Starting at about nine o’clock this morning, hundreds of teachers from all branches of the Belize National Teachers Union descended on Belmopan, making good on a plan to fight for hardship and commuting allowances as well as respect. Wearing their famous T-shirts, a sea of green paraded along the Ring Road before gathering inside the […]
The B.N.T.U. was not alone today; they were joined by several other labour groups, including the Christian Workers Union and the Public Service Union. The leaderships of the People’s United Party and the Belize Progressive Party also lent their support in the fight for hardship and commuting allowances. While the mighty B.N.T.U. can take on […]
The man at the centre of the storm is the Minister of Education Patrick Faber whose relations with the Belize National Teachers Union have been testy at best. As teachers chanted in Belmopan, “Solidarity forever; we will not be moved,” the minister was here in Belize City, away from the hundreds who made their point […]
Human remains were found today and it is believed that the remains are that of twenty-year-old Oswald Arnold. Arnold, a Roaring Creek resident, went missing six months ago. He was last seen at the Iguana Creek Bridge before heading off for an overnight fishing trip with four friends. His friends returned the following day, but […]
Guilty of attempted rape – that was the unanimous verdict returned by a jury of nine this evening in a case against Bert Vasquez. The thirty-four-year-old appeared unrepresented before the Supreme Court today where he was also found not guilty of forcible abduction. The case against Vasquez goes back to January 2011, when he was […]
A Belize City welder, who uses as many as eight names, appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for a charge of robbery with a firearm. Twenty-one-year-old Edward Henry Alexander Wilfred Garcia Ernest Smith Conorquie is accused of the armed robbery of Bernard Timmons on May thirty-first on Mahogany Street. He allegedly stole a chain […]
A Seine Bight businessman, Daniel Vera, was granted bail after he was busted on board a Richie’s bus with a knapsack containing over four pounds of marijuana wrapped in three parcels. Vera was before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford to answer to a single charge of drug trafficking. He was arrested on Tuesday in the Bainsville […]
Deputy Commissioner of Police Chester Williams this week threatened to impose another state of emergency; this time to tackle the rising cases of armed robberies that have been plaguing the north and south sides of Belize City. Last week Wednesday, Police Constable Osbourne Martinez, was shot and killed as he responded to the scene of […]
Back in September, the state of emergency was put in place in two areas of south side Belize City, encompassing the George Street and the Mayflower Street gang territory. More than a hundred were caught in the sweep and over forty gang members were locked up and taken to the Hattieville prison for thirty days […]
The attorney says that the department and the legislative arm of government have adequate time to consider other mechanisms before invoking a state of emergency. The establishment of the Crime Control Council, Arthurs says, would provide for similar provisions under the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act. Kevin Arthurs, Vice President, Human Rights Commission […]
Self proclaimed, ‘King of Port’ Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez blames the P.U.P. for infiltrating the U.D.P.’s Port Loyola Convention and causing Michael Peyrefitte to lose. Peyrefitte, who was Martinez’s pick, was defeated by the now Standard Bearer, Philip Willoughby on Sunday. According to Martinez, over four hundred P.U.P. supporters took part in the convention and voted […]
Back to the B.N.T.U.’s plight…Minister of Education Patrick Faber is scheduled to meet with the executive of the union on Monday. The Deputy Prime Minister told News Five that he anticipates that the meeting will culminate in a resolution to the many concerns raised by disgruntled teachers. In respect of Prop Twenty-Two, Faber says that […]
On Tuesday, the Joint Utility Unions issued a press release supporting B.N.T.U. The endorsement comes ahead of a scheduled meeting with Minister Faber on November twelfth. So, what if things don’t work out for the union following the upcoming meeting, is the Deputy Prime Minister concerned about industrial action? Isani Cayetano “Now if the […]
The annual Belize International Film Festival opening ceremony takes place on Thursday at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts in Belize City. The red carpet affair leading up to the official event commences at six p.m. and will be broadcast on this station immediately following the evening’s newscast. The festival will feature numerous films […]
The screening is among a list of activities being held at the centre, located at the corner of Newtown Barracks and Wilson Street, to commemorate the anniversary of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Belize established on November seventeenth, 1993. This year, the Mexican Embassy is celebrating the memory of Emeritus Ambassador, diplomat and former Secretary […]
