It was big news one year ago when the manager and owner of Omni Networks and Fultec Systems, Dean Fuller, was charged with laundering over six point five million dollars. The alleged offenses brought by the Financial Intelligence Unit were said to have occurred between October ninth 2007 and January first 2009. It was an […]
We do not normally hear from the Bar Association, but the retirement of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh pulled the attorneys out of their lull. The Bar on Tuesday night, passed a rare resolution chiding the government for the way it has treated the Chief Justice and by this afternoon, the government responded in kind. But […]
As we told you earlier, late this afternoon, the government responded to the Bar resolution. According to G.O.B. “it utterly rejects the assertion that the tenure of the Chief Justice has been treated in an ‘unseemly manner’ by the Government of Belize.” Government says there is no constitutional impasse since the constitutional provisions are being […]
There is an alarming number of criminal cases that fall when they get to court for varied reasons. In instances, witnesses are fearful and do not want to testify, other times there is a lack of evidence and still yet sometimes the case files are not ready. The low rate of conviction coupled with the […]
The results of the Primary School Examinations were made public two weeks ago. There was reason for excitement and celebration because the scores showed improvement over last year’s. This morning, the thirty students who topped the exams nationwide were acknowledged by the Ministry of Education in the presence of teachers, parents and their peers at […]
In the Supreme Court, a jury this afternoon reached a verdict in the trial of a Cayo resident who had been charged with the murder of his uncle. Kenneth Garcia stood accused of murdering fifty-four year old Sergio Amilcar Garcia back in 2006. The incident occurred between eight and nine o’clock on September twenty-second at […]
Money laundering charges against businessman, Dean Fuller, were dropped today, but in the case of the Coye family, more charges were brought against them on Tuesday. The Coye Family—Melanie Coye, her husband James Gerou; parents Michael and Marlene; brother, Jude and their two employees: Dietrick Kingston and Athlee Matute—appeared in court and were read five […]
In the west, a resident of Camalotte Village is tonight facing a charge of forgery after he allegedly passed himself as the Manager of Recondev to obtain thousands of dollars from an unsuspecting businessman. According to Zhi Yiang Zhang, sometime between the eleventh and thirteenth of April, while at the offices of Recondev in Belmopan, […]
In Tuesday night’s newscast, we told you how the Ministry of Health was preparing to deal with cases of dengue fever which surge during the rainy season. The Ministry of Health says that while it fears a possible outbreak, once preventive measures are in place, the situation can be controlled. There is no outbreak and […]
The Museum of Belize preserves and displays artifacts that tell tales of our national identity and history. But there is a little known secret about the museum; it is also a center that kids can seek knowledge of art. Twice a week, the museum hosts an after school program that teaches primary school students how […]
The National Basketball team is preparing to take on regional heavy weights in Santo Domingo at the upcoming Centrobasket 2010 tournament. The head coach, former N.B.A. player, Marques Johnson, has already been recruited and the composition of the team will soon be determined. Belize hopes to repeat its COCABA stellar performance at the July games; […]
A family event will take place at the Bliss Institute this weekend to coincide with Father’s Day. It’s a concert and a competition among artist that will pay tribute to fathers. According to Tony Wright of the Association for Belizean Artists First, the competition and concert start at seven thirty on Sunday night and it’s […]
The Belize Tourism Association’s Annual Belize Tourism Expo is fast approaching and this year, despite the gloomy economic times, it is described as a promising event. The event runs from June twenty-third to the twenty-seventh and today there was an orientation to prepare the local suppliers for their meeting next week with their international counterparts. […]
