The Ministry of Education continues to receive financial assistance, as well as other donations from agencies across the country as it prepares for the reopening of schools on August tenth. [...]
The northern communities San Felipe and Blue Creek remain under lockdown during a thirty-day state of emergency prompted by a rash of COVID-19. Amid the S.O.E. are concerns about the [...]
The Holy Redeemer Credit Union gave almost half a million dollars in educational grants in time for the new school year. It is the biggest amount in financial aid that [...]
According to residents, some thirty students in San Felipe Village missed their CSEC examinations due to the lockdown. No provisions were made to have them sit the exams at a [...]
The Belize National Teachers Union today achieved a milestone: it is a historic fifty years. The powerful watchdog union is celebrating its golden anniversary under the theme, “B.N.T.U. @ 50: [...]
It is no secret that Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, has had some bitter moments with the Belize National Teachers Union. Both have been bucking heads over a myriad of [...]
A new academic year is set to begin on August tenth, after five months of leave from school due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ahead of the reopening of schools however, [...]
COVID-19 has also prompted school managements to put in place specific protocols that relate to children coming down with the seasonal flu. Aside from those procedures, Chief Executive Officer, Deborah [...]
For children in the lower levels, those in kindergarten and the infant division, the Ministry of Education is advising teachers to wear face shields in instances where certain subjects are [...]
Eighty-six Belizean students on scholarships in Cuba say they are faced with extreme hardships and don’t know what will be their next step. The students say they are in urgent [...]
The reopening of schools is weeks away on April tenth; it comes just before the re-opening of the Philip Goldson International Airport which can usher in new cases of the [...]
There were happy faces at the Biltmore Plaza today; more than two thousand four hundred children will benefit from tuition relief given to eighteen schools. The scholarship comes at a [...]
The annual Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate was pushed back as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students across the region have been out of the classrooms and schools had to [...]
Attorney Norman Rodriguez is also representing the Board of the Claver College Extension in Punta Gorda in a lawsuit brought against the church. According to Rodriguez, the Saint Peter Claver [...]
Today, the University of Belize Faculty and Staff Union was officially certified as the Bargaining Agent for Full-time and Temporary Assignment of Faculty and Staff employed for two consecutive twelve-month [...]
Minister of Education Patrick Faber has been fairly silent on the UB matter. Aside from government cutting the subvention for the national university amid the resulting economic crisis from COVID-19, [...]
B.N.T.U. National President, Senator Elena Smith has come forward to say that a majority of schools across the country will not be ready to reopen their classrooms on August tenth, [...]
Going back to Sunday’s leadership convention, a number of U.D.P. area representatives have also shifted their support from John Saldivar to Patrick Faber, including Cayo Central’s Rene Montero and Erwin [...]
On Thursday, the University of Belize Faculty and Staff Union held a demonstration to help amplify their voice for the senior administration of UB to engage them in cost-cutting measures [...]
The Union is also dissatisfied about the way in which Doctor June Young was removed from the UB Board of Trustees when the financial crisis announcement was made. The U.B.F.S.U. [...]
Since last week we’ve been reporting on a growing dispute between the University of Belize Faculty and Staff Union and the University of Belize’s administration. The U.B.F.S.U. is only acknowledged [...]
As you heard in that story, the President of the U.B.F.S.U. says they are being shut out due to the lack of certification to show its union status. We caught [...]
There’s new development into the University of Belize’s management issues. Late this evening, the President of the UB Professor Clement Sankat issued an invitation via a press release to the [...]
National President of the Belize National Teachers Union Senator Elena Smith this afternoon met with the University of Belize Faculty and Staff Union in Belmopan as it prepares to protest [...]
The B.N.T.U. President also told News Five today that schools are not ready to reopen. In an interview, Smith expressed serious concerns, saying that many schools across the country will [...]
