Across Belize today, the message from teachers and public officers was loud, clear, and impossible to ignore. In a bold show of defiance, union members took to the streets, not with signs or chants alone, but with their vehicles, shutting down major roads and bringing
Tensions between the government and public sector unions continue to simmer, as salary negotiations hit another roadblock. With all unions now rejecting the latest proposal, the Minister of Public Service Henry Charles Usher is calling for calm and conversation. While teachers took to the streets in
After several rounds of negotiations, the BNTU has taken to the streets in protest, this time, organizing traffic blockades across the country. The demonstrations, aimed at pressuring the government for an eight-and-a-half percent salary increase, were quickly met with police intervention, for obstruction of traffic.
As teachers wait for the government’s next move, another union is stepping up its demands. The executive of the KHMHA Workers Union is heading to the mediation table this Thursday, pushing hard for a long-overdue pension plan. Their focus? Securing benefits for employees who served
As the KHMHA Workers Union prepares to sit down with the government over its pension proposal, we caught up with the Minister of Public Service to get his take. While the union is demanding a clear plan and full pension coverage for long-serving employees, Minister
Gunfire erupted near Victoria Street in Belize City sometime around 10:30 on Tuesday night, prompting a swift response from police stationed just blocks away. According to authorities, a routine checkpoint turned into a dangerous exchange of gunfire when an officer confronted a suspicious individual who
Two men already behind bars under a State of Emergency have now been formally charged in a shocking case of attempted murder. Eric Frazer and Jahreem Staine were arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for allegedly opening fire on Jimmy Rojas, a man once
The Ministry of Home Affairs insists that its new firearms licensing system is a step toward transparency and accountability, but applicants and gun dealers are telling a very different story. Tonight, we will continue our coverage of challenges at the Firearm and Ammunition Control Board.
Earlier this week, the Firearm and Ammunition Control Board announced in a press release that Abner Murillo has taken legal action against them. While Murillo isn’t sharing the details of his claim just yet, he says he wants the matter to play out fully in
Long-time U.D.P. figure and now retired politician Michael Finnegan is throwing his support behind Tracy Panton in her bid for party leader. But some are asking, should he share some of the blame for where the party stands today? After all, it was Finnegan who
