In May of 2013, a bacterial outbreak at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital flooded the airwaves when some seven babies reportedly died after they were infected with enterobacter cloacae within the confines of the hospital. The scandal broke after a reported thirteen premature babies within the neonatal intensive care unit died within twenty days under […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in 2013 had a record number of births with approximately seven hundred and ninety-eight normal deliveries and over eight hundred via C-Section; in December alone, there were one hundred and seventy-eight deliveries. But even more impressive is that for the second year, the hospital has had zero percent maternal mortality […]
On Tuesday, Belize Water Services Ltd. applied to the Public Utilities Commission for an Annual Tariff Review for the period April first, 2014 to March thirty-first, 2015. The company is seeking an increase in water rates of sixteen and a quarter percent. If approved, consumers will incur an increase of two dollars and sixty-five cents […]
Tonight there is good news for farmers in the Belize District, affected by incessant rains resulting in widespread flooding. That flooding has caused damage of agriculture products, as well as pasture loss, decreased livestock production and increased pests and disease. In a release issued earlier, the Department of Agriculture committed to provide assistance in the […]
Miss Trifinio Mundo…the pageant was held this weekend in Honduras and features some seven delegates from the Central American countries including Mexico. The pageant promotes the point where the borders of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras meet. This is the first year that the pageant has been open to country outside of the aforementioned three […]
A seventeen-year- old of the Lake Independence Area of Belize City is tonight in police custody after being accused of carrying out a hit on his nineteen-year-old female cousin. Sometime before eleven p.m. on New Year’s Eve, Tashia Staine was shot as many as seven times and left for dead allegedly by Kevaughan Staine, as […]
Fifty-three year old Hensley Jones, a Belizean businessman of Ranchito Village in Corozal, is tonight recovering from gunshot wounds inflicted by his son on New Year’s Day. It is alleged that Jones, popularly known as Nick, was at home with his son, thirty year old Hensleigh Ryan Jones, on Wednesday night when he was shot […]
Controversy surrounding the issuance of a piece of prime land in the Belama area persists, despite an injunction from the Supreme Court on Monday to halt construction on the property. Earlier today, the Ministry of Natural Resources, via the Lands Department, issued a release on the forfeiture of a lease granted to Bernadette Pickwoad for […]
Eight days after being reported missing, the body of Canadian national Brian Townsend has been formally identified by Belizean authorities. Townsend is believed to have been attacked on his compound in Valley of Peace on Christmas Eve. An intensive search was launched in that community and surrounding areas, but there was no sign of the […]
News Five has been following the investigation into a rape which occurred in the early hours of Boxing Day. A teenager alleges that she was held down by two persons who had accompanied her to the Princess Casino, while a third person raped her. In her statement to police, two persons were named by the […]
A Belize City youth has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison for robbing a man at gunpoint. Twenty-two-year-old Keron Pinto appeared before Magistrate Dale Cayetano this morning, where he was read a single charge of robbery. He pleaded not guilty to the offense, but due to the nature of the offense, bail was denied […]
A woman, who is accused of burglarizing the home of Farima Gordon, claims that it was a state of paranoia that caused her to enter the Faber’s Road home and steal nothing…that’s right nothing. Thirty-three-year-old Jennifer Tillett, a student of a Jane Usher Boulevard address, appeared before Magistrate Dale Cayetano, where she was read a […]
As we announced on New Year’s Eve, the petition to recall disgraced former Minister of State Elvin Penner has been rejected. That disappointing news is still being analyzed by the P.U.P., which handed in two thousand and two signatures on November twenty-eighth. According to the Elections and Boundaries Office, some of the signatures were duplicated, […]
The annual cycling race on the first of January, to commence the New Year, was held on Wednesday, as thousands of spectators lined the highway from Corozal to Belize City to cheer on their favorite athletes. In the end, only one rider would emerge victorious by crossing the finish line first. The winner of the […]
With a new year comes new life and this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital there was a celebration of new births to the Jewel. The first three babies born at the K.H.M.H. for the year 2014 were all girls. The first baby girl was born at six-twenty on January first to her twenty-year-old […]
Special Envoy for Women and Children Kim Simplis-Barrow, wife of Prime Minister Dean Barrow, has been named Woman of the Year 2013 by Complexd Woman. The UK publication chose Simplis-Barrow, along with pediatric Surgeon Dorothy Kufeji, after being featured in a 2011 issue of the magazine. Her courage and determination in fighting breast cancer and […]
A trio of outstanding Belizean men, in various areas of service to the country, has been appointed to the Order of the British Empire. They are: Rafael Manzanero, Dr. Adrian Coye and Rodney Neal. The nominations were announced on New Year’s Day by the Office of the Governor General. Manzanero, Executive Director of Friends of […]
New Year’s resolutions are often promises made after a long year of striving to walk the straight and narrow. For some, determination and consistency make the oath achievable, while others tend to give up a few weeks into the year. Tonight’s Healthy Living looks at resolutions and what they mean to personal development. {Feature […]
