Prime Minister Dean Barrow stepped in today in the K.H.M.H. crisis that has been festering for more than three weeks, but if you thought that heads would roll in light of the countless allegations of corrupt practices, then think again because that is not about to happen, not any time soon. Flanked by the Minister […]
According to the Prime Minister, he met earlier today with three members of the B.M.D.U. and he outlined the work of the Commission to be chaired by a Judicial Officer. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I made clear especially to the doctors that there is already a mediation process in trade. Certain things from the time […]
The commission of inquiry will have plenty to look at since it appears that there is no end to the stench coming from the K.H.M.H. We reported on Thursday on the Cecil Knowles allegations which included fish being bought all the way from Orange Walk for the K.H.M.H. And now another man in the know, […]
And according to Rosado, the current Chairman’s management style is not only unethical, it is contrary to the K.H.M.H. regulations. Dr. Alvaro Rosado, Former C.E.O., K.H.M.H. “The K.H.M.H. Act specifically states the Board appoints the Chairman—sorry the Board appoints the C.E.O. and the C.E.O. runs the hospital day to day affairs, the Board sets policy. […]
Turning to the City Council, after Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers was elected for a second term, Prime Minister Dean Barrow assigned Patrick Tillett as Financial Director to look after the councils finances. Since then, Moya Flowers has made it publicly clear that Tillett’s place is inside “his little office” and that he is not the […]
It is one of the biggest cases of money laundering in Belize, a whopping six point five million dollars that apparently involves an intricate web of companies and identity theft involving the City Council’s data base. The man charged today with two counts of Money Laundering is the manager/owner of Omni Networks and Fultec Systems. […]
The other money laundering case, that of the Coye family, is taking a back seat to the Fuller case, but is still in the headlines. The one point five million dollars the Coyes are charged with laundering seems miniscule compared to the Fuller case. And in court today charges against one of the defendants were […]
It has consumed countless hours in court and perhaps that is the reason why Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh decided to use this Saturday to continue with the case. It is the issue of the Maya Leaders Alliance and the Toledo Alcaldes Association against the Attorney General and the Ministry of Natural Resources. The Mayas are […]
Antoinette Moore was successful in another landmark case that concluded Thursday. It had to do with six banana workers who were fired from Maya King Banana Farm owned by businessman, John Zabaneh. The firings are said to have occurred soon after the employees had convened a meeting to discuss joining a union. Moore says the […]
A three-time sex offender from Bloomington Illinois was today fined two thousand dollars in Magistrate’s Court after he pleaded guilty to Aggravated Assault upon a Belizean hotel employee. Sixty two year old Gerald Waterman, who has been convicted three times in the US for sex related offences, committed his last act on Wednesday while staying […]
Also in court, a former University of Belize employee was victorious in his second round of trial against the school. Mohammad Kamruzzaman was today awarded over forty thousand dollars in salary and benefits that were withheld when his employment was terminated as a result of theft allegations in 2004. He was accused of embezzling six […]
A mother and son say they have been left traumatized by an armed robbery late Thursday night. At around nine, two brazen thieves walked into the home of Pedrina White on Police Street Extension and used her youngest child, Frank Trapp, as the bait to rob the woman of three hundred dollars. The robbers also […]
Two other persons were also injured last night in a second shooting that occurred at about the same time in Belize City. Taxi operator, thirty-nine year old Wilton Chaneb, and passenger, Chester Noralez were both shot in their vehicle in the George Street area. Initial investigations reveal that as the two were approaching Allenby Street […]
A house in the Lake Independence area of Belize City toppled over early this morning. Luckily none of the occupants were at home. Simeon Thompson had only just left his home and his girlfriend was visiting family down south. Shortly after reaching his work site, Thompson got a message that something was wrong at his […]
Not because you’re old, it means your cold…and Safiyyah has the scoop on fun-filled summer events around the country for the young and the old. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? Tonight French Kiss will be presenting a special Bash featuring 80’s Old School Tunes. This party inside the Palm Island Nightclub […]
