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Privy Council Substitutes Manslaughter for Murder

Privy Council Substitutes Manslaughter for Murder

Friday, July 23, 2010 8:53

An appeal to the Privy Council by Kirk Gordon, convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, was allowed and the conviction of murder was reduced to manslaughter. The Privy Council gave its decision today and it has ...

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POLITICAL INTEREST IN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS: A CASE FOR REFORM – THE SOSA DEBACLE

Friday, July 23, 2010 8:50

By E. Andrew Marshalleck “On the 24th August, 1998, I was appointed as Chief Justice of Belize. On the 18th February, 1999 I was served with an Order in Supreme Court Action No. 73 of 1999 between James Jan Mohammed as Plaintiff and the Attorney General as Defendant in which it ...

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BWEL Flames U-19, Ladyville Rural Strikers, & Brown Bombers U-15 win in BDFA football

BWEL Flames U-19, Ladyville Rural Strikers, & Brown Bombers U-15 win in BDFA football

Friday, July 23, 2010 8:49

The Ladyville Rural Strikers, Brown Bombers under-15 teams both posted big wins in the Belize District Football Association summer football competition, while the BWEL Flames U-19 squad upset the U-19 Brown Bombers 3-2 and the Ladyville Rural Strikers girls ...

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Nizhee Corozal fighting for 4th spot in Belize Bank Superleague playoffs

Nizhee Corozal fighting for 4th spot in Belize Bank Superleague playoffs

Friday, July 23, 2010 8:48

A mid-week match will determine whether Nizhee Corozal will win the 4th spot in the Belize Bank Super League football playoffs, as a win would give Nizhee 23 pts to tie with Santa Elena Synergy, who also have 23pts ...

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Tuff E’Nuff, Guardian and FCIB/Quan Trading Co. win in Interoffice basketball

Tuff E’Nuff, Guardian and FCIB/Quan Trading Co. win in Interoffice basketball

Friday, July 23, 2010 8:46

The Tuff E’Nuff Tours, Guardian/ Housing and the FCIB/Quan Trading Co. posted wins in the 2010 Interoffice basketball competition at the Belize City Center last Friday, July 16. In Game 1 on Friday, undefeated Tuff e Nuff posted another win ...

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Bowen & Bowen posts back to back wins in Interoffice basketball

Bowen & Bowen posts back to back wins in Interoffice basketball

Friday, July 23, 2010 8:44

Bowen & Bowen posted back to back wins in the 2010 Interoffice basketball competition at the Belize City Center on Monday, July 19. In Game 1 on Monday, B.W.S.L. pressured Belize Healthcare/Central Cable 62-46. BWSL’s Benson Matthews top-scored with 19 ...

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Do you see anything to smile bout?

Friday, July 23, 2010 8:39

By: Mike Rudon Jr. A couple of the morning shows are good barometers of the mood of the people living the reality of modern day Belize. It’s not exactly about what the hosts are saying but about the cries of the callers - the frustration, the anger, the sense of ...

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Restoring Confidence in the Police

Friday, July 23, 2010 8:38

By anthony sylvestre A colleague of mine remarked the other day that the Ministers of government should be mandated to do drug testing, at least three times for the year. They do the ‘strangest’ things, he said. “And to think, they are the most powerful people in the country, whose decisions ...

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MARASMUS (Starvation) IN BELIZE

Friday, July 23, 2010 8:37

Contributed... Every so often we see the Ministry of Health (MOH) making good their Public Relations by the publishing of an entire page in the newspapers highlighting some workshop or the other, the Minister receiving some donation of equipment to put in some hospital and/or himself making a presentation of some ...

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Housing for the Poor?

Housing for the Poor?

Friday, July 16, 2010 9:17

“The land that you spoke about, that you showed by way of the television images, he told you that what the group wants to do with that land is to a number of projects including the setting up ...

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