Senior Counsel Denys Barrow is the first Belizean to ascend to the bench of the Caribbean Court of Justice, the judicial institution of CARICOM. Since its establishment in 2001, the CCJ has seen a number of judges from across the region being called to the bench. In March 2015, Belize replaced the Judicial Committee of […]
For the past several weeks there have been reports circulating about an alleged obstruction of justice due to political interference where police have reportedly been instructed not to pursue the matter. There are reports of an incident involving the son of Immigration Minister Godwin Hulse – namely Kenzle Hulse – that happened back on January […]
P.U.P. Senator Eamon Courtenay has come under fire from the ruling United Democratic Party and the Government of Belize, both of whom are demanding his immediate resignation from upper parliament. Courtenay is being asked to step down as the People’s United Party’s lead senator after filing an application challenging the constitutionality of the recently passed […]
So, what about the perceived conflict of interest purportedly arising out of business being conducted by the prime minister’s law firm with Ashcroft-related companies? The PM flatly describes that perception as a blue herring, a ploy that is being promulgated by the People’s United Party. Isani Cayetano “There’s been the issue of a conflict […]
Last Tuesday, during a press conference held by the People’s United Party, it was revealed that government is considering selling minority shares in the various utilities. The move, it is widely believed, is an effort to meet its quota for the forthcoming annual budget. The idea, we are told, is also being frowned upon by […]
What about word of a proposed offering to a Barbados-based outfit? PM Barrow says there has been no such proposition. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “There’s been no such approach. Remember I am telling you that Ambassador Espat who was going to be the point man in all this would have been talking to people, […]
The People’s United Party, following a bolt from the blue, during a testimony given by former Immigration Director Ruth Meighan, claims that the 2012 general elections were stolen by the United Democratic Party. The charge comes after it was revealed during the ongoing Senate Inquiry that hundreds of immigrants were fraudulently naturalized ahead of the […]
It has been a while since we’ve spoken about matters coming out of the Special Senate Select Committee inquiry with Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse. First there was Ruth Meighan’s testimony that hundreds of documents were obtained without the proper documentation – suggesting massive fraud. And there was Teresita Castellanos’ testimony last week about the […]
Patrick Tillett, Financial Controller for the Belize City Council, and Eric Chang, former councillor and Deputy Mayor of Belize City, may be summoned by the Senate Special Select Committee. The pair will likely answer in testimony with regard to questions surrounding eight missing visa foils reported stolen from the border office in Cayo District that […]
Even as news filtered through on Friday of the death of Doctor Cecil “Chubby” Reneau, there were fears for the life of another famous Belizean in the hospital, the “Queen of Brukdown,” Lila Genus Vernon. She had been in treatment for a week for chronic renal failure and family members indicated to us then that […]
Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Church in Belize, the late Most Reverend Osmond Peter Martin, will be laid to rest next Monday, February twenty-seventh, following an official funeral service at Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral in Belmopan. The Church accepted an offer from the Government to make it an official funeral, in recognition of […]
Our news crew is just back from the fields in the west covering the very important story of the plight of local farmers whose livelihoods are being threatened by the importation and contraband of potatoes from Mexico. The crisis in the agriculture industry, according to the farmers is because licenses are being issued to highly […]
It has been quite a week during which well-known Belizeans and friends of Belize died. We have covered the passing of Doctor Robert Horwich, primatologist and founder of the Community Baboon Sanctuary in Bermudian Landing; as well as Arthur Francisco, also known as Mister Pou; and on Thursday, the Most Reverend Bishop Osmond Martin of […]
The Government of Belize has joined in with official condolences to the family, friends and Roman Catholic community on the passing of first native Bishop of the Church, the Most Reverend Osmond Peter Martin. Bishop Emeritus Martin died on Thursday morning at home of natural causes at the age of eighty-six. While he was appointed […]
Turning to economic news…Belizeans await the return of Prime Minister Dean Barrow from New York City, where he is meeting with Belize’s legal and financial team over the Superbond. But it is not looking good for the third restructuring of the superbond and there is a likelihood that Belize will default in the February payment. […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice officially announced today via press release that Attorney Denys Barrow will be joining Belize’s final court of appeal headquartered in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Barrow is the first Belizean to be appointed a judge of the C.C.J. and will be taking on the appointment later this year. Belize […]
While on the subject of justices, himself a top notch criminal lawyer, Attorney Bradley reflected on the state of affairs in the Belize judiciary. Bradley echoed the CJ’s statement at the opening of the Supreme Court in January noting that there is a shortage of judges. Bradley says that hundreds of accused persons are behind […]
Mexico is marking three important anniversaries in this month of February. On the fifth, it was one hundred years since the publication of the Constitution of 1917 during the Mexican Revolution. On the tenth, the Army marked its one hundred and fourth anniversary of formation, also during the Revolution, and the Air Force does the […]
The Mexican Constitution was created in the city of Queretaro and was widely acclaimed for its modern inclusion of a ‘bill of rights’ for the Mexican people. It has had a long shelf life, and has held up through many crises and a changing international landscape. Carrillo tells us that the Constitution is the Mexican […]
The University of Belize has a new president. He is professor Clement Sankat, former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal of The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago. Professor Sankat was born in Guyana and is trained as a chartered professional engineer. He succeeds Alan Slusher who held the post […]
News Five notes the passing of British international law attorney Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, who died on February eighth. He has represented many countries in land and maritime boundary cases including Barbados against Trinidad and Tobago, Bahrain, Chile, El Salvador, Israel, Malta and Namibia. He served as ad hoc Judge of the International Court of Justice […]
The National Sports Council under the new leadership of Interim Executive Director, Charlie Slusher, and in conjunction with the Queen Square Community has given a facelift to a sporting facility in that south side constituency represented by the Prime Minister. The basketball court, like many other recreational spaces and pitches across the Old Capital, was […]
The Caribbean Local Economic Development (CARILED) project closed off its first phase after almost five years in Belize. The project uses Local Economic Development as a participatory process to bring communities and other groups to form partnerships with the leadership of local government. By bringing together these bodies local economic activities are stimulated, leading to […]
Belize’s first native Roman Catholic Bishop, The Most Reverend Osmond Peter Martin of Dangriga, is dead. He died, at the age of eighty-seven, sometime after three this morning at home of natural causes. Bishop Martin was ordained a bishop in 1982 after entering the priesthood in 1959, and after a short time as auxiliary bishop, […]
Senior Counsel Denys Barrow has been a key Government helpmate in legal cases for many years, but he now appears to be moving on. He has confirmed that he has been selected by the regionally appointed and non-political Judicial and Legal Services Commission to take up an appointment as a judge on the Caribbean Court […]
