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Just when you thought that this Sunday’s P.U.P. convention was going to be a boring coronation of Francis Fonseca, along comes a suddenly awakened Johnny Briceño to rekindle his campaign for party leader. News Five’s Stewart Krohn was on hand for the re-launching in Orange Walk. John Briceño, Re-launches Candidacy “Ladies and gentlemen, I am […]
Written on March 25, 2008 | Posted in
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Considering that it was a four day holiday weekend and that we are in the midst of an epidemic of fatal violence, the fact that there is only one murder to report tonight can almost be considered good news. That’s how bad things are. The fact is that every homicide brings more than its share […]
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The weekend’s second reported shooting occurred in Independence Village about three hours later. This time, it would leave a man in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the right side of the chest and abdomen. Twenty-two year old Nicholas Swazo told police that someone inside a green Ford Ranger pickup shot him as he walked […]
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Orange Walk police have two cases of sexual assault on their hands. In the first case, the twenty-five year old victim said she awoke around two-thirty on Saturday morning to find a man in front of her bed. The woman reported to police that the man muffled her screams for help with a blanket then […]
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Reports from Ambergris Caye indicate that another boatload of Cubans washed ashore over the weekend. This photo of the group was taken in San Pedro on Saturday evening. Details could not be confirmed but it is believed their boat experienced engine problems. They are currently in the custody of the Immigration Department. Other boat people […]
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The new Prime Minister may have pledged to bring down the cost of fuel but, as many politicians have learned the hard way, talk is cheaper than petroleum. Saying that government is absorbing half the latest increase in acquisition costs, a press office release has announced that effective Sunday premium gasoline rose to nine ninety-five […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we certainly hope you had a wonderful Easter Holiday and it is indeed our pleasure to bring you this portion of Sports Monday. A grand total of one hundred and seventeen athletes, featuring eighteen teams and including twenty-five foreign cyclists from as far North as the United States and […]
Written on March 25, 2008 | Posted in
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