The anticipated public hearings of Commission of Inquiry into the procurement of medical and pharmaceutical supplies at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital began this morning in Belize City. The Commission was established after doctors at the K.H.M.H sounded alarm bells back in June and early July of scandalous prices being paid for medical supplies. Deputy […]
The inquiry is seeking to determine whether any fraud or improprieties occurred in the procedures and processes for procurements during the eighteen month period. The audit team, which included Wayne Simon, Mark Jones, Charles Flowers, Randolph Young, and Arlington Frazer took three months to review the files at the K.H.M.H. They confirmed the suspicions of […]
But there was more stench to come. Simon said that the audit team found that there was general wastage and that they could not confirm that the medication purchased was received by the patients. And in some instances, there was a clear conflict of interest. Wayne Simon “In other instances K.H.M.H. made purchases of items […]
International services to the ninety thousand subscribers of Smart continues interrupted. Last Friday, Telemedia removed Smart’s access to the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1); a fiber optic submarine communications cable that links the Americas and the Caribbean. Smart sought another means of achieving international calls and on Sunday it changed its antenna that is […]
In response, Telemedia issued a release after six tonight in which it said that it terminated the unfiltered E1 service to SpeedNet in order to eliminate Telemedia’s significant losses of revenue over arrangements made with SpeedNet in the past. Telemedia viewed Smart’s installation of a satellite on Sunday as a breach of security, so it […]
While things heat up at Smart, a fire this afternoon gutted a two storey wooden home in the Fabers Road Area in Belize City belonging to Sheddrack Banner and Clarine Budna. The couple was not at home when the fire broke; it engulfed the house quickly and took some twenty minutes to completely gut the […]
And as to the cause of the fire, Training Officer of the National Fire Service, Kenneth Mortis, says that the negligent use of extension cords was once again deemed to have caused the inferno. Kenneth Mortis, Training Officer, Nat’l Fire Service “This afternoon the cause of the fire was another malpractice of extension cords. What […]
The forty-five million dollar loan owed to British Caribbean Bank (BCB) became public only last week, but it has sparked heated debate. Prime Minister Dean Barrow is saying that Belize Telemedia Limited, which borrowed the money does not owe BCB because the loan was acquired by government when it nationalized Telemedia on August twenty-fourth. As […]
In crime news before the courts, the trial of three men accused for the rape and murder of Cruz Sho in Lord’s Bank over two years ago, began on Monday. The main suspect was nineteen year old Ervin Franklin, who was charged along with his uncle Lindsdale Franklin and his cousin Ryan Herrera. When the […]
In other crime related news, a businessman parked his vehicle on Woods Street near KBH Security Company and just as he was exiting it, he was held up at gun point and robbed of twenty thousand dollars in cash. Belmopan resident, Carlos Moreno, the owner of Belize Food Supply located at Mile four on the […]
The Commonwealth Summit is being held for the first time in this region. It opens Friday in Port of Spain, Trinidad where the Fifth Summit of the Americas was held earlier this year. Head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth is already in Port of Spain and is being joined by leaders from the fifty-three member […]
Classical music is not often heard in Belize. But if you have an ear for the piano and the violin, there is an event this weekend that will give you a measure of both. The Embassies of Mexico and the United States are bringing in two artists for a piano and violin recital this weekend. […]
Appendicitis is a well known medical condition. It is considered an medical emergency and requires immediate removal, but like most other conditions discussed on Healthy Living, the earlier the diagnosis and treatment, the lesser the complications. Healthy living this week looks at the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting The appendix is […]
