The Court of appeal concluded its sitting today, but before it did the justices delivered a landmark decision just before noon. The Court handed down a ruling that involved one of its own justices, newly appointed Denys Barrow. The appeal was brought by the Belize Electricity Limited against the Public Utilities Commission. The utility company […]
Sir Barry Bowen died tragically in a plane crash on February, twenty-six in the San Pablo area of La Isla Bonita. But this morning the written decision on a landmark case that he had taken before the courts was handed down by the Court of Appeal. It had to do with the Sixth Amendment Bill […]
When we caught up today with Attorney Eamon Courtenay, who is attorney for the Citrus Growers Association, we also asked him about a decision handed down on Thursday in the Supreme Court by Justice Minnet Hafiz. The judge ruled in favour of the C.G.A. that the Citrus Processing and Production Act as it stood contravened […]
And our question to viewers on Thursday was: “Do you think G.O.B. should invest more to solve crime? Most persons who responded thought definitely so. One participant thought that that GOB should invest more in crime prevention because children are afraid to go to school. While another touched on the issue of tourism saying “we can’t […]
The beachfront on Ambergris Caye has been reduced to a façade for violence that has been spreading on the island. There were two separate stabbing incidents on Tuesday night. That prompted San Pedro’s Mayor, the Minister of Tourism, the police department, the town council, and the business Community to hold a meeting to find efforts […]
The autopsy of slain police corporal Gavin Sanchez was conducted this afternoon at the K.H.M.H. morgue. Of the number of bullets which penetrated Sanchez’s body during the shooting on Thursday morning at the police precinct at San Pedro, one proved to be fatal. News Five spoke with Tara Li Sanchez, wife of the deceased officer, […]
In other news about crime, an overnight burglary at the Central American Health Science University near the Boom cutoff inconvenienced some sixty students who gathered inside the lecture hall today for a seminar on forensic medicine. The theft of a safe containing cash and legal documents has also set back the university. It is believed […]
A murder suspect was freed in the Supreme Court today when the judge upheld a no case submission made by his attorney. On Easter Monday of March twenty-third, 2008, thirty-two year old Alvin Guzman was accused of setting on fire, his twenty-three year old common-law-wife, Avette Augustine. It was alleged that he doused her with […]
Two men who were surprised inside the home of Elma Augustine in the Lake Garden area were found guilty of Burglary on Thursday. Nineteen year old Moses Pacheco and eighteen year old Pedro Gonzalez were caught in Augustine’s bathroom on August tenth 2009 when the cops were informed about a burglary in progress. Police found […]
Twenty-two year old Telswin Lara, once beat a murder charge but today he was back in court for robbing two minors at gunpoint. But while in the Magistrate’s holding cell, he picked up another charge, this one for robbery. Shortly before eleven o’clock, while Telswin was in the lockdown, Alex Rojas, a detainee in the […]
Earlier in the newscast we reported on a number of rulings handed down by the Court of Appeal. The justices also dealt with the appeal of a man found guilty of raping a mother of four and who was sentenced to twelve years behind bars. Forty year old Levi Jackson appealed the Supreme Court’s decision […]
Also in the courts Justice Boyd Carey who has been sitting in the Belize Court of Appeal for ten years got a warm send-off today. The imminently qualified judge started his legal career as a registrar of the court of appeal and eventually was elevated to the Supreme Court and then the court of appeal. […]
The days are counting down to the judgment that the National Basketball team has been waiting on ever since it competed in the COCABA games in Cancun last year. In August of 2009, the team won silver, but the international Basketball Federation (FIBA) claimed that some of the players did not receive their Belizean citizenship […]
As you may know by now, March is Women’s Month. The activities to celebrate the achievements of women are moving full steam ahead. The Women’s Issues Network (WinBelize) has been leading the charge in promoting issues affecting girls and women. WinBelize, through support from the Mexican Embassy, is hosting a fundraising event on Saturday night. […]
Early this morning, a pioneer in broadcasting with tremendous experience in the public service, Rudolph Castillo, passed away in Belmopan. Castillo did not recover from a coma he slipped in about a month ago following surgery for injuries he suffered in a fall. Castillo was among top broadcasters in the early days of Radio Belize […]
Five days after the armed robbery at the Social Security office on Princess Margaret Drive, the Board issued a press release on the incident. And the amount the Board is saying the two thieves got away with on Monday when the incident occurred was far less than the media has reported. In fact, SSB’s figure […]
If you have an interest in pageantry then make plans to go out this weekend. Coming up, Safiyyah has a list of weekend events, ranging from two pageants to a cultural day and a talent show. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? This weekend there will be not one but 2 School […]
