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, […]
Twenty year old Stacey Kerr, a resident of Burrell Boom Village who was paralyzed after falling off the railing of a verandah at her house a few weeks ago, succumbed to her injury over the weekend. On the night of June fifth following a party held at the couple’s home in the village, Stacey and […]
There was a traffic accident on the Western Highway on Saturday afternoon, and it was captured by a News Five crew as it took place. Reporter Marion Ali and cameraman, Jorge Tabora were at the crime scene on a dirt road at mile six on the Western Highway where the body of Neisa Pipersburgh had […]
Hope Creek is located off the Hummingbird Highway near the Coastal Road. It’s not a village that is known for controversy; we last heard about Hope Creek when Tropical Storm Arthur caused havoc to the village. We headed back to the village today and found a number of militant parents at the new site of […]
There’s an update to the ongoing saga involving the retirement Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh. As we have reported, the CJ will be demitting office at the end of September, within days of reaching the retirement age of sixty-five years. Following a meeting with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, on June seventh, Conteh informed the Executive of […]
In other news from the courts, five men had a brief taste of freedom last Tuesday after eight months on remand for the 2009 murder of Randy Coye. They were acquitted because police did not provide a case file after numerous requests and the preliminary inquiry could not start. But less than a week later, […]
A well-known hotelier and basketball enthusiast, Tommy Shaw, was questioned over the weekend in connection with an ongoing investigation in the death of Neisa Pipersburgh. When his Belama Phase two home was searched, police found two unlicensed firearms; a point twelve shotgun and a revolver along ammunition were found at his home. Shaw was taken […]
While Neisa Pipersburgh had an unfortunate end to her life, two other missing females have been located. Twenty-one year old Melanie Conorquie and thirteen year old Rosie Munoz surfaced over the weekend. Conorquie, who suffers from memory lapses, had gone missing on June fourth after dropping off her niece at the Saint Martin De Porres […]
“Good Evening I’m James Adderley, this is Sports Monday. The battle for the lead in the Belize Bank Super league standings rageed at Hattieville yesterday, where Hattieville FC hosted the deadly Placencia Assassin. Folks we must apologize for missing the ninth minute goal scored by Ashley Torres; but right here Torres centres to Mervin Leslie […]
