This morning in the Supreme Court, Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, one of three parties involved in ongoing litigation over the sale of land in the Corozal District, appeared before Justice Courtney Abel in various capacities in a most peculiar case.. Not only is the Pickstock Area Representative his own defense attorney in the matter, he […]
Following this morning’s session, attorney Wilfred Elrington spoke briefly with the media, explaining how that piece of corporate law works. Secondly, when pressed about his role in the company, Elrington said that he attempted to explain to the directors that they were acting outside of the law and that’s when the legal battle commenced. […]
To make his point, Elrington uses the example of B.T.L. and Holy Redeemer Credit Union, both organizations that are legally required to hold annual general meetings during which auditors are appointed. Furthermore, he admits to being laid-back when it came to advising the father and son directors that AGMs should have been held yearly as […]
The Ministry of National Security confirmed that Corporal Kent Martinez is the police officer who killed thirty-six-year-old Allyson Major Junior on July sixteenth. Fourteen days after he was fatally shot, the ministry released a statement in which it says that the Special Investigation Team is moving to charge Corporal Martinez for the crime of manslaughter […]
As the trial of William “Danny” Mason and four other accused men continues in the Supreme Court, an investigating officer took the stand today. The officer testified as to how he found the head of Pastor Llewelyn Lucas inside a bucket in Mason’s vehicle which was parked at the lot of Sanchos Bar in Belmopan. […]
The case against Pickstock Area Representative Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington which is presently before Justice Courtney Abel resumes on Wednesday in the Supreme Court. The Foreign Minister is being sued by the principals of Progresso Heights Limited, a company which he helped to form in 2003. Seven years later, Elrington proceeded to caution several pieces of […]
Both parties were called before the court on July twenty-fourth, but Elrington was a no-show. The minister said he was sick and submitted a medical certificate. Notwithstanding his illness, Elrington was said to be deliberately frustrating the process by not showing up on the scheduled court dates. In fact, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, who represents […]
An interesting revelation coming from our one-on-one with Elrington is that the director of Progresso Heights believes that his life is in danger should he return to Belize and testify in person. While Elrington says that the judge found the so-called death threats baseless, the principal of the company has been allowed to testify via […]
Rodwell Arzu, the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend before stabbing and shooting her relative at her residence in Dangriga, remains on the lam. The thirty-six-year-old has a history of domestic abuse in which he has been physical on previous occasions with Geraldine Flowers who had just moved to the town and from whom he […]
Police have yet to capture the culprit who cold-heartedly and viciously murdered the twenty-three-year-old mother of three, Yanira Novelo. It has been three weeks since her body was discovered in Orange Walk Town. A post mortem examination revealed that Novelo had been strangled to death. Her four-year-old son who was with her was also attacked. […]
A quadruple fatality occurred on the Philip Goldson Highway on Sunday evening and at news time, post-mortem examinations have just wrapped up as grieving relatives were camped outside the morgue at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. As many as four of five persons lost their lives instantly when the driver lost control of the car. […]
Police are also provided details of another fatality which occurred last Thursday on the Hummingbird Highway. It led to the death of Adar Awe. Awe was travelling with Dario Melendez in a white Ford Escape when about seven-fifteen p.m. Melendez lost control of the vehicle causing it to flip several times. Awe received severe head […]
A woman was shot and killed early on Sunday morning in Dangriga, purportedly as a result of jealousy. Geraldine Flowers was inside her house in the New Site area when her ex-boyfriend, Rodwell Arzu, arrived and fatally shot her. Also in the house was Samuel Reid, a cousin of Flowers; he was shot and stabbed […]
Investigators in Dangriga have determined that Samuel Reid, the individual who was inside the house where Geraldine Flowers resided, was stabbed and shot multiple times during the deadly encounter with Rodwell Arzu. What they have also been able to confirm is that on a previous occasion Flowers sought legal action against her ex-boyfriend for aggravated […]
There was another death over the weekend. On Saturday evening, Rye Pott lost his life in an unfortunate incident. Pott was working at a construction site in Carmelita Village, in the Orange Walk District, when he fell into a deep hole. He was standing near the opening when a portion of it caved, causing Pott […]
A father of two from Libertad Village in Corozal died during a recruitment screening at the Belize Coast Guard Headquarters over the weekend. According to the Vice-Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard, they were conducting their annual recruit drive on Saturday. They had received around eight hundred applicants, but only three hundred and sixty of […]
Health authorities continue to monitor the cases of dengue as the number of persons affected continues to spike across the country. Today, the Director of Health Services confirmed to the media that in one week, there are approximately one hundred additional cases, bringing the data to seven hundred and nine persons who have tested positive […]
North Ambergris Caye has been an area well-known for illicit activities, from wet drops to murders and drug trafficking. Narco-traffickers, in particular, have been operating there with general ease in the movement of cocaine, other drugs and weapons. Today, the Ministry of National Security opened a patrol base at Bacalar Chico in northern Ambergris to […]
National Security Minister John Saldivar says he was surprised when he was informed that Guatemalan Armed Forces continued to attempt to prevent Belizeans from traveling on the Sarstoon River. That is what happened on July twenty-third when Wil Maheia was escorting SATIIM representatives to Black Creek to investigate reports of illegal logging by Guatemalans in […]
The murder trial of William “Danny” Mason continued in the courtroom of Justice Antoinette Moore in the Belmopan Supreme Court. Mason and four other men, accused with the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas, are escorted in handcuffs to the court at every session. Today was no different as they arrived with heavy police escort. So […]
Can the citrus industry rebound? That’s the question we posed to officials of the Citrus Growers Association when we met for a one-on-one interview on Thursday. Hit by citrus greening, declining production and lack of financing, the industry in the south has been facing huge challenges. But there is some optimism as industry officials believe […]
There was a fatal road traffic accident along the Hummingbird Highway last evening between miles thirty-six and thirty-seven. The mishap involving a Ford Escape SUV happened shortly after six o’clock as forty-one-year-old Adar Awe, a sales representative of Orange Walk Town, and twenty-seven-year-old Dario Melendez of Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk District were traveling towards […]
On Thursday night, just after eight, a vendor’s van was destroyed by fire in Belize City. Fifty-eight-year-old Barrington Usher of Saint Matthews Village told police that he was driving the van on Chetumal Street when it burst into flames. Usher reported that he saw a police check-point ahead of him, but traffic was flowing slowly […]
Nine persons from Hattieville, Belize District were dragged to court this afternoon to be arraigned on a single count of possession of a controlled drugs, to wit, one thousand and seventy-four grams of cannabis. The drugs were found inside a pickup truck at the junction of the Coastal Road and the George Price Highway. Inside […]
An incident on the Sarstoon has prompted a reaction from the Government. An excursion led by Will Maheia transporting members of SATIIM, an N.G.O., was stopped in its tracks and prevented from traversing the river. The incident was videoed and the Guatemalan Armed Forces are seen and heard claiming ownership of the island and river. […]
