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7/30/11
Costa Rican girls win XI Central American Beach Volleyball Championship The Reporter Belize - 7/30/11 Costa Rica's Natalia Alfaro Paniagua and Ingrid Morales Muñoz won the XI Central American Beach Volleyball Championship hosted by the Belize Volleyball Association in collaboration with National Sports Council and the Ministry of Sports at the ...
Kolbe to limit visitors to ease overload The Reporter Belize - 7/30/11 The Kolbe Foundation which manages the Belize Central Prison is planning to implement a new, rotational visiting regime to help it cope with the flood of visitors on Sundays. Kolbe's Chief Executive Officer, Earl Jones told The Reporter that the ...
Prisoners to have fewer visits. Prison can't cope with overload The Reporter Belize - 7/30/11 The Kolbe-managed Belize Central Prison has been trying to cope with an overload of visitors on Sundays and plans to implement a rotational visiting regime to ease the pressure. Kolbe Chief Executive Officer, Earl Jones, told The Reporter that the ...
Government will crack down on those selling Belize sugar to Mexico, Guatemala The Reporter Belize - 7/30/11 The Government of Belize announced this week that it will take punitive measures against those persons who are smuggling Belizean sugar across the border. The Government has also issued a stop order to BSI- not to sell sugar to those merchants who ...
Preventive Detention proposal now dead! The Reporter Belize - 7/30/11 The Government is withdrawing its proposal for a Preventive Detention amendment to the Belize Constitution, the Cabinet announced on Tuesday, July 26. At the same time it announced that the public consultation on the 9th Amendment Bill to change the ...
Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin will take over on September 15 The Reporter Belize - 7/30/11 On July 26, Attorney General Bernard Q. Pitts announced his appointment in Belize, which will take effect on September 15, 2011. Justice Benjamin is an experienced jurist with highly developed research skills and a profound knowledge of the laws of ...
Belmopan Streets to be upgraded The Reporter Belize - 7/30/11 Works Minister Anthony “Boots” Martinez along with Belmopan City Mayor Simeon Lopez signed the contract agreement with the contracting company, Belize Roadway Construction last Monday, July 25. The work includes removal of unsuitable material, ...
9th Amendment sparks opposition The Reporter Belize - 7/30/11 These proposed amendments contain provisions for what the Prime Minister describes as, “enshrining the ownership of public utility companies in the name of the government and people of Belize”, with the government retaining a 51% ownership in utilities ...
BSI worker's shares are not for sale! The Reporter Belize (blog) - 7/30/11 Representatives of Tower Hill Sugar Factory workers, owners of an 81% stake in Belize Sugar Industries Ltd, and cane farmers, who had expressed an interest in buying shares in the company, got an update on the proposed US$90 million investment offer ...
American Bar Association rates Belize's Prosecutors The Reporter Belize (blog) - 7/30/11 Belizean court prosecutors have four points in their favour, but there are also seventeen areas in which court prosecutions in Belize can be strengthened and improved to enhance Belize's justice system. These are the findings of a six month study ...
BTL and Smart: Interconnection deadlock! The Reporter Belize (blog) - 7/30/11 The government controlled Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) and Speednet Communications Limited, (Smart) have been at odds and deadlocked over a new interconnection agreement for more than a year now. This week the deadlock became public knowledge, ...
7/29/11
LOCAL LAWYER HOSTS CRASH COURSE ON 9TH AMENDMENT The proposed amendments to the Constitution of Belize has stirred reaction from the Bar association as well as individual members of the legal community. But the response from the general public has been minimal to say ...
MINISTER AND TWO SENATORS TO DEBATE “NINTH” LIVE ON NATIONAL RADIO Channel 7 Daily News - 7/29/11 Would you say that if pass that would be the general direction of where Belize would be going?" "It could possibly be because when you are deny the function as it supposed to be where you should have access to it then that's a problem and having access ...
ARMED ROBBERS HIT NORTHERN HIGHWAY BUSINESS Channel 7 Daily News - 7/29/11 At the time of this afternoon's shooting, Belize City police officers were still processing the scene of an armed robbery on the Northern Highway. Around twelve thirty, the employee payroll of the Belize Recycling Company was stolen by two armed and ...
UNITED NATIONS TO ISSUE RESPONSE TO PASTOR'S STATEMENTS ON MONDAY Channel 7 Daily News - 7/29/11 In our special report on Thursday night on homosexuality in Belize, Belmopan pastor Scott Stirm went on record to state that when it comes to the issue of sexual minorities, the United Nations had a specific agenda. For context, we replay his statement ...
MIN. OF PUBLIC SERVICE RELEASES ICT STRATEGY Channel 7 Daily News - 7/29/11 Today, Ministry of Public Service released a national ICT strategy for both Belize's public and private sectors. "We have had individual consultations with about 30 agencies from the private sector, the public sector and the international agencies. ...
SHOOTING IN BELIZE CITY LEAVES STREET FIGURE CRITICAL Channel 7 Daily News - 7/29/11 The relative period of calm in gun violence on the streets of Belize City ended with a bang today when a well known street figure was shot multiple times by a lone gunman. Around one this afternoon twenty nine year old Jeffery Flowers was walking near ...
Belize – Best For Diving The graceful beauty of stingrays, multi-colored tropical fish, swaying sea grass, dawdling giant sea turtles…and yes, even the sand-papery skin of nurse sharks…are all part of the dive experience of Belize. I'ma novice, or what is commonly known as a ...
Doing good by getting off the grid Austin American-Statesman (blog) - Asher Price - 7/29/11 I just chatted with John Cochran, one of the founders of GridEarth, an Austin non-profit that distributes solar-powered light-emitting diodes to jungle villagers in Belize. Cochran and his wife have long ...
Shrimp Hurt the Sponges That Shelter Them Few scuba divers on the Belize Barrier Reef ever spot the tiny shrimp Typton carneus. This bright orange crustacean hides snugly inside the fingerlike chimneys of living fire sponges. Scientists have now discovered that the shrimp uses the sponge for ...
Cane Farmers and BSI workers on Board for Atlantida investment The Guardian, Belize - 7/29/11 On Wednesday July 27th Prime Minister of Belize, honorable Dean Barrow along with Deputy Prime Minister held discussions with representatives from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the BSI workers. The first meeting was held in Orange Walk ...
We want to snorkel with teens and with sea life in the Caribbean. Can you ... But Hessburg's favourite stretch for mask-and-fin fans runs along the southern Belize Barrier Reef (travelbelize.org) and into the eastern Honduran islands. The waters here are gentle, the visibility excellent and the view of giant tubes, ...
Ethics Committee bans football officials Amandala - 7/29/11 It is a concern for Belize, whose case is yet to be finalized by FIFA, because as CONCACAF President Warner had consistently “covered” for Belize's FFB President Dr. Bertie Chimilio, whose dictatorial stranglehold on power has been condemned by the ...
Paul's thoughts on “More Belize churches condemn UNIBAM” Am I now to believe and hope that tiny Belize may be the Almighty's sword that will cut at the heart of the dragon that seeks to consume Western Civilization? Last week there was a terrorist attack in Oslo, Norway. So far I have not heard of anyone ...
GOB “fiddling” while Guats continue raping Chiquibul Forest! Over the course of the past year, 300 acres inside the Chiquibul Forest have been hacked, and the razed portions of the forest to date amount to 13000 acres – larger than Belize City. That is according to Rafael Manzanero, the executive director of ...
Teenager in Delta Airline bomb scare released from police custody Amandala reported in our mid-week issue about the 16-year-old French teenager who caused a major bomb scare Monday on Delta Airlines Flight 4345, which originated from Atlanta, Georgia, and arrived in Belize at around 11:21 am with 71 passengers and 4 ...
Council of Churches further articulates position on UNIBAM case: “a moral issue” Last week, Amandala reported that the Belize Council of Churches and the Belize-Honduras District of the Methodist Church of the Caribbean and the Americas had taken a firm stance against the challenge presented by Caleb Orozco and the United Belize ...
Guyanese jurist, Kenneth Benjamin, 56, to succeed Conteh Accomplished Caribbean jurist, Justice Kenneth Andrew Charles Benjamin, a dual Guyana and Antigua citizen, 56, is scheduled to take up his new appointment as Belize's Chief Justice on September 15, 2011. He will take over from Acting Chief Justice ...
Strychnine for canines; Councilor Wayne Usher says he will advocate change For decades, the system of eradication of stray dogs in Belize has been through the use of one of the most aggressive forms of poisons, called strychnine. This poison is a white powder which is odorless. Strychnine causes extreme pain to its victim, ...
Crazy Cotton Tree chopping! A young man from Belize City died shortly after 9:00 last night at the Western Regional Hospital after being chopped in the head, allegedly by a minor in the village of Cotton Tree, Cayo District. The victim, Thaddeus Castillo, 21, a driver of #2520 ...
7/28/11
Good Samaritan group organizes fundraiser for Tarrell Sutherland Channel 7 Daily News - 7/28/11 The care Tarrell needs is not available in Belize so once again, the child is forced to return to the United States for medical attention. Tarrell's treatment has been an expensive journey but tonight we are happy to report that the ...
Family fight in Cotton Tree ends in brutal chopping murder Channel 7 Daily News - 7/28/11 He was on summer vacation in Cotton Tree Village but tonight a Belize City man is dead after a fight between two families turned fatal. This afternoon Jim McFadzean spoke to the victim's traumatized cousin who witnessed the brutal killing. ...
Conservationists' report finds that illegal logging is rampant in Chiquibul Channel 7 Daily News - 7/28/11 FCD's Rafael Manzanero maintains illegal logging is costing Belize millions of dollars in lost revenue. Within that context, today he shared the assessment team's recommendations on resolving the issue. "Why the focus on the Chiquibul area. ...
UNIBAM restates its case following report of attempt rape in Succotz Channel 7 Daily News - 7/28/11 In related news, today UNIBAM issued a press release restating its position on the decriminalization of sodomy following significant public outcry over the alleged molestation of a Cayo teenager by a Belize City man. UNIBAM maintains that quote "cases ...
Belizeans for Justice plan to parade against Ninth Amendment to the Constitution Channel 7 Daily News - 7/28/11 Following the Belize Bar Association's press release on Wednesday, which called on Belmopan to remove three proposed clauses, today Belizeans for Justice announced its plans for a parade against the Bill. According to President Yolanda Shakron, ...
The Homosexuality Debate in Belize: Should the state legislate morality? Channel 7 Daily News - 7/28/11 But the case of the United Belize Advocacy Movement versus the Attorney General of Belize, which is asking for the decriminalization of sodomy, has changed all that. In the build up to the trial, the issue is being discussed in detail in churches, ...
Restore Belize Profiles Stephan Robateau Channel 7 Daily News - 7/28/11 As part of our "I am Belize" profile series, tonight we introduce you to Stephan Robateau. Stephan is a Belize City teenager who has used a painful past to propel him towards a promising future. You see, Stephan was orphaned when he was just four years ...
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONCERNED ABOUT PROPOSED AMENDMENT LoveFM - 7/28/11 The Human Rights Commission of Belize today issued a release expressing grave concerns about the Belize Constitution Ninth Amendment Bill. In its release, the Commission says that the proposed amendments to Section two and section sixty nine of the ...
UNIBAM CONDEMNS RECENT ATTEMPT SEXUAL ASSAULT OF MINOR LoveFM - 7/28/11 The United Belize Advocacy Movement, UNIBAM has condemned the recent attempt to sexually assault a minor in Succotz Village. It says that it finds all cases of child molestation or abuse entirely wrong and unacceptable. The organization says such ...
YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR YOUTH AWARDS LoveFM - 7/28/11 “The Youth Award is a Belize award actually bestowed on young people who are active in their communities, in the country in different areas. There are 15 categories what they seek to do is highlight young people who are active in these specific field ...
BELIZE CITY MAN MURDERED IN COTTON TREE VILLAGE LoveFM - 7/28/11 Belmopan Police have two persons detained including a minor following a chopping incident that left a Belize City man dead. Police say they visited the Western Regional Hospital where they saw the lifeless body of 21-year-old Thaddeus Castillo with a ...
NINTH AMENDMENT BILL DISCUSSED LoveFM - 7/28/11 The proposed Belize Constitution Ninth amendment Bill continues to generate passionate discussions in virtually every segment of the population. Both political parties have voiced their opinion on the Bill which was tabled in the House of ...
ROTARY CLUB OF BELIZE'S LATEST PRODUCTION DEBUTS LoveFM - 7/28/11 The Rotary Club of Belize kicks off its ninth theatrical production tonight at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Francis Woods, President of the Club says the musical comedy is guaranteed to have you laughing in your seats all through the ...
PROTO BEGINS BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE LoveFM - 7/28/11 We repackage, we press it and clean it up and give it to the kids that need it.” Usher says over the years, the response from the public has been tremendous and the campaign has assisted hundreds of children from across the Belize District.
TWO PERSONS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY LoveFM - 7/28/11 He remanded the minor to Youth Hostel and Allen to Belize Central Prison. The burglary occurred between July 25 and 26. Xenia Garcia the owner of the beauty salon reported to the police that that over two thousand dollars worth of items were stolen. ...
PROTO CONTINUES ASSISTANCE TO BABY TARRELL SUTHERLAND LoveFM - 7/28/11 Phase two was when Tarrell had left, we had agreed that we would go to Corozal and find the funds and everything to construct an air condition room because if he is to survive in Belize he needs to be kept cool, that helps a lot. ...
Shyne Gives Up Sex and Profanity Shyne, a native of Belize who later moved to Brooklyn, was convicted of assault after the infamous 1999 Club New York shooting near Times Square during which he was accompanying Bad Boy Records founder P. Diddy and his then girlfriend Jennifer Lopez. ...
The Black Caribs of Belize: Garifuna – review The Guardian - 7/28/11 They intermarried with the local Carib population, and are now scattered across Central America, including Belize, where this set was recorded. Produced by Stuart Baker, the founder of the Soul Jazz label, it's very much a followup to his album of rara ...
Interview With Ashish Sanghrajka, President of Big Five Tours and Expeditions JL: So, say I want to go to Belize to see some Mayan ruins. What kind of high-end travel experience could you provide? AS: Belize is an interesting choice, as we have recently been asked by the government to help them redefine much of their travel ...
Rescued boaters rerouted to New Orleans USCG Lieutenant Bryan Sullivan said the six men were still aboard the CPO-Sweden oil tanker that picked them up around noon Tuesday near Belize. Lt. Sullivan said it was expected the tanker would arrive at the New Orleans docking facility sometime ...
2014 World Cup qualifying ESPN - 7/28/11 The qualifying process for the 2014 World Cup began on June 15, 2011 when minnows Montserrat hosted Belize in Couva in the CONCACAF region. A goal from Deon McCauley of Raymond Gentle-City Boys United in the 24th minute was the first in qualifying ...
Two men charged with attempted murder of police constable offered bail The Guardian, Belize - 7/28/11 There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...
Man accused of indecent assault upon 15 year-old girl The Guardian, Belize - 7/28/11 Phillip Palacio, 44, a Sanitation Worker of Belize City was detained by police and charged with two counts of aggravated assault of an indecent nature upon a 15-year-old studentMan accused of indecent assault upon 15 year-old student. ...
Bomb Scare at PGIA The Guardian, Belize - 7/28/11 It caused a delay in normal air traffic, and it involved the Pilot of a Delta flight from Atlanta radioing to Belize airport authorities of a possible bomb threat. Lieutenant Colonel David Jones, Chief of Staff and Bomb Expert at BDF, told the media ...
Ladyville resident accused of kidnapping remanded to jail The Guardian, Belize - 7/28/11 There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...
Husband and wife accused of child neglect The Guardian, Belize - 7/28/11 They are accused of leaving their 10-year-old disabled female child locked up inside their home in the Holy Emmanuel area of Saint Martin's de Pores area of Belize City. The couple,47-year-old Albert Gentle and 32-year-old Domestic Diana Gentle, ...
Bugger Beaten and Hogtied in Succotz The Guardian, Belize - 7/28/11 62 year-old Roy Cumberbatch, a resident of Plues Street in Belize City, was arraigned in San Ignacio Magistrate's Court for aggravated assault on July 25th, 2011. He is accused of trying to rape a 14 year-old boy in the Village of San Jose Succotz on ...
15 bail applications heard before Justice Hebert Lord The Guardian, Belize - 7/28/11 There is not a single legitimate investment in Belize that can yield more returns on the dollar than an investment made in Belize Telemedia Limited. The company has a long history of basically 'over performing'. It is likely that the fascination that. ...
PUP trying to cause Sugar Industry Collapse? The Guardian, Belize - 7/28/11 There is an intense debate taking place with the investment proposal being offered by Banco Atlantida from Honduras in trying to secure majority ownership in Belize Sugar Industries Ltd (BSI). The background to this scenario is that in 2007 BSI secured ...
New Chief Justice for Belize The Guardian, Belize - 7/28/11 BQ Pitts announced that there has been a new appointment to hold the seat of Chief Justice in Belize. Justice Kenneth A. Benjamin has been given the nod to take up the position of Chief Justice. In a press release Justice Benjamin is described as being ...
The Constitution is Supreme No Judge can change it! The Guardian, Belize - 7/28/11 To prove the position the PM pointed to a case from Belize in which the Privy Council deals with the matter. The case in question is appeal #0091 of 2009- Alberto Vellos vs The Prime Minister of Belize in which the PUP attacked the 6th constitutional ...
7/27/11
Belize: Living the righteous life Arriving in Belize, the last thing I expected was that I would soon be sitting down to rice cakes and prune pudding with a family dressed as though they had escaped from Little House on the Prairie. Nor did I expect to be ...
Patrick Musimu - A Constant Contract The phone call came in from Belize confirming most, but not quite all of the arrangements. Patrick Musimu and Isabelle Hamel would fly down in the morning, and Patrick would begin work immediately with a new dive resort there. ...
PM and DPM meet with sugar industry stakeholders to talk Banco Atlantida Channel 7 Daily News - 7/27/11 There were high level meetings today in both Belize City and Orange Walk as the Prime Minister and his Deputy Prime Minister met with members of Belize's sugar industry. Representing the farmers in the discussions were the directors of the Cane Farmers ...
Human rights lawyer says debate over Constitutional Amendments is a good thing Channel 7 Daily News - 7/27/11 But at this time, I am not speaking on behalf of the Human Rights Commission of Belize; I'm speaking on behalf of the American Bar Association. What's going on in the country now, regardless of what your views are on the various constitutional ...
Three archaeological sites in the Cayo District will get makeovers Channel 7 Daily News - 7/27/11 ... thousand dollars was signed with local architecture and engineering firm Incatema Consulting, who will complete the architectural designs and interpretation plans for the sites. The initiative is part of the Belize Tourism Board's "Belize 2012. ...
Brazen armed robbery on Punta Gorda's Main Street nets thieves $1500 Channel 7 Daily News - 7/27/11 Brazen armed robberies are a fact of life in Belize City but one such incident in the country's southernmost town has left traumatized that community. Reports are that around eight-thirty Tuesday night, two masked men stormed into Quian Zen Store on ...
Review of prosecution system finds Belize wanting Today was report card day for Belize's prosecutorial system and to no one's surprise, we failed to make the grade. The process is called the Prosecutorial Reform Index and is carried out by the American Bar Association's Rule of Law initiative in ...
Belize City businessman slapped with abduction and attempted rape charges Channel 7 Daily News - 7/27/11 Over the last three years, Belize City businessman Bert Vasquez has had more than a couple run-ins with the law. The twenty-seven year old has been charged in connection with at least three gun related incidents, two of which were deemed Aggravated ...
Belize City brothers take on movie making to chronicle life on the street Channel 7 Daily News - 7/27/11 Local artists have consistently proven that when it comes to talent, Belize is full of potential. Tonight we share a prime example of that fact with the story of budding moviemakers and brothers Aaron and Emmanuel Lauriano. It is called "Can't Take It ...
BELIZE WORKERS UNION REPRESENTATIVES MEET WITH PRIME MINISTER Representatives of the Belize Workers Union met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow to discuss the BWU position on Banco Atlantida's interest in owning majority shares in BSI. We spoke with president of the BWU, Harris Patten. “The outcome was extremely ...
SCOUTS ASSOCIATION PREPARES FOR CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS LoveFM - 7/27/11 Amidst all the crime and violence that govern Belize's society, there is something positive to report among Belizean youths. Despite the fact that gangs and other social ills pose a challenge to our young people staying the course, ...
ENERGY WORKSHOP UNDERWAY LoveFM - 7/27/11 The Latin American Energy Organization in collaboration with the Government of Belize is currently hosting a five day workshop in Energy Balance and Energy Information System Workshop at the ITVET in Belize City. Olade's mission is to promote ...
BELIZE CITY BUSINESSMAN HIT WITH ANOTHER SEXUAL OFFENCE CHARGE LoveFM - 7/27/11 27-year-old businessman Bert Vasquez who was charged with offences regarding females in two separate cases was charged with forcible abduction and attempted rape when he appeared in court today. Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser did not take a plea ...
CANEFARMERS RECEIVE SECOND PAYMENT This year, farmers are receiving payment based on quality and Chairman of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, Alfredo Ortega, says this payment is historic as farmers have not received this amount in more 3 decades. “All of us will be getting a ...
7/26/11
CBS News On Ants in Belize Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 But in the Belizean bush is where you'll find the most exotic and intriguing ants. You might ask, what's so intriguing about an ant? Plenty! This CBS news report visited with an American biologist who's studying ants in :
French Teen Prankster Released By Bze Police After Delta Bomb Scare Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 The teenager was detained along with his mother after he held up a handmade sign with the word "Help" etched on a Belize Immigration form. On the other side of the paper, he had drawn a mushroom cloud - the type that would be generated by a bomb blast. ...
Restore Belize Launches Strategic Plan Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 Restore Belize recently celebrated its one year anniversary and today invited the media to discuss its strategic plan. The 109 page document is distilled from literature of the past ten years including the national plan of action for families and ...
Preventive Detention: From The Refrigerator To The Garbage Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 That's what came out of today's Cabinet meeting where the decision was taken to formally withdraw the Belize Constitution 8th amendment bill and its proposal for preventative detention. And it's all to make way for the 9th amendment to the constitution ...
New Chief Justice Named Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 And the man who may eventually "interpret" these or related matters is Kenneth A. Benjamin, the new Chief Justice of Belize. Justice Benjamin's judicial experience spans 17 years; he has worked as a Chief Magistrate in Antigua and Barbuda, ...
Attorney Arthur Against Amendment Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 Seems to have its own way by putting its stamp on a legislation that really and truly seeks ro derogate the rights of the individual in Belize. In fact we can go from the ridiculous to the sublime in this situation. When you are talking about him ...
“ET” Willis Gets Off Major Burglary Charge Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 ET was accused of breaking into the Western Union office on Coney Drive and stealing a metal safe with $39466.87 in Belize currency and $5531 in US currency, a total of over fifty thousand Belize dollars. After she closed the case for the prosecution, ...
Mosquito Mayhem In Bze District Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 This week in the Belize District, there's been an explosion in the mosquito population - swarms of mosquitoes are everywhere: outdoors, indoors, even in cars! So is it the fault of the Public Health Department for not spraying enough or at the right ...
Belize wins to World Cup 2nd round eliminations The Reporter Belize - 7/26/11 The Belize National Football Selection fielded by the Football Federation of Belize has won through to the next round of qualifying matches for the World Cup Brazil 2014. Belize won 3-1over the island nation of Montserrat in a “home” game at the ...
"We have a problem!" PM Barrow tells Chamber The Reporter Belize (blog) - 7/26/11 Dean Barrow has responded to a letter sent to him on Monday, July 18, by the President of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ms. Kay Menzies, outlining the views of the Chamber with respect to nationalization. The Prime Minister's terse ...
Deputy Commissioner J. Magaleno to retire after 37 years of service The Reporter Belize - 7/26/11 Magdaleno joined the Belize Police Force at the age of 18, in November 1973 and worked his way up through the ranks. He attended the Police Training School in Ladyville and passed out as a member of Squad #24. He has worked in every district and in ...
Shop-lifter gets six month sentence The Reporter Belize - 7/26/11 A man caught shop lifting inside the Save-U Supermarket in Belize City pleaded guilty to a charge of theft when he appeared in the magistrate's court on Tuesday, July 19. Thirty-eight-year-old Dwight Sosa had only been out of jail seven months when ...
Chamber calls on GOB to avoid nationalization and to pay prompt compensation The Reporter Belize - 7/26/11 The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on the Barrow government to uphold and obey the rule of law. On Friday, July 15, members of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry held an Emergency Meeting and approved a resolution which ...
Land scam lands con man in jail The Reporter Belize - 7/26/11 Land scams are old hat in Belize, but there are still people who become victims from time to time to slick talkers who promise land under easy terms. Last week Soreida Areli and Javier Navarro, both of Belama II, accused 48-year-old William Lyndon ...
Police honour eight teenage students under its Do the Right Thing programme The Reporter Belize (blog) - 7/26/11 First place went to Keenan Moguel of Independence High School in Mango Creek Village, who won himself a scholarship to pursue an Associate Degree at Sacred Heart College, a computer, one year of free Internet access donated by Belize Telemedia Limited, ...
Belize's 6th international Film Festival better than ever The Reporter Belize (blog) - 7/26/11 Belize's international film festival has grown from strength to strength and the sixth edition was a tour de force, offering 33 films, of which 17 were feature length, including one made in Belize, and 15 short films of which three were Belizean. ...
Banco Atlantida offers BSI $90M The Reporter Belize - 7/26/11 With a US$30 million debt to International Netherlands Group (ING) becoming due, Belize Sugar Industries Ltd. is seriously considering an offer of a US$90 million investment from the Banco Atlantida of Honduras, for a controlling interest in BSI ...
Belize hosts XI Central American beach volleyball championships. The Reporter Belize - 7/26/11 Five female and seven male teams representing five other Central American countries arrived in Belize on Wednesday July 20, for the Central American beach volleyball championships being hosted by the Belize Volleyball Association at the Marion Jones ...
Death Penalty? The Reporter Belize - 7/26/11 The Government of Belize has decided to amend the Constitution to eliminate challenges to the death penalty on constitutional grounds. This has prompted an international organization to take the government before the Inter-American Human Rights ...
RESTORE BELIZE UPDATES ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR LoveFM - 7/26/11 It has been around for one year now, designed to, as its name implies, restore Belize to a better quality of life, with generally fewer crime and a better societal image. Today the initiative commissioned by the government, presented a strategic plan ...
NEW CHIEF JUSTICE APPOINTED LoveFM - 7/26/11 Belize has a new Chief Justice. He is Kenneth Benjamin, a learned Judicial Officer who holds Guyanese and Antiguan citizenships. A press release from the Government's Press Office states that Chief Justice designate, Benjamin has highly developed ...
BELIZEAN WOMEN RETURN HOME FROM LEADERSHIP TRAINING LoveFM - 7/26/11 The third cohort of thirty women from Belize, Jamaica, St. Kitts, and St. Lucia returned to their respective countries from a ten day transformational leadership workshop for Gender Justice on Sunday. The United Nations Democracy Funded project was ...
CABINET OFFICIALLY WITHDRAWS CONSTITUION EIGHT AMENDMENT BILL LoveFM - 7/26/11 Cabinet has officially withdrawn the Belize Constitution Eight Amendment Bill and its preventative detention proposals. The decision was made at today's Cabinet meeting. Cabinet says the Belize Constitution Eight Amendment Bill which contains the ...
NINTH AMMENDMENT BILL DISCUSSED LoveFM - 7/26/11 The Belize Constitution Ninth Amendment Bill 2011 is seeking to change Chapter 4 of the laws of Belize to be able to achieve that goal. But public reaction to the proposed constitutional amendment is already drawing heavy criticism and much of that ...
RICE FARMERS PREPARE FOR NEW CROP LoveFM - 7/26/11 The Belize Marketing and Development Corporation is making preparations to receive the rice crop for 2011-2012. However, payments for the previous crop have not been completely met. Managing Director of BMDC Roque Mai says that payments should have ...
XI Central American Beach Volleyball Tournament in Belize It was hosted for the first time by the Belize Volleyball Association (BVA) at the Marion Jones Sports Complex. It was sanctioned by the Asociación de Federaciones Centroamericanas de Voleibol (AFECAVOL), the North, Central America and Caribbean ...
Placencia fans rejoice, City Boys fans in shock at MCC Amandala - 7/26/11 The big steel framed bleachers at the north-west corner of the MCC was packed with fans yesterday to witness game 1 of the best-of-3 games Belize Bank Super League Championship series between home standing defending champion Raymond Gentle-City Boys ...
House turns danger zone? Marcel dons hardhat Cardona used it as a statement to decry the assault meted out against him at the last meeting of the House of Representatives on Monday, July 4, 2011, when the re-nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited was approved by Parliament. ...
Another land scam - American couple allege Belizean conned them in a land sale Renrique and Valerie Bertley, a couple from Maryland, told us that back in April 2006, they had made a trip to Belize, intending to start a small business. At that point, they attempted to buy land in Dangriga from a resident whose identity we cannot ...
Bomb scare on Delta Airlines ruled a prank by authorities Flight 4345 arrived in Belize, its final destination, at around 11:21 am with 71 passengers and 4 crew members. As soon as the flight touched down, authorities converged on the aircraft, prepared for the threat. According to Lieutenant Colonel David ...
Gene Simmons Proposes To Shannon Tweed On 'Family Jewels' Contactmusic.com - 7/26/11 The couple were holidaying in Belize at the time of the proposal, when Simmons told Tweed, "I come with so much baggage, but you're the only friend I've got. You're the only one I love...and you're the only one I ever will love". ...
GOB to borrow US$8 million from OFID for road to Jalacte The Government of Belize plans to spend nearly $50 million to upgrade the road from Big Falls, Toledo, located at Mile 14 on the Southern Highway, to Jalacte, near the Belize-Guatemala border. At the Sitting of the House of Representatives on Friday, ...
Barrow moves to make nationalizations unchallengeable Declaring that “...the government and people must own 51% of the public utilities,” Prime Minister Dean Barrow introduced the Belize Constitution 9th (Amendment) Bill 2011 in the National Assembly on Friday, coming nearly three weeks after the ...
The holidays and the oil Amandala - 7/26/11 In the years past, at this newspaper we used to rail about the change of the long school holidays in Belize - from April, May and June to June, July and August. We considered the change to be an injustice perpetrated upon the children of Belize, ...
BSI faces foreclosure in two months, if no bailout! Like the Citrus Products of Belize Limited in the south, the Belize Sugar Industries (BSI) in the north is a unique company that produces and exports one of Belize's leading agricultural commodities, buttressing Belize's small, open and vulnerable ...
Parents charged for neglect of disabled child, 10 A Belize City couple who are the parents of a disabled female child, 10, are accused of leaving her locked up at home alone on Saturday morning, July 23. Albert Gentle, 47, and his wife Diana, 32, were charged this morning in the #2 Magistrate's Court ...
Mom saves son, 14, from attacker, 62 A 62-year-old accused sexual predator, a resident of Plues Street, Belize City, got his comeuppance last Thursday night, July 21, when he allegedly tried to rape a 14-year-old youth in San Jose Succotz. A mother's protective instinct saved her son, ...
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Disabled Child Abandoned Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 The Belize City couple appeared in court today and both pleaded not guilty to the charge of Child Neglect. Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser granted them each bail of fifteen hundred dollars. The Gentles are scheduled to reappear in court on ...
Delta Jet Bomb Scare Just a Teenager's Police Prank Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 But it wasn't the usual type of bomb threat called in by idle pranksters: this one came from the pilot of a Delta flight flying from Atlanta to Belize. A few minutes before touchdown the pilot called to say there was a bomb threat on board. ...
Sulph Charged For Harm Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 Moses Sulph: you may know him as a political activist; a member of COLA or even as a disgruntled former employee of the Government of Belize. What you may not know is that Moses Sulph is also a good Samaritan. Or at least that's what he's arguing in ...
BSI Meetings/Discussions Continue Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 On Friday afternoon in Belmopan, the Prime Minister met with representatives of Banco Atlantida, BSI and the Cane Farmers. The Prime Minister today told us that the meeting went well and on Wednesday he will meet with the factory workers. ...
Costa Rica Dominates Beach Volleyball Final Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 The finals for the Central American Beach Volleyball Championship were held on Sunday afternoon in Belize City. As we told you when we left on Friday night, things were not looking great for Belize after one day of play - the home team had lost every ...
A Sick Man In Succotz Channel 7 Daily News - 7/26/11 Roy Cummerbatch from Plues Street in Belize City was beaten to within inches of his life by villagers after he allegedly tried to sexually molest a 14 year old boy. Cummerbatch is known in the village as the birth-paper man, he goes around telling ...
PUP NORTHERN CAUCUS MAKES STATEMENT ON PROPOSED SALE LoveFM - 7/26/11 The Northern Caucus of the People's United Party held a Special Meeting on Saturday in Trial Farm village in the Orange Walk to discuss the impending sale of the shares of Belize Employee Holdings in Belize Sugar Industries Limited to Banco Atlántida ...
BSI EMPLOYEES DISCUSS PROPOSED SALE OF SUGAR FACTORY “Representatives of the Belize Workers Union hope to meet with Prime Minister Dean Barrow to raise their concerns over Banco Atlantida's interest in BSI. On Friday BWU held an emergency meeting with its members to get their perspective on the situation ...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMPETITION A SUCCESS LoveFM - 7/26/11 Both male and female teams from Costa Rica spiked their way to victory in the Central American Beach Volleyball Championships which was held over the weekend at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in Belize City. And while Belize did not place in the top ...
COMMITTEE TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY OF SUGAR ON LOCAL MARKET APPOINTED LoveFM - 7/26/11 According to a government press release, the new committee will work with the Belize Bureau of Standards and other relevant authorities to ensure that there is a year round supply of sugar to consumers. Among the initiatives being put in place ...
Delta Airlines Belize flight searched after threat Newsday (subscription) - 7/26/11 Click here Delta Airlines Belize flight searched after threat (AP) -- A Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to Belize was searched by a police ...
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World's Biggest Fish Congregation off Cancun, Mexico NTDTV - 7/24/11 Then between May and June, they are most seen in Belize and we are seeing them here in May, June, July, August and September. Afterwards, further north in the Gulf of Mexico, they are seen in Autumn. We thought it was a route from south to north, ...
Small wonders: What ants can teach us CBS News - 7/24/11 But in Belize, the ant is the king of the jungle ... constantly on the prowl, under every rock and in almost every flower. In the Belizean rainforest there are several hundred different ant species - dozens in the treetops alone, says Mark ...
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Will Banco Atlantida Own BSI? Channel 7 Daily News - 7/22/11 So in terms of the indebtedness of BSI you are talking about 60 million US dollars a part from the 10 million Belize that they owed us. But you are inter lucky as the interviewers always ask you, what is your suggestion? ...
Journalist Carla Bradley Complains Of House Harassment By Police Channel 7 Daily News - 7/22/11 At today's house sitting, Carla Bradley - who works for Vibes Radio and The Belize Times was not allowed to enter the House Chamber with her flip video camera - because Police at the door wanted to see her ID She told us what happened: "Into the house ...
World Series Of Poker Celebrity Bob Bou-Nahra Returns Home Channel 7 Daily News - 7/22/11 On Wednesday we told you about Belizean Businessman Bob Bou-Nahra, who has defied all odds by making it to the final 9 at the World Series of Poker - and he did so wearing a Belize hat the whole way. Even those who may not be fond of gambling, ...
Beach Volleyball Spikes Up Activity Channel 7 Daily News - 7/22/11 The Central American Beach Volleyball Championships started today in Belize City. It's a great honour for the Belize Volleyball Association to host the games, but it's also a formidable challenge. That's because the other Central American Nations have ...
A Constitutional Amendment To Preserve Utilities in Public Hands Channel 7 Daily News - 7/22/11 There must and can be no turning back of the sovereign ownership of these essential services by the people of Belize. And it is the constitutional enshrinement that we are putting in motion today which will guarantee what I say is the greatest ...
PRIME MINISTER INTRODUCES BILL FOR STATE TO HAVE MAJORITY SHARES IN PUBLIC ... LoveFM - 7/22/11 The government of Belize today brought legislation before parliament that will make it mandatory for the state to have controlling shares in all public utilities. The Belize Constitution Ninth Amendment Bill, 2011 was introduced by Prime Minister Dean ...
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONCERNED OVER BILL LoveFM - 7/22/11 But since that Bill was introduced the Human Rights Commission of Belize has had concerns over the implications. In a press release, the Commission says that the amendments seek to quote “immunize the imposition and carrying out a death sentence from ...
PROPOSED PURCHASE OF SUGAR FACTORY DEBATED LoveFM - 7/22/11 The issue of the proposed investment in Belize Sugar Industries Limited by the Honduras-based Banco Atlantida was brought up at the adjournment of the House of Representatives meeting this afternoon in Belmopan. Leader of the Opposition John Briceño ...
NEW CEO SPEAKS ON WAY FORWARD AT BELIZE ELECTRICITY LIMITED LoveFM - 7/22/11 The new Chief Executive Officer of the Belize Electricity Limited Jeffrey Locke has taken over the reins at the company. Locke comes with his own background of experience, including twenty years experience in the energy industry and related areas, ...
CENTRAL AMERICAN BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS KICKS OFF LoveFM - 7/22/11 Teams in both male and female categories representing all Central American Countries with the exception of Panama are in Belize for the event. Allan Sharp, President of the Belize Volleyball Association told us more about the teams that will be taking ...
Endangered river turtle's genes reveal ancient influence of Maya Indians Eureka! Science News - 7/22/11 Small tissue samples collected from 238 wild turtles at 15 different locations across their range in Southern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala revealed a "surprising lack" of genetic structure, the scientists write in a recent paper in the journal ...
FIFA - Gov't talks were “fruitful and productive” Amandala - 7/22/11 When the FFB ignored the pleas from the Ministry of Sports and went ahead with its “endorsement elections” on December 18, 2010, the despair and frustration remained in the Belize football family. The frustration and despair had begun years before. ...
From The Publisher I wish that you had been at Brother Nick's funeral on Tuesday afternoon in Belize City, to find out how many people's lives were touched by this humble man and how much he was truly loved. This was a man of great strength, both of body and of mind, ...
A plan of HOPE for Belize Goldbourne G. Simpson, 62, a Belizean/American International Trade Specialist of New York, and creator of the annual Short Story Competition told Amandala today in an exclusive interview, “I see the depression that the youth in Belize are going through ...
There is “NO” PUP; a crisis of identity Amandala - 7/22/11 The crisis was most evident when one PUP mayoral candidate actually made it his rallying cry and slogan going into the Belize City Council elections of (2009?). He declared, and the rest of the PUP party echoed the refrain – “There is no old PUP, ...
Hon. John writes Hon. Patrick On Friday, May 13, 2011, the Prime Minister introduced the Belize Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Bill to once again introduce Preventive Detention. This is the third proposed Amendment to the Constitution by your Government in three years. ...
More Belize churches condemn UNIBAM! In separate press releases sent out this week, the Belize Council of Churches and the Belize/Honduras District of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas have made clear their position on the court challenge by homosexuals and other ...
PUP and Partridge Amandala - 7/22/11 It is difficult to say whether the PUP's 13-5 defeat of the UDP in 1979, or the UDP's 16-13 victory over the PUP in 1993, was Belize's greatest political upset ever. For sure the PUP's 1979 win was more significant in the historical scheme of things, ... |
