On Friday, the Court of Appeal drastically reduced the prison sentence given to a Dangriga father in his forties who was convicted of raping his own daughter no less than six times at a tender age. Justice of the Supreme Court Troadio Gonzalez set a total of seventy-five years in prison on the six counts […]
The Government of Belize secured a significant legal victory this morning in the Supreme Court, where Justice Michelle Arana dismissed an application brought by Belize International Services Limited. The suit followed the compulsory acquisition of the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize and the International Business Companies Registry in June, 2013. The decision of the […]
The foundation on which government presented its argument and the subsequent decision taken by the court is that a binding agreement of that magnitude ought to have been put to tender. Since there was never an offer made by a competing entity through a tender process, the court found it appropriate to cancel the contract. […]
Financial Secretary Joseph Waight welcomes the Supreme Court ruling, despite being uncertain whether an appeal will be filed in the days ahead. Joseph Waight, Financial Secretary “I’ll have to say that it is good news for the government, it is a position we maintained all along. We are glad that the court found it […]
Thirty-one year old Constable Amir Moh of San Jose Palmar, Orange Walk District, was caught up in allegations of extortion of a medical technician, forty-eight-year-old Alexander Tate. As reported at the time, in January of 2012, Moh demanded that Tate pay him to get out of driving an uninsured vehicle when he was stopped at […]
Remember Kevin Alvarez, aka “Cowboy”? He is the former police officer who was accused of the murder of a Chinese businessman in Orange Walk back in 2008, but was exonerated. Well tonight, he is a free man once again after he walked today from the attempted murder of four police officers and two firearm charges. […]
Thirty-two-year old Sarita Ash, an unemployed single mother of three children, now has a conviction on her record for theft. But the circumstances are somewhat unusual. According to security guard forty-eight-year-old Frederick Trapp, he had his wallet stolen on Thursday, October twentieth, while at the Uno Gas Station on Youth for the Future Drive in […]
Marlon Castillo is the twenty-nine year old former cyclist who admitted earlier this week to causing the death of his long-time cycling buddy Ariel Rosado. It happened during a traffic accident five years ago on the Philip Goldson Highway. Today a remorseful Castillo was assessed fines totalling thirteen thousand dollars – and it could have […]
Sanjay Casey and Belhem Guzman, both of Camalote village, Cayo District, were today read charges of attempted murder, dangerous harm, use of deadly means of harm, and aggravated assault. Casey was separately charged with damage to property while Guzman was additionally charged with common assault. The charges stem from an incident on the night of October […]
Two police officers, who were initially charged with the murder of Hilberto Sotz while he was in a holding cell in San Pedro, will stand trial for manslaughter in the January 2017 session of the Supreme Court. At the end of the preliminary inquiry today, Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith committed both officers, Hallett King […]
Twenty-nine year old Marlon Castillo, a prominent cycling champion and butcher by trade, today pleaded guilty to a charge of causing death by careless conduct in the death of childhood friend and cycling buddy, Ariel Rosado when he appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas. He was originally charged with manslaughter by negligence. Around ten-fifty p.m. on […]
The man believed to have set fire to DPM Patrick Faber’s government issued Mazda SUV appeared in court this morning. Allen Martinez was picked up by Ladyville Police on Thursday morning in connection with the arson that took place around midnight on Tuesday, October eleventh. When he appeared in court this morning, Martinez was told […]
Of eighteen persons initially charged in connection with the December home invasion at the house of Sarkis Abou-Nehra, twelve have been freed of charges. In an update, police said that all twenty-one DNA results are still not back. Today, Regional Commander of the Rural Eastern Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police Edward Broaster reassured the media […]
Back in early August, an amateur video went viral on social media of a Dangriga woman under attacked inside her home and in front of her children. The attackers were a then eight-month-old pregnant woman, two Belizean-American women on vacation in Belize and a fourteen year old minor. Several days after the home invasion, Samanti […]
In April of 2015, San Ignacio police charged Saul Ortiz, Windell Obando and a fifteen year old minor, now seventeen, for the murder of Orelio Montero. They were arraigned and remanded to the Central Prison. But tonight, after a year and a half on remand, Ortiz, Obando and the minor are at home. The trio was […]
Eighteen persons were initially charged in connection with the December 2015 home invasion at the house of a businessman Sarkis Abou Nehra in Burrell Boom Village. At least six persons ransacked the house and stole a number of items including guns, jewelry and cash. During the horrific incident, a domestic employee was violated but the […]
A neighbourhood watch on Coral Grove Drive, Belize City, and quick response to a burglary in progress led to the arrest of a well-known criminal figure of Guadalupe Street. This morning, thirty-year old Michael Usher was arraigned before Senior Magistrate, Sharon for going equipped in respect of a burglary at the house of Udeen Ooper […]
Back in March, we told you about thirty nine year old Amador Pott who was charged with sexual assault, exposing his person in public and using insulting words. Well, last week Pott’s case was thrown out after lack of evidence. Today, Pott stopped by our studios because he said he wanted to let the public […]
On Wednesday afternoon, six persons were hauled to the Belize City Magistrate Court – charged in connection with the burning of tires on BelCan Bridge on Monday afternoon. COLA President Geovannie Brackett, Perry “Sticks” Smith, and Clayburn Pascascio were jointly charged for “Cause a Bonfire to be Set.” It is alleged that they paid twenty-three […]
Today, Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin struck out the constitutional challenge brought by the People’s United Party of the Sarstoon Law. The statutory instrument, which was passed by the Government, prohibited Belizeans from going into the Sarstoon River under the Public Safety Act, and was essentially a measure to stop expeditions organized by the Belize Territorial […]
Back in May of 2016, PM Barrow in an interview with News Five said that, “the S.I. was to serve the limited purpose of ensuring that at the time the circumstances that saw us fear that we would not be able to protect the lives and limbs of the people who wanted to go to […]
On Monday afternoon, an eerily familiar scene unfolded on the Belcan Bridge in Belize City as burning tires blocked traffic and filled the air with thick, black smoke. Unlike the scene we’ve seen in the past though, this protest blaze was short-lived. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within minutes and police detained several persons for questioning […]
The two minors charged along with twenty-three year old Adrian Avaloy for setting the tires on fire are participants in the Youth Apprenticeship Program that is coordinated by Dianne Finnegan. Finnegan was also at the magistrate’s court this afternoon as the trio was arraigned for the offense. Visibly upset, she called out Brackett and Smith, […]
A Ladyville man was arraigned and charged with attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm, dangerous harm, wounding and aggravated assaulted of two brothers which happened on September tenth. Twenty-one year old Jesse Mejia reportedly got into an argument with brothers Frank and Leroy Tejeda. It is said that the altercation resulted from an […]
Teenager Leon Martinez is free of any criminal charges tonight. Police say he tried to escape from the Ladyville Police Station while under detention for an alleged burglary and common assault. Martinez was not charged with either crime and claims that on September thirtieth, when he tried to leave the station, three police officers entered […]
