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What if BTL Returns to Private Ownership?
With the decision by the C.C.J. imminent, there are already questions about the real, on the ground situation with Belize Telemedia Limited. One scenario based on a ruling that the acquisition was...
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…Comments on BEL Nationalization
Eamon Courtenay Courtenay also weighed in on the nationalization of B.E.L. In June 2011, government took over the utility company which it claimed was floundering and in a financial mess. But Courtenay...
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Eamon to G.O.B., “Pay Your Debt!”
Eamon Courtenay As we told you earlier in the newscast, the acquisitions of Fortis and B.T.L. by Government are on centre stage at the Caribbean Court of Justice, with a decision expected later this...
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Brandon Tillett Acquitted of Assaulting Police Officer
Brandon Tillett Popular George Street associate, twenty-nine-year-old Brandon ‘BET’ Tillett was freed of wounding, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. Back in August 2014, Tillett was...
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Sea Pirates Walk, Case Against Them Falls Apart in Court
Leonel Sedacy Three alleged sea pirates, Leonel Sedacy, Giovanni Murillo and Everal Teck Junior, accused of shooting at coast guard personnel were freed today when they appeared in the Magistrate...
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Novelo’s Multimillion Dollar Arrear Unpaid Since February 2014
Nazira Miles Today’s intent to apply for a committal became necessary when Antonio Novelo was also unable to pay the fifteen hundred dollars a month ordered in 2013. Nazira Miles, Attorney for...
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DFC Seeks Tony Novelo’s Imprisonment for Unpaid Debt
Antonio Novelo The Novelo family has been a political pincushion for more than a decade, and the saga continues. Today, attorneys for the Development Finance Corporation are set to jail Antonio Novelo...
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Inmate Gets Another Conviction for Drugs
Shaquan Almendarez A prisoner, who is serving a three year sentence, picked up another conviction for a drug related offense. Shaquan Almendarez, who has already served two years for drug trafficking,...
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Perfilio Rodriguez Freed on Assault Charge
Perfilio Rodriguez Perfilio Rodriguez better known as Vanessa Paris Champagne was freed of an aggravated assault charge against President of UNIBAM Caleb Orozco’s sister when he appeared in court...
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Petrocaribe Case in the Supreme Court
Denys Barrow Up until a few weeks ago, the seemingly infinite public purse that is the Petrocaribe funds had been used to finance infrastructure projects across the country. Major road works and other...
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Belize City Men Freed on Attempted Murder Charge
Albert Clother Two Belize City men, Albert Clother and Tareef Westby, were freed of attempted murder after Samuel Halliday, who is currently incarcerated, decided he wanted no further court action. The...
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Murder Charge Reduced to Manslaughter
Jeremiah Pott Today, fifty year old Jeremiah Pott pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter of his brother, fifty seven year old Fidencio Pott. Jeremiah was sentenced to twelve years in prison, but...
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Vega/Cervantes Libel Suit Gets Underway
Ramon Cervantes Jr. Today was the first day of a case which will draw much national scrutiny. Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega is suing Ramon Cervantes Junior for libel. In November, the Cervantes...
View ArticleBelize City man guilty of handling stolen goods
In court, Belize City resident, Vicente Vernon, was found guilty and sentenced in absentia for handling stolen goods. Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith imposed a fine of three thousand dollars and...
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Hard Time for Stealing a House
Rupert Avila Rupert Avila was sentenced to three months in prison after he pleaded guilty to theft for stealing a woman’s house. When he appeared in court today before Magistrate Herbert Panton, the...
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Former U.D.P. Minister is a No-Show
Kareem Musa Elvin Penner was a no-show this morning and his decision to absent himself did not please the Court. An order has been issued that he is to present himself at the next session for a full...
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Penner Appeal Starts Today
Elvin Penner In July 2014, former minister of state, Elvin Penner was acquitted of immigration offences because of a lack of evidence before the magistrate. He was accused of facilitating the issues of...
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Espat Acquitted of Murder
And while Parham will face sentencing for manslaughter, another man was acquitted of murder today before Judge Antoinette Moore. Shajeem Espat had been accused of the brutal murder of sixty-nine year...
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Cop Found Guilty of Manslaughter
Alpheus Parham A cop accused of murdering a Belize City man detained at the Caye Caulker Police Station has been found guilty of the lesser charge of murder. The verdict was reached by a jury of six...
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Ladyville Trio Charged for Possession of Unlicensed Ammunition
Darryl Rowland, a real estate officer from Ladyville, along with two women, Angela Burns, a Second Class Clerk employed with the Belize City Prosecution Branch, and Jessie Stephenson, a visiting nurse...
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