Cruise season is in full swing - and managing the mob of service providers outside the Fort Street Tourism Village on North Front Street isn't easy. Two weeks ago, the Belize Tourism Board, which manages the Fort George Tourism Zone, implemented a rotation system, where on different cruise days, different service providers get to be up front, and after that they rotate again to the back. Well, today was one of those days at the back for the Fort Street Taxi Union - and that's when one of their 60 members, Henry Pulu Gillette picked up a bullhorn and started beckoning the cruise tourists. In no time, he was picked up by police, and we met his attorney at the Police Station shortly after:...
Kareem Musa
"They have been cordoning off different areas - keep pushing back and I think that the members of the union are now fighting back and Henry Gillett was just one of them that were voicing his concern. He does have a loud mouth, but there is absolutely no charge that they can bring against him today. If you go and check their cause book or record book there is no reasons why they've detain Henry Gillett this morning. You can't detain somebody for having a loud mouth or voicing his concern - that's tantamount to suppressing freedom of speech."
Speaking with Director of the TOURISM Laura Esquivel says the Rotation System has been working well and the BTB plans to stick with it.
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