For some time there appears to be fundamental differences between the Executive and the Judiciary. It became even more glaring in the last few days when the Bar Association took a position on the timing of the retirement of Chief Justice, Abdulai Conteh. The CJ was not granted an extension past September to conclude cases […]
The body of an elderly woman was discovered inside her home in the Faber’s Road Extension area of Belize City this afternoon. The woman, sixty eight year old Marie Dawson, was discovered sometime after two this afternoon on Rio Bravo Crescent. And while there was no evidence of forced entry, the family is still suspicious […]
Shoddy electrical connections led to the death of a man earlier today in Belize City. Emelio Orellano was electrocuted while he was trying to connect electricity to his humble abode. While the connection was illegal, there is more to the story than meets the eye. Orellano and his common-law wife, like many of the families […]
Twenty-eight year old Colin Lord tonight remains in an induced coma at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited after undergoing an extensive overnight surgery to reduce the swelling of his brain. He is hooked up to several medical apparatus including a life support machine and an IV to keep him alive after a near fatal shooting at […]
There have been more heinous crimes in the past days and women are now targeted in the crime wave spilling across the country. Last week two nineteen year olds were murdered: Joyce Mitchell and Neisa Pipersburgh. On Tuesday we asked the question: Do think the penalty for murder should be death by hanging? Our e-poll […]
The debate on offshore oil drilling is raging around the country. The argument is over possible oil riches versus the reality that one spill could devastate the entire country and the economy. This morning in San Pedro, representatives from the Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage were making a presentation during a radio talk show […]
The Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage, has been making its rounds not only on San Pedro, but also on Caye Caulker. While it got the nod from an important ally, Mayor Elsa Paz, it has also now received the backing of a group that has the power not only to influence legislation but is […]
There is breaking news tonight, and that is that the man at the center of a massive manhunt in Jamaica is now in police custody. Christopher “Dudus” Coke was arrested this afternoon in Spanish Town on the island, fifteen minutes away from Kingston. He was wanted for allegedly smuggling illegal firearms and drugs into the […]
On the local front, there have been no charges brought so far in the abduction and brutal murder of Pallotti graduate Neisa Pipersburgh who disappeared from her residence in the Fabers Road area last Wednesday morning. Her body was discovered floating near the Burdon Canal Bridge on Saturday morning with what appeared to be multiple […]
The advanced state of decomposition in which the body of nineteen-year-old Neisa Pipersburgh was found made it difficult for forensic pathologist Dr. Mario Estradabran to conclusively determine the cause of her death. Despite reports that signs of foul play were visible on the corpse, Estradabran was unable to say whether the former student was stabbed, […]
The other recent murder of thirty-eight year old Elbert Pope, a single parent and father of six, has also sent shockwaves through the cycling community. The veteran cyclist had no known enemies, or at least they were not aware of any danger to his life. At previous workplaces, however, it was believed he was being […]
The vivacious Neisa Pipersburgh met a horrific death. Neisa was murdered within days after she had graduated from Pallotti High School. Her murder has stunned the entire community because it now seems that crime has gone far beyond the level of the usual violence among gangs. Many citizens think that the system is too soft […]
A Tropical Park senior citizen was killed by two vicious pit bulls three weeks ago. Sixty-five year old Edmund Spain was attacked on May thirty-first while at his home in the Tropical Park area. He sustained injuries to the face and body and was hospitalized but died from the injuries some six days later. Today, […]
It was a weekend of carnage; a well known cyclist was murdered in Belize City on Sunday night and a laborer was stabbed to death in Dangriga, we’ll have more on this later in the newscast. But on Saturday morning, Neisa Pipersburgh, who had gone missing since last Wednesday was found dead, she had been […]
The Pallotti High School prom was set for Saturday, the same day that Neisa’s body was found. It was a most painful and difficult time for the graduates and families. News’ Five Marion Ali reports on how her murder re-shaped prom night. Marion Ali, reporting Prom night for graduates who received their diplomas last Sunday […]
The old capital’s other murder took place just before midnight on Sunday. A well known cyclist, thirty-eight year old Elbert Pope was shot and killed as he sat on his bicycle behind the City Centre. The motive remains unknown. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a report on Pope’s senseless murder. Jose Sanchez, reporting Elbert Pope […]
The weekend’s third murder was reported in the south. Dangriga police are in the preliminary stages of investigating the homicide of a resident of the Stann Creek Valley. According to police, the lifeless body of twenty-nine year old Carlos Enrique De La Cruz, a laborer of ten miles community in Stann Creek Valley was discovered […]
A string of fires broke early Sunday morning in Placencia. It started at a well known restaurant, but by the time that fire was contained two more establishments had been set ablaze. Villagers and tourists joined the firemen to put out the blaze at the thatch roofed buildings that were dangerously close to other businesses. […]
Back in the old capital, in addition to the weekend murders, there were several shooting incidents. One of the most senseless occurred at a house on Rivero Street at ten-fifty p.m. The occupants include about a dozen children that would normally be in the yard. Most of them, however, were asleep when a man dressed […]
There were two other shootings. On Sunday, a twenty-one year old Kareem Heusner, a Fisherman of Wagner’s Lane, was walking near his home when several shots were fired in his direction. He received wounds to his upper right leg. Heusner has been treated and released from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. According to Heusner’s father, […]
Gun violence flared up in the past twenty-four hours. A murder and two shootings in the City’s took place in the Old Capital in what is believed to be an open war over turf among the gangs. Only last Thursday, the leader of the South Side Gangsters, Andre Trapp, was gunned down mid-morning near the […]
Several hours after the fatal shooting of nineteen year old Joyce Mitchell gunfire once again erupted on the south side of Belize City. Shortly after twelve o’clock this morning, twenty-eight year old Colin Lord and a few of his friends were sitting on a verandah at the family residence on Lavender Street celebrating the outcome […]
The bloodbath across Belize City continued today as another man was fired upon multiple times by gunmen on bicycles. Reports are that shortly after one o’clock this afternoon, Emerson Gill was walking along Banak Street near its intersection with Central American Boulevard when two young men rode up to him and fired as many as […]
The rampant violence on the streets of Belize City has reached crisis proportions. No longer do criminals wait for the cover of darkness to attack. The Prime Minister’s law office, Barrow and Williams, was shot at by an unknown assailant on April fifteenth, a bright Thursday morning. On the night of May thirty-first, the P.M. […]
The views expressed on the e-poll does not necessarily reflect the views of this Station. On Thursday we asked the question: Do you feel that the Chief Justice is being treated fairly by the government? Our e-poll shows that sixty-eight percent of the viewers are of the sentiments that the Chief Justice is being treated […]
