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In yet another story out of Hattieville prison, authorities there today transferred seventeen Guatemalan inmates who will serve the remainder of their sentences across the border. The move was supervised by Guatemalan Charge d’Affaires in Belize Carlos Avila along with Prison Chairman John Woods, Executive Governor Bernard Adolphus and Ombudsman Paul Rodriguez. The release of […]
Written on July 4, 2000 | Posted in
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In a follow up to a story we reported yesterday police have charged a man in last Friday’s killing of 16-year old Shawn Meighan. He is 28-year old construction worker Jesus Alfredo Ayuso. Meighan was stabbed in the stomach and pronounced dead on arrival at the KHMH. Meighan and Ayuso had allegedly been involved in […]
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For the first time in recent memory Belizean lawyers, magistrates, members of the police department and other representatives of the justice system met under the theme, “Prosecution: The Way Forward”. The seminar’s main objectives were to promote collaboration between the different parts of the legal framework as well as to cultivate links with international partners. […]
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Complaints over the nation’s public transport system have long been a staple of the news media and today the buses were once again back in the news. This time the problems centred in the North as a labour dispute threatened to curtail one of the country’s busiest runs. Business was temporarily shut down today at […]
Written on July 3, 2000 | Posted in
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A Belize City man is dead after being stabbed on Friday night. According to police reports, around 7 o’clock, 16-year old Shawn Meighan was fatally wounded on Lavender Street by a 27-year old construction worker; that man’s name has been withheld by police pending charges. Apparently, Meighan and his attacker had been involved in a […]
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His name has been linked to BDF volunteer corps for the past 22 years but now that’s about to change. That’s right, Francis Usher, commander of the Volunteer Battalion today handed over control to Lt. Colonel Edmund Zuniga. The change of command ceremony took place this morning at the Fairweather and Salamanca Camps in the […]
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Mexico has a new President and he’s a “Fox”, Vicente Fox that is. On his 58th birthday, Vicente Fox of the National Action Party (PAN) was chosen to become the next President of Mexico, breaking the 70-year political reign of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Mexico’s Ambassador to Belize, Enrique Hubbard, told News Five this […]
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Today one person from every district became $2000 richer as consistent Courts shoppers cashed in as part of the company’s 2000 and Win campaign. Isoline Banos may live in Belize City, but she won for San Ignacio. Homer Ivan Tamay is Orange Walk’s winner; Wayne Jones is the lucky man from Belmopan, while Peter Whyte […]
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Good evening I’m James Adderly and we’re here to dish you up another serving of Sports Monday. With the BFL football season completed and the National Basketball team off to the 15th CARICOM championships at Barbados, the focus switched to the visit of the National Volleyball Team of El Salvador for a head on collision […]
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