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City workers at the City of Belmopan take a picture of the just completed plaque to name Queen Elizabeth II Boulevard.

Prince Harry is to arrive in Belize this afternoon for an official visit that will take him to the City of Belmopan and San Ignacio. In the City of Belmopan he will inaugurate Queen Elizabeth II Boulevard and attend a street festival that will include Belize culture and cuisine.

On Saturday Prince Harry visits the Maya Temple Xunantunich where he will meet with school children and attend cultural presentations in his honor.

Workers have been busy today preparing stands, tents and barriers for the royal visit in Belmopan. The street festival is on the old Cohune Walk boulevard near the Western Regional Hospital.

A Day Of Maya Medicine In Belize

The National Institute of Culture and History through the National 2012 Committee is promoting A Day Of Maya Medicine for Wednesday January 25th at the San Ignacio Hotel in Belize’s western Cayo District. The annual event brings together traditional healers and shaman from throughout Belize, especially Maya healers from the Cayo and Toledo districts for a one day forum of intensive sessions, demonstrations, lectures and networking. The event this year’s features a special presentation by well-known healer Dr. Rosita Arvigo who will speak on the life and times of revered Maya healer Don Eligio Panti.

The main cycle peloton as it swoops through Orange Walk Town.

The 22nd running of the KREM New Year’s Day Cycle Race took place today with the results some Belize cycle fans have always wanted – Belizeans winning the race. Like the annual Cross Country Cycle Race that takes place at Easter time, the KREM Race is international and usually visitors win handily over locals, much to the dismay of some locals of course. This year the tables were tilted every so slightly but effectively. Although not going so far as the wishes of a fringe element of the Belize cycling community to ban visitors to ensure that a national wins, the cycling authorities came up with a clever strategy. Place limits on the composition of visiting teams. For example the Mexicans were instructed to send only riders from one state. The disgusted Mexicans had enough manners not to pull out but sent a token and underpowered team. The Guatemalans and Costa Ricans were nowhere their previous levels of participation.  It was an uninspiring race dampened by rain but the Belizeans won.

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Belize poker champion Badih "Bob" Bou Nahra

Belizean Badih Bou Nahra is competing at the WSOP finals in Las Vegas setting Belize in the world stage of this sport. Badih is accompanied by some 200 supporters and fans from Belize, many of them professional and aspiring poker players. The event has sparked so much nationalism and interest in Belize that a local television station is covering the event live. Marleni Cuellar who is  anchoring the coverage for TV 5 told the media in an interview that:

“This weekend we’re going to be following Bob BouNahra the poker player who has made it to a very prestigious level in poker. He is a part of what is called the November 9 which is essentially the 9 finalists for the World Series of Poker. And although there aren’t a lot of people who are aware of the major level tournaments, it is a very big worldwide event. The fact the Bob has made it to this level is very good for him, but even very good for Belize.

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Father of the Nation Right Honourable George Cadle Price passed away on 19 September 2011 and was interred on 26 September following a State Funeral in the City of Belmopan. Thousands of Belizeans came out to honor the Father of the Nation. Prime Minister Dean Barrow penned the following reflection on the life of the first Prime Minister of Belize:

I look out at this great crowd of mourners today. I think of all those that have filed past the casket, signed the tribute books, lined the streets, and thronged the Cathedral on Saturday. And I know this is exactly the way it should be. Thousands of grateful Belizeans saying goodbye to the avatar of the nation. It is destiny fulfilled. What Mr Price strove for all his life, he has been able to produce in his death. We are now a country totally united. United in homage to our National Hero, and his creed of one Belize.

I see the members of Mr. Price’s family. I see the sisters, and the nieces and the nephews, and the grand-nieces and the grand-nephews, and it is to them I speak first. I am reminded that this clan of which Mr Price was the foremost exemplar, is a very distinguished one. As political and national leader, no one could surpass Mr Price. But other members of this family, in their own right, are and have been fine contributors to our country, successes in their various professions and callings, similar to Mr Price in his. The point I am trying to make is that he must have been just as proud of you as you were of him. My heartfelt condolences to all of you.

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Rt. Hon. George Price Prime Minister of Belize addressing the United Nations General Assembly.

The Father of the Nation Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price passed away on Monday 19 September 2011. Mr. Price more than any other person has left an indelible stamp on our young nation state of Belize. He was co-founder of the People’s United Party, the first Premier of Belize, and the first Prime Minister of Belize. He was a man of “uncommon discipline” who against all odds fought for the independence of Belize with all its territory intact. We have put together a concise biography on his life and accomplishments along with a pictorial for our readers.  Biography and Pictorial of George Price.