Motorcycles Donated to Traffic Department
It is no news when we say that traffic in San Pedro is quite busy and work on the island compares to the city’s traffic department. In keeping with the island’s traffic safety earlier this year, the San Pedro Town Council hired two new traffic wardens, Ms. Felipa Carillo and Mr. Freddie Gonzalez Sr.; they […]
Video Pick: Experience the Solstices in Maya Belize
In Belize, the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH) has sent out open invitations to the world for those who would be interested in celebrating, along with the Maya of Belize, the coming of the solstice. Ambergris Today, along with about 60 people from Belize, Canada and the United States took advantage of the […]
Town Council Hires Second Town Foreman
San Pedro has grown from being a quaint fishing village into the country’s number one tourist destination. With its vast development the island needs more attention and personnel to tend to the growing needs of the island. With this in mind, the San Pedro Town Council has hired another foreman to share the work with […]
Teacher Marthita Leslie a Pillar in Education
Can’t really tell what year they graduated from the San Pedro R.C. School but here we can appreciate Miss Lucy Trejo and Miss Marthita Leslie’s Infant one class of the only primary school on the island in early 1970’s. Young, energetic and intelligent Mrs. Leslie’s trademark has always been the infants where her principals had […]
Love Like Water -By Chris Emmanuel
By Christopher Emmanuel Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad (world) creatures without contending with them and settles where none would like to be, it comes close to the way.– VIII-Tao Te Ching Sometimes I don’t like love, nature, source, God, what that means to you. It’s like a friend […]
Dancing with the Sharks and Rays
Actress and Ocean Activist Kate Walsh enjoyed snorkeling Belize’s Barrier Reef and Marine Reserve sites during her visit on World Ocean’s Day. She visited Belize to work along with Oceana to help raise awareness on both of Belize’s majestic Barrier Reef and fragile marine ecosystem, as well as Oceana’s call to protect it by having […]
San Pedro High at 40, Celebrates 36th Graduation
FORTY YEARS OF EXCELLENCE was the theme of San Pedro High School graduation exercises on Sunday, June 16, 2012. The R. Angel Nuñez Auditorium was full to capacity as 62 seniors marched the green carpet for the 36th Annual Graduation Exercises and Fortieth Anniversary. After the Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated by Rev. Father Arturo […]
Marie Carroll & Phil Rigby Nuptials
On Saturday, June 16, 2012, two amazing people tied the knot in a surprise wedding at Casa Caracol. The beautiful ceremony took place on the beachside, accompanied by their friends and family. After the ceremony the nuptials and their guests celebrated inside Casa Caracol with delicious food by Mango’s Restaurant and entertainment by Gino and […]
The Very First Graduation, Class Rings and Prom
By Angel Nuñez Before 1971 nobody had heard or participated in a graduation ceremony in San Pedro. There were no kindergartens, no high school, no Junior College, no university. Of course, there was the San Pedro R.C. School but the farewell/leaving criterion was simply to reach the age of 14. Some kids reached the age […]
New Xunantunich Ferry to Serve Maya Site
On Friday June 8th 2012, Tracy Panton, CEO of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, signed a contract for BZ $142,130.16 with Mr. Liam Stewart of Cayo Steel Works for the construction of the new Xunantunich ferry. The new ferry will retain much of the characteristics of the iconic hand-cranked ferry which has faithfully […]
It's Lobster Time! – Season Officially Opened
The Lobster Season is officially open and fishermen wasted no time in getting in heading to their traps, shades and the reef to get those succulent lobsters so that we can all enjoy! Everybody is looking to cook some delicious lobster on the first day of the season; we have been deprived for too long. […]
San Pedro High School Seniors Shine at Prom 2012
The blue carpet rolled out and the crowds gathered to witness the glitz and glamour that is Prom Night in San Pedro. The graduating seniors of San Pedro High School held their Prom at Banana Beach Resort on Thursday, June 14, 2012, and partied the night away until the wee hours of the morning. Here’s […]
Belize Voted Among World’s Best Destinations By Travel And Leisure Readers
Belize City, Belize – June 14, 2012 – The results are in and according to the readers of Travel and Leisure magazine, Belize ranks among the world’s best destinations in 2012. Just released to the Belize Tourism Board by the editors of the Travel and Leisure magazine, this August, Belize will be featured in three […]
Costa Maya Fest 2012 Presents Miss El Salvador
The Costa Maya Festival is proud to present Nathaly Jazmin Mena Arauz (Miss El Salvador), the 19 year old who will be vying for the title of Reina de la Costa Maya 2012 along with seven other Central American beauties. Nathaly is 5 ‘ 7″, has brown eyes, brown hair and a bronzed complexion. Her first language is […]
SP Foreman Attends Solid Waste Management Seminar
The San Pedro Town Council’s foreman Samuel Gonzalez travelled to San Salvador, El Salvador to attend a four-day training program on June 5, 2012. Gonzalez was part of a Belizean delegation who received training on solid waste management as part of the National Solid Waste Management Plan. According to Samuel Gonzalez, during the trip they […]
Buenos Dias San Pedro
The sun peeks through the white-chalked horizon that is continuously erased and drawnThe first frigate bird sails majestically in the sky where no kite can ever reach itJust a black grain in the sky. The roar of the reef complements the sound of the waves breaking on the beachThe crabs play the game of “tag” […]
SP Roman Catholic School has Top PSE Scores in San Pedro
Tanairi Arana places 6th countrywide in 2012 PSE – The Primary School Examination results are out and the students from San Pedro Town did an excellent job! The top scorers this year were Tanairi Aranda (95.5% – 382/400 points), Yasir Roberts (92% – 368/400 points) and Jerdon F. Anderson (91.75% – 3367/400 points), all three […]
Actress Kate Walsh Visits Great Blue Hole, Raises Awareness on Belize's Sea Heritage
On Friday, June 8, 2012, Belize joined the world in observing World Oceans Day with the main focus of getting young people involved in the global effort to conserve the oceans. Oceana Belize is one of the organizations that has been very active and in the forefront of ocean conservation in the country and with […]
Our Founding Fathers
Close your eyes and try to imagine a Sanpedrano family in front of their home way back into the 1940’s. You probably would get a different image from what you are looking at. You will imagine a thatch house like you see on the cover of the book, Twenty Five Years Ago, right? Well you […]
Music, Fashion and Island Talent, Wave Music Celebrates
Wave Music held a Music Festival with its first fashion show this past weekend, Saturday, June 9, 2012, with loads of entertainment which included models galore and live entertainment by talented San Pedro artists. The show was a total success as host Gerry Badillo of Wave Music combined music and fashion to showcase talented models, […]
Transport Department Announces Winners of Essay & Poster Competition
Students of San Pedro Town were asked to put on their thinking caps and enter the essay and poster competition which was launched by the San Pedro Transport Department. Councilor Kenrick Brackett whose portfolio includes transport, teamed up with Ambergris Today, The Reef Radio and the San Pedro Sun to launch the contest titled, “The […]
Candle Light Vigils Held for Jasmine Lowe
There was an outpouring of emotions for Jasmine Lowe at the Macal River Park last Friday and at the Columbus Park in San Ignacio this past Saturday night. A sea of candle flames was evident from great distances at both events. The Galen University ‘Eagles’ played several meaningful tunes at the Macal River Park. Chairperson of […]
Saying Goodbye after Graduation
Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. For most Senior’s the time has come to say “good bye to high school and hello to the future!” It seems like just yesterday most of us were shy to wear our uniforms […]
Coconut Palm Paradise
The coconut tree is pretty much the signature of a Caribbean destination and the offshore islands of Belize have plenty of them. Relaxing under their shade, enjoying the cool breeze and sipping on the nectar of a coconut is all you need to relax in bliss! It’s Coconut Palm tree paradise at Half Moon Caye […]
Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #16
By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO In the past it used to be said that if you see someone walking barefooted, you could guarantee he was a Sanpedrano. Well while that might be true, one could argue that people from Sarteneja and perhaps some other village also did the same. […]