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In an update to the looming labor dispute at the Port of Belize, P.B.L. has reportedly agreed to meet with the Christian Workers Union next week. The union has served the port with a twenty-one-day notice of intended industrial action because stevedores fear they will be losing wages if the company which exports sugar at […]
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When asked about the go-slow the stevedores are currently staging and how this affects not only the Port of Belize or A.S.R./B.S.I., but also cane farmers, the union president said they are conscious of the cane farmer’s situation and that the go-slow is one part of the union’s attempt to jump start negotiations. Evan […]
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News Five also asked the C.W.U. leader about the right of a business to make changes to become more competitive. He referred back to the Memorandum of Understanding drawn up in the early two-thousands. Paul Lopez “Where do you stand on the right of the company to increase its efficiency by moving to the […]
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The Port of Belize Limited called a press conference this evening to address the ongoing matter with the C.W.U. members. According to P.B.L., since April they have been engaging the C.W.U. but talks stalled when the CWU failed to provide feedback following a meeting. C.E.O. Andy Lane says that it was on May twenty-eight that […]
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C.E.O. Lane is now hoping that G.O.B. will honor that M.O.U. and keep the sugar shipments in Belize. And he says if that happens, they want to transition into moving the Collective Bargaining Agreement forward with the C.W.U. as soon as possible. But we’ll only know what happens next week and although Lane has appealed […]
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The Public Service Union is celebrating its ninety-ninth anniversary. The P.S.U.’s President Dean Flowers and First Vice President Annisa Gomez appeared on Channel Five’s Open Your Eyes this morning. Annisa Gonzalez, 1st Vice President, P.S.U. “I am overwhelmed to be in the union first of all, very proud to be in the public service […]
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Isani Cayetano, Reporting The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many of us to rethink the way in which we go about our daily lives. In the hospitality industry, the strictures that come along with the many regulatory adjustments, where restaurants and bars are concerned, have prompted business owners to return to the drawing board. News Five’s […]
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The Christian Workers Union issued a twenty-one-day notice of intended strike action to the Port of Belize Limited on Tuesday. The letter, addressed to the Minister of Labour, Oscar Requeña notes that the union has sought to resolve a number of matters with P.B.L., but to no avail. Approximately one year ago, on the eighth […]
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And while three unresolved matters are listed in C.W.U.’s letter to the Minister of Labour, the pending move by A.S.R/B.S.I. to transfer its sugar operation from Belize City to Port of Big Creek is, according to Hyde, the issue that triggered the impasse. While C.W.U. is looking to get confirmation on the filling of Container […]
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Today New Five joined Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, Kareem Musa for a leg of his countrywide tour. This morning he was at Caye Caulker. We will have that story for you later in the newscast, but while we were with the minister we asked him for comment on the antivaxxer group, […]
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In that same vein, Minister Musa told News Five that during his trip to the northern region, he found an astounding ninety percent of police officers in Orange Walk have been vaccinated. Figures also show a jump for law enforcement country wide, with forty percent of the police department vaccinated. Kareem Musa, Minister of […]
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Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa and his C.E.O., Kevin Arthurs along with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams and other members of ministry are on a countrywide tour, meeting with officers attached to formations in various municipalities. On Tuesday, they were in Corozal and Orange Walk and today, they headed to the coastal communities of […]
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Sunday’s recall convention saw Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber retaining his seat as leader of the United Democratic Party. Despite surviving the recent attempt to have him ousted, Faber’s control of the U.D.P. is not absolute. He is compelled to share the reins with Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow who is the official head of the […]
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Former Leader of the Opposition Patrick Faber is on record stating that he has not taken a position on the controversial Eleventh Amendment bill. Despite his name appearing on the letterhead of a release issued by the U.D.P.’s parliamentary caucus on Monday, Faber maintains that he has not come out in favor of or against […]
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La Isla Cariñosa may have taken a hit from COVID-19, but the island is rebounding fast. Today, News Five checked out the tourist action that is bringing back the economic recovery and raising residents’ spirits. Duane Moody, Reporting The once bustling island of Caye Caulker, a highly visited tourist destination in Belize, was not […]
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When a suspected drug plane went down in the waters outside of Placencia on Labor Day weekend, a former employee of the Department of Civil Aviation was hired at a moment’s notice to assist with the investigation. Shaun Young, whose employment contract was canceled by the Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation back in […]
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According to Young, he was surprised at the response when he asked the leader of the investigating team why the Department of Civil Aviation was not involved, since they would occasionally assist in these kinds of inquiries. Shaun Young, Former Employee, Civil Aviation Dept. “During that time, I ended up asking them well, why […]
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In cabinet news, Minister of Health and Wellness informed the cabinet that as of July twelfth, over one hundred and seven thousand Belizeans or twenty-five percent of the population received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and almost forty thousand or nine percent are fully vaccinated. In the first week of the new vaccination campaign, […]
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The Leo Bradley Library in Belize City is hosting a smaller version of its summer camp this year to allow for social distancing. But those lucky children who were able to sign up are enjoying various activities and special presentations. News Five stopped by the library this morning. Sarah Castillo, Senior Library Assistant “The […]
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A flurry of disinformation about the coronavirus and the COVID-19 vaccines has prompted the Belize Medical and Dental Association to make a rare public denunciation of those perpetrating the false claims. Not only did the association president counter the fiction with facts, she also reminded those individuals purporting to be doctors in order to give […]
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Doctor Wright contends many who are sceptical about vaccines are having their fears fuelled by misinformation. Dr. Uldine Wright, President, Belize Medical and Dental Association “We know that there are people who fearful of anything that is new. So they might have five hundred persons who are sceptical about the vaccine from before and […]
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Doctor Wright also addressed claims that Statutory Instrument 74 makes vaccination mandatory. She says the medical experts within the Belize Medical and Dental Association agree this is a deceptive narrative. Dr. Uldine Wright, President, Belize Medical and Dental Association “And they come with the point of their rights, if they want to be vaccinated […]
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Since an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act was presented in the House of Representatives on July second, the cannabis discussion which includes industrial hemp and marijuana has returned to its starting point. There are many who support a gradual move by the Government of Belize to legalize the cultivation, trade and possession of […]
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When he appeared on Open Your Eyes this morning, U.D.P. Party Leader Patrick Faber also spoke about his ambitions to be restored as Leader of the Opposition. Marleni Cuellar, Host, Open Your Eyes “Have you made any strides in being able to regain the position as Leader of the Opposition?” Patrick Faber, Party […]
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A rift has already developed between U.D.P. Party Leader Patrick Faber, who just retained his position during Sunday’s recall convention, and the party’s Leader of the Opposition, Shyne Barrow. On Monday, a statement was issued by the U.D.P. Parliamentary Caucus which says the Opposition is staunchly against the Eleventh Amendment. But when Patrick Faber appeared […]
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