The sweetheart deals in the purchase of medical supplies for the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is stinking to high heaven. When News Five opened Pandora’s Box last week on the scandalous overpricing by the politically connected De la Fuente Pharmacy in Orange Walk, that was only the tip of the iceberg. Today more startling information […]
The Belize Medical and Dental Union also challenged this morning the management of the K.H.M.H. for a release issued on Monday in which they stated that there were printing errors on the price list of supplies acquired. To add salt to the wounds, according to the union, some of the supplies have been rendered useless. […]
But as volatile as the situation is at the K.H.M.H., the doctors say they are willing to sit at the negotiating table. And in response to an official release on Tuesday afternoon which said that the B.M.D.U. did not show up for a meeting with the Minister and others, Doctor John Sosa said it was […]
The B.M.D.U. also disclosed details of a fourteen point Memorandum of Understanding which they had hoped to sign with the K.H.M.H. Board on Monday. Union Secretary, Dr. Beatrice Thompson, says the document was not penned because the K.H.M.H. C.E.O. Dr. Francis Longsworth, Director of Finance, Carlos Perrera and the Chairman of the Board, Doctor Ricardo […]
There is no end to the litany of concerns and the B.M.D.U. is also critical of the state of the utensils they have to work with. Another issue that propped up was the price paid for recent renovations near the K.H.M.H. Emergency Unit. Dr. John Sosa, President, B.M.D.U. “We have an issue with the way […]
U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated his old college roommate and buddy Vinai Thummalapally as ambassador to Belize. Last Friday following the meeting of the House, the Prime Minister answered many questions; among them the real possibility of an Obama visit to the jewel. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I would have to feel that he […]
While the jury is out on whether the US President will come to the Jewel, there is one certainty; that Belize is heading to the softball qualifying games. That was the message that the Belize Softball Federation disclosed to the media, this morning when they introduced the sixteen athletes, who will be competing in the […]
And this news, in a stunning eighty page ruling, the Court of Appeal last Friday, ordered that fifty thousand shares in Krem Radio currently in the name of Evan X Hyde, be registered in the name of Sagis Limited. It started back in 1994 when Sagis invested a total of one hundred thousand dollars in […]
Murder was the charge and a nolle prosequi, a now common word in our vocab, sounded musical to two men who appeared in court this morning. Twenty-seven year old Noel “Biggs” Usher and twenty-eight year old Edward “Chuck” Arthurs were accused in the murder of fifty-eight year old security guard, Oliver Blanco who was fatally […]
Yet another body was recovered from a river; the third one this week. The first two were retrieved from the Mopan River in the Benque Viejo area while body number three surfaced in New River in the Orange Walk District. Police reports are that on Tuesday an elderly man was seen floating in the river; […]
APAMO, the Association of Protected Management Organization, sounded its concerns to the government this past Tuesday about the UNESCO report which details the leases and commercial development within protected areas such as the barrier reef, a World Heritage Site. APAMO called on the government to reactivate the National Protected Areas Commission and to cancel leases […]
But today, the Prime Minister Dean Barrow was wearing the CARICOM hat as he addressed a United Nations Conference on the World Financial Crisis and its impact on development. Western leaders were absent from the UN Summit, but a few prime ministers and presidents from Latin America and the Caribbean were in New York. Notably […]
You know its summer because aside from the heat, one sure way of identifying this time of year is the end of classes and the beginning of summer camps that pop up, all over the country. The Pre-Infant Two to Standard Six Summer Program is the brainchild of Peter Lacey Junior. The camp covers educational […]
The Princess Hotel and Casino was abuzz with activity today as the children of Stella Maris School were hosted to a sumptuous lunch. The Princess group of companies in conjunction with the Belize City Council hosted the event. The school’s teachers, as well as one hundred and twenty students were treated to a hearty full […]
