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The unions spoke of tens of thousands of dollars being paid to duplicate public officers in the system. We are told that a social security number is attached, but is not valid, yet a monthly salary is being paid to these phantom persons. The joint unions are asking for immediate actions by the government to […]
Written on March 17, 2021 | Posted in
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As we reported on Tuesday, Cabinet met at the House of Culture in Belize City in a marathon session to discuss a range of issues, most pertinently the joint Union’s response to government’s proposals. Although members of the media waited all afternoon for comment, at the end of the meeting, the ministers zipped past them […]
Written on March 17, 2021 | Posted in
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There was a murder in Belize City on Tuesday night. A man in his early twenties was gunned down on south side. While the shooting claimed one life, it has left the residents in the area shaken and traumatized. Reporter Andrea Polanco tells us more in the following story. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Tyrique Gentle […]
Written on March 17, 2021 | Posted in
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The first of a string of activities by the Belize National Teachers Union was held simultaneously today across the country. Members of the union rallied together in motorcades to sound their discontent with a government proposed salary cut and increment freeze. The teachers are not backing down and will continue with a plan of action […]
Written on March 16, 2021 | Posted in
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Last week Wednesday, the teachers from the Stann Creek District were the first to organize their motorcade in protest of the proposed salary cut and increment freeze. Today, they hit the streets of Dangriga again as part of the national action plan of the Belize National Teachers Union. Also in the far south, in Punta […]
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In his weekly message on Monday, PM Briceño said that tens of thousands of people have lost their jobs or taking the ultimate risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. He says he is now asking the unions to get “Belize Bounced Back Betta.” Senator Elena Smith responds: Senator Elena Smith, National President, B.N.T.U. “How much […]
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The state of Belize’s economy is dire and the International Monetary Fund confirmed this week that the country is broke and has been in a recession since before the COVID-19 pandemic. But who’s responsible? The Briceño administration blames the former U.D.P. government, former Prime Minister Dean Barrow in particular. But Senator Elena Smith says that […]
Written on March 16, 2021 | Posted in
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B.N.T.U. National President, Senator Elena Smith says that in other districts, members of the Public Service Union and the Association of Public Service Senior Managers joined in the motorcades. Senator Smith says there is collaboration between the unions in the dialogue with G.O.B. since the salary cut and increment freeze is across the board for […]
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The Briceño administration met in an all-day session today at the House of Culture in Belize City where a cabinet meeting was convened. There were a number of pressing issues that were brought up for discussion, including the pending 2021 budget and the proposed ten percent salary reduction for teachers and public officers. The meeting […]
Written on March 16, 2021 | Posted in
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Many teachers are not happy about G.O.B.’s proposed ten percent salary cut and increment freeze. They have taken to the streets to protest these proposals because they feel that they will be giving up a lot and that other measures should be explored. But just how will these proposed measures affect teachers? One teacher has […]
Written on March 16, 2021 | Posted in
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A jarring video of extreme pain being inflicted on a male minor began making its rounds on social media on Saturday morning. The individual, who is seen torturing the teenager, is someone well-known to police. The clip shows an individual lying on the floor, being kicked and struck repeatedly with a broomstick, before a kitchen […]
Written on March 15, 2021 | Posted in
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According to ComPol Williams, the teenager, who was subsequently handled with little to no regard by police officers at the station, would not have survived the harrowing ordeal were it not for a noise complaint from neighbors. Sutherland, he says, is facing a raft of charges relating to the incident. Chester Williams, Commissioner of […]
Written on March 15, 2021 | Posted in
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The trio police accuse of kidnapping and torturing a minor over the weekend were shuttled to the Magistrate’s Court in the back of a police van this afternoon but they never appeared before a magistrate. It is not clear if there was an error with their charge sheets, but sometime around three p.m., police escorted […]
Written on March 15, 2021 | Posted in
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Earlier today, there was a flurry of activity on social media when it was reported that B.T.L. had terminated over a hundred employees. While the so-called firings were never confirmed prior to publication of the news story, the article went on to say that as many as two hundred workers would be let go from […]
Written on March 15, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, the Belize Tourism Board issued a very sparse statement confirming what News Five first reported on Friday: Tourism Director Karen Bevans no longer holds the post. Following a meeting of the B.T.B. Board of Directors, a unanimous decision was taken on March twelfth that the “time had come to part ways with Misses Bevans.” […]
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News Five has confirmed that teachers will take to the streets across the country in their green shirts on Tuesday for simultaneous protest motorcades in each municipality. It is part the union’s response G.O.B.’s proposal for a ten percent salary cut and an increment freeze for an additional three years for teachers and public officers. […]
Written on March 15, 2021 | Posted in
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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 […]
Written on March 15, 2021 | Posted in
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After months of controversy Karen Bevans is officially out at the Belize Tourism Board. This evening News Five was the first to report that the B.T.B. staff has been informed of the embattled Director’s departure. As we’ve been reporting since late last year, Bevans had come under scrutiny after refusing to step down from her […]
Written on March 12, 2021 | Posted in
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The Belmopan Civic Centre was today transformed into a vaccination centre for the first phase of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Before midday, over one hundred had come out to get their jabs and headed back home with a renewed level of confidence to move around. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting From […]
Written on March 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Simultaneously, over at the COVID-19 Unit of the Western Regional Hospital, Minister of Health and Wellness, Michel Chebat visited the vaccination centre there where he got the first of his two shots. While parliamentarians are among the second phase of the vaccination rollout plan, Chebat confirmed with the media today that he is included as […]
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But are people jumping the queue? The first phase of the vaccination rollout plan was for frontline healthcare workers from COVID-19 units. It also included persons sixty years old and over as well as persons who are HIV positive and dialysis and cancer patients. So when we saw recently appointed Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala Jose […]
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Since the COVID-19 was first detected in Belize, there have been a total of twelve thousand three hundred and fifty-nine confirmed cases. Of those figures, three hundred and sixteen fatalities have been recorded and eleven thousand nine hundred and seventy-two have recovered. Fortunately, the number of active cases is down to sixty-five, despite four new […]
Written on March 12, 2021 | Posted in
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With COVID-19 figures on the low, will the quarantine measures currently in place be lifted? It comes to an end on Saturday, April third, in the middle of the Easter holidays. Health and Wellness Minister Michel Chebat says don’t be surprised if it is extended. Michel Chebat, Minister of Health & Wellness “What continues […]
Written on March 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Belize’s dire economic situation has been confirmed in a recent country review by the International Monetary Fund. The cheerless assessment substantiates what Prime Minister Briceño has been repeating all along, that Belize is broke and has been in a lengthy recession prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also confirms that the Barrow administration made use […]
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Also in response to the IMF visit, the Prime Minister addressed concerns about Belize’s ability to make the super bond payment due in a few weeks. He appeared on Open Your Eyes on Thursday. Marleni Cuellar, Host, Open Your Eyes “There’s a payment due in a few months, in May. And clearly from all […]
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