Among the charges made against the ministry is the deliberate bumping up of the submission of pay sheets from the ninth of every month. According to Faber, the collection date has always been on the second, particularly in November when the Ministry of Finance has to prepare additional payroll for teachers towards the end of […]
The academic calendar is made up of at least one hundred and eighty contact days, of which teachers and students are required to be in session. The eleven-day strike in October puts the actual classroom time below that benchmark, prompting Chief Education Officer Doctor Carol Babb to ensure that balance is maintained in fulfilling the […]
We have been reporting on firebrand activist Raymond Rivers’ various run-ins in recent weeks. He has been consistently crying out against the Government through the realm of Facebook. His language has been sharp, unsparing and occasionally threatening, prompting Police to call him in almost two weeks ago for intervention. But one of his alleged targets, […]
There is word tonight that there is financial trouble in one of the major industries in the south. Reports from within the citrus industry say that the Citrus Growers Association is seeking a forty-million-dollar line of credit from the Social Security Board. But the CGA is unable to present audited financials to its membership in […]
After languishing in prison for six years, Gary Sewell is finally a free man. He was apprehended back in February, 2010 but had been on the run since 2007 wanted by the US government for his purported role in the trafficking of drugs into the U.S. Sewell was busted in an anti-drug operation at a […]
The government is seeking to recover almost a million dollars paid in compensation to Andre Vega, the son of the former DPM and Minister of Natural Resources as well as from attorney Sharon Pitts. Both Vega and Pitts were paid four hundred thousand dollars each as compensation for land that was sold to them when […]
But government is settling out of court on another matter. In mid-April of last year, Orange Walk resident Andres Rodriguez was brutally assaulted by three police officers, under suspicion that he was involved in an incident that occurred sometime earlier. The trio was said to be following up on a report that Rodriguez had been […]
Imagine a born Belizean being told that she could not access her birth certificate because someone else may have her identity. Then, imagine that an investigation has been underway for over a year, and nobody said anything. This is how twenty-nine year old Jazmine Lino of Progresso village, Corozal District, feels after visiting the office […]
A thirteenth Senator will be appointed in January, the choice of Belize’s non-governmental organizations. Following the Prime Minister’s signing of the commencement order for Sections seven and nine of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, the NGO community has begun its consultations leading up to formal appointment. However, there are still questions as to how […]
The Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations (APAMO), following the passing of the Sixth Amendment, nominated former executive director of Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, Gregory Ch’oc, but he never took office because the Government refused to commence the relevant sections of the Amendment. Armando Aban assures that the process will result in a […]
A government owned vehicle was stolen in the early hours of this morning in San Ignacio Town. The vehicle attached/assigned to the Ministry of Health was parked in an employee’s yard when it was taken. San Ignacio Police don’t have a suspect and are still looking for the pick-up truck but it is known that […]
Students will be spending six additional days in classrooms to make up for lost time during striking days. The Chief Education Officer, Doctor Carol Babb, says that the six days adequately covers the eleven days of strike undertaken by teachers between October third and fourteenth. That decision was taken on Wednesday between the ministry and […]
But even as the teachers will be spending more time with the students in the academic year, will their salaries be docked? Doctor Carol Babb says deductions will be reflected at the end of November payroll. Reporter “Dr. Babb, are you able to talk to us about the salaries for the teachers. It is […]
Even as teachers are back in the classrooms, the B.N.T.U. and the ministry remain at odds. On Tuesday, Government issued a release stating that it is in direct discussion with the Managing Authorities to formulate a plan for making up a considerable portion of teaching time lost to the recent strike. And following the Chief […]
While the ministry’s decision to skirt the gridlocked union can be seen as high-handed, Palacio says that B.N.T.U. will continue advocating for the rights of its membership, as well as teachers who are not part of the union but are in solidarity with its cause. Isani Cayetano “Do you believe that by the recent […]
But is the Ministry of Education sending mixed messages with respect to their salary deductions? Palacio says that on one hand, the ministry says it will dock salaries at the end of November and on the other hand, it wants teachers to make up time and spend six more days in the classrooms. In all […]
The issue of sexual harassment within the workplace isn’t new to the Belize Police Department. With several hundred officers within its ranks, cases of unsolicited advances among officers have been reported on various occasions. Tonight, there are allegations of unwanted sex-related behavior against a pair of men attached to the Gang Suppression Unit. The GSU […]
An SUV traveling to Belize City collided into a bus loaded with passengers on Wednesday evening. The accident caused a disruption in the flow of traffic for hours on the highway in the height of the rush hour, but fortunately persons in both vehicles were generally unhurt. Stacy Martinez lost control of her Ford Expedition […]
A politically charged fracas that ensued outside of a popular Belize City nightclub on Sunday morning between two political opponents has been settled. Footage of the disturbance outside of Sit and Sip went viral and Eastern Division North police were preparing to levy charges on Douglas Grant Junior for brandishing his licensed firearm in the […]
The complaint by Ferguson was withdrawn on Tuesday evening after he agreed with Grant not to proceed with the criminal matter. This afternoon, ACP Chester Williams explained the possible scenarios. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “Well, the truth is that a person who is the victim of a crimedo have the […]
There is another case involving another political operative. It involves Dorian Pakeman, the Director of the Government’s Press Office. Pakeman hit and killed Gardenia resident, Dean Dawson. Pakeman was driving his government vehicle back on March thirteenth, 2016 between miles twenty-two and twenty-three on the Philip Goldson Highway when he hit the well-known mechanic. Dawson […]
A cop is tonight in custody of his colleagues in connection with the execution style murder of Belize City resident Jeon Peebles. The twenty-five year old father of one was picked up by the cops on Sunday night near a supermarket Mahogany Street. Twelve hours later, his body was found off the Boom/Hattieville Road with […]
Police are no closer to determining the cause of the fire that claimed the life of two year old Kaylee Alvarez last Thursday in the Conch Shell Bay Area. As a matter of fact, they say that the evidence on hand doesn’t suggest an arson and they are still unable to pin point where the […]
The family of thirty-eight-year-old Rafael Marin is tonight mourning his untimely death following a traffic accident last Thursday night. The father of two was knocked down by a motorcycle in front of his house on Albert Hoy Street as he was crossing the main thoroughfare in the Belama Phase Two area of Belize City. The […]
There is another traffic fatality. Police are investigating a traffic accident on Tuesday night in Corozal Town that claimed the life of twenty-two year old Javier Luis Chan. According to the police report, Sergeant Everon Teck Senior was headed toward the police station on First Street North, when he saw two men chasing another man […]
