The Belize National Teachers Union showed muscle today in Dangriga. The teachers of the south want their salary adjustment…they want to be respected…they want better working conditions and they want corruption in government to end now. Those demands rang out in Dangriga today as teachers marched on the culture capital under the B.N.T.U. banner. This […]
As we told you, Prime Minister Dean Barrow met with the joint union negotiating team in Belmopan today. Since he has already said as much in an unofficial but public capacity, it is expected that the figure of three percent in salary adjustment will be placed on the table, as well as the matter of […]
As you heard, the message of the teachers was trumpeted in Dangriga. And if there is strength in numbers, then the teachers showed muscle today. There is also support for their cause from the Opposition. This morning, Francis Fonseca was not only critical of the government’s approach toward teachers. As a former Minister of Education, […]
Scholarships for Taiwan generally attract scores of applicants; aside from earning a degree it provides students with the chance of learning Mandarin. This year, high school and sixth form students intend to apply; that group will be narrowed down to twenty or so who will actually be awarded the scholarships. News Five’s Duane Moody covered […]
The University of Belize came under scrutiny last year because its president, Doctor Cary Fraser, resigned effective the end of the academic year 2014, but then took leave. There has been no explanation so far as to Fraser’s future with the national university, but on Saturday, UB held its eighteenth commencement exercise at the Belmopan […]
Teachers will hold a protest march and rally in San Ignacio on Friday. As it has been since it started, the peaceful industrial action is a source of frustration for Minister of Education Patrick Faber. He spent the better part of an hour and a half on the topic at Wednesday’s House meeting. Faber claimed […]
You heard the Minister lash out at the teachers for taking time off for industrial action and at the Chamber of Commerce for daring to support salary adjustment for the teachers. Well, the Chamber of Commerce responded in kind saying that the minister did not get the context of their statement. And furthermore, it is […]
On Friday, teachers in the Cayo District will rally under the banner of the Belize National Teachers Union and take to the streets. It is the third such industrial action since the beginning of the year by the union and its members, and it has become apparent that while the salary adjustment may be the […]
Institutes of Technical and Vocational Education and Training have been set up strategically across the country, but enrollment numbers do not reflect the investment in those centers. There is a growing belief that the problem is poor marketing, and with the assistance of the CARICOM Education for Employment, a Regional TVET Marketing Strategy has been […]
The Minister of Education Patrick Faber came under fire from the teachers for criticizing the industrial action, the union and them. Faber is often outspoken, and defends his comments as just plain-speaking. But he isn’t the only one capable of plain-talk, and there was plenty of that today. Ian Mariano, Teacher, Excelsior High School […]
The teachers have held two successful marches and rallies in Orange Walk and Corozal and are planning similar events in the City and the rest of the country. The Belize National Teachers Union says that aside from formal commitment to the salary adjustment from the Prime Minister, there is a slew of national issues that […]
Minister Faber also says that the Ministry will be deliberate in how it responds to what he called the sustained interruption of classes by teachers. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “We understand that you have a right and I respect that right—let me make that categorically clear. I respect the right of any individual […]
The Belize National Teachers Union that started the year with a militant tone reacted swiftly today to a release issued by the Ministry of Education. The ministry took issue with plans by the union to hold rallies beginning this Friday up north. The ministry is of the view that the rallies would disrupt classes and […]
So that is where the B.N.T.U. stands tonight…starting at nine a.m. on Friday in Orange Walk Town and in the afternoon in Corozal Town, teachers from the two northern districts will march in large numbers and conclude their industrial action with rallies. The B.N.T.U. says corruption can’t go unchecked and it is also agitating for […]
By this afternoon, the Minister of Education Patrick Faber, in a meeting with the media, said that there is absolutely no reason why teachers should be demonstrating on a school day since they have made it abundantly clear that they are not holding a union meeting. According to Faber, students have lost too much time […]
Faber says that while the ministry is not threatening teachers, it will not sit by idly and watch the efforts of the government be toppled by the union. FOR VIDEO LINK CLICK HERE: FABER APPEALS TO TEACHERS Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “I want to make it absolutely clear as well to those who might […]
Earlier this month, a group of fifty Indian nationals arrived in Belize to pursue medical studies at the Central American Health Science University. Their entrance into the country, in the wake of the recent passport and visa scandals, was met with suspicion, however, their documents would later check out. Several of those students have since […]
On Wednesday, the government of Taiwan handed over three projects to the Ministry of Natural Resources; today it was the Ministry of Education that benefitted from Taiwan’s generosity. It received sixty computers which went to some deserving teachers and for a learning center at the E.P. Yorke High School. Duane Moody has that story. […]
The impact of climate change on the tourism industry was addressed head-on this morning at the annual general meeting of the Belize Tourism Industry Association. The economies of Belize and the rest of the Caribbean are dependent on the tourism dollar so that the effects of climate change can potentially place the Caribbean region at […]
After preparing for months, sixteen students competed in the 2013 Spelling Bee for the Hearing Impaired. The competition was divided in two categories for juniors and seniors and was held at the Belize Elementary School Gymnasium in Belize City. And after several rounds of spelling, two students from the Deaf/Mute Institute in Cayo emerged as […]
There is a new publication, a children’s book, to add to your home library. It took approximately a year to put together by the gifted Cayetano Family. Artist Pen Cayetano and his wife, Ingrid, launched the book, “Wanaragua.” It is authored and designed by Ingrid and her children, who are currently living in Germany. The […]
Children with diverse abilities, as they are called, got a special tour of the Belize Zoo today. Even though they cannot see or hear, they captured the sounds of nature of the Zoo. The outing was held as part of the activities of World Disabilities Day. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was hand for the event. […]
UB President Doctor Cary Fraser remains on leave tonight amid the turmoil that has ensued since his announcement of impending departure. While Prime Minister Barrow has gone on record to say that Fraser has not sought an audience with him regarding his reason for demitting office, the UB Faculty and Staff Association is concerned about […]
Stann Creek’s Ecumenical High School will compete against either the Toledo Community College or Julian Cho High School to represent the southern region in the first annual oil debate competition. On Monday in Dangriga, Ecumenical High beat Georgetown Technical in arguments in favor of the debate for the establishment of an oil refinery. The competition […]
It still remains unclear whether or not Doctor Carey Fraser, President of the University of Belize was put on leave by the Board of Trustees or he proceeded on his own. Fraser has been at odds with the Board claiming that the board has been micromanaging the institution. In a letter written to the Prime […]
