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4/15/11

PUP's Morning Buzz Taken Off Vibez Radio
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/15/11‎
Glenn Tillett - he's been the host of the morning buzz on the PUP's Vibes radio for the past five years off and on. But now sources say he's being kicked off the air. 7news has confirmed with Tilllett that the station manager told him that ...

Clandestine Runway Was Not In Shipstern Reserve Say Managers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/15/11‎
Yesterday our news team went with the BDF Demolition team into the Shipstern area in northwestern Belize. The BDF took us to a clandestine airstrip in the Corozal district, which is used for landing drug planes. They told us it was within the Shipstern ...

FFB De-listed By Sports Council
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/15/11‎
That includes every major football stadium in Belize form the MCC, to the Issidoro Beaton in Belmopan, to Carl Ramos in Dangriga, to Norman Broaster in Cayo, the People's Stadium in Orange Walk..and the list goes on. And the notice affects not only the ...

A Programme For Literacy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/15/11‎
The Rotaract Club of Belize - is a voluntary organization which is made up of young people - whose aim is to carry out community service oriented projects. One of their most recent projects was a story writing competition - that involved primary school ...

Belize is an eco-tourist heaven steeped in history
Windsor Star - ‎4/15/11‎
History buffs will also enjoy Belize's abundant ruins and archeological sites, such as this Mayan cave. Walking through the jungle in San Pedro Columbia, the largest Kekchi Maya village in Belize, a visitor is suddenly caught off-guard by the sight of ...

PSE 2010 - Is it Still Relevant?
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
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 company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

CANCER GROUP HOLDS WALK TO RAISE AWARENESS
LoveFM - ‎4/15/11‎
The work is not only centered in Belize City but extends to other districts like Orange Walk Town, the home of the Orange Walk Cancer Support Group. The group's latest campaign efforts will be a cancer walk in Orange Walk Town tomorrow. ...

BELIZE GRASSROOTS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT ASSOCIATION HOLDS EMERGENCY MEETING
LoveFM - ‎4/15/11‎
The Belize Grassroots Youth Empowerment Association, BGYEA will be holding an emergency meeting with its members and residents of the Mile forty-one community, Harmonyville. The Association executive have been in numerous meetings with Minister of ...

BELIZE NATURAL ENERGY WINS UNIVERSITY'S GREEN BUSINESS AWARD
LoveFM - ‎4/15/11‎
Belize Natural Energy was the winner of the University of Belize's green business competition. The completion was a part of the University's Earth Day activities. Marketing Manager at BNE Daniel Gutierrez told Love News it is a sense of accomplishment ...

BELIZE REPRESENTED AT REGIONAL TOURISM SHOW
LoveFM - ‎4/15/11‎
Belize had representation at a recently concluded regional tourism show. Love News got the details from Clive Meyers of the Belize Tourism Board. “From April 8 to 10 Belize participated in the FERPTOTUR and Expo Turistica trade show in El Salvador ...

Raymond Gentle City Boys United widens l...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
The Belize Bank Super League Competition continued on Sunday April 4, 2011, with for games across the country. At the Hattieville Football field, the defending champions and the current leaders in the competition, the Raymond Gentle City Boys United ...

Central Christian boys humble the high f...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
The Belize City Primary Schools Softball competition continued at Rogers Stadium. On Tuesday April 12, in the female game, Muslim Community won an easy game over Wesley Upper who lost the game via the default route. In the male game played, ...

Belize in the hunt of the ICC Division 2...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
Belize is currently participating in the International Cricket Council Division 2 Americas Championship that is being played in the South American country of Suriname. Belize has played three games so far in the competition and is currently posing a ...

Joe blames dirty politics and $$$!
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
Former Caribbean Shores area representative and former minister, senator and mayor of Belize City under the Opposition People's United Party (PUP), Jose Coye, has refused “to go quietly into the sunset” after the results of Sunday's convention for PUP ...

Belize Defence Force blast FC Belize in BPFL play
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
The Belize Premier Football League Championship Cup competition continued over the weekend with two games on the schedule. On Sunday April 10, 2011, at the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio Town, the three times defending champions the Belize ...

2011 “Ballin-4-Life” basketball tournament to start
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
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 company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Leslie Pipersburg and Patrick Robateau Guilty of Murder
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
It took a 12 member jury 2 hours 54 minutes to reach a guilty verdict on Friday April 8th in the murder case of 36-year-old Leslie Pipersburgh and 34-year-old Patrick Robateau, both of Belize City. Both were accused of the June 18, 2002 quadruple ...

Daylight Execution of Hogbone
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
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 company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Lighten the tints
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
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 company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Customs Security Guard charged with burglary
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
On April 4th between the hours of 8:00 pm and 8:00 am on April 5, 2011, the Exhibit Room of the Belize Customs and Excise Building was broken into. During the burglary the thief managed to steal over $8000 worth of items that were inside the room ...

Andrew Craig not guilty of causing death by careless conduct
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/15/11‎
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 company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Belize settles for 3rd in ICC Americas Division 2 Tournament
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
Team Belize won its third match against Bahamas today, but lost the final match of the tournament to Turks & Caicos Island. Belize finished the tournament in third place with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses. Panama finished second with the same record ...

All Star 1944-45, a football flashback
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
A friend in the US had given Pine the picture and the assignment when he learned that Pine was leaving for Belize to receive his MBE in the Queen's New Year 2011 honors a couple weeks ago. (Pine played for Dunlop and BEC before leaving Belize in April, ...

GOB netted $73 mil from petroleum last financial year
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
Financial Secretary Joseph Waight reported on Tuesday that the Government of Belize earned a total of $73 million in petroleum receipts for the last financial year, April 2010 to March 2011. Waight said the receipt was in the form of 3 taxes: $45 ...

Copper wire theft becomes a plague
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
Enterprises all around Belize have joined together in a single fight against copper wire theft. The companies have been secretly battling with the cost of repairing and re-installing lines after thieves blatantly strip the poles to get to their ...

Expression of oppression
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
The urban warfare you have seen taking place on the Southside of Belize City for two decades is the extension of economics “by other means.” A friendly critic opined that our Tuesday editorial came close to equating the Southside's gang wars with ...

Sally and Leonardo write from Esperanza
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
We were saddened (but no longer shocked) by the murders in Belize City on the weekend of April 3. We were also saddened (but no longer shocked) by the reaction of the Prime Minister. Things have been deteriorating for months - or years - and the ...

Criminals targeting people with disabilities
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
I am witting on behalf of Belize Assembly for Persons with Diverse Abilities (BAPDA). We are a chartered Disabled Person's Organization that was established on 30th September, 2009. The group's mission is to seek community inclusion through outreach, ...

Denzil writes “Concerned BCM Citrus Growers”
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
There was a paid ad in last week's Guardian from a person or persons disguised as “Concerned BCM Citrus Growers” attempting to show that Denzil Jenkins and Eugene Zabaneh were involved in wrong doing in connection with two land transactions with Belize ...

Customs seizes Councilor Eric Chang's vehicle
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
Belize City UDP Councilor Eric Chang, who is also a member of the Belize Chinese Association, is tonight very upset over what he says is a total “misunderstanding” on the part of the Belize City Customs Department, which took away his green Isuzu D-Max ...

Robbers armed with shotgun and machete ambush workers
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
Circle R Food Supply, which is a warehouse for Belize Food Supply and sells only sugar, flour and rice, is located at Mile 4 on the Northern Highway just off the road on a dead-end street, which is completely surrounded by mangroves. ...

Belize bans all forms of trawling, from inland rivers to the deep seas
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
Officials of Northern Fishermen Cooperative Society Limited, Oceana Inc., Oceana in Belize and the Belize Bank today penned agreements that conclude six months of negotiations to buy out the last two Belizean trawlers as a part of a government-backed ...

UB youth stand up against crime
Amandala - ‎4/15/11‎
Belize has an unmentionable tertiary enrollment rate of only 4%. That's according to data published on page 113 of the Male Social Participation and Violence in Urban Belize report, a 2010 research led by Herbert Gayle, PhD, anthropologist of social ...

4/14/11

BBF Wants More Homegrown Talent on Men's National Team
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/14/11‎
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 company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

In the Aftermath Of An Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/14/11‎
They all need blood to assist with required medical procedures: Ariel Westby is B positive, Erika Cal is O positive and Ayana Hernandez is O positive. Or if you can help financially, an account has been opened at the Belize Bank Placencia ...

BDF Destroys Airstrip In Corozal District
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/14/11‎
Belize's army has been destroying illegal airstrips for decades - and every year, they keep cropping up in the middle of nowhere. And, with Belize's vast un-occupied land mass, there are plenty of places that fall in that nowhere zone. ...

The Mystery Of The Moses Murder Still Unraveling
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/14/11‎
On the evening of March 10, 28 year old Andrew Moses was executed as he walked on Kraal Road. The killing didn't make any sense; Moses was a working man, and a father of two with no known gang affiliation. Well, police have made some sense of it. ...

Clifford Hyde's Family Complains
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/14/11‎
The family of 31 year old Clifford Hyde - who is an inmate at the Belize Central Prison - came to our newsroom claiming he had been beaten. Now, Clifford Hyde is not a man easily sympathized with: In January of 2006, he along with his brother Russel, ...

A Basketball Opportunity
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/14/11‎
This year is going to be dedicated to the Belize Cancer Society. I am working with the Belize Cancer Society team. We also have t-shirts that will be on sale at $10 apiece. $8 of the $10 is going to go to the Belize Cancer Society and the other two ...

Newcastle Disease spreads in Belize
Caribbean360.com - ‎4/14/11‎
This is the first time it has been found in Belize in that form. The non-virulent form of the disease is known to occur here with no economic loss in BELMOPAN, Belize, January 2, 2009 – An outbreak of the highly contagious Newcastle Disease, ...

CLANDESTINE AIRSTRIP DESTROYED
LoveFM - ‎4/14/11‎
A clandestine airstrip was destroyed today by the Special Assignment Group, a unit of the Belize Defence Force. Located inside the Shipstern Nature Reserve in the Corozal district, the illegal airstrip was, according to BDF experts, in the final stages ...

BELIZE CITY MAN CHARGED FOR MURDER
LoveFM - ‎4/14/11‎
Twenty–one-year old Mathew Moore, an auto mechanic residing on Kraal Road was charged with the murder of Andrew Moses today. Moore was remanded into custody until April 26. Moses, an ex-postman was working with the Ministry of Works was shot and killed ...

AGREEMENT SIGNED TO FOCUS ON CHILDREN
LoveFM - ‎4/14/11‎
UNICEF Belize and the Open Campus of the University of the West Indies teamed up to sign a memorandum of understanding for the development of national capacities for the protection and fulfillment of Children's rights in Belize. ...

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS MARCH AGAINST CRIME
LoveFM - ‎4/14/11‎
Between two and three hundred students from the University of Belize held a march and rally this morning in Belize, denouncing crime and violence. The march left the UB campus in West Landivar and made its way to the Battlefield Park in downtown Belize ...

VISITING COUPLE MAKES DONATION TO LIBRARY
LoveFM - ‎4/14/11‎
The couple is Tom and Valarie Bush and is vacationing on a cruise line and made the stop in Belize to hand over some books to the library. Tom Bush told us more about the initiative. “Bambridge College has had a relationship with this library for a ...

BELIZE HIGH SCHOOL SIGNS HISTORIC AGREEMENT
LoveFM - ‎4/14/11‎
Belize High School today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Petters Research Institute in Belize. Leticia Eck is the High School Principal. “The MOU is an agreement that we are signing with the Petters Research Institute, definitely to work in ...

New Polyclinic Opens in Benque
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/14/11‎
Erwin Contreras: “Only the blind cannot see the wave of development that has and continues to sweep like a tsunami all over Belize despite the financial legacy passed on to us by the previous administration.” On Wednesday, April 13, the Ministry of ...

Regional Security Top Issue during El Salvador Foreign Minister's Visit
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/14/11‎
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 company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

The end of trawling in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/14/11‎
When the Government of Belize signed the statutory instrument in December of last year banning trawling in Belize, NFC was faced with the decision of what to do with the trawlers. Oceana then stepped up and conducted an international fundraiser to ...

Henry Lawrence Appointed Ambassador to the Holy See
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/14/11‎
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 company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Emergency Responders Conclude Disaster Response Workshop
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/14/11‎
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 company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

Gapi looks out for his constituents
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/14/11‎
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 company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...

CXC Visual Arts Exhibition at House of Culture
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/14/11‎
The exhibition features pieces from students of the 16 member countries and Belize is hosting the event for the first time at the House of Culture. A ceremony was held on Monday, April 11th, to officially open the exhibition. ...

PUP Bills Cripple CITCO
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/14/11‎
Business at the Belize City Council came to a standstill on Wednesday April 13th after Belize Electricity Board disconnected the supply of electricity to the Belize City Council's main offices on North Front Street in effect shutting down City Hall. ...

4/13/11

Dark Days At City Hall
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/13/11‎
This morning at the Belize city hall work started as usual, but by ten minutes to 9:00, their light had been cut! It is the curse of the "malpago" and while it happens at residential properties everyday - for it to happen at an institutional property ...

Belize Transgender Claims Mistreatment In Trini
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/13/11‎
Recently, we've seen a lot of regional news about friction between Jamaica and Barbados. It's because Jamaican females claim they are being sexually harassed and accused of illicit activity by Barbadian Immigration authorities. It's become a ...

Blatter In Belize!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/13/11‎
The President of FIFA, Joseph Sepp Blatter arrived in Belize this afternoon. He is here for the Inauguration of the FFB's GOAL PROJECT II which is being held at this hour at FFB Headquarters in Belmopan. We couldn't make it to that event, ...

US Fugitive Caught In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/13/11‎
Belize police have caught a man wanted by the FBI. He is Thomas Donahue, who is on the FBI wanted list wanted for producing and distributing child pornography. He is a registered sex offender in tow states but gave authorities the slip and ended up in ...

Basketball Federation Focuses On Youth
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/13/11‎
Team Belize with Milton Palacio, Marlon Garnett and Alex Carcamo earned silver and the respect of the entire region. But that feel good moment is passed and now the Belize Basketball Federation says it won't go to COCABA this year. ...

OCEANA Buys Northern Fishermen Trawler
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/13/11‎
Belize is the first country in the world to ban trawling completely. And it's thanks to the efforts of Oceana. But, it's not that simple. There are implications of such a ban, particularly on the Northern Fishermen's Cooperative which owned the only ...

Hogbone's Street Execution: The Aftermath
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/13/11‎
"I want to appeal to the Prime Minister; we are not saying that it's you who are causing this crime and violence in Belize, but we are just asking if you can do something about it. We are appealing to you; we are coming out and asking you to please do ...

BUSINESS ROBBED AND EMPLOYEE INJURED
LoveFM - ‎4/13/11‎
Two armed robbers got away with a sizeable loot on Tuesday night on the outskirts of Belize City. According to the Manager of Belize Food Supply, thirty-four year old Nolberto Leiva, he arrived at the business on the Northern Highway shortly after nine ...

CANADIAN NATIONAL ACQUITTED OF UTTERING A FALSE DOCUMENT
LoveFM - ‎4/13/11‎
It was alleged that on September 7, 2009, Mattis went to Port of Belize to renew a boat licence that was forged. After the prosecution closed its case Mattis' attorney, Linsbert Willis submitted that Mattis did not have a case to answer to. ...

FORENSIC ANALYST RECEIVED MUCH NEEDED TRAINING
LoveFM - ‎4/13/11‎
Public Relations Officer Raphael Martinez told us Lino's expertise will be an invaluable asset at the National Forensic Science Service for Belize. “Her responsibilities include the investigation and prevention of federal offenses involving the ...

ONE MAN DETAINED FOR TUESDAY EVENING MURDER
LoveFM - ‎4/13/11‎
A late evening shooting incident near the fish market on Vernon Street in Belize City on Tuesday claimed the life of one person. The broad daylight killing claimed the life of Avondale Fuller Trumbach. Trumbach who was a fisherman by trade is no ...

MISUNDERSTANDING LEADS TO ELECTRICITY BEING CUT AT CITY HALL
LoveFM - ‎4/13/11‎
The Belize City Council was in an embarrassing situation today when the lights went out at City Hall on North Front Street this morning. But it was not because of a BEL blackout. In fact the light company pulled the plug on the Belize City Council ...

4/12/11

Punta Gorda and St. George's Caye becoming hot spots for ecotourism and culture
Ottawa Citizen - ‎4/12/11‎
Walking through the jungle in San Pedro Columbia, the largest Kekchi Maya village in Belize, I am suddenly caught off-guard when I see a stream of blue. It's not a river or creek that catches my eye, but the dye from my turquoise leather purse that's ...

Taiwanese, Chinese expats demand social order in Belize
Focus Taiwan News Channel - ‎4/12/11‎
Taipei, April 13 (CNA) Taiwanese and Chinese communities have taken to the streets in Belize to demand for law enforcement and social order following the murder of two Chinese businesswomen in the Central American country, a Taiwan official said ...

George Street General, “Hogbone” Shot
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/12/11‎
A general in the George street gang, Avondale Trumbach Fuller, known as Hogbone was shot this evening on West Collet Canal in Belize city. He was rushed to the hospital but died shortly after being shot to the head. It happened at about fifteen minutes ...

Basketball Federation Changes Focus
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/12/11‎
That led to Centro Basket last year in which the Belize team failed to qualify for the next round. And with that, the Basketball Federation has decided to re-focus its energies on building its youth programme - the under 14, under 16, and under 17. ...

National Transport Workers Case Will Go to Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/12/11‎
"Honestly I would expect that the Labour and the receiver the Belize Bank come to some solution to pay the workers and not to resort to court. On behalf of the Labour Department I think that there have been putting in the work to assist the workers ...

The Lowdown On Tint
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/12/11‎
On this vehicle it's 5% - the most popular in Belize, and on this one, it's 20% - the lightest tint sold here at Auto zone where they've been tinting vehicles for 12 years. "This vehicle is 5 percent, yes; this is the darker tint. ...

University Students Engage In Peace Effort
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/12/11‎
And while the effort to regulate tint is an anti-crime initiative, the University of Belize is also doing its part. It has organized a peaceful procession - which will give them a chance as students to voice their opinions on how they are being ...

Area students honored at Golden Eagle Awards
Macon Telegraph (blog) - ‎4/12/11‎
A varsity cheerleading squad captain who helped refurbish a senior citizens center in Belize. A soccer player who will host a French student for two weeks. And a young actor who used inspiration from a role to ...

Pasco People
Tbo.com - ‎4/12/11‎
13 for seven days aboard the ship, with stops at the ports of Mahogany Bay, Honduras, Beliza City, Belize, and Costa Maya, Mexico, before returning home Feb. 20. The itinerary provided some opportunities for excursions and everyone took part in ...

MEN AQUITTED OF 2004 ORANGE WALK BANK ROBBERY
LoveFM - ‎4/12/11‎
Three men charged with the robbery of the orange Walk Branch of Belize Bank in which over 51 thousand dollars was stolen were acquitted of the charge yesterday in the court of Justice Denis Hanomansingh in the Northern District session of the Supreme ...

...AND SAYS FOREIGN COMPOL IS NOT THE ANSWER
LoveFM - ‎4/12/11‎
“Within the Belize Police Department we can find locally competent officers who can take on the role of Belize Commissioner of Police who can lead the fight against crime. So, we can bring in foreign consultants who can support the Belize Police ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH ASSESSES RESPONSE TO DISASTERS
LoveFM - ‎4/12/11‎
Health practitioners from hospitals and clinics, police officers, representatives of the National Emergency Management Organization, the fire department and the Belize Agriculture Health Authority are currently taking part in a three day workshop ...

OPPOSITION COMMENTS ON GOVERNMENT'S CRIME FIGHTING MEASURES
LoveFM - ‎4/12/11‎
Earlier this month Prime Minister Dean Barrow shared his own remedy on how he would crack down on crime in Belize. Chief among those were: introducing laws to put in place preventative detention; removing trials by jury in murder cases; and lastly, ...

NEW RULES ON TINTING OF VEHICLES TO BE IMPLEMENTED
LoveFM - ‎4/12/11‎
The Ministry of Transport says that commuters north of the country will experience the implementation of a new schedule of routes and runs for buses operating from the Belize City to Orange Walk and Corozal. The release says a new schedule was ...

PRIMARY SCHOOLS PREPARE FOR FESTIVAL OF ARTS
LoveFM - ‎4/12/11‎
Primary schools in the Belize District will be taking part in the Primary School Festival of Arts starting on Thursday. The event will be opened in Maskall Village after which the other zone festivals will follow in Hattieville, Caye Caulker, ...

Belize Cricket Team holding strong at ICC Americas Division 2 Tournament in ...
Amandala - ‎4/12/11‎
Three weeks ago, on Sunday, March 20, the Belize National Cricket Team returned triumphantly from Costa Rica, where they had won the ICC Americas Division 3 Tournament under captain Dirk Sutherland and delegation head Elston Wade, President of the ...

Jamaican publisher speaks to Belizean students about copyright
Amandala - ‎4/12/11‎
Friday's lecture was sponsored by the Belize Book Industry Association (BBIA), in collaboration with the Institute of Social and Cultural Research, National Institute of Culture and History (NICH). “You should not be content simply with downloading ...

No one on death row in Belize
Amandala - ‎4/12/11‎
Amandala has received official information that there is currently no one on death row in Belize prison. Of the 1396 people behind bars, there are 31 prisoners serving life sentences, including Earlin Whyte, the last death row inmate to have had his ...

Collaboration and resistance
Amandala - ‎4/12/11‎
When black power arose in America and spread to the Caribbean (there were black power movements that we know of in Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad, Antigua and Guyana), young black people began to seek out in their personal and national histories all the ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎4/12/11‎
I was puzzled by the fact that there was no such attack on Mr. Musa, who was Assad Shoman's closest friend and political ally, Assad being considered at the time Belize's most charismatic and powerful left wing politician. (Both Assad and Said were ...

Beauty queen/bank manager Samantha remanded!!
Amandala - ‎4/12/11‎
Ricky Valencia (also known as Valencio), 27, of Queen Charlotte Street in Belize City; Samantha Carlos, 26, of Orange Walk Town; and City residents Harold Valencia (or Valencio), 31, a Lance Corporal in the Belize Defence Force (BDF), and laborer Noel ...

3 alleged cop-shooters arraigned
Amandala - ‎4/12/11‎
Karim Morris, 24, of Belama Phase III; Linsford Acosta, 27, of Waha Street; and Elroy Smith, 32, of Belama Phase IV, all of Belize City, appeared this afternoon in the #1 Magistrate's Court in connection with the shooting of police constable Nigel ...

4/11/11

Venerable Centenarian Passes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5 hours ago‎
St. John's Cathedral will be very full again this Thursday when the funeral is held for an outstanding Belizean, Carlton Fairweather who died at the age of 100 on Saturday night in Belize City. As we showed you last year, Fairweather had ...

BGYEA To GOB: “Definitely Maybe”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5 hours ago‎
"We need to clean up politics in Belize." "We are working with a very tight budget. In fact you will know because we have put a commercial we couldn't afford to continue it. We had to stop it from airing, so we are on a very tight budget. ...

Police Say Branch Manager Helped Set Up Bank Heist
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5 hours ago‎
Today police charged five people for last week's robbery at Heritage Bank in Orange Walk - and they include the Branch Manager, a BDF soldier, and his brother, who happens to be the man accused of shooting Rodwell Williams. If police are right, ...

Chinese Community Holds Funeral For Three Murder Victims
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎5 hours ago‎
One week ago, the Belize-Chinese community went on a spontaneous demonstration against crime in the city, and launched an unprecedented two day nationwide shutdown. It was that commercial community's reaction to the senseless murder of two Chinese ...

FOUR PEOPLE CHARGED FOR ORANGE WALK BANK ROBBERY REMANDED TO PRISON
LoveFM - ‎12 hours ago‎
Around one Tuesday afternoon two men entered the Heritage Bank on Belize Corozal Road in Orange Walk Town and held the small staff at gun point. One of the gun men handcuffed the security guard while the other man asked for the manger and demanded that ...

SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS OF SLAINED CHINESE NATIONALS SAY GOODBYE
LoveFM - ‎13 hours ago‎
Hundreds of mourners filed into Saint John's Cathedral in Belize City on Sunday afternoon to bid final farewell to three Chinese individuals who were shot and killed over the past two weeks. Two of the victims, thirty-six year old FeiLan Wu and ...

Joel Borland wins Junior Cross-Country Classic
The Reporter Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
Joel Borland of the INDECO team won the 2011 Junior Cross Country Cycling Classic held under the auspices of the Belize Cycling Association on the Western Highway from the San Jose Succotz ferry to Belize City on Sunday, April 3. ...

Spartans win BTL Dangriga U17 Basketball Championship
The Reporter Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
The Foreshore Spartans won the Under -17 Basketball Championship finals of the tournament sponsored by Belize Telemedia, by a 56-50 score over Harlem- their eighth consecutive victory of the competition to clinch the title at Why Not Island in Dangriga ...

Belize's First Queen of the Bay Rita Lewis, Dies In New York
The Reporter Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
The death has been announced of Rita Lewis Clark, Belize's first ever Queen of the Bay (1946). Rita passed away on Friday in New York, at age 91. Rita Lewis became Belize's Queen of the Bay, amid popular rejoicing, the first in a long line of queens, ...

Henry Lawrence Designated Ambassador
The Reporter Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
The Reporter's publisher, Henry Lawrence, OBE, JP has been appointed Belize's Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) to the Holy See. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade announced the appointment on Thursday, April 7th, ...

Stop The Killing, Say Chinese Community
The Reporter Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
The weekend murders of two Belizean-Chinese women grocers in Belize City prompted the Chinese community to stage a nationwide shut-down of all Chinese owned and operated businesses on Monday and Tuesday, April 4-5. ...

Wannabe-cop on trial fro theft and indecent assault
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎19 hours ago‎
Wannabe-cop Aaron Wilson saw one of seven charges dismissed against him in the Belize City Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, April 5, but he has six others pending, including for theft and indecent assault. Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie ...

PREVENTATIVE DETENTION WILL BE INVOKED!
The Reporter Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
Police Minister Douglas Singh provided statistics of crime in Belize City, and promised the Police Department and the Belize Defence Force would beef up patrols on the streets “to take back control of Belize City from the criminal elements”. ...

Salvador's Foreign Minister Visits Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎19 hours ago‎
El Salvador's Foreign Minister His Excellency Hugo Roger Martinez Bonilla arrived in Belize on Wednesday in what was hailed as a historic, first ever, official visit by a Foreign Minister from that country, and he concluded his visit by holding a press ...

4/8/11

Man Brought From 'Griga To Be Charged For City Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/8/11‎
Almost 6 weeks ago, we told you about an armed robbery at Belize Recycling Company on St. Jude Street in Belize City. Today, a Dangriga man was charged for it. He is Twenty year old Akeem Castillo a fisherman of 27 Mopan Street and ...

Waterfront Workingman Blues
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/8/11‎
And today one of their members came to us to say that their union, the Christian Workers isn't adequately representing their interests to the Port Of Belize. "Well firstly Jules we recognize that union busting is happening within the union and with ...

GSU: Bigger Guns, More Force, But Is It More Effective?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/8/11‎
It's robberies and all the major crime in Belize City. Most of the murders in Belize City are attributed to the gangs, and these personas have no regard for their own lives, much less your or mine. So there has to be a level of training that meets that ...

Chinese Move Mass Funeral To Bigger Venue
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/8/11‎
President of the Belize Chinese association Eric Chang had told us it would be at the Scots Kirk Church. But that is too small. So, it will now be held at St. John's Cathedral. The time and date is still Sunday at 2:00 pm.

Copyright Awareness Rising
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/8/11‎
They says its about sustaining, supporting and protecting book publishing in Belize:… "Please promote the idea of books. Books will not go away, believe you me, when all the cd's rot and all the computers dissolve, there will be at least one book that ...

Princess Donates To Special Olympics
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/8/11‎
They may be known for Casino's and Offshore oil concession, but this morning the Princess Casino Group handed over a ten thousand dollar cheque to Special Olympics Belize as a part of giving back to the community. The money will be put towards sending ...

Officer Gets Canadian Training
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/8/11‎
"I hope that when we get there, we get the training that we need, then I can bring it here and apply it to our every day job and also give training to other officers so that we can tackle these issues in Belize City." "So it's really an opportunity for ...

POLICE OFFICER TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN CANADA
LoveFM - ‎4/8/11‎
Belize will have participation in a two week domestic violence and sexual offences training course in Ottawa, Canada. The training opens on Monday and will be conducted at the Ottawa police services department. The training is part of a wider ...

SPECIAL OLYMPICS RECEIVE DONATION
LoveFM - ‎4/8/11‎
There are only seventy-eight days left for the competitions to start and this year Special Olympics Belize is preparing to send a team to Greece. That trip is closer to becoming a reality after the organization received a sizeable monetary donation ...

STUDENTS PROTEST INCREASE IN CRIME
LoveFM - ‎4/8/11‎
On Thursday the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued a release condemning the violence. The chamber says in its position paper endorsed by a coalition of several organizations and individuals and submitted to the Government of Belize late ...

BELIZEAN AMERICANS CONTRIBUTE TO BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎4/8/11‎
Belizeans living in the Los Angeles area have come together to assist Belize. This past Sunday the Consulate of Belize in Los Angeles held its last major event as part of its Belize Disaster Preparedness Fundraising drive. According to the Consulate ...

BOOK WEEK OFFICIALLY OPENS
LoveFM - ‎4/8/11‎
The Belize Book Industry Association officially opened Book Week 2011 this morning at the Bliss Center for the performing Arts. This is the third year that the event is being held and Book Week 2011 is being observed under the theme, ...

Mayor apologies leading to speculation as to her future in ruling party
Antigua Observer - ‎4/8/11‎
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – More than a year after Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers was critical of Prime Minister Dean Barrow resulting in her expulsion, which was later reduced to a suspension from the ruling United Democratic Party (UDP), there appears to be ...

Pine and wife Gilda visit the Zinc fence
Amandala - ‎4/8/11‎
Belizean football legend Donald Gilbert “Pine” Hernandez, who captained the Dunlop and BEC champion teams of the late 1950's and early '60's in Belize, is here on a short visit to his old home town, during which he travelled to Belmopan to receive an ...

Joel Borland of Team Indeco wins Junior Cross Country
Amandala - ‎4/8/11‎
A little after 9:00 am on Sunday morning, April 3, some 33 Junior and Youth cyclists embarked on the 73.9-mile journey from the Succotz Ferry in Cayo to the finish in front of Leslie's Imports at Mile 1 ½ outside of Belize City in the 12th Annual ...

Barrow frustrated with citrus gridlock
Amandala - ‎4/8/11‎
The stalemate between two major players in the citrus industry—the Citrus Growers Association of Belize (CGA) and the Barbadian company, Banks Holdings Limited—continues, and an offer by Prime Minister Dean Barrow to secure $10 million in bridge ...

Media, know Belize's geography!
Amandala - ‎4/8/11‎
Over the years I've noted that reporters and other media personnel continue to err in their reports about geographical locations in Belize. Through the years I've ignored these errors, but your account of the brawl in Progresso Village in the Amandala ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎4/8/11‎
I said to them that in Belize City, where all the action was taking place in 1972, that I don't remember hearing of this silly statement. I refer to it as “silly” because the PUP government was in no position to flog anybody in 1972. ...

Fire with fire
Amandala - ‎4/8/11‎
In his budget speech last month, Prime Minister Dean Barrow proposed some measures which sounded as if he was going to fight Belize City's gang fire with water. Last Saturday's murderous outburst, which included what may have been two or three ...

Chinese-Belizean youth, 16, dies in Mexico
Amandala - ‎4/8/11‎
The body was returned to Belize on Wednesday night. Details on funeral services are not available at press time. However, principal of Delille Academy, Dina Villafranco, told Amandala today from Dangriga, where the Association of Principals of ...

PM Barrow talks to Amandala on “preventative detention” proposals
Amandala - ‎4/8/11‎
Cabinet announced after its meeting this Tuesday, April 5, that it supports the introduction of a Bill in the House of Representatives for changes to the Belize Constitution which would make preventative detention legal, subject to the appropriate ...

4/7/11

Sir Thomas R. Moore Helps Oceana Save Belizean Reefs
PR-USA.net (press release) - ‎4/7/11‎
As part of the Christie's Green Auction on Tuesday, long-time Oceana supporter Sir Thomas Moore made a donation of $100000 to help Oceana's effort to completely end all forms of trawling in Belize. The ban will protect the Mesoamerican ...

Guyanese attorney to advise Belize Security Minister, Police
Stabroek News - ‎4/7/11‎
... the Minister of the Police and Public Safety and the Commissioner of Police as well as offering legal advice at every level within the police department including matters regarding disciplinary procedures, The Guardian newspaper in Belize reported. ...

BFLA Works With Schools
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/7/11‎
Today is World Health Day, and the Belize Family Life Association took the opportunity to announce the winners of its Health & Wellness competition for schools. In an interview with 7 News, an emotional Joan Burke found it difficult to hold back tears ...

Rolling With The GSU
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/7/11‎
First stop, at a house in the Belama Phase 4 area where information to police was that the house was being used to stash ammunition and drugs for one of the biggest street gangs in Belize. As standard operational procedure - the warrant is being read ...

Mayor Moya “Humbles Up”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/7/11‎
She was also nursing her month old son….and outside the courtroom, Belize's first female mayor exploded. Here's that unforgettable outburst:… "I feel that somebody doesn't have balls when they are going to come after me when I am on my bed delivering a ...

UB Tries To Inspire Culture Of Research
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/7/11‎
And Brackett's experiment in social marketing may merit some review from the folks at the University of Belize. The Dean of UB's Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Dr. Vincent Palacio says Research is an important aspect of the university's ...

Orange Walk BTIA Chapter to develop Tourist Information Center at Queen ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/7/11‎
The Tourist Information Center will be designed to advertise maps and details on tourism sites and attractions, as well as a Calendar of Cultural and Recreational Activities, within the Orange Walk District and northern Belize. ...

UNIVERSITY OF BELIZE HOLDS RESEARCH CONFERENCE
LoveFM - ‎4/7/11‎
With its aim to expose the academic accomplishments of its students in the realm of professional development, the University of Belize held its first annual Student Research Conference. Dr. Jean Perriot, the Associate Professor at UB and coordinator of ...

FISHERS RAISE CONCERNS WITH PRIME MINISTER
LoveFM - ‎4/7/11‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow on Wednesday met with members of the Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association Managing committee and advisory council. According to the BFCA the objective of the meeting was to discuss a five point agenda that the fishers ...

BFLA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF COMPETITION
LoveFM - ‎4/7/11‎
The Belize family Life Association awarded top primary and secondary schools that participated in its health and wellness competition today in conjunction with World health Day. Executive Director of the Association, Joan Burke says the first annual ...

SALVADORAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONCLUDES WORKING VISIT TO BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎4/7/11‎
El Salvador's Foreign Minister, His Excellency Hugo Roger Martinez Bonilla, today concluded meetings with Belize's Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington and Prime Minister Dean Barrow. This is Minister Martinez Bonilla's first visit to Belize ...

DANGRIGA STUDENT SUCCUMBS TO GUNSHOT INJURIES
LoveFM - ‎4/7/11‎
He was rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City for treatment. He later succumbed to his injuries as a result of gunshot wounds. Initial investigations by Dangriga Police led to three suspects namely Lawrence Bernadez, ...

Darrel Bradley steps up for mayor
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/7/11‎
Attorney Darrel Bradley turned in his application into the United Democratic Party's Secretariat two weeks ago to be considered a candidate to run for the party in the upcoming Belize City Council Elections of 2012. Bradley is preeminently qualified ...

Alternative Education underway
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/7/11‎
While criminal activity, particularly in Belize city appears to be spiraling out of control, the government is not standing idly by as this happens. Through various ministries including the ministry of education, numerous programs are being put in ...

Belizeans for Justice, You Are Not Wanted Here
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/7/11‎
However, the level of defiance displayed in the manner in which the murders were executed may be a new high for Belize- targeted unprovoked executions upon defenseless women shaded behind bars. It was a sad weekend for the country and the Chinese ...

Mental Health A Primary Concern
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/7/11‎
On Tuesday, April 5th, and Wednesday, April 6th, doctors from every district of Belize attended a mental health workshop at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. The workshop was hosted by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Montreal World ...

“Dalla van” Taxi-driver, Rayford Benguche, charged with preparation to commit ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/7/11‎
A “Dalla van” Taxi-Driver of #46 Neal's Pen Road in Belize City who was found in possession of a City of Belize, Traffic Department stamp was charged on Tuesday April 5th with the crime of preparation to commit a crime. On April 3, whilst in Belize ...

“Fake cop” gets off one charge
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/7/11‎
Belize's alleged infamous “fake cop” Aaron Wilson who in June 2010 was found to be impersonating a police officer had charges dismissed against him when he appeared in Magistrate's Court on Tuesday April 5th. The charge of aggravated assault arose out ...

Guatemalan Romolo Garcia charged with Maim
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/7/11‎
53-year-old Romolo Garcia, a Guatemalan national who is a Fruit Vendor of Mile 14 on the Western Highway was charged in the Belize City Magistrate's Court with maim. He appeared before Magistrate Emerson Banner in Court #8 where the indictable matter ...

Gun play on Faber's Road between neighbors
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/7/11‎
He beat an attempted murder charge years ago and on Wednesday April 6, 27-year-old Englebert Reynolds, an unemployed resident of a Faber's road address was charged in the Belize City Magistrate's Court with aggravated assault with a firearm upon ...

Two charged for murders of Chinese business women
The Guardian, Belize - ‎4/7/11‎
After a very distraught and frustrated Chinese community took to the streets over the killing of two Chinese businesswomen, on Tuesday evening CIB personnel rushed two young Belize City men to the Belize City Magistrate Court to be charged for murder. ...

4/6/11

Salvador's Foreign Minister Visits
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/6/11‎
Persons of Salvadorean descent and origin make up a fair percentage of Belize's population. So today's important visit to Belize by Salvador's Foreign Minister, His Excellency Hugo Roger Martinez Bonilla, is being hailed as a milestone in cementing ...

Belize's Population Lower Than Projected
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/6/11‎
That's the figure that was posted on the Statistical Institute of Belize's website, a projection we presume based on population growth trends. Well now, the institute has news for us all. According to results published from the 2010 census the ...

New Compol Will Be A Foreigner
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/6/11‎
I think we want somebody - recognize that Belize is larger in territory than most of our Caribbean Counterparts. Population-wise, perhaps we are not as large as some of the others, but we have to be very careful. We have to look at our situation; ...

Inside The GSU
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/6/11‎
... is a specialized unit within the police department, but the most distinctive one, it has its own intelligence, investigative, analytical and operational arms, and its own base at a private property in Belize City - which is a home on the northside. ...

Belizeans For Justice Blasts Chinese
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/6/11‎
Representatives of BFJ went to the post-demonstration meeting at the Princess where they tried speaking with the Belize's Chinese Association's Executive Member Eric Chan and had no luck. This has been interpreted as a rejection, and according to ...

Man Charged For Driver's License Paraphernalia
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/6/11‎
HE had a stamp that said City of Belize Department of Transport, and blank cards for the licenses. The stamp looked good as did the template, but any licenses produced would be easily identifiable fakes. We checked today and the real city of Belize ...

Man fights Off Armed Attacker
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/6/11‎
So today, Twenty seven year old Englebert Reynolds, an unemployed of Fabers Road became an inmate of Belize Central Prison today after he was charged with aggravated assault in the Magistrate's Court. Reynolds pleaded not guilty. ...

CONSULTATIONS ON NATIONAL ICT PLAN OF ACTION HELD
LoveFM - ‎4/6/11‎
Establishing a National information and Communication Technology Plan of Action for Belize is the topic of discussion at a workshop underway. Chief Executive officer Charles Gibson told Love News they are looking at developing an ICT policy with public ...

MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES SPEAKS ON SITUATION AT HARMONYVILLE
LoveFM - ‎4/6/11‎
Government has decided on a way forward as it relates to the land issue in Harmonyville, but the Belize Grassroots Youth Empowerment Association is not quite satisfied with the decision. Negotiations between the BGYEA and the Ministry of Natural ...

MAN CHARGED FOR FORGING DRIVERS LICENCES
LoveFM - ‎4/6/11‎
The search resulted in the discovery of a rubber stamp marked Belize City Department of Traffic. Also found were a driver's licence in the name of Henry Velasquez and a scanner. The police say they believe the scanner was used to make the forged ...

MAN TURNS HIMSELF IN TO POLICE
LoveFM - ‎4/6/11‎
27-year-old Englebert Reynolds became an inmate of Belize Central Prison today after he appeared in court and was charged with aggravated assault. Reynolds pleaded not guilty to the charge. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie explained to him that the ...

The real butterfly effect – not chaos, but wonder
U.TV - ‎4/6/11‎
All the tropical butterflies in the museum's butterfly house are bred from common species in their country of origin including Belize, Costa Rica and parts of Africa and Asia. Their chrysalises are packed in cotton wool and flown to ...

4/5/11


Woman Accuses GSU Of Indiscriminate “Tasering”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/5/11‎
It happened on Guerrerro Street in Belize City. But today, Zane's mom - who worked with the police department for 28 years - came to tell us that they handled her family with unnecessary roughness:… "I just heard a ruckus through coming ...

Bank Robbed In Orange Walk
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/5/11‎
According to reports, between 1:00 and 1:30, two dark skinned male walked into the bank - which is on the Belize Corozal Road near to People's Store. One of them handcuffed the unarmed security guard and put a gun to his head. The only other persons in ...

GSU Makes A Bust Of Fake Driver's License Operation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/5/11‎
Police searched the apartment of a 33 year old where they found a Belize City Department of Transport Stamp and Stamp Pad, plastic sheets used for laminating along with processed Belize Drivers Licenses as well as computer paraphernalia used in this ...

Alleged Robber, Gets Stabbed, Goes to Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/5/11‎
Twenty Year old Inmar Welch, a labourer of Mahogany Heights who was stabbed in his abdomen several days after he allegedly committed 3 robberies, was charged with 3 counts of robbery when he appeared yesterday in the #1 Magistrate's Court. ...

Junior Cross Country Recap
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/5/11‎
And in fact, past Belmopan heading towards the city under a strong headwind, he had expanded the lead but at the Belize Zoo, Lovell is just about to be caught by his team-mate from Team Indeco Joel Borland, Austin Armstrong of Twin Town cycling, ...

Area Rep's Brother Targeted For Arson
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/5/11‎
The woes of Belize Rural North Area Representative Edmund Castro have been well catalogues. His sheep have been killed, a hog's head was placed on his desk, his cabanas were burnt down and now his brother's house was burned down. ...

DANGRIGA COMMUNITY IMPACTED BY CHINESE SHUTDOWN
LoveFM - ‎4/5/11‎
However yesterday after that demonstration, the criminal landed their mark once again when two Chinese women were brutally murdered in their store in Belize City. The Chinese community nationwide showed their outright dissatisfaction with this ...

ROBBERS TARGET ORANGE WALK BANK
LoveFM - ‎4/5/11‎
Just before one this afternoon, two dark complexion men walked into the bank located on Belize Road in Orange Walk and one of them pointed a gun at the unarmed security guard and proceeded to handcuffed him. The other man asked for the Bank Manager. ...

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS LOOKS AT ROLE OF GENDER
LoveFM - ‎4/5/11‎
Representatives from the Belize Red Cross, the National Emergency Management Organization, and from various ministries of government are attending the first of a two day workshop on Gender Mainstreaming for Disaster Preparedness for Operational Focal ...

BELIZE CITY MAN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF ROBBERY
LoveFM - ‎4/5/11‎
Twenty year old Inmar Welch, a laborer of Mahogany Heights who was stabbed in Belmopan after he allegedly committed three robberies in Belize City, was charged with three counts of robbery when he appeared yesterday in Court. Welch pleaded not guilty ...

DOCTORS ATTEND WORKSHOP ON MENTAL HEALTH
LoveFM - ‎4/5/11‎
The training is centered on integrating mental health into primary care health in the Caribbean including Belize. The training will include an analysis of the present situation in Belize and utilize active participation, interactive sessions and ...

ARSON SUSPECTED IN MASKALL FIRE
LoveFM - ‎4/5/11‎
On Saturday, a fire completely destroyed the home of Edwin Castro, brother of Belize Rural North area representative Edmund Castro. Love News spoke with a saddened Melanie and Edwin Castro who stopped by our studios this morning and claimed they ...

City Boys rule, Third World finally wins one
Amandala - ‎4/5/11‎
The Belize Bank Super League Tournament's much heralded Week 6 showdown between the undefeateds did not come close to expectations, as 3-1 winners, defending champion Raymond Gentle-City Boys United were never in real trouble yesterday at the MCC ...

SCA girls top EP Yorke boys in gender roles debate
Amandala - ‎4/5/11‎
Earlier this week, Amandala visited St. Catherine Academy (SCA) to speak with two young women who participated in a debate sponsored by the Belize National Library Service and Information System (BNLSIS) on the occasion of Women's Month. ...

Big money, “democratic” elections, and Southside gun violence
Amandala - ‎4/5/11‎
The survival and growth of this newspaper specifically, and Kremandala overall, constitutes a nationalist statement by the people of Belize. The views of this newspaper have never been the views of the majority of adult Belizeans, so that it may be ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎4/5/11‎
He was a neat, delicate kind of little guy, and it was only 10, 15 years later that I found out that he was one of Belize's ranking homosexuals. Later on, I discovered that he had been an active participant in the drama involved with the famous PUP ...

Abner Rodriguez, 39, beaten to death
Amandala - ‎4/5/11‎
As a country, there is too much crime in Belize, and people are being afraid. We shouldn't fear anything in this life, you know”. Rodriguez's homicide was documented as #4 for this weekend, all in the city.

Joe Hamilton, 44, gunned down cor Plues and South Streets
Amandala - ‎4/5/11‎
Bowman concluded by saying, “I would want to share with Belize that we as parents, we as believers in Christ, we mothers, we need to pray for Belize, because Belize needs prayers right now”. Hamilton was the first of four reported murders for this ...

Denys Barrow, SC, leads GOB's case against Ashcroft et al
Amandala - ‎4/5/11‎
The legal wrangling between the Government of Belize and the Ashcroft Group continues. A new round of hearings began in the courtroom of Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich on Friday, April 1, 2011, as the Government continues its plea to the court to ...

Belize population 312971: 2010 census
Amandala - ‎4/5/11‎
The preliminary findings of the 2010 Population and Housing Census, released last week by the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), have put the population of Belize at 312971, officially updating the country's population count from the 2009 ...

Barrow calls for trial without jury!
Amandala - ‎4/5/11‎
Abner Rodriguez was shot to death at around 12:30 am In the wake of the murders, a spokesperson for the Belize Chinese Association told the media, the demonstration was organized, not only to express outrage at the murder of two Chinese women, ...

4/4/11

Contractor Killed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/4/11‎
As a country, it's too much crime here in Belize and everybody being afraid. We shouldn't fear anything. What I am going through I don't think we should fear anything." Not known as a troublesome person, Rodriguez's wife is still trying to figure out ...

Roaring Creek Man Charges For Killing Brit/Lebanese Woman In OW
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/4/11‎
Nassar who was a British/Lebanese National was in Belize conducting free art lessons at the Banquitas House of Culture and was residing in Orange Walk Town. She was found nude lying face down on the floor of her home- with a cut wound to the ...

Well Known Cook Killed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/4/11‎
We as parents, we as believers in Christ, mothers, we need to pray for Belize because Belize need prayers right now and on a serious note lets pray for our youths. we don't want any more retaliation, we don't want everybody just shooting one another ...

PM Lays Out Crime Plan; Proposes Controversial Measures
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/4/11‎
"January and February showed an average of 3 per month murders in the city and I am speaking specifically of Belize City. the month of March however there was an extreme spike, it was a total of 12 murders alone in the month of March and we are now ...

Men Injured On “Ninja Bike”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/4/11‎
The two were on the bike heading towards Belize City, when upon reaching between Mile 19 and 20 on the Western Highway, they lost control and ran off the road. Both riders received severe injuries and were transported to the KHMH. ...

Terrible Traffic Accident Claims One Life
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/4/11‎
On Sunday afternoon around 1:30, 32 year old Iony Westby - a resident of Placencia Village was driving from Belize City towards Hattieville when the blowout caused her to lose control and overturned several times. The vehicle - with 6 people inside ...

Four Murders In 24 Hours; 2 Chinese Women; Chinese Lead Defiant Protest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/4/11‎
Four people were murdered in 20 hours in Belize City this weekend. It is a record, and the worst kind. Even more worrying is that three of those people were genuinely killed for no reason, collateral damage in a gang war that now seems to be between ...

TWO DROWNING REPORTED
LoveFM - ‎4/4/11‎
On Sunday Belmopan Police retrieved the body of Martin Aquino was retrieved from the Belize River near the Mount Pleasant Area. In the second incident on Sunday Police responded to a drowning report at Burrell Boom Village where the lifeless body of ...

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS DISCUSS WAY FORWARD
LoveFM - ‎4/4/11‎
That is according to Prime Minister Dean Barrow who today hosted a mid-afternoon press conference in Belize City. Flanked by the Minister of Police and Public Safety and the Minister of Defence, the Prime Minister outlined his government's response to ...

CHINESE COMMUNITY SHUTDOWN AS SIGN OF PROTEST
LoveFM - ‎4/4/11‎
We spoke to Edmund Quan, President of the Belize Chinese Association. “The purpose we are out here is for crime on a whole. Obviously the two perpetrators of the crime of the two senseless killing of the two Belizean Chinese that happened, that brought ...

WOMAN LOSES LIFE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎4/4/11‎
Police say 32-year-old Iony Westby of Placencia Village was driving from Belize City towards Hattieville when she experienced a blowout to her vehicle which caused her to lose control of the vehicle causing it to overturn several times. ...

REGIONAL FISHERIES PROJECT WORKSHOP UNDERWAY
LoveFM - ‎4/4/11‎
A two-day workshop on the implementation of a European Union Funded Fisheries project in the Caribbean opened today in Belize City. Fisheries Administrators and regional organizations are gathered at the Biltmore Hotel to review the progress of the ...

SQUATTERS ASK FOR GOVERNMENT'S ASSISTANCE
LoveFM - ‎4/4/11‎
A number of residents of Belize City who have squatted in an area in the Faber's Road area of Belize City are asking the Government for assistance. Anson Sanchez is one of the spokesmen for the group. Sanchez said the decision will affect more than 59 ...

MEXICAN AND BELIZEAN BUSINESSPEOPLE MEET
LoveFM - ‎4/4/11‎
The Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE is, with the support of the Ministry of Economic Development, Commerce and Industry and Consumer Protection is facilitating a Mexican Trade Mission. A delegation from the Asociacion de ...

CONSTRUCTION WORKER MURDERED
LoveFM - ‎4/4/11‎
Belize City Police are also investigating the murder of a construction worker in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police say they responded to the scene o Seventh Street in King's Park area where they saw the motionless body of a Hispanic male later ...

This Time the Story Led to Belize: Pace Class Makes a Documentary a Year
Patch.com - ‎4/4/11‎
Pace Professor Maria Luskay took students, alumni and New York Times blogger Andrew Revkin to Belize in March to follow the story of Linda Thornton, an Illinois native who in 25 years has become an ...

Diving Hotspot: Belize's Great Blue Hole
Our Amazing Planet - ‎4/4/11‎
Belize's Lighthouse Reef Atoll fits this description, with its shallow waters covering light-colored coral: the combination of water and pale corals creates varying shades of blue-green. Within this small sea of light colors, however, ...

Belize Association Training Young Sailors With International Competition In Mind
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/4/11‎
Twenty two adult amateur sailors, who are members of the Belize Sailing Association, completed the third of a 4-part series of training sessions at St. George's Caye over the weekend of March 19-20. They received certification from the Royal Yacht ...

Belize Citrus Industry Heading For A Jacking?
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/4/11‎
This week sources within the citrus industry have indicated that the Citrus Products of Belize Ltd (CPBL) will run out of funds to operate in the short term. This indicates yet another threat to huge potential loss of jobs in an economy that is already ...

Boy, 14, Killed In Revenge Shooting
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎4/4/11‎
Shamir Medina, 19, and Devon Reynolds, 14, were shot within an hour of each other in Belize City on Friday night, March 25, and word on the street is that Reynolds' death was a revenge killing for Medina's death. Police found Medina, an unemployed ...

Form 3AB Girls Win 4th Annual SCA Triathalon
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/4/11‎
The girls of Form 3AB won the fourth annual St Catherine's Academy relay triathlon held on Newtown Barracks in front of the Pickwick Club in Belize City on Saturday, March 26. Lynette Palacio was third to finish the swim in the Pickwick Pool, ...

Cadle And Middleton Win Smart Beach Volleyball
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/4/11‎
Barbara Cadle and Esther Middleton of Belize City won the second stop of the 2011 Smart Speednet Beach Volleyball Tour organized by the Belize Volleyball Association at the Buttonwood Bay Park on Saturday, March 26. Babsy and Esther won the $300 first ...

Mexico Trains 100 Belizean Youth Leaders
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎4/4/11‎
A hundred young Belizeans from various schools across the country participated in a leadership workshop at the Institute of Technical & Vocational Education and Training (ITVET) in Belize City over the weekend, March 19-20. ...

Mexico Daylight Savings Time Starts April 3
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎4/4/11‎
That means that Mexico's local time will run 1 hour ahead of Belize's local time until October 30th, 2011. For example, 9:00 am in Belize local time will be in Mexico 10:00 am local time. For those traveling within Mexico, the Embassy reminds that the ...

Gunmen Attack Belama Sub-Station!
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎4/4/11‎
Belize City Police have detained two persons for questioning about an attack on the Belama Police sub-station early Sunday morning, March 27. During this sneak attack police constable Nigel White, 23, who was alone at the time, ...

Senator Paul Perriott Elected BCWU President
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/4/11‎
Senator Paul Perriott, the Belize National Trade Union Congress representative in the Senate, was elected as president of the Belize Communications Workers Union which held elections of officers for its new executive at its annual ...

Squatters Won't Move!
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎4/4/11‎
Squatters living alongside a recently constructed road extending Faber's Road to the Haulover Creek Branch of the Belize River, were fired up on Thursday, March 31, when the police and a representative from the Land's Department ordered them to leave. ...

UB Girls Win 33rd Annual Relaython
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/4/11‎
The women students of the University of Belize won the 33th annual relaython from Belmopan to Belize City on Sunday, March 27. They completed the 50 mile run to the UB campus on Freetown Road in 7 hours 4 seconds, two minutes before Daniel Nolberto ...

Weekly Editorial
The Reporter Belize - ‎4/4/11‎
Squatting - the taking possession of land that does not belong to you by building on it or by planting on it, or by occupying it in any permanent way - has become a serious problem, not only in Belize City but all over this country. ...

SpeedNet loses case against BTL
TeleGeography - ‎4/4/11‎
Belize's Supreme Court has issued a judgment in favour of incumbent Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), dismissing a claim from alternative telecoms company SpeedNet, filed in December 2009. According to local newspaper Amandala, SpeedNet had alleged that ...

Diving deep into coral science
News & Observer - ‎4/4/11‎
Karl Castillo was in his early 20s when he sat with his stepfather in a small boat off the coast of southern Belize, prepared to examine the coral below. What he saw shocked him. In stark contrast to the blue-green sea ...

4/1/11

YC Belize + Jamaica's DJ Nicholas
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/1/11‎
The event called YC Belize starts tonight at the UB gymnasium in Belmopan. The event is for is for junior and senior high school students and young adults to get them into a positive, Christian environment. It is touted as the nation's largest ...

Elrington On Cardona: “Let Him Be”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/1/11‎
On Wednesday, UDP Chairman Patrick Faber wrote to Orange Walk East Area Representative Marcel Cardona telling him that the party had accepted his "constructive resignation." Cardona fired back the next day to say he had not resigned and was not about ...

Cariforum Ministers Meet
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/1/11‎
Foreign Ministers from throughout the Caribbean are in Belize tonight for the Eighteenth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM. The one day event was chaired by Belize's Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington who told us that much of the ...

The Running Of The Youths
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/1/11‎
The event starts at 9:00 from the Succotz ferry and travels to Belize city, finishing at Leslie's imports. There will be 45 riders from 7 teams for this 18 and under race. Kwame Scott told us the rivalry is intense:.. "Prestige, and I can also add to ...

Blatter To Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/1/11‎
The biggest man in international football is coming to Belize! No we don't mean Lionel Messi…we're talking about the President of FIFA, Joseph Sepp Blatter. He'll be the guest of the Football Federation of Belize for the launch of the GOAL PROJECT II ...

Squatters, The Continuing Saga
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/1/11‎
"Listen, none of that will help Belize and better off nothing for us in Belize. What we need - we need maximum security like our houses. We got to get our land so that we can have our houses. We don't need any bus terminal. ...

Rising Wildlife Star Snags Phone Book Cover
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/1/11‎
For example to find a Caye caulker or Ladyville number, you'd have to look in the Belize District, since those places don't have their own listing. Regrettably, that practice has persisted with the 2011 phone book except that this year, they are listed ...

Getting Principals From The Office Into The Classroom
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/1/11‎
25 Principals from Belize City Schools received training at a four day workshop called The Principal as an Instructional Leader. The idea is to get the principal engaged, not just in the administration of the school, but in its day to day operation ...

Helping Laid Off HL's Employees
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎4/1/11‎
This location is at the Belize Bank on Albert Street in the parking lot. We clearly understand the situation of the economy and jobs are hard to come by so if we can contribute as a society to help our people to start their own little things then that ...

Caribbean ship testing new anti-piracy system
CBS News - ‎4/1/11‎
The 720-foot Horizon Producer was temporarily outfitted as a training exercise for the crew, a demonstration for officials from Panama and Belize — both with major global shipping registries — and as an informercial for journalists. ...

YC BELIZE KICKS OFF ON FRIDAY
LoveFM - ‎4/1/11‎
The UB Gymnasium is the venue for Youth Conference Belize this weekend. The two day event will YC Belize kicks off this evening. The event will feature workshops, paintball and concerts with local and international artists. Special invited guest is two ...

PRINCIPALS RECEIVE TRAINING
LoveFM - ‎4/1/11‎
In our schools in Belize, each school has a culture and we need to do what we can to make sure that the teachers and children in our school be very productive citizens of this country.” The Ministry of Education will continue working with the ...

TELEMEDIA UNVEILS NEW DIRECTORY
LoveFM - ‎4/1/11‎
The 2011 Telemedia directory cover was unveiled in a short ceremony at the Belize Zoo this morning. This year's cover features 'Junior Buddy' ambassador for jaguars and resident of the Belize Zoo. General Manager, Customer Services Dionne Miranda told ...

Case concludes on Belizeans for Justice and COLA vs PM Barrow, to install 13th ...
Amandala - ‎4/1/11‎
The Prime Minister of Belize and the Attorney General of Belize”, took place today in the Supreme Court before Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich. The non-governmental organization Belizeans for Justice, headed by Yolanda Schakron, and its fellow NGO ...

Speednet loses case against BTL
Amandala - ‎4/1/11‎
Supreme Court Justice Oswell Legall today issued judgment in favor of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), when he dismissed a claim filed by rival telecommunications company, SpeedNet, in December 2009. In that application, SpeedNet had asked the court for ...

Let there be land!!
Amandala - ‎4/1/11‎
In 2009, Government made known its plan to build a bridge connecting the south side of Belize City, Fabers Road, to the north side, Belama. The funding for this project is coming from the Southside Poverty Alleviation Project, and will amount to around ...

Rufus X goes VIP – wants Castro's division
Amandala - ‎4/1/11‎
The outspoken and controversial Rufus X is making a second foray into national politics, according to information released today by Vision Inspired for the People (VIP), one of Belize's third parties which outperformed the Opposition People's United ...

7 teams, 32 cyclists, all Belizeans in Junior Cross Country 2011
Amandala - ‎4/1/11‎
The Technical Meeting tonight will finalize the starting list, but so far, the starting list of riders in this year's Junior Cross Country, provided this afternoon by the Belize Cycling Association as a “tentative starting list”, includes no foreign ...

National budget comes into force Friday
Amandala - ‎4/1/11‎
Opposition senator Eamon Courtenay and business community senator Godwin Hulse both decried the fact that the national budget was crafted without consultation with key parties, particularly the business people who drive commerce in Belize and the ...

Maranco's oil contract final
Amandala - ‎4/1/11‎
Maranco's parent company in Nevis had been a shareholder of Belize Natural Energy (BNE), still the only producing oil company in Belize. Maranco, which has an office at Iguana Creek in Cayo, is well known in Belize, since it had done drilling for BNE ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎4/1/11‎
Belize is a small place, and when you go against the establishment, they will cause you to feel pain. I don't want to exaggerate. The pain that I felt during the early and middle 1970s was nothing compared to what they did to Nelson Mandela and Steve ...

Are you getting the education services you are paying for?
Amandala - ‎4/1/11‎
It struck me that education has acquired an assertive marketing element that was not present in my high school and sixth form years—Belize did not have a university in the '70's. At that time, we students were made to feel fortunate that a school had ...

I have NOT resigned! - Marcel to Patrick
Amandala - ‎4/1/11‎
Cardona added that, “...there is no prohibition within the Laws of Belize, nor the Constitution of the United Democratic Party, which prohibits a 'backbencher' area representative in the House of Representatives from speaking out on behalf of his ...


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