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In other court news, the prosecution presenting the case against attorney Andrew Bennett did not reach very far in court today when their attempt to submit wire-tapped evidence was struck out by Justice Westmin James on grounds that the U.S. violated Bennett’s constitutional rights. But Justice James did not rule to stay the proceedings because […]
Written on July 26, 2021 | Posted in
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Stake Bank Enterprises has been granted an application for judicial review of the environmental clearance granted to Port of Magical Belize. The Department of the Environment gave the clearance in April, but Stake Bank Enterprises has challenged this, claiming it is too close to their own port and poses environmental threats. They had also alleged […]
Written on July 26, 2021 | Posted in
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A cabinet brief issued by the Briceño administration on Wednesday says Henry Charles Usher, Minister of the Public Service, Constitutional and Political Reform, has provided an update on the forthcoming redistricting exercise. Viewers may recall there is presently a case before Acting Chief Justice Michelle Arana involving the revision of legislative districts. Attorney Andrew Marshalleck, […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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The claim was initially filed by the Belize Peace Movement, however, legal counsel Arthur Saldivar has come forward to say that Cabinet should not interfere with the process since the Supreme Court is yet to hand down a decision in the matter. Arthur Saldivar, Attorney, Belize Peace Movement “The news of Cabinet’s intervention is […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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So, with renewed interest in finalizing a plan to be presented to Cabinet, will the redistricting exercise have any bearing on the court’s decision? According to Marshalleck, the process will commence after Chief Justice Arana has rendered a decision. Andrew Marshalleck, Attorney-at-law “I don’t think that redistricting could have been effected before the case […]
Written on July 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Sixty-one-year-old Norris Meighan joins his son and two others in being charged equally for the chaos that ensued on Monday night in Belize City. After being held in police custody for the past forty-two hours, the father and son duo of Dean and Dylan Belisle, along with Romario Meighan, who was celebrating his birthday, were […]
Written on July 21, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, Canadian national Jasmine Hartin was back before a judge with two new lawyers, but it wasn’t for the manslaughter by negligence charge before the Supreme Court. Instead, she was three blocks away, appearing in the Belize Family Court as a custody case for her four-year-old twins begins. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane […]
Written on July 20, 2021 | Posted in
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The Belize National Teachers’ Union is fighting a legal battle against G.O.B.’s ten percent salary cut, and Vice Principal for the Saint Ignatius School in Belize City, Mario Rodriquez, has come forward as a nominal claimant in the case. The claim is that the Government of Belize has no legal authority to intervene in the […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, Supreme Court Justice Westmin James handed down a decision in the case brought against the Belize Police Department by Greg Nunez and myself. Legal recourse was sought after we felt that our rights had been violated because without any probable cause or intelligence to suggest that we were involved in any criminal activity, police […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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But does the ruling now set precedence for stop and search? Attorney Leslie Mendez, who represented the complainants in the case, says that the decision should provide critical guidance to the police department in conducting legal searches. While she says that by law the police are allowed to conduct stop and searches, the violation is […]
Written on July 19, 2021 | Posted in
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As Thomas Palacio and the friends and family of Laddie Gillett try to come to terms with his death, today the officer allegedly involved in the shooting was arraigned in Belmopan Magistrate Court. Police Corporal Kareem Martinez was charged with manslaughter. The media gathered outside the courthouse to try and catch a glimpse of Martinez […]
Written on July 16, 2021 | Posted in
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On Thursday, new justices for the Court of Appeal were sworn in by Governor General Froyla Tzalam. They are Justice Marguerite Woodstock Riley, Q.C.; Justice Sandra Minott-Phillips, Q.C.; and Justice Peter Foster, Q.C. Justice Woodstock Riley of Barbados received a Bachelors of Law from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and has been called to […]
Written on July 16, 2021 | Posted in
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In court news, a case that sparked outrage in the Cayo District has caught the attention of attorney Orson Elrington. He plans to file for an appeal of a three-year prison sentence given to Ramiro de la Rosa, from Duck Run Two. Earlier this month De la Rosa pleaded guilty to possession of an unlicensed […]
Written on July 13, 2021 | Posted in
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Belize City police have arrested three men whom they believe were involved in recent armed robberies at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited and the Biltmore Plaza Hotel. The incidents made headlines earlier this week when the suspects entered B.H.P.L. on Sunday morning and stole monies and personal items from employees at gunpoint. On Monday, another pair […]
Written on July 8, 2021 | Posted in
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A recent prison sentence of a father of two young children has drawn fire on social media. On Friday, Ramiro de la Rosa from Duck Run Two was sentenced to three years in prison after police found a gun inside a house his father had occupied until his recent death. Although the gun was licensed […]
Written on July 6, 2021 | Posted in
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Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia has commented on the recent ruling made by Chief Justice Michelle Arana which awarded six point three million dollars to two farmers and the village of Jalacte. According to the ruling, the government, under the Barrow Administration, did not seek the free, prior informed consent of the Maya […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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But Minister Dolores Balderamos-Garcia says that the case is a touchy one because while the government must adhere to the consent order of the Caribbean Court of Justice, where it ruled that the indigenous Maya people from the south have communal land rights, G.O.B. also has the final authority on the use of land for […]
Written on June 30, 2021 | Posted in
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In other court news, Canadian Jasmine Hartin made bail today and was released this afternoon from the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville. Details of who stood bail or the thirty-thousand-dollar surety for her this time were not shared by her attorney Dickie Bradley, nor is it known if she will be returning to San Ignacio […]
Written on June 29, 2021 | Posted in
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The Caribbean Court of Justice has upheld an appeal by Belizean Solomon Marin Junior, who was sentenced to two concurrent terms of ten years; each after he was found guilty in 2006 of robbery and kidnapping. In a hearing presided over by Justice Adrian Saunders, for a case presented by the attorney Anthony Sylvestre with […]
Written on June 29, 2021 | Posted in
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Back in 2019, the attorney for the Central American butane companies of Gas Tomza, BWEL, Zeta/Southern Choice and Western Gas Company filed a case against the Government of Belize arguing that G.O.B. created an agreement and passed subsequent legislation for an LPG monopoly. This was the National Gas Company Limited. N.G.C.L. became the sole importer […]
Written on June 29, 2021 | Posted in
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Matura says she has presented evidence to support her clients’ case – that is, that their constitutional rights have been breached. She says their case shows that the government’s decision to create the monopoly locked out her clients from operating business as they did before. Audrey Matura, Attorney for Central American LPG Companies “It […]
Written on June 29, 2021 | Posted in
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News Five has confirmed that Canadian Jasmine Hartin remains on remand at the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville. Last Friday, the thirty-two-year-old mother of two appeared before Justice Herbert Lord and was remanded to the prison after the judge granted a request of Frank Habet to withdraw the bail he posted on her behalf as […]
Written on June 28, 2021 | Posted in
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In a turn of events, Canadian Jasmine Hartin, who was out on bail and facing charges of manslaughter by negligence in the death of police Superintendent Henry Jemmott at San Pedro last month, is once more in the arms of the law. New charges were levied against her this morning following an incident at the […]
Written on June 25, 2021 | Posted in
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The Toledo West area rep also gave his take on the recent Supreme Court ruling that awarded six point three million dollars in damages to the Maya people of Jalacte after the Government of Belize, under the Barrow administration, constructed the Jalacte Road without the free, prior and informed consent of the village. The Prime […]
Written on June 24, 2021 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Briceño also commented on the Supreme Court’s awarding of six point three million dollars to Village Chairman Jose Ical, Alcalde Estevan Caal and the village of Jalacte in southern Belize. As was reported, the building of the Jalacte Road was undertaken by the Barrow Administration in 2013. But, as the Maya Leaders Alliance […]
Written on June 23, 2021 | Posted in
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