Danini Contreras – the young lady from Benque has come under very intense scrutiny after she was appointed to the newly created post of Drug Inspectorate Director and today per appointment came under fire from within the top ranks of the Ministry of Health. She has just returned from studies in Guatemala, and has absolutely […]
News Five confirmed on Tuesday that newcomer Contreras is now also authorized to approve the entry of pharmaceuticals through Customs. That decision was taken by C.E.O. in the Ministry of Health Peter Allen. He claims he did so because he was told that Chief Pharmacist Sharon Anderson was on strike and could not hold the […]
As we told you, Contreras is now authorized to approve the entry of pharmaceuticals through Customs. That has raised all sorts of unpleasant speculation. Minister Erwin Contreras is considered a heavy player in Benque Viejo and bordering Guatemala, and his daughter’s new-found authority even before her post is confirmed has raised eyebrows. Today, Ministry of […]
Aside from authorization to Danini Contreras, Ministry of Health C.E.O. Peter Allen has also issued authority to two others to approve entry of medical supplies through Customs. As we’ve also confirmed, Director of Health Services Michael Pitts has been left out of the loop. He had no knowledge of the appointment of Contreras, and likewise, […]
With all that out of the way, we can get to the matter of the Public Service Union, which has declared the Danini Contreras appointment as an essential services dispute. The union got on board after Chief Pharmacist Sharon Anderson reported that she had been a victim of some serious and devious shenanigans in the […]
A delegation of elders from several villages comprising the buffer communities of the Sarstoon-Temash National Park is set to conduct an assessment of oil drilling activities taking place within the protected area on Thursday. The visit, we understand, is being organized by the Maya Leaders Alliance. While an expedition into the area where U.S. Capital […]
An Orange Walk mother’s worst fear was realized today when her infant child ingested a fatal dose of insecticide. This morning, sometime around ten-thirty, two-year-old Gutige Usher was outside playing in the yard while his mother was doing the laundry. She realized that her son was missing and then heard the toddler crying. She reported […]
Five of thirteen mothers are taking legal action against the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for negligence. An attorney has filed a claim against the hospital for the deaths which occurred between the months of April and May of 2013 due to the bacteria, enterobacter cloacae. The newborns had received an initial good prognosis, but died […]
Attorney Kareem Musa is also representing the grassroots organization, COLA in a private prosecution of former minister Elvin Penner who illegally issued a passport to a South Korean fugitive who had never set foot in Belize. Musa complained today that despite seeking the documentation, he has been running into roadblocks and there has generally been […]
The battle between the Belize Tourism Industry Association, Norwegian Cruise Line and the Government of Belize over the construction of a proposed port of call at Harvest Caye will imminently be waged in the Supreme Court. B.T.I.A., having written the Department of the Environment concerning the approval of an environmental impact assessment for NCL to […]
According to Krohn, while the fifty million U.S. dollar project is unwarranted, it is largely the brainchild of former C.E.O. in the Ministry of Tourism, Mike Singh. Singh, who is now second in command of the Ministry of Trade and Investment, has been engaged in a back and forth with several individuals, including Mary Toy, […]
The Coye Family was back again in court this morning because even though they were exonerated of a money laundering charge, their assets remain frozen. In a raid of their house in December of 2008, approximately one point five million dollars were discovered and the family’s assets and bank accounts were subsequently frozen. Well it’s […]
The FIU had indicated that it would appeal the ruling of the Appellate Court. But the forty-two days in which that leave of appeal would have had to been made to the Caribbean Court of Justice has already elapsed. That aside, however, Saldivar says that his clients are still facing the challenge of the unpaid […]
The consumer price index for March, a government-issued list of the retail prices of basic household goods and services, has been released by the Statistical Institute of Belize. There has been an increase in the inflation rate, primarily the result of higher prices in food, housing, water, electricity and gas, among other factors. The inflation […]
Earlier in the newscast, you heard Attorney Kareem Musa defending five mothers who have been aggrieved by the death of their newborns. Well, Musa also confirmed that he has thrown his hat into the political ring. Musa presented his name for the People’s United Party to contest the Caribbean Shores Division against incumbent, Santiago Castillo. […]
A woman, who allegedly made threats against another woman to allegedly set her house on fire with all her family members inside, was before the court today to answer to two serious indictable offenses. She is thirty-eight year old Belize City resident, Hilda Locario Kelly, who was arraigned for threat to damage of property and […]
Oil drilling is a hot button issue. As it stands, SATIIM is fighting tooth and nail against US Capital Energy for drilling operations within the Sarstoon Temash National Park and Maya communal lands. So the debate is raging or the merits or disadvantages of oil exploration. The Belize Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage enlisted […]
Today, the Ministry of Health held a special ceremony to acknowledge the efforts of the administration and staff of the Matron Roberts Polyclinic Two. That’s because the facility, which consistently receives high marks, has obtained the highest scores as an NHI Primary Care provider for 2013 – one hundred percent in facility assessment, services, health […]
It’s that time again….the National Institute of Culture and History, through the National Celebrations Commission, is launching its annual national song competition. In 2014, however, the commission is for the first time, reaching out to all districts offering workshops prior to live stage performances to the artists and song writers residing in the districts. This […]
The Princess Hotel is now formally the Ramada Belize City Princess. The announcement was made by new General Manager Erol Olcan this morning, during a media breakfast at the hotel. The Ramada brand is owned by the Windham Hotel Group, which is the largest hotel company in the world, operating well known chains like Planet […]
The frightening ordeal of surviving a fatal road traffic accident and witnessing the horrific deaths of a wife and son are vivid memories which, sadly, thirty-five-year-old Raul Magana Junior will have to live with. At around three-thirty on Monday afternoon, whilst returning home to Ladyville, the sports utility vehicle in which the family was traveling, […]
Around nine a.m. this morning, less than a mile away from where the tragic accident involving the Magaña family occurred, there was yet another traffic mishap. Emerson Michael says that he was driving his Mariner SUV on the highway when a police van slammed into the rear of his vehicle. Traveling at the time with […]
On Friday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow told the media that government would not enforce the deadline for U.S. Capital’s existing permit to conduct exploratory work within the Sarstoon-Temash National Park. That license expires on Wednesday. While there have been significant developments on the part of SATIIM, particularly the ejection of Valentin Makin as First Alcalde […]
Executive Director Greg Ch’oc has offered comment on Makin’s abrupt removal. The former Alcalde reportedly signed a document stating that the village of Conejo, one of five buffer communities surrounding the Sarstoon Temash National Park, consents to have U.S. Capital proceed with exploratory work within the protected area. Ch’oc says that the procedure to oust […]
The community of Shipyard in the Orange Walk district is home to thirty-five hundred Mennonites. They’re generally considered a peaceful, hardworking, quiet people. Their homes, farmlands and industrial sites are well-kept models of efficiency. But where Shipyard is concerned, there are growing reports of a dark underbelly of religious persecution, fear and violence. The small […]
