This morning the Court of Appeal ordered that two brothers convicted of murder should get a new trial. In October 2006 Maurice and Emory Felix were found guilty of the murder of Belize City mechanic Mitchum Heredia. Justice Adolph Lucas subsequently ordered that both Felixes should be jailed for life. In connection to injuries sustained […]
As we reported earlier this week, for two days the Court of Appeal heard arguments by the Government as to why they should be granted leave to appeal the injunction made against the passage of the Referendum bill pending the outcome of a judicial review. This morning the panel of judges refused the application but […]
Arguments between the Attorney General and Belize Bank’s lawyers over whether the case of the ten million from Venezuela should be heard by the Chief Justice or decided on by a London arbitration tribunal concluded late this evening. The C.J. has reserved his decision. In court today, Solicitor General Tanya Herwanger outlined the Government’s case, […]
In an update to a story on Thursday night’s newscast which revealed that a Central Bank report had found First Caribbean International Bank in breach of banking requirements, this afternoon Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit Geraldine Davis, confirmed that investigations into the findings are ongoing. The Central Bank report now in our possession is […]
Following a brazen car jacking and subsequent high speed chase on Thursday afternoon, police have arrested and charged a gas station attendant for the crimes. Today nineteen year old Mansa Obi pled not guilty to charges of Robbery, Driving a Motor Vehicle without Due Care and Attention, Keeping a Firearm and Ammunition without a License, […]
Police investigations into a case of possible human trafficking have resulted in the arrest of a Belize City businessman. According to court reports, forty-three year old Kamal Nandrani has been charged with five counts of Unlawfully Withholding the Identification Papers of his employees. He pled not guilty to the offences and the accused has been […]
There is a disturbing report tonight that an armed robber attacked a Belize City woman and then held her mother hostage until she returned with money. According to thirty-five year old radiologist Silvia Parales, around nine on Thursday night, she and her mother had just walked up to their car in the parking lot of […]
He’s often quoted in this newscast but tonight we have a one and one interview with Chief Justice of Belize Dr. Abdulai Conteh. Conteh is part of the official hosting committee of a team from the Caribbean Court of Justice who will be in Belize next week. While in the country, the legal experts will […]
Less than a week ago the hearts of every red blooded Belizean swelled with pride as the national football team defended our honour against Mexico’s best in World Cup action. On Saturday night, the Jaguars will go head to head with our northern neighbours on their home turf. The match will take place in Monterrey, […]
In case you missed the memo, the summer holidays are here and various academic, artistic and athletic camps are popping up across the country. The organisers of one such annual activity are tonight encouraging interested parties to sign up early because according to Ian O’Keeffe, the Eder Alamilla Art Camp is two weeks of pure […]
In March, Stonetree Records released its latest compilation entitled “Umalali: The Garifuna Women’s Project” and less than a month later the women and the Garifuna Collective hit the road for a tribute tour in honour of Andy Palacio and to promote the album to music lovers everywhere. According to producer Ivan Duran, they were successful […]
