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Ambergris Caye, Belize Sunday July 8, 2007 Belize's only Daily- Seven Days a Week |
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Our Belize Community:
Eli Pearly  The San Pedro Costa Maya
Festival initially started as the Sea and Air
Festival, a festival which aimed to bring Central American countries
together and enjoy camaraderie at its best. The culture exchange, as
well as the traditions passed on, is priceless. Having people from all
walks of life enjoy Belize to its fullest for a full week of planned
activities was the initiative of a handful of people. One such person
involved is someone we proudly honor in the week’s Our Belize
Community. Not only was she instrumental in assisting with the
inception of the Costa Maya Festival but of the change in wedding laws
in Belize. Because of that change, destination weddings are a big boom
in our small island. We present Eli Pearly.
A major deterrent in having destination weddings in Belize was the British Law which required either the bride or groom to be in the country 15 days prior to having a wedding license granted to them. Eli wrote a proposal and after receiving a phone call from Kevin Gonzalez agreed that three days was enough time to be in the country before the license could be granted. “In those days, destination wedding were not as big as they are now. It only made sense to make the most of it. To have one or both members in the country fifteen days before was not working. After writing the proposal I am glad that government agreed with me and had the laws changed, she explained. Today, Eli remains with the Paz family and works managing the Banyan Bay Bottom Time Dive Shop as well as the Banyan Bay Gift Shop. Aside from running the day-to-day activities of both shops, Eli loves spending time with her two grandchildren, Lauren (10) and Casandra (6) and her loving partner Vidal Castillo. Eli has fallen in love with San Pedro’s beauty and peace and has enjoyed pushing the island forward. With great assistance and hard work, she has initiated two of the big tourism movements in the country of Belize. Eli Pearly has made this island her home, her love, her passion and strives to keep moving “Our Belize Community forward. Read More Belize
at the center
 Few countries, regardless of size, can
boast an archaeological heritage
as rich as the Belizean archeological heritage, and this week,
archaeological experts whose specialty is in the Maya civilization
gathered at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts in Belize City for
three stimulating days to compare notes on the latest discoveries and
developments.  It
is the
fifth year of the Symposium and it brought together close
to two dozen scientists from all over the world who have done research
at various sites across the country in Belize.“The current state of archaeology in Belize is that it is dynamic, and we are at the forefront of research on the Mayas, further than anywhere else in the world. Belize has contributed incredible information to our knowledge about the Mayas. There is not a single book I know about that is published on the Maya that does not make reference to or does not include information that comes from Belize. That information, according to Awe, continues to be updated almost on a daily basis since the most recent find three weeks ago of a 500-year-old post-classic Maya ceramic art piece, known as centfish. Centifish, displays the image of a fish and a centipede when combined, was discovered just a few feet below the surface at the Lamanai Ruin in the Orange Walk district. With so much talk on the importance of these sites and artifacts, keynote speaker Francis Fonseca took the opportunity to applaud the archaeological staff for its work in making the symposium such a fascinating reality. He re-assure the public that there are no plans to privatise or commercially exploit any part of Belize’s historical Maya heritage. The Institute of Archaeology in Belmopan is responsible for the management of archaeological exploration countrywide. It monitors all ongoing projects in Belize and dispenses all permits for site work. The Institute also manages all archaeological parks and reserves, including visitors’ centers. Read More Special training for
some of Police ablest
They have been trained in personnel
management,
financial (white
collar) crimes, gun smuggling and human trafficking, and now eleven
senior police officers return to Belize to share their expertise and
spread the good work.
Last Saturday the Belize Police Department welcomed back eleven of its brightest who had gone to San Salvador for special training. It was a six week course which gave them the skills and knowledge needed to function well in key areas of police work -areas such as Personnel management, white collar crime crimes, human trafficking and gun smuggling. They left on May 20, and were accompanied back to Belize by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Maureen Leslie, who had flown to San Salvador the capital, for their graduation. “These officers will now be able to pass on what they have learned to other officers declared Assistant Superintendent Sandra Bodden, Commandant of the Police Training Academy, who herself was one of the trainees. “Some of the training will be taught to new recruits as well officers who have been with the department for some time. “We now have a better understanding of the crimes and criminal activities affecting Belize and we can act more vigilantly. Read More NOTICES/LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
2008
San Pedro Calendar Girls
have almost all the
ads sold for
the calendar! All proceeds from the calendar are going to help build a
computer lab/media resource center at the RC school! We've gotten alot
of support from the local businesses, and we just need a few more! If
you haven't been contacted and are interested in having an ad in the
calendar, please contact either Cathy Nagel (623-9692) or Emma Carter
(studiocbelize@yahoo.com). We're still saving one space for that guy
that makes the pizzas, I just know he'll come thru for us (all the
other Brits have)!!!!! We will be posting the time and place for the
signing party soon and hope to see everyone there when they are picking
up their COPIES of the calendar!!!!!
THOUGHT
OF THE DAY
You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on. Harry S Truman |
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