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8/31/11
Ten years on – divers remember The boat Wave Dancer capsized in Belize during hurricane Iris in October 2001. Wave Dancer was anchored in Big Creek, 80 miles south of Belize City to ride out the storm. Winds of 140mph and storm surge over 4m high snapped the mooring line ...
Man Charged For Top Shelf Contraband Channel 7 Daily News - 8/31/11 Two weeks ago we showed you the stash of top shelf liquor valued at ten thousand dollars that was found in an apartment on Lizarraga Avenue in Belize City. The receipts were in the name of Ronnell Gonzalez but he was not at home when the GSU made the ...
Taiwanese September Contribution Will Prettify Streets Channel 7 Daily News - 8/31/11 The days of so-called dollar diplomacy and budget bailouts may be over, but friendly nation, Taiwan, always helps out with a large cash contribution to the September Celebrations. And this year is no different; right on cue this morning, the Taiwanese ...
Another City Murder Channel 7 Daily News - 8/31/11 Just after 7:00 last night, news went out that there had been another shooting in Belize city. When we got to the scene on Banak Street, 34 year old mechanic Guy Fuller Juniour had been killed inside his kitchen. He had been shot multiple times by ...
Maskall Community Center Ready For A Hurricane Channel 7 Daily News - 8/31/11 "This project is financed through the Government of Belize's Commonwealth Debt Intiative Program. And it entailed the reconstruction of the roof, the replacements of windows and doors, to benefit over 2000 persons here in Maskall. ...
Much Ado About ADO Channel 7 Daily News - 8/31/11 Last week Thursday, we told you about the ADO bus that was in Belize - supposedly on an exploratory trip checking out the route. Well, it seems they made those checks pretty quickly because ADO is now running a daily service between Belize and Cancun, ...
Consultations Compressed Channel 7 Daily News - 8/31/11 Two weeks ago we told you about the schedule of consultations for the constitution and foreign affairs committee which were scheduled to finish on the second November with a meeting at the University of Belize in Belmopan. Well, things change, and that ...
Special Road Survey to Be Conducted Channel 7 Daily News - 8/31/11 And while those ADO buses will have a different kind of experience on Belize's roadways than they do on those concrete and hot-mixed Mexican Superhighways - Belize's roads are undergoing an assessment. It will be done by a van like this which is from ...
BELIZE CITY MAN MURDERED INSIDE HIS HOME “This was how Christine Neal discovered her house at seventy six Banak Street when she returned shortly before seven on Tuesday night – the grill door ajar with the house keys still in the outer lock. As she stepped in the parlour, the glass that her ...
MEXICAN BUS COMPANY ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE LEAVING BELIZE LoveFM - 8/31/11 There is now a direct bus ride from Belize City to Merida and Cancun, and as of last Friday, the rides are daily. The service is being provided by the bus company called ADO Group from Mexico. Today representatives of the bus company held a press ...
TAIWANESE AMBASSADOR MAKES DONATION TO CELEBRATIONS COMMISSION LoveFM - 8/31/11 Activities continue as Belize turns thirty in less than a month, and today the National Celebrations Commission received funds that will make the celebrations all the more festive. The Ambassador of the Republic of China, Taiwan to Belize, ...
Dominica President, Belize and Antigua and Barbuda Prime Ministers to witness ... ZIZ Live - 8/31/11 KITTS, AUGUST 31ST 2011 (CUOPM) – The President of the Commonwealth of Dominica, His Excellency Dr. Nicholas Liverpool; Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon. Dean Barrow and Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Baldwin Spencer, will witness ...
8/30/11
KING AND QUEEN RECAP… Channel 7 Daily News - 8/30/11 That means preserving our economy - let us deal with what we have here in Belize; chicken, fish, vegetables, fruits - those are the babies. The second section is the celebration of culture - the queen for this section is queen "Florumba" she ...
BELIZE TAKES ON GRENADA IN WORLDCUP QUALIFIER Channel 7 Daily News - 8/30/11 And, also leaving the country today for the eastern Caribbean, was Belize's National Football team. Belize is scheduled to play Grenada on Thursday of this week, in the second round of the World Cup qualifiers, leading up to the Brazil Games of 2014. ...
KHMH RESPONSE Channel 7 Daily News - 8/30/11 In the release the hospital states, "As the violence in our society, particularly Belize City, has increased, the burden of the police cases has led on many occasions to overcrowding of the facility…as was the case on the weekend of August 12, ...
RHETT FULLER'S APPEALS EXHAUSTED Channel 7 Daily News - 8/30/11 The decade old struggle of 40 year old businessman, Rhett Fuller, to avoid being extradited to the United States took another bitter turn, when his request for bail was denied at a hearing held this morning at the Supreme Court in Belize City. ...
PM LEAVES FOR CCJ INAUGURATION Channel 7 Daily News - 8/30/11 The Prime Minister of Belize, Honourable Dean Barrow left the country today for St. Kitts and Nevis where he's expected to attend the inauguration of the newly appointed President of the Caribbean Court of Justice. The new head of the CCJ, ...
MAS CAMP CONTINUES… Channel 7 Daily News - 8/30/11 Which is the second section, after the second section, they decided to nationalize Belize by giving us our independence. After the third section, whereby they nationalize, they all decided to celebrate - and that how it comes to be a rainbow color ...
OFFICIAL UPDATES ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT LoveFM - 8/30/11 The Belize Solid Waste Management Project continues on schedule. The first phase has been completed and come the start of the New Year, the second phase is expected to commence with the building of the sanitary landfill just off the Western Highway at ...
CANEFARMERS SEEK FINANCING FOR PURCHASE OF SUGAR MILL LoveFM - 8/30/11 The Belize Sugar Industries may face foreclosure by September 30 if it does not receive a bail out of 30 million us dollars it owes to ING Bank. While negotiations for a buyout is well underway with Honduran , Banco Atlantida, The Belize Sugar Cane ...
NEW SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE OPENS IN PUNTA GORDA “The new Belize Social Security Punta Gorda Branch Building became operational yesterday in Toledo. The opening of its' doors at 8am marked the commencement of Services at the new Belize Social Security Punta Gorda Branch Building located at the corner ...
SAN PEDRO RESIDENTS CONDUCTS CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN LoveFM - 8/30/11 That is why the Ambergris Caye residents, businesses along with the participation of the San Pedro Town Council and the Belize Tourism Board held a massive road and beach clean-up over the weekend. Equipped with garbage trucks, an army of men and women ...
FC Belize wins, Bredda MVP in Belize City Champions Cup Amandala - 8/30/11 Tournament organizer Marvin Ottley handed sensational seventeen-year-old Gilroy “Bredda” Thurton the MVP trophy yesterday at the MCC Grounds in Belize City after he led FC Belize to a 2-nil victory over West Lake to claim the championship of the first ...
Nationalize oil? I believe that the Barrow administration will not move to nationalize oil in Belize, not because of any concerns of the Americans and the British, but simply because it doesn't make sense to do so at this time. At this time there is only one producer ...
Lack of cancer control program: a major dilemma for those diagnosed with cancer. On August 16, 2011, a caller on Love FM's Morning Show launched a malicious attack on Dr. Ellsworth Grant and the Belize Cancer Center-Dangriga, accusing them of being cold, of “playing” them, and suggesting that the Center does not want to serve the ...
In 98 Anno Domini Amandala - 8/30/11 10, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ESTABLISHMENT, by Carroll Quigley, GSG & Associates, 1981 We understand the need by some important people in powerful places to protect the British-ness of Belize's history, particularly at this specific time of the Tenth of ...
GOB dubs IMF statement on Belize “favourable” The Government of Belize has issued a press release in which it describes last week's statement by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Belize as “favourable.” It points to the IMF declaration that, “Belize weathered the financial crisis relatively ...
BTL and SpeedNet shake hands – interconnection agreement sealed When the Government of Belize assumed control of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), the company rejected the terms of four agreements that BTL had previously signed with its competitor, SpeedNet, indicating that the agreements gave its competitor an ...
Mandingo Eve, the Hydes and St. George's Caye In Belize, Eve Broaster gave birth to a daughter Ariadne, who married a very influential person on the island. Ariadne Broaster married a Scottish man, James Bartlett Hyde. This was the ancestor of a subsequently named James Bartlett Hyde (born on 17 ...
8/29/11
SEPTEMBER CELEBRATIONS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED Channel 7 Daily News - 8/29/11 "Thirty years ago on September 21st, 1981, our country was granted Independence from great Britain and we became the Independent nation of Belize. The launch of the annual celebrations, should take place on Saint Georges Caye, because it is ...
2 BIG WINNERS AT 2011 SONG COMPETITION…. Channel 7 Daily News - 8/29/11 Some of Belize's best performing artists were decked out in the country's national colors last Friday evening, at the Memorial Park 'belting out' some of the hippest, catchiest original tunes of the decade, as they competed alongside less known artists ...
Security Officer Remanded to Prison…. Channel 7 Daily News - 8/29/11 Forty Three year old Clifton Perez, a security officer at Jaguar Paw Resort became an inmate of the Belize Central Prison today. Perez, a resident of number 9387 Unity Street, was charged with discharging a firearm in public and possession of a 9 ...
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ISSUES POSITION PAPER ON SUGAR INDUSTRY LoveFM - 8/29/11 The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has issued a position paper on the financial crisis facing the sugar industry. In a press release dated August twenty fifth, the Chamber urged all involved to work in good faith and with urgency to find an ...
HOSPITAL RESPONDS TO CRITICISMS LoveFM - 8/29/11 “There is no other place in Belize District, there is no private hospital that has a morgue, it all comes to KHMH. On top of that our census today tells you that 55% more than half of all the bodies in the KHMH morgue are police cases, ...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL WOMEN'S COMMISSION EXCELS AT TRAINING IN TAIWAN LoveFM - 8/29/11 How would you say that Belize compares to the achievement, things that's left for Belize to achieve in terms of the upliftment of women or women's participation? “Belize is doing well where women and girls are concerned but there's lots more that needs ...
HELP AGE BELIZE HOLDS AGM LoveFM - 8/29/11 HelpAge Belize held its 27th annual general meeting on Saturday in Belize City. Evan Dakers is the Chairman of HelpAge. “We had participation from all our nine branches and those included the two long term residential institutions for senior citizens, ...
Longtime missionary to Belize missing, presumed drowned Church members across the US and Central America are praying for the family of Bill Amason, a longtime missionary to the country of Belize. Amason has been missing since Aug. 26. He was working at Amason's Obabikon, a resort on Obabikon Bay in Sleeman, ...
WINNERS OF NATIONAL SONG COMPETITION ANNOUNCED LoveFM - 8/29/11 “So out of 24 participants we had first place Anika Perez singing the 21st of September, second place went to Tara Gill, “Give me back my sweet Belize” that is for the Junior Category. For the patriotic category we have first place Jamie Humes “This da ...
BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE RECEIVES BUS FROM UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LoveFM - 8/29/11 The Belize Defense Force today received a new Blue Bird bus from the United States Government. The bus was provided under the Foreign Military Financing Program. The vehicle was handed over this morning to the Belize Defense Force in a short ceremony ...
8/27/11
11 Sri Lankans: Moviemakers, Not Human Traffic Channel 7 Daily News - 8/27/11 A group of 11 Sri Lankans are in Belize to shoot a low budget movie - and 10 more are expected to arrive. Normally this would be an item of minor note and maybe some curiosity, but because of some bad press and suggestive speculation, it's become ...
SMART Goes 3G, Telemedia Facillitates Channel 7 Daily News - 8/27/11 Every night on this newscast - you see the marketing wars between Speednet - which you know as SMART - and Telemedia. And indeed the competition is real and fierce on so many levels - but today executives from both companies sat down peaceably at the ...
IMF: Favorable On Belize Channel 7 Daily News - 8/27/11 Government is gloating over a preliminary statement issued by the IMF at the end of its two week visit to Belize. Government calls the statement favorable because it states that quote, "Belize weathered the financial crisis relatively well, ...
Crippled By Prison Injury: Will Man Get Bail? Channel 7 Daily News - 8/27/11 The prosecution is objecting to bail for Davis, one of two prison inmates who was seriously injured on May 27, 2011 when the vehicle that was transporting them from Orange Walk Magistrate court to Belize Central Prison overturned. ...
Brackett Against The Bridge Channel 7 Daily News - 8/27/11 "Well Jules, It's obvious in the eyes of the public, therefore, we are calling upon the Belize City Council or the Minister of Works to do something about this bridge before someone gets hurt. I wouldn't want to cross this bridge if I don't have to, ...
ADO Mexican Buses In Belize Channel 7 Daily News - 8/27/11 Yesterday we told you that ADO buses would be coming to Belize and today we can confirm that they are here! We saw two of the luxury busses parked at the west Collet Canal terminal today. But when we made inquiries, we found that they aren't making ...
Canadian Remanded To Prison For Firearm Channel 7 Daily News - 8/27/11 Frankel and Williams both pleaded not guilty in San Pedro Magistrate's Court and were today remanded to prison. Before taken to prison, Frankel was taken to the Belize City to see if his fingerprints match those of a wanted Canadian National.
Gales Point Needs Help Channel 7 Daily News - 8/27/11 So we really need the Government or Belize Water Service, if they have a good licensed electrician that knows about these things, that they check it out for us. So I am calling on the Government to really get the aid, and see what we can do, ...
8/26/11
Christian Workers Union at odds with Belize Ports Authority The Reporter Belize - 8/26/11 Melvin Hulse, to meet with them to address their grievances regarding the Belize Ports Authority, and in particular the Ports Commissioner, Major John Flowers (retired). The union took the Ports Commissioner and the Port Authority management ...
Welcome Mexico's newest Ambassador, Lic. Mario Velásquez Suárez to Belize. The Reporter Belize (blog) - 8/26/11 Mexico's new Ambassador to Belize, His Excellency Mario Velázquez Suárez, presented his credentials to the Governor-General Sir Colville Young in a brief ceremony at Belize House in Belmopan on Monday, August 22. “Mexico desires a special relationship ...
Health ministry strengthens dietethics system The Reporter Belize (blog) - 8/26/11 With a view to strengthening of Belize dietetics system, the workshop's organizers from the Ministry's Nutrition Unit introduced a structured dietetic system for Belize's hospitals. The Unit sees the training as a fundamental step forward to improve ...
Will Belize get the 13th Senator? Supreme Court ruling may decide! The Reporter Belize - 8/26/11 The Supreme Court of Belize is expected to rule on an application which is urging the court to make an order to compel the government of Belize to make way for a 13th senator. The Barrow administration introduced and passed the 6th Constitutional ...
OAS investigates border Shooting The Reporter Belize - 8/26/11 A shooting incident involving a Belize Defence Force Patrol along the Adjacency Zone prompted the government of Belize to issue a press release late Thursday, August 25. In the release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade expressed his ...
PUC brokers inter-connection between BTL and Smart The Reporter Belize (blog) - 8/26/11 Competition in the lucrative telecommunications industry is expected to go up a notch or two, as the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) this week brokered an inter-connection agreement between the government controlled Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) and ...
Government makes concessions on 9th. Softer language for the sake of consensus The Reporter Belize (blog) - 8/26/11 But on Monday, Augut 22, the government announced that after two days of discussions with the Belize Council of Churches and the Evangelical Association, it has agreed to “certain changes.” The Bill, which was introduced in the House of Representatives ...
FIVE STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS Today, however, five students received a much needed assistance from Courts Belize Limited through the form of a scholarship. The recipients are Reynaldo Ortega of Hattiville Village, Beatrice Chiac of Red Bank Village, Vivian Jones of Georgeville, ...
SECURITY GUARD ROBBED LoveFM - 8/26/11 In Belize City, a security guard was the victim of an armed robbery on Thursday. Luis Pasada reported to police that he was on duty at the Belize Foam Factory when he was approached by a man of dark complexion, who carried a nine millimeter pistol. ...
FIRE DESTROYS TWO HOUSES LoveFM - 8/26/11 A man was left homeless and two others were affected after a fire a few minutes past midnight totalled two small wooden structures off Reggae Street in Belize City. Cleveland Grant, who was rendered homeless by the blaze, told Love News that he is ...
YOUTH BUSINESS TRUST HOLDS AGM LoveFM - 8/26/11 The Belize Youth Business Trust held its fourth annual general meeting last night in Belize City. The non-profit organization was started up to promote entrepreneurship by assisting youth between ages eighteen and thirty-five to start their own ...
BAIL HEARING FOR PARAPLEGIC INMATE POSTPONED LoveFM - 8/26/11 The prosecution is objecting to bail for Davis, one of two prison inmates who were seriously injured on May 27, 2011 when the vehicle that was transporting them to Belize Central Prison overturned. Davis suffered injuries to his spinal cord which left ...
PM Douglas issued call for closer relations between Caribbean and Central ... The Leewards Times - 8/26/11 He further noted that the Members of CARICOM and of SICA have very much in common as Belize, one of CARICOM's Member States, is also a member of SICA. "That link has been used to make some tentative steps towards enhancing and deepening CARICOM-Central ...
Guatemalan aggressive behavior “very worrisome” – Defence Minister Carlos Perdomo The Government of Belize is engaging the Organization of American States (OAS), as well as the Government of Guatemala, after tensions flared on the Belize-Guatemala border again this week, resulting in the shooting of a Guatemalan. ...
The causes of the rapid decline of our once healthy Turneffe Atoll Last week I wrote a piece for the Amandala called “Your Barrier Reef is in major trouble, Belize”. A group of journalists had been invited by Healthy Reefs Initiative of the Smithsonian Institute to take a tour of Turneffe Atoll and I got invited ...
IMF to Belize: reduce dependence on grant and oil revenues Gerardo Peraza, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Belize, released a statement this evening, on conclusion of his team's 2-week visit to Belize. The statement said, “...the government needs to adopt a stronger fiscal stance to ...
From The Publisher It turned out that I did almost no creative writing after 1977, and that was because I could not make a living in Belize as a creative writer. Hence, murders, robberies, rapes ... With that first paragraph, I'm introducing to you the account of an ...
Libya's meaning for Belize Amandala - 8/26/11 Two of these many colonies were Libya, which had been ruled by Italy, and, much later, Belize, which had been ruled by Britain. In conventional military terms, the colonized territories could not compete with their colonial masters, so they used other ...
Ideas and Opinions Amandala - 8/26/11 There are some things that I have to say about the first Ombudsman of Belize, Mr. Paul Rodriguez, not because he is my friend but, because, though small in stature, he has proven himself to be a giant among his contemporaries. ...
Bad border business! In keeping with its habit of fomenting trouble between Belize and Guatemala at their western border, the sensation-seeking Guatemalan newspaper, La Prensa Libre, reported inaccurately that on Monday, August 22, a Guatemalan citizen had been wounded in ...
BNTU commences discussion on the 9th Amendment The UDP have since maintained a stance that the 9th Amendment is a historical and positive change in the nationalization of utilities, which, it says, the state should have majority ownership in - the Belize Electricity Limited, the Belize Telemedia ...
Police make arrests in weekend City burglaries Two Belize City businesses were burglarized over the weekend. Today, three Belize City men appeared in the #8 Magistrate's Court, all charged with handling goods alleged to have been stolen in these incidents. The Lawn and Garden Depot on Mercy Lane ...
Belizean national, Luis Betancourt Correa, 23, in hands of Mexican authority According to the digital newspaper, Informativo de Quintana Roo, dated Wednesday, August 24, Correa, who had entered Mexico by crossing the international bridge between Mexico and Belize in a bus, had been illegally living in the Federal Zone of ...
8/25/11
Mas Camps Kick Off With Wanton Energy Channel 7 Daily News - 8/25/11 "My team for this year is "Belize at 30 and its People" the first section is preserving our economy - taking what we have. Fishes and chicken and some vegetables for us to stay healthy. The second section is celebrating our cultures; our ...
Despite Concerns, BDF Goes Back to Sapote 2 Channel 7 Daily News - 8/25/11 "There was in fact the usual Belize Defence Force and Guatemalan Defence Force link up in the very area, so that both militaries are behaving has happen - they are continuing to link up as they usually do." "I know there was some concern about what ...
Celebrating the Art and Science of The “Fiyahaawt” Channel 7 Daily News - 8/25/11 And so was born Belize's first Fyah Haat Fest.! It's scheduled for this Saturday in the village of Willows Bank, and organizers, Daphne McFadzean and Natalie Palacio say it's like no other fest! "Majority of the events and activities that will be taken ...
Bar Association Still Not Satisfied Channel 7 Daily News - 8/25/11 On Monday the Churches agreed to support the Ninth Amendment on the condition that certain changes would be made to the language of the proposed amendment. Well, the Opposition and now the Bar Association have made it official: "they shall not be moved ...
Frightening Property Invasion And Shoot Up In “Dungulung” Channel 7 Daily News - 8/25/11 The residence sits directly alongside the Belize River at the northern edge of Lake Independence. The area has no streets - you must access it by paths and makeshift bridges that cut through the bush, it is nestled in the remains of a mangrove forest, ...
Lloyd Eligio Shot 11 Times, Critical Condition Channel 7 Daily News - 8/25/11 And keeping it in the Lake - Independence Geographical area - as we reported last night, 20 year old Lloyd ELIJIO was shot just after 6:00 pm. Police say he was riding on Marigold Lane when a person known to him as AKEEM let loose with a spray of ...
Citrus and Sugar Industries Form Power Partnership Out Of Necessity Channel 7 Daily News - 8/25/11 Two of Belize's largest but struggling industries have formed an alliance to: quote: "advocate on matters of mutual interest and concern". The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and Citrus Growers Association announced today, in a joint press ...
New Mex Ambassador Says Full Speed ahead for “ADO” in Belize Channel 7 Daily News - 8/25/11 The new Mexican ambassador to Belize Mario Velazquez presented his credentials on Monday and he's hit the ground running - hosting a breakfast with the media this morning. The discussion over breakfast was informal and that's where Ambassador Velazquez ...
OW/Benque Armed Holdups Channel 7 Daily News - 8/25/11 Police say they have detained Jerson Avantara of Belize City, and Gustavo Mai of Orange Walk who was driving a red Toyota Corolla bearing Taxi license plates. No one was injured in the incident.
OPINION: Increased tensions at the Belize-Guatemalan border will lead to ... Middle East North Africa Financial Network - 8/25/11 Aug 25, 2011 (Caribbean News Now - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Belize is a former British colony that is situated in Central America between the countries of Mexico, Guatemala and the southeastern coast of Honduras. ...
NEW MEXICAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON RELATIONS WITH BELIZE LoveFM - 8/25/11 Within a couple of months Belize and Mexico will be having a lot of discussion on beef since Belize will be earning some much-needed revenue from trading beef with our neighbor to the north. Love News spoke with him on how this new trade effort is ...
BAR ASSOCIATION COMMENTS ON CHANGES TO NINTH AMENDMENT LoveFM - 8/25/11 The Bar Association of Belize today released its position on changes announced on Monday regarding the Belize Constitution Ninth Amendment Bill. As we have reported, the Prime Minister gave an undertaking to delete certain sections of the proposed ...
BELIZE CITY MAN RECOVERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS LoveFM - 8/25/11 The Cherrington/Parham shootings were not the only ones reported over the past thirty six hours. In fact, just as Love's evening news was about to begin on Wednesday, a man was gunned down on Marigold Lane. Police got the report at six twelve pm, ...
GOB COMMENTS ON INCIDENT IN WHICH GUATEMALAN NATIONAL WAS INJURED LoveFM - 8/25/11 There have been reports in the media in Belize and Guatemala about an incident that occurred last week in which Guatemalan national Luis Alberto Garci¬a Pineda was injured by Belizean authorities. As expected the reports have been vastly different with ...
MAJOR INDUSTRIES FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE LoveFM - 8/25/11 Two of the major industries in Belize have formed a strategic alliance. They are the Citrus and Sugar Industries. Members of the Committees of Management of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the citrus Growers Association of Belize met ...
ANNUAL FOOD FIESTA TO TAKE PLACE THIS WEEKEND LoveFM - 8/25/11 The fifteenth annual food fiesta will he held this coming weekend in Belize City. It is a major effort of the St. John's Cathedral Restoration Committee to raise funds to assist with the rehabilitation of the oldest church building in Central America. ...
375 Youths in Citco's Get Up and Run C... The Guardian, Belize - 8/25/11 On Friday, August 19th, the Belize City “Get Up and Run!” youth summer camp came to an end. The summer camp taught discipline to youths of the city through sporting activities. Brads Neal was one of the camp coordinators. He said that while the camp ...
Ministry Wants Better Food in Hospitals The workshop is entitled “Strengthening of Belize Dietetics System”. Dietetics is the science of managing food and nutrition to promote a healthy lifestyle. Robyn Daly, Nutritionist in the Ministry of Health, explained that hospital dietetic services ...
Banco Atlantida deal Still A-Go The Guardian, Belize - 8/25/11 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. ...
New Mexican Ambassador The Guardian, Belize - 8/25/11 The new Ambassador of the United States of Mexico to Belize, His Excellency Mario Velázquez Suarez, presented his Credentials to the Governor- General of Belize, Sir Colville Young, on Monday, August 22nd. Ambassador Velázquez Suarez is a ...
Troy Bowen shot again The Guardian, Belize - 8/25/11 Troy Bowen, a 23 year-old stevedore, and a Belize City resident, was once again targeted by gunmen in another failed attempt on his life on Wednesday August 24th. About two weeks ago, Bowen was shot to the right side of his head. ...
Woman remanded for breaking into her step father's house The Guardian, Belize - 8/25/11 The court prosecutor objected to bail since she is out on bail for a similar offences. Nonetheless bail was granted in the sum of 5 thousand dollars however she was unable to meet it and was remanded to the Belize Central Prison.
Teenager takes a gun to a game The Guardian, Belize - 8/25/11 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. ...
Another two men murdered The Guardian, Belize - 8/25/11 That man is Tyrone Crown, 38, of Louis Bevan's Street, and Jorge Luis Estrada, another Belize City resident. The murders of these men remain a mystery, because the residents in the areas, have not been cooperative with police. Residents of Caesar Ridge ...
Charges withdrawn against Danalyn Murillo The Guardian, Belize - 8/25/11 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. ...
Guatemalan Shot in Belizean territory The Guardian, Belize - 8/25/11 The government of Belize is seeking the assistance of the Organization of American States following the shooting of a Guatemalan man who was within Belizean borders armed with an AK-47 assault rifle on Monday. The Guardian spoke with General Dario ...
8/24/11
Belizean Caught In QR Mexicans Say He's A Crip Channel 7 Daily News - 8/24/11 The Mexicans say that Correa who claims to be from the Orange Walk district is linked to one of Belize's well known gangs, The Crips, and that he had served time at the Hattieville prison for robbery, and was released only a . ...
The Mighty BNTU Ponders The Ninth Channel 7 Daily News - 8/24/11 The Belize National Teachers Union held its own consultation today at the Civic Center in Belmopan. They invited five high powered presenters: President of the Bar, Jackie Marshalleck, Solicitor General Cheryl Krusen, Senator Henry Gordon, ...
Drug Plane Clones: Venezuelan and B'zean Drug Planes have Same Call Letters! Channel 7 Daily News - 8/24/11 The story of a major drug bust in Venezuela on the 13th of this month has led all the way back to Belize. The seizure of 1.400 kilos of cocaine by Venezuelan security forces was indeed something for that country's government to celebrate, ...
UB: Prestigious President Installed Channel 7 Daily News - 8/24/11 Eleven years ago, in August of two thousand - the modern incarnation of the University of Belize was born form the amalgamation of the University College of Belize, the Belize Teachers College, the Bliss School of Nursing, the Belize College of ...
Guats Officially Accuse BDF of Shooting Citizen in Guat Territory Channel 7 Daily News - 8/24/11 And while the Prensa Libre is known for the habit of inflaming public opinion about border issues - the official website of the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that they have asked the Government of Belize to instruct its defense forces to ...
New agreement to assist regional countries with climate change issues Jamaica Observer - 8/24/11 BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) says it has signed an agreement with the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) that will assist regional countries develop climate change ...
Grand Baymen in Belize Breaks Ground on Condominium Expansion PR Leap (press release) - 8/24/11 ECI Development, Ltd., the Central American resort developer with a portfolio of properties in Belize, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, is expanding its Grand Baymen Communities on Ambergris Caye by breaking ground on a new, 14600 sq. ft. condominium building ...
TEACHERS DISCUSS NINTH AMENDMENT LoveFM - 8/24/11 Today, even teachers got their chance to weigh in on the issue during the Belize National Teachers Union's Consultation at the Belmopan Civic Centre. General Secretary of the BNTU, George Frazer, told Love News that teachers are concerned over the ...
NEW UNIVERSITY OF BELIZE PRESIDENT INSTALLED LoveFM - 8/24/11 Dr. Cary F. Fraser is the new president of the University of Belize. An installation ceremony for the new President was held at UB's central campus in Belmopan earlier today. A release from the University says Dr. Fraser is a historian of International ...
SHOOTING INCIDENT LEAVES BELIZE CITY MAN HOSPITALIZED LoveFM - 8/24/11 A Belize City man is hospitalized in critical condition tonight following a shooting incident this morning. The victim has been identified as twenty three year old Troy Bowen . Details of the shooting are sketchy; but Love News understands that Bowen ...
UNICEF ISSUES REPORT ON SITUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN BELIZE “The United Children's Fund today launched the “Situation Analysis of Women and Children in Belize 2011, An Ecological Review”. The analysis was presented at the two day conference held by UNICEF and the National Committee for Families and Children in ...
CONTRACTORS RECEIVE TRAINING LoveFM - 8/24/11 As you know the Government of Belize is implementing the Belize Municipal Development Project which in essence is being financed through a loan from the World Bank, it's BZ $30 million and so the purpose of today's seminar is to give the contractors ...
SPEEDNET SIGNS INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT LoveFM - 8/24/11 Having complied with the ruling of the Courts and orders of the PUC concerning interconnection, Speednet says it expects that all obstacles will be removed and that the welcomed interconnection of its new 3G network with Belize Telemedia Limited will ...
Central America and Caribbean refocus on milestone trade agreement PreventionWeb (press release) - 8/24/11 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Central American Integration System (SICA) passed a joint declaration to coordinate efforts in several areas, including disaster risk management, informs Amandala, Belize's leading newspaper. ...
Tony Brown Isthmus Daily Page - 8/24/11 After decades of living in Madison and Wisconsin, Tony relocated to San Pedro, Belize where he continued his musical career and ! booking and promoting music in Belize. In 2007 Tony returned to the United States to produce a new CD and to do live ...
Events from south of the border today Examiner.com - 8/24/11 There were no deaths reported after tropical storm Harvey passed through Belize yesterday. Hundreds of people in that country died from storms last year. Despite the poverty in that country and the incidence of violent crimes related to poverty, ...
DL Travel Travel owner receives top honors Local businesses Travel Travel and Magnum Belize Tours, housed together in Detroit Lakes' Washington Square Mall, got some great news recently when they learned that their owner, Joseph “Pep” Simek had been inducted into the Wisconsin Business Hall of ...
8/23/11
Man Beats Back Man-Eating Croc Channel 7 Daily News - 8/23/11 On Saturday morning he flew to Belize City for treatment. He had four piercings to the left side of his neck and one in his head. The organization called ACES - which stands for American Crocodile Education Sanctuary - and is stationed on the ...
Cyclists Snub Training Session By US Coaches Channel 7 Daily News - 8/23/11 But hoping and praying won't get it done: veteran cyclists will tell you that Belize's promising young riders will have to put in work on the road. But it's about more than just riding hard, it's about riding smart and that's what two American cycling ...
PUP Still Not Happy With Ninth Amendment Changes Channel 7 Daily News - 8/23/11 Yesterday the Government and the Churches announced a breakthrough on the proposed ninth amendment: The Churches would support the ninth amendment and the government would remove some of the so called ouster clauses that have been attracting so much ...
BDF-Guat Shooting A Major Diplomatic Incident Channel 7 Daily News - 8/23/11 Tonight, the government of Belize is calling on the OAS after what is being described as a major incident unfolded on Belize side of the border yesterday morning. As we reported, a BDF soldier shot Guatemalan campesino, 21 year old Luis Alberto García ...
Author: Students Needs To Be Business-Minded Channel 7 Daily News - 8/23/11 In a case of Belize I know we have a lot of foreclose homes. In the case of the United States, a lot of foreclose homes, this is a concept about mortgage, and how to handle your personal finance, and it trickles down to your wellbeing - your livelihood ...
Mother Manatee Perishes, Calf Left Suckling Channel 7 Daily News - 8/23/11 "Well today we got a report that there was a dead female manatee with a calf that was following it and the calf was still alive, so that would have been a mother and calf pair that were together and it's not too far from the Belize river entrance. ...
PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ON NINTH AMENDMENT MOVES TO COROZAL LoveFM - 8/23/11 The Proposed Belize Constitution Ninth amendment Bill will take centre stage tomorrow night in Corozal town when the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee holds it's second in a series of nationwide consultations. But when the consultation resumes ...
UNICEF HOST CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND DEVELOPMENT LoveFM - 8/23/11 UNICEF in collaboration with the national Committee for Families and Children is hosting a two day conference entitle “Putting children at the center of the development agenda in Belize.” One of the presenters was Marta Santos Pais, ...
OPPOSITION LEADER COMMENTS ON NATIONAL ISSUES LoveFM - 8/23/11 One of the topics dealt with is the government's proposed Ninth Amendment Bill, which the Belize Council of Churches fully supports, according to its President, Cannon Leroy Flowers. In an interview with Love News on Monday, Cannon Flowers said that ...
LUCKY COURTS CUSTOMER CLAIMS PRIZE LoveFM - 8/23/11 Today Courts Belize Limited presented one lucky woman with an unlikely birthday present – an airline ticket to anywhere she desires to travel in the United States plus a check for five thousand dollars as spending money. The handing over marked the end ...
GIFT OFLIFE CLINICS UNDERWAY LoveFM - 8/23/11 A team of doctors are in Belize to conduct two days of clinics for children. The clinic is part of The Rotary Club of Belize's Gift of Life program which is held in August and February of each year. In this year's first visit, a team of six including a ...
Once-missing Hartnell player in Mexico jail The Salinas Californian - 8/23/11 Salinas police learned that Anderson was arrested after he attempted to enter Belize, a Central American country, without proper documentation on Aug. 4. The detectives were contacted by an employee from the US Consulate in Merida, Mexico, police said. ...
Central America and Caribbean refocus on milestone trade agreement Two sub-regional organizations which have Belize as a member—the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Central American Integration System (SICA)—have agreed to cement their institutional relationships and advance talks towards the formalization of a ...
From The Publisher The essay remarked on the fact that no other event in the history of the settlement of Belize has inspired as much patriotic poetry and music as the Battle of St. George's Caye. It's true, and some of the material is beautiful. As far as I am aware, ...
Keep your eyes on the oil Amandala - 8/23/11 The political rage in Belize for weeks has been the 9th Amendment, which is an attempt by the Dean Barrow UDP administration to nationalize Belize's public utilities inside a constitutional amendment which will make it next to impossible for the ...
Breakthrough on 9th Amendment The Government of Belize announced today that it has decided to strike a compromise on the controversial Belize Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2011, to make changes which would allay public concerns over certain features of the bill—particularly ...
Twister torments Crooked Tree On Saturday, August 20, citizens of Belize tuned in to their radios to listen to the latest updates on Tropical Storm Harvey. By all indications from Belizean and international meteorologists, the storm was to make landfall in the south, near Dangriga ...
Wild 13-foot croc attacks David Tuts during late-night swim He was treated in San Pedro for bite marks on his neck, and later flown to Belize City, where he is listed in a critical but stable condition. Rose said that the crocodile had been fed by locals. Rose and her husband, Vince Rose, were in local and ...
Musician Giovanni Chi, Andre Trapp's brother, gunned down Prominent musician and father of two, Giovanni Chi, 33, a resident of Caesar Ridge Road, Belize City, was gunned down at around 10:30 pm Thursday, while he rode his bicycle on Jane Usher Boulevard. Chi, a singer, guitarist, and drummer, was the elder ...
Another violent Chiquibul flare-up During what should have been a routine Belize and Guatemalan “linkup” in the Chiquibul Forest in the area of Sapote Camp, the lives of the Belize Defence Force (BDF) soldiers were once again imperiled, as the BDF team stumbled across a group of illegal ...
8/22/11
Man Initially Survives Multiple Shots to Head, Then Succumbs Channel 7 Daily News - 8/22/11 31 year old Jorge Estrada a Belizean Bartender of Old Belize was found at the corner of George and King Streets. He had 3 gunshot wounds to the left side of his head and was bleeding profusely. Estrada survived and was rushed to the ...
Teenager Gets Ten Years For Pistol Channel 7 Daily News - 8/22/11 Last Friday, a police constable who is presently attached to the Joint Police/BDF Operations Team - was on special duty at the Belize City Center- when he noticed 19 year old Felipe Novelo entering the building looking suspicious. ...
Tornado: Caught On Camera Channel 7 Daily News - 8/22/11 We've never heard of large, destructive tornadoes in Belize - and neither had Ryan Seely - but at least he was ready to start capturing with his camera when a twister rose up above the Crooked Tree Lagoon. Here's his story: On Saturday afternoon the ...
Border Hostilities High: BDF Shoots At Armed Guate Civillian Channel 7 Daily News - 8/22/11 That's after a BDF soldier allegedly shot a Guatemalan civilian this morning near the border on the Belize side. It happened in the hotspot near Caracol. This morning, a group of BDF soldiers were waiting for their Guatemalan counterparts for to ...
Churches Change Position: They Support The Ninth Amendment Channel 7 Daily News - 8/22/11 A release from the Council of Churches this evening said that quote: "As a result of the changes agreed to, both Church Organizations hereby give their full support to the Belize Constitution (9th Amendment) Bill." A release form government says that ...
“Faster-Faster Tornado” Rips Up Crooked Tree Channel 7 Daily News - 8/22/11 I told her that it wasn't time for the storm to reach Belize yet. During that space of time she told me that it must be a helicopter. I told her that it didn't sound like a helicopter, so I open the back door and I look out and saw breeze coming in a ...
“Nada Da Dangriga” Channel 7 Daily News - 8/22/11 And so while Tropical Storm Harvey will become known for the side effect tornado it spawned - the main body of storm did make landfall in southern Belize - but it was of little note. When we got to Dangriga around 1:00 pm, people were asking us if the ...
City Murders Take the Lives Of Two Working Men Channel 7 Daily News - 8/22/11 The spree of violence continued this weekend in Belize City. A 37 year old man was killed on Saturday evening while riding his bicycle on Caesar Ridge Road. It happened around five fifty that evening. Reports are that Tyrone Crown - who is a bodyworks ...
Protest By Port Authority Workers Channel 7 Daily News - 8/22/11 In particular the management of Belize Port Authority because they were the ones contravening agreement and not the union or union members, so we had to take them to the process. But thereafter they continue to prolong the issues - to prolong the ...
BELIZE CITY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ROBBERY LoveFM - 8/22/11 21-year-old Calvin Palma was found guilty of robbery today. He was charged with robbery of $26.25 and a motorcycle from pizza delivery man Pablo Coc. Palma was spared a custodial sentence because he had no previous conviction for robbery. ...
CHURCHES SUPPORT PROPOSED NINTH AMENDMENT PENDING CHANGES LoveFM - 8/22/11 Government says following meetings it has secured the full support of the Evangelical Association of Churches and the Belize Council of Churches for the ninth amendment bill. According to a release from Government the decision of the churches came ...
TWO MORE MURDERS REPORTED IN BELIZE CITY LoveFM - 8/22/11 Belize City police have yet another murder to solve. This time the shooting happened on Caesar Ridge Road, near its junction with Allan Pitts Crescent. According to reports, at around seven on Saturday night thirty seven year old Tyrone Crown was ...
NEW MEXICAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS LoveFM - 8/22/11 In a ceremony at Belize House in Belmopan His Excellency Mario Velázquez Suarez told the Governor-General that he felt extremely honoured to be appointed to this distinguished post. Earlier Ambassador Velázquez Suarez paid a courtesy visit on Minister ...
NICH SENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY OF SLAIN MUSICIAN LoveFM - 8/22/11 Throughout his music career, Chi has played with some of Belize's renowned cultural groups both locally and internationally. He was an active member of the Garifuna Collective with the late Cultural Ambassador and UNESCO Artist for Peace Recipient, ...
8/20/11
UB Jaguars win Belize Rural women's softball championship The Reporter Belize - 8/20/11 The University of Belize Jaguars women's softball team won 13-2 over Easy Does It of Flowers Bank Village to clinch the 2011 Belize Rural Softball Championship title in the playoffs at the Lord Bank field last Sunday, ...
Morgue neglect at KHMH upsets Belizeans The Reporter Belize - 8/20/11 Adam Kuylen, 38, a longtime employee of the Belize City Council, died of an unknown cause at his home last Friday, August 12th, 2011. The question of foul play does not arise, but the grieving family wanted to know what caused Adam's death. ...
Woman remanded for displaying gun The Reporter Belize - 8/20/11 A Belize City woman identified as 27-year-old Kimberly Oshon of a Fuller's Alley address, has been sent to jail for displaying a gun without a license. Oshon went to Court this week, and Magistrate Roberto Ordonez denied bail and remanded her into ...
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