Today, the Ministry of Education has reacted to a report on the alleged termination of teachers at Anglican schools. The release is in respect of reports made to the Belize National Teachers Union by several of its members that schools were overstaffed and that there is risk of redundancy. According to the ministry, the Belize […]
While we spoke with National President of the Belize National Teachers Union, Senator Elena Smith today, News Five asked for an update on the situation at the University of Belize, where the livelihood of a number of teachers as well as faculty and staff hang in the balance. The administration and board of the university […]
There is a projected loss of seven million dollars in the university’s cash flow. Back in June, a questionnaire was issued to poll whether faculty and staff would accept a cut in salaries. Among the recommendations, we are told, is the termination of members of support staff, including security and maintenance workers. But are the […]
A Belmopan resident is asking for the public’s support with her annual back to school drive. About four years ago Rocio Quiroz says that she started a grassroots initiative to assist underprivileged students in Belmopan and surrounding villages with the basic school items. This year, Quiroz is asking for support towards her initiative which aims […]
The Belize Audubon Society’s “Greening Across Belize” is underway with the organization giving away three hundred mahogany plants. It’s an initiative that usually coincides with Earth Day in April but because of the pandemic’s State of Emergency measures, it was pushed back to July. Today, Dareece Chuc of the Belize Audubon Society explained the initiative […]
Heritage Education Network Belize is a new non-profit organization being led by four archaeologists to help support heritage education and the sustainable development of tourism and creative businesses. The online platform, which is accessible on social media networks and a website, was borne out of the founders need to create a space to make cultural […]
Co-Founder of the Heritage Education Network Belize Sylvia Batty says that they have launched a number of free resources and are looking to expand their offerings and form more partnerships to serve the needs of the cultural heritage and tourism sectors. On the Phone: Sylvia Batty, Co-Founder, Heritage Education Network “I think because our […]
Since the start of the pandemic, weight gain seems to be one of the more prominent universal side effects of lockdowns and quarantines. While it’s not time to be hard on yourself about body image, it is an opportune time to focus on improving your health. Tonight in Healthy Living, one nutritionist shares five tips […]
Mayhem broke out at the port and escalated mid afternoon in the shooting of a stevedore. As early as six-thirty, buses blocked the entrance of the compound of the Port of Belize. It was anticipated that thirty-six staff members were to be terminated and so union members came out in solidarity. The police and the […]
As the chaos subsided after the shooting; the Attorney General who is also the Minister of National Security, sought to disown the use of force on the protesters by the Gang Suppression Unit. AG Michael Peyrefitte says that the behaviour of the GSU is unwarranted. Here is Isani Cayetano. Isani Cayetano, Reporting The extreme […]
As the situation played out on its compound, the Port of Belize issued a release stating that at eleven o’clock it was obliged to proceed to terminate thirty-six employees due to redundancy. It explained that the affected workers will receive the full benefits and compensation they are entitled to. The Chief Operating Officer, Pablo Salinas […]
From the violence on the PBL compound to the courts…On Tuesday night we told you that the Attorney General would file a request for injunction, on behalf of the Labour Commissioner, to stall the implementation of redundancy at the Port of Belize. Well, before the AG could file that injunction, at eleven o’clock today the […]
As you heard just now, that matter is being brought by the Attorney General’s Ministry. The Christian Workers Union is only an interested party in this matter – as it is about the terminations of the workers they represent. President of the C.W.U., Evan ‘Mose’ Hyde was briefed about what happened in court by one […]
…that application for an injunction was held this afternoon before Justice Sonya Young, but was it too little, too late considering the fact that the employees have since been made redundant? According to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, it was necessary to bring the matter before the court because Port of Belize was attempting to skirt […]
The violence at the Port turned out to be a thorn for the government. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams late this evening called an emergency press briefing to address the ugly police response to protestors at the Port of Belize. Like the Attorney General, Williams says he will get to the bottom of the shooting. […]
While both sides are looking for answers, someone did give the order for the GSU to be deployed to the area and an infuriated Chester Williams is trying to get to the bottom of it. According to Williams, the GSU was pulled back after he received words that the officers had descended on the protestors. […]
A twenty-six-year-old resident of Ladyville met a brutal death overnight in the village of Carmelita, Orange Walk where he had recently relocated. Terrique Munnings was chopped to death at around ten o’clock. Three men approached him after he left a house where he was staying in the village. Munnings was attacked and chopped with a […]
Late this evening, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams shared details of the investigation into Munning’s murder. According to Williams, investigators are looking for two suspects believed to have committed the gruesome murder. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The police responded last night to an information of a body on the side of the word […]
In Corozal, police are investigating a murder that occurred this afternoon. It happened in Calcutta Village and we understand forty-one-year-old Raymond Jenkins was shot multiple times while inside his vehicle. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, two men on motorcycles approached the vehicle and released a barrage of bullets, killing Jenkins. Chester Williams, […]
Egbert Baldwin was shot and killed over the past weekend; police are yet to crack that murder. But a man, who happened to be at the wrong place at the time of the fatal shooting, is now in police custody. He is Ronald Cole, who was at a shop, when a stray bullet hit him. […]
Late this evening, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the media that investigators are looking for two persons in connection with the murder of Egbert Baldwin. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “I know the police were looking for two persons. I am not sure if they have found those two persons as yet.”
Police say they are close to making charges against those responsible for the double murder that claimed the lives of Windell Trapp and Samuel Hill and has left Danny Jimenez, Telesha McKay and Marques Robateau injured. The deadly shooting happened early Sunday morning in San Ignacio Town and since then, the police have detained and […]
A one-year-old toddler of Bella Vista Village drowned on Tuesday. Police say baby Abdiel Ramos was discovered inside a well around four-thirty in the afternoon. Police responded to the village where they spoke with the toddler’s mother, Reyna Isabel Revella, who told them she was cleaning her yard and her four children were playing. When […]
There is information tonight that the Belize Coast Guard has detained seven persons and seized two vessels. They were on a counter-drug operation in the vicinity of Northern Two Caye where they intercepted the vessels and on board they found three Mexican nationals and four Belizeans. Also, on board, they found a large quantity of […]
The number of COVID-19 cases stand at forty-three tonight; with eighteen of them as active cases. As you may know by now, a new case was confirmed late Tuesday evening. The Ministry of Health says that sixty-seven samples were processed and they identified a positive case. The patient is a female who came in through […]
