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2/2/2007
BTL workers serve notice of industrial action
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/2/2007
The Belize Communications Workers Union has given the Minister of Labour the mandatory twenty-one days notice of industrial action against Belize ...
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| Computers donated to Salvation Army Primary
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/2/2007
It's a school that is no stranger to bad luck ... but today the administration, faculty, and students of Belize City's Salvation Army Primary were counting ...
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Chevron Reports Fourth quarter Net Income of $3.77 Billion, Down 9 ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 2/2/2007
This initial production is connected to the nearby Benguela Belize-Lobito Tomboco project. Tombua-Landana is the company's third deepwater development ...
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| Children’s programme receives international funding
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/2/2007
A small European country has awarded a Belizean children's group with forty thousand dollars. Through the San Marino Permanent Mission to the United Nations ...
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| IT forum organized to improve efficiency
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/2/2007
“In the development of ICT in Belize, it’s not very much planned. How do we want to use it? How can we enhance it? What are other countries doing for the ...
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| Brown and Troyer Earn Academic Honors
CSTV.com, NY - 2/2/2007
Troyer is a junior from Belize City, Belize. He is a Business Management major with a 3.2 GPA. Troyer has played in all 21 games and averaged 21 minutes a ...
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POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 2/2/2007
Belize City Police are looking for a suspect who is alleged to have stabbed 40-year-old Cecil Stevens.Police say sometime around five thirty yesterday ...
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COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION ISSUES NOTICE TO STRIKE
LoveFM, Belize - 2/2/2007
Employees of the Belize Telecommunications Limited who are members of the Belize Communications Workers Union have gone on industrial action. ...
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BELIZEAN YOUTH GROUP RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL AWARD
LoveFM, Belize - 2/2/2007
And coming back to Belize I thought that it would be unique to try something like this and when we looked in our neighbourhood there wasn’t any positive ...
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PARTICIPANTS IN TRAINING COURSE RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
LoveFM, Belize - 2/2/2007
The first one, “Basic Aviation Security Course,” began this week at the University of the West Indies Centre in Belize City.The rest of the courses are ...
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MINISTRY OF WORKS CONDUCTS SERIES OF WORKSHOPS
LoveFM, Belize - 2/2/2007
The Labour Department, the Immigration and Nationality Department, and the Belize Social Security Board will make presentations. ...
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DFC - di big cato denh di come out!!
Amandala, Belize - 2/2/2007
The Commission probed him on a number of issues: the spurious $50 million loan the DFC got with the Belize Bank, allegedly to repay its debt to the ...
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GOB’s billion-dollar-bond floats
Amandala, Belize - 2/2/2007
The public offering made by the Government of Belize to foreign creditors to refinance US$565 million in foreign debt was launched on December 18, 2006. ...
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Richard Hulse brutally stabbed to death
Amandala, Belize - 2/2/2007
Richard Hulse, a father of two, has spent over twenty years working for many of Belize City’s media houses. In his last years, Hulse worked free-lance. ...
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Revolutionary Conquerors win FFB Cup championship
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/2/2007
The championship match was preceded by a consolation match for third place which the Hankook Verdes of Cayo won 2-1 over Lake I of Belize City. ...
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IDB sets out to teach GOB how best to use its resouces
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/2/2007
The Government of Belize and the Inter-American Development Bank on Wednesday signed apro-development agreement to strengthen Belize’s capacity for ...
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GOB may confiscate UHS properties? DFC and Belize Bank share same ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/2/2007
A deeper probe into the transactions of Universal Health Services, which secured a $17 million loan from the Belize Bank through a government guarantee, ...
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Chicken up 22 cents more on the pound
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/2/2007
According to Chairman of the Belize Poultry Association, Bernhard Bergen, Belizeans consume over 30 million pounds of chicken per year and producers can no ...
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Freelance reporter found brutally murdered
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2/2/2007
Belize City Police say they suspect it’sa crime of passion which occurred sometime between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. ...
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2/1/2007
Union contemplates strike action against BTL
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/1/2007
There's trouble brewing on the labour front as the Belize Communications Workers Union is threatening industrial action following the dismissal of three BTL ...
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| Forensic auditor chronicles misdeeds at DFC
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/1/2007
Examples include New Millennium Enterprises Limited, Aqua Marine Suites Limited, Print Belize Limited, Royal Palm Limited, Karim Adle, Toledo Free Zone, ...
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| Veteran court reporter murdered in his bed
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/1/2007
Around noon today his bloody corpse was found at his Belize City home. The blood splattered walls and the mess left inside the one room wooden house suggest ...
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| Price of Belize’s favourite food rises thirteen percent
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/1/2007
According to a release from the Belize Agro-Productive Sector Group the average price of whole dressed chicken will rise twenty-two cents per pound, ...
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| Belizeans moving into legal trade in xate
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 2/1/2007
Chico/Mex Belize currently has about fifty employees: eight in the warehouse sorting and packing, two collectors responsible for picking up the leaves, ...
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The sound of Belize, please
Newsday, NY - 2/1/2007
Palacio is part of the minority Garifuna people in the tiny Central American country of Belize. The Garifuna trace their heritage to 1635, when two ships ...
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BTL'S UNION MEMBERS TO TAKE INDUSTRIAL ACTION
LoveFM, Belize - 2/1/2007
Employees of the Belize Telecommunications Limited who are members of the Belize Communications Workers Union headed by its President, Paul Perriott have ...
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POLICE SEEK PUBLIC'S HELP IN IDENTIFYING BODY OF MAN FOUND
LoveFM, Belize - 2/1/2007
Belize City Police are asking the public's help in identifying the body of a man whose lifeless body was found this morning. Police say they were called out ...
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POLICE CHARGE MAN IN CONNECTION WITH FRIDAY NIGHT'S SHOOTING
LoveFM, Belize - 2/1/2007
Belize City Police have arrested 20 year old Brandon Taylor of a Plues Street address and charged him with attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of ...
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JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT BELIZE CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF SERVICE
LoveFM, Belize - 2/1/2007
Junior Achievement Belize is celebrating 15 years of service. Love News spoke with National Coordinator Brenda Serrano. “Junior Achievement was originally ...
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COURT NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 2/1/2007
Late last year Governor General Sir Colville Young on the advice of the Belize Advisory Council pardoned and released Omar Vellos. ...
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1/31/2007
GG pardons convicted rapist as victim recants testimony
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/31/2007
To our knowledge it has never happened before, but today we have received news that the Governor General, on the advice of the Belize Advisory Council, ...
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| Young patients receive “gift of life” from Rotary
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/31/2007
The young boys are among the growing number of children in Belize, who are living with heart defects. We caught up with Bermudez and Reyes at the Karl ...
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Fortune Lounge Launches the Festival of Fortunes
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 1/31/2007
BELIZE CITY, Belize, January 31 /PRNewswire/ -- This is sure to be an eventful year for players at the prestigious Fortune Lounge group of online casinos ...
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| New building dedicated at ACC
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/31/2007
... made possible through fundraising projects by the Parent Teachers Association and Government of Belize through the Commonwealth Debt Initiative Program. ...
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| Government enthusiastic over superbond approvals
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/31/2007
Tonight the Musa administration is celebrating the news that in an "exceedingly rare" event, almost all of Belize's bond holders have opted to participate ...
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| IDB grant seeks to streamline public management
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/31/2007
And this is bank-wide, it is not only Belize. But when we consult with the various countries, the technicians in the public service, in the specific country ...
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| Owner of euthanized horse defends carriage trade
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/31/2007
Maybe he had discovered the horse, but you see I don’t reside in Belize City anymore so I was not informed of that when I got to where the carriages are ...
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| Cayo Espanto wins Hotel of the Year
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 1/31/2007
Tourism Week, an initiative of the Belize Tourism Board (BTB), is held every year in Belize in celebration of, well the name says it, tourism. ...
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| San Pedro Street Project a reality
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 1/31/2007
Sitting at the head table were Mayor of San Pedro Town Elsa Paz, Belize Rural South Area Representative Honorable Manuel Heredia Jr., and councilors. ...
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| Our Community - Winston Panton
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 1/31/2007
Winston’s expertise and volunteerism was put to good use when Hurricane Hattie made its way to the shores of Belize. In 1961, he was a warden at one of the ...
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| Carlos Marín Elected President of the Central American Table ...
ITTF, Switzerland - 1/31/2007
At the moment there is no organised table tennis in Bélize and there is lull in activities in Nicaragua; those are two countries to be targeted and once in ...
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ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL COLLEGE INAUGURATES NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
LoveFM, Belize - 1/31/2007
“This programme enables the Government of Belize to obtain funding through process that it would have used to repay the debt that the country owes the ...
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OFFICE OF GOVERNANCE ENGAGES IN COUNTRYWIDE WORKSHOPS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/31/2007
“And we are having a forum on Friday for all those persons involved with the technology to look at a national strategy for Belize. Private, public sectors ...
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BELIZE COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS UNION THREATENS INDUSTRIAL ACTION
LoveFM, Belize - 1/31/2007
The Belize Telecommunications Workers Union has sent a letter to BTL’s Chairman Dean Boyce.This follows the termination of three employees from the Stores ...
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MINISTER ESPAT GIVES HIS VIEWS REGARDING MINISTER OF STATE
LoveFM, Belize - 1/31/2007
Grant funding for various projects to improve governance, projects that will include the strengthening of the Statistical Institute of Belize, ...
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COURTS NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/31/2007
Two Belize City men charged with aggravated burglary and three counts of aggravated assault have been remanded to Prison for these offenses. ...
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PM'S OFFICE ISSUSE COPY OF LETTER SENT TO BELIZE CITY MAYOR
LoveFM, Belize - 1/31/2007
Yesterday evening the Office of the Prime Minister issued a copy of a letter from Prime Minister Said Musa to Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya. ...
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Fortune Lounge launches Festival of Fortunes
Casino City Times, MA - 1/31/2007
BELIZE CITY, Belize –- (PRESS RELEASE) -- This is sure to be an eventful year for players at the prestigious Fortune Lounge group of online casinos and ...
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1/30/2007
| Grieving mothers unite to end violence
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/30/2007
... carrying placards and pictures of their loved ones who were gunned down—mostly in the streets of Belize City, but also from the Cayo District. ...
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| Owner’s cruelty leaves horse to die
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/30/2007
That was the reaction of officials from the Belize Humane Society this morning following the discovery of a horse near mile three on the Western Highway ...
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| DFC hearings resume Thursday and Friday
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/30/2007
According to a commission release, the public hearings, held at the Belize Institute of Management in Belize City, will also convene those same two days of ...
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Government confirms head tax subvention for city
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/30/2007
The Prime Minister's office has also released a letter sent yesterday to Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya confirming the city's one US dollar cut of the ...
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Passport scandal laid to rest as last charges dropped
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/30/2007
The passport scandal: it was big news back in 2002 when it was shown that hundreds, perhaps over a thousand Belize passports had been illegally sold on the ...
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| City residents complain about mounting trash
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/30/2007
The collection of garbage--or more precisely, the lack of it--is a growing issue in Belize City politics. Today some residents on the edge of downtown asked ...
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PRIME MINISTER SUSPENDS MINISTER OF STATE MARCIAL MES
LoveFM, Belize - 1/30/2007
What I am saying to you is that the Government of Belize is not interfering in the case, the legal the legal process will follow its course and Minister ...
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LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION DISCUSSES SEVERAL ISSUES
LoveFM, Belize - 1/30/2007
The National Party Council voted for the UDP to reserve all its rights to further action if Government continues to disrespect and punish the city of Belize ...
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH IMPLEMENTS HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PROJECT
LoveFM, Belize - 1/30/2007
A rapid assessment is being undertaken in the north side of Belize City to determine the health needs of people living in the area. ...
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Pedophilia is a crime!
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/2007
The story comes from behind the walls of a very prominent high school in Belize City, where a homosexual administrator is alleged to be abusing his ...
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Big up, coconut oil!
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/2007
Well, coconut oil had been “from time immemorial” our number one cooking oil, not only in Belize, but in all tropical countries, until a few decades ago ...
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From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/2007
That same Thursday the BELIZE TIMES editorial included Adele Ramos of Amandala as one of those “who seize every opportunity to unfairly attack the ...
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Minister Mes’ mess
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/2007
... 15, were flown out via helicopter to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), Belize City, in the company of Samantha’s eldest sister, Raquel, 25. ...
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4 nights, five shootings, 7 injured!.
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/2007
Between Thursday and last night, Sunday, police had to investigate five separate shootings in Belize City, and took seven shooting victims, ...
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GOB closes offering of US$565 million bond
Amandala, Belize - 1/30/2007
The public offering made by the Government of Belize to foreign creditors to refinance US$565 million in foreign debt closed at 4:30 pm New York time on ...
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1/29/2007
BELIZE CITY COUNCIL SAYS THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR OFFICIAL WORD ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/2007
The United Democratic Party issued a release which states that the National Party Council condemns the bad faith shown by the Government of Belize in ...
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POLICE DETAIN ONE AND IS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER IN CONNECTION WITH ...
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/2007
Belize City Police have detained one person and are looking for another in connection with a shooting incident that took place yesterday evening in Belize ...
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PM OFFICIALLY OPENS CANTO'S AGM
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/2007
The 23 Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organizations also known as CANTO, is underway in Belize City. ...
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MINISTER OF STATE CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH TRAFFIC INCIDENT
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/2007
The children have since been transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City where they remain in critical conditions. ...
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OFFICE OF GOVERNANCE CONDUCTS WORKSHOPS
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/2007
Today’s workshop is being held at the Coastal Zone Training Room in Belize City. Tomorrow the workshop will be in San Ignacio Town at the San Ignacio Hotel ...
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ALLIANCE AGAIANST AIDS PRESENTS PLAN OF ACTION FOR 2007
LoveFM, Belize - 1/29/2007
Rodel Beltran Perrera, Director of the Alliance Against Aids. The 2007 plan of action was presented at 2 o’clock today at the Smokey Mermaid in Belize City.
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| Caves may reveal if global warming is causing stronger hurricanes
Mongabay.com - 1/29/2007
Measuring oxygen isotope variation in stalagmites in Actun Tunichil Muknal cave in central Belize, a team of researchers have identified evidence of ...
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1/26/2007
CITCO to discuss head tax proposal at Saturday meeting
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/26/2007
Three days after Cabinet proposed to pay the Belize City Council one US dollar from the seven dollar cruise passenger head tax, the municipal body has yet ...
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Construction co. pitches in to help Salvation Army
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/26/2007
Despite its reputation for helping the less fortunate, the Salvation Army school has been the target of thieves who have robbed the institution of ...
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| Teenaged bystander injured in city shooting
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/26/2007
The sound of gunshots echoed across a Belize City neighbourhood last night and when nervous residents emerged from their homes, they found a teenaged ...
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| Mothers Organized for Peace to hold weekend rally
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/26/2007
In response to the resurgence of gun violence in Belize City, on Sunday Mothers Organized for Peace will be holding a special memorial service in memory of ...
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| Experts to try new tactics in poverty fight
Channel5Belize.com, Belize - 1/26/2007
In 2002 the Country Poverty Assessment report revealed that the nation’s poorest areas are found in the Toledo district and the south side of Belize City. ...
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From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 1/26/2007
In our situation as black people in Belize in 2007, it is for sure that there are white people here who share our beliefs about how we can save our little ...
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Keep on comin’ on!
Amandala, Belize - 1/26/2007
The confrontation between the Belize City Council and GOB has demonstrated that up to now, January 20th, Ms. Moya is demonstrating the “cojones” and resolve ...
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A Ralph sighting – a Godfrey muzzling
Amandala, Belize - 1/26/2007
PUP Belize Rural Central area representative/national campaign manager/Home Affairs Minister/growth economics guru, Hon. Ralph Fonseca, appeared in the ...
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Troy, wi di wait fu yu, bway!
Amandala, Belize - 1/26/2007
In the case of the $50 million loan to the Belize Bank, which has come up repeatedly during the course of the public hearings, a former DFC employee ...
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Double gun homicide Monday night on Casuarina
Amandala, Belize - 1/26/2007
... one of two young men who were shot and killed about 10:20 on Monday night, January 22, on Casuarina Street in the St. Martin’s area of Belize City. ...
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Panamanian wins 2nd Annual BTB Challenge Sprint Triathlon
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer. Teacher Jamie Chanona-Usher was leading at the outset of the half mile swim in the sea but Bru overhauled her on ...
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Justin Usher wins 2nd BTB Students’ Challenge Triathlon
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
Justin Usher of Edward P. Yorke High School won the 2nd Annual Belize Tourist Board (BTB) Challenge Triathlon for students ages 13-15. ...
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What’s this about taking the Dispute to the International Court at ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
The Guatemalans knew that in international law they had no legal claim to Belize. So when the British refused to go the way of arbitration or mediation (ie ...
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One of America’s most wanted could be hiding in Belize
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
One of nine men who allegedly was involved in the shooting death of a police officer in the United States 35 years ago, could be hiding out in Belize, ...
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Two Mennonite brothers indicted for sexually molesting their sisters
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
The two brothers were in Belize City on Tuesday trying to get disclosure of the prosecution evidence from the Supreme Court. ...
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Murder, madness & mayhem in Lake I
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
Jamal Betancourt, a resident of George Street in Belize City was on Tuesday formally arraigned on two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, ...
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Chamber provides bullet-proof vests for front line Customs officers
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
On Tuesday January during a brief ceremony, the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s anti contraband committee handed over 10 bullet -proof vests and 2 ...
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Mothers organise service for peace on Jan. 28
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
Mothers Organised for Peace (MOP) is planning a memorial service for Sunday, January 28 at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist in Belize City at ...
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Citizens pray to quell domestic violence
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
Moises Chan, of the Belize Council of Churches, Major Errol A. Robateau of the Salvation Army, Dean Lloyd Neal of the Cathedral Church of St. John the ...
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Rt. Rev’d. Dorick Wright installed as Bishop of Belize City & Belmopan
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
Osmond Peter Martin as the first Belizean Bishop of Belize City and Belmopan and the elevation of His Lordship Dorick Wright to be his successor. ...
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City Council holds out for disbursements without strings
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
The Musa government announced on Tuesday that Cabinet has agreed to provide US $1.00 of the cruiseship head tax to the Belize City Council effective ...
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Governance by law! Not according to whim
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
The Belize Chamber of Commerce has indicated to its members that it has been having discussions with Mr. Ghian Ghandi, Legal Counsel in the Ministry of ...
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Belize and Cuba renew medical partnership
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
Belize has enjoyed a partnership in the medical field with Cuba, the largest Caribbean island since 1999. Eight years on, thousands of Belizeans have ...
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David Vasquez - ACB new President
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
David is an intelligent and dynamic young Belizean who has been employed in senior management positions at several well established companies in Belize. ...
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International soldiers visit Kansas Statehouse
49abcnews.com, KS - 1/26/2007
Other countries represented this year are Australia, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Korea, ...
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We have 36 guests online
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
The pressures are simply too great, especially for a small country like Belize. It should be especially avoided in an election year, when consensus is ...
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Acting Labour Comish dies of colon cancer at 38
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
According to Carol Cabral, Morgan’s sister, she was first diagnosed with the disease in Belize in October 2006. Morgan had only completed her Master’s ...
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DFC Hearing Reveals...Godfrey’s company got away with $9.43 million
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
The minutes of this meeting, which was sent to the Belize Bank as part of the approval process of the loan, indicated the DFC Board of Directors had met on ...
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Gerald Bahadur faces jail time for molesting a little girl
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 1/26/2007
Gerald Bahadur, a 58-year-old pensioner has been found guilty of two of three counts of carnal knowledge on Wednesday in the Belize City Supreme Court. ...
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