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Crocodile Temporarily Blocks School and Resort Entrance

Early this week, on Monday, January 12, 2026, residents and employees of Mahogany Bay Village, along with students of The Island Academy and Island High School, got an unexpected delay to start their day, thanks to a large crocodile that found itself stuck along the main entrance road of the

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Boat Captain License Issues Cleared

The office of Ambergris Today received many emails and phone calls from concerned residents and non-residents, about the issue that non-residents will not be given Boat Captain Licenses. Based on information received, we understand

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Semi-pro Basketball Hits San Pedro

The San Pedro 5-a-side court was converted to a basketball court as San Pedro hosted the first ever semi-pro basketball game on Saturday, March 18. The grounds were packed and the bleachers were at

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PUP 7 Present Town Council Manifesto 2006

The People’s United Party (PUP) unveiled its national manifesto for the upcoming municipal elections this Monday, February 6, during simultaneous public presentations that took place in San Pedro, Belize City, Belmopan, Punta Gorda, Corozal,

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Belize’s Blue Hole Featured in Frommer’s

Belize was outstandingly featured in a half page article in Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel dated March, 2006. As a consumer magazine, published on a monthly basis, the Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel positions itself as

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UDP 7 Presents Town Council Manifesto 2006-09

On Friday, February 10, 2006 the United Democratic Party unveiled their town council manifesto for the upcoming municipal elections at the Belize Yacht Club. “Your vote for a UDP Town Council is a vote

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Paisano Leaves San Pedro

San Pedro mourns the loss of Paisano, Smiro Habib Hajara. He was found dead on a pier where he often spent the night on Saturday, December 31, 2005. His real name very few people

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SpaFinder In Belize

Luxury Spafinder Magazine featured Belize in a 10-page spread on its January-February 2008 issue in what they called “The Insider’s Guide, Belize” where it compared the top four Spa Resorts in the country. Included

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Onion Crisis in Belize

Ambergris Today went on a search around town on Wednesday, January 3, looking for onions. Onions, an essential ingredient for most dishes, will be scarce for quite a while in the entire country and

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Grand UDP Rally

In a well attended event at Central Park, the UDP convention seemed very upbeat with the general message that a lot of progress has come to San Pedro under its tenure and that it

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Belize’s Tribute to Andy Palacio

He was the most interviewed Belizean, the most photographed, the most internationally recognized, the most locally loved, and now the most grieved for. More or less one week of national mourning for Andy Palacio

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$30Mil Damage to Reef

On Tuesday, January 13, the cargo ship Westerhaven, went aground on our Barrier Reef and has been described as one of the worst ever to our reefs, the longest living in the world. The

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U.S. Embassy Launches New Web Site

U.S. Ambassador Robert J. Dieter is proud to announce the launch of a new web site of the Embassy of the United States to Belize. The website has undergone a major transformation, in a

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