Tonight, a tragic story out of the Belize Central Prison is raising serious questions about how the justice system handles individuals with mental health challenges. Twenty-six-year-old Tyreick Rodriguez, a well-known mental health patient, was sentenced to one week in prison, not for a violent crime, but
The family of Tyreick Rodriguez is speaking out, questioning why police arrested him in the first place, just for riding a bicycle without a headlamp, when his mental health condition was already well known. His uncle, Clinton Rodriguez, told News Five that he believes both the police and the courts could
Con la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico de 2025 a la vuelta de la esquina, el Ayuntamiento de Belize ha intensificado sus esfuerzos de mitigación de inundaciones en la ciudad. Esta semana, cuadrillas municipales se desplegaron para realizar labores de limpieza en los drenajes y
According to Virgilio Murillo, C.E.O. of the Kolbe Foundation, prison officials were aware of Tyreick Rodriguez’s mental health condition before he arrived. That information, he says, came through the Belize Health Information System. When it came to monitoring Rodriguez in his cell, Murillo explained that the prison tried to
Tras meses de procesos legales, el alguacil del tribunal municipal Brandon Gillett ha sido exonerado de todos los cargos. Acusado en diciembre de 2023 por cinco cargos de modificación de arma de fuego, los fiscales retiraron cuatro cargos y el último fue desestimado en el tribunal. El
Earlier this week, we brought you a story that raised eyebrows, a local attorney claimed he was denied access to his client, who is currently detained under the State of Emergency. The attorney argued that this was a clear violation of his client’s right to legal
A chilling discovery in the early hours of Thursday morning has left the Cayo District reeling. Just after two-thirty A.M., police responded to a distress call along the Valley of Peace Road. What they found was nothing short of disturbing—a freightliner truck, its yellow trailer
Un vehículo oficial del gobierno fue impactado por múltiples disparos en un audaz tiroteo en pleno día cerca del Bulevar Central Américan en la Ciudad de Belize. El incidente ocurrió cuando tres hombres se enfrentaron en una violenta confrontación, en el que un sospechoso sacó un
The high-profile case against Elmer Nah is moving forward, but not without tension inside the courtroom. At today’s continuation of the case management conference, Nah’s sole defense attorney, Doctor Lynden Jones, requested that the court be closed during the upcoming voir dire hearings, citing safety concerns—including death threats he says
Tonight, a murder case from 2024 continues to unfold in the courts. David Friesen, a Mennonite man accused of murder, has been further remanded to the Belize Central Prison as he awaits his next court date on June sixth, 2025, for a case management conference. Friesen, who turns thirty
