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In the local courts, Opposition Leader John Briceño and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Julius Espat have made an application seeking that the Chief Justice’s ruling against Prime Minister and his government be formalized. The former chief justice Kenneth Benjamin retired before providing a written judgment which he handed down on January thirty-first, 2020. Benjamin […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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The Public Service Union saga on the Hilltop property has come to a peaceful conclusion. In what was to have been a case management in a counter-claim made by Simplex Design Limited, the parties amicably settled all matters with no cost for either parties. Today, attorneys for the Public Service Union, the Belmopan City Council […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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The murder case of Steven Moss got underway today before Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams in a trial without a jury. But while the case was set to start, it had to be adjourned until Tuesday because the prosecution’s main witness failed to show up to testify. Justice Williams adjourned the matter to give the […]
Written on July 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to the ruling of the recent ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice, the former Attorney General, Francis Fonseca, says that Prime Minister Dean Barrow has gone rogue and is disregarding the rule of law. Pre-empting the C.C.J.’s ruling last week, Prime Minister Barrow famously told the nation that he “won’t pay, can’t pay.” […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Attorney Arthur Saldivar had his day in court on Thursday when he was cleared of one count of spreading a false rumour. On March twenty-ninth, Saldivar was arrested and charged when a statement that was deemed false was uploaded to his personal Facebook page. The post claimed that G.O.B. was allowing persons to enter the […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Two men who are awaiting trial for sexual offences were granted bail by Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams, after attorney Ronell Gonzalez argued on their behalf. Cesar Romero of the D.F.C. area in San Pedro Town is charged with having unlawful sexual intercourse with a thirteen-year-old girl. The incident is alleged to have happened on […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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A woman, who is employed by the British Army Training Support Unit Belize, is out on bail, while she prepares to face trial for theft. Forty-year-old Hanselma Sutherland of a Mirage Road address in Ladyville is accused of stealing an assortment of grocery items from BATSUB at Price Barracks on June seventeenth. Sutherland was escorted before […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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A resident of the Belama area of Belize City is out on bail tonight after he was reportedly nabbed with more than two pounds of marijuana on June thirtieth. Marco Ramos is charged with Possession of a Controlled Drug with the Intent to Supply Another when he appeared before Magistrate Kadeem Palmer this afternoon. Police […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Last Friday, PM Barrow preempted the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice by publicly stating that government won’t and can’t pay any damages awarded to Belize International Services Limited in respect of the 2013 ship registries takeover. As it turns out, the C.C.J. has in fact ruled that the acquisition of the companies were […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The road ahead for B.I.S.L. to collect on the damages is uncertain as it will entail another round of litigation once a quantum is settled at the Supreme Court. According to PM Barrow, an appeal of that decision is imminent on either side and whenever the C.C.J. has presided over the matter in the appellate […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The C.C.J. on Tuesday delivered a severe decision against the government using language like abuse of power, high-handed, and inconsistent with good governance. . The judgment handed down is in respect of an appeal filed by Belize Investment Services Limited, the former parent company of IMMARBE and IBC registries is a scathing indictment of the […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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The ruling by the C.C.J. was grounded on equitable treatment since for over twenty years the receipts went into an escrow account rather than directly into the consolidated revenue fund and for over twenty years, the government had no complaints since they received all the money they were entitled to. Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, this […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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A politician was hauled before the courts today where he was read a single charge of failure to provide a specimen. P.U.P.’s standard bearer for Belmopan, Oscar Mira was arraigned following an accident on Friday night. But is it that cops are being stringent with the law or are they being used to target the […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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Also appearing in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court today was Corporal Oscar Itch; he was arraigned for ten counts of forgery, for which he pleaded not guilty. On Monday, the firearms section of the Belize Police Department in Belmopan was closed as an investigation ensued into the allegation of fraud. The investigation revealed that between December […]
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A major decision was handed down today by the Caribbean Court of Justice in a one hundred and forty-eight page judgment. The judgment from the highest court of Belize is one of the most blistering and damning on the Barrow administration, finding that its actions were high-handed in taking over the registries and not settling […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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The comprehensive judgment included the views of every judge of the C.C.J., who came to the same unanimous decision. Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, who represents B.I.S.L., spoke with News Five following the ruling. He describes the government’s takeover seven years ago as both roguish and thuggish. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for B.I.S.L. “Belize International Services […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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The government now finds itself on the hook for as much as ninety million Belize dollars, plus interest which has accrued on that quantum since 2013. On Friday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow boldly declared, following the sitting of the House of Representatives, that government will not and cannot pay the damages being sought in respect […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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PM Barrow told reporters that they need not seek a response from him in respect of the outcome of the B.I.S.L. appeal. He famously said, “I am telling you from now: won’t pay, can’t pay.” Here is that clip once again, in the context of today’s decision. Prime Minister Dean Barrow [File: June 26th, […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Of the five judges who presided over the appeal, the written judgment rendered by Justice Peter Jamadar is perhaps the most cutting and a scathing rebuke of the government. In a section of the ruling, titled Fatal Omissions, Justice Jamadar highlights that government failed to take any reasonable steps to try and resolve the issues […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Corporal Eldon Arzu is before the courts again attempting to overturn the results of the recently elected executive of the Police Association. Those elections concluded two weeks ago and Sergeant Jane Usher emerged as the new president. But Arzu is challenging the results, saying that he would have been re-elected if the Commissioner of Police […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to the courts, earlier this week, the murder trial of twenty-two year-old Deandre Adolphus fell apart at the Supreme Court level when the Prosecution withdrew the charge from against Adolphus. Thirty-six-year-old Bruce Reneau, who was charged with Abetment to Commit Murder in the same case, also walked away a free man. The two neighbours […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A man who is awaiting trial for the murder of his common-law wife was today granted bail when he appeared before Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams. Construction worker, forty year-old Jair Jeremias Guerra of Salvapan, Belmopan was offered bail of twenty-five thousand dollar. He is to report to the Belmopan Police twice weekly, must have […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Twenty-two-year-old Anthony Reyes, a barber of Mahogany Street in Belize City was also lucky to get bail of twenty-five thousand dollars today. Reyes is charged with the murder of forty-four-year-old Emmerson Anderson, who was shot and killed while he was part of a group gathered on Ebony Street in March of 2018. Although he has […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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General Elections are due in November of this year, but the exact date is not known. But there is a pending case against the Elections and Boundaries Commission and the government before the court on the matter of the election process. Lord Michael Ashcroft and the Belize Peace Movement are challenging that the government has not conducted a […]
Written on June 25, 2020 | Posted in
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An ex-Police Constable who is serving a two-year sentence behind bars applied for bail today while his attorney appeals the ruling of the case; but his application for the bail was turned down. Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford ruled that the evidence that the prosecution has on file stemming from the incident is stacked overwhelmingly against ex-cop, Carlisle […]
Written on June 24, 2020 | Posted in
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