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Rosewood again but for how much?
Forestry Minister Lisel Alamilla has publicly burned rosewood, declared an amnesty which benefitted illegal exporters and then disclosed a deal which saw those illegal exporters getting back their rosewood. That [...]
SATIIM not allowed to co-manage national park
Another hot-button issue involves court action by SATIIM and Maya Alcaldes against U.S. Capital Energy and the Government of Belize. This issue is the oil exploration which is already underway [...]
US Gov't may go after assets of F.F.B. Vice President
The case of the United States of America versus Rawel Pelayo, also known as Berto, has been growing for at least four years. �Pelayo and others are accused of "intentionally [...]
Rhett Fuller continues to fight extradition to the USA
Belize City businessman Rhett Fuller has spent fifteen years evading the long arms of Uncle Sam. Fuller is wanted by the U.S. for his involvement in the 1990 murder of [...]
Is it better to burn rosewood, or for illegal agents to get the profits?
To start this segment, tonight's question is: Do you think that it is better to burn rosewood, or for the illegal agents to get the profits? Send your comments and [...]
2 Jaguars returning to USA on special invitation
In a present society that is rife with moral decay the old proverb "honesty is the best policy" has all but lost its meaning.� So, when two members of the [...]
Gaynair and West to attend CONCACAF President's banquet
F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente has also commended the boys for their honesty.� An invitation for the pair to fly to Chicago on Friday was the result of an email correspondence [...]
Under 16 football team going to compete in Merida, Mexico
An under-sixteen football team from the west was on a friendly tournament in Merida last week and their performance caught the attention of organizers since they lost only one of [...]
Luis Mendez, a Jaguar at heart, dies in traffic accident
It is a bitter sweet moment for the national team. As it celebrates Woodrow West and Ian Gaynair, it is mourning the death of team member Luis Mendez. Mendez played [...]
Art teacher who influenced a nation of artisans, passes away
Michelle Perdomo taught for about four decades at Saint John's high school and junior college.� She taught or influenced much of the artists that have produced memorable work in Belize.� [...]
Brothers, iron bar and rocks means jail-time
A dispute over land has left one man critically injured in the K.H.M.H. and another behind bars while Police hunt for his brother. Sand Hill residents Eric and Prince Lockwood [...]
GSU sweeps gun and gang members from the streets
A firearm found on Gill Street by the Gang Suppression Unit back in May was used in the January murder of Marvin Forman, according to ballistic tests. The firearm is [...]
Caribbean shipping more marijuana than cocaine
The Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas, a recent document published by the Organization of American States, presented during its forty-third annual General Assembly in June, is being [...]
Brukdong and Violin music at the Bliss
The Institute of Creative Arts is hosting tonight a one-of-a-kind show at the Bliss Institute. It is a summer bram featuring well-known violinist, William Harvey from Cultures in Harmony. Harvey [...]
Who will be the next Superstar?
Group A rocked the audience and the judges at the Bliss on Tuesday night as another round of competition in Be the Next Superstar took place. The show progressed with [...]
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Concacaf and Fifa Honors West and Gaynair for Refusing Bribe During Gold Cup in US
The participation of Belize National A Selection Team, the Jaguars', in the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament in the U.S. was not short of historic for a small nation like Belize. But after suffering defeats for the three matches, Belize was bumped out of the competition. After Belize's ru...
Family in Western Belize Mourns Passing of Belizean Footballer
A Belizean died yesterday in Guatemala as a result of a traffic mishap. Reports are that a bus traveling from Quetzaltenango to the capital City fell Tuesday afternoon in a ravine. The accident left 20-year-old footballer Luis Eduardo Mendez one person dead - a 20 year old Belizean Football...
Three Adults and Two Minors Remanded on Firearm Charges
Three adults and two minors, one of them 15 and the other 17, were charged with kept firearm without a gun license when they appeared today before Magistrate Leslie Hamilton. The adults are 26 year old Michael Young, 24 year old Kareem Gladden and 18 year old Gilbert Jackson. They pled not guilty...
Belize City Imprisoned on Firearm Charges
Twenty-seven year old Mark Gentle, who allegedly pointed a firearm at two men, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault when he appeared today before Magistrate Leslie Hamilton. Gentle was also charged with harm. He pled not guilty to the charges. Magistrate Hamilton explained to him tha...
Guatemalan National Still on The Run
Police continue their search for 26-year-old Guatemalan national Jose Arnoldo Soto. As was reported yesterday Soto is wanted for questioning in connection with the ongoing investigation into the murder of Isaac Gutierrez that occurred on Sunday in Mayan King Area in the Stann Creek Dis...
Flood Watch in Southern Belize; Emergency Committees Activated
NEMO Toledo remains activated in connection with flood emergency measures. Here's Correspondent Paul Mahung with the full story. PAUL MAHUNG "NEMO Toledo Coordinator, Kenton Parham along with other public offices are currently on standby as part of flood emergency operat...
Government Bans Indigenous People From National Park; SATIIM Says No
On Tuesday, Greg Cho'c, the Executive Director of the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, SATIIM, explained how it is seeking legal redress against the Government's decision to grant US Capital Energy permission to conduct oil drilling inside the Sartstoon Temash Nati...
APAMO Clashes with Government of Belize Over Co-Management of Protected Areas
And while SATIIM is taking issue with the Government on the US Capital Energy Oil Drilling concession along with its own cancellation of their joint-agreement with the Government to co-manage the Sarstoon Temash National Park, APAMO, the umbrella environmental organization, also has a problem wit...
Farmer Becomes Inmate At Prison Following Altercation with Cousin
Twenty-six year old Eric Lockwood, a farmer of Sandhill, who allegedly assaulted his cousin, Nelson Lockwood and caused grievous harm to him, became an inmate of Belize Central Prison today after he appeared before Magistrate Leslie Hamilton and was charged with two counts of aggravat...
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Domestic dispute in the south leaves one man dead.
A domestic dispute in the south leaves one man dead and the accused - his daughter's boyfriend, on the run. But what would cause the 23 year old to want to hurt someone so close to the woman he loves? Our Dangriga correspondent Harry Arzu went searching for answers....
Four women in court following stabbing incident at party
A total of four females, two sisters and two friends who are believed to be party crashers were before the court to answer to criminal charges. The arrest of the women resulted from a stabbing incident which took place on Saturday, July 21, 2013...
Denfield Lemott sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for theft
34-year-old Denfield Lemott was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment late yesterday evening when he appeared before Magistrate Dale Cayetano. Lemott walked into the office of Secretary, Lavern Staine, the former secretary of Justice Oswell Legall of the Supreme Court. He stole the secretary's purse which contained $1,350 in Belize...
Robbery at Teakettle business
While most people were in their comfy households either getting ready for supper or finishing off supper, 65 year old Julia Cruz was being robbed. At around 7:40 pm last night two men entered her business establishment in Teakettle Village. One of the men pulled out a handgun and...
Lifeline Foundation receives funding for KHMH Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
Tuesday afternoon Special Envoy for Women and Children Kim Simplis-Barrow announced a grant commitment of 2 million dollars from the Oak Foundation to her Lifeline Foundation to be put toward the construction of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH)'s new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Simplis-Barrow shares further details...
Exploring the Mayan Archaeological Site at Lamanai
The Belize Tourism Board invited members of the local press on a four day familiarization tour of the country. The trip took the group to Orange Walk, Placenica, Hopkins and Central Belize. On Thursday, the caravan travelled to Lamanai for a day's exploration of the Mayan Archaeological Site. Shadel...
Inspiration Center near completion
Special Envoy for Women and Children Kim Simplis Barrow has targeted the end of the year for the opening of the Inspiration Center for children with special needs. Back-to-back Inspiration Telethons have raised over $1.5 million for construction and the center, located on the George Price Highway, is very...
Medical Mission serves in Belmopan
Members of the Church of Christ in Oklahoma along with volunteers came to Belize to offer clinical services to Belizeans. They are working in collaboration with the Church of Christ congregation in Belmopan. Gary Lan, one of the American members of the Church of Christ, who was in part...
Marketing Facility opened in Orange Walk
It is predicted to be the premier small business development center in the north, providing business support services, training and technical assistance to micro and small entrepreneurs. On Saturday, the Small Scale Enterprise Development and Training Center (SSEDAT Center) and Marketing Facility was inaugurated at..
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Domestic dispute in the south leaves one man dead.
A domestic dispute in the south leaves one man dead and the accused - his daughter's boyfriend, on the run. But what would cause the 23 year old to want to hurt someone so close to the woman he loves? Our Dangriga correspondent Harry Arzu went searching for answers....
Four women in court following stabbing incident at party
A total of four females, two sisters and two friends who are believed to be party crashers were before the court to answer to criminal charges. The arrest of the women resulted from a stabbing incident which took place on Saturday, July 21, 2013...
Denfield Lemott sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for theft
34-year-old Denfield Lemott was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment late yesterday evening when he appeared before Magistrate Dale Cayetano. Lemott walked into the office of Secretary, Lavern Staine, the former secretary of Justice Oswell Legall of the Supreme Court. He stole the secretary's purse which contained $1,350 in Belize...
Robbery at Teakettle business
While most people were in their comfy households either getting ready for supper or finishing off supper, 65 year old Julia Cruz was being robbed. At around 7:40 pm last night two men entered her business establishment in Teakettle Village. One of the men pulled out a handgun and...
Lifeline Foundation receives funding for KHMH Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
Tuesday afternoon Special Envoy for Women and Children Kim Simplis-Barrow announced a grant commitment of 2 million dollars from the Oak Foundation to her Lifeline Foundation to be put toward the construction of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH)'s new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Simplis-Barrow shares further details...
Exploring the Mayan Archaeological Site at Lamanai
The Belize Tourism Board invited members of the local press on a four day familiarization tour of the country. The trip took the group to Orange Walk, Placenica, Hopkins and Central Belize. On Thursday, the caravan travelled to Lamanai for a day's exploration of the Mayan Archaeological Site. Shadel...
Inspiration Center near completion
Special Envoy for Women and Children Kim Simplis Barrow has targeted the end of the year for the opening of the Inspiration Center for children with special needs. Back-to-back Inspiration Telethons have raised over $1.5 million for construction and the center, located on the George Price Highway, is very...
Medical Mission serves in Belmopan
Members of the Church of Christ in Oklahoma along with volunteers came to Belize to offer clinical services to Belizeans. They are working in collaboration with the Church of Christ congregation in Belmopan. Gary Lan, one of the American members of the Church of Christ, who was in part...
Marketing Facility opened in Orange Walk
It is predicted to be the premier small business development center in the north, providing business support services, training and technical assistance to micro and small entrepreneurs. On Saturday, the Small Scale Enterprise Development and Training Center (SSEDAT Center) and Marketing Facility was inaugurated at..
It's Hip to SNIP!
Saga is pleased to announce their Princesses for Paws fundraiser Monday July 29 at Fido's Restaurant. The Reigning Queen 2012 Karen Jordan and 2013 La Reina de Costa Maya Queen contestants will be hosting a benefit cocktail party. Saga will have their World Famous Raffle as well as a silent auction. Items range from Seashell frame from Lara Goldman, a gift basket from The Rum and Cigar House, Photo session with Jose Luis Zapata and Chocolate & Wine basket. More are being added daily.
Please help Saga keep it world famous by spreading the word and sharing Saga's Princesses for Paws 2013 facebook updates. You can also find out more about Saga Humane Society on their website.
"Money's Too Tight ( to Mention" in Ambergris Caye, Belize.
Haven't a clue what the Internet was like on the rest of Ambergris Caye yesterday morning but for me it was absolutely horrible. No service at all when I got up at 04.30 hours and it stayed that ways for hours even though I tried rebooting numerous times.
The lack of service was really irritating and severely delayed the publication of the previous edition of this blog. I don't impose a strict deadline but I do aim to get it 'out there' at a reasonable time. So apologies to those of you who may like to read it before you go to work.
The absence of Internet also meant that I didn't get my early morning "fix" of The Times on-line. Still no need to worry about not picking up on an Arsenal foray in to the transfer market. There wasn't one!
I did eventually get a stable return of service around 11.00 hours and then was able to pick up on emails - that was after publishing yesterday's edition - and with that out of the way Rose and I turned our attention to discussing fencing for our build in Ambergris Caye, Belize.
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Finding Neverland: A Story of Belize
This year my family took its summer vacation to the Central American nation of Belize. We traveled with another family from Charlotte, who had been there before. Between their stories and the things we discovered through our own research, we were pretty excited about this two-week adventure.
After a 3.5 hour flight from Charlotte, and a quick 15 minute flight from Belize City, we arrived on Caye Caulker by early afternoon. As we rode a stretch golf cart from the air strip to thehotel, our driver, who sensed our excitement, smiled and said, "Go slow."
The first thing I noticed was the sky. It was blue. There was no haze in it. The second thing I noticed was the iguanas. We stayed at Sea Dreams hotel on the north end of the small island, near the split where Hurricane Hattie cut the island in half in 1961 permanently separating the developed part of the island from the undeveloped part - where mangroves and iguanas thrive.
Festival preview: Garifuna Collective brings music of Belize to Interstellar
Garifuna Collective may be the most exotic act at this year's Interstellar Rodeo.
The septet represents the largest-ever tour of musicians from Belize. While they're justifiably proud to bring their special Central American sound to the rest of the hemisphere, that hasn't kept them from collaborating beyond their borders or looking to the future. That's something you catch on to listening to their new album Ayo (on the Cumbancha label).
"This is not about preserving something in a glass box in a museum," explains Ivan Duran, producer and contributing player with the Collective. "This is about showing the world this is a vibrant culture that will survive because it adapts. Our music is based on the traditional roots and primal rhythms but it has evolved a lot over the last decade."
The ancestral roots of the Garifuna people go back to a group of West African slaves who were shipwrecked around the island of St. Vincent in 1635, only to settle along the coast of Central America, especially in Belize, where they now number 600,000.
Calypso Rose graces Kelly Strayhorn stage as part of 'East Liberty Live' series
The Kelly Strayhorn Theater was turned into a carnival when the queen of Calypso music Calypso Rose made her debut in Pittsburgh Saturday as part of the theater's fifth annual East Liberty Live series. The evening brought the Caribbean culture to the forefront with music, food and dance.
From then on the accolades kept coming. In 1978 Rose was given the Distinguished Achievement Award for the First Triple Crown Calypso Monach of the World by the Tobago Benevolent Society; 1979 she was honored with the Award for Magnanimous Contribution to the Culture by the Caribbean Arts and Culture Council; in 1982 she was made an honorary citizen of Belize in recognition of her work to raise the country's international awareness on the cultural front. In 1987 Belize honored her with the National Belize Music Award 25th Anniversary of Independence Ward by Stag Beer & Vat 19 Rum. A year later the country gave Calypso Rose the Gratutude and Commendation for the Development of Arts and Culture in Belize by the National Arts Council in Belize.
In Belize they speak three languages--Spanish, English and a local dialect and the people were not getting along," Rose recalled. "I wrote a Calypso song called 'Belizeans Unite' and that brought the country together. I write songs about a lot of different nationalities."
Belize Tourism Stakeholders Prepare for Norwegian Cruise Line Port Development
Tourism stakeholders in Belize are preparing for another proposed port development off Belize's Placencia peninsula, according to local press reports. Belize's Channel 7 News website reported late Monday that Norwegian Cruise Line has reached a memorandum of understanding with Belize's government to explore the construction of a cruise port on Harvest Caye, a small island off Placencia.
The site reports that under the agreement, Norwegian will invest $50 million in the port and employ no more than 25 percent foreign staff. In exchange, Belize's government will provide "the usual giveaways" including a 25-year concession to operate the port, duty exemptions and duty-free status and business tax exemptions. The cruise company will also charge a $7 passenger head tax at the port, retaining $4 of each fee, according to the article.
Portions of the tax due to the Belize Tourist Board and government would go to a tourism enhancement fund, as well as to an environmental monitoring initiative. Hotels and overnight tourism stakeholders on Placencia, a small village quickly growing into a sought-after vacation destination among dive enthusiasts, are expected to oppose the cruise port plan, according to the Channel 7 report.
How Climate Change Led to the Rise and Fall of Maya Civilization
A high-resolution climate record spanning 2,000 years shows how Maya political systems developed and fell apart in response to climate change, researchers report.
The role of climate change in the development and demise of classic Maya civilization, ranging from AD 300 to 1000, has been controversial for decades because of a lack of well-dated climate and archaeological evidence.
In an article published today in Science, the researchers outline how they reconstructed rainfall records from stalagmite samples collected from Yok Balum Cave, located nearly three miles from ancient city of Uxbenka, in the tropical Maya Lowlands in southern Belize.
They compared their findings to the rich political histories carved on stone monuments at Maya cities throughout the region.
Monsanto A Documentary on GMO
This documentary shows the power of Monsanto and how they treat farmers, how GMO seeds can destroy our food supply.,not what Monsanto promised from there GMO seed. The world needs to reject the use of GMO food for our own good. If you think we are safe in Australia think again, one farmer W.A has grown Round-up ready Conola seed and has contaminated near by fields.
The Lyme Wars - The Lyme-disease infection rate is growing. So is the battle over how to treat it.
I freaked out and started screaming." Kaleigh's mother, Holly Ahern, came running and removed it. "I took the kid and the tick to the doctor," she said. "I told him, Here is my kid, here is the tick, and there is the place where it was attached to her."
'Digital dementia' on the rise as young people increasingly rely on technology instead of their brain
South Korean experts have found that increasing numbers of teenagers are exhibiting symptoms more commonly associated with aging or psychiatric illness.
F-Stop, Shutter Speed: A Powerful Combination
When you first take a camera in hand, this black box with a lens on it can seem to be a glaze inducing riot of numbers, symbology, and menu options. 2.8, 4, 5.6, plus or minus 2 EV��..if you're not numerically inclined, there is, to say the least, potential for confusion. The shutter speed dial has more logic, right?