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The revocation, according to the release, states that Port of Belize Limited failed to honor three essential requirements, including the submission of a development plan to carry out any development works at Commerce Bight, the dredging of the approach channel and the dock basin, as well as payment of the lease rental to the Government […]
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The executive of the Christian Workers Union, led by president Antonio Gonzalez, has been experiencing an upheaval within its membership, particularly from a gang of stevedores, who contend that they are not being properly represented at the negotiation table with Port of Belize Limited. Over a hundred stevedores working at the facility are calling for […]
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Amidst the apparent implosion of the Christian Workers Union is the Port of Belize Limited (P.B.L.). The stevedores, one of nine entities represented by the union, are contracted by P.B.L. to load and discharge the contents of cargo vessels at the harbor. The company has been engaged in ongoing dialogue with union leaders concerning a […]
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And with all those issues surrounding P.B.L. and the Christian Workers’ Union, the announcement that the C.W.U. had been suspended from inclusion in the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (N.T.U.C.B.) seemed like vindication of the stevedores. N.T.U.C.B. President, Dylan Reneau, told News Five that the reason for suspension of the C.W.U. had to do […]
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is one of the most underrated yet important group that promotes and fights for good governance. The PAC makes judgments on government spending by examining the Auditor General’s reports. For at least a decade, mischief, poor accounting records, and missing files have plagued government departments and ministries, but the PAC […]
And since we were on the subjects of finances and benefit to the Belizean people, News Five asked Reneau for an update on the salary adjustment issue. It’s been months since the protest by teachers and public officers who demanded an increase in salaries. It might have gone completely under the radar, since the proposed […]
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A cohort of thirteen special constables was sworn in this afternoon during a brief ceremony at City Hall. The commencement exercise saw a group of men and women, mostly employees of the Belize City Council, being inducted into the law enforcement, following an intense two-week program organized by the Belize Police Department. Darrell Bradley, […]
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There have been a great deal of verbal fireworks on both sides of the floor in the House of Representatives recently, including blistering remarks by chairman Julius Espat, regarding the function of the Public Accounts Committee, charged with holding government responsible for its expenditures. During last Wednesday’s sitting, a motion to reorganize the committee to […]
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The ink on the Memorandum of Understanding between Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) and the Government of Belize has been dry from July thirty first. Minister Godwin Hulse said that it was not a secret and the government welcomed the fifty million US dollar project. Jobs that go to the poor people of the south was […]
You’ve heard about the minimum of twenty-five percent of the passengers guaranteed to go on tours….that numerical amount continued to resound in the MOU as the government agreed to a twenty-five year concession as the only Cruise Port in Southern Belize, specifically Stann Creek and Toledo. No calls scheduled for the Fort Street Tourism Village […]
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Earlier this week, a missing person’s bulletin was in circulation within the media concerning the whereabouts of forty-three year old Timothy James Callanan, a naturalized Belizean businessman of San Pedro Town. Callanan was reported missing from the island a few days ago. His disappearance prompted family and friends, including Senior Counsel Dean Lindo, to look […]
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On Wednesday’s newscast we showed you one of the biggest problems affecting the thirty-five hundred residents of the seaside community of Sarteneja. The water system is broken, and there has been no potable water in the village for the past six months. That is admittedly a huge concern, but there is another – and this […]
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The Ministry of Works is currently rehabilitating the Copper Bank/Chunox Ferry in the Corozal district. Normally that would be good news, but residents of the communities of Sarteneja, Progresso, Chunox and Copper Bank who use the ferry to get to Corozal Town say they were given no warning. They are now forced to travel south […]
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While Seawell fights extradition to the US, a local contingent of Belizeans recently returned from a tour of parts of America. Forming and sustaining sister city relationships is one way in which city councils can foster development and learn new strategies to improve their communities. Several councilors and the Mayor of Belize City have recently […]
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This Saturday, Willows Bank will come alive once again for its third annual Fire-Hearth Festival. And the name speaks for itself…the celebration features a fire hearth cook-off where a representative from the eight surrounding communities will compete for the bragging rights as best Fire-hearth chef. But there will be lots more to eat and drink […]
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Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Memorandum of Understanding has been signed. The MOU which was shared in the media was the sixth draft according to Godwin Hulse, who led the ministerial committee that negotiated with NCL. Although the MOU is not legally binding, it presents a more palatable view of the development. However, there are grey areas […]
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The Norwegian Cruise Line press conference pulled out a surprise announcement from Colin Murphy, NCL’s Vice President of Destination and Strategic Development. NCL would not only hire a thousand Belizeans, but they would also hire Belizeans to work on the new ships in development. Murphy also brought along a former employee of Florida’s Disney. NCL […]
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Minister of Tourism Manuel Heredia took a back seat to Minister Hulse, and Laura Esquivel Frampton, the Director of Tourism. The Belize Tourism Industry Association often referred to the Belize Tourism Board’s Sustainable Tourism Master. The B.T.I.A. noted that the master plan called for only a few hundred cruise ship passengers in the south. Although […]
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Sarteneja is a small village in the Corozal District, accessible by ferry from Corozal Town, or by dirt road from Orange Walk Town. With a population of about thirty-five hundred, the laid-back seaside community survives on its fishing industry and is also becoming very popular with tourists, primarily backpackers. But the tentative tourism potential of […]
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In 2012, the Belize Bank started a scholarship program to match the celebration of its twenty-fifth anniversary. Twenty-five students across the country went home will full scholarships. Now thirteen more students have been added to that amount for 2013. News Five’s Jose reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting For the second year, the Belize Bank has […]
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A delegation of thirty-five Belizean performers, fashion designers, visual artists and writers, led by president of the National Institute of Culture and History Diane Haylock, left for Paramaribo, Suriname this morning, where they will be representing the Jewel for the next sixteen days. The Caribbean Festival of Arts, CARIFESTA 2013, a celebration of the region’s […]
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Earlier in the newscast we told you about the thirteen scholarships that the Belize Bank has given to well deserving students. UNICOMER, the parent company of Courts Belize also gave ten scholarships to intelligent young Belizeans today. Duane Moody joined the kids who will now attend high school courtesy of Courts. Duane Moody, Reporting […]
On Friday, members of the Belize Ex-Services League were alarmed when they discovered that the entrance to the building they have been occupying since the establishment of the organization decades ago, had been fastened with chains and locks. That action was taken by the National Executive Council, led by president Bernard Adolphus, following a Supreme […]
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One motion which never made it past the House floor and wasn’t up for debate at the Senate meeting today was on the Public Accounts Committee. The Opposition tabled a motion at last week’s Special House Sitting to change the composition of that committee to give the majority vote to civil society. As it stands, […]
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The Belize Marketplace Expo and the Carnival Road March are both highly anticipated events in the national celebrations calendar. This year, they are both set for September fourteenth and this has created a problem for the private sector which is complaining that its stands to lose on its investment for the two-day event which is […]
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