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Atlantic Industries' logging plan for the Toledo District was approved by the Government of Belize in April of 1995, and in September of the same year 200,000 acres of nature reserve were opened to the company for mahogany logging.
The Columbia River Forest Reserve in Toledo district of southeastern Belize is the home of several communities of Mayan descendants.
Belize, formerly named British Honduras, is located on the Caribbean side of Central America, sharing borders with Mexico and Guatemala.
TheReporterBelize, Belize- Nov 11, 2005 - The Hattieville prison, under the management of the Kolbe Foundation, is at the centre of a controversy over reports that several prisoners, including one of...
Channel5Belize.com, Belize- Oct 26, 2005 - Small marijuana busts are hardly big news in Belize, but you've got to wonder about the two guys caught Tuesday at Hattieville Prison.
The Police authorities have countered that 43-year-old Stanley Hilton died at the Hattieville Prison on Wednesday from HIV/AIDS and not from a beating by...
The Ministry of Communications, the Department of Civil Aviation and theBelize Airport Authority categorically refute allegations and conclusions in an article in last weekend’s edition of theReporter newspaper that safety and security at the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport are being compromised.
The Department of Civil Aviation maintains a staff of twelve air traffic controllers, which are rotated every five days on 6-hour, 3-man daily shifts to provide the air traffic control, flight information and alerting services necessary to maintain safe flight operations in Belize.
Enrique Hoare, the manager of airport operations, notes that PSWGIA security procedures are subjected to constant unannounced, unescorted review and inspection by the Transport Security Administration within the United States Department of Transportation.
The association, owned and operated by Mopan, Kek'chi and Garifuna villages, is dedicated to minimizing the negative impacts of tourism, Belize's number one industry.
Los Angeles Times reporter Anne-Marie O'connor reports on the more than 100,000 Garifuna who have migrated to U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.
In 2001, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization proclaimed the Garifuna culture-- specifically Garifuna language, dance and music-- to be "a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity." The U.N. proclamation, which identifies "remarkable forms of expression," is only one of 19 issued.
Some features presented on FRONTLINE/World's website include a written account of the trip ("The Story"), "Let the Rhythm Move You"--a feature on Garifuna music, a "Reporter's Scrapbook", brief history of Belize and its various cultural sources, relevant links, and even a message board to voice your thoughts.
The story and video can be viewed online at the PBS frontline website
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- Article in theBelizeReporter in Google's cache ("The Werken Bij scam is well known and well documented."):
If that is then we won a big money for our building work.
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The insurance companies turned out to be figments of Tedder and Muto's imaginations, and the victims' money was shuffled from accounts in the United States to banks in the Caymans and on to financial institutions in the tiny Central American country of Belize.
A civil suit has been filed against Muto on behalf of more than 60 of the cheated investors, and he was indicted in federal court on a number of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering charges.
The charges are unrelated to Muto's Sweetwater Development scam, but law enforcement sources say Tedder could be a prime government witness when Muto goes on trial next year.
David is a much travelled man. After growing up in the United States, Britain and the Caribbean, his first job was working for a newspaper and then TV station in the Central American country of Belize.
After studying for a Masters in International Relations he worked for BBC Radio 4 as a reporter and producer before quitting the smoke and heading for France.
He has worked on scores of BBC programmes: everything from Radio One's Newsbeat to the exclusive Mayor Giuliani special with David Frost.
