Great Barrier Reef Gets Exposure on NBC With tourism arrivals at a low around the country, suffering a major decline this year, and the bad rep Belize got from Ross Kemp’s negative documentary on gangs, industry stakeholders are hoping the industry will get a boost after having major US network NBC shooting coverage on Belize and its Great Barrier Reef. More...
Belize’s Reef and Mangroves Tagged with High Economic Value Three key services provided by coral reefs and mangroves in Belize are worth an estimated US$395 million to US$559 million per year, according to a report released on November 14, 2008 during the 2008 International Year of the Reef Symposium at the Radisson Fort George, by the World Resources Institute and the World Wildlife Fund. More...
Town Council End of Term Report – Dec. 3rd Press Release – San Pedro Town Council – November 18th, 2008 – Mayor Elsa Paz and the San Pedro Town Council inform the general public that the End-of-Term Report is scheduled for Wednesday, December 3rd at the Lions Den at 7:00 p.m. This meeting previously scheduled for Thursday, November 20th was postponed due to the celebrations and holidays. During this event Town Council Members and staff will be on hand to answer questions from the public that may arise from the end-of term and audit reports.More...
Sueño Del Mar Friday After Club Life is but a dream (sueño in Spanish)! And the dream comes alive at Sueño del Mar – of living in paradise secluded away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. San Pedro Town has grown into a miniature city that caters to the growing tourism industry, but life on Ambergris Caye is still very much and ultimately a seclusion from the busyness of any city or concrete jungle, as they call it. Sueño del Mar can be considered the “getaway” from it all. More...
History of the Poppy and the Birth of the Royal British Legion and the Belize Ex-Servicemen’s League It is a sad fact that, historically, returning armies have not always received the treatment they deserved. At no time was this truer than at the end of the First World War. Thinking they were returning to the better way of life they had fought so hard for, these men found they were horribly and tragically mistaken. More...
Accident Kills Construction Worker A construction worker is dead after a large piece of lumber fell on his head from four storeys above causing a fatal wound which killed him almost instantly. Police reports indicate that around 2:50p.m. on Tuesday, November 11, they visited S.P. Poly Clinic where the lifeless body of Jorge Tiul Cuc, 37-year-old Guatemalan construction worker of D.F.C. Area, was observed with a large wound on the right back area of his head and bleeding from his mouth, nose and ears. More...
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Great Barrier Reef Gets Exposure on NBC
