The strike called by the Belize National Teachers’ Union will go into its eighth day on Thursday. But whether it continues after that will depend on a key meeting between the Union’s Council of Management and Prime Minister Dean Barrow. This evening the Government Press Office issued a short statement confirming that the B.N.T.U. has […]
While the Belize National Teachers’ Union will be meeting with the Prime Minister on Thursday, a press release issued today announces that, as confirmed by police, members and supporters of the United Democratic Party will be picketing outside the B.N.T.U. headquarters between eight-thirty in the morning and twelve-thirty in the afternoon. While the Union is […]
After an early morning meeting at their headquarters, about one hundred members of the Belize District Branch of the Belize National Teachers’ Union headed out on foot into Southside Belize City. They were out to continue their public education and awareness campaign, on this, the seventh day of industrial action which commenced last Monday. There […]
News Five has confirmed with organizer of the picket called by the United Democratic Party, Alfonso Noble, that it has been called off. The Prime Minister meets with the Union as scheduled on Thursday afternoon at two.
At this time the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is holding a special general meeting to determine the extent of its participation on the Senate Special Select Committee. The Chamber has registered several concerns with the composition of the government appointed taskforce and members will vote on whether Senator Mark Lizarraga will take part […]
In part one of the story of the scandalous land deal at Mile Five on the Philip Goldson Highway, we reported that Andre Vega, the son of the former Deputy Prime and Minister of Natural Resources, Gaspar Vega was compensated four hundred thousand dollars for a one acre parcel of prime land. That portion of […]
According to Belmopan police, two prisoners escaped from police custody while being held in the capital around midday today. The prisoners have been identified as twenty-five year old Lincoln Bejerano, accused of the murder of taxi driver Isidro Suar in January, and twenty-two year old David Cruz, one of four suspects charged in the robbery […]
What was supposed to be a routine traffic stop on Northside Belize City this past Friday night became an explosive instance of alleged police brutality. The complainant is a young woman who was on her way to drop off a friend when she arrived at a police checkpoint along Newtown Barracks and was asked for […]
The People’s United Party is calling out Senator Godwin Hulse for casting a vote during the last sitting of the Senate on September thirtieth. The argument here is that Hulse’ participation in the process constituted a conflict of interest since he also serves in the capacity of Minister of Immigration. Furthermore, opposition senators Valerie Woods […]
Senator Godwin Hulse has been adjusting to his responsibilities as Minister of Police since being assigned the additional portfolio during the last Cabinet reshuffle. The process has been shaping out rather quickly and today Minister Hulse was the keynote speaker at the passing out ceremony of a new cohort of officers. But what’s in store […]
According to Hulse, there is a need for reform within the Belize Police Department particularly where it concerns criminal prosecution. Godwin Hulse, Minister of Police “The whole crime scene investigation gathering mechanism is very loose in a sense, files are missing and all sorts of things. We have to tighten that and we have […]
The strike by teachers continue in the headlines tonight and we can confirm that the B.N.T.U. remains unmoved. This Wednesday, there will be a seventh day of strike action by the Belize National Teachers’ Union. While the Union continues to maintain its demands for good governance, there is a window since the union is open […]
As we said there may be a resolution to the industrial action because just before six o’clock this evening, the Prime Minister responded to the Belize National Teachers Union in respect to a letter sent to the Prime Minister earlier today. In a more conciliatory tone, the Prime Minister clarifies that the basis for inviting […]
The B.N.T.U.’s strike got major support today from the region, the Caribbean Union of Teachers has written to the Prime Minister appealing to him to seek to bring an amicable resolution to the ongoing situation. According to the CUT the B.N.T.U. has been patient to ensure that the collective bargaining agreement process is preserved. In […]
As the strike continues into its seventh day; across the country schools remained closed. In the west this morning teachers met for an update on the evolving situation. Their mantra “We will not be moved” remains steadfast. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, reporting Teachers from across Cayo District assembled this morning in […]
Schools were also closed on San Pedro but it does not mean teachers were not engaged. This morning a sea of green overtook the island. Our friends at the San Pedro Sun have shared video of the teachers of the San Pedro High School in their peaceful march. They were joined by senior students and […]
Late on Friday evening, the Prime Minister upset the B.N.T.U. applecart by throwing into the mix the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. The PM wrote to both saying that in fact the N.T.U.C.B. has also taken up the good governance agenda and that negotiations should therefore include the umbrella organization. This morning we sought […]
We’re not sure what to call this morning’s march from Cinderella Plaza to the headquarters of the Belize National Teacher’s Union in Belize City. Was it a protest – when we counted far more police guarding the protestors along the route – approximately twenty, including Inspector of Police Fitzroy Yearwood standing guard in front of […]
It was a bloody weekend, three persons were murdered; in the nation’s capital, in the west and in a southern community. A violent confrontation between a group of persons socializing at the popular La Cabaña Bar ended tragically for the Clarke family of Belmopan. One of their own, twenty-three year old Ashley Clarke was hit […]
A homeless person was also murdered over the weekend in San Ignacio Town. The vagrant, later identified as Benjamin Gomez, was discovered lying on a bench at a bus stop with multiple stab wounds to the upper body. It is uncertain what led to the vicious attack which left Gomez fatally injured with cuts to […]
In the third murder, one man, Orlando Cedios, has been charged and will appear in court on Wednesday for the murder of a twenty-one year old Guatemalan national, Edilsar Mendez, in Bella Vista, Toledo District. Police believe that a romantic love triangle between tenants of a house in the village may have led to the […]
The holiday weekend was quiet in terms of crime in Belize City, but it didn’t start out that way. There were two shooting incidents within minutes of each other in different sections of the Old Capital on Friday night. It started with a double shooting of a pair of brothers from Racoon Street. Then, more […]
Among the demands of good governance that the B.N.T.U. is agitating for involves the fight against corruption in government. Back in October 2013, Prime Minister Dean Barrow publicly admitted that the Ministry of Lands is a hotbed of corruption in light of the sordid and crooked land deals being cut at the department. This is […]
The People’s United Party confirmed via press release today that its Senator will not be participating in the Special Senate Select Committee on Immigration set to meet on Wednesday. The party’s original motion in the Senate, which called for one member each from the Government and Opposition parties and each of the three Social Partner […]
Is the P.U.P., like the U.D.P. did when it refused to participate in the 2005 inquiry into Social Security, hurting itself and the people of Belize by reducing the number of voices involved in the investigation? Senator Valerie Woods contends that like the then-leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow, the P.U.P. is standing on principle. […]
