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11/3/2006

Monaghan — Albright wedding
Corvallis Gazette Times, OR - 11/3/2006
... The reception included a Southern-style barbecue. The honeymoon was spent in Belize, with time split between the Mountain Pine Ridge area and Ambergris Caye. ...

Special to Huntington News Network
HNN Huntingtonnews.net,  USA - 11/3/2006
... For instance, much of the 200 miles of Belize's coral reef has been "bleached" in the last decade and some scientists warn it is likely to die, a victim of ...

Weekend will be warm, windy
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL - 11/3/2006
... The most reliable model shows the system moving into Belize and dissipating. No storms are forecast to form in the near future, the hurricane center says. ...

From Hollywood to Huntington
Charleston Gazette, WV - 11/3/2006
... In the film, the Belize-born actor portrays Reggie Oliver, the freshman who stepped into the role of quarterback when a 1970 plane crash killed 75 people ...

From Hollywood to Huntington
Charleston Gazette (subscription),  USA - 11/3/2006
... In the film, the Belize-born actor portrays Reggie Oliver, the freshman who stepped into the role of quarterback when a 1970 plane crash killed 75 people ...

Doctors focus on diagnosing developmental disorders
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/3/2006
In years gone by youngsters who fell behind in school were officially classified as "slow learners." A less sensitive term often applied in Belize was "duncey ...

Wrongly accused, Belizean spends a week in US jail
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/3/2006
... On October twenty-first forty-eight year old Georgia Ramsey and her twenty three year old son, Leon Williams left Belize for Los Angeles California where they ...

Another primary school hit by burglars
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/3/2006
Another Belize City primary school has been broken into. This time it was the turn of Saint Luke Methodist on Mahogany Street. According ...

Heavy rains cause flooding throughout city
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/3/2006
On yesterday's newscast we looked at problems caused by rain in the Belama Phase Four area of Belize City ... but those obstacles ...

Jury convicts rapist; sentencing set for Monday
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/3/2006
... that a rapist has actually been convicted. He is forty-five year old Kent Francis of Belize City. This afternoon a jury of four ...

Government seeking to overhaul petroleum taxation
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/3/2006
... from twenty-five to forty percent. At the time the directors of Belize Natural Energy bawled ... but with the tax hike temporarily ...

BDF recruits honoured at passing out ceremony
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/3/2006
The Belize Defence Force has sixty-two new soldiers. News Five was at their passing out ceremony this morning at Price Barracks ...

Global Warming: Caribbean Endangered
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 11/3/2006
... has re-enforced the dire prospects for the world including small islands in the Caribbean and mainland countries with low-lying coasts such as Guyana and Belize ...

North Korea Interdiction Option Limited
Arms Control Today - 11/3/2006
... As part of PSI, the United States has concluded bilateral boarding agreements with Belize, Croatia, Cyprus, Liberia, the Marshall Islands, and Panama. ...

THIEVES TARGET ANOTHER BELIZE CITY PRIMARY SCHOOL
LoveFM, Belize - 11/3/2006
Principal of Saint Luke Methodist School Bernadine Pollard reported to Police that the school was broken into sometime between Wednesday evening and Thursday ...

WOMAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND HANDLING STOLEN ...
LoveFM, Belize - 11/3/2006
Belize City Police have arrested and charged 35 year old Dawn Myers with burglary and handling stolen property. Myers was charged ...

BELIZE CITY POLICE DISCOVER FIRE ARMS
LoveFM, Belize - 11/3/2006
Belize City Police found a Tech 9 Uzi machine gun fitted with a magazine containing 23 explosive tips nine millimeter round in an area on Kraal Road. ...

PRISON FELLOWSHIP OF BELIZE TO INTRODUCE CHRISTMAS CARDS
LoveFM, Belize - 11/3/2006
Prison Fellowship Belize will soon be introducing its Christmas Cards. The cards ... Paul Hunt, of Prison Fellowship Belize. The cards ...

TRIPARTITE DECLARATION AND PLAN OF ACTION DEALING WITH DECENT WORK ...
LoveFM, Belize - 11/3/2006
Caribbean Countries, including Belize, have submitted a Tripartite Declaration and Plan of Action dealing with a Decent Work Agenda in the Caribbean. ...

FINDINGS OF STUDY ON COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN ...
LoveFM, Belize - 11/3/2006
A new phenomenon called ‘Hit Me on the Hips’ is surfacing more and more in Belize. Last week the National Committee for Families ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 11/3/2006
... 38 year-old Paul Hemsley, a mechanic of 59 Kelly Street, Belize City, was yesterday found guilty of car theft before Magistrate Sharon Frazer. ...

CUBA TO SUBMIT DRAFT RESOLUTION TO END US BLOCKADE
LoveFM, Belize - 11/3/2006
... We asked Martinez how the trade embargo against Cuba affects Belize. “If a ship goes to Cuba and dock in Cuba’s Port in the ...

NEMO DONATES TO THE RESIDENTS OF PORT LOYOLA
LoveFM, Belize - 11/3/2006
The National Emergency Management Organization has made sizable donations to needy people in the Port Loyola area of Belize City. ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ClickPress (press release), UK - 11/3/2006
... personalized, flexible, and creative group travel and vacation packages to Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Peru in South America and in Belize, Costa Rica ...

Guatemala, Mexico, and Mac horror stories
Macworld, CA - 11/3/2006
... seen. The diving here was in many ways nicer than Belize—particularly the fact that the dive site was only 10 minutes offshore. ...

My week on a Geek Cruise
Macworld, CA - 11/3/2006
... On Tuesday, I joined Macworld senior contributor Ted Landau and a busload of other cruisers in a trip to Belize’s Sibun River. ...

Going against company policy was not wrong, Bautista tells ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
By Angel Novelo - Staff Reporter. Public hearing into mismanagement at the Development Finance Corporation resumed on October 24, with ...

Thieves raid Adventist Mission$64,000 taken in cash?
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
Thieves made off with more than $64,000 in cash from the Adventist Seventh Day Mission King’s Park office in Belize City over the weekend. ...

Court gives Narda Garcia thumbs down!Will not interfere with ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
... settled.”. Garcia is said to have received well over $100,000.00 as part of a severance settlement with the Government of Belize. ...

Cops busted for Free Zone offence
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
Two police officers have been charged for attempting to smuggle uncustomed goods into Corozal; following a search of their vehicle carried out by custom ...

Cops say they find no fault in Fonseca
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
Police investigators associated with the investigation of alleged misappropriation of funds at the Belize City Council by its former Mayor David Fonseca, said ...

Halloween prankster robs J&B’s security guard of 2 guns
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
... John’s Credit Union on Basra Street in Belize City. According to Levi Brown, 50, an armed guard at James and Bernadine security ...

XChangers receive seed money for fruitful community projects
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
... A group of nine X Changers from Belize City, the Cayo District, Corozal, Stann-Creek and Toledo showed Wells they are capable of taking a little idea and do ...

Paul Hemsley gets 3 years in jail for stealing car
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
Paul Hemsley, a 37 year old technician by profession, described by police as one of Belize’s most prolific car thieves, was sentenced to three years in jail ...

We have 42 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
What was to have been a happy occasion for a mother and her son when they left Belize on USAir on Saturday, October 21, for Los Angeles, California ended in ...

Diabetes in Belize Karl Heusner leads the way!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
... staggering. Recently, Belize carried out a nationwide prevalence study of diabetes. The data gathered will soon be published. Diabetes ...

Notes from afar: Expanding the syllabus in Belize
Waltonian, PA - 11/3/2006
Professor Brian Walsh walked onto our Belize campus and began our two-week "God and Nature" course with what seemed like a simple request: Re-imagine the way ...

The scary guest next door
USA Today - 11/3/2006
... Meanwhile, I'll never forget the time a neighboring couple at a Belize resort began drinking rum on their balcony at 10 every morning and grew progressively ...

We have 53 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
By Harry Lawrence - Publisher. Developments on the theme of genetically modified crops for Belize have crept up on us, taking many by surprise. ...

Medical & Dental Congress meets to discuss improvements in ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
Over 70 Doctors and dentists in Belize and neighbouring Central America gathered for the 24 year to see how best they can improve their craft in order to serve ...

Bert Forman, pioneering Belizean, dead at 78
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
Bert Jay Forman, one of Belize’s pioneers in the fishing industry, passed away on Saturday last October 28, at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize ...

Taiwan will help build Belize’s $10 million sport complex
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
... a government contact to design and to supervise the construction of a $10 million dollar multi-purpose sports complex to be known as the Belize Sports Centre ...

SPEAR poll says Belizeans are not happy with the PM - tell me ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
... throughout the country. The telephone poll was conducted over the October 20-23 weekend in both urban and rural Belize. Of the 400 ...

November 2006
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 11/3/2006
... A group of nine X Changers from Belize City, the Cayo District, Corozal, Stann-Creek and Toledo showed Wells they are capable of taking a little idea and do ...

A vibrant Day of the Dead
Gainesville Sun, FL - 11/3/2006
... Pio Saqui, a UF Ph.D. student from Belize, said that in northern Belize, families make a special meal to feed the spirit of the dead and remember that person ...

Joneses are a record flash mob
CNN - 11/3/2006
... features all over the world -- including five in The Philippines, three in Jamaica, two in Canada, two in Australia, one in Zambia, one in Belize, 17 in ...

If you've ever suffered from back pain -- and 80% of you have ...
Toronto Sun, Canada - 11/3/2006
... Cuts down on lawsuits. Better, I think, to fly down to the rain forests of Latin America and dig up an herb called Strong Back. In Belize, they soak it in rum. ...

11/2/2006

Shared experience, shared crisis
The State, SC - 11/2/2006
... Filmmaker Sufia Giza, who lives in Columbia, will present one such film with her documentary, “Toledo District: Eco Park,” filmed in Belize. ...

Floods bring out worst in squatter settlement
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/2/2006
It's not uncommon during the rainy season for us to run a story on flooding in Belize City, usually in the Belama Phase Three area. ...

Rare footage shows devastation of Hattie
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/2/2006
But the following dramatic footage of that deadly storm is a reminder to all Belizeans--especially those in Belize City--that hurricanes are not to be taken ...

Latest statistics not encouraging, says AIDS ambassador
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/2/2006
... Today we asked chairperson of the National AIDS Commission, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, whether Belize is winning or losing the battle. ...

Social Investment Fund marks decade of service
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/2/2006
... Respond to the basic needs of the poor in Belize. “The Social Investment Fund was created in 1996 as a result of an IMF restructuring programme for Belize. ...

Prison guard charged with aiding breakout
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/2/2006
... he was recaptured that Gonzales told him that he would let him escape as he had received thirty-nine thousand quetzals--around ten thousand Belize dollars--on ...

British PM at Caribbean investment summit
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 11/2/2006
British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, joined his counterparts from Barbados, Belize and Guyana in London on Thursday to discuss ways of transforming the ...

Belize’s LA Office To Offer Greencard Lottery Advise
Hardbeatnews.com, NY - 11/2/2006
Nov. 3, 2006: The Consulate General of Belize in Los Angeles will hold three more sessions to assist Belizeans and other Caribbean nationals locally with the ...

Governments should act now to save threatened turtles
Biology News Net (press release), Canada - 11/2/2006
... Using satellite transmitters, the team tracked the turtles travelling as far as Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and the USA. ...

POLICE ARREST TWO MEN FOR STOLEN FIREARM
LoveFM, Belize - 11/2/2006
Belize City Police have arrested and charged 30 year old Dennis Quilter and 17 year old Kareem Arnold of Ladyville Village. The ...

POLICE ARREST TWO MEN FOR STOLEN FIREARM
LoveFM, Belize - 11/2/2006
Belize City Police have arrested and charged 30 year old Dennis Quilter and 17 year old Kareem Arnold of Ladyville Village. The ...

SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND CELEBRATES TENTH ANNIVERSARY
LoveFM, Belize - 11/2/2006
... million to be specific through financing obtain from the EU, the Commonwealth Initiative the CDB has been a major partner the Government of Belize of course ...

US EMBASSY IN BELIZE UNABLE TO PROCESS VISA APPLICATION
LoveFM, Belize - 11/2/2006
Since Monday of this week the Consular Unit of the US Embassy in Belize has not been able to process visa applications. Love news ...

BTIA PREPARING TO HOLD 21ST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 11/2/2006
The Belize Tourism Association, BTIA is preparing to hold its 21st annual general meeting. The meeting and election of officers ...

NEW SOLDIERS JOIN THE RANKS OF THE BDF
LoveFM, Belize - 11/2/2006
The Belize Defense Force will have a new intake of 62 new soldiers joining its ranks. Force Adjutant, Major Ganey Dortch, says the ...

SPOKANE: Convention adopts MDGs and seats first 16-year-old ...
Episcopal News Service, NY - 11/2/2006
... Ministry, a renewed focus on establishing Jubilee Centers, and revitalization of the diocese's companion relationship with the Diocese of Belize, the release ...

Honduras-Mexico Agree on Sea Border
Prensa Latina, Cuba - 11/2/2006
... The government plans to mark its frontiers in the Caribbean Sea with other nations as well, among them Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Guatemala, Belize and Nicaragua.

Source: Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
Yahoo! News (press release) - 11/2/2006
... Consolidated currently operates water production and/or distribution facilities in the Cayman Islands, The British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Belize and The ...

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Schedules Third Quarter Conference ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 11/2/2006
... Consolidated currently operates water production and/or distribution facilities in the Cayman Islands, The British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Belize and The ...

Haggerty Named Urban Land Institute Advisor
Commercial Property News - 11/2/2006
... Almost 17,000 acres of prime coastal property in Belize, Central America, is on the block in a sealed bid opening on December 11. ...

Honda Models Top Thieves Hit List
Car and Driver, MI - 11/2/2006
... Just in 2005, over 3,000 vehicles were returned to the US from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Lithuania ...

Panel to highlight schooling around the world
University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications, WI - 11/2/2006
... Based on their research on and travel to Uganda, Tanzania, China, Belize and Morocco, the five panelists will connect important global issues, such as ...

PM at Caribbean investment summit
10 Downing Street (press release), UK - 11/2/2006
Tony Blair joined his counterparts from Barbados, Belize and Guyana in London to discuss ways of transforming the Caribbean economy. ...

Baltimore contributes to state’s gains in tourism
Examiner.com - 11/2/2006
... in the summer of 2005. Other destinations on the list included Belize, Barcelona and Brazil. An internationally focused $300,000 ...

Lady Argos claim title
Great Falls Tribune, MT - 11/2/2006
... "My mom and dad were up (from southern California) for the preseason tournament, but my one grandmother from Belize had never seen me play in college," said ...

Wisconsin Outdoors
Rhinelander Daily News, WI - 11/2/2006
... The man who has photographed albatrosses in the Falkland Islands, volcanoes in Hawaii, cougars in Belize and giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands, says ...

Every 25.5 Seconds a Vehicle Is Stolen in the US
Auto Spectator - 11/2/2006
... Just in 2005, over 3,000 vehicles were returned to the US from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Lithuania ...

Wisconsin Outdoors
Chippewa Herald, WI - 11/2/2006
... The man who has photographed albatrosses in the Falkland Islands, volcanoes in Hawaii, cougars in Belize and giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands, says ...

A treasure trove for fortune hunters
Toronto Star,  Canada - 11/2/2006
AMBERGRIS CAYE, Belize—A little over two years ago, Paul and Heather Claus left their full-time jobs and comfortable home in Victoria, BC, to resettle on a ...

11/1/2006

World Run Day this Sunday
Cay Compass, Cayman Islands - 11/1/2006
... shortly after he conceived the idea,there will be runs in more than 25 locations in the United States, as well as Jamaica,Trinidad, and Belize.Other action ...

Guyana president in London; welcomes climate report
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 11/1/2006
... on Thursday, along with other Caribbean Governments’ representatives including Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Belize Said Musa ...

Sealed Bid Auction Of Large Land Tract In Belize Underway
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 11/1/2006
1 /PRNewswire/ -- An auction of nearly 17,000 acres of prime coastal property in Belize, Central America, is underway, culminating in a sealed bid opening on ...

Hot Wheels: Do You Know Where Your Car Is?
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 11/1/2006
... Just in 2005, over 3,000 vehicles were returned to the US from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Lithuania ...

As war veterans pass on, Ex-Services League looks ahead
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/1/2006
... So it is for all those dead, in the hope of ending war forever, that today we wear a poppy, even in this quiet corner called Belize. ...

Young activists receive help with community projects
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/1/2006
It is an international campaign that arrived in Belize last year, but the UNICEF sponsored Xchange movement has taken root quickly. ...

Carnival Association presents awards
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/1/2006
Today the Belize Tourism Board and the Belize Carnival Association officially closed Carnival 2006 by presenting awards to winners of the various competitions. ...

New police booth inaugurated at San Cas Plaza
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 11/1/2006
The Police Department has established a new presence in one of Belize City's busiest areas. The new booth, located at San Cas Plaza ...

Dog Eradication to commence? Town Council says “No!”
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 11/1/2006
... “NO” was her answer. Much concern came to San Pedro residents after a Channel 5 report about an eradication project carried out in Belize City. ...

Heavyweight champions
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 11/1/2006
... Goldblatt fingers Mesoamerica — what is now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras — where more than 1,500 ball-courts have been unearthed by archeologists ...

NEW POLICE BOOTH OPENED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM, Belize - 11/1/2006
Police Commissioner Gerald Westby officially opened a new police booth at the San Cas Plaza in Belize City this morning. Commissioner ...

RESIDENTS OF PICKSTOCK HAVE NEW LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER
LoveFM, Belize - 11/1/2006
Residents of the Pickstock Division in Belize City will now have access to a new Learning Resource Center. This is through the efforts ...

GUATEMALAN OFFICIAL ON WORKING VISIT TO BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 11/1/2006
Currently in Belize on a working visit is Oswaldo Enriquez, an Official from the Guatemalan Office of the Ombudsman. Enriquez is ...

DEPUTY MAYOR MEETS WITH SANITATION COMPANIES
LoveFM, Belize - 11/1/2006
The garbage collection problem in Belize City seems to be nearing a solution. Love News spoke today with Deputy Mayor, Wayne Usher ...

EL CAMINO REAL: November 17 is deadline for bishop nominee ...
Episcopal News Service, NY - 11/1/2006
... The Rt. Rev. Sylvestre Romero-Palma, formerly bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Belize, is the assisting bishop for the diocese. ...

CARNIVAL SEASON OFFICIALLY CLOSE
LoveFM, Belize - 11/1/2006
The Belize Carnival Association officially closed its 2006 carnival season at a ceremony held this evening. Marketing Officer of ...

CEREMONY HELD TO MARK THE START OF THE ANNUAL POPPY SALE
LoveFM, Belize - 11/1/2006
The Belize Ex Services League held a ceremony this morning to mark the beginning of the annual poppy sale leading up to Remembrance Day on November 11. ...

YOUTH GROUPS RECEIVE UNICEF GRANTS
LoveFM, Belize - 11/1/2006
The grants were from between one thousand and two thousand Belize dollars. ... Rana Flowers is the UNICEF representative in Belize. ...

Challenges ahead for CLME project
Barbados Advocate, Barbados - 11/1/2006
... utilising the marine resources for the benefit of everybody, said Milton Haughton, Deputy Executive Direc-tor, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, Belize. ...

10/31/2006

45TH ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE HATTIE OBSERVED
LoveFM, Belize - 10/31/2006
Today marks the 45 th Anniversary of Hurricane Hattie hitting Belize. The death toll reached three hundred and seven. Hurricane ...

Sailing into Belize
Macworld, CA - 10/31/2006
... After 30 hours of sailing, we arrived early this morning in Belize City, Belize, for our second day of shore excursions. Well, not ...

DFC HEARINGS CONTINUED TODAY
LoveFM, Belize - 10/31/2006
... We heard from two witnesses Mr. Sanchez and Mr. Burrell who are partners in Castillo Sanchez and Burrell who are an Audit Firm formally Deloitte Belize. ...

FINALS FOR NATIONAL STORY READING CONTEST SLATED FOR NOVEMBER
LoveFM, Belize - 10/31/2006
The finals of the National story reading contest will be held at the Belize Elementary School auditorium on November 8. Assistant Librarian Myrtle Myvett told ...

CEREMONY TO AWARD COMMUNITY NURSES AIDES HELD
LoveFM, Belize - 10/31/2006
... nurses aid and you know that committee nurses aid are community health workers basically that work within the community of the different villages of Belize. ...

SPEAR RELEASES FINDINGS OF LATEST POLL
LoveFM, Belize - 10/31/2006
... Orange Walk twenty percent approved sixty one point seven disapproved, Belize City eleven point seven percent approved seventy three point four percent ...

Fromer Alberta legislature adviser jailed 10 years in massive ...
680 News, Canada - 10/31/2006
... He registered a new company in Belize and moved the con game to Edmonton, luring more investors who lost another $7 million after Ritter became involved. ...

Business browser: Planet income jumps (4:10 pm)
Edmonton Journal (subscription), Canada - 10/31/2006
... largely driven by one month of earnings contribution from the utilities in the Turks and Caicos Islands and improved earnings at Belize Electricity primarily ...

PREPERATIONS CONTINUE FOR 42ND ANNUAL PARTNERS OF THE AMERICAS ...
LoveFM, Belize - 10/31/2006
Preparations continue for the 42nd annual partners of the Americas convention which will be held in Belize next month. President ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND PAHO CONDUCT THREE DAY WORKSHOP
LoveFM, Belize - 10/31/2006
... and environmentally friendly. The workshop is taking place at the Radisson Fort George Hotel in Belize and will end on Thursday.

Global Issues Lecture Series to Discuss Ecotourism in Belize
Baylor University, TX - 10/31/2006
... findings in a lecture titled "In the Eye of the Storm: How Hurricane Iris Exposed the Social and Economic Costs of Tourism Development in Belize" from 4-5 pm ...

The Cuban Threat: Medical Diplomacy
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 10/31/2006
... teams had worked in Guyana and Nicaragua in the 1970s, but by 2005 they were implementing their Comprehensive Health Program in Belize, Bolivia, Dominica ...

Global Issues Lecture Series to Discuss Ecotourism in Belize
Baylor University, TX - 10/31/2006
... findings in a lecture titled "In the Eye of the Storm: How Hurricane Iris Exposed the Social and Economic Costs of Tourism Development in Belize" from 4-5 pm ...

The Cuban Threat: Medical Diplomacy
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 10/31/2006
... teams had worked in Guyana and Nicaragua in the 1970s, but by 2005 they were implementing their Comprehensive Health Program in Belize, Bolivia, Dominica ...

Fortis Inc. Q3 profit rises to $38.8 million from year earlier ...
Oilweek Magazine, Canada - 10/31/2006
... largely driven by one month of earnings contribution from the utilities in the Turks and Caicos Islands and improved earnings at Belize Electricity primarily ...

Ritter to be sentenced for fraud, theft (11:50 am)
Edmonton Journal (subscription), Canada - 10/31/2006
... Newport set up another shell company, a bank account in Belize and established a call centre in Edmonton to keep the scheme operating after it had been shut ...

BTIA To Hold 21ST Annual General Meeting
Belize Tourism Industry Association (press release), Belize - 10/31/2006
BELIZE CITY, Belize (October 31, 2006) - The Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) hereby informs all members and industry partners of its upcoming 21st ...

10/30/2006

School burglar sentenced to eight years
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 54 minutes ago
A Belize City man caught red handed breaking into a school has been sentenced to spend the next eight years behind bars. According ...

Fire destroys warehouses in Corozal Free Zone
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/30/2006
... situation. Then we requested the assistance of the Corozal fire station and further on we went to request assistance from Belize City. ...

Court rules against Narda on judicial review
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/30/2006
Chief Justice of Belize Abdulai Conteh has dismissed an application for judicial review from former Social Security Board general manager Narda Garcia to quash ...

FC Belize, Hankook Verdes fight to draw
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/30/2006
... The Regent Cup four team play-offs took off this weekend, which brought together two contenders inside the MCC Grounds as FC Belize played host to Hankook ...

Citrus growers accept committee report
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/30/2006
With the first fruits of what should be Belize's most profitable crop now being processed, the biggest question in the Stann Creek Valley is: who will own the ...

Taiwan helps feeding programme with dried fruits
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/30/2006
This morning, the boys and girls of St. Luke’s primary school became the first students to benefit from the latest initiative between Belize and Taiwan. ...

COHA: Cuban Medical Diplomacy
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 10/30/2006
... teams had worked in Guyana and Nicaragua in the 1970s, but by 2005 they were implementing their Comprehensive Health Program in Belize, Bolivia, Dominica ...

The untamed tiger called food prices
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 10/30/2006
... that this increase for Trinidad was higher than that for Haiti, I pointed to, among other things, the average for the Bahamas at 2.3 per cent, Belize at 4.7 ...

Cruising the Keys
Macworld, CA - 10/30/2006
... At roughly the same time the Ingenious Bar closed, the Veendam undocked from Key West and began its long journey to Belize. Belize ...

UB RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF COVER UP
LoveFM, Belize - 10/30/2006
The University of Belize has issued a release responding to allegations in some quarters of the media of the local press of cover up in case of an incident ...

DEPUTY MAYOR EXPRESSES SURPRISE AT LAWSUIT FILED BY BELIZE WASTE ...
LoveFM, Belize - 10/30/2006
The Belize Waste Control has taken out a law suit against the Belize City Council. This comes as a total surprise says Deputy Mayor ...

TOMORROW MARKS THE FORTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE HATTIE
LoveFM, Belize - 10/30/2006
Tomorrow marks the 45 anniversary one of the most devastating hurricanes to have ever hit Belize. Hurricane Hattie crossed over the coast of Belize in 1961. ...

SEVEN YEAR OLD NEEDS A LITTLE EXTRA HELP TO GET CRITICAL HEART ...
LoveFM, Belize - 10/30/2006
The little girl is in desperate need of an open heart surgery, a procedure which the Rotary Club of Belize has instrumentally made possible for her, through ...

Belize barrier reef suffers, global warming blamed
Scientific American - 10/30/2006
CAYE CAULKER, Belize (Reuters) - A rainbow-hued parrot fish nibbles on a veined purple sea fan in the tranquil waters of Belize's barrier reef, the largest in ...

Cuban Medical Diplomacy: When the Left Has Got It Right
Council On Hemispheric Affairs, DC - 10/30/2006
... teams had worked in Guyana and Nicaragua in the 1970s, but by 2005 they were implementing their Comprehensive Health Program in Belize, Bolivia, Dominica ...

Strong Venezuelan Presence at Havana Trade Fair
Cuban News Agency, Cuba - 10/30/2006
... presence at national pavilions, in addition to another 19 government delegations from Belgium, Ghana, South Africa, Canada, Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Colombia ...

Hotel Punta Islita among the favorities in South & Central America
Dominican Today, Dominican Republic - 10/30/2006
... South America were the Four Seasons Peninsula Papagayo (Costa Rica), Explora en Patagonia (Chile), Llao Llao Hotel & Resort (Argentina) and Turtle Inn (Belize ...

10/29/2006

FEATURE-Belize barrier reef suffers, global warming blamed
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 10/29/2006
CAYE CAULKER, Belize, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A rainbow-hued parrot fish nibbles on a veined purple sea fan in the tranquil waters of Belize's barrier reef, the ...

Cruise news
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 10/29/2006
... 8. (The deadline may now extend as late as June 1, 2009.). But you still need a passport to cruise to some Caribbean ports, including Belize. ...

Name that tone
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 10/29/2006
... A proud OPI fan sent the company a photo of her pet chicken with its claws painted in Pawlish's Fire Hydrant Red. Belize It Or Not! ...

Venezuela and the US: Oddly coupled
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 10/29/2006
... Union market which Caribbean countries had enjoyed for their bananas; and Guatemala continues to prosecute a claim to all of the territory of Belize (a CARICOM ...

Taking to village life
Kennebec Journal, ME - 10/29/2006
... But then, Frank isn't in Manchester. He's in Belize. ... "Belize has two seasons: Wet and dry," he said. "Both are extremely hot and mercilessly humid.". ...

Manchester man adjusts to life in remote Belize Peace Corps ...
Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME - 10/29/2006
... But then, Frank isn't in Manchester. He's in Belize. ... "Belize has two seasons: Wet and dry," he said. "Both are extremely hot and mercilessly humid.". ...

10/28/2006

Various Artists
OffBeat Magazine, LA - 10/28/2006
... a trio of self-described “recovering record collectors,” the Numero Group prides itself on throwing the spotlight on the unknown, from Belize’s curious ...

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ILO APPEALS TO CARICOM - "Employment Promoting ...
Democrat Newspaper, St. Kitts and Nevis - 10/28/2006
... As regards growth rates in the region, Read noted that during the period 2000-2004, most countries, except Belize and Trinidad and Tobago , experienced modest ...

Balthazar sets stage for fundraising bash
Vancouver Sun (subscription),  Canada - 10/28/2006
... But we go about it.". Sounds a lot scrappier than his recent Understanding Belize: A Historical Guide. Rick Forde is one of our town's sweetest fellows. ...

Tinley Park steroid defendant appears in court
Chicago Daily Southtown, IL - 10/28/2006
... Drugs allegedly were smuggled into Tinley Park from Mexico and Belize and then distributed. Three of the defendants in the case were in court Thursday. ...

Few show up for anti-war protests
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 10/28/2006
... Court heard Ritter helped move the California-based pyramid scheme, which defrauded thousands of investors, to Belize as securities investigators closed in. ...

Farmers' Market in Newhall Thursdays Fruits, vegetables and ...
Signal, CA - 10/28/2006
... The club's 100-plus members schedule local beach dives and boat trips, dive trips to Monterey, Honduras, Belize, Ecuador, Fiji, Tahiti and more.

Carter Center Names Leaders for Election Mission to Nicaragua
All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - 10/28/2006
... Past Carter Center election missions have been led by former presidents and prime ministers from Argentina, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay ...

Pet peeve: A lot of people long to lead a dog's life
Miami Herald, FL - 10/28/2006
... that $38.4 billion is more than the gross domestic product of several of our neighbors to the south -- Haiti, Honduras, Bolivia, Paraguay, Belize and quite a ...

‘WE ARE MARSHALL’: Arlen Escarpeta’s Acting Career Began ...
HNN Huntingtonnews.net,  USA - 10/28/2006
... HNN: What was it like filming the football scenes in Atlanta? Escarpeta: It was hot., but for me it was not that bad, I’m from Belize (Central America) . ...

10/27/2006

CPBL employees support Caribbean investment deal
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/27/2006
... party ... the employees of CGA's processing plant, Citrus Products of Belize Limited, are putting their two cents into the discussion. ...

WIN to hold public awareness fair on Saturday
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/27/2006
... Belizeans. The event is an all day fair on Saturday coordinated by WIN-Belize and Youth for the Future. WIN's Shelmadine Cacho explains. ...

Pharmacists Assoc.: We need more professionals
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/27/2006
Earlier in this newscast, we reported on the efforts of the Belize Medical and Dental Association to improve service to the public. ...

Doctors and Dentists meet for annual conference
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/27/2006
... professionals in the country but for two days, doctors and nurses from across the nation are in the old capital as part of the twenty-fourth Belize Medical and ...

Police officers fined for beating detainee
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/27/2006
... officer "Cobo" ... a slang term used to describe a bum. Both Mas and Cowo are no longer members of the Belize Police Department.

Belize City man convicted of child rape
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/27/2006
A Belize City man has been found guilty of rape. According to court reports, this morning forty-eight year old Edward Negron, accused ...

Indian community celebrates Diwali
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 10/27/2006
... India.”. This Sunday, the Belize’s Indian community is inviting the general public to join them in the annual Diwali celebration. ...

Venezuela and the US: Oddly coupled
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 10/27/2006
... Union market which Caribbean countries had enjoyed for their bananas; and Guatemala continues to prosecute a claim to all of the territory of Belize (a CARICOM ...

Operation Cyber-Roid Snares Illegal Internet Pharmacy
Student Operated Press, FL - 10/27/2006
... Another defendant, Sergio Oliveira of Hoschton, Georgia, supplied PMeds with steroids and other controlled substances from his business in Belize. ...
ANNUAL BELIZE MEDICAL AND DENTAL CONGRESS HELD
LoveFM, Belize - 10/27/2006
The 24th annual Belize Medical and Dental Congress began this morning. Minister of Health, Transport, Communications and Local Government ...
RESIDENTS OF SAN PEDRO RECIPIENTS OF FREE DENTAL CARE
LoveFM, Belize - 10/27/2006
... years, the group of dental professionals has been rendering their services free of cost to people who need dental care as part of the Belize Mission Project. ...
SJC - JC HOLDS PUBLIC FORUM
LoveFM, Belize - 10/27/2006
Last evening Saint John’s College Junior College held a public discussion on the oil industry in Belize. The event went well, according ...
FAMILY FAIR PLANNED FOR TOMORROW
LoveFM, Belize - 10/27/2006
The fair is being organized by WIN-Belize and other agencies. Love News spoke with Shelmadine Cacho of WIN-Belize. “WIN-BELIZE ...
COURT OF APPEALS DISMISSED APPLICATION FILED ON BEHALF OF THE ...
LoveFM, Belize - 10/27/2006
... Attorney Andrew Marshalleck appeared as an interested party on behalf of the Belize Bank and Thiermon Limited and Attorney Rodwell Williams represented BTL as ...
Edmonton businessman Michael Ritter pleads guilty to international ...
680 News, Canada - 10/27/2006
... Court heard Ritter helped move the California-based pyramid scheme, which defrauded thousands of investors, to Belize as securities investigators closed in. ...

Tony Blair calls major conference on Caribbean Investment in ...
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release), Barbados - 10/27/2006
... Other Caribbean government leaders including the Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon Said Musa will be present along with key figures from the Caribbean private ...

Belize Waste Control files $10M lawsuit
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
Belize Waste Control Limited (BWC), a sanitation company based in Belize City, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the Belize City Council and two private ...

Over $170,000 missing bus money - Who’s to blame?
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
On Monday, The Belize Bus Owners Co-operative Society Limited called a press conference to let the public know some $170,000 paid into the co-operative between ...

Toledo cops shoot macheteman during manhunt for murderer
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
Toledo Police have shot and killed a man, - 54-year-old Honduran Jose Hernandez Martinez, wanted for murder. The police say they ...

Raymond Barrow - attorney & Prolific poet dies at 86
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
By Ann-Marie Williams - News Editor. Barrow at the "We are Belize - the Music", on September 17. He died less than a month later. ...

Corozal police shot for trespassing on ganja farmer’s fields
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
A Corozal policeman is recovering from a gunshot wound he received during a police raid on a marijuana plantation. Police constable ...

The Catherine Academy girls win championship final over Pollotti ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
Each school qualified by winning both games of the championship finals at the Belize City Centre on Monday, October 16 and on Saturday, October 14. The St. ...

Compol honours top cops
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
... A career cop of 14 years his tour of duty has taken him to some of the remotest areas of the country; including San Ignacio, Punta Gorda and Belize City, where ...

Freedom Street welder wins big in lotto
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
... He never thought Saturday would have been his lucky break as he’s been playing the high stakes game of lotto ever since it came on stream in Belize. ...

GOB commissions Board of Teacher Education
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
Fonseca and Maud Hyde pose with some members of the newly appointed board tasked with being the eyes and ears of education in Belize. ...

University cover up?Student told police she was raped
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 47 minutes ago
Police are yet to question and the University of Belize is yet to suspend two of its male students from the Orange Walk District who are implicated in the ...

We have 46 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
... The Cubans were out in force last week to see the Prime Minister and his Minister of Defence light up the first poor home in southside Belize City with the new ...

We have 46 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/27/2006
Three Iraqui men, believed to be Jihadists, have been detained at the Belize Western frontier with Guatemala because of tampered passports. ...

Tending to a changing sea
Wildlife Conservation Magazine, NY - 10/27/2006
On the tiny island of Middle Cay, perched on the windward edge of a rare Caribbean atoll known as Glover’s Reef in Belize, the Wildlife Conservation Society ...

Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin shares love of wildlife
MLive.com, MI - 10/27/2006
... Amherst. As a student on an expedition to rain forests in Belize in 1984, he was moved to become an activist in protecting them. ...

HABITAT CHIEF TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE OF LOOMING NEED FOR PRO-POOR ...
PressZoom (press release), Netherlands - 10/27/2006
... Also speaking on sustainable development were the representatives of Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Belize, Mauritius, the Philippines, Democratic People’s ...

Belize: citrus growers prepare for Saturday showdown
FreshPlaza, Netherlands - 10/27/2006
In a global economic environment that appears to be permanently rigged against producers of commodities like sugar and bananas, Belize's citrus industry stands ...

Rosie O’Donnell Named Godmother of Norwegian Pearl
Business Wire (press release), CA - 10/27/2006
... schedule. Ports of call on the five-day Western Caribbean itinerary include stops in Cozumel, Mexico and Belize City, Belize. The ...

PM Douglas, SG Carrington to receive Dominica Award on behalf of ...
SKNVibes.com, St. Kitts and Nevis - 10/27/2006
... of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, EC$2.4 million; Government of Bahamas, US$1.5 million; Government of Belize, EC$2.7 million. The ...

Various Artists From Bakabush
PopMatters, IL - 10/27/2006
by Deanne Sole. Ivan Duran, the founder of the Stonetree label, grew up in Belize and spent years studying music in Cuba before moving home again. ...

How viable is a single Caribbean currency? - Part 2
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 10/27/2006
... with no monetary policies. Barbados has a fixed exchange rate regime and so do Belize and the Bahamas. Both Trinidad and Suriname ...

Major conference on Caribbean investment to take place in London
Caribbean360.com, Barbados - 10/27/2006
... Other Caribbean government leaders including the Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon Said Musa will be present along with key figures from the Caribbean private ...

CARICOM to get Dominica's highest award
Caribbean360.com, Barbados - 10/27/2006
... of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, EC$2.4 million; Government of Bahamas, US$1.5 million; Government of Belize, EC$2.7 million. The ...

Six charged with selling drugs illegally on Web
Chicago Daily Southtown, IL - 10/27/2006
... equipment. Sergio Oliveira, 46, of Hoschton, Ga., supplied steroids and drugs from his business in Belize, the government alleges. ...

Grand chance for Jamaica citrus - Problems in Brazil, Florida open ...
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 10/27/2006
... According to Miller, if Jamaica does the right things, its citrus production, at under 126,000 tonnes in 2005, could reach the levels of Belize, its Caribbean ...

ILLINOIS STYLE: Plainfield teacher is a snake lover
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - 10/27/2006
... and across North America. This past summer, Murphy and his wife Kathie vacationed in Belize with friends. While Kathie and their ...

Bear Stearns downgrades Belize to 'underperform'
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 10/27/2006
Last week the government of Belize released three restructuring scenarios to the public. ... However, Belize is in a much better situation than Grenada. ...


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