Sunday, December 9, 2012
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THE BELIZE TIMES
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SUNDAY December 9, 2012
Issue No. 4825
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$168m drug case crumbles
The November 2010 case involving the largest drug seizure in Belize’s history has collapsed at the Supreme Court
Farrakhan CANCELS
Belize City, December 5, 2012 Minister Louis Farrakhan has cancelled his meeting with Dean Barrow and his tour of visits to Belize. On Wednesday at 10:42am, the BELIZE TIMES received an email from the local coordinator for the visit of the Islamic leader, Nuri Muhammad, breaking the depressingly bad news of the cancellation. We do not know if the Hon. Minister had been reading the BELIZE
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A BELIZE TIMES Exclusive Belize City, December 5, 2012 Belize’s biggest drug case collapsed early Tuesday morning, December 4th, in the culture capital of Dangriga. Thirty out of fifty six witnesses had trickled through the Supreme Court of Justice Dennis Hanomansingh since Monday 12 November to Friday 30 November when the prosecution closed its case. The prosecution had made some effort to locate
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Bondholders reject Barrow AGAIN
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“We may be missing the window for a timely resolution.” - AJ Mediratta, co-chair of the bondholders committee
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Editorial: Barrow’s Plot of Tyranny The BELIZE TIMES recalls that exactly two years ago on December 8, 2010 the UDP did what no government had done before. It attacked the long established freedom of the press which had been expanded by the PUP who had freed up monopoly radio and introduced legislation to enhance freedom of expression, such as the Freedom of Information Act.
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Think About It The safeguard Belizeans have is the Constitution and the Judiciary. Some Magistrates have been contaminated. They are fearful for their jobs. They will remand citizens when there is no justification for doing so. Some Magistrates are remanding persons for frivolous reasons.
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Oil refinery – viable and necessary! Freeing the albatross around the necks of Belizeans that the high fuel prices have become would enable the productive sector to expand, invest, and employ.
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