A Belize City woman is facing possible jail time or a fine if she is found guilty of assaulting her niece on February eighteenth. Kendra Madrill, a resident of Fredrick Street, [...]
A fisherman is spending his first night on remand at the Belize Central Prison on a charge of Abetment to Commit Attempted Murder for a shooting that occurred in January [...]
This morning Supreme Court Justice Westmin James handed down his ruling regarding Ian Haylock and the Attorney General of Belize. Haylock, through his attorneys, former PM Dean Barrow and former [...]
Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck also reacted to the judgment. Marshalleck represented Estelle Leslie as an interested party on the matter. Like Bradley, Marshalleck is not surprised by the decision that [...]
Marshalleck explains that the case is not about the Prime Minister’s decision to choose Estelle Leslie because that cannot be challenged. In fact on the matter of seniority, Marshalleck says [...]
Attorney Darrell Bradley disagrees that the case is not merely academic. He says that the constitution dictates that meaningful consultations should be had. Bradley says that he does not believe [...]
The nine men nabbed following the drug plane landing on February fifth today received Supreme Court bail. The men were charged with possession of a controlled drug with the intent [...]
Senior customs officer Ian Haylock is suing Prime Minister John Briceño and challenging Estelle Leslie’s appointment as Comptroller of Customs. Haylock strongly believes that he was overlooked and deserves the [...]
Twenty-nine-year-old Shane Harris is no stranger to the law; in fact, his most recent brush on record was in April 2018 when he was arrested and charged for his involvement [...]
This morning in Orange Walk Town, nine men detained since Friday morning following the crash landing of a drug plane with dozens of bales of cocaine were arraigned in that [...]
Today, the Supreme Court handed down a big win for two police officers with dreadlocks. The Court’s says the Belize Police Department’s disciplinary action on females in the force with [...]
So, as you heard, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the female cops on the force who were being disciplined about their dreadlocks. Attorney Leslie Mendez explained that while [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
