It represents the vast majority of government employees countrywide, and after more than a week of hard talk, the Public Service Union is walking the walk. In a press release issued this afternoon, the PSU stated that it has: “noted government’s apparent inflexible position and therefore in strong solidarity with the National Trade Union Congress […]
But after late afternoon proposal by the Government of Belize, it appears that the hardliners in the Belize National Teachers Union may be softening their stance. News 5 understands that GOB has put back on the negotiating table the same offer that it shot down on Tuesday when the unions suggested it. The terms include […]
In related news, the Belize Medical and Dental Union, which represents employees from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and district hospitals has announced plans to take industrial action. As an essential service, the doctors and nurses say they will continue to provide adequate health care, however the BMDU says, “in solidarity with the present movement, […]
The civil strife now affecting the nation tends to push any other news out of the headlines. But while the unions, civil society and government wrangled in Belize City and Belmopan, Dangriga was the scene of a horrendous crime. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has just returned to our studios with the following report. Jacqueline Woods, […]
If you are a graduate of the University of the West Indies, then the institution wants you…to join its Alumni Association. The first Annual General Meeting of the Belize Chapter the UWI Alumni Association is scheduled for Friday evening at the Radisson Fort George. Resident Tutor Luz Longsworth says this weekend’s reunion is the culmination […]
The cargo vessel that went aground on the windward side of Lighthouse Reef several weeks ago has become less of a threat to the environment. Yesterday the two hundred and twenty-five foot freighter “Transfer” had all her diesel fuel removed–over eleven thousand gallons–and today the bilges are being cleaned in preparation for salvage operations. According […]
