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had in fact committed sedition by lampooning the event and the defendants tried to exonerate themselves and improve the credibility of the fledgling newspaper. Shoman, perhaps showing some partiality, calls it the "most exciting trial in
Belizean history", right down to the verdict, delivered on July
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to change their tune. In May and June 2007 Belizeans rose up in protest over the unilateral signing of a loan note by the
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within 24 hours of the statement to announce legal action against Bill Lindo for defamation of character, though he proposed to ignore
Kremandala as an equally guilty partner (given that they hosted Lindo) because there was no evidence of a prior conspiracy. Lindo subsequently left the program, but
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tried to avoid controversy. Indeed, editor Hyde ran unsuccessfully for the PUP in City
Council elections of 1977, and the paper generally toed the line with government policy, although reserving its usual candor for certain situations. Joining the paper in this period was the "Ros'lin" serial about
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began as a stenciled spreadsheet given out by members and supporters of UBAD in the streets of Belize City. After the third issue was published, UBAD officials decided to begin selling the paper for five cents a copy. The newspaper was published on
Thursdays and dated and sold on Fridays. The first
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Belizeans as well as criticism of the ruling
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in a lawsuit. Judgements of BZ $ 10,000 and BZ $ 7,500 were imposed against the paper in 1982 and 1983. The newspaper went into debt but continued publishing. Relief arrived briefly with the ascension of the
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entered the 1980s, it had updated its technology, expanded its scope of writing and was reaching more people. The often impassioned editorials of the UBAD era were replaced by more mainstream content.
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became the chief sponsor for local semi-professional team "The
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Belizean adolescents, a special "Jumble" word puzzle, columns by the publisher's father Charles B. Hyde and "The Old Man", a forerunner of today's "Smokey Joe" column.
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publisher and former UBAD president Hyde wrote a reminiscence of the UBAD glory days in the "From the Publisher" column of February 8, 1991. In addition,
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would have to overcome in order to achieve success. In a more recent "From the Publisher", Hyde reported that the project was on hold.
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moved closer to endorsing a Spanish-language version of its newspaper in a recent editorial which explained what a Spanish-language
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In Search of Truth, by Henry Gordon, combining discussion of current events with sermons from the Bible (Gordon is a pastor).
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dedicated much of the next three years to weaning the young radio station and protecting it from its rivals, the now defunct
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requesting payment on a loan accruing to some $ 262,000 procured from Sagis Investments, a company apparently owned by Lord
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