By now, a video showing a large rat inside a sterile incubator at the Western Regional Hospital just after it bit a newborn has gone viral. Even before that, the images of rats infiltrating the pantry and storage room at the hospital made everybody feel sick and disgusted. And even those unbelievable scenarios perhaps pales […]
Where the rats are concerned, though, Minister of Health Pablo Marin takes no blame. He heaps that squarely on the shoulders of Western Regional Manager, Melinda Guerra, and Administrator, Bernadette Seaver. Marin says that they have not been doing their jobs competently, and more than that, he claims that he has written to the Public […]
On Thursday, news broke that a mother of four from Big Falls had died at the K.H.M.H. after surgery at the Western Regional Hospital. Nolberta Sanchez was haemorrhaging profusely after she had given birth to a baby girl and had undergone a hysterectomy. What should have been a happy time for family ended in the […]
This morning, there was a critical meeting at the Western Regional Hospital concerning the tragic case of Nolberta Sanchez. We’re told it included all those who tended to her, as well as specialists from the K.H.M.H. who are acting as external evaluators to determine if indeed there was negligence. Nobody at the facility is talking […]
Late Thursday evening, the B.T.L.’s Belize Communications Workers Union sent out a release blasting the Government and B.T.L. management. It came in the wake of a settlement with Lord Michael Ashcroft, and states that, “the Union and its members were stunned to learn on Monday, September fourteenth, 2015, that the hostile relationship between the Ashcroft […]
The BCWU was joined today by Marvin Mora, president of B.E.L.’s Belize Energy Workers Union and also president of the N.T.U.C.B. He told us today that it’s a matter of solidarity because workers are being disrespected and their demands are being ignored. Marvin Mora, President, Belize Energy Workers Union “We realize that everybody is […]
Leader of the People’s United Party, Francis Fonseca, met with members of the dissident G-eleven on Wednesday, and the big news is that there is an accord of sorts. The Fonseca faction, so to speak, has agreed to what they say is an open convention which means, theoretically, that positions in the Executive, including the […]
Will general elections be announced on Monday during the Prime Minister’s Independence address? Many political observers say yes, and speculate that the big event will happen sometime in early November. The Prime Minister hasn’t said it won’t happen – only that it will happen sometime before March 2016. Fonseca says that the accord with the […]
Ramon Cervantes Junior is accused slandering his political rival, Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega of Orange Walk North and today the P.U.P. standard bearer got a chance to tell his side of the story in court. But contrary to popular belief, “Monchi” says that he only listened twice to the recording of a conversation between […]
As for the matter of the recording, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, attorney for Fiesta FM, denies airing the entire broadcast. He says it is as he expected – his opposite number Rodwell Williams was unable to get the recording or any representation of it in transcription or translation into evidence, and without it the case […]
The two sides will make oral and written submissions in October concerning whether Courtenay’s decision not to call witnesses on Fiesta FM’s behalf reflects adversely on them. But according to Williams he has advanced his case and developed his line of questioning. Rodwell Williams, Attorney for Gaspar Vega “We were able to put appropriate […]
The courtroom of Justice Troadio John Gonzalez was packed today for the bail application on behalf of Coastguard, Keyren Tzib; she is accused of killing her common-law husband, Thythis Blancaneaux in July of this year while she was on bail for another criminal offense. The Justice questioned a number of issues but the most significant was […]
Today, when we spoke to Minister of Health Pablo Marin, we did so at a most auspicious occasion – the opening of a brand-new operating theatre at the Corozal Community Hospital. In the midst of what seems to be excessive bad news for the Ministry of Health, today was like a breath of fresh air […]
While the operating theatre is no doubt a boon for the hospital, there is already a black cloud hanging over its opening. About a week ago one of the surgical units slated for use in the operating theatre was stolen. It’s believed to be an inside job, and Police are investigating. Pablo Marin, Minister […]
National hero and Father of the Nation George Price died four years ago on September nineteenth, and every year on his anniversary, the People’s United Party celebrates his legend and legacy with a service day. That starts off with a wreath laying ceremony and remembrance at the Lord Ridge Cemetery. Today, a group of family […]
At the Bliss Institute on Thursday night, a number of Belizeans were honored for their contributions to the country. The ceremony is incorporated as part of the activities of the national celebrations to recognize those sterling patriots who have rendered unflinching service in a number of fields. Meritorious Service awards went to eighteen Belizeans while […]
Thirty-four years ago at midnight, the Union Jack was lowered and the Belizean standard was hoisted to signal’s Belize’s independence as a free and sovereign nation. The giant, who led Belize to Independence and is revered as the father of the nation, George Price, stood proud and tall as the country ushered in a new […]
