ANNUAL AGRICULTURE AND TRADE SHOW OPENS IN BELIZE THIS WEEKEND AS A SURPRISE

SURPRISE!!! NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND TRADE SHOW OPENED IN BELMOPAN FOR THIS WEEKEND. COMES AS SURPRISE NEWS TO ME, VIA THE INTERNET.

WASHINGTON TIMES TELLS US WHY WE ARE POOR IN BELIZE.

FOREIGN ECONOMIST PRINTED IN THE WASHINGTON TIMES AS TO WHY BELIZE IS FAILING THAT CONCLUSION WAS OBVIOUS TO BELIZEANS. WE ARE POOR BECAUSE OF BAD GOVERNANCE We know we are governed badly by a band of self enrichment pirates, calling themselves a party. They make the rules, laws and hold the guns. We know they are nothing more than a herd of pigs, feeding off the tax trough. HOW TO CHANGE THE PROBLEM? GIVE US SOLUTIONS! _____________________________________________________

Richard Rahn states the obvious in the Washington Post. Fails to offer solutions. ( REVOLUTION?) ____________________________________________ *********************( COMPLIMENTS OF Channel 5 )****************************** Economist says opportunity for Belize as High Growth Country Richard Rahn In January we told you about an article printed in the Washington Times on a comparative look on Belize and the Cayman Islands. The writer, Dr. Richard Rahn, who is an American Economist, draws conclusions on why Cayman is rich and Belize is poor, although both are small Caribbean countries with similar climate, mixed cultures and were former British colonies. According to Rahn, Belize should be richer; after all it is the bigger country and has more natural resources. Well, Dr. Richard Rahn is in Belize for the Chamber of Commerce’s AGM. Dr. Rahn spoke about ‘The Opportunity for Belize to be a High-Growth Country.’ Dr. Rahn told News Five that in short, the problem in Belize is poor governance. Dr. Richard Rahn, American Economist & Journalist “Well, Belize remains poor because it has too many tax and regulatory impediments and it needs to clean up its judicial system. We looked around and going back to 1970, Belize has the same per capita income as Cayman and now the Cayman has six times the per capita income. Cayman instituted a number of policies that Belize did not and as a result Belize lags way behind and if all those policies are changed, Belize can catch up very quickly and Belize can become very rich as the average person in the Cayman, the United States, Singapore or wherever.”

BELIZE SCIENTISTS QUARREL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA

CLIMATE DEBATE AND RESEARCH IN BELIZE, PUT THE LIE, TO THE GLOBAL WARMING FANATICS AND PEDDLARS OF THINGS TO MAKE BIG MONEY OFF CLIMATE CHANGE. There are many studies of ice cores, marine underwater archeology, and computer charts galore with statistics of real scientific data. In a rough nutshell, you can find CHARTS GALORE on the internet. In rough figures here it is: a) Ice volume on planet Earth in our human era, peaked about 20,000 years ago. b) Human habitation found at 150 feet under the water of Western Canada and USA, prove that water levels were lower back in the years of the GARDEN OF EDEN ( now the Persian Gulf ) c) Present warm inter-glacial started started around 10,000 years ago. d) The warm period PEAKED about 8000 years ago. e) The last time PLANET EARTH was this WARM was 120,000 years ago. f) ICE AGES occurred 410,000 years ago, 330,000 years ago, 240,000 years ago, and 210,000 years ago. g) The MINI ICE AGES, glacial periods run for about 30,000 years and match the rotation of the SOLAR SYSTEM, around the GALACTIC CENTER. In all, taking about 50,000 years to complete an ICE AGE and a WARM inter-glacial period.

CAN BELIZE GOVERNMENT FORM A MARKETING BOARD FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR EXPORT

CAN THE BELIZE TOURIST BOARD, THE BELTRAIDE THINGY DEPARTMENT AND THE MARKETING BOARD ACT AS MIDDLE MEN AND MARKETING GURUS IN THIS NEW AGE OF INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE, TO BUY THE PRODUCTS OF LOCAL ARTISANS, SMALL MANUFACTURERS AND OTHER FOLK ART AND EXPORT SAME? What would it take in government assistance, to make a MARKET for guaranteed prices for local artisans folk art, for EXPORT, similar to what the MARKETING BOARD does for crops and vegetables? Local crafts, from small individuals and families cannot afford the high cost of taking their products around the country to people catering to local tourism and visitors. Nor do shops want the products, except on consignment and the costs of food, lodging and transportation to get your money, if you can, for sold products doesn´t work. Has NEVER WORKED, because I´ve been trying it for 55 years. So, is there an economic answer of government organization and bureaucratic marketing computer skills to solve this local problem of marketing arts and crafts from artisans?

WHAT ARE THE BELIZE TOURIST BOARD PROMOTIONS TO FILL OUR HOTELS WITH CENTRAL AMERICAN TOURISTS, THIS DEAD FALL SEASON?

Belize Tourist Board are having a trade show, touring they say, the country of Belize. WITH TOURIST VISITS DOWN 50% RIGHT NOW, FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN WINTER HIGH SEASON, AND OUR LOCAL EASTER HOLIDAYS TOURIST FLOW TURNED OUT TO BE A TWO DAY WEEKEND. ONE HAS TO WONDER IF THE BELIZE TOURIST BOARD, HAVE ANY PLANS TO SHOWCASE BELIZE IN GUATEMALA, SALVADOR AND HONDURAS? WE NEED IN PARTICULAR, TO FILL THOSE VACANT ROOMS AND TOURS DURING THE NORMALLY EMPTY FALL SEASON. CURIOUS MINDS WANT TO KNOW IF THE BELIZE TOURIST BOARD ARE PLANNING ANYTHING AT ALL IN CENTRAL AMERICA, TO FILL OUR VACANCIES DURING THE OTHERWISE VERY DEAD, FALL TOURIST SEASON?

CISCO CONSTRUCTION, BELIZE, WINS GOVERNMENT ROAD CONTRACT FOR WESTERN HIGHWAY WORK

CISCO CONSTRUCTION WINS GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TO WORK ON WESTERN BORDER ROAD IN THE CAYO DISTRICT. With the lowest bid, Cisco Construction a local and very famous road construction company, has won a lucrative contract to widen the busy road out West to the Guatemalan border.

La Rejoya, Peten, home of LUMBER PIRATES RAIDING IN BELIZE, FROM GUATEMALA CAUGHT

(Courtesy of Channel 5 TV in Eastern coastal Belize.= GUATEMALAN LUMBER PIRATES APPREHENDED, FIVE MILES INSIDE BELIZE IN CARACOL ARCHEOLOGICAL PARK. Two out of three LUMBER PIRATES, FROM La Rejoya, Peten captured cutting down trees in the Archeological Reserve at the Caracol ruins, FIVE MILES DEEP INSIDE THE WESTERN BORDER OF BELIZE.

Guatemalan bandidos caught are, 19 yrs and 26 years old. La Joyera, in the Peten on the Western Border of Belize, is a source of bandido incursions into the forest reserves and Caracol archeological park of Western Belize.