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Speaker of the House Gets Name Cleared from Auditor General’s Report
Dorothy Bradley Two weeks ago, Speaker of the House of Representatives Michael Peyrefitte brought suit against Auditor General Dorothy Bradley and Attorney General Vanessa Retreage. He complained that...
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Senate Hosts Auditor General in First Public Hearing for Select Committee
The third meeting of the Senate Special Select Committee on a three volume Immigration Report, and the first to be held in public, proceeded for an abbreviated one-hour session this morning at the...
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More Arrests for Conch Shell Bay Beating Incident
Patricia Rhaburn The family of two-year-old Kaylee Alvarez is still grieving the tragic loss of the toddler who perished during a deadly house fire in Conch Shell Bay in October. Her grief-stricken...
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Family of 7 to Jail for Half Pound of Weed
Karen Almendarez Fifty-year-old Karen Almendarez, her six children and daughter-in-law were all arraigned today for drug trafficking after being busted with a half pound of cannabis at their residence...
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“Jihad” McLaren to Court for Weed – Are Activists Under Threat?
Nedal McLaren Well-known political and social activist Nedal McLaren was hauled before the court this afternoon for allegedly stashing eight point six grams of marijuana inside his underwear....
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Charles Herrera Acquitted of 2014 Murder
Charles Herrera Supreme Court Justice Troadio Gonzalez today ruled that Charles Herrera, also known as Bundy, was not guilty of the murder – by stabbing – of Ezekiel Nicholas Medina in May of 2014. In...
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Shelly Meighan Forgives Attackers; Roger Anthony, Kendis Flowers Walk from...
Kendis Flowers Two notorious figures of the Ghost Town area also known as “Mayflower Street” walked from the charge of attempted murder after the woman they allegedly attempted to murder in a shooting...
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Police Make Arrest in Double Murder; Tyler Savery’s Mom Shares Deep Pain
Jayear Flores There is an arrest in the double murder of seven-year-old Tyler Savery and twenty-one-year old Porshan Pipersburgh. Police have charged a Curassow street resident for the double murder....
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Stevedore Charged Again with Attempted Murder, This Time of 13-Year-Old Girl
Anthony Crawford A Belize City stevedore has been placed on remand again; this time accused of another attempted murder on the life of a minor. Anthony Crawford was arraigned this morning before...
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Northern Businessmen Fingered for Drugs & Undersized Conch
Albert Jerry Guy Businessman Albert Jerry Guy appeared in court on two separate this week where he pleaded guilty to possession of drugs and undersized conch. GSU were on patrol on Water Lane on...
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Orange Walk Cop Charged in Police Brutality Case
An Orange Walk cop is tonight out on bail after he was charged and arraigned for the wounding of a Guinea Grass resident. In a most recent allegation of police brutality, twenty-one year old...
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Jordan Cayetano is Free of Murder Charge in 2011 Death of Chinese Grocer
Jordan Cayetano For the second time this week, a man accused of murder has been set free. Again, it is due to police coercing a confession out of a suspect without supporting evidence. Jordan Cayetano...
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B.N.T.U.: By Slashing Salaries of 1,500, G.O.B. Wants to “Rule”, Not “Govern”
Luke Palacio According to Palacio, government insists on punishing teachers who took part in industrial action last month. While there is currently no figure to determine the overall deduction,...
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Supreme Court Decision Monday on Injunction to Stop Salaries Deducted for...
The monthly salaries of almost two thousand primary and secondary school teachers hang in the balance tonight, as they anxiously await a decision to be handed down by the Supreme Court on Monday....
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Jeffrey McDougal’s Attempted Murder Charge Dropped
Twenty-eight-year-old Jeffrey McDougal was freed of an attempted murder charge today. When he appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser, Taylor’s Alley resident Brandon Allen told the court that...
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Injunction Also Stops Ministry Plan to Make Up Lost Time from Strike
Luke Palacio B.N.T.U. returns to court on December sixteenth, when it is expected that the substantive matter, a claim that the decision to deduct teachers’ salaries is unconstitutional, will be argued...
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Full Salaries for Teachers! But Will They Be in Time for Christmas?
A major decision was handed down this afternoon by the Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. The Belize National Teachers Union, led by President Luke Palacio and Adelaida Guerra, took the government to...
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Chinese Shop Owner “Stung” by G.S.T. Department
Zihuie He Mile Eight, George Price Highway businessman, forty-seven year old Zihuie He, has been accused of three violations of the General Sales Tax Act. The businessman was caught up in a sting...
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Will Exiled Julius Espat Be Vindicated for Next House Meeting?
Julius Espat Attorneys for Cayo Representative Julius Espat and House Speaker Michael Peyrefitte today argued the merits of Espat’s purported suspension at the last sitting of the House back in August....
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More Prison Time Over Possession of Firearm
Joseph O’Brien Twenty-four-year-old Joseph O’Brien will serve an additional ten years in prison after being found guilty of a firearm offense. In April 2013, O’Brien was busted at the Lord Ridge...
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