The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is facing extremely difficult times as the national referral facility. Employees are dissatisfied with existing working conditions; there is also a severe lack of basic [...]
This morning’s media brief held by the K.H.M.H. Workers Union caught the management of the hospital flat-footed. Notwithstanding a cordial relationship with the union, Chief Executive Officer Chandra Cansino expressed [...]
According to C.E.O. Cansino, the hospital has had to rely on the good graces of its suppliers to make available pharmaceuticals, as well as basic items, using a line of [...]
Earlier today, Minister of Health and Wellness Kevin Bernard also weighed in on the situation at the K.H.M.H. including concerns about pension and other benefits for members of staff. Minister [...]
There are similar concerns being raised regarding the tendering and procurement of pharmaceutical supplies. A list of various items was recited to the Minister of Health and Wellness this morning, [...]
The U.D.P. Recall Team, headed by Vice Chair Alberto August, called a press conference today to challenge the decision of Chairman Michael Peyrefitte to declare that a threshold has not [...]
The Recall Project, as it is dubbed, may very well land in front of a Supreme Court judge, so flanking August’s side at the head table was attorney Norman Rodriguez, [...]
In sharp contrast to reports that some of the signatories were coerced or conned into attaching their names without being properly briefed of the specific purpose of the petition, August [...]
While the factions within the U.D.P. that are at war accuse each other of not trying to unite, it seems that won’t be coming together any time soon. Even Deputy [...]
Caribbean International Brewery will not see the return of its seized three million dollars any time soon. In fact, the company will have to wait at least three months before [...]
Will the Eruption Nightclub in Ladyville be shuttered following the rape of a minor? News Five has confirmed that the Belize Police Department is awaiting official shutdown documents, following its [...]
Turning back to the public health system and the challenges at the K.H.M.H., Minister of Health and Wellness, Kevin Bernard says that the ministry will acquire the CT-scan for the [...]
Health and Wellness Minister Kevin Bernard also gave an update on the complaints coming out of the Southern Regional Hospital as it relates to the acquisition of medical supplies and [...]
Around this time last year, the COVID-19 pandemic had been raging, as the country was going through yet another wave with the delta variant being the most active. There were [...]
Today, at the Biltmore Plaza the National One Health Platform for Belize was launched. It seeks to provide a space for data collected on health from a human, environment and [...]
On Tuesday, we heard the issues that the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industries face just weeks before a new sugar crop is due [...]
We caught up with Agriculture Minister, Abelardo Mai today and he informed that the impasse between the two parties has now gotten the attention of the Cabinet. He described the [...]
