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9/30/11
OPINION: George Price's death is a major blow to the People's United Party in ... Middle East North Africa Financial Network - 9/30/11 Oct 01, 2011 (Caribbean News Now - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- This week, the country of Belize buried the Father of their nation the late Honourable George Cadle Price, who was the leader of the People's United Party for ...
Supa De Ya, Again Channel 7 Daily News - 9/30/11 Nobody's taken a poll that we know of but Supa G may be Belize's favorite entertainer. We do know he's the country's top hit-maker with a string of hits that date back over a decade. And now, he's releasing a new album called Fiyahaat. ...
Apprenticeship Programme: From Hustling To Holding Down a Nine To Five Channel 7 Daily News - 9/30/11 Jules Vasquez "So now you work at Belize Diesel?" "I work at Belize Diesel full time from Monday to Friday and fortunately one to two times on Saturdays. But apart from that everything is good, it's a really good job and I really enjoy it. ...
Chief Magistrate: Extradite Mark Sewell Channel 7 Daily News - 9/30/11 That is the law and that is the treaty that is sign between Belize and America. We don't want nobody panicking that a strange vehicle went to the prison on Sunday and Mr. Seawell is not in his cell and so and so. I can't say that it can't ...
Local Chefs Step Up Channel 7 Daily News - 9/30/11 Visitors may come to Belize for the reef, the ruins, or the relaxation, but they have to eat - and often times, the call on whether a vacation was good or bad, comes down to how good the food was. And that's why raising the standards for Belizean chefs ...
Crimestoppers: Confidence Building In Belize Channel 7 Daily News - 9/30/11 But, in Belize, it hasn't caught on that well: fear and aversion to the culture of so called snitching has played a major role in the public's reluctance to utilize the 800 number. But since the hotline was introduced almost six years ago by Rotary ...
Oil Refinery Was Rustic But Really Worked Channel 7 Daily News - 9/30/11 They also believe that he somehow acquired crude oil from Belize Natural energy to refine. BNE says they know nothing about the operation. He faces multiple offences and environmental fines for pollutions and failing to get an environmental impact ...
Belize Telemedia wins 4th Charles Solis softball tournament The Reporter Belize - 7 hours ago The Belize Telemedia softball girls won the Fourth Annual Charles Solis Memorial Softball Tournament organized by the Belize Softball Federation at Rogers' Stadium on Sunday, September 25. Telemedia's pitcher, Elaine Humes, led her team to an 8-3 win ...
Citrus leprosis detected The Reporter Belize (blog) - 9/30/11 The detection of the Citrus Leprosis virus on a farm in the Maya Center area of the Stann Creek District has underscored the importance for Belizeans to obey the laws of Belize regarding the importation of fresh fruit and plant cuttings into Belize. ...
GOB extends BSI $10M loan The Reporter Belize (blog) - 9/30/11 The Government of Belize has agreed to give The Belize Sugar Industry Limited (BSI) a one-year grace period before the company has to begin repaying the $10 million loan that it made to get the crop started last December. To this end, Prime Minister ...
Farewell, Rt. Hon. George Price The Reporter Belize - 9/30/11 Belize's first Prime Minister and renowned Father of the Nation, the Right Honorable George Cadle Price, was laid to rest at Lord's Ridge Cemetery in Belize City on Monday, September 26, 2011. His esteemed burial followed what will forever be ...
Four-year old sexually violated! The Reporter Belize - 9/30/11 The child's mother, during a phone call on Krem's Wake Up Belize morning show on Thursday, revealed that her daughter was interviewed by a psychologist—without her being present in the room, and the child gave the same name. The distraught mother also ...
Crackdown on crime requires cell phones to be registered by March next year The Reporter Belize (blog) - 9/30/11 Prepaid cell phone owners will have a six-month period during which they must register their phones with the two telephone companies- Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) and Speednet (Smart). Any prepaid phone that is not registered by the end of March will ...
CHIEF MAGISTRATE ORDERS EXTRADITION OF MARK SEWELL LoveFM - 9/30/11 ... by Seawell's defense counsel as to the insufficiency of evidence of money laundering are issues that are to be raised at trial. McKenzie's contract as Chief Magistrate expires today. Her new post will be the legal adviser for the Belize City Council.
YOUTHS DISCUSS INCLUSION IN DECISION MAKING PROCESS LoveFM - 9/30/11 "I can recall at least that I know of two instances that there has been an effort to establish a National Youth Council for Belize. I was a part of it in 2004 and so I have some knowledge as to what happened then. Yes we have been here before but it is ...
MINISTRY OF FISHERIES LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM LoveFM - 9/30/11 The project aims to revitalize the Crab Fishery in Belize which was once an important part of the fishery from the 1970's to the 1990's. Twenty fishermen from the northern part of the country will be taking part in the pilot project. ...
MINISTRY OF HEALTH CELEBRATES WORLD WELLNESS DAY LoveFM - 9/30/11 This year Belize joined in the celebrations and the Ministry of Health held a series of activities that started from September 26th. The objective of the initiative is to promote greater awareness and encourage activities that will reduce chronic ...
CRIME STOPPERS OFFICIALS VISIT BELIZE LoveFM - 9/30/11 Crime Stoppers Belize has only been in existence for about five years; but it is fast becoming an important tool in the crime fighting initiative. The service, involves a highly trained team of volunteer professionals who work with the community to ...
Telemedia wins Charles Solis Memorial Tournament Amandala - 9/30/11 It surely looks like the “year of Telemedia”, as the Belize City and then National champs made it a triple-crown for 2011 when they also clinched the championship in the 4th Annual Charles Solis Memorial Tournament, which was played on Sunday, ...
High hopes for new Chief Justice, Kenneth Benjamin At a Special Sitting of the Supreme Court held in Belize City on Friday, September 23, 2011, members of the Bar expressed high hopes that the eminently qualified Chief Justice, Guyanese Kenneth Benjamin, appointed on September 15, would help to restore ...
To GOB and people of Belize – MONSANTO is a bad word! I have been following the back and forth arguments and presentations of facts concerning GMO corn (and other seeds) being allowed to come into Belize. Belize recently has been fighting the time-consuming and expensive (from the public purse) results of ...
Why is Atlantic Bank more worthy of BSI ownership than the cane farmers? Amandala - 9/30/11 One of the pressing urgent issues that faces us is the future of the sugar industry of Belize. And amidst all the facts, misleading statements and lies that have been pervading the discussion, we must focus clearly and decide firmly on what is best for ...
Barrow, Acosta swap Paradise shares to buy into Princess plot They later sold part shares to Allen Saum and Oren F. Miles of Miles Tropical Energy, which also holds a concession in Belize. On reporting on the Paradise concession in February, Amandala had noted that the area in question does not just encompass ...
The end of an era Amandala - 9/30/11 The fact that the Right Honorable George C. Price died in the week of Belize's thirtieth anniversary of political independence, underlined how much things have changed here for those of us who grew up after World War II with the PUP and the NIP. ...
“GMO - The undisclosed legal perils looming for Belize” Amandala - 9/30/11 The decision to allow the testing of GM corn in Belize is an issue so vital and far reaching that it potentially threatens the future of food security in Belize for all generations that follow. It seems to me that the protocol set up by the historic ...
Secret oil refinery busted in Belmopan A search for firearms and ammunition in an area near the Belize Christian Academy about a mile off the Western Highway — and situated north on the Banana Bank road, just west of the George Price Boulevard in Belmopan City — led authorities to the ...
Farewell to Rt. Hon. George Price The Right Honorable George Cadle Price, 92, former First Minister, then Premier and ultimately a two-term Prime Minister of Belize, and the foremost architect of Belizean independence — affectionately referred to as “Father of the Nation”, ...
Revenge porn company operating from Belize! The information we received on an issue arising from the United Kingdom involving a United States based sex-website company that is operating from Belize, suggests that the victim, a woman, residing in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is demanding that ...
9/29/11
UNH anthropology student helps discover Confederate soldier's homestead in ... Foster's Daily Democrat - 5 hours ago DURHAM — A University of New Hampshire undergraduate student in Belize on his first archaeological field research trip has helped identify the homestead of a prominent US Confederate soldier from Alabama who fled the country after the Civil War. ...
"Who Knocked Me Down?" Channel 7 Daily News - 5 hours ago Russell James Jr. is a resident of Belize City who was knocked down on Friday in front of Belize Water Services. It happened around 4 o'clock in the evening while James was talking to a friend near the sidewalk. He said he ended up under the ...
Police: Phones Will Have To Be Registered Channel 7 Daily News - 5 hours ago The phone companies say there are as just under three hundred thousand prepaid cellular phones in Belize, and of that, only a very small number are registered. In fact, if you're the owner of a pre-paid phone you might not even know what registration ...
Minister Says Butane Companies Might Not Get An Increase Channel 7 Daily News - 5 hours ago "I know because I have tested with a hydrometer that the butane being imported into Belize is 90% propane. The LPG is at best 90% propane, and we know that propane is far cheaper. Will, might it occur that we get an actually lower price out of this? ...
FIFA Comes To Oversee FFB's Major Meeting Channel 7 Daily News - 5 hours ago After that interview Saldivar went to meet with the FFB and found that a senior official, Primo Corvaro, the manager of member associations is in Belize from FIFA headquarters in Switzerland to witness tomorrow's meeting.
Profile Of A Prodigy Turned Professional Pianist Channel 7 Daily News - 5 hours ago Francis Reneau's Hymn of Belize was the highbrow highlight of the September Celebrations - erupting with patriotic rapture at the Official Ceremonies on the 21st and at George Price's funeral. The piece was commissioned by NICH - and - composed and ...
Clandestine Refinery Busted Channel 7 Daily News - 5 hours ago Every time you go to the gas pump and see the skyrocketing prices - you probably lament the fact that Belize does not refine its own oil. But, a makeshift operation in Western Belize seems to have gotten over that hurdle and was refining kerosene and ...
Gangs Pave The Way To Better Streets Channel 7 Daily News - 5 hours ago It passed under the radar - as it was intended to - but a year or so ago, gang leaders in Belize City formed what could be considered, sort of their own employment agency, dedicated to finding gainful employment for their wider membership. ...
Fathers March Against Molestors Channel 7 Daily News - 5 hours ago As a response to that, they will be demonstrating through the principal streets of Belize City this Saturday. The protest is pushing for prompt justice for the 4 year old girl and President David Betancourt told us more today:. ...
PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY LoveFM - 11 hours ago The image that we have of Mr. Price is as an already an elderly person but when you think about how radical he was in the 1950s and 60s when he was bracing the British when he started talking about Independence for Belize. It was something that most of ...
PACT RECEIVES ACCREDITATION FROM UN ADAPTATION FUND LoveFM - 11 hours ago What the accreditation means is that PACT is not the national implementing entity for Belize. Sharon Ramclam is the Executive Director of PACT. “The accreditation means then that PACT would be able to directly access funding that is available from the ...
YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OPEN DOORS LoveFM - 11 hours ago Opening up your own business is not an easy feat in these trying economic times, but interested youth who have a business plan can get the assistance they need from the Belize Youth Business Trust. The nonprofit organization provides assistance to ...
CONSULTATIONS HELD IN SANTA ELENA LoveFM - 11 hours ago The ongoing consultation on the proposed Belize Constitution Ninth Amendment resumed last night following the break for the Independence Celebrations. The venue for last night's consultation was the Novelo's Convention Centre in Santa Elena Town which ...
Male softball competition to resume Friday at Rogers Stadium The Belize City Male Softball Competition will resume on Friday September 23, 2011, at 6:30 pm at Rogers Stadium with two games on the schedule. The competition was interrupted to allow the Belize City Female champion and sub-champion preparation time ...
Earthquakes Can Ravage Coral Reefs, Study Reveals In May 2009, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit the western Caribbean, causing avalanches in half of the lagoonal reefs in Belize studied by Richard Aronson, head of the department of biological sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology. ...
Address by Hon. Dean O. Barrow Prime Min... The Guardian, Belize - 16 hours ago United in homage to our National Hero, and his creed of one Belize. I see the members of Mr. Price's family. I see the sisters, and the nieces and the nephews, and the grand-nieces and the grand-nephews, and it is to them I speak first. ...
Well wishes from India to Belize India's High Commissioner to Belize HE Dinesh Kumar Jain visited Belize on the occasion of our 30th anniversary. The Guardian newspaper spoke to HE Jain who explained that since his appointment he's been working at improving relations with Belize. ...
16 year old critical following gang shooting The Guardian, Belize - 17 hours ago Residents of Belize City believe that Teck's shooting is part of a retaliation for the murder of 9 year-old Joshua Abraham. Teck was riding his bicycle on Freetown Road, and as he arrived at the intersection in the plaza area, two men rode up on ... 4 year old raped – now suffering from STI The citizens of Belize are disheartened that a heinous crime of sexual abuse has been committed against a 4 year-old baby girl. What makes this matter worse is that there are major complications in the police's investigation that could cause the ...
Teenager and minor charged for robbery An 18-year-old unemployed and a 17-year-old High School student of a Northside school were arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate's Court on Friday September 23rd on two counts of robbery and two counts of handling stolen goods. ...
Caye Caulker businessman charged for undersized lobsters Businessman Roger Martinez, was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate's Court where he was charge dwith one count of possession of undersized lobsters. It is alleged that on September 8th, Martinez was found in possession of 17 undersized lobsters. ...
Joshua Abraham's killers taken to court Nine year-old Joshua Abraham, who lived near the Victoria Street zone, was murdered on Independence Day sometime after 12 pm His murder marred what would have been a joyous celebration of Belize's 30th Anniversary of Independence for residents of ...
Man arrested for Burglarizing room at Princess 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. ...
Clock Ticking on Briceno to prove he did not take bribe The Guardian, Belize - 17 hours ago It's been 23 days since the allegations were made through wikileak cables from the US Embassy in Belize to the US state department and Briceno has still been unable to provide that proof. This has led to wide-scale speculation that maybe the leader of ...
Last Respects to George Price The Guardian, Belize - 17 hours ago Officially it was declared a period of mourning; however, a legacy such as that of the Father of the Nation, George Cadle Price, allowed for more celebrating than weeping to take place in Belize from the announcement of his death to the date of his ...
Once again we Boast 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. ...
George Price Telegraph.co.uk - 19 hours ago George Price, who died on September 19 aged 92, was regarded as the father of Belize, formerly British Honduras. Independence for the colony was both complicated and delayed by the claim on the central American territory by neighbouring Guatemala; ...
9/28/11
PM Warns Cane Farmers: Come Correct Or Don't Come At All Channel 7 Daily News - 9/28/11 This Friday, September 30, 2011 - was supposed to mark a major transition for Belize's sugar industry - as this was the day when ING, the Dutch Bank was supposed to collect the 30 million US dollars from BSI. As has been reported, BSI doesn't ...
Goodbye To A Great Leader Channel 7 Daily News - 9/28/11 We are now a country totally united in homage to our National Hero, and his creed of one Belize." "I believe it was in Saint Matthew's Gospel that says, 'In life, he is humble. In death, he must be exalted.'" "My closest encounter with George Price was ...
Raising Awareness For The Blood Bank Channel 7 Daily News - 9/28/11 Belize's Deputy Director of Health Services, Dr. Jorge Polanco says the country has an adequate supply of blood, but despite that assurance, we often get folks walking in to our newsroom, making public pleas for blood. Indeed, the country's blood bank ...
Former Director Says Politics And The Tourism Business Don't Mix Channel 7 Daily News - 9/28/11 The Government of Belize isn't serious.' Are you giving up too easily?" "Very good question actually, and I know that it's one that probably is discussed widely because of this sort of ongoing debate on Belizeans fully vested versus Belizeans that have ...
Food Vendor Robbed At Gunpoint Channel 7 Daily News - 9/28/11 It happened a little after one this afternoon on Caesar Ridge road at the entrance of the Port of Belize. Food Vender Maria Lopez told 7news two men came up to her stall and ordered 2 plates of rice and beans and before she knew it, a third man came ...
CACAO FARMERS SIGN AGREEMENT LoveFM - 9/28/11 A slide presentation on the Financing Agreement between the European Union and Belize and the Belize Rural Development Project Phase 2 was done by lead expert and Technical Assistant Doctor John Ferguson. The official signing of documents marking the ...
CONTESTANTS FOR MISS WORLD BELIZE INTRODUCED LoveFM - 9/28/11 Belize will be selecting a candidate for the sixty-first Miss World pageant. The selection will take place this Saturday October first at the Princess Hotel and Casino in Belize City where four young ladies will be vying for the title of Miss World ...
GOVERNMENT AND CANEFARMERS SIGN MOU There was a brief re-signing ceremony this afternoon of a Memorandum of Understanding among the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers' Association, the Belize Sugar Industries Limited, the Belize Sugar Control Board and the Government of Belize. ...
SENIOR CITIZENS CELEBRATE WEEK OF ACTIVITIES LoveFM - 9/28/11 Love News spoke with the chairman of HelpAge Belize, Evan Dakers. “This is an annual affair, every year the organizations that work with senior citizens put aside a week in which they report and they reflect on what they have been doing for and with ...
MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONDUCTS BLOOD DRIVE LoveFM - 9/28/11 The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization today held a blood drive at the PAHO/WHO Belize office grounds on Coney Drive. Blood drives are organized routinely each year and Jorge Polanco Deputy Director of Health ...
9/27/11
Mother Of Four Year Old Rape Victim Speaks Channel 7 Daily News - 9/27/11 All I want to tell them is; know who are around you, open up your eyes because Belize is getting dangerous, protect your kids and don't go through this because it's not a nice feeling - it's like you are living in ...
Price Hears Watchers Remember The Great Man Channel 7 Daily News - 9/27/11 "He was a very good man and he wanted to help the people not everybody else, not give all his money to the government just help the people." "It was George Price who founded Independence; he was the Premier and first Prime Minister of Belize. ...
Former Tourism Director Speaks: Says Ministry “Moved The Goalposts” Channel 7 Daily News - 9/27/11 "For us at the Belize Tourism Board to continue sustaining the results that we have commenced to demonstrate does require a very specific and enabling environment that the Ministry of Tourism plays a key part in facilitating. ...
Teenager Shot At Busy Junction At Rush Hour Channel 7 Daily News - 9/27/11 Tonight a 16 year old Belize City male is on life support at the KHMH after being shot in the head at noon today. That he even has a tenuous grip on life is a minor miracle; he was the victim of a daring and lawless execution attempt - carried out by ...
Teenaged Female Killed By Crazed Lover In Cayo Channel 7 Daily News - 9/27/11 He was rushed to the Belize Healthcare Partners in Belize City - where he remains hospitalized. "What happen on Friday the 23rd of September, about 7:10 pm information was received of which police acted and they visited the residence where Michael ...
CUSTOMERS REQUIRED TO REGISTER PREPAID CELLULAR PHONES LoveFM - 9/27/11 The measure is part of the Government of Belize's anti-crime efforts. It is expected that having customers register their cellular phones will allow for the recovery of cellular numbers, eliminate cellular phone theft, and assist law enforcement in ...
TAIWANESE AND BELIZEAN ARTISTS DISPLAY WORKS LoveFM - 9/27/11 The exhibition then moves on to the House of Culture in Belize City October 4 to 20 then on to the Banquitas House of Culture in Orange Walk Town October 24 to November 5. The exhibition wraps up at the San Ignacio Santa Elena House of Culture November ...
BELIZE SAYS FAREWELL TO FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND NATIONAL HERO LoveFM - 9/27/11 George Cadle Price on Monday as the National Hero was buried in Belize City. The first State Funeral Mass for a former leader of the nation was held on Independence Hill in Belmopan. It had the participation of other denominations. ...
9/26/11
Belize Bank Bulldogs win Interoffice basketball champs The Belize Bank Bulldogs won the Belize City Interoffice Basketball Championship taking the decisive fifth game of the championship finals 68-65 over the Conscious Youth Development Programme at the Belize City Center . ...
US sends division of prized Ospreys to Belize The Reporter Belize - 9/26/11 Four of America's newest combat utility aircraft, the Osprey under the command of the United States Marine Corps Second Air Wing have arrived in Belize, after making the 1300 mile flight from New River, North Carolina, using multiple mid-air refuelling ...
Father of the Nation The Reporter Belize - 9/26/11 Belize's first Prime Minister, George Price, leader emeritus of the People's United Party which he founded the party in 1950, died in hospital at 6:30 on Monday morning, September 19th, 2011. Concerned family members and his godson Senator Winston ...
Ambassador Laing, Nabor & Vernon honored as Belizean The Reporter Belize - 9/26/11 Distinguished Belizean diplomat and jurist Edward Arthur Laing (1942-2001) received the Order of Belize posthumously when the September Celebrations Committee hosted its annual Tribute to Belize patriots at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts last ...
Producers say poultry safe to eat The Reporter Belize - 9/26/11 The Belize Poultry Association announced as much in a press release on Monday, September 19. The Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) has stepped up inspection of chicken meat and eggs to ensure the safe quality and wholesomeness of these ...
Frankie Reneau's Hymn to Belize becomes instant classic Belize's musical phenomenon, Francis Reneau, has produced a symphonic Hymn to Belize, which was performed for the first time to thunderous applause to honour the 30th anniversary of Belize's independence. As the tribute ended with breathtaking ...
Prime Minister's $36 million gift to Belize The Reporter Belize (blog) - 9/26/11 The Government of Belize is writing off every one of 9200 housing loans, worth $62.6 million dollars in the Ministry of Housing. Government is revising its land management system and intends to ease the burden of homeowners who still struggle to pay ...
Foreign Minister surrenders Rhett Fuller The Reporter Belize - 9/26/11 “In light of the conclusion I have drawn as articulated in the foregoing, I hereby surrender Mr. Rhett Fuller to the United States of America authorities to stand trial, pursuant to the Extradition Treaty between the Government of Belize and the ...
Belize offers premier training opportunities to Marines Marines.mil - 17 hours ago Belize is a premier training ground for many NATO allies. Military units from Britain, Poland, Norway, Spain and others have all taken advantage of the unique training experiences the Central American country can provide. ...
Belize: Freak storms cost banana growers US$15-20 million ICT Update - 9/26/11 After two consecutive nights of thunderstorms the Banana Growers Association, BGA, has suffered an estimated 40% in crop loss which they estimate will amount to US$15-20 million in financial losses. Between Monday, September 5, and Tuesday, ...
Film festival serves up hundreds of films CTV.ca - 9/26/11 'The Chocolate Farmer', a feature on the life of a chocolate farmer in Belize who takes pride in his work even though his children look to more modern employment for themselves. 'Servitude', a comedy about a young man forced to work one last shift at a ...
9/23/11
4 year old abused Channel 7 Daily News - 9/23/11 According to the child's mother - the babysitter was in charge of picking up the 4 year old from a Belize City public school. But instead she was told that the child's uncle picked her up and took her to her grandmother's house. ...
Musa On Price Part 2 Channel 7 Daily News - 9/23/11 We had to find a way to continue to attract investment to this country because Belize needs foreign investment. We had to continue to understand that to fight poverty you have to create wealth. Now, I would be the first to admit that we fell short of ...
Who won house Channel 7 Daily News - 9/23/11 For weeks, Belize City residents have been taunted by a major raffle on display near the Pound Yard bridge. It's a home offered by Belize Camping Experience. Well, the winner of the build it for kids raffle was . ...
Price In 81, the Lion In Summer Channel 7 Daily News - 9/23/11 On September 21st 1981 in Belmopan, George Price was at ease his confidence visible, the fruits of his labor have come to pass, the field was line with supporters, the new citizens of an independent Belize. "We continued our work, not only to build ...
BC President at Belize University BainbridgeGa.com - 9/23/11 On his first visit to Belize, where Bainbridge College (BC) faculty and students have been active in study abroad opportunities, BC President Richard Carvajal was among the official delegates at the installation of Dr. Cary F. Fraser as the fourth ...
WELCOME CEREMONY FOR NEW CHIEF JUSTICE HELD LoveFM - 9/23/11 An official ceremony to welcome and install the new Chief Justice of Belize, Kenneth Benjamin, was held this morning at the Chief Justice courtroom in Belize City. In welcoming the new court official, Attorney General, BQ Pitts, had nothing but high ...
PREPARATIONS FOR STATE FUNERAL OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER CONTINUE LoveFM - 9/23/11 Preparations continue to be made for the State Funeral of the former Prime Minister of Belize Rt. Hon. George Price. According to coordinators of the event, a decision has been made to move up the time of the departure of Mr. Price's body from the ...
BELIZE CITY MAN WINS NEW HOME LoveFM - 9/23/11 A Belize City man is the newest homeowner in the old capital. The wooden house raffled by Belize Camping Experience was won by Belize City resident Nigel Matura.The funds will be used by the organization to fund camps for children in Belize City. ...
APAMO HOLDS SYMPOSIUM LoveFM - 9/23/11 Presentations included those from the Belize Audubon Society, the World Wildlife Fund, the Coastal Zone Management Institute, Southern Environmental Association, the Toledo Institute for development and Environment and other protected areas.
Ignacio Volunteers celebrate 20 years of giving back to a Belizean community Loyola University New Orleans - 9/23/11 Last month, 16 students, faculty and staff from Loyola University New Orleans traveled to Belize, Central America for 24 days to host the 'Umadagu Lescuelana' summer camp in the coastal town of Dangriga, Belize. This year was the 20th anniversary of ...
Supreme Court rejects NGO challenge for 13th Senator ... for Liberty through Action (COLA), headed by Moses Sulph, were today denied their claim asking the Supreme Court to force Prime Minister Dean Barrow to formally enact sections 7 and 9 of the Belize Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act 2010 (Act No. ...
GMO seeds in Belize, but BELIPO does not have to grant patent protection Since early this year, there has been a debate raging over whether Belize—currently free of GMO crops although not free of GMO foods on supermarket shelves—should entertain the introduction of GMO technology in Belize's agro-sector. ...
Prime Minister speaks of plans and projects for Belize on Independence Day During his Independence Day address, given during the formal ceremonies at Independence Plaza in Belmopan, Prime Minister of Belize Dean Barrow outlined a number of established and soon-to-be established development projects in several key sectors, ...
Ideas and Opinions It is really a meeting place for the finest minds and, bravest hearts that the nation of Belize can produce, to consider and make decisions, which will have the effect to secure peace, order and prosperity for the citizens of our country. ...
GMO corn – a pestilence in the making: How the coming of GMO corn will affect ... GOB has very recently granted permission to plant GMO corn seeds in Belize. This should be a cause of great concern for all, especially for the Mayans and those involved in the tourism industry. Tourists are attracted to Belize because of its natural ...
Rt. Hon George C. Price (1919 – 2011) Amandala - 9/23/11 It is, therefore, a contradiction that the newspaper which was founded by the failed UBAD in August of 1969, became the leading newspaper in Belize. Belize is a country dominated by two large political parties – the People's United Party (PUP) and the ...
Wataplat undergoes surgery for broken leg Amandala - 9/23/11 Finally, on Thursday they managed to complete the task, and it was on the way back to Belize City shortly after 4:00 pm that tragedy struck. Dubbed the “buzzer beater” in a newspaper column some years ago by Gilroy “di Press” Cadogan for his ...
Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price – a legend He became the personal secretary to one of Belize's first business magnates, Robert Sydney Turton (who exported mahogany and chicle to the United States), managing his Belize office at the corner of North Front Street and Hydes Lane and accompanying ...
Police orders Belizeans not to hoist national flag at Jalacte The People's National Party (PNP), which was birthed out of Belize's southernmost district, Toledo, decided to mark this anniversary with a flag-raising near Jalacte, a border village that sees virtually unchecked cross-border traffic with Guatemala, ...
“If you are not for me, you will not be for nobody else.” On September 20, 2011, at around 4:15 pm, the mother of a 7-year-old boy, Nelsi Chuc, was shot once in the neck in August Pine Ridge, a village situated in northwestern Belize near the Mexican and Guatemala borders and about 16 miles from Orange Walk ...
Belize mourns the death of Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price As Belize prepares for its 30th anniversary of Independence on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, the death of the Right Honorable George Cadle Price, 92, two days short of this milestone achievement – Belize's Independence - has inevitably cast a blanket ...
Joshua Abraham, 9, murdered on Independence Day Today, residents of Belize City empathize with Marcia Argalles, 43, as she mourns the death of her 9-year-old son, Joshua Abraham, who became a victim of a senseless murder after two gunmen sprayed an area of Victoria Street, yesterday, September 21, ...
The big 30 – Belize celebrates its independence, and looks forward At midnight, with spectacular fireworks and that special atmosphere that manifests itself around this time of the year, Belize formally ended its third decade of sovereign status as a unique hybrid of the Caribbean and Central America. ...
9/22/11
"Fire In The Sky..." Channel 7 Daily News - 9/22/11 The NKC takes this opportunity, on behalf of all its branches -Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo - to register our condolences to the family and to our nation on the passing of the Father of our Belizean Independence the Rt. Hon George Cadle Price. ...
Where Should A Hero's Final Resting Place Be? Channel 7 Daily News - 9/22/11 She told us, quote: "Uncle George belongs to the nation and the people of Belize - he was married to his country and the Belizean people are his family...he needs to go to a place where his family can greet him." Close quote. And that place, she says, ...
Violence Surges Again: 9 Year old Killed In Belize City Channel 7 Daily News - 9/22/11 At the very end of August, all of Belize City was on a hair trigger after elements of the George Street Gang made broad threats against public safety - and then the police said they had grenades and intended to use them! Indeed, the entire September ...
Musa Speaks On his History With Price Channel 7 Daily News - 9/22/11 But when you sift it all apart, and you realized that this man was fighting for freedom, that Belize should not be integrated, incorporated, or associated with any other state, but Belize belong to the Belizean people, it grew on me that this man was ...
A Look Back At Price's 90th... Channel 7 Daily News - 9/22/11 And what a journey it has been for this political icon who led the way for Belize attaining her independence on September twenty first, 1981. Today George Cadle Price turned ninety years old. The occasion was celebrated in Belmopan at the George Price ...
Israeli Ambassador Says Belize's Recognition of Palestine A Mistake Channel 7 Daily News - 9/22/11 The non-resident Ambassador to Israel, Shmulik Bass who presented his credentials a few days earlier was in Belize for the first time. He was accredited as ambassador a one week after the Government of Belize disappointed Israel by formally ...
Belize Prime Minister's 30th Independence Anniversary Address Belizean - 9/22/11 I begin by acknowledging the pall cast by the death of Belize's first National Hero, the Rt. Hon. George Price. And I want to announce right away that, in his honour, next Monday, the day of the state funeral, is being declared a National holiday. ...
PRIME MINISTER BARROW SPEAKS ON NATIONAL ISSUES LoveFM - 9/22/11 Welcome to CSI Belize! Three new mobile interdiction units will also be made operational, two in the North and one in the South. These will deploy for the interception of illicit drug-and other serious crime-activities. Additionally, the Police are ...
PRIME MINISTER TRAVELS TO NEW YORK CITY LoveFM - 9/22/11 Prime Minister Dean Barrow has traveled to New York City, New York to take part in activities for Belize's 30th Anniversary of Independence. According an official statement from the PM's Office, Mr. Barrow is expected back in the country on Sunday. ...
NICH AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS SIGN MOU FOR PROMOTION OF RESEARCH LoveFM - 9/22/11 A memorandum of understanding was signed this morning for the promotion of research on Belize. Director of Research at UB Doctor Filiberto Penados signed on behalf of the University. “It was signed by several institution including UB, NICH, ...
FORMER PRIME MINISTER TO BE BURIED ON MONDAY FOLLOWING STATE FUNERAL LoveFM - 9/22/11 A procession, led by the Belize Defence Force will take the body of the Father of the Nation on to St. Thomas Street, left into Freetown Road, right into Mapp Street, Left into North Front Street, right over the Swing Bridge into Albert Street, ...
DISEASE REPORTED IN CITRUS INDUSTRY LoveFM - 9/22/11 The Belize Agricultural Health Authority has issued a statement saying that the presence of the Citrus Leprosis virus has been confirmed in Belize's citrus industry. The BAHA release says that the disease was detected after a farmer in the Maya Centre ...
VISITING BAND VISITS BELIZE CITY PRIMARY SCHOOLS LoveFM - 9/22/11 The students at Saint Luke Methodist Primary School received a visit from members of a visiting marching band from the US, who came to Belize to take part in the September Celebrations Ceremony in Belmopan. The nine members are part of an almost one ...
NINE YEAR OLD BOY SHOT AND KILLED LoveFM - 9/22/11 Belize City Police have detained five suspects following the shooting death of a nine year old boy on Wednesday. While police have not yet charged anyone, they have detained the suspects, and this incident bears every appearance of some type of ...
Prime Minister delivers - 9200 houses, cheaper Internet and lower light bills Ministers of government and Members of the National Assembly, Your Worship the Mayor of Belmopan, Mr. Simeon Lopez, and Mrs. Lopez, My Lords the Bishops of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches of Belize, Superintendent of the Methodist ...
High school student remanded on attempted murder charges An 18 year old student has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison following a stabbing incident which occurred at the Belikin Fest on Saturday September 16th. 18-year-old Brandon Thomas Bennett, a resident of #351 Belama Phase 2 and who claimed he ...
Mother and daughter remanded to prison for allegedly trying to kill their neighbor No plea was taken as the matters are indictable and they were remanded into custody at the Belize Central Prison until November 11th. The charges against the women arose out of an incident which occurred on Sunday, September 4th. ...
Two remanded for attempted murder charges Due to the nature of the offenses, bail could not be offered to Arana and he was further remanded to the Belize Central Prison until October 28. On Tuesday September 20th Bowen appeared in Court #6 before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers where he was read a ...
Local Piracy Leaves Family Broke and Traumatized 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 remanded for fondling 13 year old girl 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. ...
Councilor Andrew Faber dies in Road Traffic Accident The three persons who have died as a result of the accident are Belize City Councilor, Andrew Faber, 29, Gianni Taylor, 24, and Virginia Azueta, 26. According to police, at about 12:30 pm Faber was driving his maroon and grey Mitsubishi pickup truck on ...
Butane Gas Prices Consumers are asked to remain vigilant of these established prices and are encouraged to report any inconsistencies by contacting the Belize Bureau of Standards at our Hotline 1-800-2-TELL-US (1-800-2-83-5587). For more details please contact: Mr. Jose ...
Chief Justice designate, Kenneth Benjamin makes first appearance in court area The New Chief Justice of Belize arrived in Belize on Thursday afternoon and a day later on Friday, September 9th, he was spotted in the court area in the presence of the Supreme Court Registrar, Velda Flowers. It was not business as yet, we were told, ...
Coincidence??? Belize on US Bad List 6 Days after Recognizing Palestine Statehood Many intellectuals have come to believe that Belize's appearance on the “Presidential Determination on Major Illicit Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2012” six days after it officially announced its recognition of ...
Belikin Bash 2011 - Rides Return $3 Beer Stays 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. ...
Statement by Hon. Dean Barrow on the passing of Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price With profound regret, the Government of Belize announces the death of the Rt. Hon. George Price, National Hero and Father of Belizean Independence. Mr. Price died around 6:30am today, Monday September 19th, 2011. A Diplomatic Note goes out this morning ...
Prime Minister Honours 28 Belizean Patriots On Thursday, September 15th, the Prime Minister of Belize, Hon Dean Barrow, honoured twenty-eight distinguished Belizeans at the Tribute to Belizean Patriots ceremony at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts. The Prime Minister said that the Tribute to ...
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