Mexico Offers Postgraduate Scholarships To Belizeans
The Embassy of Mexico informs that the El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) in Mexico, has opened its 2014 scholarship call for applications for postgraduate programs. There are seven scholarships available for Belizean Nationals to carry out Master degree programs and one for Doctorate degree program. These postgraduate programs are registered in the national program […]
US Navy Seal Celebrity Marcus Luttrell Vacations in San Pedro
S Navy Seal Celebrity Marcus Luttrell Vacations in San Pedro Marcus Luttrell is a former United States Navy SEAL who received the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for his actions in June 2005 facing Taliban fighters during Operation Red Wings. His survival story was so amazing that Hollywood made it into to the hit 2013 […]
Education in Belize: Quality Schools
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com “Workers will not work hard unless they believe there is quality in what they are asked to do.” William Glasser, M.D. During the last few weeks, the entire country of Belize witnessed with great concern the plight of hundreds/thousands of educators and teachers whose […]
Ground Breaking for Infrastructure Improvements at Archaeological Sites
Ground Breaking for Infrastructure Improvements at Archaeological Sites Tourists and local visitors to archaeological sites in Belize will soon benefit from infrastructure improvements at the sites under the Making Tourism Benefit Communities Adjacent to Archaeological Sites (MTBCAAS) project. The infrastructure works will commence at Altun Ha, Belize District and a ground breaking ceremony took place […]
Ambergris Caye Voted #1 Island in the World Two Years in a Row
Residents of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye are jumping for joy as the island has once again been voted THE NUMBER ONE ISLAND IN THE WORLD for the second year in a row in Trip Advisors’s 2014 Travelers’ Choice Awards. Ambergris Caye beat out destinations such as Providenciales in Turks and Caicos, Bora Bora in the […]
Golf Cart Crashes Into Island Supermarket
At about 6:12p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, San Pedro Police and the San Pedro Traffic Department responded to a traffic accident that occurred on Coconut Drive on San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. Upon arrival police and traffic wardens found that a green golf cart had crashed into the glass wall of the Island Supermarket. Driving […]
De Ja Vu Stories on Skeletal Findings in San Pedro
Very often we have a de ja vu or repeat story on some incident or the other. In this flashback series of photos taken by renowned photographer Kay Scott in the 1980’s we re-live the same story of the recent find of skeletal remains in the mangroves of North Ambergris Caye. This Flashback was supposedly […]
A Valentine’s Day Surprise Dive Proposal in San Pedro, Belize
This is quite likely one of the coolest marriage proposals that we have seen done here in Ambergris Caye. Who can beat an engagement underwater at 85 feet deep at the Tunnels of Love? This is exactly what Todd Vinson planned as he organized an elaborate marriage proposal for his girlfriend Kristina. It was a […]
Belize Home Remedies -The Miraculous Herbs
By Angel NuñezLeaves and fruits and bark of trees have forever been sources of medicinal ointments and baths for specific ailments. Today we have the Noni whose fruits are almost a universal cure for so many ailments as well as the miracle tree known as the Moringa. However, today we will look briefly as those […]
Azueta – Palacios Nuptials
Congratulations go out to Killian Azueta and Yanira Palacios who tied the knot in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize on Friday, February 14, 2014. The happy couple exchanged vows at their home in the Escalante Subdivision which was followed by a small family gathering. Killian is the son Maria Luz and Claudio Azueta; Yanira’s Maid […]
Human Remains Found On North Ambergris Caye
On Monday, February 17, 2014, the San Pedro Police Department received information from personnel of the Belize Fisheries Department at the Bacalar Chico Reserve that they had found human remains on the beachside on North Ambergris Caye during their routine checks at around 6:30a.m. San Pedro Police visited the area and found the remains of […]
Belize Tourism Board Warns Industry Partners about Sex Tourism Website
Last week we reported that the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) launched an investigation on the website http://globalfantasies.com/belize which was promoting Belize as a sex tourism destination. This website purports to offer their services through local accommodations and tour operators sectors. This week the BTB sent out another release, but this time to industry partners around […]
Help Children Education Scholarship Fund
The Sunshine Scholarship Foundation is now in full gear raising funds locally, nationally, and internationally to assist students in primary education. The Foundation aims in assisting students especially those of low income families and those of special needs. The Foundation is being spearheaded by Mrs. Eve Dirnback, President, and assisted by the Board of Directors […]
Go Island Tubing in Caye Caulker
We just recently highlighted one of Belize’s newest tours on our iTravel Belize page, Island Tubing in Caye Caulker. The tour takes you around the island while you relax while being gently dragged in an inner tube sipping on some rum punch. It is total relaxation at its best in Belize. Here is another image […]
Celebrity Talk Show Host Chelsea Handler Vacations in Belize
When Astrum Helicopters hovers above Ambergris Caye residents start to wonder which celebrity is being brought to the island. It has become widely known that A-List celebrities acquire the services of Astrum to be flown directly from the international airport to destinations around the country. Case in point, this past weekend word had it that […]
Alfa Iguana at Belize’s Green Iguana Conservation Project Dies
The many students and visitors who have visited the Green Iguana Project Site at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel in the Cayo District had the privilege to meet Gomez, a three foot iguana who was sort of the king of the iguanas and the main attraction at the project site. It is very sad to […]
Grant to Help Belize's Shrimp Industry's Product Quality and Marketing
Compete Caribbean is a private sector development program that provides technical assistance grants and investment funding to support productive development policies, business climate reforms, clustering initiatives and Small and Medium Size Enterprise development activities in the Caribbean region. The program, jointly funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the United Kingdom Department for International Development […]
Coral Beach Realty Donates Towards Island Road Infrastructure
On Thursday, February 13, 2014, Mr. Bob Hamilton of Century 21 – Coral Beach Realty presented to Mayor Daniel Guerrero a donation of $10,000 on behalf of Mr. Denny Elkins and Tammy Elkins to go towards road improvements north of the bridge. Denny and Tammy are owners of a condo at Grand Caribe Resort and […]
Global Fantasies Website Promoting Belize as Hedonistic Sex Haven
It’s a website that had gotten Belizean residents very upset, but although many still do not know about it yet, those who have seen it are angry at how Belize is being represented and have urged the Belize Tourism Board to take action immediately. The website, Global Fantasies, is marketing Belize as a premium erotic […]
Consultation Meetings For Climate-Compatible Tourism Development In Belize
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in partnership with CARIBSAVE, Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute (CZMAI), Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Belize Tourism Board (BTB), and the Belize Environmental Research Institute (ERI) will be carrying out a series of community consultations on the project ‘Identifying Opportunities for Climate-compatible Tourism Development in Belize’. This project […]
Belize and United States Partner to Protect Rights of Belizean Workers in US
– Press Release, Belmopan, February 10, 2014 – The Ambassador of Belize in the United States, H.E. Nestor Mendez, and the US Secretary of Labor, the Hon. Thomas E. Perez, signed today a Joint Declaration by which Belize and the United States agree to work together to improve the awareness of Belizean workers in the […]
San Pedro Junior Sailing Club Tops Corozal Bay Regatta
In the heels of a great performance by a few sailors in a regatta in Mexico last month, the San Pedro Junior Sailing Club had an excellent outcome this past weekend at the Corozal Bay Regatta with the local club taking the three top spots. It was the club’s first regatta of the season in […]
Disappointed on My Last Trip to Ambergris Caye
Dear Editor,First, let me say that I have enjoyed visiting San Pedro for several years. We just returned home from a two week visit in January. Sadly, I think this may have been the last trip to San Pedro for me. I have always enjoyed walking the beach into town and have never felt uneasy […]
Las Mestizitas in San Pedro Carnaval
There was not one Carnaval year in San Pedro that we did not see The Mestizos dancing on the streets of San Pedro. Groups like Mestizos, Maya Indians, Cubans and Americans and other cultures were normally staged on Sunday for Day One of Carnaval. The second day usually staged the Rebels, Hippies, Negritos, Rock and […]
Belize's Legendary Radio Personality Lydia Ramirez
By Angel Nuñez A very interesting and legendary person. Okay, many of you might not have known her but everyone in San Pedro who is over 60 should remember her. However, everyone just over thirty and who has been taught by Mr. Gustavo Ramirez at San Pedro High School ought to know that Lydia Ramirez […]