The casket draped with the Belizean flag took hours to arrive at the Lord Ridge Cemetery where Price had chosen as his final resting place. Family and friends were stoic as the first prime minister was interned. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting George Cadle Price was buried on Monday. Students from Belize […]
It is estimated that in the range of eleven thousand persons visited the flag draped casket of first Prime Minister George Price in a period of sixteen hours at the Bliss and at the Price Centre for Peace and Development in Belmopan. From as early as six in the morning on Saturday the crowd began […]
There’s a new law that will kick in on October eleventh, which is bound to stir public debate over privacy issues. It is the mandatory registration of prepaid cellular numbers. According to a release by the Ministry of Police, both Belize Telemedia and SpeedNet will begin the registration under the Telecommunications Act and at the […]
A Lucky Strike resident is making serious allegations against a group of police officers. Frank Elijio claims that he had to be hospitalized after he was kidnapped and brutalized by cops who picked him up while he was visiting family and friends in the St. Martin De Pores area. According to Elijio, he was with […]
Police officers Constable Leonardo Yama and Sergeant Jose Ortega have been charged following an altercation which left a Magistrate’s Court bailiff toothless. According to the victim, he was socializing at a bar on September sixteenth when he encountered both uniformed officers drinking. He commented to Yama and Ortega that it was a disgrace to be […]
We will have more in Caribbean Newsline coming up after our local newscast, but in Jamaica, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has stunned that country with an announcement that he is formally stepping down. A new party leader will be chosen in an internal election of the Jamaica Labor Party in November when Golding is to […]
KTV Duets is back at the Bliss tonight and it is going to be a show to remember. The talent that has made it so far from Groups A and B will merge tonight and we can tell you that going into the semifinals, all bets are off for this round of competition. Only six […]
Tonight there is a disturbing story of a vicious crime committed on a four year old child. The mother, whose identity will not be revealed to protect the child, has reported that the young girl was sexually abused and the suspect is someone the family knows. According to the mother, on Thursday evening the little […]
On Wednesday, in his Independence Day speech, the Prime Minister spoke of a six point seven percent increase in the second quarter of this year in overnight visitors. You would think that with such growth, the Director of Tourism would be resting on her laurels. Well, not so; this afternoon, Seleni Matus resigned from the […]
The nation prepares to say farewell to the Father of the nation, Right Honorable George Price. Around the country, flags are flying at half-mast as messages of condolences continue to pour from all over in honor of the national hero who passed away on Monday after a relatively short period of hospitalization. The body of […]
The nation will watch as the body of the Father of the Nation is paraded through the streets of the city that he forged into the country we love. The mystique of Price lives on; while he was the most known public figure, his private life was closely guarded. There were so many experiences that […]
Since the death of the Right Honorable George Cadle Price expressions of sympathy from his family and friends at home and abroad have been overwhelming. On Thursday former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson shared his recollection of the late Father of the Nation. The OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, said that “his ideals still […]
Price’s death has unified the nation and his funeral this weekend will be followed from start to finish. So here are our programming notes. Beginning on Saturday at six in the morning, our coverage of the final farewell to the Right Honorable George Price gets underway with documentaries and interviews. At six-forty-five, we’ll have live […]
A special sitting of the Supreme Court was held this morning for the newly sworn-in Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. Present were members of the judiciary and the legal profession. CJ Benjamin took the oath before Governor General Sir Colville Young to replace Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich and succeed former Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh in […]
The celebrations associated with September have been duplicated across the country with carnival road marches, uniformed parades, presentations and pageants. But there is an unusual story about the festivities in Benque Viejo. The Independence Queen in her first public address embarrassed Nick Ruiz, the Mayor of Benque. But it doesn’t end there, it seemed the […]
Sixteen-year-old Freddy Amir Blanco, a laborer of August Pine Ridge was formally arrested and charged for the shooting death of twenty five year old Nelsi Chuc. On Thursday night we told you that Chuc was killed by an obsessed teen who pulled a gun on her on Tuesday, September twentieth after she ignored his advances. […]
The following story will make you smile. Meet Justina Carias of Santa Familia in the west. Few have lived to tell their story; but she has for ten decades plus some. When we caught up with Carias today, she was all smiles and looking forward for her birthday party. News Five’s Delahnie Bain today met […]
It has been affecting other Central American countries, and for the first time citrus leprosies has been detected in Belize. The first report came in early August when a farmer noticed that his fruits appeared to be rotting. The Citrus Grower’s Association’s research director suspected citrus leprosies and it was later confirmed in lab tests. […]
While citrus farmers battle with the leprosies disease, APAMO is attempting to encourage community participation in the management of natural resources. A symposium was held today to report on recent scientific research and projects conducted by NGOs as well as to discuss initiatives by relevant stakeholders. The symposium was attended by a number of representatives […]
While the world recalled experiences with Price, one man has a unique perspective on his face. That is because he studied every muscle, wrinkle and wave of hair on Price’s head. Over a decade ago Steven Okeke, the Sculptor and businessman met George Price. And though Okeke had just become a naturalized Belizean, he too […]
To close tonight’s news; we leave you with one of the most memorable statements made by the Right Honorable George Price. It was back on the morning of September twenty-first in 1981 when the first prime minister addressed the free and independent Belize. {Excerpt of Price Speech}
Independence Day speeches 2011 took on a different tone. The Minister of Tourism, the mayor of Belmopan, the Leader of the Opposition and the Prime Minister punctuated their speeches with tributes to the Right Honorable George Price, the national hero who took the country to independence and whose vision gave birth to the new capital. […]
Shortly after that statement was made in Belmopan, a nine year old school boy became a victim of the bad blood between two gangs in the city after viewing the formal parade on Independence Day in Belize City. Joshua Abraham was fatally shot on Victoria Street; he is also the son of a reputed George […]
Unlike previous years, there were no daggers drawn between the leader of the Opposition and the Prime Minister on Independence Day. In his address, John Briceño focused on the work and vision of George Price. After declaring the day of the state funeral for Price, a public and bank holiday, the PM Dean Barrow launched […]
While Barrow gave a breakdown of projects that are either planned or in progress, the Leader of the Opposition took his time at the podium as a reflection on the nation that George Price envisioned. Briceño spoke of nationality and nationhood while quoting a youthful Price at the onset of the birth of a nation. […]
