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Orson “OJ” Elrington, the attorney for Jasmine Hartin, spoke with reporters this afternoon. He contended that the travel restrictions imposed on Hartin during her trial had been lifted following her sentencing. He says she was not restricted to travel when she attempted to enter Mexico on Tuesday. He told us that his client is considering […]
Written on June 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Another murder has been recorded in the wake of the weekend murders in Caye Caulker and Libertad Village. The latest homicide took place in Belize City. On Monday night, police responded to reports of a shooting incident on Fabers Road, near Saint John Vianney Primary School. There, they observed Trevor Thompson lying face down on […]
Written on June 6, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-six-year-old John Hyde Junior was arraigned on one count of murder in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court this afternoon. This is in connection with the shooting death of forty-five-year-old Floyd Samuels in Caye Caulker on Saturday night. Hyde was ferried from the island along with several other detainees and was taken before Senior Magistrate Aretha […]
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A pair of men, believed to be the culprits in the murder of Bowen & Bowen employee Shawn Menzies in November 2018, appeared in the High Court this morning. Eric Miranda and Jeffrey Contreras are accused of fatally shooting Menzies outside of his home on Lancaster Street. The trial against the suspects got underway before […]
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Siblings Delson and Tione Paguada, as well as Timothy Carcamo, are also on trial for the murder of thirty-two-year-old Paul Jex that occurred in San Pedro in January 2018. Earlier today, a trial by judge without jury commenced before Justice Nigel Pilgrim in the High Court. The Paguada brothers and fifty-year-old Carcamo are accused of […]
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Canadian Jasmine Hartin is back in the news tonight. Hartin, who was recently fined seventy-five thousand dollars for the manslaughter of Superintendent Henry Jemmott, was photographed at the Belize/Mexico border in Corozal. Hartin, along with persons from her P.R. team, attempted to cross the border when officials stopped them. We are told that Hartin does […]
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A construction supervisor was executed on Saturday night inside his home on Caye Caulker. It is the first murder on the island in several years and residents in the Black Neighborhood were startled at the report of gunfire in the vicinity. When the shooting subsided, Floyd Samuels was mortally wounded and his common-law wife had […]
Written on June 5, 2023 | Posted in
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Within hours, there were reports of another murder on Saturday night, only this time in Libertad Village in the Corozal District. Kurtis Usher had just returned home along with his common-law wife and their three-year-old son when a gunman opened fire in their direction. Usher was mortally wounded while the baby was grazed to the […]
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Contractor General Maria Arthurs is being asked to look into the circumstances of the signing of the Definitive Agreement between the Government of Belize and Portico Enterprises Limited. A letter dated June second, 2023, cites various sections of the Contractor General Act that empower Arthurs to launch an investigation, following a review of the information […]
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This afternoon we caught up with United Democratic Party Senator Michael Peyrefitte in Belmopan. We asked him for a response to Portico Enterprises Limited’s June first press release in which they sought to set the record straight on the company’s relationship with Morales Peyrefitte L.L.P. The release was issued after Peyrefitte went on record to […]
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Former Justice of Appeals Samuel Awich has filed a claim against the Social Security Board and the Attorney General of Belize to the tune of six hundred thousand dollars. Awich served in the judiciary from 2001 to 2022 when he retired from the bench. During his twenty years of service, the judge earned less than […]
Written on June 2, 2023 | Posted in
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The attorney general says that she doesn’t know what to make of the former justice’s claim. Back in 2014, the People’s United Party and the Bar Association raised several objections to the reappointment of Justice Awich to the Court of Appeal. Two claimants brought a claim for his removal before the Supreme Court. That matter […]
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Portico Enterprises Limited has fired off a press release to set the record straight following allegations of corruption regarding the Definitive Agreement entered into with the Government of Belize. As we have reported, the Leader of the Opposition wrote to the Ombudsman requesting an investigation into the Prime Minister for corruption in relation to that […]
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It is not every day that you wake up to the site of a floating oil rig in Belizean waters, especially since there is an indefinite moratorium on offshore drilling enshrined in Belize’s constitution. But, this morning, residents in San Pedro Town up to the shocking discovery of a three hundred and twenty-one foot semi-submersible […]
Written on June 1, 2023 | Posted in
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The principals of Portico Enterprises Limited have been rather tightlipped on criticisms regarding the Definitive Agreement signed with the Government of Belize in October 2020. Since the issue resurfaced last week, the parent company for Port of Magical Belize has not responded to comments made by the United Democratic Party, including Chairman Michael Peyrefitte. Tonight, […]
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It’s not the kind of news any parent expects to hear, that their child was involved in a brawl at school that ended up with them being sent home. It’s worse when the fight involved a sharp-edged tool, such as a machete. This was the case at Ladyville Technical High School on Wednesday when a […]
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Narco traffickers continue to use Central America, including Belize, as a drug transhipment point. It’s a thirty-two billion-dollar industry that is affecting communities globally. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the global drug trafficking market is constantly evolving, undermining economic and social development and contributing to crime, instability and insecurity. In […]
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Exactly three years to the day after she was arraigned in San Pedro for the shooting death of Superintendent Henry Jemmott, Jasmine Hartin was fined seventy-five thousand dollars as her sentence. Presiding Judge, Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft, in a twenty-five-page ruling, imposed the fine, to be paid within twelve months, or, in default, Hartin would face […]
Written on May 31, 2023 | Posted in
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So what happens now for Hartin? We tried to ask her when she exited the courtroom today, but she was not talking. We also tried to get Jemmott’s sisters upon their exit, but they too declined comment. Hartin’s lawyer says she can leave the country, but with a sentence that stipulates that if she doesn’t […]
Written on May 31, 2023 | Posted in
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Tourism Minister Anthony Mahler was among several colleagues who raised objections to a white paper presented by Prime Minister John Briceño to Cabinet on May twenty-third. That document had to do with proposed legislation that would facilitate the development of a cruise tourism terminal in the vicinity of the Sibun River. It follows a Definitive […]
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According to Mahler, blame for the signing of the divisive agreement which provides, among other benefits, a tax holiday for Port of Magical Belize should be placed squarely at the feet of the former U.D.P. government. Anthony Mahler, Minister of Tourism “When it was presented to Cabinet, it was based on a timing issue, […]
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On Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer Ted Peralta, on behalf of the Port of Belize Limited, wrote to Ombudsman Gilbert Swazo requesting an investigation into the circumstances of the signing of the Definitive Agreement. The request is based on reasonable grounds which were presented by way of evidence that former Minister of Economic Development Erwin Contreras […]
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The Definitive Agreement between the Barrow administration and Portico Enterprises Limited back in October 2020, remains a hot button issue among parliamentarians on both sides of the floor. On Monday, Prime Minister John Briceño went on record to express his frustration with the disclosure of a white paper that was recently presented to Cabinet on […]
Written on May 30, 2023 | Posted in
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During his interview with reporters, Barrow made the point that Prime Minister Briceño has challenged the legality of several contracts entered into by the previous administration. He found it curious that PM Briceño did not denounce the Definitive Agreement, despite its many controversial clauses. Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “My reaction is the […]
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While Barrow has reserved choice words to describe the prime minister for presenting a seemingly shady agreement to Cabinet, he hasn’t disparaged the former Minister of Economic Development in a similar tone. In fact, much of Barrow’s response came off as a direct attack on the prime minister. But is it all just smoke and […]
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