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The plight of waterfront workers at the Port of Belize continues one week after stevedores informed their employer that they were reverting to the exact terms of a collective bargaining [...]
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C.W.U. President Evan ‘Mose’ Hyde said that after months of waiting to hear from the Port of Belize regarding payment, stevedores began to second-guess the team that was initially tasked [...]
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According to Hyde, aside from last Friday’s brief meeting with officials from the Ministry of Labor, government has remained dormant on the issue. On Monday, a decision was taken to [...]
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Going back to the ruling of the Essential Services Arbitration Tribunal, Mose Hyde says that had the decision been in favor of the employer, stevedores would have been compelled to [...]
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The Belize National Teacher Unions has scheduled a council meeting for Wednesday to address the abrupt withdrawal of President-elect, Ruth Shoman. On Monday, Shoman served a letter to President Elena [...]
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A recent statement by Prime Minister John Briceño drew international attention over the weekend when he said that Belize may very well be the next country to remove itself from [...]
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While with the Director of the Good Governance Unit we asked for an update on the process for the revision of the Constitution of Belize, a daunting task that is [...]
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Today, the Chairman and the Deputy Chair of the People’s Constitutional Commission met with Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow. On Wednesday, a meeting of the P.C.C. plenary will be [...]
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A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Government of Belize and the village of Indian Creek, in Toledo District, for a solar project to electrify the community. The Ministry [...]
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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has concluded a consultation with Belize on its economic performance since the COVID pandemic and has issued a detailed report. The I.M.F. [...]
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The highly anticipated Crooked Tree Village Cashew Fest and Agriculture Show 2023 is scheduled to take place on May thirteenth and fourteenth. The event was first organized back in the [...]
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As we reported three weeks ago, the New River in Orange Walk seems to be entering another phase of uncertainty as reports of small amounts of dead fish have been [...]
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News 5′s Marion Ali and George Tillett have been shortlisted for the Belize Prize for Investigative Journalism. The Belize Prize for Investigative Journalism aims to honor and reward journalists who [...]
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Last week, the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 is no longer deemed a public health emergency of international concern, though it did hasten to add that the shift in [...]
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A closing ceremony for the Empowering Women and Youths initiative was held at the National Agricultural and Trade Showground in Belmopan. The aim is for participants to generate income through [...]
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The Belize Broadcasting Authority is on a mission to update Belize’s Broadcasting Act. The last time an exercise was held to revise the act was back in 2002. In those [...]
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Attorney-at-Law Marissa Longsworth is the lead consultant in B.B.A.’s efforts to modernize Belize’s broadcasting regulations. She gave a presentation on the importance of this exercise. Here is an excerpt from [...]
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With the advent of gadgets and electronic devices, most people play video games, but for those who revel in the thrill of the actual contact sport, there are always karate [...]
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