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Arguments wrapped up before the Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin on a case brought against the Government by John Briceño and Julius Espat of the People’s United Party. In the two-day proceedings the P.U.P. argued that the government spent one point three billion dollars without required approval and that is against the law. In his testimony […]
Written on November 21, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on How Government Spends the People’s Money
The case suit against the Minister of Finance, the Financial Secretary and the Attorney General hinges on four main points and at the conclusion of the hearing, Espat told the media that the attorney for the government conceded to two of those four claims pertaining to the supplementary appropriation. Judgment in the matter has been […]
Written on November 21, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on P.U.P. Case Against G.O.B. Wraps Up, Judgment Pending
The outcome of the challenge, according to Opposition Leader John Briceño, should set precedence for other jurisdictions within the region insofar as the expenditure of public funds. He also explains why the People’s United Party proceeded with the claim, despite the notion that the P.U.P. may very well form the next government in 2020. […]
Written on November 21, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Johnny Says It’s About Transparency and Accountability
This morning twenty-eight-year-old Collin Francis was offered bail for the attempted murder of Nurse Augustina Elijio. Bail was set at eight thousand dollars plus two sureties of the same amount. We were made to understand that he wasn’t able to meet bail up to four this evening. But there is one family on record that […]
Written on November 21, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on The Vasquez family Sounds Off on Bail Offered to Nestor’s Killer
According to Jules Vasquez, the family hasn’t heard of further development in the case. He says that he has reached out the Director of Public Prosecution. Today, he told reporters that the way the criminal justice system works in Belize is regrettable, but that it is a dysfunctional mechanism that the family expected. Here’s what […]
Written on November 21, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Vasquez Family Wants Answers
Opposition Leader John Briceño and Julius Espat, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, are claimants in a suit brought against the Minister of Finance, Prime Minister Dean Barrow, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte. They are challenging government’s expenditure of over one point three billion dollars, including the PetroCaribe funds that were […]
Written on November 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on P.U.P. Legally Challenges Government Expenditure from Public Purse
While PM Barrow and AG Peyrefitte’s names appear as defendants on the claim, neither government officials appeared in court today. Instead, the financial secretary appeared alone and was represented by Queens Counsel Justin Simon. Under cross-examination, Waight admitted that government often exceeded the prescribed limit set under the Finance and Audit Reform Act. For his […]
Written on November 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on FinSec Says Government Regularly Exceeds Approved Limit of Public Monies
In court, the issue of accountability for a hundred million dollars, spent during the fiscal year 2012 and 2013, was raised before the Financial Secretary. According to PAC Chairman, Julius Espat, that figure had also been flagged previously by Auditor General Dorothy Bradley in her Audit Report for that period in question. Julius Espat, […]
Written on November 20, 2019 | Posted in
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In the Supreme Court, Jose Rodriguez pleaded guilty to “Causing Death by Careless Conduct” in the fatal traffic accident which claimed the life of eleven-year-old Tezzrah Thompson, four years ago. Initially, Rodriguez was charged with “Manslaughter by Negligence”, but he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge. The case was adjourned to November twenty-fifth, when Justice […]
Written on November 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Also in the courts, Orange Walk resident is facing charges of manslaughter by negligence. He is Cyril Valencio, who was driving a delivery truck that knocked down and crushed Rudolph Arnold in the area of the Port on Monday. Seventy-one-year-old Arnold was riding a bicycle when he was hit by the truck. Vаlеnсіо was arraigned […]
Written on November 20, 2019 | Posted in
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John and Sheldon Grinage were freed on Thursday for the murder of thirty-two-year-old Mariano Castillo. Crown Counsel Portia Staine-Ferguson entered a nolle prosequi since a witness could not be located. The trial started on weak legs since Kamisha Roches, an eyewitness and Castillo’s girlfriend at the time, recanted the statement that she gave to the […]
Written on November 15, 2019 | Posted in
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Police have cracked a recent murder that occurred in Ladyville, Belize District. . Twenty-seven-year-old Jason Garcia and a teenage minor appeared before Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson this morning where they were both arraigned on a charge of murder. Garcia, an automotive technician of a Ladyville address and the seventeen-year-old, a student at Gateway Youth Center, are […]
Written on November 13, 2019 | Posted in
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The case involving President of the Police Association Corporal Eldon Arzu will proceed in the Supreme Court in February 2020, but does he have a strong case to present to the court? On Tuesday, attorney Nazira Myles made a submission on her client’s behalf seeking relief from sanctions and an extension of time to allow […]
Written on November 13, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on What’s Up with the Police Lawsuit Involving the ComPol?
Shopkeeper Alfonso Mario Ayuso, who was found guilty of sexual assault against a female minor, was sentenced to six months behind bars. Prior to his sentencing, Ayuso begged the court for leniency saying that he is diabetic and has cataract on the eyes. His attorney, Anthony Sylvestre also asked the court not to impose a […]
Written on November 13, 2019 | Posted in
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Almost nine months after a lawsuit was filed by Corporal Eldon Arzu, the President of the Police Association, against the Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the case has still not proceeded to trial. This is because Arzu’s first attorney did not comply with certain instructions given by the court. Today, the case came up again […]
Written on November 12, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Trial of Police Assc. Prez Vs ComPol Chester William to Proceed
Jamie Hope, who was charged with “Attempted Murder and “Grievous Harm, was freed of the charges when she appeared before Justice Marilyn Williams and Crown Counsel Sherigne Rodriguez entered a nolle prosequi. Crown Counsel Rogriguez told the court that the crown is withdrawing the matter since the witness no longer wishes to proceed with the […]
Written on November 11, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Jaime Hope is Freed of Attempted Murder Charge
Four of the six men appeared before the Chief Magistrate and received bail today. They are facing charges relating to a robbery which occurred months ago at Cooking Master Restaurant located on St. Thomas Street in Belize City. They are nineteen-year-old Raheem Budran, twenty-three-year-old Alton Garcia, thirty-year-old Kareem Heusner, and thirty-year-old Delroy Chaplin. The Chief […]
Written on November 11, 2019 | Posted in
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In the courtroom of Justice Colin Williams, the case of forty-five-year-old Albert Martinez concluded. He was spared jail time after taking a guilty plea to the lesser charge of causing death by careless conduct in the fatal traffic accident that took the life of six-year-old Ashanty Pollard. Martinez who had originally been indicted for “manslaughter […]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Albert Martinez Guilty of Causing Death by Careless Condition of 6-Year-Old
Another murder trial crumbled at the Supreme Court today when the defence attorney made a no-case submission since the prosecution could not prove their case without the key witness. Thirty-year-old Enfield Ervin Fitzgibbon, who was charged with the 2017 murder of nineteen-year-old Keimar Nicholas, was acquitted in the courtroom of Justice Colin Williams in a trial […]
Written on November 7, 2019 | Posted in
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The owner of Almacen Shanti in Corozal town Kishore Kumar was charged with operating a money exchange business without a permit. On Wednesday, the businessman appeared before a magistrate and pleaded not guilty. He was offered bail of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars which he met. He was ordered to surrender his travel documents […]
Written on November 7, 2019 | Posted in
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Today, the case between seventy-three-year-old Primrose Gabourel and her son, forty-three-year-old Dion Zabaneh and the Department of the Environment, continued before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford. The mother and son are being charged with several offences including failure to obtain environmental clearance, hindering an officer in relation to his duties, and failure to comply with a […]
Written on November 6, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Primrose Gabourel, Dion Zabaneh vs. D.O.E. Continues before the Courts
Reynaldo Verde remains locked up in the U.S., facing charges of extortion and attempted extortion. The former Deputy Director of General Tax Services pled not guilty to those charges. Verde was arrested while transiting the U.S., on his return to Belize. He is being accused by the owner of Orchid Bay in Corozal, Chris Williams. Williams […]
Written on November 6, 2019 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Trove of Evidence against Reynaldo Verde Filed
A fifty-one-year-old man will have to stand trial at the January 2020 session of the Supreme Court for a horrible sexual offense of a child, only three years old. Alfonso Perez a.k.a. “Rebel,” an electrician of Rancho Dolores, Belize District is accused of sexually assaulting the young child in late January of this year when […]
Written on November 5, 2019 | Posted in
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In the Supreme Court, Jordan Pitts was fortunate to be spared jail time when he pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery. Pitts appeared in the courtroom of Justice Colin Williams, who considered various factors in making his judgement including that Pitts was a minor at the time of the offence, he has no previous […]
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Comments Off on Suspended Sentence for Jordan Pitts, Guilty of Robbery
Forty-two-year-old Alfonso Noble, the editor of Guardian Newspaper, today appeared in the Supreme Courtroom of Justice Colin Williams and pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of causing death by careless conduct in the traffic accident that claimed the life of Gilbert Meyers Junior. Noble, was initially indicted in 2016 for manslaughter by negligence, but after […]
Written on November 4, 2019 | Posted in
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