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There is still no deal between the Belize National Teachers Union, the Public Service Union and the Government of Belize and at news time, the unions are preparing to respond to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, and Financial Secretary Joseph Waight. On Wednesday, it seemed that the parties had agreed on the way forward but on […]
Written on May 15, 2020 | Posted in
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At this time, the B.N.T.U. is also speaking on behalf of the Public Service Union and sharing the same position. Quoting the Prime Minister’s own words, Senator Elena Smith says that “words have meaning” and the union is being very cautious as to what terms and conditions they agree to. Elena Smith, National President, […]
Written on May 15, 2020 | Posted in
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The Prime Minister says that the option to amend the Public Service Regulations to give the minister the power to alter salaries is back in play. According to the PM, if the unions continue to play hard ball, the regulations will be amended and the salaries will be altered. Senator Elena Smith says that she […]
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The new state of emergency regulations under Statutory Instrument seventy-two came into effect today. While some of the restrictions were reduced other key measures remain in place for public health and safety. The national curfew remains in place from eight at night until five in the morning for adults and the under-sixteen curfew hours remain […]
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The ease of restrictions is because there is still no active case of COVID-19 in Belize tonight. Belize has passed its first wave of the disease but the risk for positive cases remains high as the numbers continue to grow in neighbouring countries. In fact, to our west, Guatemala has gone on a virtual lockdown […]
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The three Mexican nationals who were placed in quarantine on Thursday have escaped from the facility. The men, Gabriel Vargas de la Cruz, Noel Gonzalez Alamilla and Arturo Pedro Cordero, are from a small village called Xcalak in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo. The Belize Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Team busted the […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams also spoke on the illegal entry of Belmopan resident, Guillermo Foreman, who is now spending his third night in police custody as he awaits arraignment. On May eighth, Foreman entered into Belizean territory when he crossed into the Belize side via the Chactmal bridge at northern border with Mexico. There […]
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More than six hundred families are benefitting from the Anglican Diocese’s food pantry programme which ensures that the families can cope with the impact from the COVID-19 crisis as they struggle with food insecurity and joblessness. As we know, as many as eighty-three thousand persons applied for unemployment relief from the government programme, showing that […]
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The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry today weighed in on the impasse between the government and the unions. It says that in an economic scenario where COVID-19 has shut down the largest part of our economy for the next several months, where millions have been lost and the projected revenue collection is down, it […]
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It is a big day of news. So we start with the negotiations between the Prime Minister, the Public Service Union, and the Belize National Teachers Union. That matter is back to square one and the unions are consulting on a position before the deal can be sealed. Union leaders met with the Prime Minister […]
Written on May 14, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on War of Words – PM, P.S.U. and B.N.T.U. Disagree on “Forego”
According to the Prime Minister, foregoing increments are required and if the unions continue to reject the proposal, the next step would be to proceed to amend the Public Service Regulations to allow the minister to alter salaries, emoluments, and allowances. This is viewed as a threat by the P.S.U., which says that while the […]
Written on May 14, 2020 | Posted in
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With a burgeoning deficit of over three hundred million dollars, Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that the time has come to trim emoluments and pensions which stand at a whopping six hundred and eighty-eight million dollars. The international financial institutions have been advising his government to do so for quite some time now, but the […]
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Back in March, the Prime Minister announced that he had secured financial aid from international financial institutions for government’s COVID-19 response. He said that it would come from international institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. The funds would total roughly a hundred and forty million […]
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The tourism industry is practically on life support. It accounts for about forty percent of the gross domestic product and is a huge foreign exchange earner. And while domestic tourism is back in play, it can never meet the millions of dollars in revenue from international tourists. There has been talk in the private sector […]
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Turning to the state of emergency…the national curfew remains in place tonight as the country relaxes some of the restrictions in place since April first. And if you expect the five to eight curfew hours for adults to end very soon, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte says this is very likely to go for another six […]
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As Belize records another day without an active case of COVID-19, the public gets a relief on some of the restrictions. One of the big changes is the allowance of district to district movement. The Attorney General, who spoke at length this afternoon, explains the relaxation of this restriction and what is expected of you […]
Written on May 14, 2020 | Posted in
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The tourism industry is at a standstill and Belize is one of three countries in the region to become the biggest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, further measures were announced to spur internal tourism going forward. But the Phillip Goldson International Airport is NOT to reopen before July first for international visitors. Tourism is […]
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Tonight, the situation at the western border involving cargo trucks has been resolved and traffic is now flowing freely. For two days and a half, the truck drivers from Guatemala could not enter Belize to purchase grains and other goods nor could trucks cross to bring in goods. Long lines formed at the border blocking […]
Written on May 13, 2020 | Posted in
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This afternoon, Immigration Minister Beverly Castillo informed News Five that cargo is moving. After a meeting today, a set of protocols was established to allow Guatemalan truck drivers to enter the country and purchase grains, such as corn, from Belizean producers. The truckers that bring goods, such as cement, into Belize are also allowed to […]
Written on May 13, 2020 | Posted in
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Belizean representatives in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which included Said Badi Guerra, met with his Guatemala counterpart, Edgar Aguilar and the mayor of Melchor de Mencos, Amado Yanez to discuss the standoff at the Western Border. As we reported, the meeting was fruitful as the impasse between Guatemalan truck drivers and Belizean authorities was […]
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At the northern border, a Belizean, who had been stranded there since last Friday, remains in a conundrum tonight. Under the State of Emergency, Belizeans are being denied entry except those in special circumstances. Guillermo Foreman says he travelled from the U.S. and on reaching the northern border he was denied entry and was sleeping […]
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Another dispute that was bubbling is also been ironed out. The Public Service Union, the Belize National Teachers Union and the Association of Public Service Senior Managers met with Prime Minister Barrow this morning to discuss the issue of increments and allowances for this fiscal year. The P.S.U. and the Ministry of Finance have remained […]
Written on May 13, 2020 | Posted in
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Education Minister Patrick Faber has also weighed in on the matter in respect of teachers and their allowances, as they, too, are being affected by the fiscal crunch. Faber says that government’s request to waive increments and allowances for public officers and teachers is neither irrational nor unfair, given the existing circumstance. Faber also commented […]
Written on May 13, 2020 | Posted in
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An LPG dispute has been taking place for some time. Tonight, there is an answer to one of the thorny issues involving prices. Before a release from the Belize Bureau of Standards, Southern Choice Butane Limited held a press conference to reaffirm that it had ran out of its supply of LPG. It is also […]
Written on May 13, 2020 | Posted in
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Several clandestine airstrips have been identified for destruction in the Toledo District where an operation led by the Belize Defense Force will continue to see these makeshift runways being destroyed in the days ahead. The coordinated destruction exercise is being carried out by the B.D.F. demolition squad as part of the Ministry of National Security’s […]
Written on May 12, 2020 | Posted in
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