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In February we told you about B.D.F. Corporal Norman Rodriguez, a thirteen year veteran of the B.D.F. who was diagnosed with an arterio-venous malformation on the brain. It’s a condition that required surgery and Rodriguez was complaining bitterly that he felt mistreated and pushed around by the B.D.F., at least where his medical treatment was […]
Written on August 8, 2014 | Posted in
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Miss Mexico is the new La Reina De La Costa Maya 2014. Elisa Espinosa Gomez was one of the eight delegates from the seven Central American countries and Mexico to compete in the international pageant. She came out on top after several rounds of competition on Thursday night in La Isla Bonita where the pageant […]
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For the most part, the BML – CitCo bomb has been defused by a timely intervention by, and a very large infusion of cash from the government of Belize. As we told you on Wednesday, BML workers will be rehired, littering tickets torn up, charges dropped and future employment secured. With central government cleaning up […]
As we’ve told you, part of the sweet deal being offered to workers is that in 2015, when BML’s contract expires, they will be assimilated into the Council. The Council will then be taking over the work of cleaning up the city. It’s clearly not a deal that would have been countenanced by Bradley, since […]
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In all the deals being struck, BML is perpetually owed staggering sums of money by City Hall. When it comes to payment for sanitation companies, both BML and Belize Waste Control, the Mayor focuses on dry periods, peak periods and the alleged gorging at the public trough by these companies. It’s been extremely difficult to […]
With an agreement on finances being brokered, and current workers’ issues resolved, the crisis is officially over. But there’s still some unpleasantness hanging over the matter. That stems from the treatment of workers by Police. Prime Minister Barrow claimed ignorance on the lockdown of workers for twelve hours on Monday. But they were – in […]
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And for final word on the matter…at least for now, News Five spoke to Audrey Matura-Shepherd, the attorney for the BML workers. She worked all day Monday to get them out of lockdown, and all day Tuesday to get them processed in court. But with those legal issues in the past, she says that the […]
It is one of the most sensational cases in recent times. It involves attorney Arthur Saldivar and a very large sum of money. Saldivar has been the attorney of record for the Coye family, accused of laundering millions. He got them acquitted, and got government to give them back all the money that had been […]
While the dust has settled on the dispute between sanitation workers and city hall, there is another storm brewing. That’s because Mayor Darrell Bradley wants to convert the commercial center into offices for City Hall. That move would leave small entrepreneurs, who have been at the commercial center for years without a place to conduct […]
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Four days after the brutal slaying of sixteen year old Chryslin Gladden, a group of family members, former classmates and others who have endured the pain of losing a loved one to the madness on the streets, symbolically paraded through some City streets. The candlelight vigil was held on Wednesday evening, and the message was […]
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With the success of Wednesday’s vigil held in memory of Chryslin Gladden, today activist, Micah Goodin, announced that another vigil is to be held. It is planned for Friday August eight, 2014 beginning at five-thirty p.m. at the corner of Trinity Street and Central American Boulevard. He says that violence will continue if the community […]
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Like on every night since Monday, there is a lot to report in the BML – Belize City Council standoff. We start with the news that government has decided to intervene, bailing out City Hall which is now nineteen weeks in arrears to the sanitation company. According to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, when he heard […]
The agreement between BML and G.O.B. is signed by Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and BML owner Lawrence Ellis. And just in case there is any ambiguity – G.O.B. will only pay the salaries of the workers – estimated at thirty-five thousand dollars a week and not the sum of the contract – seventy-eight thousand dollars […]
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With the immediate and future financial concerns of the workers addressed, government has also intervened in the current legal issues affecting them. Individual charge sheets were issued to forty-one BML workers on Tuesday, charging them with loitering, littering and taking part in an unlawful public meeting. Twenty-two of them were arraigned on Tuesday afternoon, and […]
Those comments from the Prime Minister came at a press conference at the Belize Biltmore Plaza this afternoon. But shortly before that News Five spoke to a properly chastened and pensive Mayor Darrell Bradley. Twenty-four hours ago Bradley stood outside a courtroom, with workers at his back, and stated that they would all have to […]
So in a nutshell…G.O.B. will assume payments to all one hundred and seventy BML workers. When the contract expires in January, the City Council will hire all workers. Charges of littering, loitering and taking part in an illegal public meeting will go away. Tickets of five hundred dollars for littering will go away too. All […]
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It was an incredible thing to see as many as twenty-two women packed in a holding cell at the aptly named ‘piss house’ in Belize City. Four workers allegedly three garbage in front of City Hall, but even those just standing around were locked down by Police – a total of forty-one workers. Most of […]
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Said Musa is the former Prime Minister of Belize, and no stranger to controversy or unrest. But he says that even he was shocked by the detention of workers and the cruel and inhumane treatment they suffered at the hands of Police. Today he was out in front of court on another matter, protesting the […]
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As days go by, the disappearance of Hattieville chairman Kevin Carcamo, remains a puzzle for his family. Carcamo, who is employed as a linesman with Discoverseis, did not return home two weeks ago after he set out to work. Numerous search parties have come up empty-handed but there is a glimmer of hope that a […]
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The arrival of drilling equipment in Sunday Wood on July twenty-fifth, has brought with it certain discord among members of the Maya communities fringing the Sarstoon Temash National Park. In a recent press release, the elected leaders of Conejo, Midway, Crique Sarco and Graham Creek voiced their discontent with the manner in which discussions concerning […]
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Both Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley have maintained that the City Council will take over the works currently done by BML when that contract expires in January 2015. Barrow has indicated that G.O.B. will be assisting the Council with equipment to assist in that endeavour. And so is the Taiwanese […]
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There is an apparent dissention within the Maya community to report on tonight, following a release from the elected leaders of Conejo, Crique Sarco, Midway and Graham Creek. The group of four, having met to discuss recent statements in the media by representatives of U.S. Capital Energy, says that it flatly rejects the decision and […]
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As we told you, a seventeen year old Wesley High School graduate has been charged with the murder of sixteen year old Chryslin Gladden. That has sparked a vigil for the fallen youth. This morning, a group of former Wesley College students was also at the Raccoon Street police station. Their purpose was to acquire […]
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There is another death to report. Forty-four year old Orange Walk resident Gregorio Medina was pulled out of the New River this afternoon. His decomposed body was spotted floating in the river on Sunday, and was left there under Police guard until a post-mortem examination could be conducted today. The Trial Farm resident was last […]
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The U.D.P. held a successful convention on Sunday attracting throngs of voters. That story is coming up, but among those who went out to support Mayor Bradley’s ticket, were employees of the Belize Maintenance Limited. This morning when they presented themselves to work, more than forty employees heard that they had lost their jobs because […]
