If Da Noh Soh!

GIV it to me, Gapi!

Short week and all, this columnist thought it would be a little harder to gather up the UDP shush, but this bunch so stupid and corrupt that there’s never a shortage of ‘factual gossip.’ Let’s start with our favourite dodo-bird from the north, Gapi Vega. A little bird which flew out of Gapi’s ministry told us that the Minister gave a member of his family a permit to export ten container-loads of zericote and poisonwood out of the country. No, I said, our Minister of Natural Resources would never do something like that, especially since it is illegal to export hardwoods. Yes, the bird said, they’re doing it through a company called GIV Ltd. So I sat there and I thought a bit, then I thought some more. Then I said, oh damn, this bird just may know what its talking about, cause you see, the Minister has a brother whose name is German Ignacio Vega (GIV, for those who are short on the uptake). Hmmm! Seems like this bunch wah neva done…If Da Noh Soh!

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New posts at the KHMH…

Big moves are being made at the KHMH…seems the only thing that isn’t moving is the Commission of Inquiry, which was launched about 4 months ago but seems to have fizzled out. One of the big changes is the appointment of Dr. Bulwer as the Medical Chief of Staff. I have hopes that it’s a change for the better. It certainly seems to have been a move which was in the making a long time ago, since Bulwer has been heard to say that he was offered the job months ago, but just decided to come in for an interview. And there are other changes, surprising changes especially since the KHMH claims to be perpetually cash strapped. For one thing, the KHMH will be hiring a PR Consultant, and we understand that they’re looking at Ms. Brenda Stuart. So what’s that all about? Seems like the KHMH and indeed the whole public health system should be focusing on how to stop killing babies and how to provide adequate health care as opposed to spending money on creating the best spin out of a bad situation! And did we say the KHMH is cash strapped?  Well, apparently not, since another new post is being created – this one is for an assistant to the Medical chief of Staff. Okay then. I’ve got a serious problem when it comes to the UDP and the UDP priorities. Keeping in mind the current economic situation and the chronic lack of basic medical supplies at the KHMH, somebody’s gonna have to try real hard to convince me that the money which will fund those new post couldn’t have been spent better elsewhere. If you ask me, those positions were created only so some UDP cronies could get a piece of the little that’s left…but that’s just my opinion…If Da Noh Soh!

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War in the north…

Mein, Pablo so stupid he can’t even get victimizing people right. Not to make a joke out of a bad thing, but last week Pablo handed out 150 lots to UDP cronies. These lots in Santa Familia had been handed out by the previous administration, so upon taking over Pablo promptly took them all away and redistributed them. But see, Pablo didn’t take into account the fact that the previous administration didn’t believe in giving out lots along political lines, so we understand that one of the lots taken away belonged to the mother of UDP Mayor Hilberto Campos…there’s bad blood brewing between those two…If Da Noh Soh!

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Pulling out…

Reliable word reaching this columnist is that investors in the Corozal Commerical Free Zone are just waiting until after the Christmas holidays before they will be pulling out and moving on. Hell, things bad, really bad. Imports in the Zone were down $114 million. Nobody’s making any money under this UDP administration. Can you imagine the mass unemployment when these businesses close down. We hear that even the casinos in the north are on life support…If Da Noh Soh!

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Guns anyone?

Hell, Minister of National Security Carlos Perdomo might not be ashamed to stand in front of the nation and tell everybody that crime is down and we’re living in the best of times under the UDP, but the UDP Ministers get the sense of what is really going on. This columnist understands that after the gunman shot up Boots’ car, all ministers applied for a gun license immediately. Things are really rough out here right now, and the UDP ministers know that people are noticing that they’ve been living high off the hog while the majority of Belizeans can barely afford to put food on the table…the whole world’s about erupt…tell you revolution is a must…If Da Noh Soh!

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Serious disrespect…

Word just reaching this columnist is that the Prime Minister of Belize has disrespected the people of the south once again. While the Garifuna of Belize celebrate Settlement Day in their communities in Dangriga and Toledo, the Prime Minister will be in Belize City and has apparently instructed the national president of the National Garifuna Council to join him in the city. Wasn’t it this same PM who was in Dangriga last year to celebrate with the people for the first time who said that if he had realized how spiritual the ceremony was, he would have visitied a long time ago? Never before have we had a leader who has disrespected the South of our country so much. The Garifuna are a proud people, PM, and won’t forget this insult anytime soon…If Da Noh Soh!

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