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The indigenous communities in the south have collectively prevailed in the courts since they initiated legal action against the Government of Belize in the nineties. The fight has always been [...]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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Upon assuming office in November of last year, the People’s United Party created a specific ministerial portfolio for Indigenous People’s Affairs. That responsibility was given to Belize Rural Central area [...]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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In acknowledging government’s solemn undertaking, M.L.A. spokesperson Cristina Coc says that they are elated by the newfound will to respect and recognize the traditional institutions of the indigenous community. [...]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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The government will appoint a new commissioner to deal with the carrying out of the C.C.J.’s consent order regarding the issue of Maya land rights and the appellate court’s ruling [...]
Written on January 19, 2021 | Posted in
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A new year is underway on the legal calendar, commencing on a somber note as the judiciary laments the dire straits in which it finds itself once again. With a [...]
Written on January 18, 2021 | Posted in
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The woman police officer who investigators believe murdered well-known barber Fareed Ahmad was acquitted of that charge on Friday. W.P.C. Michelle Brown walked out a free woman after Supreme Court Justice [...]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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We begin tonight’s newscast from the Supreme Court in Belize City with a ruling in the murder case involving well-known barber Fareed Ahmad. On December twenty-eighth, 2017 Ahmad was killed. [...]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Cassian Billary of Warrie Street in Belize City was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford for the murder of nineteen-year-old Micah Baltazar. Billary couldn’t be offered bail and no plea [...]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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The murder trial of P.C. Michelle Brown ended today in the Belize City Supreme Court after closing submissions by both the prosecution and defense before Justice Colin Williams. Justice Williams [...]
Written on December 11, 2020 | Posted in
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Michelle Brown, the police constable who is standing trial for the shooting murder of Belize City barber Fareed Ahmad, told the court in an explosive testimony on Tuesday that it [...]
Written on December 9, 2020 | Posted in
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A man who claims he suffers from herniated discs and is claustrophobic was fined five thousand dollars when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser today and pleaded guilty to Possession [...]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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The six Central American men who were freed of drug-related charges on Wednesday and who were scheduled to leave Belize today are still in the country after one of their [...]
Written on December 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Six Central American men who were, up until early this morning, on remand facing drug trafficking-related offenses are now free men. They were accused for the landing of a plane [...]
Written on December 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Twelve teachers from Sacred Heart Primary School in Dangriga who were charged by police for attending a restricted social event were let off with a warning. The teachers appeared before [...]
Written on November 6, 2020 | Posted in
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The Magistrate’s Court remains closed today after COVID-19 was detected among staff. But at the Supreme Court, a man who is on remand for rape was today granted bail. Justice [...]
Written on November 6, 2020 | Posted in
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He was rounded up in early September and remanded to the Belize Central Prison for allegedly coercing a grotesque sexual act between two persons who were being videoed. On Friday, [...]
Written on November 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Eight-year-old Gabriella Corales lost her life on the afternoon of June eighteenth, 2019 when she was ran over while attempting to ride across a pedestrian ramp on her way to [...]
Written on October 29, 2020 | Posted in
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After hearing arguments virtually since nine o’clock this morning, at around three this afternoon, acting Chief Justice Michelle Arana delivered a ruling against the Belize Peace Movement. The House of [...]
Written on October 28, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Robert Lopez of the Belize Peace Movement, the request for an interim injunction was for the government to conform with section ninety of the Belize Constitution. Also joining [...]
Written on October 28, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay the B.P.M.’s application was entirely misconceived and extremely late in the process. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for P.U.P. “What they tried to do at [...]
Written on October 28, 2020 | Posted in
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While the P.U.P. will not participate in the B.C.C.I. debate, it will be heading to court on Wednesday to fight an effort to stop the November eleventh General Elections. This [...]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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An Asian man who has given his address as Prince Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo and Calcutta Village, Corozal was granted bail today, one week after he was remanded to [...]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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A man whose profession is to sell and advise patients on the safe use of legal drugs and medicines is out on bail for a charge of possession of almost [...]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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In February 2017, Vildo Westby, now thirty-two-years-old, absconded to Mexico following a murder in San Pedro where well-known activist Felix Ayuso lost his life. Ayuso, who was a member of [...]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Two more escapees were recaptured over the weekend, leaving twelve others still on the run since last week’s jailbreak from the Hattieville prison. This morning, Guatemalan national Oswaldo Perez and [...]
Written on October 19, 2020 | Posted in
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