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Willoughby, From Superman To Captain NEMO
posted (April 4, 2018)
He may have lost in his fifth bid to be a city councillor - but Phillip Willoughby still has political capital for the ruling UDP - and the man we used to call Superman has now re-emerged as Captain NEMO.

He made his name when he was with CEMO - but now he's gone national and was officially handed the reins today as NEMO's Operations Officer. We caught up with him today where he told us what he will be doing:

Phillip Willougby, New NEMO Operations Officer
"I am grateful the work that I have put in since 2006 has rewarded me with the opportunity to continue serving in this new capacity. It is larger than just working for the Belize City jurisdiction it now encompasses working for the entire country so it will give me another opportunity to grow with added experience and added knowledge along with requisite qualification one would need but mainly the characteristics to bring people together and work with people. Understanding people, understanding other agencies. Other entities and stakeholders that I would need to work along with."

"We have been challenged with Tropical Depressions, hurricanes, earthquake tremors, earthquake threats, tsunami, tsunami threats. The Zika episode. The situation with the cruise ship and the Ebola situation. The H1N1. I think we have been tested a whole lot with Natural Disasters as well as potential man-made catastrophes that may arise. Again I do come with a wealth of knowledge and experience so most certainly the Government and the people of Belize will get the same hard work, same committed person, same dedicated person which was at the level just transitioning to this post will get nothing less than they deserve and work ethics that they have seen in the past."

Willoughby's appointment will take effect immediately.

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