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11/15/11

Children Speak On Their Rights
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/11‎
Yesterday, the grown-ups discussed the issue and today children and young adolescents gave their testimony inside the Belize Elementary School Auditorium. Executive Director of NCFC Pearl Stuart told us what they hoped to learn: "The first ...

They Sailed On San Pedro
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/11‎
On Saturday, in San Pedro, the Belize Sailing association, held an all-day Optimist class National Championship Regatta for 8 - 14 year olds. The idea is to continue to build a core of well-trained youth skippers who grow into the sport and lead Belize ...

A House Of Culture Whodunit!: The Governor's Finest Silver Stolen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/11‎
Sherilyne L. Jones, Director Museum of Belize/House of Culture "We discovered it last week Wednesday; we notice that the display case was empty. some of the shelves had missing items and that's when we called the police to report that the items were ...

Jerome Will Roll Through The Hummingbird
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/11‎
"As everyone knows every year I do part of the major highway in Belize, to bring this awareness to persons living with disability. This year it's the killer hills that I am attempting to ride to bring awareness through the Humming Bird, we will start ...

Deepening Woes In The Troubled Citrus Industry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/15/11‎
A press release issued by the citrus products of Belize Limited today gave the dire notice that CPBL does not have sufficient funds to meet the full fruit payroll due on Thursday November 17th 2011. The pay out is 2 million dollars and the problem is ...

FOUR PERSONS PLACED ON LEAVE FROM BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE
LoveFM - ‎11/15/11‎
Four persons employed with the Belize Defence Force have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into last month's burglary at the army's weapons armoury. Love News also understands that a very senior officer has ...

OCEANA BELIZE CELEBRATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY
LoveFM - ‎11/15/11‎
Oceana Belize is this week celebrating its second anniversary of work in Belize. Vice President of Oceana Belize Audrey Matura Shepherd told Love News that it has been an interesting and productive twenty four months. “Oh it has been fantastic because ...

AMBASSADORS PRESENT CREDENTIALS
LoveFM - ‎11/15/11‎
The Ambassador of Chile Jose Renato Sepulveda, expressed his gratitude of continued relations with Belize by bringing an official invitation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs to attend the Second Chile-Caricom Joint Commission in January 2012. ...

JEROME FLORES RIDES FOR A CAUSE
LoveFM - ‎11/15/11‎
He is on a quest to ride across the length and breadth of Belize and this weekend, thirty year old Jerome Flores will take to the Hummingbird Highway. Flores and his fellow rider Adrian Camara, who is also living with a disability, will ride from ...

11/14/11

City woman Says Police Trespassed, Shot Her Dog, Ginger
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/14/11‎
A big and tall police officer push me in my chest and have my 20 yr. old son held by his neck to the ceiling - I don't know what Belize is coming to because we don't have any rights. You don't have any rights in your own place whereby a ...

Man Says He Was Kidnapped In Cayo, Car-jacked In OW
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/14/11‎
42 year old Dwight Montero, an employee of Citrus Products of Belize Limited, told 7news he was buying food in San Ignacio Town around 4 o'clock yesterday evening after running some personal errands. He says that while walking back to his green 2008 ...

Lawrence Allan Johnson Died Of Blow To Head
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/14/11‎
Police initially detained a number of men form the surrounding villages, but no one has been charged. Suspects include former employees. According to US news reports, Johnson moved to Belize form New Mexico in 1993 after a dispute over taxes.

Two Accidents, Non-Fatal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/14/11‎
30 year old Lorencio Vanegas was driving a car from Belize City to Belmopan, along with his wife and son - when a white Daihatsu Terrios, with a government plate, that was coming from the opposite direction, veered into his lane and collided head on. ...

What is the State of Belize's Children?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/14/11‎
At the top of tonight's newscast, we told you about a 10 year old boy who had been raped in Dangriga. And, indeed, It seems like every week on the news, there is some new outrageous assault against a child. And that's why the National Committees for ...

Sculpting The Vision Of Belize At 30
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/14/11‎
NICH is organizing a Belize sculpture symposium where eight renowned sculptors have been invited to create a piece of public art built around the theme of Belize's 30th Anniversary of Independence. And to whet the public's appetite, they've set up an ...

New Community-Based Mental Health Center
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/14/11‎
Ground has been broken for A Mental Health Day Care And Resource Center in Belize City. The half a million dollar facility will be in Lake Independence at the corner of Vernon and Tibruce Streets. The centre will assist homeless and mentally ill ...

Milwaukee, Belize students tell jaguar's journey in 'Pat the Great Cat'
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - ‎11/14/11‎
Pat, a jaguar from Belize and star of “Pat the Great Cat: A Jaguar's Journey,” sits in his enclosure Monday at the Milwaukee County Zoo. By Matthew Bin Han Ong of the Journal Sentinel Pat is a big cat with a big story. He can't talk, but he's got his ...

DANGRIGA BUSINESSMAN ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED IN CAYO
LoveFM - ‎11/14/11‎
Citrus grower and Farm Manager for Citrus Products of Belize Limited Dwight Montero tells Love News that he was abducted in Santa Elena, Cayo on Sunday and spent a few terrifying hours in unlawful detention before being released in rural Orange Walk. ...

THREE DAY SEMINAR FOCUSING ON CHILDREN UNDERWAY
LoveFM - ‎11/14/11‎
The state of Belize's children as it relates to education, healthcare, financial support and protection from crime and violence is the focus of seminar at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel in Belize City. The event called “State of the ...

WORLD DIABETES DAY OBSERVED
LoveFM - ‎11/14/11‎
Belize today joins in observing World Diabetes day. As part of the observance, the Belize Diabetes Association in conjunction with partner agencies is today hosting a health fair on the grounds of the Belize City Centre. Today's health fair marks the ...

GROUND BROKEN FOR MENTAL HEALTH DAYCARE RESOURCE CENTER
LoveFM - ‎11/14/11‎
A special ceremony took place at the project site at the corner of Tibruce and Vernon Streets in Belize City. The project will be implemented by the Social Investment Fund and financed through a grant of $568000 from the Caribbean Development Bank ...

WELL KNOWN DOCTOR DIES
LoveFM - ‎11/14/11‎
The eighty eight year old doctor died on Thursday of last week, and funeral services have been planned for Tuesday at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church on the Northern Highway in Belize City. According to an obituary, Dr. Reneau served his country with ...

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ENGINEERING COMPETITION
LoveFM - ‎11/14/11‎
For the first time ever, students of the University of Belize will take part in an engineering competition to test their level of skills and know-how. The event is set for Wednesday and Thursday in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. ...

ECONOMIC FORUM TAKES PLACE IN TOLEDO
LoveFM - ‎11/14/11‎
The first presenter John Carr in focusing on the topic “ Belize's Agricultural Potentials “ reminded members of the audience of the Potentials of Toledo referred to as the Greenest District and possibilities in agricultural development especially in ...

11/13/11

Police Minister Douglas Singh denies US Commando presence in Belize
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/13/11‎
An article in the New York Times suggests that the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) may have deployed drug enforcement Commando-type soldiers to Belize. On Sunday, November 6, The NY Times, in its “Americas” section, ran a story ...

CPBL accepts growers' early oranges
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/11‎
Citrus growers, who have been urging the Citrus Products of Belize Limited to begin processing their early orange crop to take advantage of this year's high prices, finally got their wish when the company began receiving oranges on Monday, November 7. ...

Dreaded MS-13 gang in Belize? GSU flushes out 3 members
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/11‎
Reyes was unable to pay the minimum fine of $500 which Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith ordered him to pay forthwith or serve six months in the Belize Central prison. In court, Reyes had lifted his shirt to show a tattoo on his chest with the MS-13 ...

PUP approves City Council team
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/11‎
Some 510 delegates representing Belize City's 10 electoral divisions cast ballots to elect the PUP team.The Opposition People's United Party has named newcomer, Karen Bodden as its mayoral candidate at its delegates' convention held at St. Mary's Hall. ...

11/11/11

Belize Draws in World Cup Qualifier
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/11‎
Belize played St. Vincent and the Grenadines this afternoon in Belmopan at the FFB field. The teams played to a draw, with one goal each. The St. Vincent team scored first in the 13th, minute and the prolific Deon Mcauley scored the ...

Training For Tour Guides
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/11‎
The Belize Tourism Board Quality Assurance team has been travelling around the country over the last 3 days offering a series of hospitality rallies - in an effort to motivate and inspire tourism professionals all over the country as they all get ...

A Time For Solemn Remembrance
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/11‎
But at that given hour in Belize City today, the Armed Forces and the Ex-Servicemen league were just finishing up rehearsals for Sunday when the Remembrance will be observed in Belize. The event will be held - as always - at the Memorial Park where ...

Bail for Alleged Drug Trafficking Couple
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/11‎
Last night we told you about Caryl Meighan - who is a Belize Waste Control Supervisor - and his girlfriend 39 year old Debbie Myvette - a housing and Planning Supervisor who were charged with drug trafficking. The Gang Suppression Unit searched their ...

Horsing Around With Politics
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/11‎
Well, in Belize, we don't have Kings, or Princes, all we have are politicians - and they're the ones who seem to be battling for control of a Cayo racetrack. Like all things involving politics there are two, possibly three sides to the story - but for ...

Marjorie Parks Now Dr. Parks
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/11‎
Parks did a double major in Organizational Leadership and Higher Education Leadership and has successfully completed a Doctor of Education Programme from Nova Southeastern University in Florida, USA - and in so doing, becomes the first Belizean nurse ...

Rhett Fuller's Legal Team Continues Fight Before The Courts
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/11‎
The privy-council actually ruled that yes they could have; now he has opened up a door for everybody else who will come, and I think that, that's a big stride for Belize as a nation because it's an extra safe guard to anybody that is being requested ...

Ya'axche: "PM Put A Moratorium On Rosewood"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/11‎
The controversy over commercial exploitation of southern Belize's limited stock of Rosewood has been raging for months. And now, the Ya'xche Conservation Trust has called on the Prime Minister to issue a moratorium on all harvesting of rosewood, ...

11 Months Later, National Transport Drivers Still Out In the Cold
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/11‎
Today they were back in court with the labor commissioner going to bat for them against the receiver which acts on behalf of the Belize Bank. Phillip Jones, himself a former employee who hasn't gotten paid continues to be the lead advocate for the bus ...

Kevin Lee Comes Home: What Charge Will He Face?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/11‎
Kevin Lee - the masseuse and self-described Doctor who secretly videotaped hundreds of his clients was returned to Belize to face charges today. Lee - who was being held in an INS detention center in Los Angeles - came in on the midday American ...

The Khukri Chronicles
Outlook - ‎11/11/11‎
The doughty Gorkhas helped build empires at home and abroad, from Belize and Falklands to Brunei and Hong Kong. In World War II alone, 51 Gorkha battalions fought under the Union Jack, winning 10 Victoria Crosses. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the first to ...

Las Terrazas wins 2011 World Travel Award and named "Belize's Leading Resort"
Examiner.com - ‎11/11/11‎
In a November 11 announcement, Las Terrazas Resort & Residences shared they have been named 'Belize's Leading Resort' in the 2011 World Travel Awards held in Jamaica last month. Over 5000 companies and organizations are nominated for the prestigious ...

SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS KETTLE APPEAL LAUNCHED
LoveFM - ‎11/11/11‎
"The Salvation Army came to Belize in 1915 and I would think that because the Salvation Army has a very strong social conscience that the kettle appeal would have come along with the Salvation Army because it is through this means that we are able to ...

TERMINATED BUS WORKERS STILL WAITING FOR COMPENSATION
LoveFM - ‎11/11/11‎
And he is trying his best to try and come to some sort of agreement because it is past due for the workers for the benefit that we have been promised by Belize Bank and the receiver that they would have made some sort of settlement with the workers and ...

APAMO CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON ROSEWOOD HARVEST
LoveFM - ‎11/11/11‎
The Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations has called on the Government of Belize to place a moratorium on the harvesting of rosewood in the Toledo district. The call came via a letter sent to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ...

EXPO FAIR IN TOLEDO ON SATURDAY
LoveFM - ‎11/11/11‎
“The Toledo Expo fair is organized by the Belize Tourism Industry Association- Toledo Chapter with the aim for Belizeans and foreign visitors celebrate, be appreciative and be fully aware of Toledo's diversity in music, food and crafts, ...

Playboy Playmates Lauren Anderson and Jaime Edmondson visit Belize (video)
Examiner.com - ‎11/11/11‎
The number of celebrity and high-profile visitors to Belize has been increasing the past few months, and the latest in that list is a couple of well-known Playboy Playmates -- Lauren Anderson and Jaime Edmondson. Ambergris Today first broke the news ...

National U-12 Team at Mini Basket Festival
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
The Belize National U-12 male basketball team returned from Merida on Monday, November 7, after participating in the FIBA Americas Mini Basketball Festival. They played 7 games, and finished with 4 wins and 3 losses. In Mini Basket, winning is not ...

Veteran football star Calbert “Pomo” Usher passes
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
In his later years, Pomo was among the many disenchanted lovers of football, who looked forward to the day when the sport would be freed from the shackles of maladministration and return to its glory days in Belize. We join other members of the Belize ...

FFB tek Gov't and FIFA mek joke
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
In Belize, Bertie is boss; not Blatter, and not the Minister of Sports. In the last paragraph of his address to “… readers of insideworldfootball”, dated Friday, November 4, 2011, FIFA President Joseph Sepp Blatter stated: “FIFA remains committed to ...

Belize's stagnant human development score causes slip from 78th to 93rd globally
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
The Human Development Index (HDI) for 176 ranked countries was released today by the United Nations Development Program and it puts Belize at 93rd with a virtually stagnant HDI value of less than 0.7 out of a possible score of 1. ...

CARIBBEAN BASIN SECURITY INITIATIVE JOINT STATEMENT
Anguilla LNT - ‎11/11/11‎
(10 November 2011, Nassau, The Bahamas) - We, the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda; The Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; the Commonwealth of Dominica; the Dominican Republic; Grenada; the Coo-operative Republic of Guyana; the Republic of Haiti; Jamaica; ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
Very few of you have ever thought about the way this territory was divided into districts – Corozal, Orange Walk, Belize, Cayo, Stann Creek and Toledo. Obviously, it must have been done, arbitrarily, by the British, but we, or, let's say I, ...

All a we mek Belize!
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
There is a battle raging here in Belize and it is not The Battle of St. George's Caye or The Battle of Orange Walk or San Pedro Siris. It is a war amongst ourselves about who is the rightful and sole heir in this little multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, ...

Whither Z?
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
Probably few of you will remember this, but coming up to the 2006 municipal elections, this newspaper's choice for Mayor of Belize City was Sir Andie. Zenaida Moya was the more spectacular candidate, and it was no surprise that the UDP went that way. ...

DEA Commando Teams Deployed in Central America
InSight Crime - ‎11/11/11‎
“The DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration] now has five commando-style squads it has been quietly deploying for the past several years to Western Hemisphere nations — including Haiti, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Belize — that are ...

Vicious murder shakes Cayo community
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
Testimony to the increased level of violence in the western area of Belize came in the form of another senseless murder reported last night, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in Ontario Village, Cayo District. Dr. Lawrence Allan Johnson, 68, a native of New ...

Cañeros unhappy with GOB trashing their canefields
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
According to our reports, Government has acquired the previously private property from a company known as Distills Belize for the purpose of providing house lots for needy villagers from the four villages. Surveying is said to have begun in the area ...

Guat illegal logging - “A time bomb in the Chiquibul!”
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
Information reaching our newspaper from conservationists in southern and western Belize confirms that Guatemalans are venturing further inland to illegally exploit the nation's untold wealth, and particularly valuable hardwoods in Belize's near ...

Bitter citrus fight continues
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
The battle over the fate of chief executive officer of Citrus Products of Belize Limited (CPBL) — the processing arm of the citrus industry of Stann Creek District, Dr. Henry Canton, has moved closer to a possible showdown with a decision issued today ...

Did DEA Chief of Ops, Harrigan, misinform the US Senate on Belize operations?
Amandala - ‎11/11/11‎
When we spoke with Belize Police Minister Doug Singh about this on Monday, he told our newspaper that he was unaware that such deployments from the DEA's Foreign-Deployed Advisory and Support Teams (FAST) had been made to Belize. ...

Guatemala vs. Grenada 2011: Mynor Lopez and Mario Rodriguez Dominate the CONCACAF
LALATE - ‎11/11/11‎
Against Belize, Lopez made news, delivering the game winning goal at the seventy-two minute mark. In its second game against St Vicente, Guatemala delivered a 3-0 win because of Mario's two goals joined by a late shot from Pezzarossi. ...

11/10/11

American Resort Owner Killed In Cayo District
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/11‎
68 year old Lawrence Johnson maintained residences in both Belize and the United States. According to his friends he fell in love with the country and set up shop in the quiet village of Ontario some 20 years ago. Since then he built a small resort ...

Dr. Bernard Bulwer, Stress Made Him Temporarily Blind
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/11‎
... trying to fit in at the prestigious Harvard Medical School. His story is fascinating and he shares it in tonight's I Am Belize profile:.. The profile series is made possible by Fultec Systems, Restore Belize, NICH and this station. 7 News Belize.

Burglars Busted; Trove Of Household Items Recovered
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/11‎
Two men and a woman accused of cleaning out a Belize City home have been charged for burglary. The appeared yesterday in the #4 Magistrate's Court where 39 year old Christopher McKoy, 46 year old Evan Gardiner and 28 year old Patricia Gardiner were ...

Jamaican Lover's Rock For KREM's B-Day Bash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/11‎
And here to bring it in is Jamaican artist Chris Martin who touched down for the first time in Belize this afternoon. The reggae artist who is known for hit songs like Paper loving and Cheaters Prayer, will be performing on Saturday and today we asked ...

Belize's First CT Surgeon Honored For Pediatric Pacemaker Implant
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/11‎
Last night's Rotary Dinner at the Radisson was held to honor Dr. Adrian Coye, Belize's first cardio-thoracic surgeon. He performed the first pacemaker implant in Belize on a child. It was under the auspices of the Rotary's Gift Of Life Programme which ...

GSU Busts "Camel" By Breaking Sewer Pipe
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/11‎
Around 9:45 this morning, they descended on the five bedroom home of Caryl "Midget" Meighan on Mercy Lane in Belize City. While the GSU was at the door barking out the reason for the search, shuffling was heard inside the house, followed by the sound ...

PUP Citco Slate Says They're Ready
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/11‎
As we showed you on Monday night, the PUP held its convention for a Belize City council slate on the weekend. That group of 11 was officially launched today at an event which filled the Party's Headquarters at Independence Hall with more new faces than ...

Bus Driver Charged For Knocking Down And Killing Cyclist
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/10/11‎
On Tuesday, November 1 Dominguez, was riding a bicycle between miles 11 and 12 on the Western Highway when he was knocked down by a bus driven by Montalvo. Dominguez received severe head injury and died hours after being knocked down. 7 News Belize.

ROTARY CLUB OF BELIZE HOSTS DISTRICT GOVERNOR
LoveFM - ‎11/10/11‎
The Rotary Club of Belize hosted the Governor of District 4250 at a special meeting last night. Francis Woods the President of the Belize Rotary Club described to us what the meeting was like. “We had the pleasure of the ...

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION DAY TO BE CELEBRATED
LoveFM - ‎11/10/11‎
On Wednesday November 16th, the Belize Biltmore Plaza hotel will be the venue for Geographic Information System (GIS) day. GIS Day aims to educate the public on how geography is an important part of our everyday lives and how to use GIS in various ways ...

PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN
LoveFM - ‎11/10/11‎
The People's United Party today officially launched its Municipal campaign for Belize City, leading up to City and Town Council election. The election is scheduled for March Seventh, 2012. During a mid-morning press conference at Independence Hall, ...

FOREIGN INVESTORS MEET IN SAN PEDRO
LoveFM - ‎11/10/11‎
Belize's Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington welcomed attendees of the Presidents Week Asset Protection and Global Investment Forum to Ambergris Caye yesterday evening. The annual event is sponsored by Hemispheres Publishing, Inc. The conference ...

DR. THEODORE ARANDA HONORED
LoveFM - ‎11/10/11‎
“He was the man of the hour at a special tribute dedicated to him to honor his achievements and contributions to the development of Belize. The event which was organized by Rebecca Swaso and other Dangrigans was filled with keynote speakers and a ...

The toll of Cancer- Special Envoy for Women and Children Battles the illness
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
She is a symbol of strength for countless women and children in Belize and the region. She lobbies to provide quality healthcare for children. She works to improve the quality of education in rural communities. She fights to protect children ...

Teenager arraigned on attempted murder c...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
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. ...

UB lecturer acquitted of “keeping a prohibited material” charge
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
On January 16th, Ivan Galvez, attached to the GSU claimed that whilst on patrol, he searched the vehicle of Leslie, a Gold Pathfinder where he found a bullet proof vest in the back of his vehicle while it was parked on Periwinkle Street in Belize City ...

GSU arrests persons threatening murder trial witnesses
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
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. ...

Mexican man pleads guilty to drug trafficking
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
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. ...

Bantam Chicken
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
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 uniforms for BDF soldiers
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
Since October 15th, 2011, when it was first effected, members of the public may have noticed that the Belize Defense Force has once again changed their uniforms from the one that they've been accustomed to seeing. This new uniform was somewhat ...

PUP convention flops
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
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. ...

Old School FC Secures top Seed in Vega's Cup (Waiting for seeding Meeting)
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
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. ...

Second suspect arrested in Mennonite businessman murder
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
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. ...

Sailboats for Consejo Yacht Club
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
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. ...

Cruz Anthony Allen caught in the act
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
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. ...

Top CXC performers from St. John's College
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/10/11‎
Belize saw them give an outstanding performance in the 2011 National Math Olympiad championship round, but Romel Rudon and Aaron Stock not only helped Saint John's College win this year's Math Olympiad, they are also the best performing students in ...

11/9/11

OPINION: Celebrating Garifuna Settlement Day
Middle East North Africa Financial Network - ‎11/9/11‎
During that time, the British were occupying territories that were claimed by the Spanish in Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua that were disputed. According to anthropologist Nancy Gonzalez in her book Sojourners of the Caribbean: Ehnogenesis ...

Eighteen Year Old Accused Of Robbing Commuters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/11‎
... was also charged with handling stolen goods after he was found in possession of items which included cell phones and jewelry that were stolen from two other victims. The boy was arraigned today in the Belize Family Court. 7 News Belize.

A Tornado Of Entertainment At Puntafest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/11‎
Maybe you've never done the Tornado dance, but if you live in Belize, you've certainly heard the song - and this weekend at the third annual Punta Fest, performing artist Loverboy is sure to perform an extended mix of the deathless crowd pleaser. ...

Excelsior High Gets A Chemical Boost
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/11‎
They students, the staff, the board, and the community of Belize City, has worked very hard to build what is now Excelsior High School, but it didn't come as a bed of roses. There were some very difficult times where the basketball is now - used to be ...

Soccer: St. Vincentians Arrive To Take on Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/11‎
Belize's National Football Selection has been on a three-game losing streak in its world cup qualifiers and the team can no longer qualify for the next round. But, it can come in second in the group and at least maintain its current world ranking of ...

"Hot Point Crip" Allegedly Caught With Weed
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/11‎
This afternoon, at 2:45 at mile four on the Western Highway, the GSU intercepted a bus travelling to Belize City. They searched passenger David Galindo's knapsack and found three parcels of marijuana which weighed 1.2 kilos, about two and a half pounds ...

Leon Leslie, the Teflon Lecturer, Proves Bulletproof To Charges
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/11‎
A University of Belize lecturer, charged with keeping a prohibited material, today left the Magistrate's court a free man for the second time. As we've reported before, 28 year old Leon Leslie was charged on January 16th of this year after Police ...

Another Cayo Crime
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/11‎
... Sylvin Barajona attacked him and stole away his licensed 20-gauge shotgun. Barajona also hit him on the forehead and right eye and then then tied him up and searched his home, where he stole $1300.00US dollars and $300.00 Belize... 7 News Belize.

New KIA Takes On Full-Size SUV Market
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/9/11‎
We got an advance look at one of the snazzy new SUV's today at Belize Estate. It's called the Kia Mohave - and we put it to the test... "The vehicle has the feel of off-road, as well as urban comfort." Well, why did she tell us that? ...

MRS. BARROW UPDATES ON BATTLE WITH CANCER
LoveFM - ‎11/9/11‎
Belize's Special Envoy for women and children Kim Simplis Barrow continues to keep the nation updated on her battle with breast cancer. In her latest update, Mrs. Barrow thanks the many Belizeans and organizations that have expressed solidarity for her ...

BELIZE CITY HIGH SCHOOL GETS NEW LAB
LoveFM - ‎11/9/11‎
Excelsior High School has made strides to strengthen its science department. Today the High School opened its own science lab, which came through a donation of equipment from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. ...

POLICE RECOVER STOLEN VEHICLE
LoveFM - ‎11/9/11‎
A joint search operation by police in Southern Belize was enacted and report indicates that Independence Police recovered the abandoned stolen vehicle in the Mango Creek area the following day on Tuesday. No arrests have been made so far in connection ...

MISUNDERSTANDING LEAVES ONE MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH STAB WOUNDS
LoveFM - ‎11/9/11‎
"A chopping incident in the San Pedrito Area of Ambergris Caye has left one man receiving treatment for his wounds at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. San Pedro police told Love News that around 4:30 am both men were in the area ...

UNIVERSITY LECTURER FREED OF CHARGE
LoveFM - ‎11/9/11‎
28-year-old University of Belize lecturer Leon Leslie charged with keeping a prohibited material a bullet proof vest was acquitted of the charge today. The main witness for the prosecution, detective constable Ivan Galvez testified that the serial ...

MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES COMMENTS ON PROJECT IN SAN JUAN VILLAGE
LoveFM - ‎11/9/11‎
There is the company Distills Belize who owns a large parcel of land adjacent to San Juan and San Pablo and Douglas. Distills Belize is the company that bought the land known as Petrojam. For over two years we have been negotiating with them trying to ...

TEENAGER HIT WITH THREE COUNTS OF ROBBERY
LoveFM - ‎11/9/11‎
Young was unable to meet bail so she was remanded into custody. A 16-year-old boy was also charged with handling stolen goods for items that were stolen from Yam and Rodriquez. The boy was arraigned at Belize Family Court.

DR. HENRY CANTON COMMENTS ON COURT RULING
LoveFM - ‎11/9/11‎
The Supreme Court of Belize has made a ruling in a long-standing case involving the Chief Executive Officers of Citrus Products of Belize Limited, Dr. Henry Canton. Canton sought judicial assistance to determine the validity of his employment contract ...

Charlotte doctors travel overseas to help other doctors
WCNC - ‎11/9/11‎
Cardiologists from Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute at Carolinas HealthCare System recently performed the first catheterization procedure in Belize. The catheterization was performed in a fully equipped Heart Catheterization Laboratory at the Karl ...

Researchers challenge idea that marine reserves promote coral recovery
Mongabay.com - ‎11/9/11‎
Fleshy whorls of thick brown algae blanket the once-vibrant corals in Glover's Reef, Belize. According to a controversial study published August 14 in the journal Coral Reefs, a decade of marine reserve protection has failed to help these damaged ...

11/8/11

A reader asked for last weekend's Belize and Tikal rapid itinerary:
USA Today (blog) - ‎11/8/11‎
Flight to Belize City (BZE), arriving 11:20 (see here for how the BA miles redemption AA turned into a nonstop Delta flight in first class). US – Central America flights are generally and inconveniently midday, making it difficult to maximize time. ...

Canton's Contract Vindicated
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/11‎
Chief Executive Officer of the Citrus Products of Belize Henry Canton has been under heavy and sustained fire from the majority shareholders in CPBL for years! Yet, still, he's managed to hold on - even after they took a resolution to fire him! ...

MS-13 Member Pleads Guilty, Gets Minimum Fine
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/11‎
... penalty - and ordered him to pay forthwith or in default serve six months in prison. Reyes was unable to pay, so he was taken to prison. Reyes lifted his shirt in court and showed a tattoo on his chest with the MS-13 gang insignia. 7 News Belize.

Deportee Claims Membership in Black P Stone Gang
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/11‎
Today they charged a man who is a member of a gang - but not a Belizean gang, an American one. 26 year old Dion Allen, a deportee and resident of #2 Eve Street was charged with professing to be a member of the "Black P Stone Gang. ...

A Cari Shores Kumbaya: Singh and Perdomo Back Nisbet-Cansino
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/11‎
"My reason for this decision is very simple, I believe that it is time for our party to break from the status quo and that we build an inclusive team of representatives and in particular that we ensure that the women of Belize who represent the ...

Guatemalan Logging In Chiquibul: "A Case For Urgent Action"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/11‎
For years, we've been reporting on the situation in the Chiquibul Forest - where an increasing number of Guatemalan loggers are making deeper and deeper encroachments into Belizean territory. Now the Friends For Conservation And Development - which ...

Crocs Have A New Home
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/11‎
This little fellow along with his 21 other buddies - were living in ponds, swamps and other areas around residential communities in rural Belize. But today the 22 were removed and relocated to a new habitat - one that is much safer and healthier for ...

Glenn Goes "Independent" - But Is It For Real?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/8/11‎
If the Amandala, Reporter, Belize Times and Guardian are not enough for you - welcome to the club. Glenn Tillett, a former editor of the Amandala says it was not enough for him either. So he's started his own paper, the Independent he told us what ...

AREA REPRESENTATIVE ENDORSES NEWCOMER
LoveFM - ‎11/8/11‎
My reason for this decision is very simple, I believe that it is time for our party to break from the status quo and that we build an inclusive team of representatives and in particular that we ensure that the women of Belize, who represent the ...

POLICE INVESTIGATE SEVERAL ROBBERIES
LoveFM - ‎11/8/11‎
A series of robbery and burglaries in Belize City has netted thieves over twenty five thousand dollars worth of loot in three separate incidents. In the first incident, a cashier at Southern Choice Butane Gas Company reported that whilst at work two ...

MAN HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING STABBING INCIDENT
LoveFM - ‎11/8/11‎
An early Saturday morning stabbing incident in Belize City has left one man injured. Reports are that around 5:15 am Saturday, Antonio Sanchez, 24, was socializing at the BTL Park when he reportedly got into an argument with three dark complexion men. ...

Regular season ends, playoffs next in Belize District Female Football Competition
Amandala - ‎11/8/11‎
The final set of back matches were played yesterday at the Caye Caulker football field, closing out the regular season of the Belize District Female Football Competition 2011. Assured of a berth in the playoffs, Hattieville Heats was a no-show for the ...

A peek inside the “Sports Investigation” report
Amandala - ‎11/8/11‎
*The FFB must pro-actively seek to ensure that the two senior leagues (the Belize Premier Football League and the Super League) become one financially if not economically viable football league operating under the FFB within the shortest possible time. ...

BDFA Summer Tournaments 2011 championships
Amandala - ‎11/8/11‎
The Belize District Football Association (BDFA) Summer Tournaments 2011 concluded on Saturday, November 5, at the MCC Grounds with championship games played in three different age categories – U15, U17 and U20. In the U15, Young Stars FC defeated ...

PUP select Karen Bodden as Belize City mayoral candidate
Amandala - ‎11/8/11‎
Bodden told us that all of her work, from stints at Wesley College, lecturing at the former University College of Belize (UCB), working at the Family Court as a counselor, directing the National Drug Abuse Control Council (NDACC) and working at Kolbe ...

Cartel country
Amandala - ‎11/8/11‎
We have not editorialized about the incredible heist of 42 high tech weapons from the Belize Defence Force armory some three or so weeks ago. There was really no need to editorialize. The story spoke for itself. Where there was supposed to be maximum ...

Acquittals for three accused in 2009 Belize Bank Cayo robbery
Amandala - ‎11/8/11‎
... Elvis Duncan, 47, and Arden Garay, 27, were all acquitted of the murder of former police officer Josiah Thompson, 47, of Santa Elena, during a daring robbery at the offices of the Belize Bank in downtown San Ignacio, on Burns Avenue. ...

How Maya lowlands supported dense population
BioScholar News - ‎11/8/11‎
The archaeologists have estimated that, even in places such as the southern Maya Mountains area of Belize where geographic and other environmental conditions could be assumed to have mitigated population growth, population density was estimated at ...

US DEA commandos operating in Belize
Amandala - ‎11/8/11‎
Harrigan said, however, when he appeared before the US Senate, that: “Due to the success of FAST in Afghanistan and the unique capabilities of the FAST teams, they have been deployed for mission support in Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and Panama in ...

11/7/11

MS-13 Meeting Under Police HQ's Nose?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/7/11‎
The apartment of Angel RUIZ, 19 years, Belizean maintenance worker of No. 14 Raccoon Street, Belize City was searched. The search resulted in the discovery of a marginal 0.5 grams of cannabis. He was arrested and charged with "Possession of ...

Mini Ballers Return Home
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/7/11‎
Belize's National Under 12 male basketball team returned from Merida this morning after participating in the FIBA Americas Mini Basketball Festival. The pre-teens played 7 games and finished up with a respectable record of 4 wins and 3 losses. ...

The Dramatic Mr. Budna Alleges Police Violations
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/7/11‎
We've heard about him narrowly escaping death by jumping out of a moving car to escape jackers, and even putting himself on the line to help a Belizean man get of a Guatemalan prison. But in May of this year when he made the news, he wasn't doing any ...

Bob Bou Nahra Exits WSOP In Grand Style
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/7/11‎
Tonight, Belize's name is known in Las Vegas after Bob Bou-Nahra and a buff Belizean contingent represented in the truest sense at the World Series of Poker Main Event. As we've reported, Bou-Nahra made it into the November Nine from an original field ...

PM's Wife, Kim Simplis-Barrow, Has Cancer
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/7/11‎
The 39 year old was clinically diagnosed in Belize last week with doctor's saying that it had the clinical appearance of stage two breast cancer. A biopsy rushed to the United States confirmed on Wednesday that it is cancer. ...

PUP Elects City Council Slate In Closed Convention
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/7/11‎
"I am hopeful but at the end of the day the delegates are the bosses, the voting populous of Belize City are the bosses and I hope that would vote for me." "As you can see more than just the delegates came out, so you have great support on both sides ...

Energy Conference Keys In On Energy Sources And Resources
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/7/11‎
Today was the first day of the annual energy awareness week - which is all about Belize's various energy sources and resources and how to manage them most efficiently. Dr. Paul Flowers, whose put all his energy into planning the event spoke to us at ...

PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY HOLDS MUNICIPAL CONVENTIONS
LoveFM - ‎12 hours ago‎
Karen Bodden has emerged as the Belize City Mayoral Candidate for the People's United Party. Bodden defeated Sharole Saldivar in a delegate's only convention which was held on Saturday at the St. Mary's Parish Hall in Belize City. ...

PRIME MINISTER'S WIFE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER
LoveFM - ‎11/7/11‎
Kim Simplis Barrow, the wife of Belize's Prime Minister Dean Barrow has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The stunning announcement was made this morning via a press release from her Special Envoy for Women and Children office. ...

ENERGY AWARENESS WEEK CELEBRATED
LoveFM - ‎11/7/11‎
The way we move energy in Belize is cultural, most of our culture comes from North America, our family goes up there, we go there for vacation, if you look at the vehicle we drive, if you look at the fact that we need two or three televisions one in ...

11/6/11

A New Life in Belize on $60/day (Per Couple)
International Living - ‎11/6/11‎
Grab your bathing suit and flip flops (that's all you'll need) and head for Belize—the only country in Central America where English is the official language. Expats here report that the monthly cost of living in Belize, on average, ...

Shhh. We're trying to play a poker tournament.
Casino City Times - ‎11/6/11‎
I find the Belize contingent. They're singing and chanting for their very own Bob Bounahra (who I like to call Belize Bob). It sounds like a soccer game with them in the audience. The TV crew is trying to make a last minute fix to the stage. Seriously. ...

November Nine: Bounahra Busts, Collins and Lamb Double, Heinz Still Leads
Bluff Magazine - ‎11/6/11‎
Bob Bounahra busted out in seventh place and will take $1.3 million back to Belize with him. The remaining players are all off for a 15-minute break but one player who won't be returning is Bob Bounahra after he was eliminated in seventh place in the ...

Snapshots: Medical supplies to Belize and Guatamala
Enterprise-Record - ‎11/6/11‎
DO: discuss the subject, express yourself creatively, be polite, and cite and link to sources. DON'T: attack others, make unverified factual claims, excessively copy others, or use foul, derogatory, racist or violent language. ...

SCA girls win city volleyball championship
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/6/11‎
The defending national high school champions, the undefeated girls of St Catherine's Academy girls, won the Belize City secondary schools volleyball championship finals at the Belize City Center on Saturday, October 29. Sherika Burton, Briane Staine, ...

SJC boys win city volleyball championship
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/6/11‎
The boys of St John's College outlasted the hitherto undefeated boys of Wesley College to win the championship finals of the Belize City secondary schools volleyball competition at the Belize City Center on Saturday, October 29. ...

Paco Smith, running for Mayor! Vip will run a full slate
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/6/11‎
Belize City has yet another mayoral candidate, VIP's Frank Edward “Paco” Smith, who informed The Reporter this week that he is set and ready to compete in the City Council elections set for March next year. If elected, Smith said, he would use a ...

Police recruits trained in tae kwon do
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/6/11‎
This was the third group of officers to receive the training, and Taiwan's Ambassador to Belize , His Excellency . David Wu joined Minister Singh in congratulating the recruits on their excellent performance. Ambassador Wu and Commissionerl Jeffries ...

Belize: the 6th most violent place on earth , new study finds
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/6/11‎
Belize was ranked as the 6th most violent place on the planet, in a recent study published by the Secretariat from the Geneva Declaration on Violence and Development, in Geneva last Thursday, October 27. Keith Krause, Professor at the International and ...

Educator versus Administrator for PUP mayoral spot
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/6/11‎
Bodden said that her experience as a teacher and former civil servant who had won the Public Officer of the Year award in 2009 for her outstanding work has equipped her for the challenge of becoming Belize City Mayor. Apart from her teaching career, ...

BTIA launches Destination Belize 2012
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/6/11‎
Belize's tourism marketing campaign has found new and exciting ways to invite and encourage tourists abroad to visit or plan a holiday in Belize, through the 2012 edition of the Destination Belize magazine, which the Belize Tourism Industry Association ...

Buena Vista School to get new building
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/6/11‎
The Government of Belize launched a project to improve the children's educational environment with a ground-breaking ceremony for a new building at the project site on Monday, October 31. The Social Investment Fund is implementing the project at an ...

UHS loan note is valid, says Privy Council
The Reporter Belize (blog) - ‎11/6/11‎
The loan note guaranteeing $33.5 million to Belize Bank, which was signed by the Musa administration in 2004, is valid, the Privy Council ruled on Thursday, October 20. The Privy Council concluded that the controversial loan note which was made with ...

Cheaper light, more jobs but no early elections
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/6/11‎
The rate review is possible because the Supreme Court injunction, which Belize Electricity Limited under its previous owners, Fortis, secured against the PUC was lifted last month . The lower rates hinge on BEL getting a lower cost for the power it ...

Perdomo “steps aside”
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/6/11‎
Dean Barrow's quarterly press conference at the Belize Best Western Biltmore Plaza Hotel on Wednesday, November 2. Perdomo said he and the Caribbean Shores committee have anointed Beltraide Chairman Michael Singh as his successor. ...

Frantic eliminations bounce 3 at WSOP final table
Las Vegas Sun - ‎11/6/11‎
AP Badih Bounahra, a 49-year-old grocery wholesaler from Belize, finished seventh after gambling the last of his chips with an ace-five. He was called by Martin Staszko of the Czech Republic with an ace-nine, and the nine played as neither player hit ...

11/5/11

Belize Bloods Make Major News In Utah, Chicago
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎17 hours ago‎
This is 29 year old Jerry Johnson, the man who US Federal Agents say directed the Belizean Bloods Gang in Chicago. He was arrested on Wednesday in Salt Lake City, Utah along with 10 other people associated with the Bloods - while arrest warrants ...

Minister Says Violence In School Reflective Of Society
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎17 hours ago‎
Especially on the Southside of Belize City as all we know." The ministry of education today sent out a lengthy press release saying that the Ministry of Education and Youth is satisfied that the school is taking appropriate steps to address the issue ...

Alleged Weed Traffickers To Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎17 hours ago‎
They became inmates of Belize Central Prison today after they appeared in the Magistrate's Court and pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking for almost 40 pounds of cannabis. The prosecutor objected to bail on the grounds that the evidence suggests that ...

Port Loyola Gets Library Upgrade
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎17 hours ago‎
The last couple of decades have been trying times for Belize's National Library Service, an institution that has weathered both manmade and natural storms. Like other notable institutions, such as the Belize Postal Service, it's been a challenge to ...

BATSUB: A Going Away Present
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎17 hours ago‎
The BATSUB operation in Belize is all but closed down and today at Price Barracks, the British Army had something similar to what you might call a closeout sale. Except, it wasn't a sale: it was a donation. The British handed over $250000 worth of ...

PM Reverses Position, Will Go to Arbitration
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎17 hours ago‎
"Clearly the Privy Council ruling does open the door to an attempt on the part of the Belize Bank and the Ashcroft Alliance to recover the sums under the loan that the Privy Council has now found to be valid. Now that the decision has been handed down ...

Boost Programme: Does It Introduce Welfare State?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎17 hours ago‎
Mass registration and screening for the Belize River Valley has been ongoing this week. Screening means that family apply, and are given a score that relates to the poverty line. If they come up below that line, then they qualify for the programme. ...

11/4/11

PUP PREPARES TO SELECT SLATE FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
LoveFM - ‎11/4/11‎
She says this equips her with the experience needed to run a needy Belize City. "I believe that the experience is something that I can boast about because I am familiar with the issues at City Hall, I am familiar with the issues affecting the ...

BELTRAIDE CONDUCTS TRAINING ON BPO
LoveFM - ‎11/4/11‎
The Belize Trade and Investment Development Service in conjunction with other agencies, including the Ministry of Education is facilitating a series of specialist training on business process outsourcing. The training starts next week. ...

TOP STUDENTS TO BE HONORED AT SPECIAL CEREMONY
LoveFM - ‎11/4/11‎
The Belize Scholarship for 2011 eleven goes to Ravesh Sukhnandan. A release from the Ministry of Education names Sukhnandan at the scholarship recipient for his achievement as the Most Outstanding Candidate for the May-June Caribbean Advanced ...

YOUTHS PARTICIPATE IN THREE DAY WORKSHOP
LoveFM - ‎11/4/11‎
The Belize Red Cross today launched a three-day workshop in Belize City. The event is being held at the Chateau Caribbean Hotel, as part of the Positive Future project which the Red Cross has been working with over the last three months. ...

FFB says National Team reports to camp this week for next Friday's game ...
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
Statutes have been approved in seven of the eight Members of the Football Federation of Belize (FFB). The only Member that does not yet have approved statutes is the Top League, and plans have been put in place by the League Committee to have this done ...

Lower light bills may come next January: Barrow
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow said today at his quarterly press conference held at the Belize Biltmore Plaza in Belize City that the next rate-setting exercise for the recently nationalized Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) “can produce a lowering of ...

Will Child Protection Conference look at registering convicted sex offenders?
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
The 3-day conference will be held at the Belize Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, and will engage both adults and children. An invitation letter sent to us by Mrs. Pearl Stuart, Executive Director of the National Committee for Families and Children (NCFC) ...

US cops bust 23 “ Belizean Bloods”
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
United States federal authorities have rounded up and charged as many as 23 persons said to be members and associates of the Illinois faction of the Belizean Bloods—a gang made up mostly of Belizean immigrants within the United States—with alleged ...

BBF NEWS - National U-12 Basketball Team travels to Merida to participate in ...
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
Over the past four weeks, the Belize Basketball Federation (BBF) has been holding tryouts to select Under 12 male players to represent Belize at a Mini Basket Festival to be held in Merida, Mexico from November 4-6, 2011. From the over 50 players from ...

Saint Paul's Bank Village Council in turmoil
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
The chairman and the deputy chairperson of the Saint Paul's Bank Village Council, in Belize Rural North, currently appear unable to come together to work for the common good of the village. Deputy chair Valda Batty has told Amandala that the chairman, ...

Ravesh Sukhnandan wants to build robots
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
Meet a young Belizean who wants to build robots in the future. He is 19-year-old Ravesh Sukhnandan, a graduate of Edward P. Yorke High School in Belize City. “From I was a young child, I liked making things and understanding how things worked. ...

United States Embassy donates $8 million dollars in equipment to the Belize ...
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
Today at the Belize Coast Guard Headquarters, a ceremony was held to highlight the gifting of major equipment from the United States Embassy to the Belize Coast Guard. This equipment came in the form of two Boston Whaler Outrage Justice Series boats, ...

It never happened? FFB dumps Triple B's and other female clubs
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
Earlier this year, the Football Federation of Belize (FFB), under 12-year president Dr. Bertie Chimilio, made press releases regarding its Delhart Courtney Cup Women's Football Tournament 2011, with participating female teams from the Belmopan area, ...

“Dis dah Belize”
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
We read the instructions to him that were on the Belize Customs' form, pointed out that no such stipulation about age was given and concluded by stating that we had just travelled to the UK and to the States and all their Customs personnel wanted was ...

Gangland murders ceased, claims Prime Minister Barrow
Amandala - ‎11/4/11‎
Belize's homicide count so far for 2010 has reached 110 – 4 lives more than the same time last year, but the September murders went down substantially over the same time last year – 19 in 2010 versus 7 in 2011. Meanwhile, October murders have numbered ...

11/3/11

Belize: Citrus season opens
FreshPlaza - ‎11/3/11‎
Citrus farmers in the south are getting better prices for this year's grapefruit crop. That is according to the Citrus Growers Association which today announced the commencement of delivery of fruit to the factory. Love News spoke by telephone ...

US Feds Bust The Belizean Bloods Of Chicago
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/11‎
Tonight 24 persons, most of them Belizean Immigrants in the United States are facing federal charges for drug trafficking and passport fraud. It's the result of a major operation by US Law Enforcement, a three year investigation into and infiltration ...

Belize Gangs Try to Encourage De-Escalation of Weaponry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/11‎
And while there are connections between that gang and local drug dealers, thankfully, the gang situation in Belize, right now, is nowhere near that Chicago situation. In fact, according to law enforcement officials there has not been one gang related ...

Tourist Tried To Swallow Joint At Tourism Village
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/11‎
Jules, tourism is the number one industry in Belize, this is what put food on our table. It's wrong for the policeman to beat up a woman and manhandle her like that." "What do you mean by beat up? Maybe they restrained her or something like that. ...

F. Fonseca Sworn In As Leader Of The Opposition
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/11‎
Tonight, finally, there is a new leader of the opposition in the House of Representatives. This morning in Belmopan, Francis Fonseca took the oath as the Leader of the Opposition today from Governor General Sir Colville Young. ...

PM Couldn't Be Bothered About IMF
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/3/11‎
On Monday the IMF issued the result of its article four consultation with Belize. It was generally favourable, noting that Belize has weathered the global financial crisis relatively well and that twelve-month inflation was nil in 2010. ...

VISITING PROFESSOR CONCLUDES STUDY IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/3/11‎
The University of Belize through its office of Development coordinated a Study Tour with Prairie View A and M University (PVAMU), Texas. The study took place on the last week of October and was led by Belizean born Professor at Prairie View, ...

A NUMBER OF BELIZEANS CHARGED IN CHICAGO
LoveFM - ‎11/3/11‎
According to the charges against Johnson and three others, his sources of supply included quantities of narcotics from Belize, the release said. He allegedly directed the distribution of powder and crack cocaine, and “cooked” powder cocaine to produce ...

BELIZE RED CROSS TO HOST THREE DAY WORKSHOP
LoveFM - ‎11/3/11‎
The Belize Red Cross will be hosting a three day workshop beginning tomorrow. Evlyn Landaverry is the coordinator of the upcoming workshop. “First of all the title of the project is positive future and it is dealing with the methodology of restorative ...

STUDENT STABBED AT WESLEY COLLEGE
LoveFM - ‎11/3/11‎
“Established in 1862, Wesley College has been one of the oldest high schools in Belize's history. With an enrolment of over six hundred students, today the school's attention focused on meetings among teachers and students over an unfortunate stabbing ...

NEW OPPOSITION LEADER SWORN IN
LoveFM - ‎11/3/11‎
The oath was administered during a brief ceremony at Belize House in Belmopan by Governor General Sir Colville Young. Fonseca's swearing in, follows the resignation of John Briceño as Leader of the Opposition on October eighteenth. ...

Fortis prepares to submit BEL compensation claim
Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production Magazine - ‎11/3/11‎
Canada's Fortis (TSX: FTS) this quarter expects to submit a compensation claim to Belize's government over the expropriation of the company's stake in Belize Electricity (BEL). In June, the government expropriated Fortis' approximate 70% stake in the ...

Geosciences researcher receives fishery conservation award
Texas A&M University - ‎11/3/11‎
Here, Belize marine biologist Vanna Noralez (left) advises Granados-Dieseldorff on the experimental design for under water visual censuses (Photo by WD Heyman).Granados-Dieseldorff, a participant in the National Science Foundation's Integrative ...

Final table set at World Series of Poker
USA Today (blog) - ‎11/3/11‎
This year, three players from the USA are joined by others from Germany, Great Britain, Ukraine, Ireland, Belize, and leader Martin Staszko (40.18 million chips) is from the Czech Republic. "We've got poker's United Nations happening this coming week ...

New Building for Buena Vista Government School
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
The Government of Belize will contribute approximately $97255 and residents of BuenaVista Villagewill provide $5300 worth of furniture for the school. The total estimated cost of the project is $512776. It entails the construction of a 3300 square feet ...

Coast Guard receives $8M equipment from the US
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
On Wednesday November 2nd at the Coast Guard Headquarters, a ceremony was held for the donation of 4 vessels, 2 trucks and a container of equipment to the Belize Coast Guard from the United States Embassy. The total worth of the donation is valued at ...

Belizean health specialists receive training in Mexico
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
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. ...

Ministry of Sports & Football Federation of Belize joint Press Release
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
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. ...

Home Made Destination Belize 2012
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
On Tuesday, November 1st, the Belize Tourism Industry Association launched Destination Belize 2012. It is the 16th edition but this publication is more homely. Jim Scott, President of BTIA, explained that the previous editions were published by a US ...
A not so Smart slate in OW
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
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. ...

Bunch a nuttn
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
Instead there will be just little over 500 residents of Belize City who will be able to vote for the bunch that will represent the PUP. This is as bad as that political party can go especially since it is saying it is going back to the people. ...

Hon. Perdomo steps aside for health reasons
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
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. ...

Two Dozen Members and Associates of Belizean Bloods Street Gang Facing Federal ...
NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release) - ‎11/3/11‎
CHICAGO—A federal investigation of alleged passport fraud and narcotics trafficking by members and associates of the Belizean Bloods street gang operating in Evanston and Chicago has resulted in charges against two dozen defendants, most of whom were ...

A Scary new leader for the PUP
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
Francis Fonseca is now officially at the helm of the most corrupt party that has ever governed in Belize but what is most scary is that those who have chosen to take his flank are principals of the PUP past administration. Dickie Bradley must have ...

From the Kitchen to Parliament
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
On Wednesday November 2nd the McField Conference Center of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building on Coney Drive, a national dialog on the present situation of women in Politics was carried out. Prominent Belizean women who have entered ...

Government Boosts River Valley and Toled...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
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. ...

Goldsmith earns $100000 in Appeals Court Case
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
Fortunately for Belize they were unsuccessful, but not because they were not able to stop the bill does it mean that they won't collect. In fact for Goldsmith it was a decent payday. Reports to the Guardian indicate that under the tax laws of Belize ...

Written by Administrator
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/3/11‎
The Guardian Newspaper is in possession of documents which show that Gilroy Usher Sr.; his son, Gilroy Usher Jr., and Lennox “DJ Tambran” Young owe quiet the sums to the Belize City Council. Now owing is nothing new, in fact there is the adage that ...

11/2/11

Man Knocked Down By Bus Dies; Another Knocked Down Today
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/11‎
Reports are that it was a Guerra's bus that knocked him down. Reports say he had to be taken out from under the bus. Cal received massive head injuries and was rushed to Belize City in an ambulance for treatment at the KHMH.

Santino Castillo And Mike Singh: Both Sure In The Shores
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/11‎
Secondly - and Mike is my good friend - but if I recall correctly, Mike just came back to Belize when the UDP won the last general elections. I'm a home boy, been there, done that. And you know, Jules, I've been involved in everything from ...

Coast Guard Gets Major US Sponsored Upgrade
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/11‎
The Belize National Coast Guard may have taken a credibility hit when a vessel was stolen from under its collective nose a few weeks ago. But they got the boat back - and their credibility got a shot in the arm as well today when the United States Army ...

Dallas Dancers Do Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/11‎
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre is in Belize for the first time to perform as a part of - Dance Extravaganza- an annual event hosted by the Institute of Creative Arts. The dance company is one of the oldest in the US which is consists of 12 professional ...

Finally, Perdomo Steps Down
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/11‎
You probably know here as one of the key organizers of the annual Ride Across Belize. Well, she was also born and raised in Caribbean Shores - and today she told us that she is officially putting in her name as a candidate. The deadline for submission ...

Early Oranges Given The Green Light For Delivery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/2/11‎
Tonight, less than a week after we reported on the latest standoff between the Citrus Growers Association, the Belize Citrus mutual and CPBL, it appears that a compromise has been reached giving a green light for deliveries of early oranges at the ...

BELIZE COAST GUARD GETS SUBSTANTIAL DONATION
LoveFM - ‎11/2/11‎
The Belize Coast Guard Headquarters on the Western Highway was today the venue for a commissioning ceremony for new coast guard vessels. After the opening remarks by Lieutenant Junior Grade Jaimala B. Requena and the invocation by Major Errol Robateau, ...

TWO BUS ACCIDENTS REPORTED, ONE FATAL
LoveFM - ‎11/2/11‎
Driver of the bus, 32-year-old Fernando Mariaga of Benque Viejo told Love News about 3:55 pm he was driving the bus from Belize City to Belmopan and upon reaching the entrance he saw a cyclist coming in the opposite direction. ...

THIEVES TARGET BELIZE CITY CHURCH BUILDING
LoveFM - ‎11/2/11‎
Thieves have targeted the Wesley Methodist Church on Albert Street in Belize City. According to reports reaching the RSV Media Centre, parishioners left the building properly secured after choir practice on Tuesday night. But when worshipers turned up ...

PRIME MINISTER BARROW ADDRESSES ISSUES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
LoveFM - ‎11/2/11‎
On the issue of crime, the Prime Minister said that there has been a decrease in gang related murders in Belize City. “Ladies and gentlemen I am very happy to report that since we signed that gang truce there has not been a single gang related murder ...

WSOP November Nine Profile - Badih Bou-Nahra
Examiner.com - ‎11/2/11‎
Originally from Lebanon but by way of Belize, Bou-Nahra has used a low-key style to navigate his way through the Main Event minefield before making a great run late. He was a businessman in the grocery sector who now resides in Belize City, Belize as ...

Societal collapse: Drought and the Maya
Nature.com (subscription) - ‎11/2/11‎
The decline of Maya civilization was once thought to have occurred between AD 830 and 900, but some sites, such as Lamanai, Belize (shown), were not abandoned until the seventeenth century. Archaeological evidence (from sites marked in blue) suggests ...

11/1/11

Destination Belize Magazine Gets Homegrown Makeover In Its 16th Year
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/11‎
Destination Belize is the flagship magazine for Belize's tourist industry. It's what guests find in their hotel rooms and it's what Belize's tourism promoters and vendors hand out at travel agencies and trade shows worldwide, basically to say: "This is ...

Belize's Best 10 Under Age 12 Head To Merida
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/11‎
Belize's U-12 National Basketball Team is heading across the northern border tomorrow, to represent Belize in a 3 day basketball Festival that will be held in Merida over the weekend. The festival starts on Friday and continues through . ...

Scary Home Invasion In Mullins River Nets Thieves 43K In Stolen Items
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/11‎
Police are also reporting a home invasion at an unspecified address in Belize City where a 19-year old Salvadorean male says he was taking care of a house on Saturday night when he was awakened by a noise. He went outside with his machete - where a man ...

Ann-Marie Explains Cari Shores Candidacy; Will Moya Run?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/11‎
Ordinarily a lot of times when people have money they want one more thing - more money and I have a proven track record and people in the division, people in Belize know me. They know what I stand for. They know exactly my work and speak for itself. ...

IMF Says Poverty Rising
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/11‎
In its latest report on Belize issued yesterday The IMF has warned about growing poverty. The report warns that a "recent rise in poverty is also a cause for concern." That aside, the report is modestly upbeat saying that "Belize has weathered the ...

Insurance Gives
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/1/11‎
... and so these persons received their checks in reasonable time and as a result of that their life can go on. Yes we know that the proceeds cannot bring back that love one but at the end of the day it makes life much easier." 7 News Belize.

LATEST EDITION OF DESTINATION BELIZE PRESENTED
LoveFM - ‎11/1/11‎
Destination Belize, the travel magazine that markets Belize as a tourism location has transformed the theory of Armageddon 2012 into a whole different and pleasant concept. In order to sell Belize to the world, the producers of the magazine, ...

INSURANCE COMPANIES DONATE TO TWO NEEDY ORGANIZATIONS
LoveFM - ‎11/1/11‎
Two organizations were on the receiving end of a donation from the Belize Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (BELAIFA). The donations were collected by agents from different insurance companies. Today representatives of Liberty Children's ...

IMF ISSUES ARTICLE FOUR CONSULTATION REPORT FOR BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/1/11‎
The International Monetary Fund says that Belize has weathered the global financial crisis better than the rest of the Caribbean Community. That is according to the just released Article Four consultation summary. According to the summary released ...

RAISE YOUR FLAG WINNER PICKS UP PRIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/1/11‎
Today Michelle Edwards a resident of Mahogany Heights travelled to Belize City to pick up her prize which is $500.00 groceries per month from K-Park Supermarket. Owner of the Supermarket Vanessa Vagani told Love News this is just one way of giving back ...

IMF commends Belize – but flags “recent rise in poverty,” bad loans in banking ...
Amandala - ‎11/1/11‎
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a congratulatory report on the conclusion of annual consultations with Belize, but cautioned about rising poverty and the vulnerability of Belize's banking sector against a “weak investment climate. ...

Traffic officers still being “dissed”
Amandala - ‎11/1/11‎
Traffic officers doing motor vehicle inspections in Belize City had to suspend their work again due to the rains. For the past 6 months since the unit has been evicted from the Magazine Road premises of the old bus terminal complex, they have been ...

Female football hot in Belize District, and “Smart” Millennium is boss
Amandala - ‎11/1/11‎
With one weekend of games still remaining in the regular season of the Belize District Female Football Competition 2011, the “Smart” Millennium team from Belize City has established a big lead over all other clubs in the standings, maintaining an ...

Miriam DeShield answers Wilmot
Amandala - ‎11/1/11‎
Thank you for the opportunity to respond to agro-business' representative in Belize, Mr. Wilmot Simmons, corn seed salesman of Prosser Fertilizer and Agrotec Co., Ltd., the agent for Monsanto in Belize, the pioneer corn that was imported and destroyed, ...

Palestine wins membership in UNESCO
Amandala - ‎11/1/11‎
This may mean less money for programs to member states, including Belize, if the shortfall in financing is not rectified. This is not the first time that the US has pulled its UNESCO financing. It also did it under former US President Reagan and ...

Hattie, 50 years ago
Amandala - ‎11/1/11‎
Hurricane Hattie, which struck Belize City, Stann Creek Town, and all points in between, some fifty years ago on October 31, 1961, caused major, irreversible changes in Belize, which was then the colony of British Honduras. Even though the September 10 ...

2 men charged for withdrawing dead man's money!
Amandala - ‎11/1/11‎
Michelle Guzman, of the Belize Bank Limited, Dangriga Branch, told police that she discovered a total of $23, 590 in alleged fraudulent cash advances at her Dangriga branch. There were a total of six separate transactions made on deceased Franco ...

New claims challenge GOB on 2011 nationalization of BTL
Amandala - ‎11/1/11‎
The Barrow administration has recently signed into law the Eighth Amendment to the Belize Constitution, which, it has said, would put the 2011 re-nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) beyond legal dispute...


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