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The Public Service Union is joining the chorus calling for the removal of Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat, amid what appears to be turmoil within his ministry. We reported on Friday that former board member Doctor Fernando Cuellar resigned from his post on the executive of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority, following […]
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One of the controversial topics for the past couple of weeks has been the shortages that the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital continues to experience, followed soon thereafter by the criticism of the hospital’s board of directors, by Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat. His sharp comments resulted in the resignation of board members Doctor […]
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U.D.P. leader Patrick Faber today reiterated the Opposition’s call for Michel Chebat to step down as the Minister of Health and Wellness. Citing the recent increase in COVID-related deaths, a lack of COVID enforcement, and the shortage of meds at the public hospitals, to name a few, Faber is calling for Prime Minister John Briceño […]
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The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Workers Union is arguably the youngest labor organization to join the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, having been established a few years ago. Three years after its first president was elected to office, the union is once again in the process of voting for a new executive. The election […]
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A new mandate comes into effect on December fifteenth, requiring all public officers and essential workers to be inoculated with at least the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine in order to be allowed access to their workplace. The authoritative order issued by C.E.O. Rolando Zetina via circular, is being met with objection from the […]
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In speaking with News Five this evening, Flowers also called out the private sector for the purported double standard where vaccine mandates are concerned. He says that the business community objected loudly to similar measures being imposed on employees within the private sector but that it seemingly supports the position being taken by government for […]
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Earlier in our newscast, we heard from Doctor Fernando Cuellar on his views of the Minister of Health’s comments regarding the K.H.M.H. Board. Doctor Cuellar was a part of the K.H.M.H. executive up until last week when he tendered his resignation with immediate effect. He explained that the defining moment when he decided to step […]
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Dr. Cuellar also criticized the structure of the Ministry of Health and shared his view that the ministry ought to be restructured. Dr. Fernando Cuellar, Former Board Member, K.H.M.H. “We have gone through exercises. We’ve spent millions of dollars talking about health reform and how this thing fi work but there’s been no political […]
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On Monday, ten COVID-related deaths were recorded and share during the daily report issued by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The alarming number of deaths reported in one day sent shockwaves across the country. Today, the ministry issued a release clarifying the manner in which data for COVID-19 deaths are compiled and reported in […]
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Today, the Belize Police Department destroyed twenty-five bales of cocaine confiscated during the drug bust in Bladen, Toledo District earlier this month. Eight hundred and twenty-two kilos of narcotics contained in almost seven hundred parcels were cut open, tested and then destroyed by fire. The media was once again there to witness the destruction headed […]
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ACP Alford Grinage took over as Commander of National Operations after Assistant Commissioner Vidal was transferred from that post. This is because several members of his team were implicated during the drug plane landing. Eleven persons in total have been charged since then, including four police officers: Sergeant George Ferguson, Corporal Elmer Nah, and police […]
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But, there is one aspect of the narco-eleven bust that U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte says is not being talked about enough. When the initial four police officers responded to the illicit landing, they came under heavy gunfire, possibly from their own colleagues. Here is what Peyrefitte had to say at today’s U.D.P. press conference. […]
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The Minister of Health and Wellness is not the only one the U.D.P. wants to see out of office. Party Chairman and U.D.P. Senator Michael Peyrefitte says the Minister of Home Affairs and his C.E.O. have got to go. Addressing the issue of crime and violence, Peyrefitte asserted that Minister Kareem Musa and C.E.O. Kevin […]
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Peyrefitte, the former Minister of Police under the Barrow Administration, went on to challenge Minister Musa about the current state of affairs in the Police Department, accusing him and his C.E.O. of lacking the ideas and vision to steer the department forward. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, U.D.P. “This is what Kareem Musa said two years […]
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The ongoing problem of squatting, purportedly on private land in the Krooman Lagoon area of the Collet constituency, led to a blockade of the access road leading to their houses on Monday. Belize City Deputy Mayor, Allan Pollard had the boulders that blocked the entrance removed, but the problem is far from solved. Reporter Marion […]
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On matters related to the economy, area representative Tracy Panton today called on the Briceño administration to immediately lower taxes on fuels. Panton argues that while government cannot control global prices, it has the ability to decrease its tax intake on fuel. Panton reasoned that skyrocketing fuel prices is the main driver of price increases […]
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And, on the issue of corruption, Leader of the Opposition Patrick Faber called for transparency in the payment of legal fees brought on by the Blue Bond Agreement. A recently tabled 2021/2022 supplementary budget allocation brought before the House of Representatives called for the approval of fifteen million dollars to be paid in legal fees […]
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The Leader of the Opposition also called on Prime Minister Briceño to give an open explanation for public monies reportedly spent on a medical bill for Ingrid Vega, the wife of deceased Corozal Bay Area Representative David “Dido” Vega. Reports are that the bill dates back to December twenty-fourth, 2020 at Belize Healthcare Partners where […]
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On Saturday night, twenty-eight-year-old Reese Fitzgibbon was shot with a rubber bullet by police officers who stormed his residence on Supal Street in the wake of a shooting incident on Amara Avenue. He was reportedly taken into police custody after being injured and denied medical attention in the first instance. He claims that it wasn’t […]
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