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10/10/08

Texmar’s Tilliman stuns Kraal Road fans
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
... as Kraal Road, with their loyal fans, seems to be consolidating itself as a team with a promising future in semipro football in Belize.

Midnight preacher alleges beating by police for disturbing neighbors
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
But Kevin Sealy, 33, of Santa Barbara Street in Belize City, is now a victim of police brutality and bureaucracy, he says, because neighbors in the area ...

James Bus Line welcomes new transport zones, but objects to non ...
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
James Williams, Jr., manager of James Bus Line, which has been given most of the runs in the southern zone (Punta Gorda-Dangriga-Belmopan-Belize City), ...

Takin’ it to the house!
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
The basic complaint in regards to Ms. Moya’s administration appears to be that she refused to compromise or listen to others in the Belize City Council in ...

What we, the Maya, will not accept!
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
I am very proud to be a Maya, a native of this soil called Belize. That poem was written in a time when it was a must for the writer to glorify the Baymen, ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
The education system of Belize is providing too many round holes in which the religious bureaucrats are trying to squeeze square pegs. ...

Guatemala, ICJ, and Belizean immigrants
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
The topic, the Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute. This sort of thing is very important and needs much more public discourse and discussion, so whenever I ...

About marijuana
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
Why then does the Government of Belize have such a law? I think that where marijuana is concerned, the reason is historical. The reason why the British ...

Karl Belisle passes
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
... to announce the death of our cousin, Karl Hugh Donald Harris Belisle, age 78, which occurred on Tuesday, October 7, at his sister’s home in Belize City. ...

Can we talk? QUADS, Truancy Unit to train school wardens and ...
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
Belize’s Ministry of Education says it is serious about combating truancy and absenteeism in schools. To this end, its Quality Assurance Development ...

Belize safe, says new Central Bank gov
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
The Congress of the United States - Belize’s most important trading partner, last Friday signed into law a US$700 billion bailout package for US financial ...

UDP victimizing UDP?
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
They claim that their termination came about because of their support for Mayor Zenaida Moya at Sunday’s UDP convention at the Belize City Center. ...

Rhett Fuller still fighting extradition to Florida
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
But today, Belize City businessman Rhett Fuller spent his thirty-eighth birthday in the Court of Appeal, fighting against a ten-year-old extradition order. ...

Gasoline pain continues despite big drop in oil prices
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/10/08
Ostemio Osoro, an economic analyst with the Belize Ministry of Finance, told Reporter this week that it would take another two to three months before ...

Girl 14, says traffic officer is her baby’s dad
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/10/08
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer Belize City traffic officer, 30-year-old Mark Derrick Banner is in trouble with the law, after a 14 year old girl ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/10/08
With this kind of hot money to be made in Belize, we need the carrot of incentive, but we also need the stick of persuasion to make headway. ...

Don’t eat at my woman’s house – murder on Isla Bonita
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
The murder broke a month-long drought for murders in Belize. By Amandala’s unofficial records, it is number 78 for the year and first for October.

Traffic officer Mark Banner, 30, got 14-year-old pregnant
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
The girl is fourteen years and nine months old, but that did not deter Mark Derrick Banner, 30, an employee of the Belize City Traffic Department, ...

Zenaida has it!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/10/08
Eric Chang, bright hoper of the Chinese community in Belize. Chang, the 24-year-old son of Chinese immigrants, did spectacularly well as a first-time ...

Lois Young argues that Musa’s UHS deals were unlawful
Amandala, Belize - 10/10/08
Universal Health Services (UHS) has changed its name to Belize Healthcare Partners, but that does not mean that the UHS story is dead. ...UHS

Prime Minister Ingraham to Attend 2008 Annual IMF Boards of ...
The Eleutheran, Bahamas - 10/10/08
The Group consists of Antigua, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, ...

New measures to protect the Chiquibul
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/10/08
The Chiquibul Maya Mountains (CMM) is a unique area in Belize forming an integral part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor in Central America. ...

Belize Karate warriors in Canada to compete
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/10/08
By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer A team of 15 karatekas from the Belize Shotokan Karate Association are on their way to compete in the ISKF World ...

Zone Cop in trouble for disciplining unruly kids
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/10/08
The Ministry of Education in Belize took up the case. A spokesman said the school should not have left the police officer alone with the kids, ...

10/9/08

Fire leaves 18 homeless in San Pedro
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 10/9/08
The house according to Gonzalez was insured for $125000 with the Insurance Corporation of Belize. The building which measured 28 feet by 30 feet was ...

Liliana Nuñez prepares for Reina Internacional del Tropico 2008
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 10/9/08
Twenty-one year old beauty, Liliana Nuñez, born San Pedrana, will have the privilege to represent Belize in October at the Reina Internacional Del Trópico ...


San Pedro Sun
Jealous rage ends in murder
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 10/9/08
That is the alleged reason Roberto Marroquin lost his life. As of recent, Marroquin, who neighbors describe as a loving man, someone who adored children, ...


San Pedro Sun
Children are the Future
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 10/9/08
Future for a Brighter Belize is an organization that wants to make a difference in the lives of children. Ms. Edna Jones, the Program Director ...

Officers Who Go Above and Beyond
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/9/08
“This month we will be looking at each of the branches within the Belize District and personnel who really go the extra mile in order to ensure that crime ...

Lions Eye Screen at Salvation Army Primary
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/9/08
The vision pre -screening programme was launched yesterday as part of the Belize City Lion’s Club observance of World Lion’s Service Day. ...

Traffic Officer Charged for Impregnating 14 year old Girl
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/9/08
First of all, he is on remand at the Hattieville prison and that’s because he’s accused of impregnating a 14-year-old student of western Belize. ...

The Post Still Matters
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/9/08
Last year more than seven million pieces of mail passed through the Belize Post Office. That’s half a million more than in 2006 and the Post Office predicts ...

Armed Robbers Invade Old Belize
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/9/08
Armed robbers hit the popular Old Belize Restaurant and Bar last night and the entire incident was caught on camera. Four men descended on the Old Belize ...

Court of Appeal Rules Against Telemedia
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/9/08
Big news coming out of the Court of Appeal today is that Belize Telemedia has lost its attempt to quash the constitutional case filed against the ...

Rhett Fuller Fighting Extradition
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/9/08
With the appeal pending, nothing happened and Fuller went back to a regular, productive life in Belize. But 6 years later - the appeal has finally come up ...

SUPREME COURT HEARS 10 YEAR OLD EXTRADITION ORDER ON RHETT FULLER
LoveFM, Belize - 10/9/08
But extradition proceedings didn’t begin in Belize until October eight 1998 when then Minister of Foreign Affairs Said Musa signed an order for the Chief ...

17 OFFICERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AWARDED FOR GOOD SERVICE
LoveFM, Belize - 10/9/08
Also during the ceremony the Belize Bank donated two fully loaded computers to the Scenes of Crime Unit of the Department.

Belize ELECTRICITY LIMITED CLARIFIES THEIR POSITION ON UNION’S ...
LoveFM, Belize - 10/9/08
Last Friday a number of workers of Belize Electricity Limited demonstrated in front of the company’s headquarters. Union representatives told Love News the ...

GARBAGE STILL CAUSING AN EYE SOARS IN Belize CITY
LoveFM, Belize - 10/9/08
Belize City residents have been complaining about the appearance of several areas in the City as it relates to garbage collection. ...

NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION DONATES FOOD SUPPLIES ...
LoveFM, Belize - 10/9/08
“Belize is again assisting hurricane victims in Cuba. At the ceremony this morning at the Phillip Goldson International Airport a consignment of 1000 pounds ...

10/8/08

THREE DAY SEMINAR ON WTO RULES AND REMEDIES HELD IN BELMOPAN
LoveFM, Belize - 10/8/08
Currently Belize is using a policy that is not compliant with World Trade Organization Rules; but before implementing this new policy, consultations are ...

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS STRENGTHENS RELATIONSHIP WITH MEDIA
LoveFM, Belize - 10/8/08
Representatives of various non governmental organizations are participating in a workshop at the Princess Hotel in Belize City. The workshop was organized ...

TRUANCY OFFICERS AND SCHOOL WARDENS TAKE PART IN TRAINING SEMINAR
LoveFM, Belize - 10/8/08
A two day training/workshop for truancy officers and School wardens started today at the University of Belize Education Campus. Approximately seventy-two of ...

Belize SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES TO BRING HOME 20 MEDALS
LoveFM, Belize - 10/8/08
The Belize Special Olympics Team is scheduled to arrive home tomorrow. The team of 24 athletes along with chaperones and family members attended the 2 nd ...

WORLD POST DAY TO BE OBSERVED TOMORROW
LoveFM, Belize - 10/8/08
The Belize Postal Service will celebrate World Post Day tomorrow. The theme of this year’s celebration is “A Postal Sector Resolutely Looking towards the ...

FEMALE TEENAGERS ROBBED AND ASSAULTED ELDERLY MAN
LoveFM, Belize - 10/8/08
The ladies then entered his vehicle and grabbed a bag containing 50 pesos and 12 Belize dollars and then tried to start the vehicle. ...

VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR TO TOUR TOLEDO DISTRICT
LoveFM, Belize - 10/8/08
Plans are in place for a two day familiarization visit to the Toledo District by Venezuela’s Ambassador to Belize, Ambassador Omar Valdevieso. ...

10/7/08

Gang of 5 Charged for Ladyville Burglaries
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/7/08
Today, the five made their appearances at the Belize City Magistrate’s Court where two of them pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods. The men all Belize ...

ACB & Belize Bank Battling in Court
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/7/08
You may recall that in May of 2007 – with the Prime Minister as an attorney - the ACB, the Belize Medical and Dental Union, Godwin Hulse and the National ...

Eric Chang's Hisorical Political Feat
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/7/08
But the 29 year old didn’t just win the nomination on the UDP’s municipal ticket in Belize City, Chang came in second with 2970 votes. ...

The Other Side of Mental Illness
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/7/08
On Friday, Belize will join one hundred other countries to observe World Mental Health Day. Each country has committed to make mental health a priority. ...

ASSOCIATION OF CONCERNED BELIZEANS CASE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT ...
LoveFM, Belize - 10/7/08
In news from the Supreme Court, this afternoon, the case of the Association of Concerned Belizeans and others against the Government of Belize over the ...

NEW WATER SYSTEM TO BE INAUGURATED IN CROOKED TREE VILLAGE
LoveFM, Belize - 10/7/08
“Crooked Tree is one of the oldest in colonial settlement in Belize having been established about some 300 years ago. Most of the water supply to the ...

Belize TOURISM BOARD LAUNCHES CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT
LoveFM, Belize - 10/7/08
The Belize Tourism Board and the Organization of American States today launched a three year project that aims to improve capacity building of tourism ...

JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS TAKE PART IN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY SEMINAR
LoveFM, Belize - 10/7/08
“The purpose of today’s meeting is to discuss judicial Independence with the Belize Judiciary and to give the Belize Judiciary some historical perspective ...

American busted with prohibited firearm at PGIA
Amandala, Belize - 5 hours ago
An American tourist, Matthew Johnson, 27, was about to leave Belize for his home in Missouri. But he did not make his flight last Thursday, October 2. ...

Business ethics – upholding the image and reputation of our ...
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
A few weeks ago, I visited one of Belize’s more popular nightspots where karaoke and “happy hour” have become somewhat of a tradition. ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
We can jump high and we can jump low, but one of these days a big hurricane is going to take out Belize City and environs. Since Hattie struck Belize City ...

Why Leech is my hero
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
If Belize has soldiers like Bird, then numbers are no cause for fear on our western border. Perhaps I was looking for an opportunity to say what I was ...

Soy sauce, yes; condensed milk, no
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
In another light moment (kind of), I thought that maybe an entrepreneur from China, to get a toe hold in Belize for their exotic food products, ...

New zoning system should eliminate road racing, transport ...
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
The effect of the new schedule is that in just over two weeks, National Transport will be limited to runs between Benque Viejo and Belize City. ...

Therese Felix, community activist, dead at 46
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
“At the grassroots level, she organized basketball competitions and the two largest Peace Marches to be held in Belize City’s streets,” Erwin X said. ...

Going, going, gone! Belize’s oil windfall tax threshold vanishes!
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
In July, the Government of Belize had set US$90 as the threshold price above which it would start to levy a 50% windfall tax on petroleum profits. ...

Sparks fly as Lois Young and Elson Kaseke argue in court over BTL ...
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
The ongoing clash between Belize Telemedia and the Income Tax Department continued today in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court. On behalf of Belize ...

FIU: “no comment” on investigations
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
We recounted for the FIU our experience with the case of the money laundering charges against the Belize Bank and First Caribbean, when Amandala and a ...

Zenaida and Finnegan kick a - - !
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
Yesterday, the Belize City Center was the staging ground for a historic municipal election convention, unlike any other convention that Belize City has seen ...

Taiwan’s CPC concludes negotiations with Belize officials for ...
Amandala, Belize - 10/7/08
Earlier this year Belize awarded OPIC an offshore exploration license for approximately 4600 square kilometers, or 1800 square miles, mostly in the southern ...

New Google tool reveals marine protected areas
KSTP.com, MN - 10/7/08
At the same presentation, National Geographic unveiled another novelty: a live, continuous underwater video feed of a coral reef, off Belize in Central ...GOOG

10/6/08

Mayor Zenaida Moya Triumphant in Victory
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 4 hours ago
The people came out despite the weather, and you know Belize people don’t come out in rain, but somehow this convention meant so much to so many people ...

Sudden Death of Therese Felix
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/6/08
In the past two years Felix had emerged as a grassroots community leader, speaking out against the violence that plagues Belize City and has taken the lives ...

It's Oral Health Month
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/6/08
But that has to change since tooth and gum disease may be Belize’s silent epidemic. And that is why the ministry of health is doing it from the ground up. ...

Anthony Michael Magnanimous in Defeat
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/6/08
To the nation of Belize, Anthony Michael will be back. I will not be running at the municipal level but I will be looking and running at the national level. ...

Telemedia Again Quarrelling Over Business Tax Arrears
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/6/08
In news from Magistrate’s Court, lawyers representing the Income Tax Commissioner and Belize Telemedia were back before Revenue Judge Edd Usher this morning ...

Moya Triumphs at the Biggest Convention Ever!
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/6/08
Chang becomes the first Belizean of Taiwanese origin to be elected to offer himself for public political office in Belize. Chang was born in Taiwan but ...

MAYOR ZENAIDA MOYA WINS UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTION
LoveFM, Belize - 10/6/08
At the end of it all Mayor Moya credited her victory to the people of Belize City and her hard work. "I really want to thank everybody. ...

THERESE FELIX SUCCUMBS TO ASTHMA ATTACK
LoveFM, Belize - 10/6/08
... year the group lead by Therese Felix and other community activists organized a rally for peace following a number of shootings primarily in Belize City. ...

Belize LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION HOLDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
LoveFM, Belize - 10/6/08
The Belize Livestock Producers Association held their annual general meeting on Saturday at their headquarters in Belmopan. Four members of the Board of ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 10/6/08
Belize City police are looking into a report by 28-year-old Marvin Anderson an office assistant of Belize City. Anderson told Police Friday night about ...

APAMO PRESENTS TOURISM POLICY DOCUMENT TO MINISTER OF TOURISM
LoveFM, Belize - 10/6/08
“It is the result of a national assessment that was done of the tourism policies of Belize with the aim of establishing or developing recommendations and an ...

Belize TELEMEDIA LIMITED AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT BACK IN COURT
LoveFM, Belize - 10/6/08
Belize Telemedia Limited and the Income Tax Department were back in court today. Janelle Chanona reports from the Magistrate’s Court. ...

OCTOBER IS BEING OBSERVED AS ORAL HEALTH MONTH
LoveFM, Belize - 10/6/08
Official ceremonies were held this morning at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. As the distributors of Colgate Grace Kennedy Belize Ltd is ...

10/3/08

NEW ROUTES AND NEW SERVICE PROVIDERS INTRODUCED INTO THE ...
LoveFM, Belize - 10/3/08
The Ministry of Transport held its press conference this afternoon at the Raccoon Street Police Station in Belize City. Employees, their families and ...

SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR CAVE TUBING TOURS INTRODUCED
LoveFM, Belize - 10/3/08
Kenneth Williams is the Product Development Officer at the Belize Tourism Board. “The law is being enforced for safety of the guests, but it is not only for ...

BEL EMPLOYEES DEMONSTRATES NEAR COMPANY’S HEADQUARTERS
LoveFM, Belize - 10/3/08
About fifty employees of Belize Electricity Limited demonstrated in front of the company’s headquarters this afternoon. The demonstration was in connection ...

Belize AND HOUSTON SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN TRADE RELATIONS
LoveFM, Belize - 10/3/08
A business delegation from Houston will be visiting Belize later this month in an effort to strengthen the trade relationship between business men and women ...

UB redoubles efforts in agricultural training
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
To continue the momentum in agriculture the University Of Belize has re-energized its efforts to ensure that students in its Associate Degree program in ...

Alleged serial rapist under lock down
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer Belize City police’s most wanted man, 19-year-old Leroy Gomez, an alleged serial rapist who attacked at least five ...

Child 13 says her baby’s father is her dad!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
By Anita Nembhard - Freelance Writer A 13-year-old Belize City girl told police this week that she is expecting a baby for her father, who is 35. ...

Box shows up with US $32000 cash from Chicago
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
Customs made the discovery on Tuesday during a routine search of the container, at the Queens Bonds in Belize City. The container, which had in it barrels ...

Cops disrupt counterfeit scam
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
... they arrested a south side man who allegedly had 36 US hundred dollar bills and 22 Belize hundred dollar bills along with other smaller currency notes. ...

Thief just wanted Minister’s cell phone
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
Michael Hutchinson’s, Belize Rural Central’s area representative, Ladyville home over the September 21st weekend, said all he wanted was the Minister’s ...

NAVCO gets new president
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
Dawson was elected at NAVCO’s eight Annual General Meeting held on September 26 and 27 on the campus of the University of Belize in Belmopan City. ...

Lifeline gets CalvaryTemple started with feeding programme and ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter Calvary Temple Primary School on Belize City’s south side is getting some help with a feeding programme for its poorer ...

13 youths get environmental scholarships to study at IT-VET
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
Seven of the recipients will receive training at the ITVETT in Orange Walk Town while six will do their training at the ITVETT centre in Belize City. ...

Flood waters persuade GOB to revise bridge priority
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
The Belize Met Service reported last week that water levels have remained above normal, especially in the west and in the southern parts of the country.

Diesel prices slump while gas remains high
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
The Government of Belize in press release said that it is keeping the situation under close watch and will make sure that any reduction in the world price ...

Orange Walk gets marketing branch
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Cooperatives this week opened the third branch of its Belize Marketing ...

Blankenbaker wins 6th Belize-Mexico Friendship Tennis Tournament
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
... Meenavalli won the Masters’ Doubles championship when the Belize Tennis Association hosted the 6th International Belize/ Mexico Friendship Tournament, ...

Greg Lovell, Shalini Zabaneh win National Cycling Road Championships
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
Ernest Wade of Team INDECO won the Junior Road Championship held by the Belize Cycling Association on the Hummingbird and Western Highways on Sunday, ...

Hon. Anthony "Boots" Martinez
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
Government minister Anthony “Boots” Martinez is under suspicion for depositing large sums of money in his Belize Bank account, while Belize City Mayor ...

Judge denies compensation to Deputy Prime Minister’s wife
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
The Belize Supreme Court has turned down a request by the wife of Belize’s Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega, who had asked the court to order that her ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 10/3/08
St. John’s College has also produced alumni in every profession and trade field in Belize and abroad - men who are proud to call SJC their Alma Mater, ...

Boots Martinez Delivers New House to Family Whose Home Collapsed
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/3/08
If you move around on the southside of Belize City you will see we have did over 100 home repairs on the southside. Under the southside project we have ...

US Currency Busted Inside Barrel May be Clean
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/3/08
The cash was part of a number of household items, groceries and toiletries shipped from Chicago to Belize. The package was addressed to Kings Park area ...

Anthony Michael's Campaign to City Hall
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/3/08
As we reported earlier in this newscast - the fight for mayor on the UDP’s slate in Belize City has become bitter, personal and public. ...

Works Minister Anthony Boots Martinez Comes Clean
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/3/08
that’s what Works Minister Anthony Boots Martinez said on Tuesday night’s newscast when we asked him about suspicious transaction reports made by the Belize ...

Councillors Want Zenaida Moya to 'Run Back Di Money'
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/3/08
It is 65 hours to go before the convention polls for the UDP’s municipal slate open on Sunday and there is now open, public warfare inside a divided Belize ...

Police Constable Accused of Harming Grace Primary School Students
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/3/08
Tonight there are disturbing reports that at least eight primary school students from Belize City were all beaten by a Police Constable after he made a ...

Bananas and a Clinic in Bella Vista
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/3/08
Yesterday, the villagers of Bella Vista in Southern Belize celebrated the inauguration of their new health center. The clinic was built with funding from ...

Belize Customs find large amount of cash in container
Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 10/3/08
By Oscar Ramjeet Belize CITY, Belize: Customs and Excise officers in Belize have been busy following reports of constant smuggling in the Central American ...

10/2/08

NOVELO BROTHERS SAYS THAT POLITICAL INFLUENCE DESTROYED THE ...
LoveFM, Belize - 10/2/08
“People of Belize, Mister Minister of Transport, do you know why it is better because there was no political interference. Twenty years ago the bus owners ...

CITY COUNCILORS DEMAND THAT MAYOR MOYA PAY BACK $90000.00
LoveFM, Belize - 10/2/08
The United Democratic Party Belize City convention to elect it’s slate of candidates that will contest next year’s municipal elections will be held on ...

INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS HONORS BEVERLY SMITH LOPEZ
LoveFM, Belize - 10/2/08
The activities will be held on a quarterly basis in which Belizeans who have made significant contribution to the performing arts in Belize will be honored. ...

PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS RECEIVES REGIONAL AWARD
LoveFM, Belize - 10/2/08
Three Primary School Teachers from Belize have been honored regionally for their outstanding work in literacy instruction in the Caribbean Region. ...

BELIZEAN SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES TO TAKE PART IN REGIONAL GAMES
LoveFM, Belize - 10/2/08
“Tomorrow the 3 rd of October Belize’s darling sports organization Special Olympics Belize will be departing for the second Central American games taking ...

CHURCH OF NAZARENE CELEBRATES 100 YEARS IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 10/2/08
This weekend members of the church in Belize will celebrate along with other Nazarene churches around the world. Fernando Magana is the Pastor at the King’s ...

10/1/08

Golden Girls Increasing in Value
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 10/1/08
Belize City’s golden citizens took to the streets this morning in a parade to mark the international day for older persons. And so the morning traffic took ...

TODAY OBSERVED AS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS
LoveFM, Belize - 10/1/08
In other related news Helpage Belize today received a computer from Scotia Bank Belize Limited. Patroness of the Helpage, Sister Elsa Oliva told Love News ...

BELLA VISTA HAS NEW HEALTH CENTER
LoveFM, Belize - 10/1/08
The total cost of the project is 325 thousand, 311 dollars with funds being provided by the Government of Belize through a loan from the Caribbean ...

MINISTER OF TRANSPORT ADDRESS ISSUES OF CONCERN
LoveFM, Belize - 10/1/08
When I have gone to Corozal, and when I had meetings in Belize and when I had meetings in Belmopan, in Stann Creek, in the Zones because I created zones, ...

BCCI FACILITATES TRADE NEGOTIATION WORKSHOPS
LoveFM, Belize - 10/1/08
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry today hosted the final in a series of Interactive Trade Negotiations Workshop being facilitated by the Caribbean ...

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAUNCHES NATIONAL STRATEGY
LoveFM, Belize - 10/1/08
According to the Chairman of the Crime Control Council Michael Young, the crime rate in Belize is 30 for every 100 thousand and this is on an average per ...

Belize HOTEL ASSOCIATION AND ATLANTIC BANK SIGN BEST MANAGEMENT ...
LoveFM, Belize - 10/1/08
The Belize Hotel Association and Atlantic Bank Limited today signed an agreement that will allow businesses to implement best management practices that the ...

NIGERIANS CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE DAY IN Belize
LoveFM, Belize - 10/1/08
“Well over the years Nigeria and Belize have an agreement called the African Caribbean and Pacific countries agreement that enables Nigeria to send medical ...

9/30/08

PUP Says FIU Investigating Boots Martinez
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/30/08
“Well I wish I would be making large deposits at the Belize Bank because I would be a rich man today.” But isn’t the FIU investigating the deposits you made ...

Mayor Moya Accused of Fleecing City Hall behind her Council's Back
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/30/08
But I would like to ask the residents of Belize City, my supporters, to just hang in there and I know a lot of you have stopped me as I walk as I campaign. ...

Police Accused of Profiling Muslims
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/30/08
Whenever driving or walking through the streets of Belize City it is not unusual to come across a team of police officers body searching individuals and ...

Farming for the Future at UB
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/30/08
The Belize College of Agriculture was a casualty of the University of Belize amalgamation in 2000. Sure the University of Belize still offered an ...

UNIVERSITY OF Belize LAUNCHED NEW AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM
LoveFM, Belize - 9/30/08
The University of Belize today launched a new and improved Associates Degree in Agriculture Program at their Central Farm Campus. ...

Belize CITY MAN CHARGED WITH 83 COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF ...
LoveFM, Belize - 9/30/08
Police searched Blanco’s house on Freedom Street early this morning and discovered 47 Belize currency note and 36 US currency notes found to be fake. ...

MAN CHARGED WITH INCEST
LoveFM, Belize - 9/30/08
The man, a naturalized Belizean from Mexico, said he had been living in Belize for the past 18 years. The girl, a primary school student was examined by a ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 9/30/08
Police say yesterday about three-30 in the afternoon 30-year-old Dennis Robert Young of Aloe Vera Street in Belize City; and Costa Rican national ...

Belize police get US$110000 for “gang initiative”
Amandala, Belize - 9/30/08
On Friday, September 26, officials representing the United States and Belize signed an agreement which they claim is part of the broader Central American ...

Accused Southside serial rapist, Leroy Gomez, 22, charged in court
Amandala, Belize - 9/30/08
Amidst high levels of publicity and outrage, the young man who for a week was Belize’s most wanted man, finally, today, stood before a magistrate to ...

The Esquivel comeback
Amandala, Belize - 9/30/08
The Jesuits had extraordinary influence over Belize’s first two Prime Ministers – George Price and Manuel Esquivel. Landivar’s interests were represented in ...

From The Publisher
Amandala, Belize - 9/30/08
In Belize, we are going to go crazy if Barack wins. So then, do you believe Obama would support us against Guatemala? As president of the United States, ...

Belize’s 2008 bus battles!
Amandala, Belize - 9/30/08
With over 100 buses servicing commuters countrywide, the public transportation system in Belize is one of the most critical sectors in the country – and so ...

GOB lowers oil revenue projection by $13 million
Amandala, Belize - 9/30/08
With the price of oil on the market generally making a downward turn, the Government of Belize may not earn as much from crude oil as it had projected in ...

Clean morning jack – “more than” 30 grand!
Amandala, Belize - 9/30/08
Last Friday morning a precision jacking occurred on the Northside of Belize City. When shots were fired on Freetown Road, in the vicinity of Cellular Plus ...

COLA hosts negotiators of the Belize-Guatemala differendum
Amandala, Belize - 9/30/08
The group Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA) sponsored a discussion this evening on the question of the Belize-Guatemala differendum going ...

9/29/08

PEOPLE’S UNITED PARTY TURNS 58TH
LoveFM, Belize - 9/29/08
It was 58 years ago that after the dissolving of the People’s Committee, that Belize saw the birth of what is considered today as the oldest and largest ...PBCT

Belize’S FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSED UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
LoveFM, Belize - 9/29/08
Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington is representing Belize. He addressed the gathering earlier today. “The experience of our own country Belize ...

Belize MARKETING BOARD OPEN SUB OFFICE IN THE NORTH
LoveFM, Belize - 9/29/08
The Belize Marketing and Development Cooperation today inaugurated their third branch office in Orange Walk Town. We spoke to Managing Director Roque Mai. ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 9/29/08
Lopez said that he was driving toward Belize City when he noticed a barb wire fence across the road. When he got out of the vehicle to remove the fence from ...

Lord Ashcroft 'illegally transferred more than £3million to Tory ...
Daily Mail, UK - 9/29/08
But he has faced accusations that the money originated from companies in the Central American state of Belize - meaning he allegedly exploited a loophole ...

9/26/08

Belize remembers famous favourite son Professor and Judge Edward Laing
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter Judge Edward “Eddie” Laing, now has a place of honour at the Belize Law Library with an official photograph and niche where ...

Seven BDF soldiers injured when their truck overturns
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter A Belize Defense Force four ton truck which flipped and overturned on the Caracol Road caused injuries to seven BDF ...

National Hero, Hon. Philip SW Goldson
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
Belize paid tribute to 13 Belizean patriots at the annual national awards ceremony at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts last Thursday night, ...

Belizeans Celebrate 27th Independence Day
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
He reminded his listeners how the nation was united on the eve of our independence when the Belizean flag was raised in the rain in Belize City on the night ...

Kendall Bridge under water Traffic to Toledo slowed!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
... again because of the rising waters of the Sittee River, which has washed out the temporary causeway connecting the Deep South with the rest of Belize. ...

Talented teenager from Orange Walk wins regional scholarsip from ...
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
The Government of Belize through the Ministry of Education has further awarded Shanidi an educational grant to help with expenses not covered by the ...

Editorial
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
... expressing their allegiance to and solidarity with Belize on the 27th anniversary of her independence, St. John’s College and St. John’s College Sixth ...

PUP turns 58 this week
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
By Adolph Lucas Jr. - Staff Reporter The People’s United Party, the oldest political party of Belize will turn fifty-eight on Monday 29th September. ...

Taiwan will search for oil in Belizean waters
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
Taiwan's man in Belize, Ambassador Joseph Shih, has described Belize as the "Kuwait of Cental America". It was announced this week that the government of ...

Cops have a face and a name for Southside’s serial rapist
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
Belize City police are on the hunt for a young man identified as Leroy Gomez, believed to be the serial rapist who has attacked at least four women in ...

Pseudo Ephedrine again!
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 9/26/08
By Angel Novelo The on-going probe into the pseudo ephedrine phenomenon which has put law enforcement officers from both the Belize Customs Department and ...

NSSSA athletes represent Belize at CODICADER Games
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5 hours ago
A third contingent of track and Field athletes are scheduled to leave Belize for San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Friday morning, September 26. ...

Belize karatekas prep for 2008 Shoto Cup
The Reporter Belize, Belize - 5 hours ago
By William Ysaguirre - Freelance Writer Karatekas of the Belize City Shotokan Karate Association participated in a vigorous workout at the Princess Hotel on ...

Cuba and Venezuela give Independence Day medical assistance to ...
Amandala, Belize - 9/26/08
Present on the grounds of clinic were the ambassadors of the two contributing countries, the Cuban Ambassador to Belize, His Excellency, Ambassador Manuel ...

UDP democracy
Amandala, Belize - 9/26/08
Now, where Belize City mayoral incumbent Zenaida Moya is concerned, it is clear that the contest has assumed added, if not greater importance, ...

The ephedrine container epidemic and the Free Zone
Amandala, Belize - 9/26/08
Has Belize just become a major transshipment point for the banned substance, pseudo-ephedrine, used to make the illegal drug, methamphetamine, ...

CJ rules for Barry Bowen and Landowners Association
Amandala, Belize - 9/26/08
With the Supreme Court back from break and the Court of Appeal soon to resume session in October, the legal disputes over the controversial Belize ...

Belize makes 5th straight slip on corruption scale
Amandala, Belize - 9/26/08
Belize has made its 5th successive descent on the Corruption Perception Index, slipping from 99 to 106, according to numbers released by Transparency ...

Appeals Board sets December for Belize Bank vs. Central Bank hearing
Amandala, Belize - 9/26/08
The Belize Bank is still challenging the directives issued by the Central Bank to return the US$10 million diverted from a Venezuela grant to the bank under ...

9/25/08

San Mateo ‘heavily contaminated’
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 9/25/08
Holy Cross Anglican School rests on eight acres of swamp land donated to the Anglican Diocese by the Government of Belize in 2006 and lies in the San Mateo ...

Cacao and Coffee Farmers Co-op formed in Punta Gorda
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 9/25/08
Press Release – San Pedro, Belize – September 16th, 2008 – J Squared Caribbean Limited announces a number of new investment areas in Punta Gorda, Belize. ...


San Pedro Sun
‘Coconut’ Leo is Karaoke King
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 9/25/08
There was standing room only at the grand finale of Reef Radio’s Tele-radio karaoke competition on Thursday night inside the Jaguar’s Temple Night Club as ...


San Pedro Sun
Commemorating 27 years of Belize’s Independence
San Pedro Sun, Belize - 9/25/08
The September celebrations have come and gone, and it is no doubt that this year’s celebration will go down in the history books as one to remember. 2008 is a special year for Belizeans...

Transparency International: Belize More Corrupt
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/25/08
And according to the index, Belize is going from bad to worse. This country was ranked 99th last year and this year, it’s fallen to 109, tied with Argentina ...

Kim Simplis: Special Olympics' Global Ambassador
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/25/08
This evening Special Olympics Belize and the Government of Belize signed a partnership agreement to quote “improve the lives of people with intellectual ...

Leroy the Accused Rapist Surrenders
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/25/08
He was Belize City’s most wanted man and tonight Leroy Gomez is in police custody. It seems the pressure of being a fugitive with your picture plastered on ...

BTB Investigating Cave Tube Drowning
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/25/08
That’s why the Belize Tourism Board is investigating. Director of Product Development Laura Esquivel says it is too early to draw a conclusion. ...

Manuel Esquivel Endorses Michael; Rebukes Moya
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/25/08
Dale McDougal: Is this why you’re supporting Deputy Mayor Anthony Michael’s bid to be the next mayor of Belize City? “Yes Anthony Michael was overwhelming ...

GOVERNMENT OF Belize AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SIGNS ...
LoveFM, Belize - 9/25/08
The Prime Minister, Dean Barrow, on behalf of the Government of Belize this afternoon signed an agreement that signified a partnership between Belize and ...

Pirates seize Ukrainian ship off Somalia coast
Peninsula On-line, Qatar - 9/25/08
The hijackers commandeered the Belize-flagged Faina to a yet unknown location, said Andrew Mwngura who runs the Kenya chapter of the Seafarers Assistance ...

Pirates seize Ukrainian ship off Somali coast
France24, France - 9/25/08
The hijackers commandeered the Belize-flagged Faina, which was on its way to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, to a yet unknown location, said Andrew Mwngura who ...

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VILLAGE COUNCILS PREPARES FOR 8TH AGM
LoveFM, Belize - 9/25/08
The Eight Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Village Councils will be held this weekend at the University of Belize Auditorium in ...

TELEMEDIA LAUNCHES NEW DIGICELL SHOUT SERVICE
LoveFM, Belize - 9/25/08
Belize Telemedia Limited today launched a new real time service that will allow Digicell Customers to use their cell phones to contact local media houses. ...

Belize’S CORRUPTION INDEX WORSENS IN 2008
LoveFM, Belize - 9/25/08
Transparency International has released their Corruption Perception Index for 2008 and the perception is that Belize’s position has reportedly gotten worse ...

9/24/08

MORE PSEUDOEPHEDRINE TABLETS FOUND IN COUNTRY
LoveFM, Belize - 9/24/08
Assistant Commissioner of Police Crispin Jefferies says that the whole transshipment of Pseudoephedrine tablets through Belize is bigger than the police and ...

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL SEEKS TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND RESULTS
LoveFM, Belize - 9/24/08
Officials from the Caribbean Examination Council are in Belize on a courtesy visit as the new Registrar and Pro-registrar of the council. ...

Belize COUNCIL OF CHURCHES MEETS TO DISCUSS HIV/AIDS
LoveFM, Belize - 9/24/08
The Belize Council of Churches is hosting a three day seminar that aims to engage all the churches and the evangelical leaders in learning more and being ...

POLICE NEWS
LoveFM, Belize - 9/24/08
... Pamela Anthony of Guinea Grass Village told Police that her niece Roshydah Wade left home on Saturday morning to go to Ready Call Center in Belize City. ...

Belize DONATES RELIEF SUPPLIES TO CUBA
LoveFM, Belize - 9/24/08
The supplies, donated on behalf of the Government and people of Belize to assist in recovery efforts after hurricane Ike, was flown to Cuba this afternoon.

Belize DEFENSE FORCE SOLDIERS INJURED IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
LoveFM, Belize - 9/24/08
Six Belize Defense Force soldiers were injured yesterday when the four tonner truck they were travelling in over turned near the Mountain Pine Ridge area. ...

9/23/08

BDF Soldier in a Coma after Mountain Pine Ridge Accident
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/23/08
The Independence Day weekend passed without any serious crime reported in Belize City – or for that matter any part of the country. ...

Southside Serial Rapist Still on the Loose
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/23/08
We suspect that he is coming out only at night and in the city as well and behind those areas, the south side of Belize City, there are many abandoned ...

A Fitting Tribute to Judge Edward Laing
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/23/08
... International Court of Justice, his perhaps most famous judgement was that of the “Prince” a maritime case in which he wrote a decision against Belize.

Soldier in a Coma after Mountain Pine Ridge Accident
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/23/08
The Independence Day weekend passed without any serious crime reported in Belize City – or for that matter any part of the country. ...

Belize Celebrates 28 Years of Independence
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/23/08
10 hours later much of the same personnel and personalities were back at Memorial Park for the highlight of Belize’s ceremonial calendar. ...

Leon Blease Charged for Attempted Murder of Freddy Grant
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/23/08
Today Belize City Police arrested and charged the young man they believed attempted to kill thirty four year old Freddy Grant as he stood on the sidewalk at ...

Unidentified Man Killed Friday on Northern Highway
Channel 7 Daily News, Belize - 9/23/08
Belize City police still do not know the identity of a man who was knocked down and killed between miles two and three on the Northern Highway. ...

9/23/08

Belize REPRESENTED AT 63RD UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
LoveFM, Belize - 9/23/08
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Wilfred Elrington is representing Belize at the 63 rd session of the United Nations General Assembly being ...

BRENT HAMILTON WINS ANNUAL RAISE YOUR FLAG COMPETITION
LoveFM, Belize - 9/23/08
Love Fm’s annual raise your flag and win competition ended on Sunday with the winner being chosen at an Independence Day party at Old Belize. ...

UNIVERSITY OF Belize TO INTRODUCE REVITALIZED AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM
LoveFM, Belize - 9/23/08
The University of Belize will be launching its revitalized Agricultural Program next Tuesday at their Central Farm Campus. ...

FIRST CHESS FAMILY FUN DAY TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND
LoveFM, Belize - 9/23/08
The National Youth Chess Foundation of Belize will be hosting the first ever chess family fun day in Belmopan this weekend. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Omar ...

PEOPLE’S UNITED PARTY CELEBRATES 58TH ANNIVERSARY
LoveFM, Belize - 9/23/08
At 5:30 we are having a youth forum and rally in Orange Walk and that will be along with the Belize Youth Group, which is the youth arm of the party. ...

9/19/08

NEW RATE SETTING METHODOLOGY SET FOR Belize ELECTRICITY LIMITED
LoveFM, Belize - 9/19/08
The Public Utilities Commission has implemented a new rate setting methodology as it relates to the cost of power Belize Electricity Limited pays and ...

Belize RED CROSS RECEIVES DONATION FROM AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
LoveFM, Belize - 9/19/08
The Belize Red Cross today received 30 thousand Belize dollars from the Australian Government to assist with other recovery efforts being carried out in ...