Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

Tomorrow is the day to vote on offshore oil exploration. The Belize Tourism Industry Association has some good videos and numbers advocating voting 'no.'

CAYO DISTRICT VOTING LOCATIONS
City of Belmopan: LION's Den, BGYEA Office, Forest Drive (Belize Grass Roots Youth Empowerment Association - Office)
Santa Elena Town: Basketball Field, Aguada Blvd.
San Ignacio Town: Falcon Field, Martin Galvez Stadium
Benque Viejo Town: BECOL Basketball Court

"The People’s Referendum gives voice to the thousands of Belizeans who never got a chance to vote when the offshore referendum triggered under the Referendum Act and was derailed on the basis of unverifiable signatures. The unverified signatures were largely based on inconsistencies between signatures on the record cards at the Election and Boundaries Office and the signatures on the petition forms."

CAYO DISTRICT VOTING LOCATIONS
City of Belmopan: LION's Den, BGYEA Office, Forest Drive (Belize Grass Roots Youth Empowerment Association - Office)
Santa Elena Town: Basketball Field, Aguada Blvd.
San Ignacio Town: Falcon Field, Martin Galvez Stadium
Benque Viejo Town: BECOL Basketball Court

"Do note that the Blue whole is a National Monument and it is located in the lower southern portion of Lighthouse Reef (the one that looks like a sickle). Princess Petroleum is the oil company that has this concession area."

"The fact of the matter is, nevertheless, that the movement to stop oil drilling in Belize’s territorial seas was an energetic and emotional movement, and this is an issue which is not only romantic and sentimental where nature is concerned, there are hundreds of millions of dollars invested in Belize’s fishing and tourism industries which have to be skeptical, indeed nervous, about offshore drilling."