It was finally established in 2003 and while Belize has paid up its three point seven million U.S. dollar fee to the Caribbean Court of Justice, we still retain London’s Privy Council as the final court of appeal. But this week, members of the C.C.J. are meeting in Belize with stakeholders to build awareness on […]
Meanwhile in news from the Belize Supreme Court, Government’s efforts to secure payment of the millions of dollars in taxes from Belize Telemedia climaxed on Saturday with a ruling in Belmopan’s favor. Telemedia’s attorney Eamon Courtenay had asked Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh to uphold a London judge’s injunction on the Government which would force Belmopan […]
She has had a bumpy ride since her appointment as Solicitor General but reports reaching News Five is that Tanya Longsworth Herwanger has thrown in the towel and resigned from her post. While attempts by News Five to reach Herwanger for comment were unsuccessful, our sources indicate that the SolGen made her decision following the […]
Less than a week after police discovered the tortured body of twenty-two year old Emigdio Gomez hanging from a tree on a feeder road two miles off the Coastal Road, some inroads have been made into the case. Gomez and twenty-seven year old Cornelius Schmitt were shot after three men pretending to be plain clothes […]
A few months ago police in Seine Bight discovered a set of explosive devices at the home of an American businessman. Today such deadly devices were found, not far from downtown Belize City. Newly appointed O.C. at the Gang and Explosive Unit, Sergeant Oscar Tzib, explained how they closed in on the find. Sgt. Oscar […]
In other police news, investigators have expelled a Honduran fugitive who escaped official custody after he was found guilty of murder. Apparently he told someone where he was going because local authorities were lay waiting Donald Roy Davis when he arrived by plane in Belize City. Davis was detained and sent home last Friday. According […]
Tonight police are investigating an armed robbery that has deprived a Belize City resident of more than six thousand dollars in cash. According to twenty-two year old Armick Escobar and twenty-three year old Dario Cruickshank, they along with two friends were in front of Meg’s Body Shop on South Creek around five-thirty on Friday when […]
Victims of Tropical Storm Arthur are set to receive added relief in the wake of the storm which caused over seventy million dollars in destruction primarily in the south of the country. Today, Los Angeles based Consul General Roland Yorke, presented a cheque of nineteen thousand U.S. dollars to NEMO’s new Coordinator, Noreen Fairweather, in […]
For almost eight months Belizean aircrafts have been banned from flying to Guatemala but all that will change next month. According to representatives of Topic Air, on July first flights into Flores will resume. The planes will depart from the Belize City Municipal Airstrip twice on Sundays through Thursdays. This development is important to tour […]
Over the years, the public service has come under criticism for being too bureaucratic. But today, which is observed as Public Service Day, was a time to highlight the achievements of those employees who have displayed outstanding performance over the past year. However, while there was much to celebrate, the Minister of Public Service and […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re welcome to Sports Monday. Game two of the World Cup Qualifying series between Belize and Mexico unfolded at the Estadio Universitario in Monterrey, Mexico Saturday night and after losing the home game at Houston, Texas two nothing, Belizeans worldwide certainly felt encouraged going into Mexico. however, that enthusiasm […]
