Island Kids Enjoy Children's Day
It’s Children’s Day and throughout the country schools have been carrying out activities throughout the week to honor the children. Ambergris Today visited several schools as they celebrated Children’s Day in a very unique way. San Pedro RC School held activities during the week including making sand castles on the beachside, arts and crafts, among […]
Dorian’s Angels want to look Top Notch
Dorian’s Angels are back! After a good month’s break we are back in action and ready to take on San Pedro. Being out and about is always fun but hard work as well, because we take our job very seriously. We are always dining at the newest restaurants, shopping at the best stores, dining here, […]
Wings Department Store robbed of cash – Manager Injured
The manager of Wings Department Store in San Pedro was assaulted last night, Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at around 8:20p.m. as he closed the store and was on his way to his residence located on the third floor of the Wings building. According to reports, the manager had just locked down the store and as […]
Dorian's Angels Start Celebrating with the Garifuna
The San Pedro Garifuna Council has kick started its celerations that will lead to Garifuna Settlement Day, which is a public and bank holiday in the country of Belize. Today, November 17, 2010, the Garifuna are entertaining with live drumming under the palapa at Central Park and Dorian’s Angels set out to have some fun! […]
RESTORE Belize helps affected Belizeans in wake of Hurricane Richard
The RESTORE Belize Program with the office of the Prime Minister collaborated with government agencies and private donors to assist in the national effort to provide disaster relief to affected persons in the wake of Hurricane Richard. Mike and Melita Feisnstein of the Fort Street Tourism Village donated a container of clothes to RESTORE Belize […]
Invitation to World AIDS Day Walk & AIDS Fair
On Wednesday, December 1, the entire world will observe World AIDS Day. This particular day has been set aside to emphasize awareness about this epidemic that is plaguing the world over. Belize joins the rest of the world in bringing awareness during this day as well. And with that in mind that the San Pedro […]
Kelly McGuire Back in San Pedro, Scheduled Performances
For all those Kelly McGuire Fans, he is coming back to San Pedro for some live jamming. He had been away for a while recording his new album and ready to present some of his new music to his island fans and followers who will travel to the island to see him perform. Here are […]
Garifuna Settlement Day Celebration Schedule
The Garifuna community all around Belize prepares to celebrate Garifuna Settlement Day with is observed on November 19 as a public and bank holiday. This year the Garifuna celebrate under the theme: Gibe Memegili Wayumaha; Lidanba Uarani Wawansera (We Continue to have many Aspirations; In Unity We Advance). The San Pedro Branch of the National Garifuna […]
The Belize Zoo Ravaged by Hurricane Richard
An Urgent Appeal for help!Did you know that the Belize Zoo is closed? That’s what a post says on their website’s home page! “Closed until further notice, rebuilding after Hurricane Richard.” The Best Little Zoo in the World” needs help!! On October 24th, 2010, The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center sustained a direct hit […]
Scarleth gets a Crown in her Hometown, Pageant Apologizes for Error
Krista Claims Victory for the Capital City– Press Release – The first annual Queen of the Jewel, formerly (The Next Miss Belize) preliminary competition and fashion show took place inside the Lion’s Den in San Pedro on Saturday, November 13. Though all ten delegates were stunning in their presentations, the final scores equated to a […]
A Message From Sergeant's Caye To The World – Watch the Video!
Demonstrators spotlight the end of coral reefs in Belize – Hundreds of international supporters gather to form a human banner asking if the end is near for the Belize and other endangered coral reefs around the world, on an island on the Belizian Barrier Reef off the coast of Belize City, Belize, on November 13, […]
Good Fortune, Bad Fortune
Maybe So, Maybe Not. – Ancient Taoist ProverbOne day, a farmer’s horse ran away. His neighbors expressed sympathy, “What terrible luck that you lost your horse!” The farmer replied, “Maybe so, maybe not.” A few days later, the horse returned, leading several wild horses. The neighbors shouted, “Your horse has returned, and brought more with […]
High Profile Officials Detained in Cocaine Drug Bust/Plane Discovered in Southern Highway
– Press Release, Belize Police Department, Press Office – On Saturday, November 13, 2010 at about 2:00a.m. Independence Police (ISF) received information of an aircraft suspected to have landed somewhere in Bladden Village. As a result, ISF police proceeded to the area where a white van was seen coming through the area. With the assistance of […]
Next Miss Belize Fashion Show Results Upset Island Residents
Scarleth Delgado and Krista Cruz Share Top Model Title It was suppose to be a Fashion Show to select a top model amongst the ten contestants of the Next Miss Belize beauty pageant and a platform on which the organization to conduct their preliminary judging before pageant night on Saturday, November 27, 2010. But what […]
The Price Of Development
It has been said that everything has a price, even development. Development has been defined as expansion, promotion, enhancement, improvement and advancement. These words all imply something for the better and indeed it is but to the inexperienced or at times due to ignorance, it might appear as regression, demotion, deterioration or even problematic. Such […]
Castillos Celebrate 30 Years of Marriage
Alfonso and Elida Castillo of San Pedro Town celebrated their 30th Wedding Anniversary on November 8, 2010. The couple married in 1980 in Belize City, Belize. Alfonso grew up in Pomona Valley, Stann Creek and Elida enjoyed her childhood years at Isabella Bank, Belize. Elida and Alfonso met after earning their Associate’s degrees from Belize […]
Sail Away in Belize
Harnessing the power of the wind, these beautiful and colorful sailboats cruise up and down Belize’s coastline. Tourist charter them by the hour, day or weeks at a time to explore the wonderful world of Belize. It’s Always a Beautiful Day for Sailing in Belize!
Placencia Still Opposed to Cruise Ship Tourism
Placencia BTIA Maintains Its Current Position: Opposed to Cruise Ship Tourism in the Greater Placencia Area. Nov 11, 2010 – Following the October 22, 2010 public consultation regarding the Cruise Ship Tourism Project in Placencia – hosted by Belize Tourism Board and certain Cruise Line representatives – the Placencia Chapter of BTIA maintains that it […]
The First Island Pilots
A very popular career chosen by young men in San Pedro when commercial aviation was commencing with three-seaters was piloting. The first Sanpedrano pilot to come back with his license was Nando Trejo, but there is something very special to boast about Ramon Nunez’s Jr. Certification in piloting. The newspaper clipping and photo speak for […]
Publicizing News In The Past
By Angel Nuñez So now Ambergris Today has gone full time online and is a daily electronic news source not only for San Pedro and Belize but also for the World. Communication has indeed come a long way in San Pedro. With this historic innovation in communication for San Pedro, I could not help reminisce […]
Johnson & Johnson Healthy Living Workshop
A healthy living workshop was conducted this morning at the San Pedro Roman Catholic School compound by Ms. Rochelle Flowers, Marketing Supervisor of James Brodies & Company along with Nurse Jennifer Cumberbatch, of Johnson & Johnson Ltd of Trinidad. Nurse Cumberbatch has been conducting these workshops throughout the Caribbean and speaks to both boys and […]
Barracuda Attacks Local Fisherman
It was a normal day in the life of Gilbert Espat; he was spear fishing like hundreds of other fishermen all over Belize. But it was not a normal barracuda that Gilbert came in contact with this morning. It was a ferocious one which reacted in self defence and inflicted two large and deep bite […]
Mexican Government to Rehabilitate or Rebuild City Center
– Press Release, Belmopan. November 11, 2010 – Less than a month ago, when Prime Minister Dean Barrow made an official visit to Mexico, one of the commitments that President Felipe Calderon made to our Prime Minister and his delegation was to send a technical learn to Belize to look at the Belize City Center […]
Helmets Mandatory for Motorcycle Drivers
The San Pedro Transport Department made a public announcement on November 4, 2010 advising all motorists that it is now mandatory to present a helmet when licensing their motorcycle. Failure to comply with the prerequisite will result in refusal to inspect and license the motorcycle. Mr. Chris Nuñez, Chairman of the San Pedro Transport Department, […]
Is the Atlantic hurricane season of 2010 over?
(from Dr. Jeff Masters’ WunderBlog, Weather Underground) “Since the active hurricane period we are in began in 1995, seven of the 15 years have seen an Atlantic named storm form after November 8. Only two of these storms caused loss of life: Tropical Storm Odette of 2007, whose floods killed eight people in the Dominican […]