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Civil Suit Against P.U.P. Area Rep Traversed to September Session of Supreme...
Jose Abelardo Mai The civil suit against P.U.P. Orange Walk South Area Representative, Jose Abelardo Mai, was back before Supreme Court Justice Courtenay Abel today. Oral submissions were to be heard,...
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Rene Montero Says ‘Yes’ To the ICJ
Rene Montero We also asked Cayo Central Area Representative, Rene Montero, whether he supports taking the Belize Guatemalan dispute for resolution by the International Court of Justice. It is no secret...
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S.C. Eamon Courtenay: This is Not a Case of Tax Avoidance
Eamon Courtenay Representing David Gegg and his two companies is Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay. Courtenay made the point that this is not a case in which Gegg is avoiding to pay tax, but about...
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David Gegg’s GST Appeal Case Heard by the CCJ
Nigel Hawke A peculiar case was argued before the Caribbean Court of Justice today. It boils down to whether or not local tour operators must pay GST though cruise lines are exempted. At an appeal...
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7 Years Later, Accused Murderers of Richard and Maria Stuart Go On Trial
Almost eight years ago, attorney Richard Stuart and his wife Maria were brutally stabbed to death at their home on Graduate Crescent in West Landivar. The criminal trial against the two men believed...
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Chad Eckert Agrees to Drop Criminal Case Against Gustavo Cardenas
During the dispute between Gustavo Cardenas and Chad Eckert, Cardenas reportedly removed the cotton and seed to another location away from the farm. This prompted Eckert to file a criminal complaint...
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Cardenas’ Cotton Case Against Chad Settled
Supreme Court Justice Courtenay Abel did not have to make a ruling in a civil suit brought against businessman Chad Eckert. That’s because the parties managed to put their differences aside and agree...
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Charged for Shocking Double Murder, Milton Maza and Eli Lopez Avila Stand Trial
Milton Maza & Eli Lopez Avila At least twenty-nine persons are on a witness list in the trial against the two accused men in the bloody stabbing of Attorney Richard Stuart and his wife, Maria. This...
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Special Sitting of the CCJ Held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Hon. Mr. Justice Adrian Saunders A second Special Sitting of the Caribbean Court of Justice was held today in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This was the first time that the C.C.J. sat in Saint...
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Attorney Estevan Perrera: This Was Both a Moral and Legal Win
Estevan Perrera Mayor Daniel Guerrero and his team were represented by Attorney Estevan Perrera. Following the C.J.’s ruling, Perrera told the press that the law recognizes that errors and minor...
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Chief Justice dismisses PUP’s San Pedro Election Petition
Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin today dismissed an election petition brought by the People’s United Party against the San Pedro Town Council, affirming the results of the March seventh elections...
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Charged for Murder, Justin Lemott Found Guilty of Manslaughter
Justin Lemott Justin Lemott was found guilty for causing the death of seventeen-year-old Richard Waight Junior. The twenty-nine-year-old was originally charged for the murder of Waight but today he was...
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He Pleaded Guilty, Was Sentenced but Now Abimael Pott is a Free Man
Abimael Pott Guilty of causing the death of nineteen-year-old Shamir Gonzalez, this morning twenty-four-year-old Abimael Pott walked out of the courtroom of Justice Colin Williams feeling like a free...
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Ervin Wade Found Guilty of the Murder of Keisha Buller
Ervin Wade Ervin Wade has been found guilty of the murder of twenty-five-year-old Keisha Buller. The verdict was delivered by Supreme Court Justice Antoinette Moore on Monday in Belmopan. Buller, who...
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Haylock Bus Takes Belize City Council to Court Over Belama Bus Route
An application for judicial review filed by Attorney Godwin Haylock for Haylock Bus Service Limited was rejected today by Justice Shona Griffith. Haylock Bus Service claims that the Belize City Council...
View ArticleMichael Modiri Has Court Freeze Bradley Paumen’s Shares for Non-Payment
Businessman Michael Modiri and tour operator Bradley Paumen have been going at it inside and outside the courts. This morning, Modiri won yet another legal round before Supreme Court Justice Shona...
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Michael Modiri Has Court Freeze Bradley Paumen’s Shares for Non-Payment
Bradley Paumen Businessman Michael Modiri and tour operator Bradley Paumen have been going at it inside and outside the courts. This morning, Modiri won yet another legal round before Supreme Court...
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Suspected Murderer of Samuel Cosme Remanded to Prison
Reainard Randey Ferguson Thirty-three-year-old Reainard Randey Ferguson is at the Belize Central Prison tonight. He was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford today for the murder of...
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Brian Brown Granted Bail after Appearance in Court
Brian Brown Today, Brian Brown was hauled to the Magistrate’s Court in Belize City and arraigned for five charges including damage to property and wounding following a raid at his house on Thursday...
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Tyrone Meighan, Orel Leslie and Brandon Baptist Acquitted of Murder, Again
Orel Leslie, Tyrone Meighan and Brandon Baptist Not guilty! That was the verdict delivered late this afternoon in the murder case against Tyrone Meighan, Orel Leslie and Brandon Baptist for the 2012...
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