Five days after Egbert Baldwin was executed in a hail of bullets in Ladyville, police have arrested and charged two men for his murder. Camryn Lozano and Albert Gill, both nineteen years old, were today arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for the crime. Lozano is an aero dispatch ramp agent of Marage Road […]
From the violence on the PBL compound to the courts…On Tuesday night we told you that the Attorney General would file a request for injunction, on behalf of the Labour Commissioner, to stall the implementation of redundancy at the Port of Belize. Well, before the AG could file that injunction, at eleven o’clock today the […]
As you heard just now, that matter is being brought by the Attorney General’s Ministry. The Christian Workers Union is only an interested party in this matter – as it is about the terminations of the workers they represent. President of the C.W.U., Evan ‘Mose’ Hyde was briefed about what happened in court by one […]
…that application for an injunction was held this afternoon before Justice Sonya Young, but was it too little, too late considering the fact that the employees have since been made redundant? According to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, it was necessary to bring the matter before the court because Port of Belize was attempting to skirt […]
A case management session was held this morning involving attorneys for the Government of Belize and the former LPG importers who have since filed a constitutional claim challenging the legality of a decision to cancel their license to import butane into the country. Since the National Gas Company has become the sole importer of liquefied […]
On Thursday, we told you about the Corporal Eldon Arzu versus the Commissioner of Police case that’s before the Supreme Court. Arzu’s claim is that the Commissioner of Police didn’t comply with the rules of the Police Association election process. His position is that the ComPol extended the nomination process after the deadline set by […]
A construction worker of the Mile eight community on the George Price Highway, who is accused of breaking into a man’s home and removing home appliances and other possessions amounting to over thrifty-five thousand dollars, was lucky to get bail when his attorneys appeared before Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams today. Christian Bailey was charged with […]
Another murder case fell through the cracks for the prosecution this week when the Crown in the trial of George Bull indicated to the Court that they were withdrawing the charge against him for want of evidence. The trial was set to begin in the Orange Walk session of the Supreme Court, but Crown Counsel, […]
Attorney Hurl Hamilton was successful today in arguing for Supreme Court bail for a man who is before the Court on an attempted murder charge. Simon Leary, a construction worker of Esperanza Village, Cayo was arraigned in the San Ignacio Magistrate’s Court for attempted murder and use of deadly means of harm upon Paul Jex, Jr. […]
Corporal Eldon Arzu versus the Commissioner of Police – it’s moving forward in the courts. The matter which was adjourned last week was back in the courts today before Justice Sonya Young. Arzu is the former President of the Police Association who was asking the court to grant him leave to bring a judicial review […]
The Belize Police Department has charged one of its own following on a directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions following an allegation of sexual assault on a minor. Nelson Ramos, a police officer attached to the Intermediate Southern Formation in Independence Village, has been charged for the offence of Rape and Sexual Assault of […]
Two men, who were on trial this week for attempted murder, are free men tonight after the Judge upheld a submission by the defense that the accused men had no case to answer. Darwin Prado and Egbert Baldwin of Ladyville walked free today when Justice Colin Williams agreed with a submission made by Defense Attorney, […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice has ruled that the Court of Appeal should hear an appeal filed by D.P.P. Cheryl-Lynn Vidal in respect to Calaney Flowers. Flowers who was acquitted of the hit and run murder of her ex-boyfriend, Lyndon Morrison, is still fighting to remain free despite the matter making its way through the […]
The sentencing of the five men convicted of the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas has been further adjourned. Today, William “Danny” Mason, Ashton Vanegas, Ernest Castillo and sibling, Keiron and Terrence Fernandez were to reappear in the Supreme Court in Belize City where trial judge Antoinette Moore was to commence the sentencing proceedings; defense attorneys […]
Attorney Norman Rodriguez is also representing the Board of the Claver College Extension in Punta Gorda in a lawsuit brought against the church. According to Rodriguez, the Saint Peter Claver Parish issued a notice of eviction to the institution for the end of June 2020. Due to quick legal action, a stay has been secured […]
A Guatemalan woman, who calls Belize home and who was intercepted for violating the quarantine regulation in April, was denied bail when her attorney, Hurl Hamilton applied on her behalf today before Justice Colin Williams. Olga Galdamez was initially caught jumping the Belize/Guatemala border via the Macal River on April fourth and was taken to the […]
A man, who allegedly forced his way into the home of an elderly American couple in Seine Bight, then proceeded to beat and rob them, was granted bail today, but on strict conditions that includes a night-time curfew. Barry Castillo is accused of forcing his way into the home of eighty-year-old Ervin Sverdrup and his […]
Juan Bermudez, who is accused of firing gunshots during an altercation with another man in Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk was today granted bail by Justice Colin Williams. Bermudez allegedly fired the shots sometime around ten thirty last Sunday night while he was embroiled in a heated dispute that turned physical. Attorney, Marcel Cardona managed to get […]
After nine o’clock this morning, convicted murderer Danny Mason and four other accomplices in the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas arrived at the Supreme Court to learn their fate. But their appearance was brief and they were escorted back to the Belize Central Prison heavily guarded. Sentencing had been scheduled for today before Justice Antoinette […]
A massive judgment with damages of one hundred and thirty-eight point seven million U.S. dollars was handed down earlier this week against businessman John Usher. He was embroiled in the Sanctuary Bay scam a few years ago, along with incarcerated real estate developer turned fraudster Andris Pukke, during which hundreds of millions of dollars were […]
Arguments were heard in the Supreme Court today on an application for judicial review filed by attorney Nazira Myles on behalf of her client Eldon Arzu. The Corporal of Police is before the courts again attempting to overturn the results of the recently elected executive of the Police Association. Myles submitted that the elections were […]
At an event earlier in the day, Minister of National Security Michael Peyrefitte spoke of his efforts to ease tensions between the ComPol and the former President of the Police Association. He says that he tried to mediate, but it was not resolved. Michael Peyrefitte, Minister of National Security “It’s within the courts so […]
Eight Central American nationals were escorted to court today in handcuffs under the watchful eye of heavily armed police officers and the Gang Suppression Unit. The men were busted in September 2019 when a narco plane landed on the Coastal Road and police were able to nab them and seize a large quantity of cocaine, […]
In the court, the murder case of Steven Moss fell apart for the prosecution, when Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams dismissed the charge against him. A discharge warrant was prepared and tonight, Moss is a free man. The twenty-six-year-old was charged for the October 2017 murder of Delbert Anderson in front of Bismark Club on […]
A U.S. District Court in Maryland has handed down one of the biggest judgements against a local businessman in a case which has been described as one of the biggest scams investigated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The court on Monday, ordered John Usher to pay one hundred and thirty-eight million U.S. dollars, which […]
