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“Nada” for “Ashcroft Alliance” at CCJ

5-member panel of CCJ judges concurred that they would not permit the “leapfrogging” of the lower courts in Belize. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), via video conferencing this afternoon, announced that it would stay hearings on the constitutional challenge by the Ashcroft Alliance, specifically Dean Boyce, former chairman of the executive committee of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), and British Caribbean Bank (BCB), who had separately filed suits against the Attorney General and the Minister of Public Utilities, challenging first the 2009 nationalization of BTL, and subsequently, the 2011 nationalization, which Government had effected to correct perceived flaws in the first nationalization.
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Burthen Garoy, 26, shot 6 times

He was found dead on the Boom-Hattieville Road... Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a Belize City resident whose bullet-ridden body was found off the side of the Burrell Boom-Hattieville Road on Tuesday night.
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Police late, kidnapped Concepcion woman rescued by villagers!

A case of apparent kidnapping in Concepcion, Corozal District, ended in the safe recovery of the would-be hostage, as her kidnappers fled from family members and concerned villagers who united to mount a rescue operation.
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1,098 got citizenship in January

Immigration Director Ruth Meighan announced today on The Adele Trapp Show that an in-house tally for January 2012 indicates that 1,098 new citizenships have been granted in January 2012, in the course of four swearing-in sessions.
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BEL accepts 6.14% rate decrease

Consumers will save an average of 6 cents on the dollar... The Belize Electricity Limited (BEL), a government-controlled utility, announced today that it won’t object to the 6.14% rate reduction which the Public Utilities Commission stipulated in its initial decision on tariffs. In December, BEL had requested a 3.4% rate reduction.
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Supreme Court dismisses 2nd jury in soldier’s ammunition case

In the courtroom of Supreme Court Justice, Herbert Lord, the trial against BDF sergeant, Emmerson Michael, for possession of an unlicensed firearm, had to be rescheduled for the next session of the Supreme Court, which commences in April, 2012, due to the dismissal of the 9-panel jury by the judge.
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Rudolph “Tuba” Smith, 35, back in police custody and remanded on rape charge
• Last week, police said that a previously convicted thief, Rudolph “Tuba” Smith, 35, of Hattieville, Belize District, was wanted by the CIB, Belize City, for a rape investigation. We understand that Smith had recently been released from prison on bail for attempted rape.
Taxi operator murdered in San Antonio
• Dominicio Quixchan, 45, was a father of 5 and a husband for 15 years... On Monday at around 2 p.m., police found the body of Dominicio Quixchan, 45, a taxi driver from Bullet Tree Village, off a feeder road in San Antonio Village. Police say that he had stab wounds to his body, and his throat was slashed.
Belize’s cattle ranchers hope for a boost, appeal for law enforcement help against rustling
• Jaguars also taking a bite out of herds... Belizean livestock producers are pressing ahead with plans to expand their export market to Mexico, adding to the 5,000 heads of cattle already exported to Guatemala each year. Most of the cattle Belize produces is for the local market—a total of roughly 6,000 heads a year.
BTL suing previous board for $21 million
• In reports to shareholders in advance of its 5th Annual General Meeting slated for Thursday, December 15, 2011, Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) said that it is suing ex-board members and companies associated with the previous owners, the Ashcroft group of companies, “for a total of BZ$21 million.”
Not guilty!
• Mark Vernon beats rap of manslaughter by negligence in shooting death of cousin, David Burgess... Mark Vernon, 23, a stevedore of Belize City, was found not guilty by a jury of 9 women before Justice Herbert Lord today on a charge of manslaughter by negligence.
Family affairs
• The two leading candidates in the UDP Caribbean Shores constituency convention scheduled for Sunday, December 4, are close relatives. These are Santi Castillo and Chandra Nisbet Cansino. More important than the family competition of these two, however, is the fact that former UDP Leader, Dean Russell Lindo, has come out openly in favor of Santi, while his nephew, Prime Minister Dean Barrow, has used his wife as a surrogate in what is believed to be his support of Chandra.
Stand up for our children against homosexuals
• We have sat quietly for too long permitting the homosexuals to gain some roots. We have either ignored them or made fun of them as they pass by with their chins up and chests out displaying their “genders”.
Ideas and Opinions - Support the Government
• It is wise and sensible to support the Government. If you are red and the government is blue, why should you support it, when it is the enemy? The government can’t be your enemy, because it represents all the people, and acts for and in our name. It is in the nature of a democracy that there are general elections at decreed intervals, when the people choose, between the candidates of different political persuasions, those that will represent them in the House of Representatives.
We are a God-fearing nation …say no to UNIBAM!
• As a 70-year-old man, never in my imagination I would have imagined our beautiful Belize coming to this time. Legalization of same-sex marriage or changing the laws of Belize for this purpose would be the worst thing that can happen to our country
From The Publisher
• I’m halfway through a book Dr. Dennis Young brought for me on Sunday. The work is entitled MISUNDERSTOOD CAUDILLO: Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes and the Failure of Democracy in Guatemala. The author is Roland H. Ebel, a retired professor from the Political Science Department of Tulane University in New Orleans.
Pay the police well, then punish them for abuse of power!
• I have been an avid reader of Amandala for several years now. And I have been wanting to contribute my two cents for some time now, but have been too preoccupied to do so.
Incumbent loses in O. Walk FA, but Belmopan FA challenge rejected by Electoral Committee
• According to a press release on Monday, November 28, from the Electoral Committee of the Football Federation of Belize, elections were held for the Orange Walk District Football Association executive, and there is a new chairman for Orange Walk, as the incumbent Alex Palacio, has been replaced by Rawell Pelayo in elections held on Saturday, November 26.
Sagitun Banana Classic wraps up 2011 cycling calendar
• The last major event for this year’s Belize Cycling Association (BCA) cycling calendar took place down south in Independence Village where the 7th Annual Sagitun Banana Classic, a UCI certified race, was the main attraction on Sunday, November 27. There were no surprises in the female category, where defending champion Shalini Zabaneh held on to the crown for her Sagitun sponsors; Santino’s team claimed both the Elite championship in Darnel Barrow, and the Masters 4/5 crown with Ernest “Jawmeighan” Meighan; Austin Armstrong (D&D) took the Junior title; and Aiden Juan (Cayo High Road) won in the Youth category.
Veteran athletics coach Fred Evans chastises BAAA
• On Thursday, November 24, 15-year-old Gloria Serano flew out of Belize under the charge of a stewardess to compete in the Central American Junior C (ages 14 and 15) Championship in Managua, Nicaragua. She was unaccompanied by her coach or the other athletes who had been selected.
Gloria Serano wins 2 Gold at the Central American Junior Championships in Managua, Nicaragua
• The Belize Amateur Athletic Association (BAAA) and the President Mr. Ian Gray would like to inform the general public, contrary to the reports that no athlete represented Belize at the Central American Junior Championships in Managua, Nicaragua from November 25 to the 27, that is untrue. Belize was represented by one athlete, Gloria Serano, who won 2 gold medals, in the shotput event and the discus event; she also placed 3rd in the javelin. We would like to extend heartfelt congratulations to Gloria for all her hard work and dedication. Mr. Gray stated that he wished that he could have sent out more athletes, but due to finance he could not send the whole contingent he wanted.
Unwanted news from Love FM …
• I write this letter at 3:30 a.m on a chilly morning as I have just been awakened from my comfortable, warm bed by yet another unwanted news brief from Love FM delivered over my phone by BTL (digicell).
Now that the 8th Amendment has become law, it’s time now for the 9th Amendment- The Belize Permanent Fund
• Alaska, also known as the last frontier or land of the midnight sun, is the largest state of the U.S. in area. It could easily be the coldest state and the most northern or closest to the North Pole. Juneau is Alaska’s capital. Anchorage has the largest population among the state’s cities. Huge oil reserves at Prudhoe Bay along the Arctic coast rank as Alaska’s chief source of wealth.
Caribbean Shores candidates ready for December 4 UDP Caribbean Shores Convention!
• With about three days away from the Sunday, December 4, 2011, United Democratic Party (UDP) Caribbean Shores Convention, all three candidates, Ann Marie Williams, Chandra Nisbet Cansino and Santino “Santi” Castillo Jr., have each vowed to be the best person for the job of area representative for the division.
Amandala Weekly Poll
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