It looked like trouble on the waterfront was averted last month when the union and Ports Authority submerged their mutual mistrust and agreed to negotiate in good faith. A month later that Memorandum of Understanding appears to be meaningless and the Christian Workers Union has once again given a 21-day notice to strike. According to […]
A prison warden has been dismissed after he was found stealing a handgun at Hattieville prison. Noel Sedacy was questioned about the missing weapon after it could not be accounted for. After questioning by Executive Governor Bernard Adolphus Sedacy then led prison authorities to a spot behind the maximum security section where they dug up […]
In other prison news residents in the south side of Belize City called News Five to report that a number unsupervised Hattieville inmates were roaming the area around Fabers Road and Central American Boulevard this afternoon. Among them was at least one inmate known to be confined to the maximum-security section. This particular gentleman was […]
He has been there before and today he left on another journey to the Republic of China on Taiwan. Governor General Sir Colville Young departed for Taipei this afternoon to attend the inauguration of the new Taiwanese president on May 20th. In the G.G’s absence Cabinet Secretary Bobby Leslie will act as Governor General.
The television and radio are full of public service announcements warning of the evils of illegal fishing. But is the message getting through to the people who are working out at sea? One effort by the United Nations is aimed directly at the fishermen. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning Chairman of the Belize Fisherman’s Cooperative […]
The Belize Postal Service received high marks in a recent quality of service survey conducted by the Universal Postal Union. Verlene Arzu, Public Relations Officer for the Post Office, says they are pleased with the results and the report should clear up many misconceptions Belizeans have about the Post Office. Meanwhile Arzu took time out […]
Last week at the dedication of several new primary school buildings in the Corozal District, Prime Minister Said Musa said that in the coming years his government would shift its emphasis to expanding the opportunities for secondary education. One government high school that’s doing its part to attract the best and brightest today invited the […]
Ever since Gutenberg’s Bible rolled off the press over five centuries ago, worried parents have lamented that their children don’t read enough. Today I visited one school where instead of just complaining about the problem, they’re actually doing something about it. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting These days it’s hard to pull the children away from the […]
