association are closed to pay homage to a farmer who died fighting his cause. ...

Experts say invasive lionfish here to stay
The Tribune - ‎2/2/10‎
... is not the only country at risk, as lionfish have reached as far as Venezuela, with sightings all along the way in waters off Cuba, Jamaica and Belize. ...

2/1/10

Worse Feared for Man Missing at Sea
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
The worse is feared for a man who is missing in the seas of Southern Belize. Two 33 year old's Devon Portillo and Karim Eiley went fishing in a 23 foot ...

COLA Takes its Fight to the Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
The Citizens Organized for Liberation through Action, COLA held their demonstration in Belize City on Saturday morning. It was viewed as an important litmus ...

Gang Warfare in Mesop: 1 Murder, 3 Shootings
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
That is still being determined by the Belize City Crimes Investigation Branch but unconfirmed reports to 7News are that the homicide may have been triggered ...

Lok Bandhu Karki's World Tour
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
But his target is 113 countries by 2013 so he is just passing through Belize. Karki stopped by our studios to tell us about his world tour. ...

Youth Ambassadors Return from Suriname
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Also on the trip were Belize's representative on the commission – Alberto Vellos along with Anita Zetina – the Officer in Charge of UNICEF in Belize along ...

PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENT INJURED IN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
An early morning shooting in Belize City has left one primary school student injured and another traumatized. A little after five o'clock this morning the ...

ANDRE CHO REPORTS ON GOVERNMENT EARNINGS FROM PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
The issue of oil has been in the news recently, with talk that government is not getting what it should from petroleum exploration and extraction in Belize. ...

Mexico Bans Belizean Buses on the Weekend
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Belizean buses are no longer allowed to enter Mexico during the weekends. According to the Mexican Embassy, as part of their modernization project – all ...

Kendra Madrill Pleads Guilty to Abusing 11 Year Old Cousin
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Twenty year old Kendra Madrill was today arraigned in Belize City Magistrate's Court, charged for the beating of her eleven year old cousin. ...

BELIZEAN BUS DRIVERS BLOCK THE NORTHERN BORDER
LoveFM - ‎12 hours ago‎
Belize bus operators are facing some inconveniences in travelling to the nearby Mexican city of Chetumal. Love News understands that since last week Tuesday ...

1/29/10

Prospects for Oil in Gallon Jug & Calla Creek
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/29/10‎
They drilled a well there, they didn't find any oil, they only found oil that is seeping up at the surface and how BNE came to Belize was because of the ...

BDF Turns 32
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/29/10‎
But, in this regard, Belize's military history is unique. Because of the threat from Guatemala, the Belize Defence Force was formed in 1978, ...

The Oil Revenue Breakdown
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/29/10‎
Also, the total revenue figure for BNE that he will quote is in US dollars, while ours have been converted to Belize dollars. We begin with his comments on ...

Hungry Monkey Sub Shop Opens on North Front Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/29/10‎
A new sub shop has opened in Belize City. It's the “Hungry Monkey” on North Front Street. It's new to Belize City but not to new to Belize because the first ...

MAN CHARGED FOR ATTMEPTING TO BURGLARIZE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT
LoveFM - ‎1/29/10‎
29-year-old Jermaine Martinez, a security guard working at Belize Port Authority reported to Police that just before seven o'clock on Wednesday evening when ...

BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE CELEBRATES 32ND ANNIVERSARY
LoveFM - ‎1/29/10‎
“Thirty-two years ago a nation of people on its way to independence founded an army of men to protect what would later become Belize's territorial ...

TWO MEN INJURED IN SEPARATE SHOOTINGS
LoveFM - ‎1/29/10‎
Police reports say that Lopez was at a restaurant on Orange Street in Belize City around ten o'clock last night, when several gunshots were heard. ...

STUDENTS OF SOUTHERN BELIZE BENEFIT FROM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
LoveFM - ‎1/29/10‎
A check for four thousand six hundred dollars has been handed over to the Possum Point Scholarship Fund. The check was handed over during brief ceremonies ...

BELIZE CITY EMERGENCY COMMITTEE MEETS
LoveFM - ‎1/29/10‎
The Belize City Emergency Committee Organization held its first meeting for 2010 this morning at City Hall. Many issues were brought up and discussed in an ...

Teen and Restaurant Customer Injured in Shootings
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/29/10‎
Two men were shot yesterday. The first shooting happened in the afternoon around 1:30 when 17 year old Lewis Kerr was in front of his home on Curassow ...

Shot Fired in Robbery Attempt at Tile Palace
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/29/10‎
A gunshot was fired but no one was hurt during a frightening armed robbery attempt this evening in Belize. It happened at the Tile Palace, located at the ...

Lancelot Longsworth Busted Burglarizing Customs Container
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/29/10‎
Court reports are that the accused was caught on his third attempt to break into a warehouse on the Port of Belize's compound. It happened around six fifty ...

Tarrell Sutherland heads to the US for specialist treatment
Amandala - ‎1/29/10‎
In November last year, the public was introduced to Tarrell Sutherland, via KREM Radio's Wake up Belize Morning Vibes. Tarrell is a four-year-old boy from ...

Saturday's statement in the streets
Amandala - ‎1/29/10‎
When Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA) begin to march on Saturday morning from Constitution Park in Belize City, there will be at least ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎1/29/10‎
Most of 1970 was dominated by the “carryings on” of UBAD, and so the following year when Mr. Goldson was faced with the upcoming December 1971 Belize City ...

He kissed her, then shot her dead – why?
Amandala - ‎1/29/10‎
Last night, Thursday, Cruzito Nicolas Chan, 41, of Orange Walk Town, was fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City, ...

“Liaad” Prensa Libre!
Amandala - ‎1/29/10‎
“The Guatemalan farmers who inhabit the adjacency zone (between Guatemala and Belize) said they live in distress due to the fact that the Belizeans enter at ...

Belize: Answers to your vacation FAQs
Budget Travel - ‎1/29/10‎
Here's a Q&A with Eric Wechter, the editor of Fodor's Belize, 4th edition. He's also the Belize expert for Fodor's 80 degrees initiative, an interactive ...

MOE's 2-year Report Card
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
The Ministry of Education (MOE) held a conference at the new ITVET campus on Freetown road on Thursday, January 28, ...

Almost half of all Belizeans considered poor
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
BY Adolph Lucas & Niall Gillett Poverty has spread over Belize like a cloud, and nearly one half of all Belizeans are considered poor, according to the ...

A section of concrete street and a new cemetery are among City Council plans ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
The Belize City Council was full of news when it convened its first town hall meeting for th e new year on the campus of ...

A section of concrete street and a new cemetery are among City Council plans ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
The Belize City Council was full of news when it convened its first town hall meeting for th e new year on the campus of ...

Texas trip offers hope for Tarell
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
Pitre founded the Alliance 12 years ago and now has an office in Belize City on Central American Boulevard at the My Father's House biuilding and another in ...

Caribbean Pride canoe wins Boom to Manatee Lodge race
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
The Belize Bank canoe paddled by six-time Ruta Maya champs Armin Lopez, Daniel Cruz and Amado Cruz were second in one hour 27 minutes and 59.09 seconds to ...

Privy council reserves judgement on Constitutional challenge over land rights
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
The Belize Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Bill2008 and the Referendum (Amendment) Bill 2008 have wound their way through the Supreme Court and the Court of ...

Cop charged with extortion and denied bail
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
That charge however was withdrawn by the court later that year. SC Myvett is due back before the Belize City Magistrate's Court on Thursday, January 28.

Legendary Parandero Paul Nabor, reaches 91
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
“He is a widely respected musical talent who has brought Belize and the soulful Paranda music of the Garinagu to the rest of the world”. ...

San pedro Shows the way! Curfew will keep youngsters in check
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
While police Commissioner Crispin Jefferies has been trying to convince people in Belize City that crime is on the wane, San Pedro Mayor Elsa Paz says crime ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/29/10‎
RADIO KREM enjoys the freedom of the press which is guaranteed to all Belizeans by the Belize Constitution which provides for freedom of information. ...

1/28/10

Belize Conservation NGO Receives Rapid Response Facility Grant in Support of ...
UNESCO.org (press release) - ‎1/28/10‎
The latest World Heritage site to benefit from the Rapid Response Facility (RRF) is the Belize Barrier Reef System (BBRS). Recognized in large part for its ...

Ministry of Education Catalogues Accomplishments
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/28/10‎
It addressed many issues from the state of the economy to crime and the commitment that MOE's main client, the children of Belize will not be ignored and ...

The Truth About the Never Delay Oil Field
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/28/10‎
It disclosed previously unheard of details of Belize's oil industry as presented by Susan Morrice – a principal shareholder in Belize natural Energy. ...

PC John Myvette Released on Bail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/28/10‎
Tonight 35 year old Special Constable John Myvett is out on bail. Myvette was charged on Monday for extortion and obtaining services by deception after he ...

Mother Convicted of Killing Her Two Year Old Child
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/28/10‎
Shiann White at the time of the incident falsely told Belize City police that her boyfriend Leon Lopez who is not the child's father was responsible. ...

MINISTER OF WORKS ON COUNTRYWIDE TOUR
LoveFM - ‎1/28/10‎
Love News also got an update on works conducted by the Ministry of Works in Belize City. “Last week we finished Orange Street, we finished Johnson Street, ...

EDUCATION OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE CHANGES TO EDUCATION SYSTEM
LoveFM - ‎1/28/10‎
A press conference was held this morning at the ITVET Building in Belize City during which senior managers within the Ministry of Education announced ...

UNIVERSITY OF BELIZE HOLDS SEXUAL HARASSMENT FORUM
LoveFM - ‎1/28/10‎
The University of Belize hosted a two-hour forum on the subject of sexual harassment in the workplace. Yesterday evening's event has been described as a ...

Belize City Primary Schools Basketball C...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
The 2009-2010 Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition will come to an end on Thursday January 28, 2010, at the Belize City Centre with the ...

FIU Director Speaks on Jewett's Guilty...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
... searched by police on Friday, January 15, and $120000 in US dollars; 4288 Euros; $5020 in Pesos; 225 Quetzales, and $23.37 in Belize currency was found. ...

Senior citizen murdered in his home
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
William Neal lived in the United States from the 1960s to 2007 when he returned home to Belize. He was the father of eight children.

Shell's Susuki Vitara winner
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
But it wasn't, and after he was assured that he had won the vehicle it took him a little over an hour to drive from Belmopan to Belize City. ...

Tarrell Sutherland Leaves for Texas
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
Many made cash donations and Lee Mark Chang, President of the Belize Chinese Association, donated the plane tickets for her and Tarrell to leave the country ...

Green & Black's boss has "confidence" in Kraft takeover
just-food.com (subscription) - ‎1/28/10‎
The boss of Cadbury-owned Green & Black's today (28 January) revealed that Kraft Foods has issued a commitment to respect all the UK confectioner's ...

Police Act Quickly to Arrest 3 Ladyville...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
On Monday, January 25, all three accused men were escorted to the Belize City Magistrate's Court where they appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret ...

The Only Way Forward
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
It was the UDP government of 1984 to 1989 that formulated an arrangement enabling workers of Belize Sugar Industries Limited (BSI) to own as much as 82 ...

UDP: Taking Stock
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
The United Democratic Party's National Party Council met on Saturday at a retreat at the Belize Elementary School Gymnasium to take stock of the party's ...

New Slaughterhouse Facility for River Va...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
Gone are the days when livestock farmers in the Belize River Valley slaughter their cattle under trees and on concrete slabs. That is thanks to a new state ...

Poverty Alleviation Efforts Continue
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
In late 2008, Government of Belize launched a Country Poverty Assessment (CPA) project in an effort to develop effective policies to carry out poverty ...

Minister Elrington Attends Inauguration ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, departed Belize for Honduras to attend the inauguration of President-elect Porfirio Lobo ...

From Skettledom - with malice towards so...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
There is no doubt in anyone's mind that Johnny is the weakest leader any of Belize's two major political parties has ever seen. No one has been more vocal ...

Written by Jamil Matar
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
According to the official public release, the study on poverty levels in Belize covered a period of eight years, from 2002 to 2009 inclusive. ...

UDP proceeds against Mayor Moya
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
On Monday January 25, Mayor of Belize City, Zenaida Moya-Flowers was served with charges from the United Democratic Party's Central Executive Committee ...

DFC Loan Program in Full Effect - Education, Mortgage & Developmental Loans ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
The Government of Belize has allocated $20 million for the lending program. Of that amount $10 million is geared towards developmental loans, ...

Belizeans Rise to Support Haiti
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
It is touching to see all sectors of Belize donating to the relief efforts of the Belize Red Cross. NEMO is making preparations to assist the people of ...

Wanted Guatemalan President attempted escape to Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/28/10‎
Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo has been arrested after he tried to make his way into Belize. Wednesday's issue of the Latin American Herald ...

1/27/10

Battle in Bladen Going to Supreme Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/27/10‎
And while the fight so far has been contained to Toledo, it is coming to Belize City – specifically to the Supreme Court. 7News has learned that the Yaxche ...

No Sanctuary for Former Guatemalan President in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/27/10‎
The interesting part is that when he was arrested Guatemalan authorities say he had already hired a boat headed for –– you guessed it - Belize! ...

Banks Holdings Weighs in on Citrus Dispute
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/27/10‎
As you know in Belize like most of the Caribbean the talent pool is very small and he is doing a commendable job and we are concerned about losing his ...

COLA Will Protest on Saturday
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/27/10‎
It is a march for Belize. It is a march for those who are elected to do what they are supposed to do and what they had promised this nation to do. ...

Fugitive Charged for Benque Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/27/10‎
He was arraigned at the San Ignacio Magistrate's Court and remanded to the Belize Central Prison until his next court appearance on April twenty second, ...

BELIZE CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BURGLARY
LoveFM - ‎1/27/10‎
35-year-old Kenroy Cook pleaded guilty to burglary and a mischievous act when he appeared in court today. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie sentenced him ...

CHURCHES TO ASSIST EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
LoveFM - ‎1/27/10‎
The Belize Association of Evangelical Churches will be holding various services at the different churches countrywide in support of the victims of the ...

NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION TO HOLD FLOOD SIMULATION
LoveFM - ‎1/27/10‎
The National Emergency Management Organization along with Belize Electric Company Limited and Cayo District Emergency Committee will conduct a flood ...

Green and Black's to go 100% Fairtrade
The Guardian - ‎1/27/10‎
The move to Fairtrade certification will build on the original Fairtrade relationship with cocoa farmers in Belize through guaranteed funding. ...

SP vessels collide over the weekend
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/27/10‎
The Belize Port Authority confirmed to The Sun that they have grounded both captains until the investigation is concluded.

Alex Soler freed of murder charges
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/27/10‎
One year after he was accused of murder, 23-year-old Alex Soler is a free man following the Director of Public Prosecution's (DPP) directive that the murder ...

Lions Fundraise for Haiti
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/27/10‎
On Sunday, the San Pedro Lions Club joined the efforts of Belizeans and the world over to raise much needed funds for the victims of Haiti who were ...

“Catch of the Day” tops Wahoo Tournament
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/27/10‎
This past Saturday, the San Pedro Wahoo Challenge took place. Anglers were ready for a day of sun and fishing. The Wahoo did not disappoint, with 30 Wahoos ...

1/26/10

Behind the Scenes of Mega Piranha
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
The movie about giant man eating piranhas is set in Venezuela but for the last four days, the action scenes were filmed in Belize. The film crew were all ...

Flood Simulation Planned in Cayo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
The National Emergency Management Organization along with Belize Electric Company Limited and the Cayo District Emergency Committee will test the ...

Rotary Saving Children, One Heart At A Time
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
The most common defects that we hear about in the Belize setting is like a hole in the heart.” Today's special clinic is just one of several that have been ...

Customs at the Crossroad
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
The celebration of International Customs Day comes at a time in Belize when the Belize Customs Department is facing many challenges; case in point a ...

Africanized Bees Kill Elderly Man in Arenal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
An older man is dead tonight after he was attacked by a swarm of Africanized bees in Western Belize this morning. Reports are that 77 year old Ramon Mendez ...

Eyewitness Says Police Officer Killed Chris Galvez
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Over a month after the 23 year old Belize City Resident was executed at a boatyard on Faber's Road, police still don't have an answer. ...

LEGENDARY PARANDERO TO BE HONORED
LoveFM - ‎13 hours ago‎
"Mr. Paul Nabor is a widely respected musical talent who has brought Belize and the soulful Paranda music of the Garinagu to the rest of the world. ...

BSI SAYS IT IS COMMITTED TO ENSURE THAT BOTH BSI AND BELCOGEN OPERATE AT ...
LoveFM - ‎13 hours ago‎
The release goes on to say that BSI is fully cognizant of the economic importance of the sugar industry to Belize and is wholly committed to ensure that the ...

BELIZE CITY MAN HIT WITH NUMBER OF GUN RELATED CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎13 hours ago‎
Police say Giovanni Lauriano was charged for gun related charges before he was charged with knowingly concerned in dealing with uncustomed goods and ...

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS DAY OBSERVED
LoveFM - ‎13 hours ago‎
The Customs and Excise Department is the biggest revenue earner for the Government of Belize. It is a singular body that deals with the legal importation of ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎21 hours ago‎
The PUP victory in 1979 was one of the two greatest upsets in Belize's general election history, the other being the UDP's 1993 defeat of the PUP. ...

Maya want 20-year forestry concession for Conejo and Santa Teresa: Greg Ch'oc
Amandala - ‎21 hours ago‎
Greg Ch'oc, the executive director of the Sarstoon-Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM), has been lobbying the Government of Belize, ...

Big man talking
Amandala - ‎21 hours ago‎
George Price achieved absolute domestic political power in Belize. His People's United Party (PUP) won 18 out of 18 seats in the first general elections ...

Account for Belize's oil, says Espat, BNE investors!
Amandala - ‎21 hours ago‎
Since the news story broke in Ireland recently of a then secret commercial oil find at Never Delay in Belize, and since disclosures made by the Government ...

American fugitive, Martin Petrella, 53, captured in Ladyville
Amandala - ‎21 hours ago‎
He was living in Belize under the assumed name of Kevin Smith. According to the information from Ladyville police, Petrella was convicted of a burglary in ...

American William Jewett fined $50000 for money laundering
Amandala - ‎21 hours ago‎
The American William Jewett, who landed in Belize in late December on his boat “Latitude Adjustment,” in all likelihood will leave these shores in handcuffs ...

Three home invaders remanded on aggravated burglary and related charges
Amandala - ‎21 hours ago‎
Usher, who lives at 45 Racecourse Street, Belize City, and is a self-professed stevedore, was arraigned along with Jamie Chavarria, of Corozal Town, ...

1/25/10

Belizeans Helped Haiti at Benefit Concert and Telethon
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/25/10‎
Veteran observers say, it's the first time in recall that a benefit concert of such scale has been pulled off in Belize and despite the volume of performers ...

Another US Fugitive Captured in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/25/10‎
And while the case of Russell Jewett has captured the spotlight, another US fugitive has been caught in Belize; he is 53 year old Martin Patrella, ...

Carlos Romero Charged for Manslaughter by Negligence
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/25/10‎
Court reports are that Carlos Romero who was represented today by his attorney Dickie Bradley was reportedly travelling from Belama to Belize City when the ...

Good News for Tarrell Sutherland
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/25/10‎
James Pitre and Compassionate Hearts Alliance have been working in Belize since 1997 and have secured medical treatment for four children. ...

FIU Boss Goes on the Record about William Jewett Case
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/25/10‎
He also alleged that US officials had brought his wife and child back to Belize after they left Belize for Cancun, Mexico and that the officials were using ...

Giovanni Luriano Charged for Dealing with Uncustomed Goods
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/25/10‎
As we told you on Friday, the often-accused rarely-charged Belize City resident has – in a manner of speaking – made a business out of escaping charges. ...

Gang of 3 Charged for Ladyville Home Invasion
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/25/10‎
The investigation led them to thirty three year old Wilton Usher of Belize City, twenty one year old Jaime Chavarria and thirty seven year old Eric Lewis of ...

MURDER VICTIM'S FAMILY CLAIMS HARRASSMENT
LoveFM - ‎1/25/10‎
The latest incident however occurred on Friday last while Galvez's family was returning to Belize City from a trip to Belmopan. ...

MORE HOUSING GRANTS ISSUED
LoveFM - ‎1/25/10‎
... were handed over toe area representative Marcel Cardona on Friday afternoon during a meeting held at the Housing and Planning Department in Belize City. ...

US NATIONAL TO BE DEPORTED
LoveFM - ‎1/25/10‎
53-year-old American national Martin Petrella a professional chef wanted in the United States for violation of parole who entered Belize illegally was taken ...

THREE MEN CHARGED FOR AGGRAVATED BURGLARY
LoveFM - ‎1/25/10‎
Three men were charged in connection with an incident of aggravated burglary when they appeared in court today. They are 33-year-old Wilton Usher, ...

ORGANIZATIONS HOLD FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
LoveFM - ‎1/25/10‎
The Orange Walk branch of the Belize Red Cross in conjunction with Radio and television stations and the Orange Walk Rock bands were able to unite for Haiti ...

Huge Mayan head found in Guatemala
TVNZ - ‎1/25/10‎
The stucco sculpture, which is three metres wide and 3.5 metres tall, was buried for centuries at the Chilonche ruins, close to the border with Belize. ...

1/23/10

British diver sets new world record by spending more than TWO DAYS under water
Daily Mail - ‎1/23/10‎
... by witnesses and will be registered with Guiness World. The previous record of 48 hours and 3 minutes was set by Robert Silva in Belize in September 2009.

1/22/10

MIK Donating Sales from CD to Haiti Fund
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/22/10‎
Just come out and support because if it was Belize, they would have done the same for us.” That was a preview of MIK's new duet with Ernestine Carballo ...

Shocking Murder-Suicide in Orange Walk
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/22/10‎
Today Lourdes Chan and her children were at the Belize City morgue to receive the body of their husband and father following the post mortem examination. ...

Advisory Council Orders Reinstatement of Customs Officers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/22/10‎
That was the discipline meted out by the Public Services Commission but when their attorney Godfrey Smith, appealed to the Belize Advisory Council two of ...

Sweet Tea Joins Line-up for Help Haiti Concert
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/22/10‎
That's right – the Belizean songstress who first made her name in Belize and then did it in the United States is in town recording a new album and today she ...

William Jewett Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/22/10‎
Yesterday William Jewett attempted to plead guilty to one count of money laundering. But because he had fired his two attorneys – he did not have recourse ...

River Valley Slaughterhouse ‎1/22/10‎
It is a major improvement because previously farmers in the 11 villages that span the Belize River Valley used to slaughter their livestock under trees. ...

Pseudo-Ephedrine Pills Reappear
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/22/10‎
Belize continues to be a target for Psuedo-Ephedrine smugglers. The Customs Department has confirmed that last week a box came into Belize via a freight ...

Pinson talks about Gregg County Historical Museum
Kilgore News Herald - ‎1/22/10‎
This next week, Jo Dobbs and Magin La- Grave with the Tyler Sunrise Club will give a program on an educational project in Belize. ...

ORGANIZATION TO RAISE MORE FUNDS FOR HAITI RELIEF
LoveFM - ‎1/22/10‎
In Belize a number of initiatives have been taken to raise some much needed funds for the cause. The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has joined in ...

BELIZE CITY MAN TO FACE GUN RELATED CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎1/22/10‎
Belize City Police have detained 32-year-old Giovanni Louriano pending charges. Assistant Superintendent Bart Jones is the acting Police Press Officer. ...

MEXICO AND BELIZE FORGE CLOSER TIES
LoveFM - ‎1/22/10‎
A proposal has been made to Belize's minister of Foreign Affairs for a bi-lateral cooperation agreement with Mexico to provide assistance to nationals of ...

Herrara taking over as Belize coach
Malaysia Star - ‎1/22/10‎
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: Famed Honduran coach Jose de la Paz Herrera is taking over as the national coach of Belize. Herrera said he plans to travel next week ...

ST. MARTIN'S CREDIT UNION BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT POST SEASON STARTS TONIGHT
Amandala - ‎1/22/10‎
Against Scotia Bank it was Yorel Lisbey leading the way with 15 pts, while against Belize Bank it was Osvin Parham and Rene Quewell totaling 15 and 12 pts, ...

Central Zone high school football continues at MCC
Amandala - ‎1/22/10‎
The Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) high school football competition continues at the MCC Grounds in Belize City with games every day ...

Chief Magistrate remands American fugitive William Russell Jewett, 33
Amandala - ‎1/22/10‎
Last Friday, January 15, police apprehended Jewett at the Old Belize Marina, located at Mile Five on the Western Highway. When they searched his boat, ...

Another murder at the MCC
Amandala - ‎1/22/10‎
Salvador Jose Martinez, 27, of Belize City, enters the history books as Belize's first murder victim of 2010, some 17 days into the start of the year and ...

US fugitive alleges US interference in Belize court case
Amandala - ‎1/22/10‎
But today he was back in court, and a complete entourage of Belizean officials were present, Belize police, Financial Intelligence Unit, (FIU) Belize ...

Belize Natural Energy owned by Nevis company, INE
Amandala - ‎1/22/10‎
Belize Natural Energy (BNE) is owned primarily by a company based in Nevis (Charlestown), in the Caribbean, registered there as International Natural Energy ...

Supreme Court to probe into citrus industry disputes
Amandala - ‎1/22/10‎
The Citrus Products of Belize Ltd. (CPBL), in turn, demanded the funds from the CGA, to which the funds were paid. CGA says it now has to defend itself in ...

Murder/attempted suicide in Sugar City
Amandala - ‎1/22/10‎
At press time tonight, Miguel Chan, 41, is on life support at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City and his common-law wife, Concepcion Alvarez, ...

PUPs unite to howl at PM! Cries for resignation abound
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
He announced that the PUP had passed the hat around and had collected $10000 which he intended to give to the Belize Red Cross Society. ...

Supreme Court - doing more with LE$$
The Reporter Belize -‎1/22/10‎
Despite a 10% cut in its annual budget, the Belize Supreme Court has set new records in administering justice, ...

Two Israeli brothers arrested, ran illegal Belizean gaming website
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
Two Israeli brothers who created and operated an illegal Live Dealer Site based in Belize have been charged and are under ...

PUC and BWSL appoints Independent Expert
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
He served as an independent expert in Belize in 2004 and 05. Dr. Hern also directed a team of engineers and economists to conduct the first full tariff ...

American Foundation (UWI) to honour PM Barrow and other prominent Caribbean ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
The distinguished guest list includes the Prime Minister of Belize, the Rt. Hon. Dean Oliver Barrow; the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt. Hon. ...

Destined fro demolition! Fashionable 18th Century Regent Street residence
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
It was once the grand residence of former Belize City Mayor, the late Edwin E. Eusey, but since his death the building has not been maintained, ...

Belize to move away from Privy Council
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
Belize will sever judicial ties with the United Kingdom and join her brothers and sisters in the Caribbean., by distancing ...

Farm Manager charged for hiring illegal workers
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
Ray Ogaldez, 33, was arrested after a joint collaboration between the Belize Police Department and Immigration Department acted on a tip. ...

American boat-owner arrested! Customs impounds $750000 craft
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
A man on the run from the authorities in the United States was apprehended this week at the Old Belize Marina at Mile 4, ...

Cheaper fuel for canefarmers
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
The move is costing the government of Belize some $1.2 million. The Sugar Industry Control Board will now proceed to issue certificates to cane farmers ...

Fisheries Act to be revised
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
Canto further stated that project will be feasibly implemented and able to withstand court challenges, and be a source of pride for the people of Belize.

GOB targets nine city streets fro extensive rehabilitation
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
The Belize City Council held its first town hall meeting for the new year 2010 on the campus of the Anglican Community ...

Haiti: A lesson on disasters
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
It is not likely that Belize would ever be hit by such a powerful convulsion of the earth because by geography we are not sitting near any fault lines. ...

Reporter donates to Red Cross Haiti Relief
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
Rosita Lawrence, Financial Comptroller of the newspaper presented a cheque of $2000.00 to Lily Bowman, Director of the Belize Red Cross, on behalf of the ...

Willows Bank Processing Facility
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/22/10‎
The facility was financed by the European Union, through the Agriculture Enterprise Development Project( for Rural Belize Project AED) at a cost of $50000. ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - < ‎1/22/10‎
There are two aspects of the Guatemalan problem which we in Belize need to face. The first of course, is the juridical claim ...

1/21/10

142000 Belizeans Considered Poor
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/21/10‎
A table cited in the draft report shows that Belize has the highest poverty rate in a sampling of Caribbean countries. In fact, Belize's poverty rate – the ...

100 Performers Lined Up for Help Haiti Concert
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/21/10‎
Kalilah Enriquez and James Sanker of the Belize Music Agency are at the headwaters of the river of talent that's rushing towards the Bliss. ...

Chief Magistrate Rejects William Jewett's Guilty Plea
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/21/10‎
Today US national thirty three year old William Russell Jewett pled guilty to the charge of money laundering when he appeared in Belize City Magistrate's ...

NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION CONTINUES APPEAL FOR HAITI
LoveFM - ‎1/21/10‎
The Government of Belize through the National Emergency Management Organization continues to appeal for assistance for Haiti following the earthquake last ...

INTERNATIONAL CHESS GRANDMASTER WORKING TO DEVELOP CHESS IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎1/21/10‎
The occasion was a training session for chess coaches in Belize. The event was held this past weekend at the Belize National Youth Chess Foundation's ...

METHODIST MINISTER COMMENTS ON CHALLENGES FACING THE CHURCH
LoveFM - ‎1/21/10‎
Day two of the annual District Conference of the Methodist Church is today evaluating the church's performance in the Belize-Honduras district for last ...

Supreme Court answers Attorney General€...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
On Monday, January 18, members of the Judiciary attended an Ecumenical Service at the Holy Redeemer Cathedral then marched towards the steps of the Belize ...

Mile 8 decides on village status
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
“Annually between 45% to 50% of all murders are committed in Belize City." There is “extremely close proximity between the murder scene and the residence of ...

Increase in Duty Free fuel allocation fo...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
... on 1051472 gallons of diesel fuel to cane farmers. of Belize through the Ministry of Agriculture giving direct financial assistance to the cane farmers. ...

Improving Sport Facilities in the City
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
Elvin Penner, the Executive Director of the Belize Sports Council, Anthony Michael and representatives from Youth for the Future Violence Reduction Unit ...

Morise Jackson Takes Lotto's $60000 Jackpot
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
“Annually between 45% to 50% of all murders are committed in Belize City." There is “extremely close proximity between the murder scene and the residence of ...

National Track and Field Meet set for end of January
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
“Annually between 45% to 50% of all murders are committed in Belize City." There is “extremely close proximity between the murder scene and the residence of ...

Grace Primary School march to the top of the standings
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
The Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition regular season is fast winding at the Belize City Centre. On Tuesday January 19, in the female game ...

Farm Manager charged for hiring illegal workers
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
Ogaldez, a resident of Mile 38 on the Hummingbird Highway, was escorted to the Belize City Magistrate's Court by Immigration Personnel where he appeared ...

Induction Date set for Philippa Griffith-Bailey into the Hall of Fame
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
“Annually between 45% to 50% of all murders are committed in Belize City." There is “extremely close proximity between the murder scene and the residence of ...

Jamaican Fishing vessels sail from Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
“Annually between 45% to 50% of all murders are committed in Belize City." There is “extremely close proximity between the murder scene and the residence of ...

Marlon Castillo captures Saturday race
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
The Belize Cycling Association sponsored its usual Saturday race on January 16, 2010, with 68 riders starting the 52 miles event. ...

Mark Usher Jr. charged for stabbing Jiovanni Abraham
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
“Annually between 45% to 50% of all murders are committed in Belize City." There is “extremely close proximity between the murder scene and the residence of ...

Kareem Barona charged for attempted murder of Darell Berry
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
“Annually between 45% to 50% of all murders are committed in Belize City." There is “extremely close proximity between the murder scene and the residence of ...

American fugitive caught with 1.5M dolla...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
“Annually between 45% to 50% of all murders are committed in Belize City." There is “extremely close proximity between the murder scene and the residence of ...

Nolle Pros in murder case of Calvin Young, Arthur Young and Errol Haynes walk
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
The case on the murder of Calvin Young, which took place on November 2, 2007, began on Tuesday, January 19, in front of Justice Michelle Arana in the Belize ...

Another Earthquake Hits Haiti - Red Cross Efforts Continue
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
This past Saturday the Belize Red Cross teamed up with Travellers Liquors, Belize Telemedia Limited and Wave Radio to host a telethon in an effort to raise ...

New Anglican Primary School inaugurated in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/21/10‎
It was financed jointly by the Government of Belize, through the Commonwealth Debt Initiative, and the Anglican Diocese of Belize, which constructed the ...

1/20/10

Principals Respond to Murder at High School Football Game
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/20/10‎
And while ACC tries to shake off the memory of what really was just an idle scare, the Belize Association of Principals of Secondary Schools – or “BAPPS” as ...

William Jewett Remanded to Prison
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/20/10‎
Today US fugitive William Russell Jewett appeared in Belize City Magistrate's Court. The thirty three year old American is charged with laundering of ...

Toys for Tots Donates to Hand in Hand
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/20/10‎
“Hand in Hand Ministries is nothing new to Belize. We decided to target an organization that is in need and we know that HIV and Aids is a big problem in ...

Casting Call for Actors and Actresses for Sinbad Movie
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/20/10‎
A Hollywood movie will be shot in Belize and you could be one of the stars. In the first week of February, Asylum Pictures expects to begin filming “The 7 ...

More Contention in the Citrus Belt
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/20/10‎
Somewhere in the middle of all this fighting between the powers in the citrus industry are two groups: the employees of Citrus Products of Belize Limited ...

SCA Fundraising for Million Dollar Building
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/20/10‎
They came from New Orleans and they died here in Belize. So they gave their life to start what we have inherited, the legacy that is nursing and education, ...

Melonie Gillett Joins Line-up for Help Haiti Concert
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/20/10‎
All proceeds form the door and the telethon will go to the Belize Red Cross. Tomorrow, we'll speak to Kailiah Enrqiuez who is organizing the roster of ...

POVERTY IN BELIZE DISCUSSED
LoveFM - ‎1/20/10‎
The national assessment team of Belize for the country poverty assessment hosted a media workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to identify the current ...

BSI EMPLOYEE SERIOUSLY INJURED FOLLOWING ACCIDENT AT FACTORY
LoveFM - ‎1/20/10‎
An employee of Belize Sugar Industries Limited was seriously injured on Tuesday evening when a malfunctioning part of the factory at Tower Hill doused him ...

US NATIONAL DENIED BAIL
LoveFM - ‎1/20/10‎
US national 33-year-old William Russelll Jewett was denied bail when he appeared in court today. Jewett is charged with money laundering and two custom ...

METHODIST BELIZE HONDURAS DISTRICT ANNUAL DISTRICT CONFERENCE UNDERWAY
LoveFM - ‎1/20/10‎
The Belize Honduras District is holding its annual district conference with the theme Young for Christ. Love News spoke with immediate past District ...

University students initiate new San Mateo road
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/20/10‎
It was stated that previous conversations with the Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Water Services Limited revealed that both utility companies would ...

Radiothon raises over $50000 for Haiti
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/20/10‎
Money which was delivered to Red Cross members has been deposited into the Belize Red Cross fund that will disburse the monies for the betterment of those ...

Wild animal encounters on the increase in SP
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/20/10‎
Ambergris Caye Health Inspector Godswell Flores stated that both wandering wild animals and stray domestic animals are of concern to the Health Department. ...

Accused murderers walk free
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/20/10‎
Last year on January 30th, 2009, John Saldivar lost his life – murdered on North Ambergris Caye. His body, with gunshot wounds, was found approximately 16 ...

Why Kraft must keep organic cacao farmers sweet
The Guardian - ‎1/20/10‎
When we decided to pay fair prices and offer long-term guarantees to cacao farmers in Belize we didn't have to justify our actions to shareholders or even ...

1/19/10

More Charges for American Fugitive
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/19/10‎
Thirty three year old US national William Russell Jewett, the man wanted by US authorities and found in Belize with major stacks of cash, did reappear in ...

Luxury Yacht Lodged on Barrier Reef
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/19/10‎
An 85 foot luxury yacht – “The Great Escape” is tonight lodged on Belize's barrier reef near Hunting Caye. It has been there since November 30th of last ...

Cabinet News
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/19/10‎
And there's more news ahead, including another look at the most modern development at the citrus products of Belize – but first, the weather. –

PUP's Triangular Attack on the UDP Government
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/19/10‎
On December 17th Foreign Minister Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington was famously quoted as saying Belize's border is artificial. 32 days later – the Opposition ...

CPBL's World Class Juice Packing Plant
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/19/10‎
And so far you've been hearing for the first time from the bosses at the Citrus Products of Belize, CEO Henry Canton and the Chairman Michael Duncker. ...

Sol Donating 15 Cents from Every Gallon to Haiti
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/19/10‎
Sol Belize also gave a donation to the Red Cross today and that gave us a chance to catch up on the drive to raise funds for relief efforts. ...

Local radioman, adventurer dies at 92
Monitor - ‎1/19/10‎
He loved the tranquility and isolation of his home on Ambergris Caye, an island off the coast of Belize. There, the elder Pinkerton and his wife swam, ...

Pinkerton, local radioman and adventurer, dies at 92
Brownsville Herald - ‎1/19/10‎
To know Pinkerton, then, is to know what he loved: the tranquility and isolation of his home on Ambergris Caye, an island off the coast of Belize. ...

OPPOSITION CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS FACING BELIZEAN
LoveFM - ‎1/19/10‎
Crime, the economy and Belize-Guatemala relations were the primary topics discussed at this mornings' press conference. On the issue of the economy, ...

Busted With A Boatload Of Cash
WKRG-TV - ‎1/19/10‎
ELBERTA, Alabama - A Baldwin County man is busted in Belize with a boatload of cash. Bill Jewett Jr. was arrested on Friday when ...

BELMOPAN SCHOOL TO GET NEW BUILDING
LoveFM - ‎1/19/10‎
In this case we joined with the Anglican Diocese of Belize to construct a brand new school building for the St. Ann's Anglican Primary School. ...

BELIZE RED CROSS RECEIVES MORE FUNDS
LoveFM - ‎1/19/10‎
SOL Belize presented a cheque for ten thousand dollars to the Belize Red Cross this morning to assist in helping the earthquake victims of Haiti. ...

ANOTHER MURDER REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎1/19/10‎
Belize City Police have detained two people in connection with the latest murder. Love News spoke with acting Police Public Relations Officer Assistant ...

FOREST DEPARTMENT EXPLAINS TYPES OF HUNTING LICENCES
LoveFM - ‎1/19/10‎
We have open and close season for different game species and our most popular game species in Belize is include the deer, gibnut, armadillo, peccary even ...

1494 Tordesillas and its 2010 implications
Amandala - ‎1/19/10‎
According to a “Note on the Belize/Guatemala Dispute from the State Department website,” the “Belize/Guatemala dispute originated in Imperial Spain's claim ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎1/19/10‎
Those attempts to resolve the Guatemala-Belize dispute in favor of Guatemala, coincide with the Church's greater interests. I hereby challenge any of them ...

Ministry of Agriculture says it will suspend commercial importation of ...
Amandala - ‎1/19/10‎
A farmer called KREM Radio's “Wake up Belize Morning Vibes” on Wednesday to say that there would be 80 sacks of carrots, 80 and 25 cases of lettuce and ...

BHPL breaks impasse with dialysis patients
Amandala - ‎1/19/10‎
Dialysis patients on the government-subsidized program at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited (BHPL), a private hospital, had good news to report this week, ...

Police capture US fugitive at Old Belize
Amandala - ‎1/19/10‎
(Customarily, the Department never identifies its sources of information, and we were unable to reach the proprietor of Old Belize, Francis Woods, ...

Citrus industry hijack, claims CGA
Amandala - ‎1/19/10‎
(CPBL is the exporter of citrus in Belize, and the plant to which growers deliver the bulk of their fruit.) Meanwhile, several growers in the industry are ...

Sedi apologizes to Chief Justice!
Amandala - ‎1/19/10‎
Conteh had high praise for the legislation that was introduced to make the Caribbean Court of Justice be the final appellate court for Belize. ...

1/18/10

Pageantry and Politics of Justice at 2010 Supreme Court Opening
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/18/10‎
For me as Chief Justice, it has been an honour and privilege to serve the people of Belize. When the time comes as constitutionally provided for in Belize ...

American Fugitive Busted with Stash of Cash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/18/10‎
But he was caught on Belize on Friday – and he was found with hundreds of thousands in US dollars. We are not sure just how long he's been wanted in the ...

Tied Up and Robbed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/18/10‎
Two Indian business-men were brutally tied up and robbed this weekend. We are not sure if two business men were followed but from the account of what ...

Berne Performing at Help Haiti Concert
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/18/10‎
I am depending on you Belize. There is no cost for this event. Whatever you pledge at the door, whatever you want to donate, that is what it is all about. ...

Citrus Products CEO Henry Canton Defends Contracts to his Companies
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/18/10‎
If you watched 7News on Friday night, you saw the embattled leaders of Citrus Products of Belize Limited, Chairman of the Board Mike Duncker and CEO Henry ...

The Attorney General's Apology
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/18/10‎
... complaints about this intolerable state of affairs I can empathize with them because not too long ago that was not the case in Belize; that was not the ...

Former Belize Prime Minister George Price in Hospital
Belizean (blog) - ‎1/18/10‎
By The Founder on January 19, 2010 4:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) Belmopan, Belize (Belizean.com) Former Belize Prime Minister Rt. Hon, George Price who ...

OPPOSITION CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO GRANT REFUGEE STATUS TO HAITIANS
LoveFM - ‎1/18/10‎
The Party said it will be making a donation to the Belize Red Cross Association for its Haiti Fund. The National Executive took the decision to strongly ...

POLICE INVESTIGATE AGGRAVATED BURGLARY
LoveFM - ‎1/18/10‎
Belize City Police are investigating another report of aggravated burglary. On Sunday Police visited a home on I Street in the King's Park area. ...

US FUGITIVE CAPTURED IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎1/18/10‎
... four thousand 280 Euros, five thousand and 20 pesos, 224 quetzales and 23 Belize dollars hidden behind a closet in the master bedroom. ...

SOLIDARITY MASS HELD FOR VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI
LoveFM - ‎1/18/10‎
The Belize Council of Churches and the Association of Evangelicals hosted a solidarity Ecumenical Service last night in Belize City for the victims of last ...

CEREMONIAL OPENING OF SUPREME COURT HELD TODAY
LoveFM - ‎1/18/10‎
In it he spoke of Belize's current crime situation and the role the court system plays in providing justice. Conteh also admitted to challenges faced within ...

PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY SAYS MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR SUGAR INDUSTRY
LoveFM - ‎1/18/10‎
The PUP says the Barrow Administration has seriously neglected the Sugar Industry of Belize and as a result has placed the industry, one of the nation's ...

1/15/10

Karate Soldiers: Art of Unarmed Combat
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
We normally associate the Belize Defense Force with heavy m16 rifles but 29 soldiers have been trained in martial arts combat. They are Belize's first group ...

Citrus Farm Manager Charged for Hiring Illegal Workers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
... and the two others are from Honduras and according to court reports – none of them had valid work permits or proof that he entered Belize legally. ...

Red Cross Accepting Only Cash Donation for Haiti Relief
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
That's left some well intentioned persons feeling left out and today forced the Belize Red Cross to put out a statement explaining why it is only accepting ...

Channel 7 & KREM Team Up for "Help Haiti Concert"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
It gets underway at seven thirty that night and should run for three hours. All cash donations will be handed over to the Belize Red Cross.

Cycle and Minivan Collide at Bella Vista Entrance
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
72 year old Maria Searle was turning left on to the highway in her light blue minivan when a motorcycle travelling from Belize City north on the highway ...

Frightening Ranchito Home Invasion
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
We've reported on home invasions in Belize City but tonight we have news of a broad daylight home invasion that occurred at midday yesterday in Ranchito ...

CARE Belize Regionally Recognized
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
When CARE Belize embarked on its community rehabilitation programme it had no idea that what CARE has been able to accomplish would have caught the ...

Henry Canton & Mike Duncker Fire Back at CGA
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
This week in the media there has been a dizzying crossfire of allegations between the Citrus Growers Association on one hand and Citrus Products of Belize ...

Telemedia Also Helping Haiti
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
Belize Telemedia is also doing its part. The company says it will launch a massive appeal throughout its fifteen countrywide locations where it will match ...

Kyle Edwards Shot on Rocky Road
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
Last night we had breaking news about a shooting on Rocky Road. The victim is Kyle Edwards of a Reggae Street address. He was hit multiple times but ...

Jose Cruz Needs $15000 To Save His Fingers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
... I wish they would step up for me today.” The bank account at the Belize Bank in Cayo is again 11536 and Jose Cruz can be contacted at 627-6057 or 665-9998.

Chain Collision Crash on the Boulevard
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/15/10‎
This one was a chain collision crash on Central American Boulevard in front of the Belize City Center. It involved a Toyota Prado, a Mitsubishi Gallant, ...

Kyle Edwards shot once in the head and twice to the body
channel5belize - ‎1/15/10‎
It's the first reported shooting for the year...the victim is twenty-four year old Kyle Edwards of a Reggae Street address in Belize City. ...

HELP POURS IN FOR HAITI FROM CARICOM COUNTRIES
ReliefWeb (press release) - ‎1/15/10‎
The Government of Belize has offered assistance in the form of clothing, food and military manpower. • The Government of Barbados has established a ...

Price of butane and diesel shooting up
channel5belize - ‎1/15/10‎
In the Belize and Corozal districts butane will be sold at a hundred and seventeen dollars, while it will go for a hundred and eighteen in Orange Walk. ...

BIG INCREASE IN PRICE OF BUTANE GAS
LoveFM - ‎1/15/10‎
Consumers in Belize City and Corozal will now pay 107 dollars, in Orange Walk 108 dollars, 109 dollars in Belmopan and San Ignacio, 110 in Benque Viejo del ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎1/15/10‎
According to reports the immigrants have no work permits and are believed to have entered Belize illegally. If convicted, Ogaldez will have to pay a fine of ...

KIDNEY PATIENT JOSE CRUZ MAKES DESPERATE APPEAL FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
LoveFM - ‎1/15/10‎
I know these are tough times; we call it maga season here in Belize. If I do not get $15 thousand dollars by Monday I am running the risk of getting my ...

23 NEW JP'S SWORN IN
LoveFM - ‎1/15/10‎
23 new justices of the peace from the Belize Rural Central were sworn in today. Solicitor General Oscar Ramjeet assisted in the process including the ...

BELIZE'S DIPLOMATS SERVING ABROAD GET POLICY DIRECTION FROM MINISTRY OF ...
LoveFM - ‎1/15/10‎
Belize's ambassadors and other diplomatic heads of missions abroad have completed a two-day meeting. A government press release says that the diplomats met ...

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT GALEN UNIVERSITY
LoveFM - ‎1/15/10‎
"The first is a Masters of Arts and Anthropology that will allow students from across Belize get a graduate degree in Anthropology. ...

BELIZE'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER CELEBRATES NINETY FIRST BIRTHDAY
LoveFM - ‎1/15/10‎
He is referred to as the Father of The Nation by many Belizeans and today the first Prime Minister of Belize, Right Honourable George Cadle Price is ...

Trade contracted for most of 2009 - Sugar revenues grew amid recession
Amandala - ‎1/15/10‎
Belize's newly released trade data, current to October 2009, indicates that both export earnings and import purchases dropped substantially in the first 10 ...

Burglary loot brings handling stolen goods charge for four persons
Amandala - ‎1/15/10‎
According to police, Janine Morrison, 25, a resident of Bradley's Crescent in the Belama area of Belize City, reported to them that on December 30, 2009, ...

Forest Dept. tells Belize Hydroelectric “cease and desist”
Amandala - ‎1/15/10‎
Chief Forestry Officer Wilber Sabido has confirmed reports that the Forest Department had on Thursday, January 7, issued a cease and desist order to Belize ...

Kyle Edwards, 26, Belize's first shooting victim for 2010
Amandala - ‎1/15/10‎
... exploded on Caesar Ridge Road—signaling the end of a truce after only 4 days between rival gangs in Belize City that authorities had negotiated during ...

BCFA claims cash flow loss of $3.4 million due to delays at factory
Amandala - ‎1/15/10‎
The late and slow start of the 2009/2010 sugar cane season has been tumultuous for cane farmers, as well as the Belize Sugar Industries, which has faced a ...

The Baroness, the guru and Belize oil
Amandala - ‎1/15/10‎
Sweet crude has proved to be big money in Belize. Official data indicates that Belize Natural Energy (BNE), the only company producing crude in Belize, ...

Charlie and Tilliman - Is Kulture too strong?
Amandala - ‎1/15/10‎
Earlier in the Belize City Over-35 competition, Kulture drew 3-3 with Northside, and then 1-1 with City Stars, which featured a number of former Milpros ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎1/15/10‎
Philip Goldson as a national hero of Belize, and we salute the role Ms. Emma Boiton played in Mr. Goldson's life for many years. ...

Who's listening? No one - at least yet!
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
The Reporter has learned that an Israeli company identified as Nice Track visited Belize last year and carried on some fact-finding work with the Ministry's ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
Mr. Hyde has painted a bizarre, unflattering canvass of the Catholic Church in Belize, and then proceeded to throw mud balls to spatter it. ...

Belize Assists Haiti Earthquake Victims
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
Hours after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale devasted the Caribbean island nation of Haiti, Belize prepares to join in the worldwide ...

Michael Singh on new dock in Placencia
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
... for a presentation by a proponent of cruise ship tourism and what it will specifically do for the Placencia Peninsula and the rest of Southern Belize, ...

Opposition Leader calls on Government to work together
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
Opposition leader John Briceno says his concerns include the number of missing grenades stolen from British Forces in Belize. ...

Nurse Ack Coc returns
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
Dialysis patients at the Belize Health Care Partners (BHCP) won a victory over the management of the institution when they ...

Taiwan donates marching band instruments. Police Marching Band to be upgraded
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
Carlos Perdomo, have pledged to see that the proposed Police Band achieve high standards of which Belize can be proud. Minister Perdomo and the Commissioner ...

Venezuelan Housing Grants finds its way to Belize Rural Central
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
With so many constituents with shelter needs in Belize Rural Central, the proper payout of its share of the Venezuelan ...

Young burn victim needs more assistance
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
Since returning to Belize however, Robert has suffered from serious pain, so much so that he is unable to sleep, and the local hospital can only treat him ...

Local efforts to raise funds for Haiti relief
Derry Today - ‎1/15/10‎
A night of music is being held next week by Melvin Flores, a photographer from Belize, to raise funds for the country. Melvin has lined up a few musicians ...

Six Attorneys elevated to Sr. Counsel
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
Under section 12(1) of the Legal Profession Act Chapter 320 of the Laws of Belize Revised Edition 2000, and after consultation with the General Legal ...

PUC wants public comments on new Telecom Orders
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
The PUC says that the Commission intends to issue the proposed Order to provide for better implementation of the objectives of the Belize Telecommunications ...

Citrus crisis brimming over!
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
In 2002 CGA bought over Del Oro and renamed the company Citrus Products of Belize Limited (CPBL). In an effort to stimulate growth, the company sold 46.5 ...

Centaur Cable fights for license
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/15/10‎
Centaur Belize Cable Network Limited, owned by the Leader of the Oposition Johnny Briceño, finds itself at odds with the Belize ...

1/14/10

NGO says developers have caused damage in nature reserve
channel5belize - ‎1/14/10‎
The Belize Hydro Electric and Development Company is said to have started clearing even though they only had a concession agreement that allowed them to ...

Catherine Michael Charged for Burglary
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/14/10‎
That's why it's news tonight that 27 year old Catherine Michael of Queen Charlotte Street in Belize City was charged with burglar today. ...

Duo Charged for Auto Zone Burglary
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/14/10‎
Two men, 37 year old Lester Smith and 32 year old Eugene Tillett who allegedly broke into Belize Auto Zone on cemetery Road were charged with burglary today ...

Head of Methodist Church's Personal Loss in Haiti
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/14/10‎
Watching it from afar are Haitians in Belize. Included in that is the President of the Methodist Church in Belize and Honduras Minister Roosevelt Papoulte. ...

Eusey House Partly Demolished
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/14/10‎
And so the news tonight is that a small part of Belize's colonial history is gone because today the City Council demolished the rear portion of the house. ...

Ministry of Works Paving the City' Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/14/10‎
On Tuesday there was great fanfare by the Belize City Council when paving commenced on Orange Street between Euphrates Avenue and West Street. ...

Armed Robbers Turn Gun on Tourists
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/14/10‎
“How long will you remain here in Belize?” “Oh we fly out today to Costa Rica but that was planned already.” Harvey, the street cart vendor at the corner of ...

Mark Espat: Belfast Telegraph Article 'Revolting'
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/14/10‎
As we reported on Tuesday, that paper reported about the Irish investors in Belize Natural Energy divvying up a return of 10 million dollars. ...

Grenade attacks up; but police statistics say crime is down
channel5belize - ‎1/14/10‎
And as usual, the Eastern Region of the country, the Belize District which includes San Pedro and Caye Caulker, had the majority of the offences with ...

ATTEMPTED ON TWO VISITORS
LoveFM - ‎1/14/10‎
Tourists backpacking through rural Belize or sightseeing while in the city on day trips are not immune to crimes that occur here on a daily basis. ...

BUREAU OF STANDARDS CONTINUES CERTIFICATION OF GAS STATIONS
LoveFM - ‎1/14/10‎
The Belize Bureau of Standards has embarked on a nationwide process of certifying gas stations. The latest stop on this countrywide initiative was in San ...

YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE TRAINS OVER 30 ENTREPRENEURS
LoveFM - ‎1/14/10‎
"We spent this week working with young people in Belize teaching them how to write business plans and working on developing business ideas so they can start ...

BELIZEAN ORGANIZATIONS MAKE PLEA FOR ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
LoveFM - ‎1/14/10‎
The national effort from Belize is being spearheaded by the Belize Red Cross which announced the launch of an appeal yesterday. This morning, Scotia Bank ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎1/14/10‎
37-year-old Lester Smith and 32-year-old Eugene Tillett who allegedly broke into Belize Auto Zone located on Cemetery Road were charged with burglary when ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎1/14/10‎
Another dangerous weapon has been taken off the streets of Belize City. Police say that acting upon information received, they visited an open lot on ...

UB PREPARES FOR A HISTORIC GRADUATION CEREMONY
LoveFM - ‎1/14/10‎
This Saturday the University of Belize will host its first ever January commencement exercise. The ceremony will see over 350 graduands who successfully ...

Belize's Response to Haiti's Earthqu...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
The Government of Belize is closely monitoring the situation in Haiti to identify how best to coordinate its assistance to the relief and reconstruction ...

Ambassadors present Credentials
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
Three ambassadors today presented their letters of Credence to the Governor-General of Belize, Sir Colville Young in his Belmopan office. two nations and ...

Final Crime Statistics of 2009
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
The improvement in efficiency at the Belize Police Department shows through the fact that though major crimes decreased in 2009 arrests increased by 14%, ...

Police Officer Charged for Bigamy
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
On Monday, January 11, 34-year-old Police Constable Jaime Pena of Rainbow Town area, Corozal Town, was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate's Court for ...

Shawn Whittaker Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
On February 20 of this year, the government of Belize will have to make a payment of 27.5 million dollars to service the super bond. ...

Could Johnny be more DESPERATE?
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
The seven worst years, in terms of crime, in Belize were from 2000 to 2006. These years were all under the last PUP administration, but you wouldn't know ...

Cornel Gomez charged for badly beating 4-year-old step-son
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
On February 20 of this year, the government of Belize will have to make a payment of 27.5 million dollars to service the super bond. ...

12-year-old drowns in New River
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
On February 20 of this year, the government of Belize will have to make a payment of 27.5 million dollars to service the super bond. ...

Softballers resume training for IX Central American Games
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
On February 20 of this year, the government of Belize will have to make a payment of 27.5 million dollars to service the super bond. ...

23-year-old Marsha Gabourel charged for stabbing common-law-husband
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
On February 20 of this year, the government of Belize will have to make a payment of 27.5 million dollars to service the super bond. ...

5 notorious figures walk from murder charges
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
With that, the charges against notorious figures, Shelton “Pinky” Tillett, Mickalee Thompson, Charles Woodye, all of Belize City along with island residents ...

Canoe Race Season Kicks off
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
The Belize Canoe Association presents the “3rd Annual Boom to Manatee Lookout Canoe Race”. The race is scheduled for Saturday 23 January and marks the first ...

Athletics Association to hold National Track and Field Meet
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
On February 20 of this year, the government of Belize will have to make a payment of 27.5 million dollars to service the super bond. ...

Belize City Primary Schools Basketball C...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
The Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition resumed on Monday January 11, 2010, at the Belize City Centre. In the female game played, ...

Bad man, a bad man…
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
Late Tuesday evening, Williams appeared in front of Magistrate Aretha Ford of the Belize City Magistrate's Court and was charged with one count of ...

Record cold temperatures recorded in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
According to the Belize Meteorological Service, the high system was 1040 millibars, which is considered extremely strong. Its strength was compounded by its ...

Early Morning Grenade Blast! Cash Reward for Information on Grenades
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
Bomb expert of the Belize Defence Force, Lt. Colonel David Jones believed that the grenade hit a zinc fence, fell back to the side of the street then ...

Making do in Rural Central
The Guardian, Belize - ‎1/14/10‎
Belize Rural Central area representative Hon. Michael Hutchinson this week handed over the keys to three homes. One of those is located in the 8 mile ...

1/13/10

Never Delay Oil Field was Declared Commercial
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/13/10‎
The article was news to us because it casually discloses information that has never been made official in Belize. Information such as the projection that ...

Tough Garbage Rules Before Trade License
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/13/10‎
Most businesses renew their trade licenses in January which is why the Belize City Council has chosen now to implement a new rule. It basically says that if ...

Human Catastrophe in Haiti
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/13/10‎
Indeed, it is a hemispheric emergency every nation in the Americas and the Caribbean is reaching out to Haiti and Belize is no different. ...

Grenade Scare at Wesley Lower School
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/13/10‎
After five grenade explosions since May of 2008, Belize City is on a hair trigger. And that's why there was widespread panic yesterday when word spread ...

Desmond Thompson Charged for Attacking Landlord
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/13/10‎
The Magistrate upheld the objection and Desmond Thompson is tonight behind bars on remand at the Belize Central Prison until he is scheduled to reappear in ...

Police Recover Fly-off Lever from Monday's Grenade
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/13/10‎
We can in fact confirm that the lever from the type of grenade the British had in Belize. Whether it is gang related or that part of the question I would ...

COMPOL Jeffries Says Crime Was Down in 2009
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/13/10‎
But we venture to say that if you ask anyone in virtually any corner of Belize – they'd say that the numbers are wrong – crime was not down. ...

State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, January 13, 2010
eNews Park Forest - ‎11 hours ago‎
This would include Netherlands, Iceland, Puerto Rico, Guyana, Brazil, Canada, Belize, Nicaragua, Cuba, Morocco, the Dominican Republic. ...

POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES LATEST STATISTICS
LoveFM - ‎1/13/10‎
That's a total of one thousand, ninety-five major offences reported in Belize City. The remainder was divided between other municipalities variably. ...

BELIZE CITY RESIDENT WINS LOTTO JACKPOT
LoveFM - ‎1/13/10‎
Belize City resident Morise Jackson is the latest winner of the bi-weekly lotto jackpot. Jackson, an avid gambler who has been purchasing tickets since day ...

TOLEDO COUPLE SAY HEALTH SYSTEM HAS FAILED THEM
LoveFM - ‎1/13/10‎
We spent eleven really difficult days at the hospital in Belize City; from one thing to the next. He had a blood infection; the doctors there did everything ...

Heavenly Belize launched in SP
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/13/10‎
It was officially launched in December of 2009, but on Monday night, Heavenly Belize, was introduced to the San Pedro community during a book launching held ...

Soil samples taken from Marco Gonzalez Site
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/13/10‎
Doctor Elizabeth Graham is no stranger to archeological projects carried out in Belize, in fact she along with her husband were amongst the first to conduct ...

Illegal Feeding, Habitat Loss, Development and Abundant Garbage makes for ...
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/13/10‎
With permission from the Belize Forest Department (BFD) to access and contain the animals, ACES traveled on Friday from Punta Gorda and found the crocs, ...

Lighted Boat Parade donates
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/13/10‎
The San Pedro Christmas Lighted Boat Parade committee members presented checks to two island organization and one school on Tuesday, January 12th, ...

Victor Quiroz slapped with various charges
San Pedro Sun - ‎1/13/10‎
While under police custody, Quiroz told police that he was 16 years of age and as a result, his identity was withheld by both the Police Department and some ...

1/12/10

Longest Open Saltwater Scuba Dive - Will Goodman sets world record
World Records Academy - ‎1/12/10‎
... equipment gave Will the ability to break the previous world record set by Robert Silva in Belize in September 2009 who managed 48 hours and 3 minutes. ...

City Council Gets Green Light to Demolish Eusey House
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/12/10‎
“I received a letter asking approval from the Belize City Council, if we could come and we could personally assist him in taking down the annex part of the ...

Building Authority Enforcing Building Codes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/12/10‎
When most developers in Belize City want to build they get some lightweight clearance and just start going up. It is a fact that buildings have been erected ...

Scarcity of Resources and Abundance of Wants for Hutchy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/12/10‎
Michael Hutchinson from Belize Rural Central is a first term area representative – and like a miracle baby – he won out against the odds. ...

Coping with the Cold
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/12/10‎
And while it is cold, forecaster Francesca Wellington says that Belize has seen colder days and colder nights. “Overall records have not been broken because ...

BNE's Susan Morrice: "Laughing All the Way to the Bank"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/12/10‎
An article appearing in the Belfast Telegraph – a newspaper from Ireland – has been raising eyebrows here in Belize. It's about Belize Natural Energy ...

Salvation Army Serving the Cold
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/12/10‎
In the past two days one hundred and seventy of those persons in Belize City have been provided with a hot beverage, food and warm clothing to help them ...

High Power Rifle and Ammo Off the Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/12/10‎
As the Belize Defence Force and the police continue to look for the m4 carbine weapon that was stolen from the BDF's guard room, tonight Belize City Police ...

Relief for the City's Wrecked Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/12/10‎
The streets of Belize City are in a state. Name any street in the city and chances are that it has potholes. But that's not news. The news is that starting ...

Earthquakes Rock Guatemala and Haiti
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/12/10‎
We also felt it here in Belize City just after 5:00. Francesca Wellington of the Met Office told us more about it. “Near Barrios, about 20 kilometres ...

Leader of the Opposition gets tough on crime
channel5belize - ‎1/12/10‎
On Monday an early morning grenade blast in the Yarborough area of Belize City raised alarm in the community. There were no fatalities or injuries and it is ...

Coastguard and police search for weapon in the Haulover Creek
channel5belize - ‎1/12/10‎
We reported On Monday that an M-four Carbine Rifle had gone missing from the Belize Defence Force guard room at its Ladyville headquarters. ...

Belize City internet café burglarized twice in one week
channel5belize - ‎1/12/10‎
Thieves hit a popular business over the weekend at one of the busiest intersections in Belize City. It happened at number seventeen Farmers Market, ...

Belize Healthcare Partners reinstates dialysis nurse
channel5belize - ‎1/12/10‎
After weeks of back and forth, there is relief in sight for dialysis patients and that's because Belize Health Care Partners has decided to immediately ...

A firsthand look at the rigors of dialysis treatment
channel5belize - ‎1/12/10‎
Earlier in the newscast, we reported that the Belize Healthcare Partners had decided to rehire its only certified nurse, Maria Ack, who had resigned from ...

SUGAR CANE FARMERS TO RECEIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
LoveFM - ‎1/12/10‎
Belize Sugar Industries processing factory at Tower Hill in Orange has been experiencing major problems since the start of the current crop year. ...

BELIZE NATIONAL COAST GUARD DIVE FOR HIGH POWERED WEAPON
LoveFM - ‎1/12/10‎
A team of divers from the Belize National Coastguard today assisted the Police Department in their search for another high-powered rifle and ammunition ...

POLICE REMOVE ANOTHER FIREARM OFF BELIZE CITY STREETS
LoveFM - ‎1/12/10‎
Belize City Police have removed another firearm off the City streets. Police say on Sunday night about nine o'clock they conducted a search in an open lot ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎1/12/10‎
Belize City Police are investigating a burglary at K-Jah's Snack and Surf located at the Farmer's Market. Kiphanie Wade reported to Police that her business ...

CITY COUNCILOR SAYS RELIEF FROM BAD STREETS IS ON THE WAY
LoveFM - ‎1/12/10‎
For the past few weeks not the physical condition of some Belize City streets have been going from bad to worse. But the Councilor responsible for Works at ...

POLICE PROPOSES FORMATION OF A PROPER MARCHING BAND
LoveFM - ‎1/12/10‎
Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries and Minister Carlos Perdomo has pledged to see that the proposed Police Band achieves high standards of which Belize ...

Declaring ourselves
Amandala - ‎1/12/10‎
We need to understand why ostentatious riches are side by side with hideous poverty in Belize: it is, in part, because you are seeing the emergence of an ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎1/12/10‎
With the educational system in Belize controlled for the last fifty years by that same Roman Catholic Church, generation after generation after generation ...

More Orange Walk Basketball History
Amandala - ‎1/12/10‎
This happened a couple tournaments more and then came the inter-district competition; can't recall the exact year when the Belize City Selection featuring ...

Belize Cane Farmers re-certified with Fairtrade
Amandala - ‎1/12/10‎
David Madrid, chief executive officer of the Belize Cane Farmers Association (BCFA), informed Amandala Friday that the association has regained its ...

Chiquibul's xaté stock gone, says FCD exec
Amandala - ‎1/12/10‎
The xaté trade is a multi-million-dollar industry for Guatemala and Mexico, and even though Belize's forests have been prided as one of the last stores of ...

M4 carbine stolen from BDF Guard Room at Price Barracks
Amandala - ‎1/12/10‎
The Belize Defence Force (BDF) has reported the theft of an M4 Carbine weapon from its Guard Room at Price Barracks, Ladyville, Belize District. ...

1/11/10

Crouching Tiger Shark?
National Post - ‎1/11/10‎
Director Ang Lee spends some quality time learning how to dive in Belize. "It's for the book," our man is told L ife of Pi's long, torturous course to the ...

Baroness of the Belize oil fields
Belfast Telegraph - ‎1/11/10‎
Feisty geologist Susan Morrice silenced her many critics after defying the odds to strike oil in Belize on her first wildcat operation. ...

James Adderley has the latest in sporting news
channel5belize - ‎1/11/10‎
The Belize City over thirty-five football competition continues to roll inside the MCC Grounds as the battle for the lead in the standings between Ebony ...

M4 rifle missing from Belize Defense Force
channel5belize - ‎1/11/10‎
... the British forces, another high powered weapon now on the streets is a deadly M-4 carbine rifle that has gone missing from the Belize Defense Force. ...

Grenade explosion blasts the south side of Belize City
channel5belize - ‎1/11/10‎
It is also the seventh explosive device to be traced to a missing batch of twenty-four from the British Army Training Support Unit Belize in Ladyville. ...

Opposition Leader calls crime wave “urban terrorism”
channel5belize - ‎1/11/10‎
“I am very concerned when you hear that another grenade being exploded in the streets of Belize City. We have innocent civilians getting killed and ...

M4 Carbine Stolen from BDF Guardroom
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/11/10‎
It's an M4 Carbine weapon – which is a smaller version of an M16 rifle – and it was stolen from the Belize Defense Force's guard room at Price Barracks on ...

Disciples of Discipline
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/11/10‎
There is no shortage of karate schools in Belize - in fact there are about 5 just in Belize City. But a new one opened its doors on January 2nd - it is the ...

The Woes of Citrus Growers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/11/10‎
The Citrus Growers Association – they own 51% of the Citrus Products of Belize Limited – which amounts to controlling interests – but they say they don't ...

5 AM Grenade Attack in Yabra
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/11/10‎
Another grenade has been detonated in Belize City. It happened this morning in the Yabra area. The only good news is that no one was killed and no one was ...

12 Year Old Boy Drowns in Belize New River
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/11/10‎
The Belize New River is one of the longest and most trafficked waterways in Belize; and that's because it leads to Lamanai Mayan site. ...

James Adderley has the latest in sporting news
channel5belize - ‎1/11/10‎
The Belize City over thirty-five football competition continues to roll inside the MCC Grounds as the battle for the lead in the standings between Ebony ...

M4 rifle missing from Belize Defense Force
channel5belize - ‎1/11/10‎
... the British forces, another high powered weapon now on the streets is a deadly M-4 carbine rifle that has gone missing from the Belize Defense Force. ...

Grenade explosion blasts the south side of Belize City
channel5belize - ‎1/11/10‎
It is also the seventh explosive device to be traced to a missing batch of twenty-four from the British Army Training Support Unit Belize in Ladyville. ...

Opposition Leader calls crime wave “urban terrorism”
channel5belize - ‎1/11/10‎
“I am very concerned when you hear that another grenade being exploded in the streets of Belize City. We have innocent civilians getting killed and ...

M4 Carbine Stolen from BDF Guardroom
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/11/10‎
It's an M4 Carbine weapon – which is a smaller version of an M16 rifle – and it was stolen from the Belize Defense Force's guard room at Price Barracks on ...

Disciples of Discipline
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/11/10‎
There is no shortage of karate schools in Belize - in fact there are about 5 just in Belize City. But a new one opened its doors on January 2nd - it is the ...

The Woes of Citrus Growers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/11/10‎
The Citrus Growers Association – they own 51% of the Citrus Products of Belize Limited – which amounts to controlling interests – but they say they don't ...

5 AM Grenade Attack in Yabra
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/11/10‎
Another grenade has been detonated in Belize City. It happened this morning in the Yabra area. The only good news is that no one was killed and no one was ...

12 Year Old Boy Drowns in Belize New River
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/11/10‎
The Belize New River is one of the longest and most trafficked waterways in Belize; and that's because it leads to Lamanai Mayan site. ...

OPPOSITION EXPRESSES CONCERNS FOLLOWING REPORT OF MISSING WEAPON
LoveFM - ‎1/11/10‎
The statement issued by PUP leader John Briceno says the concerns include the number of grenades, under the care of the British Forces in Belize, ...

A HIGH-POWERED WEAPON REPORTED MISSING FROM THE BDF ARMORY IN LADYVILLE
LoveFM - ‎1/11/10‎
Love News spoke to Belize Defense Force Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Ganey Dortch. Lt. Col. Ganey Dortch; BDF Chief of Staff “We immediately launched ...

GRENADE EXPLOSION ROCKS SOUTH SIDE BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎1/11/10‎
Two weeks after a grenade blast claimed the life of a teenage boy, the south side of Belize City has again been rocked by an explosion. ...

CABLE COMPANY IN BELIZE RURAL NORTH DENIED LICENSE RENEWAL
LoveFM - ‎1/11/10‎
A representative for the company told Love News the company has been operating in Sand Hill for the past two years but when they went into the Belize ...

YOUNG BOY DROWNS IN NEW RIVER
LoveFM - ‎1/11/10‎
Since yesterday a search party consisting of Guinea Grass residents and the Belize Coast Guard had been combing the New River. ...

1/8/10

Eusey Family Still in House City Council Wants to Demolish
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/8/10‎
Last night we reported on the Belize City Council's plan to demolish the Eusey home at the corner of Regent and South Streets. ...

US Ambassador Hands Over Crime Fighting Equipment
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/8/10‎
Mexico receives most of the funding and Belize is a little lower on the funding chain – but it's trickling in – and we were at the US Embassy for a donation ...

PUC Appoints Independent Expert
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/8/10‎
He is a specialist in economic regulation of utility industries with a specific focus on the water sector. He served as Independent Expert in Belize in ...

Dialysis Patients Demand Nurse Coc
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/8/10‎
Managers at the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited are tonight digesting a 12 page report submitted to them by the Ministry of Health. ...

Hubert Elrington Defends Brother Sedi
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/8/10‎
Here's what Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington is up against: two former PUP Ministers of Foreign Affairs and one PUP Deputy Leader have said he should come ...

Reports of Drug Plane Landing in Orange Walk Unconfirmed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/8/10‎
“That area close to the Mexican border always has sightings, sometimes we don't know if they landed on the Belize side or on the Mexican side. ...

Media Munches Down on Rosca de Reyes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/8/10‎
It is observed in the north and west of Belize among Hispanic populations, but the city got a little dose of it today at the Mexican Cultural Institute ...

Tarrell Sutherland Gets Good News
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/8/10‎
... a big man and probably right that he should – since he first came to public attention 6 weeks ago – he's become known in every household across Belize. ...

Independent Expert comes between BWS and PUC
channel5belize - ‎1/8/10‎
Hern has served as an independent expert in FTRPs in both Belize and Honduras between 2004 and 2005. He has also co-authored a number of World Bank reports ...

Rosca de Reyes celebrated in Belize
channel5belize - ‎1/8/10‎
... Friday, in an effort to educate media professionals the Institute of Mexico in Belize City celebrated el Dia de los Reyes, the day of the three kings. ...

BELIZE SUGAR CANE FARMERS ASSOCIATION RECERTIFIES FOR FAIRTRADE PREMIUMS
LoveFM - ‎1/8/10‎
The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association has been recertified by the Fairtrade organization. The news could not have come at a better time with the BSCFA ...

GASPAR VEGA COMMENTS ON CURRENT SUGAR CRISIS
LoveFM - ‎1/8/10‎
Vega said Government intends to continue to monitor the situation given the importance of the sugar industry to Belize's economy. ...

BELIZE RECEIVED SIZEABLE DONATION THROUGH THE MERIDA INITIATIVE
LoveFM - ‎1/8/10‎
Law enforcement agencies in Belize are being equipped with the latest technology to detect illicit substances and engage criminals in the act of trafficking ...

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SEEKS RECRUITS FOR ITS DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAM
LoveFM - ‎1/8/10‎
The University of Belize is this weekend hosting a recruitment drive for persons interested in pursuing a doctoral degree under an agreement with Nova ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎1/8/10‎
A boat has been reported stolen in Belize City. Businessman George Orellana reported to police, that sometime between three thirty and sixty thirty ...

LOCAL RADIO STATION HOSTS TRAINING COURSE FOR MEDIA PRACTITIONERS
LoveFM - ‎1/8/10‎
Fifteen radio and television professionals from an organization called Sharing International are in Belize to offer technical support to local media. ...
The escapees travelling the world while working online
The Guardian - ‎1/8/10‎
Since meeting in Malaysia in 2003, the couple have worked as diving instructors in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Egypt, Honduras, Belize and Fiji, ...

Biological mother battles foster mother for child, 8
Amandala - ‎1/8/10‎
According to Corozal police, Bejerano reported her foster daughter Chelsey Gentle missing on Monday, January 4, after Gentle had taken her to Belize City on ...

Who does the fish belong to?
Amandala - ‎1/8/10‎
The fishing industry in Belize continues to evolve, and much attention is given to the fishers and the management of fisheries resources. ...

Placencia doctor proposes Mayan cure for the Lord
Amandala - ‎1/8/10‎
Belize is predominantly a Christian country, and we would expect our church leaders to oppose all evils of excess profit. Yet any such opposition must be ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎1/8/10‎
I was always respectful to Mr. Rogers, I thought, but a problem arose in the Belize City Council campaign of 1977. The PUP leadership pressured me to be a ...

Mobilization now
Amandala - ‎1/8/10‎
In our predicament, we call on those Belizeans who are on foreign shores to mobilize now and stand for Belize. This amounts to a national emergency. ...

“Whose side is [Sedi] on now?”
Amandala - ‎1/8/10‎
Two of Belize's leading attorneys—one of them a legal advisor of the Dean Barrow administration; the other an ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs—have gone on ...

Financial challenges loom for 6000 cane farmers
Amandala - ‎1/8/10‎
David Madrid, chief executive officer of the Orange Walk branch of the Belize Cane Farmers Association (BCFA), told Amandala that today's meeting with ...

Toledo villagers: no concession, no research permit for BHD in nature reserve
Amandala - ‎1/8/10‎
“It brings to question the commitment to the protected areas of Belize. If you are willing to continue this, then really, there are no sacred cows. ...

Conviction stats, “worse than I've ever heard:”Ombudsman
Amandala - ‎1/8/10‎
The high rate of crime in Belize continues to be of grave concern among Belizeans, especially in the commercial capital, Belize City, and charges of police ...

“Get it settled” for dialysis patients, Ombudsman tells GOB
Amandala - ‎1/8/10‎
Ombudsman Cynthia Pitts has been called in to broker a resolution of the problems facing 21 dialysis patients on a government-subsidized program at Belize ...

Labour Law Severance Pay to change
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/8/10‎
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry have negotiated a proposal for ...

Former PM Esquivel knighted
The Reporter Belize - ‎1/8/10‎
Former Belize Prime Minister, Manuel Esquivel, is among Commonwealth Caribbean nationals honoured in the New Year's Honours ...