Services at the national referral hospital were significantly reduced today, and will continue so for an indefinite period, affecting patients from the districts who require medical attention at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. As many as six hundred employees at the K.H. M.H. are staging a go-slow, having canceled all outpatient elective services and surgeries […]
Coming out of Thursday’s meeting, the staff of the KHMH is organizing a workers’ union and plans to negotiate on behalf of employees with the Board of Governors and government. They demand an equal wage increase to be paid retroactively. Peter Allen, C.E.O., Ministry of Health “I can certainly understand the staff’s requesting the […]
An accident in Spanish Lookout claimed the life of a detective attached to the Special Branch in Belmopan. San Ignacio police were called out to the Spanish Lookout Road sometime between seven-thirty and eight on Thursday night following a report of a fatal traffic accident which cut short the life of Police Corporal Carlos Orio […]
In news of a political nature, on Tuesday, Attorney Godfrey Smith abruptly departed his post as National Campaign Manager in the wake of a third consecutive election loss by the party since the beginning of the year. No replacement has been found, but the matter is surely to come up next week when the party […]
Five Belizeans were detained in Guatemala in mid-June and reportedly experienced a horrible ordeal at the hands of the Guatemalans military. The group was hanging out at a restaurant in the village of Santa Cruz which is just across the border when they were told to leave. Among the group was Councilor Ashton McKenzie of […]
There is another recent arrest by Guatemalan authorities. On July eleventh, 2015, Benque Viejo businessman and former Mayor, Edgar Contreras was arrested in Guatemala for having a gun not registered in that country. Contreras, who is cousin of Minister Erwin Contreras, reportedly keeps a licensed firearm because of his job as a money changer. On […]
The case against Harvest Caye, a tourism development project created by Norwegian Cruise Lines, concluded in the courtroom of Justice Courtney Abel today with closing arguments. The Belize Tourism Industry Association is disputing the decisions of the Department of the Environment and the National Environmental Appraisal Committee. Both agencies sanctioned an Environmental Impact Assessment for […]
On the other side of that argument is Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith. He is representing the Belize Tourism Industry Association, arguing that indeed the developers of Harvest Caye proceeded with public consultation despite being told by NEAC that additional information was required to complete the environmental impact assessment. According to Smith, they are in breach […]
A teenager walked free from a murder charge today after Judge Adolph Lucas upheld a no case submission. Kadeem Anderson is now nineteen, but he was seventeen years old when he was accused of the May tenth, 2012 murder of Leopold Palacio Junior. Palacio Junior was shot and killed violently at the corner of Pelican […]
It is known that there is a backlog of cases and decisions yet to be dealt with at the Supreme and Magistrate Courts level. According to the Foreign Minister Sedi Elrington, who is also the Attorney General, the way forward requires improved efficiency to boost the performance and capability of the judiciary. Wilfred Elrington, […]
There is speculation that given the state of affairs within the Opposition party, Prime Minister Dean Barrow will again call general elections before the current term expires to secure an unprecedented third term in office. It is all speculative this time, but with the bulging coffers and significant victories this year, the idea is surely […]
An audit done by the People’s United Party after a resounding defeat in the municipal elections called for changes to revitalize the grand old party. One affected area representative was Ivan Ramos who stepped down giving way to a bye-election in the Dangriga constituency, which the P.U.P. went on to lose. Now, Gilroy Usher Senior […]
Former Permanent Representative of Belize to the Organization of American States, Nestor Mendez is spending his first day as the new Assistant Secretary General of the O.A.S. The ambassador will serve for a five-year period and is the only Belizean so far to assume that post in the hemispheric body. In his first statement as […]
The recent murders of two women, Juana Cardinez and Keisha Buller, that allegedly took place at the hands of their domestic partners, has prompted a reaction from the Women’s Issues Network of against the acts of violence against women. In a recent meeting that WIN Belize held with its thirteen member organizations, it was resolved […]
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and its partners held a seminar to discuss the Partial Scope Agreement (P.S.A.) with private sector partners. It’s an agreement signed a few years ago that aims to strengthen the commercial and economic relations between the two countries through facilitating the expansion and diversification of goods. Since the trade between […]
Today, the Social Security Board made a generous donation to the Belize Cancer Society. A handsome cheque of three hundred and seventy thousand dollars was handed over to the organization to financially assist children and women afflicted with cancer. The S.S.B. is partnering with the Ministry of Health and the Cancer Society to undertake this […]
