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The bold move by the N.T.U.C.B., according to Rogers, is an about-face from the trade union’s flip-flop on the Petrocaribe issue. Patrick Rogers, Vision Inspired by the People “I must give big kudos before I turn over the mic to Brother Hubert, to the N.T.U.C.B. They put out that powerful statement establishing that, N.T.U.C.B. […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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Just about an hour before taking to the streets on the final day of a series of protests which began on Monday, BEWU President Marvin Mora received a telephone call from Minister of Labor Godwin Hulse. The conversation was essentially a request for the Belize Energy Workers Union to make a presentation to Hulse in […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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In an interview with B.E.L.’s Public Relations Manager on Tuesday, Vonetta Burrell informed that the company ensured that its employees were being paid, despite losing money consistently since 2011. According to Burrell, the staff has been receiving twenty percent average increase, along with annual bonuses of about six percent for the past four years. We […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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The break in negotiation has left a bitter taste in the mouth of the union. Mora says if B.E.L. has no intention of adjusting the wages of its employees, it should come forward and say so openly. Likewise, if the minister’s attempt at resolving the labor dispute fails then it is up to the membership […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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In political news, at least twelve standard bearers and some executive members of the People’s United Party boycotted on Tuesday a meeting at Independence Hall. We are told the absence included six standard bearers from the north, three from the Belize district and the others from the Cayo district. News Five has today been reliably […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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The longstanding territorial dispute, in the context of a resolution by the International Court of Justice, has remained a contentious matter in the public domain as well as for the Vision Inspired by the People. The third party has long since maintained that Belizeans aren’t fully aware of what would be ceded to Guatemala, by […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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Interestingly, Rogers uses a 2002 judgment in favor of Cameroon as a case study for the crux of his argument. A territorial dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon, involving the Bakassi Peninsula, was adjudicated at the ICJ, ruling that sovereignty over the neck of land did indeed rest with Cameroon based on past agreements between England […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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During a working visit which culminated in Mexico, Foreign Minister Elrington also signed eight bilateral agreements with that country on issues including energy management, social security, intellectual property protection and promotion of patents, climate change research and consumer protection. Elrington says it is important that Belize work with both Guatemala and Mexico, especially where security […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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A third cohort of provisional tour guides are now fully trained to operate in the Fort George Tourism Zone. At a brief ceremony, the Belize Tourism Board presented them with certificates which qualify them to acquire the Belize City Community Site Guide license. The group of sixty-four guides completed training on the General Principles for […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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A mixing board can be overwhelming for its number of knobs, inputs or outputs. And if you are in the industry you would know that there has been a shortage of audio technicians to work in live productions. But tonight at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, thirteen audio technicians will be receiving their […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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Prakash Project…it’s a music event, but not the regular concert – that’s being held on the grounds of the Om Shanti Yoga Center on Princess Margaret Drive Belize City. The lineup features two artists, Leonardo Nieto Joly and Federico Diaz, who have travelled all over the world. News Five spoke with the principals of the […]
Written on July 22, 2015 | Posted in
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A Belize City mother is asking for the public’s assistance to help get her son to Loma Luz Hospital in Cayo. Hilda McKoy says that her twenty seven year old son, Richard Smith, has cancer and she desperately wants to try and save his life. She says his condition is worsening and he needs your […]
But Angela Smith has lost her battle to cancer. Back in March, her mother Michelle Smith was at our studios asking for assistance for Angela, who was diagnosed with cancer of the liver. She managed to raise the necessary funds to send Angela to the U.S. for the much needed medical care. Unfortunately, on Sunday, […]
The P.U.P. today held a meeting of the National Executive, which also includes standard bearers, to decide a way forward to general elections. But by our count, there were at least twelve standard bearers who did not show up. Now, what we heard is that those persons – including five from the north, three from […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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When P.U.P. leader Francis Fonseca emerged, he said that it was just a regular meeting to discuss the way forward for the Party. And even though he agrees that an election is right around the corner, Fonseca claims that so many Standard Bearers and Representatives missing a National Executive Meeting is no big deal. […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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And what about the post of National Campaign Manager, abruptly vacated by Godfrey Smith? It was believed that when Smith was brought on board in 2014, he would have provided some sort of financial access, but that reportedly did not come through. So Smith is gone, and the party leader says there’s no new NCM, […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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Day two of protests took place today during the lunch hour by members of the Belize Energy Workers Union employed at the government controlled Belize Electricity Company. The final round is planned for Wednesday as workers protests the utility company over salary increases. In the fiscal year 2014, B.E.L. made a whopping thirty-six million dollars […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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This morning, Marvin Mora, wearing his hat as President of the Belize Energy Workers Union, discussed to issue as he sat on the couch on Open Your Eyes. While disputing some of the statements made by B.E.L., Mora also said that the union had lost trust and confidence in the labor commissioner because there is […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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Marvin Mora, the president of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize says that government should proceed with the construction of the forward operating base on the mainland at the mouth of the Sarstoon River. But that may be falling on deaf ears. As you will recall, Guatemala has objected to its construction until the […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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By our count there are up to seventy-eight murders since the start of 2015. Most of the homicides are in the Belize District with murder count in the city at the highest. In fact, Belize has the dubious distinction of being the fourth most murderous city in the world. On Monday morning, Belize City Mayor, […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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Media personnel were ferried out to a little known – at least to the city-centric journalists – protected area in Southern Belize called the Port Honduras Marine Reserve. The trip was organized by the Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage, along with OCEANA and the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment which actually manages the […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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A delegation from the Belize Foreign Ministry headed by Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington was in Mexico City for the signing of eight bilateral agreements between both countries. Signing on behalf of Mexico was Elrington’s counterpart, Jose Antonio Meade. Among the agreements penned on Monday were on air transport, and the innocent passage of ships; cooperation […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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A team of young students won big at a basketball tournament in Cancun, Mexico. Between the fifteenth and the twentieth, the team played and won all six games in the Copa Cancun Tournament. In the final match, Team Belize held of Mexico’s National U-19 Champions, Veracruz Marlins, to walk away with the championship. The Hoop […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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A six-week audio tune program for budding artists and musicians will commence next week Monday at the Department of Youth Services on Regent Street. The program is primarily targeting persons between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five that have that interest in tapping into the local music industry. The idea is to offer a concentrated […]
Written on July 21, 2015 | Posted in
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The news from the K.H.M.H. tonight is that medical services are back on track. It follows a go slow that started on Friday and continued over the weekend when some medical services at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital were abruptly reduced. All outpatient elective surgeries referred to the K.H.M.H. were also cancelled indefinitely. Those measures […]
Written on July 20, 2015 | Posted in
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