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Ambergris Hope Hospital Announces Services Covered National Health Insurance (NHI)

Residents of San Pedro now have greater access to affordable diagnostic healthcare as Ambergris Hope Hospital (AHH) has officially become a provider of Belize’s National Health Insurance (NHI) for select radiology and laboratory services. Beginning Saturday, August 1, eligible NHI patients can receive ultrasound, X-ray and laboratory services at Ambergris

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Aids Commission Is On A Roll

One of the most active non-profit organizations on the island has got to be the San Pedro AIDS Commission. Since their inception this group has worked tirelessly and effortlessly to raise funds to assist

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Township Day to Be Celebrated in Grand

This year marks the 27th anniversary of Township for our beautiful Isla Bonita and according to the San Pedro Town Council, it will be celebrated with grandeur and will be a family event for

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Debbie and Larry share the Yummiest Joy

The Heimgartner’s are great friends to the island and they have been sharing the yummiest joy to students at the San Pedro RC School for five years now and this year was no exception.

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BTIA Launches Destination Belize 2012 Edition

The Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA) launched the 2012 edition of Destination Belize, the association’s official visitor magazine published by Idea Lab Studios, in Belize City on Tuesday, November 01, 2011. For the past

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Bridge in Dire Need of Repairs

Town upgrades and repairs – San Pedro is rapidly developing and there is much work to do in order to have the town looking beautiful and having its residents happy. There are several projects

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Dogs in Bikinis at Saga Halloween Party

It was a family Halloween affair this past Sunday, October 30, 2011, at Central Park as Saga Humane Society held its annual Halloween Party. Pet owners, children and grownups got all dressed up in

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Orange Carpet Rolled Out For Halloween

The only place where the orange carpet is rolled out for Halloween in Belize is San Pedro. But Halloween is very much deserving of the orange carpet because San Pedro is host to the

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Remember Time Changes for Daylight Savings

Embassy of Mexico informed that on Sunday, October 30, Mexico ended Daylight Saving Time or Summer Time (Horario de Verano), in order to begin Winter Time. That means that Mexico local time is once

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Trick or Treat! – It's Halloween Time!

Halloween is here and all the ghouls, witches and zombies are out. Island children were in their costumes having fun playing dress up. Some costumes were “Horror-ific” and others were “boo-tiful”. The following are

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Belize First to Benefit from Caricom Anti-Gang Plan

GEORGETGOWN, Guyana, Monday October 24, 2011 – A Caricom-backed pilot program targeting youth gangs and gang violence would be introduced Tuesday in Belize. Phase Two of the Community’s Social Development and Crime Prevention Action

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Islanders in Fishing Spree

Though the hurricane did not hit the Island, we did have ‘a hit’ with the snappers. One Islander commented, “The snappers are biting more than the mosquitoes this time around.” According to fishermen, it

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