Bert Vasquez Faces Additional Time After Being Found Guilty of Attempted Rape
Bert Vasquez Guilty of attempted rape – that was the unanimous verdict returned by a jury of nine this evening in a case against Bert Vasquez. The thirty-four-year-old appeared unrepresented before...
View ArticleThe Official Reasons Why the Officers Were Transferred
Anthony Sylvestre According to Sylvestre, the first transfer letter the officers received lacked reasons. It was not until the case was brought before the courts that the true reasons why the officers...
View ArticleOW Cops Challenge Transfers; Court Rules Against Them
Following the huge drug bust in the north in early September and the subsequent arrest of Superintendent David Chi and PC Norman Anthony, it was revealed that Orange Walk’s new top cop ASP Juanito...
View ArticleGuatemalans Get Stiff Fines for Illegal Firearms Found in their Hotel Room
Two of five Guatemalan nationals re-appeared before the Magistrate Court today in respect of a slew of prohibited and illegal firearm and ammo charges. The duo: forty-six-year-old Bernardo De los...
View ArticleAspiring Attorney Loses Law School’s Challenge at C.C.J.
Adrian Saunders The Caribbean Court of Justice today delivered a ruling that affects law students across the region. It ruled against aspiring attorney, Jason Jones and in favour of the Council for...
View ArticleAccused Murdered Granted $25K Bail
Accused murderer, thirty-seven-year-old Jorge Vidal, was granted bail today by Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams. Justice Williams offered bail to the tune of twenty-five thousand dollars. He was...
View ArticleSamuel August Sr. is Arraigned and Remanded for Murder
Samuel August Sr. The last time he was seen publicly was a week ago on Friday when Samuel August Senior escaped from a police guard at the hospital, stole a vehicle and then crashed it into a backhoe...
View ArticleChoice Bank’s Lawsuit against G.O.B. Moves Forward in Court
Earlier this year, Choice Bank Limited launched a lawsuit against the Minister of Finance as the first defendant, Central Bank, and the Attorney General as the second and third defendant. The suit was...
View ArticleCentral Bank of Belize Looking Into the Scam
Esteven Perera The U.S. indictment named several persons and companies as it relates to a civil complaint lodged against Sanctuary Belize, Andris Pukke and other associates including Atlantic...
View ArticleScammed Investors Won Case against Sittee River Wildlife Reserve
The case brought against Sittee River Wildlife Reserve by Colleen Strom over the Sanctuary Bay scam was not the first and might certainly not be the last. Previous to Strom’s case, Attorney Estevan...
View ArticleAmerican National Sues over “Sanctuary Belize” Multimillion-Dollar Scam
On November eighth, the Federal Trade Commission revealed that a multimillion-dollar real estate scam had been operating in Belize for fifteen years. The scam was swiftly shutdown by the F.T.C., but...
View ArticleC.C.J. Declares Guyana ‘Cross Dressing’ Law Unconstitutional
Today, the Caribbean Court of Justice handed down a landmark decision that may have effects in countries who have subscribed to the C.C.J. The C.C.J. ruled that the law in Guyana, which makes it a...
View ArticleEmerson Eaghan Freed of Murder Charge
Emerson Eaghan He was charged with murder in 2009, but tonight, twenty-seven-year-old Emerson Eaghan is a free man. He walked free on Monday following a decision by Supreme Court Justice, Colin...
View ArticleAtlantic International Bank Limited Denies Any Wrongdoing
Atlantic International Bank Limited denies any wrongdoing. The bank was named in a civil complained lodge in the U.S. courts after the Federal Trade Commission shut down the multimillion-dollar...
View ArticleAccused Murderer Found Not Guilty
Warren Lewis Twenty-seven-year-old Warren Lewis became a free man on Wednesday night after he was found not guilty of murder. Lewis stood trial for the 2009 killing of twenty-two-year-old Albert Allen....
View ArticleJohn McAfee ‘Liable’ For Gregory Faull’s Death
John McAfee The infamous John McAfee is back in the news tonight. He has been found legally “liable” for the death of his neighbor, Gregory Faull. A Florida court on Thursday handed down a default...
View ArticleMilton Maza and Eli Avila Sentenced to 35 Years behind Bars
Milton Maza & Eli Avila The men who brutally stabbed attorney Richard Stuart and his wife, Maria to death in 2010 today learned how many more years they will be spending behind bars for the vicious...
View ArticleBelize City Resident Charged with Drug Trafficking
Aaron Lindo In the lower courts, twenty-nine-year-old Aaron Lindo was arraigned for the crime of drug trafficking. Lindo, who was unrepresented, appeared before Magistrate Emmerson Banner and pleaded...
View Article2 Men Acquitted of 2013 Murder
Two men are enjoying their freedom tonight after spending five years behind bars for murder. Twenty-three-year-old Micah Tillett and twenty-five-year-old Jed Burgess were acquitted of the 2013 murder...
View ArticleBarrow & Williams LLP Pulls Out of ‘Sanctuary Bay’ Lawsuit
Dean Barrow U.S. citizen Coleen Strom launched a lawsuit against Sittee River Wildlife Reserve in relation to the multimillion dollars Sanctuary Bay real estate scam. The architect of the scam, Andris...
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