Going into the carnival weekend, a tragic incident took place this afternoon at the site of the Soca Moca Mas Camp, last year’s Carnival Champs. The members were tying up ends in preparation for Saturday’s carnival road march on Dolphin Street in Belize City when an elevated wooden house caved in atop fifteen to twenty […]
Marsha Smith and her family have been living on the Dolphin Street property since 2003 and it is where the mud used for the J’ouvert is cooked…all that has been destroyed just within hours of the J’ouvert. But the house had weakened due to the passage of Hurricane Earl and the family says they had […]
Ahead of Monday’s demonstration, a marathon session of meetings was held today at the Biltmore where Prime Minister Dean Barrow met with leaders of the various unions that comprise the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. The meeting with the N.T.U.C.B. commenced at ten o’clock this morning and lasted until about one p.m. Shortly before […]
The B.N.T.U., the Association of Public Service Senior Managers and the Public Service Union remained in session well after the PM’s departure. When they emerged from that extended discussion, B.N.T.U. president Luke Palacio did not share much with the media, except to say that what was discussed today will be relayed to the respective councils […]
Ahead of this afternoon’s meeting with the Joint Union Negotiating Team and Monday’s planned demonstration in Belmopan by the Belize National Teachers’ Union, the Prime Minister had a warning: the continued education of our children cannot be compromised or halted beyond normal controls. He asked again that the Union clarify exactly what it is complaining […]
Monday’s demonstration by the Belize National Teachers’ Union will be the fifth in less than a month in the nation’s capital and sixth overall in that time span including the People’s United Party’s march through the streets of Belize City on September seventh. Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that it is clearly a concern and […]
Expanding on his separation of the politically motivated activities of the past month from the purely civic-minded concerns, Prime Minister Barrow placed Monday’s demonstration in the latter category, though he still had some misgivings. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “Not politically motivated in a partisan way; no. I will not say that. Look for me, […]
The Prime Minister continued to extend the olive branch to the Teachers’ Union, promising a further meeting at some time. But he said he wants to know that the Union is serious about a dialogue on these issues and not acting out of political motivation. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “So ultimately, again, when in […]
The government has agreed to appeal a section of the ruling on Section Fifty-three of the Criminal Code on the issue of sexual orientation. That has opened a window for churches to appeal the ruling in its entirety. This afternoon, the Roman Catholic Church and the National Evangelical Association of Belize, splintered from the Belize […]
On Thursday, we brought you the early developments in the shooting of Candice Anderson, the thirty-one year old daughter of Denise “Sista B” Barrow, who is the sister of Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Police today announced that Anderson remains in stable condition and three persons have been detained as investigations continue. The Prime Minister was […]
The Prime Minister said that he could not speak to why Candice Anderson was at the house where she was shot on Thursday. As it relates to the fight against crime, the nation’s leader says as criminal activity is unceasing, so too is the Government’s marshalling resources to fight it. Dean Barrow, Uncle of […]
News Five has confirmed tonight that four children reported missing from the Buttonwood Bay Primary School on Wednesday have been found and returned safe and sound to their residence, the Dorothy Menzies Child Care Center on Saint Thomas Street. According to police, the children residing at the institution went to school in their uniforms on […]
During Thursday’s press briefing in Louisville, Corozal, addressing the matter of the three percent salary adjustment now in its third and final tranche itself, B.N.T.U. president Luke Palacio said the union’s vote was unanimous. But why exactly is the Union rejecting the Prime Minister’s proposal for a salary deferral? According to Palacio, it is about […]
Like the Opposition People’s United Party and others, the Belize National Teachers’ Union believes Government is trying to save its own skin by attempting to control the composition and chairmanship of a Senate Select Committee on the Immigration affair chronicled by the Auditor General in a special audit. The Union’s national president Luke Palacio addressed […]
There are some, especially Minister of Education and Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber, who wonder whether the Belize National Teachers’ Union’s president, Luke Palacio, is calling the shots himself. Palacio maintains that the union has a collective process which it is following. Executive Secretary to the Union, Keisha Young, set the record straight. Keisha […]
During Thursday’s press briefing in Louisville, Corozal District at the end of the Belize National Teachers’ Union’s Annual General Meeting of the Corozal Rural Branch, national president of the B.N.T.U. Luke Palacio ceded the floor to some of his colleagues who are presidents of their respective branches to discuss some of their major issues in […]
Prime Minister of Belize Dean Barrow was kept busy with a back to back schedule of meetings with the three unions representing workers from the utility companies this morning and meeting with representatives of the Joint Negotiating Team of the Belize National Teachers’ Union, Public Service Union and Association of Public Service Senior Managers this […]
The Prime Minister was a bit more expansive than Mora, explaining that this meetings arose primarily out of the social issues raised at the time of the Supreme Court’s Section Fifty-three decision and how Government is operating in that regard. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “This was a meeting that was arranged before the resolution […]
On Tuesday, Cabinet revisited the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report on the Immigration Department. While Prime Minister Barrow was in favor of a bicameral committee, due to mounting pressure from various sectors including the public, social partners and the Opposition, a decision was taken that government will now support a Senate Select Committee investigation. That […]
So, was it difficult for PM Barrow to backpedal on his original position? He says no, but holds firm that a Joint Select Committee would have provided a broader scope in terms of the investigation. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I thought the bicameral might have been, not more effective have given the impression of […]
The long and short, according to PM Barrow, is that the National Assembly would be taking action on a report that was initially tabled at the House of Representatives. As for giving up its singular majority on the committee, the government leader says that won’t happen because the standing orders are quite clear. Prime […]
With all the activities planned for this weekend, Police are preparing for any eventuality. There are two different concerts that will be happening across the city; the wet fete, the J’ouvert as well as the carnival on Saturday. Then of course, there are the twentieth night activities and the Independence Day presentations. So how prepared […]
One of the big ticket items for tonight is the Soca or Surrender Concert being held at the Marion Jones Stadium in Belize City. It will feature big names in the music industry from the Caribbean including soca and dancehall artists out of Trinidad, Barbados, Bahamas and popular artists from Belize. It is all organized […]
The spectacular carnival road march takes place this Saturday in Belize City. City residents, visitors and others will be lining up the route to view the display of color and rhythm as the bands gyrate to the latest soca sounds from start to finish. This year, there is a record number of bands participating in […]
