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Search results for "Belize" ...

  • Troubled Waters

    The authors investigated a dive company in Belize after one of its customers, Abigail Brinkman, died. They found questionable practices and a history of incidents. The company, Advance Dive, and dive master Vance Cabral were found to have put people's lives at risk for profit. On Dec 14, 2006, Belize's Licensing Committee announced their decision to refuse to renew Advance Diving Tours tour operator’s license for a period of 5 years.

    Tags: Scuba diving; snorkeling; Belize; Abigail Brinkman; Vance Cabral; Advance Dive; water safety; tourism; tour operators

    By Kevin Rader;Steve Rhodes;Holly W. Stephen

    WTHR-TV (Indianapolis)

    2005

  • EPZ Money

    Wired Magazine tells the story of Jim and Nick, two old friends who started an online gambling casino based in Belize. Besides merely telling their story, Schone also explains the status of the online gaming industry.

    Tags: online gambling; gaming; Internet; casino; Black 33; blackjack

    By Mark Schone

    Wired Magazine

    2000

  • No title (id: 6309)

    Houston Chronicle examines the depletion of tropical forests; looks at how tropical forests affect world climate, environment and economics; also looks at Houston's link to the forests, including hospitals using medicines made from forest products and Houston businesses that own large tracts of land in Belize, June 1988.

    Tags: Dawson Ponti Costa Rica Monteverde Conservation League

    By None

    Houston Chronicle

    1988

  • No title (id: 4495)

    Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) reveals the growing importance of the drug smuggling industry to the tiny Central American country of Belize, Sept. 9, 1985.

    Tags: None

    By None

    Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.)

    1985