If Da Noh Soh

$75,000 to shut up…

Word reaching this humble journalist is that the price of loyalty/silence/back-patting/powdering has now been set at $75,000 a month. Apparently that’s what Kremandala is being given every month by BTL to ensure that they will deal with BTL’s media coverage ‘the right way’… ahem, ahem! No wonder the Kremandala empire has been totally silent on the mess which is the BTL debacle a la Dean, Lois, Anwar and Net. Then again, it could have something to do with the $400,000 from the Social Security Board. Sources tell us that when the matter of pushing the entire $400,000 SSB advertising budget through Kremandala came up at the meeting there was a general outcry, but the ‘Chair’ stood firm and stuck to her guns. Insert bubby in mouth…voila, ensure silence…If Da Noh Soh!

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Stupid Juliet…

Just this week the UDP’s stupid radio station with dodo-birds Joe and Fonso and guest Big Momma were in the midst of a giveaway for the Christmas season when they got a call. The caller had the right answer but was calling off a Smart phone. So up jumps Big Momma, all 350 plus jiggling pounds of her, and refuses to give the caller the prize, just because the caller has the sense to be using a Smart phone. Tell you the truth, if those are the idiots who are cheerleading for BTL, Smart can just stop advertising and wait for the dolly-house to come crumbling down…If Da Noh Soh!

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Shyne’s Christmas Gift…

Us poor Belizeans might not be feeling the Christmas spirit right about now, but the Barrow family certainly is getting all huggy-kissy and loving. Word is that little brother Anwar has given big brother Shyne a gift to celebrate the yuletide season in style. What’s that gift, you ask? Well, Shyne is now apparently the owner of a brand now top-shelf Digicell phone. What’s so special about that, you may be asking? Well, we understand that Shyne doesn’t have to pay for calls on this phone – it’s completely free and unlimited. Shyne can call anywhere he wants, local and international and stay on the line for as long as he wants. Wonder where I can get me one of those. We got no problem with the brothers getting close, know what I mean, but if BTL belongs to us and it’s our taxpayer dollars footing the bills, then there’s no way that Shyne should be getting a free ride at our expense. Hell, Shyne is a millionaire – let him buy his own phone…If Da Noh Soh!

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New Cruise Port in SP?

This will be one of those cases where you heard it here first. Credible reports reaching this columnist are that de facto Minister of Tourism Mike Singh has been holding meetings with representatives from both Carnival and Royal Caribbean. Apparently talks are underway to build ports in San Pedro where cruise ships can dock right on the island (at the back of the island to be exact.) We’re not sure exactly who Mike Singh is representing at those meetings with the cruise ship representatives. Word is that Singh has already bought (personally) a lot of dredging equipment in preparation for the work which will be needed to make a port on the back of San pedro feasible. Hmmm! Word also is that some of the $30million allocated for tourism has already been diverted from where it was intended to deal with certain unspecified projects at the back of the island…If Da Noh Soh!

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GOB threatened…

The Jamaican fishing scenario down south in Punta Gorda has drawn a lot of attention recently. What it boils down to is that a fleet of Jamaican fishing boats loaded down with equipment arrived on our shores ready to get to work. But our local fishermen jumped up immediately and said – what the hell? So the Fisheries Department jumps up and cagily admits to nothing with a lot of slippery sliding. Minister of Fisheries Rene Montero wasn’t able to slip and slide so easy when he was attacked by the media. The damned man looked like he was ready to faint. He of course, denied, denied, denied but nobody believes that tired old story. Nobody believes that the Jamaican fishermen just all got up one morning and decided, let’s got to Belize to fish in their waters. Anyway, every Tom, Dick and Harry in Cabinet including the Prime Minister has jumped up and said NEVER…this will never happen. But what the Prime Minister isn’t mentioning is that it WAS a done deal, but the World Bank got wind of the deal and threatened that if it went through they would withdraw funding from Belize. So no worry with Barrow and Montero and all their hogwash and posturing and pontificating…they got served…If Da Noh Soh!

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Get the hell out…

You know how we’re always complaining that the police press officer is bogus because the sit-reps provided by Police are never complete? Well there’s something else that wasn’t on those sit-reps. Just recently Stiletto aka Clement Palacio ran a man over with his car, deliberately and maliciously. Apparently this man had been trying to get into his yard the day before, so when Stiletto saw him on the street he just ran him down and left him on the street in serious condition. These damned UDPs always think that they can get away with this stuff, and they have so far. And imagine, the same Stiletto wants to get on television and give advice to young people and tell them how to behave. But you know what, people are watching…just like they were watching when Stiletto was booted out of the Princess Casino. Apparently the gentleman has somewhat of a gambling problem, but he also has somewhat of a chronic cash flow problem, and never the twain shall meet, as the saying goes. To make up for the cash flow problem, the gentleman allegedly used to go around begging other customers, until he became too much of a problem and management said…get the hell out…If Da Noh Soh!

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Hold it down Sista B…

Sista B has joined right in there with the rest of the uppity Barrow clan. Isn’t it amazing what money and power will do to you? The usually amiable woman was in Scotiabank on Tuesday attempting to cash a hefty check. When the cashier happened to point out that she had to follow procedures in the cashing of so large a check and it would have to be cleared, Sista B threw a tantrum right there in the bank. She went on and on asking the cashier if she was aware of how much money she (Sista B) had in that bank before grabbing back the check and saying that she was going straight to the manager instead. The poor cashier was left in tears. See, that’s the Barrow thing – they’ve gotten so caught up in the delusions of their own grandeur that they feel that they can treat ‘common’ Belizeans like trash. But this will come back to haunt them, mark my words…If Da Noh Soh!

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