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Belize’s Jonathan Martinez Poole Conquers IRONMAN Wales

Belize can proudly celebrate one of its own as Jonathan Martinez Poole took on and conquered IRONMAN Wales on Sunday, September 21, 2025, one of the toughest full-distance triathlons in the world. Born in Caye Caulker and raised in the UK, Jonathan Martinez carried his Belizean heritage with pride as

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Minimum Wage Increased

In the globalized world, low wages are important in developing countries, and that’s why the government-appointed a minimum wage council and took six months to come up with recommendations for a new minimum wage.

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Lee-La Vernon Entertains R.C. School Children

Lee-La Vernon, the famous Belizean singer/dancer who embodies the very essence of Creole culture, performed her captivating Brukdong and Sambai dances as well as her original songs last Friday at the San Pedro R.C.

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San Pedro Food Festival 2009 Dates Announced

The 2nd Annual Savor San Pedro Food Festival Block Party has been scheduled for Saturday, January 24th 2009. Savor San Pedro celebrates the culinary creativity of Ambergris Caye. The Block Party will feature competitions

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Protecting the Bird Cayes

Green Reef Environmental Institute’s Summary of Open Letter to National and Local Government Officials The prosperity of Ambergris Caye, the value of real estate and other investments on Ambergris Caye, and the tax revenues

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New Mangrove Habitat Project in Belize

Bob Riley – Mangrove Experts Visits Island Local Developer, Sugar Caye Development, read the news account of San Pedro Junior College student Sherri Ann Pou and her class project where the group embarked on

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Taxes, Crime, Garbage & Crocodiles

San Pedro Business Association Tackles Issues – The San Pedro Business Association held its February 2008 General Meeting at El Divino Restaurant on Friday, February 22. At the head table for the meeting were

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Patrol Boat Donated to Police Department

In an attempt to help curb the increase in crime on the island, the San Pedro Business Association (SPBA) raised nearly $40,000Bze to equip the San Pedro Police Department with a new police patrol

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Mexico To Return Land to Belize

While Guatemala is disputing a portion of Belizean land that they claim belongs to them, Mexico, on the other hand, is thinking and planning of returning a part of territory which they have discovered

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Tourism Boom

Belize’s largest airline, Tropic Air, announced a record year in passenger travel and cargo sales for the year 2005. And even 2006 has gotten off to a great start as flight records have been

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Ride the Rickshaw

Many a times we see tourists riding in their golf cart with town maps on their hands or constantly having to stop at the tourist information center to ask for directions or general information

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Belize Hotel Association Meeting

Member of the Belize Hotel Management Association met in San Pedro this past Wednesday, February 1, to further discuss the implications of the new General Sales Tax (GST) that will be implemented on July

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PM Musa Campaigns with PUP 7

Belize’s Prime Minister Rt. Honorable Said Musa visited San Pedro last week Thursday for a whole day of campaigning alongside the 7 PUP candidates running for the March 2006 Town Council elections. Rain poured

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Protecting Groupers in Belize

Dr. Jacque Carter is no stranger to San Pedro and has definitely played a major role in creating awareness to protect the reef and assisted in making Hol Chan the first marine reserve in

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