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Nov 18, 09 |
Musician says life was at risk at Southern Regional Hospital
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There is one more allegation to add to a long and growing list of charges of negligence in the national health system. This latest claim comes from a popular local performer who finds himself recuperating at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after h...[Read More] |
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Nov 18, 09 |
Flores Bus owner and 4 supporters protest U.D.P. headquarters
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The Flores Bus Line that runs the Ladyville/Lords Bank route already has a legal matter with the Transport Department before the courts. The injunction came after the Department suspended Flores Bus Line from operating for a month, during which his ...[Read More] |
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Nov 18, 09 |
Transport Minister says bus owners keep breaking regulations
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But this afternoon, Minister of Transport, Melvin Hulse, said the problem lies with the same ring of bus owners who keep breaking the regulations and the schedules.
Melvin Hulse, Minister of Transport
“Anytime yoh hear people noh get something yo...[Read More] |
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Nov 17, 09 |
‘Clear the Land’ Castro tries to take privately owned land
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He is known as “Clear the Land,” that’s Minister of State Edmund Castro who is the area representative for Belize Rural North. And true to his name, one family that has been residing in Sandhill, is claiming the minister is attempting to do just that...[Read More] |
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Nov 13, 09 |
Crooked Tree land dispute takes another turn
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On Thursday in Crooked Tree, the family of Jossiah Adolphus rounded up their neighbours in protest against the family of Muriel Tillett that is claiming one point five acres of the land they believe is rightfully theirs. News Five followed up today w...[Read More] |
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Nov 13, 09 |
Attorney tells the father’s side of custody case
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Richard and Gesenia Cook are still legally married, but they are involved in
a battle over custody of their child. In 2005, media houses in Belize and the United States picked up the story when Gesenia said that Richard returned to live in the Uni...[Read More] |
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Nov 12, 09 |
Father kidnapped daughter, but case dragging in court
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Two years ago News Five ran the story of Gesenia Cook, a Belizean mother who was pleading for information on the whereabouts of her then five year old daughter Zoe Kathryn. Zoe’s father, U.S. citizen Donald Richard Cook, had taken the girl to the Un...[Read More] |
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Nov 12, 09 |
Twisted land dispute in Crooked Tree
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Emotions were running high in the village of Crooked Tree today after a single mother was evicted from her home. That’s only a part of the story because it involves a parcel of land that was purchased back in 1937 by Jossiah Adolphus from Ann Henriet...[Read More] |
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Nov 10, 09 |
Family finds out the cause of newborn’s death
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Marisol Elizabeth Perez died one hour after she was born on Sunday and her parents attribute the tragedy to hospital negligence. It is not an unfamiliar allegation and a check of our archives shows that Marisol was the seventh child to pass away unde...[Read More] |
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Nov 10, 09 |
City residents complain from the crevices of potholed streets
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There was a huge cry from City residents last year for the City Council to do something about the deplorable conditions of Albert and Regent Streets in downtown Belize City. The main thoroughfares were a nightmare to drive on. Finally, this year in ...[Read More] |
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