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The ante has been raised in the ongoing dispute between Belize’s labour movement and the government as the Christian Workers Union has joined the strike and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize has given Belmopan an ultimatum. That ultimatum says that if the demands for a rollback of new taxes and the granting of […]
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Since the passage of the now infamous budget and its equally infamous reaction, Prime Minister Said Musa has left Government’s public relations in the hands of a small corps of cabinet ministers, primarily Godfrey Smith, Jose Coye and Francis Fonseca. But today the P.M., following a public appearance in Independence Village, sat down for a […]
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Politics |
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The war against AIDS is being fought on many fronts and today those on the battle line in Belize came one step closer to preventing transmission of HIV from mother to child. Three private companies have pooled their resources to come up with over forty thousand dollars that will allow the Central Medical Laboratory to […]
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Health |
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Corozal Police have arrested and charged one man in connection with a chopping incident that has left two men hospitalized. According to police, the accused attacker is twenty-one year old Nelson Acosta of a College Road address in Corozal Town. Police reports are that thirty-five year old Moses Hall and seventeen-year-old Edgar Martinez were standing […]
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Crime |
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There might have been a technical glitch along the way but on Tuesday night, five more contestants in Channel 5’s Karaoke competition sang for fame and fortune. Only one of them, however, could be the winner. William Neal, Host, KTV ?The winner for tonight?s KTV competition is no other than contestant…number four.? Felicita Arzu of […]
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