May, 2021
The Joint Unions Negotiating Team and the Government of Belize met today for day-two of discussions inside the House of Culture in Belize City. It was expected that the meeting [.]
May 6, 2021
Remembering Kenya Barona through a BERT Donation
The tragic loss of Kenya Barona has prompted her family to make a financial contribution to the Belize Emergency Response Team in her memory. Kenya died of natural causes several weeks ago. Her loved ones maintained that negligence played a significant role in her untimely demise and blamed BERT for not doing enough to respond promptly. After learning of the challenges that the ambulance service faces, Kenya’s mother and aunt decided to raise funds to donate to the organization.
Josephine Flowers, Aunt of Deceased
“Today would have been my niece’s thirty-fifth birthday. She is no longer with us and we had made an earlier pledge that we would do something to support BERT in whichever way we could. So this afternoon, we presented BERT with a check for two thousand, eight hundred, plus dollars which we want them to put to good use.”
Mar 15, 2021
Kenya Barona
A Belize City family is making a serious charge, saying their loved one would be alive today had an ambulance responded in time to a distress call instead of asking about a service fee. News Five’s Duane Moody reports on the incident in Belize City on Friday night.
Duane Moody, Reporting
As the family and friends of thirty-four-year-old Kenya Barona continue to mourn her death, they are also up in arms because they believe there was negligence on the part of the Belize Emergency Response Team, BERT. On Friday night, Barona was at home on Supal Street when she collapsed, reportedly because her pressure skyrocketed.