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By Jem Smith
It was a historic morning on Thursday, May 27 as the country’s second female and the Commonwealth’s first Indigenous Governor General was inducted. Her Excellency (H.E.) FroylaT’zalam was installed at the Government House in Belize City where the country’s most distinguished guests sat to witness the occasion. Originally from the southernmost district of the country, H.E. T’zalam traveled quite the ways for her legacy to be written into our country’s history. A woman of Mayan heritage, T’zalam originally hails from the village of San Antonio, Toledo. There and all across the country, she has made a name for herself and her career, working as an anthropologist and cultural archivist. Most recently, she has worked with the Sarstoon/Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM). While she has now given up her role as Executive Director of SATIIM, she will assume a greater responsibility to represent the larger Belizean people.
H.E. Sir Colville Young
The now former Governor General of Belize, His Excellency (HE) Sir Colville Young, officially demitted office on Friday, April 30. The event was officially commemorated with a ceremony at the House of Culture or Government House located in Belize City. His last official day in office culminated his nearly 30-year service to the people of Belize, from November 17, 1993. He was appointed by then Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Manuel Esquivel, but recalls being hesitant with his decision. In his final address to the nation in that capacity, the Governor General quoted William Shakespeare, “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” While he was initially hesitant, Sir Colville Young says that consultations with family and friends led him to the position which he would hold for almost three decades. While the job in which he “wore the crown” was a difficult task at hand, Sir Colville Young says that it was the people of Belize who made it far easier than h