Legal Battle Being Waged over US National Murdered in Belize
US national, Timothy McNamara, was killed at Christmas on December 2014 at his farm in Boston Village, Belize District. At first the local police deemed it a suicide based on what his companion had...
View ArticleAlleged Bank Robber Meets Bail
Erwin Castillo While employees of F.C.I.B. stage a sickout; in court this morning, one of five men linked to the July 2015 robbery of the bank received bail. Erwin Castillo now joins Jermaine Belgrave,...
View ArticleHow Much has G.O.B. had to Pay in Legal Fees?
Dean Barrow Government gets to pay some one hundred and sixty two million dollars but how much has it spent on legal fees? There has always been speculation on that figure and at this afternoon’s press...
View ArticleBarry Johnson is Charged with Aggravated Assault
Barry Johnson A third person linked to an alleged gun assault that occurred back in August was arraigned this morning before Magistrate Ladonna John. Belize City resident Barry Johnson was charged with...
View ArticleShakeem Humes Charged for Attempted Murder of Curassow Street Resident
Shakeem Humes On Monday’s newscast, we reported on several shootings in the city following the 2015 Carnival Road March. The first occurred around nine-thirty p.m. on Curassow Street, about two blocks...
View ArticleEx-police Acquitted of Murder
Former police officer Wilfred Garcia, accused of the murder of Luke Nunez Junior, was acquitted of that charge earlier today in the Dangriga Supreme Court. Nunez was stabbed twice to the chest and...
View ArticleIllegal Cuban Immigrants Busted in Belizean Waters
Pedro Lion On Tuesday, five Cubans who were heading to the United States ended up in Belize when their vessel shipwrecked after they set sail from Honduras. They ended in Belizean waters and were...
View ArticleKeyren Tzib Bail Withheld Pending Psychiatric Evaluation
Keyren Tzib The courtroom of Justice Troadio John Gonzalez was packed today for the bail application on behalf of Coastguard, Keyren Tzib; she is accused of killing her common-law husband, Thythis...
View ArticleCase Resumes on October 16th
Rodwell Williams The two sides will make oral and written submissions in October concerning whether Courtenay’s decision not to call witnesses on Fiesta FM’s behalf reflects adversely on them. But...
View ArticleEamon Courtenay Says Case Against Fiesta FM is Non-Existent
Eamon Courtenay As for the matter of the recording, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, attorney for Fiesta FM, denies airing the entire broadcast. He says it is as he expected – his opposite number...
View ArticleRamon Cervantes Denies Involvement in Allegedly Libellous Recording
Ramon Cervantes Jr. Ramon Cervantes Junior is accused slandering his political rival, Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega of Orange Walk North and today the P.U.P. standard bearer got a chance to tell...
View ArticleFishermen Remanded for Firearm Offence
Marcelino Kal Tonight two fishermen, from Belize City and a seventeen-year-old minor from Carmelita, Orange Walk District, are on remand for a nine millimetre pistol with ten live rounds which police...
View ArticleTour Guide Arraigned for Allegedly Assaulting Tourism Police Officer
Louigie Turton A tour guide is out on bail after being accused of assaulting a tourism police back in July. Thirty-eight year old Louigie Turton, of the Ladyville area appeared in court this morning...
View ArticleUncle and Nephew Arraigned on Aggravated Assault Charges
Raymond Dominguez Today, a pair of relatives was arraigned for a shooting at the house of Brian Davis, a Sand hill resident, on Monday, September fourteenth, 2015. A youth, who turns eighteen on...
View ArticleSix Months for Yohannah Lourdes Quixote for Harm
Yohannah Quixot A Salvadoran woman, who is the mother of two young boys, is serving her first night of a six-month sentence imposed upon her by Magistrate Ladonna John this morning. On Tuesday Lourdes...
View ArticlePersons Detained and Released Without Charges May Sue Police
Bradley says that his client and another Coast Guard officer who was similarly detained are considering legal action against the Police. That’s because they were allegedly held long past the...
View ArticleMinerva Blancaneaux Says Tzib Needs Real Help…Not Incarceration
Minerva Blancaneaux Blancaneaux says that her family is seeking closure for the death of their brother and son. But they also want Tzib to get the help she needs. According to Minerva Blancaneaux –...
View ArticleMek Mi Rich Back in Court
This morning, the final case management session for the claim of Curtis Swasey against Belize Telemedia Limited (B.T.L.) and M.M.R. Belize Productions, creators of the television game show Mek Mi Rich,...
View ArticleLincoln Hemsley Junior Acquitted of March 2012 Murder
Lincoln Hemsley Jr. There was also a murder acquittal in court.Twenty-three year old Lincoln Hemsley Junior, walked free of the March 2012 murder of twenty-one year old David Alberto Hernandez after...
View ArticleSex Offender Kenrick Bowman is Out on Bail
Kenrick Bowman After four nights on remand, sex offender Kenrick Bowman, is out free from the Belize Central Prison until his next court appearance. Last Friday Bowman was arraigned for a sexual...
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