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Three divers who endured two and a half days bobbing in the deep blue sea are gradually returning to health. In fact, fifty year old John Bain of Wisconsin was discharged from the Universal Health Services hospital today and was last seen heading south in a rental vehicle. Nancy Masters of Oregon and Yutaka Maeda, […]
Written on October 26, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight Belize City police continue to look for a man who held up a family by their vending stand and stole their day’s sales. Santos Zabaleta told police that around four on Tuesday evening she was along with her husband Fermin Zabaleta and other family members at the Queen Square Market when a man approached […]
Written on October 26, 2005 | Posted in
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Small marijuana busts are hardly big news in Belize, but you’ve got to wonder about the two guys caught Tuesday at Hattieville Prison. Thirty year old Dorian Michael and thirty-two year old Max Williams were arraigned today for drug trafficking after they allegedly tried to smuggle around four ounces of the herb into the facility […]
Written on October 26, 2005 | Posted in
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Hit and run: it’s a crime that leaves its victim dead or injured and invariably leaves family and friends crying out for justice… and closure. The latest outrage on the road occurred in the Toledo District. Felicia Ramclam, Sister of Accident Victim ?We need to work this out you know. It?s not like we will […]
Written on October 26, 2005 | Posted in
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The blockade of Cuba. It’s been a fact of life in U.S. politics for four decades… but for the people of Cuba it is literally a matter of life and death. Today the Cuban Embassy in Belize held a press conference to seek support for an end to the economic sanctions and lobby for a […]
Written on October 26, 2005 | Posted in
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This morning, the Young Women’s Christian Association officially opened its latest programme to the public: a beauty salon. The new service not only promises to assist students at the Y but Belizeans now have the opportunity to be pampered at very affordable prices. Peace Corp Volunteer Beth Preston, who was one of the first customers, […]
Written on October 26, 2005 | Posted in
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This afternoon, FirstCaribbean International Bank announced the names of this year’s National Unsung Heroes during brief ceremonies at their Albert Street headquarters in Belize City. They are Gloria Edwards and Sebastian Cayetano. Edwards served as an educator for forty-one years. During her tenure, she rose to the post of principal of Grace Chapel Primary School […]
Written on October 26, 2005 | Posted in
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