It’s been four days since Danny Conorquie was murdered at the Caracol Mayan Site; on Sunday, he was laid to rest after an emotional funeral service. We have that story coming up. But tonight, there appears to be confusion, at least in government, over who killed the former tourism police special constable from Georgeville, Cayo. […]
All that talk about rising up and taking a stance…about protecting our land, possessions and lives against Guatemalans…was good for a round of applause at the funeral of Danny Conorquie. But it was short-lived. Early this morning, the political hammer came crashing down on Thompson’s head and by this afternoon, he issued a release, stating, […]
But late this afternoon, there was another statement. In the face of mounting public outrage at Conorquie’s murder, the Prime Minister issued a release today. While stopping short of confirming who murdered the special constable, the PM says there are reasons to believe that “Guatemalan nationals may be responsible for the shooting and this has […]
The fact is that unless one of the murderers dropped a notarized confession complete with finger-print, blood-sample, picture and proof of Guatemalan birth…it is unlikely that there will be any legal proof that Danny Conorquie’s killers were Guatemalan. Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington certainly won’t move until he has that confession statement in hand. […]
According to Manzanero, all the entities that are regularly on the ground have gotten the wake-up call a long time ago, and the murder of Danny Conorquie is their worst fears realized. With the murder of the Special Constable, the new fear is that the killing will escalate if the government decides to waffle on […]
Following the murder of Conorquie, Caracol has been closed indefinitely by the National Institute of Culture and History. The site is one of the most visited in the country, but the brazen, cold-blooded broad daylight murder has raised some serious security concerns. When Conorquie was shot, there was a tour in progress and tourists in […]
While the murder of Conorquie is a tragedy, it is also a wake-up call. News Five has learned that only two tourism police officers are stationed at Caracol for two weeks at a time. There is no vehicle and no communication with San Ignacio, at least two and a half hours drive away. A highly […]
Tonight, there is national outrage over the murder of Tourism Police Officer, Danny Conorquie. In this newscast, we look at his callous slaying from all angles starting with the ongoing investigations. At midday on Thursday, twenty year old Tourism Police Officer Danny Conorquie was gunned down while on duty at the Caracol Mayan Site in […]
Twenty-four hours after they received the news of his murder, the family of twenty year old Conorquie are reeling from the grief. The vibrant young man known as ‘Bobotch’ lived with his grandfather Eustace in front of the family home in Georgeville. His family last spent time with him over the weekend as he prepared […]
The brazen midday execution of Special Constable Conorquie at the Caracol Archaeological Site on Thursday, by persons believed to be Guatemalan nationals, has caused public outrage. And as you heard earlier in the newscast, there are significant differences in the interview from the San Ignacio police and the sanitized information released on Thursday. Still, the […]
Minister Elrington’s comments, considering his decidedly nonchalant demeanour whenever Guatemala is involved, are not surprising, but they are disturbing. And while he refuses to say the killers are Guatemalan for fear of offending that country, he has offended the family of Conorquie. There is little solace for them at this point, and the words of […]
Following the shooting death of a Guatemalan encroacher three point five kilometers within Belizean territory on March twenty-ninth 2014, the government compensated the family of Tomas Ramirez. When asked about the possibility of the Guatemalan government compensating the family of the fallen officer, Elrington says that there is not sufficient basis at this point to […]
And our question for tonight is: Do you believe that the Minister of Foreign Affairs is being soft with Guatemala over the murder of the Belizean officer at Caracol? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email […]
P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca today offered the official position of his party on the murder of Tourism Police Officer Danny Conorquie. According to Fonseca, the party is saddened and troubled…but more than that, there is overwhelming outrage. Francis Fonseca, P.U.P. Leader “We are really outraged at what has taken place. We understand that there […]
A nineteen year old Tourism Police Officer has been gunned down near the Mayan site of Caracol, located in the Cayo District. Danny Conorquie was assigned to the San Ignacio Station, but was on rotational duties in Caracol along with one other officer. The incident is already sending shockwaves through the community, since it is […]
The story of an alleged rape of a five year old Infant One student in Belmopan has aroused public sentiment. The incident allegedly happened last week, and the child’s mother has gone on the airwaves to bring attention to the matter. Naturally any allusion to such a heinous and unnatural crime has caused outrage in […]
Orange Police have issued a bulletin for assistance in locating twenty-seven year old Alexander Tillett. Tillett, as seen in this photograph, is wanted for two robberies which occurred earlier this month. He is the suspect of the September eleventh robbery at Darvis Store in Belize City. Tillett is also wanted for a robbery at Hung […]
There is a report coming out of Hattieville tonight on a case of alleged police brutality against a resident of the village. Lloyd Usher Junior was alleged taken by police officers sometime last week and beaten badly by officers attached to the Hattieville Police station. According to information gathered, Usher Junior was taken as he […]
Usher Junior worked with Hattieville Chairman, Kevin Carcamo, who went missing just over two months ago on July twentieth following a routine day’s work in Freetown Sibun, in the village. Carcamo was employed as a linesman by an oil company, Discoverseis, doing geophysical work and after he went to work that Sunday, he has not […]
Food prices, often one of the primary drivers of economic inflation, saw a marginal decline in the month of August, with average costs decreasing in all areas save for fish and seafood. That’s according to the latest release from the Statistical Institute of Belize indicating that inflation slowed to zero point nine percent last month. […]
Mexican national, Anabel Kumul, who is accused with the murder of her common-law-husband, twenty six year old Felix Alamilla, appeared for the third time in the courtroom of Magistrate Dale Cayetano. But her hearing was adjourned for November fifth. Kumul was informed by the magistrate that her next court appearance will be in San Pedro […]
Incarcerated stockbrokers, Kelvin Leach and Rohn Knowles, were scheduled to appear in Supreme Court this morning where bail applications were to have been made before Justice Denis Hanomansingh. But there was a hitch and it appears the duo will be spending far more time behind bars. The Bahamian nationals, wanted by U.S. authorities for their […]
But last week, contrary to what Smith says, in an exclusive interview with News Five, Attorney General Wilfred Elrington acknowledged that there is indeed a request being made by U.S. authorities for the extradition of Leach and Knowles. That petition found its way to Elrington’s desk through the Solicitor General’s Office where a team of […]
It has long been spoken of by Attorney-General Wilfred Elrington, but on September fifth, government finally moved to amend the Legal Profession Act. The proposed amendment would have two significant repercussions on the profession – first, the composition of the General Legal Council would change. We understand that the Chief Justice would be Chairman while […]
Current Bar Association President Eamon Courtenay was far less subtle in his reference to the proposed amendments, in particular the change in composition of the General Legal Council. According to Courtenay, the bill for an amendment to the Legal Profession Act is scandalous and is obviously a backward step orchestrated by Attorney-General Wilfred Elrington. […]
