Headline News “I don’t believe [Joe]:” Justice Legall “I ...received a phone call from Mr. Joe Coye, who relayed to me that he liked the plan and told me that he wanted $275,000...” - Schakron declaration... Supreme Court Justice Oswell Legall delivered a bombshell ruling this week in the lawsuit filed by former Minister of Health Joe Coye against businessman Alfred Schakron, owner of JEC & Co. Ltd., in which he was accusing Schakron of malicious prosecution when he complained to police that the former minister had allegedly gotten $275,000 in hand for a parcel of prime Belize City land — funds that the Government claims never made it into their coffers. advertisment   Top Stories 7th Day Adventists mourn slain Deacon Teddy Murillo The church is protesting the senseless and brutal murder of one of their deacons, Teddy Murillo, 21, by shutting down schools countrywide tomorrow, Friday.. In what is probably a first for Belize for any christian denomination, the Belize Union of Seventh Day Adventists yesterday issued a press release declaring that “with more than 34,000 members and 25 schools countrywide, we will close our doors tomorrow, Friday, March 5, to express our indignation at the brutal and senseless murder of one of our young members, Teddy Roland Murillo, Jr., last Saturday morning, February 27, 2010.” view full story KHMH loses; $86,400 for Alvaro Rosado Justice Hafiz-Bertram calls former CEO’s termination “wrongful”... Dismisses KHMH counter-claim against Dr. Rosado for $40,000... Dr. Alvaro Rosado, former Chief Executive Officer of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), scored a major victory in the Belize Supreme Court today, Thursday, when Justice Minnet Hafiz-Bertram awarded him $72,000 in damages and a further $14,400 in costs for what she called the “wrongful repudiation” of his contract in March 2008. view full story Guat teen burglar, 17, of Melchor, came equipped with mask and tools on three-day pass Career criminal nabbed through quick police work... Hundreds of Guats come through the border daily – 75% of baggage searched... An alien teen who came to Belize from Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala, to burglarize unsuspecting Belmopan residents, was caught red-handed on Tuesday, after breaking and entering into the home of a single woman, who teaches in Belize City, and while attempting to enter the home of a couple just across the road on Honey Camp Street, in Belmopan. view full story Mother of murdered businessman questions police interest in solving case An audio and written statement by Valerie Coombs, the mother of murdered businessman Jason Coombs, 38, was forwarded to Amandala today, questioning the lack of progress of the police’s investigation into the Pre-Con Limited owner’s execution-style murder at his business place late in the evening of November 11, 2009. view full story Still no answers in investigation of Barry Bowen plane crash The Department of Civil Aviation says it has completed the first part of its investigation into the plane crash that claimed the lives of five persons, including business magnate Sir Barry Bowen and his four passengers Michael and Jillian Casey and their children Makayla and Bryce, on south Ambergris Caye last Friday. view full story