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Archive for December, 2010

An Attack on Democracy

Monday, December 20, 2010 11:09

Dear Prime Minister, I write to you as a citizen of this great nation, however I thought long and hard prior to putting ink to paper for the mere fact that our country has a long history of victimizing differences of opinion. However, I am confident that your administration and you ...

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The Worst of Times

Monday, December 20, 2010 11:08

Six months ago Prime Minister Dean Oliver Barrow stood in front of a graduating class of the University of Belize and in typical grandstanding fashion quoted Dickens from the Tale of Two Cities to describe the state of affairs of our nation. But when Mr. Barrow perched his spectacles on ...

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TINGS DRED!

TINGS DRED!

Monday, December 20, 2010 11:07

It’s the Economy, Stupid… In 1992 when Bill Clinton used the term – It’s the economy, Stupid – to attack George W. Bush for his economic cluelessness it was a different time and a different location but the phrase ...

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UDP = RICH vs. POOR

UDP = RICH vs. POOR

Monday, December 20, 2010 11:06

At the UDP convention held in Orange Walk East on Sunday, Vega’s horse Landy Burns crossed the finish line miles ahead of incumbent Marcel Cardona and new challenger in OW East Denny Grijalva. But even as Vega’s boy Landy Burns ...

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WILL PATRICK FABER RESIGN?

WILL PATRICK FABER RESIGN?

Monday, December 20, 2010 11:03

As we go to press, reliable sources have reported that UDP Chairman and Barrow clone Patrick Faber has threatened to resign his post in the Party. That move, we are told, comes on the heels of an overtly hostile confrontation ...

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Bam Si Deh…

Friday, December 10, 2010 11:43

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Belize’s very own home-styled tin-pot dictator is acting up again, feeling his oats and swinging his mighty rod to and fro, so to speak. This time he has a new target – the media and that little thing we tend to call freedom of the press. ...

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Mike Sosa Completes Advanced Tennis Coaching Course

Mike Sosa Completes Advanced Tennis Coaching Course

Friday, December 10, 2010 11:43

Belizean Tennis Trainer Mr. Mike Sosa recently returned from the island of Antigua after having successfully completed an Advanced Tennis Coaches’ Course (Level 2) administered by tennis experts from the International Tennis Federation. The goal of the 12 day, 74 hour ...

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BEL Power-sockets, O’Henry Barber Shop & BCC win in Inter-office softball playoffs

BEL Power-sockets, O’Henry Barber Shop & BCC win in Inter-office softball playoffs

Friday, December 10, 2010 11:40

The BEL Power-sockets, Nestle’s O’Henry Barber Shop and the Belize City Council all scored wins in the Belize City interoffice softball playoffs at the home of softball at the Rogers Stadium on Sunday, December 5. In Game 1, the BEL ...

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Sadie Vernon boys win Game 1 of CSSSA basketball finals

Sadie Vernon boys win Game 1 of CSSSA basketball finals

Friday, December 10, 2010 11:39

The Sadie Vernon Technical High School boys upset the defending CSSSA champs, the Gwen Liz High School boys 81-69 in Game 1 of the Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) basketball championship finals at the Belize City Center on ...

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Gwen Liz wins Game 1 of CSSSA basketball finals

Gwen Liz wins Game 1 of CSSSA basketball finals

Friday, December 10, 2010 11:38

The 4x-peat national female basketball champs, the Gwen Liz High School girls took Game 1 of the Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) basketball championship finals in a 36-18 blowout of the Wesley college girls at the Belize ...

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