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 […]
A longstanding dispute between neighbors in Sandhill Village has resulted in a mother and daughter being imprisoned on serious charges. The dispute dates back several years, but it started escalating back in May when Gilbert Blair was charged with Attempted Arson for allegedly trying to burn down the home of Irene Budd after an argument. […]
On the evening of August twenty-fourth, twenty year old Lloyd Elijio, a resident of the St. Martin’s area, was shot multiple times while riding a bicycle along Marigold Lane. The incident followed another shooting on the same street earlier that day during which Troy Bowen was shot and killed by a pair of gunmen. Elijio […]
It appears that Rhett Fuller is running out of options to keep him away from the long arms of the United States government. Fuller remains at the Central Prison where he has been on remand since he handed himself over to the authorities on august twenty-second. After hearing his case in Belmopan on September seventh […]
On Monday, a radiant Shalini Zabaneh displayed her gold and bronze medals she won at regional cycling championships in Jamaica. Today another group of young athletes showed off their trophies and medals. The high school athletes participated in the sixteenth CODICADER games held in El Salvador over the past two weeks and they brought home […]
There is a new sport that is catching like wild fire; it took place this past Sunday in Belmopan. It is called Motocross and drew participants from the north, south and west of the country as well as from across the border. As the name suggests, motor bike riders compete on off-road tracks and on […]
