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news 11/20/09

Settlement Day Stabbing in Dangriga
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
While people in Dangriga were still celebrating National Garifuna Day on the night of November nineteenth, a misunderstanding between two men has landed one ...

Belize City Celebrates Garifuna Settlement Day
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
History now tells us that the first Garifuna came to Belize from Honduras in 1802 – though 1823 is the acknowledged date because it was the first mass ...

The Call for Renewal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
That march led to the Memorial Park for the official ceremony to commemorate Garifuna Settlement Day. November 19th has been an official holiday since 1977 ...

Paul Nabor Recovering from Mild Stroke
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
Shortly after eleven this morning he was air ambulanced by Wings of Hope from Dangriga to Belize City. He was accompanied by his niece Phyllis Cacho and met ...

BTL Pulls the Plug on Smart's Long Distance Service
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
Belize Telemedia gave Smart's parent company, Speednet, notice of its intention to pull the plug a week ago and so today as promised Telemedia disconnected ...

Cop chopped on the hand in Dangriga
channel5belize - ‎11/20/09‎
A police officer attached to the Dangriga precinct is tonight admitted in the medical ward at the KHMH recovering from a cut wound to his hand. ...

PRIME MINISTER COMMENTS ON SPEEDNET/BTL SAGA
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
Telemedia has been nationalized by the Government of Belize; compensation would have to be paid to the previous owners. That compensation must clearly come ...

Nations to demand billions in climate damages
Daily Telegraph - ‎11/20/09‎
... estimate" of the damage done by climate change across 16 sectors in Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama. ...

… WHILE SPEEDNET SEEKS SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
That cable is there to be used in Belize for legitimate purposes by specially license carriers and there is no reason why that should be denied. ...

BTIA TO HOLD ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SHORTLY
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
The Belize Tourism Industry Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting early next month in Belize City. According to a notice emailed to members ...

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE RETURNS FROM ITALY
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
In closing the minister stated that developing countries such as Belize are not longer interested in listening to the words but demanding actions, ...

UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S RIGHTS DAY BEING OBSERVED TODAY
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
Today Belize and the rest of the global community is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
A chopping incident on Garifuna Settlement day in Dangriga has left a man hospitalized in Belize City. The victim has been identified as Santiago Ciau, ...

Taxpayers acquire btl's $45 million debt with Belize Bank (Turks & Caicos)
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
Central Government has taken over the $45 million Belize Bank debt that Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) took out with the Turks and Caicos branch of the bank ...

Public auction appeared to be “private treaty:” Chief Justice Conteh
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
“The sale strikes me more like one by private treaty between the supposed highest bidder, the licensed auctioneer and possibly officials in the Belize City ...

PUC approves 10.6% increase in water bills
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
At a press conference held Wednesday afternoon at its office in Belize City, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced that it had issued an initial ...

KREM Radio celebrates 20 years
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
After the release of Wright's “Big Inna Di Country” in 1991, he met JC and pitched the idea for what would become Belize Musicians Past and Present. ...

BTL threatens to pull the plug on smart's international calls
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
speednet Communications, owner of the SMART brand, and Belize Telemedia Limited, owner of the Digicell brand, today fired off press releases in their latest ...

Garinagu celebrate 186th anniversary
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
The Garifuna people have had many crosses to bear, many injustices to face, and one of the toughest battles of any ethnic group in Belize to keep what is ...

In pictures: Belize's 'Thanksgiving Day'
BBC News - ‎11/20/09‎
But each November it provides the backdrop to Belize's flamboyant brand of thanksgiving. Garifuna Settlement Day celebrates the arrival of this little-known ...

11/18/09

Castro-Saldivar War of Words
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
Edmund Castro, Belize Rural North Area Rep. “They owe a lot of taxes and this parcel of land is approximately 1923 acres of land. We are not looking to take ...

Flores Bus Takes Protest to UDP Headquarters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
Flores says that the scheduling of the busses is unmanageable because it only allows operators to take 45 minutes from Belize City to Lord's Bank and that's ...

PUC Approves 10% Increase in Water Rates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
An interesting note is that water loss, known as non revenue water is just below 40% in Belize City – the highest in the country.

14000 Cruise Passengers Descend on Belize City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
5 cruise ships sailed in this morning, bringing with them as many as 14000 cruise visitors to Belize City. It's not a record arrival but in a year in which ...

Angela Gegg's World of Enhanced Perception
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
On Friday of last week we told you about the opening of Angela Gegg's provocative art show, Impulse. But pushing the envelope is her thing, ...

NATIONALS ABROAD WILL SOON BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
Belize introduced the new machine-readable passport system domestically in 2005 in order to comply with international standards for travel documents. ...

BUS OPERATOR PROTESTS SUSPENSION OF ROAD SERVICE PERMITS
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
For the past several weeks it has been sheer chaos along the Belize City - Ladyville route as buses compete fiercely with other companies for runs in that ...

PARTIAL SCOPE AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA DISCUSSED
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade held the second of two consultations on the Belize – Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement. ...

SANTA ELENA AND SAN IGNACIO TO RECEIVE NEW RESOURCE CENTRE
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
We have looked at some statistics and according to the 2008 population estimates produced by the Statistical Institute of Belize San Ignacio and Santa Elena ...

BTB REPRESENTED AT 2009 TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FAIR
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
The Belize Tourism Board had representation at the 2009 Taipei International Travel Fair which was held Taipei at the end of last month. ...

PUC amends BWSL business plan and rates proposal
channel5belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission has reviewed a multi-million dollar business plan submitted by the Belize Water Services Limited and has approved a water ...

The funny money
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
To understand our dilemma, you have to examine the nature and modus operandi of Belize's dominant political parties – the UDP and the PUP. ...

DANGRIGA TITANS HOST BELIZE BANK BULLDOGS U-15 & U-17 CLUBS TOMORROW NIGHT AT ...
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
In commemorating the first anniversary of the Belize Bank Bulldogs Basketball Club, members of the U-15 and U-17 programs will be participating in a ...

Secondary school principals seek media assistance in anti-crime fight
Amandala -- ‎11/18/09‎
The fight against violence in Belize is being fought in all sectors, by all manner of people. One of the groups in the forefront of the fight is the Belize ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
He came there straight from the Belize Technical College's sixth form. He was just a teenager, and the relationship between him and me was still touchy, ...

More questions about the boledo!
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
I was very surprised to know that after my article was published, less than 72 hours, Monday, November 9, the Government of Belize awarded a ten-year ...

Angela Gegg provokes with art exhibition
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Her latest exhibit, Impulse, is billed as “her most provocative show to date” and runs from November 13 - 27 at the Institute of Mexico in Belize. ...

$45 million for Education, Health and Agriculture. IDB help boost Belize's ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Government of Belize has negotiated three loan agreements with the Inter-American Development Bank for a total $45 ...

Oceana to protect Belize's unique Reefs
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Oceana, an NGO campaigner, kicked off the opening of their Central American office in Belize with 3 days of events, ...

Hurl Hamilton, new Magistrate for Belize City court system
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Magistrates Court in Belize City has been further strengthened by the addition of a another magistrate, ...

Caye Caulker establishes separate police formation for tourism work
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The number of Caye Caulker Tourism Police officers have been increased from two to eight officers. and they will now ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Since they came to Belize in 1823 their talent and ingenuity have come to the fore, making them leaders in education, religion and philosophy, ...

BTL in arrears
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Belize Telemedia Ltd. may be owned and operated by the Government of Belize but new information reaching the Reporter places the word ...

City Financial Controller Dwain Davis is dead
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Financial Controller of the Belize City Council, Dwain Davis, has died, eleven days after he suffered a massive stroke ...

Court will decide custody battle
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Donald Richard, the girl's dad, had taken the child out of Belize to the United States without her mother's permission. In October of last year, ...

Isreal and Belize lift mutual visa requirements
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Present at the signing ceremony at the Radisson Hotel for Belize was Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. ...

11/17/09

Serious Consultation about Belize's Youths
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
The assessments were done with 6 thousand CARICOM citizens from 12 countries including Belize. The draft report was presented today, in the morning, ...

Sudden & Unfortunate Death of Elena Paige
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
“So we as the loved ones, we are at a situation of whose really telling the truth and I think that this is something that's going in Belize so many times. ...

Belize's Corruption Perception Off the Chart
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
In 2008 Belize was ranked 109 on the corruption perception index – that was a sharp and embarrassing fall from 90th in 2007. So what is the finding for 2009 ...

Thieves Burglarize Ombudsman's Office
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
The Ombudsman's office on Douglas Jones Street was burglarized over the weekend. A thief or thieves peeled open the burglar bar on window and pried open two ...

Contention in Baker's Ranch
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
And that's why it's news that Belize Rural North Area Rep. Edmund Castro is moving ahead with plans to acquire a portion of Baker's Ranch against the wishes ...

Simulated Chaos and Confusion
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
There was chaos and confusion in Belize City this morning when a butane truck stopped on Albert Street between King and Prince Streets and smoke started ...

Dean Fuller's Millions Remain on Ice
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
Fuller was the Managing Director for Omni which was the master agent for Moneygram in Belize. But Fuller said there was no taint, the FIU had it all wrong ...

Refresher Course for Guatemala Partial Scope
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize exports $5 million in goods to Guatemala annually but we import $140 million in goods from Guatemala. So there is a trade imbalance and Belize and ...

Father Charged for Incest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
His daughter a 12 year old reported that that cases occurred at their home in a rural area of the Belize District. The child claims that in the first ...

Cultural Awareness Day celebrated at ACC
channel5belize - ‎11/17/09‎
In Belize City today, the vibrant Garifuna culture was among the many displays at the Anglican Cathedral College school grounds. That's because the students ...

ZONING CONSULTATION HELD IN KING'S PARK
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize City Council will tonight be hosting a consultation for residents of the King's Park Area. According to a brief release from City Hall, ...

THIEVES TARGET THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
The office of the Ombudsman in Belize City was the target of a burglary this past weekend. According to police reports, the office located on Douglas Jones ...

DRAFT REPORT OF CARICOM COMMISSION ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSED
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
A meeting on the Draft of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development is underway at the Sports Council Conference Room in Belize City. ...

INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS ANNOUNCES THE ANNUAL BROKDONG COMPETITION AND BRAM
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
And this year's bram promises to feature some of the mainstays of the Belize Creole culture. “What we have, of course you know we have to include the ...

BTB meets with Cruise Sector Stakeholder...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎17 hours ago‎
Belize City, Friday, November 13, 2009 – The Belize Tourism Board brought together all stakeholders involved in the cruise tourism sector last week Monday. ...

Regional tourism fostered
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize City, Friday November 13, 2009 – In an effort to Promote the trade relationship between Mexico and Belize, an invitation was extended through the ...

Closer Relations - No Visa Needed for Trips to Israel
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize's history is highlighted by a territorial dispute with Guatemala, and as Belizeans we often think about how horrible it would be for the dispute to ...

Toledo Christian Academy and Bishop Martin primary schools are National ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The 2009-2010 National Primary Schools Volleyball Championship came to an end on Friday November 13, at the Belize City Centre. In the female championship ...

The Belize Youth Award
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize Youth Award, for the most exceptional and deserving youth throughout Belize. The Belize Youth Award seeks to highlight and acknowledge the ...

Hankook Verdes lead in series against FC Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League entered its semi-final round on Sunday November 15, with its home and away series between Hankook Verdes and FC Belize. ...

Softball Federation to celebrate Softball Week
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation released the programme of activities for Softball Week, which is scheduled for November 22-29, 2009. ...

City Council Remains the Only Undefeated...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize City Softball Interoffice competition is heating up as teams are improving rapidly. The competition has officially passed the halfway mark and ...

BELCOGEN provides power to Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
At a total investment cost of US$63 million, BELCOGEN is owned by Belize Sugar Industries (BSI); US$35 million of the initial investment was secured through ...

Biggest Bash of the Year - Wave's Punta Fest May be Coming to Your Town
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The show consisted of performances from Belize's best Punta artists like Consigo, Danger Zone Band, New Rebels Band, Titiman Flores and the General, ...

Written by Alfonso Noble
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
They had gotten up at the crack of dawn and travelled from Belize City to the Southern district to consult with Dr. Allan Burke, a plastic surgeon who ...

Grief and pathos, triumph and celebration
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
The experiences of Belize's other fundamentally African tribe, the Giao, were different, and these experiences were different during precisely the same ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Black people in Belize have always felt especially threatened by the Guatemalan claim, because of its ethnic undercurrents, and having remained loyal to Mr. ...

Dwain Davis' parents pull the plug
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Although he did not come to the public via the media to complain or to blame anyone, after the Belize City Council voted to terminate his service as ...

Three single mothers homeless after Pen Road fire
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
By the time it was put out by the Belize National Fire Service, the small wooden structure that had been a home for three single mothers and their five ...

Open doors for Israelis …Belize waives visa requirement
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Attorney General of Belize, Wilfred Elrington, and Ambassador for Israel, Mattanya Cohen, who is based in San Salvador, ...

Belize way behind in the region on closing gender gap
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize has been listed 88th on the global scale on the World Economic Forum's (WEC) global gender gap index, on which 137 countries appear. ...

Finally, the KHMH Commission of Inquiry
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
In June, the hospital buckled under a two-day 'go-slow' initiated by members of the Belize Medical and Dental Union (BMDU), who worked there. ...

Tio John and Right Now collide – one dead
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Mayor Paz also told us that she has been after the Belize Port Authority to enforce the law on lights for boats operating on the island, to avoid incidents ...

11/16/09

Deadly Boat Collision in San Pedro
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Two boats collided on the open seas in San Pedro last night and it was deadly. 33 year old Cesar Scott was killed in the collision which occurred on the ...

BOATING ACCIDENT NEAR SAN PEDRO LEAVES ONE DEAD AND ANOTHER HOSPITALIZED
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
One person was killed in a serious boat accident in San Pedro Town on Sunday night. The victim has been identified as 33-year-old Cesar Scott, ...

OCEANA makes waves and opens office in Belize
channel5belize - ‎11/16/09‎
This wave making NGO is a worldwide force to reckon with and this morning Oceana opened an office on Regent Street in Belize City. ...

Football, table tennis and cycling in weekend sports
channel5belize - ‎11/16/09‎
The Belize Bank Super League kicked off its playoff round with the divisional elimination this weekend as Kraal Road, leader of the South Zone, ...

2012 doomsday prophecy false, says Canadian archeologist
Malaysia Sun - ‎11/16/09‎
The doomsday prophecy comes from an ancient carved monument found from the Maya region which covers the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize, ...

IDB Signs Over US$2.5 million in Loans
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
“We signed today three loans, very important for the bank strategy with Belize and very timely because these loans are going to the fiscal stimulus that you ...

Teen Charged for Armed Robbery at Bel-Taco
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Today one of those accused in the robbery appeared in the Belize Family Court. The sixteen year old boy pled not guilty to the charge but because in March ...

Belize & Israel Cement Diplomatic Relations
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Israel and Belize have long had an uneasy relationship. That's because it is widely held that Israel strongly supports Guatemala in its claim against Belize ...

2 Single Mothers & 6 Kids Homeless by Fire
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
There was a fire this morning in Belize City. No lives were lost but two single mothers and their children are homeless. They lost all their possessions and ...

Oceana Belize Officially Launched
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
We've heard more about the Oceana Foundation in the past month than we have about any other conservation group and that's because it hasn't even started up ...

Dwain Davis Passes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Tonight we note the passing of the former financial director at the Belize City Council Dwain Davis. The 55 year old died at 9:55 this morning at the Karl ...

Chef Busted with Counterfeit Cash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Arzu was charged with the possession of eight fifty dollar counterfeit Belize currency. Fredrick Arzu claimed that he sold a gold chain to a friend in ...

HOLY GHOST RC SCHOOL RECEIVES NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
The funding was provided by the Social Investment Fund's Basic Needs Trust Fund, the Canadian International Development Agency and the Government of Belize ...

BELIZE AND ISRAEL SIGN VISA AGREEMENT
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
Belize and Israel this morning signed a visa waiver agreement which, for a limited time, will allow residents of both countries to visit without requiring ...

OCEANA INTERNATIONAL OPENS SECOND REGIONAL OFFICE IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
The worldwide international organization known as Oceana is today officially opening its office in Belize. Ceremonies are scheduled for three this afternoon ...

FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF ELDERLY WOMAN
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
I sent a text to her daughter living in Belize City asking her to text me back or call me. She called me immediately. We did not hear anything. ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL'S FINANCE DIRECTOR PASSES AWAY
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
On November fifth, David, who was a defendant in a corruption case brought against officials of the Belize City Council in connection with a so-called under ...

RIDE OUT DIABETES HELD OVER THE WEEKEND
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
Diabetes, unfortunately, is on the rise not only in Belize but globally and we think that more should be done to inform and educate Belizeans on the ...

11/13/09

Proshka launches new book and artwork
channel5belize - ‎11/13/09‎
She has been featured in over twenty joint and solo art shows and has been a part of art exhibits in Belize, Texas, New York, Miami and Trinidad. ...

$17000 Jacked from Money Changer in Corozal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
The man left with a total of seventeen thousand, seven hundred Belize dollars. Luckily no one was injured but because the crime was committed with a weapon ...

Belize Dance Company Creates Fusion
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
The Belize Dance Company's annual show takes place this weekend. It's called Fusion which is also the theme because the performance will fuse classic dance ...

Aunt Terry Celebrates 102nd Birthday
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
Today she was surrounded by her close friends from Helpage Belize who celebrated her birthday. It was a joy sitting down with Aunt Terry who told me it was ...

Primary School Volleyball Champion of Champions
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
The National Primary School Volleyball Championship was held today at the City Center in Belize City. Boys and Girls teams from all six districts converged ...

Big Bucks Jacked from Marketing Board
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
More than $26000 was stolen in yesterday's armed robbery at the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation, which was formerly the Belize Marketing Board. ...

Jason Coombs' Mother Makes Desperate Plea
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
She lived in Belize in the 70's and 80's and built her family and her life here. Now, she lives in the United States but has returned to pick up her son's ...

Salvation Army Launches Kettle Appeal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
“Okay right after the officially launching, the Salvation Army will then have its kettle at various spots throughout Belize City, of course in Belmopan as ...

Provoking Proshka
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
So they say, so you people say in Belize. I personally don't think so but they say it is provocative what I do so it is.” But it is provocation says the ...

POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO BMDC ROBBERY
LoveFM - ‎11/13/09‎
Twenty four hours after a long gunman walked into the Belize Marketing Board offices on North Front Street and cleaned out the cash register, ...

95% of major crimes are economic crimes - theft, robbery, burglary
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
In the Laws of Belize, Criminal Code (Chapter 101), theft is defined as dishonestly taking property belonging to another with the intention of permanently ...

Doctors' faulty diagnosis caused patient's death?
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
According to Ruel, as soon as his father arrived in Belize City, doctors at the KHMH rushed him into surgery. The attending physician, Dr. Emerson Munguia, ...

Westerhaven's reef grounding case goes to court
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Closing arguments were heard today in the courtroom of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh in the case of the Government of Belize vs. the ship Westerhaven, ...

Two senior officials exit UB – scapegoats for mistaken financial reports?
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Harry Lui, Jr., and Yura Monsanto, senior administration officials of the University of Belize (UB), have been relieved of their posts as, respectively, ...

KHMH hires Dr. Bernard Bulwer to head medical team
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Belize's most prolific medical author and Harvard-trained cardiologist, Bernard E. Bulwer, MD, MSc., FASE, has been appointed as the new Medical Chief of ...

Jason Coombs, 38, executed
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Prior to this, there had not been a murder in the month of November in the cruel streets of Belize City. And now this: a hard-working businessman—gunned ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
A lone gunman walked into the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation, formerly known as the Belize Marketing ...

Bishop Philip Wright takes bride in Trinidad
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
The Anglican Diocese of Belize announces with pleasure and pride the recent nuptials of the Rt. Rev. Philip Silvin Wright, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese, ...

Brads Gaming Co. Ltd wins Boledo contract
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
This company was chosen from among two other contenders namely, Print Belize Limited and Tropical Gaming. The objective of the new gaming provider, Brads, ...

Trapped in a raging flash flood, Corozal car dealer muddled through
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Castillo was driving back to Belize from the United States in his Toyota Previa van while towing a Mazda pickup last Saturday, Nov. 7th. ...

The incredible, edible egg regains lost status in Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Orlando Habet, President of the Belize Poultry Association, announced that the aim of the symposium was to tell people about the nutritional value of eggs. ...

Court prescribes fine for concealing baby's death
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
In a fit of rage Tesecum seized Therese's months old baby and smashed the infant against a wall of their home in southside Belize City. ...

Court will determine Westerhaven reef damage. Compensation will be in the millions
The Reporter Belize  - ‎11/13/09‎
Westerhaven owners have agreed to pay for damage to Belize's Barrier Reef near Caye Glory, where the ocean freighter, ...

Houston, TX establishes "Andy Palacio Day"
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
“Andy Palacio, of Belize, was a notable example of a poet, musician and activist,” White said. The Mayor recalled that Andy Palacio was the first musical ...

BNE making its first returns to investors
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Belize Natural Energy (BNE), Belize's only petroleum-producing company, has announced that it is to begin distributing returns totalling about $10 million ...

Hirian Good to sue GOB "Excessive force caused wrongful death?"
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
... November 2, has taken on the Government of Belize - that is the Ministry of National Security - for causing the death of her 62 year-old husband. ...

Precon owner gunned down
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
A businessman is dead after he was shot four times by unknown gunmen, inside his business compound of Precon Limited, ...

Academic promise for 113 high school students
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Peacework is an international non-profit organization which has been working in Belize since 1995. The Academic Promise Program offers two types of awards ...

11/12/09

PUP Leader addresses the Ambergris Caye Chamber of Commerce
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
all factors played a significant role in the erosion of investor confidence in Belize,” stated Briceño. His comments came after Prime Minister Dean Barrow ...

CFE to cancel guarantee power supply to Belize
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
There is bad news coming from the sole public power supply company in Belize. The bad news is that Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) informed the ...

C's wins local SP Basketball league championship!
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
After many weeks of battle, players from Belize City, Caye Caulker and San Pedro, enjoyed the Championship match which was held at the Angel Nunez ...

Belize featured in three travel destination shows around the world
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
Belize has been marketed in major travel shows in three different parts of the world. Those events include the International Travel Fair in Taiwan, ...

Price of 100lb cylinder of butane goes up
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
... government announced today the price hike which catapults the prices in this manner: in Belize City and Corozal Town, it will sell at one hundred and ...

Police recover getaway vehicle used in murder of businessman
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The nation's eighty-fourth murder occurred on Wednesday evening in Belize City when a brazen gunman drove a vehicle to a busy construction site and opened ...

Over $26000 robbed from Marketing Board
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Sometime after four this evening, the Belize Marketing Board, which is downstairs of the Education Department and next door to the Conscious Youth ...

BNTU Supports Teaching Services Commission in Principle
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
So how does that sit with the teacher's union? Well national president Jaime Panti says that while teachers agree in principle with the teaching commission, ...

Revolutionary Solution for Plastics in the Dump
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
Belize City has a garbage problem and the city councillor in charge of sanitation Phillip Willoughby says he has found a businessman who can help. ...

$7 Increase in Butane Prices
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
The controlled price for a one hundred pound cylinder is going up from one hundred to one hundred and seven dollars in Belize City. ...

Dr. Bernard Bulwer is new Chief of Medical Staff at KHMH
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
But for sometime now we have not heard much about Doctor Edward Bulwer who in 1991 was the President of The Belize Diabetes Association and from 1997 to ...

tempers Flare at BNTU Meeting with Education Minister Faber
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
... his Chief Education Officer and the two deputy Chief Education Officers met with hundreds of Belize City teachers at the Parish Hall. ...

Late Evening Robbery at Marketing Board
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
There have also been no arrested in an armed robbery that is reported to have happened this evening at the Marketing Board on North Front Street. ...

Jason Coombs' Murder Looks Like Professional Hit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
The Southside of Belize City has the highest murder rate in the country – it is at least one and a half times higher than the national average. ...

PM Barrow Leaves for Miami Gala
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
The event is described as a “gala” – and will see the premiere of a seven-minute video presentation on Belize. 7 minutes!? We're not sure quite what to say ...

Oceana Opens Office in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
In May we told you about the organization called Oceana – a big money, high profile conservation group that was coming to Belize. Well, it's here and the ...

Why are university finance and HR personnel being replaced?
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
In October of this year, the Board of Trustees of the University of Belize reported that a draft audit of the university's finances revealed that millions ...

BERNARD BULWER SAYS HE WILL MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES AT THE KHMH
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Dr. Bernard Bulwer was the founding president of the Belize Diabetes Association in 1991. He has been away for the past seven years and has returned to ...

ROBBER TARGETS BMDC
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Just after four o'clock this evening a lone gunman entered the offices of the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation on North Front Street and made ...

BUSINESS MAN MURDERED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating another murder. The latest murder occurred yesterday evening sometime around five o'clock. Reports are 38-year-old ...

INCREASE IN PRICE OF BUTANE GAS ANNOUNCED
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
In Corozal and Belize City customers will now pay 107 dollars; in Orange Walk 108 dollars; in Belmopan and San Ignacio 109 dollars, Benque Viejo del Carmen ...

CANE FARMERS SEEK COMPENSATION FOR SUGARCANE BYPRODUCTS
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Producing energy from biomass is now a reality in Belize. Belize Cogeneration Energy Limited, BELCOGEN is already selling test power to Belize Electricity ...

Hummingbird Elementary and St. John Vianney repeat as Belize District champions
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The district championship featured the champions and sub-champions from Belize Rural and Belize City with the winners in both the male and female categories ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
A Belize City business establishment was burglarized last night. According to police reports, the proprietor of the Favourite restaurant was held up around ...

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN CAYO LANDS A TEAKETTLE STUDENT IN THE HOSPITAL
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
A twelve year old student of Teakettle village is hospitalized in Belize City after she was knocked down after class yesterday evening. ...

ORANGE WALK BASED GROUP EMBARKS ON DIABETES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Diabetes is the number one killer of people in Belize. World Diabetes Day will be observed this Saturday and organizations across the country are planning ...

ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY IN PREPARATION FOR GARIFUNA SETTLEMENT DAY
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Matthew Martinez, President of the Belize City Branch of the National Garifuna Council explains this year's theme. “We are celebrating this year under the ...

BDF OFFICER CADET EXCELLED ON INITIAL OFFICER TRAINING COURSE
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Mark Babalola, an officer Cadet from the Belize Defense Force, has been awarded the prize for Best Overseas Student by the Royal Air Force Academy in the UK ...

Toledo Christian Academy and St. Alphonsus RC to defend national title
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The championship will feature the champion in both the female and male categories from all six districts of Belize. The National Primary School Volleyball ...

St. Catherine Academy and Toledo Community College are National Volleyball ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
... Schools Sports Association National Volleyball Championship was played on Friday November 6 and Saturday November 7, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. ...

Moon Belize Giveaway
Gadling (blog) - ‎11/12/09‎
A few days ago I reviewed Moon Belize (8th edition), written by Joshua Berman, who is familiar not only with Belize but also Nicaragua and other parts of ...

7000 Scholarships for students through ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Stephen Darr, Executive Director of Peacework, fell in love with Belize the first time he came to visit with his three children. ...

In Recession but NOT in Retreat
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Contracts will soon be awarded for reconstruction of the road from Little Belize to Chunox, Progresso to Little Belize, and the Copper Bank Road. ...

Remembrance Day in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
At 9 on Sunday November 8, Belize joined other countries throughout the world in the observance of Remembrance Day. Every year on November 11 or the nearest ...

From Sketteldom - with malice towards so...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Everyone in Belize knows that in Telecommunications, the Bricenos are no entrepreneurs but were just fronting for the ubiquitous Predator. ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The purpose of establishing the Office is to comply with Belize's international obligations, and is aimed at promoting international cooperation and at ...

Jason Coombs killed where he worked
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Well known and liked Belize City Businessman and owner of Pre-Con Limited, 38-year-old Jason Coombs was killed at around 5 on Wednesday November 11. ...

Fortis Inc. - Alternative Energy - Deals and Alliances Profile - new report ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - ‎11/12/09‎
The company also owns unregulated hydroelectric generation plants in Canada, Belize and upper New York State. In addition, it owns hotels and commercial ...

Double tragedy in Santa Clara: two frien...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
They apparently went grocery shopping in Chetumal and attempted to re-enter Belize via a dory, which is a way of life for those in the north who smuggle ...

Softball Federation to celebrate Softball Week
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation released the programme of activities for Softball Week, which is scheduled for November 22-29, 2009. ...

Sugar City Starz and Team Zamir Excel in Chiapas - Giovanni Choto 1st U-23
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
This past Sunday, November 1, 2009, two of Belize's primer cycling teams participated in the 1st Clasic de Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiapas, Mexico. ...

Prime Minister Barrow Receives Audit Report on KHMH
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
After allegations of improprieties at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital surfaced, Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. Dean Barrow ordered that a thorough audit ...

Busta Rhymes visits Shyne in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Though Moses did not go on air, the telephone lines were busy with supporters who wanted to welcome Busta and Angie to Belize and wish Moses a happy ...

More streets paved in Belize City
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
4th street is one of two streets that were paved on Wednesday November 11 in the Buttonwood Bay area of Belize City as part of the Urban Rejuvenation ...

160 Lots delivered to Corozalenos
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
... like the one being demonstrated by Hon. Pablo Marin, instances like this one will be repeated over and over across the entire country of Belize.

11/11/09

UB Fires Its Chief Financial Officer
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
Still recovering from the embarrassment of the salary and tuition fiasco in Mid October, 7news has confirmed that the University of Belize has given its ...

Brukdong Time Approaching
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
“Why do you believe this type of music is dying in Belize?” “Because it is a part of the Kriol culture and lately we haven't been seeing our youths, ...

The Interconnection of Coral Reefs
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
“In Belize our reefs are very very well interconnected. For example from Glover's Reef we are seeing that the larvae of corals are actually recruiting ...

Westerhaven Disputes Damage Assessment of US$18 million
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
The ship ran aground on Belize's reef in January and the Port Authority says it was due to negligence. 6000 square meters of reef was damaged and more than ...

JUST IN: Police Find Car Used in Jason Coombs Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
And in a late breaking development to our top story about this evening's murder of businessman Jason Coombs, police have reportedly found the car that ...

Businessman Jason Coombs Murdered in Late Evening Attack
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
The community has been rocked by news of another killing tonight – and this time, a businessman was the victim. This evening around five, 38 year old Jason ...

International legal co-operation office established in Belize
Caribbean Net News - ‎11/11/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize -- The Belize government has created an office of International Legal Cooperation in order to comply with the country's international ...

Businessman murdered in Port Loyola
channel5belize - ‎11/11/09‎
... the owner and operator of a construction site her right adjacent to the Customs Department in the Port Authority area of Belize City. ...

Crime stats show figures going down
channel5belize - ‎11/11/09‎
As per norm, the Belize District reported the majority of those incidents, one hundred and fifty-four of the overall figure. Cayo had the second highest ...

Orange Walk man chopped in the head
channel5belize - ‎11/11/09‎
And in Belize City, a man is clinging to life tonight after he underwent surgery for injuries he sustained early this morning. ...

UB Financial Controller and HR Director being replaced
channel5belize - ‎11/11/09‎
Following the upheaval in October at the University of Belize, changes are apparently afoot in respect of two posts: the Financial Controller, held by Harry ...

BURRELL BOOM WATER TANK RE-COMMISSIONED
LoveFM - ‎11/11/09‎
Area representative for Belize Rural North Edmund Castro says that while the reservoir solves one problem it is the beginning of bigger water system project ...

CANE FARMERS RECEIVE FINAL PAYMENT
LoveFM - ‎11/11/09‎
The payment which was to be received on November ninth was delayed by the Belize Sugar Industries Limited. According to BSI their new financing facility ...

TOURISTS PAINT PAEDIATRIC WARD AT KHMH
LoveFM - ‎11/11/09‎
Shannon Wentworth, the organization's co-founder, tells us how they decided on volunteering in Belize. ”When Sweet decided to come to Belize City we asked ...

AUDITOR GENERAL EXPLAINS PRIVATIZATION OF LOTTERY AND BOLEDO PROCESS
LoveFM - ‎11/11/09‎
The decision by the government of Belize to put the public Lottery and Boledo into private management has been the subject of scrutiny from various sections ...

VETERANS DAY OBSERVED
LoveFM - ‎11/11/09‎
Each year at this time poppies are sold in Belize as in the rest of CARICOM and Common Wealth. Funds raised are used to assist ex-servicemen and women who ...

11/10/09

COUNTERFEIT HUNDRED DOLLAR NOTE FOUND
LoveFM - ‎11/10/09‎
As we approach the Christmas shopping season, one Belize City business establishment is sounding the alarm for businesses and the general public to be on ...

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT REWARDED FOR “DOING THE RIGHT THING”
LoveFM - ‎11/10/09‎
... is the latest recipient of the 'Do The Right Thing Award; an honor afforded to exemplary secondary school students by the Belize Police Department. ...

OVER A HUNDRED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARD TODAY
LoveFM - ‎11/10/09‎
Peacework International has been active in community development in Belize for the past fifteen years. Present on behalf of the non-profit organization was ...

Cabinet Votes to Refurbish Sports Facilities in the City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
That news is that government has set aside the not-so-munificent-sum of forty thousand dollars for the refurbishment of twenty sporting facilities in Belize ...

Hefty Stash of Stolen Items Found Hidden Behind Church
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
The stolen property recovered is considered one of the largest finds in recent memory from the Belize District and it includes a range of items from weapons ...

Communications Blackout South of Belmopan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
Southern Belize was under a communications blackout for two hours last night. That means there was no cellular service, no cable and no internet being ...

Fundamental Changes Needed in Insurance Industry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
And then on Monday we heard from the President of the Belize Association of Insurance Companies Judy McCudeon that due to the high cost of health care, ...

Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Peacework Award Promise Scholarships
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
So their donation of $70000 to high school students in Belize probably isn'ta big deal to the firm. But it was the best news to the 113 first form students ...

Cannon Obispo Charged for Rape
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
... the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital before the police brought him to court. Tonight he is on remand at the Belize Central Prison until December twenty third.

Westerhaven Admits It Damaged Reef; GOB Wants US$18 million
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
In January the Westerhaven cargo ship ran aground on Belize's barrier reef – 32 miles from Belize City The ship was exiting Belize through the English Caye ...

Deisy Avila is Doing the Right Thing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/09‎
Sgt. Dianne Williams who is in charge of Community Policing in Belize City believes it may be the result of a lack of interest on behalf of secondary ...

PUBLIC SERVICES TRAINS NEW EMPLOYEES
LoveFM - ‎11/10/09‎
An induction training seminar is currently being held in Belize City by the Ministry of the Public Service. The annual exercise is conducted to familiarize ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/10/09‎
Two men, one in Belize City and the other in Dangriga have been busted unlicensed firearms and ammunition in separate incidents on Sunday. ...

11/8/09

Father Observed Post Mortem on His Dead Newborn
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
On Thursday we told you about the tragic death of a newborn at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. His parents Judith Moody and Rudy Faber told us that on ...

Central Bank Governor Answers Tough Questions about High Interest Rates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
Belize has had that in this year, but a review of the records at the Statistical Institute of Belize will show that the there were two such quarters at the ...

Insurance Awareness Week Opens with Forum
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
Judy McCutcheon, the President of the Belize Association of Insurance Companies believes that everyone should be able to afford some type of insurance ...

Arreni Flores Wins Miss Garifuna
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
She was closely followed by Miss Dangriga Lawani Marin who came in second and Miss Belize City Keila Martinez who walked off with third place. ...

Transport Dept. Refuses to License Alton Flores' Bus
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
Alton Flores who operates runs from Belize City to Ladyville says the Department of Transport is refusing to re-license one of his busses. ...

Shyne Celebrates 31st Birthday with Busta Rhymes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
They returned to Belize City yesterday for what one family member described as a quiet and emotional dinner. Busta Rhymes and Angie Martinez made an ...

Ida Kills More than 100 in Salvador
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
Hurricane Ida blew right past Belize, causing no damage at all. There was steady rain across the country, but water levels were only slightly elevated. ...

Computer Repair Man Fined for Stealing Laptop
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
If fifty one year old Frank Conorquie is unable to make the payments he will spend eighteen months at the Belize Central Prison. According to court reports ...

Double Tragedy in Santa Clara
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/09‎
He says the men were trying to illegally cross back into Belize territory via a dory but were unsuccessful. Information to Filiberto Aban is that two then ...

James Adderley with the latest in sporting news
channel5belize - ‎11/8/09‎
With Ida gone, the Belize Premier Football League staged week eleven of its annual competition as advertised going into the weekend. ...

KHMH gets new Chief of Staff
channel5belize - ‎11/8/09‎
Bulwer has practiced medicine in Belize for years and is also an accomplished writer. In 2002, he wrote and published a health book “Your Doctor Can't Make ...

ACTIVITIES FOR INSURANCE WEEK UNDERWAY
LoveFM - ‎11/8/09‎
The Supervisor of Insurance in Belize is Alma Gomez. “The Belize policyholders are in a far better position than their counterparts in the rest of the ...

FIRE LEAVES BELMOPAN FAMILY HOMELESS
LoveFM - ‎11/8/09‎
Love News spoke with Kenneth Mortis, Training Officer at the Belize Fire Service. "What we gathered from our personnel in Belmopan was that a fire took ...

11/7/09

Commentary: Slick But No Shyne
Belizean - ‎11/7/09‎
Belize opened its arms last week to welcome home a man described as the country's most famous deportee.  Accomplished "hip-hop" artist Jamaal "Shyne" Barrow was handed over...

11/6/09

NEMO on Flood Alert
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/6/09‎
“They keep advising us, 'guys we got twenty odd inches of rain that may reach Belize, may.' We are not certain to what extent it will survive once it ...

BNTU PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO STANCE TAKEN BY ORANGE WALK BRANCH
LoveFM - ‎11/6/09‎
"As the Belize National Teachers Union Executive and Council of Management we had requested earlier, weeks ago, to have a series of consolations because ...

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK APPROVES LOAN FOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
LoveFM - ‎11/6/09‎
The loan was given to promote Belize's agricultural innovation and animal and plant health protection to boost competitiveness, stimulate growth and expand ...

Harrison Roches Wins MVP in Honduras
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/6/09‎
He scored 9 goals for that team. Rocahes played with the Belize selection when they played Mexico in the reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.

RECORD THIRD PAYMENT FOR CANE FARMERS DELAYED
LoveFM - ‎11/6/09‎
While farmers expected to receive their third and final payment for the 2008/2009 crop on Monday Belize Sugar Industries says it will not be able to meet ...

Couple Fined for Concealing Death of Son
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/6/09‎
They buried their 18 month old child in a pigtail bucket in their back yard in 2004 and after pleading guilty to that on Wednesday, 32 year old Michael ...

Contestants Prep for National Miss Garifuna Pageant
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/6/09‎
Last week Friday we showed you the contestants for Ms. Garifuna Belize City. Well that was like the playoffs, and tomorrow, the winner of similar pageants ...

BELIZE CITY COUPLE FINED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CONCEALMENT OF THEIR CHILD'S ...
LoveFM - ‎11/6/09‎
A Belize City couple who had pleaded guilty to concealing the death of their child were each fined two thousand 500 dollars. They were given until November ...

Businessman swindled out of thousands of dollars
channel5belize - ‎11/6/09‎
Police are looking for the man with sticky fingers who has left a Belize City businessman short of thousands of dollars. Murli Mahitani, owner of Delta ...

Ida Down to Tropical Depression
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/6/09‎
Belize remains mostly out of the projected storm track. We say mostly because according to the computer models, northern Belize could experience some of the ...

11/5/09

Take Your Best Shot Competition III
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/5/09‎
What started in 2007, has turned into an annual event wherein Belize is celebrated. It is a photography competition with all images being captured within ...

3 San Pedro men freed after lifetime conviction
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/5/09‎
They subsequently appealed their conviction and by August of 2005, the Court of Appeals in Belize dismissed their appeal. After retaining the services of ...

Taking a look at responsible tourism
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/5/09‎
So far there have been two similar tourism related policies, the 1998 Blackstone Strategy and the Belize Tourism Policy 2005. ...

Coastal Living Magazine features Belize
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/5/09‎
Well, Belize, of course. “Al and I did some research, and we actually gave each other a high-five in our kitchen when we read an article about Belize,” ...

Shyne Moving On Up to Renaissance Tower
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/09‎
7News has confirmed reports that Shyne Barrow, now known as Moses Leviy is finalizing negotiations to live in the poshest penthouse in Belize. ...

Orange Walk BNTU Rejects Teaching Services Commission
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/09‎
Last week the Belize National Teacher's Union and Minister of Education Patrick Faber made peace when government agreed to provide clarifications about the ...

Orange Walk union against Teaching Services Commission
channel5belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Orange Walk Branch of the Belize National Teachers Union has taken a different position than its parent organization, the BNTU Late this evening it held a ...

Ida Weakens
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/09‎
And while those countries are sure to experience some kind of extreme weather event, Belize has its own concerns: specifically will Ida make it out into the ...

Dwain Davis Critical
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/09‎
Former City Council Financial Controller Dwain Davis is in a critical condition tonight – after experiencing a stroke this morning. ...

San Pedro Columbia villagers upset about proposed dam
channel5belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Research work has already begun by the company, Belize Hydro-electric Company, and at a meeting last Sunday called by the Ya'axche Conservation Trust, ...

Healthy Living looks at commercial sexual exploitation
channel5belize - ‎11/5/09‎
In Belize like most other countries, children are regarded as our most precious resource. They are offered special protection under the laws catering to ...

2 Teenagers charged with Attempted Murder of Mark Lord
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
On Sunday, October 25, Mark Lord was pursued and shot five times near an alley on Hydes Lane in Belize City. Since then police investigations led to the ...

Hummingbird Elementary girls and St. John Vianney boys are Belize City Champions
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Belize City Primary Schools Volleyball Championship came to an end on Monday November 2, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. In the male championship game, ...

Philippa Griffith-Bailey MBE, JP.S newest Belizean elected to the ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation is pleased to inform the general public that Mrs. Philippa Griffith-Bailey MBE, JPS has been elected to the International ...

BWS PROVIDES INSIDE LOOK AT REASONS FOR WATER INTERRUPTION
LoveFM - ‎11/5/09‎
Today I decided to follow the trail of a release issued by Belize Water Services Ltd. regarding low water pressure in Belama phases three and four. ...

DWAIN DAVIS RECOVERS FROM STROKE AT KHMH
LoveFM - ‎11/5/09‎
Director of Finance at the Belize City Council, Dwain Davis, is tonight in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after suffering a ...

YFF PREPARES FOR YOUTH AWARDS
LoveFM - ‎11/5/09‎
The Ministry of Youth, Sports, Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with Youth for the Future will be hosting an awards show called the Belize ...

CATHOLIC MISSION PREPARES FOR ANNUAL CHARISMATIC CONVENTION
LoveFM - ‎11/5/09‎
The thirty third annual Catholic Charismatic Convention will be taking place this weekend at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall in Belize City. ...

BELTRAIDE FACILITATES WORKSHOP ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LoveFM - ‎11/5/09‎
The two-day forum is being facilitated by the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, as part of the organization's commitment to ...

OVER 10000 Made the Switch to BTL!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
In every district throughout Belize, BTL offices were jammed pack from early Saturday morning for customers to make the switch to BTL. ...

Waak Eena fi Shee Shooz
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Haven House is one of the primary organizations in Belize working to bring an end to violence against women in our dearly beloved Belize. ...

Sound of Music Academy rouses audience at UWI
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
If this first show is any indication of the future of this institution and its students, then Belize can look forward to many more inspiring performances by ...

Tropical Storm Ida Threatens Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The storm which on Wednesday night was packing winds of up to 60 miles an hour is not yet a threat to Belize, but the projected path has it making its way ...

Belize City Council partners with Home Protector for North-side Park
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Police Department recently announced, despite what is being perceived, that there is a reduction in crime in the country. ...

New Water System for Three Villages
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Water has always been a problem for villages in that part of the Belize District. The only sources of water are old rustic hand pumps and hand dug wells ...

Auditor General Finalizing Audit Report on KHMH Commission of Inquiry to Follow
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
After allegations of corruption at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital surfaced, Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. Dean Barrow ordered that a thorough audit be ...

Minister of Sports recognizes young athletes
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Elvin Penner, Minister of Sports, invited a group of athletes to the Conference Room of the Belize City Center for a public award ceremony. ...

Government praised for catch and release...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The government of Belize in its effort to protect Belize's marine resources has signed two statutory instruments indicating its progressive and innovative ...

Sugar Shortage
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Belize consumes only ten percent of the sugar produced in a normal year and because of that any unofficial exporting of sugar affects the availability of ...

Super Bond Villain of the Week: Glenn Go...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Too often, the memory is short on how Belize got to owing over one billion dollars. This incredible debt was built up over ten years by a series of bad ...

Couple charged for killing Santa Elena taximan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
A man and a woman are behind bars at the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville for last month's murder of 30-year-old taxi driver from Santa Elena, ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Cabinet has agreed that Belize join the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE. OLADE is an inter-governmental agency that contributes to the integration ...

Fortis earnings decline in the third quarter as revenue falls $63M to $664M
Metro Canada - Halifax - ‎11/5/09‎
The company said Fortis Generation, operator of non-regulated generating in upper New York state and Belize, contributed just $4 million to earnings in the ...

Caught after paying prostitute with counterfeit bills
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
That is about thirty six thousand pesos which is roughly seven thousand Belize dollars. The bills were noted to have been printed on a high quality printer ...

Belize Defence Force and Hankook Verdes wins over the weekend
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League Opening Season continued on Sunday November 1, with games across the country. At the Carl Ramos Stadium in Dangriga town, ...

Junior female softballers to Pan Am Championship
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Management Council (the supreme power) of softball in Belize gave its approval for the National Junior Female Softball Team to participate in the III ...

CFE Cancels Power supply to Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
Belize Electricity limited has issued a press release stating that the Mexican power supplier to Belize - Comisi?n Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has advised ...

Softball week to be celebrated from November 22-29, 2009
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
The Management Council of the Belize Softball Federation has confirmed that it will be celebrating Softball Week in Belize from November 22-29, 2009, ...

Shyne Dedicates Himself to Service
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
After spending almost nine years in prison he has returned to Belize as Moses Michael Levy. An older and more enlightened Moses has embraced the Judaism ...

Top CAPE and CSEC Performers Revealed
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
On Monday, November 2, the Ministry of Education and the CXC National Committee of Belize announced the names of the top performers in the 2009 Caribbean ...

Another Lotto Draw, Another Lotto Winner!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/5/09‎
On Tuesday, October 27, Albertine Myvette, a Nurse of Belize Medical Associates, made a very familiar journey to the Lotto office at the corner of Barrack ...

11/4/09

Public consultations on Belize-Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement
ISRIA - ‎11/4/09‎
The Directorate for Foreign Trade in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture, BAHA, Customs and representation from the Belize Agroproductive Sector ...

Belize - Assessment of the Needs of Consumer Organizations in CARICOM Member ...
ISRIA - ‎11/4/09‎
Mr. John Lawrance, a consumer affairs expert appointed by CARICOM, will be in Belize on November 12th, 13th and 16th to carry out a needs assessment of the ...

Tropical Storm Ida Eyes Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
After a blessedly slow hurricane season, with November here, it was just beginning to look like Belize might be home free....but it won't be that easy to ...

Scouts Launch Recycling Project
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
500 scouts have joined the fight to keep Belize clean. They will be doing so through a new recycling program launched earlier this year. ...

Miranda Brothers Convicted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
Today the Mirandas were convicted of handling stolen items from the University of Belize's teacher kitchen on Freetown Road. The break-in occurred between ...

Bustle and Hustle at Tourism Village
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
It got off to a promising start because for the first time in a long while, three cruise ships docked off the coast of Belize City on a Wednesday. ...

Hummingbird & St. John's Vianney are District Volleyball Champs
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
The occasion was the Belize District volleyball finals and teams competed in both male and female disciplines. In the end Hummingbird Elementary won the ...

Mexico Cuts Off BEL's Power Supply
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
CFE has, though, opened the door for a new contract to provide 50 Megawatts of economic and emergency power to Belize. Needless to say, this power would be ...

Basketball Federation Appeals to World Court of Sports
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
The Belize Basketball Federations had 30 days to file an appeal of the decision handed down to it at FIBA. You will recall that the judge in that case had ...

Privy Council Orders Release of Convicted Killers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/09‎
For the last seven years they've been behind bars serving time for murder but following a decision handed down by the Privy Council in London this morning, ...

Opposition Leader speaks about Belize's economic crisis
channel5belize - ‎11/4/09‎
We could use that money to bring in fresh capital into Belize and then target it specifically to the productive sector. That is one. ...

Scout Association encourages youths to recycle
channel5belize - ‎11/4/09‎
The Scouts Association of Belize has embarked on a recycle project as their contribution to the protection of the environment. The project started last ...

Athina Swasey is CXC top scorer
channel5belize - ‎11/4/09‎
The names of the three students that placed highest in the CXC exams were released this week and all three are from Belize City schools. ...

Belize murder convictions quashed by Privy Council
Caribbean Net News - ‎11/4/09‎
Eiley, Savery and Polonio, who have always maintained their innocence, had been convicted of the murder of Justo Jario Perez in the Supreme Court of Belize ...

PRIVY COUNCIL OVERTURNS MURDER CONVICTION OF THREE MEN
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
The Judicial Council of the Privy Council in London has overturned the conviction of three men convicted of the 2002 brutal murder of sixty two year old ...

CFE PULLS THE PLUG ON BEL
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
Comisiün Federal de Electricidad, CFE, has advised Belize Electricity Limited that it is cancelling the guaranteed power supply contract (Firm Contract) ...

PUC GETS LIMITED FEEDBACK FROM BWS RATE INCREASE APPLICATION
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission received four written comments from Interested Parties in relation to the submission by Belize Water Services for a Full ...

BELIZEANS ADVISED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
Tropical Storm Ida is headed in the direction of the Nicaraguan coastline; but all interest in the region as far north as Belize is keeping a wary eye on ...

OPPOSITION LEADER CRITICIZES PM'S STIMULUS PACKAGE
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow in his most recent quarterly press conference stated what many would agree was the obvious: Belize's economy is in recession. ...

VILLAGES IN THE BELIZE RIVER VALLEY TO RECEIVE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM
LoveFM - ‎11/4/09‎
Three of the oldest villages in the Belize District will soon have quality potable water. Thanks to the efforts of the Social Investment Fund Santana, ...

SHYNE DENIES HE CONVERTED TO JUDAISM
Contactmusic.com - ‎11/4/09‎
The hip-hop star returned to his native Belize, Central America last month (Oct09) after spending more than eight years in a New York jail for his part in a ...

Belize - Intellectual Property Workshop for Small & Medium Enterprises
ISRIA - ‎11/4/09‎
As part of our commitment to develop and enhance capacity and competiveness of Small & Medium Enterprises (smes) in Belize, the Belize Trade and Investment ...

Belize - Cabinet Release
ISRIA - ‎11/4/09‎
Cabinet has agreed that Belize join the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE. OLADE is an inter-governmental agency that contributes to the integration ...

Belize - Quality Potable Water for oldest villages in the Belize District
ISRIA - ‎11/4/09‎
Santana, Corozalito and St Ann's, three of the oldest villages in the Belize District, will soon have quality potable water to be supplied by a new water ...

SHYNE URGES KIDS TO STAY IN SCHOOL
Contactmusic.com - ‎11/4/09‎
The hip-hop star returned to his native Belize last month (Oct09) after spending over eight years behind bars in New York for his part in a 1999 club ...

11/3/09

Give us plane truth on Tory billionaire's taxes
Mirror.co.uk - ‎11/3/09‎
The tycoon who made a fortune in the Central American state of Belize is arguably the second most important figure in the Tory ...

Andrew Zimmern tells the 'Bizarre Truth' about food and travel
nwitimes.com - ‎11/3/09‎
"If you're going to a place like Belize, many people go to a luxury all-inclusive on Ambergris Caye and plop down by the beautiful pool for a week and come ...

"Angels Says: Read" Launched
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Many of the businesses in Belize are serving as collection points, the hotels, the lodges, the jungle lodges, the tourism village, there will be a box there ...

The Death of Capt. Charlie Good
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Charlie Good later enlisted in the Belize Police Special Force and in 1978 it became the Belize Defense Force. He worked his way up in the BDF from a 2nd ...

Cabinet Ministers Meet Gang Members
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Our sources tell us that the meeting lasted five to six hours and was staged at Bird's Isle in Belize City. According to a Cabinet release, the meeting is ...

Only 4 Oppose BWSL Rate Increase
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Belize Water Services has asked for a rate increase, and the PUC will announce its initial decision on November 17th. The deadline for the public to send in ...

Cruise Season Off to Promising Start
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Belize is in a recession, but one thing that has proven to be recession proof is cruise tourism. Sure, overnight tourism has taken a sharp downturn in 2009, ...

Product of the Southside Wins Open Scholarship
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Last night you heard from Athina Swasey the sixth former who topped the CXC results for Belize, earning a “grade one” in 11 subjects. ...

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Two Children Burnt in Georgeville Fire
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/09‎
Two children are listed as critical in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight after they were injured in a house fire last night. ...

Police officer recovering from gunshot wound
channel5belize - ‎11/3/09‎
Pinelo was shot last Saturday in the Calla Creek Area near Arenal Village adjacent to the Belize-Guatemalan border in the west. Following reports of armed ...

BERT teaches Kolbe officers and inmates first aid
channel5belize - ‎11/3/09‎
That is why Kolbe's in house doctor invited the Belize Emergency Response Team to conduct a First Responders training course to some of its employees. ...

Statistical Institute confirms economy's decline
channel5belize - ‎11/3/09‎
The Statistical Institute of Belize has just released the Second Quarter 2009 Gross Domestic Product results. The results were poor. ...

Only 4 respond to PUC on proposed water rates increase
channel5belize - ‎11/3/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission, PUC, reports that it has received only four written comments on a submission by the Belize Water Services for a twenty-five ...

FIRE IN GEORGEVILLE VILLAGE LEAVES TWO CHILDREN INJURED
LoveFM - ‎11/3/09‎
Two children, one of them a five month old baby are hospitalized in Belize City following fire last night in Georgeville village. ...

CABINET AGREES TO JOIN OLADE
LoveFM - ‎11/3/09‎
During its regular session today Cabinet agreed that Belize join the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE. OLADE is an inter-governmental agency that ...

RETIRED BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE CAPTAIN CHARLES GOOD DEAD AT 62
LoveFM - ‎11/3/09‎
A man of humble beginnings Good was a Belizean patriot and as a former Belize Defense Force Captain he stressed the need for his children to be disciplined, ...

NEW ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED
LoveFM - ‎11/3/09‎
A new organization called “Angel Says: Read” is collecting books from tourists to donate to the public libraries in Belize. The project which was launched ...

MAJOR CHANGES TO TAKE PLACE AT BTB
LoveFM - ‎11/3/09‎
Yesterday, Executive Director of the Belize Tourism Board Tracy Panton and Director of Finance Even Tillett were informed that when their contracts which ...

11/2/09

LU student earns full scholarship, $10000 to run own study in Belize
Beaumont Enterprise  - ‎11/2/09‎
Zarzosa plans to spend next summer in Ambergris Caye, Belize, to survey parasites common to domestic dogs and study the probability of transfer to humans. ...

Shyne Speaks:
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
It wasn'ta random stop-in, Shyne was visiting the school he attended briefly in 1993 when he last lived in Belize. 16 years have passed since then and in ...

Bitter Loss for National Cricket Team
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
Belize's National Cricket Team returned from Chile with silver medals. They say the competition was stiff and the loss against Brazil was bitter. ...

Athina Swasey Passed 11 cxcs
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
The CXC results are in and Belize's top finisher is the quite brilliant Athina Swasey. The 17 year old graduate of Edward P. Yorke High School received ...

Trick or Treaters Run the Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
[Children Shouting “Trick or treat in Belize City.”] “We come trick or treat right now. Today is devil's birthday right. I like Halloween because it is fun. ...

Policeman Shot by Bandits in Cayo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
Police in western Belize suspect that a group of Guatemalan bandits targeted a police patrol outside of Benque Viejo on Saturday. ...

Hope Creek Gets Potable Water
Channel 7 Daily News - < ‎11/2/09‎
The Hope Creek Water System was funded by the Caribbean Development Bank, Canadian International Development Agency and the Government of Belize. ...

Junior Athletes Get Trophies for CODICADER Games
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/09‎
More than one hundred junior athletes represented Belize in last month's Central American Council for Sports and Recreation Games in Costa Rica. ...

Masked men invade home of 81 year old retiree
channel5belize - ‎11/2/09‎
A retired woman who shuttles between New York and Belize, got a shocking welcome when she came back home over the weekend. The woman arrived on Saturday and ...

Policeman shot by Guatemalan bandits
channel5belize - ‎11/2/09‎
His condition is being described by the doctor as stable in the hospital in Belize City.” “It's possible that the bandits are from Guatemala?”

Belizean in LAPD busted shipping illegal guns
channel5belize - ‎11/2/09‎
And a cop believed to be a Belizean with the LAPD who allegedly owns a private security firm in Belize surrendered to US authorities today after he was ...

Student athletes awarded for endurance under pressure
channel5belize - ‎11/2/09‎
The students returned to Belize by plane and were again in the news because their performance was not up to par. Well, tonight the story is on a more ...

Excellence is the Champion of Champions in cricket
channel5belize - ‎11/2/09‎
Week ten of the BPFL competition brought League Leading Hankook Verdes to the MCC Grounds to face a floundering FC Belize who came in yesterday after losing ...

The Maya forest
Barbados Advocate - ‎11/2/09‎
... outside Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula (south-eastern Mexico which separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico) borders, into Guatemala and Belize. ...

TOP STUDENTS TO BE HONORED
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
Stacey Karyn Grinage of St. John's College Junior College is winner of the Belize Scholarship for this year. Grinage was the most outstanding candidate in ...

TEENAGER BADLY INJURED IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
Williams was taken first to the Loma Luz Hospital in Santa Elena town and later transferred to the KHMH in Belize City. The chairman of the Georgeville ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
Steven Bain, an office assistant at Belize City Council was charged with drug trafficking when he appeared in court today. Bain pleaded not guilty to the ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
Police Constable Donald Pinelo remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in a stable condition. PC Pinelo was injured while on a routine ...

BUSINESSMAN ATTEMPTS TO ILLEGALLY SHIP TEN GUNS TO BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
A Los Angeles police officer has been indicted in that California city for attempting to illegally export guns to his security firm in Belize. ...

MEXICAN EMBASSY CELEBRATES THE DAY OF THE DEAD
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
The opening ceremony will be held on this afternoon at the Regional Language Center building of the University of Belize Belmopan campus. ...

RED CROSS HOSTS TWO DAY TRAINING
LoveFM - ‎11/2/09‎
The Belize Red Cross conducted an information sharing workshop at the Best Western Biltmore Plaza for first aid instructors over the weekend. ...

Belize - Over 950 Residents of Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek Dist, will ...
ISRIA - ‎11/2/09‎
The Government of Belize contributed ,000 in counterpart funding while the community of Hope Creek provided the labour for the trenching and laying of the ...

10/30/09

Ashcroft 'is sure to ask for favours'
Mirror.co.uk - ‎10/30/09‎
But Dean Barrow, who was elected PM of Belize with the tycoon's support, claimed Ashcroft will expect favours. Mr Barrow told The Independent newspaper: "He ...

Supreme Court Rules Against Education Minister Patrick Faber
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
... Faber, then an Opposition Area Representative, was unceremoniously dragged across the University of Belize's Belmopan campus after he broke through a ...

Teens Charged for Shooting Mark Lord
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
The shooting of Mark Lord on Sunday has generated a fair deal of criticism for the police department – which is accused of first, depositing him on George ...

Contestants for Miss Garifuna Belize City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
Miss Garifuna Belize City will be chosen tomorrow night at the Bliss Center. It will officially kick off activities leading up to November 19th. ...

Armed Robbery at Belize Logistics
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
There was an early afternoon robbery in downtown Belize City today. The target was Belize Logistics Services on Albert Street. ...

Smart Fires Back at PM Dean Barrow
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
... public opinion against Speednet in order to create a competitive advantage in favour of the now Government controlled Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Belizean Busted in Mexico with Throve of Counterfeit Pesos
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
He said he paid one Jose Luis $4000 Belize dollars in exchange for the counterfeit pesos. The men were detained pending charges of counterfeit. ...


Wife Killer Cecil Gabourel Sentenced
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/09‎
On Monday Cecil Gabourel pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing his wife on Christmas day of 2006. Today was sentencing day and Justice Adolph Lucas ...

OPPOSITION LEADER RESPONDS TO PRIME MINISTER'S PRONOUNCEMENT ON THE ECONOMIC ...
LoveFM - ‎10/30/09‎
Yesterday Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that Belize's Economy is in recession. It is certainly not good news particularly as the prospects of ...

Wife calls husband's arrest a case of mistaken identity
channel5belize  - ‎10/30/09‎
But according to his wife, Marilyn Lopez, and his mother, Lucia Perez, not only was Wilbert at home when the robbery occurred, he was in Belize City. ...

Salvation Army primary school gets musical donation
channel5belize - ‎10/30/09‎
“What we would hope that the kids would do, is a lot of our local music because we have noticed too that Belize has been bombarded by foreign artists and ...

Jia Cheng Wu's art exhibit opens at Image Factory
channel5belize - ‎10/30/09‎
Opening tonight at the Image Factory is an art exhibition by twenty-three year old Jia Cheng Wu, an employee of Belize Bank. Wu, originally from China, ...

Is there sweet crude oil in Gallon Jug?
channel5belize - ‎10/30/09‎
But the government still has royalties that it collects from Belize Natural Energy. The Prime Minister announced on Wednesday that revenues are down by at ...

MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
LoveFM - ‎10/30/09‎
... 32-year-old Carol Gabourel, once in the region on her left collar bone on December 25, 2006, at their home on Neal Pen Road in Belize City. ...

TWO TEENAGERS CHARGED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER
LoveFM - ‎10/30/09‎
The teenager said he was detained by Police and instead of taking him to the Police Station he was taken to the Southside of Belize City in a rival ...

SIF CONTINUES TO MEET BASIC NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES COUNTRYWIDE
LoveFM - ‎10/30/09‎
Of that amount about $287 thousand was in the form of a grant from CDB and the Government of Belize contributed the counterpart funding. ...

Belizean Librarians At Bainbridge College
BainbridgeGa.com - ‎10/30/099‎
Bainbridge College (BC) hosted two librarians from Belize in October as part of an on-going cooperative program between the college and Belizean schools and ...

Shark Tagging Expedition Deemed a Toothy Success
PR-AU.com... (press release) - ‎10/30/099‎
The tags were attached by Dr. Rachel T. Graham of the Wildlife Conservation Society of Belize. After photo identifying and determining the sex of the sharks ...

Belize: Prime Minister Says Country in Recession
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release) - ‎10/30/09‎
I think that we all in this country, including the experts, underestimated the effects of the global economic crisis on Belize. Of most importance is what ...

Jamal “Shyne” Barrow, Belizean rapper, arrives home after US deportation
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
He was born in Belize as Jamal Barrow, the son of Imeon Myvett and Dean Barrow. But when he began making the rounds in New York's big rappers circles, ...

Belize Hydroelectric spanked with $33500 levy for illegal entry, damages to ...
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
Chief Forestry Officer, Wilber Sabido, told Amandala yesterday,Wednesday, that the Belize Hydroelectric Development and Management Company Ltd. (BHD) had ...

“Our economy is in recession:” PM Barrow
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
While the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) has yet to release new data on the gross domestic product (GDP), the SIB on Wednesday released trade ...

Cecil Gabourel, 42, pleads guilty to manslaughter
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
Christmas Day 2006 ended in tragedy for one Belize City family, when Cecil Gabourel, 42, stabbed his wife, Carol Gabourel, 32, to death. ...

Top GOB officials pledge support for WORTH dialysis project
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
Marin said they are hoping that by April 2010 they can implement the dialysis program at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City and La Loma Luz ...

Reggie Jex writes from the Big Apple
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
The situation in Belize is keeping away a lot of us from coming back home. Guatemala will take over because they will be the ones to come in and face the ...

UB teachers ask Board of Trustees for assurances on increment freeze
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
The pitched battle between the students and lecturers of the University of Belize on one hand, and the Board of Trustees on the other, continues apace ...

Shot in the chest, man enters police station; police refuse him aid
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
Kings Park resident Mark Lord, 18, is a victim of most unusual circumstances. He was shot five times in the left arm and chest and currently lies in stable ...

Honoring an education giant - St. Michael's College becomes Maud Williams High ...
Amandala - ‎10/30/09‎
In recognition of a half-century of service to the field of education in Belize through teaching and administration, the Ministry of Education on Wednesday ...

Recsession! But no IMF, says PM Barrow
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/30/09‎
But the Government of Belize will not go to the IMF for a bail-out and will not submit to IMF controls, Barrow said, at his quarterly press conference held ...

MoneyGram Money Laundering Inquiry Begins
The Reporter Belize  - ‎10/30/09‎
... she stated that MoneyGram International was misusing local driver's'license information, having people send money to Belize under false names such as, ...

UWI Honours Zee Edgell Doctor of Literature
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
A native of Belize, this accomplished novelist began her career as a reporter for the Jamaica Gleaner. She also became the Reporter's first Editor. ...

Needed: a Usury Law to prevent exploitation! High interest rates enterprise ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/30/09‎
It has been made clear, that without a usury law that limits the interest rates that Belize's Banks can charge, that Belize's economy ...

Kreig, Bradley are Local Unsung Heroes
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
According to Rosanna Villanueva, Local Coordinator of the Unsung Heroes Programme in Belize, Krieg and Bradley's names and their profiles have been ...

$800000 to be spent on village improvements in the Toledo District
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/30/09‎
The Government of Belize is to spend more than $800000 in Santa Vicente and Sunday Wood, two remote villages in the Toledo District on schools and a water ...

Daniella shines in El Salvador - voted Miss Photogenic
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
Later Daniella said it was an honor and pleasure for her to represent Belize since it was the first time in history that a Belizean had participated in the ...

Orange Walk cops torch marijuana crop worth seven million
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
Police say that the marijuana trade is responsible for the guns and the crime in Belize and have vowed to carry out sustained eradication measures. ...

DNA important in crime detection. Cayo Police take crash course
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/30/09‎
He said the Belize police could solve many more crimes which would lead to more guilty persons being convicted in court, as well establish innocence in.

Paraquat poisoning claims teenage student in Corozal
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/30/09‎
(In Belize, 1 liter costs about $15, and Pro-quat, another formulation from the same herbicide, costs even less.) When Paraquat is ingested, ...

Man killed by electrocution in Orange Walk
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
A man is dead after he was electrocuted around 4:30 pm on Tuesday, October 27th, while he was welding a boat near the New ...

St. Michael's is now Maud Williams High School
The Reporter Belize  ‎10/30/09‎
St. Michael's College in Belize City was renamed the Maud Williams High School in honor of career educator 80 year old Maud ...

10/29/09

Councilor Pablo Ico travels to Cuba
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/29/09‎
The 12th Session of the Belize/Cuba Mixed Commisssion was held in Havana, Cuba on October 22nd and 23rd. The Belize delegation was headed by the Minister of ...

SP Lions Celebrate 34th Anniversary
San Pedro Sun  ‎10/29/09‎
Also receiving an award was Lion Ali Kisling for his dedication to Lionism in Belize. Rompe Raja was presented with a gift in the form of a high quality ...

New Salvadoran Ambassador visits San Pedro
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/29/09‎
His Excellency (HE) Julio Milton Parada presented his credentials to the Governor General of Belize HE Sir Colvin Young and Prime Minister of Belize ...

Justices of the Peace convene in SP
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/29/09‎
The Association is seriously concerned about the crime situation on the country of Belize as a whole. As such, working together with the Supreme Court, ...

Prime minister says economy is in recession
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
On the day the US announced its recession may be over, in Belize, Prime Minister Barrow admitted that we are now in the grips of a recession. ...

BNTU and Ministry of Education make new agreement
channel5belize - ‎10/29/09‎
... to Cabinet this Tuesday and got its green light despite a request by the Belize National Teacher's Union's for an extension of the consultation period. ...

PM Barrow Declares A Recession
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
PM Barrow was talking about the economy – all indicators are down and Belize. “It has to be well and truly said that our economy is in recession. ...

PM Barrow Comments on Return of Son, Shyne
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
But it was wonderful to see that he is free at last and good to have him in Belize. Although he appeared physically frail, it was obvious that he is ...

Blazer & Motorbike Collide
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
“I was coming from Belize City to get to the burying ground with my indicator light on and everything and when I turned there, the guy on the motorcycle was ...

More Skeletons from BTL
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
And while the Prime Minister was glum about the fuel pronouncement, he was visibly angry when he discussed the issue of BTL and SMART. ...

Violence Anthropologists Researching Crime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
Belize has the second highest murder rate in the Caribbean and at 34 murders for every 100000 residents, we are above the average murder rate in Central ...

BTL Will Sue for Channel 5
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
And because of those contracts and other questionable arrangements, the Prime Minister says the fight with Lord Ashcroft and his multiple corporate entities ...

Minister Faber Moving Ahead with Teaching Commission
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/29/09‎
As we showed you earlier, the Prime Minister appeared at the press conference flanked by Ministers Faber, Perdomo, Marin and Martinez. ...

UDP's process against mayor shows accountability says PM
channel5belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers has a number of legal battles in court. Attorney Hubert Elrington is challenging on her behalf, the legality of ...

PM supports Returnable Containers Bill
channel5belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Association of Protected Areas Management Organization and the Belize Chamber of Chamber of Commerce recently held a joint press conference asking the ...

PRIME MINISTER SAYS ECONOMY IS IN RECESSION BUT HE IS NOT GOING TO THE IMF FOR ...
LoveFM - ‎10/29/09‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow this morning held his quarterly press conference in Belize City. Various issues were discussed during the almost two hour long ...

STATUTORY INSTRUMENT RESTRICTING MOVEMENT OF CITRUS PLANTING MATERIAL SIGNED ...
LoveFM - ‎10/29/09‎
The law requires anyone wishing to move citrus planting material within the country to apply for a permit from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/29/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at the Transport Department in Belize City. The cashier reported that on Wednesday while inside ...

Ashcroft & Belize: 'The only thing he respects is dollars'
Independent - ‎10/29/09‎
Stephen Foley tests the mood in Belize City "Lord Ashcroft? I can tell you about Lord Ashcroft. Let me tell you all about that man. ...

OAS FUNDS A PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMUNICATION NETWORK IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/29/09‎
The Organization of American States has provided Belize with funding for the development of a Public Affairs Communication Network. ...

No Place Like Home - Jamal “Shyne” Barrow is Back
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
After being incarcerated for almost nine years, Jamal Barrow, AKA Shyne, is now a free man in his home country, Belize. His plane landed at about 2:30 pm on ...

Unsung Heroes Nominated
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
She was born and raised in Belize City but moved to the USA to make a life for herself. Five years ago the former registered critical care nurse moved to ...

Intelligent & Civilized
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
... “make the toaster so hot that it instantly converts bread to tar which can be used to fill potholes” (but who needs that since Belize has no potholes). ...

Livestock Producers Association holds AGM
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Belize Livestock Producers' Association (BLPA) held its 32nd Annual General Meeting on Saturday October 24, 2009 at the Livestock Central Market ...

Government Officials Complete Land Policy for Sustainable Rural Development ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) October 26, 2009 – Three Government of Belize officials returned to Belize on October 24 after completing a six-week ...

New Storybook for Children to Launch in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
A new Caribbean storybook was launched in Belize as part of the national consultation on family learning on October 28, 2009. The book was unveiled by Mrs. ...

Los Angeles To Host Fundraiser for the Belize Cancer Center – Dangriga
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
(Los Angeles) The Consulate of Belize in Los Angeles and Blissfulsage Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of services ...

Citco Promotes Civic Pride
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Belize City Council has been determined to galvanize the residents of Belize City to take up more responsibility in the beautification and overall ...

New Chan Chen Government School to be inaugurated
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Of this amount, $287698.14 was a grant from the CDB and the Government of Belize contributed $64889.54. The Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF 5) is a program ...

Guatemala prepares for ICJ
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
... in the judicial process on the territorial, insular and maritime differendum with Belize to be settled before the International Court of Justice. ...

Sanitation Councillor says “Proceed with Returnable Containers”
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Sanitation Department of the Belize City Council during a press conference held by the Belize Chamber of Commerce On Tuesday, 13 October, expressed its ...

The Master of Control
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
... or the prompt return of their assets, namely the Belize Times, Independence Hall and Positive Vibes Radio (once thought to be the property of the PUP) ...

Hope Creek Village gets new Water System
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Government of Belize contributed $65000 in counterpart funding while the community of Hope Creek provided the labour for the trenching and laying of the ...

Aldo Ayuso Fighting Dismissal from Polic...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Aldo Ayuso was dismissed from the Belize Police Department in 2005, and on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 he filed an application for a judicial review into ...

Cecil Gabourel Confesses to Killing his ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
On Tuesday, October 27, Cecil Gabourel appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas in the Belize Supreme Court to face a charge of murder for the stabbing death of ...

Primary Schools Volleyball Competition e...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Belize City Primary Schools Volleyball Competition entered its Semi-Final round on Monday October 26, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. ...

Retiree killed in Hattieville
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
A retiree living in Hattieville died a brutal death on Friday afternoon. Around 4 pm, a family member found 59-year-old Hubert Tillett floating face up in a ...

Sweeping changes at XXIV ISF Congress in...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Fifty-two National Federations including Belize attended the congress, which is the highest power of the International Softball Federation. ...

Central Region High Schools Basketball o...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The 2009 Central Region Secondary Schools Basketball Competition opened on Monday October 26, at the Belize City Centre. This year's competition will ...

Hankook Verdes leads in BPFL championshi...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
At the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio Town, the league's leading team Hankook Verdes defeated FC Belize by the score of 1-0. ...

Kenneth Butler captures Bunas' birthda...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Belize Cycling Association in conjunction with the Guinness/Leslie's Imports Cycling team sponsored the Bunas' Birthday Race on Saturday October 24, ...

Old School Trial Farm Vega's Cup Tourn...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Gaspar Vega the Deputy Prime Minister of Belize and sponsor of the championship. The champions Old School received $3000.00 plus a trophy, sub-champion La ...

Maude Williams Recognized for Contribution to education
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
... of Education formally recognized the contributions that Maud Williams has made for the better part of 60 years to the education system in Belize. ...

Obama's Representative Hopes to Make Big Impact
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
He has been in Belize a little over a month and on Tuesday, October 27, the United States Ambassador to Belize, Vinai Thummalapally, held a press conference ...

Channel 5 sued
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
The Guardian is reliably informed that the same individual was seen entering the Belize City Council on Tuesday October 27 and leaving three and a half ...

Teacher Services Commission moving ahead
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/29/09‎
Faber explains that he has received correspondence from the Belize National Teacher's Union to have further consultations and says that “we are always ...

10/28/09

Belize Livestock Producers Association 2009 Annual General Meeting
ISRIA - ‎10/28/09‎
The Belize Livestock Producers' Association (BLPA) held its 32nd Annual General Meeting on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at the Livestock Central Market ...

Belize - Speech by Minister Montero at Belize Livestock Producers Association AGM
ISRIA - ‎10/28/09‎
It is with pleasure that I am addressing you on this the thirty second annual general meeting of the Belize Livestock Producers Association. ...

St. Michael's College Renamed Maud Williams High
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
“We hope that we will continue to do the things that we are doing in terms of serving the entire population of Belize and not discriminating against ...

Can Diego Dish and Carlotta Spoon Get Kids to Read?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
When TV was first introduced in Belize in 1981 it is fair to say that this medium has had a negative effect on early childhood learning. ...

Minister Faber Not Afraid of BNTU
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
Yesterday Cabinet approved the proposal for the establishment of the Teacher's Service Commission. It was submitted and approved despite vocal opposition ...

Shyne Visits Youth Hostel
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
As we reported at the top of the news, Jamal Shyne Barrow – or Moses Michael Leviy, as he is now known is in Belize tonight. He was deported today after 9 ...

BTL Employee Charged for Burglary
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
Today the island authorities told 7News that on Sunday night the accused who does not live in San Pedro but Belize City gained access into the building by ...

An Egg A Day...
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
But the Belize Poultry Association today put the egg before the chicken and held a special event to say, eggs are good for you. Is it just self promotion or ...

Jamal Shyne Barrow Back in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/09‎
Jamal Shyne Barrow was deported to Belize today – ending two decades of residence in the United States and close to 9 years of imprisonment for felony ...

Sister of Hubert Tillett says he was tortured before his murder
channel5belize - ‎10/28/09‎
According to Tillett-Kinnard, Hubert is the second brother that has been murdered in Belize and it has been difficult to cope with the loss. ...

NEW CHILDREN STORYBOOK LAUNCHED IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
A ceremony to introduce a project aimed at boosting parent and child literacy in Belize was held this morning at the Princess Hotel. ...

ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE OFFICIALLY RENAMED
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
It is not often that we get to honor educators in Belize much less those who have contributed so much for so long as Mrs. Maud Williams has. ...

GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE COMPLETES PAYMENT FOR BELIZE WATER SERVICES LIMITED
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
The government of Belize has made the final payment for shares in the Belize Water Services. Former owners, Cascal, today reported on its website that the ...

BELIZE POULTRY ASSOCIATION HOSTS EGG SYMPOSIUM
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
Representatives from the Belize Poultry Association, Doctors and representatives from the Belize Agriculture Health Authority are giving presentations on ...

St. Michael's renamed Maud Williams High School
channel5belize - ‎10/28/09‎
The high school was re-opened in 2000 and the enrollment currently stands at two hundred and seventy-six students. Saint Michael's High School was today ...

SALVATION ARMY PRIMARY SCHOOL RECEIVED NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
The Salvation Army Primary School in Belize City today received a donation of musical instruments. Fifteen recorders were presented to school during brief ...

PM'S SON RETURNS HOME
LoveFM - ‎10/28/09‎
Jamal Shyne Barrow, son of Prime Minister Dean Barrow returned to Belize this afternoon. On October six Barrow was released from a federal prison in New ...

Regional cruise tourism up in a down economy
Caribbean Net News - ‎10/28/09‎
... Cozumel, Ensenada and Huatulco in Mexico; Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua in Central America, and Cartagena, Colombia, in South America. ...

10/27/09

Belize - Three Government Officials Complete Land Policy for Sustainable Rural ...
ISRIA - ‎10/27/09‎
Three Government of Belize officials returned to Belize on October 24 after completing a six-week training course on land policy in the Republic of China ...

Project Pride Launched
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/09‎
A new initiative by the Belize City Council will target a specific group of persons, who despite their young age should make a big difference in motivating ...

Nurse Myvette Hits LOTTO Jackpot
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/09‎
If you have even been to Belize Medical Associates you may know her as Nurse Myvette, regarded as one of the most friendly faces and helpful employees at ...

Hubert Tillett's Killer Still on the Loose
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/09‎
Robbery appears to have been the motive as the house was ransacked and his DVD player, TV, and radio were stolen. Hubert Tillett was a retiree living in Belize.
New US Ambassador Faces the Press
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/09‎
He said Belize and the United States have much in common. “I feel Belize and the United States are sort of joined at the hip. If you look at the numbers, ...

Shyne Will Touch Down at 2:40
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/09‎
He is scheduled to arrive in Belize at 2:40 tomorrow afternoon. Word is that he is being accompanied by his legal advisor Charles Ogletree. ...

Leader of Opposition speaks on crime and evidence bill
channel5belize - ‎10/27/09‎
The People's United Party met on Saturday in San Ignacio and settled an agreement to transfer the ownership of Belize Times, Vibes Radio and Independence ...

Article search: Site Web
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
The question has to be asked: Is someone profiting from the subverting of dialysis treatments from the KHMH to Belize Healthcare Partners? ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
In Belize's modern political era, Mrs. Gwendolyn Lizarraga had Pickstock as her power base, easily winning the seat in three consecutive general elections, ...

Musa goes to San Ignacio
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
Still, whatever modicum of say that we, the people, have in Belize, we have used at times of election to choose whomever we consider our best hope. ...
US AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH BELIZEAN MEDIA
LoveFM - ‎10/27/09‎
Ambassador Thummalapally told reporters that his government remains committed to the friendship and partnership that have developed between Belize and the ...

CITY COUNCIL LAUNCHES PROJECT PRIDE
LoveFM - ‎10/27/09‎
The Belize City Council is launching a new project called Project Pride. Project Pride is the latest initiative of the Councils 'Sister City' and 'After ...

LATEST LOTTO WINNER PICKS UP PRIZE MONEY
LoveFM - ‎10/27/09‎
Since it's introduction over a decade ago nurse Albertine Myvette of Belize City has been playing lotto. Today after years of taking a gamble on the lucky ...

Belize - Improving Quality in the Production of Goods and Services Workshop
ISRIA - ‎10/27/09‎
The Belize Bureau of Standards in collaboration with the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and the Inter-American Development ...

Belize - Promoting Competitiveness in the Agriculture Sector Workshop
ISRIA - ‎10/27/09‎
The Belize Bureau of Standards in collaboration with the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and the Inter-American Development ...

Belize - New Ambassador of El Salvador to Belize
ISRIA - ‎10/27/09‎
The Ambassador of El Salvador to Belize, His Excellency Julio Milton Parado Dominguez this morning presented his letters of credence to the Governor General ...
Belize - DANA Capacity Building Workshop
ISRIA - ‎10/27/09‎
... leaders will be held at the University of Belize, Department of Agriculture in Central Farm on October 27th, 28th and 29th, 2009 commencing at 8:30 AM. ...

Citrus war takes new turn
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
According to chairman of the Citrus Growers Association (CGA), Bryon Bowman, the Citrus Products of Belize Limited (CPBL) issued a notice today retracting a ...

Johnny and Said “shake hands” – one PUP again
Amandala  - ‎10/27/09‎
John Briceno, took a hard line on the position of the party's key communication and organizational assets, namely the Belize Times newspaper, ...

Darrell Carter “overnights” in Kolbe
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
Carter alleged that the Belize City Council owes $70000 to SSB; the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), $40000 to SSB. Meanwhile, owners of small ...

National draft for repeat offenders and “at risk” youth?
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
With even more incidences of violent crime reported over the weekend, there continues to be public outcry for the Government of Belize to put effective ...

Orange Walk teachers reject Teaching Services Commission, says branch president
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
President of the Orange Walk branch of the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU), Susana Vega, told Amandala after the meeting concluded tonight that all ...

Belize Hydroelectric Development and Management should pay at least 50-grand ...
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
The Ya'axché Conservation Trust (YCT), which co-manages the Bladen Nature Reserve in Toledo, says that Belize Hydroelectric Development and Management ...

Leila sues Channel 5 for libel
Amandala - ‎10/27/09‎
UDP Belize City Councilor Leila Peyrefitte, in a release to the media today, has announced that her attorneys are suing television company Great Belize ...
10/26/09

More Courtroom Bickering Over Land Rights
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
According to attorneys representing Barry Bowen and the Belize Landowners Association respectively, the new Bill is still unconstitutional. ...

Shyne Returns Home to Belize on Wednesday
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
Shyne is coming home on Wednesday. 7News has confirmed that Jamal Shyne Barrow, who now calls himself Moses Michael Levy will be deported from New York and ...

Mesoamerican Society Meeting in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
The Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation is meeting in Belize for its 13th Congress. The group's membership is vast: it numbers all ...

Overloaded Extension Cord Blamed for House Fire
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
“Which is a common practice here in Belize.” “A common practice that we at the Fire Department try to stress to homeowners not to practice. ...

Home invasion in Burrell Boom
channel5belize - ‎10/26/09‎
The businessman requested to have his name and face withheld on camera when he related the experience which is becoming too common in the Belize District. ...

$20000 Heist at Dangriga Airstrip
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
They must have known he was carrying cash because they robbed him of a package containing twenty thousand Belize dollars. And for those of you who haven't ...

Police Refused to Help Shooting Victim
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
That is what eighteen year old Mark Lord and his family are claiming happened in Belize City around noon on Sunday. According to Mark Lord he and a friend ...

7 countries attend Mesoamerican conservation congress
channel5belize - ‎10/26/09‎
For the first time in thirteen years, the congress is being held in Belize. Students, professors and scientists from across the region gathered for a full ...

James Adderley analyzes the weekend sports activities
channel5belize - ‎10/26/09‎
Kraal road of Belize City went into week twelve of the Belize Bank Super League with a four point lead in the standings of the north zone, already assured ...

Compromise at PUP Meeting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/09‎
Both major political parties held important high-level meetings to consider weighty matters on Saturday. The PUP National Executive met at Cahal Pech met to ...

PUP agrees to keep the peace over party assets
channel5belize - ‎10/26/09‎
In the west, the contentious issue of ownership of the Belize Times, Independence Hall and Positive Vibes Radio, was ventilated. ...

Will mayor be kicked out of UDP? Ethics committee set up
channel5belize - ‎10/26/09‎
“Does this have anything to do with the party's objection to the Belize City Mayor's recent comments? And the penalties that she faces by the party? ...

PUP ARRIVES AT A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE REACQUISITION OF THE PARTY'S ASSETS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
The National Executive of the People's United Party met in closed session in San Ignacio Town on Saturday to discuss internal issues pertaining to the ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating a shooting incident. Mark Lord told Police on Sunday he was walking on Hyde's Lane when he was approached by two male ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
Apart from the shotgun, the items that were stolen included three thousand Belize dollars, 800 US dollars, one laptop computer, one pair of gold earrings, ...

FIRE LEAVES BELIZE CITY FAMILY HOMELESS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
A late night fire in Belize City has left a man and his child homeless. According to Training Officer at the National Fire Service, Kenneth Mortis, ...

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION RESPONDS TO BNTU
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
The Ministry of Education has responded to the Belize National Teachers Union. Last week BNTU had written to Minister of Education Patrick Faber requesting ...

NEW SALVADORAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
The Government of El Salvador now has a new representative in Belize. Ambassador Julio Milton Parado Dominguez this morning presented his letters of ...

EXCELSIOR HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATES DRUG AWARENESS WEEK
LoveFM - ‎10/26/09‎
Excelsior High School in Belize City is celebrating its annual drug awareness week. According to Principal of the High School, Gale Thompson, ...

10/23/09

Nursing students offer health to Ladyville residents
channel5belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The University of Belize's Rural Health Nursing students made an early start in their careers of helping people. Today, the nurses in training offered a ...

Sunrise Rotary Club donates 12 computers to schools
channel5belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The Sunrise Rotary Club of Belize handed out twelve computers to Belize City primary schools on Thursday. The donations kicked off their Computer Aid ...

Will Said Musa be expelled from the PUP?
channel5belize - ‎10/23/09‎
To make that point, a guest editorial in today's BELIZE TIMES, one of the assets on claim, says that the fight is now global... that the posture of this new ...

…And personal employees also collect from council funds
channel5belize - ‎10/23/09‎
What is it that my business can offer to Belize City Council? There is nothing that business have than they cans do a trade-off with belie City Council. ...

Councillor Peyrefitte denies breaking CitCo regulations...
channel5belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The Belize City Council is known to be broke and unable to pay bills. The mayor has been criminally charged and while she was out of the country, ...

Did Councillor Peyrefitte Play Favourites with Family Business?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/23/09‎
Any business owner in Belize City who has a business that downsizes has a right to request a reassessment. I never gave Peyrefitte brothers any discount for ...

Margaret Flores Falls on Hard Luck
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/23/09‎
It is the plight of the underprivileged in Belize. Just across from number 4381 Faber's Road Extension is another neighbor's house also badly in need of ...

Councillor Leila Peyrefitte Accused of Under-Collecting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/23/09‎
We went to businesses in Belize to get motorcycles, raincoats, whistles, rubber boots, so it was not only Santiago Castillo that got these discounts. ...

Gun Misfired in Tienda Diamond Ent. Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/23/09‎
Two hours after the armed robbery at Tienda Melchor, armed gunmen struck again, this time on the north side at Diamond Entertainment, a game room on Saint ...

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎10/23/09‎
Sometime after two o'clock this afternoon Diamond Entertainment game shop on St Thomas Street was held up by two armed robbers. According to the Manager of ...

NGC BELIZE CITY BRANCH TO RELEASE CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
LoveFM - ‎10/23/09‎
The National Garifuna Council Belize City branch is launching it calendar of activities leading up to Garifuna Settlement Day. ...

KIDNEY PATIENT LOOKS FOR ASSISTANCE
LoveFM - ‎10/23/09‎
It is something that is becoming really common around Belize. We have lost more patients to renal failure in the past year more than AIDS and I more than ...

FOREIGN MINISTER WILFRED ELRINGTON IN CUBA
LoveFM - ‎10/23/09‎
Belize's Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla met today in Havana. Mr. Elrington arrived in the ...

Guatemala Congress approves agreement to increase access to Belize and CARICOM ...
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
Notwithstanding an unresolved territorial dispute, Belize and Guatemala are about to implement an agreement to partially liberalize trade between the two ...

Lesbian “voluntouristas” headed for Belize
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
Since the uproar over the gay cruise coming ashore to Belize in the late 1990's, many others have come and gone without much attention, but a new lesbian ...

Record 20 Lotto winners split $50000 jackpot between them
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
The exploits of winners of the Lotto jackpot from Tropical Gaming Company, drawn twice weekly, are not usually covered in this newspaper. ...

Appeal Court orders new trial for convicted murderer, Tiffara Smith, 21
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
On its last day of hearing today, the Belize Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of convicted murderer Tiffara Smith, represented by attorney Simeon Sampson. ...

“Let me tell you about the few troubles I've had …”
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
Allegations that Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers—reportedly away in England at the time of this report—had overpaid herself nearly $3000 a month from ...

Is Zenaida and the UDP now “oil and water?”
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
Almost from the time she was elected UDP Mayor of Belize City in March 2006, Zenaida Moya-Flowers paid scant attention to criticism from her party, ...

Said “lay pipe” pan Johnny!
Amandala - ‎10/23/09‎
They had all thought that The Belize Times, the radio station Positive Vibes and Independence Hall were owned by the party. “…The (PUP) secretariat issued a ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
Women's organizations all over Belize were outraged last week after hearing that the Appeals Court had overturned a jury ...

Auditor General wants explanation from Mayor Moya
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
Her legal team had earlier filed a suit and an injunction at the Supreme Court of Belize, the former challenging her removal from the Party Council, ...

Party conflicts reveal need for law
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
... Musa to return certain assets to the PUP party led Reporter to an interesting find - political parties in Belize are not governed by any legislation. ...

Women in Politics initiative launched
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
Since Belize's Independence in 1981, each administration has had only one (sometimes none) token woman minister, but 53 Belizean women of all ages, ...

Julian Cho students get potable water
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
... “The Board of Julian Cho Technical High School over the years lobbied the Government of Belize for potable and safe drinking water for the students. ...

Unlimited number of Mexican scholarships available
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
Mexico, a country that has long been one of Belize's biggest benefactors, gave us one more reason last week to feel indebted, with an offer of an “unlimited ...

Samuel Haynes Institute of Excellence a beacon for those who want to succeed
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The Samuel Haynes Institute of Excellence on Mahogany Street, Belize City is impacting the lives of residents of the Lake ...

Guatemalan Congress Approves 2006 Trade Agreement with Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
A precedent-setting trade agreement between Belize and Guatemala, signed nearly three-and-a-half years ago, ...

Foreign Ministers from Cuba Guyana Meet in Havana
Cuba News - ‎10/23/09‎
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 22 (acn) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held official talks on Thursday with his Guyanese counterpart, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, ...

Liberty Children's Home needs your support
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The American Friends of Belize, based in Mobile Alabama have donated the sum of $3000 to the Liberty Foundation Children's Home in Belize. ...

Horrific road accident ends fatally for married couple
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
He said that all Flowers has told him is that he lost control of the vehicle, and that's what caused them to drive off the highway and into the Belize River ...

Lord Ridge Cemetery to be expanded
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
The final resting place for many Belize City residents is the Lord's Ridge Cemetery, but space in that hallowed ground is ...

Low cost Dialysis delayed
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
An agreement was made between the parties, however the Government of Belize did not honor the Memorandom of Understanding, and missed several deadlines ...

20 Lotto winners to share $50000 prize
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/23/09‎
Thirteen winners from Belize City Corozal, Cayo, Orange Walk, Punta Gorda and Belmopan converged on the Lotto Office on Queen Street in Belize City last ...

10/22/09

Women Demand Fair Share in Politics
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
Second, Belize City's first female mayor is under unprecedented attack and is facing the prospect of expulsion from her party. So what's the future look ...

Mayor Angry and Passionate
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
It has raised the eyebrows of her opponents that the travel allowance for the four day conference is one thousand Belize dollars – not quite a King's Ransom ...

BNTU Asks Minister Faber for More Time
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
Next week Tuesday, Education Minister Patrick Faber is expected to take the proposal for the “Teaching Services Commission” to Cabinet for approval. ...

Shyne Awaiting Deportation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
Jamal Shyne Barrow is awaiting deportation to Belize, but when is it going to happen? That's the question no one seems to have a definite answer to. ...

A Good Meal Can Prevent Crime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
Sgt. Dianne Williams, Community Police Unit – Belize City “These feeding programs go for eight months during school time, three times for the week; ...

War in the PUP Over Party Assets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
Those assets include Positive Vibes Radio, the Belize Times and the party's headquarters, Independence Hall on Queen Street. Well, guess what? ...

Rotary Sunrise Donates Computers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
And so of all the schools that we surveyed, there were about over 2000 children in elementary schools in Belize City without a single computer or access to ...

Bruce Harvey Pleads Guilty to Ammunition Possession
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
They were remanded into custody until tomorrow when they are scheduled to reappear again in Belize City Magistrate's Court. All four got into trouble around ...

A Lesson for Lindy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
The National Preschool Teachers' Storytelling Competition was held this afternoon at the Bliss Center in Belize City. The event is designed to help teachers ...

UB Students Host Community Health Fair
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/09‎
It is hosted by the rural health nursing students of the University of Belize. Alisha Solis told us what will be offered. “We will be offering free pap ...

City Hall's latest scandal: $400000 unaccounted for
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
The wave of scandalous reports about Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya Flowers, has left a putrid smell at City Hall. On Wednesday night we reported that a ...

Women brace for a life in politics
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
“My mom and dad, they motivated me and like I said, we are the future so we have to make a move to try to change Belize.” “What do you feel you would do if ...

PUP leader ready to battle for party assets
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
These include the Belize Times, Positive Vibes and Independence Hall that are in the name of both Musa and former campaign manager, Ralph Fonseca and have ...

Education minister needs to hold off Cabinet presentation
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Turning to the thorny issue of the proposed teacher's commission, the Belize National Teacher's Union has written to the Minister of Education imploring ...

Dengue still sending patients to hospital
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
What makes it a bit more frightening, and I want to chose that word carefully, is that to treat that complication is very difficult in Belize because we ...

Influenza cases rises after independence celebrations
channel5belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Doctor Fernando Cuellar of the Belize Medical Associates believes the public needs to keep informed about the disease. “By no means we think that the ...

WOMEN IN POLITICS PROJECT INTRODUCED
LoveFM - ‎10/22/09‎
The political history of a fledgling nation such as Belize has seen very few women at the forefront of electoral politics. Sure there are the familiar names ...

BELIZE CITY PRIMARY SCHOOL GETS NEW COMPUTERS
LoveFM - ‎10/22/09‎
As a part of its new Computer Aid program, Sunrise Rotary Club of Belize has donated twelve new computers complete with monitors and accessories to four ...

UB NURSING STUDENTS HOST HEALTH FAIR
LoveFM - ‎10/22/09‎
The Rural Health Nursing students of the University of Belize are hosting a free health fair tomorrow in Ladyville. There will be an information booth ...

TOLEDO VILLAGERS TO BENEFIT FROM PROJECTS BY SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND
LoveFM - ‎10/22/09‎
The project in San Vicente was funded through the Basic Needs Trust Fund and the Sunday Wood project is being funded by the government of Belize through a ...

Joint Press Release from Association of Student Governments and the Board of ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Representatives of the Board of Trustees and the Association of Student Governments of the University of Belize met on Monday October 19, 2009. ...

Moringa Tree Nutrition Project extended to the Belize River Valley
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
In March, 2009, the Belize-Michigan Partners implemented a Nutrition Project, using the Moringa Tree in the Toledo District. In that Project, 9000 Moringa ...

Super Bond Villain of the Week: Carolyn ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Thanks to Said Musa, Ralph Fonseca, the past PUP administration and all their cronies, the people of Belize are paying back over one billion dollars in ...

Post Graduate Scholarships for All Quali...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
On Thursday, October 16, the Embassy of Mexico to Belize held a press conference at the Institute of Mexico to make a huge public announcement. ...

Belize Economists Trained in Debt and Strategic Analysis
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Thirteen economists from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Belize are currently participating in a Debt and Strategic Analysis Workshop being ...

Confusing Times
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
... in addition to reducing the negative impact on the environment, also help to reduce importation of goods that offer no recycling program here in Belize. ...

BEL and BEWU Sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
On October 14, 2009, Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) and Belize Energy Workers Union (BEWU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), under the auspices ...

UDP on Moya
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
The Police Department recently announced, despite what is being perceived, that there is a reduction in crime in the country. ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Cabinet was briefed on the approval by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala of the Partial Scope Agreement signed by Belize and Guatemala in 2006. ...

River claims life of Kendra Smith-Flowers
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
... wed couple dreamt of came to a crashing end on Sunday morning on the Northern Highway when their SUV veered off the road and into the Belize River. ...

Guatemala Congress Approves Belize-Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
News over the weekend has confirmed that the Congress of Guatemala has approved the Belize- Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement that was signed on June 26, ...

Fugitive captured in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
A warrant was issued in Los Angeles for his arrest but Sutherland managed to elude capture and came home to Belize. His run from the law however ended on ...

Belize City Interoffice Softball Tournament is Back!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Fourteen teams participated in last weekend's Belize City Interoffice Softball Marathon at the Rodger's Stadium. Interoffice players and fans packed the ...

Central Region Secondary Schools Volleyball enters semi-final round
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
The Central Region Secondary Schools Volleyball Competition is fast winding down at the Belize City Centre. On Friday October 16, in the first female game, ...

Lifeline Foundation Continues the Great Work
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
... enabled to view it or visiting the website at www.lifelinebelize.com. 100% of the proceeds go directly to the development of the children of Belize.

Hankook Verdes and Belize Defence Force at top of the standings
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League Opening Season continued on Sunday October 18, 2009, with two games across the country of Belize. ...

Old School (Trial Farm) and La Costena (San Antonio) face off for Vega's Cup ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Gaspar Vega, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belize will come to an end on Sunday October 25, 2009, at the People's Stadium in Orange Walk Town. ...

$200000 worth of New Equipment now at KHMH
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
The Guardian Newspaper visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where significant efforts are being made at the institution to strengthen and improve the ...

Moya hires PUP lawyers to sue UDP
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
In keeping with that mandate, when allegations of financial irregularities surfaced at the Belize City Council, the UDP government instituted measures that ...

Government Moving ahead with Dialysis program
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/22/09‎
Government's point man on the project Dr. Michael Pitts along with KHMH CEO Dr. Francis Longsworth, Emerson Guild from the Belize Advocacy for Renal Therapy ...

Environmental seminar speaker to put focus on saving jaguars
AU News - ‎10/22/09‎
Sharon Matola, founding director of The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center, will host the next Alfred University Environmental Studies Speaker Series ...

Belize - A new school for San Vicente and potable water for Sunday Wood ...
ISRIA - ‎10/22/09‎
The Government of Belize is contributing BZ,000 in counterpart funding. Meanwhile, the water project in Sunday Wood village is being financed by the ...

10/21/09

Responsible Tour Guide Seminars by Marine Reserves
San Pedro Sun - ‎14 hours ago‎
Over ten dive shops from Ambergris Caye and nine in Caye Caulker took advantage of this great opportunity to learn more about the country's most popular ...

Project AWARE: Inspiring environmental awareness
San Pedro Sun - ‎14 hours ago‎
The campaign adopted a mile of Ambergris Caye's beach. The mile of beach begins at Las Terrazas/Journeys End Resort and extends Northward to Mata Grande. ...

Belize hosts International Responsible Tourism Conference
San Pedro Sun - ‎14 hours ago‎
... of International Center of Responsible Tourism Doctor Harold Goodwin. Over 150 people from 25 countries including Belize participated in the conference.

Belize Mission Project is back
San Pedro Sun - ‎14 hours ago‎
For the past 18 years, the Belize Mission Project has been brightening smiles across the country of Belize. 2009 was no different as the group of dental ...

Nurse and Farmer are 2009 Unsung Heroes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
“Mr. Paul Bradley is a man of few words and in truth he is not really known outside the Belize River Valley area which is where he has been working for many ...

Bartenders Get the Grand Tour
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
They go to the bartenders to say well what is the best rum you have or what kind of drink is a signature drink of Belize and that sort of thing and they ...

Shyne Will Be Deported to Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Shyne Barrow is coming home to Belize; he is expected to be deported from New York soon – that's what US media reports say. Leading hip-hop radio station in ...

Liberty Foundation Caregiver Fondled Female Minor
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
... Home in Ladyville Village but for the next two years forty year old Herbert Stuart will be spending time behind bars inside the Belize Central Prison. ...

City Hall Creating More Room for Graves
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Eventually Jules, we will have to find another spot for another Belize City cemetery. This one will eventually outgrow itself because of the housing ...

The Virtue of Chess
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Still, many see it as a game for the elite – but a new programme is trying to make it widely accessible to youth across Belize as an alternative to ...

Ralph & Said Threaten to Tek It Bak
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Those assets are Positive Vibes Radio, the Belize Times and the party headquarters, Independence Hall on Queen Street. It's not the first time that the ...

Gloves are Off between Mayor Moya and the UDP
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
The audit which is dated October 6th has been obtained by 7News and is labelled “overpayment of salary – Zenaida Moya, Mayor, Belize City Council. ...

Said Musa reminds PUP exec. to pay for assets
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
That's the party assets, which include the Belize Times, Positive Vibes and Independence Hall that has been in dispute since the change of leadership last ...

UDP distances itself from city mayor as new allegations arise
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
It's open season on Belize City's first female Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers. First, the government has charged her with twenty-two counts of Uttering a False ...

No one charged for Brandon Jones' murder
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
He succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. But Jones' roommate is distressed that his friend's life was ...

Association of principals meets to discuss crime problem
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
Belize has been dubbed murder capital number one because of the per capita murder rate. On October fifth to the ninth, Channel Five's Open Your Eyes ...

EDUCATORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS MEET TO DISCUSS CRIME
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
The Principals of Secondary Schools in Belize City held a special meeting this morning to address crime committed by and against young people. ...

MINISTRY OF YOUTH, SPORTS AND CULTURE TO HONOR 10 YOUNG BELIZEANS
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
The Belize Youth Awards seek to highlight and acknowledge the efforts of young people in various fields. The awards will be handed out in the following ...

NATIONAL UNSUNG HEROES RECOGNIZED
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
A ceremony honoring Paul Bradley and Nurse Judith Cuellar-Krieg organized by First Caribbean International Bank was held this afternoon at the Belize ...

IDB APPROVES HALF MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR GOB
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
The IDB today announced that it had approved the loan, which will assist the government of Belize in establishing a more dynamic and efficient land market ...

BELIZE: Leader pleads with US not to deport son
The Voice - ‎15 hours ago‎
BELIZE'S PRIME Minister, whose rapper son spent 10 years in jail over a shoot out at a club he attended with P. Diddy and then girlfriend Jennifer Lopez, ...

10/20/09

Shyne is Getting Deported
Hip-Hop Wired - ‎50 minutes ago‎
After serving close to a decade for the state, it is now official that he will be deported back to Belize. As a close friend of the rapper, Angie Martinez ...

Tourists Donate Books to Belize
Home and Away - ‎10/20/09‎
"The libraries in Belize genuinely need books, and this is an easy way for tourists to help promote literacy, an apolitical cause we all can support," said ...

Belize - Cabinet Release
ISRIA - ‎10/20/09‎
Cabinet was briefed on the approval by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala of the Partial Scope Agreement signed by Belize and Guatemala in 2006. ...

High Interest Rates are Crushing the Working Class
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/09‎
If you've taken even a casual skim through the newspapers in the last few years, you'll know that Belize has gone through its own version of what the ...

Ministry of Work Comes Correct on WORTH
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/09‎
The World Organization of Renal Therapies, WORTH, wants to give Belize 8 hemodialysis machines for free. But as we reported on Friday, WORTH was withdrawing ...

UB Students Reject Agreement
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/09‎
On Thursday, UB's student body issued an ultimatum: the University of Belize's Board of Trustees had until noon today to take the possibility of a tuition ...

Dialysis Won't Cost $8
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/09‎
Emerson Guild from BART, the Belize Advocacy for Renal Therapy says US$4 is the cost for treatment in Cameroon. But that's in Africa and Guild says we are ...

Ministry of Health finds partners to get dialysis machines
channel5belize - ‎10/20/09‎
The cost of dialysis treatment is exorbitant in Belize. Currently one dialysis treatment costs five hundred dollars and patients regularly require three ...

US police find heroin in mail with Belize return address
channel5belize - ‎10/20/09‎
Chicago police have a half kilo of heroin in their possession and it might be linked to Belize. Thirty-seven year old US citizen, Ryan Jaime, ...

UB Belmopan student government agrees with board
channel5belize - ‎10/20/09‎
Things have simmered down between the faculty and students of the University of Belize and its board of trustees. The increment freeze for the faculty and ...

Eight percent inflation proves cost of living is going way up
channel5belize - ‎10/20/09‎
But just in case you weren't sure about the inflation figures, a release from the Statistical Institute of Belize confirms an overall increase in price of ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH COMMENTS ON PROPOSED DIALYSIS PROGRAMME
LoveFM - ‎10/20/09‎
Since then they have been making strides to get WORTH in Belize. “They have a mission to deliver hemodialysis to patients around the world. ...

MOH PARTICIPATES IN TWO DAY WORKSHOP
LoveFM - ‎10/20/09‎
Belize's healthcare system, as in other parts of the world, has long been at a severe disadvantage where it concerns the ratio of caregivers to seekers. ...

COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO GO UP
LoveFM - ‎10/20/09‎
Most people already know that but confirmation came today from the Statistical Institute of Belize, which released the latest consumer price Index. ...

US Forex Market Commentary
FXstreet.com The Futures Market - ‎110/20/09‎
GCI Financial Ltd. | 831 Coney Drive, Belize City, Belize GCI Weekly Highlights is provided for informational purposes only. The information contained in ...

She's dead – who is to blame?
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
She required two dialysis treatments a week that cost $530 a treatment at Belize Healthcare Partners Ltd. (BHP). It was $1060 a week that she could not ...

UB directors/trustees unprofessional and untrustworthy
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
Students from Punta Gorda, Central Farm, Toledo, and Belize City travelled to Belmopan for a no-show. How do they expect that students were not going to be ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
What happened at the University of Belize during my board chairman time there from 2000 to 2004 was classic black versus black. ...

Man, mind and muscle
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
There are Belizeans who believe that we emphasize the religious issue too much in our analysis of Belize's educational system. ...

Diabetes, Belize's #1 killer
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
From anecdotal accounts, we know that fibroids afflict many Belizean women, and diabetes remains the leading cause of death in Belize, as confirmed by ...

Gravedigger complains Family Court shafted him
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
Bernard Richards, 41, of Belize City, considers himself an example of the Court's justice, or lack thereof, in his view. He visited Amandala last week to ...

Belize water analyst says there is need for continued monitoring
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
At a press conference in August, Senior Public Health Inspector, John Bodden, currently on leave, had given the press an overview of Belize's water quality ...

Trapped woman drowns in Belize River
Amandala - ‎10/20/09‎
When the Belize Coast Guard arrived on the scene quite a long time after the vehicle had gone down, they came without the necessary equipment to execute a ...

10/19/09

Belize - Ministry of Housing Issues Grants for New Homes and Home Repairs in ...
ISRIA - ‎10/19/09‎
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development today issued purchase orders for home improvement and home construction in the Fort George Area of Belize City ...

12th Belize/Cuba Mixed Commission will be held in Havana Cuba
ISRIA - ‎10/19/09‎
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is pleased to announce that the 12th Session of the Belize/Cuba Mixed Commission will be held in Havana, ...

Belize - Memorandum of Understanding signed between Minister of Health ...
ISRIA - ‎10/19/09‎
Minister of Health of Belize, Hon. Pablo Marin headed a delegation on a three-day working visit to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, Federative Republic of ...

Belize - Los Angeles To Host Fundraiser for the Belize Cancer Center – Dangriga
ISRIA - ‎10/19/09‎
The Consulate of Belize in Los Angeles and Blissfulsage Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of services to hospice ...

Belize - Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement
ISRIA - ‎10/19/09‎
The Government of Belize welcomes the news over the weekend that the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala has approved the Partial Scope Agreement that was ...

James Adderley with the latest sporting and football news
channel5belize - ‎10/19/09‎
Week nine of the BPFL regular season brought the internecine struggle between FC Belize and the Belize Defence Force to the MCC Grounds yesterday and indeed ...

Ministry of Housing give's to Musa's Fort George
channel5belize - ‎10/19/09‎
The Venezuelan Housing fund made the headlines for over a year, not because of the good it would have done for Belizeans, but because the UDP administration ...

Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers answers the tough questions
channel5belize - ‎10/19/09‎
In political news, she had a meteoric rise, but today Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya Flowers, appears a falling star. On October first Moya-Flowers was ...

Odway Flowers Still in Shock over Accident & Death of Wife
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/09‎
As noted in the story, reports from the crash scene are that Kendra and Odway Flowers were arguing at the time and the wife allegedly grabbed the steering ...

Finnegan Gives Musa $413000 from Housing Money
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/09‎
But while theft was never established, it is – at least - money he – as Minister of Finance - assigned to pay part of the Universal Debt at the Belize Bank. ...

suv's Deadly Plunge in Belize River
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/09‎
At that time Steffi Lupp, a Belize City resident and former emergency care worker was on her way back from the Philip Goldson International Airport sometime ...

Julian Cho Technical High Gets Potable Water
Channel 7 Daily Ne