The traditional opening ceremony of the Supreme Court took place this morning, marking the official start of a crammed calendar for the year ahead. There was the usual pomp and circumstance befitting the occasion but unlike last year, the tone was different. The 2009 speeches were remarkable and memorable. The Chief Justice charged that government […]
The Supreme Court opened today and simultaneously taking place, is an unprecedented special sitting of the Court of Appeal to hear the appeal by Belize Telemedia Limited against the CJ’s injunction preventing it from interrupting Smart’s services. It is an unusual occurrence taking place more infrequently than a solar eclipse. For the first time in […]
He celebrated his ninety-first birthday only last Friday, and this year there was no public appearance to mark the occasion, mostly because, as he put it, the recession does not lend to a party. Despite his age, George Price, the Father of the nation, can frequently be seen taking his walk between his home and […]
Attorney General Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington told News Five late last year that the government would be advertising the post of Chief Justice since the CJ, Abdulai Conteh, is reaching retirement age. At the opening of the Supreme Court this morning, the CJ himself said that many have been talking about his possible retirement in 2010. […]
And while the Police Department says crime was down for 2009, the court calendar reflected an overwhelming figure of cases dispensed of in 2009 by nine justices. At today’s opening the CJ presented the alarming figures which included the backlog of cases in the court system. Dr. Abdulai Conteh, Chief Justice “In that year a […]
So did Elrington apologize when he said openly in court today that he humbly begged “That any unhappy remark I made be attributed solely to inadvertence, ignorance and perhaps inexperience?” Well, we asked him afterwards what he meant. Marion Ali “You offered an apology to the CJ referring to last year’s comments made. I think […]
In other legal news, Senior Counsels Lois Young and Lisa Shoman, appeared on opposite sides before the Privy Council in London this morning over what is called “the referendum case”. This goes back to 2008 when the government tried to amend the human rights provisions of the Belize Constitution without taking the matter to a […]
Assistance to Haiti continues to surge in the wake of last Tuesday’s earthquake. The International Red Cross says that at least fifty thousand persons have been killed. The destruction to infrastructure is massive, the airport is overwhelmed and unable to process the aid that is pouring into the island and the port is closed due […]
The long arms of the law caught up with a U.S. fugitive hiding in Belize. Acting on a tip, police investigations led them to a boat at the Cucumber Beach Marina on the Western Highway. Last Friday the cops searched the boat “Latitude Adjustment”, owned by US National William Russell Jewett Junior and found not […]
Also in the Magistrate’s Court, a student who has been in police custody since last Thursday was charged for stabbing twenty year old Giovanni Abraham with a knife. Eighteen year old Mark Anthony Usher Junior was taken to court and slapped with charges of Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Harm. The incident occurred sometime […]
And an Orange Walk resident, twenty year Darrel Berry spent Christmas Day in the hospital after he was shot several times in the wee hours of December twenty-fourth. And now the man police believe shot Berry, is spending time in the Hattieville Prison until he has his day in court. Twenty-seven year old Kareem Barona […]
The Social Investment Fund handed over a donation valued just under ten thousand dollars to the Police Department today. And it was not the usual, the gift comprised of sewing and arts and craft equipment and materials. That’s because the Yabra Community Police Center is starting a new initiative, offering training in sewing and crafts […]
There is a new head coach for the senior male softball national team. On Saturday, the executive council of the Belize Softball Federation named veteran softball player, Nelberth Flowers, to head the team. Flowers has a long trajectory in the sport and has played for the jewel in several regional games. He was a member […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly welcome you to this issue of Sports Monday. As the Belizean nation gets ready for the Holy Saturday Cross Country event, the Belize Cycling Association continues to present even more races in an effort to prepare its athletes for prime time. So we looked in on Saturday’s […]
