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On Tuesday’s newscast we referred to him as the consummate survivor… and today Gian Ghandi added to his already impressive reputation by not only surviving but instead snagging a major new post with government. On Tuesday the Government Press Office reported that Ghandi had been terminated from a thirteen-year stint as Solicitor General. The departing […]
Written on October 20, 1999 | Posted in
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One week after forty-four year old Winston Burgess was gunned down outside the Caribbean Shipping Agency on Albert Street, the Criminal Investigations Branch says they are about to bring charges against two young men. Eric Savery and Gregory Goff are in custody and should be charged sometime Thursday. Inspector Mario Vernon, Head of C.I.B. says […]
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If you’ve been on a waiting list for a telephone, you may not have to wait much longer. B.T.L. is already installing fixed wireless phones in San Pedro and will begin hooking up customers in Belize City up to miles four and a half, Ladyville, Orange Walk and Belmopan in December. This week B.T.L. signed […]
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The CuBel houses may be going up, but the old wooden houses in Belize City keep on coming down. Today another house, this time on Frederick Alley, came crashing down. And just like the last one on Cemetery Road in July, the occupants were inside at the time. Three children were injured and the entire […]
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On the thirtieth of October it will be one year since Juliet Soberanis died after her valiant fight with cancer. This outspoken woman will be remembered this Saturday during the Cancer Walk from Ladyville to Belize City not only because she started the event and helped to form the Belize Cancer Society, but because she […]
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