Having a child usually brings changes to a person’s life. This is true for twenty-one year old Tifarah Castillo, and the changes she is experiencing are taking a serious toll on her health. After giving birth to her second child, Castillo’s two kidneys stopped functioning and she was diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure. What this […]
There is another allegation that a baby is dead as a result of negligence at one of Belize’s hospital. This time, the mother, Salome Busano is accusing the attending doctor at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital of negligence for discharging her newborn baby with jaundice. The mother of two other boys has said that she […]
And there is always heavy competition among bus drivers and the ride can be dangerous to passengers. Things got out of hand when a dispute between two drivers on the Ladyville route took a violent turn. The drivers reportedly threatened each other with machetes as travelers watched. According to Inspector Calbert Flowers, Officer in Charge […]
But that was not the only “write-off” that the Minister of Housing, Michael Finnegan, mentioned today. Finnegan made public that he has submitted a proposal to cabinet that the poorest of the poor—meaning those who absolutely cannot afford to pay—outstanding debts at the housing department be forgiven. Michael Finnegan, Minister of Housing “Yoh see all […]
The investigation into the death of the twenty-one month old baby, Jaydan Guy, is almost complete. The toddler choked on a red kidney bean on July twenty second at the family home in Belmopan. His parents rushed him to the Western Regional Hospital and that led to an arduous journey to Belize City where he […]
With Belize’s international basketball history being written so close to home in Cancun, Mexico; Belizeans are trekking north by any means necessary to be witnesses. One business that has benefited as a result is Maya Island Air through its recently inaugurated, direct flight to Cancun. Hoping to lessen the home court advantage of Mexico by […]
The current transportation schedules that exist in the south and west were introduced last October. And since then there have been many complaints about the quality of service provided, the unavailability and overcrowding of buses, only to mention a few. But if that were not bad enough, northern commuters have to put up with those […]
Social workers within the Ministry of Human Development have been participating in a three day workshop at the Belize Institute of Management in Belize City. Facilitator Dr. Peta Anne Baker, Coordinator of the Social Work Program at the University of West Indies Mona Campus, says that the workshop will strengthen the community mobilization and advocacy […]
The proposal to finally settle the Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute at the International Court of Justice (I.C.J.) sparked debate among Belizeans at home and abroad. And it was a major step for both countries when a compromis, or special agreement, was signed on December eighth, 2008, outlining the question to be asked in a simultaneous referendum […]
The investigation into the death of twenty-one month old Jaydan Guy is almost completed. When we spoke with the Director of Health Services, Dr Michael Pitts, today he said the Quality Assurance Officer in the Ministry of Health, Michele Hoare, was expected to present the findings shortly. Little Jaydan Guy died after choking on a […]
We reported in our newscast on Thursday that the National Trade Union Congress was kicking up dust with three issues: the K.H.M.H. Inquiry, the Venezuelan Housing money and the Amendment to the Essential Services Act. And while they feel they have been slighted, the N.T.U.C.B. says it is open to dialogue. Still, P.S.U. President, Jackie […]
Good healthcare is necessary to everyone. But while essential services are available in the country, it is the cost of healing the sick that keeps many from receiving proper treatment. And that is the problem facing Arthur Stevens. Stevens came by our studios today because his son is afflicted with a condition that he simply […]
The former C.E.O. of the Cane Farmers Association, Carlos Magana, made some serious allegations on Wednesday against seven current and former members of the association. The charges had to do with the alleged misappropriation of funds and Magana gave specific amounts and the names of those he accused for the alleged missing monies. Today News […]
Both Blanco and Bacab feel that Magana’s motive was to garner support from the cane farmers to get back his post as C.E.O. of the Association at the cost of their reputation. And they believe Magana is throwing up a smokescreen to get the attention off his failures. Silvino Bacab, Director, Cane Farmers Association “It’s […]
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize has been having issues with government over a number of pressing national issues. The umbrella organization for the unions late this evening held a press conference at the University of the West Indies. The N.T.U.C.B. had three main issues on its agenda. Regarding the K.H.M.H. Commission of Inquiry, […]
The Amendment to the Settlement of Disputes in Essential Services Act was the third item on the agenda and another bone of contention that the N.T.U.C.B. has with government. Both the Prime Minister and the congress have made it clear that the amendment was a result of the go-slow that the K.H.M.H. doctors implemented during […]
A month ago he was told his contract with the Cane Farmers Association would not be renewed. The C.E.O., Carlos Magana, was pretty shaken up at the unexpected news. Today, he held a press conference in Orange Walk Town and unleashed a string of allegations of corruption, politics and misappropriation of hundreds of thousands of […]
And why did he wait until now to come forward? Magana says while that keeping silent on these very serious allegations implicated him as the C.E.O., he said that the information would have been exposed at the upcoming general assemblies. Carlos Magana, former CEO, Cane Farmers Assn “If I wouldn’t have done it now, the […]
The parents of twenty-one month old Jaydan Guy are not only mourning his untimely passing, they are also blaming the weaknesses in the public health system for his death. The toddler choked on a red kidney bean and died six days later. The incident began to unfold at about eleven-fifteen on the morning of Wednesday […]
Anna Guy said before doctors transferred the baby to Belize City, they made a superficial slit on his throat, but not on the trachea to create airspace. She added that in all the confusion, there was a lot that could have been done in order to save their baby’s life. Anna Guy, Mother of Deceased […]
The question of whether or not more could have been done to save the toddler has consistently been asked. Doctor Cecilio Eck, one of the pediatricians who helped to revive the infant, says that the family followed the appropriate procedures to aid the infant. However, the main issue was the fact that a Rigid Bronchoscope […]
If you have been following the news regularly, it seems that almost every week a house in Belize City falls apart. And while one homeowner and a family of ten got a new house courtesy of her area representative early last week, another city resident finds himself in a dire situation. Thirty- four year old […]
Still on housing, the Venezuelan grant has been a controversial issue ever since the news broke that twenty million dollars had been granted to the government for housing late in 2007. The matter landed before the courts and while a ruling was made, the issue has still not been put to rest. To backtrack a […]
While most parents are getting their children ready for school, we found some on the Western Highway that are fighting to keep their village school. Residents of La Democracia tell News Five that the Ministry of Education wants to relocate the village school. News Five went out to the community where angry parents were less […]
Earlier in the newscast we reported on the relocation of a school in La Democracia. A News Five team also found that the villagers of Hope Creek are in uproar because the Ministry of Education is also planning to relocate the village school. Duane Moody traveled south where he found a large gathering of vociferous […]
