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With what’s happening in Europe, it is anticipated that prices at the fuel pumps will increase even more. As it currently stands, regular gas is being sold at thirteen dollars. According to Prime Minister John Briceño, diesel would have increased by over a dollar, but that G.O.B. will absorb that cost at this time. But […]
Written on February 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Teachers and public officers could see their full annual salaried being restored within the new fiscal year. This morning, Dean Flowers, President of the Public Service Union broke the news on Open Your Eyes Morning Show. According to Flowers, on Wednesday the Joint Union Negotiating Team received a commitment from the Government of Belize to […]
Written on February 24, 2022 | Posted in
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P.S.U. President Flowers went on to talk about the implications of an incremental restoration on the public sector’s pay scale system. He is recommending that no more than two installments be made, because every installment will require logistical work to create a new pay scale. Dean Flowers, President, Public Service Union “If it was […]
Written on February 24, 2022 | Posted in
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When we caught up with Prime Minister John Briceño on Ambergris Caye today, we asked him to confirm if Cabinet is in fact prepared to restore the ten percent salary cut. Prime Minister John Briceño says he is not opposed to the restoring it, but Cabinet must first take a close look at the country’s […]
Written on February 24, 2022 | Posted in
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So, what about the frozen increments? Will public officers and teachers also see the restoration of their annual increment? Viewers may recall that along with the ten percent salary cut, public sector workers were also hit with a three years increment freeze. Well, it seems at this time the government is preparing to look at […]
Written on February 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The standoff between sugar cane farmers and A.S.R./B.S.I. in the north, when compared to the logjam between stevedores and the Port of Belize back in January, bears some similarities. In both instances, the Government of Belize stepped in to mediate between the respective parties. While the end results varied, some feel the Briceño administration dealt […]
Written on February 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Amid the deadlock between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and A.S.R./B.S.I., the Government of Belize gave assurances that there would be legal exemption from penalties or liabilities. Notwithstanding the indemnity that was promised by the Briceño administration, the miller is now seeking legal action. In speaking with the media on Tuesday, Prime Minister Briceño […]
Written on February 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, when pressed about the issue once again, amid the climate that A.S.R./B.S.I. and BELCOGEN are seeking half a million dollars in compensation via a lawsuit, PM Briceño explained the reason for the indemnity. He also believes that the matter can be settled without court action. Prime Minister John Briceño “At that time when […]
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The Christian Workers Union says they are angry about the legal actions being taken by the Port of Belize Limited against the Union and its members. P.B.L. has filed a Supreme Court application seeking damages to the tune of one million dollars following the stevedore strike in January. The industrial action shut down the port […]
Written on February 24, 2022 | Posted in
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And, the C.W.U.’s president placed on record the union’s inability to go up against the Port of Belize in court. Hyde says his union simply does not have the resources to go the distance. Evan “Mose” Hyde, President, Christian Workers Union “The Union itself would like to state for the record that we are […]
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On Tuesday, Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith, via Marine Parade Law Chambers, applied for an urgent injunction to halt the payment of one point five million dollars to the Christian Workers Union. The compensation is the result of a recent memorandum of understanding between the Government of Belize and the C.W.U. on behalf of stevedores who […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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The means by which the seven-figure sum would be defrayed has raised several questions, including the passage of legislation to facilitate the payment. According to PM Briceño, it will not be necessary as government would simply include that figure in its budget for the 2022 fiscal year. Prime Minister John Briceño “That is not […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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We also sought comment from Dean Flowers, the President of the Public Service Union, a sister union of the Christian Workers Union (CWU). In his remarks, Flowers registered his personal dissatisfaction with the actions of these private companies, while calling on the government to offer legal support to C.W.U. as is being done for the […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Two drug planes in less than twenty-four hours land in Belize and the illicit cargo is whisked away. On Tuesday’s newscast, we reported on the drug plane that crash landed up north around three a.m. that morning. It was one of two tracks that were being monitored by Belize law enforcement overnight. But last night, […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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As to the plane that landed up north on Tuesday morning. ComPol Chester Williams confirmed that the aircraft landed in Fireburn Village in the Orange Walk District. And as it would appear, the narco-traffickers have become crafty in carrying out their illegal activities. Spikes were laid across the road to prevent the responding officers from […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Are locals playing a more integral role in the illegal landing of these drug planes? Rather than just clearing out the area ahead of the landing, they may be facilitating the moving of the cargo across the border. According to ComPol Chester Williams, there are a number of narco-traffickers known to police, who live in […]
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Back in December, the Security Services Commission gave its approval for Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal to be suspended for sixty days with pay as they did an investigation into his administrative misconduct. This was after several members of the Commander of Operations Strike Team, came under suspicion for possible involvement in the November […]
Written on February 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Port of Belize Limited filed an application for an injunction in the Supreme Court of Belize to restrain the Minister of Finance, Prime Minister John Briceño from making any payment to the Christian Workers Union from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. For context, on the third of February 2020, the Government of Belize agreed […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Police have confirmed a report that a drug plane crash-landed during the night, north of Belize City. While Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams has indicated he won’t divulge any information until security forces have completed their forensics gathering from the area, News Five has learned that the plane landed several miles behind the Blackburn area, […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The Elections and Boundaries Department has finally gotten approval to commence a long overdue redistricting exercise which will effectively see all thirty-one constituencies across the country being redrawn. This has not been done since 1998, resulting in an unequal distribution of registered voters in many constituencies. Government has identified funding for the activity and the […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The redistricting exercise has a timeline of approximately twenty-two months and will be carried out in various phases. According to Josephine Tamai, social research among the population is necessary to ensure that households fall squarely within a particular constituency. She also says that upon completion of this process, recommendations will be made to the Elections […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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As mentioned earlier, the purpose for redrawing the respective electoral districts is to evenly distribute the number of voters, as best as possible to address the existing malapportionment. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer “We all know that in terms of a redistricting exercise and the exercise has several benefits and one of them is […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Notwithstanding a matter that is presently before the Supreme Court which was filed by the Belize Peace Movement, Tamai says the work of the Elections and Boundaries Department to conduct the redistricting exercise is not affected by the ongoing case. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer “The matter with the court, I will tell you […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Traffic death is among the top five killers in Belize, and the Government of Belize is spending millions of dollars on improving highways. Through a grant from the European Union and a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank, approximately sixty-five million dollars have been invested in the upgrade of the George Price Highway and the […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture, headed by Minister Jose Abelardo Mai, is currently in El Salvador as Belize further explores trade with Central American countries. They travelled as part of a convoy that will see locally grown vegetables sold in that country. At the official inauguration of the Roaring Creek Bridge and a […]
Written on February 22, 2022 | Posted in
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