COUVA, Trinidad - Deon McCaulay scored three goals and led Belize to a 5-2 victory over Montserrat on Wednesday in the first qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup. McCaulay gave Belize the lead in the 24th minute and, after Jay Hodgson ...
The situation between BEL and the government of Belize remains at a tense standstill tonight. Government yesterday pre-paid four million dollars in electricity bills which BEL will use principally to pay CFE in Mexico. Government has asked for a full ...
The year marks the 30th anniversary of Belize's Independence and the 213th anniversary of the Battle of St George's Caye. "The anniversary of every major event or occasion in the life of an individual or a country is just cause for observation and ...
"We believe that gangs are nothing new to Belize. I know some of you standard 6 students who are waiting to graduate, sometime later this month, are looking forward to high school. But some of you may not have succeeded in getting into a high school, ...
Belize dominated and won the game five to two. Deon MaCauley pulled the rare hat trick scoring in the 24th, 74th and 83rd minute, while Harrison Roches scored in the 50th minute, and Elroy Kuylen scored in the fifty-third minute. ...
A news report form Panama says that the European Commission is warning of sanctions to be implemented against Belize, Panama, Honduras, and the West African nation of Togo. That's because the commission says those countries are not cooperating in the ...
Two nights ago, COLA President Moses Sulph came on this newscast and urged Belizeans to come out for a protest in support of the Belize Bus Association, but also against taxes and high fuel costs. The event was planned for 9:30 this morning form ...
The men were rushed via air ambulance to the Municipal Airstrip in Belize City and from there they were taken to the emergency room at the Belize Medical Associates. The captain, Brown is reported to be in a critical condition. ...
But there's no controversy surrounding a neat win by Belize's male under 16 basketball team in the opening game of the Centro Basket Tournament in Mexico City. Belize played the opening game against Costa Rica - and squeaked by winning 71 to 70. ...
A non-denominational prayer convention and miracle serves starts tonight in Belize City. The five-day event is being led by Bishop Nkuru [IN-KU-RU] Ogamba and a team from the USA. Bishop Ogamba says the theme: “Belize is blessed to be a blessing” is ...
The initiatives deal with amendments to the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act, the Belize Constitution that pertains to preventative detention, the death penalty, anonymous and fearful witnesses, forced labour, trial without a jury, the indictable ...
Twenty four hours after a brazen mid-afternoon armed robbery in Orange Walk Town police say they have four people, including three from Belize City, in connection with the incident. According to reports, Tuesday's robbery at the Hung Fa Store say two ...
Belize will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its Independence this year and the National Celebrations Commission along with other partners are planning on celebrating the occasion with added flare. Activities began today with the launch of the 2011 ...
The students are from three primary schools in Belize City where the program was piloted and proved to be a success. The program, Gang Resistance Education and Training, GREAT is coordinated by the Ministry of Police and Public Safety, the Ministry of ...
Lord Ashcroft has close links with the Belize Bank, which is now in dispute over a $10m fund earmarked for the poor and homeless. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images A bank with close links to Lord Ashcroft will be accused in a British courtroom of ...
Mayan sites are scattered over several countries: Mexico, Belize and Guatemala have the majority while El Salvador and Honduras have fewer. The big three Mayan sites for tourists are Chichen Itza and Tulum in Mexico, and Tikal in Guatemala. ...
On Friday you heard the Minister of Sports say on this newscast - that he didn't expect the Belize national football selection to go ahead and play the opening match of the 2014 World Cup qualifying competition in Trinidad on ...
Fresh Catch Belize Limited - a large-scale Tilapia Farming Operation owned by the Mena Family - went into receivership in July of 2010. Since then the Mena's have been trying to resuscitate the operation - and with Senator Godwin Hulse doing the pitch, ...
After one year as a very high profile NGO - Belizeans For Justice has officially opened an office in Belize City. This morning ceremonies were held for the opening, and president Yolanda Schakron reflected on how far they have come as an organization:… ...
It happened on the Belize Corozal road at the New Hung Fua Supermarket when two robbers appeared and shot salesman Adar Awe in the leg. Police responded and apprehended five persons nearby. The responding officers shot one of them in the right foot and ...
But one team that does have the full sanction of the state is the Belize National Under 16 male Basketball team. That group left the country on Saturday for Mexico City to participate in the Centro Basket Under 16 Championship which starts tomorrow. ...
We found throughout our time being here in Belize City because of the prevalence of break-in in vehicles most people right now are concern if anyone out there with bad intentions goes looking to break into vehicles now it's easier to look into a ...
Mega Bingo today handed over the largest jackpot in Belize's history - that's 219 thousand dollars. The winner is a single, unemployed mother of four who was just about to contend with a battery of registration fees for her children who are between 8 ...
After we do a comprehensive walk through again by the retailers of the Michael Finnegan market personnel from the Market Producers Association and the Belize City Council we will then determine who has smaller quantities or volumes and those vendors ...
A Belize City family is preparing to bury a male 15-year-old second form student who was knocked down and killed by a church bus last night. It happened on Administration Drive in the Lake Independence Area, right in front of the CB Hyde Building. ...
Cabinet discussed the proposed Social Security Board loan to Nature Fresh Belize Limited at its regular meeting today. In its release it states Cabinet reiterated the Administration's stance of complete respect for the autonomy of the SSB which is ...
In Belize, the Central Health Region Blood Bank has been seeing a moderate amount of voluntary blood donors. Jeneve Vinoz is a medical technologist at the Blood Bank. “Before you come in we usually ask a series of questions first and after asking those ...
Details are sketchy but shortly before 3 o'clock today two dark complexion men entered Hong Fua Store on Belize Corozal Road in what appeared to be an attempted robbery. There has been no word from Orange Walk Police on the incident but we were made to ...
“This is the core of everything that Belize stands for. Without justice, this is not a democracy; it is not really a real nation without justice.” These words uttered by member of the Belize Bus Association, Patrick Menzies, amplified the purpose of ...
Crime and the family – to jump start this discussion, I would like to talk about the family and will share two excerpts with you from a couple of sources written on family life in Belize. The first one is taken from the Belize First Magazine ...
I think that I have a better idea of the relationship dynamics where slavery in the American South was concerned, than I do with respect to slave society in Belize. I use the term “relationship” as opposed to “family,” because slaves were not allowed ...
Reynolds was the best friend of Andre Trapp, the reputed leader of SSG, who was executed in the NICH parking lot near Belize City Magistrate's Court on Treasury Lane exactly one year ago, June 10, 2010. Amandala spoke to his girlfriend, and mother of ...
But in Belize, there is presently more focus on last night's NBA finals, yesterday's Super League football playoffs, and today's commencement of our own basketball U-20 and Senior championship finals at the Belize Civic Center. ...
We found it interesting that neither The Reporter, The Belize Times nor the National Perspective reported the news of Jorge Espat's new appointment as president of St. John's College. The appointment was announced on Sunday morning, June 5, ...
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Several years ago, my husband and I took a trip to Belize. We spent the first half of our trip in Maya country in a rustic jungle cabana overlooking the Macal River. Tropical birds doubled as alarm clocks, and I always thought birdwatchers were nerds ...
At his press conference on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dean Barrow said that Belize's tourism sector is clearly on the rebound, with first quarter growth reported at roughly 3%. He said that overnight visitors ...
The question is: Should the Government of Belize find a way to take back control of BEL from Fortis Inc. of Canada, including a buy-back, if necessary? So far, 76.5% agree that the government should take back BEL. The Belize Social Security Board, ...
NEW YORK - Montserrat will host Belize at Trinidad's Ato Boldon Stadium on Wednesday to open World Cup qualifying in one of five CONCACAF preliminary round match-ups. Belize will host the second leg four days later in Belmopan with the winner advancing ...
Samore identified the cargo ship as the M/V Light registered in Belize, whose authorities gave the United States permission to inspect the ship. The US destroyer McCampbell caught up with the Light somewhere south of Shanghai and asked to board the ...
Well, a researcher from North Carolina University who's doing her Doctoral thesis in Belize performed DNA testing on 150 pieces of what is sold as Grouper or Snapper filet - and guess what she found? None of it was snapper! Courtney Cox ...
Around 2 am on Sunday morning, 6 people were in the vehicle heading from Belize City to Ladyville. Driver Josean Kay, a 19 year told police that a vehicle came into their lane with high beams, and he lost control and plunged into the river. ...
But on Saturday morning in the city - there was quite a scene as some members of the Belize bus Association staged a protest in the city. The drivers strapped upside down Belizean flags to the front of their busses - which was meant to symbolize a ...
Notably absent from that procession of busses was the membership of the Belize Bus Owners' Cooperative. They're the ones who started the whole fuss about Westline - but it seems they're going in a different direction from the Belize Bus association. ...
In its most recent BEL accounts lists its physical assets of poverty, plant and equipment at over 444.6 million Belize dollars and its most recent accounts say that at the end of December 2010 its equity is valued at 286.7 million dollars. ...
... then it is possible from then we can relinquish the stride that we are doing." The event starts at 9:30 from the Constitution Park and will go over BEL-China unto Albert Street, turn at the Belize Bank, head over the bridge and end at Memorial Park.
There are two murders to report tonight; one happened in Belize city and the other in Xaibe Village, in Corozal. We start in the city where 27 year old Englebert Reynolds was killed in what is believed to be a gang related shooting. ...
Three days after he confirmed government's intention to re-nationalize Belize Electricity Limited, Prime Minister Dean Barrow today re-stated his commitment to do all that is necessary to keep the lights on. Prime Minister Barrow was a guest on the ...
Well-known legal luminary and senior counsel Douglas Mendes was sworn in today as a justice of the Belize Court of Appeal by the Governor General Sir Colville Young at the Belize House in the capital city of Belmopan. Mendes who is a senior counsel ...
On Sunday, church leaders in Belize joined other Christian groups from around the world in observing International Day of Prayer. The global event was first started twelve years ago in South Africa. Pastor Scott Stirm from Jubilee Ministries in ...
23-year-old Herman Miranda who was charged with murder and firearm and ammunition offences was found guilty of two counts of kept firearm without s gun licence and one count of kept firearm without a gun licence today. Miranda was also found guilty of ...
"The six o'clock evening weather report on Thursday forecasted thunderstorms across the northern half of the country. But when shortly after midnight the wind intensity matched those of a weak hurricane, it took many people by surprise, ...
20-year-old ex-police constable Dennis Card became an inmate of Belize Central Prison today after he was charged with kept ammunition without a gun licence and aggravated assault. Card was arraigned today. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. ...
The government of Belize today announced an increase in the price of flour. According to a release from the supplies control unit of the Ministry of Economic Development and Consumer Protection, effective today, the wholesale maximum price per one ...
We want what is best for the people and nation of Belize, you should want that too Prime Minister. We should have a common cause and a common goal. What is best for the people and nation of Belize? We should be equal partners in this industry, ...
The Secretariat for Multidimensional Security further agreed to support the Restore Belize Program through resources to develop activates geared toward economic development in high crime areas in Belize City.
The Belizean Bus Association (BBA), which claims to represent the majority of bus operators across Belize, continues to agitate for the removal of Westline Bus Company Limited from the Western Zone, despite a solution having seemingly been reached last ...
Vision Inspired for the People (VIP) is for the first time planning to put up a full slate of hopefuls to contest the Belize City Council elections due in 2012. Heading that slate will be FE Paco Smith, who ran independently for councillor in the 2003 ...
To understand the enormity of what Caleb Orosco is asking our Supreme Court to do, you have to know the features of the Belize Constitution, especially its Preamble and its chapter on individual rights and freedoms. Our Constitution is not unique in ...
Due to the recent decision by Government to demolish the Belize City Center auditorium and build another similar building in the same spot, the Living Hope Preparatory School, which caters solely to at-risk students and now adults needing aid in ...
The tour has been going on countrywide over the past week - where shows have been down in Punta Gorda Town, Belize City, Pachakan in the Corozal district and Belmopan. And to wrap it up, they have decided to bring it back to Belize City once more on ...
Wholesale farmers at the Michael Finnegan's Market made a proposal this week to the Belize City Council - and the City Council came back with a counter-proposal. And so this morning all wholesale vendors met up to discuss if they are willing to take-up ...
And while its employees must be reeling from the news of an imminent, inevitable government takeover, today, BEL work crews were out doing emergency repairs in the Belize District after a freak storm last night. It was a ferocious squall which ...
Police have circulated the pictures after the items were recovered two days ago at #25 Fern Lane and #6488 Jasmine Street in Belize City in connection with various reported burglaries in the Lake Independence and Belama Area. ...
And today as the 21 day deadline ended - the Belize Bus association held a press conference to say it is not happy, it's position and that of its membership have been misrepresented, and it's not going to go away quietly. President Shaw spoke first and ...
"Get Up and Run" - is a new initiative of the Belize City Council to encourage city residents to live a healthier lifestyle by getting up every morning to walk or run. It will be launched and Mayor Zenaida Moya, told us more about the program. ...
The government will take over BEL. That's the decision that came out of a 90 minute meeting between the Prime Minister and BEL's CEO Lyn Young this morning in Belmopan. As the Prime Minister disclosed at his quarterly press conference on Friday: BEL is ...
The Naitonal Sports Council has de-certified the Football Federation of Belize and the Government of Belize has written to FIFA advising them of such. Now, FIFA is strict in its enforcement of the policy that governments are not to meddle in the ...
20 year old Dennis Card was taken to the Belize Central Prison today after he was charged with kept ammunition without a gun license and aggravated assault. Card was arraigned in the Magistrate's Court where he pleaded not guilty to the charges, ...
He signaled government's intention to renationalize Belize Electricity Limited during his quarterly press conference earlier this week. And today Prime Minister Dean Barrow made it official: government wants controlling interest in the company. ...
However, a Dangriga man visited Amandala today to tell the story of how the land he acquired in the Never Delay area off the Western Highway in the Cayo District was in the process of being sold to petroleum exporter Belize Natural Energy Limited (BNE) ...
In the year 2011, Belize is now entering what we used to call the “rainy season.” As a matter of background knowledge for our younger generations, the month of June used to be when we would be going back to school after the long holidays in April and ...
On Friday evening, June 3, Ervin Marin of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) called his home at Periwinkle Street, Lake Independence, to tell his stay-at-home wife, Marlene, that piece of information, but he was too late. The news had already spread to the ...
Prime Minister Dean Barrow told us today, Thursday, that Belize Electricity Limited (BEL), which he has described as “bankrupt,” had called government again today, asking for more money via prepayment of light bills, because it has no funds to make its ...
Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA) and Belizeans for Justice (BFJ) were major players in the protest on the Belcan Bridge on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, after the Government of Belize (GOB) authorized the removal of the Chetumal Street ...
The Social Security Board (SSB) is considering a $15-million loan for Nature Fresh Belize Limited which would enable the newly formed company to seal the buyout of the assets of Fresh Catch Belize Limited, which was put under receivership last year by ...
When the media arrived at Wednesday's quarterly press conference hosted by Prime Minister Dean Barrow, they met a throng of party supporters, mostly dressed in red, lining the walkways and entrance of the Belize Biltmore Plaza. ...
Looking out at the lagoon in Bacalar, Mexico, just north of the Belize border, from the San Felipe Fort, built by the Spaniards in the 18th century, and from a catamaran in the Pirate's Channel. (Photos By David Biller for The Boston Globe) ...
In the Belize River Valley area where the drought hit hardest, putting out fires has become a risky business, with fire trucks having to travel from as far away as the city and airport fire stations. But today residents of Ladyville and the surrounding ...
These days, tourism really is everybody's business - it accounts for a quarter of Belize's GDP and is our top foreign exchange earner. That's why today's industry presentation was news, not just for hotel and resort owners. It's been a year since the ...
You were previously introduced to the jewel of the Caribbean, Belize. Now, we will go into the details of the outstanding outdoor activity that makes this country, the size of Rhode Island, so special. Belize is the land of sparkling ocean blue waters. ...
Last night the Belize Tourism Board also held its 11th annual tourism awards to recognize and honor organizations, industry partners and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the industry. Hotel of the year award went to The Lodge at ...
The citrus industry, apart from some internal problems is plagued of course by the citrus greening disease but that apart, things are going well and in fact the Citrus Products of Belize Ltd., the company that in fact is the principal manufacturer of ...
The Belize City Lions Club has adopted a park located on Avocado Street off Fabers Road Extension in Southside Belize City. Following weeks of work, the club members today officially opened the children's park. Past President and Park Committee ...
The tourism industry makes up almost a quarter of Belize's National Gross Domestic Product in revenue and with that in mind, key players in the industry converged at the Biltmore Plaza for the twelfth annual Belize Tourism Board industry presentation. ...
“A station such as this will reduce response time out this side as much as 30 minutes which is crucial when you are talking about a road traffic accident, your loved one trapped in a vehicle and you need fire service response from Belize City to arrive ...
Actually it starts in Athens, Greece on the 24th of June and our team will leave Belize on the 17th of June to get there and return on the 8th of July. We have been planning with the preparation of the football team which is the discipline that we will ...
In his letter to the diplomatic representative of Belize, the pontiff emphasized that "freedom of religion and freedom of worship allow believers to flourish as individuals and to contribute positively and fully to the life of the country in every ...
Pope Benedict XVI delivered a strong message of support for environmentalism on June 9, in a meeting with six new ambassadors to the Holy See: from Belize, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Moldova, New Zealand, and Syria. Nations must "completely reassess our ...
The Chief Magistrate upheld the prosecution's objection and remanded Mortis into custody at the Belize Central Prison until June 28. Reports coming from the child are that on Sunday, June 5th, Mortis took her into his home where he sucked her on her ...
Police have made an arrest following the murder of two men in Belize City on Friday, May 21st. On Monday June 6th, 24-year-old Jamie Hendricks Smith, a resident of #8 Raccoon Street Extension was arraigned in Magistrate's Court and charged with the ...
Flowers, a resident of Pink's Alley also known as Majestic Alley was acquitted of the attempted murder of Garnett who was shot once in the foot on July 25, 2009 whilst hanging out on Freetown Road in Belize city. The acquittal, which was a formal ...
On Monday, April 11th and May 9th, students from across the country of Belize went to sit the Primary School Examinations. According to the Examination Unit in the Ministry of Education, 6962 students were registered to sit the Primary School ...
On Wednesday, Belize joined the rest of the world in celebrating Ocean Day under the theme “Youth: the Next Wave for Change”. Research has shown that young people are the most motivated individuals on issues of environmental protection. ...
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. ...
Belizeans for Justice (BFJ) and Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA) continue to press the issue that the Government of Belize (GOB) acted illegally and without compassion in removing the squatters of Chetumal Street South. ...
In June of 2010, the Minister of Education and Youth, the Honorable Patrick Faber, recognizing that there was a need to provide Alternative Education for young people in Belize, sought and received the approval from his colleagues in cabinet for the ...
Even after Belize gained independence the British government remained our number one ally in terms of military support. The British Army Training Support Unit in Belize (BATSUB) has been the body most recently assigned to provide that support. ...
Residents of Belama Phase IV and those with leased property in the area will be happy to know that the Belize Water Services Limited has agreed to undertake a water expansion project in their area. The decision came after heavy lobbying from Lee Mark ...
The Football Federation of Belize is on the ropes after the National Sports Council announced on Tuesday June 7th that the FFB is no longer recognized as the national body representing football. FFB is not in isolation however as the Belize Darts ...
That announcement was that it appears that Belize Electricity Limited is apparently bankrupt. PM Barrow explained that he was not sure how BEL got to where it is currently but based on requests made from BEL to the government and based on conversations ...
It is an initiative of the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Belize who works with other youth organizations and is linked with our Youth for the Future and who identify the need to build capacity of these youth organizations and youth workers to develop ...
The University of Belize is launching a first graduate program at obtaining a Masters in Science in Biodiversity Conservation and sustainable development. Elma Kay - Administrative Science Dir. for the Environmental Research Institute, UB “The program ...
On Monday we reported on the injury of a police officer in a traffic accident in front of the Princess Hotel in Belize City. Constable Delwyn Casimiro, who was in civilian clothes at the time of the incident, was reportedly knocked down in the early ...
On the issue of the Belize Electricity Limited being strapped for cash and unable to pay its debts, Barrow said he spoke with BEL's CEO, Lynn Young before Young left the country this week, and assured the public that the government will seek to keep ...
It was agreed T-Line, Albion, Chell's, Rene Tillett, Valdemar Perez, Aron Kerr and Michael Frazer will operate from Belize City to Orange Walk and back. Michael Frazer, Omar Tillett, Chell's, Ricardo Uk, Joshua Foundation and T-Line will operate from ...
Belize, a tiny nation on Central America's Caribbean coastline, is at once accessible and remote. The country boasts a low population density (330000 people live in an area of nearly 9000 square miles). ...
As you heard last night, the Belize bus association has reverted to its original position; that it wants Westline busses off the road, and the status quo restored to what it was before May 21st. Prime Minister Dean Barrow "This talk that we must ...
More than a dozen Latin American countries including Belize are endorsing a Mexican for the new chief of the International Monetary Fund. At a meeting of OAS representatives which concluded yesterday in El Salvador, countries such as Venezuela, ...
Since Friday we've been reporting that the Football Federation of Belize has been de-certified, meaning the sports council no longer recognizes it as a sports body in Belize. Well, today, after a long and stony silence, the FFB spoke up, sort of. ...
In Belize, Oceana used the occasion to bring attention to what it says is the tremendous value of the Western Hemisphere's largest barrier reef. At Oceana Belize's headquarters in the city, an official unveiling took place of what the NGO calls its ...
Belize Electricity Limited - your power company, is bankrupt! At least that's what the Prime Minister said today at his quarterly press conference which was held at the Biltmore. The power company has been crying on hard times for years and even though ...
AIM-listed New World Oil & Gas is poised to gain ownership of two frontier exploration licences in north-west Belize, which have been identified as “highly prospective” in a report on their resource potential. The Blue Creek and Blue Creek South ...
PLACENCIA, Belize There are two really good reasons to travel to this tiny town on the southern end of Belize in spring. The May full moon historically is the peak period for diving with whale sharks ...
“I travelled to Belize to study drumming with the Garifuna,” explained Roy, who has a long history of working on performing arts education programs. She learned how to play the rhythms and teach the students how to build a primero, a tenor drum, ...
Last year's World Oceans Day campaign supported Oceana's global expansion in Belize. As a direct result of Oceana's work in the country, Belize's government announced a ban on all forms of trawling resulting in the protection of precious corals and ...
Here are a few of our favorite nap spots starting with a real-life dreamscape captured during sunset at Ambergris Caye, Belize. (Photo courtesy of Belize Tourism Board. Text by Lena Katz, JustLuxe.com)
Thirty five year old Ted Armstrong, who was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years, was acquitted today by Belize Court of Appeal. Armstrong had appealed mainly on the ground that the judge misdirected the jury when he told them that ...
Last week we showed you the mini drama that unfolded at the Michael Finnegan market when Councillor Phillip Willoughby laid down the new law, which sent wholesalers to Hiccatee Street. It seemed, at first, to have gone down with some measure of ...
It hasn't happened but that's probably because unlike the BBOC - they aren't members of the Belize Bus Association - and don't have members they can call upon. And so today in Belize City, they engaged in talks with the BBA to see if they can join. ...
That's because the Football Federation of Belize did not submit required documentation to the Sports Council - as it - and all other associations - are required to do by law. Today the Sports Council issued a release backing up that position. ...
7news was there at the Constitution Park when things got started: "It's important to have a good showing because I belize that we need to show the Government that we are united. There are different causes out here being representated. ...
“There is absolutely no reason why any foreign bus company or any other company from any other country should come in and run transportation in Belize. As some of you already know I have been involved in the issue of bus and bus licences and motor ...
The new Michael Finnegan market on the south side of Belize City was supposed to have eliminated all of the problems that vendors and consumers were plagued with in the past. But the move to the new facility is proving to be one monumental headache for ...
A group of twelve emerging leaders are in Belize visiting from Canada and Caribbean countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The leaders are men and women who are in their mid career who can ...
A group of researchers today started manatee research captured in the Belize City area. The program is being led by Sea to Shore Alliance and is supported by the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute and the Sirenia Project of the US ...
The national top performer as well as the top performer for the Belize District is Aliyah Marin, Holy Redeemer Primary School of Belize City, who earned 385 points out of a possible 400 (96.25% or an A grade). The other top performers are as follows: ...
Said Musa, to withdraw from her campaigning for the proposed, new Belize Rural Central constituency. Dolores made way for Ralph. A story now goes with this, for when the PUP's Rural Central convention is held in Ladyville on Sunday, June 19, ...
Since its opening last November, the Michael Finnegan Market has seen continual challenges as the Belize City Council grapples with the problem of placating wholesale and retail vendors and maintaining improved ambience at the upgraded marketplace. ...
For the second year in a row it is the Bernice Yorke Institute in Belize City. That's school's 14 students did the best as a group and today their Principal told us there's no secret other than hard work: "We see PSE and exam taking begin in pre-school ...
It is hard to find a family in the city which has been more wracked by violence than the Matura's of Central American Boulevard. Four members have been killed, and others shot. The most recent murder had been in March when Raymundo Chun ...
A Belize City youth was mercilessly executed on Friday night as he stood socializing with family members at their home on Central American Boulevard. While no one knows why anyone would want twenty year old Mark Matura dead, his family is left with the ...
"Someone who is very interested in Toledo, someone who has in heart the whole interest of Toledo and Belize on a whole, this man, his name is Tom Goodrow and he is a Canadian citizen. We met him through our treasurer Ms. Radiance Jacobs and I also ...
Police are investigating a report that a man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday night in Belize City. The victim, Albert Leslie, told police that he was inside a bar on Regent Street West around ten o'clock on Friday night when a man of brown complexion ...
The Belize Grassroots Youth Empowerment Association says it strongly condemns the manner in which the Government of Belize through its officials carried out the eviction of residents occupying the Chetumal Street are if Belize City. ...
The Mount Carmel Credit Union was once one of the strongest financial institutions in Belize; but its fall from glory has landed the operations under the administration of the Belize Credit Union League. Today, members of the Credit Union are worried ...
They are, in first place, Aliyah Marin of Holy Redeemer in Belize City, in second, Josette Mcgann of united Evergreen In Cayo, in third, Jordan Murillo from Belize Elementary, in fourth, Alessandra Guttierez from San Pedro RC, ...
In 2009, 42 year old Nigel Tillett was charged for knocking down and killing legendary Belize city figure Ray Lightburn. Lightburn was walking on the northern highway near Los Lagos n the night of October 7, 2009 when he was struck and killed by a ...
The mightly Football Federation of Belize, de-registered by the sports council? That body had until June first to submit details of its last general meeting and its financials to the Sports Council and it failed to do so. So what does it mean? ...
At 8:55 power was lost to the entire country due to failed equipment on at the West Substation in the Belize District. By 9:03 am power supply was restored to the entire Northern Zone and By 11:25 am power supply was restored to the rest of the ...
In a development that is nothing short of remarkable, Belize will now have two kinds of butane to choose from, something like premium and regular gas. The premium product will be the butane imported from Pemex in Mexico and sold by Belize Gas Limited ...
BATSUB, the British Army Training Support Unit is pulling out of Belize. And while the loss of jobs and business will be a huge hit to an already struggling economy, the loss of helicopter air support will be equally consequential. ...
Erwin Staine was killed on the first day of June and today police charged the man who allegedly shot him. He is 27 year old Kenneth Dobson. He was remanded ot prison today until June 10th. Reports are that Staine was socializing with friends near his ...
I am a Hispanic of Belize but I am a Belizean first. Mr. Boots that race card is not working. We are all Belizeans - black, white, Chinese everybody - we are Belizeans. I want to address the leader of this country Mr. Dean Oliver Barrow - where is your ...
Placing second overall this year is JosetteMcGann of United Evergreen Primary with three hundred and seventy six points and Jordan Murrillo of Belize Elementary with three hundred and sixty nine points. Rounding off the top five are Alessandra ...
A new champion speller has emerged; he is 11-year-old Jaren Young of St. John Vianney Primary School in Belize City. Second place finisher was Jessica Montepeque of San Marcus RC School in the Cayo District. Rounding up the top three was 10-year-old ...
I know that we have been in discussion; they are looking at a vision of $5 million when the project would have been completed and the Government of Belize, myself, will be working closely to ensure that their dreams come true, that is our commitment ...
Belize Electricity Limited has issued a brief statement on the today's nationwide blackout. According to BEL the entire national grid went down at 8:55 this morning. The loss of power is blamed on, quote: "failed equipment on the 115 kV transmission ...
