By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño says salary adjustments for teachers, police officers, soldiers, Coast Guard personnel and other public officers will ultimately represent an additional $112 million annually in Government spending.
Briceño said almost 16,000 public-sector workers will have received what he described as an 8 percent salary adjustment by the close of the fiscal year.
The negotiated package has been implemented in stages. Public officers received a 4.5 percent salary increase in October 2025 and are due another 4 percent increase in October 2026. Frozen increments are also being restored in phases. Earlier Government statements placed the fully implemented package, including increments through 2027, at approximately $112.4 million annually.
Those earlier figures indicate the direct phased salary increases themselves total 8.5 percent, slightly different from the 8 percent figure cited by the Prime Minister in Tuesday’s address.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff: Prime Minister John Briceño says salary adjustments for teachers, police officers, soldiers, Coast Guard personnel and other public officers will ultimately represent an additional $112 million annually in Government spending. Briceño said almost 16,000 public-sector workers will have received what he described as an 8 percent salary adjustment by the
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