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Mek Mi Rich Responds to Allegations of Infringement of Intellectual Property
MMR Belize Limited which is the parent company of the television game show, Mek Mi Rich, is denying allegations of infringement upon intellectual property in a claim brought by Curtis Swasey of Corozal...
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Attorney for Bahamians Kelvin Leach and Rohn Knowles Says FIU Messed Up
Also in the Magistrate’s Court, Bahamians Kelvin Leach and Rohn Knowles were today back before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. The Financial Intelligence Unit is contending that the men tried to leave...
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…Extradition Matter Still Pending
Christian Ebanks In court this afternoon, Ebanks testified that on the night before the GSU sting he was involved in a bitter dispute with his wife during which he informed her that he was ending their...
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Christian Ebanks Acquitted of Firearm Offence…
Christian Ebanks Belize City businessman Christian Ebanks remains a free man tonight, following the dismissal of a single charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. The charge was brought against the...
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Claimant’s Attorney Unimpressed with Staine’s Defense
Julie-Ann Ellis Bradley As we told you earlier, today attorney Ernest Staine appeared unconcerned by the very real threat of prison time. Until just days ago, he had failed to obey orders of the Court...
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Bar Association Provides Legal Representation for Embattled Lawyer
Eamon Courtenay With the facts of the case on display, the court appears to have little sympathy for a member of the legal fraternity who has committed serious wrong. And certainly, Staine will get no...
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Supreme Court Orders Senior Counsel Ernest Staine to Pay Off Monies Owed
Ernest Staine No legal professional in Belize’s history has ever been incarcerated for misappropriation of money entrusted to them by clients, but this morning senior attorney, Ernest Staine, almost...
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Trio Acquitted of Murder in Santa Elena Shooting/Robbery
Anthony Dennison Three men were free of murder charge today when they appeared in Belmopan Supreme Court. Twenty-two year old Anthony Dennison, twenty-four year olds Traevon Williams and Denfield...
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Santos Oliva Remanded for Sexual Assault Upon Minor
Santos Oliva Forty-six year old Santos Oliva, a stevedore of Freedom Street in Belize City was before the court this morning to answer to one count of Sexual Assault upon a Minor and one Count of...
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Buckley Hauled Off to Jail for Old Weed Possession Fines
Stephen Buckley Stephen Buckley came to public life when he was shot in the head by the police and he subsequently settled with the government part of a compensation package. But tonight, Buckley is...
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Haitian Immigrant to be Sent Home
After living in Belize for five years, Haitian national, twenty-five year old Obed Lewis, was found without valid documents to ascertain his status in the country. He was today before the courts to...
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Belize City Youth Gets Bail for Traffic Fatality
Boyd Anthony Lopez A Belize City resident got bail today for charges relating to the traffic fatality that took the life of seventy year old well know educator, Maria Knowles. At around one-thirty on...
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OW Mayoral Candidate in Court
Here at News Five we can’t remember any time when so many politicians have seen the inside of a Courtroom on such a variety of charges…serious and frivolous. In Orange Walk, two politicians from the...
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The Misfortunes of Steven Buckley
Steven Buckley Steven Buckley – he’s the man who became the poster boy of police brutality in 2010 after he was shot to the head by a cop while he was sitting inside a parked vehicle off Fabers Road....
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Two Persons to Stand Trial for Murder
Clive Geban This morning, preliminary inquiries determined that a minor along with Clive Geban will stand trial for the January nineteenth, 2013 murder of Ervin Moralez, a Maskall villager, who was...
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Lucilo Teck Disappointed in Outcome
Lucilo Teck Lucilo Teck, a canero himself, initiated the legal process by seeking from Matura-Shepherd and proceeding with the suit. He expressed disappointment with the outcome of the case. Lucilo...
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Mistakes Maim Mandamus Hearing
Michael Young According to Senior Counsel Michael Young, the claimants got off on a wrong foot when they filed the application erroneously. Despite being granted permission to proceed with the claim,...
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Mandamus Case Struck Out on Technicality
Audrey Matura-Shepherd This morning, before Justice Shona Griffith, a battery of lawyers representing various parties, including the Government of Belize, the Belize Sugar Industry, the Belize Sugar...
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Civil Aviation Caught Sleeping
The unprecedented move by air traffic controllers, who reportedly called in sick, is being called an industrial action. Service was restored around midday, but by then the damage had been done. The...
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Meighan Charged for S.S.B. Offences
Joseph Meighan A well-known Belize City businessman, Joseph Meighan of JB’s Security Firm, was hauled to court today for failure to pay three months of Social Security for his workers. This morning,...
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