| Rt. Hon. Price: From Mayor To Prime Minister |
| Tue, May 3, 2016 |
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| He's the most revered figure in Belize's history - and now National Hero, George Price will have a fitting monument at the start of the highway that bears his name. This morning, the towering George Price bust was unveiled at the Cemetery Road roundabout leading. It was a bi partisan affair as PUP Leader John Briceno, Price's relatives, and the UDP Mayor all joined in praise for Price:..
The bust was unveiled by Price's younger sister Katherine - who is 85. The donation for the bust came from the Holy Redeemer Credit Union.
Price was a former Belize City Councilor and the late 1940's and then he became Belize City Mayor in the mid to late 1950's.
The current mayor says that the bust is perfectly located - right in line with Phillip Goldson's one at the Flag Monument roundabout:….
And the sculptor who created the bust is of course, Stephen Okeke. He told us that he wanted to capture Price as a statesman with the spirit of the young nationalist:…
The City council paid twenty five thousand dollars for the bust and the base was donated by contractors, "IE".
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