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The scenario brings to mind the tragic images of the movie “Open Water”…four SCUBA divers missing at sea since Saturday, presumably still bobbing somewhere on the deep blue sea outside the Barrier Reef. At news time there were reports of what may have been an aerial sighting some twenty miles east of Glover’s Reef, with […]
Written on October 24, 2005 | Posted in
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The result may not have come as much of a surprise, but Zenaida Moya’s resounding victory in Sunday’s U.D.P. Belize City mayoral convention, coupled with the massive turnout left no doubt that the Opposition will pose a serious threat to P.U.P. rule in the old capital. Karla Heusner reports from the grounds of the Anglican […]
Written on October 24, 2005 | Posted in
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A young woman from Orange Walk was killed on Saturday when her vehicle rolled over on the road near Flower’s Bank Village. Nineteen year old Reina Mendoza was driving her Honda Accord from Burrell Boom towards Bermudian Landing when a dump truck driven by Kirk Bood tried to overtake her car, but touched the bumper. […]
Written on October 24, 2005 | Posted in
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A traffic accident on the Western Highway on Sunday night has left four persons in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. According to Cayo police, initial investigations reveal that around eight p.m. forty six year old Dennis Murray was driving a bus transporting football players from a game in San Ignacio back to their home base […]
Written on October 24, 2005 | Posted in
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A Belize City businessman has been convicted of rape. Forty-eight year old Dennis Gabourel was found guilty on a single count of rape plus a charge of aggravated assault by a jury on Friday evening following three hours of deliberations. The charges arose out of events occurring on September nineteenth 2003, when Gabourel’s ex-common-law wife […]
Written on October 24, 2005 | Posted in
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Three men have been charged in connection with the robbery of a Corozal money changer last week. Eric Savery, Keith Nunez, and Edward Gonzalez have all been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, while Savery and Nunez have been additionally charged with robbery. Jorge Margarito Sima reported the men robbed him of fifty thousand dollars […]
Written on October 24, 2005 | Posted in
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He was missing in action at his first hearing, but when he showed up in court today, the man accused of shooting at a cop learned that justice can be swift. Thirty-one year old Lincoln Robinson pleaded guilty to four charges resulting from an exchange of gunfire near Queen’s Square Anglican School a year ago. […]
Written on October 24, 2005 | Posted in
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Have you ever imagined what your life would be like raising a child with a disability? Where would you get information, or support? Well up to now, the one hundred and sixty members of the Parents Association for Children with Special Needs had to try and share their experience and knowledge as best they could. […]
Written on October 24, 2005 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Good evening, I?m James Adderley with today?s dish of Sports Monday. Week seven of the RFG Cup Tournament found Kremandala inside the M.C.C. Grounds in action against the Placencia Pirates, with the city team still looking for its first home win of the season. As a result, they opt for the fast start with Ernest […]
Written on October 24, 2005 | Posted in
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