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Giroy Sr. owns Monica's Pawn shop and says he has never done business with Goldbourne Adolphus.

PUP's Vibes Radio Goes Off Air

The PUP's official radio station Vibes Radio has gone off the air.

The official explanation we've heard is that they are closed for restructuring, but the unofficial word is that the station couldn't pay it's light bill which was in the Thousands of dollars.

According to KREM Radio, the station went off the air yesterday at about 1 p.m. and the lights went off shortly after.

Suicide Or Homicide?

This morning at around 6:00 am - a man was found hanging from a tree in the Lord's Ridge Cemetery by a white electrical wire. He was a man with dreadlocks wearing a camofluage outfit. Police have ruled it an apparent suicide and identified the deceased as Ryheem John VASQUEZ aka Franz Leopold WESTBY aka Red Lion.

The family though is not buying that suicide story and the staunchly believe it was murder.

They say that he had a son who he was living for and he never had any problems that were so drastic that would drive him to suicide. Additionally, they say that when they saw him in the hospital, his hands were bound.

The family says they are doing their own investigation to find out what actually took place.

BTB Rebounds With Sweet Sounds




Tourism has been rebounding from a year that saw a downturn in arrivals. And that's why the BTB and NICH are teaming up to greet those visitors by taking advantage of Belize's unmatched cultural cachet. Today they launched BELIZEAN BEATS... their latest initiative to 'woo' the growing number of tourists to our shores at Belize's International Airport. We found out what it's about

Yanick Dalhouse - Marketing Director, BTB
"It's been said by many scholars that music is the universal language of mankind. So what better way is there is for us to communicate our heart-felt welcome to the thousands travellers who traffic through our most significant port of entry, entering this country to not only physical beauties as Mother Nature's best kept secret, but to also experience and interact with the very soul of Belize, our people, our culture, than this music program. As the BTB, our goal to high sentiments is to searve as a welcoming first impression by able to provide visitors to up-to-date information about our country, which primarily speaks to the elements of their experience here. We also seek to provide them with information on those areas transcend the borders of the physical. Ladies and Gentlemen, I guess I must apologize to you, because we did tell you that you were invited to the launching of airport music program, and that it's fairly true in it's own right. Bu what we didn't tell you, is that you were invited to the birthing of a revolutionary initiative, that will effectively transcilliarate anything known as Mother Nature's best kept secret into a dialect that everyone understands. Together, with the National Institute of Culture and History, we know that initiative will positively redefine what it means to vacation here in Belize."

Shari Williams, Communications Director, NICH
We envision that in the next two years, we will have music program like this one, in every point of entry in Belize. We hope that all Belizeans and foreigners visiting the airport, should enjoy the music that will come to them. As it is said, if music is food of love, then play on."

And on that note, the first band to welcome visitors to the Jewel in this new BTB/NICH initiative, was the popular Garifuna band, Laru Beya Boys from down south, who welcomed passengers from both the American and Delta airlines arrivals this morning. So far the band has been hired to perform on Wednesdays and Fridays at the International airport.

Action! Adventure! Art! BDF Summer Camp

It's the 6th annual BDF Summer Camp but unlike the other camps this one provides for a career opportunity and today Jim McFadzean stopped by to get a sample of what it's about:

Jim McFadzean Reporting:

The BDF's 2011 summer camp is unlike any other. The top brass here knows the importance of image building, and that's why the hosting of more than 500 kids for the six year in a row translates to positive PR and a unique opportunity for force recruitment.

Lt. Col. David Jones - Chief of Staff, BDF
"Apart from the Normal surroundings at home, were they interact with their friends or relatives, and especially if they are not doing anything positive, we try and channel their eneregy into something positive, in a learning environment, learning discipline. So that when they return back to school, they can appreciate the need for authority, the respect for authority and team work, and they can implement it or spread it among their peers when they go back to school, when the go back to school."

The kids being hosted at this summer camp at Price Barracks come mostly from the Belize District and are in their second week of receiving diverse training and instructions in everything from basic computer literacy, to qualifying for the next National Football selection, Band competition, and making the best Belizean pastry or maybe even better yet, the next Picasso.

Jim McFadzean
"Have you ever had cooking experience before?

Camp participant
"No sir."

Jim McFadzean
"What made you decide to choose cooking over music or computer?"

Camp Participant
"Because I want to learn in the kitchen, and when my mother gets sick, I would be able to help her."

Khrystara Andrews - UB Student
"In this camp, we have learned to cook so many foods for breakfast, dessert. So many things we have learned to cook here. We baked cake, powder buns, johnny cakes, creole bun, fried jacks, and so much more."

Jim McFadzean
"What's the easiest part of cook?"

Khrystara Andrews
"The baking, that's the easiest thing to do in cook."

Jim McFadzean
"Why is it easy?"

Khrystara Andrews
"Because, all you have to do, is place your pastries in the oven, time it, and you check back when the time is up."

Jim McFadzean
"Have you tried anything besides pastries so far?"

Khrystara Andrews
"Yes, we have done breakfast, and different stuff for dinner dessert."

Lcpl Augustine Cecil - BDF Instructor
"These kids come here with no knowledge about cooking, so myself, along with the other instructor staff, are here to just teach them basic cooking, so that in the future - on weekends with their parents - they can help more or less something slight, to give their parents a helping hand, doing the cooking. So most of the time, we just try to work with them, with basic things when it comes to cooking."

Jim McFadzean
"Describe for us the art work that you are doing right now."

Camp Participant
"Well right now, Mr. Bennette is teaching us how to make a sunset. First you have to paint the back ground, then you can add figures that you want to add, such as trees, birds, and animals."

Jim McFadzean
"Why did you choose avionics?"

Lincoln Sanenz - King's College
"I chose it just to learn about parts of the plane, because I want to know the parts of plane, and parts of a car too."

Jim McFadzean
"So are you interested in a career with the BDF at any point?"

Lincoln Sanenz
"At my age, not yet."

Lt. Col. David Jones
"They start here from scratch, learning different skills, be it either painting, learning to play a different instrument, learning about the aircraft, playing a sport such as football, basketball, or volleyball, introduction to computer, assembling of computer. And for the next session of camps, we will have session of camps, we will have building construction, introduction to boat units, so they will learn how to operate and maneuver boats. When they start here, they start from scratch. So as they progress throughout the day, and after the end of the two weeks, they appreciate and they have a sense of accomplishment on what they have learned here."

And while Sanenz is not yet sure about his future with the BDF, Irving Hamilton and Jeffrin Usher say they are seriously interested in a career with the BDF.

Jim McFadzean
"What's your interest in aviation? Do you plan on joining the BDF at some point later on, after school?"

Irving Hamilton - Excelsior College
Yes, I will join them when I reach 18. I want to learn to fly planes as a pilot. I want to know the parts of a plane."

Jim McFadzean
"What interested you about this specific course in aviation."

Jeffrin Usher - Anglican Cathedral College
"You see, from the age of 7, planes were the only thing that I was always interested in: seeing them take off, just made me fall in love with it"

Jim McFadzean
"Any interests in a career, become a pilot or a mechanic in this field?

Jeffrin Usher
"Yes, the BDF camp over here needs a aviators, so I might be the next one."

And it's that type of attitude that the BDF hopes most of the kids attending Summer Camp 2011 will take away with them at the end of this two week camp.

The annual camp is being held simultaneously at both Fairweather Camp in Punta Gorda and Camp Belizario in the Cayo District. The current camp ends this Friday, July 22nd, and the next intake will go from August 11th thru August 12th.