They have been vocal opponents of the privatization of the Government Printery. And today the Printers Association took G.O.B. to court seeking to have full disclosure of the agreement that moved the facility on Power Lane in Belmopan from a public entity into private ownership last July. President of the Association, Amparo Noble, says the […]
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has denied an application by two Belizean men to have their ongoing trial in connection with one of the biggest drug busts in Belize restarted. Hadrian and Robert Hertular are being tried for a May 2001 drug seizure during which Belizean law enforcement authorities confiscated two thousand, five hundred and fifty-four pounds […]
Arguments in the case of teacher Maria Roches and the Catholic Church were concluded today in the Supreme Court with Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh now considering his decision. Appearing for the applicant, attorney Dean Barrow and his associate Magali Marin Young, maintained that their client was the victim of discrimination because she was fired by […]
Today a trial began in the Supreme Court, which may have far reaching effects on the way our education system is run. It was the first day of a civil lawsuit filed by a Toledo teacher, Maria Roches, against Clement Wade, the National Manager of Catholic Schools. Roches contends that she was fired from her […]
Security was tight and the atmosphere at the Supreme Court was tense on Monday night as the twelve-member jury in the trial of Leslie Pipersburg and Patrick Robateau deliberated the fate of the accused murderers. A little over two hours after they received the case from trial judge Troadio Gonzalez, the jury forelady informed the […]
Their fate hangs in the balance, and by the end of the night, accused murderers Leslie Pipersburg and Patrick Robateau will know whether they will face the hangman’s noose or not. The jury comprising seven men and five women, got the case from presiding judge Troadio Gonzales late this evening after more than four hours […]
And in what must have been a very busy day for U.D.P. leader Dean Barrow–this time in his role as attorney–he today informed News 5 that the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of his client, Caribsports Book and Casino Ltd., and ordered three banks to unfreeze almost five million U.S. dollars that they had […]
The case of the Public Utilities Commission versus Belize Telecommunications Limited over rates the company has been charging consumers since December 2001, opened today in the Supreme Court. The proceedings started shortly after eleven o’clock, but before arguments on the substantive case could be heard by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh, B.T.L.’s attorney Lois Young, raised […]
In an update to a story we ran in December of last year on an employee of a cruise ship arrested while trying to smuggle cocaine out of Belize, on Thursday, Jamaican Steve Armstrong Evans appeared in Magistrate’s Court. He was sentenced to five years in prison and fined twenty thousand dollars. Last week another […]
The trial of accused quadruple murderers Patrick Robateau and Leslie Pipersburg continued this morning before adjourning until Monday. Only two witnesses were called to the stand, including marketing manager for Bowen and Bowen, Nick Pollard Junior. Pollard was asked to clarify operational details at the Slaughterhouse Road distribution centre and to comment on the type […]
This morning the murder trial of Patrick Robateau and Leslie Pipersburg entered its third day at the Supreme Court. Much of the session involved the cross examination of security guard John Ventura, one of the prosecution’s key witnesses. It was not a very good morning for Ventura, as he appeared not to understand questions put […]
The trial of Patrick Robateau and Leslie Pipersburg resumed this afternoon in courtroom number two before Justice Troadio Gonzalez. The duo is accused of robbing the Bowen and Bowen distribution centre on Slaughterhouse Road on the night of June eighteenth, 2002, and murdering four people in the process. When the trial continued, K.B.H. security guard […]
It took almost two years, but on Monday two men were sentenced to death in one of the country’s most sensational cases, the murder of businessman Philip Chin. In delivering his sentence, Justice Troadio Gonzalez said he considered mitigation pleas and testimonies from two character witnesses, but that it was the statements by the two […]
Most of the British Army personnel involved in the court martial of three Gurkha soldiers are winging their way home across the Atlantic. One young Belizean who also boarded the plane–although flying only as far as Houston–was twenty-year-old Ryan Edwards. Edwards, along with Said Musa Jr. and Eugene Zabaneh Jr., was scheduled to testify for […]
When the court martial of three British Army Gurkha soldiers resumed this morning in Belmopan, the prosecution announced that there were some “startling developments”. That turned out to be a massive understatement, as by noon, after two and a half years of investigation and two million pounds of expenditure, the crown abruptly decided to abandon […]
While Medina will likely go to trial sometime in the new year, three British soldiers charged in a court martial in Belmopan have been waiting over two and a half years for justice to be delivered by the British Army. The trial of Yograj Rai, Ramesh Rai, and Durgahang Limbu for the crime of violent […]
It was supposed to begin yesterday, then again today, but this morning the court martial of three British Gurkha soldiers met even further delays. The problem appears to be the as yet unresolved problem with several Belizean witnesses scheduled to begin testimony this week. Over the weekend, Eugene Zabaneh Jr. indicated he would not be […]
It was scheduled to resume today, but when News 5 arrived at the George Price Centre this morning we were told nothing would be happening until tomorrow. So what happened to the resumption of the Court Martial of three Gurkha soldiers charged with violent disorder? Well, from what the court officer, Lt. Colonel Jim Bond […]
In London today, Attorney General Godfrey Smith told the five-man judicial committee of the Privy Council that the Chalillo Dam is fundamental to the Belize’s economic welfare and warned of dire consequences if the project is delayed. The Privy Council is hearing an appeal this week brought forward by BACONGO, an umbrella organisation for a […]
Testimony began today in the first-ever environmental case to be heard by the Privy Council in London, brought by BACONGO who opposes the building of the Chalillo Dam on the Macal River. Attorney for the coalition of environmental groups, Richard Clayton, told the five man judicial committee that a series of studies have shown that […]
The court martial of three British Gurkha soldiers at the George Price Centre was halted last week due to jury contamination, but it appears a new jury may indeed be in place as early as Monday. Army Court Officer Lt. Colonel Jim Bond told News 5 that he is hopeful everything will be in place […]
While most of the nation was celebrating Garifuna Settlement Day on Wednesday, the court martial of three British Army Gurkhas continued at the George Price Centre in Belmopan. The defendants, Durgahang Limbu, Yograj Rai, and Ramesh Rai are charged with “violent disorder” in connection with a brawl at Raul’s Rose Garden on May tenth, 2001. […]
More than two years and six months after fourteen-year-old David Zabaneh was beaten to death in front of Raul’s Rose Garden the court martial of three British army Gurkhas accused of involvement in the incident opened at the George Price Centre in Ladyville. The three men, all with the rank of rifleman, are twenty-seven year […]
He attacked an innocent woman at her Cemetery Road home and took a bullet in the stomach from a neighbourhood Good Samaritan. Today, twenty-two year old Leo Grant was hit by another projectile, this one fired in Magistrate’s Court, where he received a four-year prison sentence for assault. Grant was also charged with burglary, but […]
It created quite a stir back in April when accused drug runners George Herbert and Liston McCord were led up the steps of a U.S. Government jet and flown off to a future that would likely include a long stretch in Federal Prison. But if the D.E.A.’s snatching of two suspected criminals raised eyebrows, the […]
