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Across the country today, teachers formed long lines in various banks and credit unions and collected a full month’s wage, despite an eleven-day strike a few weeks ago. That’s because government has chosen to pay their total salaries for October, while respective school managements put together a list of names for whose income will be […]
So, why can’t the union give in to Faber’s request and reduce its attendance to five executives? According to B.N.T.U. President Luke Palacio, government does not have a bearing on who can or cannot participate in the meeting when the council of management is the representative body for the various branches of the union. The […]
In speaking with Minister of Education Patrick Faber over the past week, he has expressed a concern for fairness to teachers who were present in their classrooms during the strike. Should they be subjected to makeup time when they reported to work every day for the duration of the industrial action? Another consideration is the […]
Contextualizing the argument on behalf of the teachers who took part in the strike was Nadia Caliz. She’s a member of the council of management representing the Stann Creek District. According to Caliz, there are teachers who abstained from the walkout who will also benefit from a five percent interest on the deferral of the […]
The Government of Belize secured a significant legal victory this morning in the Supreme Court, where Justice Michelle Arana dismissed an application brought by Belize International Services Limited. The suit followed the compulsory acquisition of the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize and the International Business Companies Registry in June, 2013. The decision of the […]
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The foundation on which government presented its argument and the subsequent decision taken by the court is that a binding agreement of that magnitude ought to have been put to tender. Since there was never an offer made by a competing entity through a tender process, the court found it appropriate to cancel the contract. […]
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Financial Secretary Joseph Waight welcomes the Supreme Court ruling, despite being uncertain whether an appeal will be filed in the days ahead. Joseph Waight, Financial Secretary “I’ll have to say that it is good news for the government, it is a position we maintained all along. We are glad that the court found it […]
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The Belize Police Department’s quarterly crime statistics covering the six major crimes – murder, robbery, burglary, theft, rape and unlawful sexual intercourse or carnal knowledge – were publicly announced at this morning’s conference of senior officers of the Belize Police Department; we will have a report on that conference later on. As you might expect, […]
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The Commissioner of Police offered something of a theory for why murders went up countrywide. However, in Belize City the pace has fallen off, if only a little. Minister of State Elodio Aragon also weighed in, stating that in general crime has been trending down in recent years and that eradicating crime entirely will never […]
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Earlier this week, we brought you the statements of the new Minister of State for Home Affairs, Elodio Aragon Junior. He served as a police officer for seventeen years, bowing out as Deputy Commissioner in 2013 to pursue politics. He was duly elected in the Orange Walk East constituency and up until last week Tuesday, […]
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Twenty-five-year-old Juan Carlos Martinez was killed, allegedly at the hands of Police, on the island of Ambergris Caye on Tuesday night. A fugitive from justice since December of 2015, Martinez was considered armed and dangerous, and police say he engaged in a shootout with them before succumbing. But there are other accounts which suggest that […]
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On Thursday night we told you about the tragic fire in Conch Shell Bay area that claimed the life of two year old Kaylee Alvarez. Around midday yesterday, Alvarez and two other young children were inside the wooden home near the Conch Shell Bay market when fire started. The two children were rescued; however, Alvarez […]
While the new Minister of State for Home Affairs is pleased to once again be involved with the Police Department, he had to leave his old portfolio of Youth, Sports and Culture behind rather quickly, in the midst of sweeping changes. Today, he discussed how old boss Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber will be handling […]
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William “Danny” Mason may be behind bars as he awaits the next phase of his trial procedure for murder and kidnapping charges, but he continues to be a thorn in the side of the Police Department, due to the many unprecedented connections he made with powerful figures, both in Government and in the Department. Nearly […]
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The National Aids Commission in collaboration with the UNAIDS hosted a public forum this morning at the Biltmore Plaza to discuss barriers to accessing health care services. The meeting addressed stigma, discrimination and abuse that are key factors that hinder increasing health service access in Belize. News Five’s Duane Moody was in attendance and files […]
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The Belize Association of Insurance and Financial Advisor (BELAIFA) in partnership with the Kidney Association of Belize held a health fair in the city today. They were doing free rapid HIV testing, Kidney function test, Diabetes, Hypertension and other basic health tests, as well as sharing information with the public. News Five stopped in at […]
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