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Fisherman Remanded to Prison for Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Friday, April 30, 2010 8:28

BELIZE CITY, Wed. April 28, 2010 Cruz Encalada, 20, a fisherman of #20 Perez Road, Ladyville, who allegedly had sex with a 15 year old female high school student, was charged with unlawful carnal knowledge when he appeared ...

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Gentle Remanded To Prison on Charge of Robbery of Firearm

Gentle Remanded To Prison on Charge of Robbery of Firearm

Friday, April 30, 2010 8:25

BELIZE CITY, Wed. April 28, 2010 Mark Gentle, 25, who was wanted by the Police in connection with the robbery of a firearm, was taken to Court on Monday, April 26, after Police detained him on Saturday, April ...

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US Citizen Charged For Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition

US Citizen Charged For Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition

Friday, April 30, 2010 8:23

BELIZE CITY, Wed. April 28, 2010 American national Nathaniel Bowen Jr., 19, who the Police alleged they saw throw away a firearm, was charged with keeping a firearm and ammunition without a gun license when he appeared in ...

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Student and ReadyCall Supervisor Freed Of Robbery Charge

Student and ReadyCall Supervisor Freed Of Robbery Charge

Friday, April 30, 2010 8:22

BELIZE CITY, Wed. April 28, 2010 Two men, Pedro Pena, 27 and Omar Espat, 19, who were charged with robbery when they appeared in the #6 Magistrate’s Court on Monday, April 26, were fortunate when the complainant Kenroy ...

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Bus Conductor Charged With 2 Counts of Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Bus Conductor Charged With 2 Counts of Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Friday, April 30, 2010 8:20

BELIZE CITY, Wed. April 28, 2010 Felipe Kotch, 33, bus conductor of Benque Viejo Del Carmen who allegedly had sex with a 15 year old high school student inside the bus he works on, was charged with 2 ...

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Violence and the Health of a Nation

Friday, April 30, 2010 8:15

It’s not just the victims who “get shot.” “We, as a nation, ‘get shot.’” Bernard E. Bulwer, MD Director of Medical Services—KHMH April 26, 2010. It may not go down well with my mom that last week I took a walk after dark (alone) in my old neighbourhood, ...

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Real P.U.P. My A$$!

Friday, April 30, 2010 8:13

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Just a little over two years ago, right around the time of the P.U.P. leadership convention, I heard the term 100% P.U.P. That was the absolutely first time that I got the inkling that there were different degrees of PUP-ness, so to speak; that if a ...

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Two of a kind

Friday, April 30, 2010 8:10

On Thursday Belize Rural South Area Representative Manuel “Junior” Heredia and San Pedro Mayor Elsa “Macu” Paz appeared on the local island airwaves to, according to them, “listen to the concerns of the people.”  For them to go on the local media made both elected officials look even more ridiculous. ...

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Crooked Tree Gov’t School girls repeat as national softball champs

Friday, April 30, 2010 8:09

The Crooked Tree Government School girls won their 2nd back to back national softball championship in the national tournament held by the National Sports Council at the home of softball, the Rogers Stadium last Friday. In Game 1, ...

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Burrell Boom Methodist School boys win national softball champs

Burrell Boom Methodist School boys win national softball champs

Friday, April 30, 2010 8:08

The Burrell Boom Methodist School boys were the national softball champions in the national tournament held by the National Sports Council at the home of softball, the Rogers Stadium last Friday. In Game 1, the Stann Creek district ...

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