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2/13/09

Former Prime Minister, Said Musa, will be tried in the Supreme ...
Amandala, Belize - 2/13/09
But Magistrate Jones disagreed with them on that ground, and ruled that the offense occurred within the jurisdiction of Belize. Jones also ruled that there ...

Pay, Belize Bank, pay your taxes!!!
Amandala, Belize - 2/13/09
The Supreme Court of Belize has dismissed an application put forward by the Belize Bank Limited and its parent company, BB Holdings, formerly Carlisle ...LON:BBHL - OTC:BHLLF

Over 100 stakeholders participate in 2nd annual budget symposium
Amandala, Belize - 2/13/09
The participants included some of Belize’s leading activists and intellects - private sector Senator Godwin Hulse, KREM WUB talk show host – Evan “Mose” ...

Guat bandits strike tourists at Rio Frio Caves!
Amandala, Belize - 2/13/09
After a series of deadly attacks in the surrounding area several years ago, there was increased security in the form of Belize Defence Force soldiers and ...

PTA for ACC reaches out with ambitious book drive for needy students
Amandala, Belize - 2/13/09
... sale of Valentine’s baskets, up to Friday, February 13, for affordable prices of $2 to $10 at the campus on Albert Street West in downtown Belize City. ...

Championship cricket – and its free!
Amandala, Belize - 2/13/09
Belize Rural people love cricket. And, when it died in Belize City and elsewhere in the country, cricket remained alive and well in the Belize River Valley ...

ICJ - The Kosovo question: challenges to sovereignty
Amandala, Belize - 2/13/09
It stretches across 10887 square kilometers (4200 square miles) – about half the size of Belize. It has long been a land in turmoil, and most recently said ...

Pioneers of Prosperity Awards launched
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 2/13/09
The prosperity of Belize’s economy hinges very much on innovative and vibrant private business entrepreneurship. But with the growing demand of goods and ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/13/09
How quaint then is the view, now publicly expressed, that the Prime Minister of Belize, Mr. Dean Barrow, should have decided to get married in Belize in ...

Missing gun sinks police case. Four city youths walk free
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/13/09
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer Four Belize City youths accused of having an unlicensed .38 calibre revolver in their car, walked free from the charge ...

Guatemalans get 2 years for guns, ammo
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/13/09
by Angel Novelo Two Guatemalan men who crossed over into Belize from Melchor de Mencos armed with loaded 9 mm pistols were each sentenced to two years in ...

Belize accepts US help to fight crime
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/13/09
Belize is to receive a little more than two million dollars from the United States government to help fight crime and improve the prison department. ...

Belize Bank comes through! $11.4 million in back taxes
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/13/09
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter The Belize Bank, which has been fighting furiously to avoid payment of some $11.4 million in back taxes, came through ...

GOB financial woes $60 million deep
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/13/09
... this week unveiled a startling revelation that the Belize Government will have to figure out how it is going to close a $60 million budget deficit. ...

PUP Citco candidates launch 2009-2012 manifesto
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/13/09
Reneau, like his party leader, is confident that Belize City will go blue on March 4. “We are ready to tek back the city. We are ready to get rid of the Z. ...

Musa to stand trial for theft
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/13/09
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter Former Prime Minister Said Musa, accused of stealing US $10 million from the government and people of Belize, ...

Flood victims down south get new homes
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/13/09
The homeowners were given certificates that allowed them to hook up to Belize Electricity Limited’s supply lines. The families include those of Barrington ...

Maya leaders fight for land rights
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/13/09
... Commission and the United Nations - all of which have agreed with the Maya and recommended that Belize recognize and protect Maya land rights. ...

Belize government bond ratings upgraded
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 2/13/09
BELMOPAN, Belize: An internationally recognized rating agency, Moody’s Investor Service, has upgraded Belize’s government bond ratings. ...

2/12/09

Robbers at Accent Stole $1300 from BEL
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/12/09
One of the men then went to the Belize Electricity Limited agent which is inside the gift shop and stole $1300 from the cash pan. ...

Prodigal Son Arrives for Youth Conference 2009
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/12/09
The Prodigal Son will be joined on stage by Shepherd and Jason Mighty at the University of Belize gym in Belmopan. You can buy tickets online at ...

Reggae Legend Beres Hammond in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/12/09
Tonight the king of lover’s rock the legendary Beres Hammond is in Belize. He probably needs no introduction because before Demarco, Richie Spice, ...

Street Games Are Here
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/12/09
On Sunday, an event called the Street Games will be held in downtown Belize City. But more than just youth football and basketball played on the Albert ...

Butane Price Increases by $7
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/12/09
A 100 pound cylinder of butane is now $93 in Belize City and Corozal, $94 in Orange Walk, $95 in Belmopan and San Ignacio, $96 in Benque, $97 in Dangriga ...

Belize Districts Ballers of the Future
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/12/09
St. Ignatius boys and the La Democracia girls are champions of the Belize District Primary School basketball tournament. They battled all day at the City ...

The Sour Taste of Belize's White Sugar
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/12/09
Unless you’ve been under a rock somewhere, you’ll know that the Belize Sugar Industry has been having issues the quality of sugar that is delivered- and ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 2/12/09
The second man then reportedly went to the Belize Electricity Limited office located in the store and stole approximately 13 hundred dollars from the cash ...

BELIZE NGO CONSORTIUM RECEIVES GRANT FUNDING FROM IRELAND
LoveFM, Belize - 2/12/09
The Belize NGO Consortium received a grant from the Government of Ireland late last year. The donation is part of a three year program between four ...

SJC HOSTS ONE DAY BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM
LoveFM, Belize - 2/12/09
... Ignacio in the Cayo District and Mr. Umberto Paredas who is the Risk Analyst posted with the Atlantic International Bank Limited here in Belize City. ...

NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND TRADE SHOW GETS BIGGER AND BETTER
LoveFM, Belize - 2/12/09
The show will be an international fair now and we have invited the embassies of Belize, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to participate; we will also have the ...

BUTANE PRICE INCREASE BY $7.00
LoveFM, Belize - 2/12/09
The new controlled prices effective today are 93 dollars in Belize City and Corozal, 94 dollars in Orange Walk, 95 dollars in Belmopan and San Ignacio, ...

Belize ENERGY WORKERS UNION SAYS MAGAZINE ROAD PLANT IS STILL ...
LoveFM, Belize - 2/12/09
The Belize Energy Workers Union is once again expressing dissatisfaction with the management of Belize Electricity Limited. A letter sent to us today from ...

THIRD ANNUAL YC BELIZE TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND
LoveFM, Belize - 2/12/09
The third annual Youth Conference Belize is being held this weekend at the University of Belize Gymnasium in Belmopan. YC Belize is a multi denominational ...

2/11/09

New Belize Bank Boss
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/11/09
Earlier we told you that the Belize Bank has to pay $5.7 million to the Government of Belize by tomorrow. And while it is still Bank President Phil ...

Nigel Miguel is New Film Commissioner
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/11/09
Nigel Miguel is Belize’s new Film Commissioner. If you’ve seen the movie “The Air Up There”, you’ll definitely know him because he co-starred in that film. ...

New Homes for Stann Creek Flood Victims
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/11/09
Funds for the construction came from the Government of Belize with support form the Algerian, Canadian and United States Governments. ...

Hold-Up at Rio Frio
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/11/09
They acted quickly stealing eighteen hundred US dollars and six hundred Belize dollars in cash, as well as jewellery including a wedding band, ...

Former Minister Ainslie Leslie Charged for Fatal Traffic Accident
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/11/09
She never regained consciousness after she suffered massive head and body injuries and she died yesterday evening while getting treatment at Belize ...

Taekwondo Masters in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/11/09
We are talking about Taekwondo – one of the world’s most well known martial arts and tonight two Taekwondo masters are in Belize. They are here as guests of ...

American Couple Scams Big Bucks from Major Hotels
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/11/09
They came as tourists, lived like millionaires but are now the only sightseeing two tourists are doing is watching the walls inside the Belize Central ...

Budget Time is Near
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/11/09
... sphere of structured business and administrative activity in Belize, crowded into just about every available conference room at the Radisson to consult. ...

February 2009 Archives
Belizean - Only in Belize!, Belize - 2/11/09
By The Founder on February 12, 2009 4:41 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) Belmopan, Belize 12 February (Belizean.com) - The Prime Minister of Belize Hon. ...

Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow Wedding
Belizean - Only in Belize!, Belize - 2/11/09
By The Founder on February 12, 2009 4:41 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) Belmopan, Belize 12 February (Belizean.com) - The Prime Minister of Belize Hon. ...

SUPREME COURT DISMISSES BELIZE BANK’S APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTION ...
LoveFM, Belize - 2/11/09
In news from the Supreme Court, this afternoon Justice Samuel Awich dismissed an application for an injunction against the Government of Belize made by ...

UNITED KINGDOM FUNDS PUBLIC EDUCATION PROJECT ON BELIZE GUATEMALA ...
LoveFM, Belize - 2/11/09
The Governments of Belize and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday. Through the MOU the United Kingdom will provide assistance ...

GROUP OF TOURISTS ROBBED BY ARMED BANDITS IN MOUNTAIN PINE RIDGE
LoveFM, Belize - 2/11/09
The Belize Defense Force patrols the Mountain Pine Ridge but there were no soldiers in the immediate area around Rio Frio at the time of the robbery which ...

THIRD ANNUAL MATH OLYMPIAD BEGINS TOMORROW IN THE NORTH
LoveFM, Belize - 2/11/09
“Tomorrow February 12 at 8:30 am the launching of the 2009 Belize Math Olympiad will take place here at the Orange Walk Multipurpose Building. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 2/11/09
29-year-old Mark Anthony Humes of Riverside Street in Belize City has been charged for attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and grievous harm. ...

STANN CREEK RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LAUNCHED
LoveFM, Belize - 2/11/09
During brief ceremonies at the Citrus Growers of Belize headquarters on the Stann Creek Valley road this morning, a total of nine people from villages ...

CARIBBEAN FILM SHOWCASE COMES TO BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 2/11/09
The film representing Belize in the showcase is “Precious” produced by the Youth Enhancement Services with a focus on HIV/AIDS and stigma and discrimination ...

UNIVERSITY OF BELIZE HOSTS ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FAIR
LoveFM, Belize - 2/11/09
The University of Belize today held a scholarship fair in Punta Gorda. University of Belize coordinator of student affairs Sharon Palacio says that the UB ...

2/10/09

MAGISTRATE RULED AGAINST THE NO CASE SUBMISSION IN THE SAID MUSA TRAIL
LoveFM, Belize - 2/10/09
Former Housing Minister Ralph Fonseca is also facing a similar charge of theft in connection with the 20 million dollars gifted to Belize by Venezuela. ...

PIONEERS OF PROSPERITY LAUNCHES AWARD PROGRAM IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 2/10/09
The signing involved the participation of Beltrade, the Belize Chamber of Commerce, the Belize Tourism Industry Association, BEST, Rotary Clubs of Belize ...

POLICE DEPARTMENT MOVES TOWARD FUEL EFFICIENT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
LoveFM, Belize - 2/10/09
Seven new motor bikes were today handed over to the Belize Police Department during brief ceremonies at the National Security Building in Belmopan. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 2/10/09
A fire in Belize City yesterday evening completely destroyed a home on Ebony Street. Police and fire officials were called to the scene where the wooden ...

NEW BELIZE DEFENSE FORCE TROOP TAKES UP POST IN PUNTA GORDA
LoveFM, Belize - 2/10/09
A change over of Belize Defense Force Military Troops will take place later this week in the Toledo District. BDF Soldiers of first battalion has now ...

YOUTH BUSINESS TRUST BELIZE AND THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND SIGN ...
LoveFM, Belize - 2/10/09
The signing of an agreement for a grant of eighty thousand Belize dollars took place this morning between Youth Business Trust Belize and the Social ...

WATER BOARD TRAINING HELD IN THE TOLEDO DISTRICT
LoveFM, Belize - 2/10/09
The training sessions were facilitated jointly by Social Investment Fund, Belize Water Services Limited, the Public Utilities Commission, PAHO, ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 2/10/09
As a result of that meeting, at Government House in Belize, British Honduras, in early 1969, and the subsequent magazine piece Naipaul wrote (quoted above), ...

Article search: Site Web
Amandala, Belize - 2/10/09
The Guatemalan claim to Belize has once again emerged as the most important issue where Belize’s national future is concerned. The reason the claim is the ...

Cane farmer Atanacio Gutierrez, 44, buried in San Victor
Amandala, Belize - 2/10/09
CEO of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, Carlos Magaña, fresh from signing an agreement to remove the hated core sampler from the BSI factory that ...

Guats send Belize diplomatic note on Jalacte
Amandala, Belize - 2/10/09
Arellanos and his allies in his home village, Santa Cruz, Guatemala, have allegedly issued threats of violence against both Belize and Guatemala security ...

Sugar factory grinding cane again!
Amandala, Belize - 2/10/09
Belize Sugar Industries, in a press release on Thursday, insisted that the cane farmers had to guarantee quality for the industry to survive. ...

Belize Salmonella update
Amandala, Belize - 2/10/09
There is good news from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) today, that there is to date no confirmed case of Salmonella poisoning in Belize ...

2/9/09

Jihad Ahmad's Road to Recovery
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/9/09
He is the thirteen year old high school student of Hattieville Village who had gotten a ride to Belize City last Monday morning but the teenager never got ...

PUP Launch Belize City Manifesto
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/9/09
But let the critics be damned, the leader of the Belize City slate, Cecil Chubby Reneau is in fine fighting form as the PUP today launched its manifesto for ...

Things Sweet Again at Tower Hill!
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/9/09
Under that resolution, Belize Sugar Industries agreed to discontinue and in fact remove the core sampler. The farmers in turn agreed to resume delivering ...

PM Dean Barrow Marries Fiance Kim Simplis in Savannah
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/9/09
About one hundred persons attended – most of them from Belize – and now thanks to these pictures which have been posted on the official photographer’s ...

US Gives Belize $1 million to Fight Crime
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/9/09
“I applaud the Belize government for committing to the initiative and hopefully we continue to work together to protect and strengthen security within the ...

PEOPLE’S UNITED PARTY LAUNCHES 2009 MUNICIPAL ELECTION MANIFESTO
LoveFM, Belize - 2/9/09
"We will prepare a Belize City master plan 2009-2029 within one year of assuming office for immediate to maintain the city as the commercial, financial and ...

GOVERNMENTS OF BELIZE AND THE UNITED STATES SIGNS MERIDA INITIATIVE
LoveFM, Belize - 2/9/09
The Government of Belize through the Ministry of National Security and the United States Government today signed the Merida Initiative Agreement. ...

PUP COUNCILOR CANDIDATE CLAIMS VICTIMIZATION IN SAN PEDRO
LoveFM, Belize - 2/9/09
According to Deborah Spain her land was taken away and given to Joel Chi, the driver of the Minister of Tourism and Area Representative of Belize Rural ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 2/9/09
A Belize City man was stabbed during a fight yesterday morning. Police say just before 10 o’clock yesterday morning they visited the Karl Heusner Memorial ...

20 CHEFS AND COOKS PARTICIPATE IN WEEK LONG CULINARY TRAINING
LoveFM, Belize - 2/9/09
A culinary training program organized by the Belize Tourism Board with assistance from the Organization of American States began this morning at the IT-VET ...

2/5/09

BTIA conducts workshop in SP
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 2/5/09
The Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) conducted a half day workshop on Wednesday, January 28th at Banana Beach Resort in San Pedro Town. ...

SP Celebrates World Wetland Day
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 2/5/09
Activities to commemorate World Wetland Day were also held at the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary in the Belize District. February 2nd marks the date of the ...

Drug war claims three lives
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 2/5/09
OIC Arnold rounded up a contingency consisting of Belize Defense Force soldiers, Anti Drug Unit officers as well as San Pedro Police Department officers and ...

Local Wine Business Soured by Scam
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 2/5/09
According to Davidson, Gomez went further to explain that he was willing to serve as a broker to facilitate the importation of wine into Belize at a more ...

A Bizarre Accident & the Minor Miracle
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/5/09
Around 4:30 pm, an Isuzu Rodeo which was heading towards Belize City rammed into the guard rail on the Burdon Creek Bridge. The impact was massive and it ...

Day 10 of Sugar Strike
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/5/09
The other development is that the post mortem on Anastascio Gutierrez was conducted today in Belize City. After that his body was returned to his home in ...

Doppler Radar Up but Not Operating
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/5/09
The radar in Belize is one a set of three installed in the Caribbean. The total cost of the three is 3.2 million Euros - about $10 million. ...

All Points Bulletin for Lionfish
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/5/09
Last night we told you about the lionfish threat on Belize’s reef – and today, the Fisheries Department announced that anyone seeing the lionfish anywhere ...

Theft Case Against Ralph Fonseca Adjourned
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/5/09
They are charged for playing different roles in the alleged theft of the same 20 million Belize dollars in Venezuelan grant funds – and last week was former ...

Belize Delegates Representing Caribbean at Special Olympics Summit
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/5/09
Belize will be represented by Special Olympics gold medallist 13 year old Romelda Logan and a friend of the Special Olympians – St. Catherine’s Academy ...

ANOTHER MURDER REPORTED FOLLOWING DISCOVERY OF BODY TODAY
LoveFM, Belize - 2/5/09
Orellano of a Gyles Street address in Belize City was reported missing on January 28 and a post mortem examination conducted on site today revealed that he ...

BELIZE WORKERS UNION WEIGHS IN ON STRIKE IN THE NORTH
LoveFM, Belize - 2/5/09
The Belize Workers’ Union today sent out a release urging cane farmers and other parties involved to try and effectively put an end to the crisis that has ...

OAS WORK TO IMPROVE TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING IN BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 2/5/09
Kim Osborne is the OAS Representative in Belize. “The key thing that we wanted to bring across to Belize was the idea of creating an implementation ...

INDEFINITE STRIKE BY SUGAR CANE FARMERS POSES THREAT TO INDUSTRY ...
LoveFM, Belize - 2/5/09
One of the major players, the Belize Sugar Industries has not said much since the start of the strike last Tuesday. That is until today. ...

SPECIAL OLYMPICS BELIZE ATTEND 2009 WINTER GAMES
LoveFM, Belize - 2/5/09
Special Olympics Belize will be taking part in a number of activities during the 2009 Special Olympics Winter Games. The games are being held in Boise Idaho ...

2/4/09

Audubon's 'Shutter Speed'
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/4/09
We want to show off the beauty about Belize and there is a lot of beautiful things that can Belize can brag about, for example the Blue Hole. ...

7 Goes Atop A 62 ft High Construction Site
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/4/09
So did we until we visited a construction site for what promises to be one of Belize’s taller buildings and found that the air up there blows hard, ...

Invasion of the Lionfish
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/4/09
Now, the fish, remarked upon for its attractive appearance has been spotted in Belize’s reef systems, and though it’s quite a sight to behold, ...

INVESTIGATION IN THE DEATH OF ANASTACIO GUTIERREZ BEGINS
LoveFM, Belize - 2/4/09
We very much sympathize with the cane farmers but the cane farmers are not the entire nation of Belize and we have a duty to all the citizens of this ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH HOSTS CAPACITY BUILDING SEMINARS FOR REGIONAL ...
LoveFM, Belize - 2/4/09
We have other consultancies in other areas that are supporting what is happening and to enhance the health sector reform in Belize for this year. ...

ONE MAN CRITICAL AFTER BEING SHOT TWICE IN THE NECK
LoveFM, Belize - 2/4/09
A shooting in Belize City shortly after 8 yesterday morning has left one person hospitalized with serious injuries. 26 year old Mervin Underwood was ...

BELIZE SUGAR CANE FAMERS ASSOCIATION & JULIAN CHO SOCIETY ASSIST ...
LoveFM, Belize - 2/4/09
Orange Walk is calm today and the management of the Belize Sugar Cane Famers Association was in meetings all morning finalizing a plan for a different ...

CANE FARMERS IMPOSE INDEFINITE STRIKE UNTIL DEMANDS ARE MET
LoveFM, Belize - 2/4/09
... the Government of the Belize Sugar Industry and the third demand is that Nemencio Acosta be removed as the Chairman of the Sugar Industry Control Board. ...

AUDUBON SOCIETY LAUNCHES SHUTTER SPEED EXHIBITION
LoveFM, Belize - 2/4/09
As a part of its 40 th Anniversary celebration the Belize Audubon Society is launching a photo exhibition tonight at the Mexican Institute. ...

BELIZE NATURAL ENERGY CHARITABLE TRUST DONATES US$100000.00 WORTH ...
LoveFM, Belize - 2/4/09
The Belize Natural Energy Charitable Trust today handed over a donation of school supplies to 19 schools in the Ornage Walk and Belize Districts. ...

VENEZUELA ASSISTS BELIZEANS WITH EYE CARE
LoveFM, Belize - 2/4/09
The Republic of Venezuela in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Government of Belize has launched a humanitarian social programme called ...

2/3/09

Blood, Bullets, and Bonfires on Tower Hill
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/3/09
And tonight we’ve given you a few important snapshots of what happened in Orange Walk. But in our next story, we take the broader view and look at the ...

Farmers Decide to Remain on Indefinite Strike!
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/3/09
And until it is no longer the method for testing quality in Belize, these farmers are resolved to remain on strike. Magana says he will continue dialogue ...

Two More Fishermen Found Murdered North of San Pedro
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/3/09
It was discovered on eight members of the Belize City George Street crew. The men were taken into custody and questioned. They told the cops they had come ...

PM Barrow: Law & Order Must Prevail
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/3/09
We very much sympathize with the cane farmers but the cane farmers are not the entire nation of Belize and we have a duty to all the citizens of this ...

Traffic accident claims Magal’s widow, daughter: the other ...
Amandala, Belize - 2/3/09
Martinez, a resident of Belize City who works with Port Loyola’s Housing for the Poor Program, was on his way to Hattieville when the accident occurred, ...

Cañeros muscle Belmopan
Amandala, Belize - 2/3/09
After an evening of intense and violent standoff with Belize security forces, and a late evening announcement by Prime Minister Dean Barrow that the ...

Erlin Neal stabbed 14 times inside Princess’ Club Next
Amandala, Belize - 2/3/09
Neal’s attackers, believed to be Vincent Galvez and about four of his friends, are being sought by Belize City Police for questioning and possibly for ...

Fisherman Dembert Jones, 36, killed at Club Enterprise
Amandala, Belize - 2/3/09
Crime and violence have so escalated that there is almost no night life in Belize City. Only a few places are open past midnight on the Southside of the ...

Sugar and blood!
Amandala, Belize - 2/3/09
CEO of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA), Carlos Magaña, told Amandala this morning that the blockades were done as a “coercive gesture” to ...

Smooth talking Abner Gomez cons San Pedro couple
Amandala, Belize - 2/3/09
In the first instance involving Davidson’s business, Pinguino Belize, there are allegations that Gomez was paid almost $6000 last December on the claim that ...

2/2/09

Seeds of Anarchy Planted on Saturday
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/2/09
Today is a tragic and terrible day in northern Belize as anarchy was loosed in the area of the Tower Hill Factory in Orange Walk. Credible reports say one ...

Nude & Murdered on San Pedro Beach
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/2/09
“Information has been received that it might be drug related and you’re attesting to that, but it also involves organized Belize City gang members. ...

Late Afternoon Anarchy at Tower Hill: 1 Dead, 4 Injured
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/2/09
When our team arrived at the mouth of the road leading to Tower Hill just before 4pm, cane fields were burning, gunshots were firing and the mood was ...

The Denbert Jones Murder
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/2/09
Belize City police have not yet made any arrest in connection with the killing of thirty six year old Denbert Jones. The homicide occurred around one ...

PM Dean Barrow Prepared to Negotiate with Farmers on His Terms
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/2/09
... armed and organized to make a pre-emptive strike – and what unfolded after has amounted to one of the saddest and most violent days in Belize’s history. ...

Ministry of Edcuation Weighs in on The Pallotti Situation
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/2/09
... very seriously that discipline in our schools must be fair and just to all parties concerned and must be consistent with the constitution of Belize. ...

Orange Walk Erupts!
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/2/09
It has been a day of terrible reckoning in northern Belize. One man is dead and at least four more are injured – all the result of afternoon clashes between ...

Mother & Daughter Killed in Western Highway Collision
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 2/2/09
It happened around 7:15 this morning between miles eight and nine as Hattieville resident Carolyn Rowland and her family of four were heading to Belize City ...

PRIME MINISTER SAYS NEGOTIATION REMAINS OPEN BUT NOT UNDER THE ...
LoveFM, Belize - 2/2/09
Prime Minister Dean Barrow this afternoon held a press conference to state the Government’s position as it relates to the stand off staged by Belize sugar ...

MURDER REPORTED IN SAN PEDRO OVER THE WEEKEND
LoveFM, Belize - 2/2/09
It was a busy weekend for the police as there were three murders reported between San Pedro, Corozal and Belize City. We begin with the murder in San Pedro. ...

BELIZE CITY MAN FATALLY STABBED INSIDE Q-CLUB OF CEASAR RIDGE ROAD
LoveFM, Belize - 2/2/09
The third murder was reported in Belize City early this morning. It reportedly occurred at Club Enterprise formerly Q-Club on Ceasar Ridge Road. ...

INTERNATIONAL WETLANDS DAY OBSERVED IN BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 2/2/09
On Monday February 2 nd , Belize joins the world in celebrating World Wetland’s Day. It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on ...

POLICE DETAIN EX BOYFRIEND FOR MURDER IN COROZAL
LoveFM, Belize - 2/2/09
The body was identified as one Annette Palacio; she is a Belizean employee of Belize Food Packers Limited and resident of Venezuelan Site. ...

1/30/09

MAYAS EXPRESS OUTRAGE OVER THE SELECTION OF ALCALDE IN SANTA ELENA ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/30/09
We also hope that we receive some kind of explanation, some kind of clarity and in fact an apology from the Government of Belize. We see this as a continued ...

BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE CELEBRATES 31ST ANNIVERSARY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/30/09
The Belize Defence Force is this year celebrating their 31 st anniversary. The celebration began last Sunday with a church service and continued today with ...

ROTARY’S ANNUAL PROJECT’S FAIR HELD IN BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/30/09
The 16 th annual Uniendo America Project Fair hosted by Rotarians is being held in Belize this year. The three day fair opened yesterday at the Radisson ...

$9000.00 EXTORTED FROM SAN PEDRO BUSINESSMAN
LoveFM, Belize - 1/30/09
Rick Davidson, of the Winery "Pinguino" in San Pedro, reported to police that on December 15, he received information from Belize Port Authority that his ...

CHALLENGE GOBIE CHARITABLE BIKE RIDE AIMS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/30/09
We would like to encourage others to contribute to Challenge Gobie account, it has a Belize Bank account number and it is 6-4-5-2-2-2-2-5-7-2-8 or they can ...

PALOTTI HIGH SCHOOL HOST ANNUAL FUNDRAISING FAIR
LoveFM, Belize - 1/30/09
Students and faculty of the school this afternoon held a motorcade through the streets of Belize City to promote the fair and the other activities for ...

MOU SIGNED FOR TREATMENT OF CLUB FEET IN BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/30/09
A Ceremony involving the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Care Belize, International Hospital for Children, and the Ministry of Health was ...

BBA EXECUTIVES ALDO MANZANERO & BRUCE FLOWERS RULE IN FAVOR OF ...
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/09
Using the disguise of Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) and the Belize Basketball Federation (BBF), the Belmopan Basketball Association (BBA) ...

Senator Godwin “goes off” - Senate approves DFC bill
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/09
On Friday, when the DFC Bill of 2008 was debated in the House, Prime Minister Barrow had identified those 5 organizations as the Belize Chamber of Commerce ...

ICJ STATS - Enforcement of ICJ rulings
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/09
We note that the compromis (special agreement) signed last December by Belize and Guatemala, stipulates in Article 5 that if the parties cannot between ...

Behind the Christine Perriott firing
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/09
The Belize City Council’s Director of Human Resource and Public Relations, the embattled Christine Perriott, has been fired from her post. ...

Pallotti discipline uproar!
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/09
Hundreds of parents convened on the campus of the prestigious Northside Catholic high school, Pallotti High School, in Belize City at 3:00 this evening to ...

The Harold Crooks report still “mostly secret”
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/09
His term in Belize was largely shrouded in secrecy by police and government officials. He came suddenly, worked silently, and departed in inauspicious ...

“Hard-pay” Ashcroft-controlled Belize Bank ordered to pay ...
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/09
In 2008 the Income Tax Commissioner faced off with Belize Telemedia Limited and its subsidiaries, Business Enterprise Systems Limited and Digicell, ...

Police brutalized Jimmy Singh
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/09
When police were called, Singh led them through Belize City streets on a high speed chase, only stopping after police blasted the side of the vehicle with a ...

Church and State
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/09
I think this is the ideal arrangement of society for countries like Belize to aspire to. We have been on the road to become an ideal society since ...

FFB’s Belize performance undermines our nation’s status and security
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/09
On Friday, when the DFC Bill of 2008 was debated in the House, Prime Minister Barrow had identified those 5 organizations as the Belize Chamber of Commerce ...

Bear naked
Inquirer.net, Philippines - 1/30/09
While he was in the urban wilderness of Washington, DC (a short stopover after filming in Belize and the Badlands of Oregon), Super was given special access ...

National Assembly gets $40000 gift for remodelling
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/30/09
By Angel Novelo Speaker of the House of Representative Emil Arguelles recived donation from Taiwan Ambassador to Belize, HE Ting Jospeh Shih. ...

Crooks Report says Belize Police need to modernize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/30/09
The Crooks Report, a 27 page study undertaken by a Jamaican expert, reveals the woes of the Belize Police Department, painting a bleak picture of the ...

Burglars hit Courts warehouse at Mile 2 for $60000
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/30/09
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter Belize City Some $60000 worth of electronic appliances was stolen from the Courts Belize warehouse near mile two on the ...

Belize Bank told to pay up!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/30/09
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter Belize City Magistrate Ed Usher has ordered the Belize Bank to pay up over $11.4 million in business and income taxes, ...

Witness tampering out of control!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/30/09
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter Belize City: A 16-year-old girl, Tanisha Bodden, the sister of a man accused of murder, has been arrested and remanded to ...

Businessman gets 7 yrs. jail time for killing Butta
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/30/09
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer Belize City, Wed. Jan. 28, 2009 Belize City businessman Edward Reyes, will have to spend the next seven years in jail ...

Youth, 19, charged with $20000 heist
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/30/09
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer Justin McLaren,19-year-old computer technician of 146 Freetown Road, Belize City, is the man who allegedly masterminded ...

Tension inside Sugar City! Caneros on strike!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/30/09
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter Tension is high inside Belize’s sugar industry as a large number of sugar cane farmers entered their fourth day of strike ...

Panic inside Tourist Village
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/30/09
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer A mysterious explosion on a boat used to transport tourists from the tourist village in Belize City took place Thursday ...

Red Alert for deadly Lionfish in Belize waters
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/30/09
Luckily for Belize, the reef area is home to a local group of fish which prey on Lionfish - the Nassau Grouper. But the Nassau Grouper is on the endangered ...

1/29/09

Belize Health Workers prepare for possible flu Pandemic
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 1/29/09
In Belize, like the rest of the world, health workers, including doctors, nurses, pharmacist and other health care providers are being educated on the ...

UDP Releases Plan of Action
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 1/29/09
Present for the occasion was Party Leader and Prime Minister Honorable Dean Barrow, Area Representatives for Port Loyola, Belmopan and Belize Rural South, ...

PRELIMINARY INQUIRY INTO CASE AGAINST FORMER PRIME MINISTER BEGAN ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/09
... appropriation or intent committed by Musa in his request to have the Venezuela grant transferred to the Belize Bank to pay off the UHS debt. ...

CASE BROUGHT AGAINST DIANE HAYLOCK AND NICH ADJOURNED
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/09
Jaguar Paw’s attorneys, Godfrey Smith and Elson Kaseke, have filed for judicial review of the contract signed between Diane Haylock and Belize City ...

ILO TO PRODUCE DRAFT OF DECENT WORK PROGRAMME FOR BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/09
A two and a half day workshop aimed at developing a Decent Work Programme for Belize ended yesterday at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL FIRES CHRISTINE PERRIOT
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/09
Human Resource Manager at the Belize City Council Christine Perriot was terminated from that post with effect from yesterday. Perriot who was hired by the ...

BELIZEAN CHILDREN ART WORK TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/09
Marcelino Miranda of the Mexican Embassy in Belize tells us more. “According to the rules of the competition, now the works and drawings of the Belizean ...

1/28/09

Sugar Strike Cripples Tower Hill
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/28/09
But Belize Sugar Industries’ Finance Director Belizario Carballo says cane farmers shouldn’t hold their breaths. “Farmers say it is the system BSI is ...

Police Launch 9 Point Crime Fighting Strategy
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/28/09
So now, they’ve come up with a nine point strategy to address crime in Belize. It has been developed and launched in the aftermath of the most murderous ...

The Crooks Report
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/28/09
Jamaican policing expert Harold Crooks was brought to Belize in June to study the Police Department for six months. His job was to evaluate the weaknesses ...

The Westerhaven Receives Bail
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/28/09
The Department of Environment estimates that when it crashed into Belize’s reef two weeks ago, the Westerhaven cargo ship caused US$26.9 million in damages. ...

FINDING'S IN CROOK'S REPORT REVEALED
LoveFM, Belize - 1/28/09
High ranking officials within the Belize Police Department, the Minister of National Security and his chief executive officer this morning held a press ...

BTIA HOST TRAINING WORKSHOP IN SAN PEDRO
LoveFM, Belize - 1/28/09
The Belize Tourism Industry Association is held a half day workshop on Wednesday in San Pedro Town. The workshop had the participation of over 40 front desk ...

SUGAR CANE FARMERS CONTINUE TO STRIKE IN THE NORTH
LoveFM, Belize - 1/28/09
A strike instituted by the Belize Sugarcane Farmers Association yesterday continued today in the north. Today, the cues at the BSI factory were practically ...

NEW WATER SYSTEM INAUGURATED IN PATCHAKAN VILLAGE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/28/09
Funding for the project was provided through a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank, the Government of Belize and the Patchakan community contributed in ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize -
A Belize City woman was robbed last Tuesday while walking on East Canal. Jesselyn Bennett reported to police that when she neared the area of Church and ...

1/27/09

Westerhaven Caused US$26.9 million in Damages to Belize's Reef
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/27/09
Two weeks ago tonight, the Westerhaven Cargo Ship loaded with containers crashed into Belize’s barrier reef near Caye Glory. It tore through 11000 square ...

Senate Debates DFC Bill
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/27/09
We know Belize, nobody will brakes the Minister. Me nuh care which Minister, you laugh behind his back and say all he can do is crack pepitos but he is Mr. ...

Magistrate Orders Belize Bank to Pay Back Taxes
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/27/09
The war between the Ashcroft Empire and the Government of Belize may have publicly subsided for a few months – but it was back in the courts today where the ...

Tourist Throat's Cut in Caye Caulker Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/27/09
Fortunately she lived and will recover but with such a bold attack, the question is can Belize’s tourism product take the injury in such a tenuous time? ...

Combating Newcastle
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/27/09
“OIRSA is very enthusiastic in assisting the government of Belize and particularly BAHA and the Ministry of Agriculture in controlling this disease, ...

Strike at Tower Hill
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/27/09
There is trouble in the north at the Tower Hill Sugar Factory as the Belize Cane Farmers Association has called for a general strike. ...

Thieves Clean Out the Courts Warehouse
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/27/09
It seems as if burglars had time on their hands when they broke into the warehouse of Unicomer Belize Limited formerly known as Courts Belize Limited at ...NZE:WHS

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/27/09
A warehouse belonging to Courts Belize Limited near mile two and a half on the Northern Highway was burglarized over the weekend. Manager Roberto Ortiz told ...

COURT ORDERS BELIZE BANK TO PAY $11 MILLION IN BACK TAXES
LoveFM, Belize - 1/27/09
That’s how much the Belize Bank Limited must pay the Government of Belize in Income and Business Tax arrears by February 12. The judgment was handed down by ...

VIRULENT NEW CASTLE DISEASE TRAINING WORKSHOP HELD IN CENTRAL FARM
LoveFM, Belize - 1/27/09
The official opening was held at the University of Belize at the College of Agriculture Campus near Central Farm. The training sessions will educate ...

LIVESTOCK TRAINING PROGRAM LAUNCHED
LoveFM, Belize - 1/27/09
The project is being implemented by the Belize Livestock Producers Association at a cost of 12 thousand Belize dollars.

MINISTRY OF WORKS PERSONNEL RECEIVES NEW VEHICLES
LoveFM, Belize - 1/27/09
The four- cylinder Isuzu D-Max pick up trucks were purchased by the Government of Belize under the Prime Minister’s 2 million dollars budget allocation for ...

OIL SPILL RESPONSE AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT TRAINING HELD
LoveFM, Belize - 1/27/09
“We are embarking on a training of what we call frontline agencies in Belize that would respond to potential oil spills be it terrestrial or most ...

1/26/09

Jimmy Singh in Shootout with Police
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/26/09
There was a shootout in Belize City last night – and it all started with a drunken domestic dispute. It began around 11 which is when police received ...

Belizean Murdered in Melchor
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/26/09
His body was brought back to Belize for burial by his mother Martina Cal. Johnny Cal was a vegetable vendor. The investigation is in the hands of Melchor ...

Tripartite Partners Discussing Decent Work
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/26/09
The participants will take an in depth look at the project and what is needed to develop and achieve the programme for Belize. Acting Labour Commissioner ...

Chinese Celebrate Year of the Ox
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/26/09
It is the lunar New Year and for the Chinese it is the beginning of the Year of the Ox. And as per tradition, leaders of the Chinese community in Belize ...

Inside Customs Dept. for Int'l Customs Day
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/26/09
... it will be deployed to the other stations. So Belize City will be the first base of operations and the prototype will be testified first in Belize City.”

UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY LAUNCHES MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN
LoveFM, Belize - 1/26/09
It is no secret that residents of Belize City are none too pleased with the current garbage situation affecting the streets of the old capital. ...


NATIONAL LIVESTOCK TRAINING PROGAMME TO BE LAUNCHED
LoveFM, Belize - 1/26/09
The Ministry of Agriculture through the livestock unit and the Belize Agricultural Health Authority will tomorrow launch a National Livestock Training ...

POLICE INVESTIGATES KIDNAPPING AND ROBBERY IN THE SOUTH
LoveFM, Belize - 1/26/09
Information is that Hynes was taken to a location not too far from Bella Vista in Southern Belize where police reports confirmed that a robbery was done ...

ILO INITIATES DECENT WORK COUNTRY PROGRAMME FOR BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/26/09
Opening ceremonies for a two a half day workshop to develop a Decent Work Country Programme for Belize were held this morning at the Radisson Fort George ...

ROTARY’S SEMI ANNUAL CLINICS TO BE HELD THIS WEEK
LoveFM, Belize - 1/26/09
The Rotary club of Belize Semi annual clinics for the Gift of Life program will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday in Belize City and Dangriga respectively. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/26/09
Belize City police have detained one person following a report of aggravated assault on Sunday night. Kimberly Westby told police that she was at her house ...

1/23/09

Port Authority Says Westerhaven was Negligent
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/23/09
The verdict on the Westerhaven cargo ship that crashed into Belize’s reef two weeks ago is in. 7NEWS is reliably informed this evening that the ports ...

Robber Gets Ruthless with Blue Lagoon Waitress
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/23/09
Since Monday there have been three armed robberies of business establishments in Belize City and last night witnessed robbery number 4. ...

GOB Tables Bill to Revive DFC
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/23/09
But while the politicized mismanagement brought the management and operation of the DFC into disrepute and disarray, no one argues that Belize needs a ...

Inspectors Searching Supermarkets for Tainted Peanut Butter
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/23/09
Tonight the Belize Agricultural and Health Authority’s advisory on peanut butter and related products stands. That is because the peanut butter in your ...

Divided House Passes Garbage Tax Bill for Businesses
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/23/09
And while there was support on both sides of the house for the new DFC, the debate went along party lines for the Motion on Belize City Control of Garbage ...

NEW DEVELOPMENT FINANCE COOPERATION ACT PASSED IN THE HOUSE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/23/09
They said it looked like the people of Belize cannot be trusted to properly manage a DFC. They have by now understood that this government is serious about ...

RETIRED POLICE OFFICER SEEKS ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION
LoveFM, Belize - 1/23/09
Logan who was diagnosed with Renal Kidney Failure in 2003 joined the Belize Police Department first as a traffic officer then a court prosecutor, ...

JAGUAR PAW SUES NICH OVER CONTROVERSIAL GEGG CONTRACT
LoveFM, Belize - 1/23/09
... controversial contract signed between Diane Haylock on behalf of the National Institute of Culture and History and Belize City businessman David Gegg. ...

GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN FINANCES OVERHAUL OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/23/09
In a brief ceremony held at the National Assembly Chambers Ambassador Shih said despite the great geographical distance between both nations, Belize and the ...

Belize: Big Brother Plans to Tap Phone Lines to Combat Crime
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release), Barbados - 1/23/09
And now in modern day Belize, the controversial issue of telephone tapping has surfaced again. On Wednesday Prime Minister Dean Barrow, ...

More resources for the Judiciary
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/23/09
In his remarks the Chief Justice addressed several issues of great importance to the administration of justice in Belize. Among them he listed tight ...

Musa and Fonseca demand payment from Briceno
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/23/09
The matter has created public interest since the assets, namely Positive Vibes, Independence Hall and The Belize Times, had to be purchased by Brice?o from ...

Taiwan gives Belize US$100000 in medical equipment
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/23/09
By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer Belize’s healthcare system got a shot in the arm from the Taiwanese Department of Health and the Tao Yuan hospital, ...

President Barack Obama to meet with CARICOM leaders in Trinidad
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/23/09
The law officers’ meeting in Belize is being hosted by Attorney General Wilfred Elrington, who is the chairman. “The purpose of the meeting is to discuss ...

Judges are expected to do more!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/23/09
Elrington also lamented the perception of the Belize justice system in many quarters that it is now safer to commit murder than to steal. ...

1/22/09

Customs Bust Container with Fake Marlboro from China
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/22/09
... that the container full of fake Marlboros came from China, was intercepted yesterday at the Port of Belize and it was bound for the Corozal Free Zone. ...

The Tilapia Toll
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/22/09
Seems that the fish is everywhere and though it is not as tasty as Belize’s diverse stock of indigenous fish, it is cheap! But is the aggressive and durable ...

Barrow: ICJ Much Ado About Nothing
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/22/09
“Why the government of Belize were notified so late about this structure when all this thing was going on? When the government was informed about the whole ...

Gunman Robs Tourist Village Vendor
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/22/09
The sisters were robbed of approximately fifteen hundred dollars cash in US and Belize currency, a Sony digital camera valued at fourteen hundred dollars, ...

PUP Old Guard Wants Its Money
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/22/09
John Briceno’s leadership bought those assets – namely Positive Vibes Radio, the Belize Times and Independence Hall from the old guard for more than eight ...

Tainted Peanut Butter Products on Supermarket Shelves
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/22/09
The Belize Agricultural and Health Authority – BAHA has issued an alert about peanut butter products that could be contaminated with salmonella. ...

SAN PEDRO SUN

RC Library Inaugurated
Fire partially destroys building in DFC
Ministry investigates land transactions
Sport Fishing Licenses now required
Classified Ads
The San Pedro Sun Visitor Guide

1/21/09

Leon Staine Charged for Theft of $50000 from Grace Kennedy
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/21/09
As we reported on Friday, Staine was the accountant manager at Grace Kennedy Belize Limited and his bosses say he embezzled major money. ...

Young Women Talk HIV & Aids
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/21/09
The summit is part of Belize’s multi-sectoral response to HIV and Aids that and is organized by the Women’s Department. The women represent high school ...

GOB Will Turn to Taiwan for a Big Budget Bailout
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/21/09
There’sa global economic crisis and Belize has not been spared. From record high inflation to record drops in tourism arrivals the hurting has been felt all ...

Taipei Hospital Donates Medical Equipment
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/21/09
This afternoon Taiwan’s Ambassador to Belize Ting Joseph Shih formally handed over a container with two hundred thousand dollars worth of medical equipment ...

Situation at Jalacte Volatile
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/21/09
Today the Prime Minister explained that the situation is volatile and Belize must get the support of the Guatemalan government to do it. ...

Big Break in the Novelo's Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/21/09
Today officer in charge of Crimes Investigation in Belize City Julio Valdez told us that the discovery did lead them to one of their three suspects. ...

$30 million for Urban Renewal
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/21/09
As you heard there’s $30 million in that stimulus package for urban renewal in Belize’s towns – all excepting San Pedro. The Prime Minister today outlined ...

7 Goes Inside the Zoo
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/21/09
Apart from the Mayan temples, the Belize Zoo is probably Belize’s most popular man made tourist attraction. Every year, tens of thousands of visitors flock ...

TAIWAN HANDS OVER $100000.00 IN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO MINISTRY OF ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/21/09
Dr. Peter Allen; CEO in the Ministry of Health “Last year Belize suffered some of the worst floods in living memory due to Tropical Storm Arthur and ...

EASY GLENN DETAINED FOR STONING MAYOR ZENAIDA MOYA
LoveFM, Belize - 1/21/09
Easy Glen was a strong supporter of Mayor Moya and an employee of the Belize City Council but was dismissed form the council sometime ago. ...

PRIME MINISTER SAYS BELIZE IS DOING WELL DESPITE CHALLENGES OF 2008
LoveFM, Belize - 1/21/09
Prime Minister Barrow said that in spite of the challenges faced during last year as a country Belize did well. “The fall out from the world recession and ...

REGIONAL ATTORNEY GENERAL’S MEET IN BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/21/09
Attorney Generals from various Caricom member states are in Belize today to discuss several issues relating to legal affairs across the region. ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/21/09
28-year-old Leon Staine, former Accounting Manager at Grace Kennedy Belize was charged with 13 counts of theft involving over 53 thousand dollars when he ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/21/09
Mah told police that he was on Princess Margaret Drive near Belize Elementary School around 10:30pm when he was approached by two men of dark complexion. ...

40 PEOPLE RECEIVE CERTIFICATES IN DIVE COURSES
LoveFM, Belize - 1/21/09
“We are an environmental organization and we are involved in the management of three national parks in southern Belize, the Sapodilla Caye Marine Reserve, ...

1/20/09

Guatemala Medals House Speaker Emil Arguelles
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/20/09
Belize’s Speaker of the House Emil Arguelles has been awarded Guatemala’s Orden Presidencial – the Order of the Presidency. Speaker Arguelles along with ...

Challenge Belize Premieres Tonight
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/20/09
The name of the show is Challenge Belize and it is a part of a new series of educational game shows developed by the Primary School Principal’s Association ...

No Arrest Novelo's Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/20/09
Despite the fact that their brazen hold up and robbery on Monday morning was caught on camera – it wasn’t exactly in high definition and Belize City police ...

Barack Obama Sworn in as 44th US President
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/20/09
For Belize what this means is that there will be a continuity in the foreign policy of the United States towards our sub-region. We see a strong economy in ...

Butane Prices Falling by $4
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/20/09
A one hundred pound cylinder of butane will cost $86 in Belize City and Corozal; $87 in Orange Walk, $88 in Belmopan and San Ignacio; $89 in Benque; ...

Belizean Doctors Champion for Strengthening Bonds with Cuba
Cuba News, Cuba - 1/20/09
The call happened at a meeting in the Belizean capital between Cuban Ambassador Manuel Rubido and Peter Allen, Belize’s Health First deputy Minister, ...

MEDICAL PERSONNEL CONDUCTS CLINICS IN DANGRIGA
LoveFM, Belize - 4 hours ago
An eleventh annual mission to Belize is currently underway in Dangriga as a team of doctors and medical experts have converged on the Southern Regional ...

COAST GUARD HOST TRAINING WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/20/09
The Belize National Coast Guard is holding a three days training workshop on international maritime conventions and codes. Commandant of the Belize National ...

BFLA LAUNCHES PROGRAM TO REDUCE PREVALENCE OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/20/09
The Belize Family Life Association will be launching a project in the Cayo District at the end of this month that aims to reduce the prevalence of teenage ...

SAN PEDRO RC SCHOOL RECEIVES NEW LIBRARY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/20/09
Books for the library was also possible through a charitable organization called “Books for Belize,” which is being spearheaded by Eve and Ross Dirnback of ...

UDP ENDORSEMENT CONVENTION TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND IN SAN PEDRO
LoveFM, Belize - 1/20/09
According to Mayor Paz, the convention will have the attendance of Area Representative of Belize Rural South Honorable Manuel Heredia Jr. and other senior ...

SPORT FISHING GUIDES WILL NEED TO BE LICENSED TO PRACTICE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/20/09
This new regulation will be monitored and enforced by the Fisheries Department and the Belize National Coast Guard. Application forms can be picked up at ...

1/19/09

Venezuela Housing Money Will Go To Poorest of the Poor
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/19/09
The Barrow administration had to fight the Belize Bank – using even the threat of arrest against the Bank Chairman to recover the ten million US dollars in ...

Big Money Jacked from Novelo's
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/19/09
The men are seen jumping back into the car that quickly sped off towards Belize City. Usually when an incident like this happened, you quickly suspect it ...

Chief Justice & Attorney General Spar at Supreme Court Opening
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/19/09
The 2009 session of the Supreme Court was officially opened this morning in Belize City. There was the usual pomp and circumstance but that was about it for ...

Belize City Streets in A State
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/19/09
“The Ministry of Works will be partnering with the Belize City Council to fix as much streets as we could.” What does that mean, as many as we can? ...

4:30 Armed Robbery at Manuel's Jewellry
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/19/09
There was an armed robbery late this evening in Belize City. Around 4:30 - two men armed with guns entered Manuel’s Jewelry Shop on West Canal. ...

Kenton Pandy Charged for Assaulting Police Officer
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/19/09
It bled all through until 8 and then they called for an ambulance to bring me down to Belize and then they bring me to Belize; they tend to me. ...

US Ambassador Robert Dieter Exits
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/19/09
That is why today US Ambassador to Belize Robert Dieter packed his bags and left on a flight bound for Colorado. Dieter headed home because his tour of duty ...

Westerhaven Off The Reef
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/19/09
As we’ve been reporting – the cargo ship ran aground in an area of the barrier reef near Caye Glory while leaving Belize sometime late on Tuesday night. ...

GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THE DISBURSEMENT OF VENEZUELAN FUNDS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/19/09
The Government of Belize through the ministry of Housing today held a press conference to outline how they intend to spend the remainder of ten million US ...

2009 SUPREME COURT SESSION OFFICIALLY OPENS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/19/09
The ceremonial opening of the Supreme Court took place this morning in Belize City. In addressing the gathering of those involved in the justice system ...

TODAY MARKS THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF ANDY PALACIO
LoveFM, Belize - 1/19/09
A Tribute in his memory was held in Punta Gorda this past Friday and a mass on Saturday in Belize City. Member of the Andy Palacio Foundation Loretta ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/19/09
Yesterday morning a Police officer reported that he was boarded a bus in Orange Walk Town en route to Belize City. The officer said he noticed a knapsack on ...

BELIZEANS MUST INSURE VEHICLES BEFORE DRIVING TO MEXICO
LoveFM, Belize - 1/19/09
Marcelino Miranda of the Mexican Embassy in Belize today explained that this law is not new and was put in place long before last month’s incident. ...

CARIBBEAN FELLOWSHIP OF ASSEMBLIES OF GOD EXECUTIVES HOSTS ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/19/09
The Caribbean Fellowship of Assemblies of God Executives (C-FAGE) will today open their triennial conference in Belize. The six day conference is being ...

AUDUBON SOCIETY REOPENS CROOKED TREE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/19/09
The Belize Audubon Society has reopened the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary. The protected area was closed down following the massive floods in the area. ...

1/16/09

The Night That Shook Belize
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/16/09
The events unfolded as Belize was in the middle of a telecommunications crisis as workers had sabotaged BTL’s switch as a form of industrial protest; ...

Orange Walk Residents Charged for Illegal Artefacts
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/16/09
With so many un-excavated, un-secured Mayan sites across Belize, it’s not hard for to find artefacts to sell, or to keep. 59 year old Orange Walk resident ...

No Arrest for Princess Margaret Drive Mayhem
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/16/09
He is 40 year old Sheng Wang Chen, a father who was picking up his child at Belize Elementary. He told police that he heard two gunshots and saw a dark ...

The Night That Shook Belize
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/16/09
The events unfolded as Belize was in the middle of a telecommunications crisis as workers had sabotaged BTL’s switch as a form of industrial protest; ...

Venezuelan Housing Money Will Be Disbursed Next Week
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/16/09
The second 10 million US dollars in Venezuelan grant funds may be the subject of dispute with the Belize Bank, but as far as the government of Belize is ...

Pepper Hot In Cayo
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/16/09
Most of it will be exported as fresh pepper and that is because according to the farm’s owner Bill Cheek, pepper is Belize’s most promising export product. ...

$50000 Stolen from Grace Kennedy
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/16/09
is missing from Grace Kennedy Belize limited and they believe their accounts Manager Leon Staine did it. Grace Kennedy’s Finance Manager reports that ...

Education Minister Inaugurates 3 Boards
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/16/09
Ceremony is a part of any politician’s life, but today Education Minister Patrick Faber took it to another level when he held a three in one. ...

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON THE WESTERN HIGHWAY CLAIMS LIFE OF ONE PERSON
LoveFM, Belize - 1/16/09
... accompanied by Saul Rueben Santos, Belizean sideman of Orange walk Town was driving the cargo truck that was travelling from Belmopan to Belize City. ...

CASE AGAINST FORMER HOUSING MINISTER ADJOURNED
LoveFM, Belize - 1/16/09
Fonseca’s charged is in relation to the theft of ten million US dollars that was given to the people of Belize for various housing projects back in 2007. ...

BOARD MEMBERS OF THREE STATUTORY BODIES INDUCTED TODAY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/16/09
The Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, this morning announced the newly appointed board members of the National Library Service, NCTVET, and the Belize ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/16/09
Belize City police have recovered a firearm and ammunition. Reports are that around seven on Thursday night officers searched an abandoned lot on Amara ...

BLISSFULSAGE FOUNDATION HOSTS FUNDRAISING BALL AT OLD Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 1/16/09
The Band Aid Ball is still on tonight at Old Belize. The Ball is a fundraising effort organized by the Blissfulsage Foundation of Los Angeles California. ...

BELIZE BANK ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THE VISA DEBIT CARD RAFFLE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/16/09
Belize Bank Limited today held their fourth Visa Debit Card raffle at their main Branch on Albert Street in Belize City. Misty Micheal is the Marketing ...

Cheop subdivision at Caribbean Shores gets green light to proceed
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
The land, 10 acres of UB real estate subdivided into 57 lots, was acquired by the Belize government and sold to a private developer for $4000 a piece. ...

Belize remembers Andy P in first anniversary of his passing
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter Monday, January 19 marks the first anniversary of Belize’s musical ambassador’s, Andy Palacio, death. ...

Colour moth balls from China may be lethal danger to kids
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
... of Health has issued an alert on the potential danger posed by a type of moth ball (camphor) being sold in Belize because of its candy-like appearance. ...

Report card rates reef as “poor” Environmental management urgently ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
By Lisbeth Ayuso A recent report by the World Resources Institute and the World Wildlife Fund has estimated the annual economic value of Belize’s coral reef ...

Shipping and tourism pioneer, Mike Williams, dies at 76
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter A renowned businessman of the shipping and tourism industries in Belize, Mr. Mike Williams, died in Miami on Tuesday, ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
This is not to suggest that the shipping line is off the hook or that Belize will not demand full compensation for the damage caused to the reef. ...

Contractor General meets with IMF on US $350 government grant
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
Belize’s recently appointed Contractor General played host this week to two officials from the World Bank who came to talk about a US $350000 grant that is ...

Albert Street vendors finally moved to Battlefield Park
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
Down town street vendors in the old capital of Belize City who have been at odds with the Belize City Council over its decision to relocate them to the ...

Ministry of Lands sues former ministers Jose Coye and Florencio ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
The land, which is located in the West Landivar area of Belize City, was once owned by the University of Belize. The land reportedly was sold to the ...

Finder not keeper of 25 kilos cocaine
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter Belize police have raised security measures along the coast, after residents of San Pedro Town handed in a bag with 25 ...

Pay up US $4.42 million GOB
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
Prime Minister Dean Barrow, who has gone on record conceding that Belize will have to pay the money, told the Reporter on Wednesday that his government has ...

The cargo ship, Westerhaven, caused extensive damage to the reef ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/16/09
A foreign owned cargo ship wreaked havoc on a portion of Belize’s barrier beef on Tuesday night, January 13 when it ran aground. Authorities say they are ...

1/15/09

DOE Testing Environmental Knowledge
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/15/09
... break but the Department of Environment is wasting no time in getting them involved in an awareness campaign to protect Belize’s natural resources. ...

Westerhaven Still Lodged on the Reef
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/15/09
Tonight, the Westerhaven cargo ship remains grounded on the Belize barrier reef 32 miles from Belize City in an area near Caye Glory. ...

Mayhem on the City's Northside
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/15/09
... intersection with Coney Drive at sometime after 3 pm – the time parents were picking up their children from Belize Elementary and other nearby schools. ...

PM Dean Barrow Marrying Fiance in February
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/15/09
The wedding will take place at the Episcopal Church of St. Paul the Apostle and will be officiated by Belize’s Anglican Bishop, Phillip Wright. ...

Belize Switching to CARICOM Passports
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/15/09
If you have applied for a Belize passport or you are waiting to be issued one well the travel document you are waiting to receive will be different from the ...

The Father of the Nation Turns 90
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/15/09
And what a journey it has been for this political icon who led the way for Belize attaining her independence on September twenty first, 1981. ...

Darwin Gray's Body Washes Up In Benque
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/15/09
The search for 23 year old Darwin Gray ended this morning when his body washed up along the banks of the Mopan River in Benque Viejo. ...

STRUCTURE AT JALACTE MUST BE DISMANTLED AND REMOVED
LoveFM, Belize - 1/15/09
An agreement has been reached between the Governments of Belize and Guatemala regarding the illegal construction in Jalacte Village. ...

DARWIN GRAY'S BODY RETREIVED FROM THE MOPAN RIVER
LoveFM, Belize - 1/15/09
Gray is a resident of Belize City and reportedly left home on Monday night. On Tuesday his father reported to police that two men that had reportedly ...

LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT COUNTRYWIDE SEMINARS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/15/09
The seminars are being held in conjunction with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. ...

WATER SYSTEM CONCERNS RESOLVED IN JACINTOVILLE VILLAGE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/15/09
A follow up evaluation and consultation village level meeting after the three month trial period is expected to be held in Belize City.

PACSN RECEIVES NEW RESOURCE CENTER FROM INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S GROUP
LoveFM, Belize - 1/15/09
Members of the Women’s Club and the Association gathered at the corner of Sunrise and Apple Star Street in the Choral Grove Area in Belize City for a small ...

1/14/09

San Pedro Sun

Coast Guard receives boat donation
Beach Posts Removed
Private Investigator
No application submitted for South Beach
Classified Ads
The San Pedro Sun Visitor Guide

Newco Playing Hardball to Get Its Money from GOB
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/14/09
In terms of legal action against the government of Belize, 2008 was a busy year in the courts. And that’s why you may have forgotten who NEWCO is. ...

Chris Bowman Needs US$1 million to Remove Tumor
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/14/09
Now he’s in Dallas and as he did many times in Belize, he made the news there yesterday. Here’s the story of what’s happening with him there and what’s ...

Street Games on the Alberts
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/14/09
Albert Street has been paved and city councillor with responsibility for sports Phillip Willoughby has big plans for it. Willoughby is organizing a number ...

Darwin Gray Never Made It Home from Melchor
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/14/09
He was returning form Melchor to Belize through the back on Monday night when he fell into the river and did not re-surface. Today his family went west to ...

Councillor Willoughby on Downtown Parking Pressure
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/14/09
Can you all secure a physical space to alleviate the parking pressure that you all have created in downtown Belize City? “Yes of course we can. ...

San Pedro Police Seize 25 kilos of Cocaine
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/14/09
Other sources tell us that the drop may have been lost in a transfer between Belize and Mexico. The drugs carry a street value in the United States of over ...

Container Vessel Crashes Into Barrier Reef
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/14/09
A cargo ship is tonight lodged on Belize’s barrier reef system. It is the Westerhaven – a Netherlands registered vessel that left Belize last night enroute ...

Landings 9 Book Launch
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/14/09
Everybody knows that Landing is a project. It came out from the small community of artists in Belize at the end of the Zero Project.”

Belize signs offshore production sharing agreement with Taiwan
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 1/14/09
BELMOPAN, Belize: A production sharing agreement (PSA) was signed on Wednesday in Belmopan between the government of Belize and OPIC Resource Corporation, ...

Carribean: 2008 hurricane season in review
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - 1/14/09
... five immediate response loans (to Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos Islands); and three new rehabilitation loans for bridges (Belize), ...

BELIZE AND TAIWAN SIGNS OIL EXPLORATION AGREEMENT
LoveFM, Belize - 1/14/09
The Government of Belize and the OPIC Resource Cooperation of Taiwan today signed a Production Sharing Agreement. The agreement according to a release from ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/14/09
Two cases of unlawful carnal knowledge are being investigated by police in the Belize and Cayo Districts. In the first incident, police have detained a 20 ...

CHALLENGE GOBIE HOSTS SECOND ANNUAL CHARITABLE BIKE RIDE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/14/09
“To date that fund has assisted five main causes and those causes have totaled about 60 thousand Belize dollars. The five main causes that have been funded ...

MAN PRESUMED DROWNED IN MOPAN RIVER
LoveFM, Belize - 1/14/09
The men told Grey that they along with Darwin had gone to Melchor on Monday evening and was returning to Belize, swimming across the Mopan River when Darwin ...

EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL SEEK WAYS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION DELIVERY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/14/09
Representatives from the Belize District Regional Education Council were the guests on today’s morning show. The council, which has a branch in every ...

IMAGE FACTORY LAUNCHES LANDINGS 9
LoveFM, Belize - 1/14/09
A book launching ceremony took place this morning at the Image Factory in Belize City as the ninth installment of the Landings series was unveiled to the ...

1/13/09

US AMBASSADOR TO BELIZE COMPLETES VISIT TO HIGH SCHOOLS COUNTRYWIDE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/13/09
US Ambassador to Belize, Robert Dieter this morning completed his visit of high schools across the country during his three and a half-year tour of duty. ...

SECOND MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH ROBBERY AND MURDER IN SAN ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/13/09
Shortly after five on the evening of Monday January 5 th , employees, Josiah Thompson and Millard Tun were about to make a deposit at the Belize Bank Branch ...

BELIZE NATIONAL COAST GUARD RECEIVES MILLION DOLLAR VESSEL
LoveFM, Belize - 1/13/09
The Belize National Coast Guard today received a boat fully equipped with modern technology and will be used to patrol the waters of Belize. ...

WORK BANK REPRESENTATIVES VISITS BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/13/09
Two officials from the World Bank are in the country and have met with the auditor general and the contractor general regarding the implementation of a ...

NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER PETER OYDELE CONCLUDES VISIT BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/13/09
Nigerian High Commissioner, Peter Oyedele, left Belize today after a four day visit to take part in farewell ceremonies for a group of Nigerians who took ...

1/12/09

GOB Will Sue Jose Coye & Florencio Marin Sr.
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/12/09
On Friday you heard former Caribbean Shores Area Representative Jose Coye saying that he felt vindicated after cautions were removed from 57 lost in the ...

2 Friends Drown in Orange Walk
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/12/09
Two friends drowned in a swimming tragedy yesterday in northern Belize. 24 year old Jair Moh, 17 year old Honduran national Javier Hernandez, ...

The Perfect City
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/12/09
The plan is that and much more, and this week developers and planners from the Washington University at St. Louis are in Belize conducting seminars. ...

PUP Launches City Council Slate
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/12/09
Are you at all intimidated by the fact that you’re going up against what many would say is one of the most formidable politicians in Belize? ...

PUP MAYORAL AND COUNCILOR CANDIDATES FOR SAN PEDRO ENDORSED
LoveFM, Belize - 1/12/09
On Saturday the People’s United Party in Belize Rural South presented their 7 candidates that will contest the municipal election in March. ...

BELIZE TO BENEFIT FROM THE MERIDA INITIATIVE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/12/09
Belize is just one of many Central American countries that will benefit from the Merida Initiative signed by US President George Bush in June last year. ...

SEMINAR DISCUSSING A GREEN CITY PROPOSAL FOR BELIZE HELD TODAY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/12/09
A conference discussing a proposal to build a model green city in Belize was held today at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. The proposal is called the “Micah ...

PUP INTRODUCES SLATE FOR UPCOMING ELECTION FOR BELIZE CITY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/12/09
We will be going house to house, each of these ten councilor candidates will be working in divisions of Belize City and then myself and Chubby Reneau along ...

TWO BELIZE CITY RESIDENTS DROWNS NEAR BLUE CREEK HYDRO
LoveFM, Belize - 1/12/09
Two Belize City men drowned yesterday at the Blue Creek Hydro in the Orange Walk District. Orange Walk Police say Honduran National 17-year-old Javier ...

GOVERNMENT PLANS TO PURSUE CASE AGAINST FORMER MINISTER JOE COYE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/12/09
The Government of Belize says that they will file a claim against former PUP Ministers Joe Coye and Florencio Marin in the Supreme Court shortly. ...

1/9/09

PUC Explains Rate Decrease
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/9/09
That is because with plunging world oil prices, Belize Electricity Limited owes consumers $17 million. And that’s why the PUC decided to reduce the average ...

Former PM Said Musa Back in Court for Theft Charge
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/9/09
That would be Said Musa, accused of the theft of 20 million Belize dollars in Venezuelan grant funds. It’s the biggest case of theft ever reported and the ...

Another Culvert Collapses on the Western Highway
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/9/09
... that yes indeed the entire infrastructure along this part of the road here between 12 miles, or 7, 8 miles and Belize City is in terrible conditions. ...

PUC Explains Electricity Rate Decrease
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/9/09
That is because with plunging world oil prices, Belize Electricity Limited owes consumers $17 million. And that’s why the PUC decided to reduce the average ...

Fiery End to Land Dispute on Electric Avenue
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/9/09
A land dispute that had been going for thirteen years came to a fiery end early this afternoon in Belize City and fire and police investigators suspect ...

Vindication for Joe Coye & CHEOP
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/9/09
The land is about ten acres and Government had originally bought it from the University of Belize. Developers say it has been filled to a meter above ...

Corporal Isaac Pasqual is December's Top Cop
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/9/09
He told them that work will be concentrated in Belize City especially in the Port Loyola and Lake Independence areas because last years’ stats reveal that ...

22 Tons of Papaya Overturns on Northern Highway
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/9/09
This morning a container loaded with 22 tons of papaya left Little Belize in Orange Walk enroute to the Port of Belize. But it never made it- at least not ...

Former PM Said Musa Back in Court for Theft Charge
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/9/09
That would be Said Musa, accused of the theft of 20 million Belize dollars in Venezuelan grant funds. It’s the biggest case of theft ever reported and the ...

CASE AGAINST FORMER PRIME MINISTER ADJOURNED
LoveFM, Belize - 1/9/09
On December 4 th last year Musa was arraigned on a single charge of theft stemming from a ten million US dollar grant given to Belize by the government of ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL AND ANGLICAN DIOCESE DONATES TO FLOOD VICTIMS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/9/09
The Belize City Council this morning presented a donation of 32 hundred dollars made by the Anglican Diocese to four households affected by recent floods. ...

GOVERNMENT LIFTS CAUTION FROM CARIBBEAN SHORES LAND PROJECT
LoveFM, Belize - 1/9/09
The land in question measured a little less than 10 acres and was purchased by the then Government of Belize from the University of Belize. ...

PUP TO ENDORSE CANDIDATES IN BELIZE RURAL SOUTH
LoveFM, Belize - 1/9/09
Candidates representing the people’s united party in Belize Rural South will be endorsed tomorrow. Jorge Aldana is the Public Relations Executive for the ...

British woman killed in 'tubing' accident on Belize river
Daily Mail, UK - 1/9/09
By Daily Mail Reporter An 'adventurer' has died following a horrific accident while 'tubing' on the River Mopan in Belize. Victoria Harmer, 35, was hit on ...

1/8/09

BTB & CYDP Cleaning Up Pink's Alley
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/8/09
The idea is to beautify it and try to bring it into more of a fold in what we want the image of Belize City to be. The initial stage is to get the residents ...

Iguana Street's Redone Basketball Court
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/8/09
While in Belize the 11 students and one staff member from Wake Forest University are also holding camp at Gwen Lizarraga High School for 5 to 7 year olds. ...

The Aviation Repair Apprentices
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/8/09
The training started on Sunday and for the next 24 weeks – the youths will be apprentices to Rudy Serano and his team at Premair Aviation Belize. ...

Did Baby Dalissa Chable Have To Die?
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/8/09
The reality here in Belize is that we definitely need a better social program in which mothers who are in this situation, finding it financially challenging ...

WASHINGTON STATE MEDICAL TEAM MAKES 11TH ANNUAL VISIT TO BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/8/09
This is the team’s 11 th annual visit to Belize and they will be conducting surgeries and follow ups at the Southern Regional Hospital in Dangriga from ...

LATEST LOTTO WINNER TAKES HOME OVER $80000.00
LoveFM, Belize - 1/8/09
She came to Belize City this afternoon to collect her winnings. Love FM was there and spoke to Flores. “I buy my Lotto last night and I asked the old man ...

US ECONOMIC CRISIS AFFECTS TOURISTS ARRIVALS TO BELIZE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/8/09
Belize is no exception and today we spoke to Product Development Manager at the Belize Tourism Board, Laura Esquivel, about the effects of the recession on ...

BARRANCO VILLAGE THREATENED BY BEACH EROSION
LoveFM, Belize - 1/8/09
It could be like the one in Belize City on a smaller scale. We have been trying to muster the interest of those who are interested in Barranco’s well fare ...

MICHAEL FOREMAN CHARGED FOR BARNEY CUNNINGHAM’S MURDER
LoveFM, Belize - 1/8/09
He later passed away at Belize Medical Associates. The four other men that were injured along with Cunningham were treated and released from the KHMH. ...

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CHARGED FOR ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/8/09
Police today charged one of two men believed to be involved in an attempted robbery in Belize City. 18 year old Aaron Smith, a student of Saint Michael’s ...

PUC OFFICIAL TO LECTURE AT INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/8/09
According to a release sent out by the Public Utilities Commission, Almendarez says that this is a humbling experience for him and means that Belize is ...

1/7/09

San Pedro Sun

SPTC installs geo-tubes to reclaim Boca del Rio Park
Tourist unhappy over traffic mishap
Private Investigator
Road to ’09 – UDP continues their campaign
Classified Ads
The San Pedro Sun Visitor Guide

Cecil Reneau is PUP Mayoral Candidate
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/7/09
It’s only two months to go before municipal elections and the Opposition PUP still has not announced its slate for Belize City – the country’s largest ...

Getaway Driver in San Ignacio Massacre Charged for Murder
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/7/09
During the brazen hold-up and robbery just outside of the Belize Bank on Monday evening, Josiah Thompson was shot but still managed to shoot Garoy in the ...

Crime Up In for 2008
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/7/09
The figures are in. We are talking about the crime statistics for 2008. They were released today by the Police Department and show what we already knew ...

Work on Albert and Regent Streets Almost Complete
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/7/09
But as Martinez explained the work in downtown Belize City is just about complete. “Well they are doing the final portion here and then they will be moving ...

Belize's Murder Rate Among Highest in the Caribbean
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/7/09
And so we know the official number of murders for 2008, but what was Belize’s murder rate? That’sa figure arrived at by averaging the number of murders per ...

Jaguar Paw vs. David Gegg In Supreme Court
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/7/09
... his client, David Gegg maintains that Jaguar Paw also owes him money. The shareholders meeting is scheduled for January 13th in Belize City.

CARICOM Chairman looking to international meetings in Trinidad
radiojamaica.com, Jamaica - 1/7/09
Current Chairman of CARICOM, the prime Minister of Belize, Dean Barrow says he is looking forward to Trinidad and Tobago's hosting of two major ...

Analysis: Cruiselines prepare for a stormy 2009
Travel Weekly UK, UK - 1/7/09
The cruise industry looks bound for tricky times in 2009. Jane Archer on cruiselines’ plans to stay afloat With the economy firmly on the rocks and sterling ...

INCREASE IN CRIMES REPORTED IN 2008
LoveFM, Belize - 1/7/09
Crime Statistics for last year has been released by the Belize Police Department. The information coming out of the department is that there was an overall ...

CAYO POLICE DENIES ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/7/09
Yesterday we reported that the Garoy family is claiming police brutality against 25 year old Arden Garoy. Garoy is one of the suspects detained in ...

ONE PERSON CHARGED FOR MONDAY EVENING’S MURDER AND ROBBERY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/7/09
Tun was transported to Loma Luz Hospital but was later transferred to Belize City for further treatment. Less than twelve hours prior to this incident ...

$50000.00 REPORTEDLY STOLEN FROM BUSINESS IN THE FREE ZONE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/7/09
Reports are that the cash in both Belize and US currencies was inside an iron safe inside the building. It is unclear how the person or persons gained ...

NO ONE INJURED IN LAST NIGHT’S SHOOTING
LoveFM, Belize - 1/7/09
Another shooting was reported in Belize City last night but no one was injured. Twenty three year old Wayne Rocke told police that he was riding on Caesar ...

1/6/09

Cabinet Votes to Suspend Dianne Haylock
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/6/09
Marcel Cardona would like to publicly apologize to the Prime Minister and the people of Belize for that mistake.” It closes by saying that, “the statement ...

Midtown Massacre in San Ignacio
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/6/09
This bullet hole in the wall about fifteen feet away from the Belize Bank night deposit box is the only evidence left behind of the lawless armed assault ...

Lady Ombudsman Cynthia Pitts Assumes Office
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/6/09
Belize has been without an ombudsman since February 13th of 2008 when Paul Rodriquez resigned on his 70th birthday. Well finally there is a new Ombudsman ...

Waste Control Workers At Mayor Moya's Door Again
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/6/09
But there is a temporary truce to report tonight since Belize Waste Control has confirmed to us that the much talked about check for $31000 dated December ...

Two More Shootings Last Night
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/6/09
And while the murders continue to climb, there were two near misses last night as a man and women were injured in separate but almost simultaneous shootings ...

Cabinet Votes to Suspend Dianne Haylock for A Month Without Pay
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/6/09
Marcel Cardona would like to publicly apologize to the Prime Minister and the people of Belize for that mistake.” It closes by saying that, “the statement ...

Barney Cunningham is 2009's Third Murder Victim
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/6/09
He was hospitalized at Belize Medical Associates but succumbed to his injuries early this morning. Police have no motive and believe it was a random or at ...

Cameron Blease Succumbs
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/6/09
18 year old Cameron Blease is dead. He had been on a life support machine since Christmas night which is when he was shot in front of the Princess Hotel and ...

Belize cabinet reviews archaeological reserve concession agreement
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 1/6/09
BELMOPAN, Belize: The Belize Cabinet on Tuesday reviewed the Concession Agreement between National Institute of Culture and History (NICH), and David Gegg’s ...

DIANE HAYLOCK WILL BE SUSPENDED NOT TERMINATED
LoveFM, Belize - 1/6/09
Cabinet has directed the Minster of Culture to suspend President of the National Institute of Culture and History, Diane Haylock, for one month without pay. ...

SHOOTING VICTIMS SUCCUMBS TO THEIR INJURIES
LoveFM, Belize - 1/6/09
He was taken to Belize Medical Associates where he remained on life support until his passing earlier today. Officer in charge of the Crimes Investigation ...

TWO SHOOTING INCIDENTS REPORTED LAST NIGHT IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/6/09
Separate shootings in Belize City last night has left two people injured. The first incident took place about 6 o’clock in the area of Regent Street West. ...

NEW OMBUDSMAN TAKES OFFICE TODAY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/6/09
Cynthia Pitts was sworn in yesterday as the new Ombudsman. Pitts is an attorney who has been working from her law firm since 1992 and has also worked in the ...

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CONTINUE TEXT BOOK CONSULTATIONS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/6/09
What we are doing now is that we are trying to include those rural areas in the Stann Creek and Belize Districts. In the Stann Creek District it will be ...

1/5/09

Waste Control Workers Picket Mayor Moya's Office
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/5/09
If your garbage wasn’t picked up this morning, that is because instead of collecting garbage – Belize Waste Control workers were picketing Mayor Zenaida ...

JUST IN: Bowen & Bowen Security Guard Killed in Cayo Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 1/5/09
Information is that around 5:30 these evening – two Bowen and Bowen employees – who are security guards - were shot in front of the Belize Bank on Burns ...

SEPARATE SHOOTING LEAVES FIVE PEOPLE INJURED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM, Belize - 1/5/09
In Belize City, no fatalities were reported but two people remain in serious condition after being shot on Friday night. A total of five people were injured ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/5/09
Belize City police are investigating a robbery that reportedly occurred sometime between Friday evening and early Saturday morning. Ramon Cervantes of Mundo ...

FUEL PRICES INCREASE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/5/09
Premium gasoline went up by 59 cents from four dollars and 85 cents to five dollars and 44 cents at Belize City pumps. The cost of regular gasoline remains ...

BELIZE WASTE CONTROL EMPLOYEES DEMANDS PAYMENT FROM CITY HALL
LoveFM, Belize - 1/5/09
Workers of The Belize Waste Control today gathered in front of the Belize City Hall to send across a message. According to them they haven’t received ...

1/2/09

MORE THAN 11 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH AND JEWELRY STOLEN DURING ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/2/09
Belize City police continue to investigate a burglary that has resulted in the lost of over eleven thousand dollars in cash and jewelry. ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL DO FINISHING TOUCHES ON ALBERT STREET
LoveFM, Belize - 1/2/09
The completion of Albert Street has almost come to an end as the Belize City Council adds the finishing touches to one of Belize City’s Main Street. ...

AUDUBON SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR
LoveFM, Belize - 1/2/09
This year the Belize Audubon Society will celebrate 40 years of attempting to create a balance between people and the environment. ...

FOUR BELIZEANS HONORED BY THE QUEEN
LoveFM, Belize - 1/2/09
... on the recommendation of the Governor General, Sir Colville Young. The dates for the presentation of the insignias will be announced later by Belize House.

12/31/08

NICH BOARD RECOMMENDS THE DISMISSAL OF DIANE HAYLOCK
LoveFM, Belize - 12/31/08
We had many meetings at site at Caves Branch, in Belmopan and in Belize City. Clearly in the beginning there was a lot of apprehension on the part of ...

COROZAL RESIDENT CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER
LoveFM, Belize - 12/31/08
Elvin Conorque of Corozal Town has been arrested and charged after he stabbed Michael Cain on Monday morning Cain told police that he was in the port when ...

RICE FARMERS RECEIVES SECOND PAYMENT FROM MARKETING BOARD
LoveFM, Belize - 12/31/08
Rice farmers in Toledo today received the second half of a payment for rice paddy sold to the Belize Marketing and Development Cooperation. ...

FIRST CANCER CENTER PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR MORE THAN 60 PATIENTS
LoveFM, Belize - 12/31/08
The first Cancer Centre in Belize was opened on October first in Dangriga Town. Doctor Ellsworth Grant, a Belizean Hemato-oncologist practicing in Los ...

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CONDUCT COMMUNITY PROJECT IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 12/31/08
The group of twelve from Wake Forest University in North Carolina is in Belize on a two-week campaign to assist in community development. ...

Great 08: Arthur's Wrath
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/31/08
But 2008 changed that; it showed how ferocious flash floods – which are new to Belize – could change everything in a just a few hours. ...

Great 08: Great Flood of 08
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/31/08
That weather event produced record rain, and created a sweeping torrent of flooding from Western Belize, down to the Central Area, and up to the north as ...

Great 08: Putt Putt Massacre
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/31/08
Belize City Police believe that the three shooting incidents are not only connected but are gang related. According to police investigation the shooting is ...

Great 08: Andy Palacio, Dead at 47
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/31/08
From Belize and Guatemala to the world, this country lost a global icon when Andy Palacio died unexpectedly in January. He was first hospitalized on January ...

Great 08: The Valley Deluge
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/31/08
And while the waters in western Belize were subsiding, that's only because it was coming down to catchment area in the Belize River Valley. ...

Great 08: Urban Terror Era
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/31/08
“I just to see justice done about it because too much things are happening in Belize. Innocent people are getting killed for no reason. ...

Great 08: The Special Agreement
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/31/08
Belize's delegation arrived promptly at 9:20 and the Guatemalan delegation led by Minister Roger Haroldo Rodas Melgar got there minutes after. ...

Great 08: Musa and Ralph Charged for Theft
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/31/08
So the government is $20 million Belize short.” “I want to know and I think the former Prime Minister of the last administration who was the Minister of ...

Great 08: The Douglas Scare
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/31/08
And while the Belize District was inundated, Orange Walk was going through its own extreme weather event. Heavy rains had swollen the New River leading ...

12/30/08

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Tourist Unearths Prohibited Firearm on the Sea Floor
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/30/08
Around eleven thirty on Monday morning one tourist not only got to see Belize’s spectacular marine life that lies beneath our waters off San Pedro Ambergris ...

Port Mortem Says British Tourist Died from Head & Chest Trauma
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/30/08
According to Benque Police most of the tourists if not all by now have already left the country as they were only passing through Belize on their way from ...

Best of 08: Viewer's Choice for Favourite Keith Swift Story
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/30/08
An official victory rally for the United Democratic Party is scheduled for this evening but the celebration began last night on the streets of Belize City. ...

Flowerpots for Albert Street
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/30/08
But Mayor Zenaida Moya is undaunted; she says it is all part of the effort to revitalize downtown Belize City. “We are revitalizing downtown Belize City and ...

Price of Gas Goes to a New Low
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/30/08
“My reaction is that it is good for the drivers of Belize and especially taxi drivers. We could negotiate our prices in comparison to the general public, ...

Kareem Barona Charged for December 5th Robbery Attempt
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/30/08
One month ago Belize City police told the media that because of conflicting reports they had to release their two prime suspects Kareem Barona and Kareem ...

Michael Caine Survives 4 Stab Wounds
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 12/30/08
He declined to be interviewed by 7NEWS but twenty eight year old Belize City resident Michael Caine is lucky to be alive. He was stabbed multiple times in ...
NEWCASTLE DISEASE CONTINUE TO SPREAD
LoveFM, Belize - 2 hours ago
Doctor Victor Gongora is the Director of Animal Health at the Belize Agricultural Health Authority. “We have been responding to different calls from farmers ...

NEMO RECEIVES DONATION FROM US GOVERNMENT
LoveFM, Belize - 12/30/08
US Ambassador to Belize His Excellency Robert Dieter handed over the equipments to NEMO this morning in Belmopan. Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 12/30/08
Belize City police have detained a resident of Corozal following a stabbing on Monday morning. Officers were called to the Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital ...

FIREARM AND AMMUNITION FOUND; NO ONE ARRESTED AND CHARGED
LoveFM, Belize - 12/30/08
Meanwhile, on Sunday Belize City police recovered a point 38 Special Taurus Brand firearm from an empty lot on Iguana Street Extension. ...

…..WHILE THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S COMMISSION TO FOCUSES ON WOMEN’S ...
LoveFM, Belize - 12/30/08
Now this is not new, from Beijing in 1995 Belize prioritized women in decision making. So now we are saying that we want to examine the publication of the ...

Two city houses burnt down during Christmas Holidays
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/30/08
Two separate fires in Belize City within a 12 hour period during the Christmas holiday have left a man dead and four people homeless. ...

Keeping alive Wanaraqua on Christmas Day
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/30/08
An enterprising group of Garifuna young men took to the streets of Belize City on Christmas Day to keep alive the tradition of Wanaraqua, known to Belizeans ...

Belize’s oldest citizen, Sophia Jones, turns 106
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/30/08
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter Sophia Jones, Belize’s oldest citizen, celebrated her 106th birthday with a smile on Sunday, December 28. ...

Chinese cashier wanted for theft
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/30/08
Hong, who has no family members in Belize, is believed to have crossed into Mexico on his way to the United States. The company has put a $1000.00 reward on ...

Skipper almost caught with pants down
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/30/08
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer Tettie DeSouza, a 31-year-old Nicaraguan domestic of Santa Barbara Street in Belize City, said she narrowly escaped ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/30/08
Human life in Belize has become so cheap and degraded that many people are too scared to even walk the streets after nightfall. Time after time men accused ...

George Herbert is currently servng a 34 1/2 years jail sentecne in ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/30/08
George Enrique Herbert, the Belizean native who was kidnapped by local law enforcement agents from his home in Belize City and sent to the United States to ...

Dianne Haylock takes licking from Youth minister for poor ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/30/08
Dianne Haylock, a prominent figure in the ruling Barrow administration and a member of the Belize negotiating team with Guatemala, found herself in a pickle ...

Fuel down again - $4.55 a gallon
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 12/30/08
The price of petrol has fallen worldwide and has taken a while to trickle down to Belize, but Prime Minister Dean Barrow has pledged to pass on the savings ...


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