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This brokered 2-year deal comes after six days of flaring tensions, two roadblocks, and strenuous negotiations between the

While the mill continues to negotiate, it is also mourning the loss of an employee. This morning, Nestor

A sugar shortage has been reported in the country and is now affecting customers in San Pedro Town.

Cane farmers will collectively be seeing payouts of almost six million dollars more for sugar cane than they

Prime Minister John Briceno says the increase of dividends to the sugar cane farmers is welcoming and great

After months of negotiations, the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and Belize Sugar Industries/American Sugar Refinery (BSI/ASR)

After months of negotiations, tonight, the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and Belize Sugar Industries/American Sugar Refinery

Jul 22, 2021 Sugar Ship Moved to Big Creek: Union Says Fight Not Over for Stevedores Their ship may have left the Port of Belize, but Belize City stevedores say they will continue to challenge Cabinet’s decision to allow the ships they have been offloading sugar from to begin docking in Big Creek. News Five’s Paul Lopez has more on this week’s developments.   Paul Lopez, Reporting The Belize Sugar Industries/ ASR group has relocated its sugar loading operations from the Port of ...

Workers Struggles: The Americas Latin America Guatemalan government imposes “state of prevention” in response to protests Guatemala’s president Alejandro Giammattei announced July 12 that the government was going to impose a “state of prevention” from July 14-28. The announcement followed protests demanding his resignation for his mishandling of the pandemic and lack of vaccinations. On July 10, about 300 protesters had gathered in the capital Guatemala City’s Constitution Plaza to ...

Written on April 28, 2021 | Posted in Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places,Politics | Comments Off The National Trade Union Congress of Belize has called on the joint unions and the Government of Belize to go back to the negotiation table. But, since G.O.B. has already [...]