Sueño del Mar Friday Night After Club

Ambergris Today got a special invitation from Sueño del Mar last week to join their Friday Night After Club which was an invitation to an open house to experience the grounds at the resort and get a special tour of one of the residence's penthouse. Sueño del Mar is truly a dream located in the paradise that is Ambergris Caye. Click HERE to read the whole story.

The Garinagu Have Arrived

The Garifuna Council of San Pedro Reenacted the arrival of the Garinagu to Belize, touching ground at Central Park at sunrise Wednesday, November 19. This was part of their Garifuna Settlement Day Celebrations a public and bank holiday throughout the country. The landing was followed by a mass at the Roman Catholic Church and a parade through the streets of San Pedro. Happy Garifuna Settlement Day.

Garifuna Awareness

The Garifuna Council of San Pedro continues with their cultural awareness, today traveling around town with their drummers and visiting schools to educate the children about their rich culture.

Drumming on Barrier Reef Dr. in front of Spindrift Hotel
(photo by Luis Zapata)

At ABC Pre-school

Christmas Boat Parade

The San Pedro Third Annual Christmas Boat Parade is scheduled for Saturday, December 6, 2008. The past two events have been spectacular with a stupendous show of lights on water. Be part of this years unique parade. Click on the picture for more details.

Planned Power Outage

Belize Electricity Limited has just released a press release advising its customers in the Corozal District, Orange Walk District and San Pedro Town that the supply of electricity will be temporarily interrupted on tomorrow Tuesday, November 18, 2008 as follows: 9:00a.m. to 9:05a.m. and 2:55p.m. to 3:00p.m.

BEL apologizes for the inconvenience caused, but the outage is necessary for the company to upgrade the distribution system in the area. The entire three areas will be affected

Today Show Live at The Blue Hole

The Today Show explores four breathtaking sites on their "Ends of the Earth" segment which includes The Great Barrier Reef of Belize, Iceland’s Glaciers, Mount Killimanjaro in Africa and Sydney, Australia. Reporter Matt Lauer is live at the Belize Blue Hole today and footage can be seen up until 11:00 this morning. Coverage continues tomorrow morning at 8a.m. local channel 14 (NBC’s Today Show). Click on the picture above for live coverage.

Quick Action Averts Fire

Quite a lot of smoke pervaded the air jut about midday. Was it smoke from a barbecue? Indeed intense smoke was coming from a deep fryer from a house in front Ecologic Divers on Front Street Barrier Reef Drive. Quick and smart action averted a major disaster as some folks quickly put the steaming oil and appliance outside. Fortunately nobody hosed water unto the hot oil, for that could have resulted in a large fire. The fire engine was not even called to the scene as a fire extinguisher was used to cool off the heat and smoke. Thank goodness cool heads prevailed as panic could have been disastrous on a lot of wooden buildings in the area. This goes to prove that it is wise to keep a fire extinguisher in every kitchen.

Culture Day at Isla Bonita Infant II

As part of their curriculum this year, the students of Infant II at Isla Bonita Elementary School studied about the different cultures in Belize. To culminate their studies a Culture Day was held today, Friday, with a class presentation at morning's assembly. The students dressed in traditional clothing of different ethnic groups such as Mestizo, Garifuna, Creole and Chinese. They each had to bring a different type of food according to the ethnic group which they represented.

Debbie at Teen Vogue

This week Debbie visited Teen Vogue a new clothing store in town. Each week Debbie is featured visiting a new place in town and you can catch up on her adventures at Ambergris Today online. There are many pictures of Debbie's weekly visits that do not make it on the newspaper, so now they will be featured weekly here on the blog. Here are some more pictures of her visit to Teen Vogue.

Garifuna Cultural Expo

Members of the Garifuna Council set up shop at Central Park yesterday to display several aspects of their culture, including food, clothing, arts and craft and cultural customs. School children from around the island headed to the park to get involved in the cultural experience. The Expo was open to anybody who wanted to learn more about the Garifuna culture. This weekend there will be a Drumming Competition at Central Park on Friday; a Candle Light Vigil at Esmeralda Park on Sunday; a Cultural Block Party next week Tuesday and Wednesday marks the celebration of Garifuna Settlement Day.