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sargassum season starts early

Early Sargassum Arrival Signals Busy Season Ahead for San Pedro

San Pedro’s coastline is once again facing an all-too-familiar challenge as hoteliers and beach vendors reported earlier-than-usual sargassum landings on February 23rd. The unexpected early arrival has already prompted urgent cleanup efforts and renewed planning across the tourism community as the island prepares for the months ahead. For many businesses

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Electricity Rates Go Up for Belize!

The New Year came in with a bang as electricity rates increased as of Tuesday, January1, 2013. According to news media the Public Utilities Commission has made the decision based on the Belize Electricity

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Celebrity Christmas Vacations in Belize

We all know that San Pedro, Ambergris Caye is a tourism heaven and the number one destination in the country. Well, famous celebrities are tourists too and over the years we see that many

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Belize Reaches Agreement with Bond Creditors

Belize has reached an agreement in principle with creditors to restructure about half of its unpaid debt after “long and arduous” talks, allowing the country to avoid default, Prime Minister Dean Barrow said on

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San Pedro Brings In New Maya Baktun

A Baktun is the name for the Maya calendar cycle of 5, 125 years. On December 20, 2012 the thirteenth Baktun came to the end and the midnight of December 21 gave commencement of

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Scotia Bank's Christmas Gift Giving

The management and staff of Scotia Bank, San Pedro Branch, headed out to the neighborhood of San Mateo yesterday, December 20, 2012, to share some Christmas joy with the resident children. After a few

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Belize Issues Maya Mythical Coins

The Central Bank of Belize, in commemoration of the sacred and historical milestone – Maya Mythical “End of the World”  21 December 2012, has commissioned The Royal Mint to strike a limited edition of

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