Canary Coves Sponsors Park Beautification
Canary Coves does it again! Our Island has gained a great benefactor who has us at heart and is always giving back to the community wholeheartedly. Mr. Don Listwin, owner of Canary Cove, sponsored the beautification of the Boca Del Rio Park under the supervision of Mr. Gil Nuñez. The beautification consisted of the construction […]
Stinky Situation at Escalante Subdivision
Rain, rain and more rain! That’s what we have been getting and a lot too! There’s water everywhere; streets and yards get flooded making the daily commute to work and school from home a disaster to many. Now to make things worst residents at the Escalante Subdivision had to face a stinky and unhealthy situation […]
Belize Takes Action to End Violence against Children
Belize City, 7 November 2013 – Violence against children is all too often unseen, unheard and underreported, said UNICEF’s representative Ivan Yerovi, announcing the launch of a program in child protection aimed at changing social norms and engaging government and civil society to end violence against children. This was reasserted by the EU Ambassador Paola […]
San Pedro Lions Club Announces Queen Pageant
The San Pedro Lions Club will be holding a beauty pageant on Saturday, November 23, 2013, 8:00 pm at the Angel Nunez Auditorium in which four beautiful young ladies will be vying for the title of Lions Queen 2013-2014. The lovely contestants are Catlyn Benguche, Erica Bodden, Arlethe Lima, and Julissa Trejo. The young ladies […]
San Pedro Holiday Lighted Boat Parade Scheduled for December 7
– Press Release – The San Pedro Holiday Lighted Boat Parade will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2013. This traditional event heralds the holiday season and leads us into the holiday spirit with a fun event filled with twinkling lights, children’s laughter, Christmas carols and a spectacular night time boat parade spanning from Wayo’s […]
Bandage International Assists with First Aid Training in San Pedro
A crew from Bandage International was on the island conducting a two-day first aid training course in collaboration with the Belize Red Cross San Pedro Branch. The course was carried out on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 and Thursday, November 7, 2013 at El Divino Restaurant where a total of 28 persons from various local businesses […]
In Memory of Micheline Nayard
A message from Lilly, Iain and Joana: “My beloved French mother ‘Micheline Nayard’ who was 74 years of age came to Belize in 2006 to live with us when she was diagnosed with cancer. We did all we could for this previously very independent lady; modifying our lives to adapt to this terrible illness. With […]
Five-A-Side a Dead Sport in Ambergris Caye
It used to be the No. 1 sport for sports aficionados. It used to attract hundreds of young children and teenagers to become athletes, and hundreds more young and old, men and women as fanatics of the event. Five-A-Side used to fill up Central Park for hot soccer action every Friday and Saturday nights. Then […]
Ministry of Health Says Dengue Cases in San Pedro Under Control
In July of this year, the Belize Ministry of Health issued a dengue alert in the country. Come August, Dr. Jerry Lanza, Medical Director of the Dr. Otto Rodriguez Poly Clinic confirmed that there was an outbreak of Dengue in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. It was then that the Ministry of Health embarked on a […]
Strengthening the Balance, Part II (Leaders)
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com Last year November, I wrote an article to remind students and teachers alike of the importance of always maintaining and Strengthening the Balance between each other in the classroom and while at school. Teachers and students will work productively and smoothly when they treat […]
San Pedro High School Male Volleyball Team are National Champs
If you heard the drumming and screaming cheers this afternoon from the San Pedro High School students as they paraded through the streets of Downtown San Pedro and wondered what all the excitement was all about, then you might also want to give the school a congratulatory cheer. The school is boasting that its male […]
Waterlogged Ambergris Caye Residents Find Ways to Get Around
This week’s Picture of the Week comes courtesy of Mata Grande Grocery located in 4.5 miles in North Ambergris Caye, Belize. Their Facebook page post says that the kayak anchored in front of the store is their newest delivery transportation “Cody and Collin used it to deliver 3 five-gallon water containers down the road a […]
The Marvelous Barrier Reef of Belize
By Angel Nuñez “Hey Dad, let’s go fishing? “No my son because when you come out of school at 3:30 p.m. it is already a bit late.” “But Dad, it is May and our summer vacations have commenced.” With this said, my dad became excited and was delighted to take me and my brother out […]
Golf Cart Crashes into Barber Shop
Police arrived at the scene of this golf cart accident that took place on Sunday, November 10, 2013, a little after 8p.m. Pedestrian were lucky to have been avoided by the golf cart that crashed into the Island Barber Shop located at the corner of Pelican Street and Angel Coral Street. Eye witness reports indicate […]
Belize Marine Conservation Organization ReefCI, Receives Global Recognition
Belize marine conservation organization ReefCI, receives Global recognition at the WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards – Highly commended for Best for Responsible Wildlife Experiences goes to Marine conservation organization ReefCI at the 2013 10th annual World responsible tourism awards. The winners and highly commended were announced at the World Travel Market (WTM) exhibition in the […]
Madisco holds Annual Food Show in San Pedro
Madisco’s annual Food Show in San Pedro keeps getting bigger and bigger every year, with more invited guests flooding the showroom to sample, taste and get to know more of the products and services provided by one of Belize’s largest distributors. Madisco and the Beverage Division of Karl H. Menzies of Belize City, held their […]
FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca Cola Comes To Belize
For the 2014 FIFA World Cup™, Coca-Cola is creating the world’s most inclusive, participatory experiential event ever. The FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola will give more than one million people across the world the chance to experience the FIFA World Trophy™ in their own communities. And this year Belize is included. The FIFA […]
Miss Earth Belize 2013 Off To The Philippines
Belize City, Belize – On August 24th, 2013, 21 year old Miss Amber Reneé Rivero was crowned with the official title of Miss Earth Belize; and, on this coming Saturday, November 9th, Amber will depart the country for the first leg of her journey as the formal Environmental Ambassador of Belize. En route to Manila, […]
Belize Prime Minister Hon. Dean Barrow Doing Well After Surgery
– Press Release, Government Press Office, Belmopan. November 7, 2013 – Prime Minister Dean Barrow underwent surgery on his back on Wednesday, November 6 to alleviate chronic back pain he suffers as a result of three herniated disks on his spine. The surgery took two and a half hours at the DISC Sports & Spine […]
Belize at World Travel Market: Turning Plastic Into T-Shirts
Belize is currently participating in the World Travel Market being held in London with representatives of the Belize Tourism Board promoting the country. One new and exciting project that was announced at the Travel Market is that of T-Shirts made from recycled plastic. Check out this video posted by the Caribbean Tourism Organization where Andrew […]
Dorian’s Angels Enjoy Drinking Vero Water at O Restaurant, Las Terrazas
Water is vital for all known forms of life. Safe drinking water is essential to humans and other life forms even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Access to safe drinking water has improved over the last decades in almost every part of the world and O Restaurant at Las Terrazas Resort has […]
Where is the Equal Employment Opportunity?
Dear Editor, Currently, I am a part time student at the University of Belize pursuing my degree on Business Administration. As I embark on my last semester I feel very excited to soon accomplish my goal of graduating and hence have more time to spend with my family and at work. Today, I write to […]
Drama Draws Tears at San Pedro High
It is about seven years or so every year that retired Professor Larry Heimgartner, along with his lovely wife Debbie, visits San Pedro and specifically San Pedro High School to present live theatrical drama to the students. It is a program designed by Larry and former principal Angel Nuñez to draw attention to social issues […]
Saga Thanks San Pedro Community
The Saga Humane Society would like to give our sincerest gratitude to everyone who helped in first of our October SNIP-a-thon clinics with Helping Paws Across Borders Oct.7-12. They were an international team of Veterinarians and Vet Tech’s who held Operation SNIP clinics at Saga Clinic, DFC and Caye Caulker. Helping Paws completed over 150 […]
Making Tourism Benefit Communities Adjacent to Archaeological Sites
The MTBCAAS Project reached another milestone in achieving its objectives and results of the Project. A contract, in the amount of $344,072 (Three hundred forty four thousand and seventy two dollars), was awarded to the consulting firm BELZEB CONSULTING of Grenada, West Indies via tendering process to provide consultancy for diversification of community based tourism […]