The nation’s first state funeral takes place next Monday; the details are being fleshed out between government officials and the Price family. Exactly one week after his passing, the Father of the Nation, Right Honorable George Price, will be laid to rest. The state funeral involves protocol and immense logistical details that will see the […]
The Right Honorable George Price was well known across this hemisphere and beyond. His commitment to the advancement of democracy placed him among an exclusive club of world leaders. Just before news time this evening, the former US president Jimmy Carter issued a message to the Price family which reads “We lament the passing of […]
Testimonials about George Price are being offered across the country. But the Freetown Division, Price’s old political stomping ground, the people felt a personal attachment to the Father of the Nation from even before he was an area representative. Price first served in the Pickstock division, a part of which became the Freetown Division. This […]
The love from the Freetown Division for the Father of the Nation, Right Honorable George Price, is strong among supporters of his generation who worked the peaceful, constructive revolution. But how do young people relate to Price? This morning on the eve of independence, News Five’s Andrea Polanco got reaction from high school students. Citizen […]
In the next few hours, the Belize flag will be raised at Memorial Park in Belize City with fitting pomp and circumstance. It is an event that symbolizes the first time the red, white and blue national standard was hoisted in 1981 paving the way for an independent and free Belize. George Price, the first […]
Since he passed away at the Universal Health Care Partners on Monday morning, the outpouring of affection for the Father of the Nation, National Hero and Leader Emeritus of the P.U.P., has been incessant. Expressions of condolences poured in today as the country grieves the death of George Price, including one from former US President […]
But there are also other ordinary folks that are doing their share in memory of George Price. In Benque Viejo one woman is making a private gesture that is sure to warm the hearts of Price’s loved ones. Sonia Yolanda Gomez, the owner of Yoly’s Snack Shop at the corner Kennedy and Diaz Streets created […]
The nation has been plunged into mourning. This morning the Right Honorable George Price, father of the nation, national hero and the leader emeritus of the People’s United Party passed away, just two days short of Independence Day and ten days away from the sixty-first anniversary of the party he led. Price was admitted to […]
The poem O Captain! My Captain! was written in 1865 by Walt Whitman. The poem was about the death of United States President Abraham Lincoln. But it was also the childhood poem of a Belizean minister who presented it on stage at the Festival of Arts in the early 1960’s. With news of the imminent […]
The Right Honorable George led the nationalist movement and the country to self-government and then to independence on September twenty-first 1981. While that is considered his crowning glory, his political life spanned more than six decades and his vision continued to inspire his party and the national consciousness. He is viewed as a giant among […]
A US couple enjoying their honeymoon in the Jewel was seriously injured at sea. A water taxi ran over them as they snorkeledoff San Pedro at around mid-day. Rob Leonard’s leg was sliced by the water taxi while his wife Dana was also injured. The couple was airlifted to Belize City for urgent medical treatment. […]
A Hattieville fire victim is still struggling to find shelter months after her house was gutted by a blaze. Gilda Flowers’ house was destroyed back in May; she made the news because another house assigned to a Hurricane Richard victim would have been taken from him to be given to her. That plan didn’t go […]
Minister of Police Doug Singh offered a reward to the public on September Fifteenth, 2010 for anyone who can prove police misconduct. He said, “There are simple things like public drinking and behavior of police officers.… that we are going to encourage people to use their cell phones and take pictures of these things. We […]
Three consecutive nights of thunderstorms pounded the banana farms in the south last week. It is estimated that close to twenty million dollars were lost when the rains destroyed the young plants and the bananas that were being prepared for export. The setback to the industry has been huge; exports to Fyffes in UK are […]
Last Friday, LPG importers, Gas Tomza, BWEL and Zeta Gas went on strike after government failed to approve a price adjustment sought since February because of high acquisition costs. The government insisted that before any adjustment could be discussed, the importers had to comply with new regulations that the companies need to have scales on […]
The history of Fowl Typhoid in Belize goes as far back as 1986. Fowl Typhoid affects chicken and turkeys. The typhoid has been detected on a farm in Orange Walk during routine inspections that it carries out of poultry plants. The Belize Agricultural Health Authority team has been scouting a five-mile radius while conducting tests […]
This evening, major US agencies reported that Belize and El Salvador have been added to the United States blacklist of “major” drug producing and transit countries. One report in the US media says that the State Department officials have indicated that cartels which ship drugs to the US via Mexico are now using Belize and […]
While the new CJ is at the start of his tenure, the to and fro between the PM, the Attorney General and the Bar has been ongoing for some time. It took a strange turn when on the August twenty-sixth, the AG Bernard “B. Q.” Pitts called on the Bar Executive to withdraw a press […]
In Belize City at the Bliss, three Prime Ministers, past and present shared their perspective of nationhood on Wednesday night. While that forum was taking place another event was being staged in the southernmost district of Toledo. Punta Gorda residents as well as hundreds of villagers were transported to the multipurpose centre for the Ninth […]
Employees of the Social Security Board, who are members of the Christian Workers Union, are tonight up in arms after failure to secure a new collective bargaining agreement with its management. On Wednesday the CWU issued a release stating that proposals had been presented for S.S.B. employees to receive benefits along with salary increases, which […]
One of the country’s favorite animals for the fryer is under threat by a deadly disease. Chickens suspected of having Fowl Typhoid are being destroyed to stop the spread of the bird disease, which also affects turkeys. The Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) has received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture that poultry […]
For a very long time now, the Belama Phase Four community has been complaining about the poor conditions of their streets. And after the heavy rains earlier this week, the residents are forced to trek through filthy waters that have flooded most of the streets. While some parents have chosen to keep their children at […]
More Tomorrow’s Village Council is fighting for land titles. The council held its monthly meeting this past Sunday and two major issues dominated the discussions and have prompted the council to seek an audience with the Prime Minister. According to a release issued today, land speculators have constantly been laying claim to the lands of […]
The second concern is over the aerial spraying of pesticides in More Tomorrow, which Robinson says had been banned in the past because of health and environmental problems. But the harmful pesticides are again being used and the village councilor claims it is causing illness amongst the children. Jimmy Robinson, More Tomorrow Village Councilor “This […]
You’ve heard a lot about Trusts on this newscast including the BNE Charitable Trust which has donated to several community development projects. Today the Treaty Charitable Trust (TCT) launched the Belizean National Leadership Fund. The initiative, which promises to set the bar on donations and charity in Belize, intends to do so when its parent […]
