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1/5/10

....MINISTRY OF HEALTH RESPONDS
LoveFM - ‎1/5/10‎
... Belize Healthcare Partners Limited and the Office of the Solicitor General to address concerns raised over the delivery of dialysis services at BHPL. ...

MOTHERS FIGHT OVER CUSTODY OF EIGHT YEAR OLD
LoveFM - ‎1/5/10‎
The next day she asked if she could take Chelsey with her to Belize City for two days. Bejerano says that she was unable to locate Gentle or Chelsey and ...

BELIZE HEALTH CARE PARTNERS RESPONDS TO DIALYSIS PATIENTS' CONCERNS
LoveFM - ‎1/5/10‎
News has been reporting the ongoing conflict between the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited and kidney patients who receive dialysis treatment at the ...

Survivor pleads to have remaining grenades removed from streets
channel5belize - ‎1/5/10‎
There are at least eighteen fragment grenades on the streets of Belize. Upon explosion, hundreds of pellets shoot out and penetrate walls and innocent ...

Ugly Custody Dispute: Biological Mother Vs. Adopted Mother
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/10‎
Kelanie Gillett was tracked down in Belize City this afternoon and Lupita Bejerano and her daughter rushed to Belize City to retrieve Chelsey. ...

The Dialysis Dilemma
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/10‎
Ministry of Health officials met with management of the Healthcare Partners Hospital today. As we've been reporting since last week, kidney patients have ...

Cpl. Mark August Charged for Assaulting Mechanic
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/10‎
Corporal August, who is attached to the Patrol Branch in Belize City, was charged for wounding, 2 counts of threatening words, 2 counts of common assault, ...

Cabinet Decides to Open School in Belama
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/10‎
There's been a decision to open a primary school in that expanding part of Belize City. And while the decision is there, not much else is known as the ...

Brutal Attack on Crippled Young Man
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/5/10‎
Nineteen year old Kenrick Augustus better known as bolo is a familiar face around Belize City. Kenrick, who has cerebral palsy, is mute and partially ...

Female lawyers battle for Belize
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
While the men lawyers line up to follow di money, women lawyers in Belize battle for justice. Add the name of Mrs. Audrey Matura Shepperd alongside Ms. Lois ...

Foreigners sweep 2010 KREM Classic
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
70 riders began the 93-mile race from the Belize/Mexican border, and 54 finished inside the race limit of 30 minutes after the first place finisher. ...

Vichy Belize?
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
The Foreign Minister of Belize, Hon. Wilfred Elrington, has refused to retract statements he made in Washington, DC, to the effect that the border between ...

Crooked tree mother, Alda Mae Jex, bludgeoned on New Year's Day
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
According to Alda Mae's husband, he was told that his wife needs to be transferred to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City, because only one ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
By contrast, this Friday morning's get together was more focused, in view of the fact that two major and critical matters have emerged in Belize, ...

Standstill at Tower Hill
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
Sugar cane deliveries are again at a standstill today, as things took an unfortunate turn at about 1:10 this afternoon, when the Belize Sugar Industries at ...

“Panta” gunned down at family's apartment during evening news
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
Area residents were unanimous in praising Hinks, a clerk at the Belize City Council, as a stellar athlete – with credits in interoffice basketball, ...

Gold, silver, lead at Chiquibul
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
Belize, particularly the Cayo District, is being explored for its store of precious metals, such as gold and silver, as well as lead and other associated ...

Lusby Martinez, 25, the alleged grenade thrower, is charged with murder
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
He was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until his next court appearance on February 4, 2010. Authorities were able to determine the type of grenade ...

More questions than answers in murder of Christopher Galvez, 23
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
Following the revelations made on KREM Radio's “Wake Up Belize Morning Vibes” on Tuesday morning, December 29 (Martin and Yolanda had spoken to Channel 7 ...

Jim Baxter, rest in peace
Amandala - ‎1/5/10‎
Cuello was from Orange Walk, and he wanted to feature Enrique Carballo and give Belize City the sense. While attending the Zamorano School of Agriculture in ...

1/4/10

James Adderley has the winners of the New Year sporting events
channel5belize - ‎1/4/10‎
Defending champion, Marlon Castillo formerly of Santino's, now riding for Zamir Cycling Team, seeks to be the biggest man in Belize on New Year's Day for a ...

Suspect charged for grenade attack that terrorized Kraal Road
channel5belize - ‎1/4/10‎
It is believed the grenade originated from a batch gone missing a few years ago from the British Forces and is the sixth to surface in the streets of Belize ...

6 Kilos of Weed in Newtown Barracks Apartment
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/10‎
There was a large drug bust in Belize City last night. Police say that at around 10:30 they searched an apartment at 134 Newtown Barracks and inside a kit ...

Kareem Arnold Wanted in Belmopan for Burglary
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/10‎
20 year old Kareem Arnold was today charged in the Belize City magistrate's court for possession of unlicensed ammunition. But he and a 16 year old minor ...

Lusby Martinez Charged for Grenade Blast
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/10‎
The final murder count for 2009 is 94 – four less than the previous year which means that Belize's murder rate is 32 per one hundred thousand – two less ...

Woman Viciously Attacked in Crooked Tree
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/10‎
Today Alda Mae Gillett underwent surgery at a private clinic in Belize City to repair her broken jaw. When 7News contacted Ladyville Police they told us ...

Foreigners Dominate New Year's Day Cycling Race
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎1/4/10‎
68 of Belize's elite riders lined up for the 20th. Annual KREM New Year's Day Cycling Classic. 2007 Champ Shane Vasquez-Aburto was present. ...

BELIZE CITY MAN CHARGED FOR GRENADE ATTACK
LoveFM - ‎1/4/10‎
It is believed that the act was part of an ongoing rivalry between two feuding Belize City Gangs. Is he affiliated to any group at all? ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎1/4/10‎
Three men and a woman were charged with drug trafficking for six thousand 560 grams of cannabis when they appeared in court today. ...

KIDNEY PATIENTS PROTEST OUTSIDE BELIZE HEALTH CARE PARTNERS
LoveFM - ‎1/4/10‎
Last week Jose Cruz along with other Kidney patients held a protest outside the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited demanding a doctor for the Dialysis Unit ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎1/4/10‎
Belize City police say they conducted a search on Arnold on Sunday morning. According to Police they found a small box containing 20 nine millimetre Smith ...

12/31/09

Former PM Esquivel Knighted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
It means "Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George" and in Belize it is the most senior appointment in the queen's honour system bestowed ...

2009: The Year That Was
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers! She was at the center of close to 100 news stories! The Swine Flu scare also made a lot of headlines! ...

Things Normal Again at Tower Hill
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
Yesterday afternoon, Caneros from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association briefly blocked the entrance to the factory. They did it to protest the very low ...

Inquiry Team Investigating Chris Galvez Case
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
They have been charged to Investigate the allegations of unprofessional conduct made against personnel of the Belize Police Department in their handling of ...

Corporal August Will Be Charged
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
Last night on this newscast, Belize City mechanic Fernando Searle and his girlfriend Tanya Pitts accused Police Corporal Mark August of viciously attacking ...

Roots Rock Reggae & Peace
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
We have Belize's best elite selectors: Madrocker Mose, Kwame Scott, Ras Buck, me Lindy D, International DJ Busch, Lifeline, DJ Chris, Brown Sugar, Tony G, ...

Rival Gang Leaders Discuss Truce
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
But tonight in Belize City there is a palpable sense of foreboding and people are telling us they are afraid to go out because there are grenades out there ...

Belikin's Revealing 2010 Calendar
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
Miss March Michelle Swift is a student of the University of Belize and Miss October Samantha Gillett is a student of Orange Walk Technical High. ...

The Return of Ras Indio
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/31/09‎
The hand grenade thing is kind of far fetched to think that hand grenades could end up on the street of Belize injuring several and many. ...

A CARGO TRUCK FULL OF MERCHANDIZE GOES MISSING IN INDEPENDENCE VILLAGE
LoveFM - ‎12/31/09‎
While Belize City has been the epicenter of the recent crime wave, in the south, there is a troubling scenario unfolding. And it involves an apparent well ...

ROTARY ANNOUNCES RESCHEDULING OF THEIR VEHICLE RAFFLE
LoveFM - ‎12/31/09‎
The Rotary Club of Belize has announced the rescheduling of their vehicle raffle. The new date for the draw is now February twenty sixth, which a release ...

CANE FAMERS AND BSI REACH TEMPORARY RESOLUTION
LoveFM - ‎12/31/09‎
A temporary resolution has been met regarding the issue of impurities in sugar being milled since the start of the 2009/2010 production season at Belize ...

FORMER PRIME MINISTER ESQUIVEL LEADS THE 2010 CLASS OF QUEEN'S NEW YEAR'S HONORS
LoveFM - ‎12/31/09‎
The list was published today, and although Belize House in Belmopan has not yet release the names, our contact in London has provided us with the list of ...

Fourth Grenade Explodes!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
This is the third hand grenade explosion in Belize City in less than two years and the fifth incident involving these horrific devices. ...

KREM TV cancels Belizean Exposure
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Hyde has been an outspoken public critic of Elrington for his use of the word “Artificial” to describe Belize's border with Guatemala. ...

City woman is the big Lotto Winner!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
The Belize Lotto game, with a hot prize of $110000, was drawn on Wednesday, December 23, and one lucky Belize City woman ...

Low cost dialysis soon!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
The Government of Belize is now making a serious move to bring in an organization that will provide affordable dialysis ...

MonArc Corp. (MONA:PK) Acquires GoIP Global (GOIP) China Assets
RTT News (press release) - ‎12/31/09‎
The Belize SPC consists of Wuhan Media and Yezhifeng Media. Wuhan Media operates the China based Wang Mai Mai English educational publishing and English ...

Prisoner killed behind bars
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Swasey was rushed to the Prison Health Facility then to the Karl Heusner Hospital in Belize City where he was declared dead on arrival. ...

Taiwan donates motorcycles to pOlice Department
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Ten motor cycles were donated to the Belize Police Department by the Government of Taiwan last week Monday, December 14. ...

Cruise Ship Ryndam brings Christmas Cheer to Liberty Orphanage
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Children from Liberty Orphanage received Christmas cheer with a 'Fun Day' aboard the Ryndam cruise ship in Belize City on ...

Labour Department burglarized
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
The Labor Office situated on Albert Street in Belize City has been hit by burglars, and an assortment of computers and ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Last year and the year before, thousands of people in Belize lost their homes, their jobs and their business. They became poorer because of the double ...

United Cane Farmers Association now official
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Caneros from Belize's north who brok away from the Belize Cane Farmers Assoiation are now officially recognized with their ...

Channel 5 moves to Coney Drive
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/31/09‎
Channel 5 was off the air since Monday, December 29th, to facilitate their move to their new newsroom and studio located on Coney Drive in Belize City. ...

12/30/09

Police Ready to Charge Suspect for Grenade Attack
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
Police have two persons in custody in connection with their investigation into the grenade attack on Kraal Road. There were rumours that one man would be ...

Cane Farmers Block Entrance to Tower Hill
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
This afternoon at about 2:30, members of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association blocked the entrance to the Tower Hill Factory as an act of protest ...

Couple Accuses Corporal of Assault
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
So I want all Belize people to help try and do something about this man. I went to internal affairs and I hope they help me but I want Belize people to know ...

Home Invasion Murder in Apartment #2
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
So let's try forgiveness with one another and make Belize a better place.” “All I want to do is talk to the youths: stop the violence. ...

18 Grenades Still on the Streets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
Since May of 2008 – four grenades have exploded in Belize – two teenagers have been killed: the first was 16 year old Sixteen year old Darren Trapp in May ...

Dialysis Patients Protest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/30/09‎
Two weeks ago the president of the Kidney Association of Belize, Andrea Cox told the Amandala newspaper that Belize's dialysis patients are facing multiple ...

Lagoon side construction raises eyebrows
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/30/09‎
... Utilization Authority, Fisheries Department and the Belize Port Authority as is required for the approval of construction of over the water structure. ...

Crocodile attacks pet during holiday weekend
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/30/09‎
Feeding crocodiles has been a dangerous practice in years past. The dangers of it have been explained on countless occasions and performing this action has ...

FMS Celebrates Christmas
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/30/09‎
If you are able, please donate much-needed musical instruments through Colville Young's Music Store in Belize City or Wings in San Pedro Town. ...

Students and volunteer paint mural at SPRCS
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/30/09‎
Her wish was to return on her vacation to Belize and get children motivated and involved in art work. Mills stated that after she managed to acquire some ...

OVERNIGHT SHOOTING INCIDENT CLAIMS ONE LIFE AND INJURES TWO PEOPLE
LoveFM - ‎12/30/09‎
A shooting incident last night in Belize City has claimed the life of one person and left two people injured. Thirty year old Randolph Hinks, also known as ...

2009 in Review (New Faces-New Places)
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
The President of China-Taiwan Ma Ying Jeou made a historical and symbolic visit to Belize on Wednesday, May 27. While he was in Belize, the Minister of ...

2009 in Review (PUP Scams Exposed - Leaders Criminally Charged)
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
On August 24, the Prime Minister of Belize introduced a bill to have government assume control of Belize Telemedia Limited. The reasons for the necessity of ...

2009 in Review (Some of Many Great Accomplishments)
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
The results for Belize City took some time to come in because of the ten constituencies which were counted. However, from earlier on it had become clear ...

The Depths of Ignominy
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
My final question today is: Musa messed up our country so bad, and now he wants to return to the highest office in Belize? Hath that man no shame?

New Year's Message from the Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
This will be most welcome in Belize as our country steels itself to deal with the challenges of 2010. The worldwide recession, which bore fully down on us ...

Corozal Celebrates Christmas
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
There is going to be a Grand Dance to bring in the New Year at Dreams Ball Room with the New Creation Band of Belize City. There will also be a massive ...

21-Year-Old Keon Swasey Stabbed to Death in Prison
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
Sources tells us that Swasey's younger brother is accused of being the shooter in the recent murder of a Belize City man who was gunned down in the Kraal ...

Lotto Player Wins Christmas Jackpot!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Christopher Galvez lured to his death
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
He has since been transferred from Belize City to carry out his duties outside of the city. Meanwhile, the Galvez family is not pleased at the way the ...

Medina family charged with burglary -com...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
... Street and stealing a number of items including a laptop, two cell phones, $600 US currency, $200 in Belize currency and a quart of Whisky valued $140. ...

Father fined $1000 for beating 7-year-o...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
This morning a father was lucky not to be jailed after he was charged for beating his 7-year-old son so badly with a piece of metal object that the boy had ...

Wife kills husband - DPP says no charges for her
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Christmas Shows Height of Consumer Confidence
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
Here in Belize we have only recently begun feeling the effects of the global economic crisis but, unlike other parts of the world, the word recession does ...

Significant Crime Decrease in 2009
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
Those monthly meetings have certainly improved the relationship between the Belize Police Department and the media, so much so that the press briefing on ...

Grenade Explosion Leaves Community Shaken and Gangsters Outraged
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
In most areas of Belize residents would be wondering what could have caused the explosion; however, the Kraal Road area has been under fire recently and ...

Seven Belize Police Officers Attend Community Policing Course
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/30/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

12/29/09

Chris Galvez Family Accuses Police of Cover-Up
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
23 year old Christopher Galvez was killed in an area near Faber's Road in Belize City on the night of Tuesday, 22nd December. ...

Deadly Grenade Attack on Kraal Road
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
There was another grenade blast in Belize City last night – it is the fourth such explosion since May of 2008 – and the fifth grenade incident since that ...

Security Tightened at Phillip Goldson International Airport
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
And that includes Belize where as I found at the Phillip Goldson International today – security has tightened up. Here's more. ...

3 Shootings in Long Christmas Weekend
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
Forty four year old Bruce Faber of Belize City is back home recovering after someone tried to kill him on Christmas Eve night. Police report that around ...

James Locario Charged for Wounding 7 Year Old Son
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
Today the father appeared in Belize City Magistrate's Court where he was fined one thousand dollars. James Locario pleaded not guilty to the charge of ...

Grenade Blast Killed 1, Injured 2, Shook All
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
And while the residents of Kraal Road were plunged into terror last night – today they are living with the aftermath – the post traumatic realization that ...

Grenade Was of British Origin
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
Late this afternoon, the Police and BDF had a press conference to discuss the wider issues surrounding the grenade attack. ...

Caroline Polonio Wins $110000 LOTTO Jackpot
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
Tonight 33 year old Caroline Polonio is $110000 richer. The self-described “Jill of All Trades” matched all 5 numbers to win last Wednesday's 110 thousand ...

Police Appeal for Information on Other Grenades
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/29/09‎
“Well before 2009, those grenades were on the streets of Belize City. Offers were made and people turned down those offers to buy those grenades at $50 off ...

TOLEDO VILLAGERS DISCUSS PROPOSED DAM
LoveFM - ‎12/29/09‎
This includes the concerns of the committee and other Belizeans regarding the activities conducted by Belize Hydroelectric Development and Management ...

BELIZE CITY WOMAN WINS BIG LOTTO JACKPOT
LoveFM - ‎12/29/09‎
But on December twenty third, Belize City resident Carline Polonio's numbers played and today she walked into the Tropical Gaming office on Queen Street to ...

OVERNIGHT GRENADE ATTACK CLAIMS THE LIFE OF A TEENAGED BOY
LoveFM - ‎12/29/09‎
A teenage boy was killed and two men slightly injured in a grenade attack last night in Belize City. The victim has been identified as fourteen year old ...

BELIZE CITY WOMAN WINS BIG LOTTO JACKPOT
LoveFM - ‎12/29/09‎
But on December twenty third, Belize City resident Carline Polonio's numbers played and today she walked into the Tropical Gaming office on Queen Street to ...

12/28/09

Scott Storch To Work On Shyne's New Album
24hourhiphop - ‎12/28/09‎
... scheduled to be on board in the musical comeback of rapper Shyne, who was recently deported to his native Belize after over nine years of jail sentence. ...

Belizean killed in prison
Caribbean360.com - ‎12/28/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize, December 28, 2009 - The authorities in Belize are investigating the stabbing death of a prisoner in Belize. Keon Swasey, 21, who was on ...

12/24/09

KREM Cancels Sedi Elrington's Show
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/09‎
Mose Hyde has been the most outspoken public critic of Elrington for his use of the word “Artificial” to describe Belize's border with Guatemala.

No Charges for Audrey Morgan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/09‎
Audrey Morgan killed her husband Albert Morgan Jr. she stabbed him to death. But she's a free woman because Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl Lyn Vidal ...

SMART Appeals Before PUC Decides
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/09‎
The appeal claims that, “the PUC sought...to advance the stated position of the Government of Belize.” Today Chairman John Avery said that the appeal is ...

The Armed Robbery at Mirab
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/09‎
In last night's newscast we told you about the armed robbery at Mirab's Furniture at mile one on the Western Highway. Police have released scant details ...

Keon Swasey Murdered at Belize Central Prison
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/24/09‎
It may be Christmas for law abiding citizens, but it's the killing season for Belize City's gangs. Gang warfare is raging in the city's streets and today it ...

Three shootings in south side in one night
channel5belize - ‎12/24/09‎
On Wednesday night rival gangs in the south side of the city were on a shooting spree. It has not been confirmed if there's a link to the murder of ...

Christmas Eve murder inside prison
channel5belize - ‎12/24/09‎
Earlier this week Swasey was on trial along with a minor at the Belize City Magistrates' Court for three counts of Aggravated Assault, ...

Natl Basketball Team closer to judgment for COCABA case
channel5belize - ‎12/24/09‎
There is an update to the ongoing challenges of the Belize National Basketball Team who won silver at the August COCABA Games held in Cancun, Mexico. ...

YOUNG MAN KILLED EXECUTION STYLE
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
The family of twenty three year old Christophe Galvez, a resident of the Conch Shelll Bay AREA of Belize City, is grieving his tragic loss. ...

SEVERAL SHOOTING INCIDENTS REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
A spate of overnight shootings in Belize City has prompted the police department to remain on high alert going into the Christmas weekend. ...

CONCERNS RAISED OVER GARBAGE AT THE TEMPORARY QUEEN SQUARE MARKET AT THE POUND ...
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
Vendors at the Temporary Queen Square Market situated at the Pound Yard in Belize City, are complaining about the garbage situation out at the marketplace. ...

LIBERTY FOUNDATION RECEIVES TIMELY DONATION FROM FORTIS INCORPORATED
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
Fortis Incorporated, the parent company for Belize Electricity Limited has made a donation to the Liberty Children's Home in Ladyville village in the Belize ...

RESIDENTS OF THE TOLEDO DISTRICT RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM GOB ON CONTROVERSIAL ...
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
"I think one of the most important things here is the fact that the Forestry Department issued a permit allowing or giving permission to Belize ...

FIRE IN BURREL BOOM LEAVES ELDERLY COUPLE HOMELESS
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
The couple, who live in Belize City, uses the building on weekends and special occasions and had entrusted the care of the house to a neighbor who lives ...

US EMBASSY ISSUES ALERT ON HOLIDAY SAFETY FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
In the message, the embassy advises US citizens who travel to Belize or are resident in the country that similar incidents may increase during the holiday ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/24/09‎
Two people were injured in an altercation on Tuesday night in Belize City. Reports are that police visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital around ...

Brothers Operated Busted Online Gambling Site From Belize
Gambling911.com - ‎12/24/09‎
The Raviv Brothers operated their business from a remote "tax-free" zone outside of Belize City, an area that at one time was going to be designated for ...

12/23/09

In Memoriam: Bruce Collins
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/23/09‎
In 1988, he and the love of his life, Victoria, sold their real estate company and moved to Ambergris Caye, Belize where they founded the newspaper The San ...

Holiday lights shine for the 5th Annual Caribbean Christmas Colors Contest!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/23/09‎
... to the Lorie Morgan show from the Reef Village Boutique, 24 hour golf cart rental from Carts Belize, two (2) bottles of wine from Rendezvous Winery. ...

SP Lions treat Seniors to Christmas Dinner and Dancing!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/23/09‎
In addition, they also received a gift donated by the Lions members and the Belize Bank Limited. Paz stated that she is very grateful to everyone who made ...

Israelis Operated Illegal Internet Gaming Site from Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
It is news in Belize because part of the operation was based in Belize. Israeli media report that the masterminds were brothers Idan and Shai Raviv who had ...

Murder Suspect Audrey Morgan Claims Self Defense
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
Tonight Audrey Morgan, the wife of Albert Hendrick Morgan Jr. remains in police custody and police have now handed the file to the Director of Public ...

...And on Holy Emmanuel Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
... throwing their garbage in the back there evading the dumpsite and not utilizing the service of Belize Waste Control Limited, damaging the fee probably. ...

Arson at Vernon Street Bridge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
There have been two fires in Belize City and one on the Burrell Boom Road in the last 24 hours. This comes after the Fire Department went on an all out ...

Robbery at Mirab Furniture Gallery
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
There was a robbery today at the Mirab Furniture Gallery at mile one on the Western Highway. Not much is known at this time as police have not provided ...

Stabbing Then Fire on Pelican Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
And that was only the beginning of a night of fires. The next one would be on Pelican Street. Again it appears to be arson, and again, it appears to have ...

Execution of Chris Galvez
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/23/09‎
The year's 92nd murder occurred last night in Belize City and it appears to have been a hit. The victim is 23 year old Vincent Galvez – a young businessman ...

Israeli gambling site uses Belize as pawn in web of deceit
channel5belize - ‎12/23/09‎
International scams have reached Belize in a variety of forms from money orders to phantom universities. In the most recent known case, Belize is being ...

Christopher Galvez murdered after being picked up by friend
channel5belize - ‎12/23/09‎
We don't need that; Belize doesn't need that at this point.” “I just want the violence to stop. These young people have to stop.” Aside from his father, ...

DPP orders release of woman accused in husband's death
channel5belize - ‎12/23/09‎
But in Tuesday morning's murder of Albert Morgan, his wife, a mother of four has been released from police custody. Audrey Morgan was being questioned as ...

One brother shot; then fire destroys siblings' home
channel5belize - ‎12/23/09‎
It was double whammy for two Belize City brothers. One of the siblings was stabbed earlier in the evening and later in the night, a fire destroyed their ...

Gunman steals cash from Mirab Furniture Gallery
channel5belize - ‎12/23/09‎
But earlier, one of Belize's largest furniture and appliance outlet was robbed today. Mirab operates out of a large store on North Front Street, ...

Showdown at Commission of Inquiry – Fabro maintains innocence; Sosa says ...
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
... deposed chairman of the Board of Governors, and Dr. John Sosa, president of the Belize Medical and Dental Union (BMDU), whose rivalry precipitated the ...

Chiller nightmare
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
And six torrid months to the day of the first revolt of the doctors under the Belize Medical and Dental Union (BMDU), the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital can ...

Russell “Chiste” Garcia, former UDP politician of Dangriga, loses battle with ...
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
... through which patients get free dialysis treatment at the Belize Healthcare Partners in Belize City, while the government pays $150000 a month to the ...

PNP condemns artificial border statement and calls for apology
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
... of Defense deploy more soldiers along our border so that we can rest assured that every square centimeter of Belize remains in the hands of Belizeans. ...

Police question wife over husband's stabbing death
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
... the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, and the family says the funeral will be held on Saturday at St. John's Vianney Roman Catholic Church in Belize City.

Kenrick “Bendigo” Williams found guilty of the 2004 murder of Elia Gonzalez, 16
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
But now it remains to be seen what will become of this guilty verdict when the case inevitably goes to the Belize Court of Appeal, as all murder convictions ...

Sedi under fire!
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
“The same would be true of the departments of Guatemala or the districts of Belize, within the country of Guatemala and Belize, respectively, ...

Israel, Chiquibul, lead and silver
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
He also mentioned that these people were smart and that Belize could benefit from this arrangement. He, however, failed to name some of the Third World ...

Citrus growers find unity at special meeting
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
These are good times for Belize citrus, with prices high and competitors in Florida reeling from citrus greening and other ailments. Belize has its own ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎12/23/09‎
Yet in Belize, Lord Michael Ashcroft's business and his politics are so intertwined that sometimes they are inseparable. So, I guess you can mix politics ...

Carlos Perrote rocks Belize!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
For those too restrained to leave their seats, the Belize Dance company took the stage to perform what the audience was tapping it feet to, and while the ...

KHMH inquiry wraps up
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
So Perera did not know to follow up with Customs, and Ports Belize Ltd had already auctioned the parts to Hamaz when Perera first became aware they were in ...

Belize was a part of a human smuggling ring to the US
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
Rampersad and her co-conspirators fraudulently obtained Belizean visas for the Indians and escorted them from India to Belize, moving through various ...

Russell "Chiste" Garcia passes
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
The former minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Dangriga Area Representative, Russell Alexander Garcia, ...

Belize Chess Club & BNYCF hosts family Chess Day
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
Young chess players from all over the country tested their wits at a Family Chess Day hosted by the Belize City ...

Do the right thing, Mr. Minister! Ban the gill nets
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
Was it the Rio Grande Co-op's opinion that the Guatemalans have not done a good enough job in destroying Belize's Fisheries, and so they need, the Jamaicans ...

Crooked Tree, oldest village in Belize, finally gets potable water
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
The use of hand-dug wells in Crooked Tree Village, one of the oldest settlements in the Belize District, is now history, ...

First Caribbean donates to YBTB
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
Youth Business Trust Belize isa program offering young persons between the ages of 18-35 assistance in starting their own businesses. ...

Cane trash converted to electrical power
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
The project, undertaken by the Belize Cogeneration Energy Limited, (BELCOGEN), will produce around 30 Megawatts of electricity. 25 megawatts will be sold ...

Jamaican fishing boats leave, but that's not the end of it!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
The Jamaican fishing vessels whose presence in Belizean waters caused such an uproar among Belizeans nationwide, ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/23/09‎
It is the best of times and the worst of times for journalism in Belize. It is a good time because today the media has ...

BELIZE AND GUATEMALA TO SETTLE BORDER DISPUTE
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm - ‎12/23/09‎
BELMOPAN, Dec 23 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Belize and Guatemala will form a working party to promote communication between the two countries to solve the long ...

12/22/09

North Creek Security Guard Murdered Inside Home
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/09‎
The 91st. murder of 2009 occurred early this morning in Belize City. 26 year old security guard Albert Morgan Jr. was stabbed to death inside his home. ...

Major Change in Policy on Harvesting of Xate
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/09‎
As we come up on Christmas, Belize – Guatemala issues are at the forefront of the public discourse. And one year ago – it was about the same when Guatemalan ...

MOH Complete Dialysis MOU
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/09‎
WORTH is an organization that has offered to provide Belize with free dialysis machines. They threatened to also withdrew the offer earlier this year ...

Bureau of Standards Rates Supermarkets
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/09‎
Sixteen stores in Corozal, Orange Walk and Belize City received five stars, four got four stars in Belmopan, San Ignacio and Santa Elena and nine received ...

How Di Christmas Di Come?
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/22/09‎
This afternoon downtown Belize City was busy – teeming with Christmas shoppers filling stores and walking out of stores with filled bags. ...

2009's ninety-first murder; wife accused of killing husband
channel5belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The body of twenty-six year old Albert Morgan was discovered at around three this morning on the steps of his Belize City home on North Creek. ...

Rescued Sailor Reunites With Boat
MyFox Houston - ‎12/22/09‎
Despite the sailor's trouble hearing and seeing, Ketchum plans to continue with his original plan to sail to Mexico and then to Belize. ...

NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE PREPARES TO LAUNCH HOLIDAY SAFETY CAMPAIGN
LoveFM - ‎12/22/09‎
Smith says that members of the department will be on Queen Street in Belize City and other parts of the country issuing pamphlets to passers by. ...

MINISTRY OF HEALTH ANNOUNCES PROGRESS IN DIALYSIS TREATMENT IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/22/09‎
... by saying that a Cabinet paper will be submitted next week, which presents the Memorandum of Understanding as an option for dialysis services in Belize.

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/22/09‎
Immigration records revealed that the couple entered Belize via the port in Punta Gorda on September 11. They were given visitor's permits until October 10 ...

BELIZE CITY WOMAN ADMITS TO KILLING HER HUSBAND
LoveFM - ‎12/22/09‎
An early morning murder was reported in Belize City today. The victim has been identified as twenty three year old Albert Morgan, Junior. ...

Blessings for the Christmas - Prosperity in the New Year
The Guardian, Belize -  - ‎12/22/09‎
Towards the latter part of 2009, the Government of Belize launched a new television program titled Belmopan Weekly, which we have every intention to ...

2009 Christmas Message from the Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
The Guardian, Belize -  - ‎12/22/09‎
I take this opportunity then, on behalf of myself and family, the United Democratic Party family, and indeed the entire nation of Belize to wish you all a ...

BPD Receives 10 Power Motor Cycles from Government of Taiwan
The Guardian, Belize -  - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

BTB Treats 200 Kids for Christmas
The Guardian, Belize -  - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Crooked Tree, Oldest Village in Belize, gets New Water System
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Quinton Hamilton reinstated in cycling
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Caye Caulker Roman Catholic boys - current leader in primary schools ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition continued at the Belize City Centre over the last week of school, December 14-17, with 30 games on ...

17-Year-Old Charged for Attempted Robbery
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Baby Daddy Argument Leads to Stabbing Incident
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Rivero Street Shop Keeper convicted of drug trafficking
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Written by Administrator
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
One of the United Democratic Party's finest passed away on Saturday in his hometown of Dangriga. Russell “Chiste” Garcia died at 11 on Saturday Morning ...

Rosado and Knowles - Baffu and Gamma
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/22/09‎
It must be noted that as we understand it Flamingo had a business relationship with the University of Belize during Rosado's tenure there before his arrival ...

12/21/09

James Adderley has the latest in sporting news
channel5belize - ‎12/21/09‎
In cycling news, the Belize Cycling Association race staged on Saturday saw Junior rider Austin Armstrong of Vega Crystal, write his name into the history ...

Mayor may still be subject to disciplinary proceedings
channel5belize - ‎12/21/09‎
The court awarded Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers two of three injunctions she filed against the United Democratic Party. On December seventeenth ...

Former Belize Minister of Agriculture Passes Away
Belizean (blog) - ‎12/21/09‎
By The Founder, Belmopan, Belize 21 December (Belizean.com) Former Minister of Agriculture in the UDP ...

Crooked Tree Gets Potable Water
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
Crooked Tree Village may be only thirty four miles away from Belize City but today is the first time the residents who live in one of the country's oldest ...

Sedi Elrington Defends "Artificial Border" Comment
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
Last week at the OAS in Washington DC, Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington called the Belize Guatemala border “artificial”. The use of that single word that ...

Former Minister Russell Chiste Garcia, Dead at 59
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
Former Minister of Agriculture Chiste Garcia has passed away. The former UDP minister of agriculture died on Saturday December 19th three days after his ...

The Peten Situation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
That's the area that adjoins the western part of Belize. As Ambassador Martinez explained the population in the area is being systematically pushed eastward ...

Darrington Lauriano Back in Jail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
Darrington Lauriano was then remanded to the Belize Central Prison until January twenty second, 2010. The robbery occurred around one on Thursday, ...

$1.5 million Bail Offered to Fugitive Sex Offender
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/21/09‎
US Fugitive child molestor Robert Snyder was caught in Belize under the name Augustin Rios – but on Friday he was back before a judge in his home state of ...

WHO WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WRONGDOING AT KHMH?
LoveFM - ‎12/21/09‎
Among the particulars is the status of the Belize Health Information System. Under oath both Ministry of Health CEO Peter Allen and KHMH Executive Francis ...

JAMAICAN FISHERMEN RETURN HOME
LoveFM - ‎12/21/09‎
Last week it was announced that the fishermen and the vessels that arrived in Belize about two weeks ago would be returning to Jamaica. ...

UDP LAWYER OFFERS OPINION ON MOYA V UDP
LoveFM - ‎12/21/09‎
Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers had filed several injunctions against the UDP to prevent her expulsion from the party following an ad hoc press ...

DEPORTED SEX OFFENDER NOW FACES A CHARGE OF FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER
LoveFM - ‎12/21/09‎
Snyder was deported from Belize earlier this month after he was featured on the “America's Most Wanted” television program and identified by a parent as a ...

THE EMBASSY OF BELIZE IN TAIPEI HOSTS CHRISTMAS PART FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
LoveFM - ‎12/21/09‎
The Embassy of Belize in the republic of China, Taiwan has hosted a Christmas party for physically and mentally challenged children. ...

Rainbows underwater in Belize even if sky is gray
Palm Beach Post - ‎12/21/09‎
By PAT WELLENBACH The Associated Press CAYE CAULKER, Belize — It was a dark, rainy, gray day. We don't go for monochrome excursions during our tropical ...

12/18/09

Poor climate and outlook for developing nations at Copenhagen
channel5belize - ‎12/18/09‎
“Why is it important for Belize to attend this climate change conference?” “Well, Belize is acknowledged and recognized as one of the most vulnerable ...

Current Director of Finance gets last word
channel5belize - ‎12/18/09‎
The last person to testify was Carlos Perrera, one of the persons singled out by the Belize Medical and Dental Union when the scandal first broke. ...

KHMH Commission of Inquiry comes to an end
channel5belize - ‎12/18/09‎
By that time, when we did that investigation items had already been auctioned by the Port of Belize because the assumption from management was that we went ...

A NATIONAL LIVESTOCK REGISTRY DATABASE FOR BELIZE HAS BEEN CREATED
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture has handed over to local authorities the National Livestock Registry Database of Belize. ...

BELIZE AND GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN WASHINGTON
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
Belize and Guatemala have agreed to allow the Organization of American States to assist in maintaining harmony along the common border between the two ...

NEW WATER SYSTEM INAUGURATED IN CROOKED TREE VILLAGE
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
A new water system for Crooked tree village in the Belize district will be inaugurated on Saturday morning. The new water system, which will greatly improve ...

YOUTH BUSINESS TRUST RECEIVES SIZEABLE DONATION FROM FCIB
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
Earlier this week Youth Business Trust received a 20 thousand Belize dollars donation from First Caribbean International Bank. ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
Instead of being released on bail Pineda was kept in custody until her immigration status in Belize can be determined. The incident occurred midday on ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/18/09‎
An armed robbery was reported in Belize City on Thursday morning. According to a fruit vendor of Faber's Road, the incident happened around ten o'clock ...

7News Ventures Above the Chiquibul
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
And the satellite image shows that there are areas like this all along Belize's western border with Guatemala– and there's no way to hike to all of them. ...

Scandalous Revelations at Final Day of KHMH Hearings
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
But apparently not urgent enough because the parts sat inside the Port of Belize compound until they were sold at an auction. ...

Sedi Elrington Under Scrutiny for Belize-Guatemala Remark
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington met with his Guatemalan counterpart Haroldo Rodas at the OAS in Washington on Tuesday – and Elrington is under scrutiny ...

Drug Addicts Graduate from Rehab at Hattieville Prison
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
Lorenzo Neiggs is presently serving out a sentence at the Belize Central Prison. He and ninety six other inmates volunteered to receive ninety days of ...

More Trouble for Australian Chef
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
He should've been a happy man, but not for long because during the investigation police noted that his Belize visitor's permit expired at the end of June, ...

Guyanese Human Smuggler Linked to Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/18/09‎
Why is that news in Belize? Well according to a report by United Press International, the accused identified as fifty two year old Guyanese national Annita ...

Power from the sun
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
Ambassador Hiroshi Yamaguchi was in Belize last week to sign a grant agreement which will involve the transfer of about ten ...

Hope the Harpy released at Rio Bravo
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
According to Executive Director of Programme for Belize, Edilberto Romero, the Harpy Eagle, which was flown into Belize from Panama last week, was released ...

Belize and Guatemala meet. ICJ commitment still on track
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
Belize held diplomatic talks with Guatemala this week to look at developments in the Border Adjacency Zone and to review plans to take the territorial ...

Toledans reject the idea of a dam in their Bladden Nature Reserve
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
“We hereby call upon the Government of Belize to revoke the concession agreement granted to Belize Hydro-electric Development and Management Ltd (BHD) on ...

Mexico presents National Livestock Registry to Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
Due to the importance of the subject for Belize, IICA provided the appropriate support for the installation and operation of the Livestock Registry. ...

Crime Down almost 10%, says Commissioner Jeffries
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
He made the announcement at a press conference at the Raccoon Street Police Station, on Thursday, December 17. ...

Reshuffling at Cityhall
The Reporter Belize - ‎5 hours ago‎
A portfolio shuffle is to take effect for the New Year of 2010 at the Belize City Council. Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers, ...

Zenaida - 2 UDP - 1
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
For the first time in the legal history of Belize, a political party has been taken to court, and a judgement has been made ...

Bureau of Standards issues 5-Star grocery store ratings
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
Some 169 stores across Belize were examined. The stores ratings were made to assist consumers and to give them sound information which will help them with ...

Love FM Christmas parade biggest ever!
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
Recession or not, the Belize business community heartily embraced the Christmas spirit that “it is better to give ...

The Jewel gets a new name - from a book of pictures
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
This is the name pilot-photographer Marius Jovaisa chose for his book of photographs about Belize. ...

San Felipe Barcelona wins 1st Superleague finals
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
San Felipe Barcelona upset the 2007 Superleague champion Tex Mar United 3-2 in the first game of the Belize Bank ...

Triple B's are women's football champs
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
The Belize City United girls won the third place trophy. The Las Flores FC girls won the FIFA Fair Play award. Belize City United's Ermine Ferguson won the ...

Accident victim with broken leg dies of unsuspected blood clot
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
A man died while receiving treatment for a broken right leg at the Belize Health Partners Hospital in Belize City on ...

GOB will consider deep sea fishing licenses
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
A joint agreement between Belize and Jamaican investors provides for Jamaica to buy Belizean fish and for a processing and ice-making plant to be ...

Women have a role in Belize's Coast Guard
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
The Coast Guard of Belize has recruited women to be coast guard officers for the first time. There were six women among the graduating class of 35 last ...

Ban the gill nets! Restore prosperity to Belizean fisheries
The Reporter Belize - ‎12/18/09‎
During earlier years Belize's fisheries was one of Belize's finest assets. It processed many species of sea life that bolstered ...

Bill Lindo
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
Belize is in a critical time where our economy and finances are concerned, and this newspaper over the years has taken advantage of Bill Lindo's formidable ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
Nigel's father was Edward Miguel, a four-time Crosscountry champion, and his mother is a sister of Odinga Lumumba, one of Belize's most famous ...

Toledoans fed up with Belize Hydroelectric and GOB!
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
Roughly 300 Toledo villagers this weekend passed a resolution at a public meeting, calling on the Government of Belize to revoke a 15-year concession ...

Supreme Court grants Zenaida Moya-Flowers 2 out of 3 injunctions
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
On October 1, Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya-Flowers, along with her financial managers from the Belize City Council, was arraigned on criminal charges in ...

More allegations of hustling on KHMH's 10th day of inquiry
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
These and other startling allegations were presented on the tenth day of public hearings at the Belize Institute of Management on Wednesday morning. ...

Musa and Barrow face off over recession
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
Referring to a recent interview with the British press, Barrow said, “They asked me whether I was present at a Belize Bank Christmas party when an assembled ...

Belize-Guatemala border “artificial”; Belize and Guatemala “same” -- Belize ...
Amandala - ‎12/18/09‎
Still holding ministerial talks over their territorial dispute, Belize and Guatemala met in Washington, DC, USA, on Wednesday, and reports coming out of the ...

Belize is 'peppering' up its agro industry for large scale export
Caribbean Net News - ‎12/18/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize -- Belize is taking positive steps to boost its agro-industry especially in pepper and is trying to uprade its product to ...

12/17/09

Carlos Perrote & Friends Prep for Big Concert
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
“It is to show Belize who we are so we try and bring musicians from different corners, different talents. We have the Pantempters Steel Band, we have Junie ...

Supreme Court Orders Reinstatement of Mayor Moya in UDP
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
... this case is a landmark legal case in the history of Belize and in the history of Belize's politics in that it establishes for the very first time that ...

Monkey River Gets Electricity
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
Monkey River's coastline has been swallowed by erosion and it was rocked by an earthquake in May but tonight there is good news out of the village because ...

Belize and Guatemala Meet with OAS
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
Belize's Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington met with his Guatemalan counterpart Haroldo Rodas at the OAS in Washington yesterday. The meeting was arranged ...

Woman Shot on Albert Street
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
A woman was shot last night in downtown Belize City. The barrage of gunshots rang out at around 9:30 near the corner of Albert and South Streets -which is ...

Friends for Conservation Discuss Management
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
It does provide for a wonderful opportunity for many of these forest areas to remain in Belize because if not, I would say that for the Maya Mountain ...

Woman Attacks Woman on East Canal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
There was a stabbing this morning in downtown Belize City. It occurred near the bustling corner of East Canal and Church Streets across from Public's ...

Police Commissioner Jeffries Says Crime in 2009 Down by 9%
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/17/09‎
Earlier we told you about the year's 90th murder victim, 27 year old Dewayne Lopez. He is the 5th murder victim for December and even with 16 days to go in ...

Police say crime is down… but is it?
channel5belize - ‎12/17/09‎
Earlier this week, part of a study called the Male Social Participation and Violence Study in Belize, was released. The research will not be completed until ...

Guyanese national charged in US for human trafficking via Belize
channel5belize - ‎12/17/09‎
Belize's strategic location makes it a common port for transnational smuggling of illegal drugs, weapons and human trafficking. ...

SHOOTING INCIDENT LEAVES BELIZE CITY HOUSEWIFE INJURED
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
A shooting incident in Belize City yesterday has left a housewife injured. According to police reports, the woman, whom has not been identified, ...

SALVATION ARMY SPREADS CHRISTMAS CHEER
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
The Salvation Army of Belize is Spreading Christmas Cheer today to the less fortunate with their annual giving away of groceries to the elderly. ...

AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS PROMOTE IMPROVEMENT OF HOT PEPPER INDUSTRY
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
... and I believe these were commodities to the different countries and one of those selected commodities was hot pepper to actually be pursued in Belize. ...

COMPOL HAS LUNCH WITH JOURNALISTS
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
Despite the recent spate of murders on Belize City's Southside the police department maintains that the latter part of this year has seen a decline in the ...

SEVEN VILLAGES IN SOUTHERN BELIZE TO RECEIVE ELECTRICITY
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
Monkey River is the second of seven villages in the banana belt to receive electrification as a part of a European Union project implemented by Belize ...

GALEN UNIVERSITY CHANGES OWNERSHIP
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
... its launch Galen University was a fledgling tertiary level institution entering an undergraduate market controlled locally by the University of Belize. ...

ALLEGED INTERNATIONAL ALIEN SMUGGLER ACCUSED OF USING BELIZE AS A STAGING GROUND
LoveFM - ‎12/17/09‎
Gerald and her co-conspirators then allegedly escorted the four from India to Belize, moving through various countries in South and Central America. ...

Man of the Year - An Outstanding Leader
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
Dean Barrow was honoured for his commitment and support to the Belize City Urban Rejuvenation Project which has provided sustained employment for hundreds ...

Three classroom extension for Armenia Go...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
Ramon Witz and Hiroshi Yamaguchi, the Japanese Ambassador to Belize, as well as the Social Investment fund's Daniel Cano, officially inaugurated a three ...

Belize Country Statement at Copenhagen
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
Belize is a country blessed with the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, the second longest in the world, thousands of beautiful coral islands, ...

BDF's soldiers served by commanders
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The Belize Defense Force held its annual Christmas luncheon at midday on Tuesday December 16 at Price Barracks in Ladyville. It is a force tradition, ...

Hon. Castro and Hon. Montero improve plantain stock in Rural North
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

2009 Christmas Message from the Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

First reading of Education and Training Bill at National Assembly
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
As he stood up to introduce the Education and Training Bill, 2009, which is an Act to repeal the Education Act, Chapter 36 of the Substantive Laws of Belize ...

Man loses arm in motorcycle collision
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The catastrophe came in the form of a four door Honda Accord driven by Douglas Rodriquez, 28, a resident of Belize City who was driving in the opposite ...

Althea Baldwin Receives New Home
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

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South Florida Caribbean News - ‎12/17/09‎
He highlighted: Geo-thermal endowments of St. Kitts/Nevis and Dominica; the hydropower supplies and potential of Suriname, Belize, Jamaica, Dominica and ...

Regional Consultation on the development of the Sports Tourism sector underway ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Mechanical malfunction claims life of BDF Soldier
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The Belize Defence Force lost one of its own in a disastrous crash on Saturday morning. Eight soldiers were returning from patrol in the dangerous jungle ...

The Legacy of Simon Quan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
He will be dearly missed by his family who have lost a patriarch and by Belize who has lost a patriot. We can only hope that his children will carry on his ...

St. Luke girls, Stella Maris and Wesley ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The 2009-2010 Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition rolls on at the Belize City Centre. The competition continued on Monday December 14, ...

$10M Grant Agreement signed with Japan for Solar Energy
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/17/09‎
The Note provides a framework for Japanese economic cooperation to be extended to Belize with a view to strengthening friendly and cooperative relations ...

12/16/09

Minister Rene Montero in the middle of land controversy
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/16/09‎
In 2005, the same island, known as Cayo Frances, was granted to the Social Security Board (SSB) by the Government of Belize. Minister's Fiat Grant number ...

Coral Reef replanting
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/16/09‎
These studies proved valuable in explaining which species of coral would survive better in what part of Belize's marine ecosystem. ...

'Tis the season for giving!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/16/09‎
The donation was in the amount of Belize $1000. The San Pedro Town Council (SPTC) decked out in full red, visited island schools to share the Christmas ...

RC School Cafeteria needs your help
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/16/09‎
IIn January 22nd, 2009 (Volume 19 #3) of The San Pedro Sun, the Calendar Girls, San Pedro Roman Catholic School staff and students all rejoiced at the ...

KHMH CEO Gary Longsworth Testifies
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
He minced no words and went directly after the leadership of the Belize Medical and Dental Union. Keith Swift has the highlights. ...

Mother of Rape Victim Outraged at Acquittal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
But while he was able to free himself from the charge of carnal knowledge, he remains behind bars at the Belize Central Prison where he is serving a three ...

Galen University Under New Owner and Management
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
You can get a quality education here in Belize. Many parents contemplate whether or not they will have their students study here in Belize. ...

PM Barrow Speaks in Copenhagen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
According to European studies, Belize is of the ten countries in the world most affected by climate change. He said relief must come in real terms and it ...

BTB Hosts Children's Christmas Party
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
For 9 years, the Belize Tourism Board along with the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association has been hosting a Christmas party. The annual tradition continued ...

Grand Prize Drawn in CTC Sweepstakes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
As we've said before, contraband is a huge problem for our products here in Belize. There is a large illlegitmate trade in contraband cigarettes. ...

EU Reduces Tariffs on Banana Imports
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
It is news to Belize – and make that bad news – because it is just one more signal of the end of preferential treatment – Belize's banana exports will now ...

Rudolph Godoy Jailed for Attempted Murder of Cop
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/16/09‎
Twenty four year old Independence Village resident Rudolph Godoy will be spending his Christmas and New Year behind bars at the Belize Central Prison after ...

Dietary Supervisor doesn't know why vegetable contract ended
channel5belize - ‎12/16/09‎
But before Longsworth testified at this morning's hearing, the hospital's Dietary Supervisor, Miriam Coleman and Central Sterilization Unit's Merlene ...

CEO says he doesn't know why supply prices skyrocketed
channel5belize - ‎12/16/09‎
In addition, Longsworth said that the Belize Medical and Dental Union was aware that certain employees of the institution were doing business with the ...

KHMH CEO comes out swinging at Commission of Inquiry
channel5belize - ‎12/16/09‎
... us and that the recommendations from it will aid and promote our mandate to become the premiere tertiary care institution for the country of Belize. ...

TEXT BOOKS THAT ARRIVED LAST MONTH NOW BEING DISTRIBUTED
LoveFM - ‎12/16/09‎
Free text books, shipped to Belize last month, are now available for pick up at the San Ignacio Culture Center. The books were brought to Belize aboard the ...

12/15/09

Doctors Sosa and Fabro Face-off at KHMH Inquiry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/15/09‎
... Guerra – the obstetrician who does business with the hospital followed by Dr. John Sosa – the firebrand leader of the Belize Medical and Dental Union. ...

Japan Gives Belize $10 million for Solar Energy Project
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/15/09‎
The Japanese government is helping the Government of Belize with a solar energy project. It's in the spirit of combating climate change and US$5 million ...

Wistful Mood at BDF Christmas Lunch
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/15/09‎
The BDF Christmas lunch - it's an annual tradition where usually the Prime Minister serves lunch to the men and women of Belize's army. ...

Shuffle at City Hall
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/15/09‎
There's been a shuffle of portfolios at City Hall, which in actual terms means very little – considering the council's financial state and its low public ...

Shocking Findings in Study on Crime and Violence
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/15/09‎
In Belize – that rate was 34 in 2008 – meaning for every one hundred thousand citizens, 34 were murdered. That's legitimately worrying, but it's not nearly ...

Belize City Councillors' portfolios shuffled
channel5belize - ‎12/15/09‎
So I think by that happening now we have two councilors to identify and look in debt into each company and to be behind them to making sure Belize City gets ...

Doctor Ricardo Fabro responds to allegations against him
channel5belize - ‎12/15/09‎
Earlier in the newscast we reported on the testimonies of Doctors Jose Guerra and John Sosa in the ongoing Commission of Inquiry. The last to testify today ...

Doctors testify at KHMH Commission of Inquiry
channel5belize - ‎12/15/09‎
The City Council is not the only body plagued by controversy. The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has also been making the news with its own share of ...

Whistleblower has his say at inquiry
channel5belize - ‎12/15/09‎
Dr. Jose Guerra was followed by the President of the Belize Medical and Dental Union, Dr. John Sosa. Sosa led the charge back in June against the alleged ...

Researchers look into male participation in violence
channel5belize - ‎12/15/09‎
In 2008, the turbulence in the streets of Belize was aggravated by the introduction of fragment grenades. After the infamous explosion on Mayflower Street, ...

MEDICAL SUPPLIES DONATED TO WESTERN REGIONAL HOSPITAL
LoveFM - ‎12/15/09‎
“My wife and I started a foundation in California and we're going to start a sister organization here in Belize, an NGO, and we have gathered supplies, ...

CHANGES AT CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCED
LoveFM - ‎12/15/09‎
The Belize City Council today announced changes to the portfolio assignments of councilors, effective January First. According to a press release from City ...

BELIZE SENDS MESSAGE THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
LoveFM - ‎12/15/09‎
And as world leaders haggle about the issue of Climate Change, small nations like Belize are trying to make their voices heard. ...

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF A STUDY ON VIOLENCE PRESENTED THIS MORNING
LoveFM - ‎12/15/09‎
A press conference to present the preliminary findings of a study called Male Social Participation and Violence in Urban Belize was held this morning in ...

OCEANA CALLS FOR THE SUSPENSION OF PROPOSED HIGH SEAS FISHING BY GOVERNMENT
LoveFM - ‎12/15/09‎
The newly established office of Oceana in Belize has issued a statement calling on the Government of Belize to suspend all plans and proposals to allow ...

Evidence of Ancient Maya Colonial Expansion
U.S. News & World Report - ‎12/15/09‎
... the new evidence suggests that the site's first king was born into a ruling family at Caracol, a powerful lowland kingdom in Belize. ...

Shyne Recording New Music In Belize
Hip-Hop Wired - ‎12/15/09‎
Big producers and big execs been flying to Belize and music is coming! " No word on exactly what he's recording but I'd pay money to hear a Diddy diss track ...

House hassle
Amandala - ‎12/15/09‎
They believe that the two-party system in Belize is so predictable, that the electorate will be severely tempted to return to the PUP three years from now. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎12/15/09‎
His subject was provocative: are the athletes and teams Belize sends to international competitions being properly prepared? I think the young man's thesis ...

Director of Finance rebuts “misrepresentations” by previous witnesses at KHMH ...
Amandala - ‎12/15/09‎
Perrera, who was raised in Belize City's Southside but resides in Orange Walk, is a former town councilor for the United Democratic Party in Orange Walk ...

Shuffle at City Hall
Amandala - ‎12/15/09‎
CitCo deducted monies for workers' payments to Belize Bank, Courts, the credit unions, and of all places—the Family Court and Social Security, ...

Labour MP Calls For Inquiry Into Ashcroft
Sky News - ‎12/15/09‎
He said the public had the right to "full knowledge of the facts" because Mayfair Limited is incorporated in Belize, and the peer has asked questions in the ...

Alleged Sikh extremist, deported to Belize, vanishes
South Asian Observer - ‎12/15/09‎
While in jail Singh applied to immigrate to Belize in exchange for investing in the country. He was deported to Belize where he lived until media reports ...

12/14/09

Jamaican vessel seized by Belizean authorities
Jamaica Gleaner - ‎12/14/09‎
The Belize government has been outlining reasons why it impounded a Jamaican vessel involved in deep-sea fishing under a joint initiative with a local ...

Finance director Carlos Perrera refutes allegations at inquiry
channel5belize - ‎12/14/09‎
The Finance Director of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Carlos Perrera, whose name has been called numerous times during the ongoing Commission of ...

Gwen Liz girls take national basketball title
channel5belize - ‎12/14/09‎
The Belize Bank Super League Tournament kicked off its championship series as San Felipe Barcelona hosted Texmar United of Independence up north inside ...

Is the PM's stimulus package smoke and mirrors?
channel5belize - ‎12/14/09‎
“Next year ten US million dollars more on top of the forty million we've already had to pay this year; twenty million Belize more must be added to our ...

Further Delay in Sugar Cane Season
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
On Friday we told you that the sugar cane season in northern Belize would open today. Well it didn't. The start day –we are now told – has been pushed back ...

Simon Quan, Dead at 79
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
The 79 year old Quan had first been hospitalized in Belize on Sunday December sixth and was then taken to Mexico for treatment when his condition did not ...

Basketball Federation Takes Appeal to Lausanne
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
The Belize Basketball Federation will have its appeal heard by The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. In November we told you that the ...

A Resurfaced Mile 31
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
That stretch of road at mile 31 on the Western Highway is considered one of the most dangerous in Belize. The surface is quartz and the slightest rain ...

The Importance of Hope, the Harpy Eagle
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
Through habitat – loss – the Harpy was on the verge of extinction, but through a programme by the peregrine fund with partnership of the Belize Zoo, ...

Finance Director Carlos Perrera Testifies at KHMH Inquiry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
It would be ridiculous of my office to purchase fish from outside Belize City limits. There is no time that myself, Carlos Perrera, Director of Finance for ...

Liston Myers Loses Arm in Traffic Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/14/09‎
Hattieville Police initial investigation is that Liston Myers was travelling from Belize City to Gales Point Manatee but between miles seven and eight on ...

TROUBLE BREWING IN THE SUGAR INDUSTRY
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
A press release sent to the RSV Media Centre this afternoon announced that a group of concerned cane farmers belonging to the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers ...

TOLEDO RESIDENTS OPPOSE BUILDING OF DAM FACILITY IN RESERVE
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
We hereby call upon the Government of Belize to revoke the connection agreement granted to Belize Hydro Development and Management Limited BHD on December 5 ...

KHMH DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TESTIFIES AT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY HEARING
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
This morning inside the training room of the Belize Institute of Management where an official review is being held into purported financial negligence at ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
He is serving a sentence of three months in default of payment of a fine of 755 dollars for a judgment at Belize Family Court. ...

GOB TO RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SOLAR GRID
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
The note provides a framework for Japanese economic cooperation to be extended to Belize with a view to strengthening friendly and cooperative relations ...

BDF SOLDIER KILLED IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IDENTIFIED
LoveFM - ‎12/14/09‎
Belize Defence Force officials are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of 32-year-old Private Lucas Teck. Teck died after a four ton BDF ...

12/11/09

Teaching Services Bill Tabled in House
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
“The draft bill proposes to establish a Belize Teaching Services Commission. This commission should be an independent body comprising of representatives ...

Trouble Over Detained Xatero
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
It happened on Saturday at the extreme western edge of Belize's territory in the Caracol Archaeological Reserve – just 500 meters from the Guatemalan border ...

Fisheries Minister Cornered About Jamaican Fishing Contracts
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
And while the issue between the PUC and the Supreme Court is turf and regulation, it's pretty much the same in Punta Gorda. As we've told you fisher-folk in ...

American John Gibson in Trouble Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
Well guess what, John Gibson could not meet his bail and so for the next two months he will be a guest at the Belize Central Prison.

The Delay at Tower Hill
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
7News tried to reach both bsi's Chief Executive Officer Joey Montalvo for comment and the Belize Cane Farmers Association's Chairman Ismael Carillo but both ...

Barrow and Musa Spar in House
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/11/09‎
Prime Minister finally acknowledged that the economy of Belize was well and truly in a recession. The economy has slowed down, not only slowed down but has ...

Min. of Agriculture babbles on Jamaican fishing companies
channel5belize - ‎12/11/09‎
“Well, the rainforest seafood came and consulted with us that that they want to invest in Belize; that's all. We have not made any formal agreement; ...

Education Act Amended to with Teaching Services Commission
channel5belize - ‎12/11/09‎
It has been a highly contentious amendment and it sparked emotions from the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU) and the church, which felt that its ...

Municipal discounts/trade-offs to business now legitimate
channel5belize - ‎12/11/09‎
There are discussions on the implementation of a garbage tax for Belize City residents. And while residents might soon feel an additional financial pinch, ...

Prime Minister and Fort George Rep war over recession
channel5belize - ‎12/11/09‎
“On the twenty-ninth of October the honourable prime minister finally acknowledged that the economy of Belize was well and truly in recession. ...

FORMER KHMH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TESTIFIES AT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY HEARING
LoveFM - ‎12/11/09‎
His statements under oath before the commission were focused on monies granted to Belize by the Venezuelan government in 2007." "I was informed as the CEO ...

NEW ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE INTRODUCED IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/11/09‎
Because of the proximity they offer us better support and believe that the instant internet support 24/7 and they are setting up and establishing a Belize ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/11/09‎
Police are investigating a shooting incident early this morning in Belize City. According to authorities, the security guards on duty at Belize water ...

12/10/09

Figures show decline in tourism arrivals
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/10/09‎
In most parts of the country, people are complaining about the crippling economic condition Belize is struggling to paddle its way out. ...

International Wheelchair Foundation donates 35 wheelchairs to SP
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/10/09‎
Since 2006, The International Wheelchair Foundation has been visiting Belize and this year 206 wheelchairs will be distributed countrywide. ...

Special Grouper regulation comes into effect
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/10/09‎
For that reason, the Government of Belize through the Fisheries Department introduced a special regulation that came into effect on December 1st which is ...

Lighting up the seas!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/10/09‎
A panel of judges comprising of Joyce McCoy from the Belize Tourism Board, Miss San Pedro Raquel Badillo, Canadian tourist Rose Kimberley, island resident ...

PM Dean Barrow Heading to Copenhagen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
As one of the so called most vulnerable countries, Belize is part of a group that will get special consideration. But we also fit into another special group ...

3 Witnesses Testify at KHMH Inquiry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
The corruption inquiry into the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital resumed its public hearings this morning and it was a full day of testimony. ...

Free Clinic from Taiwan Medical Corps
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
Clinics were held at the Corozal Hospital and in Belize City where Jacqueline Godwin caught up with the group of visiting specialists hard at work. ...

Aziatic Returns
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
Well, now he's back in Belize for a homecoming concert – and we mean all the way home. The youth born in Hopkins as Vince Lewis is having a beach bash in ...

Two Suspects Charged for Market Shooting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
Belize City Police have charged twenty three year old Osman Mitchell and a sixteen year old minor for shooting market vendor Osmin Garrido. ...

Azizi Plans Benefit Concert for Tarrell Sutherland
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
Tarrell's mom Nicole McDougal says they still are in Belize but hope to fly to Louisiana within the coming weeks. Tarrell will receive free medical ...

Chiquibul: The Final Chapter
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/10/09‎
... hills that's Guatemala, and we watched form what is now a bald hill in Belize, and I wonder will it someday be that what is over there is over here. ...

More revelations in KHMH Commission of Inquiry
channel5belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The Commission of Inquiry into irregularities at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital resumed proceedings today in Belize City. First to testify was the ...

Oceana speaks out against large scale fishing in Belize
channel5belize - ‎12/10/09‎
... is proposing to build a multimillion dollar facility in southern Belize that would process at least two million pounds of seafood for export annually; ...

Matura Shepherd says GOB vague about Jamaican fishermen
channel5belize - ‎12/10/09‎
Also of Jamaican origin, its boats arrived over the weekend intending to conduct fishing operations in southern Belize. The Fisheries and Environment ...

MOBILE CINEMA MAKES STOP IN DANGRIGA
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
The first stop in Belize is in Dangriga. We spoke today with photo journalist, Griselda Moreno. “We are bringing to Belize a cinema that we bring from all ...

FORMER RADIO ANNOUNCER PASSES AWAY
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
... including Love FM and Estereo Amor and at one time, he edited the weekly Belize Observer Newspaper which was owned and operated by RSV Limited.

RESIDENTS OF THE BELIZE RIVER VALLEY AREA GET AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
The area representative of Belize Rural North and junior Minister of Works Edmund Castro continues to provide assistance to residents of the twenty seven ...

FORMER KHMH FINANCE DIRECTOR TESTIFIES AT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
The commission of inquiry into financial improprieties at Belize's largest public healthcare provider, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, resumed this ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
A mobile patrol in the Lord's Bank area of the Belize District on Wednesday morning intercepted Tyric Noralez and conducted a search of his person. ...

MEETING HELD TO PLAN NATIONALIZATION OF THE YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE
LoveFM - ‎12/10/09‎
The Belize Cultural Foundation and the National Drug Abuse Control Council have collaborated to develop a strategy to nationalize the Youth Football League. ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
Cabinet approved the establishment of necessary “environmental guidelines” for the continued construction of Overwater Structures and for Marinas in Belize. ...

PM to Attend Climate Change Conference i...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
On Thursday, July 30, the United Nations Development Fund released a publication called “Belize and Climate Change: The Cost of Inaction”. ...

“Heavenly Belize” In Stores Now!
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
On Wednesday, December 9, the long awaited publication, “Heavenly Belize”, was released. Ahmen Bedran explained how the project got started. ...

Clifton Flores Charged with Robbery
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
At about 1:40 pm on Friday, November 27, four gun men on bicycles rode up onto the compound of Belize Engineering Co. Ltd, located at the Belize Port ...

Michael Henry Charged with Attempted Murder
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Nelson Leroy Henry Relieved of Double Murder Charge
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Primary Schools Basketball Competition opens with a bang
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The 2009-2010 Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition opened on Monday December 7, 2009, at the Belize City Centre with a bang. ...

Softballers to attend funeral
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Belize Defence Force - National Football Champion of Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League Opening Season came to an end on Sunday December 6, 2009, at the MCC Grounds with the second and final game in the ...

Belize City Over 35 Football Tournament rolls on at the MCC
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

No defending male champion for National Secondary Schools Basketball Championship
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Latest Ashcroft legal wrangling scares no one
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
The salvo comes after the British Billionaire is seeking to take the government of Belize to Court under an investment protection treaty signed between ...

Belize City Councillors to take pay cut
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/10/09‎
Prime Minister Dean Barrow has made the announcement that there is a possibility that Belize City Councillors may have to take a salary cut. ...

12/9/09

Pay Cut for Belize City Councillors
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
And while the Ashcroft affair is consuming the Prime Minister's executive energies, what about the City Council. They can't pay their bills – it's the ...

Chiquibul: The Paradise At Risk
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
The truth is while he was caught red handed – he's just another poor Guatemalan looking to the green resource rich lands of Belize for a means of survival. ...

Toledo Fisher Folk Up in Arms over Jamaicans
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
“My concern is about these fishermen and the boat from Jamaica coming into the waters of Belize for fishing. I don't think we need any more fishermen, ...

Jason Flores Gunned Down at 6:20 am
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
And then – also an hour later – another Belize City male was killed on the street – a short distance from where Flores had been shot. ...

PM Barrow Plans to Chase Ashcroft out of Town
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
Well, actually it was a covering release with the full, tedious text of a notice of arbitration taken out against the government of Belize. ...

Citrus Products Driver Killed in Traffic Accident
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
... twenty seven year old Nigel Arzu, a driver for Citrus Products of Belize Limited died on Tuesday from injuries he sustained in a road traffic accident. ...

Dean Tillett Killed in Morning Hail of Gunfire
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
And just as Flores was expiring at the KHMH – a hail of gunfire resounded in the area of Faber's Road and Kraal Road. The frightening sound sent residents ...

Early Christmas Gift for PM Barrow from Boots Martinez
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/9/09‎
They informally call themselves the Keep Belize Clean crew – a group of about 150 workers deployed by the Ministry of Works to fill in where the sanitation ...

Francis Ford Coppola and His Eco Friendly Resorts
Sustainability Ninja - < ‎12/9/09‎
With multiple luxury resorts under their belts and the recent acclimation of having the world's best resorts in Belize and the number one resort in Central ...

Protected Areas Conservation Trust boldly moving forward
channel5belize - ‎12/9/09‎
While the review is the first of its kind by any statutory body in Belize, the organization constantly provides funding for environmental projects. ...

Belizean delegation headed to climate change summit in Denmark
channel5belize - ‎12/9/09‎
... we're talking about the possibility of sea level rising that can inundate places like Ambergris Caye, we're talking about the fact that Belize City, ...

Christmas crime begins; two murders in Belize City
channel5belize - ‎12/9/09‎
Nobody eena Belize or eena di world cud seh dat he do dehn something.” Police are pursuing a number of suspects in connection with this first killing. ...

Dean Tillett killed during ride-by shooting
channel5belize - ‎12/9/09‎
The shooter was so brazen to carry out his act that armed Belize Defense Force and uniformed police officers patrolling nearby did not deter him. ...

SEPARATE SHOOTINGS MINUTES APART IN BELIZE CITY CLAIM THE LIVES OF TWO MEN
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
Separate shooting incidents in Belize City this morning have left two men dead. A short while ago, we got the details of the double homicide from Police ...

PACT ANNOUNCES GRANT AWARDEES
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
The Protected Areas Conservation Trust this morning announced and awarded grants to six organizations. Love News spoke with Sharon Perera Executive Director ...

RESOURCES PROVIDED TO HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CITRUS GREENING
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
The Citrus Greening project coordinated of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority received three new 2010 Nissan Frontier pickups and laptop computers ...

PUBLIC FORUM ON DAM BREAK WARNING SYSTEM SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEKEND IN CAYO
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
Residents of the Cayo district who live downstream from the hydro electric facility operated by Belize Electric Company Limited are being invited to a ...

MINISTRY OF WORLDS HOSTS PRESS CONFERENCE
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
This morning in Belize City a little over three hundred employees of the Urban Rejuvenation Project under the Ministry of Works gathered inside the King's ...

STAY IN SCHOOL PROJECT 2009 OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
The initiative consists of two elements: a collection of twelve jingles and a short video which features children from various Belize City schools. ...

HEALTH OUTCOMES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME LAUNCHED IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
A meeting to design and launch the Caribbean Health Outcomes Improvement Programme will be held over the next two days in Belize. The programme will support ...

ACCIDENT VICTIMS SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
LoveFM - ‎12/9/09‎
One week after he was involved in a traffic accident, a Dangriga resident has succumbed injuries received. The victim has been identified as twenty seven ...

12/8/09

Lorrie Morgan: Do You “Belize” in Santa Claus?
Great American Country - ‎12/8/09‎
But before she hits the stage, she's hitting the beaches of Belize – and inviting her fans to join her. If you're a Lorrie fan — or know someone who is ...

PM Dean Barrow Heading Delegation to Copenhagen
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
The Prime Minister will head the Belize delegation which includes CEO in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, Beverly Castillo, ...

Jamaican Cement Now on Sale in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
Indeed, Belize's post – modern construction boom was driven by materials these companies. But now there's a new players on the market – and what makes it ...

The Silent Invasion of Chiquibul
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
And, because it sits at the western edge of Belize's territory – the park is under constant pressure from Guatemalans encroaching upon Belizean territory ...

Dr. Louis Zabaneh Assumes Control of Galen University
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
Zabaneh is the former Chair of the University of Belize's Board of Trustees. According to a release Dr. Zabaneh will focus on making the business programs ...

Safe & Sound Song Competition
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
Sebastian Voelker who is from Germany but now based in Belize told us more. “You are totally free in writing your song. The only thing we have to say is ...

Belize Joins Global Sing-A-Long
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
Leslie Jenkins who you may recall from the Next levelpproject did the honours in Belize and Brent Toombs from Oxa Productions filmed and streamed it. ...

Caye Caulker Water Taxi Boat Mishap
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
A report was filed with the Belize Port Authority and they are investigating. Again we tried numerous times to get comment from the Caye Caulker Water Taxi ...

Northside Mechanic Found Murdered in Southside Neighbourhood
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/8/09‎
There was a murder last night in the city and the bizarre circumstances have left police puzzled. 20 year old Leonel Jose Donaire was found dead this ...

Commentary: More countries showing interest in joining CCJ
Caribbean Net News - ‎12/8/09‎
Belize will soon join the regional court. Jamaica has reconsidered its position and will soon put the mechanism in place to do so and a few OECS states ...

Commentary: Working Together to Combat HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean
Caribbean Net News - ‎12/8/09‎
... St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname and Belize, ...

Businesses help public cope with financial downturn
channel5belize - ‎12/8/09‎
It's an initiative that has triggered the Belize Chamber of Commerce to react. “The recent initiative that they took, the credit relief program that they ...

DOE hasn't been consulted about Jamaican fishing company
channel5belize - ‎12/8/09‎
On Monday night we reported that the vessels of a Jamaican Fishing company had docked in southern Belize to, among other things, begin fishing for the ...

Leonel Donaire bound and executed
channel5belize - ‎12/8/09‎
There was an execution style homicide in the City between Monday night and Tuesday morning. It involves a mechanic who was brutally murdered some time ...

US NAVY PERSONNEL MAKE $100000 CONTRIBUTIONS TO BELMOPAN INSTITUTIONS
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
The Garden City Primary School in Belmopan today received a donation of school supplies from the United States embassy in Belize. ...

KENNETH MORTIS GIVES FIRE SAFETY TIPS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
“For probably the past two months we have had structural fires throughout the country, especially Belize City; Caye Caulker. ...

APPARENT MURDER REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
The body of a man was found on Rio Grande Crescent in the Fabers Road area of Belize City early this morning. It has been identified as that of twenty one ...

CUBA-CARICOM DAY CELEBRATED
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
Belize came on board in 1995 and since 1998 both Belize and Cuba established Embassies in their respective capitals and have established bilateral ...

PRIME MINISTER BARROW COMMENTS ON LEGAL WRANGLING OVER TELEMEDIA
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
The British Caribbean Bank, formerly Belize Bank Turks & Caicos, has served notice on the government of Prime Minster Dean Barrow that the institution ...

US EMBASSY DONATES COMPUTER OF BELMOPAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LoveFM - ‎12/8/09‎
Information Technology and Communications Officer with the Belize Defence Force, Lieutenant Andrea Bosch spoke with Love News about the donation. ...

12/7/09

Can PM nationalize Telemedia loan without house approval?
channel5belize - ‎12/7/09‎
For at least two weeks the status of British Caribbean Bank (Turks & Caicos) Limited's forty-five million dollar loan to Belize Telemedia has been in the ...

Two shootings in Belize City
channel5belize - ‎12/7/09‎
And in Belize City this afternoon a shooting took place under the nose of the police. The victim, Oming Veliz, is tonight hospitalized under stable ...

Football and cycling in weekend sports report
channel5belize - ‎12/7/09‎
Yesterday brought money time to the MCC Grounds as the Belize Premier Football League staged its final game in the home and away championship series between ...

Jason Lawrence Charged for Murder of Girlfriend
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
Jason Lawrence was then remanded to Belize Central Prison until January seventh, 2010. Mercedes Carillo was stabbed around one on Friday morning inside her ...

Ashcroft Launches New Offensive Against Government
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
First, the law firm of Allen and Overy has applied for protection form the government of belize for its client the British Caribbean bank in connection with ...

George Hardie Jr. Free Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
After a year and four months in jail, Hardie and Gomez returned to Belize free on Friday afternoon. As we've been reporting, on Tuesday a Mexico appeal ...

Wheelchair Foundation Donates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
“From the establishment of CARE Belize we have referred, we have referrals to the Wheelchair Foundation for the more than 100 persons who have come to CARE ...

Two Women Robbed at Gunpoint
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
On Friday night two robberies happened within one hour of each other but Belize City police say the incidents were unrelated. The victims are women, ...

Fire Forces Closure of Immigration Department
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
There was a fire this morning at the CB Hyde Government Building on Mahogany Street. It was a small fire but it its big news because the Complex Building, ...

Robert Snyder Shipped Back to the US
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
Convicted US Child molester Robert Snyder – who went by the name Augustin Rios in Belize was sent back to the United States today where he will be treated ...

Man Shot near Queen's Square Market
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
There was another broad daylight shooting in Belize City today – and this time it happened at the crowded Queen Square Market. ...

Illegal Xatero in Chiquibul Busted on Camera
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/7/09‎
Benigno Garcia was found at the western edge of Belize within the Caracol Archaeological reserve; he had been hunting, and he carried weapons. ...

AMERICAN FUGITIVE DEPORTED
LoveFM - ‎12/7/09‎
Snyder reportedly left the US and eventually made his way to Belize. Snyder now faces another decade behind bars. In related news, The Belize National Youth ...

FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRES CAUSE ANOTHER FIRE IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/7/09‎
Business was interrupted at the Immigration Department in the Charles Bartlett Hyde Building on Mahogany Street this morning as a result of a fire. ...

FISHERIES OFFICIALS COMMENT ON CONTROVERSY IN PUNTA GORDA
LoveFM - ‎12/7/09‎
... the fishing resources of Belize in order to generate sustained and additional foreign exchange for the country and to create employment opportunities.

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/7/09‎
One person was killed and another injured in a traffic accident on Saturday near Burrel Boom village in the Belize District. According to reports, a man and ...

Scientist says fish can save coral reefs
Providence Journal - ‎12/7/09‎
There are exceptions off Cuba, Belize, Costa Rica and Mexico. The way to bring back the reefs, he said, is to create marine reserves that allow for the ...

12/5/09

AMERICA'S MOST WANTED ARRESTED IN BELIZE
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm - ‎12/5/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize, Dec 6 (NNN-CARIBBEAN NET NEWS) — A child molester, who is listed as America's most wanted man, was arrested in Belize on Friday. ...

Guest Editorial: Belize Pol Backpedals After Lecturing Future British PM Cameron
Belizean (blog) - ‎12/5/09‎
By The Founder ,Belmopan, Belize (Belizean.com) Prime Minister Dean Barrow recently spent ...

Nova scientists develop shark identification tool
MiamiHerald.com -  - ‎12/5/09‎
... from the Western Atlantic to three distinct stocks -- northern (US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico); central (Belize and Panama); and southern (Brazil). ...

12/4/09

Belize City Council holds Economic Summit
channel5belize - ‎12/4/09‎
The recession that has hit the country has not gone unnoticed by the Belize City Council. Revenue collection has been, to say the least, difficult. ...

Breaking news: 1 of Americas Most Wanted captured in Belize
channel5belize - ‎12/4/09‎
There is a report that a convicted sex offender who was wanted in the US has been apprehended in Belize. Robert Snyder, who has been in Belize since August ...

Woman murdered in front of kids in Burrell Boom
channel5belize - ‎12/4/09‎
Carrillo, who was a nurse at Belize Health Care Partners, was at home with her three kids when the door to her apartment was broken in by her boyfriend. ...

Woman Murdered by Jealous Boyfriend in Boom
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
A domestic dispute ended in murder last night in Burrell Boom Village. Police report that 40 year old Mercedes Carrillo and her boyfriend of 10 years Jason ...

Benefit Concert for Wheelchair Foundation
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
Diabetes is the number one killer in Belize but what you may not know is that there is a growing number of Belizeans who have been left disabled because of ...

Boat Ran Aground on Hunting Caye
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
A vessel reportedly ran aground on Hunting Caye in the Sapodilla Caye Range – which is a marine reserve - in southern Belize earlier this week. ...

American Fugitive Sex Offender Captured in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
One of America's most wanted has been caught in Belize. His name is Robert Snyder and he is a convicted child molester who draws in children by acting as a ...

City Council Holds Economic Summit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
When it comes to sound fiscal management – the Belize City Council would be the last place one to turn to for advice. And perhaps that is why today the ...

The Unique Vision of Joseph Chiang
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/4/09‎
If you live in Belize City or have passed through from the Western Highway you had to notice the twenty foot monument the visible hand, which is perched at ...

Commentary: Time to teach Garifuna, Maya and other indigenous languages in ...
Caribbean Net News - ‎12/4/09‎
Belize is a multiethnic country with various ethnic groups such as Mayas, Garifunas, Creoles, Germans, East Indians, ...

BWS OBJECTS TO PUC'S INITIAL DECISION
LoveFM - ‎12/4/09‎
Belize Water Services Limited has objected to the puc's initial decision in the company's full tariff review proceeding. As a result of the objection, ...

BURRELL BOOM WOMAN KILLED BY HER BOYFRIEND
LoveFM - ‎12/4/09‎
A domestic dispute in the wee hours of today has left a Burrel Boom woman dead. The victim has been identified as Mercedes Carrillo. ...

KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY CONTINUED TODAY IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/4/09‎
Testifying this morning before Commissioners Adolph Lucas, Julia Castillo and Orvin Nicholas were two employees of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. ...

YET ANOTHER FIRE REPORTED ON CAYE CAULKER
LoveFM - ‎12/4/09‎
No one was hurt in the fire. None of the buildings were insured. The total estimated loss is over $200 thousand Belize dollars.

12/3/09

Bruised Ears
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The group was structured similar in purpose to the Youth Popular Front (YPF) in Belize City, which was headed at the time by the present Prime Minister, ...

CITCO hosts Sixth Public Meeting
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Belize City Council held its sixth public meeting for the current fiscal year at City Hall on Monday, 30 November 2009. The room was packed to capacity ...

Major drainage project to address flood-...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
... of the Ministry of Economic Development, and will be financed by the Government of Belize through a $0.5M loan from the Caribbean Development Bank. ...

BTL Board discloses murderous bleeding of Telemedia
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
In a packed conference room at the Esquivel telecommunications building, Belize Telemedia this morning updated the press on activities of the company after ...

New Water System for Trio Village, Toled...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
Of this amount, the European Union has provided $291006 and the Government of Belize is providing the remaining $97000.00 in counterpart funding. ...

Eusebio Cal charged for stabbing a cop
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
He was also charged with damage to property for breaking the windshield, valued at $750, of a vehicle belonging to the Government of Belize. ...

Gas explosion shreds boat to bits
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
He normally leaves the Ardeni docked in Belize City and did so late on Wednesday night in the care of his watchman who he knows only as, “Baygon”. ...

No Case against Alleged Robber in National Transport Heist
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Fire Leaves Family Empty Handed
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Belize Fire Department has not concluded their investigation as yet. Altia said that she has no idea what could have caused the fire. ...

Edward Smith turns from saviour to victim
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Delille Academy to host National Secondary Schools Basketball Championship
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Central Region enters basketball semi-final round
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Central Region Secondary Schools Basketball competition enters its semi-final round of Monday November 30 at the Belize City Centre. ...

Belize City Primary Schools Basketball to open on Monday
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The 2009-2010 Belize City Primary Schools Basketball Competition is scheduled to commence on Monday December 7, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. ...

Softball Federation hosted Softball Week
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation played host to a number of schools over the past week as the Federation observed Softball Week in Belize. ...

FC Belize leads in championship round
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League entered its championship round on Sunday November 30, 2009, at the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio Town between FC ...

Softball Federation honours eight Belize...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Lagoon Area to receive $6.5 million facelift
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/3/09‎
Last week on November 26th, the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) presented its idea for improving the San Pedro lagoon waterfront. ...

Islanders protest initial 10.6% water increase approved by PUC
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/3/09‎
On Wednesday, December 2nd the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) closed the date for submission of objection for the initial approval of 10.6% increase in ...

San Pedro celebrates 25 years with pride!
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/3/09‎
San Pedro Town is the youngest municipality in Belize and on Friday evening, Sanpedranos came out in numbers to celebrate with much pride, 25 years of being ...

ACCSD to file injunction against SPTC
San Pedro Sun - ‎12/3/09‎
The Ambergris Caye Citizens for Sustainable Development (ACCSD) on Friday, was back before Honorable Justice Hafiz in Belize's Supreme Court where they were ...

KHMH Commission reveals $2M in savings at Ministry of Health
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
Now we have the Belize Health Information System, which has been dubbed by the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation as the best system of its type in the world. ...

BWSL Objects to puc's 10.6% water rate increase
The Guardian, Belize - ‎12/3/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission has received a letter from the Belize Water Services Limited objecting to the 10.6 rate increase which the regulator had ...

British Caribbean Bank Seeking to Shut Down Belize Telemedia
Cellular-News - ‎12/3/09‎
Latin America based telecoms operator, Belize Telemedia says that it has learned that the British Caribbean Bank is seeking to wind up the company, ...

12/2/09

Ashcroft Seeking to Windup BTL
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
The government-appointed Board of Directors of BTL held a press conference today – their first since taking over the company at the end of August. ...

GS COM Jacked
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
Around three thirty this evening GS Com at number eight Baymen Avenue was robbed of what we believe to be an undisclosed amount of cash. ...

Creative Recycling at Our Lady of Guadalupe RC High
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
That is because they say they sent to a box of ornaments to Bowen and Bowen in Belize City but they didn't get a satisfactory response. ...

Freed Casino Boss Awaiting Release from Mexican Immigration
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
After one year and four months in a Mexican federal jail, yesterday a Mexican court of appeal judge ordered the release of Las Vegas Casino boss George ...

BTL Says Loan from Ashcroft Unlawful and Void
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
“In July 2007 BTL took out a loan of US$22.5 million from the Belize Bank Turks and Caicos at a rate of interest of 12% to be repaid over four years; ...

Central American Blacks Meet in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
CABO - the Central American Black Organization is meeting in Belize this week. Its 15th annual general assembly starts this evening at the Bliss Center for ...

More Cons by Alleged Conman Artemio Acosta
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
Artemio Acosta is alleged to be a con man posing as a graphic designer who's now been linked to t-shirt scams in the Belize, Corozal and Cayo districts. ...

Fire Leaves Victims Hopeless and Desperate
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/2/09‎
There was a fire in Belize City this morning and it left a family of five homeless. These situations are always desperate but they are even more so at ...

Robbery at GS-COM caught on video
channel5belize - ‎12/2/09‎
In Belize City, robbers jacked a computer business and made away with thousands of dollars. GS-COM, a computer and accessories outlet on Baymen Avenue was ...

BTIA's says it's hopeful amidst bleak tourism season
channel5belize - ‎12/2/09‎
The number of visitors to Belize has declined by five point two percent and stakeholders in the Tourism Industry are feeling the pinch of the economic ...

FIRE IN BELIZE CITY LEAVES ONE FAMILY HOMELESS
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
A fire in Belize City this morning has left a family of four homeless. Around ten o'clock this morning, a wooden house at number 762 Ebony Street caught on ...

MORE TROUBLES FOR BELIZE TELEMEDIA LIMITED
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
Three months following the wresting of Telemedia by the Government of Belize its interim Board of Directors today held a press conference to update the ...

LAS VEGAS CASINO VICE PRESIDENT RELEASED
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
Las Vegas Casino Vice President, George Hardie Junior and casino security guard David Gomez are expected back in Belize within the next couple days. ...

ORANGE WALK BOLEDO AND LOTTERY SELLERS ASSOCIATION PREPARES TO PROTEST
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
Three weeks ago, the government of Belize announced the awarding of the contract to operate the national lottery to Brads Gaming Company, also known as ...

BELIZE PREPARES TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL DISABILITIES DAY
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
Tomorrow is International Disabilities Day and two NGO's, Care Belize and the Belize Assembly for Persons with Diverse Abilities, have collaborated to ...

BTIA HOSTS ITS AGM
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
The Belize Tourism Industry Association is hosting its Annual General Meeting at the Radisson today. The objective of the meeting is to report to its ...

COURT NEWS
LoveFM - ‎12/2/09‎
Immigration Department records show that Francis entered Belize on November 8, 2008 and he was given a visitor's permit to last until March 7, 2009. ...

12/1/09

Las Vegas Casino Boss Released from Mexican Jail
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/09‎
The attempted murder of a Mexican national although the man was shot in Belize territory. They were also charged with smuggling of firearms in Mexico when ...

US Ambassador Takes the Test for World Aids Day
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/09‎
Today is World Aids Day and by now you know probably the hard reality: Belize has the highest prevalence rate in Central America and the fifth highest in ...

Nigerians Busted with Counterfeit Passports
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/09‎
Francis Njimgoy and Prince Arzutory – both 30 years old – were charged with 6 counts of unlawful possession of passports when they appeared in Belize City ...

Murder of Edward Barrow Smith Looks Like Revenge
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎12/1/09‎
Last night at around 7:00, a 24 year old man was hunted down and killed in Belize City. This was no random act, no errant bullet that found Edward Barrow ...

San Pedro feeling the pinch of declining tourist arrivals
channel5belize - ‎12/1/09‎
Tourists, Sherry and Jeff Fink are among the dwindling number of visitors to Belize over the past few months. Like many other travellers, the couple is ...

World AIDS Day… get tested
channel5belize - ‎12/1/09‎
There are over five thousand persons living with HIV/AIDS in Belize. With the high rate of infection, organizations countrywide offer education, ...

SPECIAL REGULATION FOR THE FISHING OF NASSAU GROUPER GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY
LoveFM - ‎12/1/09‎
That is why in Belize, a special regulation went into effect today with the closure of the Nassau Grouper season. According to the Acting Fisheries ...

MURDER REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎12/1/09‎
"Yesterday the police visited the KHMH where Edward Bol of Belize City was seen with a gunshot wound to his body. The victim was in an unconscious state and ...

BARROW DISCUSSES ASHCROFT WITH BRITAIN OPPOSITION LEADER
LoveFM - ‎12/1/09‎
Reports in a British newspaper says Prime Minister Dean Barrow has warned David Cameron that he risks damaging relations between Britain and Belize if he ...

HIV SONG COMPETITION LAUNCHED
LoveFM - ‎12/1/09‎
"It is part of my studies; I have to realize a project within my studying and we are trying to encourage musicians from Belize write a song about HIV and to ...

COUNSELOR ROGER ESPEJO COMMENTS ON PUBLIC MEETING
LoveFM - ‎12/1/09‎
The sixth Monthly Public Meeting of the Belize City Council was held last night. Following a presentation from Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers and her councilors ...

Probe International wants answers on the Chalillo dam's pollution of the Macal ...
Probe International - ‎12/1/09‎
A tragedy is unfolding in Belize's breathtaking Macal River valley, until recently one of the most unspoiled places remaining in this hemisphere. ...

11/30/09

More questions arise at KHMH Commission of Inquiry
channel5belize - ‎11/30/09‎
It says one million Belize dollars was allotted to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and that amount was to be used for rehabilitation of facilities and ...

Northern Highway at Mile 7 Collapses
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
The Northern Highway at mile 7 has been converted to a one lane highway. That is because sometime last night the edge of the highway gave way when it ...

SMART Accuses BTL of Deceit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
Smart service is still spotty between Ladyville and Belize City and their international service isn't online. You can still send and receive international ...

Channel 7 Snags Platinum & Silver at UNFPA Awards
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
With those three of 10 media awards that were given out, Channel 7 won more awards than any other single Caribbean media house and Belize more than any ...

Dr. Peter Allen Testifies at KHMH Commission of Inquiry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
The public hearing into the allegation of corruption at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital resumed. This morning Laurel Grant, the former Director of Human ...

2 Men Injured in Majestic Alley Brawl
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
The drama unfolded inside the woman's home situated through Majestic Alley in Belize City. Police report that twenty five year old George Matthews entered ...

Friday Night Explosion Rattles City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/30/09‎
There was an explosion near downtown Belize City on Friday night. It wasn'ta grenade but the blast which occurred on North Front Street reverberated through ...

CEO DR. PETER ALLEN TESTIFIES IN KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
LoveFM - ‎11/30/09‎
”One million Belize dollars was allotted to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and that amount was to be used for rehabilitation of facilities and equipment. ...

SMART AND BTL STILL AT IT
LoveFM - ‎11/30/09‎
The seemingly never-ending saga continues between Smart and Belize Telemedia. On Friday of last week General Manager of Business Development and Marketing ...

YOUTH AWARD RESULTS RELEASED
LoveFM - ‎11/30/09‎
The Belize Youth Award acknowledges the achievement of exceptional young people countrywide. We recognize their contribution but the process culminated with ...

COLLAPSING RETAINER WALL REDUCES TRAFFIC TO SINGLE LANE ON NORTHERN HIGHWAY
LoveFM - ‎11/30/09‎
Engineers and personnel of the Ministry of Public Works moved quickly overnight to affect emergency measures in order to keep the Belize River from further ...

Shyne Goes Back To Prison For Thanksgiving
Gaea Times - ‎11/30/09‎
By WENN Recently-freed rapper SHYNE went back to prison on Thanksgiving Day (26Nov09) to give a motivational speech to inmates in his native Belize. ...

Belize PM claims billionaire backer Michael Ashcroft will rip off Britain if ...
Mirror.co.uk - ‎11/30/09‎
Belize PM Dean Barrow accused the secretive peer of exploiting his country "like a colonial ruler". And he predicted Lord Ashcroft will attempt to do the ...

11/27/09

Guest Editorial: Barrow & Belize Telecommunications Ltd.
Belizean (blog) - ‎11/27/09‎
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Teacher Jailed on Committal Warrants
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
Eden Rowley was detained yesterday on the strength of three committal warrants for $3000 owed to Courts Belize Limited. He was in the holding cell at the ...

San Pedranos March Against Water Rate Increase
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
Last week the Public Utilities Commission approved a 10.6% increase in the cost of water as part of a business plan by Belize Water Services Limited. ...

Dep. Auditor General Concludes Testimony at KHMH Hearing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
It surely is a irregularity because when you go and make purchases at high prices it costs the government of Belize a considerable amount of funds. ...

Karate Champion of Champions
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
There will be a champion of champions karate competition on Sunday in Belize City. It is the 14th annual open competition which in preparation for the ...

The March Against Gender Violence
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
“Actually I am because we have a tendency in Belize that as soon as a few drops start to fall we run indoors but definitely we are seeing people getting ...

BTL Says SMART Had Illegal Connection
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
Since Wednesday, there has been a partial blackout of Smart cell phone service between Belize City and Ladyville. That is because on Wednesday, ...

35 Sailors Join Coast Guard
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/27/09‎
I have seen the Coast Guard grow in a very short period into trustworthy and viable force that was respected and recognized not only in Belize but ...

Rapper Shyne Pays Visit To Belize Prison
CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM - ‎11/27/09‎
CaribWorldNews, BELMOPAN, Belize, Sat. Nov. 28, 2009: Moses Michael Levivy, better known as the Rapper Shyne, is sharing his experience in a New York prison ...

Laptop with country's birth certificate information stolen
channel5belize - ‎11/27/09‎
That's because the stolen computer belongs to the Government of Belize and was issued to the head of the Vital Statistics Unit, Lovina Daniels. ...

Table tennis enthusiasts work up a sweat in workshop
channel5belize - ‎11/27/09‎
A workshop started today at the auditorium of the Belize Elementary School (BES) to teach coaches the proper techniques of the sport. ...

Audit team did not receive all necessary documents
channel5belize - ‎11/27/09‎
The hearing will break on Tuesday and Wednesday since the venue, the Belize Institute of Management, is booked and will resume next Thursday and Friday. ...

Day 2 of KHMH Commission of Inquiry
channel5belize - ‎11/27/09‎
It surely is an irregularity because when you go and make purchases at higher prices it costs the Government of Belize a considerable amount of funds while ...

khmh's weakest link is its revenues department
channel5belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Throughout today's session there were a number of irregularities that came to light. Deputy Auditor General, Wayne Simon, pointed out that one of the khmh's ...

Letter: Impartiality of the Caribbean Court of Justice
Caribbean Net News - ‎11/27/09‎
... that a few more countries including Belize, Jamaica, Grenada, and St. Lucia are contemplating joining the Caribbean Court of Justice. ...

Commentary: The future of the Garifuna race
Caribbean Net News - ‎11/27/09‎
As the Garinagu in Belize celebrate their 186th anniversary, they must look back at the years of struggles in the past and to develop ...

KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY COMPLETES DAY TWO ON PUBLIC HEARINGS
LoveFM - ‎11/27/09‎
... hearings into the operations of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital at the executive level is underway at the Belize Institute of Management Building. ...

RESIDENTS BLESS PLACENCIA LAGOON
LoveFM - ‎11/27/09‎
According to organizers of the event, members of the clergy and pastors from around Belize will be addressing the issue of stewardship of the earth, ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/27/09‎
A police officer is hospitalized in Belize City after he was stabbed in the abdomen during an altercation. According to police reports, Constable Eric Patt ...

THE BELIZE NATIONAL COAST GUARD CELEBRATES ITS ANNIVERSARY
LoveFM - ‎11/27/09‎
Today the Belize Coast Guard commemorated its fourth anniversary after serving the country since November twenty eight 2005. In addition thirty five young ...

Attorneys make summary addresses in Westerhaven case
Amandala  - ‎11/27/09‎
Tomorrow in the Supreme Court, attorneys for the Attorney General of Belize and the owners of Dutch cargo ship Westerhaven are expected to finish making ...

Smart claims BTL sabotage
Amandala - ‎11/27/09‎
Smart (a SpeedNet Communications service brand) called a rare press conference at its Belize City headquarters this evening, to publicly decry what it ...

Simon says - Do it right!
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
A Commission of Inquiry hearings commenced on Thursday, November 26, at the Belize Institute of Management in the West Landivar. Justice Adolph Lucas Sr. ...

San Pedranos protest against BWSL Rare Increase
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
... to the recent proposal by the Public Utilities Commision (PUC) to increase rates for Belize Water Services Ltd. (BWSL), are heard loud and clear. ...

Paul Nabor recoveiring from stroke
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Nabor had performed in Belize last week Tuesday, but on Wednesday, November 18th, on the eve of the Garifuna Settlement Day celebrations, he was admitted to ...

Belizean writer Ian Vasquez wins award for successful 1st novel
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Crime writer Ian Vasquez of Belize has been honored by the Private Eye Writers of America for his first published novel In the Heat. ...

Crackdown on service station cheating. Bureau of Standards starts pump inspections
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
A Bureau official told the Reporter that all pumps in Belize City will be re-calibrated, and service station owners who are not conforming to the law will ...

Investors warned of Texas-based oil and gas investment scheme
Investment Executive - ‎11/27/09‎
The firm is trying to raise investment capital for Black Gold International Ltd., a company registered in Belize, with an office in Nassau, Bahamas. ...

Consumer pay more for city water. PUC allow 10 percent hike!
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Belize Water Services had asked for a 25 percent increase, but after hearing from the public and doing its own calculations ...

Watch out for counterfeit pesos
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
A report from Corozal Police states that last Saturday, at around 11:30 am, one Priscilla Beet, 26, a woman from Belize City, converted $600 Belize dollars ...

Youth survives assassin's attack
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
A man from Belize City's south side has survived a barrage of bullets from a assasin who tried to gun him down on Mex ...

Resort complex for PG hits snag from local residents
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Astera Retreat plans to develop a 33 acre plot of land just south of Punta Negra, along one of Belize's most beautiful and pristine stretches of coastline.

Garinagu celebrate 177 years in Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
The day marking 177 years of Garifuna presence in Belize was celebrated under the theme “Gunfuli Wamei Hayamahu Wayunagu” (Let us answer the call of our ...

CAPE and CSEC top students honored
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
Grinage, now a history student at the University of Belize, said she plans to study law at the University of the West Indies and return to practice law in ...

Reporter replies to accusations of untruth by GOB
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/27/09‎
In its lead story last week this newspaper reported that Belize Telemedia Limited had fallen into arrears on a loan with the Belize Bank for US $22.5 ...

11/26/09

MONSTER OF THE CARIBBEAN
Mirror.co.uk - ‎11/26/09‎
Labour MP Denis MacShane demanded an emergency debate over the "corrupt" influence of the Belize-based Tory deputy chairman - who is running a propaganda ...

NEMO donates relief supplies to Salvador
ReliefWeb (press release) - ‎11/26/09‎
Belize was lucky to be spared from any damages delivered by Hurricane Ida earlier this month but the same cannot be said for our Central ...

Businessman robbed of twenty thousand dollars
channel5belize - ‎11/26/09‎
Belmopan resident, Carlos Moreno, the owner of Belize Food Supply located at Mile four on the Northern Highway was robbed this past Wednesday at about ...

Wastage and conflict of interests also revealed
channel5belize - ‎11/26/09‎
But in a telephone interview, President of the Belize Medical and Dental Union, Doctor John Sosa, said he will comment when the testimonies are over. ...

KHMH Commission of Inquiry; overpaid suppliers revealed
channel5belize - ‎11/26/09‎
... of Inquiry into the procurement of medical and pharmaceutical supplies at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital began this morning in Belize City. ...

Audit team confirm irregularities in KHMH supply purchases
channel5belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The inquiry is seeking to determine whether any fraud or improprieties occurred in the procedures and processes for procurements during the eighteen month ...

Healthy Living cuts deep into Appendicitis
channel5belize - ‎11/26/09‎
According to Dr. Lizarraga, more men suffer with appendicitis than women and in Belize, approximately three hundred cases of appendicitis are detected per ...

Afternoon Fire Destroys Home in Cholera Burying Ground
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
A house was destroyed by fire this afternoon in Belize City. Shedrick Banner and his wife are homeless after the early afternoon gutted the house they ...

A Free Night of Fine Music
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
Today Jacqueline Godwin spoke to Jorge Luis Hidalgo, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Mexican Embassy in Belize about the artists and this weekend's ...

Day 1: The Conflicts at KHMH
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
More disturbing, according to Simon is that the audit report found instances where the KHMH both pharmaceuticals which had already been supplied by ...

PM Barrow Weighs In on the Interest Rates Debate
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
That's of course for existing customers and it is clear that the Belize Bank is prepared to talk about lower interest rates for particular sectors in return ...

Day 1 of KHMH Commission of Inquiry
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
... corrupt practices at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital began its public hearings this morning at the Belize Institute of Management's conference room. ...

Telemedia Accuses Smart of Trespassing
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
As we told you earlier, the PUC has ordered both BTL and Smart to renegotiate an agreement for the rental of BTL's E-1 service. BTL sent out a release this ...

The Tale of the US$22.5 million Loan
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
Last night on this newscast you heard Prime Minister Dean Barrow saying that he isn't playing with Michael Ashcroft and the Belize Bank. The Belize Bank as ...

PUC to BTL & SMART: Make a Deal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/26/09‎
Yesterday evening we promised to tell you what the PUC had decided in the dispute between BTL and Smart but we had to change that at the last minute because ...

FIRE IN BELIZE CITY DESTROYS TWO STOREY HOME
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
Our newsroom was first informed about a fire at # 3 Barracat Street sometime around 2:30 this afternoon. When we arrived there shortly after we found this ...

OVERNIGHT ARMED HOLD UP LEAVES ONE MAN INJURED
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
A Belize City man was wounded in an armed hold up last night. Reports are that twenty year old Hitesh Purushwano was shot in the knee, allegedly by a pair ...

THE INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS PRESENTS “DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA”
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
There is also the Belize Cabaret Dancers. What the Bliss tries to do now is to integrate various styles of dances and give it an opportunity to showcase the ...

DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL TESTIFIES AT KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
Day one of a series of public hearings into the financial affairs of the management of Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital concluded this evening at the Belize ...

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS AVIATION SAFETY AUDIT IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
The International Civil Aviation Organization is currently carrying out an aviation safety audit in Belize in accordance with its universal safety oversight ...

TWO WORLD RENOWNED MUSICIANS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN BELIZE TOMORROW
LoveFM - ‎11/26/09‎
This is and event that we want to present to the Belizean public in Belize City and Belmopan. The Embassy of Mexico has a cultural program every year in ...

From Skettledom - with malice towards so...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
Well, the infighting has re-intensified over what is left of the skettel party, and we all know there isn't much that is left of it. ...

3 acres of land wrongfully sold
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
That's where the Belize City Council stepped in and in February of 2005 the municipal court decided to sell the property at a public auction which ...

Mr. $10000 in the Bank
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
Except for the routine and predictable rant from the Times each week, the political landscape in Belize is mostly quiet. There was a small flicker in the ...

Case of GOB vs. Westerhaven Concludes
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The ship, Westernhaven, docked in Belize for about four hours on Tuesday, January 13, to unload a few containers. It then left Belize at about eight o' ...

Belize's Legal Opposition
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
To the average person, then, it would seem that Belize's main opposition political party is more engaged in creating legal challenges against the government ...

The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of our Youth
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
An old quotation indeed, but it is most pertinent in these modern times, and particularly applicable to us here in Belize where the posterity of our nation ...

Hutchy donates again
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Waste control overbills KHMH nearly $8,0...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

PUC approves 10.6% increase for BWS
The Guardian, Belize - 11/26/09 ‎11/26/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) held a press conference on Monday, October 5, to inform the public that Belize Water Services Limited had made a ...

Ministry of Works Acquires New Line Marking Machine
The Guardian, Belize - 11/26/09 ‎11/26/09‎
For those of us who have been on the major highways of our neighbouring countries, it was clear that our roads here in Belize could be made a lot safer with ...

Magistrate Commits Coye family to face Money Laundering Charges
The Guardian, Belize - 11/26/09 ‎11/26/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

Belize Elementary female and Queen Square male to defend Belize City Primary ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The problem of domestic violence in Belize is one that has some serious implications to the socio-economic fabric of the nation. ...

FC Belize to face Belize Defence Force for Football Supremacy
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League Semi-final round continued on Sunday November 22, with the second and final games in the home and away series between the ...

Softball Federation honours outstanding softball personalities
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation will honour nine outstanding softball personalities on Sunday November 29, 2009, at Rogers Stadium as part of its Softball ...

Sadie Vernon Technical remains perfect in high school basketball
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
The Central Region Secondary Schools Basketball Competition is fast winding down at the Belize City Centre. On Monday November 23, there were two games in ...

Over 500 students to benefit from New Holy Ghost RC School, Dangriga
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/26/09‎
Of this amount, $472911.00 was financed by the Government of Belize through a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and $680708.00 was a grant from ...

Oceana in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - 11/26/09 ‎11/26/09‎
Now Oceana has established a base in Belize. Four top board members of Oceana are in Belize to celebrate the official opening of Oceana Belize. ...

KHMH Commission of Inquiry Commences Today
The Guardian, Belize - 11/26/09 ‎11/26/09‎
The Guardian Newspaper reported two weeks ago that the Auditor General of Belize, Edmund Zuniga, had delivered the final Audit report of Karl Heusner ...

Teaching English on Caye Caulker
Fairview Post - ‎11/26/09‎
In August of 2009, I had to opportunity to be part of a Literacy Project in Belize which was sponsored by the Rotary Club. That experience connected me to ...

11/25/09

Shyne Visits the Hattieville Prison
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
Moses Leviy, or Shyne as you may know him, was deported to Belize on October 28th and made his first public comments at Wesley College on Monday November ...

PM Barrow Ready to Fight "Nuisance Litigation"
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
And while PM Barrow is satisfied with the government's position, that hasn't stopped the Belize Bank from making claims in court against BTL for the US$22.5 ...

West Landivar Zoned as Strictly Residential
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
It is the area that starts from University Drive coming southward to Teacher's Street, unto Teacher's Street back in front of what's Belize Healthcare ...

KHMH Commission Hearings Start at 9 am
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
As we told you, the Commission of Inquiry into the KHMH will have its first public meeting tomorrow morning at 9:00 at the Belize Institute of Management in ...

Outstanding Students Shine at CXC & CAPE Awards Ceremony
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
Today Belize's brightest high school and tertiary level students were honoured at the CXC and CAPE awards ceremony. Jacqueline Godwin was there. ...

NEMO Donates Relief Supplies to Salvador
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
Belize was lucky to be spared from any damages delivered by Hurricane Ida earlier this month but the same cannot be said for our Central American neighbour ...

PM Barrow: GOB Didn't Assume $45 million Debt
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/25/09‎
Over the past week much has been made about a US$22.5 million outstanding loan the Belize Bank had made to BTL. When BTL was expropriated on August 24th, ...

Education Commission going full steam ahead
channel5belize - ‎11/25/09‎
Since the proposal was introduced, the Belize National Teachers Union and the Ministry of Education have been conducting countrywide consultations on the ...

Students awarded for outstanding CSEC and CAPE scores
channel5belize - ‎11/25/09‎
I plan to attend the University of the West Indies to study law and become a lawyer in Belize and right now I am a student at the University of Belize ...

Children's Day Celebration in SP
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/25/09‎
The parade started at 9:00 am and students depicted Belize's flora and fauna, the culture, children and colors in the outfits which they wore and the ...

5k Walk for Liberty Children's Home
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/25/09‎
Liberty Children's Home is situated in Ladyville, on the outskirts of Belize City, and was opened in the summer of 2005. Liberty Children's Home cares for ...

Food, drumming and dancing - The Garifuna celebrate!
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/25/09‎
... proceeded to the beach side where they boarded boats with palms in hand, for the reenactment of the arrival of the Garifuna to the shores of Belize. ...

Four buildings consumed and three damaged in Caye Caulker fire
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/25/09‎
Leading the investigation for the Fire Department is Belize City Training Officer Kenneth Mortis. In a press conference held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, ...

Guest Editorial - Thoughts on GOB, BTL and SMART
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/25/09‎
On Friday, November 20th, 2009 Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), which is now owned and controlled by the Government of Belize (GOB), pulled the plug on ...

Blacks in Central and South America
Amandala - ‎11/25/09‎
In all of the Caribbean slave societies and in Belize, black slaves outnumbered their European slavemasters. An incredible leader emerged in Haiti by the ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/25/09‎
There were days, perhaps even weeks, during the time of the Heads of Agreement uprisings (1981) in Belize when it appeared to me that Belize had been cut ...

Article search: Site Web
Amandala - ‎11/25/09‎
There was no surprise out at Ambergris Caye yesterday, where Belize Defence Force (BDF), riding a 4-1 victory margin from Wednesday last, easily secured ...

KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY PREPARES TO CALL ITS FIRST WITNESS
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
The public hearings, which will be held at the Belize Institute of Management Building in Belize City will be aired live right here on Love FM as well as on ...

THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH GETS A MILLION DOLLARS GRANT TO AID IN THE FIGHT ...
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
As part of the Central American Council for Agriculture, Belize will get just over a million dollars to under a project entitled: Reinforcement of seed ...

PM BARROW TO ATTEND COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
... Wilfred Elrington, Ayesha Borland from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Lou Anne Burns of the Belize High Commission in London. ...

TOP CXC PERFORMERS AWARDED TODAY
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
The mark of distinction went to Stacey Grinage, now a student at the University of Belize, who garnered the highest grades in the CAPE exams. ...

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LOCAL GOVERNANCE HELD IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
The Ministry of Labour, Local Government and Rural Development is hosting the Second National Symposium on Local Governance in Belize. ...

WEST LANDIVAR ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING A RESIDENTIAL ZONE
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
Residents of the West Landivar area of Belize City will soon have new guidelines for the development of this part of the old capital. ...

TRAVELING EXHIBITION OPENS THIS EVENING AT THE BLISS
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
"In Her Shoes is symbolic of the plight of domestic violence in Belize. The exhibition opens this evening in the rotunda of the Bliss Center for the ...

MEXICAN EMBASSY TO HOST A SERIES OF PIANO RECITALS
LoveFM - ‎11/25/09‎
The Mexican Embassy in Belize will be sponsoring two free piano recitals this weekend. According to a press release from the Embassy, musicians Marieli Sosa ...

' 11/24/09

BHA Wants Heads in Beds
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
The Belize Hotel Association held its annual general meeting this afternoon at the Belize Biltmore Plaza. It's hard times for the overnight tourism industry ...

BEL Challenges Impartiality of Justice Denys Barrow
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
Justice Denys Barrow – he's one of the most well respected and well liked personalities in Belize's legal community; he's also an internationally respected ...

KHMH Commission of Inquiry Schedules Public Hearings
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
The hearings start this Thursday morning at 9:00 at the Belize Institute Of Management in Belize City. All hearings will be open to the public but the ...

City Council Broke Again
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
So then, why isn't Belize Maintenance Limited which cleans the city getting paid? Yesterday the Mayor Zenaida Moya and councilor with responsibility for ...

Alliance Bank Chooses "Heritage Bank" As New Name
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
The Alliance Bank of Belize has gone though an ownership change and now, it's re-branding – meaning, taking on a new name. For some time, the bank has been ...

Cpl. Sam Bonilla Charged for Attempted Rape
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
Three weeks ago, we told you about Sam Bonilla, the police corporal who received a ten thousand dollar out of court settlement from a Belize City ...

Peter Myvette Shot at Corner of Mex and Amara Avenues
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
Myvette was rushed to the KHMH and is recovering at the KHMH. He declined an interview and Belize City police have no leads in this case.

Coaches Receive Training from FIBA Instructor
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/24/09‎
The Belize Basketball Federation is in a tangle with FIBA, the world's governing body of basketball. They're fighting to preserve the eligibility of ...

FIBA will present submissions on nationality appeal
channel5belize - ‎11/24/09‎
It's been three months since the games that ensured Belize a spot in the Pan American Games and a shot at the 2012 Olympics. Belize Basketball Federation ...

BBF launches training program for coaches and players
channel5belize - ‎11/24/09‎
The Belize Basketball Federation has embarked on an ambitious training program targeting four areas: discipline, increased competition, promoting and ...

KHMH Commission of Inquiry set to start next week
channel5belize - ‎11/24/09‎
The hearing will take place at the Belize Institute of Management on Thursday starting at nine in the morning. Justice Adolph Lucas, Orvin Nicholas and ...

KHMH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO BEGIN ON THURSDAY
LoveFM - ‎11/24/09‎
Word from the Prime Minister's office is that the public hearings of the Commission will begin this Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at the Belize Institute of ...

US Airways Expands Central and South America for Customers Through TACA ...
Business Wire - ‎11/24/09‎
The codeshare agreement will complement existing US Airways flying to Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize and beginning Dec. 15—Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—from its ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL FAILS TO PAY BELIZE MAINTENANCE LIMITED
LoveFM - ‎11/24/09‎
The Belize City Council has reneged on an agreement with Belize Maintenance Limited, BML. That's according to the owner and manager of the sanitation ...

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CONTINUES COUNTRYWIDE CONSULTATIONS
LoveFM - ‎11/24/09‎
The Orange Walk Branch of the Belize National Teachers Union has flatly rejected the proposed Teaching Services Commission. Yesterday the Corozal Rural ...

Zenaida and the UDP “making up?”
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
A hearing involving Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers and the United Democratic Party, (UDP) had been scheduled to take place in the Supreme Court of ...

Climate change costing Central America US$105 billion and counting...
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
Right next door in Guatemala last week, the Ministers of the Environment of Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and ...

Henry writes Wilmot on Iguana Paradise Restaurant
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
It has been brought to my attention following my conversation with you this morning and with Mr. Troy Smith from the Belize City Council, ...

$1.5 million money laundering case bound for the Supreme Court
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
Seven accused persons who were charged with money laundering by the Finance Intelligence Unit (FIU) will have to stand trial in the Supreme Court of Belize, ...

Ashcroft wants his pound of flesh!
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
There is more contention over the nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) as we go to press tonight, and it centers on recent reports of lawsuits ...

Chief Justice grants leave for judicial review in Mrs. Good's case against GOB
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
... is bringing against the Government of Belize for wrongfully terminating her from her job as a school warden in August of this year. ...

James Bus Line owner, James Williams, Sr., dead at 57 from heart attack
Amandala - ‎11/24/09‎
Belize has lost one of its greatest and most resilient entrepreneurs. Reports reaching Amandala this morning are that James Williams, Sr., 57, proprietor of ...

11/23/09

Gotta Love Barracudas
Field and Stream - ‎11/23/09‎
Greetings from the southern coast of Belize, and the "Geez, why hadn't I thought of this before?" department... I've stumbled onto a fairly remarkable game ...

Champagne Chef Shoots Cooking Show in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News -  - ‎11/23/09‎
For the last week and a half he's been doing just that in Belize. He spent the last ten days or so on the islands of Caye Caulker and San Pedro shooting 5 ...

Eco-Friendly Solution at the City Dump
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
Belize City has more garbage than the City Council knows how to deal with it and Eco-Friendly Solutions says it has the solution. ...

Rizden Clare Publishes 'The Hot Zone'
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
He bills it as the stethoscope to the pulse in Belize's streets. He told us it is geared towards youths and so instead of the diet of crime and politics ...

Mass Layoff of Sanitation Workers
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
This morning Belize Maintenance Limited – the company that cuts the grass and cleans the streets in the city slashed its staff by 60%. ...

Moneygram Case Committed to Trial in Supreme Court
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
Following the family's departure from the Belize City Magistrate's Court I approached the former director of Moneygram Melonie Coye. ...

JUST IN: Late Evening Shooting
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
We have breaking news of a shooting in Belize City. It occurred at the corner of Mex and Amara Avenues. Residents tell us the gunshots rang out at around ...

Alleged Conman Busted
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/23/09‎
Last week Acosta was charged with 10 counts of obtaining property by deception in Belize City Magistrate's Court. He's accused of collecting money from ...

Citrus greening detected in Hopkins
channel5belize - ‎11/23/09‎
So now, the Belize Agricultural Health Authority and the Citrus Growers Association are taking a more aggressive approach to control this dangerous threat ...

…And another officer escapes gunshots
channel5belize - ‎11/23/09‎
While one San Ignacio cop is facing charges of Attempted Rape, a shooting incident involving two Belize City Officers on Sunday night is still up in the air ...

Peter Myvette shot twice on Mex Avenue
channel5belize - ‎11/23/09‎
In a report just in to the newsroom, a young man was shot this evening in Belize City. The incident occurred at the corner of Mex and Amara Avenues around ...

Commentary: Jamaica and the Caribbean Court of Justice and regional integration
Caribbean Net News -  - ‎11/23/09‎
In fact the Belize Government, although there is no need for a referendum to effect the change, has launched public aware consultations throughout the ...

YOUTH FOR THE FUTURES OPENS NEW OFFICE IN DANGRIGA
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
Since the late 1980's a week has been set aside to celebrate the contributions of young people to Belize's development. As the Department of the Ministry of ...

THREE BELIZE CITY MEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH WEEKEND ARMED HOLD UP
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
Police have detained a sixteen year old boy in connection with an armed robbery on Friday afternoon. Reports are that around three forty five on Friday ...

BELIZE RED CROSS TREASURER APPOINTED TO THE RED CROSS FINANCE COMMISSION
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
The treasurer of the Belize Red Cross Betty Tam has been appointed to the Finance Commission of the governing board of the International Federation of Red ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
According to Belize City resident Dean Meyers, his twenty three-foot fiber glass skiff that was docked at Moho Caye Marina and its forty horse power ...

ANOTHER ARMED ROBBERY REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
There was another armed robbery reported on Friday evening in Belize City, this time on the north side of town. Businessman Zan Chu Chen told police that he ...

PROMINENT TOLEDO BUSINESSMAN DIES SUDDENLY
LoveFM - ‎11/23/09‎
He generously rendered assistance with bus transportation to the Toledo District and other parts of Belize even when the funding was not easy to come by. ...

11/20/09

Settlement Day Stabbing in Dangriga
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
While people in Dangriga were still celebrating National Garifuna Day on the night of November nineteenth, a misunderstanding between two men has landed one ...

Belize City Celebrates Garifuna Settlement Day
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
History now tells us that the first Garifuna came to Belize from Honduras in 1802 – though 1823 is the acknowledged date because it was the first mass ...

The Call for Renewal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
That march led to the Memorial Park for the official ceremony to commemorate Garifuna Settlement Day. November 19th has been an official holiday since 1977 ...

Paul Nabor Recovering from Mild Stroke
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
Shortly after eleven this morning he was air ambulanced by Wings of Hope from Dangriga to Belize City. He was accompanied by his niece Phyllis Cacho and met ...

BTL Pulls the Plug on Smart's Long Distance Service
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/20/09‎
Belize Telemedia gave Smart's parent company, Speednet, notice of its intention to pull the plug a week ago and so today as promised Telemedia disconnected ...

Cop chopped on the hand in Dangriga
channel5belize - ‎11/20/09‎
A police officer attached to the Dangriga precinct is tonight admitted in the medical ward at the KHMH recovering from a cut wound to his hand. ...

PRIME MINISTER COMMENTS ON SPEEDNET/BTL SAGA
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
Telemedia has been nationalized by the Government of Belize; compensation would have to be paid to the previous owners. That compensation must clearly come ...

Nations to demand billions in climate damages
Daily Telegraph - ‎11/20/09‎
... estimate" of the damage done by climate change across 16 sectors in Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama. ...

… WHILE SPEEDNET SEEKS SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
That cable is there to be used in Belize for legitimate purposes by specially license carriers and there is no reason why that should be denied. ...

BTIA TO HOLD ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SHORTLY
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
The Belize Tourism Industry Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting early next month in Belize City. According to a notice emailed to members ...

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE RETURNS FROM ITALY
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
In closing the minister stated that developing countries such as Belize are not longer interested in listening to the words but demanding actions, ...

UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S RIGHTS DAY BEING OBSERVED TODAY
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
Today Belize and the rest of the global community is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/20/09‎
A chopping incident on Garifuna Settlement day in Dangriga has left a man hospitalized in Belize City. The victim has been identified as Santiago Ciau, ...

Taxpayers acquire btl's $45 million debt with Belize Bank (Turks & Caicos)
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
Central Government has taken over the $45 million Belize Bank debt that Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) took out with the Turks and Caicos branch of the bank ...

Public auction appeared to be “private treaty:” Chief Justice Conteh
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
“The sale strikes me more like one by private treaty between the supposed highest bidder, the licensed auctioneer and possibly officials in the Belize City ...

PUC approves 10.6% increase in water bills
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
At a press conference held Wednesday afternoon at its office in Belize City, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced that it had issued an initial ...

KREM Radio celebrates 20 years
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
After the release of Wright's “Big Inna Di Country” in 1991, he met JC and pitched the idea for what would become Belize Musicians Past and Present. ...

BTL threatens to pull the plug on smart's international calls
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
speednet Communications, owner of the SMART brand, and Belize Telemedia Limited, owner of the Digicell brand, today fired off press releases in their latest ...

Garinagu celebrate 186th anniversary
Amandala - ‎11/20/09‎
The Garifuna people have had many crosses to bear, many injustices to face, and one of the toughest battles of any ethnic group in Belize to keep what is ...

In pictures: Belize's 'Thanksgiving Day'
BBC News - ‎11/20/09‎
But each November it provides the backdrop to Belize's flamboyant brand of thanksgiving. Garifuna Settlement Day celebrates the arrival of this little-known ...

11/18/09

Castro-Saldivar War of Words
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
Edmund Castro, Belize Rural North Area Rep. “They owe a lot of taxes and this parcel of land is approximately 1923 acres of land. We are not looking to take ...

Flores Bus Takes Protest to UDP Headquarters
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
Flores says that the scheduling of the busses is unmanageable because it only allows operators to take 45 minutes from Belize City to Lord's Bank and that's ...

PUC Approves 10% Increase in Water Rates
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
An interesting note is that water loss, known as non revenue water is just below 40% in Belize City – the highest in the country.

14000 Cruise Passengers Descend on Belize City
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
5 cruise ships sailed in this morning, bringing with them as many as 14000 cruise visitors to Belize City. It's not a record arrival but in a year in which ...

Angela Gegg's World of Enhanced Perception
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/18/09‎
On Friday of last week we told you about the opening of Angela Gegg's provocative art show, Impulse. But pushing the envelope is her thing, ...

NATIONALS ABROAD WILL SOON BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
Belize introduced the new machine-readable passport system domestically in 2005 in order to comply with international standards for travel documents. ...

BUS OPERATOR PROTESTS SUSPENSION OF ROAD SERVICE PERMITS
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
For the past several weeks it has been sheer chaos along the Belize City - Ladyville route as buses compete fiercely with other companies for runs in that ...

PARTIAL SCOPE AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA DISCUSSED
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade held the second of two consultations on the Belize – Guatemala Partial Scope Agreement. ...

SANTA ELENA AND SAN IGNACIO TO RECEIVE NEW RESOURCE CENTRE
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
We have looked at some statistics and according to the 2008 population estimates produced by the Statistical Institute of Belize San Ignacio and Santa Elena ...

BTB REPRESENTED AT 2009 TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FAIR
LoveFM - ‎11/18/09‎
The Belize Tourism Board had representation at the 2009 Taipei International Travel Fair which was held Taipei at the end of last month. ...

PUC amends BWSL business plan and rates proposal
channel5belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Public Utilities Commission has reviewed a multi-million dollar business plan submitted by the Belize Water Services Limited and has approved a water ...

The funny money
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
To understand our dilemma, you have to examine the nature and modus operandi of Belize's dominant political parties – the UDP and the PUP. ...

DANGRIGA TITANS HOST BELIZE BANK BULLDOGS U-15 & U-17 CLUBS TOMORROW NIGHT AT ...
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
In commemorating the first anniversary of the Belize Bank Bulldogs Basketball Club, members of the U-15 and U-17 programs will be participating in a ...

Secondary school principals seek media assistance in anti-crime fight
Amandala -- ‎11/18/09‎
The fight against violence in Belize is being fought in all sectors, by all manner of people. One of the groups in the forefront of the fight is the Belize ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
He came there straight from the Belize Technical College's sixth form. He was just a teenager, and the relationship between him and me was still touchy, ...

More questions about the boledo!
Amandala - ‎11/18/09‎
I was very surprised to know that after my article was published, less than 72 hours, Monday, November 9, the Government of Belize awarded a ten-year ...

Angela Gegg provokes with art exhibition
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Her latest exhibit, Impulse, is billed as “her most provocative show to date” and runs from November 13 - 27 at the Institute of Mexico in Belize. ...

$45 million for Education, Health and Agriculture. IDB help boost Belize's ...
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Government of Belize has negotiated three loan agreements with the Inter-American Development Bank for a total $45 ...

Oceana to protect Belize's unique Reefs
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Oceana, an NGO campaigner, kicked off the opening of their Central American office in Belize with 3 days of events, ...

Hurl Hamilton, new Magistrate for Belize City court system
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Magistrates Court in Belize City has been further strengthened by the addition of a another magistrate, ...

Caye Caulker establishes separate police formation for tourism work
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The number of Caye Caulker Tourism Police officers have been increased from two to eight officers. and they will now ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Since they came to Belize in 1823 their talent and ingenuity have come to the fore, making them leaders in education, religion and philosophy, ...

BTL in arrears
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Belize Telemedia Ltd. may be owned and operated by the Government of Belize but new information reaching the Reporter places the word ...

City Financial Controller Dwain Davis is dead
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
The Financial Controller of the Belize City Council, Dwain Davis, has died, eleven days after he suffered a massive stroke ...

Court will decide custody battle
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Donald Richard, the girl's dad, had taken the child out of Belize to the United States without her mother's permission. In October of last year, ...

Isreal and Belize lift mutual visa requirements
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/18/09‎
Present at the signing ceremony at the Radisson Hotel for Belize was Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. ...

11/17/09

Serious Consultation about Belize's Youths
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
The assessments were done with 6 thousand CARICOM citizens from 12 countries including Belize. The draft report was presented today, in the morning, ...

Sudden & Unfortunate Death of Elena Paige
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
“So we as the loved ones, we are at a situation of whose really telling the truth and I think that this is something that's going in Belize so many times. ...

Belize's Corruption Perception Off the Chart
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
In 2008 Belize was ranked 109 on the corruption perception index – that was a sharp and embarrassing fall from 90th in 2007. So what is the finding for 2009 ...

Thieves Burglarize Ombudsman's Office
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
The Ombudsman's office on Douglas Jones Street was burglarized over the weekend. A thief or thieves peeled open the burglar bar on window and pried open two ...

Contention in Baker's Ranch
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
And that's why it's news that Belize Rural North Area Rep. Edmund Castro is moving ahead with plans to acquire a portion of Baker's Ranch against the wishes ...

Simulated Chaos and Confusion
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
There was chaos and confusion in Belize City this morning when a butane truck stopped on Albert Street between King and Prince Streets and smoke started ...

Dean Fuller's Millions Remain on Ice
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
Fuller was the Managing Director for Omni which was the master agent for Moneygram in Belize. But Fuller said there was no taint, the FIU had it all wrong ...

Refresher Course for Guatemala Partial Scope
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize exports $5 million in goods to Guatemala annually but we import $140 million in goods from Guatemala. So there is a trade imbalance and Belize and ...

Father Charged for Incest
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/17/09‎
His daughter a 12 year old reported that that cases occurred at their home in a rural area of the Belize District. The child claims that in the first ...

Cultural Awareness Day celebrated at ACC
channel5belize - ‎11/17/09‎
In Belize City today, the vibrant Garifuna culture was among the many displays at the Anglican Cathedral College school grounds. That's because the students ...

ZONING CONSULTATION HELD IN KING'S PARK
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize City Council will tonight be hosting a consultation for residents of the King's Park Area. According to a brief release from City Hall, ...

THIEVES TARGET THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
The office of the Ombudsman in Belize City was the target of a burglary this past weekend. According to police reports, the office located on Douglas Jones ...

DRAFT REPORT OF CARICOM COMMISSION ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSED
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
A meeting on the Draft of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development is underway at the Sports Council Conference Room in Belize City. ...

INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS ANNOUNCES THE ANNUAL BROKDONG COMPETITION AND BRAM
LoveFM - ‎11/17/09‎
And this year's bram promises to feature some of the mainstays of the Belize Creole culture. “What we have, of course you know we have to include the ...

BTB meets with Cruise Sector Stakeholder...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎17 hours ago‎
Belize City, Friday, November 13, 2009 – The Belize Tourism Board brought together all stakeholders involved in the cruise tourism sector last week Monday. ...

Regional tourism fostered
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize City, Friday November 13, 2009 – In an effort to Promote the trade relationship between Mexico and Belize, an invitation was extended through the ...

Closer Relations - No Visa Needed for Trips to Israel
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize's history is highlighted by a territorial dispute with Guatemala, and as Belizeans we often think about how horrible it would be for the dispute to ...

Toledo Christian Academy and Bishop Martin primary schools are National ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The 2009-2010 National Primary Schools Volleyball Championship came to an end on Friday November 13, at the Belize City Centre. In the female championship ...

The Belize Youth Award
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize Youth Award, for the most exceptional and deserving youth throughout Belize. The Belize Youth Award seeks to highlight and acknowledge the ...

Hankook Verdes lead in series against FC Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize Premier Football League entered its semi-final round on Sunday November 15, with its home and away series between Hankook Verdes and FC Belize. ...

Softball Federation to celebrate Softball Week
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation released the programme of activities for Softball Week, which is scheduled for November 22-29, 2009. ...

City Council Remains the Only Undefeated...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The Belize City Softball Interoffice competition is heating up as teams are improving rapidly. The competition has officially passed the halfway mark and ...

BELCOGEN provides power to Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
At a total investment cost of US$63 million, BELCOGEN is owned by Belize Sugar Industries (BSI); US$35 million of the initial investment was secured through ...

Biggest Bash of the Year - Wave's Punta Fest May be Coming to Your Town
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
The show consisted of performances from Belize's best Punta artists like Consigo, Danger Zone Band, New Rebels Band, Titiman Flores and the General, ...

Written by Alfonso Noble
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/17/09‎
They had gotten up at the crack of dawn and travelled from Belize City to the Southern district to consult with Dr. Allan Burke, a plastic surgeon who ...

Grief and pathos, triumph and celebration
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
The experiences of Belize's other fundamentally African tribe, the Giao, were different, and these experiences were different during precisely the same ...

From The Publisher
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Black people in Belize have always felt especially threatened by the Guatemalan claim, because of its ethnic undercurrents, and having remained loyal to Mr. ...

Dwain Davis' parents pull the plug
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Although he did not come to the public via the media to complain or to blame anyone, after the Belize City Council voted to terminate his service as ...

Three single mothers homeless after Pen Road fire
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
By the time it was put out by the Belize National Fire Service, the small wooden structure that had been a home for three single mothers and their five ...

Open doors for Israelis …Belize waives visa requirement
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Attorney General of Belize, Wilfred Elrington, and Ambassador for Israel, Mattanya Cohen, who is based in San Salvador, ...

Belize way behind in the region on closing gender gap
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Belize has been listed 88th on the global scale on the World Economic Forum's (WEC) global gender gap index, on which 137 countries appear. ...

Finally, the KHMH Commission of Inquiry
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
In June, the hospital buckled under a two-day 'go-slow' initiated by members of the Belize Medical and Dental Union (BMDU), who worked there. ...

Tio John and Right Now collide – one dead
Amandala - ‎11/17/09‎
Mayor Paz also told us that she has been after the Belize Port Authority to enforce the law on lights for boats operating on the island, to avoid incidents ...

11/16/09

Deadly Boat Collision in San Pedro
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Two boats collided on the open seas in San Pedro last night and it was deadly. 33 year old Cesar Scott was killed in the collision which occurred on the ...

BOATING ACCIDENT NEAR SAN PEDRO LEAVES ONE DEAD AND ANOTHER HOSPITALIZED
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
One person was killed in a serious boat accident in San Pedro Town on Sunday night. The victim has been identified as 33-year-old Cesar Scott, ...

OCEANA makes waves and opens office in Belize
channel5belize - ‎11/16/09‎
This wave making NGO is a worldwide force to reckon with and this morning Oceana opened an office on Regent Street in Belize City. ...

Football, table tennis and cycling in weekend sports
channel5belize - ‎11/16/09‎
The Belize Bank Super League kicked off its playoff round with the divisional elimination this weekend as Kraal Road, leader of the South Zone, ...

2012 doomsday prophecy false, says Canadian archeologist
Malaysia Sun - ‎11/16/09‎
The doomsday prophecy comes from an ancient carved monument found from the Maya region which covers the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize, ...

IDB Signs Over US$2.5 million in Loans
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
“We signed today three loans, very important for the bank strategy with Belize and very timely because these loans are going to the fiscal stimulus that you ...

Teen Charged for Armed Robbery at Bel-Taco
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Today one of those accused in the robbery appeared in the Belize Family Court. The sixteen year old boy pled not guilty to the charge but because in March ...

Belize & Israel Cement Diplomatic Relations
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Israel and Belize have long had an uneasy relationship. That's because it is widely held that Israel strongly supports Guatemala in its claim against Belize ...

2 Single Mothers & 6 Kids Homeless by Fire
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
There was a fire this morning in Belize City. No lives were lost but two single mothers and their children are homeless. They lost all their possessions and ...

Oceana Belize Officially Launched
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
We've heard more about the Oceana Foundation in the past month than we have about any other conservation group and that's because it hasn't even started up ...

Dwain Davis Passes
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Tonight we note the passing of the former financial director at the Belize City Council Dwain Davis. The 55 year old died at 9:55 this morning at the Karl ...

Chef Busted with Counterfeit Cash
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/16/09‎
Arzu was charged with the possession of eight fifty dollar counterfeit Belize currency. Fredrick Arzu claimed that he sold a gold chain to a friend in ...

HOLY GHOST RC SCHOOL RECEIVES NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
The funding was provided by the Social Investment Fund's Basic Needs Trust Fund, the Canadian International Development Agency and the Government of Belize ...

BELIZE AND ISRAEL SIGN VISA AGREEMENT
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
Belize and Israel this morning signed a visa waiver agreement which, for a limited time, will allow residents of both countries to visit without requiring ...

OCEANA INTERNATIONAL OPENS SECOND REGIONAL OFFICE IN BELIZE
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
The worldwide international organization known as Oceana is today officially opening its office in Belize. Ceremonies are scheduled for three this afternoon ...

FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF ELDERLY WOMAN
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
I sent a text to her daughter living in Belize City asking her to text me back or call me. She called me immediately. We did not hear anything. ...

BELIZE CITY COUNCIL'S FINANCE DIRECTOR PASSES AWAY
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
On November fifth, David, who was a defendant in a corruption case brought against officials of the Belize City Council in connection with a so-called under ...

RIDE OUT DIABETES HELD OVER THE WEEKEND
LoveFM - ‎11/16/09‎
Diabetes, unfortunately, is on the rise not only in Belize but globally and we think that more should be done to inform and educate Belizeans on the ...

11/13/09

Proshka launches new book and artwork
channel5belize - ‎11/13/09‎
She has been featured in over twenty joint and solo art shows and has been a part of art exhibits in Belize, Texas, New York, Miami and Trinidad. ...

$17000 Jacked from Money Changer in Corozal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
The man left with a total of seventeen thousand, seven hundred Belize dollars. Luckily no one was injured but because the crime was committed with a weapon ...

Belize Dance Company Creates Fusion
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
The Belize Dance Company's annual show takes place this weekend. It's called Fusion which is also the theme because the performance will fuse classic dance ...

Aunt Terry Celebrates 102nd Birthday
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
Today she was surrounded by her close friends from Helpage Belize who celebrated her birthday. It was a joy sitting down with Aunt Terry who told me it was ...

Primary School Volleyball Champion of Champions
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
The National Primary School Volleyball Championship was held today at the City Center in Belize City. Boys and Girls teams from all six districts converged ...

Big Bucks Jacked from Marketing Board
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
More than $26000 was stolen in yesterday's armed robbery at the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation, which was formerly the Belize Marketing Board. ...

Jason Coombs' Mother Makes Desperate Plea
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
She lived in Belize in the 70's and 80's and built her family and her life here. Now, she lives in the United States but has returned to pick up her son's ...

Salvation Army Launches Kettle Appeal
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
“Okay right after the officially launching, the Salvation Army will then have its kettle at various spots throughout Belize City, of course in Belmopan as ...

Provoking Proshka
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/13/09‎
So they say, so you people say in Belize. I personally don't think so but they say it is provocative what I do so it is.” But it is provocation says the ...

POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO BMDC ROBBERY
LoveFM - ‎11/13/09‎
Twenty four hours after a long gunman walked into the Belize Marketing Board offices on North Front Street and cleaned out the cash register, ...

95% of major crimes are economic crimes - theft, robbery, burglary
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
In the Laws of Belize, Criminal Code (Chapter 101), theft is defined as dishonestly taking property belonging to another with the intention of permanently ...

Doctors' faulty diagnosis caused patient's death?
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
According to Ruel, as soon as his father arrived in Belize City, doctors at the KHMH rushed him into surgery. The attending physician, Dr. Emerson Munguia, ...

Westerhaven's reef grounding case goes to court
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Closing arguments were heard today in the courtroom of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh in the case of the Government of Belize vs. the ship Westerhaven, ...

Two senior officials exit UB – scapegoats for mistaken financial reports?
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Harry Lui, Jr., and Yura Monsanto, senior administration officials of the University of Belize (UB), have been relieved of their posts as, respectively, ...

KHMH hires Dr. Bernard Bulwer to head medical team
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Belize's most prolific medical author and Harvard-trained cardiologist, Bernard E. Bulwer, MD, MSc., FASE, has been appointed as the new Medical Chief of ...

Jason Coombs, 38, executed
Amandala - ‎11/13/09‎
Prior to this, there had not been a murder in the month of November in the cruel streets of Belize City. And now this: a hard-working businessman—gunned ...

Not sure - too early to tell
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
A lone gunman walked into the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation, formerly known as the Belize Marketing ...

Bishop Philip Wright takes bride in Trinidad
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
The Anglican Diocese of Belize announces with pleasure and pride the recent nuptials of the Rt. Rev. Philip Silvin Wright, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese, ...

Brads Gaming Co. Ltd wins Boledo contract
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
This company was chosen from among two other contenders namely, Print Belize Limited and Tropical Gaming. The objective of the new gaming provider, Brads, ...

Trapped in a raging flash flood, Corozal car dealer muddled through
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Castillo was driving back to Belize from the United States in his Toyota Previa van while towing a Mazda pickup last Saturday, Nov. 7th. ...

The incredible, edible egg regains lost status in Belize
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Orlando Habet, President of the Belize Poultry Association, announced that the aim of the symposium was to tell people about the nutritional value of eggs. ...

Court prescribes fine for concealing baby's death
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
In a fit of rage Tesecum seized Therese's months old baby and smashed the infant against a wall of their home in southside Belize City. ...

Court will determine Westerhaven reef damage. Compensation will be in the millions
The Reporter Belize  - ‎11/13/09‎
Westerhaven owners have agreed to pay for damage to Belize's Barrier Reef near Caye Glory, where the ocean freighter, ...

Houston, TX establishes "Andy Palacio Day"
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
“Andy Palacio, of Belize, was a notable example of a poet, musician and activist,” White said. The Mayor recalled that Andy Palacio was the first musical ...

BNE making its first returns to investors
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Belize Natural Energy (BNE), Belize's only petroleum-producing company, has announced that it is to begin distributing returns totalling about $10 million ...

Hirian Good to sue GOB "Excessive force caused wrongful death?"
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
... November 2, has taken on the Government of Belize - that is the Ministry of National Security - for causing the death of her 62 year-old husband. ...

Precon owner gunned down
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
A businessman is dead after he was shot four times by unknown gunmen, inside his business compound of Precon Limited, ...

Academic promise for 113 high school students
The Reporter Belize - ‎11/13/09‎
Peacework is an international non-profit organization which has been working in Belize since 1995. The Academic Promise Program offers two types of awards ...

11/12/09

PUP Leader addresses the Ambergris Caye Chamber of Commerce
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
all factors played a significant role in the erosion of investor confidence in Belize,” stated Briceño. His comments came after Prime Minister Dean Barrow ...

CFE to cancel guarantee power supply to Belize
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
There is bad news coming from the sole public power supply company in Belize. The bad news is that Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) informed the ...

C's wins local SP Basketball league championship!
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
After many weeks of battle, players from Belize City, Caye Caulker and San Pedro, enjoyed the Championship match which was held at the Angel Nunez ...

Belize featured in three travel destination shows around the world
San Pedro Sun - ‎11/12/09‎
Belize has been marketed in major travel shows in three different parts of the world. Those events include the International Travel Fair in Taiwan, ...

Price of 100lb cylinder of butane goes up
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
... government announced today the price hike which catapults the prices in this manner: in Belize City and Corozal Town, it will sell at one hundred and ...

Police recover getaway vehicle used in murder of businessman
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The nation's eighty-fourth murder occurred on Wednesday evening in Belize City when a brazen gunman drove a vehicle to a busy construction site and opened ...

Over $26000 robbed from Marketing Board
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Sometime after four this evening, the Belize Marketing Board, which is downstairs of the Education Department and next door to the Conscious Youth ...

BNTU Supports Teaching Services Commission in Principle
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
So how does that sit with the teacher's union? Well national president Jaime Panti says that while teachers agree in principle with the teaching commission, ...

Revolutionary Solution for Plastics in the Dump
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
Belize City has a garbage problem and the city councillor in charge of sanitation Phillip Willoughby says he has found a businessman who can help. ...

$7 Increase in Butane Prices
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
The controlled price for a one hundred pound cylinder is going up from one hundred to one hundred and seven dollars in Belize City. ...

Dr. Bernard Bulwer is new Chief of Medical Staff at KHMH
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
But for sometime now we have not heard much about Doctor Edward Bulwer who in 1991 was the President of The Belize Diabetes Association and from 1997 to ...

tempers Flare at BNTU Meeting with Education Minister Faber
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
... his Chief Education Officer and the two deputy Chief Education Officers met with hundreds of Belize City teachers at the Parish Hall. ...

Late Evening Robbery at Marketing Board
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
There have also been no arrested in an armed robbery that is reported to have happened this evening at the Marketing Board on North Front Street. ...

Jason Coombs' Murder Looks Like Professional Hit
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
The Southside of Belize City has the highest murder rate in the country – it is at least one and a half times higher than the national average. ...

PM Barrow Leaves for Miami Gala
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
The event is described as a “gala” – and will see the premiere of a seven-minute video presentation on Belize. 7 minutes!? We're not sure quite what to say ...

Oceana Opens Office in Belize
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/12/09‎
In May we told you about the organization called Oceana – a big money, high profile conservation group that was coming to Belize. Well, it's here and the ...

Why are university finance and HR personnel being replaced?
channel5belize - ‎11/12/09‎
In October of this year, the Board of Trustees of the University of Belize reported that a draft audit of the university's finances revealed that millions ...

BERNARD BULWER SAYS HE WILL MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES AT THE KHMH
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Dr. Bernard Bulwer was the founding president of the Belize Diabetes Association in 1991. He has been away for the past seven years and has returned to ...

ROBBER TARGETS BMDC
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Just after four o'clock this evening a lone gunman entered the offices of the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation on North Front Street and made ...

BUSINESS MAN MURDERED IN BELIZE CITY
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Belize City Police are investigating another murder. The latest murder occurred yesterday evening sometime around five o'clock. Reports are 38-year-old ...

INCREASE IN PRICE OF BUTANE GAS ANNOUNCED
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
In Corozal and Belize City customers will now pay 107 dollars; in Orange Walk 108 dollars; in Belmopan and San Ignacio 109 dollars, Benque Viejo del Carmen ...

CANE FARMERS SEEK COMPENSATION FOR SUGARCANE BYPRODUCTS
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Producing energy from biomass is now a reality in Belize. Belize Cogeneration Energy Limited, BELCOGEN is already selling test power to Belize Electricity ...

Hummingbird Elementary and St. John Vianney repeat as Belize District champions
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The district championship featured the champions and sub-champions from Belize Rural and Belize City with the winners in both the male and female categories ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
A Belize City business establishment was burglarized last night. According to police reports, the proprietor of the Favourite restaurant was held up around ...

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN CAYO LANDS A TEAKETTLE STUDENT IN THE HOSPITAL
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
A twelve year old student of Teakettle village is hospitalized in Belize City after she was knocked down after class yesterday evening. ...

ORANGE WALK BASED GROUP EMBARKS ON DIABETES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Diabetes is the number one killer of people in Belize. World Diabetes Day will be observed this Saturday and organizations across the country are planning ...

ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY IN PREPARATION FOR GARIFUNA SETTLEMENT DAY
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Matthew Martinez, President of the Belize City Branch of the National Garifuna Council explains this year's theme. “We are celebrating this year under the ...

BDF OFFICER CADET EXCELLED ON INITIAL OFFICER TRAINING COURSE
LoveFM - ‎11/12/09‎
Mark Babalola, an officer Cadet from the Belize Defense Force, has been awarded the prize for Best Overseas Student by the Royal Air Force Academy in the UK ...

Toledo Christian Academy and St. Alphonsus RC to defend national title
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The championship will feature the champion in both the female and male categories from all six districts of Belize. The National Primary School Volleyball ...

St. Catherine Academy and Toledo Community College are National Volleyball ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
... Schools Sports Association National Volleyball Championship was played on Friday November 6 and Saturday November 7, 2009, at the Belize City Centre. ...

Moon Belize Giveaway
Gadling (blog) - ‎11/12/09‎
A few days ago I reviewed Moon Belize (8th edition), written by Joshua Berman, who is familiar not only with Belize but also Nicaragua and other parts of ...

7000 Scholarships for students through ...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Stephen Darr, Executive Director of Peacework, fell in love with Belize the first time he came to visit with his three children. ...

In Recession but NOT in Retreat
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Contracts will soon be awarded for reconstruction of the road from Little Belize to Chunox, Progresso to Little Belize, and the Copper Bank Road. ...

Remembrance Day in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
At 9 on Sunday November 8, Belize joined other countries throughout the world in the observance of Remembrance Day. Every year on November 11 or the nearest ...

From Sketteldom - with malice towards so...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Everyone in Belize knows that in Telecommunications, the Bricenos are no entrepreneurs but were just fronting for the ubiquitous Predator. ...

This Week in Belmopan
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The purpose of establishing the Office is to comply with Belize's international obligations, and is aimed at promoting international cooperation and at ...

Jason Coombs killed where he worked
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Well known and liked Belize City Businessman and owner of Pre-Con Limited, 38-year-old Jason Coombs was killed at around 5 on Wednesday November 11. ...

Fortis Inc. - Alternative Energy - Deals and Alliances Profile - new report ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - ‎11/12/09‎
The company also owns unregulated hydroelectric generation plants in Canada, Belize and upper New York State. In addition, it owns hotels and commercial ...

Double tragedy in Santa Clara: two frien...
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
They apparently went grocery shopping in Chetumal and attempted to re-enter Belize via a dory, which is a way of life for those in the north who smuggle ...

Softball Federation to celebrate Softball Week
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
The Belize Softball Federation released the programme of activities for Softball Week, which is scheduled for November 22-29, 2009. ...

Sugar City Starz and Team Zamir Excel in Chiapas - Giovanni Choto 1st U-23
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
This past Sunday, November 1, 2009, two of Belize's primer cycling teams participated in the 1st Clasic de Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiapas, Mexico. ...

Prime Minister Barrow Receives Audit Report on KHMH
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
After allegations of improprieties at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital surfaced, Prime Minister of Belize, Hon. Dean Barrow ordered that a thorough audit ...

Busta Rhymes visits Shyne in Belize
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
Though Moses did not go on air, the telephone lines were busy with supporters who wanted to welcome Busta and Angie to Belize and wish Moses a happy ...

More streets paved in Belize City
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
4th street is one of two streets that were paved on Wednesday November 11 in the Buttonwood Bay area of Belize City as part of the Urban Rejuvenation ...

160 Lots delivered to Corozalenos
The Guardian, Belize - ‎11/12/09‎
... like the one being demonstrated by Hon. Pablo Marin, instances like this one will be repeated over and over across the entire country of Belize.

11/11/09

UB Fires Its Chief Financial Officer
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
Still recovering from the embarrassment of the salary and tuition fiasco in Mid October, 7news has confirmed that the University of Belize has given its ...

Brukdong Time Approaching
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
“Why do you believe this type of music is dying in Belize?” “Because it is a part of the Kriol culture and lately we haven't been seeing our youths, ...

The Interconnection of Coral Reefs
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
“In Belize our reefs are very very well interconnected. For example from Glover's Reef we are seeing that the larvae of corals are actually recruiting ...

Westerhaven Disputes Damage Assessment of US$18 million
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
The ship ran aground on Belize's reef in January and the Port Authority says it was due to negligence. 6000 square meters of reef was damaged and more than ...

JUST IN: Police Find Car Used in Jason Coombs Murder
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
And in a late breaking development to our top story about this evening's murder of businessman Jason Coombs, police have reportedly found the car that ...

Businessman Jason Coombs Murdered in Late Evening Attack
Channel 7 Daily News - ‎11/11/09‎
The community has been rocked by news of another killing tonight – and this time, a businessman was the victim. This evening around five, 38 year old Jason ...

International legal co-operation office established in Belize
Caribbean Net News - ‎11/11/09‎
BELMOPAN, Belize -- The Belize government has created an office of International Legal Cooperation in order to comply with the country's international ...