www.amandala.com.bz Belize News! AMANDALA has been the nation's most read newspaper for Belize news since Belize's Independence in 1981. The AMANDALA is the nation's leading newspaper - a 33 year old voice of the people of Belize www.amandala.com.bz/?id=6481 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:01:32 -0600 The Joint Leaderships and governing Councils of the Belize National Teachers’ Union (BNTU) and the Public Service Union (PSU) of Belize, view with much concern Government’s (GOB) recent press release dated 4th January, 2008 on some actions and decisions made at its Cabinet Meeting held on Thursday, 3rd January, 2008. Our unions are especially concerned at the unilateral decisions by Cabinet to approve salary increases to teachers, nurses, policemen and public officers and to make some changes in benefits, anomalies and conditions of employment in some sectors of the public service, without first meeting and discussing same with our unions, as are the proper and normal ways of dealing with these matters.