Cat Walks Around the World
Her name is Marije aka Cat from the Netherlands and she is traveling around the world taking with her a red carpet and in each country she visits she films video of her ‘Cat Walk’ and challenges. Marije is doing Cat Walks in at least 20 countries and at the end of her journey she […]
Costa Maya Triathlon
The first annual Costa Maya Triathlon was held on Sunday, August 8, and by the turnout of participants and spectators it surely seems that it won’t be the last. Six teams and ten individual participants lined up on the beach front at the race’s start by Wayo’s beach where swimmers completed a quarter mile course. […]
Stress Management Techniques
“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.” ~Richard Carlson “I don’t care!!” She yells out at the girl behind the counter. It’s always uncomfortable when you walk into a situation where two people are arguing. You know nothing about what’s going on. I wanted to get something in the store, […]
A walk on Barrier Reef Drive
Saturday, August 7, 2010 the delegates of The Costa Maya were walking down Barrier Reef Drive during their day off taking in all the sites of town, shopping – experiencing the Sanpedrano lifestyle. Here they met up with Miss San Pedro, Raquel Badillo, who joined in the fun.
Humble Beginnings
You are looking down Caribeña Street, west towards the lagoon. At this corner junction you will now find Rapidito Loans to the right and Sn@kz to the left. Further down is Joe’s Bike rentals and the Hol Chan Marine Reserve Office. As you can see, back then, everything was much different. No brick streets, no […]
Signs of a True Sanpedrano (pt 3)
Ever Since the first column with this topic, friends have been commenting and giving me suggestions on signs of a True Sanpedrano. There seems to be a lot of pride in considering oneself a Sanpedrano or Sanpedrana. And there is very good reason for this because in the 1950’s or thereabout, there were those Belizeans […]
Tourist Gives Birth to Baby in San Pedro
A newborn always brings joy, happiness and love to parents, family and friends. Ambergris Today Newspaper has shared many great moments with different families such as the first baby born for the New Year, San Pedro’s first and only set of triplets, and even a baby delivered at home by his dad. This week we […]
Belize and Mexico Join Forces Against Dengue
– Press Release, Belmopan, August 2, 2010- Belize and Mexico held a technical meeting on Dengue on July 30, as part of the Belize-Mexico Border Health Commission. The aim of the meeting was to coordinate strategies and exchange information in order to prevent and fight dengue. The meeting was held at the Corozal Free Zone […]
Costa Maya Delegates Enjoy Island Hospitality
The eight beauty ambassadors for the Reina de la Costa Maya Pageant have arrived in San Pedro, signaling the commencement of the Costa Maya Festival 2010. Upon their arrival the contestants were whisked away for some sun, sand and sea adventures during the weekend before their heavy scheduling of pageant rehearsals commenced. On Saturday, July […]
Snorkeling Guide passes away during Blue Hole Trip
The Great Blue Hole is a famous diving spot off the coast of Belize City where many tourists and locals have made many dives to explore the stalactite formations and swim among large groupers, nurse sharks and a vast array of species of fish. But this week the atoll reef area was the scene of […]
Summer Camp on Steroids
The San Pedro Summer Camp came to an end last week after a full month of great activities for the participating children. Summer Camp on steroids, we call it, as the program was chock-full of activities that ranged from regular activities like swimming, fishing, snorkeling, kayaking and picnics to the extreme like cave tubing, archery, […]
Miss San Pedro Pageants Hotter Than Ever!
Six beautiful young ladies have taken on the challenge to participate in this year’s Miss San Pedro Pageant; they are Genny Rhaburn, Lila Gonzalez, Ivy Alamilla, Mishelby Leiva, Gelie Nuñez and Natasha Stewart. These lovely contestants have begun training and had their official photo shoot this past weekend at one of San Pedro’s top resorts […]
Father Daughter, Son To Father
“It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” ~Johann Schiller He has got the TV on too loud. He’s looking at it, but I know by his blank stare he’s not seeing it. He was smart, brilliant years ago, but not today, time and a tragic accident started […]
Dollar Drive
Jair and Jahir Lee wanted to participate in the Dollar Drive fundraiser for Baby Daniel Estell so they took to the streets with their signs to help out the volunteers
Wave Dancers
Every time you try to convince young people to go into dancing, you try to tell them that dancing can take you places. It is like sports. This Flashback is a testimony to this idea as back in the early 1990’s this dance group who called themselves the Wave Dancers travelled to the Mexican Island […]
More Signs Of A True Sanpedrano
So do you consider yourself a true Sanpedrano? From our last two issues you gather that a true Sanpedrano eats fish and even sucks the head, does not care much about combing his hair, likes going without shoes, eats “sudado”, wears is shirt open, and likes to wear a hat. Here a few more signs […]
$90K Plus Fire Damages to San Pablo Home
Residents at a San Pablo home got a pretty big scare in the morning of Friday, July 23, as a fire broke out on the second floor of a concrete home. According to official reports tenants on the ground floor of the building called the San Pedro Police Department as the smell of smoke filled […]
$6Mil Makeover for Old Football Field & Embarcadero
Contract signed with local architectural firm. Under the Sustainable Tourism Program, over $6 million Bze of IDB funding, will be invested in a boardwalk stretching 2000 linear feet along the water–front and transforming the back lagoon area of San Pedro Town. The development will incorporate a multipurpose pier housing international and domestic water taxi terminals […]
Extreme Archaeology
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 21 (UPI) — U.S. researchers say they’ll go to great depths — almost 200 feet — to explore the mysteries of freshwater pools important to the Mayans of Central America. Researchers from the University of Illinois are engaging in so-called extreme archeology in exploring the pools and underwater caves at Cara […]
The Youth Movement (Editorial)
This week I was very proud of my San Pedro youth! Never have I seen such a big group of well-organized young souls working arduously for something they believe in. In the past, event organizers and pushers have always been very well-known and respected adults in our community. Our island teens and young adults have […]
Costa Maya Presents Miss Honduras
Nicole Yaret Hawit Age: 22 years Height: 5′ 5″ Occupation: Bachelor in Tourism Eye color: Brown Hair color: Brown Measurements: 34″ – 25″ – 34″ Hobbies: Exercising BilBao Show for Sunday at Costa Maya Festival “The craziest show in Mexico” is how the Bilbao Show is described and it is coming to Costa Maya Festival […]
Summerwind Yacht Accused of Devastating Reef
Making headline news all over the internet is Billionaire Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene for leaving unpaid fines of $1.87 million to Belize after his yacht, Summerwind, tore up the coral reef. Making the news more recently were the Westerhaven, the Great Escape and the Azteca were three notable vessels that ran aground on […]
The Power of Apology
“An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.” – Lynn Johnston Most of the time we feel we can control life. This is the illusion we all enjoy called choice. But truth is there is a bigger player orchestrating what we call life. Life happens whether we make plans or […]
The True Sanpedranos
Just last week we carried an article about the true Sanpedranos not wearing shoes and the adults wearing hats. Well here is proof of it. In this flashback we see all the Sanpedranitos not wearing shoes except for Tulita Ayuso who was wearing shoes and a small pier of socks too. She was probably at […]
Signs Of A True Sanpedrano part 2
Last week I wrote about the signs of a true Sanpedrano as they were typified twenty five years ago. The first ones were no shoes, rolled up pants, and sucking on a fish head. I imagine that at this point many people are saying, “Well, I must not be a true Sanpedrano or I don’t […]