Dear Editor, Belizeans have lain to rest the greatest man that ever walked this earth, and that man is the Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price, Father of the Nation.  He was a man of compassion and honor towards his Belizean people. Mr. Price brought this country to the highest standards in his ...

Dear Editor, With Belize having reached the thirtieth year of its independence, it is high time that we consider the revision of the poetic script on which our National Anthem is based. This writer has had no musical training but we can all agree that the musical rendition of our National Anthem ...

Dear Editor, As we become 30 years old as an Independent nation and as we celebrate the life of George Price, it behoves us to reflect upon our journey to assess how far we have come and if we are going in the right direction.  One of the urgent issues facing ...

[caption id="attachment_10131" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Barrow has launched an election campaign on promises he has failed to deliver for over 3 years"][/caption] Belize City, September 27, 2011 In a desperate attempt to tip the scale on his dismal and worsening rating, Prime Minister Dean ...

1950-January 1st The struggle begins – People’s Committee formed 1950 – February 1st The Belizean flag is presented to the people. 1950 – September 29th The People’s Committee is dissolved and the People’s United Party is born. 1951 The People’s United Party adopts the Belizean flag, then called the Baymen Flag, to propose as the ...

1919 Born January 15 1924-1930 Holy Redeemer School 1931 Almost lost his life in Hurricane 1931-1935 St. John’s College 1944 Entered politics, lost 1st election 1947 Won 1st election on Town Council elected for 6 terms 1950 Along with others George Price forms People’s United Party. He is Secretary General until 1956. 1954 Universal Adult Suffrage 1954 Member ...

[caption id="attachment_10121" align="alignleft" width="153" caption="Mrs. Sonia Bainton"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_10122" align="alignleft" width="175" caption="Mr. Richard Hoare"][/caption] BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Sept. 22, 2011 For Mrs. Sonia Bainton JP and so many others, the Father of the Nation and ...

By Marion Ali (former BELIZE TIMES reporter) “And what is your name young lady?  Whose daughter are you?” These were the first words that George Price uttered to me back in 1994 as he left a PUP meeting one Wednesday morning at Independence Hall and met me downstairs at the ...

22 September 2011 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) George Price, chose to enter the political arena because he had a vision for what Belize could be. He embodied for the citizens of Belize what other visionary Caribbean leaders exemplified for their countries. The man who led Belize to independence, who ...

By John Brackett I have stood my ground and embraced they many challenges Bringing every one of different cultures, creed, religious beliefs. And now the road towards independence has been paved, laid 1981 was the perfect year. I was ...