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Goodbye
To
A Great Leader
On Monday morning, the nation
said farewell to George Price. We'd
venture to say that the official state funeral for National Hero George
Price was one of the most watched television events in recent history.
It was the culmination of a weekend of mourning and remembrance.
Jules Vasquez Reporting
From the morgue, to the Bliss, past the Price family home on Pickstock Street, into the church where Price went to mass every day for almost his whole life for a final march through the city streets - seen here from above, once more across the swing bridge, the crowds lined up by the thousands at the Bliss center, the Price Center in Belmopan. 
And unto Independence Plaza on
Monday, the stately procession was never
more appropriate along the walkway in the city that price built -
walkways he often walked…now his casket made that final
somber
procession, the crowds filling the aisles, almost all 1800 seats under
the tent full, crowds from all over, some taking a seat in the grass,
sitting all over the place, no formal funeral outfits required, just
their flags.
Prime Minister Dean Barrow
- 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 in homage to our National Hero, and his creed of one Belize." 
Price's unifying idea, and
here, the solitary casket of this
our most
public figure - a grand funeral for this most humble servant:
Elizabeth Zabaneh, Price's Niece "I believe it was in Saint Matthew's Gospel that says, 'In life, he is humble. In death, he must be exalted.'" And exalted he was by the Prime Minister who grew up as an NIP child: 
Prime Minister Dean Barrow
"My closest encounter with George Price was when we were together on a bi-partisan delegation. We had travelled to Roatan to meet with Guatemala as part of the effort to negotiate an end to the territorial claim, and I remember being struck by two things. First, the trouble he took to engage the staff at the hotel we were staying. He would greet all the front desk people each morning, shake hands with the bell captains and waiters, and actually enquire after their families. Now he was running for no office in Honduras, and these people could mean nothing to him politically. That's when I realized that George Price was, above all, the most compassionate of men, interested in people for their own sake, invested in humanity everywhere." 
And on this day there was
humanity everywhere all over
independence
Plaza, a tapestry of Belizean-ness, and Barrow milked the patriotic
prayerful crowd for its biggest applause of the day on this line
Prime Minister Dean Barrow "The PUP will never have another leader like George Price. But then, the country will never have another Prime Minister like George Price." And as the body left Belmopan for the last time, the BDF held their heads low, and fell in behind Mr. Price. A huge procession followed, and on the western highway by cotton tree an enthusiastic PUP crowd was waiting. In Hattieville, small crowds gathered. Closer to the city, the crowds got bigger at the lord's ridge cemetery a canopy of coloured umbrellas covered the sidewalks, and in the distance approaching, an advance guard of flags, and in the cemetery crowds spilling in. The casket was brought in, the soldiers hanging their heads low for the last time, the casket released into the crypt for its final enclosure. John Waight - Price's Nephew "Mr. Price said he would be in favor of his epitaph reading 'a good Belizean, who went through life on a pilgrimage, and who left the world a better place than he found it'. We would all agree that Mr. Price did just that." CH7 SENIOR
CITIZENS
CELEBRATE
WEEK OF ACTIVITIES
Activities for Senior Citizens’
Week are being held countrywide. Love
News spoke with the chairman of HelpAge Belize, Evan Dakers.
Evan Dakers – Chairman, HelpAge Belize “This is an annual affair, every year the organizations that work with senior citizens put aside a week in which they report and they reflect on what they have been doing for and with the older citizens of Belize. This year the theme selected is “Aging with dignity and living with respect”. Basically what we do, we try to ask each of our nine branches to come up with activities in which the older persons along with our members would be able to reflect and enjoy themselves.” Dakers says that various activities designed to highlight the contributions and worth of elderly people are being held countrywide. Evan Dakers – Chairman, HelpAge Belize “For example in Belmopan we will be having a healthcare workshop on Thursday in which we will be bringing in professionals from the Western Regional as well as some local professionals who are involved in the health field. Of course the emphasis is on health care for older citizens. In other Districts we have some of our branches doing field trips for example Belize City was in Hopkins yesterday so there was a coming together of friends and members and they were enjoying themselves by the seaside up at Hopkins. Corozal also had a field trip yesterday so each of the districts has their own activities. At the national level we are hoping that we can do some form of a discussion, in other words we want to have a little panel and hopefully we can share with the public some of what we are doing at the national level, that has not been finalized as yet. Also because of the recent funeral of the Father of the Nation we have had to make some adjustments at the national level and as well as the district level because as you know we had to give priority to the Hon. George Price’s funeral preparation.” As for how the community treats elderly people, Dakers says there have been positive changes but at the same time, there is still much work to be done. Evan Dakers – Chairman, HelpAge Belize “I think it is a mixed bag, yes and no. Yes, we have come a long way in terms of creating awareness, many of our organizations that are working with the elderly have been able to be better sensitized to their special needs, we have had a lot of support from our international affiliates which is Help Age International, we have the regional offices based in Kingston, Jamaica and we also have representatives coming from the headquarters in London so we have had a lot of technical support and financial assistance. However when we look at the situation at the national level in terms of the quality of life of our older persons, we still have some concerns in terms of for example, the issue of poverty, the issue of income insecurity and of course health care. Those are three key areas that Help Age along with our partners are constantly working on. We have seen improvement for example in the area of health care and we are hoping that the National Health Insurance scheme can be expanded to cover all older persons countrywide. Presently as you know it is limited to some districts. In the area of income security we have also seen improvements in that area, there is the non contributory pension and of course the Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation has recently introduced some new programs targeting the older citizens but there will always be room for improvement so those are the main areas we want to work on.” LoveFM NOTICE
Now
Let Us Work Together
& Make Him Proud  No one can
dispute the fact
that Dr. Otto Rodriguez gave his heart for this community.
From the minute he stepped on San Pedro’s soil as a young doctor, he fell in love with the people and this island. He dedicated his lifelong profession to the people of this community, healing the sick, welcoming new births, helped those in time of accidents and even saw many people depart this world. Certainly his work and dedication to the medical profession made an impact to this community and he left this island a better place than he found it. So it is just fitting, that as a sign of gratitude and love, that the San Pedro Poly-Clinic II was renamed in his honor. On Friday, the Poly Clinic was renamed to the Doctor Otto Rodriguez San Pedro Poly-Clinic II. Even after his departure, Dr. Otto continues to be “Nuestro Doctor.” San Pedro will forever be grateful to Dr. Otto and for that we salute you. Jorge Aldana BTB invites you to attend a two day Workshop in San Pedro at Banyan Bay. Title is "CONTENT IS KING, HOW BELIZE CAN RULE ONLINE TOGETHER". Fee is $125 for BTIA/BHA members, $150 for nonmembers. Please call for reservations: Karina Cunil, 227-2420 or write karina@@travelbelize.org.
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