In political news, the Guardian newspaper reported today that former United Democratic Party Area Representative Frank “Papa” Mena has won a libel suit. In total, he was awarded eighty thousand dollars in damages for comments Indira Mejia made in April, for which she could not provide evidence in court. In addition to the damages, Mejia […]
The manslaughter case against Canadian national Jasmine Hartin was adjourned to February sixteenth, 2022. While that is when Hartin will be receiving complete disclosure in the case, it is also the date for her appearance in the San Pedro Magistrate’s Court for charges of possession of an illegal drug and common assault. Today, a News […]
Councillor George Del Cid of the Caye Caulker Village Council got in trouble with the law after he reportedly hit a man on the face the week. He was arraigned at the San Pedro Magistrate Court Tuesday, November thirtieth for Wounding. He was a two-thousand-dollar bail, which he met and was ordered to return to […]
Police officers Nelson Middleton, Elmer Nah, Delwin Casimiro and George Ferguson have been granted Supreme Court bail in the sum of forty thousand dollars each. The four were arraigned on November eighth in connection with the landing of a drug plane on the Southern Highway near Bladen, as well as the seizure of twenty-three bales […]
This morning in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the C.C.J. bench ruled in favor of G.A. Roe and Sons Limited in an appeals case involving the Commissioner of Stamps. The matter stems from the purchase of a property from the Belize Bank at an auction and the stamp duty that was paid on that sale. The […]
In providing details of what transpired along the Southern Highway on Thursday night, ComPol Williams described a firefight in which the responding officers were out manned and outgunned by their own colleagues. Fortunately, no one was injured during the shootout. The battery of charges brought against the narco eleven on Monday, however, doesn’t seem to […]
One of the officers implicated in Thursday’s drug plane landing is the assigned bodyguard for the Director of Public Prosecutions. The question of whether the matter will be prosecuted by her office was posed to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams during our sit down with him earlier today. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The […]
Day one of the hearing of Belize’s case in the Caribbean Court of Justice against the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago commenced today. Earlier this year Belize, sued St. Kitts-Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago, alleging that the two CARICOM member states were importing brown sugar from countries outside the Single Marker without imposing the forty […]
Vice President of International Relations at ASR Mac McLachlan was the second witness to testify in today’s hearing. He argued that non CARICOM countries would not be able to compete in the CARICOM single market if the forty percent CET is applied. Terrence Bharath, Attorney at Law, Trinidad and Tobago “Caricom Market is a […]
Belize has a robust tourism high season approaching, despite the fact that the Delta variant swept through Belize in July, forcing another cutback on tourism arrivals and mass gatherings and other social events. Today Minister of Tourism, Anthony Mahler shared that more flights will start to arrive in Belize this month. Anthony Mahler, Minister […]
According to the Jamaica Observer, the Caribbean Court of Justice will begin hearing evidence on Tuesday in a matter in which Belize is alleging that Trinidad and Tobago failed to comply with its obligations under the Treaty of Chaguaramas that governs the regional integration movement. Under the RTC, CARICOM states are required to impose a […]
Today two people convicted in the Dangriga Supreme Court in September were sentenced for their role in a case of child prostitution. Justice Antoinette Moore gave Jeffery Perez the maximum sentence of twelve years imprisonment for the crime of “child prostitution” and Petrona Inez Montejo got ten years for “Procuring a child for sexual exploitation.” […]
There was no drama today at the San Pedro Magistrate Court when Jasmine Hartin’s legal case continued. News Five was there early this morning as Hartin waited in the lobby on the second floor of the San Pedro Police Station before she was called into the court for disclosure. No attorney accompanied her. Around 10:30 […]
There is a brewing land dispute over acreage near the outskirts of Santa Cruz Village, where residents are concerned that a private land owner is developing real estate they say was set aside for the expansion of the community. Since assuming chairmanship of the village, Vincent Scott, has visited the Lands Department in Belmopan on […]
News Five also spoke with the property owner, Hailu Hurrissa, who says that after being successful in a legal battle with another real estate developer over the tract of land, he has been planting oranges on the acreage. He says that the cease and desist order was rescinded when it was discovered that he does […]
B.D.F. soldiers, Privates Raheem Valencio and Ramon Alcoser and Police Constable Juan Morales were arraigned today in Belmopan for the shooting death of twenty-nine-year-old Jessie Escobar. News Five’s Duane Moody reports on the case which has captured public attention. Duane Moody, Reporting This afternoon, B.D.F. Private Raheem Valencio appeared in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court […]
The killing of Jessie Escobar on Sunday night was captured by surveillance cameras as it unfolded in front of Branch Mouth Stop and Shop Store in Santa Familia Village. As he approached the B.D.F. soldier with a cup in his hand, a single shot was fired from Private Valencia’s long-arm rifle which caught Escobar in […]
Last Thursday, police arrested and charged twenty-nine year-old Jovannie O’Brien of Unitedville, Cayo for the double murder of eighteen-year-old Lloyd Myvett and his neighbour, nine-year-old Jamir McKoy. They were both shot near McKoy’s house. On Tuesday, O’Brien appeared before the Supreme Court for bail and was denied. His wife, Bettina O’Brien, who was also charged […]
There is a meeting of the House of Representatives this Friday, but this week, we were reminded of the day Julius Espat was kicked out of the House of Representatives. That happened back on August twenty-sixth, 2016 during a heated exchange with then-House Speaker, Michael Peyefitte. He ordered police officers to physically remove Espat after […]
In an interesting twist, Espat is now part of the Government that lost the lawsuit. But Marshalleck says that the government is the government, no matter which party is in power. And while Espat’s colleague, Minister of Home Affairs, Kareem Musa agrees, Musa said he regrets the award will have to be paid while the […]
This morning Supreme Court Justice Westmin James awarded former B.T.B. director, Karen Bevans, the largest defamation award granted in recent history. Justice James awarded Bevans sixty thousand dollars in compensatory damages and thirty thousand dollars in aggravated damages, after concluding that comments made by Prime Minister John Briceño in a Love FM/TV interview, were defamatory […]
According to Barrow, PM Briceño’s defense also argued that as the Prime Minister of the country he is entitled to offer his position on affairs. Barrow says RSV Limited found itself in hot water for not rescinding the comments made at the time by PM Briceño. Dean Barrow, Attorney for Karen Bevans “Even if, […]
The Government of Belize is appealing a recent decision by the Supreme Court in which the Maya community of Jalacte, including two villagers, was awarded six point three million dollars in a lawsuit filed after the construction of the Jalacte Road. The claim had to do with government’s failure to get the free, prior and […]
Solano explained that the equipment is the last phase of the five-year project, which focuses on enhancing marine resources and tourism infrastructure. The C.E.O. explained that because tourism encompasses so much, there will be a need for future collaboration. Nicole Solano, C.E.O., Ministry of Tourism “Tourism has a lot in common with many of […]
Today, Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser granted a stay of execution in the case of Ramiro De la Rosa. He was sentenced earlier this month after police searched his home in Duck Run Two community and rounded him and his wife up for a loaded shotgun that was licensed to his recently deceased father. De la […]
