As promised, it was back to the streets again for unionized workers and citizens agitating for financial reform, rollback of recent tax increases and the implementation of promised salary increases for teachers and government employees. Today’s action was led by the Public Service Union which held rallies and marches in Belize City, Orange Walk, San […]
For its part the government of Belize has chosen to react to the union and civic action with a deliberate calm and measured response, perhaps in recognition that the current situation amounts to more than just another labour dispute. Speaking to the press this afternoon Minister of Foreign Affairs Godfrey Smith maintained that a methodical […]
In a related bit of news, we take note of the sudden disappearance from the scene of NTUCB general secretary, George Frazer. Frazer, who for years has been the public face of organised labour in Belize, was last heard from in an interview Thursday morning on Love FM. In that interview he offered an optimistic […]
A suspect has been arrested and charged in the murder of a nine-year-old Dangriga girl. He is seventeen-year-old Dennis Pineda. Sources tell News 5 that on Thursday Pineda, a Honduran national, who is acquainted with the victim’s family, gave a tearful confession to police. Authorities would not comment on a motive but we understand Pineda […]
Twenty-three year old Chester Noralez and seventeen-year-old Reynold Michael remain in the Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital recovering from gunshot wounds to their right leg and right side of the neck respectively. Both young men have told police that around eight forty on Thursday night, they were standing on Amara Avenue when two men rode by […]
Many Government employees may have been on strike today but that did not mean that the nation’s official business was abandoned. Today the fifth meeting of the Belize-Mexico Bilateral Commission was concluded as the results of the friendly negotiations were presented to the foreign ministers of the two countries. Among the agreements signed were those […]
Despite the upbeat assessment of bilateral relations, both sides acknowledged problems at the border, with Mexican customs officials enforcing strict limits on Mexican purchases in the Corozal Free Zone, the result being a significant drop in Free Zone business. For Derbez, the whole matter can be attributed to overzealous bureaucrats–a situation that will soon, be […]
United we stand, divided we fall. That’s the message Belize’s striking labour unions have been sending out for weeks. But that credo applies far beyond industrial or political disputes. Today a group of well organised tour guides put the ideal of collective action into practice. Stewart Krohn, Reporting If you?ve ever been lucky enough to […]
