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Area Representative for Corozal North, Hugo Patt criticized the 2021/2022 budget as being a bill that creates additional burdens for the Belizean people. He noted that while the U.D.P. administration was criticized for its borrowing practices, they never cut the salaries of public servants. And while the records will show that the former administration did […]
Written on April 23, 2021 | Posted in
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Corozal Bay area rep Elvia Vega Samos, the newest member of parliament, spoke for only fifteen minutes. Her brief comments were filled with disapproval of the U.D.P.’s Corozal North Area Representative. She pledged to provide better leadership in Corozal Bay. Elvia Vega-Samos, Area Representative, Corozal Bay “I cannot fathom the idea how the member […]
Written on April 23, 2021 | Posted in
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The Department of Lands will be going after private landowners with exorbitant outstanding tax payments. According to Minster of Natural Resources Cordel Hyde, approximately four hundred and sixty-four persons or companies own up to eighty-two percent or three point two million acres of land in Belize. And, as Minister Hyde puts it, most of these […]
Written on April 23, 2021 | Posted in
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While the Lands Department is beefing up its tax collection unit, area rep for Fort George, Henry Charles Usher is blaming the former administration for the current land tax deficit. Usher revealed that the former administration signed off on fifty years’ worth of land tax for two hundred and sixty thousand acres of land bought […]
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The joint unions have been calling for the implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, UNCAC. As Attorney General Magali Marin Young explained today, UNCAC is not a piece of legislation to be imported into this jurisdiction. Belize has already signed on to the convention, but those good governance measures are slow in coming. […]
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While the salaries of public servants will be fixed, the Office of the Attorney General is facing a shortage of legal drafters. Currently, the office has only two, so outsourcing legal drafters is an option the AG Ministry is exploring. Magali Marin-Young, Attorney General “I don’t know if it is being lost on the […]
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All eyes today were on Independence Hill, as teachers, nurses and other members of the joint unions came out to express their discontent with G.O.B. and its intent to cut their salaries by ten percent and freeze their increments for an additional three years. News Five’s Duane Moody was outside the National Assembly this morning. […]
Written on April 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Since February, discussions have been held with the joint unions leading up to the budget presentation. But that has not ended well. Today, a reserved N.T.U.C.B. president Luke Martinez says that there are areas where the wage bill can be cut, while P.S.U. Vice President Dean Flowers says the G.O.B. is not being truthful about […]
Written on April 22, 2021 | Posted in
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While the unions were at the foot of the National Assembly building protesting, inside the House a couple members were calling for the voice of reason to prevail. Member for Freetown Francis Fonseca noted that discussions between the unions and G.O.B. have been all encompassing, and that every piece of information requested by the unions […]
Written on April 22, 2021 | Posted in
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At the start of today’s budget debate, Speaker of the House Valerie Woods laid down the ground rules of the House, based on the Standing Orders. She reminded all members these standing orders dictate how members must address each other and the type of language to be used. Her reminder was no doubt prompted by […]
Written on April 22, 2021 | Posted in
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The nomination of Froyla Tzalam as Belize’s next Governor General has been formalized via official communication between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Buckingham Palace. The Government of Belize is seeking a replacement for Sir Colville Young on his retirement at the end of April after roughly twenty-eight years in office as representative of the […]
Written on April 22, 2021 | Posted in
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The poor treatment the late Doctor Dame Minita Gordon received upon retiring from her post as Belize’s first Governor General in 1993 left a lot to be desired for such a distinguished office. In an effort to prevent a recurrence, Prime Minister Briceño will be returning to parliament in the weeks ahead to amend the […]
Written on April 22, 2021 | Posted in
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In a time of historic financial constraints, the National Institute of History and Culture, NICH, is facing severe fiscal challenges in carrying out its mandate. According to the Ministry responsible for Culture, Francis Fonseca, the staff and Administration at NICH had their salaries slashed due to steep drops in revenue over the past year. Fonseca […]
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The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is urging G.O.B. and the unions to return to the negotiating table, and offering to be an independent voice. Today, we asked President of the B.C.C.I. Marissa Longsworth if these parties can compromise. Marissa Longsworth, President, B.C.C.I. “We hope so and that is part of the reason […]
Written on April 22, 2021 | Posted in
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One of the main reasons why the chamber is calling for an end to the impasse between G.O.B. and the unions is because they say that they are concerned that if the standoff continues the way it is, it will “add more strain to an economy already under severe stress.” In its release, the chamber […]
Written on April 22, 2021 | Posted in
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A Corozal family is desperately trying to find their loved one who has been missing since Saturday. According to the Martinez family, Kim Michelle Martinez was reportedly at home when her husband went to work that day. Since then they have been searching for her and have received tips that say she was spotted in […]
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This afternoon in Belmopan, the Belize Police Department was busy placing barricades at the base of Independence Hill to prevent protesters and other members of the public from advancing towards the Assembly Building during the budget debate. While the unions and government are at loggerheads over the looming salary cuts, G.O.B. is taking no chances […]
Written on April 21, 2021 | Posted in
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Public officers took time off from work today to check up on their health and wellness, amid the imminent salary cuts that they are facing. This morning, they visited health centers and clinics across the country to get checkups, as well as vaccinations against COVID-19. It is part of an ongoing series of activities leading […]
Written on April 21, 2021 | Posted in
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P.S.U. Vice President Dean Flowers has been vocal in expressing the union’s objection to government’s wage cut. He has not shied away from making it known that public officers are not happy with their salaries being reduced amid the current economic crisis. That frankness has led his detractors to bring to light what they call […]
Written on April 21, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, Herwin Godoy Senior was laid to rest following funeral services at the Wesley Church in Belize City. Godoy Senior drowned on Sunday at the river in Grace Bank and his body was recovered Tuesday morning. One of the men who helped in the search efforts is a lifeguard. Tonight he shares not only the […]
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The Public Service Union continued its activism today with members picketing various locations across the country, including service stations down south in Stann Creek District. They were joined in some municipalities by the Belize National Teachers Union, with whom they are allied, as part of a multilateral body that has been in discussion with the […]
Written on April 20, 2021 | Posted in
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On Friday, a letter was sent to the joint unions from the Minister of Public Service where a proposal for a tiered approach to reducing the wages of teachers and public officers was being suggested. In that letter, Minister Henry Charles Usher puts forward the notion that the reductions can be staggered based on income […]
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The letter sent to the joint unions on Friday cited sections of the constitution that refer to the Governor General’s involvement in signing into force fixed salaries for those being paid from the public purse. Flowers told News Five the Briceño administration is being unreasonable. Isani Cayetano “Do you find it perhaps disingenuous that […]
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In Orange Walk Town, a hand full of public servants marched around the Central Park in the sweltering midday heat. There were no picket signs or anti-corruption placards being waved at that location. Their laps around the Central Park were done with no loud singing or shouts of solidarity. Instead, it was a quiet protest […]
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Flanking the Orange Walk P.S.U. members in Central Park today were members of the Nurses Association of Belize. According to President Darrell Spencer, members feel compelled to protest right now, but he assures the public they are manning their various medical stations. He says nurses have a history of activism in Belize. Darrell Spencer, […]
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