Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh today granted former Prime Minister Said Musa judicial review of Magistrate Earl Jones’ decision to commit him to stand trial in the Supreme Court. Musa is charged with Theft in connection with a gift of ten million US dollars from Venezuela to the government of Belize, an issue that has dominated […]
Meanwhile, in the Court of Appeal, the case of Elvis Myers was heard today and the outcome may have bearing on some other cases that were tried by Justice Troadio Gonzalez. Myers was accused of the December twenty-sixth, 2005 murder of Winfield Slusher Junior, and the wounding of Police Constable Keith Cruz. He was charged […]
And the regional Caribbean Court of Justice has been ratified by twelve of the fifteen countries that make up CARICOM and with the CARICOM Summit scheduled for tomorrow; the issue of whether the government of Belize will accede to the C.C.J. as the final appellate court comes up for reflection. The University of the West […]
In other news, at least ten Heads of CARICOM, including Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad have arrived in Belize for the twentieth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. The summit opens tomorrow and top on the agenda is the economic and financial crisis that is impacting the economies of the region. Earlier […]
She endured a rough ride leading to the municipal elections but Belize city U.D.P. Mayor Zenaida Moya pulled through and made history, becoming the old capitol’s first two-term female mayor. Moya took the oath of office today along with ten councillors who will run the city for the next three years. At today’s swearing in […]
A day after he was stripped from Cabinet, Marcel Cardona is talking and he is laying blame on the deputy prime minister. While Cardona is refraining from giving interviews, he released a promised statement which was hand-delivered today to our newsroom. The ousted minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, says in the release that he […]
The plight of the Cubans who were stranded about fourteen miles north of Middle Caye near the North Light House on the reef on February fourteenth has not been resolved. Two perished at sea due to exposure to the elements, and the remaining fourteen were charged with Illegal Entry. They have been remanded to the […]
In other news, police have charged eighteen year old Tariq Tzul of West Street in Belize City for the crime of Attempted Robbery. A seventeen year old minor who was Tzul’s partner in crime was also charged with Attempted Robbery, Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm, and Wounding. The incident occurred on Sunday […]
In last night’s newscast we reported that police found the body of Jose Manuel Salazar, a sixty-seven year old Belizean labourer of Carmelita Village, in the Orange Walk District. A postmortem has now been concluded on the body of Salazar and the cause of death has been determined to be strangulation due to asphyxia. Salazar […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) have signed a memorandum of agreement. The project seeks to increase small farmers’ productivity for income and employment generation in rural communities and to strengthen small farmer’s capacity. The contract is co-financed by the European Union, who is contributing almost […]
Mary’s Open Doors is a non-governmental organization located in San Ignacio that assists victims of domestic abuse in the west. And as the scope of its work grows, so does the need for funding. One group that has stepped up to the plate is the Concerned Belizean Women Group, an organization working on promoting awareness […]
The case of Barry Bowen and the Landowners Association versus government was in the headlines right up to the end on February thirteenth, when the C.J. ruled against government’s proposed amendment to section seventeen of the constitution. The changes would have blocked access to the courts in the event of any grievances and would have […]
Former Acting Chief Meteorologist Ramon Frutos has been more active than all the hurricane seasons combined. After decades of experience forecasting the weather, his career in public office is coming to an end as he reaches retirement age. The meteorologist sat down with News Five’s Jose Sanchez recently to chat about his experiences with the […]
