Thousands of Taiwanese Belizeans are tonight anxiously preparing for the arrival of President of the Republic of China on Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian. This is the two term President’s first visit to Belize and even though the head of state will be in the country barely twenty-four hours, the trip will have reverberating effects for the […]
With a successful mass protest under its belt the Opposition United Democratic Party, not to mention an aroused public, is now faced with the task of how to exploit allegations of financial mismanagement by government, the Social Security Board and Development Finance Corporation. Today the UDP made its plans clear by calling for an independent […]
While the UDP maps a strategy to keep its momentum going, others are equally enmeshed in the events surrounding the political and financial drama. One such person is Dr. Carla Barnett. As a former deputy governor of the Central Bank, second in command of CARICOM and now CEO in the Ministry of National Development, Barnett […]
We have reported several times on this broadcast on the dire financial straits of the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute. Today those problems forced the release of five staff members. Those employees, all administrative personnel, were given one month’s notice, dismissed and asked to collect their paychecks on Friday. According to CZMAI chairman, Dr. […]
Since last Friday, the management of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has been dealing with a breakdown in the cooling system of the facility’s morgue. The situation worsened as over the weekend an unusually high number of deaths quickly filled the unit to capacity, leaving grieving relatives with more problems than they could handle. Today, […]
Until just a few years ago, critically injured Belizeans rushed through the doors of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital were often rushed back out within minutes, to receive vital imaging and diagnostic services at private institutions. It was a situation dangerous to the patient, not to mention costly and inconvenient. A landmark ten year agreement […]
