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March 18, 2024

Stevedores to receive $1.6 million ex gratia payment in lieu of sugar redundancy after P.M. meets with CWU

Posted: Monday, March 18, 2024. 6:55 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: Pending legal drafting, Prime Minister John Briceño has reached agreement with the Christian Workers Union […]
March 12, 2024

Clarifying the situation at the Port of Belize regarding stevedores and proposing a fair solution

Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2024. 10:42 pm CST. Contributed: The Port of Belize (PBL) is compelled to stipulate vital omissions and to correct misleading and erroneous […]
March 12, 2024
Port of Belize

Waterfront workers walk out over stalled negotiations; Port paralyzed

Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2024. 11:02 am CST. By Aaron Humes: Despite assurances that the Port of Belize continues to operate, there are reports that cargo […]
February 22, 2024
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Trade Union Congress announces ‘boycott’ of IMF consultations

Posted: Thursday, February 22, 2024. 11:38 am CST. By Aaron Humes: In advance of the annual Article IV consultation visit to Belize usually held in March, […]
February 13, 2024

Belmopan Baptist High School seeks educators with passion and values to fill two key teaching positions

Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2024. 5:53 am CST. By Jose Luis Cruz: Belmopan Baptist High School is currently seeking to fill two (2) key teaching positions […]
December 23, 2023

Battle lines drawn in sugar industry: BSCFA tells farmers not to deliver cane under “open agreement,” BSI/ASR says they will receive fair payment

Posted: Saturday, December 23, 2023. 5:01 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: Will there be disruption to the planned start of the 2023-2024 sugar crop? Following Belize […]
December 20, 2023

Young worker killed, colleague injured falling from crane at border casino worksite

Posted: Wednesday, December 20, 2023. 12:21 pm CST. By Aaron Humes:  25-year-old Germain Rivera of San Joaquin, Corozal District, died and his co-worker Julio Zetina was […]
December 18, 2023

Worker reportedly falls to death off crane at Northern Border

Posted: Monday, December 18, 2023. 2:38 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: An apparent accident has been reported at Belize’s northern border, reportedly resulting in the death […]