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Archive for March, 2010

UDP Politics as Usual…

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:19

No protest you say… The Prime Minister on Friday very smugly stated that there was nobody outside on Independence Hill protesting against the United Democratic Party and their budget for 2010/11. He said it as if to state ...

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Two More Murders in the City…

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:13

Two men joined the growing list of names on the Police blotter of unsolved murders. While they were allegedly good friends, they reportedly led very different lives. One was a "no nonsense, let's settle it now" kind of person while the other was the neighbourhood's errand man, willing to do almost any favour to make ...

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Why are Belizeans being prevented from settling at Ml 41?

Why are Belizeans being prevented from settling at Ml 41?

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:11

For the past three weeks now there has been a stir at mile 41 on the Western Highway, prompted when a group of Belizeans who have invested monies to developed an abandoned piece of private land were ordered to ...

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BDF Corporal Remanded on Ammunition Charge

BDF Corporal Remanded on Ammunition Charge

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:09

Belize Defence Force Corporal Dennis Ireland, 24, who was allegedly found with one round of 5.56 ammunition, was charged with keeping ammunition without a gun license when he appeared today in the #5 Magistrate’s Court. Ireland, who ...

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Cal Charged With Murder Freed By Nolle Prosequi

Cal Charged With Murder Freed By Nolle Prosequi

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:06

Pedro Cal, 19, charged with the murder of Dison Diaz who was fatally stabbed in his abdomen with a chisel, was freed of the charge today in the Court of Justice Troadio Gonzalez when a nolle prosequi, ...

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Freelance Reporter Beaten and Robbed At Gunpoint

Freelance Reporter Beaten and Robbed At Gunpoint

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:04

Two men who allegedly jacked freelance reporter and photographer Roy Davis, 56, at gunpoint, were charged when they appeared today in the #1 Magistrate’s ...

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Palmer Charged With 2 Counts of Theft and Using Threatening Words

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:01

Michael Usher, 33, a.k.a. “Palmer”, was charged with 2 counts of theft and 1 count of threatening words when he appeared today in the #4 Magistrate’s Court. Usher pled not guilty to the charges. He was offered ...

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LEAD OR LEAVE!

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:58

Budget Debate Speech by: Hon. John Briceño Leader of the Opposition Belmopan, Belize, Thursday, 25 March 2010 All across this nation Belizeans are saying that there is something terribly wrong in our country. All across the nation our people are saying that the government cannot deliver on their promises. All across the ...

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This ain’t a game Jack…

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:57

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I’ve come to the conclusion that the people we elected to represent us in the House of Representatives don’t take us very seriously at all. Before elections, we’re very, very important. On Election Day, from the opening of polls to the closing of polls, we’re the ...

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Barrow is bogus

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:56

by glenntillett@yahoo.com The violent crime situation in the old Capital is so bad that nearly everyone I have spoken to over the past few months that don’t live in Belize City have expressed some reservations about visiting the City. Some have told me that they no longer go to the City ...

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