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The Belize National Teachers’ Union will continue its industrial action into a third week, possibly matching the length of the 2005 strike called after then-Prime Minister Said Musa introduced tough economic measures. This time the issues are broader, encompassing both labour and good governance. At a press conference this afternoon in Belize City, B.N.T.U. president […]
During the meeting between the B.N.T.U. and the PM on Thursday, President Luke Palacio says that there was agreement that the presidents of the B.N.T.U., the Association of the Public Service Senior Managers and the Public Service Union would meet with the Prime Minister on Monday afternoon. According to B.N.T.U., PM Barrow has now backtracked […]
The Prime Minister met until into the evening with the B.N.T.U. on Thursday. When he emerged from that meeting he told the media that there was agreement on many of the eight demands of the union. The salary adjustment, Social Security coverage for incidents happening away from work and pension coverage for support staff and […]
For the first time since the strike began, there appears to be a division established in the solid eight-point agenda of the B.N.T.U. – nine, if the salary adjustment on which they are jointly negotiating with the Public Service Union and Association of Public Service Senior Managers is included. Today, former General Secretary George Frazer […]
The Occupational Safety and Health Bill is among a few demands that the trade unions, including the B.N.T.U., have with the business community. It is the final point on a list of demands put together by teachers. That item was removed from the agenda during Thursday’s discussion as it was agreed that B.N.T.U. will address […]
Speaking after the PM’s press conference much later in the evening on Thursday, B.N.T.U. president described the meeting as even more difficult than the previous. The eight points presented to government have not been addressed and fulfilled in their entirety but there is a willingness to return to the negotiating table. B.N.T.U. President Luke Palacio […]
Earlier today, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry advised its members that it is yet to receive a formal response to a letter written to the Prime Minister on their positions taken in respect of a shutdown of businesses countrywide and their withdrawal from the senate select committee. When he was asked about support […]
It has been a bad week for the Prime Minister, aside from the pressures of the strike by teachers and the decision for a shutdown by the business community as well as its withdrawal from the Senate Select Investigation, the land hustle at the Ministry of Natural Resources is adding pressure to the current political […]
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On Thursday night, the Prime Minister was asked about the scandalous hustle. His reaction was captured in less than thirty seconds. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “No, no, no, yuh see, no man. Then yuh the use emotive and judgmental language. No man. We are here to talk about the B.N.T.U. and what happened today. […]
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The Opposition People’s United Party is going after Prime Minister Dean Barrow once more on the Belize Telemedia Limited Settlement Agreement and is calling for his resignation. It has been confirmed that Government paid off sixty-seven and a half million U.S. dollars as the first payment toward the Agreement, after the original payment in Belize […]
U.D.P. Minister and party whip Michael Finnegan, together with Albert Area Representative Tracy Panton, held a press conference this afternoon at the party’s headquarters, shortly after the B.N.T.U. concluded a media briefing of its own this afternoon. Finnegan and Panton are appealing to teachers to return to their classrooms, since according to them, during Thursday’s […]
Panton and Finnegan maintain that good governance is an inclusive process which should see equal responsibility from each of the social partners. They have since turned to the teachers to ask them what more do they want from government. Tracy Panton, Area Representative, Albert “I cannot understand how reasonably, when all these conditions have […]
It’s been officially two weeks since students have not been in the classrooms. Today, a News Five crew took to the streets to poll residents on whether government should give in to all the demands made by the teachers. Here’s what they had to say. Resident # 1 “Like I have mentioned to friends, […]
Back in early August, an amateur video went viral on social media of a Dangriga woman under attacked inside her home and in front of her children. The attackers were a then eight-month-old pregnant woman, two Belizean-American women on vacation in Belize and a fourteen year old minor. Several days after the home invasion, Samanti […]
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In April of 2015, San Ignacio police charged Saul Ortiz, Windell Obando and a fifteen year old minor, now seventeen, for the murder of Orelio Montero. They were arraigned and remanded to the Central Prison. But tonight, after a year and a half on remand, Ortiz, Obando and the minor are at home. The trio was […]
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Former President of NICH, Diane Haylock is currently doing the cocktail circuit in Taipei as Belize’s new ambassador to Taiwan. Since Haylock vacated the post she held since the first Barrow administration, Greg Vernon was named interim President. But the department is going through some major changes because there are a number of others vacant […]
Mini bus owners in the Belmopan area say they are not happy with the Department of Transport. The operators who are members of the Western Mini Bus Owners Cooperative Society Limited say that they received a letter from the Department of Transport on Thursday informing them that as of Monday, October seventeenth, they will only […]
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So, what will these changes do? According to the Co-op, it will take more than half of their earnings and compound the transportation problems for villagers like those in Armenia who need to move within the surrounding areas of Belmopan. Adelso Munoz, Armenia Vice Chairman & Mini Bus Operator “It will not work in […]
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He was severely burned to both legs and a hand in an unfortunate mishap at his home in Concepcion, Corozal District, in June. But after spending a month and a half in grave condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City, nine-year-old Antonio Castillo received critical surgery at the Shriners’ Hospital for Children […]
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Earlier this week, the Police Department got a new set of officers fresh out of the Police Training Academy. With some sixteen weeks of intense training, one of the biggest cohorts of recruits to date marched out in style in front of dignitaries to be officially admitted to the force. Over one hundred and fifty […]
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If you are looking for something to do this weekend, you might want to check out the Taiwanese Embassy’s food fair. The annual event is used to share Taiwanese culture with Belizeans through food and music. The fair is free admission to the public and will feature a variety of foods, with a special highlight […]
