Chairman of the Belize Medical Council and Laparoscopic Surgeon George Gough has been found liable for negligence in a medical malpractice lawsuit brought against him in 2013 for a gallbladder surgery he allegedly botched in 2009. The claimant, Alice Arana Gillett, alleged that she almost died of complications caused after a routine surgery performed by […]
Tonight, ASR/B.S.I., along with the Department of Environment’s technical personnel, is working around the clock to contain a large quantity of molasses. How that will be done, is yet to be determined since the tonnage of affected syrup is stored in a significantly huge tank. The molasses is produced for local consumption as well as […]
As ASR/B.S.I. deals with its molasses woes and tries to assess the financial impact, Santander is dealing with its own problems where that excessively sweet by-product is concerned. In their case it’s a leak from the containing tank. On the Phone: Beverly Burke, Santander Representative, Belize “A few weeks ago, I don’t remember the […]
Santander, the mega-million dollar investment in sugar cane growing and milling, has been issued with a stop order by the Department of the Environment. News Five brought you that story on Wednesday, confirmed by the C.E.O. in the Ministry of the Environment, Colin Young. The problem is a breach of environmental rules outlined in the […]
Burke says that during a routine site visit by the Department of the Environment, they were informed that those works should not have been done without the express permission of the Department. And that is when they were issued, in writing, with an enforcement order. Since that point, with the supervision of the pertinent authorities, […]
The state of the art facility, set on twenty-thousand acres in Valley of Peace, is one of the largest investments in Belize, close to two hundred million dollars. Burke says that reality, and the fact that the company has done and continues to do so many positive things in the community and country, should at […]
For the past two years, correspondent banks in the U.S and Europe have been cutting relations with banks across the Caribbean. Since 2015, the U.S. has been putting the squeeze on local banks due to suspicions of terrorism financing and money laundering. A number of local banks have been affected, including the Belize Bank, Heritage […]
The Chiquibul National Park and the preservation of the bountiful resources within its boundaries are once more in the forefront. The uphill struggle to monitor, manage and defend this huge protected area has long been the yoke of the Friends for Conservation and Development, FCD. But this time the FCD has been joined in the […]
According to Castellanos the illegal incursions are caused by poverty, but that poverty is used to great effect by organized crime cartels which reap the lucrative dividends of the illegal labor. Byron Castellanos, Executive Director, BALAM “The greatest threats are those that you can see listed there – the extraction of flora and fauna, […]
The banking system is among several private and public institutions that deal with highly confidential or very sensitive personal information. In this case, it is restricted data regarding individual and business finances. For the past two days, representatives of various companies have been meeting to discuss information security with consultants from Gulf Business Machines. GBM […]
According to Cory Caseres, it is necessary to continually invest in training and development to ensure that banks are able to safely store sensitive information across local IT landscapes. Isani Cayetano “How important is it for these companies, specifically the banking institutions, to be able to be up to date with the latest software, […]
On February fifth, 2016, Roland Raheem Rivers was busted inside a Ford Escape loaded with fourteen pounds of weed. He was also allegedly found in possession of contraband beers but he was never charged with any offense for the beer. Today, the accused driver of the vehicle who ended up in an accident, was freed […]
A Belize City man has been unable to post bail and is in police custody accused of committing a broad daylight robbery against a bus conductor on Tuesday at the compound of Novelo’s Bus Terminal. Elroy Hemmans Junior, who is also a part time accountant, was arraigned this morning for robbing Samir Martinez of three […]
Twenty-two students were today granted high school and sixth scholarships. It is the fifth year in a row, that the Belize Bank has stepped up to the plate to ensure that deserving youths get a shot at formal education to prepare them to assume different roles in their communities. The ceremony at the Radisson Fort […]
Day one of a two-day conference on digital branding took started this afternoon at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. The Belize Tourism Board is hosting the country’s second annual Digital Marketing Summit as an initiative to provide tourism stakeholders and partners with the tools to effectively and efficiently increase their presence and online marketing […]
The 2016 tourism stats for the first half of the year are in and the numbers are consistently up. There is a twenty-four percent increase from January to June, with January being the highest month with a twenty-four percent increase over last year. Overnight arrivals for January to June have seen two hundred and thirteen […]
But while the U.S. market continues to hold the highest share of travelers to Belize, making up close to seventy percent of visitors to the Jewel, Gamero says that the trend is indicating that numbers will surpass last year’s figures by the end of 2016. Noriko Gamero, Marketing and PR Manager, B.T.B. “We have […]
Have you been told repeatedly that you’re disorganized? Do you have problems with procrastination? Do you struggle with deadlines? How about being consistently late, no matter how early you wake up? Have you struggled in trying to get any or all of these habits under control? If this sounds like you, then you may want […]
