BELIZE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES CARRY THEIR WAR TO THE TELEPHONE BOOK OF BELIZE

This is actually a war between the two major political parties ( UDP in power and PUP out of power)in Belize. The UDP government now controls BTL, the telecommunications company on behalf of the citizens of the country of Belize, that prints the National Telephone Book. The PUP ( opposition political party ) investors control SMART the other telecommunications company.

It was reported to me today that some advertisers down in the TWIN TOWNS had submitted their graphics ad, for their business to be in the yellow pages in the National Telephone Book ( the only one printed in the country and a reference for all business and private persons ). To their amazement their graphics ads for their business were rejected by BTL for inclusion in the National Telephone Directory, on the grounds the ad included a telephone number, for the opposition competitive SMART telephone company. The message was, SMART had to print their own telephone book. In a country that is a pioneer frontier society with a scattered population of 300,000 this is serious.