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6/30/11

CCJ rules in favour of Belize attorney general in misfeasance case
Jamaica Observer - ‎6/30/11‎
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled in favour of the attorney general in Belize taking legal action against two former Cabinet ministers for losses suffered by the State as a result of . ...

Sports Council Not On FIFA's Timeline
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/30/11‎
In a few hours, executives FIFA Headquarters in Switzerland will wake up to the news that the National Sports Council and the Football Federation of Belize have not worked out their differences by the deadline given which was June 30th. ...

Barrow To Boyce/Smith: “Check And Mate”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/30/11‎
It says quote: "The PUP Western and Southern Caucuses join together in the fight against the Government of Belize to abide by the rule of law and follow through with the judgment of the court.." With that - we're not quite sure what position that PUP ...

The Slaying Of The Streets' Most Wanted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/30/11‎
3 months later in 2007 he was accused for the murder of George Junie Balls Mackenzie -the most notorious gangster in the history of Belize. But after serving 18 months behind bars - Edward Lord was once again released in March of 2009 - when star ...

A Telemedia Timeline
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/30/11‎
The company was privatized in 1988 - the first utility and first public entity to be privatized in Belize's history. The company's articles of association were drafted so that no one entity could own more than 24% - but in 1993 - just before the ...

The Seed Of It all: The Accommodation Agreement
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/30/11‎
There are also 10 other undertakings that make blanket giveaways and concessions to BTL, including government's undertaking that only BTL and Speednet - which is SMART can operate as phone companies in Belize for a period of 15 years. ...

Man Chops Up Daughters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/30/11‎
A father chopped up his two daughters as the result of a family dispute in Belize City this afternoon. It happened a few minutes after 4:00 in the Rhaburn Alley area when 24 year old Shana and 33 Ronda Martinez got into a fight with their younger ...

Caribbean community holds workshop on chemical weapons prohibition
Bio Prep Watch - Bryan Cohen - ‎6/30/11‎
The workshop attracted participants from 14 CARICOM member states, including Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, St. Vincent, St. Kitts, Saint Lucia, Monserrat, Jamaic, Guyana, Grenada, Belize, Barbados, the Bahamas and Antigua. It was designed to build on ...

MORE FM HOSTS SIXTH ANNUAL SUMMER SLAM COMPETITION
LoveFM - Anita Hamilton - ‎6/30/11‎
The sixth annual even is targeting tertiary level students in various challenges that starts in Punta Gorda town on Saturday morning and ends in Belize City. “Of course we took it to another level where we are using secondary and tertiary students ...

NICH HOLDS NUMBER OF EVENTS FOR SUMMER BREAK
LoveFM - ‎6/30/11‎
Registration forms are available at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Another initiative from the Institute for the Performing Arts, is a first of its kind Belize Design Week. The activity is designed to enhance the export competitiveness of ...

OPPOSITON CAUCUSES COMMENTS ON TELEMEDIA RULING
LoveFM - ‎6/30/11‎
The Western and Southern Caucuses of the opposition People's United Party today issued a joint release calling on the government to respect the ruling of the Belize Court of Appeals and to quote: abide by the rule of law and follow through with the ...

FORMER GOVERNMENT MINISTERS RESPOND TO CCJ RULING
LoveFM - ‎6/30/11‎
Former government Ministers Jose Coye and Florencio Marin Senior today issued a joint press release regarding the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice that the government of Belize could sue them for misfeasance regarding the transfer of fifty six ...

BELIZE CITY BUSINESSES TARGETED
LoveFM - ‎6/30/11‎
Two more Belize City business establishments were cleaned out to the tune of just over forty thousand dollars worth of merchandise, mainly electronic items. And bargain hunters were not the culprits. Fifty four year old Neenu Chugana reported to police ...

Its CARICOM Heads of Government Conference No. 4 for St. Kitts and Nevis
Communication's Unit Of The St. Kitts Prime Minister - ‎6/30/11‎
George Price, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Belize; The Hon. Mary Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dominica; The Hon. Nicholas Braithwaite, Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, Grenada; HE Hugh Desmond ...

Why These Four Countries Are The Only Ones Not Trying To Qualify For The World Cup
Deadspin - ‎6/30/11‎
(Technically, Montserrat and Belize played their first match two weeks ago, in Trinidad and Tobago because Montserrat doesn't have an acceptable stadium. The game drew 100 spectators.) There are 208 member nations on FIFA's globe. ...

Battle for BTL
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
The Government of Belize's take-over of Belize Telemedia Limited in August 2009 has been a long legal battle between GOB and the Ashcroft Alliance, the former owners of the company. Back in August 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that the take-over was ...

UWI holding sport education courses
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Open Campus Belize, has started a certificate course in Educational Planning and Sport (Principles and Practices of Coaching). The 8- week course is the first of its kind to be offered in Belize and offers ...

Another Corozal Free Zone Acquisition
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Three charged with gun possession
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
The men, 21-year-old Glenford Vernon of Cran Street in Belize City; 22-year-old Carlton Pakeman, a Warehouse Assistant and resident of #58 Regent Street in Belize City and 18-year-old Lindon Hinds, the brother of recently deceased, Delbert Hinds, ...

Danalyn Murrillo charged with common assault and insulting words upon PC David ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Woman on trial for setting her husband on fire
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Man accused of exposing his person in public
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

18-year-old charged with burglary
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Stevedore charged with drug trafficking
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
A Stevedore of Belize City whose home was searched on Friday, June 24th, was charged with two counts of drug trafficking and one count of possession of a controlled drug when he appeared in the Belize City Magistrate's Court #2 on Monday June 27th. ...

Slidell doctor starts dental ministry that continues to flourish
NOLA.com - ‎6/30/11‎
By The Times-Picayune Fourteen St.Tammany Parish residents recently returned from Dos Amigos, a dental medical mission trip to Belize, Central America. These locals made up the bulk of a 21-member team that helped treat more than 1000 people in remote ...

Francis Ford Coppola Resorts Reinforce Commitment to Sustainable Travel
Hotel News Resource - ‎6/30/11‎
Francis Ford Coppola's famed resorts in Belize, Blancaneaux Lodge and Turtle Inn, have formalized two strategic alliances that further the company's commitment and dedication to fostering best practices in ecotourism and sustainable travel. ...

Teenagers killed in Belize City
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
The families of James Lemoth, 17, a resident of Benbow Street and Steven Perez, 18, a resident of Fullers Alley, are getting ready to bury them after they were killed this weekend. Their friends and family say that both these young men were innocent, ...

FFB fails in court
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
The Football Federation of Belize's hope of thwarting government's efforts of improving football in Belize failed miserably when their claim was struck down at the Supreme Court. The FFB was seeking leave for Judicial Review of the National Sport's ...

Written by Administrator
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/30/11‎
That matter was the case of the Attorney General of Belize versus former PUP ministers Florencio Marin and Jose Coye. In January 2009 the Attorney General took both Florencio Marin and Jose Coye to court on a civil claim for what's called a tort of ...

6/27/11

Telemedia In Flux: Who's The Rightful Owner?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
... Minister has just issued a statement indicating that he will quote, "fix it - providing an early and definitive legal end, doing whatever is legally required to ensure that Telemedia remains the property of the government and people of Belize. ...

The Big BEL Payoff
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
"There is material at hand which indicate that about $2.7 million dollars Belize was paid out to the former chief executive officer and the other 5 additional executive managers in addition to 2 Canadians that were posted in the T & D section of the ...

FFB Loses Ground In Court, But Hopes To Win Reinstatement
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
When we spoke to Chairman Williams he was leaving the courtroom of Justice Minnette Hafiz where he had just appeared as the new attorney for the National Sports Council in its battle with the Football Federation of Belize. The FFB through its attorney ...

Waterfront Workers Agitate, Police Called In
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
On Friday night, many of the police officers that we met holding the line at the Telemedia compound had just come from a heated confrontation at the port of Belize. That's where police had to be called out as waterfront workers refused to cooperate ...

The Present Situation At Telemedia
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
"You are advised that you must no longer accept any instructions from any of the Board members that had control of Belize Telemedia between August 2009 until 24th June, 2011 at 4.00 pm" Very tough talk - and today we asked Boyce's attorney in this ...

CCJ's First Judgment for Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
And amidst all those weighty matters in and around court - there was a historic first - as the very first judgment of the Caribbean Court of Justice decision on a case from Belize was delivered by teleconference form the CCJ in Trinidad. ...

Grieving Mother Danalyn Murrillo Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
You'll probably recall Danalyn Murillo, she's the 46 year old mother who lost her son Teddy in Match of 2010 in a still unsolved murder. Multiple accounts have said that he was killed by a police officer. Well, in March of this year, Danalyn Murillo ...

SAGA CONTINUES AT TELEMEDIA
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
“Government says it remains in control of Belize Telemedia Limited even though the Court of Appeals ruled that it acted unlawfully in acquiring the company. According to the government however, it maintains control on the basis that the ruling is a ...

BEL CHAIRMAN SPEAKS ON FIRING OF SENIOR MANAGERS
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
Just before Government's takeover of Belize Electricity Limited it was reported that prior to his resignation as CEO Lynn Young terminated the services of the senior management team. This amounted to approximately 2.7 million dollars as part of their ...

STILL NO SOLUTION TO FOOTBALL PROBLEM
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
The Football Federation of Belize withdraws its application for an injunction against the national Sports Council. The case was argued before Justice Minette Hafiz this morning and Rodwell Williams is the attorney for the National Sports Council told ...

SUGAR CANE CROP SEASON ENDS
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
According to Belize Sugar Industry's factory Manager at Tower Hill John Gillett there was a shortfall in the amount of cane that was expected; but the factory was firing on all cylinders. “I would say the crop was a reasonable crop; I would not use the ...

COMMUNITY ACTIVIST MAKES COURT APPEARANCE
LoveFM - ‎12 hours ago‎
Forty six year old Danalyn Murillo, the manager of the Banking Department of Belize Telemedia was charged with common assault and using insulting words on police constable David Griffith when she appeared in court. Murillo pleaded not guilty to the ...

6/26/11

Romel Palacio
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎6/26/11‎
Palacio, 53, a veteran of the Belize Defense Force, died around 10:00 Wednesday morning, three days after he was placed on a life support ventilator at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. He was shot inside his home on Sunday, June 19 . ...

Byron Pope, Shalini Zabaneh, Juan Umana & Liam Stuart win the national road ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎6/26/11‎
Byron Pope, Shalini Zabaneh, Juan Umana and Liam Stuart all won their respective categories when the Belize Cycling Association held the National Road Championships event on Sunday, June 19. Pope, who rides for the Benny's Megabytes team, was the first ...

Calderon to the rescue
The Reporter Belize - ‎6/26/11‎
Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa has reiterated his government's commitment to identify alternative ways to maintain the flow of electricity from Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), given Belize's critical situation. ...

Belize athletes win 2 golds at CA track & field championships
The Reporter Belize - ‎6/26/11‎
She and 35 athletes from Belize boarded a bus last Thursday for the 20 hour trip to San Salvador. Despite limited sleep, she was eager to perform, she had mastered her inner game, even though she was not in the best of shape physically because of a ...

Mr Blatter's man in Belize
Herald Scotland - Andrew Jennings - ‎6/25/11‎
The government of Belize in Central America has accused the president of the country's football federation, Bertie Chimilio, of banning opponents from elections so he can remain in perpetual power. On June 7, after eight years of urging the Football ...

Cultural Exchange: Shyne goes from New York to jail to a new life in Israel
Los Angeles Times - Batsheva Sobelman - ‎6/25/11‎
The Belize-born rapper, who now calls himself Moshe Michael Levy, an observant Jew, wants his music to make the world a better place. Jamal Michael Burrow, also known as the rapper Shyne. (Dena Goldschmiedt-Wimpfheimer) By Batsheva Sobelman, ...

6/24/11

Fortis seeking compensation
The Telegram - ‎6/24/11‎
More than a decade after Fortis Inc. became the biggest utility owner in Belize, the company is looking for compensation of $125 million from the Central American government that expropriated its assets earlier this week. Fortis estimates ...

Lionfish Lurks Aplenty In Belizean Waters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/24/11‎
But it turns out that all best efforts were futile and the Lionfish has both populated Belize's reef and proliferated across it. An excellent snapshot of its growth in numbers and areas inhabited comes from a researcher working on her doctoral ...

Cayo And Toledo Get Scholarly Advice On Their Tourism Product
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/24/11‎
"I can't give you all our findings yet, we haven't have the presentation but we did that the people of Belize especially in the Toledo and Cayo districts are very amazing, they are friendly and hospitable. There are some things that need to be done ...

BELIZE SETS NEW TRACK RECORD
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/24/11‎
Well, those games got underway today, and already, according to news reports out of Costa Rica, Belize is making headlines! This morning Kaina Martinez who joined the Belize delegation from Jamaica, broke her own 2009 100 meter record of 11:98, ...

Magistrate's Have A Workshop
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/24/11‎
Belize's Judiciary continues to come under heavy criticism from the public for what the average Belizean says is a loss of confidence in the country's justice system. Today, that criticism was one of many concerns the country's Magistrates were meeting ...

Seismic Event: Ashcroft Alliance Re-takes Telemedia
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/24/11‎
"Well Jules first of all we have not been able to read the decision as you can imagine its nearly 150 pages but the most fundamental decision is that the amendment to the Belize Telecommunications Act by which the government took control of Belize ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - Evan X Hyde - ‎6/24/11‎
If this had been the case in Belize, the arrogance and victimization which came to characterize the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) would not have reached the sickening levels they did. Every cloud has its silver lining, and for sure the ...

Romel Palacio, Sr., dies; two men charged with his murder
Amandala - Aaron Humes - ‎6/24/11‎
Romel Palacio, Sr., 53, a taxi operator and former sergeant of the Belize Defence Force (BDF) of a Jane Usher Boulevard address in Belize City, died this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH). According to his doctors, Palacio, ...

Barrow asks Mexico's Calderon to help Belize's troubled electricity sector
Amandala - Adele Ramos - ‎6/24/11‎
Calderon and Barrow also discussed how Mexico could help Belize's troubled electricity sector, in the wake of Tuesday's acquisition of the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL). Prime Minister Dean Barrow had indicated, when the laws for the acquisition ...

Ideas and Opinions
Amandala - ‎6/24/11‎
BEL supplies electrical services to the nation of Belize, which are essential. If these services were in the wrong hands, they would have the power to paralyze all activity, which depended upon electricity for their operation. Also, BEL is a monopoly, ...

Belize aBank “dissing” Central Bank
Amandala - Adele Ramos - ‎6/24/11‎
The Central Bank of Belize is again at odds with the Belize Bank, this time over its March 2011 financial statements, which, the regulator says, are overstating the bank's capital by $7.4 million. The Central Bank has issued a directive to the ...

PM scolds the Chamber!
Amandala - Adele Ramos - ‎6/24/11‎
Public opinion widely favors the Government's move this week to take control of the country's premier electricity provider, the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL), but the strategic acquisition has stirred up dissent between the Barrow administration and ...

Gapi executes government takeover of BEL
Amandala - Adele Ramos - ‎6/24/11‎
The Government of Belize formally took control of Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Acting Prime Minister Gaspar “Gapi” Vega arrived at BEL's corporate headquarters at Mile 2½ on the Northern Highway before the lunch hour to ...

The hot summer of 2011
Amandala - ‎6/24/11‎
One of the reasons for this is that the electorate of Belize is more informed, aware and independent than at any time in our history. A lot has changed for Belize since the end of World War II. We were a small, remote, backwater British colony back ...

MEETING WITH MEXICAN PRESIDENT DEEMED SUCCESSFUL
LoveFM - ‎6/24/11‎
According to the official release, Prime Minister Barrow is of the view that the Mexican President made very clear for the record that he is extremely well disposed to Belize's request that he intervenes with CFE in order to secure better rates for ...

TEENAGER SHOT AND KILLED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎6/24/11‎
A midafternoon shooting has left a Belize City teenager dead. Reports are that 17-year-old Kadeem Alvin Monsanto was walking on Mopan Street just after two o'clock this afternoon when two male persons on bicycles rode pass him. ...

STUDY ON USE OF CONDOMS RELEASED
LoveFM - Maria Novelo - ‎6/24/11‎
“Findings for the HIV/AIDS study on the use of condoms among Female Sex workers and Men who have sex with men were revealed today at the Matalon Building in Belize City. The study provides an assessment of key health behaviors and was conducted in five ...

FOCUS ON YOUTH AND DIABETES
LoveFM - ‎6/24/11‎
However, in the last two decades, type two diabetes, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes, has been reported among children and adolescents with increasing frequency in Belize. With the increase of obesity, sedentary children on their computers, ...

MAN CHARGED IN FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎6/24/11‎
They include the driver Perrera, Mark Banner, Amini Lewis, Mabel Shepherd and Kenisha Carter. The occupants of the pickup truck were coming from a PUP convention for a standard bearer for Belize Rural Central when the accident occurred.

6/23/11

BEL's New Board holds First Meeting-Fortis's Crew Drives off with Fortune
The Guardian, Belize - Shane B. Williams - ‎6/23/11‎
On Tuesday, June 21st, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. Gaspar Vega, accompanied the Belize Electricity Limited's new Board of Directors to their first meeting inside Corporate Headquarters. The meeting started shortly after 11 am BEL ...

TEENAGER SHOT AND KILLED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎6/23/11‎
A midafternoon shooting has left a Belize City teenager dead. Reports are that 17-year-old Kadeem Alvin Monsanto was walking on Mopan Street just after two o'clock this afternoon when two male persons on bicycles rode pass him. ...

STUDY ON USE OF CONDOMS RELEASED
LoveFM - Maria Novelo - ‎6/23/11‎
“Findings for the HIV/AIDS study on the use of condoms among Female Sex workers and Men who have sex with men were revealed today at the Matalon Building in Belize City. The study provides an assessment of key health behaviors and was conducted in five ...

FOCUS ON YOUTH AND DIABETES
LoveFM - ‎6/23/11‎
However, in the last two decades, type two diabetes, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes, has been reported among children and adolescents with increasing frequency in Belize. With the increase of obesity, sedentary children on their computers, ...

Belizean Athletes Leave for Costa Rica
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/23/11‎
Belize brought home twelve medals including 2 gold's that were won by Novian Milton and Gloria Serano. Today a delegation of senior track athletes left the country this time to take part in the Central American Open Games that will be held in Costa ...

JAGUAR CORRIDOR CELEBRATED
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/23/11‎
One of the star attractions at the Belize Zoo is the Jaguar, and an important event which celebrates this prized predator took place on Monday. It's called the Central Belize Jaguar Corridor! In the wild jaguars move across a wide area known as its ...

Belize Tourism Board launches new culinary website
eTurboNews - ‎6/23/11‎
Belize City, Belize — The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) announces a new interactive culinary website geared towards providing travelers with a comprehensive guide on Belize's unique cuisine and restaurants located throughout the country. ...

Position-less PUP
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/23/11‎
One thing is certain though, the Belizean people are no fools, they are well aware that the PUP is a party that has been known to sell off Belize's assets for the greater good of the likes of Michael Ashcroft, Stan Marshall and PUP Cronies. ...

Minister of Sports receiving international support
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/23/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Way Past His Time
The Guardian, Belize - JamIl Matar - ‎6/23/11‎
I began to follow closely the case of the National Sports Council vs. the Football Federation of Belize when the local FFB chief, Dr. Chimilio, offered a challenge to the Government of Belize to “bring it on!” At the time I thought Chimilio was just ...

Chimilio Fighting for his Bread!!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/23/11‎
The president of the organization that once represented football in Belize went to court on Friday, June 17th, in an attempt to force government's participation in their football match against Montserrat but his attempt failed. ...

Justice Of Appeal Challenged For Appearance Of Bias
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/23/11‎
That's over a million Belize dollars less and Flowers and his attorney Eamon Courtney have made the case that there was an appearance of bias for Justice of Appeal Morrison. Flowers alleges that up to 2008 Morrison had close ties to RBTT - including ...

Human Rights Activists Say New Crime Laws Violate Liberties
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/23/11‎
The Human Rights Commission of Belize has declared that the new anti-crime measures, from preventative detention to trial without a jury in certain cases, constitute an unjustifiable restriction of people's liberties and freedoms. ...

GOB Awaits Major Appeals Court Judgment On BTL
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/23/11‎
Arguments between the Ashcroft Alliance and the government of Belize were heard in late January, and after a long deliberation - the court will hand down a decision which could declare that the acquisition of BTL was unconstitutional. ...

Barrow & Calderon: The New Power Deal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/23/11‎
He led a Belize delegation to the Conference to pledge Support for the Central America Security Strategy. And while Central American state security remains a pressing domestic issue, what most folks at home want to know about is the meeting PM Barrow ...

Belize Port Limited Says CWU Ignoring Labour Law
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/23/11‎
The Christian Workers Union which represents the waterfront workers at the Port of Belize has issued the port notice of industrial action. That's what a late evening release from the Port says. And the port adds that the threat of industrial action ...

Ministry of Education Honours Top PSE Performers
The Guardian, Belize - Shane B. Williams - ‎6/23/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Business Community Wrong!!! BEL Takeover Boost Investors' Confidence
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/23/11‎
At the Senate meeting on Monday, June 20th, Senator Godwin Hulse stood up and opposed the bill that provides for the acquisition of the Belize Electricity Limited. He opposed based on two grounds. First is that government's acquisition was not the best ...

Bills Pass for TrialsWithout Jury
The Guardian, Belize - ‎17 hours ago‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Belmopan Lunch Spaces Project is inaugurated
The Guardian, Belize - ‎17 hours ago‎
The project was implemented by the Social Investment Fund, (SIF) and financed by the Government of Belize at a total cost of $181000.00 under the Commonwealth Debt Initiative (CDI). The project entailed the construction of five lunch spaces measuring ...

Plane crash lands in Guinea Grass
The Guardian, Belize - ‎17 hours ago‎
On Sunday June 19that around 9 am a company of Belize Defense Force (BDF) soldiers and police officers responded to the scene of a twin engine, 6 seater, XB-KDF aircraft, adorned with two Mexican flag stickers on both sides. ...

Chamber of commerce, are you serious?
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/23/11‎
And if indeed the chamber is concerned about the SSB's significant investment, it should have sent out a release on the 14.9 million dollar investment which was proposed that SSB make in a failed enterprise (Nature Fresh Belize). ...

6/22/11

TOP PSE PERFORMERS AWARDED
LoveFM - ‎6/22/11‎
The top performers in the country are Aliyah Marin from Holy Redeemer RC School in Belize City, Josette McGann from United Evergreen Primary School in Belmopan and Jordan Murillo from Belize Elementary School in Belize City. ...

GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO CHAMBER RELEASE
LoveFM - ‎6/22/11‎
The Government of Belize today fired back at the Belize Chamber of Commerce for its stance on the takeover of Belize Electricity Limited. A government press release says the Chamber is wrong on its opinion that the move will hurt investor confidence ...

BELIZEAN AMERICAN DOCTOR HONORED
LoveFM - ‎6/22/11‎
Dr. Lennox A. Pike, a practicing physician from Detroit Michigan, and originally from Belize was honored by the American Medical Association. In April Dr. Pike received three special congratulatory salutations, each accompanied by a plaque and or ...

TWO MORE BELIZEAN BOOKS RELEASED
LoveFM - ‎6/22/11‎
The books entitled Aduguranhani: a walk through Garifuna Spiritualism and Electoral Politics in Belize took years of qualitative research by its author Myrtle Palacio. Love News spoke with Palacio at this morning's presentation. ...

MAN MURDERED IN SOUTHERN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎6/22/11‎
Police in Southern Belize are investigating a murder that happened sometime between Sunday and Monday. Police say they visited the old Cisco Road between Cowpen and Red Bank Village where about a hundred yards into a feeder road they found the body of ...

Belize's Agriculture Minister to attend meeting in Rome
LoveFM - ‎6/22/11‎
Belize will have representation at a one day meeting in Rome, Italy to launch a new technical assistance program by the Brazilian government. Minister of Agriculture Rene Montero is scheduled to travel to Italy for the meeting on Friday. ...

Fortis Makes Measured Statement On BEL "Expropriation"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/22/11‎
Devoid of either emotion or venom, it casually reports that Government has, quote "Expropriated Fortis Ownership of Belize Electricity Limited." It adds that the order dismissed the Fortis Directors on the Company's Board and states that compensation ...

Stellar Students Honoured
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/22/11‎
These are Belize's best and brightest young minds and they were issued certificates of excellence to mark their accomplishment. 25 students were awarded this morning for their outstanding achievement in this year's Primary School Examination. ...

Coast Guard Rescues Boat Bound From Miami to Honduras
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/22/11‎
A 36 foot Cabin Cruiser type vessel was rescued early this morning in Belize Waters- about 10 miles east of the City. On board the vessel were three passengers - traveling from Miami and heading to Honduras. While in Belize Waters, the vessel began ...

Belizean Cataracts "Difficult To Remove"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/22/11‎
Cataracts are among the leading causes of blindness in Belize and a visiting eye specialist from the United states says the cataracts he's seen in Belize are the toughest and most difficult to remove he's ever encountered. We found Dr. George Pronesti ...

Royal Motors Says It Keeps Its Crown, Despite Dealers' Amalgamation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/22/11‎
Last week, Belize Diesel and Equipment Company, Belize's Toyota dealer sent out an email to customers declaring that the JMA and Royal Motors Dealerships were under the management of Belize Diesel. As we reported, as part of the buyout, ...

Myrtle Palacio Launches Books On Diverse Topics
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/22/11‎
The books released today at an official launching ceremony held at the Image Factory explore Electoral politics in Belize and Garifuna spiritualism. In the Naked Truth, Palacio presents an overview of the country's system of governance, ...

Joint Press Release on the US-Caribbean Ministerial Meeting
US Department of State (press release) - ‎6/22/11‎
On June 22, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegation of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, the Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Haiti, Jamaica, ...

6/21/11

Belize's Boys Failed To Advance
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/21/11‎
Last week, we were giving you daily updates on Belize's under 16 basketball team as they participated in the Centro Basket tournament in Mexico City. But we're none too eager to share the weekend results because the team came in fourth and ...

Youthful You-tubers, “Come Een!”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/21/11‎
Well, the Belize Audio Visual Industry Association - known as Bavia - believes many of those camera ready youth could be Belize's future film-makers. Along with the Belize International Film Festival, BAVIA will be launching a high school video ...

Miskito Indians Look For Clues Of Their Identity In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/21/11‎
If you've ever taken Social Studies in Belize - or even taken a tour of Belize City as a tourist - you'll know that three Miskito Indian Kings were crowned at St. John's Cathedral in Belize City. History tells us that the Miskito Indians were a part of ...

BEL Transition Effected Smoothly
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/21/11‎
And while the new team works to get over that hurdle, it will also have to deal with a hot blast of venom from the Belize Chamber of Commerce which condemned the takeover in an unusually strong worded press release today. It says that the Chamber does ...

Opposition Leader Supports Takeover, In Principle
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/21/11‎
When you look at the press release from the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry I mean they are raising some major concerns about the way that the government has been dealing with these issues in a confrontational manner and the concerns about ...

NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BELIZE ELECTRICITY LIMITED NAMED
LoveFM - ‎6/21/11‎
Jeffery Locke is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Belize Electricity Limited. Aside from Locke, the other members of the Board are Chairman Rodwell Williams, Dr. Carla Barnett, Anuar Flores, Dennis Jones, Louis Lue, John Mencias, Anthony Michael ...

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY EXPRESSES CONCERN WITH GOVERNMENT'S TAKEOVER ...
LoveFM - ‎6/21/11‎
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has spoken out against Government's takeover of Belize Electricity Limited. In its release the Chamber says it expresses strong concern over the nationalization of industries and the inevitable impact on ...

OPPOSITION LEADER SPEAKS ON BEL TAKEOVER
LoveFM - ‎6/21/11‎
In an interview at his Belize City office, Briceño says several questions now arises, chief among them is how will the nation benefit from the expropriation. “Will the Prime Minister ensure the Belizean public that the employees at BEL will be ...

Belize Credit Rating May Be Cut by S&P on Expropriation
San Francisco Chronicle - ‎6/21/11‎
June 21 (Bloomberg) -- Belize's credit rating may be cut by Standard & Poor's after the government moved to seize control of the country's sole electricity provider. S&P, which rates Belize's foreign and local debt B, five levels below investment grade ...

Fortis Loses Stake in Belize Company in Government Takeover
San Francisco Chronicle - ‎6/21/11‎
June 21 (Bloomberg) -- Fortis Inc., Canada's biggest publicly traded utility, lost its ownership interest in a Belize power company after the Belize government seized the assets. Fortis holds an approximate 70 percent interest in BEL, ...

3 more weeks to Finals in Super League playoffs
Amandala - ‎6/21/11‎
The biggest money-prize championship in Belize is now 3 weeks away, as yesterday saw two games played in Week 3 of the playoffs in the 2011 Belize Bank Super League Tournament. Going into yesterday's games, all 4 teams were deadlocked at 3 points ...

Will Bernaldino convince Bertie to resign?
Amandala - ‎6/21/11‎
If there is a grain of truth in Mr. Bernaldino Pech's statement, then it would be a question of which of the two gentlemen should “back off”, in the interest of football and footballers in Belize. There is no question of where the national sentiment ...

Mexican plane crashes and abandoned in Belize; drug plane?
Amandala - Stacey Kelly - ‎6/21/11‎
Amid the sad tale of teenagers engaging in criminal activities more and more each day, a group of twenty-four teenagers, from the Buttonwood Bay Nazarene Primary School, took a step in the right direction. Special speakers included Mrs. Ruth Castillo ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - Evan X Hyde - ‎6/21/11‎
Some of my readers do not like for me to talk about sports, but there is no way you can understand the civil war level of violence amongst young men on the Southside of Belize City unless you have a sense of what happened to the sports programs which ...

FIFA suspends Belize
Amandala - Aaron Humes - ‎6/21/11‎
“The FIFA Emergency Committee decided today, 17 June 2011, to suspend the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) with immediate effect on account of severe governmental interference. The suspension means that the return leg of the qualifying tie for the ...

Ralph replaced
Amandala - ‎6/21/11‎
In a constituency convention Sunday to choose a PUP standard bearer for Belize Rural Central, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, an attorney who served as Port Loyola area representative from 1998 to 2003 before being defeated in the 2003 general elections by ...

GoB takes over BEL!
Amandala - Adele Ramos - ‎6/21/11‎
Governor-General Sir Colville Young this evening signed into law an amendment to the Electricity Act which permits the Government of Belize to immediately take majority control of the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL), the power company which supplies ...

6/20/11

Government takes over Belize Electricity
Industrial Fuels and Power - ‎6/20/11‎
The Belize government has passed its bill to amend the Electricity Act which will see utility Belize Electricity Ltd pass into state hands following the company's insolvency and US$27m debt. The move follows the government's conclusion that there ...

Giase on the Gold Cup: For US coach Bob Bradley, off-field calls win respect, too
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Frank Giase - ‎6/20/11‎
The 2014 World Cup is still three years away, but last Wednesday Belize and Montserrat played the first of a scheduled 832 qualifiers to fill the 31 berths that will join host Brazil. Belize won, 5-2. The second leg was scheduled for Sunday but was ...

Major Mash Up On Western Leaves One Man Dead
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/20/11‎
It happened between miles four and five near old Belize. 36 year old Jose Ortiz was heading towards Belize city in a green minivan when he suddenly saw a man on a bicycle appear in his path. He swerved to avoid him and ran into a GMC Canyon pickup ...

Urban Terror: Home Invasion Leaves Man On Life Support
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/20/11‎
And there was also a murder in the city - we'll tell you about that in a few but first to a very disturbing story that has left a city man on life support this evening. 53 year old Romel Palacio was in his home on Sunday when armed home invaders ...

News From Political Conventions
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/20/11‎
First, in Belize Rural central for the PUP it was a four way race. Polling was held in Ladyville and Hattieivlle and in the seat that Ralph Fonseca once controlled went to Dolores Balderamos Garcia - who's made a return to electoral politics after ...

PM Says He Wants New CEO in ASAP
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/20/11‎
He is as I understand it in Belize City today and there is some doubt as to whether he will be available after 4. If the Senate doesn't get through by 4 his signature will not be until tomorrow. It is not until he signs that the relevant orders can ...

Another Kraal Road Killing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/20/11‎
A Belize City man was murdered around 7:45 on Friday night. 32 year old Delbert Hinds, known as Sniper was at a house at the corner of Kraal Road and Supaul Street along with a friend socializing - when the friend went inside her home and left him on ...

But I It A “Drug Plane”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/20/11‎
News rushed out on Sunday morning that another one of those drug planes had landed in Belize. This one touched down on a sugar road behind guinea Grass Village in the Orange Walk district. Well, we visited the area yesterday, and it didn't touch down, ...

Government Takes Over BEL
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/20/11‎
Government has acquired Belize Electricity Limited. The law was signed by the Governor General this afternoon, and the order of acquisition was signed by the Utilities Minister and the Prime Minister this evening close to 5:00 pm. ...

BELIZE'S STAR GOALKEEPER COMMENTS ON FIFA SUSPENSION
LoveFM - ‎6/20/11‎
Last Friday FIFA suspended Belize just days before the return football match between Belize and Montserrat. This was after Government wrote to the governing football body to say it would not be providing security for the upcoming match. ...

SHOOTING INCIDENT LEAVES BELIZE CITY MAN ON LIFE SUPPORT
LoveFM - ‎6/20/11‎
A family is hoping for the best but preparing for the worse as yet another Belize City taxi driver was shot and the injuries have left him fighting for his life. But while the family prays for a miracle, they are more upset about the callousness of the ...

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON WESTERN HIGHWAY CLAIMS ONE LIFE
LoveFM - ‎6/20/11‎
The supporters were reportedly in a pickup truck heading towards Belize City at around seven thirty on Sunday night when a green Mazda van heading in the opposite direction slammed head-on into it, killing a passenger. The incident happened at mile ...

SECOND EDITION OF THIRTEEN CHAPTERS OF A HISTORY OF BELIZE LAUNCHED
LoveFM - ‎6/20/11‎
Seventeen years after his book, Thirteen Chapters of a History of Belize was published in 1994, renowned author, Assad Shoman today launched the second edition of the book under the title, “A History of Belize in Thirteen Chapters”. In the new edition, ...

Belize Attracting Real Estate Recovery
NuWire Investor - ‎6/20/11‎
A growing interest in tourism, fair home prices and generous retirement incentives for expats appears to be spurring a recovery in the Belize housing market, which has been depressed since the onset of the global financial crisis. ...

6/19/11

Sea-level Change History Study in Belize
Hydro International - ‎6/19/11‎
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is currently installing precise-positioning infrastructure and conducting fieldwork off the coast of Belize in Central America to assist the Smithsonian Institution in reconstructing sea-level change history since ...

Smart & UB Jaguars win thru to BTL basketball finals
The Reporter Belize - ‎6/19/11‎
Smart upset the defending under-20 champions, Orange Walk Running Rebels to advance to the championship finals of the Belize Telemedia “Digicel Ballin for Life” basketball competition while the University of Belize Jaguars qualified ...

Muslim Community girls & Wesley Upper boys win in primary schools football ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎6/19/11‎
The girls of St. John's Anglican Primary School and Muslim Community School and the boys of St. Mary's School and Wesley Upper School all enjoyed victories in the Belize City primary schools football semifinals organized by the National Sports Council ...

GOB awards US consultant land management contract
The Reporter Belize - ‎6/19/11‎
A land management consultancy company based in the United States is reporting through its website that it has secured a Belize government contract for the Belize National Land Management Program (LMP). The contract, the website noted, is part of the ...

Belize HIV/AIDS infection rate down 33%
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎6/19/11‎
Belize has shown a 33 per cent decrease in the number of new HIV/AIDS infections, and the mother-to-child transmission rate is presently less than six per cent even; though Belize has the highest prevalence rate of HlV in Central America and one of the ...

Another city youth gunned down
The Reporter Belize -  - ‎6/19/11‎
Belize City police have detained one person and are looking for three others in connection with the shooting death of Englebert Reynolds on Waight Street around 10:25 last Friday night, June 10. Reynolds was placed inside a car and ...

Nude sex pervert attacks 10-yr-old girl
The Reporter Belize - ‎6/19/11‎
Belize City police are on the hunt for a man known to them as Dean Bennet, who they say abducted a 10-year-old girl and sexually molested her around 6 pm on Tuesday, June 14. The girl “was playing with her friends at a yard in the St. Martin De Porres ...

Belize wins World Cup kick-off
The Reporter Belize -  - ‎6/19/11‎
A heavy downpour had made the pitch wet and slippery, and only six minutes of play had passed when Montserrat looked to take an early lead with a shot by Justine Wade that only a magnificent save by Belize's goalkeeper Shane Orio kept out. ...

Murdered at midnight
The Reporter Belize -  - ‎6/19/11‎
The family and friends of Kevin Flowers, 37, are trying to come to terms with his murder; he was shot multiple times at a taxi stand on Central American Boulevard in Belize City shortly after midnight, on Thursday, June 16. ...

6/17/11

It's Ernestine's Turn
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/17/11‎
Ernestine Carballo is one of the most well travelled and well-like singers in Belize - wherever you live in this country, you might not know it, but you've heard one of her songs. And that's why it's news that she's released her first ever CD, called, ...

(Another) Bus Blockade Fizzles
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/17/11‎
This morning police were on high alert on the roadways once again - because of information that the Belize Bus Association intended to launch another highway shutdown - just like the one two weeks ago which paralyzed the country for the better part of ...

FIFA Suspends FFB; World Cup Qualifier Cancelled
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/17/11‎
There's huge news tonight in National Football: The World Governing body for football has suspended the Football Federation of Belize. It is a direct result of what Sports Minister John Saldivar said on this newscast last night about not allowing the ...

New Super Car Dealership Emerges
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/17/11‎
We've all heard about the car wars - between the various major car dealerships: Belize Diesel; JMA, Bravo and Royal Motors. Well things just got a lot simpler as Belize Diesel has now turned into a super dealership after gobbling up JMA Motors and ...

Living Hope Still Needs Help
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/17/11‎
We are also hoping that the nation of Belize will support us by donating to this cause. Living Hope school deal with students who really need that support - that second chance to get back into high school or vocational school. ...

FFB Holds Press Conference
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/17/11‎
After that the Montserrat team jumped on a bus and went to its hotel - while the Belize selection went to the Biltmore for a Press Conference. That's where Senior Vice president of the FFB, Bernaldino Pech presented the media with a letter from ...

BELIZEAN SOY SAUCE LAUNCHED
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/17/11‎
And the main players being trained in its development and production here in Belize, SINCE LAST YEAR, are a group of dedicated women from the north. Today, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Cooperative in collaboration with the Technical ...

FIFA suspends Belize over government interference
Jamaica Observer - ‎6/17/11‎
BELIZE CITY, Belize (CMC) — Football's world governing body, FIFA, has suspended Belize, two days after the country successfully launched its World Cup qualifying campaign with a 5-2 win over Montserrat in Trinidad and . ...

FIFA bans Belize over govt interference
Reuters India - Christian Hartmann, Tony Jimenez - ‎6/17/11‎
By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - FIFA has suspended Belize from international soccer with immediate effect because of "severe government interference." World soccer'0s governing body said in a statement on Friday that its emergency committee had issued ...

BELIZE SIGNS DECLARATION ON OBESITY PREVENTION
LoveFM - ‎6/17/11‎
Belize joined other countries in signing the declaration of Aruba which is a call against obesity in the Americas. The declaration was signed last week at the 2011 Pan American conference on obesity which was held in Aruba. Belize was represented by ...

FOOTBALL FEDERATION OF BELIZE SUSPENDED BY FIFA
LoveFM - Maria Novelo - ‎6/17/11‎
The world governing body of football known by its French acronym FIFA has suspended the Football Federation of Belize, effective immediately. The FIFA suspension of Belize follows a June 8 communiqué from Minister of Sports John Saldivar that ...

FATHER'S DAY SONG COMPETITION TO TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY
LoveFM - ‎6/17/11‎
The event is scheduled for Sunday June nineteenth at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts in Belize City. “We thought it would be nice for dad. We asked the artists to write songs about dad, we wanted some uplifting things to say about dad. ...

FFB seeks judicial review of NSC de-certification
Amandala - Aaron Humes - ‎6/17/11‎
The Football Federation of Belize (FFB) today, in the Supreme Court before Madam Justice Minnet Hafiz-Bertram, filed an application for leave to apply for judicial review of a decision by the National Sports Council (NSC) to remove recognition for the ...

Fishy fish fillet – snapper or 'kyato'?
Amandala - Adele Ramos - ‎6/17/11‎
University of North Carolina PhD candidate Courtney Cox has been studying parrotfish in Belize. Her quest to discover whether reef-cleaning parrotfish, the harvesting of which is banned regionally, is still being sold illegally in Belize as fillet, ...

The betrayal of BAM
Amandala - ‎6/17/11‎
On behalf of the community, AMANDALA hereby calls for an official inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death on Tuesday night of Corporal George “Pete” Matthews, 34, one of Belize's greatest musicians. “Pete,” a brother beloved in the city, ...

Pay yu bills, BEL!
Amandala - ‎6/17/11‎
As we go to press tonight, there is reportedly no progress in talks between the Government of Belize (GOB) and Fortis Inc., the parent company of the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL), over the stated intention by the Barrow administration to acquire ...

PUC threatens to pull BEL's plug
Amandala - Adele Ramos - ‎6/17/11‎
Amid what has been described as a serious cash flow crunch, the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) has more trouble on its hands as we go to press tonight. The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has published a notice threatening to cancel the license of ...

6/16/11

Nature Fresh Makes a Pitch For Itself
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/16/11‎
Despite all the public uproar, Nature Fresh Belize Limited - has reportedly already gotten initial approval from the Social Security Board of Directors for a 14.9 million dollar loan. The board now has to make a further ...

GOB Won't Lend Police For FFB International Match In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/16/11‎
Belize's national football selection beat Montserrat yesterday and will play the return match on Sunday at the FFB stadium in Belmopan. But Sports Minister John Saldivar is unimpressed. He today told us that against the hapless Montserrat team - which ...

PUC Will Cancel BEL's License?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/16/11‎
We've told you about Government's measured official response to what the Prime Minister calls BEL's Bankruptcy. Government has stated that, quote "With great reluctance, it is prepared to acquire the company on an amicable basis if this is at all ...

Belize Loses In Basketball
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/16/11‎
Last night when we reported that Belize's under 16 national Basketball team had squeaked by with a win in the opening game of the Centrobasket Tournament in Mexico City, we warned that game two would be against Puerto Rico, one of the hemispheric ...

Belize To World Summer Games 2011
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/16/11‎
As we told you earlier in the newscast, Belize's basketballers and footballers are doing their thing regionally, but tomorrow will witness another send off to a group of athletes scheduled to participate in the 2011 World Summer games to be held in ...

Sixth Cabbie Killed In Six Months
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6/16/11‎
Last night another taxi man was killed in the city - the sixth cabbie killed since the end of December. Kevin Flowers was shot multiple times around midnight last night as he stood on Central American Boulevard. There was no sign of robbery, ...

NATURE FRESH BELIZE COMMENTS ON SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD LOAN
LoveFM - ‎6/16/11‎
In its release earlier this week Cabinet indicated that it does not support a loan of 14.9 million dollars from Social Security Board to Nature Fresh Belize. This is after there had been public opposition to the loan approved by the Social Security ...

ANOTHER BELIZE CITY TAXI DRIVER GUNNED DOWN
LoveFM - ‎6/16/11‎
Belize's latest murder victim is taxi driver Kevin Flowers. Flowers was at the Port Loyola Taxi Stand on Central American Boulevard after midnight when he was shot dead. Police say that Flowers was standing between two parked cars at the street side ...

CEO OF BELIZE ELECTRICITY LIMITED SAYS COMPANY IS NOT BANKRUPT
LoveFM - ‎6/16/11‎
Chief Executive Officer of Belize Electricity Limited Lynn Young says the company is not insolvent or bankrupt as stated publicly by the Prime Minister. Young was a guest on the Love FM Morning Show today and explained that the current financial ...

BELIZE UNIT TRUST CORPORATION CLOSES ITS DOORS
LoveFM - ‎6/16/11‎
It came on the scene to offer an alternative for saving money and now, seven and a half years later, the Unit Trust Corporation Belize Limited is about to close its doors. Chief Executive Officer of the company, Leticia Solis Murrillo, told Love News ...

SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
LoveFM - ‎6/16/11‎
Eight young athletes will be traveling to Athens, Greece tomorrow to represent Belize in the Summer World Games. The team will be taking part in the five a side football games. The team was presented today and they will be accompanied by four adults ...

The Demonstration that wasn't - Dwindl...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Children Intensive Care Unit at KHMH
The Guardian, Belize - Shane B. Williams - ‎6/16/11‎
Gaspar Vega, Deputy Prime Minister of Belize, Alan Gobie of the Gobie Foundation and Dr. Francis Longsworth, CEO of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, joined Kim Simplis-Barrow, Special Envoy for Women and Children, and picked up Truper shovels to dig ...

Dengue Fever Precautions
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

What's fishy about fillet?
The Guardian, Belize - Shane B. Williams - ‎6/16/11‎
She came to Belize to conduct a research on harvesting of parrot fish. In her research she attempted to find out whether or not local fishermen were still catching and selling parrot fish even after the government implemented a ban on the harvesting of ...

Black Coral and the Cost of Fashion
Vox Bikol - Connor R Sullivan - ‎6/16/11‎
It can be found in the Caribbean waters off of Mexico and Belize. These countries are beginning to protect the coral, but it is still being poached and decimated. Ambergris Caye is one of the many islands off the coast of main land of Belize located in ...

Security Guard charge with theft of Fonto
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

BDF Soldier remanded for having sex with 15 years old girl
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Pizza delivery paid with counterfeit
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
On Monday June 13th, 30-year-old Jermy Gerald Hendricks, a resident of 19 Miles Northern Highway was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate's Court where he was charged with one count of possession of counterfeit notes and one count of obtaining ...

Firearms Marking Cooperation Agreement
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

74 year old man guilty of manslaughter by negligence
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
Justice Adolph Lucas who presided over the trial indicated to Espejo that the crimes which he was found guilty of were serious charges and that he was contemplating of remanding him at the Belize Central Prison but due to his age, he felt that prison ...

Charged with committing an unnatural crime upon a 15-year-old boy
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
A 15-year-old boy of Belize City is the latest victim of a sex crime that goes against the order of nature. The student who was examined by a doctor was certified to have been assaulted. On Tuesday June 14th, 24-year-old Kareem Hamilton, ...

Cops will face trial for landing drug plane
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
They are Sergeant of Police, Jacinto Roches, Lawrence Humes, Sgt. Of Police attached to Belmopan Police Station, Nelson Middleton, the driver of the Governor General, Renel Grant, a Traffic Police Officer attached to Belize City along with boatman, ...

Marvin Bradley free murder
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

BDF Soldier remanded for having sex with 15 years old girl
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Burglary ring busted by police
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
Since those reports of burglaries in the Lake Independence and Belama areas of Belize city police believe they have caught up with the thieves. On Friday June 10th the Burglary and VICAPP unit of the Belize Police Department found a number of the ...

Election of a New Football Federation
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
A selection of football players from Belize travelled to Trinidad and defeated the lowest seeded team in FIFA rankings, Montserrat, 5 goals to 1. While most Belizeans are happy for our boys, many are angry because they feel like Chimilio robbed a ...

Take Back BEL!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6/16/11‎
The release explains that BEL is approximately 70% owned by Fortis Inc. with the Belize Social Security Board holding approximately 26% of the shares (the remaining shares are held by small shareholders.) It goes on to explain that BEL purchases power ...


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