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8/31/11

Ten years on – divers remember
DIVE Magazine - Jo Mattock - ‎8/31/11‎
The boat Wave Dancer capsized in Belize during hurricane Iris in October 2001. Wave Dancer was anchored in Big Creek, 80 miles south of Belize City to ride out the storm. Winds of 140mph and storm surge over 4m high snapped the mooring line ...

Man Charged For Top Shelf Contraband
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/31/11‎
Two weeks ago we showed you the stash of top shelf liquor valued at ten thousand dollars that was found in an apartment on Lizarraga Avenue in Belize City. The receipts were in the name of Ronnell Gonzalez but he was not at home when the GSU made the ...

Taiwanese September Contribution Will Prettify Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/31/11‎
The days of so-called dollar diplomacy and budget bailouts may be over, but friendly nation, Taiwan, always helps out with a large cash contribution to the September Celebrations. And this year is no different; right on cue this morning, the Taiwanese ...

Another City Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/31/11‎
Just after 7:00 last night, news went out that there had been another shooting in Belize city. When we got to the scene on Banak Street, 34 year old mechanic Guy Fuller Juniour had been killed inside his kitchen. He had been shot multiple times by ...

Maskall Community Center Ready For A Hurricane
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/31/11‎
"This project is financed through the Government of Belize's Commonwealth Debt Intiative Program. And it entailed the reconstruction of the roof, the replacements of windows and doors, to benefit over 2000 persons here in Maskall. ...

Much Ado About ADO
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/31/11‎
Last week Thursday, we told you about the ADO bus that was in Belize - supposedly on an exploratory trip checking out the route. Well, it seems they made those checks pretty quickly because ADO is now running a daily service between Belize and Cancun, ...

Consultations Compressed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/31/11‎
Two weeks ago we told you about the schedule of consultations for the constitution and foreign affairs committee which were scheduled to finish on the second November with a meeting at the University of Belize in Belmopan. Well, things change, and that ...

Special Road Survey to Be Conducted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/31/11‎
And while those ADO buses will have a different kind of experience on Belize's roadways than they do on those concrete and hot-mixed Mexican Superhighways - Belize's roads are undergoing an assessment. It will be done by a van like this which is from ...

BELIZE CITY MAN MURDERED INSIDE HIS HOME
LoveFM - Marion Ali - ‎8/31/11‎
“This was how Christine Neal discovered her house at seventy six Banak Street when she returned shortly before seven on Tuesday night – the grill door ajar with the house keys still in the outer lock. As she stepped in the parlour, the glass that her ...

MEXICAN BUS COMPANY ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE LEAVING BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎8/31/11‎
There is now a direct bus ride from Belize City to Merida and Cancun, and as of last Friday, the rides are daily. The service is being provided by the bus company called ADO Group from Mexico. Today representatives of the bus company held a press ...

TAIWANESE AMBASSADOR MAKES DONATION TO CELEBRATIONS COMMISSION
LoveFM - ‎8/31/11‎
Activities continue as Belize turns thirty in less than a month, and today the National Celebrations Commission received funds that will make the celebrations all the more festive. The Ambassador of the Republic of China, Taiwan to Belize, ...

Dominica President, Belize and Antigua and Barbuda Prime Ministers to witness ...
ZIZ Live - ‎8/31/11‎
KITTS, AUGUST 31ST 2011 (CUOPM) – The President of the Commonwealth of Dominica, His Excellency Dr. Nicholas Liverpool; Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon. Dean Barrow and Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Baldwin Spencer, will witness ...

8/30/11

KING AND QUEEN RECAP…
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/30/11‎
That means preserving our economy - let us deal with what we have here in Belize; chicken, fish, vegetables, fruits - those are the babies. The second section is the celebration of culture - the queen for this section is queen "Florumba" she ...

BELIZE TAKES ON GRENADA IN WORLDCUP QUALIFIER
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/30/11‎
And, also leaving the country today for the eastern Caribbean, was Belize's National Football team. Belize is scheduled to play Grenada on Thursday of this week, in the second round of the World Cup qualifiers, leading up to the Brazil Games of 2014. ...

KHMH RESPONSE
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/30/11‎
In the release the hospital states, "As the violence in our society, particularly Belize City, has increased, the burden of the police cases has led on many occasions to overcrowding of the facility…as was the case on the weekend of August 12, ...

RHETT FULLER'S APPEALS EXHAUSTED
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/30/11‎
The decade old struggle of 40 year old businessman, Rhett Fuller, to avoid being extradited to the United States took another bitter turn, when his request for bail was denied at a hearing held this morning at the Supreme Court in Belize City. ...

PM LEAVES FOR CCJ INAUGURATION
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/30/11‎
The Prime Minister of Belize, Honourable Dean Barrow left the country today for St. Kitts and Nevis where he's expected to attend the inauguration of the newly appointed President of the Caribbean Court of Justice. The new head of the CCJ, ...

MAS CAMP CONTINUES…
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/30/11‎
Which is the second section, after the second section, they decided to nationalize Belize by giving us our independence. After the third section, whereby they nationalize, they all decided to celebrate - and that how it comes to be a rainbow color ...

OFFICIAL UPDATES ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT
LoveFM - ‎8/30/11‎
The Belize Solid Waste Management Project continues on schedule. The first phase has been completed and come the start of the New Year, the second phase is expected to commence with the building of the sanitary landfill just off the Western Highway at ...

CANEFARMERS SEEK FINANCING FOR PURCHASE OF SUGAR MILL
LoveFM - ‎8/30/11‎
The Belize Sugar Industries may face foreclosure by September 30 if it does not receive a bail out of 30 million us dollars it owes to ING Bank. While negotiations for a buyout is well underway with Honduran , Banco Atlantida, The Belize Sugar Cane ...

NEW SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE OPENS IN PUNTA GORDA
LoveFM - Paul Mahung - ‎8/30/11‎
“The new Belize Social Security Punta Gorda Branch Building became operational yesterday in Toledo. The opening of its' doors at 8am marked the commencement of Services at the new Belize Social Security Punta Gorda Branch Building located at the corner ...

SAN PEDRO RESIDENTS CONDUCTS CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN
LoveFM - ‎8/30/11‎
That is why the Ambergris Caye residents, businesses along with the participation of the San Pedro Town Council and the Belize Tourism Board held a massive road and beach clean-up over the weekend. Equipped with garbage trucks, an army of men and women ...

FC Belize wins, Bredda MVP in Belize City Champions Cup
Amandala - ‎8/30/11‎
Tournament organizer Marvin Ottley handed sensational seventeen-year-old Gilroy “Bredda” Thurton the MVP trophy yesterday at the MCC Grounds in Belize City after he led FC Belize to a 2-nil victory over West Lake to claim the championship of the first ...

Nationalize oil?
Amandala - Nuri Muhammad - ‎8/30/11‎
I believe that the Barrow administration will not move to nationalize oil in Belize, not because of any concerns of the Americans and the British, but simply because it doesn't make sense to do so at this time. At this time there is only one producer ...

Lack of cancer control program: a major dilemma for those diagnosed with cancer.
Amandala - Laura Tucker-Longsworth - ‎8/30/11‎
On August 16, 2011, a caller on Love FM's Morning Show launched a malicious attack on Dr. Ellsworth Grant and the Belize Cancer Center-Dangriga, accusing them of being cold, of “playing” them, and suggesting that the Center does not want to serve the ...

In 98 Anno Domini
Amandala - ‎8/30/11‎
10, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ESTABLISHMENT, by Carroll Quigley, GSG & Associates, 1981 We understand the need by some important people in powerful places to protect the British-ness of Belize's history, particularly at this specific time of the Tenth of ...

GOB dubs IMF statement on Belize “favourable”
Amandala - Adele Trapp - ‎8/30/11‎
The Government of Belize has issued a press release in which it describes last week's statement by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Belize as “favourable.” It points to the IMF declaration that, “Belize weathered the financial crisis relatively ...

BTL and SpeedNet shake hands – interconnection agreement sealed
Amandala - Adele Trapp - ‎8/30/11‎
When the Government of Belize assumed control of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), the company rejected the terms of four agreements that BTL had previously signed with its competitor, SpeedNet, indicating that the agreements gave its competitor an ...

Mandingo Eve, the Hydes and St. George's Caye
Amandala - Adele Trapp - ‎8/30/11‎
In Belize, Eve Broaster gave birth to a daughter Ariadne, who married a very influential person on the island. Ariadne Broaster married a Scottish man, James Bartlett Hyde. This was the ancestor of a subsequently named James Bartlett Hyde (born on 17 ...

8/29/11

SEPTEMBER CELEBRATIONS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/29/11‎
"Thirty years ago on September 21st, 1981, our country was granted Independence from great Britain and we became the Independent nation of Belize. The launch of the annual celebrations, should take place on Saint Georges Caye, because it is ...

2 BIG WINNERS AT 2011 SONG COMPETITION….
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/29/11‎
Some of Belize's best performing artists were decked out in the country's national colors last Friday evening, at the Memorial Park 'belting out' some of the hippest, catchiest original tunes of the decade, as they competed alongside less known artists ...

Security Officer Remanded to Prison….
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/29/11‎
Forty Three year old Clifton Perez, a security officer at Jaguar Paw Resort became an inmate of the Belize Central Prison today. Perez, a resident of number 9387 Unity Street, was charged with discharging a firearm in public and possession of a 9 ...

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ISSUES POSITION PAPER ON SUGAR INDUSTRY
LoveFM - ‎8/29/11‎
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has issued a position paper on the financial crisis facing the sugar industry. In a press release dated August twenty fifth, the Chamber urged all involved to work in good faith and with urgency to find an ...

HOSPITAL RESPONDS TO CRITICISMS
LoveFM - ‎8/29/11‎
“There is no other place in Belize District, there is no private hospital that has a morgue, it all comes to KHMH. On top of that our census today tells you that 55% more than half of all the bodies in the KHMH morgue are police cases, ...

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL WOMEN'S COMMISSION EXCELS AT TRAINING IN TAIWAN
LoveFM - ‎8/29/11‎
How would you say that Belize compares to the achievement, things that's left for Belize to achieve in terms of the upliftment of women or women's participation? “Belize is doing well where women and girls are concerned but there's lots more that needs ...

HELP AGE BELIZE HOLDS AGM
LoveFM - ‎8/29/11‎
HelpAge Belize held its 27th annual general meeting on Saturday in Belize City. Evan Dakers is the Chairman of HelpAge. “We had participation from all our nine branches and those included the two long term residential institutions for senior citizens, ...

Longtime missionary to Belize missing, presumed drowned
Christian Chronicle (blog) - Erik Tryggestad - ‎8/29/11‎
Church members across the US and Central America are praying for the family of Bill Amason, a longtime missionary to the country of Belize. Amason has been missing since Aug. 26. He was working at Amason's Obabikon, a resort on Obabikon Bay in Sleeman, ...

WINNERS OF NATIONAL SONG COMPETITION ANNOUNCED
LoveFM - ‎8/29/11‎
“So out of 24 participants we had first place Anika Perez singing the 21st of September, second place went to Tara Gill, “Give me back my sweet Belize” that is for the Junior Category. For the patriotic category we have first place Jamie Humes “This da ...

BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE RECEIVES BUS FROM UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
LoveFM - ‎8/29/11‎
The Belize Defense Force today received a new Blue Bird bus from the United States Government. The bus was provided under the Foreign Military Financing Program. The vehicle was handed over this morning to the Belize Defense Force in a short ceremony ...

8/27/11

11 Sri Lankans: Moviemakers, Not Human Traffic
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/11‎
A group of 11 Sri Lankans are in Belize to shoot a low budget movie - and 10 more are expected to arrive. Normally this would be an item of minor note and maybe some curiosity, but because of some bad press and suggestive speculation, it's become ...

SMART Goes 3G, Telemedia Facillitates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/11‎
Every night on this newscast - you see the marketing wars between Speednet - which you know as SMART - and Telemedia. And indeed the competition is real and fierce on so many levels - but today executives from both companies sat down peaceably at the ...

IMF: Favorable On Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/11‎
Government is gloating over a preliminary statement issued by the IMF at the end of its two week visit to Belize. Government calls the statement favorable because it states that quote, "Belize weathered the financial crisis relatively well, ...

Crippled By Prison Injury: Will Man Get Bail?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/11‎
The prosecution is objecting to bail for Davis, one of two prison inmates who was seriously injured on May 27, 2011 when the vehicle that was transporting them from Orange Walk Magistrate court to Belize Central Prison overturned. ...

Brackett Against The Bridge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/11‎
"Well Jules, It's obvious in the eyes of the public, therefore, we are calling upon the Belize City Council or the Minister of Works to do something about this bridge before someone gets hurt. I wouldn't want to cross this bridge if I don't have to, ...

ADO Mexican Buses In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/11‎
Yesterday we told you that ADO buses would be coming to Belize and today we can confirm that they are here! We saw two of the luxury busses parked at the west Collet Canal terminal today. But when we made inquiries, we found that they aren't making ...

Canadian Remanded To Prison For Firearm
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/11‎
Frankel and Williams both pleaded not guilty in San Pedro Magistrate's Court and were today remanded to prison. Before taken to prison, Frankel was taken to the Belize City to see if his fingerprints match those of a wanted Canadian National.

Gales Point Needs Help
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/27/11‎
So we really need the Government or Belize Water Service, if they have a good licensed electrician that knows about these things, that they check it out for us. So I am calling on the Government to really get the aid, and see what we can do, ...

8/26/11

Christian Workers Union at odds with Belize Ports Authority
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/26/11‎
Melvin Hulse, to meet with them to address their grievances regarding the Belize Ports Authority, and in particular the Ports Commissioner, Major John Flowers (retired). The union took the Ports Commissioner and the Port Authority management ...

Welcome Mexico's newest Ambassador, Lic. Mario Velásquez Suárez to Belize.
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎8/26/11‎
Mexico's new Ambassador to Belize, His Excellency Mario Velázquez Suárez, presented his credentials to the Governor-General Sir Colville Young in a brief ceremony at Belize House in Belmopan on Monday, August 22. “Mexico desires a special relationship ...

Health ministry strengthens dietethics system
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎8/26/11‎
With a view to strengthening of Belize dietetics system, the workshop's organizers from the Ministry's Nutrition Unit introduced a structured dietetic system for Belize's hospitals. The Unit sees the training as a fundamental step forward to improve ...

Will Belize get the 13th Senator? Supreme Court ruling may decide!
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/26/11‎
The Supreme Court of Belize is expected to rule on an application which is urging the court to make an order to compel the government of Belize to make way for a 13th senator. The Barrow administration introduced and passed the 6th Constitutional ...

OAS investigates border Shooting
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/26/11‎
A shooting incident involving a Belize Defence Force Patrol along the Adjacency Zone prompted the government of Belize to issue a press release late Thursday, August 25. In the release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade expressed his ...

PUC brokers inter-connection between BTL and Smart
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎8/26/11‎
Competition in the lucrative telecommunications industry is expected to go up a notch or two, as the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) this week brokered an inter-connection agreement between the government controlled Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) and ...

Government makes concessions on 9th. Softer language for the sake of consensus
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎8/26/11‎
But on Monday, Augut 22, the government announced that after two days of discussions with the Belize Council of Churches and the Evangelical Association, it has agreed to “certain changes.” The Bill, which was introduced in the House of Representatives ...

FIVE STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS
LoveFM - Dalila Ical - ‎8/26/11‎
Today, however, five students received a much needed assistance from Courts Belize Limited through the form of a scholarship. The recipients are Reynaldo Ortega of Hattiville Village, Beatrice Chiac of Red Bank Village, Vivian Jones of Georgeville, ...

SECURITY GUARD ROBBED
LoveFM - ‎8/26/11‎
In Belize City, a security guard was the victim of an armed robbery on Thursday. Luis Pasada reported to police that he was on duty at the Belize Foam Factory when he was approached by a man of dark complexion, who carried a nine millimeter pistol. ...

FIRE DESTROYS TWO HOUSES
LoveFM - ‎8/26/11‎
A man was left homeless and two others were affected after a fire a few minutes past midnight totalled two small wooden structures off Reggae Street in Belize City. Cleveland Grant, who was rendered homeless by the blaze, told Love News that he is ...

YOUTH BUSINESS TRUST HOLDS AGM
LoveFM - ‎8/26/11‎
The Belize Youth Business Trust held its fourth annual general meeting last night in Belize City. The non-profit organization was started up to promote entrepreneurship by assisting youth between ages eighteen and thirty-five to start their own ...

BAIL HEARING FOR PARAPLEGIC INMATE POSTPONED
LoveFM - ‎8/26/11‎
The prosecution is objecting to bail for Davis, one of two prison inmates who were seriously injured on May 27, 2011 when the vehicle that was transporting them to Belize Central Prison overturned. Davis suffered injuries to his spinal cord which left ...

PM Douglas issued call for closer relations between Caribbean and Central ...
The Leewards Times - ‎8/26/11‎
He further noted that the Members of CARICOM and of SICA have very much in common as Belize, one of CARICOM's Member States, is also a member of SICA. "That link has been used to make some tentative steps towards enhancing and deepening CARICOM-Central ...

Guatemalan aggressive behavior “very worrisome” – Defence Minister Carlos Perdomo
Amandala - Adele Trapp - ‎8/26/11‎
The Government of Belize is engaging the Organization of American States (OAS), as well as the Government of Guatemala, after tensions flared on the Belize-Guatemala border again this week, resulting in the shooting of a Guatemalan. ...

The causes of the rapid decline of our once healthy Turneffe Atoll
Amandala - Trevor Vernon - ‎8/26/11‎
Last week I wrote a piece for the Amandala called “Your Barrier Reef is in major trouble, Belize”. A group of journalists had been invited by Healthy Reefs Initiative of the Smithsonian Institute to take a tour of Turneffe Atoll and I got invited ...

IMF to Belize: reduce dependence on grant and oil revenues
Amandala - Adele Trapp - ‎8/26/11‎
Gerardo Peraza, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Belize, released a statement this evening, on conclusion of his team's 2-week visit to Belize. The statement said, “...the government needs to adopt a stronger fiscal stance to ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - Evan X Hyde - ‎8/26/11‎
It turned out that I did almost no creative writing after 1977, and that was because I could not make a living in Belize as a creative writer. Hence, murders, robberies, rapes ... With that first paragraph, I'm introducing to you the account of an ...

Libya's meaning for Belize
Amandala - ‎8/26/11‎
Two of these many colonies were Libya, which had been ruled by Italy, and, much later, Belize, which had been ruled by Britain. In conventional military terms, the colonized territories could not compete with their colonial masters, so they used other ...

Ideas and Opinions
Amandala - ‎8/26/11‎
There are some things that I have to say about the first Ombudsman of Belize, Mr. Paul Rodriguez, not because he is my friend but, because, though small in stature, he has proven himself to be a giant among his contemporaries. ...

Bad border business!
Amandala - Stacey Kelly - ‎8/26/11‎
In keeping with its habit of fomenting trouble between Belize and Guatemala at their western border, the sensation-seeking Guatemalan newspaper, La Prensa Libre, reported inaccurately that on Monday, August 22, a Guatemalan citizen had been wounded in ...

BNTU commences discussion on the 9th Amendment
Amandala - Stacey Kelly - ‎8/26/11‎
The UDP have since maintained a stance that the 9th Amendment is a historical and positive change in the nationalization of utilities, which, it says, the state should have majority ownership in - the Belize Electricity Limited, the Belize Telemedia ...

Police make arrests in weekend City burglaries
Amandala - Aaron Humes - ‎8/26/11‎
Two Belize City businesses were burglarized over the weekend. Today, three Belize City men appeared in the #8 Magistrate's Court, all charged with handling goods alleged to have been stolen in these incidents. The Lawn and Garden Depot on Mercy Lane ...

Belizean national, Luis Betancourt Correa, 23, in hands of Mexican authority
Amandala - Janine I. Crawford - ‎8/26/11‎
According to the digital newspaper, Informativo de Quintana Roo, dated Wednesday, August 24, Correa, who had entered Mexico by crossing the international bridge between Mexico and Belize in a bus, had been illegally living in the Federal Zone of ...

8/25/11

Mas Camps Kick Off With Wanton Energy
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/11‎
"My team for this year is "Belize at 30 and its People" the first section is preserving our economy - taking what we have. Fishes and chicken and some vegetables for us to stay healthy. The second section is celebrating our cultures; our ...

Despite Concerns, BDF Goes Back to Sapote 2
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/11‎
"There was in fact the usual Belize Defence Force and Guatemalan Defence Force link up in the very area, so that both militaries are behaving has happen - they are continuing to link up as they usually do." "I know there was some concern about what ...

Celebrating the Art and Science of The “Fiyahaawt”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/11‎
And so was born Belize's first Fyah Haat Fest.! It's scheduled for this Saturday in the village of Willows Bank, and organizers, Daphne McFadzean and Natalie Palacio say it's like no other fest! "Majority of the events and activities that will be taken ...

Bar Association Still Not Satisfied
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/11‎
On Monday the Churches agreed to support the Ninth Amendment on the condition that certain changes would be made to the language of the proposed amendment. Well, the Opposition and now the Bar Association have made it official: "they shall not be moved ...

Frightening Property Invasion And Shoot Up In “Dungulung”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/11‎
The residence sits directly alongside the Belize River at the northern edge of Lake Independence. The area has no streets - you must access it by paths and makeshift bridges that cut through the bush, it is nestled in the remains of a mangrove forest, ...

Lloyd Eligio Shot 11 Times, Critical Condition
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/11‎
And keeping it in the Lake - Independence Geographical area - as we reported last night, 20 year old Lloyd ELIJIO was shot just after 6:00 pm. Police say he was riding on Marigold Lane when a person known to him as AKEEM let loose with a spray of ...

Citrus and Sugar Industries Form Power Partnership Out Of Necessity
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/11‎
Two of Belize's largest but struggling industries have formed an alliance to: quote: "advocate on matters of mutual interest and concern". The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and Citrus Growers Association announced today, in a joint press ...

New Mex Ambassador Says Full Speed ahead for “ADO” in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/11‎
The new Mexican ambassador to Belize Mario Velazquez presented his credentials on Monday and he's hit the ground running - hosting a breakfast with the media this morning. The discussion over breakfast was informal and that's where Ambassador Velazquez ...

OW/Benque Armed Holdups
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/25/11‎
Police say they have detained Jerson Avantara of Belize City, and Gustavo Mai of Orange Walk who was driving a red Toyota Corolla bearing Taxi license plates. No one was injured in the incident.

OPINION: Increased tensions at the Belize-Guatemalan border will lead to ...
Middle East North Africa Financial Network - ‎8/25/11‎
Aug 25, 2011 (Caribbean News Now - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Belize is a former British colony that is situated in Central America between the countries of Mexico, Guatemala and the southeastern coast of Honduras. ...

NEW MEXICAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON RELATIONS WITH BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎8/25/11‎
Within a couple of months Belize and Mexico will be having a lot of discussion on beef since Belize will be earning some much-needed revenue from trading beef with our neighbor to the north. Love News spoke with him on how this new trade effort is ...

BAR ASSOCIATION COMMENTS ON CHANGES TO NINTH AMENDMENT
LoveFM - ‎8/25/11‎
The Bar Association of Belize today released its position on changes announced on Monday regarding the Belize Constitution Ninth Amendment Bill. As we have reported, the Prime Minister gave an undertaking to delete certain sections of the proposed ...

BELIZE CITY MAN RECOVERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS
LoveFM - ‎8/25/11‎
The Cherrington/Parham shootings were not the only ones reported over the past thirty six hours. In fact, just as Love's evening news was about to begin on Wednesday, a man was gunned down on Marigold Lane. Police got the report at six twelve pm, ...

GOB COMMENTS ON INCIDENT IN WHICH GUATEMALAN NATIONAL WAS INJURED
LoveFM - ‎8/25/11‎
There have been reports in the media in Belize and Guatemala about an incident that occurred last week in which Guatemalan national Luis Alberto Garci¬a Pineda was injured by Belizean authorities. As expected the reports have been vastly different with ...

MAJOR INDUSTRIES FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
LoveFM - ‎8/25/11‎
Two of the major industries in Belize have formed a strategic alliance. They are the Citrus and Sugar Industries. Members of the Committees of Management of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the citrus Growers Association of Belize met ...

ANNUAL FOOD FIESTA TO TAKE PLACE THIS WEEKEND
LoveFM - ‎8/25/11‎
The fifteenth annual food fiesta will he held this coming weekend in Belize City. It is a major effort of the St. John's Cathedral Restoration Committee to raise funds to assist with the rehabilitation of the oldest church building in Central America. ...

375 Youths in Citco's Get Up and Run C...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/25/11‎
On Friday, August 19th, the Belize City “Get Up and Run!” youth summer camp came to an end. The summer camp taught discipline to youths of the city through sporting activities. Brads Neal was one of the camp coordinators. He said that while the camp ...

Ministry Wants Better Food in Hospitals
The Guardian, Belize - Shane D. Williams - ‎8/25/11‎
The workshop is entitled “Strengthening of Belize Dietetics System”. Dietetics is the science of managing food and nutrition to promote a healthy lifestyle. Robyn Daly, Nutritionist in the Ministry of Health, explained that hospital dietetic services ...

Banco Atlantida deal Still A-Go
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/25/11‎
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. ...

New Mexican Ambassador
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/25/11‎
The new Ambassador of the United States of Mexico to Belize, His Excellency Mario Velázquez Suarez, presented his Credentials to the Governor- General of Belize, Sir Colville Young, on Monday, August 22nd. Ambassador Velázquez Suarez is a ...

Troy Bowen shot again
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/25/11‎
Troy Bowen, a 23 year-old stevedore, and a Belize City resident, was once again targeted by gunmen in another failed attempt on his life on Wednesday August 24th. About two weeks ago, Bowen was shot to the right side of his head. ...

Woman remanded for breaking into her step father's house
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/25/11‎
The court prosecutor objected to bail since she is out on bail for a similar offences. Nonetheless bail was granted in the sum of 5 thousand dollars however she was unable to meet it and was remanded to the Belize Central Prison.

Teenager takes a gun to a game
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/25/11‎
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. ...

Another two men murdered
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/25/11‎
That man is Tyrone Crown, 38, of Louis Bevan's Street, and Jorge Luis Estrada, another Belize City resident. The murders of these men remain a mystery, because the residents in the areas, have not been cooperative with police. Residents of Caesar Ridge ...

Charges withdrawn against Danalyn Murillo
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/25/11‎
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. ...

Guatemalan Shot in Belizean territory
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/25/11‎
The government of Belize is seeking the assistance of the Organization of American States following the shooting of a Guatemalan man who was within Belizean borders armed with an AK-47 assault rifle on Monday. The Guardian spoke with General Dario ...

8/24/11

Belizean Caught In QR Mexicans Say He's A Crip
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/24/11‎
The Mexicans say that Correa who claims to be from the Orange Walk district is linked to one of Belize's well known gangs, The Crips, and that he had served time at the Hattieville prison for robbery, and was released only a . ...

The Mighty BNTU Ponders The Ninth
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/24/11‎
The Belize National Teachers Union held its own consultation today at the Civic Center in Belmopan. They invited five high powered presenters: President of the Bar, Jackie Marshalleck, Solicitor General Cheryl Krusen, Senator Henry Gordon, ...

Drug Plane Clones: Venezuelan and B'zean Drug Planes have Same Call Letters!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/24/11‎
The story of a major drug bust in Venezuela on the 13th of this month has led all the way back to Belize. The seizure of 1.400 kilos of cocaine by Venezuelan security forces was indeed something for that country's government to celebrate, ...

UB: Prestigious President Installed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/24/11‎
Eleven years ago, in August of two thousand - the modern incarnation of the University of Belize was born form the amalgamation of the University College of Belize, the Belize Teachers College, the Bliss School of Nursing, the Belize College of ...

Guats Officially Accuse BDF of Shooting Citizen in Guat Territory
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/24/11‎
And while the Prensa Libre is known for the habit of inflaming public opinion about border issues - the official website of the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that they have asked the Government of Belize to instruct its defense forces to ...

New agreement to assist regional countries with climate change issues
Jamaica Observer - ‎8/24/11‎
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) says it has signed an agreement with the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) that will assist regional countries develop climate change ...

Grand Baymen in Belize Breaks Ground on Condominium Expansion
PR Leap (press release) - ‎8/24/11‎
ECI Development, Ltd., the Central American resort developer with a portfolio of properties in Belize, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, is expanding its Grand Baymen Communities on Ambergris Caye by breaking ground on a new, 14600 sq. ft. condominium building ...

TEACHERS DISCUSS NINTH AMENDMENT
LoveFM - ‎8/24/11‎
Today, even teachers got their chance to weigh in on the issue during the Belize National Teachers Union's Consultation at the Belmopan Civic Centre. General Secretary of the BNTU, George Frazer, told Love News that teachers are concerned over the ...

NEW UNIVERSITY OF BELIZE PRESIDENT INSTALLED
LoveFM - ‎8/24/11‎
Dr. Cary F. Fraser is the new president of the University of Belize. An installation ceremony for the new President was held at UB's central campus in Belmopan earlier today. A release from the University says Dr. Fraser is a historian of International ...

SHOOTING INCIDENT LEAVES BELIZE CITY MAN HOSPITALIZED
LoveFM - ‎8/24/11‎
A Belize City man is hospitalized in critical condition tonight following a shooting incident this morning. The victim has been identified as twenty three year old Troy Bowen . Details of the shooting are sketchy; but Love News understands that Bowen ...

UNICEF ISSUES REPORT ON SITUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN BELIZE
LoveFM - Dalila Ical - ‎8/24/11‎
“The United Children's Fund today launched the “Situation Analysis of Women and Children in Belize 2011, An Ecological Review”. The analysis was presented at the two day conference held by UNICEF and the National Committee for Families and Children in ...

CONTRACTORS RECEIVE TRAINING
LoveFM - ‎8/24/11‎
As you know the Government of Belize is implementing the Belize Municipal Development Project which in essence is being financed through a loan from the World Bank, it's BZ $30 million and so the purpose of today's seminar is to give the contractors ...

SPEEDNET SIGNS INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
LoveFM - ‎8/24/11‎
Having complied with the ruling of the Courts and orders of the PUC concerning interconnection, Speednet says it expects that all obstacles will be removed and that the welcomed interconnection of its new 3G network with Belize Telemedia Limited will ...

Central America and Caribbean refocus on milestone trade agreement
PreventionWeb (press release) - ‎8/24/11‎
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Central American Integration System (SICA) passed a joint declaration to coordinate efforts in several areas, including disaster risk management, informs Amandala, Belize's leading newspaper. ...

Tony Brown
Isthmus Daily Page - ‎8/24/11‎
After decades of living in Madison and Wisconsin, Tony relocated to San Pedro, Belize where he continued his musical career and ! booking and promoting music in Belize. In 2007 Tony returned to the United States to produce a new CD and to do live ...

Events from south of the border today
Examiner.com - ‎8/24/11‎
There were no deaths reported after tropical storm Harvey passed through Belize yesterday. Hundreds of people in that country died from storms last year. Despite the poverty in that country and the incidence of violent crimes related to poverty, ...

DL Travel Travel owner receives top honors
DL-Online - Vicki Gerdes - ‎8/24/11‎
Local businesses Travel Travel and Magnum Belize Tours, housed together in Detroit Lakes' Washington Square Mall, got some great news recently when they learned that their owner, Joseph “Pep” Simek had been inducted into the Wisconsin Business Hall of ...

8/23/11

Man Beats Back Man-Eating Croc
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/23/11‎
On Saturday morning he flew to Belize City for treatment. He had four piercings to the left side of his neck and one in his head. The organization called ACES - which stands for American Crocodile Education Sanctuary - and is stationed on the ...

Cyclists Snub Training Session By US Coaches
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/23/11‎
But hoping and praying won't get it done: veteran cyclists will tell you that Belize's promising young riders will have to put in work on the road. But it's about more than just riding hard, it's about riding smart and that's what two American cycling ...

PUP Still Not Happy With Ninth Amendment Changes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/23/11‎
Yesterday the Government and the Churches announced a breakthrough on the proposed ninth amendment: The Churches would support the ninth amendment and the government would remove some of the so called ouster clauses that have been attracting so much ...

BDF-Guat Shooting A Major Diplomatic Incident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/23/11‎
Tonight, the government of Belize is calling on the OAS after what is being described as a major incident unfolded on Belize side of the border yesterday morning. As we reported, a BDF soldier shot Guatemalan campesino, 21 year old Luis Alberto García ...

Author: Students Needs To Be Business-Minded
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/23/11‎
In a case of Belize I know we have a lot of foreclose homes. In the case of the United States, a lot of foreclose homes, this is a concept about mortgage, and how to handle your personal finance, and it trickles down to your wellbeing - your livelihood ...

Mother Manatee Perishes, Calf Left Suckling
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/23/11‎
"Well today we got a report that there was a dead female manatee with a calf that was following it and the calf was still alive, so that would have been a mother and calf pair that were together and it's not too far from the Belize river entrance. ...

PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ON NINTH AMENDMENT MOVES TO COROZAL
LoveFM - ‎8/23/11‎
The Proposed Belize Constitution Ninth amendment Bill will take centre stage tomorrow night in Corozal town when the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee holds it's second in a series of nationwide consultations. But when the consultation resumes ...

UNICEF HOST CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND DEVELOPMENT
LoveFM - ‎8/23/11‎
UNICEF in collaboration with the national Committee for Families and Children is hosting a two day conference entitle “Putting children at the center of the development agenda in Belize.” One of the presenters was Marta Santos Pais, ...

OPPOSITION LEADER COMMENTS ON NATIONAL ISSUES
LoveFM - ‎8/23/11‎
One of the topics dealt with is the government's proposed Ninth Amendment Bill, which the Belize Council of Churches fully supports, according to its President, Cannon Leroy Flowers. In an interview with Love News on Monday, Cannon Flowers said that ...

LUCKY COURTS CUSTOMER CLAIMS PRIZE
LoveFM - ‎8/23/11‎
Today Courts Belize Limited presented one lucky woman with an unlikely birthday present – an airline ticket to anywhere she desires to travel in the United States plus a check for five thousand dollars as spending money. The handing over marked the end ...

GIFT OFLIFE CLINICS UNDERWAY
LoveFM - ‎8/23/11‎
A team of doctors are in Belize to conduct two days of clinics for children. The clinic is part of The Rotary Club of Belize's Gift of Life program which is held in August and February of each year. In this year's first visit, a team of six including a ...

Once-missing Hartnell player in Mexico jail
The Salinas Californian - ‎8/23/11‎
Salinas police learned that Anderson was arrested after he attempted to enter Belize, a Central American country, without proper documentation on Aug. 4. The detectives were contacted by an employee from the US Consulate in Merida, Mexico, police said. ...

Central America and Caribbean refocus on milestone trade agreement
Amandala - Adele Trapp - ‎8/23/11‎
Two sub-regional organizations which have Belize as a member—the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Central American Integration System (SICA)—have agreed to cement their institutional relationships and advance talks towards the formalization of a ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - Evan X Hyde - ‎8/23/11‎
The essay remarked on the fact that no other event in the history of the settlement of Belize has inspired as much patriotic poetry and music as the Battle of St. George's Caye. It's true, and some of the material is beautiful. As far as I am aware, ...

Keep your eyes on the oil
Amandala - ‎8/23/11‎
The political rage in Belize for weeks has been the 9th Amendment, which is an attempt by the Dean Barrow UDP administration to nationalize Belize's public utilities inside a constitutional amendment which will make it next to impossible for the ...

Breakthrough on 9th Amendment
Amandala - Aaron Humes - ‎8/23/11‎
The Government of Belize announced today that it has decided to strike a compromise on the controversial Belize Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2011, to make changes which would allay public concerns over certain features of the bill—particularly ...

Twister torments Crooked Tree
Amandala - Daniel Ortiz - ‎8/23/11‎
On Saturday, August 20, citizens of Belize tuned in to their radios to listen to the latest updates on Tropical Storm Harvey. By all indications from Belizean and international meteorologists, the storm was to make landfall in the south, near Dangriga ...

Wild 13-foot croc attacks David Tuts during late-night swim
Amandala - Janine I. Crawford - ‎8/23/11‎
He was treated in San Pedro for bite marks on his neck, and later flown to Belize City, where he is listed in a critical but stable condition. Rose said that the crocodile had been fed by locals. Rose and her husband, Vince Rose, were in local and ...

Musician Giovanni Chi, Andre Trapp's brother, gunned down
Amandala - Daniel Ortiz - ‎8/23/11‎
Prominent musician and father of two, Giovanni Chi, 33, a resident of Caesar Ridge Road, Belize City, was gunned down at around 10:30 pm Thursday, while he rode his bicycle on Jane Usher Boulevard. Chi, a singer, guitarist, and drummer, was the elder ...

Another violent Chiquibul flare-up
Amandala - Stacey Kelly - ‎8/23/11‎
During what should have been a routine Belize and Guatemalan “linkup” in the Chiquibul Forest in the area of Sapote Camp, the lives of the Belize Defence Force (BDF) soldiers were once again imperiled, as the BDF team stumbled across a group of illegal ...

8/22/11

Man Initially Survives Multiple Shots to Head, Then Succumbs
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/22/11‎
31 year old Jorge Estrada a Belizean Bartender of Old Belize was found at the corner of George and King Streets. He had 3 gunshot wounds to the left side of his head and was bleeding profusely. Estrada survived and was rushed to the ...

Teenager Gets Ten Years For Pistol
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/22/11‎
Last Friday, a police constable who is presently attached to the Joint Police/BDF Operations Team - was on special duty at the Belize City Center- when he noticed 19 year old Felipe Novelo entering the building looking suspicious. ...

Tornado: Caught On Camera
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/22/11‎
We've never heard of large, destructive tornadoes in Belize - and neither had Ryan Seely - but at least he was ready to start capturing with his camera when a twister rose up above the Crooked Tree Lagoon. Here's his story: On Saturday afternoon the ...

Border Hostilities High: BDF Shoots At Armed Guate Civillian
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/22/11‎
That's after a BDF soldier allegedly shot a Guatemalan civilian this morning near the border on the Belize side. It happened in the hotspot near Caracol. This morning, a group of BDF soldiers were waiting for their Guatemalan counterparts for to ...

Churches Change Position: They Support The Ninth Amendment
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/22/11‎
A release from the Council of Churches this evening said that quote: "As a result of the changes agreed to, both Church Organizations hereby give their full support to the Belize Constitution (9th Amendment) Bill." A release form government says that ...

“Faster-Faster Tornado” Rips Up Crooked Tree
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/22/11‎
I told her that it wasn't time for the storm to reach Belize yet. During that space of time she told me that it must be a helicopter. I told her that it didn't sound like a helicopter, so I open the back door and I look out and saw breeze coming in a ...

“Nada Da Dangriga”
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/22/11‎
And so while Tropical Storm Harvey will become known for the side effect tornado it spawned - the main body of storm did make landfall in southern Belize - but it was of little note. When we got to Dangriga around 1:00 pm, people were asking us if the ...

City Murders Take the Lives Of Two Working Men
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/22/11‎
The spree of violence continued this weekend in Belize City. A 37 year old man was killed on Saturday evening while riding his bicycle on Caesar Ridge Road. It happened around five fifty that evening. Reports are that Tyrone Crown - who is a bodyworks ...

Protest By Port Authority Workers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/22/11‎
In particular the management of Belize Port Authority because they were the ones contravening agreement and not the union or union members, so we had to take them to the process. But thereafter they continue to prolong the issues - to prolong the ...

BELIZE CITY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ROBBERY
LoveFM - ‎8/22/11‎
21-year-old Calvin Palma was found guilty of robbery today. He was charged with robbery of $26.25 and a motorcycle from pizza delivery man Pablo Coc. Palma was spared a custodial sentence because he had no previous conviction for robbery. ...

CHURCHES SUPPORT PROPOSED NINTH AMENDMENT PENDING CHANGES
LoveFM - ‎8/22/11‎
Government says following meetings it has secured the full support of the Evangelical Association of Churches and the Belize Council of Churches for the ninth amendment bill. According to a release from Government the decision of the churches came ...

TWO MORE MURDERS REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎8/22/11‎
Belize City police have yet another murder to solve. This time the shooting happened on Caesar Ridge Road, near its junction with Allan Pitts Crescent. According to reports, at around seven on Saturday night thirty seven year old Tyrone Crown was ...

NEW MEXICAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
LoveFM - ‎8/22/11‎
In a ceremony at Belize House in Belmopan His Excellency Mario Velázquez Suarez told the Governor-General that he felt extremely honoured to be appointed to this distinguished post. Earlier Ambassador Velázquez Suarez paid a courtesy visit on Minister ...

NICH SENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY OF SLAIN MUSICIAN
LoveFM - ‎8/22/11‎
Throughout his music career, Chi has played with some of Belize's renowned cultural groups both locally and internationally. He was an active member of the Garifuna Collective with the late Cultural Ambassador and UNESCO Artist for Peace Recipient, ...

8/20/11

UB Jaguars win Belize Rural women's softball championship
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/20/11‎
The University of Belize Jaguars women's softball team won 13-2 over Easy Does It of Flowers Bank Village to clinch the 2011 Belize Rural Softball Championship title in the playoffs at the Lord Bank field last Sunday, ...

Morgue neglect at KHMH upsets Belizeans
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/20/11‎
Adam Kuylen, 38, a longtime employee of the Belize City Council, died of an unknown cause at his home last Friday, August 12th, 2011. The question of foul play does not arise, but the grieving family wanted to know what caused Adam's death. ...

Woman remanded for displaying gun
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/20/11‎
A Belize City woman identified as 27-year-old Kimberly Oshon of a Fuller's Alley address, has been sent to jail for displaying a gun without a license. Oshon went to Court this week, and Magistrate Roberto Ordonez denied bail and remanded her into ...

Landlord ordered to pay compensation: $3600 for illegally evicting tenant
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/20/11‎
A Belize City landlord who forcefully evicted one of his tenants for failure to pay the rent got a rude awakening recently when the Supreme Court ordered him to pay compensation. He was ordered to pay $3600 in damages, less $500 for back-rent. ...

Belize's carbon credits can finance Clean Development
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/20/11‎
Belize can access investment capital for clean, sustainable development as industrialized countries seek to acquire carbon credits to offset their carbon emissions and help them meet their emission reduction targets in compliance with the Kyoto ...

BTL gives 24 scholarships
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/20/11‎
Twenty-four young Belizeans received scholarships, 21 at high school level and three for tertiary level studies, under the Belize Telemedia scholarship program at a reception at the Chateau Caribbean on Wednesday afternoon, August 17. ...

Belize to export cattle to Mexico
The Reporter Belize - ‎8/20/11‎
Export of Belizean cattle to Mexico and other places will be greatly helped by a National Cattle Sanitary Plan project which the Government of Belize launched this week at the ITVET Center in Corozal. The European Union is collaborating with the ...

CCJ blocks sale of BTL shares
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎8/20/11‎
The Caribbean Court of Justice, Belize's ultimate tribunal, effectively halted the government's sale of Belize Telemedia shares until the court has had a chance to hear the complete case, in a ruling handed down during a special session at the Court's ...

8/19/11

Tropical Storm Harvey strengthens off Honduras coast
Central Florida News 13 - Danny Treanor - ‎8/19/11‎
On the forecast track, the center of Harvey is forecast to move away from the Bay Islands of Honduras during the morning and move inland along the coast of Belize this afternoon or tonight. The latest minimum central pressure estimated ...

National Assembly Goes Electronic, Sort Of
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/19/11‎
To our knowledge, that is the first time an electronic recording of any court session held in Belize has been made publicly available. And now, a new website for the National Assembly of Belize makes sittings of the House and Senate widely available. ...

More American Imports
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/19/11‎
The US Embassy in Belize, and the American Chamber of Commerce Belize today officially opened the annual Made in the USA Exhibit at the Radisson. The event showcases American products, services, and investments in Belize, while offering an opportunity ...

Was Percussionist Killed For Gang-Related Brother?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/19/11‎
Giovanni Chi, known to friends and music lovers in Belize and across the world, was murdered last night. The city resident was marked for death and shot in the head. The speculation is that it wasn't because of anything he did; it appears to be because ...

Harvey Heading For Belize!
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/19/11‎
Tropical Storm Harvey is gaining strength and heading for Belize tonight. At 6:00 pm, the storm was located 255 miles east southeast of Belize City and heading west with maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour. The Government of Belize has ...

Harvey Forces Cancellations
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/19/11‎
And in Belize City, the UDP has had to postpone what was going to be a hotly contested Municipal convention to decide the party's slate for City Council Elections. That was scheduled for Sunday and a new date will be announced later. ...

Turtle Tagging In Gales Point
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/19/11‎
The hawksbill turtle is a protected species in Belize - and - as that status denotes - its numbers in the wild are in decline - and it is endangered throughout the Caribbean. But in the Gales Point wildlife Sanctuary, one of the most thriving nesting ...

ANNUAL MADE IN THE USA EXHIBITION UNDERWAY
LoveFM - ‎8/19/11‎
“Today the US Embassy opened its tenth annual Made in the USA trade Expo in Belize City. The two day event which is taking place at the Radisson Hotel features primarily goods and services made in or offered by the USA. Ranging from air travel, ...

ANNUAL MADE IN THE USA EXHIBITION UNDERWAY
LoveFM - ‎8/19/11‎
“Today the US Embassy opened its tenth annual Made in the USA trade Expo in Belize City. The two day event which is taking place at the Radisson Hotel features primarily goods and services made in or offered by the USA. Ranging from air travel, ...

BELIZEAN MUSICIAN GUNNED DOWN
LoveFM - Marion Ali - ‎8/19/11‎
"Belize's murder rampage has now robbed us of one of our finest Garifuna drummers. Thirty-three year old Giovanni Chi, who gained international recognition when he travelled with the late Andy Palacio's entourage for his Watina World Tour, ...

AMENDMENTS TO WATER ACT DISCUSSED
LoveFM - ‎8/19/11‎
The amendments to the Water Board Act legislation were proposed as a result of Belize's participation in the Millennium Development Goals Acceleration Framework, MAF. Belize is one of ten pilot countries that is taking part in the framework that looks ...

BELIZE BRACES FOR TROPICAL STORM HARVEY
LoveFM - ‎8/19/11‎
A tropical storm warning has been issued for the coast of Belize as we brace for the approach of what is now Tropical Storm Harvey. Patrick Jones reporting... “By this time tomorrow, Tropical Storm Harvey will be making landfall somewhere along the ...

THIEVES TARGET CHILDREN'S HOME IN BELMOPAN
LoveFM - ‎8/19/11‎
The thief or thieves made off with four cellular phones, five thousand Belize dollars and one thousand one hundred US dollars. The total value of the items stolen is eight thousand 200 dollars.

The future of Rosewood in Belize
Amandala - ‎8/19/11‎
Many citizens of Belize are concerned at the current levels of extraction of Rosewood (Dalbergia stevensonii) from the forests of Toledo. From a conservation point of view, the situation, as it stands, is a potential disaster. ...

Your Barrier Reef is in major trouble, Belize
Amandala - Trevor Vernon - ‎8/19/11‎
Belize has a relatively high density of players in the political arena of marine conservation and not a one called in to the show. Not a single one. Not even a technocrat. Simply amazing. Anyway, the YaYa Show focused on the need for the passage of a ...

CCJ says the “9th” is on, but sales of BTL shares are off!
Amandala - Aaron Humes - ‎8/19/11‎
4 Supreme Court in Belize City. The CCJ agreed that the case “requires urgent attention and will be treated as vacation business,” and that “the situation permitted the court to hear a matter which the Court of Appeal has not heard…in the interest of ...

GOB lays down challenge to Ashcroft Alliance after CCJ ruling
Amandala - Aaron Humes - ‎8/19/11‎
On the heels of Tuesday afternoon's granting of special leave by a three-judge panel of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), to Dean Boyce, a representative of the Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) Employees' Trust, and the British Caribbean Bank (BCB) ...

Tropical Depression #8 forms off Honduras
Amandala - Adele Trapp - ‎8/19/11‎
Tropical Depression #8 has formed right off the coast of Honduras, with up to 35 mile-per-hour winds, and at 9:00 tonight, Thursday, was projected to make landfall in the region of southern Belize late Saturday as a tropical storm. ...

8/18/11

Tropical Depression 8 near the Honduran coast
NOLA.com - John Kelly - ‎8/18/11‎
On this track, the center of the depression is expected to move near or over the northern coast of Honduras today and Saturday and move inland over Belize and Guatemala by Saturday night. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph, ...

Mexican In "Botes" Cry Foul Over Belizean Boats
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/18/11‎
There, we found that the main means of transport between Santa Cruz village in Belize and Botes in Mexico were wide, flat-bottomed dories called kayuco's, that take about ten minutes to slip through a canal and navigate across the Rio Hondo to get to ...

GSU Makes Major Contraband Bust
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/18/11‎
Yesterday evening at 5:00, the GSU searched Room # 5 of KETZ Apartment complex located on Lizarraga Avenue in Belize City. No one was inside the apartment but with a Landlord and a Justice of the Peace they gained entry. ...

C'ecile In Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/18/11‎
The reggae songstress is in Belize for a one night performance at the Tropicana Lounge. It is her third trip to Belize and Saturday night will make it her fourth concert here. 7news was at the airport. "Belize is somewhere I like. ...

Who Will Be Independence Day Junior Miss?
Channel 7 Daily News - Birdy Francis - ‎8/18/11‎
The pageant is organized by a group of ladies - who call themselves "Concerned Belizean Women" and through this event they have been able to fundraise and donate to numerous organizations and charities in Belize. 7news caught up with one of the ...

Ashcroft Alliance Responds
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/18/11‎
The Caribbean Court of Justice held its special sitting for the Ashcroft Alliance on Tuesday; government issued a release yesterday and today the BTL employee's Trust struck back. As might be expected, their release refutes many of the claims made in ...

Tropical Wave 560 Miles East Of PG
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/18/11‎
Tonight, eyes across the country are on a tropical wave that's moving across the waters southeast of Belize and showing strong signs that it could become a storm by Saturday. According to our plotting and estimates, the wave is about 560 miles east of ...

No Answers In Mystery Man Found Dead On Farm
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/18/11‎
Police still have not identified the man who was found dead on a farm in the Belize district yesterday. As we reported, he was begging lodging at the farm and on Wednesday morning, the caretaker found him dead. He had apparently been gored to death by ...

Belize's 60K Fingerprints Being Computerized
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/18/11‎
It's an initiative sponsored by the US Government which has provided Belize with 6 electronic fingerprint scanning units. One unit will be assigned to the main police station in each district and it will be used to take finger prints electronically. ...

Op-ed: Can't help but see 'The Help'
Fayetteville Observer - ‎8/18/11‎
My mom is from Belize. As a young woman, she was runner-up in the Beauty of the Bay pageant. She had every right to expect a fantastic life when she moved to the United States in the 1950s. Instead, she ended up being the help to a New Orleans family. ...

OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO MONITOR PROGRESS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM
LoveFM - ‎8/18/11‎
When it crosses over Belize on Saturday, as is expected, its wind speed is estimated to be the strength of a Tropical Depression or a weak Tropical Storm, with winds of up to fifty miles per hour. This evening, Chairperson of NEMO, Noreen Fairweather, ...

POET RELEASES NEW BOOK OF POEMS
LoveFM - ‎8/18/11‎
Belize is rich with poetic talent, and the body of published poetry has in recent years been mushrooming into a lifestyle for talented poets. One such poet and former high school Teacher is Norman Rodriguez, who today launched his newest work entitled ...

BELIZE CITY MAN FREED OF CHARGES
LoveFM - ‎8/18/11‎
31-year-old Jermaine Belgrave charged with robbery and aggravated assault was freed of the charges when they were dismissed the charges because of discrepancies in the testimonies of the witnesses with regard to identification. ...

POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS AUTOMATED FINGERPRINTING SYSTEM
LoveFM - ‎8/18/11‎
The Belize Police Department has received automated fingerprinting identification system. Love News spoke with public relations officer for the Ministry of Police and Public Safety, Raphael Martinez. Raphael Martinez – Public Relations Officer, ...

POLICE INVESTIGATE REPORTED KIDNAPPING
LoveFM - ‎8/18/11‎
According to Belize City taxi driver, Gilroy Thompson, at around seven thirty on Wednesday night he picked up two Hispanic men near the former Mando's Store on Central American Boulevard who wanted taxi services. The men told Thompson to take them to ...

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LAUNCHES WEBSITE
LoveFM - ‎8/18/11‎
The National Assembly of Belize now has a presence in cyberspace. A communiqué from the office of the Clerk, Eddie Webster, today announced the public launch of the website. According to the official release, the purpose of the website is to educate ...

24 Youths Receive BTL Scholarships
The Guardian, Belize - Shane D. Williams - ‎8/18/11‎
It is the best scholarship program in the country and on Wednesday, August 17, 24 young Belizeans were accepted into the Belize Telemedia Scholarship Program. It's an opportunity to pursue a quality education with a first class ticket. ...

Diabetes Association Focuses on Juvenile Diabetes
The Guardian, Belize - Shane D. Williams - ‎8/18/11‎
The Belize Diabetes Association is raising awareness on Type 1 diabetes or juvenile diabetes in a camp for patients suffering from the syndrome. Juvenile diabetes mellitus is a syndrome with inappropriately high blood glucose levels due to a deficiency ...

Prime Minister responds to Canon Leroy Flowers
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/18/11‎
That letter, which I've only seen today, sets out the position of the Council of Churches on the Belize Constitution (Ninth Amendment Bill), 2011. Since that position has now been widely circulated, I will likewise publicize this response. ...

Filled morgue causes body of man to decompose
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/18/11‎
Adam Kuylen, 38, A Belize City Council employee, died at his home on Friday, August 12th, 2011. The cause of his death is unknown, and police do not suspect foul play, but it is no longer possible to find out. The reason for that is that the family was ...

Menjivar to stand trial at the Supreme Court
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/18/11‎
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. ...

Remanded for breaking into YWCA
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/18/11‎
Akeem Tillett was remanded to the Belize Central Prison after being accused of burglarizing the office of the YWCA which is located at the corner of Saint Thomas Street Freetown Road. The incident occurredin July. Sometime between July 8th and 9th, ...

Murder charges withdrawn from two men
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/18/11‎
On Friday August 12th, the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew charges against two Belize City men who have been remanded at the Hattieville prison for almost a year.The men, 21-year-old Akeem Humes and 21-year-old Ryan Alvarez were ...

Daylight murders in Belize City
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/18/11‎
Two Belize City men are dead after they were executed in broad daylight within their comfort zones. What makes it even more ominous for the City is that these two young men had just recently beaten murder charges. They are Trenton Smith, 29, ...

CEO of BCB Holdings Limited served with NIP
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/18/11‎
Guiseppe was driving a white 2008 Toyota Land Cruizer, and he was heading toward Belize City. Both vehicles ended up in a head-on collision, and both men suffered injuries. Police had originally reported that Deras suffered a broken right foot and ...

The good the bad and the ugly
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/18/11‎
We know Marshalleck is an employee of Ashcroft with an office upstairs of the Belize Bank. She is singing for her supper at the top of her voice. Shoman has her political axe to grind so there are no surprises there. Then there is Matura Sheppard; ...

Couple go to court for handling stolen goods, again
The Guardian, Belize - ‎8/18/11‎
Less than a week ago, a couple was before the Belize City court on handling stolen goods. On Monday August 15th that same couple was escorted to the Belize City Magistrate's court to answer to other charges of handling stolen goods. ...

8/17/11

World Cup suspension on Belize has been lifted
insideworldfootball (blog) - David Gold - ‎8/17/11‎
August 17 - Belize has been cleared to compete in World Cup qualifying after FIFA removed a threat to suspend the country over alleged Government interference in football affairs. FIFA lifted the threat as it said Belize's ...

Belizean Cattle Will Be Exported To Mexico (Someday)
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/17/11‎
And while they are accused of stealing red bulls in Chetumal, can Belize sell its bulls in Mexico? I know, it's a corny transition, but an important question, nonetheless. Exporting cattle from Belize to Mexico has been a long held dream but turning ...

Big Creek Port Makes Major Moves
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/17/11‎
A new shipping arrangement with a major Guatemalan port might spell trouble for the Port of Belize and end its long held monopoly on general cargo shipments into the country. But more than that, it might mean lower freight prices, which would welcome ...

Money For Micro-Credit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/17/11‎
The project is financed by the government of Belize with assistance from multi-laterals, but is disbursed through credit unions. With more than 4 million US dollars to lend, the programme requires a cadre of trained staff to properly oversee and ...

Telemedia Scholarships
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/17/11‎
For the past 20 years the Belize Telemedia has invested over a million dollars in scholarships for over four hundred Belizean students countrywide. Today an additional 24 students have been added to that list. This afternoon, 21 high school ...

GOB Responds To CCJ
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/17/11‎
As regards the leave to appeal, government points to the fact that "such an appeal would be futile unless the Supreme Court of Belize first strikes down the 2011 re-acquisition of Telemedia and the 9th Constitution Amendment Bill. ...

Is A Bull To Blame For Man's Death?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/17/11‎
Police have not identified a man who was found dead on a farm on the Belize district this morning. Neither have they been able to determine what killed him - but, from all outward indications, he seems to have endured a brutal killing. ...

Tropical Weather System Could Be Ominous for Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/17/11‎
There is a tropical wave over the west central Caribbean this evening - and it is one that bears watching because it is south of Jamaica, or southeast of Belize in open waters. It is not a storm at this time, but this evening, forecasters are saying ...

Willoughby Mediates The Marketplace
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/17/11‎
If the street is flooding, and you are in your vehicle, or you have your produce stored properly, the flooding of the street, or any street in Belize City, should not have affected your produce. If you put your produce on the ground, then the onus ...

ORANGE WALK BANCH OF BNTU WEIGHS IN ON NINTH AMENDMENT
LoveFM - Manuela Ayuso Cantun - ‎8/17/11‎
“The proposed ninth amendment to the constitution has been the subject of much debate and while some organizations have weighed in on the situation the Belize National Teachers Union is yet to make their position known. The Orange Walk branch of the ...

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE LAUNCHES NATIONAL CATTLE SANITARY PLAN PROJECT
LoveFM - ‎8/17/11‎
This project, which has been in the works for two years, includes technical expertise from IICA, Belize Agriculture Health Authority, Belize Livestock Producers Association, Ministry of Agriculture, OIRSA and SAGARPA, Mexico. ...

GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO CCJ RULING
LoveFM - ‎8/17/11‎
The government of Belize today issued a statement on Tuesday's orders handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice. As we reported previously, the CCJ, in a special sitting yesterday, granted leave to the Ashcroft Alliance, to appeal the refusal of ...

MURDER CHARGE WITHDRAWN FROM TWO BELIZE CITY MEN
LoveFM - ‎8/17/11‎
A charge of murder was withdrawn from two men, 21-year-old Akeem Humes and 21-year-old Ryan Alvarez when they appeared in court today. The charge was withdrawn due to insufficient evidence. Only Humes was freed however. Alvarez was put back into ...

OFFICIALS KEEP AN EYE OUT ON TROPICAL WAVE
LoveFM - ‎8/17/11‎
The first tropical storm threatening to affect Belize for 2011has surfaced in the western Caribbean. At this point the tropical wave, which some models have crossing over Belize, will be named Harvey when it garners tropical storm force strength. ...

CHICAGO BASED GROUP MAKE SEVERAL DONATIONS IN DANGRIGA
LoveFM - Harry Arzu - ‎8/17/11‎
“At an official handing over ceremony that was held at the Dangriga Gulisi Museum Garifuna Lun Awanseruni which is a Garifuna organization based in Chicago donated various medical supplies to the Southern Regional Hospital and the Belize Red Cross ...

MULTI MULLION DOLLAR SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT AT UNIVERSITY BEGINS
LoveFM - ‎8/17/11‎
The University of Belize is expanding on a multi-million dollar solar energy project at its campus in Belmopan. According to Selwyn King, Head of the Public Information Office, approximately two acres of land will made available for the advance ...

Belize Launches $12.2 Million Cattle Sanitary Program
Belizean - ‎8/17/11‎
The Government of Belize in collaboration with the European Union has launched its National Cattle Sanitary plan project. The implementation of the National Cattle Sanitary Plan is to test all cattle in the country for Brucellosis, Tuberculosis and the ...

2011 November Nine Profile: Badih Bounahra
Poker News Daily - Brett Collson - ‎8/17/11‎
He's also the first player from Belize to ever reach the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Bounahra was born in Lebanon but now makes his home in Belize City, where he runs the private poker room in the Princess Casino. ...

8/16/11

FIFA clears Belize for World Cup play
ESPN - ‎8/16/11‎
AP ZURICH -- FIFA cleared Belize on Wednesday to continue playing in World Cup qualifying next month by lifting the threat of suspension after government interference in the national federation's affairs. Belize's sports ministry has long-standing ...

No Arrests Yet In Foiled Bank Robbery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/16/11‎
An elaborate plan but police say they have known suspects from Belize City whom they are 90% sure they will arrest. Interestingly, Ladyville police intercepted this same group a month ago - when it was believed they were also on a criminal move. ...

More Constitutional Consultations
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/16/11‎
From there, they take it to rural Belize at the Maskall Community Center and finally it wraps up on the second November at the UB auditorium in Belmopan. Those wishing to make presentations can do so at the public consultations or in writing to clerk ...

Pickstock Carnival Camp Needs Your Help
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/16/11‎
That would help us rather than we having nothing at all." If you would like to assist Pickstock Carnival band you can make donations to their Belize Bank Account number 2-6-7-8-0-2 or you can contact the Band leader at telephone number 630-3335.

CCJ Puts Brakes On BTL Sale
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎8/16/11‎
That's what came out of a special session of the Caribbean Court of Justice - which held a sitting via teleconference between Belize and the court's headquarters in Trinidad. As we've reported, two weeks ago, the Ashcroft Alliance filed an unusual ...

DATES FOR CONSULTATIONS ON NINTH AMENDMENT SET
LoveFM - ‎8/16/11‎
The office of the Clerk of the National Assembly today released the full schedule of consultation on the proposed Belize Constitution Ninth Amendment Bill. According to the schedule, the consultations will travel to each of the district towns and the ...

COURT RULES ON SALE OF SHARES IN TELEMEDIA
LoveFM - ‎8/16/11‎
The Belize Telemedia Limited battle for ownership between the Ashcroft Alliance and the Government of Belize was a heated debate in the Supreme Court today, but after the back and forth arguments from both ends, the court ruled that the sale of shares ...

CANCER CENTER RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS
LoveFM - ‎8/16/11‎
They say no good deed goes unpunished and that must be the sentiment of the managers of the Belize Cancer Center in Dangriga. A caller to Love FM's morning show said it is his belief that the Center has not been fair in its treatment of a 10-year-old ...

MANAGERS SAY CHANGES EXPECTED IN SUGAR INDUSTRY
LoveFM - ‎8/16/11‎
Belize Sugar Industries Limited owes twenty million dollars to ING and is also heavily indebted to the First Caribbean International Bank. The Banco Atlantida of Honduras is willing to invest up to ninety million dollars in the sugar industries, ...

Ministry of Sports signs MOU with FFB; FFB to have “full access” to NSC facilities
Amandala - ‎8/16/11‎
The Government of Belize, through the Ministry of Sports, has given its commitment to FIFA to allow the Belize Selection to participate in the second round of the World Cup Qualifiers Brazil 2014. In a letter to FIFA President, Joseph Blatter, ...

Draw game, 2-2; West Lake vs FC Belize again Sunday
Amandala - ‎8/16/11‎
Despite missing starting goalie Stanley “Jordan” Reneau, who reportedly was on a trip to the US, and losing defender Mark Grant to a red card late in first half, West Lake came off with a 2-2 draw against FC Belize yesterday afternoon at the MCC in ...

Charles Woodeye's last dominoes game
Amandala - Daniel Ortiz - ‎8/16/11‎
Police say that Flowers and Ian Henkis, another Belize City resident, were riding their bicycles on Mopan Street heading toward Sibun Street. Police say that a man came up behind them and fired several shots in their direction. ...

Amandala at 42
Amandala - ‎8/16/11‎
Amandala is thought to have the ability to influence some percentage points of the voting electorate in Belize. In more concrete terms, a son-in-law and a son of this newspaper's publisher are three-term area representatives on Belize City's ...

Outrage at the KHMH morgue – body left to decompose!
Amandala - Stacey Kelly - ‎8/16/11‎
The family of a Belize City Council supervisor, Adam Kuylen, 38, are furious over what they have classified as inhumane and disrespectful and a downright breach of basic procedure by the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after Kuylen, who was found dead ...

Ladyville bank jack!
Amandala - Stacey Kelly - ‎8/16/11‎
Both security guards were rushed to the Belize Medical Associates, where they are currently in a stable condition. Blood was splattered on the bank's floor when we visited the scene. We were told by police that the video footage of the robbery would ...


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