Liberty Foundation Fundraiser Event
Dear Neighbors and Friends,This Sunday, the 11th of December, please attend a fabulous fundraising event at Pedro’s Inn, benefitting LIBERTY CHILDREN’S HOME. There will be live music, fabulous bar-b-q, a jump-a-thon, free use of the pool all day …. please come and help make it a GREAT event!! Liberty provides healing and shelter to abandoned, […]
Sixteen-year-old Raises $22,000 for the Belize Zoo
Christmas is a time of sharing, giving and receiving and the Belize Zoo received an early Christmas gift. Sixteen-year-old, Yuvraj Duggal who visited the Belize Zoo for summer fell in love with the place and managed to raise $22,000 for the Belize Zoo. Yuvraj was in Belize for summer and was in the country to […]
Caye Caulker Restaurant to receive Intl’ Catering Award
Congratulations are in hand for our neighboring friends of Caye Caulker as a well-known establishment on the island will be receiving an International Catering Award. According to the Caye Caulker Chronicles, Rose’s Grill and Bar will be receiving this prestigious award in January 2012 in Madrid, Spain. Rose’s Grill and Bar has been operating in […]
How to Shoot Like a Pro
Mary Bartnikowski, an award winning pro-photographer for 25 years and author from California has led programs at Stanford, Apple Computer, Intel and worldwide for humanitarian foundations and her own photography workshops. She is a great person and we have become great friends in the very short time that we have met and gotten together. She […]
Dealing with Difficult Students
Should two or three ‘difficult’ students take up most of an educator’s time? On the days when these students are absent, or pulled from class, everything seems to go smoothly. Teaching is fun; everyone seems more relaxed — no interruptions. When they’re in class, though, they make a teacher want to pull his/her hair out. […]
Belize's First Live Twitter Chat Yields Impressive Reach
On Friday, December 2, 2011, the Belize Tourism Board conducted its first ever Twitter Live Chat with over 113 participants using the #VisitBelize hashtag. Ambergris Today was very happy to be part of this live chat on Twitter as it helped selling the product we all are working on advertising – BELIZE! The BTB’s current Road […]
Isariel's 6th Birthday Party
Luis Isariel Muñoz celebrated his 6th birthday on Saturday, December 3, 2011. With an underwater theme everybody was having a splash and lots of fun! Happy Birthday Isariel, Wishing you many many more!
Diving Legend Ramon Nuñez Sr. Awarded
It is always nice to hear when an individual is presented with a prestigious award especially if you know the person or is a close relative. But when a Sanpedrano receives an award it is even more special since we are a very closely knit community and we all feel as proud as a peacock. […]
The Busy Month Of December
By Angel Nuñez Oh yes, the month of December is a busy month today, way too busy. But don’t you ever think the month of December or the Christmas month was not busy twenty five years ago, except that in a different way. While the activities of Christmas begin with the Christmas Lighted Boat Parade, […]
Highly Spiritualistic
A community that prays together stays together. In this regard, our Island Community of San Pedro is highly Christian with some ninety percent Roman Catholic and ten percent other denominations. A few of the sacraments that carry a lot of weight in the Roman Catholic doctrine are Baptism, Holy Eucharist (also called First Holy Communion), […]
SPHS Founder's Day – Angel Nunez Birthday
Even after his retirement as Principal of San Pedro High School, the entirel student body continues to celebrate Mr. Nuñez’s birthday on December 5. For years it was the task of the senior class to organize the big event that meant a break from classes and a free afternoon after the party. Each year every […]
Miss Costa Maya 2010 Making Waves Back Home
Ambergris Today and the San Pedro Costa Maya Festival are proud to see that Miss Costa Maya 2010, Gabriela Asturias from Guatemala is riding high on a wave of success back home. She visited San Pedro back in August to crown her successor at the Costa Maya Festival and now Gabriela is hard at work […]
Boat Parade Kicks off Christmas
It was the San Pedro AIDS Commission that captured the eye of the judges during the sixth annual San Pedro Holiday Lighted Boat Parade that took place on Saturday, December 3, 2011. Their decorated boat and high spirited staff was awarded the top prize of $1,500 during the holiday season celebration as 12 other boats […]
Fun with Cruz Arts
Everybody knows local artist Kirt Cruz who sets up his table in front to Mickey’s Place to create and sell his paintings. He enjoys being out there interacting with the locals and meeting tourists who stop by to look at his works of art. Kirt has done very well from recovering from an accident that […]
Fun with Cruz Arts
Everybody knows local artist Kirt Cruz who sets up his table in front to Mickey’s Place to create and sell his paintings. He enjoys being out there interacting with the locals and meeting tourists who stop by to look at his works of art. Kirt has done very well from recovering from an accident that […]
BEL Applies For Reduction of Electricity Rate
Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) has submitted an application to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for a 3.4 per cent reduction in the average electricity rate. This application is being made under a Full Tariff Review Proceeding (FTRP) for the period July 1, 2012 through to June 30, 2016. During the FTRP the PUC will review […]
World AIDS Day Observed In San Pedro, Belize
The San Pedro AIDS Commission took to the streets yesterday afternoon, Thursday, December 1, 2011, World AIDS Day, for their annual Solidarity Walk to show support and create awareness for HIV/AIDS on the island. All the hard work that the Commission dedicates itself throughout the year seems to be paying off as the Solidarity Walk […]
Responsible Dog Ownership Starts Early
It was big news last week that SAGA Humane Society will be working with the San Pedro Town Council to encourage responsible dog ownership and fine irresponsible owners. It is with this in mind that SAGA is producing a series of articles about dog ownership and how to do it successfully and responsibly so that […]
The 2011 Hurricane Season in 4.5 minutes
The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on Nov. 30 and produced a total of 19 tropical storms of which seven became hurricanes, including three major hurricanes. This level of activity matched NOAA’s predictions and continues the trend of active hurricane seasons that began in 1995. Surprisingly, none of the first eight tropical storms reached […]
Belizean Woman Awarded Women in Public Service Award
For the first time in Belize, a woman has been awarded the United States Secretary of State Women in Public Service Award. This award which was launched earlier this year by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is a training colloquium which is an academic conference looking to bring together policy makers, academics and women […]
Decrease on Fuel Price
Christmas Season has begun. It is the first day of December and what better way to start off the Christmas spirit than knowing you will be saving some money when purchasing fuel. The price of diesel went down 42 cents and regular gasoline went down 32 cents. Ambergris Today checked with Caribeña Fuels and was […]
Video Pick: Feeding Moray Eels
Kerstin and Holger from Frankfurt, Germany describe themselves as ex yuppies turned full-time travelers and volunteer consultants. We discovered this fun video of theirs as they post travel videos on their YouTube Channel from all over the world: hiking, diving, extreme sports, underwater, relaxing, road trips. “All with good, rocking soundtracks!” they state. 🙂 Their […]
San Pedro Retains its Rustic Charm
It is not the biggest celebration on the island of Ambergris Caye, but it might as well should be one of the biggest. Township was aquired in 1984 and our small quaint little village has never been the same since. Development that came along with the increase in tourism has almost converted San Pedro Town […]
NOAA Summarizes 2011 Hurricane Season
Today marks the end of the Atlantic Hurricane Season and Belize once again counts its blessings and island residents give thanks to God for being spared once again from those deadly storms. Tropical Storm Harvey in early August impacted southern Belize and sprung a tornado that ripped through the village of Crooked Tree for just […]
Heavenly Belize Book Signing Event
On Friday, December 9th author and photographer Marius Jovaiša, of Heavenly Belize will be in San Pedro. He will be hosting a book sale and signing event at the Victoria House on Friday, December 9 from 6:30p.m. – 8:00p.m. All visitors and locals are invited to come and purchase their autographed copy of the book. […]