Guide to Belize

Content theft from JT Belize Village

2011-11-22T17:00:00.002-06:00

We officially announce that JT Belize Village, has stolen and copied many of our webpages with text, maps and photos. They even removed our copyright from our maps. We are aware off this and we will anybody inform about this act of piracy. “The http://www.jtbelizeresort.com/ is a content thief”

Pictures of a part of our stolen GuidetoBelize.info Maya / Altun Ha

We warn every traveler to do any bookings with this company
and we will inform the Belize Tourism Board about this DMCA enfringement too.

To see our original contend, please visit
http://www.guidetobelize.info/en/maya/belize-mayan-guide.shtml

and choose a Maya site or a Maya site map

Content theft from Belize Cable Guide

2011-11-20T14:00:00.002-06:00

Content theft:
We officially announce that Belize Cable Guide, has stolen and copied two of our webpages with text and photos. We are aware off this and we will anybody inform about this act of piracy.
“The http://belizecableguide.webs.com/ is a content thief”

Pictures of a part of our stolen GuidetoBelize.info News& Media / TV Stations on http://belizecableguide.webs.com/

Please look at our original page here:

Belize TV Stations & Channels

The most important question after Rina

2011-10-26T19:06:00.000-06:00

Hurricane Rina on its way to Cancun

The most important and many time asked question on the TV Channel from San Pedro after the "All Clear" was given:

"When will we able to buy liquor again and when will the bars be open?"

The answer:
"The selling of Alcoholic Beverages will be allowed again after 5 PM"

Only after that were questions asked about evacuated people and tourists, if by plane or boat and if School will be open tomorrow.

One big problem solved for the San Pedranos, cheers

The new Star Newspaper 291 is online

2011-10-08T23:44:00.000-06:00

Michael Silva Undergoing Treatment In Guatemala

Please get your free copy here

http://www.guidetobelize.info/en/media/the-star-newspaper.shtml

Tropical Depression 93L

2011-08-18T18:04:00.001-06:00

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED

WITH A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA IS BECOMING

BETTER-DEFINED AND A SURFACE LOW COULD BE FORMING ABOUT 100 MILES

EAST-NORTHEAST OF CAPE GRACIAS A DIOS NICARAGUA.  ENVIRONMENTAL

CONDITIONS REMAIN CONDUCIVE FOR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO FORM AS

LONG AS THE DISTURBANCE REMAINS OFFSHORE.  THIS SYSTEM HAS A HIGH

CHANCE...80 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE BEFORE IT

MOVES INLAND OVER CENTRAL AMERICA.  TROPICAL-STORM-CONDITIONS ARE

POSSIBLE ALONG THE COASTS OF HONDURAS...THE BAY ISLANDS...GUATEMALA

AND BELIZE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS THE SYSTEM MOVES GENERALLY

WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

This means by this weekend we could be in a Tropical Storm or Hurricane.

Please keep yourself informed.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov

Internet Difficulties

2011-08-18T17:59:00.003-06:00

We have a massive DDOS attack on

www.guidetobelize.info

and on

www.belizerealestatelistings.net

We hope to be back online soon.

In the ongoing hurricane season 2011,
we will keep you informed here.

Belize Wetter

2011-08-13T01:02:00.002-06:00

Test

Belize Real Estate Listings

2011-05-01T22:33:00.001-06:00

This is the fastest growing Real Estate Website in Belize. Belize Real Estate Listings was born around Christmas 2010 out of the necessity, that it is very hard for a foreign buyer, to find his desired real estate on the Internet, without visiting numerous Belizean and US web sites, just to get a bunch of listings for an area or category. We started to go online on the first of February 2011 and we are still on our way to achieve a easy usable Belize Real Estate Directory

in reference to: Belize Real Estate Listings BREL (view on Google Sidewiki)

New Belize Real Estate Listing site

2011-02-17T21:17:00.000-06:00

On the 1th February the new Belize Real Estate site Belize Real Estate Listings BREL went online.
This site offers countrywide Real Estate Listings, for top spots like Ambergris Caye, Belize City, Belmopan, Caye Caulker, Corozal, Dangriga, Hopkins, Placencia, Punta Gorda, San Ignacio, Sittee River and many more.

After just 2 weeks online, over 15 of the best Belizean Real Estate Agencies have committed them self, to post listings on the Belize Real Estate Listings BREL website. With at least every day one new listing this web sitem will be soon one of the best Real Estate information source in Belize.

As a editorial, every weekend the BREL website writes a article under the Topic "Living in Belize", The last two articles where about Financing Real Estate in Belize and Retirement in Belize.

The Belize Real Estate Listings web site is fully integrated with Twitter and Facebook and has its own RSS feed, so you can easy monitor the newest for condos for sale at the beach in Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker, Placencia... its on you to decide.

Tropical Storm Karl

2010-09-14T16:54:00.000-06:00

Public Advisory on Karl

WTNT33 KNHC 142051
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM KARL ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     AL132010
500 PM EDT TUE SEP 14 2010

...TROPICAL STORM KARL FORMS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...

Vapor IR Image from NOAA of Storm Karl

SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...18.3N 84.2W
ABOUT 270 MI...435 KM E OF CHETUMAL MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES

Path from NOAA of Storm Karl

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE
EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL AT THE MEXICO/
BELIZE BORDER NORTHWARD TO CABO CATOCHE.

THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE
COAST OF NORTHERN BELIZE FROM BELIZE CITY TO THE MEXICO/BELIZE
BORDER.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL AT THE
MEXICO/BELIZE BORDER NORTHWARD TO CABO CATOCHE

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE COAST OF NORTHERN BELIZE FROM BELIZE CITY TO THE MEXICO/BELIZE
BORDER

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24
HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.

Read more

National Hurricane Center on Tropical Storm Karl

or on the

Guide to Belize Weather Page

Tropical Depression L92 heading west/northwest

2010-09-11T11:35:00.000-06:00

from weather underground....

Tropical disturbance (92L) over the Eastern Caribbean, a few hundred miles south of Puerto Rico, is steadily organizing and appears likely to develop into a tropical depression by tonight or Sunday morning. Satellite loops show an impressive and expanding region of heavy thunderstorms, with good spiral banding and respectable upper-level outflow on all sides. Long range radar out of Puerto Rico shows that heavy rains are now affecting that island, but there is no rotation to the radar echoes evident. However, the rain bands are becoming more intense and more organized. San Juan, Puerto Rico reported a heavy rain squall at 8:44 am this morning, and radar estimates suggest two inches of rain fell in this squall just southeast of San Juan. Wind shear over 92L is low, 5 - 10 knots. The waters beneath are at near-record warmth, 30°C, and these warm waters extend to great depth. Water vapor satellite loops show a large area of dry air lies to the north and west of 92L, and this dry air could interfere with development at times over the next few days.


Figure 1. Saturday morning 11th Sept. satellite image of 92L.

Track forecast for 92L
The disturbance is moving west-northwest at 11 mph, and steering currents favor a continuation of this motion for the next three days. Model support for development is scattered. The GFS and NOGAPS models do not develop 92L. The GFDL and ECMWF models predict development, with a track taking 92L into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday. The HWRF model has a more northwesterly track, taking 92L over the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba, but this model has been trending too far north in its tracks. I expect 92L will follow a path south of the islands, bringing it near or just south of Jamaica on Monday, then into the Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday. On this track, the southern Dominican Republic can expect heavy rains of 3 - 6 inches tonight through Monday morning; southern Haiti can expect similar rains Sunday through Monday, and Jamaica and the Cayman Islands can expect heavier rains of 4 - 8 inches Monday and Tuesday. Eastern Cuba will probably escape 92L's heaviest rains in this scenario (Figure 2.)

Intensity forecast for 92L
I can't find any reason to doubt this will be a tropical storm by Sunday or Monday, and potentially a Category 1 or 2 hurricane by Wednesday, if 92L avoids passage over Hispaniola and Cuba. The SHIPS model predicts wind shear will remain low, 5 - 10 knots, through the period, and makes 92L a Category 1 hurricane by Monday night. Water temperatures are certainly warm enough to support development. The main detriment to intensification is likely to be dry air, and 92L could wrap in some of the dry air to its northwest at times, slowing down development. The first Air Force Hurricane Hunter mission into 92L is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, but there will be a research mission by the National Center for Atmospheric Research G-V jet today that will give us valuable information on 92L's large scale environment and potential for development.

To see the live version, please follow this Link to WunderMap

What to do
Please watch the weather forecast carefully for the next days. The hurricane season in Belize ends on the end of November. Keep an eye on the weather and your emergency hurricane planning including supplies ready.

CNN Belize mob torches Americans' animal sanctuary but their will survives

2010-09-07T15:52:00.000-06:00

(CNN) -- An American couple in Belize struggled Tuesday to figure out their future, their dreams literally up in smoke after a mob of indigenous Mayans burned down their animal sanctuary in the belief the foreigners fed two missing children to crocodiles on their property.

Please read the whole story at CNN

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/09/07/belize.american.house.torched/?hpt=C2#fbid=KtyjnKwzCdm&wom=false

Donations for ACES requested

The owners of a Punta Gorda area hotel have issued this entreaty on behalf of Rose and Chenot-Rose:

“Following the arson attack on ACES which has completely demolished their home and facilities an account has been set up at Belize Bank to help provide financial support for Vince and Cherie during this period of crisis for them."

A bank wire transfer in U.S. dollars may be sent to:

Intermediary Bank, Bank of America New York
300 Harmon Meadow BLVD,
Seacaucus N.J. 07094 USA,

Swift address - BOFAUS3N
ABA... -026009593 to credit

Beneficiary Bank, BIC BBLBZBZ
account #6550-8-26053 of Belize Bank Limited,

For final credit to account # 630-1-1-10130 of Vince & Cherie Rose Fire Victim

or use the local Belize Bank

Belize Bank
# 630-1-1-10130
Account# Vince & Cherie Rose Fire Victim Account

Chaos in Punta Gorda

2010-09-07T10:41:00.000-06:00

Sunday morning armed villagers - about 100 of them - showed up outside the PG police station demanding that police go and search an American couple's home in the Water Hole Area. Police didn't accede to the demands and shortly after ACES the American Crocodile sanctuary and all the buildings and cars where on Fire

Vince Rose, Owner of house

"My whole life that I built as a little boy is gone. I didn't just move here with a couple of bags, my whole life that I had was there and I know material things but they have meaning to me and my wife besides all the hard work we did. So Punta Gorda lost out because that sanctuary is gone; so is the education; so is any help. This is going to go on every news station I can ever get to internationally. I guess I have to go back like when I was 18 years and go find a job and a place to live and go buy some underwear and maybe some shampoo and start all over because I got nothing."

"I am still at a shock and all I've done since I've heard of this is me and my wife crying. It's just unacceptable that a pre-meditated group of savages - and they are not human beings, they are savages - they should not even be out on the streets; they should all be in prison because they are not human beings. It was pre-meditated and they are savages and I am going back to see if any of the animals are alive or dead. That's unacceptable. Belizeans should be ashamed of themselves to allow people to live in their country that are savages."

Full Story at 7NewsBelize

To help ACES, donations can be made:

International wiring account number for donations

Belize Bank # 630-1-1-10130

Account# Vince & Cherie Rose Fire Victim Account

Crocodile Sanctuary in Belize Destroyed by Mob

2010-09-06T18:48:00.000-06:00

San Pedro Sun, Monday, September 6, 2010

Press Release - Amercian Crocodile Education Sanctuary - September 6, 2010 - In the early morning hours of September 5th, a frenzied mob of Mayan-Belizean villagers set fire to the American Crocodile sanctuary that a Colorado,USA couple spent the last six years creating. “We’ve lost everything,” said Cherie Chenot-Rose, co-owner and founder of the American Crocodile Sanctuary for Education (ACES). The sanctuary was located in Punta Gorda, Belize.

Read the Full Story in San Prdo Sun Blog
http://sanpedrosun.blogspot.com/2010/09/crocodile-sanctuary-in-belize-destroyed.html

Donations can be made:
International wiring account number for donations
Belize Bank # 630-1-1-10130
Account# Vince & Cherie Rose Fire Victim Account

Related links:
http://www.americancrocodilesanctuary.org/

http://www.facebook.com/aces.american.crocodiles

We need you

Please share is article with international News and TV stations.
We need international press coverage and make this incident public.

We need help and public support, local and international for Cherie and Vince to rebuild the sanctuary and get them respect they deserve.

There is nobody else in Belize for taking care to the crocs.

Please support Cherie Vince and all the Belizean Crocodiles

Angry and stupid mob destroys ACES Crocodile Sanctuary in Belize

2010-09-06T00:41:00.000-06:00

ACES / American Crocodile Educational Sanctuary no longer exists
by Cherie Renee Chenot-Rose on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at 1:10pm

ACES no longer exists. While Vince and I were on Ambergris Caye rescuing three problematic crocodiles for the Belize Forest Department, two children went missing from a village near Punta Gorda. The local Maya villagers believed that Vince and I fed the missing children to the crocs.

We were not even there, as I stated, but were on Ambergris Caye. As a lynch mob, the villagers burnt ACES / American Crocodile Education Sanctuary to the ground.

The status of the crocodiles is unknown because the fire is so hot the Belize Defense Forces cannot get to the property.

None has been arrested. Vince and Cherie are now homeless and do not have anything to their name. Everything was lost. Our lives have been threated if we return to Punta Gorda...

The green and eco-friendly building of the ACES / American Crocodile Educational Sanctuary where all burnt to the ground and the owner treated with dead if they come back.

We also feel sorry for all the crocodiles for loosing there home.

This sad story was also on facebook, where Cherie reported it to the public.

http://www.facebook.com/notes/cherie-renee-chenot-rose/aces-american-crocodile-educational-sanctuary-no-longer-exists/425044629162#!/aces.american.crocodiles

and in the Belize Forum

http://www.belizeforum.com/belize/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=182556&page=1

Many supporters in Belize and USA like to help Vince and Cherie and we hope ACES will have a future in Belize. The is a a lot of traffic and new about this incident, in blogs, forums, twitter, facebook and on mondy also in the Blezean News.

Cherie and Vince

The Crocodiles her need you, because there is now body else to protect and save them.

Please visit the Site from ACES

http://www.americancrocodilesanctuary.org/

where we also got his two pictures.

The New Belize STAR Newspaper Nr 238 is here

2010-08-08T18:08:00.000-06:00

"Owen Parham Detained with Jewelry
Stolen form Vega Mansion in Belmopan"

Here is the latest edition of the STAR Newspaper. Please use this Link to Download your copy
number 238 from August 8th 2010.

You can also find more
Belize News and Newspaper
on our:

Belize News & Newspaper Guide

Storm Alex is getting close to Belize

2010-06-26T07:43:00.000-06:00

Please be prepared as Storm Alex getting closer to Belize.
Alex can grow to a Hurricane category t 1 or 2

Please inform yourself at least twice a day.
You can use the local radio or TV stations, or visit the Belize Guide Weather page here.

Be ready now

For residents in Belize, have your emergency plan ready, stock up on food and gas and prep your home.

Better to early as to late. For resident of San Pedro and Caye Caulker, this is a good time to leave and go on the mainland to get shelter. High Wind impact is expected after 4 pm this afternoon in Cay Caulker and San Pedro.

Current Storm Warning for Belize

2010-06-25T18:27:00.000-06:00

Current Storm Warning, June 25^th 2010

There is a Tropical Depression south/east of Belize. Please inform yourself at least twice a day . It is possible that the depression can evolve to a Hurricane. The track shows, that the coastal areas to the north are the most exposed.

Please inform yourself at least twice a day. You can use the local radio or TV stations,

or visit the Belize Guide Weather page here.

For residents in Belize, have your emergency plan ready, stock up on food and gas and prep your home.

Better to early as to late.

The New Belize STAR Newspaper Nr 221 is here

2010-03-21T23:20:00.000-06:00

"Bing's Supermarket
Robbed Again"

Here is the latest edition of the STAR Newspaper. Please use this Link to Download your copy
number 221 from March 21th 2010.