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Interim CA Signed, but New Agreement Needed After That

And while the focus at this point is on ensuring that the sugar cane in the field makes it to the factory in as efficient a manner as possible, the road to signing a new commercial agreement is still ahead.   Andrew Westby, Chairman, Committee of Management, A.S.R./B.S.I. “We know when you sit down to […]

K.H.M.H. Says it is Ready for Omicron/Fourth COVID-19 Wave

Today senior management of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority appeared on the Open Your Eyes Morning Show to discuss everything COVID. This includes the country commencing its fourth wave as active cases have been increasing by huge numbers daily. While it has not been officially announced, health experts do believe that the spike is […]

Paediatric COVID Cases: The Unvaccinated and Overweight Minors at Risk

The capacity for the COVID unit at the K.H.M.H. is twenty-seven, but with the available human resources, the unit can best care for eighteen patients at any given time. As it currently stands, there are sixteen persons in the COVID unit; about seven of those persons are minors. Doctor Andre Sosa also says that the […]

K.H.M.H. Doctors & Nurses Out Sick with COVID-19

COVID-19 is non-discriminatory and even healthcare professionals, who have been working around the clock to save those who end up being hospitalised, have fallen victim.  We’ve reported on the toll that the disease has had on the mental health of the staff, but there are also a number of doctors and nurses at the national […]

New Guidelines from M.O.H.W. for Essential and Other Health Careworkers

Patients who become infected with the Omicron variant will be given fewer days in isolation than those who are infected with the Delta variant. This is due to the milder symptoms as well as the shorter timeframe it takes to incubate in patients. A circular sent out by Deputy Director of Health Services, Dr. Francis […]

Dr. Sosa Disappointed: No Queen’s Honour for Frontline Healthcare Worker

During his appearance on the morning show, Doctor Andre Sosa also said that he was disappointed in the fact that no frontline healthcare worker, who has been in the trenches battling the COVID-19 public health crisis, was bestowed with the Queen’s New Year’s honours. Just last week, several persons including Philanthropist Dara Robinson, B.N.T.U. National […]

Election & Boundaries Commission Seeks to Strikeout Redistricting Case

An application to strike out the re-districting case brought before the Supreme Court by the Belize Peace Movement has been filed by Senior Counsel Oscar Sabido, Chair of the Elections and Boundaries Commission.  The matter went before the court in October 2019 and is scheduled to be heard in the coming weeks. But in his […]

BPM Demands One Man, One Vote, Now.

According to Morgan, the present number of voters per constituency, across all thirty-one electoral districts, is malapportioned.   Paul Morgan, Belize Peace Movement “We have already proposed a consent order to the Elections and Boundaries Commission, they rejected it outright, without any counterproposal, showing that they don’t care about negotiations.  And so, we are at […]

Brandon Cattouse Wins New Year’s Day Cycling Classic

Thirty-six-year-old Brandon Cattouse is the 2022 Krem New Year’s Day Men’s Cycling Classic winner. Cattouse won from among a field of over sixty cyclists. Cattouse was in the first break-away in the Corozal District, which included three other cyclists. He told News Five that the four of them shared the station prizes for about thirty […]

Meet the First Born Babies of 2022!

Meet the first born baby boy and baby girl for 2022 at the K.H.M.H. They were born hours apart at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, but are blessings for this new COVID year. The baby boy was the fourth child of Joezelee Estrada, whose family is still undecided on his name at this time, while […]