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The body of well-known taxi driver Roy Geban was found this morning, with several gunshot wounds. Geban, usually worked his trade on Albert Street in front of Nova Scotia Bank. Last night at a quarter to seven, he left home as usual and when he did not return that night, his father assumed he was […]
Written on October 26, 2000 | Posted in
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An elderly man today lost his life in a hit and run accident. Early this morning sixty-six year old Owen Hughdonald Welcome was taking his usual walk when he was knocked down and killed by a speeding vehicle. News Five spoke to Welcome’s daughter, who says the suspect should have at least tried to help. […]
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A group of women are sharpening their skills over a six-month period to work in a field, which has long been set aside for men. Ann-Marie Williams has the story. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Today a group of Belizean women stepped outside their traditional space and entered into a different world of work. A skills programme […]
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This morning official ceremonies marking the opening of a soybean processing plant were held in Spanish Lookout. The plant now opens a new area in agricultural production for Belizean farmers and promises to boost foreign exchange in the country. Presently Belize imports approximately twenty million dollars worth of soybean products and another ten million dollars […]
Written on October 26, 2000 | Posted in
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