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11/30/10

COUPLE REMANDED
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/10‎
Twenty eight year old Leonard "Ghost" Meyers and his girlfriend, 39 year old Carla Humes, became the Belize Central Prison's newest members ...

POLICE OPEN DAY
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/10‎
"I learn that, abusing, sexual abuse, rapes and difficulties that we are having right now in Belize and a lot of things that we hate have to learn and I ...

SUGAR MONEY
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/10‎
... Tuesday and house of representatives held a special sitting on Thursday to approve an emergency loan of 10 million dollars to Belize Sugar Industries. ...

WOMAN CHARGED FOR ROBBERY
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/10‎
Thirty one year old, Shamika Trapp aka Flowers, an unemployed of 5 Mayflower St who allegedly stole a gold chain from another woman, was charged with ...

BELIZE CITY COUPLE FACE A NUMBER OF GUN AND DRUG CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎11/30/10‎
Leonard “Ghost” Myers and his girlfriend, Carla Humes, were remanded to prison today in Magistrate's Court. They were charged with possession of prohibited ...

FIRE DESTROYS LAKE-I HOME
LoveFM - ‎11/30/10‎
A fire in Belize City has destroyed a home in the Lake Independence area. Reports are that Alex Westby left his home on Western Avenue on Sunday. ...

2010 HURRICANE SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE
LoveFM - ‎11/30/10‎
In mid-October Hurricane Richard tore through central Belize leaving millions of dollars in destruction in its wake. Love News spoke by telephone with the ...

WOMAN STABBED AT LA CABANA BAR
LoveFM - ‎11/30/10‎
Twenty year old Wendy Martinez was stabbed last night while socializing at La Cabana Bar on East Collet Canal in Belize City. Initial reports are that ...

BELIZE CITY MEN CAUGHT WITH CANNABIS
LoveFM - ‎11/30/10‎
Police conducted a search at an apartment building on Bachelor Avenue in Belize City. In the apartment at the time was 22-year-old Real Estate agent Julian ...

WOMAN FACES A SINLGE CHARGE OF ROBBERY
LoveFM - ‎11/30/10‎
31 year old Shamika Trapp, also known as “Flowers”, a resident of Belize City who allegedly stole a gold chain from another woman, was charged with robbery ...

Experts speak on fisheries law revision
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
That permission to fish comes with relatively few limitations; however, there is a move afoot to limit the access of fishermen on Belize's seas. ...

BSI loan note motion passes Senate
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
Belize's upper legislative chamber, the Senate, met today to consider the Belize Sugar Industries Limited (BSI) Loan Motion, 2010, which was unanimously ...

Honoring Belize's best
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
In the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Belize's top performer was Rodyn Gilharry of Corozal Junior College (CJC), who could not make it ...

The landed cronies – easy come, easy go
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
There is nothing more important than money, but in Belize the real political hustle is lands and cayes. It's considered a “clean” hustle by the politicians, ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
This was at a time when British Honduras, especially the capital Belize, was definitely majority black in population. But, colonialism and racism ruled. ...

Placencia resident writes PM Barrow on reef “catastrophe of enormous proportions”
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has placed Belize on the list of World Heritage Sites in danger, and may revoke Belize's reef as a World Heritage site. ...

CitCo to raise grave space fees
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
Seven Belize City-based undertakers (“funeral directors,” in popular parlance) have written the Mayor of Belize City, Zenaida Moya-Flowers to object to the ...

Millions tapped by Ashcroft group before nationalization: BTL financial report
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) is slated to hold its 4th Annual General Meeting this Thursday, December 2, 2010, and minority shareholders will no doubt be ...

Changes at the top in Tourism Ministry
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
Tapped to replace Singh is Lindsay Garbutt, currently chairman of the Belize Tourism Board (BTB), who has an extensive career in the tourism sector, ...

Leroy Gomez stands trial on charges of rape and theft
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
Gomez, 25, a resident of Belize City, was unrepresented in court. Senior Crown Counsel Yohanhseh Cave is representing the state and has six witnesses lined ...

Luke runs out of money?
Amandala - ‎11/30/10‎
The Belize Bank has moved to foreclose on one of Belize's most prominent businessmen, Luke Espat, also an executive and financier of the Opposition People's ...

11/29/10

POLICE EXAMS
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/29/10‎
Over the weekend the Belize Police Department conducted Promotional Exams countrywide to fill vacancies in the ranks of Corporals . ...

PERDOMO Vs. ESPEJO
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/29/10‎
Caribbean Shores is often seen as an area that doesn't need much, it's by and large one of the highest tax paying constituencies in Belize City but that's ...

New Tourism CEO
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/29/10‎
Minister Manuel Heredia Jr says the choices were made with an eye to position Belize among the first choices in world travel: "I would first like to mention ...

MINISTRY OF TOURISM MAKES SEVERAL NEW APPOINTMENTS
LoveFM - ‎11/29/10‎
Garbutt and the new chairman of the Belize Tourism Board were introduced this morning during a press conference which was held at the Belize City House of ...

FEARS CONCERNING THE BARRIER REEF BROUGHT UP AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE
LoveFM - ‎11/29/10‎
During this morning's press conference, the subject of the Belize Barrier Reef and the danger of losing its UNESCO World Heritage designation was brought up ...

Recall of Children's BENADRYL® Allergy FASTMELT® Tablets and Junior Strength ...
eNews Park Forest - ‎11/28/10‎
... that were distributed in the United States, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Puerto Rico, St. Martin, and St. Thomas and all product lots of Junior Strength ...

11/27/10

What Makes Boys Join Gangs?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/10‎
Dr. Herbert Gayle's Report on Male Social Violence in Belize was released on Monday and since then the 403 page document has been getting around. ...

Marching Against Gender Violence
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/10‎
"Well I come out because I am a part of the family violence unit of the Belize Police Department so I came here to support the women against violence. ...

The Queen And Her Jewel
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/10‎
It's called the Queen of the Jewel Pageant - where 11 contestants with be vying for the title of Miss Belize 2010 - tomorrow night at the Bliss Center. ...

Excellence In Academics Awarded
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/10‎
"I feel very proud it's an accomplishment that it's the first time in Belize and in the region. We and the family has nurtured him from very young and we ...

Coalition & UNESCO Find Common Ground In Request For Offshore Drilling Ban
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/10‎
As we reported last night, Belize's World Heritage Sites are in Danger - and UNESCO has cautioned government that its has until February first, ...

Culture At Mary's
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/10‎
The school's annual cultural day was held today - where students showcased food, dances, clothing and music to depict the wide range of cultures in Belize. ...

Belize Bank Moves On Luke Espat
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/10‎
All this week we've been telling you about the bailout loan for Belize Sugar Industries given because the company is "too big to fail. ...

Castro: “No Proof”; PM: “No Doubt”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/10‎
And while Castro soldiers on with his division work in Belize Rural north, there are rumblings from within the UDP that he may be given a hard time from the ...

11/26/10

PROPOSED BAIL OUT OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY GETS BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE
LoveFM - ‎11/26/10‎
It now goes to a special sitting of the Senate on Friday for ratification. After that it goes to Belize House for the Governor General Signature.

CITY COUNCIL TURNS A PART OF NORTH FRONT STREET INTO A ONE WAY TRAFFIC FLOW
LoveFM - ‎11/26/10‎
Belize City Council's traffic Department is declaring a new one-way street in the City. Traffic will now flow from Angel Lane, through North Front Street ...

CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE TO HEAR FIRST CASE FROM BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/26/10‎
The Caribbean Court of Justice will be hearing its first case from Belize on Monday November 29th. That case involves the suit against former Area ...

WINNER OF CLEAN UP BELIZE CAMPAIGN TO BE ANNOUNCED
LoveFM - ‎11/26/10‎
A committee was put together by campaign sponsors Aldebaran Belize, an environmental group and Love FM to enlist the help of every Mayor in the country to ...

HONDURAN NATIONAL FACES ROBBERY CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎11/26/10‎
The prosecution objected to bail because Romero has no legal immigration status in Belize. Magistrate Albert Hoare upheld the objection after it was ...

The Gayle Report complete:
Amandala - ‎11/26/10‎
So reads an excerpt appearing in the dedication section of the full 400-page report on Male Social Participation and Violence in Urban Belize, previewed by ...

Cable & Wireless and GOB reps talk sale of BTL shares
Amandala - ‎11/26/10‎
According to information published by BTL, in December 1987, Cable & Wireless had merged with the Belize Telecommunications Authority to form Belize ...

Cop Aldo Ayuso to be reinstated
Amandala - ‎11/26/10‎
Ayuso, enlisted on October 13, 2002, was blamed for the 2005 killing of a young Belize City student, Leslie Rogers, Jr., the grandson of former Deputy Prime ...

Gunmen attack central prison in Hattieville
Amandala - ‎11/26/10‎
Prison officials and the police continue to investigate possible motives for the well-organized double attack on the Belize Central Prison facility on ...

GOB agrees to bail out sugar industry
Amandala - ‎11/26/10‎
Today in Belmopan, an agreement was reached between the major stakeholders in the ailing sugar industry – Belize Sugar Industries (BSI), the Belize Sugar ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/26/10‎
The cycle is a function of the schedule for general elections, and it materially affects the life of Belize as a whole, because there is no single event ...

“Clear the Land” sacked from Cabinet!
Amandala - ‎11/26/10‎
He said that he has been working in Belize Rural North for the last seven years, and he feels confident this incident will not hurt his political career. ...

Gobernadores - Generales
Amandala - ‎11/26/10‎
Much of the uncertainty and fear had to do with the Guatemalan claim to Belize, and the ambivalent, almost cavalier, attitude towards it on the part of the ...

"Clear the Land' Castro gets the boot
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/26/10‎
Belize Rural North Area Representative Edmund Castro is no longer Minister of State in the Ministry of Works, ...

Violence begets violence - Gayle Report
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/26/10‎
Belize's rate of violence has surpassed the civil war benchmark and has earned the country the title of the third most ...

Armed attack on Kolbe prison tower!
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/26/10‎
Shortly after 10:45 last Tuesday night, the area around the Belize Central Prison on the Hattieville Burrell Boom Road ...

Glen O'Brian wins 2nd annual Bunas Meheia Birthday cycling classic
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/26/10‎
... annual Bunas Maheia birthday cycling classic held under the auspices of the Belize Cycling Association on the Western Highway on Sunday, November 21. ...

Michael Finnegan market opened
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/26/10‎
By Albert Ciego & Rowland A. Parks Belize City market vendors who endured torrential rains over the Garifuna Settlement Day weekend under the tarpaulins of ...

Women should lead - Toledo Women's Council
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/26/10‎
This is the position advocated by the Toledo Maya Women's Council when it hosted indigenous women from Belize, Guyana, Suriname, Dominica and Barbados at a ...

Police destroys narco cargo
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/26/10‎
By Albert Ciego & Rowland A. Parks The Belize Police Department incinerated its largest cocaine bust ever, more than 6000 pounds with an estimated street ...

Are we progressing on HIV/AIDS controls?
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/26/10‎
It has become a sad but nonetheless crucial tradition to celebrate 1st of December as the ...

Two and a half million for small loans portfolio
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/26/10‎
The Government of Belize has also given half a million dollars to the Youth Business Trust of Belize. This is an organization that helps young people get ...

GOB to the rescue! Saves BSI from meltdown
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/26/10‎
The Prime Minister of Belize Dean Barrow received approval from the House of Representatives, meeting in extraordinary session on Thursday, for a government ...

11/23/10

Queen's Square Vendors Have Their Say
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/10‎
Yesterday we showed you the opening of the new Michael Finnegan Market, formerly the Queen's Square Market. And while you heard what the ...

The Most Comprehensive Research Ever On The Roots Of Violence In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/10‎
What is the cause of all the violence in Belize? And what's the solution? Those are questions we all want the answers to as the prevalence and randomness of ...

Dj Motion Mashed Up By Police
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/10‎
On Thursday night's newscast we told you about a crew of Belize City men in an Isuzu Trooper who were detained in connection with beatdown on Wednesday ...

Waste Control Turns Up the Heat On City Hall
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/10‎
Last week - Belize Waste control announced that it would not be picking up garbage as usual because City Council has not paid its bills. ...

Another Bella Vista Village Chopping Death
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/10‎
And while the cause of that death is undetermined, another Stan Creek killing is definitely murder. Yesterday morning after six Independence police were ...

Thomas Swazo's Strange Death
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/10‎
An initial medical assessment didn't point to foul play, and a post mortem conducted yesterday left the 21 year old's cause of death as undetermined due to ...

Teenager Stole A Cop's Gun
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/10‎
... it from the waist of his pants, was charged with theft and keeping a firearm without a gun license when he appeared yesterday in Belize Family Court. ...

Alleged Home Invader Remanded
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/10‎
Eighteen year old Emmerson Reyes, one of two persons who the police believe committed a home invasion at the residence of 21 year old Hayton Lino, ...

Finally! Sweetness & Light In Sugar Industry (For Now)
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/10‎
BSI, SICB (Sugar Industry Control Board) and the government of Belize." Today all stake holders in the sugar industry jointly signed - while many others ...

Community Cops Receive Instruction
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/10‎
The Community Policing Unit is currently holding a five day training with thirty special constables and community leaders in Belize City. ...

George Pipersburgh, 31, murdered on Duck Lane
Amandala - ‎11/23/10‎
So said an observer to Amandala on Duck Lane in Belize City on Friday afternoon, as area residents cleaned away the blood on the street left by the broad ...

Carlos Keme nabbed in Mexico again!
Amandala - ‎11/23/10‎
Press Secretary for the Embassy of Mexico in Belize, Marcelino Miranda, told Amandala Monday that Keme, 38, is in Immigration custody in Chetumal, Mexico, ...

Bitter sugar — Tower Hill foreclosure lurks!
Amandala - ‎11/23/10‎
They were worried about where the money would come from for the fast-approaching crop season; concerned that the authorities in their Association, at Belize ...

Belizean Hermilo Vildo Moralez, 19, arrested in Texas for bizarre classmate murder
Amandala - ‎11/23/10‎
Multiple news reports from Texas indicate that the accused, Hermilo Vildo Moralez, 19, a citizen of Belize, confessed to bludgeoning his classmate to death, ...

11/22/10

Fiery FECTAB Again!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
FECTAB the Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize has emerged as the most outspoken critic of tourism policy makers. They've staged a powerful ...

Dangriga Death: Drowning or Murder?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
... Junior College in the coming year and was also scheduled to travel to Panama in the upcoming weeks as a member of the Belize National Football Team.

Chinese Remanded For Single Shotgun Round
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
And while those Chinese business owners were victims of gun theft - a trio of Chinese restaurateurs have been remanded for . ...

Chinese Robbed: Pair Of Pistols Stolen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
Gunmen robbed a Chinese grocer on the city's north side this weekend - and stole two firearms in the process. Police reports are that Yun Xiang Lin, ...

Shenelle's Shotgun Killer Charged With Manslaughter
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
Last week we told you about the tragic killing of 17 year old Shenelle Reyes. The fourth former was at home on Tuesday night when a young man from the ...

Belizean Teen Accused Of Murder In Texas
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
Tonight two Belizean men, both immigrants to the US, are making news in the US because they have committed separate criminal offences in the States. ...

Near Simultaneous Shooting Deaths In City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
And while the drugs are now mostly out of the picture - the epidemic of violent gun crime in the city continues -as there were two more murders over the ...

The Garbage Problem In-Hand Or Out Of Hand?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
Last week Wednesday, Belize Waste Control issued a press release to media houses saying that starting this Monday their garbage collection trucks will only ...

Con-Man Constable Remanded
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
Forty-five year old former Special Constable Emmanuel Lopez has gone from constable to con man to remanded prisoner tonight. Lopez allegedly tried to ...

Duck Lane Slaying
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
And almost simultaneous with that killing - there was another, this one not far away from the first on Duck Lane - which is between Water Lane and Regent ...

From Queen's Square To Finnegan's Market
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
"Well the significance of the event today, it's not about me, it is about the government and the Belize City council working hand-in-hand together to ...

Police Burn Biggest Bust In History
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/22/10‎
Nine days after the largest drug bust in Belize's history was intercepted on the Southern Highway it was destroyed this morning. ...

POLICE DESTROY HUGE COCAINE HAUL
LoveFM - ‎11/22/10‎
Those officers include Corporal Renel Grant who is attached the Traffic Branch in Belize City, Corporal Nelson Middleton who is assigned as the driver for ...

POLICE DESTROY HUGE COCAINE HAUL
LoveFM - ‎11/22/10‎
Those officers include Corporal Renel Grant who is attached the Traffic Branch in Belize City, Corporal Nelson Middleton who is assigned as the driver for ...

BELIZE CITY TEEN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER
LoveFM - ‎11/22/10‎
18-year-old Ibrahim Smith of a Mopan Street who allegedly shot 17-yar-old Shenaine Reyes was charged with manslaughter when he appeared in court today. ...

FECTAB HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS FURTHER PRESSING ISSUES
LoveFM - ‎11/22/10‎
The Federation of Cruise Tourism Association of Belize, FECTAB held a press conference this morning to further discuss pressing issues that have been ...

MICHAEL FINNEGAN MARKET OFFICIALLY OPENS TODAY
LoveFM - ‎11/22/10‎
Belize City now boasts a new market where residents can buy and sell their fresh produce. The newly completed Michael Finnegan Market formerly known as ...

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION HOSTS AVIATION PROCESS AUDIT TRAINING
LoveFM - ‎11/22/10‎
An Aviation Processes Audit Training is underway at the Coastal Zone Management Training Room in Belize City. The one week training is being hosted by the ...

11/18/10

Making Sure Teachers Are Properly Taught
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/10‎
This one is called the Belize Board Of Teacher Education which will ensure that the people teaching your children have themselves been ...

Another Chinese Store Robbed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/10‎
Galaxy Supermarket in Belama Phase 3 was robbed around 10:15 on Tuesday morning. According to 44 year old Chinese businessman -Xian Deng - he was inside his ...

SPECIAL OLYMPICS NATIONAL GAMES SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEKEND
LoveFM - ‎11/18/10‎
Over a hundred athletes are expected to converge in Belize City this weekend for the seventh Special Olympics National games. Alan Auil is the Chairman of ...

NEW CHAIRPERSON OF THE BELIZE BOARD OF TEACHER EDUCATION CHOSEN
LoveFM - ‎11/18/10‎
The board was established for the purpose of assuring the quality of teacher education in Belize. Its primary functions include providing quality assurance ...

INTERNET COMPUTER PROGRAM ENDS TODAY IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/18/10‎
Thirty participants successfully completed a five week course in computer skills and job preparedness Training program and today were given their ...

Bar Association offended by "PUP" label
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/18/10‎
The Belize Bar Association has responded scathingly to Prime Minister Dean Barrow's characterization of the Bar ...

Drug plane lands $140 million cargo
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/10‎
Police and Belize Defense Force soldiers, were deployed to secure the plane, as a massive search of the area got under way. Police say they found two car ...

Belize Elementary girls win Belize District volleyball championship
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/10‎
The girls of Belize Elementary School and the boys of Our lady of the Way RC School from Ladyville won the championship ...

Scorpions Reloaded win 2010 BVA national volleyball championship
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/18/10‎
The Scorpions Reloaded won the 2010 National Men's Volleyball Championship in the tournament hosted by the Belize ...

Lady Jaguars win national volleyball championship
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/18/10‎
The Lady Jaguars won the 2010 National Women's Volleyball Championship in the tournament hosted by the Belize Volleyball ...

70% of Belize's Reef is in trouble - Reef report card says
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/10‎
An assessment of the Meso-American Barrier Reefs System has shown that 70% of Belize's reef is in poor to critical ...

Why are we killing our fisheries industry?
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/10‎
The Fisheries Department is perpetuating the destruction of Belize fisheries and economy by continuing to allow the gill nets ...

BSI blames farmers for poor cane quality
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/10‎
The angry cane farmers blame Belize Sugar Industries (BSI)'s “poor management” for their failure to pay the third ...

Communications Workers Union challenges executive's legitimacy
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/10‎
The newly elected executive of the Belize Communications Workers Union (BCWU) and its new president Paul Perriott have ...

UWI teams up whit chamber for tail-fit business training
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/18/10‎
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the University of the West Indies (UWI) formalized their ...

GOB sale of BTL shares goes before National Assembly
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/10‎
A motion for the House of Representatives to approve the sale of the government's shares in Belize Telemedia Limited ...

Toledo Baskets
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/10‎
Our organization's building people movement and socio-economic outreach, are serving the poor by collecting the top 30 baskets and selling them in Belize ...

Belize Waste Control and CITCO to trash it out
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/18/10‎
Garbage collection remians a big problem for Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya-Flowers, who has said the City Council ...

Zoo needs help!
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/18/10‎
Those of the Belize Zoo were hard hit and today struggle to get back on their feet. Hurricane Richard blew in on Sunday, October 24 and uprooted many trees, ...

11/17/10

ALTA 2010: Tropic Air plans expansion to Honduras and Guatemala
Flightglobal - ‎11/17/10‎
Belize-based Tropic Air intends to introduce new flights to Honduras and Guatemala within the next 12 months. Carrier chief executive Steve ...

The Commonwealth And Local Government
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
"How does the local government structure in Belize compare to others in the Commonwealth?" "I think in many ways a lot of the structures ...

The Garifuna Cultural Legacy: Alive And Well
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
And while all things Garifuna dominate Belize's polyglot cultural spectrum, what about the next generation? Well judging from what our team saw at Christ ...

No Date Yet For Drug Destruction
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
No date has been set for the destruction of the 2604 kilos or 5740 pounds of cocaine with a street value in Belize of about 60 million dollars. ...

City On The Verge Of A Garbage Crisis
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
Belize Waste Control - that's the company that picks up your garbage - but today they announced that next week your garbage may not be picked up as usual. ...

Two More Charged For Firearm Assault
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
And a pair of alleged accomplices of that same Wayne Rock was charged in court today. Two brothers, twenty two year old Allan Phillips and twenty one year ...

Two More Charged For Firearm Assault
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
And a pair of alleged accomplices of that same Wayne Rock was charged in court today. Two brothers, twenty two year old Allan Phillips and twenty one year ...

Hold Up At Water Taxi Establishment
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
This afternoon in the city - three armed men tried to rob The San Pedro Jets water taxi outfit. The newcomer to the water taxi industry is at the end of ...

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17 Year Old Girl Killed With A Sawed Off
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
If you watched the news on Monday night you'll know that we reported on a 7 year old boy who injured his hand while playing with a gun he found. ...

Some Progress With Sugar Crisis
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
On Friday the crisis in the sugar industry became the most relevant issue discussed at the House of Representatives. By crisis we refer to the fact that ...

Murder Case Falls Apart/Uncooperative Witnesses
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
A man charged with murder got off 'scot free' after the prosecution's case folded due to un-cooperative witnesses. Roger Wagner was charged with killing ...

Banks Is Back!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
The notorious Darren Banks - the last time we heard about him - he was in magistrate's court, telling the judge he saw snakes on the floor coming at him. ...

Resolution for Garbage situation At Schools
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/10‎
The Belize District Association of Principals has rejected that proposal and has indicated it willingness to take steps to resist the measure. ...

LANDS COMMISSIONER INJURED IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎11/17/10‎
Despite his injury, reports add that Valleous walked out of the vehicle and was soon taken to Belize Healthcare Partners for treatment by the Belize ...

SAIDI VERNON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT KILLED IN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING
LoveFM - ‎11/17/10‎
17 year old, Shinelle Reyes a student of Sadie Vernon High School in Belize City was shot and killed sometime after eight last night in her home. ...

BELIZE CITY COUPLE FACES DRUG CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎11/17/10‎
A search by the police of a house on Mahogany Street around seven am yesterday that was occupied by 32 year old Darren Banks and his wife, Desiree, ...

BELIZEAN FUGITIVE CAUGHT IN MEXICO
LoveFM - ‎11/17/10‎
Presently, Keme is in custody of Mexican Immigration awaiting an outcome for his behavior and may be subsequently be deported to Belize.

UB HOSTS LITERACY WORKSHOP
LoveFM - ‎11/17/10‎
We have been working with a number of schools in the country of Belize and what we want to do now is begin to assess our students so that we can have some ...

BELIZE WASTE CONTROL SAY THEY SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD TO PICK UP GARBAGE AT ...
LoveFM - ‎11/17/10‎
The Belize Waste Control Limited has discontinued collecting garbage at all primary and secondary schools in the City for the past month. ...

PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR A COACHING AND SPORT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
LoveFM - ‎11/17/10‎
The program, scheduled to start next weekend in Belmopan, is being organized by the Belize Confederation for Youth and Sports. General Secretary Amil Car ...

Ricky Valencia's $8000 bail revoked
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/10‎
The officer claims he spotted Valencia sitting on a $1500 cycle belonging to a teacher, Angelito Conorquie, a resident of #12B Neal's Penn Road in Belize ...

Teenager accused of pulling gun at three...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/10‎
On Friday November 13, 19-year-old Kevin Jourdaine Pott, a resident and laborer of #6437 Mahogany Street Belize City was slapped with four counts including ...

Angry to be called PUP?
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/10‎
... “National Security is steadily becoming a major concern due to recent illicit activities involving airplanes in northern, central and southern Belize”. ...

New four-classroom building for Gulisi Primary School in Dangriga
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/10‎
It will be financed by the Government of Belize at a total cost of $415000.00 through the Commonwealth Debt Initiative (CDI). The project scope includes the ...

Income Tax Threshold Raised, Transparency Emphasized
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/10‎
Tenders are submitted from all over the world for projects and services in Belize. The recent tendering for the construction of the Kendal Bridge is a prime ...

Mexican Embassy's Pen Cayetano Art Exhibition
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/10‎
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. ...

The National Women's Commission wins UNFPA Award
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/10‎
This is the second consecutive year that Belize has won the UNFPA Awards in the non-media category, ie for organizational projects. ...

Mexican Government to Rehabilitate or Rebuild City Centre
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/10‎
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. ...

2nd Annual UWI Day of Races
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
The 2nd Annual UWI Day of Races took place yesterday afternoon at the Marine Parade in Belize City, with cycle races for all ages, from the “Tiny Tots” to ...

Court grants bail to four men charged with preparation for a crime - armed to ...
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
On Monday, August 2, 2010 at around 7:37 pm, a team of police officers intercepted a blue Crown Victoria car bearing license plate Belize City D-6044 at the ...

Pen Cayetano's Annual Exhibition: “The Son of Belizelda”
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
He explained that the painting depicts the politics in Belize. He said that Belizelda is a woman of color who has married a Scottish man, and gave birth to ...

Sugar and citrus industries in a financial pickle
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
He said that next door in Obregon (Mexico), farmers get paid the equivalent of $100 per ton of sugar they produce; in Belize, the farmers are getting about ...

Bar condemns Barrow statement that “The Bar Association is PUP”
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
The Bar Association of Belize has issued a statement decrying comments that Prime Minister Dean Barrow made in the National Assembly on Friday, November 12, ...

To ICJ referendum: Sedi
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
“The next step, therefore, is for the Government of Belize to engage with the Government of Guatemala for the purpose of identifying a mutually convenient ...

Recall of Elected Representatives Act
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
We know that Belize has two parties, red and blue, and there are diehard reds and diehard blues of at least 25 or 30% that vote in each election and will ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
The entry of Assad Shoman into the public life of British Honduras/Belize in the late 1960s caused a substantial change in how party politics and ...

Veteran radio broadcaster Adrian Harris, 46, dies of diabetes
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
Adrian Harris, 46, a radio broadcaster for radio stations in Belize City and Dangriga, died Monday morning around 5:00 at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital ...

BZ$131 million worth of cocaína!
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
Also embarrassing is the fact that one of the police officers arrested is the driver of the Queen's reporesentative in Belize, the Goveror-General. ...

PM Barrow refuses call for inquiry into immigration scandal
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
The Belize Honorary Consul in Ecuador became very concerned about Asians showing up with one-way visas; the Ecuadorian police have been asking a lot of ...

Darrel Grant, 24, found guilty of woman's vicious hammer murder
Amandala - ‎11/17/10‎
“I now know that there is justice in Belize,” said Maria, as she struggled to contain her tears. The Belizeans for Justice's Yolanda Schakron and Joan ...

11/16/10

Belize and the West Indies
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
Today The UWI Open Campus started its two day Country Conference, the second of its kind to be held in Belize. The conference's primary ...

Robber's Malfunctioning Gun Saved Working Man's Life
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
A twenty four year old administrative officer at the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited was robbed at gunpoint last night - and were it not for a faulty ...

Accused Rodwell Williams Shooter Valencia Back To Jail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
The man accused of shooting the Prime Minister's law partner is back behind bars tonight. A bail of ten thousand dollars on which 27 year old Ricky Valencia ...

Honours for 7News
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
A Belizean NGO has also bested its regional counterparts and won in the non-media category; Last year the Belize YWCA won that award and this year The ...

Barow Versus The Bar, Round 3
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
It didn't make it on last night's newscast but the Bar Association sent out a press release yesterday making it clear that they aren't happy with the Prime ...

Tutor Guilty Of Indecent Assault On Ten Year Old Student
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
Thirty four year old tutor, Andrew Lord, who was charged with aggravated assault of an indecent nature on his ten year old female student, was found guilty ...

Building the Private Sector Through Education
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
As the UWI Open Campus Country Conference was underway this afternoon, the Director of Open Campus, Luz Longsworth also met with the Belize Chamber of ...

Supreme Court Judge In Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
A Belize Defence Force Ambulance and the Pathfinder belonging to a Supreme Court Judge - collided yesterday evening on the Northern Highway. ...

mEjd8H5DrlH34O9eD_WZ61O5Q ">Channel 7 Daily News
Schools Reject Belize Waste Control
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
On August Seventeenth -the Belize Waste Control sent out a letter to school managements - saying that schools will now have to pay to have their garbage ...

A Record Bust
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
"Are you all aware that there is a heightened use of Belize for drug transshipment or forward transfer of drugs?" "Certainly and as pressures are applied ...

Man Pleads Guilty to Glock Possession
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/10‎
Twenty eight year old Robert Serano, an auto mechanic who was one of three men charged with firearm and ammunition offences, was sentenced to 2 years for ...

MINISTER OF POLICE SAYS FURTHER CHARGES EXPECTED AGAINST OFFICERS DETAINED ...
LoveFM - ‎11/16/10‎
There is protocols that has to be followed under these circumstances where one, an aircraft is dedicated in Belize's airspace is monitored because sometimes ...

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES OPEN CAMPUS BELIZE HOLDS COUNTRY CONFERENCE
LoveFM - ‎11/16/10‎
Jane Bennett is the Head at UWI Open Campus for Belize. “The University of the West Indies has a mandate to educate, to share information with the public in ...

BLUE HOLE NATIONAL PARK RE-OPENS
LoveFM - ‎11/16/10‎
Yesterday the Belize Audubon Society announced the re ]opening of the St. Herman fs Blue Hole National Park. Last month Hurricane Richard caused damage to ...

WOMEN'S COMMISSION WINS REGIONAL AWARD
LoveFM - ‎11/16/10‎
This is the second consecutive year that the award is granted to an organization in Belize. The first award was won by the Yong Women's Christian ...

MORE HELP FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS
LoveFM - ‎11/16/10‎
The Belize Bank Limited and its subsidiary, British Caribbean Bank International Limited jointly donated 20 thousand dollars to the Unite Belize Initiative ...

11/15/10

Battle of the Drums
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/10‎
As we told your earlier in the newscast - fans flocking to the battle of the drums were delyed on the southern highway as the drug plane covered the road. ...

Fatal Accident In Northeastern OW
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/10‎
A traffic ACCIDENT in the Orange Walk District left a child dead and one man injured. On Friday Police visited Cuatro Leguas Blue Creek Village where they ...

Espejo Makes His case Against Perdomo
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/10‎
So political baggage we are not worried about, I do have experience in the private sector, I also have experience now at the Belize City Council ...

Pregnant Woman Savagely Murdered in Dangriga
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/10‎
When she comes here to Belize City she lives with me, she comes and she looks for her me. But other than that I don't know Sheleen to be a person that ...

Child Accidentally Shoots Himself In City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/10‎
A 7 year old was today recovering from gunshot wounds he received yesterday afternoon. It sounds serious and it is - but this minor was not the victim of ...

A spate Of City Shootings
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/10‎
And while that 7 year old shot himself in the afternoon, by the end of the day three more persons - all adults would be injured by gunshots. ...

Pen Cayetano's Annual Exhibit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/10‎
"Well I know this exhibition is being done in conjunction with 2 very important dates; one for Belize and one for Mexico." "Yes we wanted to participate to ...

A Message From Sergeant's Caye To The World
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/10‎
It was called an aerial art event as 250 people gathered on Sergeant's Caye on Saturday to send a message to the world about conservation. ...

Veteran Broadcaster Adrian Harris Passes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/10‎
And tonight with sadness we note the passing of veteran broadcaster Adrian Harris. The 46 year old died this morning after a long and taxing battle with ...

Drug Plane Lands On Southern Hwy; Police Facilitated
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/10‎
Our information says villagers heard the aircraft circling the area after midnight and alerted police - who called in The Belize Special Assignment Group ...

PEN CAYETANO'S ART WORK ON DISPLAY AT THE MEXICAN INSTITUTE
LoveFM - ‎11/15/10‎
The Institute of Mexico in Belize is hosting an exhibition titled “The Sons of Belizelda” tomorrow evening. The exhibition features thirty-three paintings ...

DRUG PLANE USES THE SOUTHERN HIGHWAY FOR A RUNWAY AND FIVE SENIOR POLICE ...
LoveFM - ‎11/15/10‎
A search of the van, according to police, resulted in the discovery of several items including with wet clothing, jungle boots and paraphernalia with Belize ...

UB TO HOST FIRST ENTREPRENEURSHIP SYMPOSIUM
LoveFM - ‎11/15/10‎
The Faculty of Management and Social Sciences of the University of Belize, in partnership with Youth Business Trust Belize, will host its first ...

BROADCASTING INDUSTRY MOURNS THE PASSING OF ADRIAN HARRIS
LoveFM - ‎11/15/10‎
Adrian Harris has been battling diabetes for a number of years and has been getting treatment both in Belize and abroad. Even though he was ill, ...

BELIZE CITY SHOOTING LEAVE TWO INJURED
LoveFM - ‎11/15/10‎
Police continue to investigate two shooting incidents that left three people injured. In the first incident, yesterday officers visited the KHMH where they ...

11/12/10

Experts Discuss The State Of The Reef
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/10‎
Seven News spoke with Imani Fairweather, Director of the Oak Foundation in Belize - she told us what the day's agenda was about. "Every 2 years the people ...

Savery's Family Complains
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/10‎
Yesterday evening the funeral for Eric Savery Lewis - known as Ghetto Fab - was held with a heavy police presence. It was no ordinary funeral procession ...

Guilty Of a Gruesome Killing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/10‎
My mother said that she now knows that there is justice in Belize." "It's a sad time because you cannot get back your love one but ...

Another BTL Brouhaha
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/10‎
Over the entirety of speednet, the Belize Bank has a debenture of a 12 million dollars. The original shareholding in speednet was change when on 13 of ...

Perdomo Fights Back
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/10‎
We know of at least 143 persons that were granted visas in Cuba and Ecuador and have landed in Belize under questionable circumstances. ...

Hapless Robber Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/10‎
Earlier this week we told you about 39 year old Kent Moss who resisted an armed robber a robber and managed to get his gun. Moss got the gun, ...

The Kettles Are Clanging For Cash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/10‎
Here in Belize, that tradition continued today as they launched the Kettle Appeal in downtown Belize City. While the organization recognizes that the ...

Crisis Looms In Sugar Industry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/10‎
BSI - Belize Sugar Industries - the company that takes in and processes all the sugar cane produced in Belize at the Tower Hill Factory is in a financial ...

Former AG Fonseca: Rule Of Law Eroded By Slew Of Judicial Changes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/10‎
The question is why, why, what Dr. Conteh's grave sin but that Mr. Speaker is where we are today in Belize under the UDP, it's with me or against me, ...

MEXICAN ENGINEERS AND REHABILITATION SPECIALISTS LOOK AT THE BELIZE CITY CENTRE
LoveFM - ‎11/12/10‎
A team of Mexican engineers and rehabilitation specialists are in Belize to do a preliminary assessment on the Belize City Center. ...

KEY AMENDMENTS TO THE LAWS OF BELIZE TABLED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
LoveFM - ‎11/12/10‎
During the course of the over five hour-long meeting, several key amendments to the laws of Belize were brought to the floor of the House. ...

BELIZE COAST GUARD ASKS MARINERS TO BEWARE OF THIEVES
LoveFM - ‎11/12/10‎
The Belize Coast Guard is asking all mariners to secure their vessels as vessel theft is on the increase. Just yesterday they recovered a stolen vessel in ...

SALVATION ARMY LAUNCHES ANNUAL CHRISTMAS KETTLE APPEAL
LoveFM - ‎11/12/10‎
Each year, the Army sets up collection pots in front of major business establishments in Belize City and the main district towns to assist with the church's ...

BELIZE CITY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER
LoveFM - ‎11/12/10‎
24 year old Darrell Grant, charged with the murder of 39 year old Sandra Ruiz, was found guilty today by a jury of eight women and four men. ...

Cabinet orders audit of High Commission to UK
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
Cabinet requested an audit of the Belize High Commission to the United Kingdom, when it reinstated High Commissioner ...

Mayor exonorated!
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
Moya is the first elected mayor of Belize City to have been criminally charged while in office. Four members of the Belize City Council staff were charged ...

Ex-PUP ministers deny drug smuggler' claim
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
Hertular implicated Musa and a police commissioner in the organization and claimed the Belize Alliance Bank had been used for money laundering. ...

Monica Escarpeta to be tried in Supreme Court
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
According to court records, Bevans allegedly handled $12472.31 knowing that the money was the property of the Government of Belize, between ...

Ecuador detains Sri Lankans with Belizean Visas
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
... channel from the Immigration Department, has portrayed Belize in a bad light at a time when everyone is on the lookout for international terrorists. ...

Toledo Community College boys win 4th national volleyball championship
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
As national champions, the TCC boys will be representing Belize again at the 16th CODICADER Games in San Salvador . ...

Edwin Ramirez wins Mr. Belize, Kayla Myvette wins Ms. Bodyfigure, Dion ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
Edwin Ramirez of San Pedro won the 2010 Mr Belize contest organized by the Belize Body Building and Body Fitness ...

St. Catherine's girl win 4th national volleyball championship
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
As national champions, the St Catherine's girls will be representing Belize again at the 16th CODICADER Central American Students' Games to be held in San ...

A commitment to work with the private sector; PM Barrow pledges "robust ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
The Prime Minister spoke last Friday morning at the opening of a day-long symposium organized by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry at which the ...

IDB's visit: Turning point for belize development?
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
Dean Barrow, took place last Friday at the Belize Chamber of Commerce headquarters on Coney Drive. The symposium provid-ed a critical look at Belize and ...

Two new water systems for Douglas & San Felipe
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
The Government of Belize provided $189000. The remaining $758000 came from a grant from the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF5), a program promoting poverty ...

UN report ranks Belize 78th in human development
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
The recently released United Nations' Human Development Report for 2010 ranks Belize at 78th out of the 169 countries ...

It's our money, and we want it now! Cane farmers tell Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
The Belize Sugar cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) are fuming at the news that Belize Sugar Industries Ltd. (BSI) was ...

It resources hub in Santa Clara Village a boon for education in rural Corozal
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
The Social Investment Fund has brought the project on line at an estimated cost of $166000, and the Government of Belize financed it through a loan from the ...

American Bar Association tweaks Belize justice system
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
With an overall aim of contributing to the proper execution of justice in Belize, the Country Director for ABA ROLI, Antoinette Moore, explained that the ...

Gang activity erupt on northside Castle Street
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
A gang-inspired gun attack at about 6:20 Monday evening at the corner of Lancaster and Castle Streets in Belize City has ...

Almost 17% of Belize's forest has gone! report says
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
A recent study shows that over the last 20 years, about 16.8% of Belize's forest has been lost to deforestation. ...

Teenager executed in his sleep
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
Belize City police have yet to make an arrest in their investigation of the murder of Kenroy Mejia, 17, ...

Chris Galvez scholarship awarded
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
... during a ceremony held at the conference room of the University of the West Indies School of Continuing Studies in Belize City on Tuesday, November 9. ...

Belize hosts CA regional forum on renewable energy
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
The development of environmentally friendly methods of energy production received concentrated attention when Belize hosted the Central American Commission ...

UWI's Vice Chancellor talks about Reparations for Slavery
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
Belize has an important role to play in the reparation process to heal the wounds of the Caribbean region's history of ...

Belmopan friends say au revoir to Ambassador Lopez Moreno of Mexico
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/12/10‎
After barely three years as Mexico's top diplomat to Belize, His Excellency Ambassador Luis Manuel Lopez Moreno is on the move again to a more challenging ...

Mexico has offered to renew Belize City Center
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/12/10‎
Prime Minister Barrow had raised the possibility of such assistance in the context of Mexico's commitment to Belize in respect to promoting regional ...

Justice Lucas to summarize Darrel Grant's murder case tomorrow
Amandala - ‎11/12/10‎
According to Palomo, he had confronted Grant about the murder and on the drive back to Belize City, Grant, who was seated in the back seat with Palomo, ...

Griga United mourns; but the game goes on
Amandala - ‎11/12/10‎
The Belize City Football Association had planned a novel “Tournament Day” treat for the holiday; I think it was on Boxing Day, but it may have been on New ...

Court of Appeal refuses Dean Boyce's injunction to prevent sale of BTL shares
Amandala - ‎11/12/10‎
When Dean Boyce, former executive chairman of Michael Ashcroft's Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), filed an injunction against the Government of Belize's ...

Revamping Belize's fisheries laws and ending open access to marine fisheries
Amandala - ‎11/12/10‎
Amandala interviewed Janet Gibson, country director of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Belize (Global Conservation Program), Julio R. Maaz, ...

Zenaida's case thrown out!
Amandala - ‎11/12/10‎
The manager had denied having any account for the Belize City Council or issuing the receipts in question. In the view of the Chief Magistrate, ...

BTL workers want Boyce and Arnold OUT!
Amandala - ‎11/12/10‎
The employees of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) are still staking their claim to 23% of the company—shares that the Government of Belize acquired in the ...

40-year logging concession and logging road spark continued opposition from ...
Amandala - ‎11/12/10‎
The reopening of a road to enter the Manatee Forest Reserve, constituting of thousands of acres in the Stann Creek and Belize Districts, to operate a ...

Ralph Fonseca: I know him not!
Amandala - ‎11/12/10‎
Hertular admitted to transporting the drugs with the help of key (at that time unnamed) Belizean government officials from Colombia through to Belize. ...

11/11/10

Police Rebutt
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
Last night we told you about the report that police had badly beaten three prisoners at the Magistrate's Court Holding Cell. Well, today police denied that ...

Wayne Rock Remanded
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
Twenty four year old Wayne Rock, one of three men the police believe was involved in a shooting incident, was charged with 2 counts of aggravated assault ...

City Center To Be Repaired By Mexico
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
The Belize City Center - it has been a festering wound in public life since it was built in the early 90's. Finally, it was deemed unfit ...

“Ghetto Fab's” Funeral
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
City Police were on high alert in the city this afternoon for the funeral of Eric Savery Lewis known as Ghetto Fab. Patrol teams were deployed all along the ...

NEMO's Tally Of Damages
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
An initial assessment by NEMO shows that 890 households were damaged by Hurricane Richard in the Belize, Cayo and Stann Creek districts. ...

Accused Killer Darrell Grant's Defense Closes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
b>The defense closed its case today for 24 year old Darrel Grant who is on trial in the court of Justice Adolph Lucas for the murder of 35 year old Sandra ...

Dueling Doctors' Charges Dismissed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
Both men were charged for disorderly conduct and appeared in magistrate's courts in Corozal and Belize City for a number of adjournments. ...

“Just Fix My Roof!”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
Losses to the housing sector alone were 14 million dollars nationally - and again, that is just the initial estimate. But all those big figures don't mean ...

“Sense Outta KONSHENS”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
Krem's 21st Anniversary Concert will be held on Saturday and one of the headlining acts arrived today. He is Konshens the voice behind hit songs such as ...

Tragic Accident Claims Life of Eight Year Old
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
... that lady jump the bump and she was speeding and that vehicle flip, it was going to Cayo and it turn back like in the direction to Belize City'. ...

Raja: The Global View
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
We caught up with the Sri Lankan born photographer, who now calls Belize home and he told us about the Rajah Exhibition- a collection of photographs from ...

VIP: No To “Blanket Amnesty”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
They say that what they call "a blanket amnesty" will strip native Belizeans of political control and direction of Belize. The VIP is calling on government ...

Zetina Says Hertular Claims Are “Baloney”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/10‎
The Robert Hertular allegations - for the past two days, they have been all the buzz as the convicted drug trafficker told the DEA in 2003 that he worked ...

VISION INSPIRED BY THE PEOPLE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST AMNESTY
LoveFM - ‎11/11/10‎
And in saying so we recognize and we uphold Belize's rights, the rights of Belizeans to own, possess and enjoy their land. At the same time we don't want to ...

HEALTHY REEFS INITIATIVE KICKS OFF TODAY
LoveFM - ‎11/11/10‎
CAVU has also worked in Belize. President of CAVU, David Smith, who is also a pilot, has been coming to the country for over twenty years tracking Jaguars, ...

VETERANS DAY OBSERVED
LoveFM - ‎11/11/10‎
Each year at this time poppies are sold in Belize as in the rest of CARICOM and Commonwealth. Funds raised are used to assist ex-servicemen and women who ...

Samos stays with the people
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
... of the Ministry of Housing, and within a matter of a few days a contractor from Little Belize was employed to construct a small house for Shepherd. ...

Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers discharged of...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
On Tuesday November 9, Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb-Mckenzie discharged Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers of 22 counts of uttering upon a false ...

Benque Town Council Donates Relief Supplies to Belize City
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
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. ...

Honourable Pablo Marin wins United Nations Award for excellence in Public Service
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
... of the Honourable Pablo Marin, Minister of Health of Belize, as the Americas Award 2010 Laureate in the category “Improvement of Maternal Health”. ...

Perspective in Perspective
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
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. ...

New water systems to benefit over 2500 ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
Of this amount, the Government of Belize provided $189000.00 and the remaining $758000.00 was a grant from the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF5), ...

High Commissioner Apologizes- Mission to be Audited
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
Belize's High Commissioner to England, Kamela Palma, was dismissed of her duties on November 1 because of an outrageous letter sent to the Chief Executive ...

Belize Controlling Corruption
The Guardian, Belize - z%22&scoring=n">Norman Rodriguez - ‎11/11/10‎
Corruption has plagued Belize to a large degree for years now and sadly, as I mentioned above, speculations have been directed way into the heart of our ...

Students in the north gain access to latest technology
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
The project was implemented by the Social Investment Fund and financed by the Government of Belize through a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank. ...

Controlling Corruption Recognized internationally
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
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. ...

“Fonseca Organization's” Involvement in International Narcotics Trafficking
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
In mid 2001, Robert Hertular was charged for trafficking 1161 kilograms of cocaine in Belize. According to case files, he admitted that the drugs belonged ...

Thursday's intriguing people
CNN (blog) - ‎11/11/10‎
Released last year after serving nine years in prison and deported to his native Belize, Shyne easily could have kicked it in Central America. ...

Belize Bank Execs running scared
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
We must thank the many Belizeans who have commended this publication for the article on the Belize Bank's Group Risk Unit and the exposure of how the bank ...

BTL and Smart in Court
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/11/10‎
Shortly after the Government of Belize nationalized Telemedia four agreements between the companies were brought to the fore. These included: The Master ...

11/10/10

Marine Protected Areas: Preserving The Balance
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
We know all about Belize's protected areas, which covers 36% of our national territory - and while we've extensively featured some of those areas on land, ...

Prisoners Allegedly Beaten By Police
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
... tonight coming into our newsroom tonight of 3 prisoners who - it is alleged - were badly beaten by police while in their holding cell . ...

Former Compol Zetina Weighs In On Hertular Allegations
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
The way I see it, Jules, is that the fellow, the Belize informant, the same one who taped the thing - he had to laugh because he know he put it over the ...

Mayor Moya: Free At Last!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
Last night we told you about the 22 charges of uttering upon a forged document that were dropped against Mayor Zenaida Moya. Today she was back in court to ...

Fatal Accident Claims Life Of A Child
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
Details are still sketchy but 7news has confirmed that a 9 year old boy was knocked down and killed a short while in the village of Georgeville in the Cayo ...

Health Safety In The Workplace
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
Are you one of those employees who refuses to wear a hard hat at work, or doesn't read equipment instructions before using it? While some accidents are ...

Shyne Changes Name Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
According to an article in the Jerusalem Post the rapper formerly known as Shyne is now also formerly Moses Michael Levy; he's gone to Israel and taken on ...

She's In, She's Out, She's Back In Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
For the past week, we've been reporting on the back and forth over Belize's High Commissioner to the UK Kamela Palma. When the Ministry of Foreign Affiars ...

Man Wrests Away Robber's Revolver
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
On Monday night, Kent Moss - a house inspector of Belize City - reported to police that while hanging with some friends at the corner of Jasmine Street and ...

Ashcroft Alliance Injunction Request Refused
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
Arguments were made weeks ago by Lois young for the Government of Belize and Godfrey Smith for the Trustee Dean Boyce. Today, Justice of Appeal Dennis ...

Boat Runs Aground
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
A boat carrying international passengers had a minor accident when it ran into shallow waters near San Pedro. It happened yesterday at around 6:30 pm As ...

Murder Charge For San Pedro Killer
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
We reported on Monday's newscast about the fatal stabbing incident on the island of San Pedro -left 23 year old Lionel Pinelo dead. ...

Home Fire Shakes Up Family Of Six
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/10‎
An early morning blaze has left a family of 6 in a bad way tonight. The fired started sometime after one this morning at a wooden home on Barracat Street. ...

BELIZEAN FISHERMAN RETURNS FROM MEETING IN PUERTO RICO
LoveFM - ‎11/10/10‎
Belize was represented by Local Fisherman Armando Ramirez from the Rio Grande Fishermen Cooperative in Punta Gorda. “We do all of our presentation and best ...

STUDENTS IN BANANA BELT COMMUNITIES TO BENEFIT FROM NEW PROJECT
LoveFM - ‎11/10/10‎
The one point two million Belize dollar project is being funded by the University of Belize and the European Union and will be implemented in collaboration ...

POLICE PRESS OFFICER SAYS THE POLICE ARE WORKING HARD ON UNSOLVED CASES
LoveFM - ‎11/10/10‎
As the violence in Belize City escalates, there are a number of cases that remain unsolved and many families left with grief at the loss of their loved ones ...

CCAD IN BELIZE FOR TWO DAY MEETING
LoveFM - ‎11/10/10‎
Representatives of the Central American Commission of Environment and Development, CCAD, are meeting for two days in Belize. Belize's Chief Environmental ...

11/9/10

Atlantic Bank Security Guard Robbers Get Jail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
It made major headlines in March of this year when police caught a crew of robbers as they were fleeing from a robbery outside the Atlantic Bank's collet ...

“In The Beginning Was The Word”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
A new project is hoping to harness take poetry in Belize to another level. But it's not poetry - and it's not rap; it combines elements of both and it's ...

Mayor Moya: Halfway Home To Vindication
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
And from the news of that former minister's name mentioned in US Appeals Court, to news of another politician who was in the Belize City magistrate's court ...

Chris Galvez Scholarship
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
The Belize Kids First Organization through Belizeans for Justice awarded Dominique Noralez, a first year St Catherine's Student with the Christopher Galvez ...

High School Principal Accused Of Sexual Assault
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
The Principal of Comprehensive High School in Belmopan - Denroy Tillett - was picked up today by police after a female security guard at the school reported ...

Convicted Drug Trafficker Robert Hertular: Crazy Claims or Something Suspicious?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
The sentence is for smuggling more than six tonnes of cocaine into the United States and for threatening a DEA agent posted in Belize. ...

Police Nab Gunmen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
Police received reports around 10:30 this morning of a robbery on Oleander Street. When operation Jaguar personnel responded - they saw 3 men riding on ...

A Shooting On A Violent Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
24 year old Keith Middleton was shot inside his home on Levi Slusher Street around 9 o'clock last night. According to his girlfriend, they were inside their ...

Who Did In “Duppy”?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
Last night we had breaking news about the slaying of Keon Myvett Williams, known as Duppy. He was killed at 6:15 pm as he stood at the corner of Castle And ...

Brokdong Lives
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
But if speaking words isn't your thing, maybe singing them is….and if you feel you can crystallize the humour of daily life as brilliantly as Mr. Peters ...

Shawn Edwards Back In Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/10‎
You may remember Twenty three year old Shawn Edwards - he was the accused armed robber who got shot up by the owner of a bar he allegedly tried to rob. ...

OAS givesUS$125 000 in storm aid
Nation News - ‎9 hours ago‎
... an official contribution of US$125 000 from the Inter-American Emergency Aid Fund (FONDEM) to five countries of the region (Belize, Costa Rica, Haiti, ...

OAS Delivers Aid To Hurricane Affected Central American, Caribbean Countries
CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM - ‎10 hours ago‎
Nestor Mendez, of Belize; Duly Brutus, of Haiti; Michael Louis, of Saint Lucia; La Celia A. Prince, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; and José Enrique ...

Malcolm X's daughter follows in his steps: Humanitarian brings 'legacy ...
UK The Kentucky Kernel - ‎10 hours ago‎
In 2002, Shabazz was appointated as an ambassador-at-large by the prime minister of Belize. Grundy said he first met Shabazz 24 years ago when she was ...

Los Angeles houses the nation's biggest Little Belize
The South Los Angeles Report - ‎11/9/10‎
... 28 years ago in Nel and John Wells' home, and now a half dozen Belizean restaurants have sprung up to join it in the country's biggest Little Belize. ...

GUN VIOLENCE CONTINUE ON BELIZE CITY STREETS
LoveFM - ‎11/9/10‎
Since last Friday, there has been an increase of gun violence on Belize City streets. Sometime after two o'clock last Friday afternoon 37-year-old Eric ...

BELIZEANS FOR JUSTICE AWARD FIRST SCHOLARSHIP
LoveFM - ‎11/9/10‎
The full scholarship was awarded in partnership with Belize Kids First, an organization that awards scholarships to those in need. ...

SAN PEDRO RESIDENTS HOST MASS OF THANKSGIVING FOR MARIA ANTONIA PLAZA GOMEZ
LoveFM - ‎11/9/10‎
... hotel owners, members of the Maya Island Air staff, students and teacher, local islanders and even the members of the Belize Police Department revisited ...

VETERANS' WEEK OBSERVED
LoveFM - ‎11/9/10‎
Every year, the Belize Ex Services League commemorates veteran's week to pay homage to those veterans who contributed and played a role in World War one and ...

Fortis profits CAD$45 million, revenues CAD$2.6 billion
Amandala - ‎11/9/10‎
According to the Fortis news release, higher average temperatures experienced in Belize and the Turks and Caicos Islands increased air-conditioning load and ...

Inter-District Results and Quadrangular in Chetumal
Amandala - ‎11/9/10‎
Friday at 9:00 am, Belize U-20 vs Robanos Sagrado (Chivas), regular time ended nil-nil. Game ended 4 to 3 in penalties. Goals for Belize U-20 were scored by ...

To sleep, perchance to die
Amandala - ‎11/9/10‎
Kenroy Tyron Mejia, 17, an unemployed resident of Belize City, was found in a fetal position lying on his bed with two gunshot wounds in the right temple. ...

“Ghetto Fab,” 38, executed
Amandala - ‎11/9/10‎
He was released from the hospital a few days before Hurricane Richard made landfall in Belize. Eric Savery Lewis was also reportedly the subject of other ...

“Duppy,” 26, executed on deadly Lancaster Street
Amandala - ‎11/9/10‎
Police say that they visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, where Jeremy Muslar, a laborer of a Belize City address, was seen with a gunshot wound in ...

Furniture maker stabbed in San Pedro; dies in KHMH
Amandala - ‎11/9/10‎
... advised that due to the severity of his injury, he needed to be rushed to Belize City and admitted at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for treatment. ...

Cash-strapped BSI delays third payment for cañeros
Amandala - ‎11/9/10‎
Last Monday we reported that the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Rene Montero had met with principals of Belize Sugar Industries (BSI) and the Belize ...

BPFL standings remain the same; BDF on top, Sea Dogs on the bottom
Amandala - ‎11/9/10‎
At the end of another weekend of football in the BPFL Caribbean Motors Cup competition, defending champion Belize Defence Force remains undefeated at the ...

11/8/10

Belizean Forests Decimated
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/10‎
A new report states that Belize has been losing its forests at an alarming rate, as much as ten thousand hectares a year since 1980. ...

The Ugliness Of It All: Ex High Commissioner Palma Vs. GOB
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/10‎
Belize's diplomatic corps is still recovering from the public flap over the sacking of its High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Kamela Palma. ...

Clinic For Storm Affected Families
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/10‎
Yesterday Over a hundred of Hurricane Richard's victims, the majority children, received free health care from the Belize Medical Associates. ...

Second San Pedro Murder In A Week
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/10‎
And while that teenager was killed in the city, in San Pedro a 24 year old was stabbed to death. It is the second murder in less than a week for that Island ...

17 Year Old Executed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/10‎
We'll have the story of two weekend murders shortly…but first to breaking news of two men who were shot in Belize City around 6:15 pm. ...

Two Years for Weapon He Claims He Found
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/10‎
Twenty five year old Jamar Gentle, an attendant at KHMH who said he found a .38 revolver while he was walking his dog on Princess Margaret Drive, ...

Late Evening Murder In City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/10‎
And now for the details of that late evening murder we told you about earlier. At 6:15 pm Keon Williams Myvette was standing leaning on a lamp-post corner ...

Thief Pleads Guilty
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/10‎
Twenty-six year old Selvin Seguro, an unemployed of Burrell Boom, was sentenced to four months today I the #8 Magistrate's Court after he pleaded guilty to ...

Damari Recovering Smartly
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/10‎
Damari has been recovering exceptionally well and is getting ready to return back to Belize in just a couple weeks. She also attended the World Burn ...

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPEAKS ON FIRING OF UK HIGH COMMISSIONER
LoveFM - ‎11/8/10‎
The termination of Belize's High Commissioner to London, Kamela Palma has drawn more than its fair share of conversation. Last week it was reported that ...

BELIZE CITY MAN SHOT AND KILLED
LoveFM - ‎11/8/10‎
17-year-old Kenroy Mejia was shot and killed on Sunday. Police say they responded to a scene at a concrete and wooden building on East Canal where they ...

VIP CALLS FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION OF IMMIGRATION SCANDAL
LoveFM - ‎11/8/10‎
So the VIP is saying that if you don't do it, then we are going to the international bodies and say, please come to Belize, put your clout where it is and ...

HOSPITAL ASSISTS HURRICANE VICTIMS
LoveFM - ‎11/8/10‎
The Belize Medical Associates held a free clinic for people who have been displaced and affected in one way or another by Hurricane Richard. ...

BELIZEAN EYE PATIENTS TO RETURN HOME FROM VENEZUELA
LoveFM - ‎11/8/10‎
The Venezuelan Embassy along with the Government is working hard to reschedule the plane that will bring the passengers to Belize. ...

Belize: Citrus loses $32.5 million to Richard
FreshPlaza - ‎11/8/10‎
Richard landed on Belize's shores just three days after the start of crop season 2010-11, and while the factories are taking in recovered mature fruit, ...
11/5/10

The Execution Of “Ghetto Fab”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
Eric Savery Lewis, known as Ghetto Fab - he rose to prominence as a Belize City street figure over a decade ago. But 38 year old Savery-Lewis - who had ...

Support Charity Concert
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
And as we close tonight - ending our first newscast in ten nights without any mention of hurricane Richard, we remind you of the hurricane ...

A Time For Afro-Central Americans
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
That covers black people in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama who studies show are systematically ...

Perdomo Says The Immigration Ministry Is Tough
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
... Immigration Minister Carlos Perdomo defend himself, deflecting suggestions that he had knowingly facilitate the smuggling of Chinese though Belize. ...

Former Gov't Minister Lets It Flow
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
Former Minister of Education - Elodio Aragon, today launched his book called - In The Flow of Eternity. Aragon who is now a newspaper publisher has compiled ...

A Claim Of Near Abduction In Belmopan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
... and told us they were instructed by management not to do so. They told us we would have to speak with their manger at the Anglican Diocese in Belize City.

Amnesty Programme Planned
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
Projections are that it could grant permanent resident status to 20 thousand illegal immigrants who are living in Belize. Only those who can prove that they ...

Collision Leaves Woman With Two Broken Legs
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
There was a serious accident last night at 7:30 on the outskirts of Belize City. It was a head on collision which happened at mile two on the Western ...

BSI In Trouble
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
The sugar industry appears to be on the precipice of a crisis as Belize Sugar Industry - the company that buys and processes cane form farmers - will be ...

Another Manslaughter Verdict
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
Fifty six year old Wayne Gabb, a resident of Ontario Village, charged with the murder of 44 year old prison officer, Marcos Ishim, who was found not guilty ...

12 Years For Manslaughter
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
38 year old Guatemalan national, Alejandro Hernandez Damian who was charged with murder and pled guilty to manslaughter was sentenced to 12 years when he ...

“Hogbone” shot After “Ham”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
On October 22nd. we told you about Marcos Swazo a 10 year old who was shot in the foot while on his way home from playing basketball at 7:00 pm. ...

Family Blames Doctor For Death Of Loved One
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/5/10‎
Last night we had an extended feature about a court determined case of medical malpractice. It is a rare case, as malpractice is often claimed, ...

ONE MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING BELIZE CITY SHOOTING
LoveFM - ‎11/5/10‎
The latest murder in Belize City was recorded sometime after two o'clock this afternoon. The victim has been identified as Eric Lewis also known as Eric ...

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND IDB HOLD SYMPOSIUM
LoveFM - ‎11/5/10‎
Driving Private Sector Development through Structural Transformation in Belize was the main discussion in today's all day symposium hosted jointly with the ...

Mayans converted wetlands to farmland
Nature.com - ‎11/5/10‎
... and their colleagues, have performed more than 60 excavations to study and map the different earth layers, or strata, in field sites in northern Belize. ...

Citrus loses $32.5 million to Richard; industry confident of rebound
Amandala - ‎11/5/10‎
Richard landed on Belize's shores just three days after the start of crop season 2010-11, and while the factories are taking in recovered mature fruit, ...

IDB asked to assist with post-Richard relief
Amandala - ‎11/5/10‎
The president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, addressed the Belize media on Thursday evening, November 4, indicating that ...

Kamela Palma, High Commissioner to London, fired
Amandala - ‎11/5/10‎
I, in all good conscience, could not have left her in charge of the Government of Belize's and the mission's purse, so to speak. ...

SSB will buy $50 mil in BTL shares
Amandala - ‎11/5/10‎
The board of directors of the Social Security Board (SSB) has voted by a slim majority to invest $50 million to buy 10 million shares in Belize Telemedia ...

20000 undocumented migrants living in Belize?
Amandala - ‎11/5/10‎
Under the program illegal migrants who can prove that they, as well as their children, have lived at least two years in Belize would be allowed to apply. ...

Amnesty for 20000 illegal aliens?
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/5/10‎
Some 20000 illegal immigrants in Belize will soon have permanent residency status under a new proposed Amnesty Program ...

SSB takes the plunge and votes to invest
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/5/10‎
The SSB's proposal to buy a 20% stake in Belize Telemedia's public offering of shares was delayed when two trade union representatives on the board declined ...

Missing flight attendant found dead on San Pedro. Evidence points to a brutal ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/5/10‎
Maria was scheduled to work as the flight attendant on that afternoon flight from Belize to Guatemala. Just before her unfortunate run in with her assailant ...

MOW begins massive hurricane relief programme
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/5/10‎
... the government's $2 million relief program in the wake of Hurricane Richard, which hit Belize on Sunday night, October 24, and Minister of Works Hon. ...

Mother wins $2.5 million malpractice suit
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/5/10‎
Matute had taken her child to be examined by doctors in Belize, Mexico and the USA..However, it was the report from Dr. Grinage, who examined the child at ...

Drug boss kicked out of Belize. His two lawyers cry foul!
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/5/10‎
Ottoniel Turcios' attorneys, Oswald Twist and Elston Kaseke, say that their client's so-called extradition from Belize ...

FIU appeals $1.5 M money laundering case
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/5/10‎
FIU investigators, acting on a tip, found the US$1.5 million in various areas of a bedroom of the Coye home on Johnson Street in Belize City during a police ...

UDP City Councilor Roger Espejo wants Carlos Perdomo's Caribbean Shores seat
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/5/10‎
Belize's next General Elections are still more than two years away, but already there are movements in both political ...

IDB President, Dr. Moreno on two-day visit to Belize
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/5/10‎
The President of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB), Sr. Luis Alberto Moreno, arrived in Belize on Thursday, ...

Accident traps woman in car
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/5/10‎
She was transported by BERT ambulance to the Belize Medical Associates for treatment. Police are investigating the cause of the accident.

11/4/10

IDB President Promises Post Hurricane Rebuilding Funds
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/10‎
And while they have an exit strategy, what about others living in the area? Yes, they are getting housing relief, ...

Three Men In Tents Movin' On Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/10‎
Last week we introduced Terry Andrewin, Emilio Rivera and Marlon Robinson. They are the men who lived right on the seafront in the Yabra area whose homes ...

Immigration Minister Defends Himself
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/10‎
"However you are aware why there might be a confusion because the smuggling of Chinese through Belize is a practice that started probably in the early 90's ...

Largest Medical Malpractice Award Ever
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/10‎
It didn't make the news when the Supreme Court handed down the largest medical Malpractice award in Belize a few weeks ago. It was an award of 2.5 million ...

Torres Case ends With A Whimper
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/10‎
Back in May of this year, the brutal beating of the blameless 36 year old Elwin Torres brought the police under heavy scrutiny. Torres alleged that police ...

Deadly Weapons Off The Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/10‎
Yesterday evening around 5 - a 17 year old minor along with his mother visited the Mahogany Street police station where the minor reported to police - that ...

Chinese Grocer Out Of Hand
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/10‎
We all have some level of familiarity with our neighborhood Chinese grocer - but one storeowner went way over the line when he touched one of his customers ...

PM Backs Up Perdomo/Chastens Palma
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/4/10‎
The Prime Minister also discussed the recent flap over Belize's High Commissioner to the UK, Kamela Palma. She been terminated because of an administrative ...

SJC alumni upends Ministry of Education in interoffice softball
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
The Belize City Interoffice Softball Competition continued on Friday October 22, at Rogers Stadium, the home of softball, between the SJC Alumni and the ...

MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY
LoveFM - ‎11/4/10‎
Minister of Defense and Immigration Carlos Perdomo has responded to allegations that he is involved in the illegal entry of Chinese nationals into Belize. ...

IDB PRESIDENT ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/4/10‎
The President of the Inter American Development Bank, Luis Alberto Moreno is on a two day visit to Belize. The purpose of his visit is to meet with Prime ...

UNICEF APPROVES FUNDING TO ASSIST HURRICANE VICTIMS
LoveFM - ‎11/4/10‎
Anna Hoare is the Communications Officer at UNICEF here in Belize. “UNICEF is responding to request of the government of Belize, specifically to the ...

...BELIZE SUGAR CANE FARMERS ASSOCIATION HAS NEW COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT
LoveFM - ‎11/4/10‎
A new committee of management has been elected for the Belize Cane Farmers Association. Manuela Ayuso Cantun has the story. At its last Special Meeting ...

SUGAR CANE FARMERS AWAIT LAST CROP PAYMENT
LoveFM - ‎11/4/10‎
In a letter sent to the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association lat e last week, BSI informs the BSCFA that the payment may not be made on the date agreed as ...

Teenager pleads guilty to theft-sentence...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
... bail for theft after he snatched a woman's $500 cell phone, appeared in Court #8 before Magistrate Emerson Banner in the Belize City Magistrate's Court. ...

Marcos Moh sentenced to 20; Ted Armstron...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
... day when he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of the manslaughter of Kirk Smith Jr., a Fisherman of Belize City who was working on Turneffe Island. ...

Talbert Mena Gets Two Years for One Bull...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
... with keeping unlicensed ammunition among other charges after one 9mm bullet was found during a house search at #42 Lawrence Avenue in Belize City. ...

Human Trafficking charge levied against ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
A Honduran national who has been living in Belize for the past 11 years and has permanent residency was on Friday October 29 charged with one count of ...

Flight Attendant Murdered in San Pedro
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
Gomez, a Spanish national, arrived in San Pedro, Belize on Friday, October 29. She was registered as a guest at Hotel Corona Del Mar. ...

Hon. Gaspar Vega attends UN Convention on Biological Diversity
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
Gaspar Vega returned to Belize from Japan on Saturday, October 30, 2010 after leading a delegation to the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties ...

Ministry of Health Provides Assistance to Staff Affected by Richard
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
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. ...

Hon Gaspar Vega addresses Convention of Biological Diversity - COP-10 in ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
Matsumoto, thank you for giving me the honor to present this speech on behalf of the people and Government of Belize. I wish to extend a warm greeting to ...

Social Workers Lead Relief Efforts - Local Businesses and International Allies ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
The Belize, Cayo and Stann Creek Districts were most affected by Hurricane Richard. While the most costly impact of the storm may be to the citrus industry, ...

Belizean Student Wins The UWI Open Scholarship 2010/2011
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
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. ...

Over 1500 students to benefit from New San Ignacio Resource Centre
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
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. ...

SSB decides on BTL Shares
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
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. ...

BTB updates on Resuming Cruise Port Traffic after Hurricane Richard
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
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. ...

80 Million Dollars in Damages
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
He added that there was damage in areas that were not previously considered, such as the Belize Rural North and Central areas. And with the damage sustained ...

BSI unable to meet Third Payments!!!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
BSI has sent a letter to the executive of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) confirming that while the calculation is showing third payments ...

Belize Bank's GRU choking businesses?
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
This is the question being asked by borrowers of the Belize Bank as these days the collection unit of the bank (Group Risk Unit - GRU) has been giving no ...

$50M of workers money in safe investment
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/4/10‎
... committee voted five to four for 50 million dollars from the Social Security Board to be invested for the purchase of shares in Belize Telemedia. ...

11/3/10

Charlie Sheen Partied Hard In Belize Before NYC Hotel Scandal
AHN | All Headline News - ‎11/3/10‎
According to a new report, he hosted a rowdy party last month in Belize, complete with girls and unlimited drinks. According to a Life & Style eyewitness, ...

Cost Of Living Inches Down
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/10‎
According to the survey by the Statistical Institute Of Belize, the prices for items like red kidney beans, rice, cooking oil, coffee ...

PM Says No Malice Towards Unions
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/10‎
So I think it's the right decision that was made as I said I bare the NTUCB and the Chamber of Commerce and the Belize Business Bureau no ill will for their ...

(Finally) PM Goes To Richard's Ground Zero
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/10‎
Hurricane Richard raged through Belize ten days ago. Since then the Prime Minister had not gone on the ground to visit affected areas. ...

Two Years In Jail for A Single Live Round
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/10‎
A twenty two year old man had to cop a plea to keep his mother and other family members from going to jail on remand. Talbert Mena was charged along with ...

From the Rubble, an Opportunity
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/10‎
When Hurricane Richard stormed through Central Belize, nowhere and nothing was spared. That spelt out trouble for the Belize Zoo where the rustic setting of ...

Mother Of Battered Four Year Old Speaks
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/10‎
As we reported last night, the death of a four year old child in Roaring Creek Village has provoked outrage. According to a post mortem examination, ...

Executive Land Cruiser Turned Sea Cruiser
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/10‎
Two weeks ago we told you about the mishap with the Prime Minister's vehicle - when reports emerged that the executive Toyota Land Cruiser took a dip in the ...

11/2/10

Black Waters In Gales Point
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/10‎
Hurricane Richard raged through Belize 9 days ago - and laid waste to communities all through the Belize District. We've shown you extensively what it did ...

Social Security Will Invest In BTL; Labour/Employers Object
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/10‎
And in big news coming out of Belmopan at this hour -7news has confirmed that the social security ...

Alleged Williams Shooters Out On Bail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/10‎
The two men accused of shooting the Prime Minister's law partner, attorney Rodwel Williams are out on bail tonight. 27 year old Ricky Valencio and 18 year ...

Fire In City: 13 Homeless
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/10‎
And there is still more misfortune to report tonight as 13 people, four families are homeless tonight after a fire destroyed their home this morning. ...

Four Year Old Dead: A Victim Of Vicious Abuse
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/10‎
There is also some mystery and a great deal of outrage surrounding the death of a four year old girl in Roaring Creek Village. Her name is Hidalia Jomany ...

Hon. Carlos Says Roger Promised He Wouldn't Run
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/10‎
Earlier on you saw Caribbean Shores area representative Carlos Perdomo donating a few mattresses to the disaster recovery effort. And while the contribution ...

Spanish Flight Attendant Found Dead
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/10‎
Last night we told you about the concerns for missing Maya Island Regional flight Attendant Maria Antonia Plaza Gomez who disappeared on San Pedro. ...

Holdup At Cosmetic Corner
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/10‎
There was an armed robbery last night on Orange Street. It happened at Cosmetic Corner which is right in the middle of the strip of Indian retailers on ...

The Relief Regime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/10‎
This happened in the Stann Creek District, in Belmopan and surrounding areas as well as Belize City and Belize Rural. By Tuesday in some of the hardest hit ...

DUO CHARGED WITH MURDER RELEASED ON BAIL
LoveFM - ‎11/2/10‎
He was in such a critical condition that he was rushed to Belize Health Care Partners then flown to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. ...

BELIZE CITY FIRE LEAVES FIVE FAMILIES HOMELESS
LoveFM - ‎11/2/10‎
A house on Matura Street was destroyed by fire and has left sixteen people homeless. Michael Middleton is the Operations Officer at the National Fire ...

APAMO STATES POSITION ON PROPOSED CRUISE TOURISM IN PLACENCIA
LoveFM - ‎11/2/10‎
We are though in Belize City for example the cruise ship already has prepaid for all the services and they use services that they have shares in it or even ...

BELIZE LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION HOSTS 33RD ANNUAL GENERAL
LoveFM - ‎11/2/10‎
The Belize Livestock Producers' Association held its 33rd Annual General Meeting this past weekend. Love News spoke with Livestock Officer Roger Cal who ...

TEENAGER FACES GUN CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎11/2/10‎
Police say they were on mobile patrol on Diego Street in Belize City when they saw Noralez throw a dark object into some bushes and then run from the area. ...

RSV MEDIA CENTRE HOSTS TELETHON TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF HURRICANE RICHARD
LoveFM - ‎11/2/10‎
Organizations and individuals continue to pool their efforts and resources to help victims of Hurricane Richard which struck Belize on the night of October ...

“Weh dehn so hurry fah?”
Amandala - ‎11/2/10‎
The question of whether the Social Security Board (SSB) should invest $50 million to purchase 20% shareholding in Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) is sparking ...

Police continue searching for Barrington Gomez and Raylene Dyer
Amandala - ‎11/2/10‎
Tonight, Police Press Officer Sgt. Fitzroy Yearwood told Amandala that the Department continues to search for Barrington Gomez of Belize City, ...

Police: Wanted drug dealer was arrested in Belize and expelled
Amandala - ‎11/2/10‎
According to Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries, who took the witness stand before Justice Adolph Lucas this morning, the Belize Police Department was ...

Accused Guatemalan drug lord expelled from Belize
Amandala - ‎11/2/10‎
Belize police today confirmed that alleged Guatemalan drug lord, Ottoniel Turcuis Marroquin, 49, wanted by the United States in connection with drug charges ...

11/1/10

10 Year Old Knocked Down, Killed On Birthday
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
A ten year old boy from Hope Creek was knocked down and killed on his birthday - and it is being blamed on drunk driving! It happened on Saturday evening ...

Missing Man Presumed Dead
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
The men were caught directly in the path of Hurricane Richard that ripped through Central Belize later that same day. Since then the Coast Guard recovered ...

Monica's Clean Up Effort
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
And while those entities donate money and items, others donate time, their initiative and just plain old hard work. That's what we found Monica Bodden doing ...

Things Are Cooking For Gaynor
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
Of the many residents of Reggae Street who were battered by the storm surge and inundated by a thick film of filthy mud, one of the most well known has to ...

The Marroquin Matter
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
But he was caught in Belize last week and given an expulsion order - which meant he was put on a plane and sent to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in custody, ...

Two Guns In the Hands Of Outlaws
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
A gun was also stolen in Belize City from a security guard. On Friday afternoon at 1:00, Franz Gregorio who works for Fort Point Security Services, ...

Teenager Spends A Year In Jail For Stolen Cell Phone
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
Eighteen year old Francisco Rodriquez an unemployed of 20 Wilson Street charged with theft of a cell phone valued at five hundred dollars, was sentenced to ...

Flight Attendant Missing In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
Reports are that she arrived in Belize on Saturday and told the rest of the flight crew that she would be spending the night on San Pedro. ...

BNE Trust Working
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
... donated fifty thousand dollars - well that was matched by Scotiabank - and today that highwater mark was trebled by The Belize National Energy Trust. ...

Farah Is Fading
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
Since, July we've reported plentifully on Farah Jones Gillett, the mother of four with acute renal failure. And tonight her need is acute as the dialysis ...

Ladyville Burglars Busted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
Four adults and two minors were charged for the burglary in which items valued at ($44670.00) forty four thousand, six hundred and seventy dollars were ...

Roger Vs. Carlos
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/10‎
Turning now to politics, 7news has confirmed that city councilor Roger Espejo intends to challenge incumbent Carlos Perdomo for his seat in Caribbean shores ...

CHARGED FOR STEALING A CELL PHONE
LoveFM - ‎11/1/10‎
18- year-old Francis Rodriguez of Belize City was charged with theft of a Motorola cell phone and was sentenced to one year today ...

REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH FINANCING INITIATIVES TO BEGIN TOMORROW
LoveFM - ‎11/1/10‎
We will also have a presentation from Belize; Ms. Michelle Vanzie from the Ministry of Health is presenting a case study on the performance scheme we have ...

TWO MINORS CAUGHT IN BURGLARY RING SENT TO YOUTH HOSTEL
LoveFM - ‎11/1/10‎
The adults were remanded to custody at Belize Central Prison while the minors were remanded to youth hostel. They were to return to court on December first. ...

TOLEDO RICE FARMERS RECEIVE PAYMENTS
LoveFM - ‎11/1/10‎
The money was made available by the Belize Marketing Development Corporation through a five hundred thousand dollar loan from the Belize Bank at an interest ...

MODERN RESOURCE CENTRE TO BE INAUGURATED IN CAYO
LoveFM - ‎11/1/10‎
Of this amount the Government of Belize contributed $213374. Over 1500 persons are expected to benefit from the new lower flat of the San Ignacio Resource ...

MAN REMAINS MISSING AT SEA
LoveFM - ‎11/1/10‎
The search for twenty-five year old Barrington Gomez, a fisherman who went missing near Bluefield Range twenty miles southwest of Belize City, ...

JUDGE DISMISSES APPLICATION MADE FOR GUATEMALAN DRUG DEALER
LoveFM - ‎11/1/10‎
Marroquin allegedly wanted in the US and Guatemala for drug offences was picked up by Belize's police in San Ignacio Town on October 25th. ...


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