No legal professional in Belize’s history has ever been incarcerated for misappropriation of money entrusted to them by clients, but this morning senior attorney, Ernest Staine, almost became the first. Staine has been ordered by the court to pay back monies which were given to him for handling a land transaction between buyer and seller. […]
With the facts of the case on display, the court appears to have little sympathy for a member of the legal fraternity who has committed serious wrong. And certainly, Staine will get no support from the claimants who are out of pocket and whose trust has been abused. But he did have some support today […]
As we told you earlier, today attorney Ernest Staine appeared unconcerned by the very real threat of prison time. Until just days ago, he had failed to obey orders of the Court to disclose his assets, and he has still not paid a cent to the claimants despite repeated commitments that he would do so. […]
The accusation levied against Staine is by no means a rare one where attorneys are concerned. Traditionally, those complaints against attorneys should be taken before the General Legal Counsel, the body which decides sanctions against attorneys. Bar Association President Eamon Courtenay says that a complaint against Staine has been taken before that body, where it […]
Before noon today, a delivery truck from the Hummingbird Citrus Limited Two- farm collided with a small SUV at mile thirty-one on the George Price Highway. One of three persons travelling in the smaller vehicle, died. She has been identified as a US tourist who was heading to Jaguar Paw for a day trip. A […]
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Belize City businessman Christian Ebanks remains a free man tonight, following the dismissal of a single charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. The charge was brought against the forty-year-old naturalized Belizean in mid-May 2014, when personnel from the Gang Suppression Unit ransacked his former residence on Teacher Street and found an unlicensed nine millimeter […]
In court this afternoon, Ebanks testified that on the night before the GSU sting he was involved in a bitter dispute with his wife during which he informed her that he was ending their relationship. Ebanks went on to say that prior to the argument he had sought advice from attorney Oscar Sabido on dissolving […]
Also in the Magistrate’s Court, Bahamians Kelvin Leach and Rohn Knowles were today back before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. The Financial Intelligence Unit is contending that the men tried to leave the country without declaring cash they had on them, in excess of ten thousand dollars. The prosecution rested its case on January fifteenth, and […]
With sustained incursions by Guatemalan poachers into Belizean territory, along its terrestrial borders, a year-round issue for local law enforcement, military and coastguard patrols in the waters off southern Belize are often far and few. Their absence in the far reaches of the country allows for illegal fishing near the Sarstoon River, like xate harvesting […]
According to Maheia, despite reporting the incident to local authorities, very little is being done to increase police and military presence in the area of the Sarstoon River. In fact, Maheia says that they have been discouraged from patrolling the area. Isani Cayetano “Has this incident been reported or is this the first such […]
On Monday, P.U.P. Mayoral Candidate, Yolanda Schakron, who is seeking to unseat U.D.P. Mayor Darrell Bradley in Belize City, held a press conference saying there are flaws in the audit of the Belize City Council finances over the past three years. Schakron, who was flanked by Accountant Jose Coye, pointed to the need for transparency […]
This morning, we also took the opportunity to ask the aspiring mayoral candidate about her plans for the city, if she is elected to office. Yolanda Schakron, P.U.P. Mayoral Candidate, Belize City “We intend to be a council that will be transparent and consult with the people. I noh wah be wah mayor weh […]
MMR Belize Limited which is the parent company of the television game show, Mek Mi Rich, is denying allegations of infringement upon intellectual property in a claim brought by Curtis Swasey of Corozal Town. According to MMR, Swasey filed a claim against Belize Telemedia Limited back in November 2014, listing the company as a co-defendant, […]
A man’s house was burnt down and he lost all his belongings in a fire on Monday. By the time the neighbors called for the fire truck, the structure and all its contents were already burnt to ashes. Neighbors in the ‘Another World Extension’ in Roaring Creek reported seeing someone suspicious around just before the […]
A Corozal businessman of Indian extraction was robbed of a significant sum of money on Friday evening. While the incident has flown below the radar, twenty-nine-year-old Mahesh Balani was relieved of two hundred and forty thousand pesos at gunpoint. That is the monetary equivalent of forty thousand Belize dollars. Balani reported to police that while […]
In news from the south…Placencia Police intercepted a package containing weed at the airstrip in that municipality. Based on Special Branch intelligence, officers searched a package that arrived this morning on a domestic flight from Tropic Air. Inside a cartoon box filled with vegetables, the officers discovered in a bunch of cilantro, a wrapped parcel […]
Mayoral Candidate, Yolanda Schakron today teamed up with Port Loyola standard bearer for the P.U.P., Gilroy Usher Senior, and took to the streets of south side Belize City for a cleanup campaign. The two political aspirants along with several supporters and volunteers were working along the stretch of Central American Boulevard from its junction with […]
The family of eleven year old Efrain Alvarado needs your help. He was first hospitalized back in October for chest pains and was later diagnosed with a minor tumor, for which he underwent a surgery. Two months later, Efrain took a second surgery. The student of Chan Pine Ridge in Orange Walk was sent home, […]
