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The Opposition United Democratic Party has accused the government of trying to revoke the appointments of the Chief Justice and Judge of the Court of Appeal. The accusation took the [...]
Written on October 21, 1998 | Posted in
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If you thought that this month’s big media story is the demise of the B.C.B., it may be time to take another look. Today News Five has confirmed that a [...]
Written on October 21, 1998 | Posted in
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Since the People’s Democratic Party formed four years ago, there has never been as much internal confusion as what took place today at the offices of P.D.P. party leader, Estevan [...]
Written on October 21, 1998 | Posted in
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At yesterday’s weekly Cabinet meeting the issue of village governance was examined through a review of the draft of the Village Council Bill. This will be tabled at the next [...]
Written on October 21, 1998 | Posted in
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In other government news, the Forestry Advisory Committee held its first meeting last week in Belize City. The committee, appointed by the Prime Minister and Minister of Natural resources and [...]
Written on October 21, 1998 | Posted in
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The new management team for the Belize Tourist Board has been selected. Joining the Director of Tourism, Valerie Woods and her Deputy Director for marketing and public relations Tracy Taegar [...]
Written on October 21, 1998 | Posted in
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When we think of U.C.B. most people picture a campus full of serious students hurrying to and from their classes. But this week, the students have come out from behind [...]
Written on October 21, 1998 | Posted in
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The Caribbean Congress of Labor is meeting in Belize this week and has held a series of workshops and seminars. Earlier this week the issues were telecommunications and new trends [...]
Written on October 21, 1998 | Posted in
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Yesterday we brought you the story of a housing construction scheme that gives Centre for Employment Training students hands on experience in building. Today those students experienced the satisfaction of [...]
Written on October 21, 1998 | Posted in
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It was a bloody murder done execution style in broad daylight at a gas station in downtown Belize City, just a few yards away from a primary school packed with [...]
Written on October 20, 1998 | Posted in
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An investigating team was sent today to the crash site of a B.D.F. Defender aircraft. The twin engine plane was on reconnaissance patrol over the Orange Walk District when it [...]
Written on October 20, 1998 | Posted in
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A delegation of Belizeans has returned from Washington where they sought U.S. support for a proposed European banana agreement. The four-member team, led by Minister of Agriculture Dan Silva, formed [...]
Written on October 20, 1998 | Posted in
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In political news one of Belize’s minor electoral forces, that is the People’s Democratic Party, today announced the names of its recently elected party officials. According to a release, at [...]
Written on October 20, 1998 | Posted in
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The Conscious Youth Development Programme which has up to this point addressed the needs of young men is now reaching out to their female counterparts. C.Y.D.P. is holding a job [...]
Written on October 20, 1998 | Posted in
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You don’t have to take out a huge bank loan and wait months and months for workers to build your dream home. Not if you are willing to downsize your [...]
Written on October 20, 1998 | Posted in
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It hasn’t even been six months, but to most of us — whether we walk or drive — it seems like an eternity since the Belize City Swing Bridge was [...]
Written on October 20, 1998 | Posted in
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A B.D.F. plane crash landed this afternoon but we are happy to report that the occupants walked away unhurt. The twin engine Defender was on reconnaissance patrol over the Orange [...]
Written on October 19, 1998 | Posted in
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It’s a story that has been in the news for almost a week now and the more details that emerge, the more questions arise about the chilling discovery of a [...]
Written on October 19, 1998 | Posted in
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A musician from San Ignacio drowned over the weekend. Reports are that thirty-two year old Anibal Lanza of Cahal Pech area had been swimming in the river on Sunday afternoon [...]
Written on October 19, 1998 | Posted in
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The Western Highway was a dangerous place for pedestrians over the weekend. Around four o’clock on Saturday morning police picked up the body of twenty-three year old Chema Alve Suarez [...]
Written on October 19, 1998 | Posted in
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Earlier this month it was a San Pedro accounts clerk whose clever bookwork landed her a jail cell at Hattieville. A week and a half later, three Belize City gas [...]
Written on October 19, 1998 | Posted in
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Two Belize City men who terrorized a neighborhood on Friday night appear to have inflicted more injuries by hitting people with their guns than by firing them. Marlon Budd told [...]
Written on October 19, 1998 | Posted in
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The regional air carrier TACA has always been well known for its generous and attentive in flight service, but if you wanted the wider seats and added legroom associated with [...]
Written on October 19, 1998 | Posted in
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The Reconstruction and Development Corporation has announced that in the interest of proper financial management, they will be forced to let go a number of staff members. RECONDEV says that [...]
Written on October 19, 1998 | Posted in
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As Caribbean countries get ready to face the many challenges of the twenty first century, telecommunication companies in particular, are being encouraged to create a more competitive environment that will [...]
Written on October 19, 1998 | Posted in
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