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A man who was found guilty of the manslaughter of his common-law-wife was sentenced to three years in prison today. Andrew Caliz will only spend another eighteen months since he has already spent half the time awaiting trial. The incident happened on May fourteenth, 2019 at a cabana in Big Falls Village, Toledo. The couple […]
Written on May 17, 2022 | Posted in
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A man, who was convicted in March of the double murder of two sisters, has been condemned to two life sentences at the Belize Central Prison. This morning, Justice Antoinette Moore sentenced Wilmer Escobar in the southern district session of the Supreme Court for the double murder of sisters, twenty-year-old Cresencia and eighteen-year-old Josephine Oh. […]
Written on May 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Fausto Teck was arraigned on a single charge of murder this morning, in the San Ignacio Magistrate’s Court for the stabbing death of Chris Rodriguez. Today, family and friends of the deceased gathered near Columbus Park across from the police station, which houses the court on the second floor. Cell phone footage sent to News […]
Written on May 6, 2022 | Posted in
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The case of the Cuban immigrants who are on remand awaiting a court proceeding has been adjourned. Today, the proceedings took place virtually but in closed session among the parties and Justice Lisa Shoman. Last Friday, Justice Shoman had given the human rights attorneys who are representing the Cubans up to Monday to properly file […]
Written on April 26, 2022 | Posted in
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The case of seven Cubans who are charged with immigration offences has been adjourned until next Tuesday. This is to give the Human Rights attorneys who have filed a case on their behalf to file proper affidavits and to serve the state by Monday afternoon. The Human Rights Commission had brought a suit against the […]
Written on April 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Eddie Sierra believes that the conditions of imprisonment are just too harsh for the infraction the Cubans have committed, and he is here to follow their plight. Eddie Sierra, Vice President, Human Rights Commission, Miami Dade County “I’m here to advocate on behalf of the detainees that are being held in the Belize Central […]
Written on April 22, 2022 | Posted in
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He holds the position of co-agent for Belize when we present our memorial to the I.C.J. in response to Guatemala, but today, a dark cloud looms over the future of Ambassador Alexis Rosado. The senior diplomat was escorted before Belmopan Magistrate, Janeli Villanueva-Pennil this afternoon where he was read a slew of charges, including seven […]
Written on April 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Late Tuesday evening, police charged a B.D.F. Soldier with the murder of a civilian from Orange Walk. News Five’s Marion Ali was at the court today. She also spoke with the victim’s devastated family. Marion Ali, Reporting Twenty-seven-year-old Raheem Williams, a B.D.F. soldier, was escorted before Orange Walk Magistrate, Merlene Moody, to be read […]
Written on April 6, 2022 | Posted in
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The F-PIC protocol, which has now been renamed by the Briceño administration as the free prior, inform consultation process, has been filed with the Caribbean Court of Justice, despite objections by some Maya leaders. All parties return before the C.C.J. on May fifth. Today, Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, under whose ministry the […]
Written on April 6, 2022 | Posted in
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It took a long time coming, but on Friday the family of an American man killed in Belize eight years ago finally got some justice. A jury in Washington State found Tracy Nessl guilty for committing battery against her uncle, Timothy McNamara, who she was also in an incestuous relationship with. These actions of hers […]
Written on March 29, 2022 | Posted in
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A Black-man Eddy family is trying to get justice for the 2017 murder of Keona Ara. Two men were charged in connection with the homicide and while the family was assured that sufficient evidence had been gathered by police to secure a conviction, five years later, the accused men have been acquitted of the charge. […]
Written on March 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Accused of manslaughter by negligence in the death of Senior Superintendent of Police, Henry Jemmoth, Jasmine Hartin appeared before the San Pedro Magistrate Court this morning. There, the prosecution submitted additional pages of disclosure and several D.V.D.’s related to the allegation against her. The question is: will all this be enough to convince the court […]
Written on March 9, 2022 | Posted in
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She was put to death in 1963, after a skewed justice system condemned her for the death of her abusive policeman common-law-husband. Now, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Cabinet has announced that an application be made that Nora Parham – the only woman to ever be sentenced and put to death in Belize […]
Written on March 8, 2022 | Posted in
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As to the historic wrong that Cabinet is seeking to correct, Minister Garcia says no right thinking member of society today would have wished for Ms. Parham to be convicted. Minister Garcia contends that a decision today would have seen a different outcome. Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, Minister of Human Development “First of all, even if […]
Written on March 8, 2022 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court has struck down an application for judicial review by the United Democratic Party in connection with the Microsoft contract awarded to SMART Belize Limited by the Government. On Wednesday, Justice Sonya Young found that the three point four million dollar contract awarded to SMART for Microsoft 365 licenses for a period of […]
Written on March 4, 2022 | Posted in
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An application for judicial review, filed on behalf of Stake Bank Enterprise Ltd. by Glenn D. Godfrey and Company, was struck out on a technicality in the Supreme Court earlier today. The matter was brought before Justice Lisa Shoman and sought to review government legislation in respect of an Environmental Compliance Plan approved by the […]
Written on March 3, 2022 | Posted in
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Appearing on behalf of Waterloo and two other interested parties was Marine Parade Chambers. Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith and Hector Guerra were also in court today. Following the ruling, attorney Guerra spoke with the media via Zoom. Hector Guerra, Attorney-at-law “The A.G. filed a claim to strike. Our clients, Waterloo, along with our other […]
Written on March 3, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, attorneys for David Gegg were back in court where they argued on behalf of Portico Enterprises, the parent company for Port of Magical Belize. The suit which has been brought on behalf of developer Mike Feinstein against the Government of Belize and the National Environmental Appraisal Committee, NEAC, also includes Portico and Waterloo as […]
Written on March 2, 2022 | Posted in
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She was to appear in the San Pedro magistrate’s court this morning where further disclosure would have been handed over to her, but Jasmine Hartin was unable to attend the proceedings – and neither was her attorney. The Canadian national, who has been charged for the manslaughter of Superintendent Henry Jemmott, has contracted COVID and […]
Written on February 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Last night we told you about the legal challenge that Belize brought against Trinidad and Tobago before the C.C.J. The Government of Belize accused the Republic of importing non-CARICOM brown sugar without applying a forty percent Common External Tariff – a requirement under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. This would have severely affected the competitiveness […]
Written on February 2, 2022 | Posted in
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An appeal has been lodged by Waterloo Investments Holdings Limited to challenge a decision by the Department of Environment which has denied environmental clearance for its proposed tourism development project near the Port of Belize. The appeal has been made to Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, Orlando Habet. Notwithstanding D.O.E.’s […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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An application to strike out the re-districting case brought before the Supreme Court by the Belize Peace Movement has been filed by Senior Counsel Oscar Sabido, Chair of the Elections and Boundaries Commission. The matter went before the court in October 2019 and is scheduled to be heard in the coming weeks. But in his […]
Written on January 3, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Morgan, the present number of voters per constituency, across all thirty-one electoral districts, is malapportioned. Paul Morgan, Belize Peace Movement “We have already proposed a consent order to the Elections and Boundaries Commission, they rejected it outright, without any counterproposal, showing that they don’t care about negotiations. And so, we are at […]
Written on January 3, 2022 | Posted in
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Four men, including Miguel Angel Zetina, Edwin Armando Gonzalez, Jaime Umberto Maz, and Edilberto Medrano were granted bail on Wednesday by Justice Antoinette Moore when they appeared before the Supreme Court in Belmopan. The quartet was arrested and charged a few weeks ago for the landing of a drug plane in the vicinity of Hidden […]
Written on December 23, 2021 | Posted in
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This morning before the Supreme Court, leave was granted for three companies, including Waterloo, Belize Cruise Development and Belize Logistics Terminal Limited, to join an existing lawsuit involving Stake Bank Enterprise. Earlier this year, the Feinstein Group filed a claim against the Attorney General, the Department of the Environment and the National Environmental Appraisal Committee […]
Written on December 20, 2021 | Posted in
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