Oceana Honors Wavemakers at 2021 Virtual Annual General Meeting
Monique Vernon of Placencia honored as Oceana’s 2021 National Wavemaker of the Year – On Thursday, October 28th, supporters from across the globe tuned in as Oceana hosted its 2021 Annual General Meeting on Facebook live for its dedicated members, better known as ‘Wavemakers’. During the virtual event, many Wavemakers were recognized for their sensational […]
Vacancy – Community Rehabilitation Officer for San Pedro
Ministry of the Public Service, Constitutional and Political ReformVACANCY NOTICE Applications are invited from suitable, qualified applicants to fill the post of Community Rehabilitation Officer, San Pedro Town, Community Rehabilitation Department, Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs 1. BASIC PURPOSE OF POSITION: The position represent the Department at Court Hearings and provide […]
Celebrity Spotting: Britney Spears Lands on Private Island in Belize
According to her Instagram, Britney Spears is vacationing on a private island off the coast of Belize. We might all agree that she is in need of a vacation. What better place to relax and free herself from all the stress – Yes Belize! Today, Britney Spears posted on her Instagram account a picture of […]
Saga Invites Pet Owners to 17th Annual Costume Contest
It’s been a couple years since we’ve celebrated Halloween with our fur babies and shelter animals. We don’t want to wait another one, so we will hold our Halloween Pet Costume Contest virtually this year! Dress your pet to impress to win one of our amazing prizes! Contest is open to any type of pet […]
Belize Strengthens Early Warning Systems for Rainfall and Climate Forecasting
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF has recently provided another grant to the Government of Belize of US$43,140 to further enhance its early warning systems for extreme rainfall events. Since 2017, CCRIF has been supporting Belize to purchase and install automatic weather stations with grants totaling US$143,000. The first grant of US$100,000 in 2017, […]
Why Should We All Be More Like Linda?
This is Linda Sue Dingel, President of Dive Marketing Media Inc., an avid traveler and visitor to Belize. I had the privilege to meet her and become good friends. She loves working with Belizean businesses and promoting our country, particularly the diving aspect of it. One thing that we know of Linda is that she […]
BTB Provides Enhanced Health and Safety Training for San Pedro Tour Guides
The Belize Tourism Board concluded a two-day Enhanced Health and Safety Training for Tour Guides on Friday, October 8, 2021. The training sessions were held in conjunction with the San Pedro Tour Guide Association, at the San Pedro Junior College while following all COVID-19 guidelines. The training was designed to foster guidance on how to […]
Collection Released of New Maya Brand of Clothing Xe’il Belize
Xe’il, meaning “True to our Roots” – a meaningful brand designed and developed to provide a source of economic empowerment to Mayan women and showcase the dawn of a fashion era emerging from Southern Belize. The establishment of Xe’il started in October of 2019 and was executed by the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management […]
San Pedro Mayor Wally Nunez Works Beyond the Call of Duty
He no longer works as a pilot for local airline Tropic Air, but this weekend, Ambergris Today discovered that San Pedro Mayor, Gualberto “Wally” Nuñez, still takes time to fly but for a very special reason. Last night, on Sunday, October 10, 2021, just before 9p.m., Mayor Wally piloted an aircraft that transported a suspected […]
Kelly and Mukul Kanabar Awarded Leaders Worth Following 2021-2022
The winners of the Leader Worth Following 2021-2022 are philanthropists in being and at heart, Kelly and Mukul Kanabar of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The announcement was made at the 6th Annual Leader Worth Following awards on October 6, 2021. Those who are close to this couple, or even have had the opportunity to spend […]
Donation to Test for Delta Variant in Belize
Belmopan – On September 29, Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat joined U.S. Embassy Belmopan Medical Officer Sarah Kieffer and Dr. Kristy Murray, Director of the Center for Human Immunobiology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, on a tour of the Belize Central Laboratory to view donated genomic sequencing equipment used […]
Oceana Ocean Heroes 2021 Announced
During its 11th annual award ceremony held on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, Oceana recognized two extraordinary Belizeans as its 2021 Ocean Heroes. This year’s winners are marine conservationist, Kevin Andrewin and local Chef, Jennie Staines. Since the early 90’s, Kevin Andrewin has dedicated his life to working with sea turtles and manatees in his home […]
Ambergris Caye Keeping Higher Corona Virus Infections at Bay
The Belize District continues to lead the country by the number of newly-reported COVID-19 infections with Belize City consistently being the municipality reporting the highest number of cases. While cases skyrocket in the mainland, the tourism hotspots like Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker and Placencia are reporting relatively low cases of infection. There are currently, close […]
Jaguar Spotted Swimming Across Bacalar Chico Reserve Ambergris Caye
Professional fly fishing guide, Cesar Acosta and tourists were treated with a rare sighting this week while fishing in the flats of the Bacalar Chico Natural Reserve in northern Ambergris Caye, Belize. Cesar shared his video with Ambergris Today as they got up close and personal with a jaguar that was swimming across the lagoon […]
COVID Positive Woman Dies Waiting for Care in San Pedro
San Pedro Police reports indicate that 38-year-old Vanessa Hall, a Belizean domestic of the San Juan Area, arrived at the San Pedro Polyclinic on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, to see a doctor and was sitting in the waiting area when she became unresponsive. She was taken to the emergency ward where Dr. Aneiros later pronounced […]
BTB Rewards First Frontline Hero for Exemplary Work During the Pandemic
– Press Release, Belize Tourism Board, Belize City, Belize Monday, September 13, 2021 – Since March of 2020 to date, we have heard a great deal about the plight of our dedicated frontline workers, nurses, doctors and lab technicians who have all carried the burden of Belize’s COVID-19 battle. Due to the overbearing workload created […]
Development Plans at Cayo Rosario Announced for 2025 Opening
The announcement of the new development on Ambergris Caye, Belize at Cayo Rosario and Secret Beach, was made this week that boasts an ‘out of this world experience’ for its guests and residents. “Six Senses Belize, resort and residences, will be uniquely set across two areas: The sun-drenched stretch of secret beachfront on Ambergris Caye, […]
Four Belizean Resorts Dominate This Years Travel+Leisure Awards
The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) has offered its congratulations to the four Belizean resorts that dominated the Travel + Leisure 2021 World’s Best Awards in the Top 10 Resort Hotels in Central America category. The four Belizean resorts recognized for their top-notch service were ranked as follows: Gaia River Lodge –5th Matachica Resort & Spa […]
What Kind of Democracy Will the Next Generations Choose for National Happiness?
It is through adversity that character is shown, and it is through trials that a nation forges its identity and greatness. Belize is in a time of challenge it has not endured since the beginning of its independence. Its greatness will be shown if it is able to hold firm to its founding principles and […]
Belize to Add New Wreck Dive at Turneffe Marine Reserve
The submersion of a 375-foot concrete ship, The Wit Concrete, donated by ASR-BSI, will become Belize’s largest wreck dive and reef enhancement project to be located at Blackbird Caye, within the Soldier Caye Conservation Zone in the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve. The announcement was made on Monday, August 30, 2021, by the Turneffe Atoll Sustainability […]
Belize Hosts Sunrise Yoga Session Atop Empire State Building
Belize City, Belize August 26th, 2021: As part of its strategic marketing efforts to heighten consideration and awareness for Belize, highlighting wellness tourism, the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) secured an opportunity to collaborate with the Empire State Building in celebration of National Wellness Month. In this regard, on Thursday, August 26, 2021, Belize hosted an […]
KV Foundation Assists Students Back to School
Twenty-two-year-old Kyrone Rene Vasquez, a local bodybuilder and personal trainer, has taken upon himself to assist his community in any way he can. With the establishment of the KV Foundation, this year he has managed to assist four students as they go back to school. Last week Kyrone Vasquez was able to supply four island […]
Celebrity Spotting: John Ortiz Vacations in San Pedro
Latin-American Actor and director John Ortiz was spotted vacationing in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize last week. Fan photos on social media show Ortiz at the Mata Chica Resort and on a diving trip where he celebrates becoming an officially certified scuba diver. John Ortiz is known for his antagonist role as Arturo Braga in […]
Belize Receives First Shipment of 111,150 Doses of Pfizer Vaccine
The Government of Belize received a shipment of the 111,150 doses of the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine early this morning, August 18, 2021. The shipment arrived on the 8:03a.m. FedEx Express Cargo flight at the Phillip Goldson International Airport. This is the first tranche of an expected larger donation from the United States Government to the […]
Town Council Expresses Concern Over Sir Barry Bowen Bridge
The San Pedro Town Council has issued a release expressing deeps concerns over the safety of the Sir Barry Bowen Bridge at Boca del Rio. The Council stressed that the bridge must be urgently and extensively repaired, plus there is the need for an additional new structure to accommodate the volume and size of traffic […]