| The Acqusition Is Off, but NTUCB President Confirms Tuesday Demonstration With New Demands |
| Fri, August 14, 2026 |
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While they talk about the technological ether, on the ground, do NTUCB and the social partners still want their political pound of flesh?
They had a big protest planned for next Tuesday-but now that the deal is off the table, will they still go for it?
In a Zoom meeting with the NTUCB President this afternoon, she said they are still moving ahead with their plan of action for next Tuesday.
The only thing that has changed is that the NTUCB will be making some fresh demands on Tuesday. President Ella Waight told me more without revealing what the demands are:
Ella Waight, President - NTUCB
"We would like the public to know that we are still continuing with the demonstration on Tuesday, same location first in Belize City in front of the BTL headquarters at 10:00AM to 1:00PM and in Belmopan in front of the administrative building at 10:00AM to 1:00PM. We took some time to come up with this decision because we had to go through our usual process, contacting all our presidents and our general council to ensure we are still moving forward with this. We are still inviting Belizeans as well. I know everyone is very relieved, I think the word is relieved, that the Cabinet has decided not to pursue the acquisition, but we have to ensure that we change, change how we go about doing things in this country. We have to ensure we are not just always acting at a point when it is too close to having a decision made that would negatively impact us but we try to change the status quo, and I don't want to reveal too much right now but we will be asking for some demands on Tuesday, not demands that are not possible but demands that can ensure that we move forward especially at BTL in the right direction."
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