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NEWS FLASH! -- 7.1 EARTHQUAKE OFF HONDURAS SHAKES BELIZE, BUT ONLY MINOR DAMAGE REPORTED --NO SWINE FLU REPORTED IN BELIZE -- BLACKOUTS SI Y NO? -- TRAVEL WRITER UPDATING BELIZE GUIDEBOOK --GAS AND DIESEL PRICES BOUNCE BACK UP TO NEAR US$4 A GALLON --TWO HOTEL MANAGERS MURDERED --INCREASE IN CRIME ON CAYE CAULKER --INFLATION UP TO 6.4% IN 2008 --INTERNATIONAL TOURISM ARRIVALS DOWN --GLOBAL RECESSION AND WEAK U.S. HOUSING MARKET HAVING IMPACT ON REAL ESTATE AND TOURISM IN BELIZE |
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Tale of Two Retirement Towns:
Corozal, Belize, and Boquete, Panama
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Corozal Town, Belize
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| Lan "The-Belize-Answer-Man" Sluder is editor of Belize First Magazine and the author of several books on Belize, including San Pedro Cool, Belize First Guide to Mainland Belize, Adapter Kit: Belize and Living Abroad in Belize. His new guidebook, Fodor's Belize 2008, is now in bookstores worldwide. If he can't answer your question, he'll find someone who can. | |||||
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