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Nurses across the country have been staging walkouts in protest of poor working conditions and salary deduction. In light of these protests, the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the [...]
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According to Minister of Health and Wellness, Kevin Bernard, prior to the events that occurred over the past three days; his ministry had met with the Nurses Association of Belize, [...]
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As for the complaint made by nurses about a lack of medication and medical supplies, Minister Bernard says government is working to improve the function of the Central Medical Service [...]
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And on Tuesday, Minister Kevin Bernard is planning to visit the Southern Regional Hospital in Dangriga. Nurses there claim that that they are being victimized by their administrative supervisor. Minister [...]
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In Belize City, between forty and fifty nurses who make up the K.H.M.H. Workers Union staged a protest this afternoon. They felt that the shortage of supplies also affects the [...]
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Following today’s meeting with government officials; we spoke briefly with Renita Pop, the President of the Nurses Association of Belize and Oscar Requeña, the Minister of Labor. Here is what [...]
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Aaron Guzman is set to take over the reins as Regional Commander for Eastern Division in the coming days. That’s because Deputy Commissioner Dezerie Magdaleno is [...]
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Amateur footage of a civilian being arrested by a trio of police officers who struggled to take him into custody has found its way to social media and has since [...]
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The thirty-day state of emergency for a handful of young men believed to be actively involved with two feuding Belize City gangs is coming to an end. Over the past [...]
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The United Democratic Party staged a protest in Belize City last Tuesday, despite not getting approval from the Belize Police Department to proceed with the demonstration. The opposition took to [...]
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An article in a U.K. publication citing the latest episode with Jasmine Hartin and the Belize Police Department has ComPol Williams balking at a statement that was reportedly made by [...]
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The Senate met today to debate the Belize International Services Limited (B.I.S.L.) Settlement Bill. The bill calls for the payment of seventy-six million dollars by the government to B.I.S.L., after [...]
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The two-year contract that was awarded to Dorothy Bradley to serve as Acting Auditor-General, effective September first, was another issue that the Senate debated today. Bradley had served in that [...]
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While nurses have been protesting since weekend, there was also a walkout at ITVET Corozal today. The faculty and staff at the Institute for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in [...]
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Today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology held a press conference on the activities of the past year to revolutionize the [...]
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The 2022 school year begins with a new national curriculum framework that focuses on the competency-based education of students, which is being piloted in all pre-primary, primary schools and several [...]
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Let’s Catch Up, a summer Program from the Ministry of Education which intends to minimize the learning gap that was created as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, has concluded. [...]
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Over the weekend, a basketball tournament was held by the Ministry of Home Affairs that brought together young men from various parts of the city, as well as well-known media [...]
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