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10/15/09

Candy Armstrong is SP's Education Officer
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/15/09‎
With her previous experience, Armstrong is certain she is a valuable asset to the Belize Rural South community. Her responsibilities include monitoring and ...

Hicaqueños march against crime
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/15/09‎
The Chairperson of the Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) Caye Caulker Branch, Louis Aguilar also took part in spearheading the march. ...

Returnable Containers Bill causes controversy
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/15/09‎
It went through its first reading through the House of Representative the same day it was announced that the Belize Government would nationalize Belize ...

3 Women assaulted in San Pedro
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/15/09‎
On Saturday morning Eiley was transported to Belize City for further medical attention at the Belize Health Care Partners Limited and was admitted to ward ...

British High Commissioner visits SP
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/15/09‎
The British High Commissioner to Belize, His Excellency Pat Ashworth and his wife Pauline Ashworth were in San Pedro Town over the weekend. ...

The Green Standard
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/09‎
It was observed in Belize with an open day at the George Price Center. So what does standards have to do with the environment? That's what we asked. ...

Revolt at UB
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/09‎
And while tempers boiled over this afternoon at the Convention Hotel in Belmopan when students and faculty confronted the board – they were racing from this ...

Finnegan to Perdomo: Don't Mess with Mesop.
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/09‎
And I know no judge, no judge sitting at the Belize Supreme Court will never condone such an awkward and backward and high handed behaviour like that. ...

UB Students Confront Board of Trustees
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/09‎
The University of Belize's Board of Trustees met today and after an all day meeting – reversed its decision to freeze increments for faculty and staff and ...

Multiple Gunshots for Kenrick Longsworth
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/09‎
It happened around 9:30 at the corner of Victoria Street and Lovely Lane in the Pickstock area of Belize City. Kenrick Longsworth was shot multiple times to ...

New Legal Strategy for Shyne
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/09‎
Jamal Shyne Barrow, latterly known as Moses Michael levy remains in detention at an immigration holding facility in New York pending deportation to Belize. ...

Kia Flips in Belmopan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/09‎
The Kia Sportage was heading to Belize while the Honda Accord was driving in the opposite direction. Tamara Grant was in the Kia Sportage with her mother. ...

Rape Fugitive Michael Sutherland Captured in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/09‎
Well, tonight we can confirm that Sutherland is in the hands of Belize police – after he was caught yesterday. 7News has confirmed that Sutherland was ...

Leader of the Opposition discusses UB crisis
channel5belize - ‎10/15/09‎
We reported on the financial mess at the University of Belize. This afternoon, the government issued a five-minute page statement warning students of the ...

University of Belize finances in a mess
channel5belize  ‎10/15/09‎
An increment freeze has been cancelled and the increase in tuition has been put off… at least for now at the University of Belize. But that is not the big ...

Minor shot twice on Victoria Street
channel5belize - ‎10/15/09‎
Turning to the dangerous city streets, a minor was shot last night in the old capital. Seventeen year old Kenrick Longsworth, a resident of Castle Street, ...

Healthy living shops nutritiously
channel5belize - ‎10/15/09‎
“In Belize and around the world we don't really shop for nutrition we shop because taste buds direct us to buy. We shop because Mr. Tony the tiger is on ...

FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BELIZE STILL UNCERTAIN
LoveFM - ‎10/15/09‎
What was intended to be productive discourse between the Board of Trustees of the University of Belize and its faculty and staff concerning an increment ...

WATER SYSTEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT JULIAN CHO HIGH SCHOOL
LoveFM - ‎10/15/09‎
... by the Caribbean Development Bank, the Canadian International Development Agency and nine beneficiary governments, including the Government of Belize. ...

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO
LoveFM - ‎10/15/09‎
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry today announced that it has forged a partnership agreement with the National Chamber of Commerce, ...

BDF SOLDIER INJURED IN A ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎10/15/09‎
A Belize Defence Soldier was injured in a road traffic accident yesterday evening on the Boom-Hattieville Road. The soldier who has been identified as Lance ...

BELIZE CITY SHOOTING LEAVES ONE PERSON INJURED
LoveFM - ‎10/15/09‎
A shooting incident last night in Belize City has left one person injured. Police reports say that the victim is Kenrick Longsworth. ...

CREDIT UNION DAY CELEBRATED
LoveFM - ‎10/15/09‎
As a part of the celebrations, St John's Credit Union in Belize City is hosting and Open Day. Daisy Dawson, Manger of St John's Credit Union spoke with Love ...

Rio Dulce - getting safer for cruising sailors
Sail World (press release) - ‎10/15/09‎
Rio Dulce is a popular cruising ground on the Caribbean side of Central America located between Belize and Honduras. The narrow gorge at the entrance makes ...

New water system at Julian Cho High School
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
“The Board of Julian Cho Technical High School over the years lobbied the Government of Belize for potable and safe drinking water for the students. ...

Caribbean ICT Road Show Reaches Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
The Government of Belize and the Caribbean Telecommunications Union collaborated to host the Belizean stop of the Caribbean Information and Communications ...

Belizeans Silent on BWSL's 25% Proposed Increase
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
They showed a chart which showed that their customer approval rating is two times as high as any other utility company in Belize. ...

Venezuela reps on Two-day tour in Punta ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
The Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Belize, Alexander Yánez Deleuze, along with the community leader of Punta ...

The University of Belize Issue - Confro...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
What confronts the University of Belize is the inescapable challenge of making the University sustainable, which it has never been; keeping it affordable, ...

Musa Opposes the Fight Against Crime
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
In their decade of being the Government of Belize, the Peoples United Party managed to turn the honorable House of Representatives into a joke by virtually ...

Super Bond Villain of the Week – NOVEL...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
On December 11, 2002, a company called National Transportation Services Limited was incorporated at the General Registry in Belize City. ...

UB Not increasing credit hour charges
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
Compounding the situation where lecturers at the University of Belize are apprehensive about a salary freeze is the fact that a scare tactic is being run on ...

Looking for a Checkmate
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
The employee “representatives", appearing suddenly out of the blue, have filed a suit against the government and people of Belize. They either want back the ...

Venezuela reps on Two-day tour in Punta ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
The Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Belize, Alexander Yánez Deleuze, along with the community leader of Punta ...

The Truth About The City Council
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
For any unbelieving Thomas, it must be clearly stated that on December 31, 2008 it was gazetted that the amendments to the Belize City Council Act, ...

Kent Flowers burn victim flown out
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
Anyone who can assist can do so by contributing to the Belize Bank account 695-1152-111 or call Yvette Burks at telephone number 610-3890.

Guardian's lucky winners
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
At the beginning of the protest launched by Mr. and Mrs. Good, most of the country was sympathetic to their cause. Mrs. Good seemed like a poor little PUP ...

San Pedro Dolphins win first game of 2009 campaign
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
The 2009 Belize Premier Football League Opening Season continued with two games over the last weekend. On Saturday October 10 at the MCC Grounds here in ...

St. Catherine and Wesley boys lead high ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
The Central Region Secondary Schools Volleyball competition continued last week with games at the Belize City Centre. On Saturday October 10, ...

Softball Federation reenergized National Women's Team Pool
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
The National Selection Committee of the Belize Softball Federation met on Tuesday October 13, at the Secretariat of the Belize Softball Federation to ...

Belize City Primary Schools Volleyball Competition heats up at the Belize City ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
The Belize City Primary Schools Volleyball competition entered a new age at the Belize City Centre over the last week of play when two unknown schools in ...

Belizean student at UCLA facing attempted murder charges
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
Damon Thompson left Belize two years ago to attend UCLA. He is a biochemistry major. His ambition is to become a doctor. Those who knew him in Belize ...

Belizeans honoured for outstanding contributions
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/15/09‎
Governor-General of Belize, His Excellency Sir Colville Young handed out insignias to the distinguished personalities this morning in Belmopan. ...

10/14/09

Belize - Official launching of Local Governance National Policy
ISRIA - ‎10/14/09‎
An official launching ceremony for the National Policy of Local Governance in Belize was held this morning at the grounds of the National Association of ...

Belize Rapper Shyne Barrow Still Detained by ICE in NY
Belizean - Only in Belize! - ‎10/14/09‎
By The Founder on October 15, 2009 6:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) Belmopan, Belize 15 October (Belizean.com) Reports in local Belize media say that ...

WIN Belize Calls for Stiffer Penalties
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/09‎
The video was provided to us by the Women's Issues Network of Belize – WIN Belize. And while the characters are only actors, that was not the case for a ...

9 Year old Burn Victim Rushed to Shriner's
Channel 7 Daily News  - ‎10/14/09‎
We expect that he will make it and we expect he will be like so many other children around Belize who will walk around with some burn scars but will be able ...

UB Faculty & Staff Mistrust the Board
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/09‎
As we reported at the top of the news, students and faculty at the University of Belize protested this afternoon. The protest was preceded by a press ...

Mexico, Belize agree to cooperate on trade
People's Daily Online - ‎10/14/09‎
Mexico and Belize have inked a deal to boost trade cooperation between the two sides, southeastern Mexican state Quintana Roo said on Wednesday in a ...

Damon was Model Student at SJC Sixth Form
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/09‎
Here in Belize especially at SJC high school and at the junior college faculty staff and former classmates of Damon Thompson are in shock and were in total ...

Damon Thompson Granted $3 million Bail in California
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/09‎
Thompson's bail has been set at three million US dollars after a judge determined that Thompson who is a native of Belize was a risk to leave the country. ...

More Trouble at UB
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/09‎
Lecturers and students returned to classes today at the University of Belize but tonight things at Belize's national university are from normal. ...

Lizards filmed 'walking on water'
DesPardes.com - ‎10/14/09‎
A high-definition film, shot at 2000 frames per second, shows a brown basilisk lizard running across the surface of a pond in Belize. ...

LIFELINE FOUNDATION MAKES DONATION TO THREE BELIZE CITY PRIMARY SCHOOLS
LoveFM - ‎10/14/09‎
We got our sponsorship through different programs in Belize and people who recognize the job that lifeline is doing and thought that they should in fact ...

NATIONAL POLICY ON LOCAL GOVERNANCE PRESENTED
LoveFM - ‎10/14/09‎
The central goal of the National Policy is to give better guidance and direction to the systems and practices of local governance in Belize towards greater ...

UB PRO TEM COMMITTEE SAYS BOARD IS WITHHOLDING INFORMATION
LoveFM - ‎10/14/09‎
A mid-afternoon press conference was held today by the faculty and staff of the University of Belize at the George Price Center in Belmopan. ...

FATHER ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE FOR HIS BADLY INJURED SON
LoveFM - ‎10/14/09‎
As soon as I put out the fire I took him to the Orange Walk Hospital and they started to clean him up and after that the ambulance took him to Belize City ...

MINISTER OF TRANSPORT COMMENTS ON BUS SITUATION
LoveFM - ‎10/14/09‎
“We have forty seven scheduled runs to Belize City; forty seven runs come back from Belize City to Ladyville. We have three companies; this pie is big ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/14/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating reports of an aggravated burglary. 26-year-old Samuel Benguna and 24-year-old Ismail Conteh reported to Police that on ...

BWS MAKES CASE FOR PROPOSED INCREASE
LoveFM - ‎10/14/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission hosted a public meeting last night in Belize City. The purpose of the forum was to get comments from the general public ...

Another home invasion, this time in Belize City
channel5belize - ‎10/14/09‎
Two African men living in Belize City were the next victims to experience the terrifying ordeal. Twenty-six year old Samuel Benguna and twenty-four year old ...

UB teachers and students march in defiance of wage freeze
channel5belize - ‎10/14/09‎
The heat associated with the capital today was not only emanating from the high temperatures, but also from the University of Belize. During break, students ...

WIN BELIZE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE
LoveFM - ‎10/14/09‎
Love News spoke to WIN Belize Program Officer Florence Goldson. “We thought that as an agency we need to speak out and we need to speak out and we need to ...

UWI HOSTS SECOND SESSION IN LECTURE SERIES
LoveFM - ‎10/14/09‎
... the conversation and bring along your questions. Get informed about what is going on and with CARICOM and the OAS and how Belize fits into that equation.”

10/13/09

James Adderley breaks down the weekend sports stats
channel5belize - ‎10/13/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League provided evidence of still being alive this weekend with the actual completion of a double header package. ...

UB shut down by mass staff and faculty sick-out
channel5belize - ‎10/13/09‎
We, meaning all students, Belize City, PG, Belmopan. We meet eena di gymnasium and we trash out this tuition increase. All students from PG, all students ...

Senators weigh the value of Indictable Procedure Act
channel5belize - ‎10/13/09‎
The people of Belize need to understand the effect of the laws being amended. You still have to give a written statement, you still have to tell dehn your ...

Chancellor Street rapist caught by two cops
channel5belize - ‎10/13/09‎
A forty year-old woman of Belize City was raped last Wednesday on Chancellor Street and tonight police say investigations into the sexual crime has led them ...

Eddie Neal, robbed and murder and his family wants justice
channel5belize - ‎10/13/09‎
Closer to home in Belize City, Monday night turned deadly for twenty-seven year old Eddie Neal, who was killed by at least two assailants on Central ...

Woman badly beaten in San Pedro home invasion...
channel5belize - ‎10/13/09‎
Eiley was eventually brought to the Belize Healthcare Partners for treatment and Sanchez says they are all looking for the man responsible for landing her ...

Kareem Williams Charged for Rape
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/09‎
And that follow up might be in time to try one man who allegedly raped a woman last week and has now been caught. On Thursday night between 7:30 and 8:00, ...

Battle over Bottles Heats Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/09‎
The Returnable Containers Bill wasn't passed at Friday's House meeting. That is mainly because the bill which was tabled on August 24th is still in the ...

Belizean Killed in California Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/09‎
Thirty six year old Orrin Pierre Casey left Belize fifteen years ago and since that time he has been living and working in Fontana, California. ...

9 Year Old Boy with Massive Burns Needs to Reach Texas
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/09‎
The air ambulance service will cost thirty thousand Belize dollars. Like any burn victim it is crucial for him to receive the medical care as soon as ...

Belizean Killed in California Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/09‎
Thirty six year old Orrin Pierre Casey left Belize fifteen years ago and since that time he has been living and working in Fontana, California. ...

9 Year Old Boy with Massive Burns Needs to Reach Texas
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/09‎
The air ambulance service will cost thirty thousand Belize dollars. Like any burn victim it is crucial for him to receive the medical care as soon as ...

CTU Road Show Rolls In
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/09‎
The Caribbean Telecommunications Union Road Show is rolling through Belize this week. It started today under the theme “harnessing the power of innovation- ...

Eddie Mac Murdered on North Creek Road
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/09‎
Until last night, when killers found 27 year old Eddie Neal on North Creek Road in the Collet Area of Belize City. Eddie Mac, as he was known, ...

Sickout at UB; Students Reject 500% Tuition Increase
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/09‎
Most classes at the University of Belize's campuses in Belize City and Belmopan were cancelled today because of a mass sickout by faculty and staff. ...

CLASSES DISRUPTED AT UNIVERSITY OF BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/13/09‎
Classes at the University of Belize were disrupted today and indications are the condition will continue tomorrow as the students have planned a protest at ...

ONE MAN KILLED IN BELIZE CITY SHOOTING INCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎10/13/09‎
A fatal shooting was reported last night in Belize City. Acting on information received the police visited the corner of Central American Boulevard and ...

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND PARTNERS SAY PROPOSED RETURNABLE CONTAINERS BILL NEEDS ...
LoveFM - ‎10/13/09‎
That is if the Government of Belize, the business community and various environmental agencies do not address this impending issue within a timely manner. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/13/09‎
Wright told police that he was driving them along Belize Corozal Road when one of them grabbed him from behind and held a knife to his throat. ...

BUREAU OF STANDARD CELEBRATES WORLD STANDARDS DAY
LoveFM - ‎10/13/09‎
The Belize Bureau of Standards in collaboration with other public and private sector entities will be hosting an Open Day tomorrow in observance of “World ...

10/12/09

Maya Indians embrace native customs today
Ruston Daily Leader  ‎10/12/09‎
The Maya civilization dates back about 2000 years with cities spread across modern day Mexico, Guatemala and northern Belize. These Indians were known for ...

10/9/09

Attorney General explains remarks about judiciary
channel5belize - ‎10/9/09‎
The House of Representatives resumed regular sessions in Belmopan today. One issue that was well ventilated involved the judiciary, which has not had a good ...

Housing minister to play peacemaker between mayor and PM
channel5belize - ‎10/9/09‎
Zenaida Moya Flowers, Belize City's mayor has been under the radar since she faced twenty two counts of Uttering a False Document and two counts of Failure ...

Bill intends to allow statements rather than witnesses in court
channel5belize - ‎10/9/09‎
“Mister Speaker there is no doubt that a wave of crime of epic proportions has been hitting Belize and threatens almost like a tsunami to drown our law ...

Port Authority Acquires Hydro-Graphic Vessel
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/9/09‎
And we take a break from crime and politics news to tell you about a useful new acquisition by the Belize Port Authority. It's a vessel which will make for ...

UB Wants You to Design Its Gown
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/9/09‎
The design must reflect UB's s colours of purple and yellow–gold and the material should be suited to Belize's tropical climate, and reflect or incorporate ...

Sacred Heart Is Nutrition Quiz Champ
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/9/09‎
The ADM Belize Mills Nutrition Quiz is held every year to promote proper nutrition but from a quick scan around the country to see what children's eating ...

Barrow: Finnegan Won't Make a Difference
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/9/09‎
And while the Prime Minister dismissively quipped that he expects all will be alright between the judiciary and the executive, he wouldn't say the same for ...

Judiciary-Executive Tensions Spill onto House Floor
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/9/09‎
And while debating the amendment to the Indictable Procedure Bill, discussions across the floor inevitably turned to the tension that's currently being ...

ATTORNEY GENERAL DEFENDS COMMENTS MADE ON THE JUDICIARY
LoveFM - ‎10/9/09‎
It is not a phenomenon that is unique to Belize. I can tell you that the entire region; North America, South America, the Caribbean, London and wherever you ...

BELIZEAN RUNNING HOME FROM THE LAW
LoveFM - ‎10/9/09‎
Police in Inglewood, California are tonight looking for a man originally from Belize, accused of child molestation. This is the picture of forty nine year ...

PORT OF BELIZE COMMISSIONS HYDROGRAPHIC VESSEL
LoveFM - ‎10/9/09‎
The Belize Port Authority has commissioned a hydrographic vessel that will be used to conduct hydrographic surveys countrywide. The newly refurbish vessel ...

PUBLIC HEALTH BUREAU HEADS CLEANUP CAMPAIGN
LoveFM - ‎10/9/09‎
A massive clean up campaign in being conducted by the Public Health Bureau and the Belize City Council for two weeks. The campaign, aimed at combating ...

SALVATION ARMY IN BELIZE INSTALLS FIRST WOMAN LEADER
LoveFM - ‎10/9/09‎
The head of the Salvation Army Church in the Caribbean is in Belize on a working visit. Colonel Onal and his wife Edmane Castor arrived in the country this ...

Belize - Maya Green Growers Project Inauguration
ISRIA - ‎10/9/09‎
Inauguration ceremonies for the project: “Efficient Technology to produce Quality Vegetables and Fruits for the Belizean market” took place today in San ...

Belize - Commission of Inquiry into KHMH
ISRIA - ‎10/9/09‎
The Office of the Prime Minister wishes to inform the Belizean public that the Commission of Inquiry into alleged improprieties at the Karl Heusner Memorial ...

10/8/09

Ray's Last Dance in the Spotlight
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/09‎
As we told you at the top of the newscast, a noted Belizean Ray Lightburn was knocked down and killed on the Northern Highway last night. ...

Political Profiling on Paved Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/09‎
The City Council tells us that there are about 100 miles of streets in Belize City – and ask any resident and they'll tell you that half of those are bad ...

BCVI Celebrates World Sight Day
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/09‎
In Belize it was celebrated by the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired with an open day. Jacklyn Graham is bcvi's Primary Eye Care Manager. ...

Murder Suspect Carlos Kemme in Custody
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/09‎
Nine days after he allegedly strangled his girlfriend Karina Daniels to death, tonight Carlos Kemme is in the custody of Orange Walk Police. ...

Ray Lightburn Killed on Northern Highway
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/09‎
One of the key figures in Belize's nationalist political history, Ray Lightburn was knocked down killed last night on the Northern Highway. ...

Caye Caulker Residents Protest Against Crime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/09‎
No arrest has been made for the murder but Crime Stoppers Belize today announced that there is a ten thousand dollars reward for information leading to the ...

Kolbe Recommends Revoking Barry Robinson's Parole
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/09‎
The Parole Board at the Belize Central Prison is not waiting until the end of the month to decide if thirty one year old inmate Barry Robinson's parole will ...

Truce at City Hall
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/09‎
The workers of Belize Maintenance Limited, the Company that cleans the city have been picketing in front of City Hall every day since Monday of last week. ...

Accused murderer handed over by Mexican authorities
channel5belize - ‎10/8/09‎
“What he told the Mexican authorities has no weight here in Belize but as far as I know, based on what he told us and the evidence we have gathered so far, ...

Parole board explains system in light of recent parolee crimes
channel5belize - ‎10/8/09‎
The parole system of the Kolbe Foundation has come under attack because of a recent case against Barry Robinson. He was charged on Tuesday for allegedly ...

Caye Caulker residents hold anti-crime march across island
channel5belize - ‎10/8/09‎
No one has been charged for Young's murder, and Crime Stoppers Belize, through a donation from Lord Michael Ashcroft, is providing a reward of ten thousand ...

Minister says citco arrests demostrate zero tolerance
channel5belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Tensions have cooled off between City Hall and the Belize Maintenance Limited, but Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers is still in the hot seat facing criminal ...

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE OF FORMER POLITICIAN RAY LIGHTBURN
LoveFM - ‎10/8/09‎
Lightburn was reportedly walking on the highway sometime after seven o'clock heading for Belize City when he was hit by a Toyota Hilux pickup. ...

CARLOS KEME CONFESSES TO MURDERING KARINA DANIELS
LoveFM - ‎10/8/09‎
... Mexican officials who detained him walking near the police Lazaro Cardinez Park in Subteniente Lopez which is a community near the Belize-Mexico border. ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL AND BELIZE MAINTENANCE LIMITED REACH TEMPORARY AGREEMENT
LoveFM - ‎10/8/09‎
Employees of Belize Maintenance Limited will be returning to work as early as tomorrow morning as a press conference held at City Hall this afternoon ...

BELIZE CITY LIONS CLUB OFFERS VISION SCREENING AS PART OF SERVICE DAY ACTIVITIES
LoveFM - ‎10/8/09‎
The Belize City Lions Club is today conducting vision screening for students of the St. Michael's College. It is part of activities for World Lions Service ...

SPECIAL OLYMPIC BELIZE HOSTS TRAINING SEMINAR
LoveFM - ‎10/8/09‎
Special Olympics Belize will conduct a three day 'Train the Trainer' seminar for football coaches and trainers. The training will be held this weekend at ...

BELIZEAN COOKS GET OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME CHEFS
LoveFM - ‎10/8/09‎
As a result of the efforts of the Belize Tourism Board and the Organization of American States the first sessions for the culinary training were held on ...

War against the Aedes Aegypti Mosquito!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Belize is officially in its second wave of a Dengue outbreak that has plagued the jewel this year and the Central Health Region is doing everything possible ...
Belize City family gets new home
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
BELIZE CITY, Belize, Tuesday, October 6, 2009 – Today, the Atlantic Group of Companies which includes Atlantic Bank Ltd., Atlantic International Bank Ltd., ...

Mennonite Community Donates ATV to Tourism Security Task Force
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Those crimes caused the United States to place a caution against traveling to Belize. That led a group of tourism officials from BTB and BTIA to approach ...

CFE Extends Suspension of Firm Power Supply to Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Comisi?n Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has advised Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) that it is extending its suspension of firm power supply to Belize. ...

Lions Club Celebrates World Lions Service Day
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Thursday October 8 is World Lions Service Day and the Belize City Lions Club will join over 45000 Lion Clubs from more than 200 countries in celebrating ...

20 years of relations with Taiwan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Saturday October 10 marks twenty years since Belize and the Republic of China on Taiwan established diplomatic relations. Over the 20-year span of relations ...

Belizeans Called to the Bar
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
He is currently consulting for Castillo, Sanchez & Burrell, LLP in Belize City. Both Mikhail Arguelles and Ryan Wrobel were called to the Bar of Belize on ...

IDB Approves 30 million for Health, Education and Fiscal Sustainability
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
At the sitting of the House of Representatives Friday, October 9, the Government of Belize will table three resolutions seeking the approval of Parliament ...

BWS wants 25% Rate Increase
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) held a press conference on the morning of Monday, October 5, to inform the public that Belize Water Services Limited ...

Ministry of Transport reforming bus tran...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
... measures in the Northern Zone of the country. Currently the issuing of road service permits can only be done for the Southern and Western part of Belize.

Overwhelming public support for Cayo's Welcome Center and Town Center Enhancements
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Funding for the US$15million Sustainable Tourism Program is provided by the Government of Belize through an IDB loan, and from the Belize Tourism Board.

The Mayor's Distress
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
The PUP seems to have forgotten so quickly that they sold off most of Belize's national assets like the Port, the Airport, WASA, BEL, BTL and several Cayes. ...

BTB Partners with Organization of Americ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Belize City, Tuesday, October 6, 2009 – The Belize Tourism Board and the Organization of American States, have embarked upon a capacity building program ...

This Week In Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Melvin Hulse to meet with the Belize City Council and contractors to help resolve the council's garbage collection problem. ...

GOB listens to Public Officers and takes...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
The tour commenced on 14 May 2009 in the Toledo District and concluded on 14 August 2009 in Belize City. to Cabinet during its regular session held on ...

Jason Cain Needs 17 Pints of Blood to Stay Alive
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
And while police are doing their best to solve the city's latest shooting, Sheryl Jones is hoping that the people of Belize will come through for them by ...

Death at Vaca Dam
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Emiliano Borrallos is a Guatemalan national but had been living and working in Belize for some time. He is among the 350 local workers employed at the dam ...

5th Annual Bypass Criterium set for Monday October 12
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
The Belize Cycling Association in conjunction with the Orange Walk Sporting Committee is hosting the 5th Annual Bypass Criterium on Monday October 12, 2009. ...

Randy Coye killed for his brother
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
He was found dead inside the Lord's Ridge Cemetery in Belize City on Monday morning, three days after neighbours heard hollowed cries for help in the area. ...

Jason Cain Needs 17 Pints of Blood to Stay Alive
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
And while police are doing their best to solve the city's latest shooting, Sheryl Jones is hoping that the people of Belize will come through for them by ...

Woman's killer caught in Chetumal
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
... child after he claims that she was four months pregnant. Keme is now awaiting deportation to Belize. Orange Walk Police say he is still only a suspect.

Special Olympics Football Seminar this Weekend
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Special Olympics Belize (SOBz) will conduct a 'Train the Trainer' seminar for football coaches and trainers this weekend at the Stella Maris School and ...

Caye Caulker resident killed in her home
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
Caye Caulker residents have banded together and will march against crime on Thursday October 8. The march is the island's response to the murder of Lurlene ...

Guardian Bombers Orange Walk District Basketball Champion
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/8/09‎
The championship series utilized the best of three format and the Belize City based Guardian Bombers used the first two games in winning the title. ...

10/7/09

Letty Lara wins Miss World Belize 2009
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/7/09‎
Sanpedrana, 20-year-old Norma Leticia “Letty” Lara won the coveted title of Miss World Belize and is preparing to represent The Jewel in South Africa. ...

Costa Del Mar films in Belize
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/7/09‎
The big news is that a film crew was in Belize and made a stop in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye to film a local fly fisherman. The film crew documented the ...

Water taxi war in San Pedro
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/7/09‎
Two of the island's water taxi services providing transportation to and from San Pedro Town and Belize City are, as of press time, operating as normal from ...

Caye Caulker continues to mourn the tragic death of Lorleen Young
San Pedro Sun - ‎10/7/09‎
The Caye Caulker community is still shaken following the death of a well known community builder, activist, Lion member and exemplary villager. ...

Lobster virus threatens industry, prompts research
FIS.com (Registro) - ‎10/7/09‎
Infected spiny lobsters have been found everywhere from the Florida Keys and Mexico to Belize and St Croix. “This project will give us insight into how ...

More Dirt from City Hall
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/09‎
They are expected to meet with Belize Maintenance Limited and Belize Waste Control next week with a view to finding a solution to the problem. ...

Taxi Driver Shot on Cairo Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/09‎
A man was shot yesterday evening on Cairo Street. It was breaking news last night and tonight we have more details. He has been identified as Jason Cain and ...

Silver Medals in Jeopardy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/09‎
As we told you last night –the Belize Basketball Federation's appeal to FIBA for the eligibility of 7 players on the national team has been dismissed. ...

World Cup Within Reach
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/09‎
Belize is two tournaments away from playing for the world cup in cricket. Our 14 man national cricket team left Belize today for Santiago Chile where they ...

Rape Victim Marisa Quan's Outrage
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/09‎
Yesterday he appeared in Belize City Magistrate's Court this time for robbery. The victim, another female, Geraldine Grinage told police that someone hit ...

Tension at UB over Increment Freeze
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/09‎
A decision by the University Belize Board of Trustees could result in the faculty, staff and students going on a strike. The dispute involves the decision ...

Not Your Grandfather's Game
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/09‎
In the hope of getting more players of all ages involved in the sport of playing chess the Belize National Youth Chess Foundation will be holding the first ...

Shyne Will Have A Home on Goldson Avenue
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/09‎
As we told you last night, he is being held pending deportation to Belize. Shyne was released from the Clinton Correctional Facility – the largest maximum ...

Lawyer says FIBA wrongly interpreted Belize Constitution
channel5belize - ‎10/7/09‎
The Belize Basketball Federation challenged FIBA based on our own laws, which provide that any person born from one Belizean parent qualifies automatically ...

BBF might appeal FIBA decision
channel5belize - ‎10/7/09‎
The decision to appeal Haas' judgment has to come from the Belize Basketball Federation. That is the only point bouncing in the mind of BBF president Paul ...

Amateur video captures neighbours helping gunshot victim
channel5belize - ‎10/7/09‎
Since this morning Jason Cain, a gunshot victim, has been in the post anesthetic and recovery ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after undergoing ...

Lake Independence woman attacked in home
channel5belize - ‎10/7/09‎
There was another home invasion early this morning in Belize City. A man reportedly entered the home of a fifty-two year old woman and viciously assaulted ...

UB faculty and staff against 3 year wage freeze
channel5belize - ‎10/7/09‎
Is there trouble brewing in the horizon for the University of Belize? The institution has a total of four hundred and seventy-six faculty staff and ...

Opposition calls for BWS to withdraw request for rate increase
channel5belize - ‎10/7/09‎
Last Friday, we reported that the Belize Water Services Limited is applying for an increase in rates… not an ordinary increase, it's a twenty-five percent ...

Rapper Shyne Fights Deportation To Belize
Belizean - Only in Belize! - ‎10/7/09‎
By The Founder on October 8, 2009 4:03 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) Belmopan, Belize 8 October (Belizean.com) Former Bad Boy rapper Shyne (born Jamal ...

TAXI DRIVER INJURED IN SHOOTING INCIDENT LAST NIGHT
LoveFM - ‎10/7/09‎
A shooting incident last night in Belize City has left a taxi driver hospitalized. According to a police report, Jason Cain was hit multiple times by ...

BSI SAYS NO SUGAR SHORTAGE IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/7/09‎
Factory Manager at the Belize Sugar Industries, John Gillett told Love News there is no shortage of sugar in Belize. Gillett was responding to a concern ...

CAYE CAULKER RESIDENTS PLAN PROTEST MARCH
LoveFM - ‎10/7/09‎
Villanueva says that Belize Rural South Area Representative Manuel Heredia Junior will be in attendance along with another government official. ...

FIVE AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED AT CABINET BRIEF
LoveFM - ‎10/7/09‎
Cabinet also discussed the situation at the Belize City Council. It was agreed that a five-member ministerial subcommittee will go in to meet with the ...

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK APPROVES LOAN TO BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/7/09‎
The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a multi-million dollar loan for Belize. According to published reports, the loan is in the amount of ...

CONSULTATIONS ON BELIZE CONSTITUTION SEVENTH AMENDMENT BILL RESUMES
LoveFM - ‎10/7/09‎
The Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee will resume the national consultations on the Belize Constitution Seventh Amendment Bill 2009 and the ...

BELIZE POSTAL SERVICE PREPARE TO CELEBRATE WORLD POST DAY
LoveFM - ‎10/7/09‎
“This is a serious concern for the Belize Postal Service. Of course mails going missing or delayed in transit is a major concern for us. ...

10/6/09

BELIZE NATIONAL COAST GUARD RESCUES STRANDED MARINERS
LoveFM - ‎10/6/09‎
Two US Nationals stranded off the coast of Ambergris Caye were rescued in a search operation conducted by the Belize Coast Guard yesterday. ...

Shyne's Prison Release On Hold Due To Immigration Status
BallerStatus.com -  - ‎10/6/09‎
However, his released is on hold while officials determine whether or not Shyne should be deported back to Belize, where he was born. ...

Jamal Shyne Barrow Facing Deportation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/09‎
But the news tonight is that the 31 year old Shyne Barrow isn'ta free man and he may be facing deportation – that could mean back to Belize – the country he ...

The Dengue Situation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/09‎
If you live in Belize City, we'll bet that you know at least one person with dengue – and if you don't you surely know the prime minister, ...

Barry Robinson in Trouble Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/09‎
He says he is a personal trainer but when police busted 41 year old Oryan Paul Vernon on Saturday – he had in his possession a forged Belize City driver's ...

Next Level Project Debuts Friday
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/09‎
“To be honest it has been a blessing from start to finish and to see the music industry evolve in Belize has been amazing and so for me it is not only me ...

National Basketball Team Loses Appeal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/09‎
Belize's national men's basketball selection earned silver at the COCABA championships in Cancun in August – but tonight those medals are in jeopardy. ...

Orange Walk Murder Suspect Captured in Mexico
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/09‎
And while we are not sure when the man in custody will be handed over to Belize Police, the reports out of Mexico about the homicide in Belize have been ...

Bird Strike Forces Grounding of American Airlines Flight
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/09‎
The Civil Aviation Department today confirmed that an American Airlines flight from Belize to Miami experienced a bird-strike shortly after take-off ...

Bench Lashes Back at the Bar
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/09‎
The statement refers to “scandalous and open calls by some factions within the Belize Bar Association to invite political interference in the judiciary. ...

Alleged murderer caught in Mexico
channel5belize - ‎10/6/09‎
“So do you have any idea as yet when he will be handed over to Belize?” “We had scheduled for two o'clock today and since we have now handed over the ...

Former councillor complains to deputy mayor about threat
channel5belize - ‎10/6/09‎
He was protesting the council's non-payment and mounting debt to Belize Maintenance Limited. Well, it seems that he is planning a political resurrection, ...

Belize National Basketball Team loses appeal
channel5belize - ‎10/6/09‎
Late this afternoon, a decision was handed down in the case of the Belize Basketball Federation versus FIBA in which the federation was challenging the ...

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE JEFFRIES TO ATTEND SECURITY MEETING IN THE US
LoveFM - ‎10/6/09‎
“This workshop is geared towards improving the working relations between the police, the Belize Defense Force, Coast Guard, Immigration, US Military and ...

JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT SAY THE JUDICIARY HAS COME UNDER ATTACK
LoveFM - ‎10/6/09‎
It says one such action is “the scandalous and open calls by some factions within the Belize Bar Association to invite political interference in the ...

BELIZE NATIONAL COAST GUARD RESCUES STRANDED MARINERS
LoveFM - ‎10/6/09‎
Two US Nationals stranded off the coast of Ambergris Caye were rescued in a search operation conducted by the Belize Coast Guard yesterday. ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH OFFICIALS SPEAK ON DENGUE
LoveFM - ‎10/6/09‎
The issue of dengue has been in the news recently when it was revealed that the Prime Minister and at least one Belize City Councilor have tested positive ...

BELIZE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR SPEAKS ON GARBAGE SITUATION
LoveFM - ‎10/6/09‎
Today is Tuesday; one of two weekdays on which hundreds of tourists converge upon Belize City from cruise ships moored off the coast. ...

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BACK IN THE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎10/6/09‎
Ladyville is in the Belize District which is comprised of the western zone; the Belize District and the Cayo District is the western zone and Stann Creek ...

MENTAL HEALTH WEEK CELEBRATED
LoveFM - ‎10/6/09‎
“World Mental Health Day is October ten every year and in Belize we try to have activities around that date. It is important because it is part of our ...

10/5/09

Belize Water Services apply for 25% rate increase
channel5belize - ‎7 hours ago‎
Sanitation services remain unpaid, but the Belize Water Services Limited is asking the Public Utilities Commission to approve an increase in water rates. ...

UDP kicks Belize City Mayor out of national party council
channel5belize - ‎7 hours ago‎
And from crime to politics, Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers was charged with criminal offences last Thursday, she retaliated in kind at the man she believes is ...

Opposition calls for mayor to take leave of absence
channel5belize - ‎7 hours ago‎
... the sale of the Commercial Centre and historic City Hall and rejects what it calls is a misguided suggestion to nationalize sanitation in Belize. ...

Ex-Councillor Mark King Joins Garbage Protest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
... and that amounts to over $30000 every time they pay themselves and I think that money can be used to pay our workers, our Belize City workers. ...

Drowning in Progresso Lagoon
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
... Bernardo Smith of camp twenty nine in the Corozal District was travelling in a skiff handled by forty two year old Henrich Harder of Little Belize. ...

National Party Council Boots Mayor Zenaida Moya
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Municipal leaders were also plentiful: The Mayor of Belmopan, the Deputy Mayor of Belize City, the Mayor of Corozal who is also head of the Mayor's ...

What's Boots Doing in a Drain
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
“What is happening here is we are cleaning up Belize City starting with this area, a comprehensive cleaning which is cleaning the drains, chopping the ...

James Adderley analyses the weekend in sports
channel5belize - ‎7 hours ago‎
Week nine of the Belize Bank Super League brought the re-match between Kraal Road and Hattieville FC to the MCC Grounds yesterday as the city team looked to ...

Headstone used in murder at Lord Ridge Cemetery
channel5belize - ‎7 hours ago‎
... the motive for the killing but they are not ruling out that it was gang related because Coye had relatives who are associated with a Belize City gang. ...

American fugitive caught in Belize
channel5belize - ‎7 hours ago‎
Another US fugitive has been caught hiding out in Belize. This time it's a convicted sex offender from the State of Oregon, fifty-five year old William Carl ...

OPPOSITION CALLS FOR BELIZE CITY MAYOR TO TAKE LEAVE OF ABSENCE
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
The United Democratic Party has taken steps to discipline the Mayor of Belize City, Zenaida Moya-Flowers, after she publically criticized Prime Minister ...

PUC ADDRESSES PROPOSED INCREASE BY BELIZE WATER SERVICES LIMITED
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
That is if a submission made to the Public Utilities Commission by Belize Water Services Ltd is approved for a total increase of twenty-five percent; ...

WORLD SIGHT DAY TO BE CELEBRATED
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
The Belize Council for the visually impaired and the Pan American Health Organization in Belize have teamed up to promote World Sight Day. ...

BEL SAYS MEXICAN SUPPLIER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FIRM ENERGY
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
Belize Electricity Limited says Comision Federal de Electricidad, CFE has advised them that it is extending its suspension of firm power to Belize. ...

10/2/09

Zenaida Will Face National Party Council
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/2/09‎
And it's not because she's being suspended or anything like that; it's because according to Belize's labour laws, new mothers must take maternity leave of ...

Murder Shocks La Isla Carinosa
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/2/09‎
Caye Caulkr is known as a peaceful island community. With less than two thousand residents, La Isla Carinosa, as it is called, is everything that the much ...

Caye Caulker Demands Protection
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/2/09‎
The Caye Caulker branch of the Belize Tourism Industry Association has written Prime Minister Dean Barrow complaining about the spiralling crime problem. ...

Noel Escalante's Tenth
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/2/09‎
“We're celebrating our tenth anniversary exhibition and so what I did was borrow the themes from three of the previous exhibitions and that was, 'Belize ...

Herman Miranda Charged for Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/2/09‎
Belize City Police strongly believe that Herman Miranda is one of two gunmen who shot and killed the wood carver at his residence, the House of Commoners ...

Tourism Task Force Gets ATV
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/2/09‎
This afternoon the Mennonite community of Spanish Lookout donated a 2008 Honda TRX420TE to the Belize Tourism Board. It was accepted by the BDF's Lt. Col. ...

Deputy mayor says CitCo assets are not for sale
channel5belize - ‎10/2/09‎
Meanwhile, the garbage collection problem continues to exacerbate because the city council is unable to pay the two point seven million dollars to Belize ...

Mayor's political fate to be discussed at UDP council
channel5belize - ‎10/2/09‎
The caucus meeting scheduled to deal with a debt to the Belize Maintenance Limited never happened. But what we've been able to find out from sources at City ...

MURDER REPORTED IN CAYE CAULKER VILLAGE
LoveFM - ‎10/2/09‎
A woman was killed last evening in Caye Caulker village in the Belize District. The victim has been identified as Lorleen Young, who worked as the local ...

Belize Water Services wants to increase rates
channel5belize - ‎10/2/09‎
... well you might have to dig even deeper into your pockets to cough up more money – that is if the Belize Water Services gets its way. ...

Two women murdered including manager of Tropic Air
channel5belize - ‎10/2/09‎
Seventy-five murders have been recorded so far for this year, that's statistically higher than the same period last year. The two most recent cold blooded ...

The Jewel seen through the eyes of a photographer
channel5belize - ‎10/2/09‎
Noel Escalante has been photographing Belize for the past fifteen years. And for the past ten years he has been showcasing those images for the public. ...

Art teacher presents his first exhibit
channel5belize - ‎10/2/09‎
The exhibition is taking place for a few weeks at the Image Factory on North Front Street in Belize City. So if you can't catch the opening tonight, ...

CITCO STRUGGLES TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO SANITATION COMPANIES
LoveFM - ‎10/2/09‎
A drive around Belize City shows a scarcity of sanitation workers going about their routine business of cutting grass, gathering dirt, cleaning drains and ...

Commentary: The unlawful government in Honduras is disrespectful ...
Caribbean Net News - < ‎10/2/09‎
... which led to the massacre of several of these people, causing them to leave Honduras and many of them fled to Nicaragua, Guatemala and Belize. ...

10/1/09

Former UDP minister fires back in mayor's defense
channel5belize  ‎10/1/09‎
It's a massive and shameful, disgraceful abuse of the judicial system on the part of the government of Belize and we are going to show that we are correct ...

UDP issues statement about mayor's case
channel5belize - ‎10/1/09‎
As we said earlier, this is the worst internal crisis within the UDP and the government; one in which the most powerful elected woman is saying she is ...

City Council finance dept and mayor make bail
channel5belize - ‎10/1/09‎
... CitCo employee being charged, Kiran Bhudrani, were jointly charged with two counts each of Failure to Comply with the Belize City Council Regulations. ...

Mayor of Belize City charged with twenty-four counts
channel5belize - ‎10/1/09‎
Now if you're gonna say that myself, as the elected official, the Mayor of Belize City, should be held accountable, I must know everything that is happening ...

Mayor's attorney implies the charged add up to nothing
channel5belize - ‎10/1/09‎
She's charged additionally with the uttering, she's charged with violation of section twenty-three six of the Belize City Council Act chapter eighty five of ...

BNTU discusses teaching services commission
channel5belize - ‎10/1/09‎
Public schools throughout the Belize District were closed today but it wasn't because of the Influenza. The Ministry of Education closed the school doors ...

Commissioner of Police addresses crime situation
channel5belize - ‎10/1/09‎
But why the eruption of violence—particularly in the streets of Belize City—and what are the cops doing about it? The Minister of National Security has been ...

Getting the Science
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/09‎
The Caribbean Agriculture Research & Development Institute is hosting a five- workshop in Belize. The subject is something called ASTI – the Agriculture, ...

Day 3 of City Hall Garbage Protest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/09‎
For the third day this week – today Belize Maintenance Limited workers protested in front of City Hall. The BML workers have been picketing City Hall since ...

Commissioner of Police addresses crime situation
channel5belize - ‎10/1/09‎
But why the eruption of violence—particularly in the streets of Belize City—and what are the cops doing about it? The Minister of National Security has been ...

Mayor Zenaida Moya Charged in Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/09‎
History was made in Belize today. For the first time ever an elected official was arrested and charged, arraigned and bailed for criminal offences. ...

Moya Charged with 3 City Council Employees
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/09‎
Now to go over the charges. There are 24 criminal charges against Mayor Zenaida Moya, Director of Finance Dwain Davis, Kiran Budrani. ...

UDP "Saddened" By Arrest of Zenaida Moya
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/09‎
So while it's far from over, politically, it's just beginning. You heard Mayor Moya's raging words for her Party leader, Prime Minister Dean Barrow. ...

62 New Soldiers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/1/09‎
Today the Belize Defence Force complemented its fighting capabilities with the passing out of BDF recruit intake number fifty two. ...

…MAYOR MOYA ACKNOWLEDGES DETERIORATED RELATIONSHIP WITH PM
LoveFM - ‎10/1/09‎
Earlier this year the Ministry of Local Government appointed Patrick Tillett as financial controller at the Belize City Council. He has since been referred ...

BELIZE DEFENSE FORCE GRADUATES 64
LoveFM - ‎10/1/09‎
Hopefully these are sights and sounds that will never come to our shores; but just in case, the soldiers of the Belize Defense Force are kept in battle form ...

BELIZE CITY MAYOR AND THREE CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES CHARGED
LoveFM - ‎10/1/09‎
Now if they are gonna say that myself as an elected official, the Mayor of Belize City, should be held accountable; I must know everything that is happening ...

YES LAUNCHES ITS CAMPAIGN
LoveFM - ‎10/1/09‎
We know for a fact that for quite some time Belize has been having problems with our young women who have been exploiting themselves or maybe parents ...

5th Annual Bypass Criterium set for Monday October 12
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
The Belize Cycling Association in conjunction with the Orange Walk Sporting Committee is hosting the 5th Annual Bypass Criterium on Monday October 12, 2009. ...

Belize City Mayor Charged in Connection With Missing Funds
Belizean - Only in Belize! - ‎10/1/09‎
By The Founder on October 1, 2009 10:07 PM | Permalink Belize City, Belize 1 October (Belizean.com) United Democratic Party Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs secures safe return of Belizean Athletes
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
The Government of Belize is pleased to announce that Belizean athletes participating in the XIV Central American Scholar Sports Games (CODICADER) which ...

TravelMart Latin America Kicks off in Chile
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
Belize City, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 – Belize was represented at the 33rd Annual TravelMart Latin America which officially kicked off on Wednesday, ...

BTL wins Best Booth for Expo 2009
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
There were “buy one get one free” deals, low interest loans, and many more including the double and triple up deals offered by Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Mexico's star guitarist plays at the Bliss
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
Miranda said that the guitar recital is all a part of the Embassy's cultural exchange program with Belize. He said Belizean artists travel to Mexico and ...

Two health professionals complete medical training in Taiwan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
Dr. Marcia Humphrey and Nurse Rosanna Herstig of the Ministry of Health returned to Belize on September 28 after successfully completing ten weeks of ...

Perceptions towards Parental Involvement in a Northern Primary ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
Let me highlight that this investigation was conducted on the northern part of Belize where I have lived for the past 30 years. ...

Hon. Patrick Faber Accomplishes a Longti...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
He continued by saying that his goal is to open such programs to all the government high schools in Belize City. Evening programs already exists in other ...

Ashcroft's Media attacks BTL's Natio...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
Apparently Michael Ashcroft is now on a vendetta, maligning the Belize government both locally and internationally; he has been known to do this, ...

The truth is the truth and that's no o...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
Last week Mr. Carl Ross of a US - based financial advisory group, Atlanta International, made comments regarding investor confidence on Belize. ...

Investor Confidence in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
In two successive newscasts last Thursday and Friday, Channel Five TV attempted to prove that the public acquisition of Belize Telemedia has caused a loss ...

Man drowns in Belize River
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
Sydney Benjamin Hyde's life ended unexpectedly on Saturday morning when the 41-year-old Belize City resident jumped into the Belize River near his home on ...

Woman unfit to represent herself in deat...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
On May 16, 2008, the mother who was a vendor of Zacaranda Street in Belize City was charged with manslaughter. On Tuesday September 22, her trial began but ...

Belize City Primary Schools Volleyball Competition opens
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
The 2009-2010 Belize City Primary Schools Volleyball Competition opened on Wednesday September 20, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. ...

FC Belize wins at the MCC Grounds
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
At the Ricalde Stadium in Corozal Town, the game between the national football champion of Belize Nizhee Corozal and the national sub-champion Hankook ...

Softball mourns the passing of Guy “Fish” Tillett
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation is mourning the loss of one of its own Mr. Guy “Fish” Tillett. Mr. Tillett passed away on Thursday September 24, 2009, ...

2nd Annual Charles Solis Memorial Championship this Sunday at ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/1/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation is pleased to announce that the second Annual Charles Solis Memorial championship is scheduled for Sunday October 4, 2009, ...

9/30/09

Coral Reef CSI in San Pedro
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/30/09‎
This will soon change in Belize as experts have gathered at Ramon's Village for a five day program geared at training them in CSI-type standards which will ...

H1N1 is back
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/30/09‎
As Belize experiences the second wave of the H1N1 virus, there have been 36 confirmed cases of the global epidemic within the country. ...

Building Authorities answer questions about development
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/30/09‎
A couple weeks ago The San Pedro Sun reported on Cabinet's approval of the South Beach Belize development. In an effort to better understand the issue, ...

FOTHS Launches Calendar
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/30/09‎
Well all of this excitement is happening for a good cause – the launch of the Friends of the Humane Society (FOTHS) 2010 calendar. ...

Mayor Moya Retains Attorney Michael Peyrefitte
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/09‎
“Have you investigated an amendment to the Belize City Council Act in so far as what we at Channel 7 called the Managing Mayor Moya Bill which sought to ...

Mayor Issues Press Statement
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/09‎
On this subject it concludes that “there has been a public trial of the Mayor and the Belize City Council by rumour and innuendos led by the Minister of ...

Artists Reacting to Crime with All Star Rally
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/09‎
It is affecting each and every one of us right now so I want to make an appeal to every person who cares about what's happening in Belize and who can make ...

Police Lay Charges in Court for Mayor Zenaida Moya
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/09‎
Tomorrow morning at 9:30 am – Mayor Zenaida Moya will present herself at the Queen's Street Police Station along with her attorney Michael Peyrefitte to ...

Commissioner of Police Concedes Spike in Killings
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/09‎
Ask any resident of Belize City and they'll probably tell you that they feel more unsafe at the end of September than they did in March. ...

Herman Miranda Busted Near Murder Scene
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/09‎
Information is that on Thursday, Herman Miranda will be taken back to Belize City Magistrate's Court when he will be arraigned on the charge of murder. ...

Murder at the House of Commoners
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/09‎
In just twelve hours Belize City police were recovering the body of yet another homicide victim. He is thirty six year old Norman Gillett better known as ...

More Garbage Woes and Protest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/30/09‎
If you live in Belize City your garbage probably wasn't picked up today and the chances are that the drain in front of your house wasn't cleaned and the ...

Residents vocal about mayor and City Hall chaos
channel5belize - ‎9/30/09‎
“The Mayor of Belize City is expected to be charged tomorrow for a crime, what do you feel about that?” “The truth is I'ma Christian and God noh want we di ...

Mayor's attorney says it's all power play between PM and Moya
channel5belize - ‎9/30/09‎
I don't think there's one UDP out there who loves the party, who wants good for Belize, who wants the Mayor and the Prime Minister to be at war. ...

Belize City Mayor and finance team to be criminally charged
channel5belize - ‎9/30/09‎
It is the third politician to be charged with criminal offences by the UDP government in this term. But on Thursday, it will be the first time in history ...

Mayor blames PM; Councillors distance themselves from suit
channel5belize - ‎9/30/09‎
Just before news time, News Five received a release from the Belize City Council signed by the Deputy Mayor Dion Leslie regarding Moya Flowers' upcoming ...

Police statistics show increases in Murder and Theft
channel5belize - ‎9/30/09‎
When Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jeffries last briefed the media on crime statistics from January to August of 2009, there were some decreases in major ...

City resident gunned down hours after teen's murder
channel5belize - ‎9/30/09‎
Two horrible murders in a span of less than twenty-four hours in Belize City; it's not really a record in statistics, but it is all shocking. ...

ANOTHER MURDER REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎9/30/09‎
Sometime after eight o'clock last night 36 year old Norman Gillett was gunned down at 63 Vernon Street. Gillett body was found lying on the verandah on the ...

DPP INTENDS TO CHARGE MAYOR MOYA WITH BREACH OF REGULATION
LoveFM - ‎9/30/09‎
It was rumored earlier this week that charges were expected to be brought against Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers sometime today regarding missing ...

COMPOL SAYS CRIME MEASURES WORKING
LoveFM - ‎9/30/09‎
We would particularly note that a lot of it is occurring in certain parts of the Southside of Belize City. I have very little other ways of explaining to ...

CITY COUNCILORS DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM MAYOR
LoveFM - ‎9/30/09‎
The Belize City Council issued a release late this evening clarifying that the legal proceedings brought against the Attorney General by Mayor Zenaida Moya ...

Carnival and Royal Caribbean cruise ships collide in Cozumel
USA Today - ‎9/30/09‎
"Following an examination of the vessel by Mexican authorities, the Carnival Legend was cleared to sail on to Belize, its next scheduled port of call. ...

SENIOR CITIZENS WEEK OBSERVED
LoveFM - ‎9/30/09‎
For this week we have a whole program and all the schools are invited the most interesting thing I would like to see is our visit to Belize City tomorrow ...

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE RECEIVES FUNDING TO FIGHT CITRUS GREENING
LoveFM - ‎9/30/09‎
OIRSA Belize has received seven hundred thousand US dollars from its counterpart in Mexico. The funds will be used to manage citrus greening. ...

STRIKE ACTION CONTINUES IN FRONT OF CITY HALL
LoveFM - ‎9/30/09‎
Strike action resumed in front of City Hall this morning as employees of Belize Maintenance Ltd. took to the picket line once again demanding payment owed ...

TWO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS RETURN AFTER RECEIVING TRAINING ABROAD
LoveFM - ‎9/30/09‎
Doctor Marcia Humphrey and Nurse Rosanna Herstig returned to Belize on Monday. Doctor Humphrey and Nurse Herstig were posted at the Kaohsiung Veterans ...

9/29/09

Johnny Missed Said's Book Launch
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/09‎
But two days after John Briceno formally welcomed Said Musa back into the PUP he was not at the launch. Why? Well, observers suggest that Briceno can feel ...

Said Musa's 'Malice Towards None'
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/09‎
And now the independent Belize's fourth Prime Minister, Said Musa– with proper attribution to the man they called honest Abe - borrowed a piece of that ...

Garbage Crisis Continue
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/09‎
The City Council told both Belize Waste Control and BML that it can only afford to pay them for this week – that's $70000. After the meeting, BML's Manager ...

Johnny Briceno Joins Charlie Good Protest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/09‎
Many of the fights started right here at Battlefield Park in Belize City so I think it is very symbolic what we are doing here, standing up with Mr. and ...

14 year old Clubbed to Death with 2x4
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/29/09‎
Belize City Police emerged from inside the abandoned bus terminal building on Magazine Road with the body of fourteen year old Dylan Ayuso at 9:00 am. ...

Mayor to be criminally charged; but strikes back at GOB
channel5belize - ‎9/29/09‎
... is a crime and certainly if the mayor is charged with it, she would be the first person in the history of Belize to have been charged with such a crime. ...

Mayor's attorney says allegations are untrue
channel5belize - ‎9/29/09‎
But she had that fortitude to say I run Belize City. Many of the regulations have to be put aside in order to enable the City Council to survive from day to ...

TWO BELIZEANS RECEIVED MAJOR CAREER PROMOTIONS
LoveFM - ‎9/29/09‎
Two Belizeans are the recipients of major career promotions with the Belize Bank. BCB Holdings Limited, the parent group for the Belize Bank in a release ...

RICE FARMERS UP IN ARMS OVER THE PRICE OF RICE
LoveFM - ‎9/29/09‎
In our view the bulk of the profit is goes to BMDC; that is the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation formerly the Marketing Board. ...

PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY CELEBRATES 59TH ANNIVERSARY
LoveFM - ‎9/29/09‎
Belize's oldest political party, the PUP, an institution that has seen the rise to power of two of its former leaders, is today celebrating its fifty-ninth ...

POLICE SAY CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE IMMINENT FOR BELIZE CITY COUNCIL ...
LoveFM - ‎9/29/09‎
... charges against persons believed to be responsible for the misappropriation of over a quarter of a million dollars from the Belize City Council. ...

TEENAGER MURDERED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎9/29/09‎
Another murder has been reported in Belize City. Police Press Officer Clement Palacio told Love News the body of a teenager was discovered this morning. ...

FORMER PRIME MINISTER RELEASES MEMOIRS
LoveFM - ‎9/29/09‎
Politics in the end is a noble undertaking to serve the people and I'm hoping that this book will inspire the young people of Belize to take up this calling ...

The PUP's 59th
Amandala - ‎9/29/09‎
Mass parties in Belize's version of democracy represent a convergence of interests. One of the interests which was involved in the formation of the People's ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎9/29/09‎
Today, religions are targeting Belize which have a more openly business, and even political, agenda. On Plus TV this week, I saw a show featuring the “700 ...

Angry BML workers confront City Hall
Amandala - ‎9/29/09‎
More than one hundred angry Belize Maintenance Limited (BML) workers converged on North Front Street in front of the Belize City Council main office this ...

Still a hell of a time in Pomona Valley
Amandala - ‎9/29/09‎
Denzil Jenkins, chairman of Belize Citrus Growers Association Investment Company Limited (ICL), a subsidiary of the CGA which owns 51% of CPBL, ...

At UN, Belize rep says “club model cooperation” suffering “crisis ...
Amandala - ‎9/29/09‎
Speaking at the general debate of the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Belize Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, ...

Extensive power outage straps business in the Old Capital
Amandala - ‎9/29/09‎
Multiple power outages in Belize City on Friday spilled over into the weekend and into a four-hour long outage on Monday, shutting down the entire city, ...

9/28/09

DPP Instructs Police to Arrest Mayor Zenaida Moya
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/09‎
But 7News has sources and tonight we can confirm that the instructions are that Police should charge three persons – including Mayor of Belize City, ...

Mischief Inside City Hall
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/09‎
Now this fax states clearly on the header that it is from the Belize City Council – we are advised that the fax that carries that header is in the mayor's ...

2 School Kids Shot in Mahogany Street Crossfire
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/09‎
There was chaos on Magohany Street this afternoon when two primary school students were shot. At around 3:45 - the 9 and 12 year old along with dozens of ...

Sanitation Workers Demand Pay
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/09‎
We begin with a protest by the street cleaners who work at Belize Maintenance Limited. That's a private company which is contracted to keep the city clean ...

Interim Truce Between BML and City Council
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/09‎
Ellis accepted that he and a representative from Belize Waste Control will appear before a meeting of the entire council tomorrow afternoon – where ...

Sydney Hyde Drowns in Conch Shell Bay
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/09‎
41 year old Sydney Hyde jumped into the Belize River near his Conch Shell Bay area home around 7:10 on Saturday morning and went under. ...

City Endures 4 Hour Blackout
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/28/09‎
Belize Electricity Limited pulled the plug at 12:16 to repair a switch at the Belize City substation which had overheated and burst at 9:16 am. ...

PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENT SHOT IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎9/28/09‎
A young girl was shot this afternoon on Mahogany Street while on her way home from school. Though it is not know who the intended victim was, according to ...

GARBAGE WOES CONTINUE FOR BELIZE CITY COUNCIL
LoveFM - ‎9/28/09‎
Sanitation workers in Belize City took to the streets this morning, not for work however, but to picket City Hall. After several weeks of delayed payments ...

SACRED HEART COLLEGE RECEIVED NEW COMPUTER LAB
LoveFM - ‎9/28/09‎
Students attending Sacred Heart College in San Ignacio will now benefit from a refurbished Computer Lab. The Social Investment Fund implemented the almost ...

BCCI HOSTS EXPO AWARDS CEREMONY
LoveFM - ‎9/28/09‎
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted its Award Ceremony for the Expo Market Place 2009. Awards were given out to the top three companies who ...

Suspended citco employee calls financial controller a liar
channel5belize - ‎9/28/09‎
Belize Maintenance Limited workers protested the Belize City Council this morning for “under paying” them by a quarter million dollars. ...

Students return from CODICADER games in Costa Rica
channel5belize - ‎9/28/09‎
The students who represented Belize are back home after a long and uneventful trip at the CODICADER games in Costa Rica. The teams failed to pull off any ...

9/25/09

Belize Athletes Not Stranded in Costa Rica
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/25/09‎
The official website shows that so far Belize has not performed impressively in terms of medals –but news is that we are performing impressively in ...

Ugandani Reunites
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/25/09‎
We also have for the show, a highlight of the show is the Wanagra and that will be done by some children, some young boys from Belize City. ...

BML Plans Protest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/25/09‎
And right now, it's a city that's dead broke and for the past ten weeks that's meant that the council has been unable to pay BML, Belize Maintenance Limited ...

POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INSTALL MORE CAMERAS
LoveFM - ‎9/25/09‎
... the police launched a serious operation, one that was so successful that the Salvadoran Police Department came to Belize to study what we were doing. ...

Son of well-known attorney missing; cops finds his abandoned vehicle
channel5belize - ‎9/25/09‎
Blake is the son of Belize City attorney, Ellis Arnold. He reportedly went missing around ten on Thursday night. While the vehicle gives very little clues ...

BNE Trust to build classrooms for primary school
channel5belize - ‎9/25/09‎
Belize Natural Energy (BNE) wants to be known not only for the oil it extracts from Belize's soil and the estimated three hundred and thirty-four million ...

Second wave of H1N1 sickens mostly the youth
channel5belize - ‎9/25/09‎
The government statement also says that Belize has only thirty six laboratory confirmed cases of H1N1. In addition the release points out that there is an ...

RAISE U FLAG WINNER OFFICIALLY RECEIVES HIS GRAND PRIZE
LoveFM - ‎9/25/09‎
The Grand Prize Winner of the fourth annual Raise your Flag and win with Love Competition is Eric Leslie of Belize City. The draw was held on Tuesday of ...

The ghosts of PUP past
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
As the oldest and once the greatest of the current political parties in Belize, the People's United Party (PUP) which, on September 29th will celebrate 59 ...

Marlon Castillo of Santino's wins SanCas/BTB Classic
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
The next races on the calendar of the Belize Cycling Association are: October 12 – Bypass Criterium – Orange Walk Town; October 18 – Sagitun Classic ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
We Belizeans, especially in Belize City, are innocent where our real life experiences are concerned. Now the crux of the matter is that several generations ...

Between Washington and Caracas
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
The new United States ambassador to Belize, Vinai Thummalapally, arrived the same week Venezuela's plans to hold their next PetroCaribe Summit in Belize ...

Placencia residents cite new airport for massive coastline siltation
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
Alegria said that “any blind eye Jamesie could see” that both are bound to have consequences on Belize's reef – though they don't know to what extent and ...

Ashcroft Revives old treaty!
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/25/09‎
On the 30th day of April, 1982, some seven months after Belize attained political independence from the United Kingdom, ...

Briceño, Musa Alliance?
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/25/09‎
According to the PUP website, on February 12, 1950, “a crowd of 10000 marched to Government House in Belize City, and proceeded to stone the houses of ...

Belize Bar accuses Justice Samuel Awich of “misbehavior”
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
The Bar Association of Belize will be holding a Special General Meeting on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at the Radisson Fort George Hotel to discuss a ...

Back in love!
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
Mark Usher, formerly of Belize Telecommunications Limited/Belize Electricity Limited, and Anthony Mahler, employee of SpeedNet/SMART (a Briceño company) ...

Br calls for Awich retirement
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/25/09‎
The Bar Association of Belize has called a special meeting to express its frustration with Justice Samuel Lungole Awich of ...

Carnival Hype
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/25/09‎
... but to the onlookers, patiently sitting under their big hats, tents, and umbrellas, that delay was written off as “Belize Time. ...

3000 acres of La Isla Bonita for sale on the Web
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
Official Central Bank reports have confirmed that the Musa administration sold the property in the Punta Azul Area to Caribbean Developers (Belize) Limited ...

American, Christopher Hysinger, 37, fined $18000 after guilty plea ...
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
In handing down the sentence, Lucas also told Hysinger that he would not be able to drive a motor vehicle in the country of Belize for the next three years. ...

Belize gets low 2.9 score in TI's corruption and the private ...
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
The Global Corruption Report 2008, which focused on Corruption in the Water Sector, ranked Belize at 99 with a score of 3.0. A release from TI says the ...

CitCo suspends 3 for under-depositing scandal – Labor Dept ...
Amandala - ‎9/25/09‎
Amandala has received reliable information that a caucus of Belize City Council councilors on Tuesday voted to suspend three employees who are accused of ...

David Pollard wins M&M Cat 4&5 tour
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/25/09‎
Pollard completed the 72mile ride from an Ignacio to Belize city in the lead peloton along with the winner of the fifth stage, Roque Matus of M&M ...

How safe for drinking is the Belize water supply?
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/25/09‎
Is Belize's water safe to drink? To ensure that it is, Government's Department of the Environment (DOE) has sent 12 to 15 ...

OAS, UB offer courses in international trade
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/25/09‎
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the University of Belize (UB) are conducting a joint three-week training ...

HIV & AIDS continue to grow, taking victims
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/25/09‎
The latest report by the National Health Information and Surveillance Unit shows that HIV and AIDS continue to hold Belize firmly in its grasp, ...

Chess Symposium to offer great benefit
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/25/09‎
The Belize National Youth Chess Foundation is hosting the second Annual Educator's Chess Symposium, which will take place on October 10th, ...

9/24/09

Well wishes and cooperation from India to Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎6 hours ago‎
In June of this year Dinesh Kumar Jain was in the country to officially present his credentials as India's High Commissioner to Belize. ...

The Kiss of Death
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Chagas disease – chances are you've never heard of it but you should know about it because it is in Belize and it is potentially deadly. ...

Swine Flu in Schools All Over Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
“Flu-like symptoms” are appearing all across Belize – and the Swine Flu scare is in full effect – but the Ministry of Health's advice is that there's really ...

Suspended, But Not....
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
... prerogative of the councilors, but implementation is the job of the city administrator and under the laws of Belize, she takes orders from the Mayor. ...

GOB's takeover of Telemedia affecting investor confidence
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
In news on the economy, three weeks ago, Alan Slusher, financial advisor to the Prime Minister and new director of the recently nationalized Belize ...

Mexican Guitarist performs in free concert
channel5belize - ‎9 hours ago‎
Mexican guitarist, Cecilio Perera is currently in Belize courtesy of the Mexican Embassy. The twenty-four year old guitarist is known in musical circles all ...

GOB Debt Watch - Belize's Super Bond Obligation
San Pedro Sun - ‎11 hours ago‎
In February 2007, the Government of Belize, at that time under the administration of the People's United Party (PUP), signed an agreement for a ...

La Isla Bonita enjoys two fabulous shows
San Pedro Sun -  - ‎12 hours ago‎
To end their month-long anniversary celebrations, the Reef Radio hosted two main events that attracted visitors to the island twice. ...

Beauty, color and fun - Belizeans celebrate Independence Day!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12 hours ago‎
As the Belizean flag was raised, el grito de la independencia (the Independence shout) resonated through the park and seconds later the sky lit up with a ...

Letty Lara to compete for Miss World Belize
San Pedro Sun - ‎11 hours ago‎
This Saturday, September 26th, Corozal Town will come alive as it is the first District to host the Finals of the biggest beauty pageant in Belize. ...

PUNTA GORDA POLICE SEARCH FOR ESCAPED PRISONER
LoveFM - ‎12 hours ago‎
Augustine Choc was on remand for murder and was being transported in a pick up truck from Belize City to Punta Gorda and was scheduled to appear in ...

NUMBER OF STUDENTS OUT OF SCHOOL AS A RESULT OF FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS
LoveFM - ‎12 hours ago‎
Students from Caye Caulker, Belize City and the Cayo District have been reporting symptoms of what appears to either be a severe case of seasonal flu or ...

MEXICAN GUITARIST PERFORMS AT THE BLISS
LoveFM - ‎13 hours ago‎
Internationally renowned Mexican guitarist, Cecilio Perera, is in Belize and will be performing tonight at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Perera ...

BTIA Gets Serious on Crime in the North and South
The Guardian, Belize - ‎18 hours ago‎
Program of identifying Special Constables and Citizens on Patrol participants The meeting was the initiative of the Belize Tourism Industry Association in ...

Penta Paint up the Place Competition Winners
The Guardian, Belize - ‎18 hours ago‎
By the actions taken by the Belize City council this week, that is the suspension of three of its e... On Tuesday, September 22, the Habet Group of ...

CSME Public Education Program
The Guardian, Belize - ‎18 hours ago‎
25 students from Antigua and Barbuda were in Belize from Monday, September 14 to Friday, September 18, as part of a CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) ...

Belize at 11th Annual Vacation Ownership Investment Conference
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
Belize City, Wednesday, September 23, 2009 – Belize joined more than 750 delegates and senior hospitality executives at the Eleventh Annual Vacation ...

That's gacho!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
At least once a week I end up either at Annie's Fast Food off of Coney Drive or the newly opened fast food place on Queen Street across The Belize Times ...

New School Building for Our Lady of Guadalupe RC
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
It was financed jointly by the Government of Belize through the Commonwealth Debt Initiative and the Episcopal Conference of Catholic Bishops of Italy ...

Diplomats Celebrate with Belizeans
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
As the country celebrated its 28th Anniversary of Independence Belize was honoured to receive many foreign dignitaries who came to join us in celebration ...

Twenty-First in Sugar City
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
We had musical talent and cultural groups from Belize City, Corozal, Guatemala, Yucatan and of course several from our own district. ...

Belize Celebrates 28
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
There are few times in the year when it becomes clearly evident just how connected and interdependent we really are here in Belize. One of such times is the ...

Home Improvement Grants issued in Lake I
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development today issued one hundred and six purchase orders for home improvement in the Lake Independence area of Belize ...

Prime Minister, Hon. Dean Barrow, Indepe...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
Heaven knows that in Belize we have tried, and we have made some progress. Much more, however, needs to be done. The promised external flows must arrive, ...

Belize Makes its Mark at UN Climate Chan...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
Belize, represented by Honourable Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, joined the ranks of leaders from a cross section of ...

Belize Softball Federation to host 2nd Annual Charles Solis ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
The Belize Softball Federation is pleased to announce that the second Annual Charles Solis Memorial championship is scheduled for Sunday October 4, 2009, ...

Most Wanted captured in PG
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
One of America's most wanted fugitives has been nabbed in Belize. Derrick Yancey, a former Sheriff's deputy, was wanted in the State of Georgia for the June ...

Belize City Primary Schools Volleyball to begin
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
The 2009-2010 Belize City Primary Schools Volleyball Competition is scheduled to commence on Monday September 28, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. ...

Man caught burglarizing Belize Civic Center!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
A Concepcion Villager was caught red handed on Saturday, September 19, burglarizing the Belize City Center. At around 11:50p.m. on that night, ...

Nizhee Corozal wins three in a row
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
The Belize Premier Football League competition continued over the weekend with three games on the schedule. On Saturday September 19, at the MCC Grounds, ...

Police nab bike thief
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
On Tuesday September 22nd, 18-year-old Ashton Grant, a Construction Worker of #14 Lizarraga Avenue was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate Court and was ...

Prime Minister Honours Belizean Patriots
The Guardian, Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
The Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. Dean Barrow, honoured eighteen distinguished Belizeans at the Tribute to Belizean Patriots ceremony on Thursday, ...

High School athletes Return Home after being stranded in Nicaragua
The Guardian, Belize - ‎20 hours ago‎
... by the sports ministry in that country on Tuesday before they were assisted by Belize's Foreign Ministry who facilitated their air travel back home. ...

9/23/09

Holy Redeemer Teacher Robbed Inside Classroom
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/09‎
I think we need to do something about this crime situation in Belize. It is getting out of hand when teachers are being attacked in the classroom. ...

Mexican Guitar Maestro
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/09‎
But He's in Belize tonight at the invitation of the Mexican Embassy. The highlight of his visit will be a concert tomorrow night at the Bliss Center and he ...

New School Building for Lady of Guadalupe RC
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/09‎
“My government, the government of Belize firmly believes in the church-state relationship. Our efforts to reform the education system is in no way shape or ...

Lake I Gets Its Purchase Orders from Venezuelan Money
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/09‎
Housing Minister Michael Finnegan left the country for Detroit Michigan today, but on his way to the airport it seems, he stopped in at the office of Lake ...

Conrad Ramos Stabbed in Early Morning Brawl
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/23/09‎
An early morning brawl in the city has left one man seriously hurt and another man facing serious charges. Conrad Ramos and Gerald Westby allegedly had an ...

Environmental Bill targets glass but not plastic bottles
channel5belize - ‎9/23/09‎
One environmental group, the Belize Audubon Society, says that the bill should have included plastics, because products made from plastic are known to be ...

18-YEAR-OLD STABBED THIS MORNING IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎9/23/09‎
An eighteen year old man identified as Conrad Ramos was Stabbed this morning around seven-45 on Cemetery Road. Police Press Officer, Clement Palacio tells ...

THREE CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES SUSPENDED AMIDST FINANCIAL ...
LoveFM - ‎9/23/09‎
Amidst an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars from the Belize City Council earlier this year, ...

DOE HOST CHEMICAL SAFETY WORKSHOP
LoveFM - ‎9/23/09‎
“Worldwide Belize is chosen as one of the pilot countries to start implementing this project so [uhm] you could basically say that Belize is in the ...

2ND LIGHT ENGINEERING COMPANY GRADUATION HELD TODAY
LoveFM - ‎9/23/09‎
Love News spoke with Brigadier General Dario Tapia, Commander of the Belize Defense Force. “We are currently building the capacity of the Light Engineering ...

BELIZEAN STUDENT ATHLETES BACK HOME AFTER BEING STUCK AT THE ...
LoveFM - ‎9/23/09‎
Salome Tillett is the President of the Belize Association of Principals of secondary schools. “Our students left Costa Rica on Saturday morning at three ...

BELIZE REPRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL TOURISM CONFERENCE
LoveFM - ‎9/23/09‎
Belize joined more than seven hundred and fifty delegates and senior hospitality executives at the Eleventh Annual Vacation Ownership Investment Conference ...

LAKE INDEPENDENCE RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE HOUSING GRANTS
LoveFM - ‎9/23/09‎
Residents of the Lake Independence area of Belize City will soon get their share of home improvement funds under the Venezuela grant scheme. ...

9/22/09

Portal To Mythical Underworld: Mysterious Ruins, Mayan Collapse
Post Chronicle - ‎9/22/09‎
Different Mayan groups who inhabited southern Mexico and northern Guatemala and Belize had their own entrances to the underworld which archeologists have ...

Body of missing US National found
channel5belize - ‎9/22/09‎
Aside from the three homicides, a fourth person was found dead in Belize City. Up to news time, Police were unable to confirm whether or not the US National ...

James Adderley has the latest in sporting news
channel5belize - ‎9/22/09‎
Week two in the BPFL brought the internecine struggle between FC Belize and the Belize Defense Force at the MCC Grounds yesterday. It's FC Belize that looks ...

Belize Celebrates 28 Years of Independence
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/09‎
And while the flags didn't fly on the still, wet night the fireworks still did flare across the Belize harbour in a spectacular ten minute show. ...

Carnival Jouvert & Road March Revelry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/09‎
The carnival road march was held on Saturday in Belize City. Five junior and six senior bands marched from Caesar Ridge Road to the parking lot of the ...

American Fugitive Caught in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/09‎
An American fugitive has been caught in Belize. He is a sheriff's deputy from the US State of Georgia who fled after he was charged with killing his wife ...

Midnight Murder of Deon Marvin Meighan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/09‎
And the city almost made it through the Independence Day weekend without a murder, but there was a killing at midnight last night. It happened in Cinderella ...

Belmopan's Pride of Place
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/09‎
September parade in Belize City had to be cancelled due to heavy rain and flooded streets. And while the old low-lying capital was inundated – in the new ...

PM Dean Barrow Flies to Miami for Medical Check-up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/09‎
As we said, it's a condition that has gotten worse over the past two decades – and he got a surgery performed in Belize in 2004 but it seemed not to have ...

Teens Charged for Dave's Furniture World Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/22/09‎
Two teenagers have been arrested for Friday afternoon's armed robbery at Dave's Furniture World on Basra Street. 18 year old Dwayne Evelyn and a 13 year old ...

EARLY MORNING MURDER REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎9/22/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating the murder of 30-year-old Deon Marvin Meighan which occurred in the early hours of this morning. ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎9/22/09‎
When the police arrived at the Belize City Center they found Castillo in the custody of two security guards. The guards told police they found Castillo in ...

BODY OF AMERICAN NATION FOUND LATE THIS MORNING
LoveFM - ‎9/22/09‎
A little before noon today Belize City police were called to an empty lot on Louise Bevans Street in the Port Loyola area. There they found the already ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎9/22/09‎
Quick response by Belize City Police has led to the arrest of 27-year-old Lawrence Owen Longsworth. Police say at about 12-30 on Independence Day morning ...

CLASSES RESUME AT CAYE CAULKER RC SCHOOL
LoveFM - ‎9/22/09‎
According to Principal Beatrice Chan they received the okay from the Manager of the Belize District Education Center, Jahmor Lopez. ...

BELIZEANS CELEBRATE 28 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
LoveFM - ‎9/22/09‎
Belize's twenty eight independence anniversary celebration was marked by ceremonies and parades in municipalities and cities across the country. ...

RAISE U FLAG AND WIN WITH LOVE GRAND PRIZE WINNER CHOSEN
LoveFM - ‎9/22/09‎
The Grand prize winner of the fourth annual Raise your Flag and win with Love Competition is Eric Leslie of Belize City. Leslie's name was drawn from the ...

PENTA PAINT UP THE PLACE ART PIECES ON DISPLAY AT IMAGE FACTORY
LoveFM - ‎9/22/09‎
Those pieces are a range of mixed media works depicting Belize, famous Belizeans and the country's many vistas. Of the two hundred entries in this year's ...

9/21/09

Belize Celebrates 28th Independence Anniversary
Belizean - Only in Belize! - ‎9/21/09‎
By The Founder on September 22, 2009 6:23 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) Belmopan, Belize 21 September (Belizean.com) Belize today celebrated the 28th ...

US Dept of State - Belize Independence Day
ISRIA - Hillary Rodham Clinton - ‎9/21/09‎
On behalf of the people of United States, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to the people of Belize as they celebrate twenty-eight years of ...

State Department says former Georgia deputy accused in 2 slayings ...
Chicago Tribune - ‎9/21/09‎
Special agents from the US State Department located Derrick Yancey in Punta Gorda, Belize on Saturday. Yancey was arrested by Belize law enforcement and is ...

9/18/09

The Importance of Patriots
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/18/09‎
According to The National Honours and Awards Act, there are four National Awards: The Highest Is the National Hero, Followed By The Order Of Belize, ...

Oscar Pollard Acquitted of Threatening Edmund Castro
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/18/09‎
Lucky Strike Village Chairman Oscar Pollard and Belize Rural North Area Representative Edmund Castro are not friends, in fact you could say they are enemies ...

The Rally in Memory Park
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/18/09‎
Patrick Faber: “Let me see the flags, let me see the flags…1, 2, 3 – Happy birthday Belize.” But in his address to the students, Education Minister Patrick ...

American Businessman Fined $18000
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/18/09‎
The money had to be paid forthwith and Hysinger was additionally banned from driving in Belize for 3 years. In delivering his decision, Justice Lucas noted ...

Customs Expected Pseudo-Ephedrine in FedEx Package
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/18/09‎
And according to official word from the Customs Department they received information that a Federal Express package would be sent to Belize yesterday ...

Farmer Murdered in Progresso
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/18/09‎
A Guatemalan farmer was murdered yesterday in El Progresso village in the Cayo District. San Ignacio Police say that sometime after 7 pm they were called ...

A Free Ticket to Mexico City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/18/09‎
If we'd ask any of you residents of the Belize City to tell us what this city is, you'd probably have a hard time – because it is so many things. ...

Price of butane to go up by two dollars
channel5belize - ‎9/18/09‎
The new price of a hundred pound cylinder of butane in Belize City and Corozal will be a hundred dollars. In Orange Walk the price goes up to one hundred ...

Villager murdered on Mountain Pine Ridge Road
channel5belize - ‎9/18/09‎
Four murders in six days, the most recent took place in the west where a Guatemalan National identified as Pedro Cob, who has been living in Belize for the ...

Investigation of CitCo's $275000 under-deposits continues
channel5belize - ‎9/18/09‎
When we spoke with him earlier this week Belize City Deputy Mayor, Dion Leslie, promised a statement today on an investigation spurred by a report from the ...

SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT DISCUSSED
LoveFM - ‎17 hours ago‎
... to develop sustainable forest management plans along with communities, the challenges and the way forward for sustainable forest management in Belize. ...

INCREASE IN PRICE OF BUTANE GAS
LoveFM - ‎17 hours ago‎
In Belize City and Corozal the new price will be 98 dollars, 99 dollars in Orange Walk, 100 dollars in Belmopan and San Ignacio, 101 dollars in Benque Viejo ...

BELMOPAN HIGH SCHOOL TO GET NEW BUILDING
LoveFM - ‎17 hours ago‎
The project was implemented by the Social Investment Fund and was financed jointly by the Government of Belize through the Commonwealth Debt Initiative and ...

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY HOSTS FORUM
LoveFM - ‎17 hours ago‎
... their ideas and what they would like Belize to provide for them when they return home to aid Belize or to start a business or to move back to Belize. ...

STEEL BAND TRAVELS TO GUATEMALA
LoveFM - ‎17 hours ago‎
The Pantempters Steel Orchestra left Belize earlier today for Guatemala where they will participate in their Independence Celebrations. ...

BELIZE TO BE REPRESENTED AT MISS TEENAGER UNIVERSE 2009
LoveFM - ‎17 hours ago‎
Belize is being represented for the first time at Miss Teenager Universe 2009. 19-year-old Daniella Woolley from Esperanza Village in the Cayo District is ...

Where is CitCo's $275000?
Amandala - ‎9/18/09‎
City Hall has been under the stern watch of the Audit Department and Central Government for several months, and this week news of a damning special audit, ...

Belizean professionals arm themselves for Belize's integration ...
Amandala - ‎9/18/09‎
The University of Belize (UB) and the Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday morning launched a 9-day International Trade Certificate Course, ...

Belize Mills 18-wheeler flips over on roundabout
Amandala - ‎9/18/09‎
Clifford Budna, driver for ADM Belize Mills on the Northern Highway, miraculously emerged largely unscathed from a “four-alarm” traffic accident at the ...

Christopher Hysinger, 37, to be sentenced tomorrow
Amandala - ‎9/18/09‎
Christopher Hysinger was returning from Cayo to Belize City in a blue Toyota Prado and a bus had stopped in front of him. He decided to overtake the bus and ...

The truth about “tax havens”
Amandala - ‎9/18/09‎
The recent onslaught against “Tax Havens” has inevitably included Belize. The definition of a tax haven is internationally recognized (the OECD) as “…a ...

After 38 years of being protected, “Goliath” needs no more protection
Amandala - ‎9/18/09‎
Would David have survived against Goliath's onslaughts if the battle had been set in Belize? Let us look at this bill differently. ...

Butane companies fight accusations of unlicensed operation
Amandala - ‎9/18/09‎
Residents of Belize City were jolted to hear on the evening news on Tuesday that four of the five major City distributors of butane gas, Belize Western ...

Vinai Thummalapally arrives to head US Embassy in Belize
Amandala - ‎9/18/09‎
United States Ambassador-Designate to Belize, Vinai Thummalapally, 54, arrived in Belize Tuesday morning to formally take up his appointment as the first ...

PUP demands stronger voice in Senate
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
With that goal in mind, Briceño made two recommendations late last week to the Governor General of Belize, regarding the replacement of Senators Hector ...

Meet photographer Ed Bailey of Greenwood Lake
Times Herald-Record - ‎9/18/09‎
He traveled in 1969-70 to Vietnam, Taipei, Korea, Hong Kong, Guatemala, and Belize doing film and stills for the late missionary Claire D. Hutchins. ...

Executive Committee formed to run BTL
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
Nestor Vasquez, the Chairman of the new Belize Telecommunications Ltd. (BTL) has confirmed that an Executive Committee has ...

Belize celebrates St. George's Caye Day
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
Regardless, the Belize City celebrations at the Memorial park began as normal with the usual pomp and circumstance of the Governor General, Sir Colville ...

Who will be charged?
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
The results of a recently-concluded general audit into the Belize City Council (Citco)'s finances are in, and although they ...

1st Pan Yaad - pantastic!
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
... first ever “Pan Yaad,” hosted by the National Institute of Culture and History at the House of Culture in Belize City last Friday night, September 11. ...

Counterfeit paraphernalia? Guyanese visitor charged
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
He came to Belize in July of this year, and tonight, 41 year-old Guyanese national, Calvin Fitzpatrick Lewis, ...

Five men invade Customs with assault rifle
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
Five men carried out an armed invasion of the Customs Compound in Belize City, around 3:30 Thursday morning September 10, ...

Ambassador Vinai, new US Chief for Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
United States Ambassador to Belize, His Excellency Vinai Thummalapally arrived in Belize earlier this week. ...

Legal Aid Center gets in-house lawyer
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
The Centre, formerly known as the Belize Legal Center, was established in the 1980s to assist low income persons, and was for a time successful in serving ...

Stella Maris School scores big with new basketball court
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
Director of Special Olympics Belize, Akintade Atkins, told the Reporter that in the school's 50 years of existence, it has never had a basketball court, ...

Faulty tank kills Brown's Butane Gas employee
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
Headed by Councillor Philip Willoughby, the Belize City Emergency Management Organization met on Tuesday, September 15, after the explosion, ...

IDB addresses intergrity risks in projects it finances in Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in conjunction with the Government of Belize, hosted this week a three-day ...

Caye Caulker RC School closed on advise of Ministry of Education
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/18/09‎
St. Catherine's Acadamy, a private secondary school in Belize City, also suspects cases of the flu in their school. The school has requested that those ...

Belize Golf Open 2009
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/18/09 ‎
The Belize Golf Open 2009 took place at Caye Chapel on Saturday, September 12th. Playing for the United States of America, Robert Espat was crowned king of ...

September Celebrations 2009 - Belizeans Celebrate!
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/18/09 ‎
With costumes bearing Belize's National Symbols or outfits flashing the red, white and blue, students displayed their natural gifts to the island. ...

Diver Robert Silva fulfills record-breaking dive
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/18/09 ‎
Silva, attempting to raise funds as part of the feat, commented that at the invitation of Steve Headricks, owner of Ramon's Village, Belize was chosen as ...

Developments in SP under scrutiny
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/18/09 ‎
Those developments include South Beach Belize, a development owned by Donald Listwin in the Santa Fe Area on north Ambergris Caye and a dock and enclosed ...

9/17/09

Only Daredevils Need Apply
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/09‎
It will feature teams of daredevils from Guatemala, Mexico, and other neighbouring Central American countries being hosted by Belize. The organizer is Juan ...

18 Wheeler Flips at Bel-Can Bridge Roundabout
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/09‎
That's right across from ADM Belize Mills but to get from one side of the highway to the other, the truck had to turn through the roundabout. ...

4 Men Storm Kelly Street Home
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/09‎
Police didn't report it but there was a home invasion early this morning in Belize City. Information to 7News is that 23 year old Sandra Thompson was at her ...

Caye Caulker Postpones September Celebration Activities
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/17/09‎
As for Belize City and the area of interest at St. Catherine's Academy where 18 students had to be sent home earlier this week. Director of Health Services ...

At least 5 days until life returns to normal in Caye Caulker
channel5belize - ‎9/17/09‎
But in Caye Caulker, more than a hundred and fifty students and teachers are at home sick with flu-like symptoms and activities have slowed down on the ...

Councillors did not know of under-depositing at CitCo
channel5belize - ‎9/17/09‎
And turning to the ongoing saga of financial improprieties at the Belize City Council, News Five learned today that an ongoing investigation has been called ...

Exhibit of renowned Mexican photographer opens
channel5belize - ‎9/17/09‎
This exhibition was, before here, in Paraguay, El Salvador and now it's in Belize. It's like a document for Mexico City.” The powerful images are artistic ...

Medical equipment for countrywide distri...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
The Belize Health Sector Reform Project (HSRP) is a multi-faceted approach to modernizing the country's healthcare system. The HSRP is a process aimed at ...

BELIZE CITY SCHOOL HOSTS HERITAGE DAY
LoveFM - ‎9/17/09‎
As a part of celebrating Belize's twenty eight years of Independence, the All Saints Anglican Primary School in Belize City is hosting a Heritage Day. ...

GERMAN GOVERNMENT FUNDS WOODWORK PROGRAM
LoveFM - ‎9/17/09‎
The Ambassador of Germany, His Excellency Peter Linder will introduce the project tomorrow at the Belize Central Prison.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCE EXPO WINNERS
LoveFM - ‎9/17/09‎
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry says this year's Expo Market Place had a record number of visitors. According to the Chamber, approximately 18 ...

TRIBUTE TO BELIZEAN PATRIOTS TO BE HELD TONIGHT
LoveFM - ‎9/17/09‎
Receiving the order of Belize will be Senior Counsel Dean Lindo and Compton Fairweather. Lindo will receive the award in recognition of his contributions to ...

BELIZE MILLS TRUCK CAPSIZES
LoveFM - ‎9/17/09‎
A Belize Mills Limited truck carrying shrimp feed capsized in the vicinity of the Belcan round-a-bout. According to Training Officer at the National Fire ...

Eight Belizean Policemen in the US for Advanced Training
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
On the 21st of September the people of Belize will be celebrating the 28th anniversary of our independence. Independence like any individual's birthday can ...

Everything Expo!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
On the 21st of September the people of Belize will be celebrating the 28th anniversary of our independence. Independence like any individual's birthday can ...

LifeLine Foundation contributes $28000 to Dorothy Menzies Child ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
On the 21st of September the people of Belize will be celebrating the 28th anniversary of our independence. Independence like any individual's birthday can ...

Youth Business Trust Belize Welcomes YBI Volunteer
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
On the 21st of September the people of Belize will be celebrating the 28th anniversary of our independence. Independence like any individual's birthday can ...

Barrow Administration Gave Teeth To Belize City Council Act
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
Under the amended City Council Act which took effect late last year, the Dean Barrow administration proved that it was poised to deal with corruption even ...

Hutchy helping in education
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
On the 21st of September the people of Belize will be celebrating the 28th anniversary of our independence. Independence like any individual's birthday can ...

Belize Hosts Regional Financial Manageme...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
Belize is the host of a conference on Financial Management Information Systems in which 17 countries of the Caribbean are represented. ...

The First Move
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
Some people have expressed the opinion that the acquisition of Telemedia by the government of Belize was incomplete since it still left the door open for ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
Cabinet was briefed on the Auditor General's audit of the Belize City Council. Cabinet was briefed on two positive meetings of senior officials of the ...

Charles Solis Memorial is set for Sunday October 4
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation is pleased to announce that the second Annual Charles Solis Memorial championship is scheduled for Sunday October 4, 2009, ...

Butane tank explosion claims one life
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
In the wake of the deadly explosion Belize City Councillor representing the National Emergency Response Organization, Phillip Willoughby, held a meeting ...

Vega's Cup Tournament rolls on in Orange Walk North
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
Gaspar Vega, Deputy Prime Minister of Belize, continued on Sunday September 13, with four games being played out at the San Jose Village Football Field in ...

Nizhee Corozal is two for two
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League Opening Season competition continued on Sunday September 13, with three games across the country. ...

H1N1 Outbreak Shuts Down Schools in Caye Caulker
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
There have also been smaller scale outbreaks within schools of Belize City. There are reports of influenza outbreaks in several schools in Belize City but ...

Ruling on COCABA championship expected soon
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/17/09‎
Against many odds, the Belize National Male Basketball Team shocked the world and inspired a nation when they won silver in the COCABA Tournament held in ...

9/16/09

Doctor Surgically Removes Pushpin from Teenager's Lung
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/09‎
Cut to the operating room at Belize Healthcare Partners where Miralda is under anaesthesia and from there, Dr. Gabourel puts his bronchoscope down the ...

Swine Flu Suspected on Caye Caulker
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/09‎
The H1N1 scare emerged in April; public interest and concern peaked in May, waned in June, further receded in July and it just about fell off the public ...

Caye Caulker on Edge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/09‎
And while there has been no official confirmation of the H1N1 virus on Caye Caulker - today we found the community of just over one thousand, ...

18 Suspect Cases at St. Catherine's Academy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/09‎
But health authorities say they are watching and studying one school in Belize City. “We are looking at one St. Catherine's that we had occasion to visit ...

Robert Silva Breaks World Record in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/09‎
A world record was broken in Belize today. It was the record for the longest salt water dive. The old record was 36 hours and Robert Silva, ...

The Effect on Caye Caulker
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/09‎
And that's one good thing to report particularly when tourism numbers are already down. It will most directly affect Caye Caulker – which may be recorded in ...

Said Musa & John Briceno Reunite in Fort George
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/16/09‎
On Friday I will be in Caye North and next week I will be in another constituency in Belize City. So we are working on a whole plan of just going to every ...

Prime Minister very disturbed about findings at City Hall
channel5belize - ‎9/16/09‎
Before the March ninth City Council elections, there were reports of financial irregularities at the Belize City Council. That prompted central government ...

Influenza closes down Caye Caulker schools/festivities...
channel5belize - ‎9/16/09‎
The other big story for today is on the influenza that has hit Caye Caulker since Monday and continues to spread. An emergency press conference today by the ...

SCA students with flu symptoms sent home
channel5belize - ‎9/16/09‎
In Belize City, the number of students sent home today from Saint Catherine's Academy reached thirty-eight. But according to principal, Salome Tillett, ...

…But island incidents won't affect countrywide celebrations
channel5belize - ‎9/16/09‎
“I don't think for Belize City there is anything that we can worry about in terms of affecting carnival or the parade for the twenty-first and so on. ...

Precautionary measures at Caye Caulker schools
channel5belize - ‎9/16/09‎
The normal hustle and bustle in Caye Caulker has ceased. Instead a certain quiet permeates with a threat that the illness affecting school children could be ...

H1N1 vaccine won't reach the Jewel anytime soon
channel5belize - ‎9/16/09‎
But according to Dr. Pitts, that vaccine may be a long way off from reaching Belize. “It is the period, the time to produce and I think already they are ...

AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT CONFIRMS FINANCIAL WRONG DOING AT BELIZE ...
LoveFM - ‎9/16/09‎
The Auditor General has concluded an audit of the accounts of the Belize City Council for the period January to April, 2009. The investigation has confirmed ...

PRIME MINISTER SAYS BELIZE CITY MAYOR NEEDS TO RESPOND TO AUDIT
LoveFM - ‎9/16/09‎
First of all I want to make the point that it is not a central government scandal, it is a local government scandal, it is confined to Belize City. ...

OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS BELIZE CITY MAYOR DESERVES DUE PROCESS
LoveFM - ‎9/16/09‎
Love News spoke with Opposition leader John Briceno to get his views on the ongoing saga at the Belize City Council. “Well we know that there is a lot of ...

HEALTH OFFICIALS SPEAK ON SITUATION AT CAYE CAULKER SCHOOL
LoveFM - ‎9/16/09‎
Severe cases are sampled and then we have a sentinel procedure where we have two sites, one in Corozal, one in Belize City where we send six samples a week ...

POLICE INVESTIGATE A NUMBER OF ROBBERIES
LoveFM - ‎9/16/09‎
ABC Shuttles and Belize Horse and Carriage Tours and Services located in the Bella Vista area was held up yesterday. According to Supervisor, Shereema ...

STATISTICAL INSTITUTE CONDUCTS LABOR FORCE SURVEY
LoveFM - ‎9/16/09‎
The Statistical Institute of Belize is presently conducting a three week Labour Force Survey which started on September sixth. ...

9/15/09

New US Ambassador Arrives in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/15/09‎
The new US Ambassador Vinai Thummalapally arrived in Belize this morning. 54 year old Thummalapally is the first Indian-American ambassador in US diplomatic ...

Don Hector: 'I am Not for Sale'
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/15/09‎
Silva has made it clear that he was not consulted on his removal from the post of Senator though the Belize Times reported that the party leader had thanked ...

Lionmen and Women
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/15/09‎
The only problem now is that the word has gotten out and every year Guatemalans are streaming into Belize to participate. This year two teams came and they ...

Murder & Terror in Big Falls
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/15/09‎
Today we caught up with the grieving widow as she waited outside of the Belize City morgue. Amelia Johnston says it was around seven that night and she, ...

Father Smalls Survives Near Death Crash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/15/09‎
Today I sat down with the driver of the pickup Father Oliver Smalls while he was at Belize Medical Associates where he had spent the overnight under ...

Belize Junior Athletes Leave for CODICADER Games
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/15/09‎
Two busloads of Belize's best high school athletes are somewhere in Guatemala tonight. The more than one hundred junior athletes are on their way to Costa ...

Thousands of Dollars Unaccounted For at City Hall
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/15/09‎
While Mayor Zenaida Moya is at home with her newborn son, all hell is breaking loose at the City Council, where the findings of an official special audit of ...

NEMO Announces Crackdown on Butane Companies
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/15/09‎
It is alarming to note that of the five butane providers in Belize City only one is in possession of both a trade license to operate and the dangerous goods ...

$19000 unaccounted for at Belize City Council…
channel5belize - ‎9/15/09‎
We're doing due process, speaking to who we have to speak to, to get to the bottom of the matter because at the end of the day it's the residents of Belize ...

Belize hosting regional conference on financial management ...
Caribbean Net News - ‎9/15/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize -- Belize is hosting a three-day Regional Financial Management Information System Conference ending on September 17 , 2009. ...

NEW US AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎9/15/09‎
He was nominated by the White House in June to be the next United States ambassador to Belize, and this morning Vinai Thummalapally touched down in Belize. ...

NEW US AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎9/15/09‎
He was nominated by the White House in June to be the next United States ambassador to Belize, and this morning Vinai Thummalapally touched down in Belize. ...

ONE OF FIVE DETAINED FOR POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL CONCH GETS CHARGED
LoveFM - ‎9/15/09‎
The total fine that was payable to the Government of Belize was $112240.00 for the 5587 conchs. That person was not required to pay that money up front, ...

GOB ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW CROWN COUNCIL
LoveFM - ‎9/15/09‎
The Government of Belize today announced the appointment of Crown Counsel Philip Palacio as the new head of the Legal Advice and Services Centre. ...

REPEAT OFFENDER ANSWERS TO GUN CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎9/15/09‎
25-year-old Mark Medina who was freed of a charge of murder about three months ago was back in court today charged with keeping firearm and ammunition ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎9/15/09‎
Andrea Alcala reported to Police that her daughter Ricardina left her home on Sunday on her way to Belize City. The teenager has not returned home. ...

STELLA MARIS SCHOOL GETS NEW BASKETBALL COURT
LoveFM - ‎9/15/09‎
For weeks now Special Olympics Belize has been working on giving its students a proper basketball court. The court is now completed and according to ...

OAS HOSTS INTERNAL TRADE CERTIFICATE COURSE
LoveFM - ‎9/15/09‎
The Organization of the American States and the University of Belize held opening ceremonies this morning for a nine day Internal Trade Certificate Course ...

Chameleon woman, Bridget Garbutt Lambert Cullerton, MBE, JP, 64 ...
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
Her friends also say that it was her wish that in lieu of flowers, contributions should be made to the Belize Cancer Center, Dangriga Town, which she had ...

Venezuela to host petrocaribe summit in Belize
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
Venezuela's Chargé d'affaires in Belize, Alexander G. Yánez Deleuze, informed Belizean journalists hosted at a Wednesday afternoon luncheon at the ...

The Philosophy or Creed of the PUP
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
The citizens of Belize would enjoy a standard of living higher than those of the great United States of America. As members of this great party we need to ...

The Artistic Note - Supa G wins Artist of the Year award at Sound ...
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
The versatile Lensford “Supa G” Martinez, Belize's Punta pop star, was honored at the 8th Annual Belize Sound Fest 2009, held inside the Belize City Center ...

High interest rates are crippling Belizeans
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
Much has been written and much has been said against Belize's high interest rates that are destroying Belize's economy and contributing to Belize's increase ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
I dislike religious fanaticism, and I believe it is a characteristic which is responsible for several things in Belize, and in the world itself indeed, ...

The PUP's Briceño “flexes”
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
It may have been that the rivalry between Orange Walk Town and Belize City began emotionally as early as 1872 and Marcos Canul, but the rivalry only began ...

Ashcroft attorneys threaten international arbitration in BTL takeover
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
Allen & Overy, attorneys for Michael Ashcroft's Hayward Charitable Trust and Dunkeld International Investments Limited, have told the Government of Belize ...

“Peppagacho” murdered on Central American Boulevard
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
Police reported that they visited the corner of Central American Boulevard and Banak Street, Belize City, where they saw Meighan, 36, lying face up on the ...

Katalyst—Channel 5 owner—has British Virgin Islands address
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
The name Katalyst Developments Limited first came to the public's knowledge on Monday, August 24, when the former board of directors of the Belize Telemedia ...

Reena Usher is 64th Queen of the Bay
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
Young Reena Usher of Dangriga was chosen as the 64th Queen of the Bay at the Civic Center in Belize City as part of the continuation of a proud tradition ...

“Cookie” blown away at Brown's Butane
Amandala - ‎9/15/09‎
Elton “Cookie” Herrera, 25, of Nargusta Street in Belize City, was the victim of the mid-morning explosion at his workplace, Brown's Butane Gas Service, ...

9/14/09

Death at Mosul Creek Bridge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/14/09‎
Our investigation so far reveals that Mr. Cleland was travelling alone in the Trooper from the direction of Scotland Halfmoon enroute to the Belize City ...

Fire Wipes out 4 Stores in Free Zone
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/14/09‎
The loss is estimated to be US$650000 or just over $1.3 million Belize dollars. Fire investigators are still investigating to determine a cause. ...

Butane Explosion Blows Delivery Man to Bits
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/14/09‎
This morning at 10:00, residents within a three block radius of the corner of Mopan and Mahogany Streets in the Lake Independence area of Belize City heard ...

Kings & Queens of Carnival
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/14/09‎
We are focusing on what's going on in Belize, we're dealing in reality. It is not all about winning, it is the message you send out here and the justice ...

Ellis Meighan Executed on Crowded Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/14/09‎
And while the community adjoining Mahogany and Mopan Streets literally shook this morning – 14 hours earlier, just across Vernon Street in the same general ...

Swiss Judge Reserves Ruling in Belize Vs. FIBA
Channel 7 Daily News  - ‎9/14/09‎
On Friday we told you that President of the Belize Basketball Federation Paul Thompson and attorney Godfrey Smith left for Switzerland to argue for the ...

Police Chief Forensic Analyst's Deadly Crash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/14/09‎
There were two fatal car accidents yesterday in the Belize District. At about 3:15 pm Genovieva Marin, the chief analyst at the National Forensic Laboratory ...

September sports bring out fans of Cycling, Lionman Triathlon
channel5belize - ‎9/14/09‎
Anyway, Shalini Zabaneh brought some consolation to Belize by grabbing the female open event in two hours, forty-six minutes, thirty-five seconds, ...

4 weeks to announcement of FIBA decision on team Belize
channel5belize - ‎9/14/09‎
The silver trophy is safely in the hands of the Belize National Basketball Team after their spectacular performance in the COCABA games in which they beat ...

Well known local cyclist loses brother to street violence
channel5belize - ‎9/14/09‎
In another homicide, the brother of a cycling champion was slain on Sunday night in Belize City. Thirty-six year old Ellis “Peppa Gacho,” Meighan, ...

MID MORNING EXPLOSION IN BELIZE CITY LEAVES ONE MAN DEAD
LoveFM - ‎9/14/09‎
A deadly mid-morning explosion at a local butane gas depot in Belize City has left one man dead. Sometime around ten o'clock twenty-five year old Elton ...

MOE PREPARES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STAR SEARCH
LoveFM - ‎9/14/09‎
So far I think we have about twenty five entries, all from the Belize District so far. We have come up with this new initiative to get them to participate ...

FIVE PERSONS CHARGED FOR POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL CONCH
LoveFM - ‎9/14/09‎
We feel greatly appreciative for the team that is out there; we thank the Belize Police Force for their assistance. We also thank the Belize Fisheries ...

9/11/09

Shootout at Customs Headquarters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/11/09‎
The Customs building adjoining the Port of Belize at the end of Caesar Ridge Road in Belize City is the national headquarters for that most important ...

Albert "Cracker" Middleton Charged for Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/11/09‎
... offer him bail because the offences were committed with a firearm. The accused was then remanded to the Belize Central Prison until October fourteenth.

Albert "Cracker" Middleton Charged for Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/11/09‎
... offer him bail because the offences were committed with a firearm. The accused was then remanded to the Belize Central Prison until October fourteenth.

It Was the Tenth Day of September
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/11/09‎
My brothers and sisters the tenth day is the day we became Belize.” Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr., Minister of Tourism and Culture “The decision taken to stay and ...

Belize Fighting for COCABA Medal in Switzerland
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/11/09‎
The memory of the success of the Belize national basketball team at the COCABA Tournament in Cancun may have faded somewhat, but the issue of the players' ...

Revival of the Pan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/11/09‎
... parents or guardians should enter free because we feel the pan instrument, we should be encouraging it and developing it to be part of Belize's culture. ...

Former Taiwanese President Jailed for Life
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/11/09‎
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-Bian scored political goals when he came to Belize in 2004, but tonight he has fallen from grace. ...

Jury Says Ernest Billary Unfit to Stand Trial
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/11/09‎
In the end, at the court's pleasure Ernest Billary was remanded to the Belize Central Prison. His sister dawn Billary's concrete home was damaged by the ...

BELIZE MOURNS PASSING OF BRIDGET CULLERTON
LoveFM - ‎9/11/09‎
Cullerton returned to Belize in 1992, in fulfillment of a long-held plan to work for her country and people, following an extensive professional career in ...

MENTAL PATIENT CHARGED WITH ARSON
LoveFM - ‎9/11/09‎
A jury of seven women and two men deliberated for about 25 minutes today in the court of Justice Adolf Lucas before it found that 36 year old Ernest Billary ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS NO OUTBREAK OF DENGUE IN PUNTA GORDA
LoveFM - ‎9/11/09‎
There was an outbreak of Dengue in June and early July; the two districts most affected being the Cayo and Belize Districts. But according to a caller on ...

EXPO BELIZE MARKETPLACE 2009 STARTS TOMORROW
LoveFM - ‎9/11/09‎
The Expo Belize Marketplace will begin tomorrow morning. Love News spoke with Marketing and Public Relations Officer at the Belize Chamber of Commerce and ...

Cycling Classic returns to downtown Belize City
channel5belize - ‎9/11/09‎
Since the streets were finally given a proper paving in December of 2008, only twelve years later, Santino along with the Belize Tourism Board, have brought ...

Shootout and Burglary at Customs Department Office
channel5belize - ‎9/11/09‎
The Customs Department has been hit several times by burglars who have tried to get past security to jack containers loaded with the popular illegal drug ...

What Do Dinosaurs And The Maya Have In Common?
Science Daily (press release) - ‎9/11/09‎
Today, around 6.1 million Maya still live on the Yucatán peninsula and in Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. Gilli A. et al.: Geological and archaeological ...

Commentary: After 28 years of independence Belize is still ...
Caribbean Net News - ‎9/11/09‎
All attempts to settle this dispute in the past have failed and the Guatemalans are still insisting on getting a part of Belize for themselves. ...

9/9/09

Dean Lindo to Get Order of Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/9/09‎
The highest honours will go to former UDP Leader Dean Lindo for contributions to the development of party politics in Belize. The order of distinction will ...

Calvin Lewis Charged for Preparing for a Crime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/9/09‎
51 year old Guyanese national Calvin Lewis, a resident of the West Landivar Area who allegedly had material for forging Belize and US currency was charged ...

Its City Council Municipal Fair Time
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/9/09‎
And while the Central Americans and Mexicans will have their fair on Saturday, the Belize City Council is doings its one tomorrow. ...

War Brewing in PUP over New Senate Appointments
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/9/09‎
First, there's the fact that Courtenay has acted as one of the attorneys retained to defend Michael Ashcroft's business interests in Belize. ...

FIRE ENGINE PARADE CHANGES ROUTE
LoveFM - ‎9/9/09‎
Tonight a motorcade of fire trucks will be lighting up the streets of Belize City for the annual Fire Engine Parade. Love News spoke to the National Fire ...

Marigold Lane House Fire Looks like Arson
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/9/09‎
Belize City Police are calling it arson but the National Fire Service still cannot determine if the fire that broke out at ten forty five last night at 4198 ...

Was Kiasha Bevans Robbed of Queen of the Bay Crown?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/9/09‎
As we showed you on Monday night, Reena Usher is the 2009 Queen of the Bay. The Stann Creek native is from a long family line of Beauty Queens – and there's ...

Music, Food, and Fireworks
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/9/09‎
While Belize has its Independence Day on the 21ST. – the Central Americans nations of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua celebrate ...

BELIZEANS HISTORIAN REFLECTS ON THE BATTLE OF ST. GEORGE'S CAYE
LoveFM - ‎9/9/09‎
The month of September is a time of festivity here in Belize, when all Belizeans join together in celebration of two important occasions that took place in ...

Central Bank says no scarcity of US Currency
channel5belize - ‎9/9/09‎
Only three weeks ago Belize had to pay twenty three million dollars, bringing the total paid this year to forty five million. ...

Excelsior High students permitted to bacchanal in carnival
channel5belize - ‎9/9/09‎
“Most high schools in Belize have that rule that their students cannot participate in the carnival road march. That is their position with regards to the ...

Scientists to explore sacred Maya pools
United Press International - ‎9/9/09‎
... of Illinois archaeologist says she will lead a team that will be the first to explore the sacred pools of the southern Mayan lowlands in Belize. ...

Fairweather and Lindo get highest Belizean Honours
The Reporter Belize - ‎21 hours ago‎
Next Thursday, September 17th, the Government of Belize, through the Office of the Prime Minister, will be conferring awards on eighteen deserving citizens, ...

Teachers support Commission
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest employer of teachers in Belize, but although that institution's Bishop's ...

Carolyn Carr showcases her art
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
Carolyn Carr is one of Belize's most prolific painters, but although many Belizeans have become familiar with her art via her ...

PG Fishermen Cooperative signs joint venture agreement
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
For its part, Belize's Cooperative Department announced its intention in the same press release, of monitoring the implementation of the agreement on a ...

Reena Usher wins 2009 Queen of the Bay
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
Miss Stann Creek, Reena Usher, won the 64th Annual Queen of the Bay pageant at the Belize City Center last Saturday ...

Second chance for southside high school dropouts
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
Gwen Lizzarraga High School will now be offering Evening Division classes for high school dropouts on Belize City's ...

Central America and Mexico join Belize to celebrate their Independence
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
The Embassies of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua have united for the second consecutive year to celebrate with Belize the ...

The Chinese Connection - Corozal businesses level the playing field
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
This opinion was echoed by the Vice-Chairman of the Corozal Chinese community, Lan Guo-Xiong (the Chairman currently away), who has been in Belize for over ...

Belize and Guatemala forms trade alliance
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
Belize and Guatemala are looking at formalizing a trade alliance, between buyers and producers of corn and beans, ...

Fairweather and Lindo get highest Belizean honours
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
Next Thursday, September 17th, the Government of Belize, through the Office of the Prime Minister, will be conferring awards on eighteen deserving citizens, ...

Village Councils support BTL takeover
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
The National Association of Village Councils has endorsed the Government of Belize's nationalization of Belize Telemedia ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎9/9/09‎
In the face of overwhelming historical and documented evidence, many Belizeans who once described the Battle of St. George's ...

9/8/09

Raquel Badillo is Miss San Pedro 2009-2010
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/8/09‎
Held at the Old Football Field, this year the Miss San Pedro Pageant celebrated Belize's outstanding flora and fauna. After much hard work and preparation, ...

Parking Laws revealed
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/8/09‎
On June 18th, 2005 Parking Zones were gazetted in the Belize Gazette. In 2005, a decision was reached between the Ambergris Caye Traffic Control Committee ...

BTIA holds crime consultation meeting in SP
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/8/09‎
Crime is everyone's business and even the Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) is concerned about the situation in Belize. Most importantly, BTIA is ...

Island Football teams draw at home and on the road
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/8/09‎
The Belize Bank Super League Football competition continued over the weekend and saw the San Pedro Islanders FC traveling west...

Lightening Fingers on the Guitar Fret!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/8/09‎
That is why we are here in Belize today for the first time and hopefully not the last. I think that is an idea the public in general has that classical ...

Ministry of Health Purchasing $1.6 million in Supplies
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/8/09‎
The image of the public healthcare system has taken a battering in the past six months with infant mortality and charges of fleecing of public funds at the ...

HIV Infection Rate Doubles in Stann Creek
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/8/09‎
But the more than five thousand persons living in Belize with HIV or Aids has solidified Belize's position as the country in Central America with the ...

Housing Minister Finnegan Vs. Area Rep. Cardona
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/8/09‎
There are several construction companies throughout the country; Belize City, Orange Walk and so, and we ask them to share up the business among the ...

Allison Hinds: The HIV Awareness Crusader
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/8/09‎
“How impressed are you about the activities occurring here in Belize to combat HIV and Aids?” “I am very very happy. I am glad that this group of people ...

5000 Belizeans Living with HIV & Aids
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/8/09‎
In fact according to the National HIV and Aids Programme, Belize now has more than five thousand persons living with either HIV or full blown Aids. ...

Bizarre Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/8/09‎
In April we told you about Andrew Zimmern, the eat-anything host of Bizarre Foods who was in Belize to film his new show Bizarre World. ...

GOB Will "Engage the Belizean Diaspora"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/8/09‎
Cabinet met in Belmopan today and supported an interesting initiative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It's an attempt to, quote, “engage the Belizean ...

US Donating Boats and Trucks to BDF
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/8/09‎
Tomorrow, the US Government will donate these patrol boats and trucks to the Belize Defence Force Special Boat Unit. The boats are 43 foot NOR-TECH ...

Date set for National Basketball Team's Tribunal
channel5belize - ‎9/8/09‎
By August thirty-first, the Belize Basketball Federation submitted its position to the International Court of Sports in Switzerland in regards to fiba's ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎9/8/09‎
The burglar or burglars made off with three thousand five hundred US dollars and fourteen thousand dollars in Belize currency. Police have no suspects and ...

ANNUAL KRIOL FESTIVAL HELD IN BURRELL BOOM VILLAGE
LoveFM - ‎9/8/09‎
This year the council is highlighted the Belize River Valley Culture. Love News spoke with President of the National Creole Council Myrna Manzanarez. ...

MOH PURCHASES NEW EQUIPMENT
LoveFM - ‎9/8/09‎
The hospitals in the four health regions will soon receive equipment that was purchased through the Ministry of Health's Health Sector Reform programme. ...

Police Officer of the Month
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/8/09‎
On August 24, the Prime Minister and the Government of Belize took the steps necessary to nationalize one of the... The Belize Police Department announced ...

Central America and Mexico join Belize to celebrate their Independence
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/8/09‎
On August 24, the Prime Minister and the Government of Belize took the steps necessary to nationalize one of the... Belmopan, 7 September 2009 - The ...

St. George's Caye declared Historical Site at Opening of 2009 ...
The Guardian, Belize  ‎9/8/09‎
The Governor General of Belize, Ministers of Government, Mayors of Towns and Cities, Ambassadors from different countries and many other patriotic Belizeans ...

Advanced Training for softball coaches
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/8/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation in collaboration with Olympic Solidarity and in conjunction with the Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association and ...

Remembrance of Arthur Innes Barrow
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/8/09‎
He became a druggist at the Dispensary of the Belize City Hospital. He served there for his entire civil service career, from leaving Wesley College until ...

Carnival Needs Rescuing - Will Alison Hinds' Concert Save It?
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/8/09‎
One of such efforts is the first annual '9th Night' concert which will feature superstar soca artist Alison Hinds at the Belize City Center on Wednesday, ...

New Queen of the Bay Hails from Stann Creek
The Guardian, Belize  ‎9/8/09‎
The 64th Queen of the Bay pageant was held on Saturday, September 5, at the Belize City Center. Ten beautiful young ladies competed to be crowned Queen of ...

9/7/09

US Meltdown Crippling Western Union Money Transfers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Ysaguirre says that retired Belizeans living in the States are also drawing down on their savings in Belize. In the meantime, he'd urge those frustrated ...

Robbers shoot Friendly Restaurant employee
channel5belize - ‎8 hours ago‎
In other crimes, a frightening armed robbery occurred this afternoon in the Belama Phase One area of Belize City. An employee was injured and had to be ...

Mahogany Heights resident, 16 years, murdered near home
channel5belize - ‎8 hours ago‎
The community of Mahogany Heights is reeling over the brutal murder of one of its own, a minor. Sixteen year old Austin Tillett was found dead approximately ...

Pedestrian shot on Sibun Street
channel5belize - ‎8 hours ago‎
Earlier in the day, there was another shooting in the city. The victim this time was Elsworth Augustine, who reported to police that he was heading to catch ...

Hirian Good: One case of political appointments
channel5belize - ‎8 hours ago‎
Hirian Good, the woman who lost her lost her job as a school warden has been a fixture with her husband at the foot of the Supreme Court in Belize City. ...

More Auto-Theft Charges for Ex-Cop Vidal Campos
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Well, today he was back in Belize City Magistrate's Court for obtaining property by deception, specifically thirty thousand dollars he got from pawning a ...

Teacher's Union Supports for Teaching Services Commission
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
The greatest deterrents to quality education in present day Belize has been and continues to be religious and party politics....BNTU endorses the Teaching ...

Soca Sensation Allison Hinds in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Soca's leading lady Allison Hinds is in Belize tonight. The soca sensation along with her 4 member band will headline the ninth night concert at the City ...

Saints International Adopts St. Michael's College
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Some who've been left in the cold at St. Michael's College stand to benefit thanks to an international relationship between the Belize City Council and the ...

New Horizon for New Private Academy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Belize has a new private primary school. It's called Horizon Academy at mile three and a half on the Northern Highway. It's the vision of the Castillo ...

Miss Stann Creek is 64th Queen of the Bay
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
She won among other things a scholarship to the University of Belize. It is of note that Reena Usher comes from a lineage of queens as two of her sisters ...

Over five thousand persons living with HIV in Belize
channel5belize - ‎8 hours ago‎
“One of the things that I think stands out is that we have now an estimated 5000 plus persons living with HIV in the country of Belize. ...

Economist's pocket book says Belize is world murder capital
channel5belize - ‎8 hours ago‎
Its 2009 edition, which was recently released, reveals that visitors may need to watch their backs in the Jewel because Belize is the world's murder hotspot ...

James Adderley has the latest sporting news
channel5belize - ‎8 hours ago‎
Week five of the Belize Bank Super League brought San Felipe Barcelona to Belize City yesterday, hosted by Kraal Road inside the MCC Grounds. ...

BNTU supports Teachers Services Commission
channel5belize - ‎8 hours ago‎
But today a release sent from Belize National Teacher's Union headquarters clarified for once and all, that it while the supports the implementation of the ...

New primary school opens in the city
channel5belize - ‎8 hours ago‎
A new primary school has opened its doors in Belize City. Horizon Academy is a private institution that is located at mile three and a half on the Northern ...

Serving Saints International adopts St. Michael's College
channel5belize - ‎8 hours ago‎
After a trip to Belize, US citizen, Jackie Collins, who resides in Houston, formed an NGO for the sole purpose of adopting a school in Belize and St. ...

16 year old Slain in Mahogany Heights
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
“Sunday morning I went to work and I was so upset because my son doesn't sleep out of the house, only when he is in Belize City. Austin didn't come home on ...

Elsworth Augustine Survives Execution Attempt
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
38 year old Elsworth Augustine is a food vendor and an easy going guy – not the kind of person who seems like a trouble-maker. ...

WELLNESS WEEK OBSERVED
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
This week is being observed as Wellness week in Belize. Nutritionist in the Ministry of Health Robin Daly told Love News while Caribbean Wellness Day is ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
Last Friday 42-year-old Vidal Campos, an ex police constable and building contractor was charged with the theft of a Grand Cherokee valued at 25 thousand ...

POLICE INVESTIGATE MURDER OF TEENAGER AT MAHOGANY HEIGHTS
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
Police are investigating the apparent murder of 16-year-old Austin Tillett of Mahogany Heights. Love News spoke with Tillett's mother, Valerie O'Brien who ...

NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL OPENS ITS DOORS
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
Horizon Academy, a new elementary school located at mile three on the Northern Highway, had its first day of classes today. The school was founded by a ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
Belize City Police are looking for a suspect following an early morning shooting in Belize City. Elsworth Augustine told Police he was looking for a taxi on ...

9/3/09

BTL to run fiber optic cable to AC
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/3/09‎
After holding an Environmental Impact Assessment consultation in San Pedro Town on August 19th Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) received the green light to ...

Baldemar Graniel is new Lions Zone 59 Chairman
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/3/09‎
Lions clubs from all over Belize held a special ceremony to install a new Chair of the Lions Zone 59 clubs. The ceremony took place on Sunday morning at the ...

Shooting leaves 2 injured
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/3/09‎
Following the incident, the San Pedro Police Department with support from members of the Belize Defense Force launched an intense search in the general. ...

BTB Taste of Belize – Sunset Grill's Victor Nal is Chef of the Year!
San Pedro Sun - ‎9/3/09‎
San Pedro dominated the culinary stage with two big wins in this year's 8th Annual Taste of Belize Competition. Held on Saturday, August 29th at Old Belize ...

New hospital in San Ignacio operational
channel5belize - ‎9/3/09‎
“One of the challenges that we have is that we don't have the BHIS yet in place, which is the Belize Health Information System. The material for San Ignacio ...

Healthy Living explores the causes of jaundice
channel5belize - ‎9/3/09‎
In Belize we practice what is called 'very early newborn discharge' where newborns, except ones born by c-section, are discharged within twenty-four hours ...

African money order scam reaches Belize Postal Service
channel5belize - ‎9/3/09‎
Early in the week, fake Belize Water Services and Telemedia cheques were popping up around the country. And tonight there is another scam to report, ...

Prime Minister reassures Rotarians about...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
The Prime Minister agreed that in this new era of business, such legislations are important to Belize's development. On the issue of opening up the ...

EARLY MORNING FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎9/3/09‎
A fire early this morning in Belize City has destroyed a house. Kenneth Mortis of the National Fire Service gives us the details. ...

MAS CAMP KICKS OFF CARNIVAL ACTIVITIES
LoveFM - ‎9/3/09‎
Melissa Foreman is the Public Relations Officer for the Belize Carnival Association. “We are doing pre-judging at the camp sites instead of on carnival day ...

Crime Stoppers Belize Holds Appreciation Ceremony
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
On Friday, August 28, Crime Stoppers Belize held an appreciation Ceremony for all its partners in crime fighting efforts. Francis Woods, Chairman of Crime ...

Queen of the Bay 2009
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
The 2009 Queen of the Bay pageant will be held on Saturday, September 5, at the Belize City Center. This year ten lovely young ladies will be displaying ...

LifeLine Foundation donates computers to Living Hope Preparatory ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
On Thursday September 3rd LifeLine Foundation will be presenting a cheque for $5000.00 to All Saints Primary School in Belize City. ...

Taste of Belize Showcases Belize's Culinary Talents
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
Belize City, September 1, 2009 -- The Belize Tourism Board held its 8th Annual Taste of Belize Culinary Competition on Saturday, August 29, ...

As Belizean As Rice N' Beans
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
The aerial map of Belize City slightly faded hangs on the wall along with an advertisement for Guinness, a white board with today's menu written on it and ...

Record Enrollment in Schools across Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
In Belize City, an evening division was opened at Gwen Lizaragua High School and the Minister offered scholarships to 100 individuals for that institution. ...

Fruitful Meeting between Prime Minister ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
Belmopan, Monday, August 31 - Prime Minister Dean Barrow met with the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) at their request to discuss a ...

DPP Goes After Taejron Bennett and Josep...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
In late 2008, two businessmen of North side Belize City walked free from the double murder of brothers, Phillip and Kevin Brannon, who were shot and killed ...

Nizhee Corozal opens on the winning path in semi-pro competition
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League 1st competition for the 2009-2010 campaign officially got underway last Sunday August 30, with three games across the ...

Belize City Softball finals to begin this Thursday at Rogers Stadium
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
The Belize City Softball Association will enter into its finals of the 2009 Belize City campaign this Thursday September 3rd, 2009, at Rogers Stadium in ...

BTL gave Speednet SWEET Contracts
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
The Belizean public would have never been the wiser about the level of corporate incest taking place between Belize Telemedia, formerly Belize ...

6.7 Million for Management fees only at BTL
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
... made to E-com in June and July, it is obvious that E-com's take from management fees adds up to a figure nearing half a million Belize dollars a month. ...

BTL Rushed to Pay Select Few before Takeover
The Guardian, Belize - ‎9/3/09‎
It is now no secret that during the exit period of the former owners of BTL there was serious bleeding of Belize Telemedia. By Saturday, August 22, ...

The Healing Waters of Belize
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine - ‎9/3/09‎
The trip to Belize had been very generously donated to PHW at the last minute by Alex and Amy Gray, and as soon as I returned home I began sorting my gear ...

9/2/09

Cartoon exhibit on display at the Museum of Belize
channel5belize - ‎9/2/09‎
Communicating Through Art (Cave Paintings to Cartoons) is the latest exhibit to be launched at the Museum of Belize this morning. ...

BDF & Police Ready for the Military Tattoo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/2/09‎
Today we stopped in at rehearsals and spoke to one of the organizers - the Belize Defense Force's Capt. George Link. “This year we will have the BDF as you ...

Frankie Reneau & Students Performing Friday
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/2/09‎
Frankie Reneau, the accomplished Belizean composer and classical pianist calls England home but as per tradition he has been in Belize all summer working ...

Candidates for 64th Queen of the Bay
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/2/09‎
It is more prestigious than Miss Belize, more popular than Reina de la Costa Maya, and more historic than Miss Y. By now you've probably guessed that we're ...

Another Armed Hold-up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/2/09‎
And there was another armed holdup in Belize City last night, fortunately in this one, nobody was hurt, but that's only because the attendants at Buca Shell ...

BML, Waste Control, & City Council Reach Deal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/2/09‎
If you're tired of seeing those unsightly green garbage bags which Belize Maintenance Limited fills and then leaves on the street side, or, as the case may ...

Chinese Businessman Killed in Terrible Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/2/09‎
Lining Wu was driving an SUV northbound from Belize City to the Haulover Bridge. Between miles three and four, he attempted to overtake Fa He who was in the ...

Car Thieves Taken to Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/2/09‎
... to Corozal Magistrate's Court and charged for handling stolen goods. Enfield Gillett Jr., Paul Hemsley, and Egbert Ferguson – all Belize City residents.

Security Guard Shot in Gas Tomza Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/2/09‎
Two security guards were shot last night, one in Belize City, the other in San Pedro. We begin on the outskirts of the city at 3:00 this morning where a ...

Two Men Shot in San Pedro Armed Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/2/09‎
At 11:30 last night, both men were flown out to the KHMH in Belize City via BATSUB helicopter. They are admitted in stable condition and declined interviews ...

Robber shoots security guard at Tomza Gas Limited
channel5belize - ‎9/2/09‎
A security guard was shot during an attempted intrusion early this morning at a business establishment in the old capital. The incident happened at Tomza ...

TRAFFIC MISHAP LEAVES ON MAN DEAD
LoveFM - ‎9/2/09‎
A businessman is dead following a traffic mishap on the Northern Highway. Businessman, Lining Wu reported to Police he was driving Nissan Pathfinder on the ...

TWO MEN REMAIN HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING ARMED ROBBERY IN SAN PEDRO
LoveFM - ‎9/2/09‎
... Poly Clinic where they were initially treated before being airlifted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) in Belize City shortly after 11:30 PM. ...

FRANCIS RENEAU IN CONCERT ON FRIDAY
LoveFM - ‎9/2/09‎
Belizean musical icon, renowned pianist, composer and teacher, Francis Reneau, is hosting his annual end of summer concert on Friday at the Bliss Center for ...

HORSE INFECTIONS DETECTED IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎9/2/09‎
The Belize Agricultural Health Authority, BAHA has confirmed that Equine Encephalomyelitis viruses are circulating in Belize. These viral diseases are ...

CARTOON EXHIBITION LAUNCHED TODAY
LoveFM - ‎9/2/09‎
An art exhibition called Communicating through Art – from Cave Paintings to Cartoons was launched this morning at the Museum of Belize. ...

9/1/09

More Bogus Cheques from Utilities
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/1/09‎
The total amount of bogus cheques may not have amounted to much, a total of $4043.78 but how it was pulled off has left executives of Belize Water Services ...

Barber/Mechanic Charged for Assault
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/1/09‎
But he was nevertheless remanded to Belize Central Prison until October first. But magistrate ford ordered that before he goes to jail he must be taken to ...

Dennis Quilter Back in Belize & in Jail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/1/09‎
Tonight, however, Dennis Quilter is behind bars at Belize Central Prison. When he appeared before Magistrate Sharon Fraser he told her that on April ...

1798 All Over Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/1/09‎
The venue was 8 miles off the coast of Belize City coincided with the declaration of St. George's Caye as a historical site and the official launch of this ...

St. George's Caye Declared A Historic Site
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎9/1/09‎
This is St. George's Caye – a small island 8 miles east of Belize City with two hundred years of Belizean history. Hardline patriots say St. George's Caye ...

Western Union safe found, but without $60000
channel5belize - ‎9/1/09‎
Last week Monday Western Union relocated to its new location in Belize City. And within days a heist at the new office at the Thurton Building on Coney ...

Fake water services cheques in circulation
channel5belize - ‎9/1/09‎
Belize Water Services' logo and personnel signatures were plastered on fraudulent cheques that were cashed in different parts of the country. ...

UNION LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUED CORDIAL AND OPEN RELATIONSHIP ...
LoveFM - ‎9/1/09‎
Representatives of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize and Prime Minister Dean Barrow met on Monday. In its release the Union says the Prime ...

ESCAPED PRISONER CAPTURED AND SENTENCED
LoveFM - ‎9/1/09‎
Quilter, a convicted burglar, escaped on April 16, 2007 while he and several other prisoners were being transported from Belize City to the prison in ...

NEW STATUTORY INSTRUMENT TO REGULATE GARBAGE COLLECTION IMPLEMENTED
LoveFM - ‎9/1/09‎
As of today statutory instrument 98 of 2009, the Belize City control of garbage and use of dumpsite, is in effect. Councilor with responsibility for ...

SEPTEMBER CELEBRATIONS DECLARED OPEN
LoveFM - ‎9/1/09‎
“The September Celebration's Committee has looked at the three capitals; St. Goeorge's Caye, which was the old capital, Belize City, another capital, ...

THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND IMPLEMENTS PROJECT IN ST. ANN
LoveFM - ‎9/1/09‎
The total cost of the project is 198 thousand 762 dollars and 77 cents which will be financed by the government of Belize through a loan from the Caribbean ...

LIBERTY DONATE COMPUTERS TO BELIZE CITY SCHOOL
LoveFM - ‎9/1/09‎
The Living Hope Preparatory School in Belize City has received donation of computers and accessories. The eight computers and two printers are a ...

UB PREPARES FOR SEMESTER KICK OFF
LoveFM - ‎9/1/09‎
The University of Belize is hosting its annual semester kick off Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The event is an opportunity for UB students to ...

8/31/09

Another toddler dies at the KHMH
channel5belize - ‎8/31/09‎
Also in Belize City, another baby has died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and while details are still sketchy, at first blush it points to the ...

Muscles flex at bodybuilding competition
channel5belize - ‎8/31/09‎
Here in Belize City at the MCC Grounds, FC Belize opened against a San Pedro team intent on establishing itself as a legitimate title contender this time ...

Last Cash Heist from Western Union
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/31/09‎
... the lock off the door and apparently went after one thing only and that is the safe that contained sixty thousand dollars in US and Belize dollars cash. ...

The Taste of Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - < ‎8/31/09‎
The annual Taste of Belize event was held this weekend at Old Belize. For the tourism Board, it's a signature event displaying the diversity of talent and ...

Gunman Slains Darrel Francis
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/31/09‎
Two young men were shot on Friday night in the same area of Belize City. The same area but turf controlled by two different sets, the South Side Gangsters ...

Darrel Francis murdered near home
channel5belize - ‎8/31/09‎
But the silence was shattered on Friday night when one man was killed in Belize City. Twenty-one year old Darrel Francis, an unemployed man of Rivero Street ...

Burglars steal safe with $60000 from Western Union
channel5belize - ‎8/31/09‎
A day after the murder and shooting, a heist in Belize City netted some unsavory criminals thousands of dollars. The sign outside said “Western Union Coming ...

ONE MAN SHOT AND KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND
LoveFM - ‎8/31/09‎
One man is dead and another remains in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following separate shootings on Friday night. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎8/31/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating an incident in which a safe containing 60 thousand dollars was stolen. A security guard at the Thurton Building on ...

JOURNALISTS FROM CENTRAL AMERICAN PARTICIPATE IN HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING
LoveFM - ‎8/31/09‎
I learnt a lot because I thought here in Belize we have a lot of privileges. For example, Honduras is going through a lot of trouble with its politics and ...

8/28/09

Social Security board donates
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/28/09‎
The Kidney Association of Belize has received a financial boost in the form of a $35000 donation from the Social Security ...

Amazon votes Andy's 'Watina" Best Album of all time
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/28/09‎
Andy Palacio of Belize is at the top of the list. Ivan Duran began a survey of Garifuna musical talent in the late 90 and the distinctive Garifuna genre ...

Taiwan gives belize Agroprocessing facility
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/28/09‎
After unveiling a commemorative plaque, Belize's Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Rene Montero joined Taiwan's Ambassador to Belize, ...

BTB awards tourism scholarships
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/28/09‎
Tourism continues to lead Belize's economy, and the need for education and training is greater than ever. ...

Countrywide con artist caught in court!
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/28/09‎
On Monday, August 24th, Conorquie appeared in Belize City's Magistrates Court before Magistrate Tracy Sosa, where she was charged with three counts of ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/28/09‎
The Belize Constitution is unambiguously clear on this subject. Section 114 of Chapter lX states “All revenues or other moneys raised or received by ...

First Real Estate school
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/28/09‎
The first Real Estate School of Belize was launched on Thursday August 27, at the Coastal Zone Management Building on ...

8/27/09

75 Families in Collet Receive Housing Grants
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
This afternoon 75 residents from the Collet division received Venezuelan housing grants. They each received purchase orders for home repair equipment and ...

The Bleeding of BTL
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
They could not produce the evidence that Telemedia had the shares in possession of Great Belize Productions. That's one that they didn't answer, ...

Volunteer Fire Fighters Compete in Olympiad
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
Today the speed, strength, and agility of Belize's volunteer fire fighters were put to the test. “The mission was to roll out two lengths of hose and roll ...

Donna Belgrave Meets Education Minister Faber
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
... especially seeing that many of the people who live in Mahogany Heights are working in Belize City and the kids will have to stay afterwards in the ...

Charles Chavannes' Wandering Water Colourers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
Over the years we've seen enough paintings of seas, breeze and coconut trees, the holy trinity of Belizean nature painting. Sure enough in this coastal ...

Local artist returns to showcase paintings
channel5belize - ‎8/27/09‎
The colors that I use in my depiction brings from Belize to wherever I go—the flavor and the passion that I developed while I was growing in Belize. ...

Students to be exposed to CSME opportunities
Caribbean Net News - ‎5 hours ago‎
Last year, during the first phase, sixty students from Belize, Dominica and Suriname were involved in the missions. Batches of twenty-five students from the ...

COLLET AREA REPRESENTATIVE DISTRIBUTE HOUSING GRANTS
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
Residents of Belize City's Collet Division were today recipients of purchase orders to obtain construction materials from various hardware stores to ...

CRIME STOPPERS BELIZE TO RECOGNIZE PARTNERS
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
Crime Stoppers Belize has been around for just over five years and boasts some measure of success in the fight against crime. Love News spoke with Chairman ...

MUSCLES AND FIGURE ON DISPLAY AT THE BLISS
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
Love News spoke with Alfred McKenzie, President of the Belize Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation, who told us what fans of the sport can expect from the ...

LIBERTY CHILDREN'S HOME TRIES TO STAY AFLOAT
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
... financial situation right now because all of our funding, which normally comes from outside of Belize, has been cut off because of the economic crisis. ...

PUP SAYS GOVERNMENT'S DECISION IS UNDEMOCRATIC
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
The PUP says the decision by Government to take over Belize Telemedia has caused the business community and members of Civil Society a great deal of concern ...

ALLIANCE AGAINST AIDS TO HOST TWO DAY SEMINAR
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
The event, titled the third UNGASS (Ung-gass) Forum Belize, will have the participation of leading representatives of Belize's health social movement, ...

BTL looted!
Amandala - ‎8/27/09‎
When the new state-appointed board of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) took over the company on Tuesday evening, the transition was described as seamless and ...

More KHMH incompetence: pieces of placenta left inside mother
Amandala - ‎8/27/09‎
But recently, Belize's public health care system has been afflicted by a string of mishaps that have left seven newborn infants dead in almost all regions ...

Senators for social partners support BTL takeover
Amandala - ‎8/27/09‎
The Senate, the upper house of Parliament, on Tuesday gave its stamp of approval to the Belize Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill, an unprecedented piece ...

PUC says BEL was crying wolf
Amandala - ‎8/27/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) claims, in an advertisement appearing in this week's newspapers, that the Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) made a ...

New BTL executive restores business relationship with KREM
Amandala - ‎8/27/09‎
Program Director of KREM Radio and KREM TV Manager, Mose Hyde, announced on the KREM WUB Morning Vibes Thursday that the new board of Belize Telemedia ...

GOB takes BTL
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
from certain sectors of the media, the Government of Belize proceeded to expeditiously pass into law, a Bill that Prime Minister Barrow presented before the ...

Incestuous father sentenced
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
According to the testimony of the child her dad, with whom she lived with in Southern Belize, had sex with her repeatedly during from 2003 to2006. ...

St. John College Roundabout
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
Collaboration between the Belize City Council, St.Johns College and the Bhowjwani family has resulted in the inauguration ...

Proposed 7th Constitutional Amendment Consultation held
San Pedro Sun - ‎8/27/09‎
Packed in the 7th Constitutional Amendment proposed by the Government of Belize (GOB) are three main amendments which were consulted by the Foreign Affairs ...

GOB takes over BTL “in the name of Belize”
San Pedro Sun - ‎8/27/09‎
Belizeans have never seen a public utility company taken over by The Government of Belize (GOB) until this week. In an unprecedented and bold move, ...

Guest Editorial – Nationalizing a company
San Pedro Sun - ‎8/27/09‎
The Government's bold move to take control of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) this week is a move that has gone down in the history books of Belize. ...

Tres Pescado Slam Tournament 2009
San Pedro Sun - ‎8/27/09‎
Belize's first fly fishing tournament kicked off on Wednesday, August 19th at the Sunset Grill with the Caster's Meeting Banquet. Over 60 team members, ...

Prepare to Feast
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
On Saturday Belize's best chefs and bartenders will compete for cash prizes and bragging rights in the 8th annual Taste of Belize culinary competition. ...

PUP Calls BTL Takeover "Expropriation"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
The statement calls the acquisition an expropriation and states that, “In Belize the right of citizens to own or to hold private property is a hallmark of ...

PUP Calls BTL Takeover "Expropriation"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
The statement calls the acquisition an expropriation and states that, “In Belize the right of citizens to own or to hold private property is a hallmark of ...

Fire at Foam Factory
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
The cement building owned by Belize Foam and Furniture Limited was used as a factory to manufacture foam. The company's manager Charles Abou Nehra says it ...

Barrow Not Afraid of Ashcroft
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
“The central threat has been that there will in fact be more litigation and that they will invoke the Belize-UK investment treaty and that all these various ...

Vindication Day for Nelson Young
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
His role in all this is central; he was one of three workers terminated from Belize Telecommunications Limited in January of 2005. ...

Randy Green & Chadwick Tingling Charged for Armed Holdup
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
It is not quite the birthday gift 23 year old Randy Green expected but instead of celebrating on Tuesday August twenty fifth Belize City Police say Randy ...

...And Has No Interest in Channel 5
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
But to the extent that the company Telemedia, now owned by the government and people of Belize, has to ensure that it has not been bled illegally of any ...

Corozal Farmer Busted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/09‎
Thirty five year old Ellis Rudon of Corozalito Village was fined and confined today in number six Belize City Magistrate's Court after he pleaded guilty to ...

Treaty of Chaguaramas improves Heineken imports
channel5belize - ‎8/27/09‎
“Ok. It's part of a trade issue that's been going on for quite a few years where Belize has been in essence violating the CARICOM treaty. ...

Healthy Living takes a closer look at eye protection
channel5belize - ‎8/27/09‎
And we see it in like San Pedro, Caye Caulker, Placencia, Belize City all along the coast. Walking around with red eyes that in Spanish we call carnosidad ...

Opposition lashes out against nationalization of Telemedia
channel5belize - ‎8/27/09‎
While they did not vote in unison, the opposition People's United Party has reacted to Monday's takeover of Belize Telemedia by the government. ...

THREE FISHERMEN RESCUED BY BELIZE COAST GUARD
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
The Belize Coast Guard conducted a search and rescue operation earlier today. Three fishermen were rescued in the area of Alligator Caye about 20 miles ...

PRIME MINISTER BARROW SAYS THERE IS NO NEED TO ACQUIRE ANY OTHER ...
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
Government's takeover of Belize Telemedia Limited has been the main news item over the past few days. Prime Minister Dean Barrow was the guest on Love FM's ...

CLICO BELIZE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
RF& G Life Insurance Health have been awarded the Life and Health Insurance portfolio of CLICO Belize Branch. Justice Michelle Arana made the decision on ...

TWO MEN CHARGED WITH GLOBAL TRAVEL ROBBERY
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
Acting on information received the police went to Belize Global located at the corner of New Road and Hyde's Lane. They were told that two men, ...

FOAM FACTORY WAREHOUSE BURNS
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a warehouse fire last night that damaged a facility owned by Belize Foam Factory. ...

COROZALITO FARMER PLEADS GUILTY OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
LoveFM - ‎8/27/09‎
Rudon was walking on Central American Boulevard near Belize Unit Trust when the police stopped him and searched a back plastic bag he had in his hand. ...

Traffic News
San Pedro Sun - ‎8/27/09‎
There are three governing bodies that facilitate the flow and management of traffic on Ambergris Caye. The body that handles the movement of traffic on our ...

Prime Minister Delivers the Goods
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
In a conversation with Mr. Charles Good, he revealed that while he and his wife were protesting in front of the Belize Supreme Court, Minister of Housing, ...

This week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
Cabinet resolved to express sincere thanks to the many people who have called to support Government's decision to take control of Belize Telemedia Ltd. The ...

Gina Conorquie National Con Artist
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
On Tuesday, August 25, Conorquie appeared in front of Magistrate Tracy Sosa in the Belize City Magistrate's Court where she was slapped with three counts of ...

“Small Change” Accuses his Son of Th...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Shortly before 12:00 noon on the morning of Friday, August 21, police escorted Wagner's son to the Belize City Magistrate's Court where he appeared before ...

66-year-old George Betson Spared from Go...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
This week the Government of Belize announced that the London Court of International Arbitration has ruled against the Belize Bank. ...

Michael Malic Charged for Robbing and Be...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
A senior citizen of Belize City was beaten and robbed on the night of Friday, August 21. A quick police investigation led to the arrest of 18-year-old ...

Old friend stabs 'Red Ants' in the n...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
This week the Government of Belize announced that the London Court of International Arbitration has ruled against the Belize Bank. ...

Nelberth Flowers breaks up Milton Flores...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
... the perennial male softball champion Alico that Rookies will not appear in the championship round of the Belize City Male Softball Competition. ...

Telemedia to defend National Softball Ti...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation will play host to its biggest event of the year on Friday August 28 at 7:00 pm with the commencement of the 19th National ...

Cycling returns to Albert and Regent Str...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
Cycling fans in Belize will be in for a big treat when the BTB/San Cas Cycling Classic returns to downtown Belize City for the September celebrations. ...

New Board installed at BTL
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
The new era at Belize Telecommunications Limited officially began on Tuesday evening when the newly appointed Board of Directors assumed control of one of ...

Ashcroft Jacks btl's Assets; Channel 5 moves into NDFB building
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
Katalyst is the owner of Great Belize Productions and Channel 5. In the declaration of the dividends once again, Michael Ashcroft related companies had the ...

BTB Awards Tourism Scholarships for 2009
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
As a part of the Board's commitment to the growth and development of young Belizeans, the Belize Tourism Board is proud to announce this year's scholarship ...

Ashcroft and Briceños own Smart
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
... why giant BTL has allowed Smart to constantly be the trendsetter in the competition between these two main telecommunications providers in Belize. ...

Back to School Bash 2009
The Guardian, Belize - ‎7 minutes ago‎
The BTL Park on Newton Baracks came to life on Tuesday, August 25, for the Belize City Council's fourth annual Back to School Bash. The Mayor of Belize City ...

GOB Clarifies: New Act affects only BTL
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
The Government of Belize wishes to correct the misunderstanding that has arisen in some quarters over a certain aspect of Act. No. ...

New Chairperson for the Advisory Council...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
Dr. Lewis, a well respected academic and researcher on the Belize – Guatemala territorial dispute, succeeds Mr. Dylan Vernon. The Advisory Council on the ...

Other utilities need not fear
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
Mischief-makers and opposition pundits are doing their best to counter the massive public support the Belize Telecommunications (Amendment) Act has received ...

New Mopan Clinic - Quality Health Servic...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
It will be constructed at a cost of $725000 and will be financed by the UK Commonwealth Debt Initiative (CDI and the Government of Belize through a loan ...

The Pernicious Potentate
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/27/09‎
In his submission of July 30 entitled “A STALE PAROCHIAL PATRTIOTISM”, Smith made these comments: “Undivided loyalty and bona fide commitment to Belize has ...

8/26/09

Teachers Learning to Build Character
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/26/09‎
Nilda Muschamp is Belize's local trainer. “We are actually training teachers to be able to work with young people so that we can create young people that ...

The Little Miss Belize Contestants
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/26/09‎
We have 7 kids; 6 are representing the six districts of Belize and one is representing Ambergris Caye. They are going to be dressed in costume and after ...

Akeem Lord Charged for Shooting at Police
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/26/09‎
Still Akeem Lord was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until September twenty third. Belize City Police report that Akeem Lord was one of three persons ...

Belize's Future as a Breadbasket
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/26/09‎
Is self sufficiency in food attainable for Belize? Probably not, but as they say the longest journey begins with one step. And a great big step was taken ...

Canadian Jailed for Verbal Insults
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/26/09‎
A Canadian is tonight cooling his heels inside Belize City Central Prison. On February tenth, 2009, forty seven year old David Macfarlane got himself into ...

The End of Keith Moguel's Journey
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/26/09‎
At 4 pm, he was rushed by helicopter back to Belize City and to the KHMH where he died around 8 pm. Keith Swift has the story. Our journey with Keith Moguel ...

Accused Money Launderer Melonie Coye Claims Harassment
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/26/09‎
I've been through inhumane acts by the police officers in the Belize City Police Station. Ask my husband, he wasn't fed for three days but for three days he ...

Construction worker shot in the foot
channel5belize - ‎8/26/09‎
Forty-three year old Andrew Azueta told police that while he was standing at the corner of King and Plues Street in Belize City, he heard a loud noise and ...

Senator Hulse clarifies his position on nationalization
channel5belize - ‎8/26/09‎
Why would there be any difficulty with the Belize Bank? The Belize Bank is one of Belize's largest banks doing legitimate business, having a lot of ...

Senator's vote did not represent Chamber's position
channel5belize - ‎8/26/09‎
Following Telemedia's takeover on Monday, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry stated that they viewed with concern the Amendment to the ...

BELIZE PORT AUTHORITY INTRODUCES NATIONAL PORT POLICY
LoveFM - ‎8/26/09‎
Following a year of consultation with various industry stakeholders the Belize Port Authority today unveiled the draft for a National Port Policy which ...

NEW TELEMEDIA BOARD ANNOUNCED
LoveFM - ‎8/26/09‎
As has been reported Nestor Vasquez is the new Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Belize Telemedia Limited. The other members of the Board are ...

TEACHERS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS RECEIVE TRAINING
LoveFM - ‎8/26/09‎
A four day skills training workshop for high school primary school teachers and guidance counselors is underway in Belize City. ...

CHILDREN OF BELIZE RURAL NORTH RECEIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES
LoveFM - ‎8/26/09‎
The initiative has been ongoing for the past five years but according to area representative for Belize Rural North, Edmund Castro, they have decided to do ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎8/26/09‎
Belize City police are investigating a shooting incident which happened on Tuesday morning. Construction worker 43-year-old Andrew Azueta told Police he was ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH SEEKS TO ADDRESS PROBLEM OF ACCESS TO DIALYSIS ...
LoveFM - ‎8/26/09‎
The Government of Belize has teamed up with an organization from the United States of America in an effort to bring some relief to kidney patients. ...

TASTE OF BELIZE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEKEND
LoveFM - ‎8/26/09‎
The eighth Annual Taste of Belize will be held on Saturday at Old Belize. The event is the Belize Tourism Board's signature culinary event aimed at ...

8/25/09

City Council's New Plan for Your Garbage
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/09‎
Belize City has a 40 acre garbage problem at mile 3 on the Western Highway. Tons of garbage sit at the Belize City Dump in perpetuity because they are not ...

Senate Approves BTL Takeover Bill
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/09‎
“The litigation continues and the government of Belize is saying no mas, no more, and therefore Madam President in the public interest it has become ...

Suspicious Arrival of 28 Chinese on Chartered Flight
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/09‎
Murillo says the Chinese nationals had problems getting to Belize and that is why a group of them chartered a flight. All 28 persons arrived on visitor ...

New BTL Board Assumes Control
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/09‎
... headed by Executive Chairman Nestor Vasquez went in to the corporate headquarters at the Esquivel Telecom Center on St. Thomas Street in Belize City. ...

Hayward's Threat
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/09‎
It warns that there will be more litigation, in Belize and London and states that Hayward will invoke the investment treaty between Belize and the United ...

Mark Espat Explains Why He Abstained
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/09‎
Yesterday PUP Deputy Leaders Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde “fainted the crowd” at the House of Representatives when they abstained in the vote on the Belize ...

The Cost of the BTL Takeover
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/09‎
“I talk in Belize dollars. It is difficult, I am not an expert, I am not an accountant, I am not a valuer but I would think $300 million, $400 million that ...

Postmortem conducted on “Red Ants” Rhaburn
channel5belize - ‎8/25/09‎
Rhaburn was stabbed and killed during a Friday night altercation with Walter Beaton at Kevin's Bar at the corner of Euphrates and Cemetery Road in Belize ...

Owner of Channel 7, Net Vasquez, assumes control of Telemedia
channel5belize - ‎8/25/09‎
Early this afternoon, the Governor General, Sir Colville Young, penned his signature to put into law, gob's acquisition of Belize Telemedia. ...

Hayward Trust will fight to protect charity's investments
channel5belize - ‎8/25/09‎
The Hayward Charitable Belize Trust owns approximately seventy percent of Telemedia and this evening, it issued a release regarding its stake in Telemedia. ...

What does nationalization mean for BTL?
channel5belize - ‎8/25/09‎
You will recall the 2007 vesting act which vested all BTL's assets in Belize Telemedia, taking it away from mister Prosser. At that time, if I recall there ...

Chamber of Commerce says Telemedia Nationalization alarming
channel5belize - ‎8/25/09‎
In the private sector, one of the first to weigh in is the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In a stern release issued late Monday evening, ...

Ex Telemedia Chairman says more litigations to come
channel5belize - ‎8/25/09‎
A day after government announced it was nationalizing Telemedia; the debate is raging on the airwaves and in the board rooms. While the Prime Minister says ...

SENATE APPROVES BILL THAT PAVES WAY FOR GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CONTROL ...
LoveFM - ‎8/25/09‎
The bill to enable the Government of Belize in proceeding with the acquisition of Telemedia was approved by the Senate this morning by a significant vote of ...

CUSTOMS OFFICER INJURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎8/25/09‎
Reports are that the driver, customs officer, James Linsburgh of Belize City was driving in the direction of Belize City when he lost control of the vehicle ...

SJC STUDENT SHOT BY POLICE
LoveFM - ‎8/25/09‎
Twenty year old Akeem Lord a second year old student of St. John's Junior College who was shot in his left leg by police, was charged with aggravated ...

From the Publisher
Amandala  - ‎8/25/09‎
And I really didn't know what I know now about electoral politics in Belize; I didn't understand the five-year election cycle the way I do now; ...

Don't swim in the river, but drinking water is “safe”: GOB reps say
Amandala - ‎8/25/09‎
What about the possibility of the Fortis-owned Belize Electric Company Limited (BECOL), the company to which the dam belongs, deliberately releasing ...

Belizean cartels – from business to law to politics
Amandala - ‎8/25/09‎
Certainly, in the post-World War II era, it was evident that the banks and airlines in Belize, as prominent examples, were not competing with each other. ...

Walter Beaton, 35, charged with the murder of Leroy Rhaburn, 28
Amandala - ‎8/25/09‎
Beaton was remanded into custody at the Belize Central Prison at Hattieville, until his next court appearance on September 17, 2009. ...

8/24/09

Excellence is Cricket Champ 2009
channel5belize - ‎8/24/09‎
The Belize National Cricket Champion emerged yesterday at Bermudian Landing where game two of the three game championship series was staged as Excellence of ...

Unconstitutional and unlawful takeover of Telemedia by GOB
channel5belize - ‎8/24/09‎
The Barrow administration today made the announcement that it was nationalizing Belize Telemedia and is expected to assume total control in the next day or ...

…And says Supreme Court will decide on compensation
channel5belize - ‎8/24/09‎
Earlier this year, GOB threatened to arrest senior executives of both the telephone company and the Belize Bank. This was followed by an increase in ...

Barrow rationalizes why he hijacked Telemedia...
channel5belize - ‎8/24/09‎
... dollars to the BCB Holdings Limited and the Belize Bank as part of a long list of legal battles between GOB and various Ashcroft associated companies. ...

Opposition says PM sending wrong message to investors
channel5belize - ‎8/24/09‎
As it is right now, the investment climate in Belize is low. The private sector in Belize right now is having great concerns and grave concerns for the ...

Honduran national killed on Cemetery Road
channel5belize - ‎8/24/09‎
A Honduran Laborer of Mangrove Street in Belize was brutally killed near a bus stop. Thirty-three year old Samuel Sanchez was standing near the pedestrian ...

Ex-gang leader murdered in club on Cemetery Road
channel5belize - ‎8/24/09‎
Two men were murdered over the weekend and both homicides occurred on Cemetery Road in Belize City. The first one involved a well known ex- gang leader. ...

GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES BILL TO TAKE CONTROL OF BTL
LoveFM - ‎8/24/09‎
“A bill for an Act to amend the Belize Telecommunications Act number sixteen of 2002, to provide for assumption of control over telecommunications by the ...

BTL CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT ACTION AS OUTRAGEOUS ABUSE OF EXECUTIVE POWER
LoveFM - ‎8/24/09‎
... shareholders of the entire issued share capital of Katalyst Developments Limited, the owners of Great Belize Productions Limited and Channel 5. ...

BELIZE CITY MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
LoveFM - ‎8/24/09‎
35-year-old taxi driver Walter Beaton was charged with the murder of 28-year-old Leroy “Red Ants” Rhaburn when he appeared in court today. ...

FIRE DESTROYS BUILDING IN TOLEDO DISTRICT
LoveFM - ‎8/24/09‎
Hilberto Co is asking those who would like to assist financially to kindly send donations to Belize Bank PG Branch account number 215-018. ...

SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND PREPARES TO LAUNCH MOPAN CLINIC PROJECT
LoveFM - ‎8/24/09‎
... thousand dollars and will be financed by the Commonwealth Debt Initiative and the Government of Belize through a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank.

BTB AWARDS SIX TOURISM SCHOLARSHIPS
LoveFM - ‎8/24/09‎
The Belize Tourism Board today announced this year's scholarship recipients for its tourism degree program. Training Officer Keisha Young tells us more. ...

8/21/09

Moises' medical miracle
Amandala - ‎8/21/09‎
When young Moises left Belize, he weighed a reported 30 pounds and could not eat. He had to double his weight before the procedure could be performed. ...

Albert Allen's gruesome death
Amandala - ‎8/21/09‎
Albert Braddick Allen, 24, of Malcolm Street in Belize City, was found dead, viciously murdered, on the Western Highway near Mile 3 ½ on Tuesday afternoon. ...

Sugar now more sour than sweet
Amandala - ‎8/21/09‎
Two powerful rival factions in the Belize citrus industry continue to be sharply divided in what one key industry player calls “citrus politics,” and latest ...

RMS Adds, Updates 16 Latin American Quake Models
National Underwriter Property And Casualty Insurance News - ‎8/21/09‎
... and an update to its more modern Chile earthquake model, it has released new models for Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, ...

Greek fish farming investors interested in Belize Fish Industry
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/21/09‎
The Ministry states that the project is viewed as a very good venture that will benefit the country of Belize and has the support of both Ministries. ...

New International airstrip in Placancia
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/21/09‎
He stated that anyone wanting to open and operate a private airport in Belize had to obtain the respective licenses from his department, in accordance with ...

Comdr Johnnie Borland takes over Coast Guard command
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/21/09‎
Three years after its creation in 2005, the Belize National Coast Guard witnessed its first change of command as ...

We wuz robbed! Questionable calls cheat Belize basketballers of ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/21/09‎
Belizeans rolled out a royal welcome with a motorcade through Belize City for the Belize national men's basketball ...

Belize Bank loses appeal over Venezuelan millions "Vindicated ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/21/09‎
“A welcome decision,” said the Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. Dean Barrow, concerning the London Tribunal decision to dismiss all claims by the Belize Bank ...

BELPO says Macal River water dangerous to humans and the environment
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/21/09‎
She cautioned that if the corals that make up Belize's Barrier Reef become covered with silt, they won't be able to breathe and would begin to die . ...

8/21/09

Poor people's nightmare continues – another baby dies!
Amandala - ‎8/21/09‎
The son of housewife Salome Busano, 21, of Pelican Street Extension in Belize City, is the seventh child to die at a public hospital this year as a result ...

New Rules for Commercial Garbage
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/20/09‎
Remember in June when there was a big flap about Belize City control of garbage and use of dumpsite bylaw which allowed city hall to charge businesses hefty ...

The Chio Chips Controversy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/20/09‎
“In the sense that our elders, remember this is Belize, there are certain things we respect here which in other cultures it may mean little but here we ...

Jennie Staines Loses 32 Pounds and Counting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/20/09‎
In June we told you about Jennie Staines, the 41 year old obese woman who was among the first to try a new procedure that's now being offered in Belize. ...

Butane Tanker Flips on Western Highway
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/20/09‎
A butane tanker overturned this morning on the Western Highway. It was loaded with two thousand gallons of butane gas on its way to Orange Walk. ...

Thieves Jack Coast Guard Vessel
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/20/09‎
The Belize National Coast Guard – they're supposed to protect the seas, intercepting drug runners, hunting down pirates, and roping in vessel thieves. ...

Minors Detained for Armed Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/20/09‎
Around ten thirty on Wednesday morning on Antelope Street Extension, a pair of robbers approached Wayne Ramclam, a driver for Belize Refrigeration Limited. ...

The Inevitable Big One
Channel 7 Daily News - < ‎8/20/09‎
Belize shook at 2:30 in the morning of May 28th. We felt a massive tremor from a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Belize and ...

Powerful Ammunition Found in Jalacte Home
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/20/09‎
Jalacte Village, it's a remote south-western border outpost in the Toledo District where Guatemalans and Belizeans move and live freely between both ...

Signs and symptoms of ADHD
channel5belize - ‎8/20/09‎
There is currently no developmental pediatrician in Belize so the pediatricians have become the front line persons in the diagnosis. ...

Rufus X disconnected for illegal power supply
channel5belize - ‎8/20/09‎
And this afternoon police and Belize Electricity Board personnel showed up at the home of TV personality and businessman, Rufus X on Second Avenue in the ...

Police haul in illegal weapons countrywide
channel5belize - ‎8/20/09‎
A number of illegal and firearms and ammunition are off the streets in Belize City as well as the west and south of the country. ...

Coast Guard Service recovers its own boat
channel5belize - ‎8/20/09‎
Four members of the Belize Coast Guard Service are being questioned after a skiff went missing. The incident occurred sometime around six on Wednesday ...

BELIZE NATIONAL TEACHERS UNION CONDEMNS FIRING OF SCHOOL WARDEN
LoveFM - ‎8/20/09
The Belize National Teachers Union today called on Minister of Education Patrick Faber to reconsider his decision to terminate the services of School Warden ...

BUTANE TANKER TRUCK OVERTURNS ON WESTERN HIGHWAY
LoveFM - ‎8/20/09
Commuters heading to and from Belize City were stranded on the road for a few hours. Luckily for twenty-seven year old Rogelio Gutierrez driver of the ...

BWS SAYS ITS WATER IS SAFE DESPITE RIVER CONDITIONS
LoveFM - ‎8/20/09
Belize Water Services says it has been monitoring the water quality in the Macal and Belize Rivers and can assure customers that its water is treated to ...

EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICIALS PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING
LoveFM - ‎8/20/09
Yesterday we spoke primarily on what is needed to monitor earthquakes here in Belize. I was accompanied by my colleague Doctor Walter Salazar who is an ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎8/20/09
Two Belize City minors have been detained following a robbery report. Wayne Ramclam told Police on Wednesday he was on Antelope Street Extension making a ...

Telemedia Scholarship 2009
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
14 more lucky young Belizeans now have the chance to pursue their high school education thanks to the 2009 Belize Telemedia High School Scholarship. ...

Garifuna Drums Beating in Cancun
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
This week the Government of Belize announced that the London Court of International Arbitration has ruled against the Belize Bank. ...

Two more streets in Port Loyola
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
Already under the Southside Alleviation project hundreds of Belize City residents including those in the Port Loyola division have received assistance, ...

New School building for Hope Creek
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
This week the Government of Belize announced that the London Court of International Arbitration has ruled against the Belize Bank. ...

Making Ends Meet
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
This week the Government of Belize announced that the London Court of International Arbitration has ruled against the Belize Bank. ...

Swine Flu Vaccine Ready but Dangerous - 66% of Belizeans to be ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
He says that we need to remain vigilant: “The fact that the virus has not spread rapidly in Belize is a testament to the quick response of the Public Health ...

The Michael Finnegan Belize City Market
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Monday, August 17, 2009 for the Michael Finnegan Belize City Market Project on the construction site at the corner of ...

TVET Holds Inaugural meeting
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
This week the Government of Belize announced that the London Court of International Arbitration has ruled against the Belize Bank. ...

Public Officers energized by Visit of Mi...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
Saldivar is scheduled to make his final stop at the National Fire Service in Belize City on Friday 21 August 2009. As the Minister responsible for the ...

Taiwan Donates 1500 Hygiene Kits for Dis...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
This humanitarian effort came about after Belize and other Central American countries were hit by tropical storms and flooding last year resulting in ...

Island of San Pedro to be connected to Mexico
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
The objective of the Letter of Intent is to boost the tourism industry in the Chetumal Bay and the north of Belize, including Ambergris Caye. ...

New Roundabout benefits 2500 students
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
On Tuesday, August 18, the Belize City Council officially opened a roundabout on Princess Margaret Drive at the entrance of the St. John's College Campus. ...

Rottweilers kill 7-year-old boy
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
A post mortem was conducted on Monday in Belize City and it certified that Dualvin's cause of death was vascular plexus - injury to the neck due to a dog ...

Milton Reyes Charged for Raping Ex-Commo...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
Prior to being arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate Court, Reyes was arraigned in the Belize Family Court for breaching a protection order which his ...

60-Year-Old Father Charged for Incest
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
A 60-year-old Salvadoran father of Scotland Half-moon located in Rural Belize is accused of having sex with his 14-year-old daughter. ...

BTB/San Cas Classic back to Albert and Regent Streets
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
As part of the September celebrations, the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) and San Cas Cycling Classic is scheduled for Sunday September 13, 2009, ...

Belize City Softball Competition to resume this week
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
The 2009 Belize City Softball Competition will resume this Thursday August 20, 2009, at Rogers Stadium with games in both the male and female competition. ...

10 more days to softball biggest showdown
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
The Belize Softball Federation will host its 19th National Women's Softball Championship from August 28-30, 2009, at Rogers Stadium the home of softball in ...

Revenge may be motive for killing Albert...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
Revenge appears to have been the motive for a hellish torture and then murder in Belize City on the morning of Tuesday August 18. ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/20/09
Cabinet was briefed on plans for a new international bus terminal for Belize City. Officials of the Ministry of Public Utilities, Transport, ...


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