It is the third politician to be charged with criminal offences by the U.D.P. government in this term. But on Thursday, it will be the first time in history that a serving Mayor, a female at that, will be paraded to the Queen Street Police Station to be processed and taken to court to hear […]
We asked Peyrefitte if he feels the burden is on him to get her acquitted because so much, including her political career, is at stake. Michael Peyrefitte “It is not for Ms. Moya to prove her innocence, it’s for the Crown to show that she’s guilty because under the law she doesn’t have to prove […]
On Tuesday the body of fourteen year old Dylan Ayuso was discovered at the abandoned building that was formerly the Venus Bus Terminal. His murder appears to be gang related but up to news time, there have been no arrests and it is believed that an acquaintance was involved. The second form student from Wesley […]
Two horrible murders in a span of less than twenty-four hours in Belize City; it’s not really a record in statistics, but it is all shocking. The murder of Dylan Ayuso, a student of Wesley College, was followed by the execution style slaying of Norman Gillett on Tuesday night just after eight o’clock when a […]
There was a flurry of activity today all connected to Thursday’s arrest. The Mayor has been talking through her attorneys, but personally she has been deafening silent. In a statement late this afternoon, Moya Flowers took the unprecedented step and came out publicly against the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. It is most unusual […]
And while Peyrefitte was more circumspect in his approach to the charges, last evening the Mayor’s other defense attorney, Hubert Elrington, was quite candid about her upcoming charge. Elrington thinks it’s all a power play between the Prime Minister and the Mayor. Hubert Elrington, Defense Attorney, Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers “This is an intra-party squabble. […]
This afternoon, News Five took to the streets and got a sample of what voters think of Moya Flowers’ legal and political fights. And there are mixed reviews on whether Moya Flowers should be charged for the alleged financial improprieties at City Hall. Duane Moody “The Mayor of Belize City is expected to be charged […]
The Belize City Council continues in the eye of the storm in its worst financial and political crisis. Employees of Belize Maintenance Limited staged day two of their most recent demonstration at City Hall. Belize Maintenance Limited is owed two million seven hundred thousand dollars in arrears and the council also owes Belize Waste control […]
The Bar Association met on Tuesday night to discuss a proposal by some members who want Justice Samuel Awich to resign for misbehavior primarily because of the length of time his rulings have been reserved in several cases. According to association members, there were heated exchanges at the meeting, but by the end of the […]
Transparency International, the international organization that champions honesty and shames countries for being dishonest has released its Global Corruption Report for 2009 called Corruption and the Private Sector. According to the report, Belize is ranked at one hundred and eleven on the list of one hundred and eighty countries. And on a scale where ten […]
When Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jeffries last briefed the media on crime statistics from January to August of 2009, there were some decreases in major crimes compared to the same period in 2008. The latest stats are out and in September the police report an increase in murders and thefts. There were nine homicides for […]
He has been on remand since yesterday for aggravated assault and today, eighteen year old Michael ‘Warrior’ Young was back in court and this time, for another incident where he was slapped with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm charges. Young is being accused of trying to kill Trevor Trapp […]
Murder capital number one just got worse. On Tuesday, two additional murders were added to the dreadful statistics in Belize City with the homicides of Dylan Ayuso and Norman Gillett. Just prior to that on Monday, two school children and a man were injured in a mid afternoon shoot-out in the Saint Martin de Porres […]
