BTB Launches Discover How To Be A Belizean Traveller Campaign
Press Release, Belize Tourism Board, Belize City, Belize, July 7, 2015 – July marks the beginning of the Belize Tourism Board’s local ad campaign launch. The theme of the campaign is “Discover How To Be A Belizean Traveller.” This campaign is centered on getting Belizeans to travel locally and to promote the regional icons, which […]
Miss El Salvador and Miss Panama for Costa Maya Pageant 2015
The Miss Costa Maya Pageant (Reina de la Costa Maya) has become a prestigious pageant with in the Central American region and the eight participating countries send their top beauty ambassador representatives each year to compete for the coveted crown. The Miss Costa Maya Pageant takes place every year at the beginning of the San […]
San Pedro Takes One Step Forward in Solid Waste Management
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture and the Solid Waste Management Authority hosted the inauguration of the San Pedro Transfer Station located on Marina Drive by the D.F.C. Area on Friday, July 3, 2015. The transfer station is a processing site where the garbage (solid waste) will be temporarily deposited, and sorted before being […]
Extreme Selfie in Belize with Poisonous Lion Fish
Extreme Selfie, Right!? We surely think that taking a selfie with a very poisonous Lion Fish just inches from your face and body is extreme. It’s a normal day at work for local tour guide Gilberto Alamilla Jr., of Belize Pro Dive Center. He loves the water and taking pictures when he goes skin diving […]
How Sanpedranos Lit Their Houses Without Electricity
By Angel Nuñez How would you like to do your homework with the aid of a kerosene lantern? Is it possible to do some sewing or embroidery or even knitting under the light of one of these lanterns or candlelight? As for the men, would it be comfortable to weave a fish net at night […]
Belize to Participate in Toronto 2015 Pan American Games
With just a few days to go for the opening of the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, Belize’s athletes are ready to represent in Athletics and Triathlon. The delegation will be headed by Chief of Mission Allan Sharp. The contingent consists of triathlete Amed Figueroa, Athletics delegate Deon Sutherland, Kaina Martinez and Mark Anderson who […]
Learn How to ‘Tippy Toe’ at Costa Maya with Rising Star El Chevo
The International Costa Maya Festival is organizing a high-energy event with a program of entertainers to suite everybody’s taste. Already announced for Saturday night, August 8, 2015, is the romantic Grupo Ladron to close the festival with a bang on International Night. But this year it seems that every night of the festival will be […]
Hon. Manuel Heredia Awards Top Island PSE Students
Three island students were awarded $500.00 each and a plaque from Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr., Minister of Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation and Area Representative of Belize Rural South, for having scored the highest grades in the Primary School Examination (PSE) in San Pedro and Caye Caulker. Betty Alpuche and Shanelly Gutierrez of the San […]
Grupo Ladron to Highlight Costa Maya: Meet Miss Nicaragua
El Grupo Ladron has been booked by the Costa Maya Festival to highlight International Night and bring their romantic grupero vibes to Saturday night, August 8, 2015. The group fits the line of entertainment provided by the festival highlight and conclude the three-day festival that takes place annually in August. El Grupo Ladron is one […]
Green Reef Youth Summer Camp Has Space for 100 Campers
PACT Environmental Support Grant for Summer Youth Camp from July 6 to July 31 – The non-government marine conservation organization Green Reef announced this week that it was awarded a PACT Environmental Support Grant of $9,900Bze to undertake a four-week summer camp at Camp Basil Jones on North Ambergris Caye adjacent to the Bacalar Chico […]
Island Mourns Loss of Local Barge Operator Lost at Sea
Hope, prayers, support of the community and the memory of a beautiful life is what keeps the Varela family together this week after the tragic disappearance of 80-year-old Leovijildo ‘Leoli’ Varela last week Thursday, June 25, 2015. This week the search for his body lost at sea has been suspended and the Varela family mourns […]
Fun Island Activities to Celebrate Dia de San Pedro
Every year Dia de San Pedro celebrations (San Pedro Day) pays homage to the island’s patron saint San Pedro (St. Peter) and under the organization of the San Pedro Town Council, the San Pedro Culture Committee and the San Pedro Roman Catholic Church residents celebrate with activities centered around honoring fishermen and the development of […]
Caye Caulker’s New Miss Lobster Fest Crowned
This weekend everybody visited “la Isla Cariñosa” Caye Caulker for the annual Lobster Fest. Friday, June 26 the festivities kicked off with the selection of Miss Lobster Fest 2015. The Palapa Gardens set the venue for the pageant as four lovely girls took on the stage vying for the crown of Miss Lobster Fest. These […]
Dock and Boat Mania on Ambergris Caye
Dear Editor,For nearly ten years I have been living on the island as a retiree. I have noticed a lot of changes over these years. Traffic in town has exploded and walking during high season has become very dangerous. Remember: some years back you could even still drive on the beach in town from Central […]
Celebrity Spotting – WWE Wrestler The Undertaker Vacations in San Pedro, Belize
Word got out the international superstar wrestler The Undertaker and his wife had arrived in Belize on Monday, June 22, and everybody started wondering in what part of the country he would be vacationing after the couple was spotted at Belize’s Phillip Goldson International Airport. Ambergris Today set out its drones and secret spy gear […]
Grounding of Mexican Navy Vessel near Blackadore Caye
– Press Release, Belize Government Press Office – Commandant Rear Admiral John Borland of the Belize Coast Guard reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that in the wee hours of this morning June 26, 2015, that a 55 ft. Mexican Navy Vessel, a “Polaris – Intercepter” experienced a “soft grounding”, on the mud flats […]
First Ever Invest in Belize Seminar Held in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
The Ambassador of Belize to the Republic of China (Taiwan) H.E. Cherie Nisbet hosted the 2015 Invest in Belize: Investment Seminar at the Palais de Chine Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 15, 2015. The event was the first of its kind and was held with the aim of attracting Taiwanese investment to Belize. A […]
BTB and Hon. Manuel Heredia Grand Sponsors of Costa Maya Festival
The Costa Maya Festival is pleased to announce the support of the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) and Hon. Manuel Heredia, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation as Grand Sponsors of this year’s festival. Taking place from August 6 to August 8, 2015, the San Pedro International Costa Maya Festival is making grounds in preparations […]
Celebrity Spotting: Gymnast Simone Biles Visits San Pedro
One of the most decorated gymnasts in United States history just recently visited San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize, Simone Biles stayed at Ramon’s Village as her family celebrated the wedding of her older brother this past week in La Isla Bonita. Ramon’s Village shared this pic of Simone with staff members of Pineapples On The […]
A Glimpse of Central Park in the 60’s
There are several points of interest in this Flashback. First of all we see the San Pedro Roman Catholic Church at exactly the same location it is today except that the length of the wood building ran from Barrier Reef Drive to the beach. Notice the large expanse of land that existed from the church […]
San Pedro Holiday Hotel Celebrates 50th Anniversary
By Angel NuñezOn behalf of the community of San Pedro and on behalf of all stakeholders in the tourism industry, Ambergris Today takes great pleasure and honor to say “Congratulations to Holiday Hotel that is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this month of June 2015. It seems very easy to say fifty years, but it is […]
Miss Caye Caulker Lobster Fest Pageant to Kick off Festivities on Island
Kicking off the 21st Annual Caye Caulker Lobster Fest taking place this weekend at La Isla Cariñosa is the Miss Caye Caulker Lobster Fest Pageant with four contestants vying for the coveted crown. It all starts on Friday, June 26, 2015. Highlighting the Color Explosion part of the island’s Lobster Fest, the pageant promises to […]
Elvi’s Kitchen Tops Lobsterfest with Best Dish
It was another successful Lobsterfest in San Pedro full of great food, drinks and entertainment. The culmination of the week-long celebration took place on Saturday, June 20, 2015, as restaurants decorated the block party with their festive booths that had people from all over rushing to get that delicious lobster dish. The aroma of great […]
Get Serious Hammock Time on Ambergris Caye, Belize
Getting away from it all and just relaxing is one of the main reasons tourists plan their visit to Belize. There is so much to do, but at the same time you can do absolutly nothing at all. Shooting the breeze at the end of a pier, enjoying the view from your veranda or spending […]
Belize Electricity Limited Announces Net Earnings of $36.2 Million
Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders last week to report to its shareholders, the Company’s achievements and dividend payments for the year ending December 31, 2014. Shareholders received news of net earnings of $36.2 million. As a result, BEL’s Board of Directors has approved dividend payments of $0.15 per share for 2014 […]