A Look Back At The Garifuna Of Belize
By Angel Nuñez The Garifunas have been in San Pedro since the early 1950’s and have remained active in this community to this day. The only difference is that today, they draw a lot more attention because their day, November 19, is a national holiday and the Garifuna community organizes cultural events to promote their […]
San Pedro Friendship Park
This site known as Friendship Park has always been a busy and popular spot. In the 1950’s and 60’s, it was just an empty lot behind Daddy’s and in front of the Roman Catholic Church and in this spot the children of the village had the best softball and soccer friendly matches. It was also […]
Tropic Air Adds Two New Cessna Caravans to Fleet
Today, Tropic Air celebrated the arrival of two new Cessna Caravans in Belize at the company headquarters in San Pedro. Ambergris Today had the privilege of taking a close look at the new Caravans at the John Greif II this morning. The aircrafts were flown in directly from Cessna Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas after the […]
New Justices of the Peace Sworn In
Attorney General of Belize, Hon. Bernard Q. Pitts was in La Isla Bonita for the swearing in of new Justices of the Peace and the naming of Senior Justices of the Peace for the town of San Pedro. The short yet significant ceremony took place at the San Pedro Town Hall on Friday, November 18, […]
Motorcycle Accident Injures Two
A motorcycle accident on Friday evening, November 18, 2011, left two persons injured; one of them seeking medical treatment in Chetumal, Mexico. Juan Guillen suffered head injuries, possible bone fractures to his face and lacerations to his eye and lip when a person riding his bicycle crashed into his motorcycle as he was heading home. […]
San Pedro Observes Children's Week
Children’s Week was observed from November 14 to the 18, 2011 in San Pedro and around the country of Belize. Schools held different educational and fun activities for the children to enjoy. Several schools held crazy day for children to dress up in a funny way and to express themselves freely and others held open […]
Central Park Turns to Street? Ridiculous!
Okay, I told myself that I would fight this until the end just like I did with traffic on the beach, as I find it absurd that our town officials allow this. I know that we do not have eyes on the back of our heads and that the Town Council is under staffed and […]
BTB Reports Increase In Tourism Arrivals
November 16, 2011 – The Belize Tourism Board is happy to share its 3rd Quarter Tourism Report for the period ending July to September 2011. Belize has had the privilege of welcoming an increasing number of tourists to its shores via the cruise ship port, land border points and the international airport as the statistics […]
Ben the Bachelor and Belize Starts Jan 2
This week we caught a glimpse of the first preview video for “The Bachelor” season 16. It promises surprises from the very first night. When welcoming the ladies, Ben Flajnik is left speechless by an elderly woman who approaches him with crutches and says that she is madly in love with him. Another woman, meanwhile, […]
Burgers Up! At Saga Cook Off
Ten dollars got you a whole lot of burgers, nine to be exact, at Saga’s November Burger Cook Off that took place last night, Wednesday, November 16, 2011. The event went down at the Wahoo’s Lounge located on the beach at the Spindrift Hotel. Well, they were not entire burgers, but samplers or sliders as […]
Abandoned and Shot Now Loved and Protected
Press Release – 16th November 2011 – There is no doubt that Si was probably a very cute puppy. It’s easy to imagine a child playing with him and enjoying the wonderful bond that develops between puppies and children. What is not so easy to imagine is how such a sweet pot licker grew up, […]
1st Ever HIV/AIDS Charity Dinner/Auction
Crave Restaurant will be hosting the “1st Annual Dinner & Charity Auction for the San Pedro AIDS Commission” on World AIDS Day Thursday, December 1, 2011. The San Pedro AIDS Commission and Crave are putting together a fantastic evening for you with delicious food, fabulous company, a fun auction and raffle, to raise funds and awareness […]
Belize Tops Nat Geo’s Top 10 Sacred Caves List
We are very pleased to see that Belize’s Actun Tunichil Muknal is on the top of the list of National Geographic’s Top 10 Sacred Caves. The list is published in the National Geographic book Sacred Places of a Lifetime. This inspirational book showcases 500 of the world’s most powerful and spiritual places—and guides modern-day travelers […]
Bridge Closing & Sports Notices
Bridge Closed to Vehicular Traffic (Update Nov. 21) Press Release – San Pedro Town Council – November 21st, 2011 – The general public is advised that after studying all options available, they have no other choice but to close the bridge to VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (including golf carts) immediately. This is necessary to complete the street […]
Priceless Silverware Stolen from House of Culture
A number of priceless antiquities have been stolen from the National Collection at the Belize City House of Culture. Several pieces of silverware which date back as far as the 1800’s when Queen Victoria and King George reigned over the United Kingdom were stolen from unlocked display cases at the House of Culture. A total […]
Old Timer or Modern Sanpedrano? #11
By Angel Nuñez YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN OLD TIMER SANPEDRANO IFYou had a Garifuna (Carib) as a teacher during your primary school days. Everyone remembers their Garifuna teachers because they were good teachers and strict disciplinarians. As disciplinarians they resorted to the whip to impart order, respect and good behavior. I remember my last […]
Las Terrazas Named Belize's Leading Resort at World Travel Awards
Las Terrazas Resort & Residences announced that they have been named Belize’s Leading Resort at the 2011 World Travel Awards. More than 5,000 companies, destinations and organizations are nominated for these prestigious annual awards, voted on by more than 213,000 industry professionals worldwide. The World Travel Awards were started in 1994 to encourage the international […]
Do We Care?
On the corner of Pescador Drive and Ambergris Street, a building construction which uses virtually all of the lot space leaving none for parking, is underway. I hear that it will be the offices of a Credit Union. On the corner of Barrier Reef Drive and Black Coral Street across from Coral Beach Hotel, the […]
Classroom Management
Classroom management is not easy. How do you “manage” 32 or more different and restless teenagers in the same room every day, with each one displaying various levels of strengths and/or weaknesses in different subjects? Each teacher has no more than 45 minutes at a time to “manage” all of them, and bring out the […]
Healthier Smiles for School Children
San Pedro’s residents are known to be friendly and always sharing a smile with others; one thing for sure is that those smiles are the healthiest smiles in the entire country of Belize. Island residents are blessed to have great healthy smiles thanks to all the volunteer dentists groups that make a huge effort to […]
San Pedro Tops National Optimist Regatta
Like leafcutter ants busy on a tree limb, the Optimist dinghies sailed across the sea in front of Caribbean Villas during the Belize National Optimist Championship Regatta that took place in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize on November 12, 2011. The most impressive thing was that the skippers were children between the ages of 8 […]
Travel Trade Experts participate in BTB Forum
Belize City, Belize – November 14, 2011 – On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, the Belize Tourism Board, in collaboration with its Travel Trade Agency of Record, JG Blackbook of Travel, conducted a focus group workshop with over 60 local hoteliers and tour operators on How to Reach the US Travel Trade Market. The Travel Trade […]
Three Hour Coffee Break with Mary
Meeting Mary Bartnikowski was like a breath of fresh air. She called me to meet for coffee at Café Cubano last week. She was told that I was the person to meet in San Pedro. (Thanks to a few great friends who had so much good things to say about me; you know who you […]
Ceni 's Quinceaños
San Pedro is known for fiestas and Quinceaños are no exception. On Saturday, November 12, 2011 Ceni Grace celebrated her “Peacock” themed Quinceaños with her friends and family at the Lion’s Den. Congratulations and Happy Birthday to Ceni and wishing you many more. Aim for the stars!
San Pedro – Orange Walk Flights by Tropic Air
– Press Release, Tropic Air, Monday, November 14, 2011 – Tropic Air announced today that it will be inaugurating twice daily non-stop service between San Pedro and the Orange Walk Town’s Tower Hill Airstrip, on December 15th, 2011. With the launching of this service and the opening of its new station there, Tropic Air will […]