tbennett@newsandsentinel.com Fairplains Elementary third grade teacher Jennifer Byers gives out instructions during a cooking project at Fairplains Elementary School on Friday. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) Fairplains Elementary third grader Hadlee Bolinger and her father Kyle Bolinger measure out cooking supplies during a cooking project at Fairplains Elementary School on Friday. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) Fairplains Elementary third grader Isaiah Sunday and his mother Samantha Lacey measure out cooking supplies during a cooking project at Fairplains Elementary School on Friday. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) Fairplains Elementary third grader Madison Coleman and her mother Ashley Coleman measure out cooking supplies during a cooking project at Fairplains Elementary School on Friday. (Photo by Tyler Bennett)
Jan 19, 2021
Second Day of National Mourning: A Viewing at Government House
The heavy downpour over Belize City today made the second national day of mourning to honor Belize’s first Governor General feel even more somber. The rains forced slight adjustments in the planned procession, but the cortege proceeded with all the pomp and ceremony. The late Dame Minita Gordon was taken to the House of Culture or Government House to lay in state. Despite the downpour, the turnout of persons who showed up to pay homage was respectable. Among them were Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner, Speaker of the House of Representatives Valerie Woods, President of the Senate Carolyn Trench Sandiford, Minister of Human Development Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, and several other notables. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports.