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A New Plan is Hatched, PM Barrow Introduces another Legal Strategy
Lisa Shoman PM Barrow has outlined a three-pronged approach to tackling the latest obstacle in government’s path to the I.C.J. referendum. That impromptu plan of action includes an application for a...
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PM Barrow Says He’s Extremely Disappointed with Injunction
Dean Barrow The monkey wrench that has been thrown into government’s I.C.J. timetable has undoubtedly upset its plans to proceed with a referendum next Wednesday. In fact, while it did not anticipate...
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A “Strange” Request to Proceed with Referendum, Nonetheless
Eamon Courtenay Last Wednesday, during the prime minister’s press conference where he unveiled a revised legal opinion by former I.C.J. President Stephen Schwebel, attorney Lisa Shoman added her two...
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Referendum Train Stopped Dead in Its Tracks!!
There is a major upset for the government in respect of the I.C.J. referendum that was scheduled for next week Wednesday. In a packed courtroom, a ruling was handed down this afternoon by Chief Justice...
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Sanjay Pilgrim is Acquitted of the Murder of his Friend
Sanjay Pilgrim After two weeks in trial, the case against undertaker Sanjay Pilgrim, accused of the stabbing murder of his friend, Carrington Bodden, concluded before Justice Colin Williams. Bodden was...
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Hattieville Resident to Stand Trial for Murder of Missing Man
Albert Jones Sr. Alaine Garcia, a mechanic of Hattieville, went missing and was believed to be dead but his body was never found. In May of 2018, a Hattieville resident Albert Emmanuel Jones Senior was...
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Inmate Charged for Sexually Assaulting a Security Officer
David Rosalez An inmate who is a prison trustee, who is serving an eleven-year sentence for manslaughter, has been charged with the sexual assault of a security officer. Thirty-two-year-old David...
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Father to Stand Trial for Sexual Abuse of his 13-year-old Daughter
A forty-six-year-old father of Belize City will stand trial in the June session of the Supreme Court for incest of his thirteen-year-old daughter. He is accused of the sexual abuse of the minor in...
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I.C.J. Referendum: If Not April Tenth, When?
As you heard, attorneys for P.U.P. parliamentarians and the Government went before the Court of Appeal this afternoon for case management ahead of arguments on Monday. To put things in perspective,...
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Attorney General Accuses P.U.P. of Delay Tactics
Michael Peyrefitte The Opposition Party has until Saturday evening to file skeletal arguments after which the hearing will be held on Monday. For the government, it is a race against time and...
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Court of Appeal to Hear I.C.J. Injunction Appeal
On Monday, the Government of Belize and the Opposition Party will go to legal war at both the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal is scheduled to hear government’s application to...
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Weighing the Options of a Reserved Court of Appeal Judgment
The Attorney General also told the media that the urgency on proceeding with the April tenth referendum was simply because a great deal of time and resources has already been expended on getting to...
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Chief Elections Officer in Contempt of Court?
Josephine Tamai Was Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai in contempt of court last Wednesday when she sent out a memo following the CJ’s decision to grant an interim injunction? Senior Counsel...
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Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte Outlines G.O.B.’s Appeal
Michael Peyrefitte For context of the day’s proceedings, when the session opened this morning, submissions were made by the government side as to why the appeals court should hear the matter...
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G.O.B. Will “Fix” the Law
Dean Barrow Many observers have been asking why the Barrow Administration hasn’t taken the matter to the House of Representatives to fix what he described as the possible mischief that the Chief...
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G.O.B. Looks to the C.C.J. for Possible Appeal
Kenneth Benjamin So what the government’s next move? More litigation….According to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, the government will be looking at the Caribbean Court of Justice for another appeal,...
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PM Barrow: “We will not be having a referendum on Wednesday, April tenth”
Dean Barrow Immediately after the ruling of the Court of Appeal upholding the injunction, the Prime Minister held a lengthy press conference at the Laing Building. P.M. Dean Barrow accepted that the...
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A Renewed Call for a Bipartisan Approach to I.C.J. Referendum
John Briceño Opposition Leader John Briceño has taken the opportunity, following the decision of the Court of Appeal this evening, to call on Prime Minister Barrow to return to the bipartisan approach...
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P.U.P. – 2, G.O.B. – 0, No Referendum on April Tenth
Both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal were in session today as Belizeans waited anxiously for what is to happen on April tenth. Would the referendum stand? We will have full coverage of this...
View ArticlePercival Pilgrim is Acquitted of Murder
Twenty-two-year-old Percival Pilgrim was this evening acquitted of a murder in the Mayflower Street area, aka “Ghost Town,” of Belize City. Pilgrim was charged with the murder of Edward “Ghost” Usher,...
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