Our news crew is just back from the fields in the west covering the very important story of the plight of local farmers whose livelihoods are being threatened by the importation and contraband of potatoes from Mexico. The crisis in the agriculture industry, according to the farmers is because licenses are being issued to highly […]
It has been quite a week during which well-known Belizeans and friends of Belize died. We have covered the passing of Doctor Robert Horwich, primatologist and founder of the Community Baboon Sanctuary in Bermudian Landing; as well as Arthur Francisco, also known as Mister Pou; and on Thursday, the Most Reverend Bishop Osmond Martin of […]
The Government of Belize has joined in with official condolences to the family, friends and Roman Catholic community on the passing of first native Bishop of the Church, the Most Reverend Osmond Peter Martin. Bishop Emeritus Martin died on Thursday morning at home of natural causes at the age of eighty-six. While he was appointed […]
Turning to economic news…Belizeans await the return of Prime Minister Dean Barrow from New York City, where he is meeting with Belize’s legal and financial team over the Superbond. But it is not looking good for the third restructuring of the superbond and there is a likelihood that Belize will default in the February payment. […]
In late August 2015, Alberto Coleman—then fifty-five years old—was charged for the July third murder of his twenty-nine year old ex-girlfriend, Juana Cowo. The decomposed body of the young woman was discovered in the bedroom of her apartment at the corner of King and Jose Maria Nunez Streets in Punta Gorda. She had been brutally […]
According to Bradley, the case fell apart because the murder was poorly investigated. And from evidence before the court, while he was smitten by Juana, there was no proof that Coleman had killed her. Richard “Dickie” Bradley, Attorney for Alberto Coleman “As one example of many that emerged, there was—when police broke down the […]
Also before Judge Denis Hanomansingh in the Punta Gorda Courts, two cops are on trial for the shooting death of eighteen year old inmate Rasheed Elijio. He along with Brian Garcia had escaped from the police station in that jurisdiction. Elijio was shot and killed back in May of 2013; he was reportedly shot to […]
A pair of Bulgarian nationals, twenty-eight year old Jeorji Petrov, and twenty-five year old Halid Yuksel Aptula, convicted of theft from a Belize Bank ATM, was back before the courts today on an application for forfeiture of the money. Twenty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars were found inside their apartment in the city believed […]
A cane farmer from San Estevan Village up north, who moved to the City, is behind bars tonight for burglary. Thirty-six-year-old Rafael Yam claims he is suffering from stomach cancer. But notwithstanding, he is serving his first night of a five-year sentence handed down to him this morning by Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser. According to […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice officially announced today via press release that Attorney Denys Barrow will be joining Belize’s final court of appeal headquartered in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Barrow is the first Belizean to be appointed a judge of the C.C.J. and will be taking on the appointment later this year. Belize […]
While on the subject of justices, himself a top notch criminal lawyer, Attorney Bradley reflected on the state of affairs in the Belize judiciary. Bradley echoed the CJ’s statement at the opening of the Supreme Court in January noting that there is a shortage of judges. Bradley says that hundreds of accused persons are behind […]
Mexico is marking three important anniversaries in this month of February. On the fifth, it was one hundred years since the publication of the Constitution of 1917 during the Mexican Revolution. On the tenth, the Army marked its one hundred and fourth anniversary of formation, also during the Revolution, and the Air Force does the […]
The Mexican Constitution was created in the city of Queretaro and was widely acclaimed for its modern inclusion of a ‘bill of rights’ for the Mexican people. It has had a long shelf life, and has held up through many crises and a changing international landscape. Carrillo tells us that the Constitution is the Mexican […]
The University of Belize has a new president. He is professor Clement Sankat, former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal of The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago. Professor Sankat was born in Guyana and is trained as a chartered professional engineer. He succeeds Alan Slusher who held the post […]
News Five notes the passing of British international law attorney Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, who died on February eighth. He has represented many countries in land and maritime boundary cases including Barbados against Trinidad and Tobago, Bahrain, Chile, El Salvador, Israel, Malta and Namibia. He served as ad hoc Judge of the International Court of Justice […]
The National Sports Council under the new leadership of Interim Executive Director, Charlie Slusher, and in conjunction with the Queen Square Community has given a facelift to a sporting facility in that south side constituency represented by the Prime Minister. The basketball court, like many other recreational spaces and pitches across the Old Capital, was […]
The Caribbean Local Economic Development (CARILED) project closed off its first phase after almost five years in Belize. The project uses Local Economic Development as a participatory process to bring communities and other groups to form partnerships with the leadership of local government. By bringing together these bodies local economic activities are stimulated, leading to […]
