Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin delivered a highly anticipated decision this morning in the Supreme Court. On July 2010, Caleb Orosco, president of UNIBAM took the government to court challenging Section fifty-three of Criminal Code of Belize. Arguments were heard three years later. In May 2013, Orozco’s attorneys argued that Section Fifty-Three was unconstitutional because it […]
The groundbreaking decision handed down by the Supreme Court earlier today has been met with mixed reception. Immediately following the ruling, Special Envoy for Women and Children, Kim Simplis Barrow, said “it’s a great day for Belize; it’s a great day for human rights; one step closer to dignity and the respect we all deserve.” […]
The National Evangelical Association of Belize has been vocal in its objection to the challenge ever since it was filed six years ago. This morning, outside of the Supreme Court near Battlefield Park, a handful of churchgoers gathered with their placards to denounce the outcome. NEAB, led by Pastor Lance Lewis, expressed its displeasure with […]
UNIBAM President Simone Hill says that the legal victory, aside from being a significant human rights achievement in Belize, was the result of a collective effort which included input from the UWI Rights Advocacy Project, URAP. Simone Hill, President, UNIBAM “I remember the days when many of the men of the community who identify […]
At around four-thirty this evening Melissa Ferguson was formally arraigned on one single count of Conspiracy to Kidnap two persons – Pastor Llewellyn Lucas and one other. No single step in this ongoing saga has been a simple one and the Court proceeding of Ferguson was no exception. She was actually taken before the Magistrate […]
Bradley maintains that his client, Ferguson, could and would have left the country if she was guilty of the crime for which she has been charged or for the murder which arose out of that kidnapping. Richard “Dickie” Bradley, Attorney for Melissa Ferguson “If I knew for a moment there was the slightest way […]
He maintains that it’s all about optics – pointing out that while Ferguson has been charged for conspiring to kidnap Pastor Lucas and another man, she has not been charged with conspiring to kill Lucas even though Police are saying that kidnapping led to Pastor Lucas being brutally murdered. Richard “Dickie” Bradley, Attorney for […]
On Tuesday, we showed you the video footage of a home invasion – shocking footage of three women storming into the home of Brimimie Martinez, tearing off her blouse and beating her savagely in front of her two small children. It was recorded on a phone by the fourteen year old son of the woman […]
As we showed you earlier in our newscast, Melissa Ferguson has been sent to the Belize Central Prison on remand, another chapter in the William Danny Mason saga which continues to play out. Tonight we also have some more clips from an extended interview with attorney Dickie Bradley earlier this week, done while his client […]
Questions have also been raised about the properties held by William Mason – notably the mansion on Intelco Hill in Belmopan and the sprawling Outback Ranch at mile thirty-one on the George Price Highway. How did the man from Guyana with fake Belizean nationality pay for those properties? That information hasn’t come out just yet, […]
And then there’s the evidence we keep hearing about – all that evidence which supposedly incriminates those high-ranking politicos and policemen who used to be fixtures at Masons house. Mason was supposedly a con-man and extortionist of the highest order, so the notion of recordings and footage does make some sense. So if Mason is […]
Today, day one of the twelfth annual Caribbean Internet Governance Forum was held at the Radisson in Belize City. Hosted by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union in collaboration with the Public Utilities Commission, stakeholders and policy makers from across CARICOM states converged in Belize to discuss issues surrounding the management, administration and governance of internet throughout […]
Packet Clearing House is an internet nonprofit service organization that focuses on internet economy and helps developing nations and other countries to strengthen their internet capacity. Although this year an Internet Exchange Point was established locally; regionally, Belize still has the lowest speed at the highest prices – a two-meg connection costs one hundred and […]
The forum also saw the participation of ICT Manager Sean Fouché, from the implementation agency for crime and security with CARICOM Impacts. Cyber security, specifically when it comes to money laundering, internet fraud and funding for transnational crimes, has been identified as the number one threat to the security of the region. The organization has […]
Social Security took a woman to court this evening for making false claims to collect benefits during a period of eight months last year. Mildred Vassel, an employee of Ready Call located at the Burrell Boom junction, was taken to court this afternoon on the strength of a bench warrant issued by Social Security Board […]
For Belizeans following the Olympics, the name Simone Biles may have popped up a number of times by now. The nineteen year old gymnast has already won several world championships outside of her qualifying for the US Olympic Gymnastics team, and is widely considered the top gymnast in the world. She and the rest of […]
In Rio today, Belize’s own Renick James went up against Ovini Uera of Nauru; a tiny island nation northeast of Australia, in the men’s ninety kilograms Judo event. With Judo’s fast paced action and penalties against non-combativity, the match was over fairly quickly. James put up an admirable defence until a second near-takedown earned Uera […]
