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10/30/10

Raylene's Alleged Killer Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
Nineteen year old University of Belize student, Aracely Cahueque, who was charged with child stealing on Monday, October 18th, was brought back to the ...

SSB: Unions A No Show, $50 Mil BTL Vote A No-Go
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
Since Hurricane Richard hit - we've been showing you the storm's impact - predominantly in Belize City. Today Monica Bodden left the Yabra area that she's ...

Ted Armstrong Sentenced
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
... his attorney, Darrell Bradley and one character witness, Kenrick Burns, the chaplain at Kolbe Foundation Belize Central Prison. ...

Dito Juan Assaulted At His Farm
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
Former UDP Minister of government Dito Juan is recovering at home tonight after being brutally assaulted and robbed yesterday. It happened yesterday evening ...

Dara Delivers For Storm Victims
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
Intuitional relief is reaching out to storm affected persons, but there are also individual efforts. Today local humanitarian, Dara Robinson, ...

AK Killer Marcus Moh Sentenced
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
He killed a man with an AK47, admitted to it, pleaded down to manslaughter and today Marcus Moh went back to court for sentencing. ...

Bedding For The Needy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
And back to Yabra…as we've shown you, the need for bedding is acute - as people have been sleeping essentially on the ground ...

The Wider Richard Effect
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
Richard kept roaring all the way across central and Western Belize leaving a wide swath of destruction in its wake. We left out at 8 this morning in route ...

Regional Tourney For Under 15 Basketballers Cancelled
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
BELIZE'S male under 15 basketball team has been practicing and assiduously fundraising to ensure that they can make it to the Centrobasket Tournament in ...

Major Bust In Ladyville
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
There are reports to our news room that a large weapons and ammunition bust was made in the Ladyville area yesterday. Details are still sketchy but from ...

The Mystery of Mr. Marroquin
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
Marroquin in his affidavit which was signed on October 27th, said he was taken into custody by Belize police on October 25th, while in San Ignacio town and ...

Mixed Messages
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
And while Dara was going door to door with rations, today we saw a truck taking things in the other direction: giving out small boxes of relief supplies ...

Alleged human Trafficker Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/30/10‎
Thirty seven year old Yolanda Garcia, a hairdresser and business woman originally from Honduras who allegedly harboured a 17 year old female for ...

10/29/10

... AND 20 YEARS FOR MURDER
LoveFM - ‎10/29/10‎
Moh was convicted for the fatal shooting of Belize City fisherman Kirk Smith which occurred around seven am on October 10, 2008 ...

UB STUDENT CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF RAYLENE DYER
LoveFM - ‎10/29/10‎
19 year old University of Belize student Aracely Cahueque who was charged with child stealing on October 18, was brought back Magistrate's Court today. ...

12 YEARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER
LoveFM - ‎10/29/10‎
... Justice Lord heard pleas for mitigation from Armstrong, his attorney Darrell Bradley and Kenrick Burns, the chaplain at the Belize Central Prison. ...

BEL SAYS HURRICANE RICHARD RELATED DAMAGES COULD AMOUNT TO A HALF A MILLION ...
LoveFM - ‎10/29/10‎
Five days after Category One Hurricane Richard hit Belize there are hundreds of customers still without electricity supply. Belize Electricity Limited ...

ROBBERS TARGET GRACE PRIMARY SCHOOL IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎10/29/10‎
Sometime last night thieves broke into the general manager's office at Grace Primary School. Brenda Kidd, General Manager tells us more. ...

U-15 National Basketball Team poised for Centrobasket
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
After their third training match against bigger high school opponents, the Belize U-15 National Basketball Team is nearing the end of its training and ...

Athletics in Belize, past and present – Mr. Henry Gordon
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
The following year, he enrolled in Belize Technical College, or at the time British Honduras College. He ran in the first Inter-College Meet in Belize, ...

Time Out New York Theater Review: "Angels In America"
NY1 - ‎10/29/10‎
... the flamboyant male nurse Belize, portrayed with zest by Billy Porter; and Joe's repressed yet goodhearted mother, Hannah, the shrewd, understated Robin ...

Stann Creek Valley residents defend Billy Barquedier National Park
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
... with the consultants who wrote the EIA on behalf of New River – Tunich Nah Consultants and Engineering, located on the Northern Highway in Belize City. ...

The 2010 IMF report cites concerns over public debt, banking sector and ...
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
The 2010 International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on Belize has been completed and the IMF released a public information notice on that report on Friday, ...

Belize gross petroleum revenues exceed $800 million
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
Belize Natural Energy (BNE) continues to be the only petroleum producing and exporting company in Belize, and official Government information supplied to ...

Hurricane Richard rages through Central Belize
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
Amandala surveyed the damage across much of Central Belize—the most impacted part of the country—and found victims grateful to The Almighty that their lives ...

Vocal opposition in Placencia to proposed Royal Caribbean port
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
Currently, Belize's only cruise port is located in Belize City, the Fort Street Tourism Village, a venture in which Royal Caribbean is also partner. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
During the four years I was chairman of the board of the University of Belize, there were many battles to be fought. Initially, I had gone to the University ...

Serious questions GOB needs to answer
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
I would like to know when the Belize government will pay the landowners all along the new Placencia Peninsula Road for the PRIVATELY OWNED LAND on both ...

Belize City, focus on Yarborough
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
On October 31, 1961, a Category 5 hurricane named Hattie devastated Belize, the capital city of British Honduras, and Stann Creek Town, and, of course, ...

How to Ditch Big Brother and Disappear Forever
Lifehacker - ‎10/29/10‎
... spending too much time online (or any other pretense that people around you will accept besides "I'm going to torch my crappy life and move to Belize"). ...

Flying high
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
Belize marked an education milestone this week with news of a first-ever region-wide triumph in the Caribbean Examination Council's (CXC) Caribbean ...

3 capsize at sea – 1 found alive, 1 found dead and 1 still missing
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
His body was retrieved by a rescue team some 10 miles east-south-east of Belize City. On Sunday, October 24, 2010, as Hurricane Richard approached Belize, ...

Tamed jaguar, Max, escapes during hurricane and kills man
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
Assisting in the capture effort were members of the Forest Department and the Belize Zoo. To aid in the capture the Zoo personnel had brought in a live ...

Almost $50 million for Hurricane Richard
Amandala - ‎10/29/10‎
Ruthless Richard—a strong category 1 hurricane which pummeled central and southern Belize for 8 hours on Sunday evening with winds of nearly 90 miles per ...

Prospectus misrepresent? - Absolute falsehood, says BTL Chairman
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/10‎
The release points out that the prospectus contains only a brief reference to the Trustee's constitutional challenge and that the government of Belize is ...

Christian Workers Union accuses SSB of breach of agreement
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/10‎
The Christian Workers Union (CWU) has accused the management of Belize Social Security Board (SSB) of breaching their ...

Fishing boat capsizes, 1 survives, 1 drowns, 1 missing
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/29/10‎
Lieutenant Gregory Soberanis of the Belize Coast Guard said they got the distress call that two persons were missing around 2:00 PM Monday, October 25 and ...

Hurricane Richard gives Belize wake-up call
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/29/10‎
It was only a category one hurricane with winds gusting to less than a hundred miles an hour, but the damage it caused reflect a dire need for Belize to ...

Mexico's Federales train Belize police
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/10‎
Thirty three law enforcement officers completed a training course on “Analysis and Police Intelligence” offered by Mexico Federal Police to the Belize ...

BTB's new two-year plan for this century
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/10‎
The Belize Tourism Board (BTB), after a full organizational assessment, has developed a new 2-year action plan to meet ...

Crackdown on smoking! Health Ministry gets serious
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/10‎
Today thirty-seven out of every hundred deaths in Belize are due to some form of cancer - cancer of the mouth and throat, cancer of the bladder and kidney, ...

Scotiabank donates $50000 for hurricane victims
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/10‎
Scotiabank (Belize) Ltd has announced it will donate $50000 to the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO), to help relief efforts to assist those ...

Placencia, a Done Deal?
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/10‎
I had attended a recent forum on the sensitive issue of establishing cruise ship tourism in Southern Belize, and I am now firmly of the opinion that the ...

Refrigeration technicians get 18 DOE scholarships
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/29/10‎
The technicians will be trained at the ITVETs in Belize City, Orange Walk and San Ignacio. Director of the Department of the Environment, Martin Alegria, ...

CEMO beginning to distribute relief suppies
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/10‎
CEMO chairman, Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers, said they had handed out 300 meals on Tuesday, and that effort doubled to 600 on Wednesday and they ...

Belizean scholar, Dorien Villafranco tops Caribbean Exams with 15 big ones
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/10‎
For the first time, a student from Belize, Dorien Villafranco of St. John's College has been declared Most Outstanding Candidate Overall in the Caribbean ...

Max the Jaguar is dead
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/29/10‎
... injection after he was believed to have killed 47-year-old US national Bruce Colleton, a mechanic residing in Belize, on Monday night, October 25. ...

10/28/10

Deepening Worry For Man Missing At Sea
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
It's been four days since Hurricane Richard hit Belize and destroyed the boat Belize City Fishermen Barrington Gomes and Edmund Forte and watchman Arturo ...

Belmopan Was Battered Too
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
On other homes the zinc was curled up while on some it was gone altogether. Even Belize house - the home of the head of state the grounds looked tossed ...

Brilliant Belizean Excels
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
I mean you made history; you are the first for Belize." "I was expecting the country, I would have to say but the Caribbean is a bit beyond my reach I was ...

HealthCare Partners Partners Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
Among the first to respond directly was Belize Health Care Partners - which sent a team into the area this morning with rations of food and water. ...

Prime Minister to Barbados
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
Today Prime Minister Dean Barrow left for Barbados where tomorrow he will participate in a special meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean ...

Another City Shooting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
A Belize City man was shot around 10:30 last night on Neal's Penn Road. He is identified as 19 year old Christian Usher. Usher was walking his bicycle along ...

Yabra Residents Living In Tents
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
Hurricane Richard hit 910/28/10 - and our teams on the ground are reporting tonight that relief supplies are beginning to flow in to one community we've ...

Cruise Ship Arrivals Resume
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
With all the losses and devastation wrought by Hurricane Richard, it went under the radar that cruise ships also had to cancel their calls on Belize due to ...

Warm Meals To Ease Off The Cold Shoulder Treatment
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
"We at BWEL believe that it's our corporate responsibility to try to do something and help Belize City residents as well as loyal customers for BWEL. ...

16 Year Old Shot By Police Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
Last night we showed you 16 year old Jaron Grey lying on the ground on Berries street after he had been shot by police. Well today the 16 year old went to ...

But Help Is Coming
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/28/10‎
... that the weather really affect in the Belize so the immediate effect to any house roof or wall that the weather blow apart we are here to fix back. ...

RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE
LoveFM - ‎10/28/10‎
Belize City is a little different because the CEMO is under the municipal government but certainly out in the districts the area representatives are part ...

BELIZEAN STUDENT TOPS REGIONAL EXAMINATIONS
LoveFM - ‎10/28/10‎
“I am most definitely quite excited that all of my hard work paid off in the end and I think it gives hope to Belize that we're on the map now. ...

NARCIE HOSTS WORKSHOP TITLED THE MEDIA AND DISABILITIES
LoveFM - ‎10/28/10‎
The aim was to sensitize media personalities of the depth and diversity of disabilities in Belize, the appropriate language used in speaking and reporting ...

WOMEN'S COMMISSION INTRODUCES SECOND COHORT FOR WIP
LoveFM - ‎10/28/10‎
Participants will be exposed to a wide variety of topics relevant to Belize's political, economic and social processes ranging from understanding the ...

POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS 101 NEW MEMBERS
LoveFM - ‎10/28/10‎
The Belize Police Department has added 101 new members to its ranks. Patrick Jones has the story. “After sixteen weeks of intensive training in all aspects ...

CRUISE SHIPS TO RESUME OPERATIONS IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/28/10‎
The navigations aids are instrumental in guiding cruise lines into the channel in order to lead the ships into their anchorage in the Belize Harbor. ...

DUO FACES BURGLARY CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎10/28/10‎
25-year-old Leon Yorke and his stepson a 16-year-old member of Belize Cadet Corps were charged with burglary when they appeared in court today. ...

Primary Schools Volleyball Competition c...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/28/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Contracts Signed for Paving of Sugar Roads
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/28/10‎
Signing for the Government of Belize was Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Economic Development Yvonne Hyde. Present for the signing of both ...

Some Perspective on Deborah Sewell
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/28/10‎
I always keep up with my news from Belize and I read about the issue with Ms. Deborah Sewell from the BNE Trust Fund. I got your email from a source and I ...

Training centre for St. Ann's Village inaugurated
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/28/10‎
It was financed by the Government of Belize through a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank. It also includes training and the supply of equipment for ...

Resumption of Classes
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/28/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Crime is Really Now Everybody's Business
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/28/10‎
The popular statement that crime knows no borders showed its stark reality once again last weekend across Belize as, like a cancerous sore, murder found its ...

Fishermen lost at sea- one rescued, one dead, one missing
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/28/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Managers of Girls Home and Cancer Center Named Unsung Heroes 2010
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/28/10‎
Sylvanna Udz of the National Kriol Council, Patrick Jones of Salvation Army and Lily Bowman of the Belize Red Cross are also a part of the committee. ...

Jaguar kills Bruce Cullerton
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/28/10‎
Bruce Cullerton was a diesel mechanic who has been living in Belize for the past 18 years; 15 of those years he's lived at mile 28 ½. ...

BEL quickly restores power
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/28/10‎
Belize Electricity Limited is reporting on Wednesday October 27 that they have restored power to 95 percent of the country. In total, there were 52800 ...

10/27/10

“Max” The Killer Cat Captured And Put to Sleep
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
When we got there, there were folks from the Forest Department and folks from the Belize Zoo at the Fosters' so we all went back to check on the trap and it ...

Cops Shoot Teenager In City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
A 16 year old was shot this morning in Belize City. It happened at around 6:15 in the area of Moya and Berry street in Lake Independence. ...

Caught In The Act Of Trying To Jack an ATM
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
The incident occurred on Monday night, at the Belize Bank ATM Machine located at Caye Caulker Water Taxi Terminal on North Front Street. ...

Belize Red Cross Relief Appeal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
The work of the Red Cross took them to areas of the City, the Belize River Valley, Gales Point, and parts of Belmopan. But the work continues, ...

Tree Trimming Foreman Plunges To Death
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
But first to the news of a tragic accidental death. 61 year old Santa Elena Resident Neri Waight died yesterday around 4:00 in the evening when he tumbled ...

Edmund Forte's Ordeal Up Close
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
Last night we told you about the three men who left Belize City on Thursday 21st of October, en route to Blue Field Range Caye when they experienced ...

Belizeans For Justice Criticize DPP
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
Last week we told you about the controversial decision of the Director Of Public Prosecutions to find that Sergeant Paulino Reyes acted in self defense when ...

A Panorama Of Ruin In The Yabra Area
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
... symptoms - foremost among them are shortages of essential supplies for families in southside Belize City who lost virtually everything in the storm. ...

Progress With Power Restoration
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
And tonight, 72 hours after the storm made landfall many areas across the Belize district are still under a blackout - what's worse some communities do not ...

Citco's Plan For Relief Support
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
And coming in a little bit behind the beat, today the Belize City Council, CEMO and other organizations met to tell the press how they will move forward in ...

Court Commissioner to Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/27/10‎
Sixty two year old Baxter Matthews, a Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of the Supreme Court, became an inmate of the Belize Central Prison today when ...

ESCAPED JAGUAR RECAPTURES AND PUT TO SLEEP
LoveFM - ‎10/27/10‎
“The jaguar was captured with loop trap by Omar who studies cats in Belize. We set three or four traps in the back where the cat has a cage and we left the ...

CHRISTIAN WORKERS UNION AND SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD SHARE CLASH OF OPINIONS
LoveFM - ‎10/27/10‎
The Christian Workers Union and the Belize Social Security board are at odds on the pace of negotiations for a new bargaining agreement. ...

CONTRACTS SIGNED FOR PAVING OF SUGAR ROADS
LoveFM - ‎10/27/10‎
Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Economic Development Yvonne Hyde signed on behalf of the Government of Belize. Minister of Works Anthony Boots ...

MINOR CAUGHT ATTEMPTING TO BREAK OPEN AN ATM MACHINE
LoveFM - ‎10/27/10‎
The police allege they caught the two attempting to break open a Belize Bank ATM. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. Magistrate Dorothy Flowers offered ...

HURRICANE RECOVERY AND RELIEF SHIFTS INTO FULL GEAR
LoveFM - ‎10/27/10‎
The Belize City Emergency Management Organization is conducting a clothes drive to assist families affected by Hurricane Richard. Members of the public who ...

RED CROSS RELIEF EFFORTS IN FULL EFFECT
LoveFM - ‎10/27/10‎
The Belize Red Cross relief efforts are in full effect in areas affected by Hurricane Richard. As the demand for aid keeps increasing, the supplies are ...

10/26/10

Expert: “The Cat Must Be Put Down”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
So, tonight, residents of Central Belize are on high alert - because a killer cat is on the loose. The Police and the Forestry departments have been ...

Man Eating Jaguar On the Loose! Cat Killed One Man
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
The first report was that the jaguar had escaped from the Belize Zoo when that facility was clobbered by the Hurricane. But that's not what happened; ...

Rations Relief
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
Today four trucks from the state of Quintana Roo arrived in Belize to hand over around one hundred thousand Belize dollars worth of food supplies and cots ...

We'll Be Right Back…
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
And while BEL is getting its national system fully restored - on a smaller scale, so are we at Channel 7. As we told you last night, our broadcasting tower ...

Shot by Man He Tried To Rob, And Now Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
Twenty three year old Shawn Edwards, one of two men who allegedly attempted to rob "Pica-meh" Bar and was shot in the process, could hardly walk when he ...

No Home On The Bluefield Range
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
Those three men went under at Bluefield Range a single island 21 miles southeast of Belize that came directly under the storm's eye. ...

Power Gradually Being Restored, Schools Slowly Re-open
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
And now, about school: On Wednesday classes will reopen for some schools in the Belize district - while others have to be delayed until Thursday, ...

Lost At Sea: One Rescued/One Dead/One Still Missing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
Three men went missing at sea in the Bluefield Range area 20 miles south of Belize City on Sunday. First, the good news: one of the men, Edmond Ford has ...

From A Distance and Up Close
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
Last night we had many gripping stories of storm survival from the seafront community in the Yabra area. That coastal area experienced driving winds and a ...

Housing Relief On The Way
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
The ministry works in charge of the restoring of the homes that were damaged in Belize City alone. In the other districts and villages that will be done by ...

For Those Making Insurance Claims….
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
Since the storm hit, we've shown you homes that were damaged by the storm - and most of them didn't have insurance. Tonight those folks are ...

Espejo Doing His Part
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
Earlier we showed you the container of rations that came into city hall - courtesy our neighbors to the north. And while the city council will distribute ...

MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BURGLARY
LoveFM - ‎10/26/10‎
Young said when he returned to Belize and went to his house he saw that entry was gained by a window that was forced open. Young said the burglars cleaned ...

HURRICANE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT BEGINS
LoveFM - ‎10/26/10‎
In other words in the Belize city area where there is extensive damage in Port Loyal, in Collet, in Balama especially phase four so in the Freetown ...

SEA ORDEAL ENDS IN DEATH
LoveFM - ‎10/26/10‎
Gregory Soberanis at the Belize National Coast Guard tells us more. “Approximately two o'clock yesterday evening the coastguard received a call from a Mr. ...

MAN MAULED TO DEATH BY JAGUAR
LoveFM - ‎10/26/10‎
The Fosters, with help from the Forestry Department and Belize Zoo are working feverishly to recapture the animal. According to Wildlife Officer ...

BELTRAIDE OFFICE SUFFERS FIRE DAMAGE
LoveFM - ‎10/26/10‎
Police reports are that around nine o'clock last night they saw Belize Trade and Investment Development Services' office on Orchid Street engulfed in flames ...

Jaguar escaped in hurricane blamed in Belize death
The Associated Press - ‎10/26/10‎
BELIZE CITY (AP) — A jaguar that escaped from its cage at a Belize animal rescue center during Hurricane Richard has been blamed in the mauling death of a ...

Mexico - President Calderón to Participate in 12th Tuxtla Mechanism of ...
ISRIA (registration) - ‎10/26/10‎
The Summit will also be attended by the Heads of State and Government of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and ...

NEMO's Findings
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
But like we said Hurricane Richard cut a wide swath across south-central into western Belize, affecting the Stann Creek, Belize and Cayo districts - even ...

Storm stories…..
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
"It was an experience for us that we never experience before because we never see Belize like this before. We always thought that a hurricane was just ...

The Power Outage Situation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
According to a press release sent out by the company late this evening, Hurricane Richard has caused downed lines and damaged poles in the Belize and Cayo ...

The Sweep Of The Storm Threat
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
... the storm at first seemed like it would make a bee-line for Dangriga - and then it jogged slightly north to make landfall just south of Belize City. ...

What it is now/the storm in city
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/26/10‎
For those living in parts of Southern, Central and Western Belize, the storm was a terror, descending with merciless winds and hammering the Belize district ...

10/22/10

10 Year Old Shot In City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/10‎
Because we are not even sure where we are in Belize. They are shooting people; you see how that 8 yr. old little died?

The Other Alleged Stuart Killer
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/10‎
He is 35 year old Eli Lopez Avila, a Honduran National from St. Matthews Village with no immigration status in Belize - meaning, he's an illegal alien. ...

BTB Takes On Another Prickly Matter: The Tourist Trap At FSTV
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/10‎
According to the BTIa and the BTB, it's giving Belize - as a tourist product a bad name: "Statistically that guest will get off the ship and go on an ...

Martial Arts Masters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/10‎
A team from the House of Shotokan Karate Academy was in Taylor Michigan last week to represent Belize at the Detroit National Karate Championship - which ...

The Bible In Kriol?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/10‎
In most places you visit in Belize, English may not be spoken, but Creole usually is…. But can the word of God that's contained in the bible also be ...

TS Richard Sets Sights On Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/10‎
The weather system that sits 409 miles southeast of Belize city is only a tropical Storm tonight, but the weather experts when the storm hits Belize - and ...

Police Crime Ring Resurrected In Cayo?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/10‎
is alleged to have called constable Jermaine Mangar to a spot on Baymen Avenue in Belize City to collect the proceeds of a robbery. According to the Star, ...

Placencia, Paradise At The Crossroads: Cruise Tourism Problems & Possibilities
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/10‎
"If you take it from the example we have in Belize City it does not look good for the locals because as far as I can see in Belize its only the bigger ...

Medical Meeting To Discuss Trauma Management
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/22/10‎
Belize Medical and Dental Congress did just that. Doctors, nurses, medical students and medical professionals from throughout the Americas converged on the ...

SHARLETT BAILEY CHARGED WITH FOUR INDICTABLE OFFENCES
LoveFM - ‎10/22/10‎
Sherlett Bailey, an unemployed of Belize City, was charged with four indictable offences when he appeared today in Magistrate's Court. ...

TROPICAL STORM RICHARD HEADS TOWARDS BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/22/10‎
The entire coast of Belize is in the cone of uncertainty as Tropical Storm Richard has begun its westward track towards our area. Forecasters at the Belize ...

CITRUS PRODUCTS OF BELIZE RECEIVES LICENCE TO PROCESS CITRUS
LoveFM - ‎10/22/10‎
The Citrus Products of Belize Limited has received its license to process citrus for the 2010-11 crop. The agreement was made on Wednesday after a meeting ...

DFC HOLDS ANNUAL SENIOR OFFICERS CONFERENCE
LoveFM - ‎10/22/10‎
The Belize Defence Force held its annual senior officers conference on October 20 and 21 at Fairweather Camp in Punta Gorda Town. ...

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTS DISCUSSION ON EUROPEAN AND CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP
LoveFM - ‎10/22/10‎
The project is financed by the European Commission and is being led by Toscana Promozione, the Economic Promotion Agency of Tuscany, Italy and Belize has ...

INTERNATIONAL CREDIT UNION DAY CELEBRATED
LoveFM - ‎10/22/10‎
Credit Union Week was declared open on Sunday by Vice President of the Belize Credit Union League John Morris. “This year event organizers have chosen the ...

WANTED MAN DETAINED IN SAN PEDRO HAS BEEN NAMED
LoveFM - ‎10/22/10‎
According to the authorities after fleeing in 2008, Cover continued his scams in Panama, Costa Rica and Belize, and used a variety of aliases, including RJ ...

Cabinet approves smoke-free spaces implementation
Amandala - ‎10/22/10‎
“Welcome to a very important milestone for Belize and the Ministry of Health. Today we launch our tobacco-free space initiative and we want your support. ...

Rosy Muñoz, 13, missing for the 2nd time
Amandala - ‎10/22/10‎
On Friday, October 15, 2010, we met Muñoz at her sister's home in Belize City. Muñoz had told us that she had run away to Belmopan and had been living there ...

Court of Appeal Justice, Hon. Elliot Mottley, resigns
Amandala - ‎10/22/10‎
Yesterday, the Bench and Bar Association of Belize congregated in the courtroom of the Chief Justice to pay their respects to the President of the Belize ...

Boyce attempts to stop sale of BTL shares; awaits Court of Appeal ruling
Amandala - ‎10/22/10‎
Young also clarified that under Belize law, it is a requirement, affirmed by the judiciary, that even if the proceeds of the sale of shares were to be set ...

Appeal Court hears application to halt sale of BTL
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/22/10‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow described the offering for sale to the public of Belize Telemedia Limited shares at $5.00 ...

Appeal Court President admits resignation is because of Constitutional amendment
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/22/10‎
In the 29 years since Belize became independent, no government has passed so many amendments to the Constitution in ...

Caribbean Countries Seek to Increase FDIs
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service - ‎10/22/10‎
It brought together representatives from Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Belize, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, ...

With eye on Belmopan, PUP shows muscle in Dangriga
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/22/10‎
The party put forward a resolution on the Independence of the Belize Judiciary. The resolution says in part that it is alarmed by the breakdown of the rule ...

Did the DPP release a killer in Gabriel Salazar?
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/22/10‎
In that armed robbery, the worst in the history of Belize, an organized group of armed men stormed into the bank. They shot and killed the security guard, ...

Rice farmers want changes at Bid Falls
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/22/10‎
This loan would enable BMDC [Belize Management and Development Corporation] to pay our farmers in full and give BMDC a chance to recover. ...

GOB offers Belizeans tax-free dividends on BTL investments
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/22/10‎
A little more than a year after it nationalized Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) the government of Belize, which now holds ...

US fugitive capture in Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/22/10‎
The arrest was a collaboration between the United States Embassy in Belize and the San Pedro Police, who said the arrest went down smoothly and no one was ...

Ambushed and murder on Burrel Boom Road claims the life of young woman prison ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/22/10‎
They intended to get off at the Hattieville Roundabout on the Western Highway to catch a bus to Belize City. Prison Officer Miriam Gillett was a promising ...

10/21/10

Stealing Purse With Ten Dollars, Man Goes To Jail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
Twenty six year old Rosendo Nunez, charged with theft and harm, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty today in the Magistrate's Court as his accuser 44 ...

“Game Change” At BTB
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
She promised to shake things up - which was not an option but a necessity - since for the past two years - Belize's tourism industry has been on a downturn ...

Ministry of Education Makes the Rounds
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
The Ministry of Education says this initiative is critical to the development of the education system in Belize. Today some of those students told us why ...

Man Arrested For Broad Daylight Shooting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
One week ago, we told you about a broad daylight shooting on Faber's Road when two men were hit. Well now, police have made an arrest. ...

TS Richard Staring Down Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
Tonight tropical storm Richard is hovering in the Caribbean sea 527 miles south east of Belize in the Caribbean sea, and the truth is, right now no one ...

Reports: Another Arrest In Stuart Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
We'll keep following the story. A mass of thanksgiving for the Stuart's will be held on Saturday morning in Belize City.

Developer's Plans For Billy Barquedier Park
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
Last night we told you how Steadfast villagers stopped NEAC from going into the Billy Barquedier National Park for a site inspection. ...

Home Invader Arrested
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
Twenty four year old Ronlee Petillo, who allegedly entered the house of 43 year old Emelia Palacio with a gun, was charged with aggravated burglary and harm ...

Unsung Heroes Have Their Praises Sung
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
"The Belize Christian Efforts Girls Home was established and license in 2004 by Mr. Tyler's parents; Millicent and Nelson Tyler Sr. It is located on ...

Reading For Kids
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
And in the end there can only be one winner - and that was Sasha Gabb from Belize City. 2nd place went to Grace Young and Patricia Jones - also from Belize ...

Cpl. Gavin Sanchez's Wife Speaks Out
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
Last night we told you that the Director of Public Prosecutions had taken the decision not to bring charges against Sergeant Paulino Reyes who shot and ...

Results Of State Visit To Mexico
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/21/10‎
Additionally a team of Mexican business owners will visit Belize in February of next year to explore trade and investment opportunities on the way to ...

One Plus One Not Equal to Two- Coye's ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
On New Year's Eve 2008, Financial Intelligence Unit officials, armed with warrants, collaborated with the Belize Police Department and raided the home of ...

PM Barrow's First Official Visit - Leads Government Delegation to Mexico
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
The Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. Dean Barrow, was accompanied by his wife, Kim Simplis-Barrow as he led a delegation of government officials to Mexico on ...

Four charged in connection with missing ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
On October 8, 18-year-old Raylene Dyer of Belize City disappeared along with her three month old baby girl, Ravonna Dyer. The child was later found in ...

Yellowman leads CITCO in Interoffice Softball
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
The Belize City Interoffice Softball Competition continued at Rogers Stadium the home of softball in Belize with a number of games over the last week of ...

St. Catherine, Anglican Cathedral, Nazar...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
The championship series, which will utilize the best of three format, is scheduled to commence on Thursday October 21, at the Belize City Centre. ...

Darnell Barrow takes Saturday race
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
The Belize Cycling Association sponsored its usual Saturday race on October 16, 2010. This 42 miles event saw the participation of some 13 riders. ...

Central Region Secondary Schools Volleyb...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
The 2010-2011 Central Region Secondary Schools Volleyball Competition's regular season came to an end on Saturday October 16, at the Belize City Centre. ...

More Land for Port Loyolans
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

President of the Belize Court of Appeal retires
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
The President of the Belize Court of Appeal, Justice Elliot Mottley, will be retiring from the Court effective 31 December, 2010. Justice Mottley has been ...

Deputy Prime Minister Vega inaugurates new Passport Office in Chicago, Illinois
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
Gaspar Vega formally opened a new facility within the Honorary Consulate of Belize in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. This facility is equipped ...

Lotto Winner Hesitant to Collect Prize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
Aguilar has been playing Lotto for many years now ever since it started in Belize. About two years ago she had a dream from which she got the numbers that ...

Bachelor Degree Program at UB in San Pedro
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Security Cameras Repaired
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

THEN & NOW
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
It was the voters of Belize who took away your jobs and kicked the whole bunch of you corrupt characters out of office. You might still remember that night ...

BTL Shares for Sale - $5 each
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
On Friday October 15th, after much anticipation from potential investors and the general public, government announced the sale of shares in Belize Telemedia ...

Milton Darinel Maza Charged for Murder of the Stuarts
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/21/10‎
Police have moved swiftly to make an arrest for one of the most horrific acts in Belize's recent memory. We have sadly grown accustomed to gang war ...

10/20/10

Belize Bank, Turks And Caicos, Not Belize Bank, Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
Well, the Belize Bank has taken issue with that assertion. Bank President Phil Johnson wrote us a letter saying that the loan was not made by the Belize ...

The Launch Of “Smoke Free Spaces”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
Did you know that each year thirty seven percent of deaths in Belize are related to cancer and other tobacco related diseases? A 2008 survey conducted by ...

Police Shoot Police 9 Times: “It Was Self Defence”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
It stirred public outrage when Corporal Gavin Sanchez was killed in March of 2010 inside the San Pedro police station compound; he was shot 9 times by ...

The Man Accused Of The Stuart Double Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
Twenty four year old former employee of Richard and Maria Stuart, Milton Daniel Maza, was today charged for the couple's murder. ...

Bad News For SKYPE Fans
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
Presently those services are blocked in Belize - and many wonder if government will liberalize the use of these VOIP providers - while others worry that if ...

Wesley: Drug Free Like We Want To Be
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
... and today Wesley's school's six hundred and eighty three students marched through the city's street with banners - shouting for a Drug Free Belize. ...

Standing Strong In Steadfast
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
You might not know about Steadfast Village - it's in the Stann Creek District at mile 17 on the Hummingbird Highway, home to about 500 people not known for ...

No File, No Trial For Accused Killer
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
The disappearance of the original deposition for the trial of Wesley Emmanuel and Jesse James Ochoa, charged with the murder of Orlando Gomez, has prevented ...

Jury: Killer Guilty, Not Of Murder, But Manslaughter
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
A jury of 7 women and 5 men deliberated for about four and a half hours today in the court of Justice Herbert Lord before it found thirty four year old Ted ...

Court Of Appeal President Mottley Resigns In Discontent
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
It was then that I discovered that the terms and condition of my appointment as president of the Court of Appeal of Belize had been unilaterally altered and ...

Renewal in Historic St. Ann's
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/20/10‎
... 1920 when chicle and logwood industries thrived in that area, St Ann's is one of the oldest villages along the old northern highway in the Belize District.

MURDER CONVICTION REDUCED TO MANSLAUGHTER
LoveFM - ‎10/20/10‎
... of murder and had his sentence reduced to manslaughter by the Privy Council, was sentenced to fifteen years today by the Belize Court of Appeal. ...

CONTROVERSY CONTINUES TO CLOUD TELEMEDIA
LoveFM - ‎10/20/10‎
The public offering of shares in Belize Telemedia Limited was launched on Friday of last week. But controversy surrounding the company continues. ...

INCREASE ANNOUNCED IN PRICE OF BUTANE GAS
LoveFM - ‎10/20/10‎
For consumers in Belize City and the Corozal District the new price is 114 dollars, 115 dollars in Orange Walk Town, 116 dollars in Belmopan and San Ignacio ...

WORLD STATISTICS DAY OBSERVED TODAY
LoveFM - ‎10/20/10‎
Communication and Marketing Officer at the Statistical Institute of Belize, Areini Palacio-Morgan tells us more. “The Statistical Institute of Belize joins ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH CAMPAIGNS AGAINST SMOKING IN PUBLIC
LoveFM - ‎10/20/10‎
It is a combination of everything together so this will be a good thing for the Belize. Let's start to work on this. Please do not smoke. ...

APAMO CONCERNED OVER RE-DIRECTING OF PACT FUNDS
LoveFM - ‎10/20/10‎
The concerns rose after PACT issued grants on October 6th to two protected areas management organizations but also to the Belize Fishermen Cooperative ...

Flash Flood Warning extending...... more rains through Friday
Caribbean Hurricane Network - ‎10/20/10‎
The computer models have the system wandering to the west and south of Jamaica before affecting Belize - Yucatan Peninsula area. Luckily, the system is not a ...

10/19/10

Mexico - Belize Hails President Calderón's Leadership
ISRIA (registration) - ‎10/19/10‎
Prime Minister of Belize, Dean O. Barrow, hailed President Felipe Calderón's leadership in Federal Government's fight to restore safety in the country. ...

Richard Stuart's Alleged Killer Confesses
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
And 7news has confirmed that police have also gotten a confession from the alleged killer of Richard and Maria Stuart. The case started to come together ...

Transparency and Accountability: not Just Buzzwords
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
We always hear plenty about transparency particularly as a mandate of the Barrow administration. But the truth is that since this government went to ...

Stevens Freed Of Murder Charge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
Twenty one year old Kareem Stevens, one of three men charged with the murder of Nigerian National Kaluru Ogunlududu, was freed of the charge today in the #1 ...

West Landivar Store Robbed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
A broad daylight arm robbery took place yesterday at Eric's Store on Bachelor Avenue. It happened a little after ten yesterday morning. ...

PM Vehicle “Wet”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
And while the Prime Minister is in Mexico - his Toyota Land Cruiser reportedly took a dip near his home yesterday morning around 9:00. ...

Palma Accused, Fam Says He Did Not Do It
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
Twenty year old Calvin Palma, a laborer of T-Street who allegedly robbed 32 year old pizza delivery man Pablo Coc at gunpoint and stole his motorcycle and ...

PICAME Robbers Got Something They Never Expected
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
On Friday, the 15 of October, around 9:55 pm 39 year old Jose Santos Acosta, owner of Picame Bar located on Mosul Street, was inside his business when he ...

These Burglars Are So Busted!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
If you live in Belize City and you passed the much trafficked Belcan roundabout this morning - you would have seen a small car, mashed up against the ...

Got Crazy With Cops
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
According to thirty three year old Police Corporal Daniel Lawrence, on Friday October 15th he was walking with Cyril Jones around 10 pm on Mahogany Street ...

PM Barrow in Mexico
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
The government of Belize has not provided any details of his trip - but the Mexican government has posted video and photographs on their website. ...

Prison Warden Was Killed And Then Robbed?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
Last night we told you about 32 year old Miriam Gillett, the prison warden who was killed on Friday night - while two other wardens were injured - in a ...

Where Raylene Was Killed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/19/10‎
We have now recorded 105 murders for 2010 - which makes it the most murderous year in Belize's history - eclipsing the 103 murders recorded in 2008. ...

EX SERVICES LEAGUE LAUNCHES POPPY APPEAL
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
The Belize Ex-Services League today launched the Scarlet Poppy appeal. The poppy is a symbol and tribute to all the men who lost their lives in World War I ...

MORE TROUBLE BREWING IN THE CITRUS INDUSTRY
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
Yesterday CEO of the Citrus Growers' Association Dr. Henry Anderson told Love News that a notice from Belize Citrus Mutual was bound to cause confusion ...

ANGLICAN DIOCESE OPENS SYNOD
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
What we will be doing from the nineteenth today when the synod opens until the twenty forth is to look at what the church in the diocese of Belize has been ...

WORKSHOP FOCUSING ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY UNDERWAY
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
The Government of Belize and the Inter-American Development Bank are today holding a workshop to present the fiscal transparency and responsibility ...

THREE MEN DETAINED FOLLOWING LADYVILLE BURGLARY
LoveFM - ‎10 hours ago‎
They followed them to Belize City but before the culprits could make it around the Belcan round about they crashed into one of the side rails. ...

President of the Court of Appeal Justice Elliot Mottley to retire at end of 2010
Amandala - ‎10/19/10‎
On Friday, the Government of Belize issued a press release formally announcing the retirement of Justice Elliot Mottley, 71, originally of Barbados, ...

Mother murdered for 3-month-old baby?
Amandala - ‎10/19/10‎
Belize City police had ordered Cahueque's arrest on Thursday, October 14, 2010. She was in Corozal, but police transported her to the Crimes Investigation ...

Murder most foul on Graduate Crescent
Amandala - ‎10/19/10‎
One of Belize's well-known attorneys, Richard Stuart, 43, a former Family Court Magistrate, and his wife, Maria, were stabbed to death on Saturday night in ...

BTL shares for sale, $500 a batch
Amandala - ‎10/19/10‎
The Government of Belize opened the sale Friday of 22 million shares in Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL)—amounting to roughly 45% of the company, ...

Experts Share Experiences on Climate Change and Tourism
Focus on Travel News - ‎10/19/10‎
Nadia Blood, from the WWF office in Belize mentioned the urgency to diminish the emission of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, because with a raise of 2° ...

Suspect held in murder of Belize lawyer, wife
Stabroek News - ‎10/19/10‎
By Stabroek editor A former employee of murdered Guyana-trained Belizean lawyer Richard Stuart and his wife, Maria has been held in Belize connection with ...

10/18/10

PUP Convention: Mass Party Rebounding But Division Persists
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/10‎
... to judge the muscle and mass support of a PUP -trying to resurrect the glory days when it was the greatest show - if not on earth - at least in Belize. ...

Bakka Bush/Chukka Tours:
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/10‎
Today Bak-a Bush/Chukka Tours held its first ever press conference to provide information so that the public knows more about the employees and the much ...

Taste of Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/10‎
On Saturday The Belize Tourism Board held its 9th annual Taste of Belize Competition in which Chefs and Bartenders from all across the country compete to ...

Attorney And Wife Stabbed To Death Inside Home
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/10‎
... a well-secured home, and Stuart was a well known, well-liked professional, an ardent UDP and former chairman of the Belize Advisory Council. ...

A Savage, Staged, Coordinated Attack On Prison Wardens
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/10‎
The 3 Prison Officers had just left work - at the Belize Central Prison and was travelling on the Boom Hattieville Road - heading for Belize City. ...

18 Year Old Mother Was Killed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/18/10‎
And while the brutal outlandishness of that killing has dominated the headlines and remains the hottest topic of discussion, an armed assault on a group of ...

PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY CONVENTION CONFIRMS NEW EXECUTIVE
LoveFM - ‎10/18/10‎
Just today we heard about a husband and wife being brutally murdered in Belize City and my sympathies goes to, I knew him personally and to his family. ...

PROMINENT LAWYER AND HIS WIFE STABBED TO DEATH
LoveFM - ‎10/18/10‎
Prominent Belize City lawyer, forty three year old Richard Stuart and his wife Maria are the latest victims of the spiraling crime wave in Belize. ...

QUICK RESPONSE BY POLICE NABS SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS
LoveFM - ‎10/18/10‎
Quick response by Police in San Ignacio has led to the apprehension of a Belize City man following reports of an armed robbery on Sunday. ...

WESTERN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT LEAVES MOTORCYCLISTS BADLY INJURED
LoveFM - ‎10/18/10‎
They were later transferred to Belize Healthcare Partners in Belize City where they are reported to be in critical condition.

SUGAR CITY CHOSEN AS THE BEST OF BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎10/18/10‎
The pomp and pageantry on Saturday night brought together the best of Belize's service industry to recognize the nation's top taste tempters. ...

MEN CHARGED FOR ILLEGLLY LANDING PLANE IN SARTENEJA VILLAGE
LoveFM - ‎10/18/10‎
33-year-old Ezekiel Tillett of Corozal Town, 39-year-old Emmanuel Matthews, a mechanic of the Belize District, 36-year-old Michael Logan of Corozal District ...

SECOND LOTTO JACKPOT WINNER PICKS UP WINNINGS
LoveFM - ‎10/18/10‎
Carla Aguilar, a domestic living in Belize City, says the numbers came to her in a dream. The numbers that you dreamt, are those the exact numbers that you ...

10/15/10

Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals - living and extinct
ScienceBlogs (blog) - ‎10/15/109‎
This animal is a Puma Puma concolor, photographed in Belize in 2002 by a remote camera (the photo comes via Marcella Kelly and has featured widely ...

Shooting Victim Dies
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
In yesterday's newscast we reported on 25 year old Steve Parks who was shot to the back of his head while waiting for food in front of Favorite's Store in ...

If you Didn't See 7News Last Night….
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
Last night many of you didn't see 7 News at the Regular time because of a massive black-out in various areas of the city - which caused a power outage at ...

Appeal Court President Says A Sudden Sayonara
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
A government release thanks Justice Mottley for his valuable services to Belize and wishes him a happy retirement. And while it is well to see his ...

Fatal Road Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
52 year old Trevor Lofter, a construction worker of Ladyville was knocked down and killed last night. It happened around 10:15 between miles 11 and 12 on ...

Ten Percent Offered to BTL Employees
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
But included in that reserved 50% is ten percent for BTL employees. Under the Ashcroft-allied Sunshine Trust scheme - those employees were said to have been ...

A Family Mourns For Man Killed In Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
Nicolas was transported to Belize City but died on the way - while Pandy was pronounced dead at the Western Regional Hospital hours later. ...

The Question of Compensation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
... then and the price at which at which we are selling now, and it will not be a difference that will be negative for the government and people of Belize."

BTL Says “Bye-Bye” To 22.5 Million US Dollars In Belize Bank Debt
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
And while PM Barrow claims the former owners will not get what they want on the compensation - today's prospectus also dropped a bomb on the Belize Bank. ...

Making Peace In A Time Of War
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
Since its inception in 1995, the folks at CYDP can tell you that it is no easy work in the streets of Belize City. The organization was doing mediation work ...

New Social Studies Book Launched
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
Together" series- The Social Studies books for lower division. The Series seeks to prepare children for life by helping them develop self-esteem, ...

Injured Toledo Residents Recovering
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
Our colleagues at PG TV have sent us pictures of the two Toledo men who were shot by Xateros. 59 year old Ermelino Cho, the alcalde of San Jose Village, ...

Telemedia For Sale: $5 Per Share.
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
14 Months ago on August 28, 2009 - the government nationalized BTL. Regardless of what may come and what has passed, it was and will remain the boldest, ...

Gabriel Salazar, No Charge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/15/109‎
Earlier this week, twenty three year old Gabriel Salazar was flown in as a Belize's most wanted but tonight - in an incredible turn of events - the Cayo ...

BELIZE CITY SHOOING LEAVES ONE MAN INJURED
LoveFM - ‎10/15/109‎
25 year old Joel Bishop of Belize City reported to police that while he was walking on Lavender Street he felt a sudden pain and realized that he was shot ...

SHOOTING VICTIM SUCCUMBS TO HIS INJURIES
LoveFM - ‎10/15/109‎
“He was working the night shift at the Belize Flower Mill. On his way home at 11 he stopped at a Chinese restaurant to get something. ...

TELEMEDIA SHARES GO ON SALE
LoveFM - ‎10/15/109‎
This morning the government announced the opening of the offer for the sale of shares in Belize Telemedia Limited. The opening comes a little over a year ...

MICHAEL WHITE FACES BURGLARY CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎10/15/109‎
White was unable to meet bail so he was remanded into custody at Belize Central Prison.The incident occurred around 9:30 am on Wednesday October 13. ...

“We were the best of the Caribbean.”
Amandala - ‎10/15/109‎
Through this teamwork, we were able to make history for our country Belize in getting not one but two finishers in the race (Our first goal). ...

Public concern rises after more pit bull attacks
Amandala - ‎10/15/109‎
legislation extracted from Section 4 subsection 1 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act of The Substantive Laws of Belize Revised Edition 2000. ...

Belize challenges preliminary IMF report
Amandala - ‎10/15/109‎
The report, based on a June-July 2010 visit to Belize, is already due out. In an interview with Amandala today, Prime Minister Barrow said that the report ...

Ashcroft under fire in BBC documentary
Turks and Caicos Weekly News - ‎10/15/109‎
Ashcroft's Millions scrutinised his business activities in both TCI and Belize – countries for which he holds citizenship along with Britain. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/15/109‎
... the historians and spin doctors, the same way the black woodcutters in the 1819 coat-of-arms have become red and yellow on Belize's 2010 national flag. ...

Probe into Middle Caicos land deal “well advanced”
Turks and Caicos Weekly News - ‎10/15/109‎
Land transfer documents reflect the $7.5m lien but also indicate a first charge of $12.5m registered against the land by Belize Bank, now British Caribbean ...

Too much government corruption!
Amandala - ‎10/15/109‎
Most, including me, are concerned about the violent crime in Belize. But we are unwilling to tackle corruption, one of the contributors to violent crime. ...

Belize lockdown
Amandala - ‎10/15/109‎
There is a social, financial, political and religious elite in Belize which has everything under lockdown. That is why the small fish are sometimes arrested ...

Why does DOE love BECOL so?
Amandala  - ‎10/15/109‎
Belize Institute of Environmental Law and Policy (BELPO) received many calls from people concerned about the dams and whether they would be safe in the ...

3 Guat xatéros shoot, chop 2 Belizeans
Amandala - ‎10/15/109‎
Amandala understands that police and Belize Defence Force (BDF) soldiers were dispatched to the area but have so far turned up nothing. ...

Corruption at Immigration Department!!
Amandala - ‎10/15/109‎
More importantly, there is now a moratorium on non-Cuban persons and particularly Chinese persons to obtain visas from the Belize Embassy in Cuba. ...

Canton covets $5 mil BNE trust
Amandala - ‎10/15/109‎
In the last edition of Amandala, we reported on the impasse between the Government of Belize and Belize Natural Energy (BNE) over the administration of a $5 ...

Suspected drug plane lands in Sarteneja Village?
Amandala - ‎10/15/109‎
Nevertheless, the drug plane landed on an open field near the town of Sarteneja, Belize. According to the police of that country, it managed to unload a ...

Drug plane lands in Sarteneja
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/15/109‎
... aircraft was seen flying at a very low altitude over Chetumal around 10:00 pm Mexican time (9:00 Belize time) and the southern frontier zone of Mexico. ...

Customs seize 320 drums of suspect chemicals
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/15/109‎
The Belize Customs Department have seized a 40-foot container with 320 drums of a substance believed to be ...

Six arrested in Chinese immigration scam! Officials looking "higher up" for ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/15/109‎
... officers have been charged in an elaborate human trafficking case involving 33 Chinese nationals who entered Belize using fake Japanese passports. ...

Belize District schools march to stop the violence
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/15/109‎
The Belize District Association of Primary Principals organized the demonstration to make the students more aware of the pain many Belizeans are suffering ...

Shyne Questions Authenticity of Rick Ross' Lyrics
DimeWars - ‎10/15/109‎
The Belizian emcee went off about Ross' past employment as a corrections officer, explaining why he took shots at the Miami rapper on the song 'Belize,' ...

First they kill her daughter; next they burn her home! "It's too much ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/15/109‎
The Belize Fire Department has concluded the fire was the result of a malicious act, but has not been able to determine what caused the fire.

No money for Toledo bumper rice crop! Suggestion: get a loan from SSB
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/15/109‎
However, the problem came this week when the Belize Management and Development Corporation (BMDC) informed farmers that the corporation had run out of money ...

Fugitive returned to Belize
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/15/109‎
Gabriel Salazar, 24 a fugitive wanted in Belize for numerous crimes including murder, bank robbery and other offences, ...

"I had to do it", Dennis Quilter of his 8th successful jail-break
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/15/109‎
He was on the run until August 18, when he was recaptured in Belize City. On the night of April 11, Dennis Quilter, Luis Cocom, Juan Melendez, ...

Belize sends Jessel to Miss World Pageant
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/15/109‎
Belize has sent a representative to participate in the Miss World Pageant in Sanya, China this year. Twenty-two-year-old Jessel Monique ...

Charitable Trust Fund sitting on $5 million! Let's work this out, Chairman ...
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/15/109‎
The Belize Natural Energy Charitable Trust Fund is not working, because of a conflict within the Board of Trustees. ...

Alfaro - New Reporter Winner!
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/15/109‎
A weekly reader, Alfaro bought his paper from a vendor in front of the Belize Bank last Friday, October 8. The very next day he travelled to Cancun. ...

10/14/10

Broad Daylight Shooting In Belize City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
Earlier on we told you about a shooting last night that left a city man in critical condition. This morning on the city's southside, shots rang out again, ...

Two Tower Riggers Killed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
Pandy was pronounced dead at the western regional hospital while Keith Nicholas was rushed to Belize City. But his injuries were too extensive and he died ...

18 Year Old Mother Still Unaccounted For
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
Last night we told you about eighteen year old Raylene Dyer who has been missing since Friday night, well up to news time today she is still missing. ...

Shot by Xateros!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
And from that tragic industrial accident to a violent and shocking armed assault in the Colombia River Forest Reserve in Southern Belize. ...

The Vision Of BCVI
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
That's a lofty goal, but it begins one eye test at a time….and Here in Belize we did our part; The BCVI partnered with The Belize Diabetes Association to ...

Drug Plane Lands In The North: Police Mum
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
And now to the north, where there is a report of a loaded drug plane making a landing at the Sarteneja airstrip last night. A Mexican newspaper from ...

“Boxing, Boxing!....”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
"Boxing has been dormant in Belize for many years. I was approach by Mr. Smart and he ask, Mr. Michael I have a gym, I have some guys training there, ...

Money Laundering Case Collapses In Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
Since 2008, we have presented dozens of stories on the Coye Family, their Moneygram franchise and the money laundering charges against them. ...

Accused Killer Pleads Guilty
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
Johnson and Westby retrieved the boat with Smith's body in it and towed it to Belize City. The police said Moh gave them a caution statement and took them ...

Critical Man's Family Wants Revenge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
Tonight a 25 year old working man is undergoing emergency surgery at Belize Healthcare Partners after he was shot last night. Steve Parks was heading home ...

Arrested For Preschool Burglary
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/14/10‎
She remanded the adults to Belize Central Prison and the minors to Youth Hostel. They are to return to court on November 15th. Kenroy Young has a previous ...

ACCIDENT IN ST. MARGARETS VILLAGE TURNS DEADLY
LoveFM - ‎10/14/10‎
... where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Nicolas was rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where he passed away before he arrived in Belize City.

TWO ADULTS AND TWO MINORS CHARGED WITH HANDLING STOLEN GOODS
LoveFM - ‎10/14/10‎
She remanded the adult to the Belize Central Prison and the minors to Youth Hostel. They are to return to court on November 15. Kenroy Young who said he is ...

FORMER LION CLUB MEMBER PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING
LoveFM - ‎10/14/10‎
The court case between expelled Lion Member, Kainie Manuel of San Pedro Town and the Zone 59 Lions Organization of Belize came to an end on Friday October ...

A THIEF OR THIEVES MAKE OFF WITH BEL UNDERGROUND CABLE
LoveFM - ‎10/14/10‎
Residents in the Rural Belize District were subjected to a fifteen hour power outage on Tuesday after BEL reported yet another equipment theft. ...

SHOOTING INCIDENT REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎10/14/10‎
It is no longer a rare occurrence when innocent people are caught in the crossfire as the gun violence in Belize City continues to escalate, ...

Katy Sealy sets new national record in t...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
Katy Sealy, is the first Belizean female to have represent Belize at any major International Games in the Heptathlon Competition. ...

League leaders maintain lead in Caribbea...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
The Belize Premier Football League Caribbean Motors Cup tournament continued over the weekend with games across the country. On Saturday October 9, ...

Central Region Volleyball continues at the Belize City Centre
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
The Central Region Secondary Schools Volleyball Competition for the 2010-2011 school year continues at the Belize City Centre. On Saturday October 9, ...

Male U-15 National Basketball Team vs. S...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
As the U-15 National Basketball Selection continues to prepare for the upcoming CENTROBASKET tournament in Chiapas Mexico (November 1 – 6), The Belize ...

Gregory Lovell and Edgar Arana completes Commonwealth Games Road Race
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

David Henderson captures 6th Annual OW By-Pass Criterium
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
The Belize Cycling Association in conjunction with the Orange Walk Central Sporting Committee held its 6th Annual Orange Walk By-Pass Criterium on Monday ...

BTL ready for sale
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
The government of Belize has sent out a notice that as of Friday October 15 shares in BTL will be made available for sale to anyone who is interested. ...

Preliminary Inquiry in Case against Mayor Moya-Flowers Comes to an End - Dr ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
... ongoing inquiry that the Mayor wanted to obstruct by referring to statements from the Financial Controller of the Belize City Council, Patrick Tillett. ...

Half the Luck Way Better than No Luck in Lotto
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
She said that she has played Lotto from it started in Belize and always believed she would win and get that much deserved shot of luck. ...

Minister of Agriculture distributes farming supplies to San Antonio Village
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Immigration Officers Charged with Forgery and Aiding
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
The charge reads that Lima, on 3rd of October 2010, at the Phillip Goldson International Airport, Ladyville Village in the Belize Judiciary District, ...

Human Smuggling Ring Caught
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/14/10‎
The officers claimed that they processed the passengers and they had Japanese passports with Belize visas. Singh said that the information placed on the ...

10/13/10

Copper Thieves Continue to Cripple BEL
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
Residents of rural Belize had to endure a 15 hour blackout today and it was due to another incident of theft. It happened at 11:30 last night - when thieves ...

Arrests for Independence Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
... Police are now reporting that they arrested and charged Norris Leslie and Glenmore Stephens of Belize City for the crime of conspiracy to commit murder. ...

Mother Missing, Baby Left With Stranger
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
Late this evening a very worried Indira Cayetano visited us because her eighteen year old sister Raylene Dyer has been missing since Friday night. ...

Border Hopping Belizean Busted In Laredo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
Shortly after, Customs and Border officials found that the documents presented by Lobo were fakes and that he had been deported to Belize in November 2006. ...

City Administrator Clear Of Charges
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
Mayor Zeniada Moya appeared in Magistrate's court today for her ongoing trial on multiple criminal charges - 22 counts of uttering on a false documents and ...

Landy Burns Battling Back Part Two
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
... pay for September, we have eight thousand and change for this one TV company in Belmopan and we four thousand and change for a radio station in Belize. ...

BEYOND THE BORDER
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
Selling the Belize brand as a unique tourist destination has always been a challenge for those in the Tourism industry, but the folks at the Image Factory ...

Education Finance Reform Explained
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
For the past couple of weeks teachers, parents and students have been asking a number of questions about the Secondary School Refinancing Reform. ...

The Downside Of Surviving a Honduran Police Execution
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
24 year old Gabriel Salazar has been Belize's most wanted since the Scotia Bank Armed Robbery in March of this year. He was allegedly one of three armed men ...

LA Reid And Shyne Fall Out
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
When Chairman of Island Def Jam's Record - LA Reid arrived in Belize on February twenty second of this year - it was huge news. ...

Immigration Officers Arraigned
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/13/10‎
Yesterday history was made when police investigators arrested four immigration officers at their workplace in Belize City. Arrest warrants were made for all ...

ELDERLY MAN FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME
LoveFM - ‎10/13/10‎
The body of an unidentified man was found in a house on the Boots Crescent Area of Belize City. Criminal Investigation Branch personnel received a call of ...

BELIZEAN FUGITIVE HANDED OVER TO AUTHORITIES
LoveFM - ‎10/13/10‎
Belizean fugitive Gabriel Salazar wanted by Belize police for murder and the Spanish Lookout Scotiabank robbery arrived in Belize today via the Philip ...

IMMIGRATION SCANDAL CONTINUES TO BE THE SUBJECT OF NATIONAL CONVERSATION
LoveFM - ‎10/13/10‎
We are not talking about unsophisticated people, we are talking about people who understand the guidelines that Belize operated by. They are very savvy, ...

PLOT SURROUNDING MISSING TEENAGER THICKENS
LoveFM - ‎10/13/10‎
She is also registered as Aracely Cahueque at the University of Belize faculty of nursing. Police have so far been unable to locate Gilharry for questioning ...

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE HOSTS WORKSHOP ON FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
LoveFM - ‎10/13/10‎
The idea is to treat the entire region like a country, therefore Belize and Guyana has surplus in terms of production so we try to ship to them what they ...

10/12/10

Landy Burns Battling Back
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Orlando Burns is the embattled government appointed chairman of the Belize Natural Energy Trust. We say embattled because his board of directors is split ...

Lady Luck Smiles On Single Mom
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Less than two weeks after Tropical Gaming paid out $90000 to a single winner on September 30th, two players hit the 5 numbers needed to win last week ...

The Scandal Exposed: Six Immigration Officers Arrested
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
This morning - a very unusual, possibly unprecedented thing happened: police investigators went to the immigration department in Belize City to arrest six ...

Armed Robberies Net Gunmen Major Cash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Police later arrested thirty year old Norris Leslie of Belize City and 29 year old Shawn Ortiz of Bonesville area in Independence Village.

Murders In Belmopan and Independence
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Around three o'clock on Friday afternoon - 44 year old Francisco Villanueva was found dead by his family near his farm on the Rowing River Road in the ...

A Cycle Of Thefts
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Over the weekend three motorcycles were stolen in Belize City, two of them for food delivery couriers. The most recent happened last night. ...

Customs Makes Another Interception
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
The customs department is also making news this evening for the interception of another container of phenyl-acetic acid. You may recall that's one of the ...

Preying On a Preschool
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Today the doors of the Wesley Preschool were closed and children were turned back but it's not because of any approaching hurricane…instead, ...

Belize Makes Some Distinctions At Commonwealth Games
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Well tonight Belize should be proud because we made history, not one but two Belizean Cyclists completed the road race, which is a first for Belize. ...

Alleged Crooked Cop Cleared
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Charges of extortion against a police officer were dismissed today when the complainant failed to appear in court. Twenty five year old police constable ...

Convicted Rapist Gets Off
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
... Belizean originally from Guatemala, who was convicted of carnal knowledge and sentenced to seventeen years, was allowed today by Belize Court of Appeal. ...

Eyannie's Home Burnt Down: Was It Arson?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎6 hours ago‎
One month ago - all of Belize City was plunged into grief when little Eynnaie Nunez was shot and killed as she slept. It was as senseless and merciless a ...

OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE EARLY MORNING FIRE IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
Belize City Fire officials and Police are investigating a fire that destroyed two homes early this morning. The incident occurred at number 36 Zericote ...

TASTE OF BELIZE ONLY DAYS AWAY
LoveFM - ‎11 hours ago‎
The Belize Tourism Board's ninth annual Taste of Belize competition is slated for this Saturday at the ITVET Compound in Belize City. ...

10/8/10

Mental Goes Mainstream
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/10‎
In its efforts to sensitize and educate the general public about mental disorders and mental health The Belize Mental Health Association ...

“We Want Peace, We Want It Now!”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/10‎
Today's march for peace also included the participation of the Mayor of Belize City - Zeniada Moya Flowers and the Mayor of Belmopan - Simeon Lopez - who ...

Three Years Later: A Judgement For Abigail Brinkman's Estate
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/10‎
At the time of her death, Abigail Brinkman who held a masters degree was in Belize doing research on tropical medicine in Punta Gorda Town. ...

The Appearance Of Bias On The Bench?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/10‎
That's over a million Belize dollars less and now Flowers and his attorney Eamon Courtney are crying foul. They have applied to the Court Of Appeal to set ...

Dara Fundraises For Steven Buckley
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/10‎
Assisting the underprivileged has become a life's work for grassroots philanthropist Joel "Dara" Robinson. Recently he's focused on Steven Buckley who was ...

Immigration Redux: The Tough Questions
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/10‎
We note that the number of Japanese visitors to Belize every year is so fractional it is not even recorded under an individual heading in Tourism Board ...

The Game Behind The Game
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/10‎
He live in the United States so basically I decided that, why do we need someone from the States to come to Belize and do this, we live right here so we ...

Escape Artist Sentenced For His Favourite Crime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/10‎
Quilter and four other prisoners escaped from Belize Central Prison in Hattieville around 11:55pm on April 11, 2010. they escaped by forcing open the lock ...

A Taste of Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/10‎
It's that time of year again when the best of the best chefs and bartenders step out of their kitchens and bars to compete in the Taste of Belize Culinary ...

Murder #101 Is Merciless
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/8/10‎
And while children were marching for peace in the city - the killing continued, this time in the capital. Around 3 this afternoon 44 year old Francisco ...

Boxing returns – 7- fight card at Biltmore next Friday night
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
The sport of boxing has been absent from the sporting scene for quite some time in Belize. Because of various problems, including financial, local boxing ...

Interception of Communications Bill debated and passed in Senate
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
... be used to tap even privileged conversations between attorneys and their clients in any sort of detention facility, such as the Belize Central Prison. ...

Diego Witz's suspected cocaine, not cocaine
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
Witz, while free from the drug trafficking charge, was taken back to the Belize Central Prison due to his parole violation.

A holiday at La Milpa Field Station
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
I didn't know much about Belize's jungles until I went to La Milpa, a 260000-acre research station/resort in the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. ...

Rebuttal to lies about the Battle of St. George's Caye 1798
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
These stories fly in the face of historical documents, Belize archives, Mexican archives, British newspapers, Jamaica dispatch: there is no mention of ...

Carlos “Chato” Sucuqui murdered
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
... and even more unbearable is that both have been taken away by the ever-increasing gun violence, which continues to plague the streets of Belize City. ...

BNE and GOB at loggerheads over $5 million trust
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
Chairman of the Belize Natural Energy Charitable Trust, Orlando “Landy” Burns, confirmed to Amandala today that he has received a letter from three ...

$89000 awarded in damages in suit for 2005 diving accident in Placencia
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
At the time of her death, she was in Belize to do research work at a clinic in Punta Gorda Town and was awaiting the results of her Indiana State Medical ...

Prosecution winds down Coye money laundering case
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
... Unit (FIU) finished his testimony by detailing his errand to retired Senior Superintendent of Police George Heusner, Belize's sole handwriting expert, ...

Belize's forests vanishing!
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
We've heard recently of the use of satellite imagery in petroleum exploration work in Belize. Local and global observation systems are now being advanced ...

“Pay me,” says Gilroy Usher, Jr., to the Belize City Council
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
First Stop Pawn Shop is owned by Gilroy Usher, Jr. The establishment has been conducting business with the Belize City Council (BCC), but recently, ...

Boyce fights GOB on BTL sale
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
The Government of Belize has been served with court papers from Dean Boyce, former executive chairman of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), who is asking the ...

Sherlene Sabal's vehicle destroyed by arson
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
And while Sherlene Sabal, paymistress for Belize City Council, is now in a dispute with Gilroy Usher, owner of First Stop Pawn Shop over unpaid money due ...

Caribbean Court of Justice panel accepts 1st Belize case
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
A five-member panel of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), seated in Trinidad and Tobago, today accepted to hear the first Belize case, ...

Paul's quest for national unity
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
The UDP had – “a special dinner” at Old Belize Bar and Grill, to which I was invited. Harry Lawrence of the REPORTER was also present. ...

No more Ashcroft campaign financing for the UDP, says Barrow
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
Ashcroft has been the biggest financier of political campaigns in Belize, both of the Opposition People's United Party (PUP) and the ruling United ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
All the while Belize people had to steal their way “through the back” into the States, the Central American republics around us were enjoying huge visa ...

We need to review the concept of “school projects”
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
I attended St. John's College in Belize City for four years. As far as I can remember, not one time were we involved in any school projects. ...

Dean Boyce sues to stop BTL sale
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
The applicants are Dean Boyce and the British Caribbean Bank against the government of Belize. In this week's civil action, Attorney Smith told The Reporter ...

BNE Trust stalled!
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/8/10‎
The Belize Natural Energy (BNE) Charitable Trust has helped many Belizeans across the country since it was formed in ...

For a second time Dr. Corinth Lewis President of UB
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/8/10‎
Dr. Corinth Morter Lewis, has been re-appointed President of the University of Belize effective Friday, October 1st. ...

US gives Belize US $5 million for police development
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/8/10‎
By Albert Cieg- Staff Reporter The Belize Police Department will benefit from a US$5 million grant to beef up it's capabilities for improved border ...

Broad consensus on border and security! Belize and Mexico agree to work together
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
Chetumal, Quintana Roo was the host City last week to the VI Belize-Mexico bi-national Commission technical meeting. Ambassador Alexis Rosado, Chief ...

Idea Lab Studios land contract for BTIA hi-gloss Tourist mag
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎10/8/10‎
The Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) is pleased to announce that it has finalized an agreement with Idea Lab Studios to publish the next three ...

Macal River fish uneatable
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
The health ministry based its findings on the results of analysis done in collaboration with the Department of the Environment and Belize Electric Company ...

Copan cops shoot 3 Belizean outlaws - Gabriel Salazar survived
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
Belizean fugitives Benjamin Peters, Alexander Edwards and Gabriel Salazar, wanted by Belize police for murder and the ...

Met Service builds early flood warning system
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
Residents of the flood-prone Belize River Valley area will be able to get early flood warnings, thank to a network of ...

Girlfriend charged for passing weed
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
A Belize City woman who tried to smuggle some weed to her boyfriend, Jamaal Jackson, while he was being held in police ...

Principals, concerned over growing school violence launch anti-violence ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
The Belize District Association of Principals of Primary Schools (BDAPPS) has launched an anti-violence awareness week ...

PACT donates $ quarter million for environment & human needs
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
PACT awarded grants to the Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association, Friends for Conservation and Development, Restore Belize and Ya'axché Conservation ...

Two Belizeans to study down under
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago are known to have won four each, Grenada three and Belize two. Dominica, Jamaica, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines ...

Oriental smuggling ring exposed?
Amandala - ‎10/8/10‎
“As a result thereof, the information was passed to the Belize Police Department and a formal investigation was launched. On 6th October, 2010, ...

Say a prayer for fallen victims of violence
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
Anne Palacio, Director of Belize Kids First, said a family member will light a candle for each of the victims as each name is called, after which the group ...

Hostile takeover at BNE! Cops seek Sheila McCaffrey!
The Reporter Belize - ‎10/8/10‎
A high level power struggle among the upper echelons of Belize Energy Limited, owners of the six producing oil wells in Belize, has resulted in the removal ...

10/7/10

Armed Robbery Attempted At Chicken Store
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
And around the same time that happened there was an armed robbery attempt this time in the Buttonwood Bay area. It happened on Park Avenue at the Caribbean ...

Another Fruit Vendor Shot, This One Not Fatal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
At the top of the newscast we told you about a fruit vendor who was killed early this morning. And by 11:00 am, another vendor had been shot - ...

Murder Number 100 Was Senseless And Ruthless
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
Monica spoke to the man who raised the Guatemalan immigrant from he came to Belize as a child. The guardian asked to appear off camera:. ...

Dropping the Bomb From “Nkabom”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
She is a past winner of the Belize open scholarship and more recently a commonwealth scholarship to the University College London. ...

Violence's Wide Imprint
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
"I love Belize and I want all the violence to stop." "I want to stop the crime and stop the violence." "I come here to say that how there is too much ...

Knights Of The Blind On The March
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
More than a hundred lucky kids got their eyes tested today at the Calvary Temple Primary School today, compliments Belize City Lions, a non-profit ...

He Changed A '1' To A '7' – Jail time For It
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
He changed a one to a seven and for that twenty three year old Honduran national Victor Sanchez Guzman will spend a year in jail. ...

Tile Palace Robber Not Properly Identified
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
In January we told you about a frightening armed robbery at Tile Palace in Belize City where a shot was fired at the manager who fought off the thieves with ...

Human Smuggling: The Official Version
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
Similarly on 18th and 19th September charter flights operated by the same company landed in Belize after 5:00 in the evening - and a total of 19 persons, ...

Schools Will Not Get Mishandled In Education Ministry's Rebalancing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
And while ITVET received new computers today, some high schools around the country are concerned that they won't be receiving their full allocation of ...

Computers To Spare
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
... something…as today a donation of two hundred desktop computers was made to the Ministry Of Education & Youth as a part of the Restore Belize Project. ...

Pay-mistress' Car Torched
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
On Monday on this newscast, we spoke to city council pay mistress Shirlene Sabal. She was under some pressure after a public dispute with a credit agency. ...

The Men Who Allegedly Robbed Ms. Munnings
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/7/10‎
Today two men accused of home invading a 69 year old city resident were taken to court. Michael Matute Jr and Jerome Wade were charged with conspiracy to ...

Hon. John Saldivar meets with Belizean c...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
Minister Saldivar on Tuesday October 5 first met with the President of the Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association Mr. Ned Pitts, Chef de Mission ...

Training for Youths to Enter Online Empl...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
30 Belize City youths are currently enrolled in a computer training and job preparation program launched on Wednesday, October 06. ...

The Prince of Wales and the President of...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
This was then followed by the parade of nations which was led by Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, and Belize and then followed ...

Then and Now
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
It is only in Belize that an individual engaged in such action goes criminally unpunished. We experienced those much frequent instances where persons with a ...

PUP 'Villainizing' the Interception ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
The interception of communications is nothing new in Belize. The Interception of Communication Bill just criminalizes it once committed without approval of ...

Prime Minister Barrow at IMF and World B...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
Dean O. Barrow, will leave Belize today, Wednesday, for Washington, DC, where he will participate in the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund ...

Homegrown Benedict Arnolds
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
They were all expressing opinions about what was fundamentally wrong with Belize, putting forward many logical arguments which they believed contributed to ...

PACT Hands Out $250000 in Grants
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
On Wednesday, the Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association, Friends for Conservation and Development, Restore Belize and Ya'axche` Conservation Trust ...

7 of 10 Bills Passed by the Senate
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
Many of those bills received major attention in the mainstream media of Belize. However, considering the fact that there were not really any media ...

Prime Minister Barrow Prepares for Important Visit to Mexico
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Samuel Lungole Awich sworn in as Acting Chief Justice
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Primary School Principals and Association of General Mangers take stand ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Banana promotional campaigns focus on social media, stickers, contests
The Packer - ‎10/7/10‎
Along with a trimmer figure, Facebook fans were offered a chance to win trips to the Banana Beach Resort in Belize. Connecting fresh produce with good ...

Lighthouse on Half Moon Caye collapses
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
When Tropical Storm Matthew made landfall in Belize on September 24, it did very little damage to the country's infrastructure or agricultural sector, ...

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Meets with the Director of the Regional ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. ...

Arthur Young out on $10000 bail
The Guardian, Belize - ‎10/7/10‎
He is yet to be brought before the Belize City Magistrate's Court on that matter. Earlier this year, Young and Haynes both beat a murder wrap after the2007 ...

10/6/10

Godfrey Gives It To Government
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
In this latest letter he apprises Fraser of the fact that both the Chamber of Commerce and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize voted against Social ...

The Notorious Arthur Young Bailed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
Thirty five year old Arthur Young who was charged along with Errol Haynes with three offences, among them possession of a prohibited silencer, was released ...

Charged For Manslaughter 16 Months Later
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
The accident happened over a year ago - but Seventy three year old retired businessman Orlando Espejo, a resident of number Two Neal's Pen Road, ...

Items Recovered From Ruthless Home Invasion
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
Last night we told you about the terrifying afternoon home invasion of a 69 year old woman's home. Rose Munnings was inside her home when two men entered ...

Human Smuggling Ring Exposed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
Incidentally, late reports say that the two customs officers that were posted at the airport will be transferred to Belize City for a period of time to ...

Live From New York! A Donation For St. Luke
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
They are queens with a mission, since arriving in Belize on Monday they have been caring for the sick, disabled and helping the underprivileged. ...

Special Delivery For World Post Day
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
The Belize Post Office kicked off a series of public activities this week leading up to World Post Day, which is being celebrated in conjunction with the ...

Pressure Mounts On Landy Burns
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
Chairman of the Belize Natural Energy Trust Orlando Burns is under sustained pressure tonight. Last night on this newscast you heard former general manager ...

Alleged Drug Dealer Diego Witz Gets Off
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
The cars parked in front of the Belize Bank and Police on surveillance saw parcels of apparent cocaine handed over as cash was passed in exchange. ...

Investing In the Future
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
"The participants come from all over Belize District, we have some from Hattieville, Ladyville, Belize City all over, and these are young persons who were ...

Killed By His Own Shotgun
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
On yesterday's newscast we reported on a Camalote man who was found dead on his farm about 300 yards off the Rowing River Road. ...

PACT Shares The Wealth
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/6/10‎
PACT awarded two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in new grants to: Ya'axche Conservation Trust, Friends for Conservation and Development, Belize ...

TOLEDO BUSINESSMAN FREED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGE
LoveFM - ‎10/6/10‎
Witz was serving a six year sentence when he was granted parole in a prisoner exchange between Belize and Mexico. The bust occurred between 1:30 and 2:30pm ...

FIRE SCARE REPORTED
LoveFM - ‎10/6/10‎
Training Officer at the Belize City Fire Department, Kenneth Mortis says the loose electrical wires sparked the fire. There were no severe damages to the ...

YOUTHS TO BENEFIT FROM ON-LINE PROGRAM
LoveFM - ‎10/6/10‎
“Online market places are fast growing segment for the employment sector and in Belize it has remained relatively untapped. There is opportunity for youths ...

ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLD SPECIAL MASS FOR CRIME VICTIMS
LoveFM - ‎10/6/10‎
The Belize Kids First Organization is collaborating with Belizeans for Justice on yet another event against the escalating crime within Belize City. ...

FOUR ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE GRANTS FROM PACT
LoveFM - ‎10/6/10‎
“We awarded four grants to three major initiatives in Belize and one of them focuses on the Maya Mountains. Investing in surveillance and enforcement of the ...

BOAT STOLEN IN SAN PEDRO
LoveFM - ‎10/6/10‎
A boat belonging Belize Academy of Diving based on Ambergris Caye has been reported missing. Investigations by the San Pedro Police are on going into a boat ...

TRUSTEES OF BNE TRUST CALLS FOR CHAIRMAN'S RESIGNATION
LoveFM - ‎10/6/10‎
The ongoing dispute over the non-renewal of the contract for the former general manager of the Belize Natural Energy Charitable Trust has escalated. ...

10/5/10

A Secret Cargo Of Chinese Nationals Arrive In Stealth At PGIA
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/5/10‎
As is widely known Belize has in the past been used as a forwarding point for Chinese Nationals trying to get into the United States.

The Notorious Mark Medina Convicted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/5/10‎
26 year old Mark Medina Jr., in and out of trouble with the law for the last ten years - accused of a litany of offences right up to murder. ...

Direct Intervention In Lake - I
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/5/10‎
The project is called "Towards Achieving the Millenium Development Goal in Belize through concerted and integrated Civil Society Action" - and while that ...

A Death In Camalote, Police Say Probably Not Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/5/10‎
The body of 50 year old Barrington Francisco Moore Sr was found early this morning around 8:30 in an open lot about 300 yards off the Roaring River Road in ...

On Zericote, The Very Young Killed, the Very Old, Home Invaded
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/5/10‎
There's no forgetting Eyannie Nunez…the innocent 8 year old girl who was killed as she slept in her Zericote Street home on the morning of September ...

Mexico – Belize: Neighbourly Agreements
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/5/10‎
Senior government officials from Mexico and Belize met in Chetumal on September 30th. and October first. No, they weren't reviewing prices at Sam's Club, ...

Four Cops Get Off Brutality Charges
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/5/10‎
Who can forget Elvin Torres? He's that colourful man who came to national prominence back in May after police chased him down and beat him up on the western ...

Debbie Sewell Speaks Out
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎10/5/10‎
As we told you on Friday the General Manager of the Belize Natural Energy Trust Debbie Sewell is no longer with the trust - after the government controlled ...

THE SIXTH BELIZE-MEXICO BI-NATIONAL COMMISSION MEETING HELD IN CHETUMAL
LoveFM - ‎10/5/10‎
The importance of the Bi-National Commission is that it is the maximum forum for political and cooperation dialog between Mexico and Belize. ...

INMATE FACES ADDITIONAL CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎10/5/10‎
26-year-old Mark Medina Junior a labourer of Belize City serving two years for having ammunition without a gun licence was sentenced to four years today ...

BUSINESSMAN ROBBED AT GUNPOINT
LoveFM - ‎10/5/10‎
... Chinese passport, Belizean residency and social security card, a set of keys, 900 pesos, 450 US dollars, 300 Belize dollars, 100 Yuan and a cellular phone.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR LAKE INDEPENDENCE LAUNCHED TODAY
LoveFM - ‎10/5/10‎
There are eleven organizations that makes up the WIN Belize network and hopefully we will be referring them to those agencies for help. ...

Young mother of 2 babies succumbs to rare cancer
Amandala - ‎10/5/10‎
Positive Vibes said that last week he brought the children from San Ignacio to Belize City, where their aunt would take care of them. ...

RANDOM THOUGHTS - STEALING
Amandala - ‎10/5/10‎
Acting on behalf of his client, the attorney, Mr. Godfrey Smith, has attempted to destroy the reputation of the Government of Belize, by writing a letter to ...

Breakthrough in union-GOB quarrel
Amandala - ‎10/5/10‎
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) has come out strongly against a move by government-appointed directors to pass a resolution of the ...

September murders nearly double
Amandala - ‎10/5/10‎
The annual September festivities are over, and as the euphoria fades the nation of Belize is forced to take a solemn look at the harsh reality that now ...

Swimming in Lord Ashcroft's money
Amandala - ‎10/5/10‎
Now, before we proceed, let us consider the high probability that lawyers in Belize think that we, the people, are envious of their wealth, privilege and ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎10/5/10‎
What was exposed in a particularly graphic way during 2007 was how enormous is the power of the Prime Minister in Belize's constitutional democracy, ...


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