CG Esthetics Event and more Quick News Hits
CG Esthetic ‘Girl Party’ at El Divino Today
From 9:00 am to 11:00 am & 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Join CG Esthetic for a beauty breakfast and/or a night of fun. There will be a big product sale, product demonstrations, barefoot sandals and more.
Liquor License Extensions
The San Pedro Liquor Licensing Board would like to inform all Liquor License establishments that have extensions that they should bring their extension forms to the San Pedro Town Council office on Tuesdays of every week no later than 2:00 p.m. Late Extension forms will not be considered.
Island Water Sports
Weekends and sunny days will now be even more enjoyable with these fabulous water toys available for rent at Island Water Sports. Located at the Holiday Hotel dock, this new venture is sure to please – with water trikes, paddle boards and more. These fun water toys are a guaranteed hit – stop by and check them out! SP Sun
SP Lions club donates food items
The San Pedro Lions Club on Friday made two donations; one to a local resident and the other to an institution. Zone Secretary Lion Kainie Manuel and local Club Secretary Lion Jorge Aldana handed over food items on behalf of the club to Mr. Dale Ellis and to Holy Cross Anglican School. Ellis expressed his gratitude to the Club for the generous donation, as did authorities at Holy Cross. Those authorities indicated that the items will be used as part of the school’s feeding program. SP Sun
Smile Clinic back on Ambergris Caye
The Smile Clinic was back on the island as of last week at the Holy Cross Anglican School. Volunteer dentists from abroad continue arriving on the island on a regular basis to offer free dental clinics to the children of San Pedro. This week they continue providing their services at the Holy Cross Anglican School, but also at the San Pedro Poly Clinic. The services are free for children ages four to twelve. For more information you can contact the Anglican School or the Poly Clinic at 226-2536. Ambergris Today
Belize Departure Tax Letter to the Editor
My husband and I and four other couples were in Belize for eleven days from January 22 until February 2. We were sailing for seven days, and spent the rest of the time divided between the Maya Beach area and Placencia Village. We had a really wonderful time and hope someday to return. However, our experience on departing from the Belize City International Airport was a very, very frustrating way to end such an amazing holiday.
We had been told about the departure tax and have absolutely no objection to paying it, however having to provide it solely in US funds is ridiculous. It’s a Belizean tax. We were in Belize. We are not US citizens, we are Canadian and had no US money. We had prepared ourselves by having sufficient cash in Belizean dollars, (and had Canadian money) but we were told you only accepted US money to pay the Belize Departure Tax? Having to exit from the security area and line up a second time at the Atlantic Bank and pay an addition commission to convert money again from Belizean dollars to US dollars and line up again to pass through security and customs created an unnecessarily stressful delay.
I could understand, if you accepted US dollars as well as Belizean as a convenience to so many American tourists who would carry US money, but why would you penalize people from outside the US in this way? I can’t stress how much this left a bad feeling right at the end of a trip that had been completely blissful until that point.
Yours sincerely, Judith McGill, Pickering, Ontario
