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8/19/08

KIDNEY ASSOCIATION RECEIVES 50 THOUSAND DOLLARS LoveFM, Belize - 8/19/08 The Belize Kidney Association yesterday received a cheque of 50 thousand dollars from the Belize Social Security Board. Jose Cruz, public relations officer ...

SOCIAL SECURITY DONATES COMPUTERS TO YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE LoveFM, Belize - 8/19/08 The Belize Social Security Board today donated four brand new dell computers to Youth for the Future as an addition to their resource centre. ...

ANDY PALACIO FOUNDATION TO BE LAUNCHED LoveFM, Belize - 8/19/08 ... and the objectives are to preserve and promote the legacy of Andy Palacio, Belize’s great music icon, cultural ambassador and UNESCO artist for peace, ...

GRACE KENNEDY ADOPTS ROUNDABOUT ON THE NORTHERN HIGHWAY LoveFM, Belize - 8/19/08 Grace Kennedy Belize Limited today adopted a roundabout on the Northern Highway. General Manager of Grace Kennedy Alberto Young told Love News his company ...

TELEMEDIA AWARDS 32 SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LoveFM, Belize - 8/19/08 Belize Telemedia Limited today held their 17 th annual scholarship award reception at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. A total of 32 students from across the ...

Eulogy for Denton “D” Garbutt. May 6, 1956 – August 12, 2008 Amandala, Belize - 8/19/08 Denton was born in Belize City on the 6th of May, 1956, to parents Alpheus Budd and Katherine Garbutt, and spent his growing up years living in an alley off ...

From The Publisher Amandala, Belize - 8/19/08 So, in Belize we’re watching NBC and MSNBC to see the Games, and they are, of course, catering their production for the majority American audience, ...

Gun law jails innocents Amandala, Belize - 8/19/08 In the Southside of Belize City, and in poor areas of the Northside, there are drugs and guns all around. It’s not only rough. The law seems crazy.

Still no cable from Hattieville to Cotton Tree Amandala, Belize - 8/19/08 About 400 households in Hattieville, Mahogany Heights, La Democracia, Armenia and Cotton Tree villages still have no cable TV service, after Belize ...

UCLA Professor Robert Hill lectures about Belize’s phenomenal ... Amandala, Belize - 8/19/08 But the majority of Belizeans who went to school in the colony of British Honduras and the nation of Belize know nothing about the life of the man who ...

Mayor Lopez turns back Belisle challenge in heated UDP Belmopan ... Amandala, Belize - 8/19/08 Saldivar came out for him Sunday, and brought along two Belize City Cabinet Ministers - Education Minister Patrick Faber and Works Minister Anthony “Boots” ...

8/18/08

The Tilapia Capital Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/18/08 Belize Rural North Area Representative Edmund Castro says he’s determined to make his division the tilapia capital with residents using small scale fish ...

Brian Saunders Charged for Pulling Gun on Wife at Belize Zoo Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/18/08 On Friday we told you about the domestic drama that almost turned into deadly gunplay at the Belize Zoo. Brian Saunders went to his wife’s workplace at the ...

Belize's Wicked Rides Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/18/08 The first so called “Wicked Auto Show” was held yesterday at Old Belize. We’ve taken you to auto shows before but yesterday’s event was on another level. ...

Angel Dorado Shot but not Killed Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/18/08 Belize City Police still have no leads on who shot twenty eight year old Angel Dorado on Friday night and the victim today would not speak to the media. ...

The end of Jonathon & Jayson's Olympic Runs Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/18/08 He ran his qualifying heat in the men’s 200 meter on Monday morning in Beijing, which was Sunday night in Belize. He ran the race in 21.54 seconds and came ...

Teen Charged for Shooting Teen Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/18/08 He appeared with his parents in front of Magistrate Roberta Perez at the Belize Family Court but was denied bail due to the nature of the offence. ...

COURT NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/08 The jewelries were found at a pawn shop in Belize City and a medal valued at 3 thousand dollars and identified as the property of Ruiz was found with Davis. ...

KIDNEY ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/08 The Belize Social Security Board has donated 50 thousand dollars to the Belize Kidney Association. CEO Merlene Bailey Martinez handed over the cheque to ...

TILAPIA PONDS TO BE CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/08 Minister of State in the Ministry of Works and area representative for Belize Rural North Edmund Castro chaired a meeting with tilapia growers yesterday. ...

ROTARY CLUB AND CHAMBER HOST EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR AWARD CEREMONY LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/08 The Rotary Club of Belize along with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry held their first annual Employer of the Year Award ceremony over the ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/08 Belize City police are looking for a man following a report of rape. A 33 year old woman told Police that about one o’clock Sunday morning she left her ...

TEACHERS IN MONKEY RIVER ATTENDS TRAINING WORKSHOP LoveFM, Belize - 8/18/08 "In Belize all teachers are required to train during their break and we will have an annual workshop, we are hoping next year in fact to have a Math ...

8/15/08

POLICE INVESTIGATES POSSIBLE CASE OF ABDUCTION LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/08 The incident erupted this morning between a couple that was visiting the Belize Zoo. It is reported that during an argument between the couple the husband ...

TELEMEDIA DISCONNECTS CBC FROM SOUTHERN Belize LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/08 Over the past few weeks there has been an ongoing situation between Belize Telemedia Limited, Channel Broadcasting Corporation and television operators ...

BELIZEAN JONATHON WILLIAMS QUALIFIES TO SEMI FINALS AT OLYMPIC GAMES LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/08 The other athletes representing Belize are Jayson Jones in the 200 meter; Tricia Flores in the women's long jump and Alphonso Martinez in Taekwondo.

MADE IN USA EXHIBITION OPENS LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/08 The United States Embassy in Belize today officially opened the 7 th annual Made in the USA exhibition at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. ...

POLICE SEEKS BROOKS FOR SHOOTING INCIDENT LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/08 Belize City Police are looking for Aaron Brooks for questioning in connection with an incident in which 23-year-old Everald Gray of North Creek. ...

Belize MEDIAL ASSOCIATES TURNS 20 LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/08 Belize Medical Associates is today celebrating their 20 th anniversary. Doctor Fernando Cuellar is a practicing physician at the hospital and he told us ...

CHURCH DONATES TO RED CROSS AND CARE Belize LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/08 The Belize Red Cross received 75 wheelchairs and CARE Belize received 100 wheelchairs. Carlos Rivas is in charge of welfare assistance within the church for ...

HELPAGE BELMOPAN HAS NEW EXECUTIVES LoveFM, Belize - 8/15/08 Guest speakers at the AGM were CEO in the Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation Judith Alpuche and President of Helpage Belize Elias Awe. ...

Milpros and Amandala Sports desk remember Denton Garbutt Amandala, Belize - 8/15/08 Amandala was instrumental in the struggle initiated by Milpros, beginning in 1989, towards the formation of the first semipro football league in Belize in ...

More advice from Belizean Footballer Amandala, Belize - 8/15/08 What has the FFB done to improve the level of coaching in Belize? Has there been any type of coaching course provided in Belize? Recently I had attended one ...

From The Publisher Amandala, Belize - 8/15/08 When all the celebrities in Belize were fighting to get a piece of her, Jones never found time to link with the zinc. Nobody could have been bigger than ...

So many angles Amandala, Belize - 8/15/08 On April 7th, 1993, my family was almost ready to return to Belize and we were bringing with us a young boy who had pretty much moved in with us. ...

God’s agents and Satan’s agents Amandala, Belize - 8/15/08 That day Belize shall tremble. The day when our people demand justice here on this piece of land named Belize, and not after death in a place of no return ...

BTL pulls the plug on CBC Amandala, Belize - 8/15/08 Belize Telemedia pulled the plug on Channel Broadcasting Cable’s (CBC) service in those areas following the cable company’s decision to abide by the law and ...

Customs charge two for importing prohibited medical substance used ... Amandala, Belize - 8/15/08 Pseudo ephedrine is extracted from Sudolor to make a controlled drug, reportedly methamphetamine, which is circulating in Belize. The single market value of ...

Life for Jose Maria Zetina, 45, convicted of killing pregnant ... Amandala, Belize - 8/15/08 Belize has not executed the death penalty in a murder conviction since the hanging death of Kent Bowers in 1985. DPP Cheryl Lynn Branker Taitt referred us ...

Butane down by five dollars per hundred pound The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter Belize City and Corozal consumers will pay $127 for a hundred pounds of butane. Orange Walk residents will pay $128. ...

Chicken prices up! At $9 M cost to economy The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 Manager of the Belize Poultry Association, Orlando Habet said the increase is a negotiated increase, resulting from consultations between the Association ...

Man gets 1 year for stick of weed! The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer Belize City resident Sydney Bradley, was sentenced to a year in jail on Monday August 11, for having in his possession ...

Gas down by over a dollar The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 The Government of Belize has stated that every time there is a world price decrease, the savings will be passed on to consumers.

21 Belizeans will go to Taiwan on Scholarships The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 Twenty-one Belizean students have been awarded scholarships for studies in Taiwan under the Belize-Taiwan Cooperation Program. Fifteen students have been ...

Neighbour commits monstrous act against mother of two The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 By Angel Novelo Belize City police say that 22-year-old Darrel Grant is the brazen assailant who forced himself into the family home of 39-year-old Sandra ...

Belize Bank pays US $10 m The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 By Angel Novelo The Barrow government has finally managed to get back US $10 million from the Belize Bank, which was given to the previous government as ...

Chinese community blows whistle on fake doctor The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 Wu said he got a second opinion at the Belize Medical Associates on his wife’s medical condition, only to find out that doctors there could not find any ...

OAS recommends Belize-Guatemala dispute go to ICJ The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer Belize has accepted the proposal of the Organization of American States for the Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute ...

Editorial The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 By Harry Lawrence - Publisher It is clear to the man on the street that Belize Telemedia Limited may be acting under instructions from the man who says he ...

Big bad BTL! Pulls plug on CBC to block TV 7 & Krem TV The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter The big and all too powerful Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) made good on its threats Thursday afternoon August 14, ...

Preacherman turns child molester The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 Victor Garcia, 34, resident of Guadalupe Street on northside Belize City, is accused of sexually molesting the seven-year-old child at a day-care center in ...

Bruce Ashton Vargo and Lennox Bowman The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/15/08 They arrested two Belize City men for attempting to import the drugs into Belize. Thirty-six-year-old Lennox Bowman, an unemployed man of 22 Pine Street and ...

8/14/08

Belize's Olympic Athletes will Have to Jog to the Laundrormat Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/14/08 Jayson Jones is one of the five representing Belize in the Beijing Olympics. It is a dream come true for Jones, seen here at the opening ceremony, ...

7NEWS Investigates Dr. Shirley Jan Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/14/08 “She told my husband I am very serious so I hurried and went to Belize City for the check up. The doctor in Belize City told us my stomach is normal, ...

Everal Gray Shot on South Creek Road Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/14/08 A Belize City man is recovering at KHMH tonight after he was shot in the city this morning. Details are sketchy and police have provided no official report, ...

Jareth Crawford Convicted of Robbing Undaground CD & DVD Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/14/08 Crawford, a resident of #157 Antelope Street in Belize City is presently on remanded for an attempted murder after shooting at police earlier this year. ...

Canadian Military Donates Ford Escort to IT-VET Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/14/08 They are on a good will mission and that continued today with the donation of a new car to the ITVET in Belize City. Keith Swift has the details. ...

Maud Hyde Has Left the Building Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/14/08 “The old chief has not been fired, she has moved on to a position at the University of Belize. I believe she has taken up that position already and we have ...

Bruce Virgo & Lennox Bowman Charged for Pseudo-Ephedrine Tablets Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/14/08 And that’s why, working along with the United States Drug Enforcement Agency in June, Belize illegalized the importation of pseudo-ephedrine into Belize. ...

Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found in Mexico U.S. Daily, ca - 8/14/08 Different Mayan groups who inhabited southern Mexico and northern Guatemala and Belize had their own entrances to the underworld which archeologists have ...

POLICE SERGEANT ATTACKED ON WESTERN BORDER LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/08 ... who is on pre-retirement leave saw what had happened and he apprehended this person who was escaping and he brought him back to the Belize side. ...

LABOR MINISTRY INTRODUCES TRIPARTITE BODY LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/08 The tripartite body is made up of National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the Belize Chamber of Commerce. Minister of Labor and Local Government Gabriel ...

CANADIAN MILITARY MAKES DONATION TO IT-VET Belize CITY LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/08 Members of the Canadian Military have been in Belize for some weeks and since then they have been involved in several projects. Love News spoke today with ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/08 Yesenia Rojas, owner of Belize Foam Factory reported to police that she was at her house on the Western Highway around 10:30 yesterday morning when she ...

ANNUAL POLICE CADET SUMMER CAMP ENDS TOMORROW LoveFM, Belize - 8/14/08 Benque Viejo won the volleyball competition, Belize City won the Basketball and Orange Walk has won the football competition and they will be awarded ...

8/13/08

Photos from 2008 Costa Maya Festival San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/13/08 Enjoy the sights that made up this year’s 2008 Costa Maya Festival such an incredible success!

Nizhee Corozal hands Dolphins its 2nd defeat San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/13/08 Over at the Norman Broaster, defending champions Hankook Verdes hosted FC Belize but continued to struggle as the game ended in a stalemate 1-1. ...

Miss Guatemala is Miss Reina de la Costa Maya 2008 San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/13/08 Miss Belize Jessie Medina, Miss Costa Rica Maria Elena Cordoba, El Salvador Daniella Augspurg, Miss Guatemala Jennifer Chiong, Miss Honduras Alejandra ...

Holy Cross has new Computer Lab San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/13/08 With a new school year starting on September 1st, 2008 children of the Holy Cross Anglican School will not only get to see the new changes made in and ...

Khalid Belisle Wants to Unseat Belmopan Mayor Simeon Lopez Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/13/08 Deputy Mayor Anthony Michael wants to unseat Zenaida Moya in Belize City and it is even more interesting in Belmopan where Khalid Belisle wants to unseat ...

More Contraband Pseudo-Ephedrine Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/13/08 Viewers may recall that the importation of this highly addicted substance was banned in Belize on June twenty first after consultation with the United ...

Supa G's Scandal Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/13/08 And then I have a next one, ‘pressure,’ which is about everything going up, the gas going up widely and it is affecting Belize, especially a very young ...

Angry Mother Attempts Courthouse Assault Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/13/08 The 4 accused will not be able to get bail through the Belize City Magistrate’s Court until 3 months from now. Alternately, they have 7 days to apply to the ...

Guatemalan Police Detain Belizean Police Officer Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/13/08 Reports are that around ten this morning an unidentified Guatemalan man was detained following an infraction at the Belize border. ...

Pastor Charged for Molesting 7 year old Girl Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/13/08 Late this evening, the pastor was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court #1 in front of Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb-McKenzie where he was ...

Move to resolve long-standing border dispute between Belize and ... Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 8/13/08 By Oscar Ramjeet BELMOPAN, Belize: The Dean Barrow administration in Belize is taking steps to resolve the long-standing border dispute with neighbouring ...

BELIZEANS BENEFIT FROM JAPANESE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM LoveFM, Belize - 8/13/08 The courses are being offered through the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Belize, and have representation in some one hundred courses. ...

UNITED NATIONS HELPS Belize WITH FOOD SECURITY PROJECT LoveFM, Belize - 8/13/08 The Food and Agriculture Organization representative for Jamaica, Bahamas and Belize Donston Campbell presented a project to government in Belmopan. ...

Belize CITY COUNCIL HELPS WITH STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP TO UB LoveFM, Belize - 8/13/08 The Belize City Council has announced the 2008 recipient of David Pook Scholarship award. Councilor Hyacinth Latchman Cuellar told us more about the ...

NATIONAL TRANSPORT UPGRADES BUS FLEET FOR SOUTHERN Belize LoveFM, Belize - 8/13/08 The initial investment of the seven busses is valued at some 300 thousand Belize dollars. National Transport Services has been in existence for the past 2 ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 8/13/08 Belize City police have arrested and charged 34 year old Victor Garcia for the crime of Carnal Knowledge. A seven-year-old minor accompanied by her mother ...

8/12/08

Belize's New Brand & Marketing Agency Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/12/08 Which is why Belize tourism product and the industry’s confidence in that product is in desperate need of a jump start to raise hopes about sagging arrival ...

FLOOD VICTIMS RELOCATED TO NEW AREA & GET NEW HOUSING LoveFM, Belize - 8/12/08 We were asked here, the Heads of Mission in the 8 th region, if we thought there was a place that would be particularly suitable and I said yes, Belize ...

YOUTH CHARGED FOR BRUTAL SLAYING OF Belize CITY WOMAN LoveFM, Belize - 8/12/08 The officer’s residence was visited but he was not at home, he was in Belize City but it was not factual that he cannot be found. ...

CENTRAL BANK WITHDRAWS CHARGES AGAINST Belize BANK PRESIDENT LoveFM, Belize - 8/12/08 The Central Bank has withdrawn criminal charges which were filed against the Belize Bank and its President Philip Johnson. The Bank says the warrant of ...

BTB INTRODUCES NEW MARKETING COMPANY LoveFM, Belize - 8/12/08 The Belize Tourism Board today introduced a newly contracted marketing agency for Belize. With the election of a new Board of Directors and the private ...

VILLAGE SEEKS ASSISTANCE FOR A SICK CHILD LoveFM, Belize - 8/12/08 The young girl is a client of CARE Belize and has a condition called spina bifida or cleft spine. What complicates the issue is that Amarilis has only one ...

ANOTHER YOUTH GUNNED DOWN LoveFM, Belize - 8/12/08 Another Belize City youth was gunned down last night in Belize City. We got the details this morning from Acting Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie. ...

8/11/08

Yalbac Residents Want Justice for Teen Killed in Traffic Accident Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/11/08 ... didn’t give this report to the San Ignacio Branch, didn’t give it to the Belmopan Branch, nor Belize City and now this child passed away last night. ...

YES Recruits Teachers in Fight Against Child Sexual Exploitation Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/11/08 ... and life skills teachers will participate in one day workshops on the commercial sexual exploitation and abuse of children and adolescents in Belize. ...

Police Unveil Plan to Combat Crime Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/11/08 This will allow for the freeing up of additional officers who will be deployed to Belize City to participate in preventative patrol duties in the volatile ...

Belize Bank's Phil Johnson Hand Delivers Check for US$10 million ... Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/11/08 Chairman of the Belize Bank Phil Johnson flew into Belize today. And he was free to do so because the warrant for his arrest was dropped on Friday after the ...

TEACHERS PARTICIPATE IN COUNTRYWIDE WORKSHOP ON COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ... LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/08 Other workshops will be held throughout this week for teachers from Corozal, Orange Walk and the Belize Districts and in Dangriga for teachers from the ...

Belize CENTRAL PRISON CELEBRATES KOLBE WEEK LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/08 Starting today and for the next few days until Sunday, the management of the Belize Central Prison will be highlighting the work done by the prison inmates. ...

HOME INVASION LEAVES WOMAN DEAD AND DAUGHTER HOSPITALIZED LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/08 A home invasion proved deadly for a Belize City mother last night. Police reports are that 39-year-old Sandra Ruiz of a Meighan Avenue address was in a room ...

POLICE DEPARTMENT OUTLINES EFFORTS TO FIGHT CRIME LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/08 The Belize Police Department today held a press conference at the Raccoon Street Police Station to outline what the department is doing to combat crime and ...

Belize BANK RETURNS US $10 MILLION FROM VENEZUELA TO GOVERNMENT LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/08 The Belize Bank has paid the Government of Belize 10 million US dollars. A release from the Bank says a cheque for the monies was handed over personally by ...

21 BELIZEANS BENEFIT FROM TAIWAN-Belize SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/08 A total of twenty one Belizean students have been awarded scholarships for studies in Taiwan under the Belize-Taiwan Cooperation Program. ...

GUATEMALA DONATES MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO Belize LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/08 The Guatemalan Embassy has once again donated a large quantity of medical and hospital equipment to the Government of Belize. ...

BELIZEANS RETURN FROM INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE WITH NEW IDEAS LoveFM, Belize - 8/11/08 Some seven delegates representing the Belize Red Cross Society, the Alliance Against AIDS, the Belize Family Life Association, the United Belize Advocacy ...

City Hall sidelined in downtown renewal Rivals jockey for position ... The Reporter Belize, Belize - 2 hours ago A recent decision by the Mayor to not renew a garbage collection contract by Belize Waste Control after Minister Martinez had asked her to look favorably at ...

Eight beauties vie for Reina de la Costa Maya The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/08 The eight beauties were sashed by the reigning Miss Reina De La Costa Maya, 2007, Miss Maria Jeffery of Belize. Special guests for the occasion were Leila ...

Pay Up! Says Appeal Board The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/08 By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter The Belize Bank, which has been fighting tooth and nail not to return US $10 million to the Government and people of ...

We have 50 guests online The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/08 The Central Bank’s directive obliges the Belize Bank to comply within a certain time frame. Failure to comply will result in criminal charges and other ...

Belize U-19 girls win silver The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/08 By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer Leandra Guy of Roaring Creek struck out four batters as she led the Belize girls to a 12-7 victory over Nicaragua in ...

Gentle Touch wins thru to Women’s Football finals The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/08 In the other playoff match, the Delille Pumas hosted Millennium Girls of Belize City at the Carl Ramos Stadium in Dangriga on Saturday and the winner of ...

Women’s Fund offers grants to women’s groups in CA The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/08 By Lisbeth Ayuso A representative of the Central American Women’s Fund, operating out of Nicaragua, this week visited Belize in the hope of attracting more ...

We have 52 guests online The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/08 I just want to make a few points of my own as it regards to Belize. And they are not very good. As a matter of fact, I believe that the channel and its ...

Girlfriend 20, dies suddenly and parents suspect foul play The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/08 By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter A twenty-year-old young woman, Cinde Metzken of 60 Ebony Street in Belize City, died suddenly in Hattieville Village on ...

Orange Walk police torch plantation with 3000 mature marijuana plants The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/08 The latest catch took place Tuesday night, August 5 in Belize City. Police say they seized 430.4 grams of marijuana leaves when they intercepted a blue four ...

We have 44 guests online The Reporter Belize, Belize - 8/11/08 An order for the Belize Bank to pay back US $10 million dollars intended for the people of Belize but diverted by former Prime Minister Said Musa’s ...

8/8/08

Miss Guatemala Crowned Reina de la Costa Maya Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/8/08 There aren’t many things Belize is willing to give Guatemala but last night Belize’s Maria Jeffrey, the reigning Reina del La Costa Maya didn’t have any ...

Man Problems & Gunplay: The Other Side Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/8/08 There are two sides to a story and today thirty year old Rosalie Williams, the woman Belize City police says is wanted for the aggravated burglary of ...

Enrolment at UB Exceeds Expectations Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/8/08 Today administrators at the University of Belize expressed their pleasure at the total number of students enrolled in campuses countrywide for the new ...

Belize Bank Buckles & Agrees To Pay Back $10 million from Venezuela Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/8/08 It was late breaking at the end of our newscast last night: the Central Bank Board of Appeals ruled that Belize Bank must refund to the government of Belize ...

Dr. Arlie Petters Grooms Belize's Generation Next Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/8/08 Dr. Arlie Petters has the brain of a quantum physicist and the soul of a Belizean renaissance man. In his off time, the Duke University Professor has ...

Road Rage at 2:45 am Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/8/08 Tonight a Belize City taxi driver and two of his passengers are lucky to be alive after the vehicle they were travelling in was riddled with as many as ...

OAS Advises Belize & Guatemala To Take Dispute to ICJ Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/8/08 Up to yesterday, OAS Secretary General Miguel Insulza had visited every country in the Americas except Belize. But he came yesterday for a two day visit, ...

Broadcasting Authority Weighs In Channel 7 & KREM TV Blackout Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/8/08 Channel Broadcasting Cable in tandem with BTL continues to block Channel 7 and KREM’s television signals in communities in western Belize. ...

Belize BANK EXPECTED TO PAY $ US 10 MILLION TO GOB LoveFM, Belize - 8/8/08 The Belize Bank must deposit ten million US dollars in the Government of Belize accounts. That was the dramatic decision handed down on Thursday night by ...

OAS SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS Belize LoveFM, Belize - 8/8/08 Secretary General of the Organization of the American States Jose Miguel Insulza is in Belize on an official visit. He arrived in the country yesterday and ...

DECREASE IN BUTANE GAS PRICES ANNOUNCED LoveFM, Belize - 8/8/08 The new prices for the commodity are as follows; Belize City and Corozal consumers will pay the lowest at $127. Orange Walk residents will pay $128. ...

NEW MEXICAN AMBASSADOR PLANS TO STRENGTHEN Belize MEXICO LINKS LoveFM, Belize - 8/8/08 Belize and Mexico have shared good bilateral relations for years, and this relationship intends to strengthen as His Excellency Luis Manuel Lopez Moreno ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 8/8/08 Belize City police are investigating two separate reports of aggravated assault early this morning. In the first incident Yukkai Kwok, owner of Kevin’s Bar ...

UWI Belize CONTINUES 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS LoveFM, Belize - 8/8/08 And while we might not have heard much about the anniversary celebration, the Belize School of Continuing Studies will be hosting their signature event ...

OVER 200 STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM READING & MATH SUMMER COURSE LoveFM, Belize - 8/8/08 227 students from the Belize district today received their certificate for participation in a summer course. The course that ran for six weeks was conducted ...

8/7/08

Suppliers and agents mingle at BETEX San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/7/2008 Every two years, a collaboration between the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) and the Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) gives way to the five day BETEX ...

Miss SP contestants prepare for pageant San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/7/2008 The photos below were taken at various sites including the Caracol Archeological Site, the Belize Zoo and Old Belize. Photographer for the Miss San Pedro ...

The San Pedro Lions host Noche San Pedrana San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/7/2008 Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama are the Mundo Maya countries taking part in this year’s Reina de la ...

Miss Costa Rica wins Miss Fido’s Bikini Competition 2008! San Pedro Sun, Belize - 8/7/2008 A full house turned up at Fido’s Courtyard on Tuesday night to take part in the La Reina Fido’s Bikini Competition 2008. The eight gorgeous Costa Maya delegates put on a run way show like no other with four segments of bikini changes.

The Value in First Caribbean Bank's MVP Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/7/08 With the increasing amount of crime that is happening through out Belize, and Belize City especially, we are trying to raise awareness to the kids for them ...

Would Be Mayor Wants Downtown To Be a Tourist Zone Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/7/08 But I think if we have delays based on mother nature residents and visitors of Belize City will understand but we all must pray, cross our hands and toes ...

More Traps and Equipment for Fisher Folks Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/7/08 Hurricane Dean hit northern Belize a year ago, leaving a path of destruction in the millions. While the papaya and sugar industries have cut their losses ...

Man Problems & Gun Play Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/8/08 Tonight Belize City Police are looking for Rosalie Williams after she reportedly broke into the home of Nordette Spain and threatened her with a knife and ...

JUST IN: Central Bank's Board of Appeals Rules Against Belize Bank Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/7/08 Will the Central Bank have to withdraw the arrest warrant for Belize Bank President Phil Johnson? That’s what the Central Bank Board of Appeals decided this ...

Palmiro Wants Bertie To Show Him the Money! Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/7/08 Well you can say what you want about Salas, who is a Guatemalan by nationality, but he is the only coach that has led a Belize football selection to victory ...

Belize CITY COUNCIL AND SALVATION ARMY SEEKS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE LoveFM, Belize - 8/7/08 Just over a month ago the Belize City Council and the Salvation Army started an appeal to get some of the homeless of the streets of Belize City. ...

MUNICIPAL ELECTION CONVENTIONS 2009 KICKS OFF IN COROZAL LoveFM, Belize - 8/7/08 ... the United Democratic Party will be held after the September Celebrations. A tentative date of October 5 th has been set for the Belize City Convention.

UNDP & COMPACT ASSIST FISHERMEN OF NORTHERN Belize LoveFM, Belize - 8/7/08 This is for the group of fishermen that were affected in the northern part of Belize, that is Caye Caulker, and Belize City and north of that. ...

BREASTFEEDING WEEK OBSERVED LoveFM, Belize - 8/7/08 A study conducted in Belize in 2006 indicated that only 10 percent of Belizean women were found to be exclusively breastfeeding their babies for the crucial ...

8/6/08

Judge Ejects Press from Belize Bank Hearing Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/6/2008 The Belize Bank and the Central Bank went to the Supreme Court this afternoon. But it wasn’t for a regular hearing, they went to make their case before the ...

Belize Sending 4 Athletes to Beijing Olympic Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/6/2008 The Olympics start in Beijing China on Friday morning and you may be wondering, who’s representing Belize? Well, there are four athletes competing in the ...

CBC Still Blocking Channel 7 & KREM TV West of Hattieville Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/6/2008 Tonight CBC Cable continues to block Channel 7 and KREM TV in almost all communities west of Belize City. We say ”almost” because Channel 7’s and KREM’s ...

Doony's on Albert Street Robbed in Broad Daylight Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/6/2008 Doony’s was robbed in the middle of the day and in the middle of downtown Belize City. It can’t get any worse than that but after today, some merchants here ...

94 NGOs But Only 1 Senate Seat Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/6/2008 NGO’s participating in the election process must be registered in Belize under the Companies Act or NGO Act, must have a majority of Belizean nationals on ...

BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS APPEALS BOARD HEARS Belize BANK’S ... LoveFM, Belize - 7 hours ago History took place in Belize City this afternoon as the first Appeals Board established under the Banks and Financial Institutions Act held its opening ...

NGOS SEEK CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR LoveFM, Belize - 8/6/2008 Presently the Belize Senate has thirteen members, but soon the composition of this government body is going to be altered to include a representative from ...

CANE FARMERS RECEIVED PAYMENT FOR 2007/08 CROP SEASON LoveFM, Belize - 8/6/2008 CEO of the Belize Cane Farmers Association is Carlos Magana. “In this second stage it’s the decision that Corozal gets $8.70 and the Orange Walk division is ...

SECOND LEG OF LOVE FM’S FAMILY TOUR BEGINS TOMORROW LoveFM, Belize - 8/6/2008 The idea behind the Family Tour came up three years ago when the Belize Tourism Board started their campaign encouraging Belizeans to keep their dollars at ...

DOONY’S STORE ROBBED OF CASH LoveFM, Belize - 8/6/2008 Thieves made off with an undisclosed amount of money this afternoon when they robbed Doony’s Store downtown Belize City. Love FM’s Terry Gordon was on the ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 8/6/2008 Belize City police have arrested and charged 29-year-old Elmer Hamilton for drug trafficking. Police were on mobile patrol on Central American Boulevard ...

SAN PEDRO PREPARES FOR COSTA MAYA FESTIVAL LoveFM, Belize - 8/6/2008 ... for that night along with Cruz Infante out of Mexico and doing their thing will be the Belize National Dance Company and Grupo Clash out of El Salvador. ...

8/5/08

BNE Tanker Loaded with Crude Oil Runs off Hummingbird Highway Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/5/08 A Belize Natural Energy tanker loaded with 9000 gallons of crude oil ran off the Hummingbird Highway this morning and landed on its side. ...

65 million Euros for Businesses who Want In on Europe Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/5/08 It’s phase 2 of the Caribbean Trade and Private Sector Development Program and it was launched this morning at the Radisson Hotel in Belize. ...

FAMILY OF MAN SHOT BY POLICE LOOKS FOR JUSTICE LoveFM, Belize - 8/5/08 In its official report Police said Herrera was in the vicinity of the Belize Swing Bridge with a handgun. Police reports are that an officer in the area ...

OIL TRUCK SLIPS OFF HUMMINGBIRD HIGHWAY; NO DAMAGE REPORTED LoveFM, Belize - 8/5/08 A tanker on the Belize Natural Energy fleet slipped off the road and turned on its side near mile 16 on the Hummingbird Highway in the Pomona area this ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 8/5/08 Police have arrested and charged 20 year old Warren Dominguez of Belize City for aggravated assault. This followed a report made by businesswoman Heather ...

CARIBBEAN TRADE & PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2ND PHASE ... LoveFM, Belize - 8/5/08 The second phase of the Caribbean Trade and Private Sector Development Program for Belize was introduced this morning. The agreement that brings into effect ...

UB FACULTY & STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM EU SPONSORED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM LoveFM, Belize - 8/5/08 The University of Belize has signed on as a partner institution with the Erasmus Mundus Cooperative Scholarship Program sponsored by the European Union. ...

HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENS “RAPID RESPONSE” CAPABILITY LoveFM, Belize - 8/5/08 Close to thirty members of Belize’s health system is this week participating in a training workshop for Rapid Response Trainer’s. The aim of the training is ...

Waterfront Workers Wary Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/5/08 Tonight water front workers are preparing to battle with management at the Port of Belize. Their beef is a decision taken on Friday for the port to use 14 ...

8/4/08

Police Strike Deal With Raymond Gentle To Get Grenade Off the Street Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/4/08 That hagging intuition has been haunting Belize City residents since mid may when there was a grenade attack on the Mayflower Street neighbourhood. ...

Softball Girls Return with Silver Medals from Salvador Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/4/08 This morning Belize’s 18 member junior female softball team returned from the 5th Central American Junior Championship Games in Salvador with a trophy, ...

Cane Cutters Abduct Caledonia Mother and Daughter Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/4/08 Police are reporting a violent carjacking and abduction in the small village of Caledonia in northern Belize. At midnight on Friday, 34 year old Elizabeth ...

Police Use Deadly Force On Alex Herrera; His Family Says ... Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/4/08 ... in his hand was some weed and that is why he took off running when he saw the police and jumped into the Belize River by the Belize City Swing Bridge. ...

Greg Casildo's Family Demands Answers & His Body Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/4/08 Since Thursday the Casildo family claims that they have been trying to get the body of their son and brother Gregory Casildo, Belize’s most wanted who was ...

James Herrera Drowns During Morning Bath Under Bel-China Bridge Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 8/4/08 So the family suspects he was taking a bath in the Belize River this morning, suffered a seizure, and then drowned. “We don’t suspect foul play because he ...

RETIRED US NATIONAL DROWNS IN CAYE CAULKER LoveFM, Belize - 8/4/08 His body is now at the Belize City Morgue awaiting a post mortem examination. Pugh and his wife have been living in Caye Caulker for the past three years.

19 MORE BELIZEANS BENEFIT FROM CUBA-Belize SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM LoveFM, Belize - 8/4/08 Nineteen Belizean students have completed studies at Cuban Universities as part of the Belize–Cuba scholarship program. Twelve of the students graduated ...

POLICE NEWS LoveFM, Belize - 8/4/08 Belize City police have detained Shane Jones pending further investigation and charges with a robbery last week. Reports are that 21 year old Theodore Cho ...

SOFTBALL TEAM AND BODY BUILDERS BRING SILVER FROM CENTRAL AMERICAN ... LoveFM, Belize - 8/4/08 The Belize Female under 19 National Softball Team returned home today with silver medals after taking part in the 5 th National Central American Games. ...

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