When we last checked in with members of the Belize National Teachers Union they were being dragged from the area in front of the National Assembly building following various acts of civil disobedience. Today, although no longer in Belmopan, they remained off the job. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Despite […]
And what of the future? We caught up with B.N.T.U. president Anthony Fuentes and he told us that his union will be meeting on Tuesday with the Prime Minister…but until a satisfactory outcome is reached, teachers will continue their boycott. Anthony Fuentes, B.N.T.U., President ?The strike will continue until they hear from the union representatives. […]
They voted against the Government’s budget at Friday’s House Meeting but an early adjournment by the P.M. denied them the right to explain their votes. Today PUP backbenchers Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde got to make up for lost time. At a joint press conference this afternoon in Belize City, the two former Ministers burned […]
For Lake I representative Cordel Hyde, it was all about the welfare of his constituents. Cordel Hyde, Area Representative, Lake Independence ?Let me say upfront that I stand in full support of the unions in their struggle. In our struggle, power can cease nothing without a demand. To paraphrase the American Journalist, Frederick Douglas, ?If […]
Following their prepared statements, Hyde and Espat spoke to the press. Stewart Krohn ?Can you describe a scenario that would see you back in the Cabinet and see the present political impasse broken?? Cordel Hyde ?I can?t say at this point Stewart. That would be hypothetical and I would have to speculate and I think […]
A fatal shooting that took place in Belize City over the weekend may have taken place in a shop, but it was definitely not your usual homicide. Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Fifty-one year old Norman Ferguson better known as ?butta? was an employee of Prime Cut Meats, a popular establishment at number […]
Police have detained two people and are looking for another in connection with the holdup of Universal Health Services over the weekend. According to the institution’s manager of supplies, on Saturday he was in his office when two men wearing masks and brandishing handguns walked in and demanded money. The manager says he opened the […]
The video footage is now part of the nation’s folklore of rebellion, right up there with the Tower Hill Bridge and streets of Benque Viejo. But if you thought that the Star Wars like precision of the riot squad and ballet style choreography of Assistant Commissioner Crispin Jefferies were spur of the moment decisions, think […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we welcome you to this week?s version of Sports Monday. And we?ll start off by saying I?ve got my football now, more info available now. Stay home, I?m able now…yeah you get the picture as the Belize Premier Football League opened the 2005 Regents Cup Tournament […]
