BELIZE UDP GOVERNMENT LOSES 10 POINTS FROM APPROVAL RATING REPORT CARD. NEW SCORE 47%

NEW UDP GOVERNMENT REPORT CARD DROPS TO 47%

UDP GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE LOSES 10 POINTS ON REPORT CARD, DUE TO POOR NEMO RESPONSE IN THE PORT OF BELIZE CITY TO HURRICANE RICHARD.

The NEW SCORE for APPROVAL RATING for the UDP Government is now 47%. The score card was deducted 10 points for a poor response by NEMO to the residents of the Port of Belize City down on the central coast to the effects of the storm surge and Category winds of Hurricane Richard. While the port was not hit dead center, it did experience the northern quadrant winds, and about a 100 houses made of wood, and some were in dilapidated shape to begin with, were destroyed or damaged. Surge flood waters damaged ground floors and contents of cement buildings.
There was no lack of equipment, tools, or materials, or even money to assist in the hurricane relief effort. The whole excercise got bogged down in politics, bureaucracy and lack of leadership. By DAY 4, the relief effort had been taken over by private quickly organized city resident groups, with soup kitchens and supplies. While NEMO sat on relief supplies, or corruptly distributed them to favorites, it is claimed. The hard core group of devastated families, believe to be slightly more than a hundred, never saw even an emergency bottle of water for four days. Any relief efforts are being accomplished through the private sector individual groups of good hearted port town residents.