Income Tax Department hosted fair January 19, 2010
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On Friday the Income Tax Department hosted business establishments and the public to the first ever Income Tax Department Fair. The purpose of the fair was to sensitize and educate the public on the different types of tax handled by the department, payment options and the way the Income Tax Department operates.
Read more on this story in the next issue of The San Pedro Sun Newspaper.
Liquor Licenses approved – New Trade Licensing Board January 19, 2010
Posted by San Pedro Sun in Community, Government.Tags: Ambergris Caye, Belize, liqour license, Trade License
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In the General meeting of the San Pedro Liquor Licensing Board held on January 11th and 12th, 2010 the following number of applications were approved.
*Night Club License – 3 * Publican General License – 4 *Publican Special Licenses – 92 *Restaurant License – 24 * Beer License – 19 *Malt License – 4 *Shop License – 26
New Liquor Licenses *Publican’s Special – 1 *Shop License – 5 *Beer License – 3 *Malt – 1
Two Beer Licenses were denied
The Ambergris Caye Trade License Committee has a new board active for the period 2010-2011. Sitting as Chairman of the committee is her Worship Mayor Elsa Paz. In her team, is Vice Chair Flora Ancona, members: Avelina Heredia, Cecilia Lara and Santiago Vasquez. Ex-officio member of the board is Public Health Officer Godwell Flores. The Committee will have its first scheduled meeting tonight, Thursday, January 21st, 2010.
Liquor License notice January 5, 2010
Posted by San Pedro Sun in Community, Government.Tags: liqour license, malt and beer, publican general, publican special, Restaurant, San Pedro, shop
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The public is notified that the San Pedro Liquor Licensing Board will hold its General Meeting on Monday, January 11th and Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. at the Lion’s Den.
On Monday, January 11th all license holders with a Nite Club, Publican General and Publican’s Special licenses will be reviewed.
On Tuesday, January 12th all license holders with a Restaurant, Shop, Malt and Beer license will be reviewed, as well as new applications. All License holders are asked to be present or send a representative for this meeting.
BTB in Taiwan November 11, 2009
Posted by San Pedro Sun in Community, Government, International News.Tags: Be one with Belize, Belize, Belize Tourism Board, BTB, Taipei, Taipei's International Travel Fair, Taiwan
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The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) was invited by the Embassy of Belize and CATO in Taiwan to attend TAIPEI’S INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FAIR (ITF). ITF took the stage from October 30th to November 2nd, 2009 with exhibitors from 58 Countries and Regions occupying 1,206 Booths in total. 
The venue was Tapei’s World Trade Center TWTC. It was attended by a total of 210,752 visitors. Following is the breakdown on the amount of visitors: Oct. 30 (Fri.) – Private + Trade Visitors – 45,956; Oct. 31 (Sat.) – Private Visitors – 63,052; Nov. 1 (Sun.) – Private Visitors – 66,137; Nov. 2 (Mon.) – Private + Trade Visitors -35,607.
Belize showcased its Reef, rainforest and ruins on a beautiful back drop with the theme “BE ONE WITH BELIZE”. At the same time we showed our video with closed caption in Mandarin. BTB had Tourists offices, travel agents, wholesalers, government officials, transport operators and travel publishers visit our booth.
BTB also had the opportunity to meet with the Director of Tourism Mr. Kwang-Shoung Chao. We had a candid conversation where he was made aware of the attractions that Belize has to offer. He was amazed at our beaches, our history and our culture. He said “I want to go live in Belize”
During the travel mart days both Charge D’ Affaires Mr. Efrain Novelo and Amy Leiva, BTB representative were interviewed by the China Post and U Paper , two of the most widely read newspapers and Channel 52 and Next Magazine, two of Taiwan’s major media outlets. 
Taipei International Travel Fair is the biggest and the most important travel and tourism industry fair in Asia. It is the best place to maximize the efficiency of travel mart by having broad information on several destinations and schemes.
Prime Minister Dean Barrow diagnosed with dengue September 29, 2009
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The regular session of Cabinet scheduled for Tuesday, 29th September, 2009, was cancelled. The Honorable Prime Minister was diagnosed with dengue fever and will be out of office for the rest of this week.
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